Five lovely years!

Well, Eriik and I just celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary last night and today. Our actual anniversary was on Saturday the 22nd, but we were in our mini van with Alec and Ava on our way to New Mexico that day....not so romantic. We are visiting his family for Thanksgiving in Farmington, NM. I love that our anniversary is always the week of Thanksgiving because we are always visiting family out of town and have someone to keep the kiddos overnight! We celebrated our anniversary in Durango, CO. We ate at the Mohogany Grill last night which is soooo yummy!!! (We ate their for our 2nd anniversary as well....it's becoming a little tradition). Anyway...we stayed the night at the Double Tree Inn and slept in till 9:30 this morning...sooo quiet and pleasant! It had been two years since we last had an overnight getaway together. Today we went back to Main street (where we had eaten the night before) and looked around in all the neat little shops. It was a really fun, relaxing time! Can I just say how blessed I am to be married to such a wonderful man of Godly character. There is such a balance between the two of us....he is so good for me, and has changed my outlook on so many things (for the better). It truly has been five lovely years, and I continue to look forward to spending the rest of my years with him.

Tagged...

OK....so it's been a long time since I've visited Blog world (been busy with sick kids and all sorts of other fun stuff!) and I just noticed on Meredith's blog that I have been tagged! This means that I have to post the fourth picture on my fourth album from my computer. How fun is that??!!! But get this...the fourth picture of my fourth album was of me breast feeding Alec!!! Too funny...I was cracking up, because there is no way on Earth that I am posting that!!! So...here is the 5th picture from the fourth album...this kind of works anyway because I'm always the rule breaker! Just about everyone I know in blog world has now been tagged. So...I tag Shawn and Steph, Jimmy and Steph, Jenn, Vanessa...not sure but I think Jaime, and Rebecca haven't been tagged yet....show us your pics!

This pic is of Eriik with Alec at about 6 weeks old.

Fall is fallin....

It's finally chilly and the leaves are turning and falling....I LOVE IT!! Last week(when it was not yet chilly) Alec noticed the leaves under our trees in the front yard and had to dive in! Ava quickly followed behind...soon they were literally swimming in the leaves and our neighbor friends came over to see what we were up to. I love how every little thing in life is so new and exciting to kids...so fun!

Sorry...I just couldn't resist....we need to get this kid a belt! I think they were trying to shake more leaves off the tree in this pic :)

My little tree hugger!

Farm Fair Fun!

Every year our church puts on a fall festival on Halloween night called Farm Fair. It's a fun tradition...they set up bouncy houses, and game booths to win prizes and of course there is tons of food and candy. They have a separate building for preschoolers set up with all kinds of fun...that is where we spent most of our time. We helped run one of the games in the other building which was fun too.

Our kind pirate and spunky little fairy!

He's such a little model....even before I started taking pictures of either of them, he sat on the pumpkin and struck a pose without being asked!

Ava in mid sprint!

The neighbors wanted to see the kiddos all dressed up, so we did a little trick or treating before going to the church. Ava wanted to take her doggie with her .

Waiting to see Kelsey and Melissa.

Our little basketball star!

A pool full of balls is always a hit!

Alec with one of his best buds, Carson!

Our sweet fairy with her ladybug friend looking very serious!

Brenda brought over James to trick or treat after the Farm Fair and so the boys played cars in Alec's room for a little bit before crashing from their sugar highs!

One year older...same costume!

Ava actually got to wear the same Halloween costume as last year since she was such a chubby 5 month old and now a skinny little toddler. So, I couldn't resist showing you last years Halloween picture to compare. I'm not promising you won't see it on her again next year!!!

Time for Bed Little Goose.....

Well...Ava loves to be read to...probably one of her favorite things right now. But even more than me reading to her she likes to tell me what the pictures are. Normally when she wakes up from her nap she immediately wants to get out of her crib...well on this day when I went in to get her she was asking for her favorite book (Time for Bed) that she saw on the floor (she also asked for a toy and another book..I guess she was planning on staying in there for a while!). I handed it to her and she started "reading" it to me proudly. For some animals she just makes the sound they make, and with others she says their name. She knows every single one of them, although she didn't say all of them on the video. I had to capture this because I know it will be so fun to look back one day and hear her sweet little baby voice.

My 36 year old home body...

Well....Eriik turned 36 yesterday. Just about every year for his birthday we have just gone out to eat and had a cake or something and a couple presents...he doesn't like a fuss, and he HATES being the center of attention. When I asked him what he wanted to do for his birthday this year he said that he wanted to stay home and make pizza. You see, he doesn't like to go out to eat, he had rather be in the comfort of his own home, where the kids run around and we can just relax (not that we can ever REALLY relax with a three year old and a 16 month old!) I have to say that at first I thought it was strange since I love going out to eat, but it was actually a really fun night. Eriik with the help of Alec made a homemade (dough from scratch) pizza (Eriik is the bread maker in our family...I always seem to turn bread into door stops). It turned out really yummy...we may be opening our own pizza restaurant soon! Anyway...I did jump out of my comfort zone and make a homemade apple pie...he's not into cake. It was just a really fun homemade family night at home...I think Eriik is right...it makes better memories than just another night at Olive Garden. I am so thankful that God gave me such a wonderful man to lead our famlily.