.phone pictures update.

.one of these days.

 

.i will have the new iphone.

 

.and it will take better pictures, than what my ghetto phone takes now.

 

.but until than.....

 

.i cant complain that i have a phone that i can still take pictures with.

 

,so here is my pictures brought to you by my handy dandy phone, update!.

 

 .b's awesome hair...when she holds still of course.

 .b was worn out after we went and played with our good friends, Katie and Ellie Leder.

 .she ALWAYS drinks her milk like this every morning from her cereal bowl.

 .parker...young....my sis got this outfit, its says, "most valuable baby".

 .the first time i put b's hair in pigtails...okay, the first time and it looked decent.

 .parker in brooklynn's highchair...how the heck is he growing so fast!.

 .smiles from my parker boy.

 .this jacket...brooklynn is OBSESSED with...every morning she says jacket and points to the closet.

 .parker sleeps every morning for about 2-2.5 hours every morning (after being up an hour or so).

 .sleeping again.

 .this picture makes me laugh...b fell backwards into her toy tote...she LOVES sunglasses too.

 .parker boy and his smiles.

 .he is SOOOOOO close to rolling over....he rolls over alot in the tub and FREAKS me out.

 .this ois when we woke up to our first snow in rexburg...alll bundled.

 .sometimes b WILL NOT eat in her highchair...she wants to be a big girl and eat at the table.

 .b has THE BEST uncles in the world....this picture of her and ev makes my heart melt.

 .parker sleeping...again.

 .parker's smiles.

 .parker boy and his adorable smile.

 .hugs before bedtime.

 .b playing with her brother one morning on his activity mat.

 .b is IN LOVE with these slippers my sister sent up.

 .if i dont get parker out of his carseat right when we get home, b throws a fit and tries by herself.

 .he smiles THIS BIG when he sees his sister.

 .first snow this year for b girl.

 .parker was TIRED after a long snow day.

 .my babies.

 .b girl snuggling with mom one morning.

 .b LOVES dogs...i think we will get her this fake one for christmas.

 .parker the dragon.

 .b the princess.

 .b LOVES putting on shoes now...and surprisingly puts them on the correc foot 80% of the time.

 .b put her toys around parler and tucked him in...he was out.

 .late night snack...this boy sucks his thumb sideways...silly boy.

 .smiling parker...got these p.j.'s for $1....LOVE finding steals.

 .i took this picture YESTERDAY...look how tall p is compared to b...he stands at the futon at ALMOST 4 months.

 .he LOVES sucking on his fists.

.great way to end this blog post...b has been finding herself in timeout a bit more than normal. she KNOWS what time out is, and will go there by herself now if she feels she is suppose to be there...hilarious.

.gma/gpa westensee/

.when i say i am blessed with the best in laws.

.i mean it.

,i seriously could not ask for any better.

.they are so willing to listen. give advice. text me endlessly throughout the day (deb). they raised amazing kids...i could not ask for better uncles & aunt to my babies. they are willing to help when whatever you need. . . i could go on and on.

.i guess this morning's text conversation with my mother in law, really made me feel more comforted with this move.

"we will do whatever you need us to do" - i heard this over and over this morning, and still hear it. 

.grandpa & grandma westensee are taking the long drive with us to texas. BLESSING.

.i will have someone else in the car to help with kids or to drive. BLESSING.

.andrew will have someone to talk to him and also drive a 16 foot moving truck and towing my car behind that. BLESSING.

.debbie is going to watch the kids while roger, andrew and i house hunt. BLESSING. 

.they are going to give us insight on houses (since they have moved so many times). BLESSING.

.they spoil my kids. BLESSING (i think? lol).

.they also came and visited us this last weekend, and we had blast. 

.thanks debbie and roger for being such amazing in laws.

 .deb and b....debbie was laying on the floor and b HAD to lay down next to grandma.

 .this TOTALLY shows grandpa's personality with the kiddos!

 .grandpa was holding parker but grandma was getting him to smile.

 .grandpa and parker.

.family weekend-pumpkin patch.

.wrote this a while ago (obviously)...and now finally getting to post it.

.this weekend has been SO good, and very much what i needed.

.we spent almost the entire weekend together, and it was a blast.

.this past week andrew has had papers due, iphone applications due, write ups due, etc etc.

.i just felt like he was ALWAYS busy ...which is totally understandable. the boy is taking 14 credits AND works 20 hours a week for USAA. 

.its understandable.

.however, its been really hard on me, and so i have been walking/jogging/workout out almost everyday this week....except Tuesday.....Friday I got my bum up and got to the icenter by 7:40am with NO kids and jogged 2 miles and fast walked 2 miles....so good for me....and basketball starts up Wednesday....SO excited. I just can't kick these last 10 pounds...i dont know what it is, but i can't get it and its getting to me. My goal is to have it off by thanksgiving....we will see. anyways.

.so friday i went jogging/walking. came home. showered, cleaned up the house a bit, did 2 loads of laundry, and hung out with my kids. andrew came home and i decided i wanted to take a nice long and HOT bath, so he agreed to watch the kids and even brought me in a homemade fruit smoothie...delicious. than derek (andrew's cousin) texted me asking if andrew was busy...aka he wants to come over...i was totally fine with that. so i also invited evan (andrew's brother) over too and we got pizza and breadsticks and hung out for a few hours. than i decided andrew and i REALLY needed to go to the temple and tonight was the only time it was going to happen....so i called my sister and asked if she could watch the kids in ooo....30 minutes/!?! she was AWESOME and did. So we went and did sealings with our good friends Janelle & Ryan Andersen. It was great. than we picked up the kids and went and go ice cream and talked. 

.saturday we woke up early and headed out by 8:30am. we both were grumpy about getting up, but when we talked about it later...we were glad we did. we head off to idaho falls to the pumpkin patch. i know brooklynn wont remember going....but its a tradition we started last year with her, and i want to continue. it was SOOOOOOOOO windy...so we were not there too long, but long enough to get 2 pumpkins (1 for brooklynn and 1 for parker), got some pictures and got in the car....parker was NOT a happy camper. poor guy.

.we than headed to the mall to make a couple returns. i went to idaho falls on wednesday with nicolette goines and kaybree to the old navy 40% off sale and TOTALLY scored....with my rewards points and the sale i scored a pair of jeans for parker, 2 shirts for parker, a pair of leggings for b, a pair of pants for b, and 3 pair of tights for b and i only paid 5 bucks because of my reward points and the sale....SCORE! unfortunately they messed up a bit on my transaction and i caught it once i got home, so i had to stop by to have them fix it....we also had gift cards at kohls, so i stopped there and got b a shirt, and parker a shirt and sweatshirt for less than 15 bucks (because i also had a 20% off)...anyways....it was GREAT.

.we than went over to my old job (daycare) so andrew could show my boss and her husband how to fix the computers (for when we move)....it worked great....i sat and played with parker, and brooklynn had the WHOLE daycare and ALL the toys to herself...she was soooo happy. afterwards, we grabbed lunch and headed home. 

.once home, andrew headed off to a group meeting, while i put things away, fed kids, and put them down for a nap. once andrew got home we headed to di to see if i could use anything for their halloween costumes (i am ATTEMPTING to make them) and pick up eggs and milk from albertsons. we got home and started carving pumpkins. it was so much fun. andrew's turned out better than mine...dang him, and brooklynn LOVED picking up seeds and the insides of the pumpkin and just getting dirty. afterwards we bathed kids and put them down for bed. andrew HAD to see the pumpkins lit up, so off to the dollar store he went. lol.

.today we went to church, came home, had lunch, put kids down for nap, and just had a very relaxing day. it has been SUCH a nice weekend, and great way to start our week....yahoo. now for pictures.