November Notes

Hello! This month has been a busy one! It has been a blur of sick kids, doctor appointments, choir rehearsals, young womens, work and family! We were able to spend Thanksgiving with Putnams. It was weird to just have Mom, Dad, Danielle, Clarissa and our family, but it was nice. Work has kept Josh busy. He had to travel a bit this month, once to Moab, and once to Vernal. Crystal is adjusting to the increased involvement in Young Womens. She loves being with the young women though! She also starts performances with the Lehi Choir this month, so she is excited for that! Kaley and Thomas have had their fair share of winter sickness. We had a scare with Thomas this past week. We had to have his chest/lungs x-rayed. The Dr. was concerned he might have pneumonia or bronchiolitus. He is okay though. He has also had a couple ear infections, which make for sleepless nights! We are working on getting us all better for this fun Christmas season! We are looking forward to the upcoming month with Kaley's 2 year birthday and the fun Christmas activities!

Sitting up

Thomas has learned to sit up by himself! This is his favorite look on the world now! He does pretty good, until Kaley comes up and runs around him and he tips over from laughing! It is so funny! 

Nighttime

Reading bedtime stories with dad. Notice how Kaley crosses her leg like dad! Adorable! 

Blue-eyed baby

Thomas is loving the sippy and new foods! He likes to grab onto things, so the sippy is perfect! 

Cousins

We wanted to take a cousin picture to send to Uncle Tanner on a mission. Some were not so impressed with the idea! 

Best Buds

Look how drooly both kids are! The drool never ends! 

He's a Tank!

Look at all those cute rolls! 

Bathtime!

Our nightly ritual! The kids love mom's big tub! 

Beautiful girl!

Kaley let mom curl her hair and put pig tails in it! So cute! 

Merry Christmas

Decorating our Christmas tree! 

Fall Fun!

What a busy October! We started out with another cousin wedding! Stephanie and Ryan were married in Salt Lake, and we loved sharing their special day with them! We went to Idaho with Putnams for UEA break. We spent time at Muldoon and at the Ranch in Jerome. Kaley loved playing with her cousins and seeing all the new sights! She loved the cows and horses that cover the plains of Idaho! We took the kids 4-wheeling at Muldoon. It took Kaley a little while to warm up to the idea, but she eventually loved it! Back at home, we started walking in the mornings, so we bundle up the kids and go lookin' for fun! They just put a gas station a few blocks from our house, so we like to walk to the gas station and get some treats!

This month, we also had our ward Fall Fest activity. Josh is the activities chairman, so we were glad that went smoothly. Josh counted, and we figure there were over 200 people there. We had the kids dress up in their costumes, and we had a carnival for them. It was a hit! Halloween this year was pretty low key. Kaley had a stomach bug for a week before, so she is just barely getting over it. Thomas was also just getting over an ear infection too. We didn't let the kids trick or treat to the neighbors or anything. We did take them up to the Grandma's and Grandpa's so they could see how cute their grandkids are.

Josh and I are doing good. Josh is working hard and keeping busy. I was asked to be the pianist for the Lehi Arts Choir. They have a few performances in December, so we practice once a week. Josh has been helping with the kids so I can be involved. Also, I was "promoted" in the Young Womens. The 2nd counselor moved, so they asked me to be the new 2nd counselor. I love the young women, so this has been an excellent chance to be more involved! Josh is getting used to being Mr. Mom while I go to meetings and dig into Young Womens more and more!

The kids are good and almost all the way healthy again. When we took Thomas in to the Dr. for his ear infection, he weighed 20 lbs! He is starting to roll over, (which is quite the task for all 20 lbs of him!). He talks all day long in his own little language - just squeals and gurgles. It's so cute! Kaley loves being his big sister! She takes good care of him. She loves to tell me when he is sleeping in the car. Then when he wakes up, she squeals and says, "Awake!" "Oh, Hi Dude!" It makes me giggle every time! She continues to sing and loves music! We also started a little play group with 5 other ladies in our ward. They all have little girls that are around Kaley's age. Kaley's favorite movie right now is The Little Mermaid. I thought I had the movie memorized before we bought it! I guess it was my favorite movie when I was little, so what did I expect?!

I think that about does it! That's our little world in a big nutshell! I hope everyone is doing well and keeping warm!

Cute cousins!

Here's Thomas and big cousin Jordan at Steph's wedding. 

Kaley and her aunts

Keeping warm at the Temple. 

Eternal Family

Our growing family! 

One big happy family

Here's the Putnam's at Stephanie's wedding. 

Let's go play!

We bundled the kids up so that we could go play outside. Can you tell how excited they are? 

Keepin' warm!

Mom and Thomas riding! The bumps lulled Thomas right to sleep! 

4-Wheeling

Kaley and Dad - Zoom, Zoom! 

Sleepy cousins

The Cleggs came to stay overnight with us at Muldoon. We were in the room next door, and with all those kids, we didn't even hear a peep! 

Pretty fall colors!

Josh and Crystal on a colorful 4-wheel ride! 

Cow-girls!

We have pictures of me as a little girl at Papa's ranch with the cows! The tradition continues! 

Kaley and the Cows

Kaley was brave enough to feed the cows by herself! 

Farm Boys

Dad and Thomas playing on the farm! 

Part lizard?

Thomas loves to stick out his tongue! He makes us laugh! 

My little Beethoven!

Kaley is just practicing before her bath time. 

All warm!

We bought Kaley a new Princess coat and some little gloves, and she loves to wear them on our walks. 

A bundled little bear!

Thomas is ready for a walk!