Let the Halloween fun begin!

On Thursday my ward had our annual Halloween Daybreak activity.  Julie and Sherri both had the day off of work because of UEA and Robin just wasn't scheduled to work, so they decided to come with and join the fun. Julie brought her kids dressed up and Tyler and Josh were both dressed up in their costumes.  It was a potluck lunch and then the kids got to play around in the gym at the church.  We didn't stay too long, but long enough to let the kids play and for us all to eats some yummy food.

After the church Sherri wanted to go to Wasatch Shadows to get pumpkins for the kids.  If you donate a bag of food you can pick out a pumpkin.  It was pretty fun and the kids liked picking out whatever one they wanted.  A worker saw Sherri taking pictures and told her if she sent it in it might make their web page...and it did.  Here is the link: 

http://wasatchshadows.com/PAGES/Events.html

 

Comings and Goings

My life is pretty much boring.  I guess that is good.  Boring is much better then full of trauma and drama.  I did get a pretty bad cold last week.  But luckily the Lord blessed me and it didn't stick around too long.  I am starting to feel a little better too.
Pregnancy wise, I think that I am doing better.  I don't throw up as much as I had been and I feel like I'm not as tired as I was.  These are all very good things since I am well into my second trimester and should be feeling good now.  I am about 16 1/2 weeks right now.  I think that I have felt the baby move a couple times, but it is still hard to say for sure.  I have my next appointment in two weeks and have scheduled our ultrasound for November 7th.  We are super excited.  I keep trying to tell Tyler that this baby might be a boy and not a girl, but he pretty much won't hear it.  He says that he will be sad if it's another brother.  That is not good.  I really don't have "feelings" either way, but for Tyler and Tony I hope it's a girl.  But for me, I really would be a okay with another boy.  I have all the boy cloths and toys and I am now a pro at boys.  So I will be super happy just to know that everything is okay with the next Steenblik baby to join our team.
Koda is doing better too.  He is learning and being better.  He is definitely still a puppy and chews like crazy and he likes to steal food from the kids, but we are working on those things.  We have lots of toys for him, so we just try to make sure that they are available for his chewing needs.  We are looking into puppy training schools so we can do more training with him.  Tony has done some, but I think it will be good to get him in with someone who knows more about this sort of thing.  For the most part I am glad that the dog is here.  I do feel safer going on walks with my boys with the dog.  I wanted a bigger dog to help me feel more safe while we are home without Tony.  Not that I think our neighborhood isn't safe, but it sure does help - no matter where you live.
I have been starting to work on my scheduling for the holiday season and it is making me very excited for everything to come.  I love the holidays.  I love the sites, sounds, smells...everything.  I enjoy being pregnant during the holiday months because it makes the time go by faster.  I am excited to see family we don't see very often and just enjoy being together as a family.  I have started thinking about what I want to do for my neighbor gifts and it just makes me excited.  I know I am super early, but when you are a stay-at-home mom whose bored, you need somethings to look forward to.

Cabin Fun

Yesterday we headed up to the cabin bright and early to enjoy the day up in the mountains.  The weather was super nice and we were really glad that we got up there before the snow starts flying.  We took Koda up there too for his first trip to the cabin.  He did really good in the car and did pretty good at the cabin for the most part.  He didn't really like when we left on four-wheeler rides without him, but we tried to take him once and he got really scared of the motor noise.  So we decided he is not a four-wheel riding dog.

One of the main reasons we went up to the cabin was so that the boys could get their pictures taken by my sister Sherri for my mom.  My mom wants pictures of all the grand kids in matching clothes down by her pond.  For the most part the pictures were cute and the boys did good.  Tyler got a splinter in his toe pretty much as soon as we started, so he was brave and pushed through it.  Then we did the pictures right before Josh's nap and he didn't last too long before he was done, but I think that she got the shots that she wanted - I hope.  I also took a couple with my camera.  They sure are cute boys.

Both Josh and Tyler LOVE LOVE four-wheeling.  We went on two long rides and the boys could've kept going longer.  Tony and I really love riding too, so it works out nice.  We ended up leaving about five and we all had a really good time.  We even had a moose come and take a bath and a drink in our pond.  It was super fun to watch him come and be part of his day for a short while.  Josh is still saying, "A moose, a moose,"  It's about time we saw one this year!
If we are lucky we might be able to go up again this season, but with a cold front coming next week, who knows.  The leaves were all changing colors and it smelled wonderfully.  I loved just looking at all the beautiful trees and smelling the fresh air.  We sure are blessed to be able to enjoy our cabin in the mountains.  I love autumn.