Long time coming

OH wow.  It has been a super duper long time since I've updated this thingy.  There has been a lot that I haven't written about like:

-Christmas in Ohio all on our own!
-A quick trip to Arizona for Rick's grandfather's funeral.
-Valentine's Day
-More Doctor appointments for Evan
-Logan's 3rd birthday!
-Sadie's 1st birthday!
-Down to a one car family for the whole month of March.  Blargh.
-Our road trip to Utah and California (for a good friend's wedding)
-Rick separating from us for a few days to go out to AZ for his grandmother's funeral
-Easter and Aunt Sarah visiting
-Going back and forth on the whole homeschooling thing (like, this would cover five separate posts if I really wanted to write about all my conflicting feelings on the subject.
-Advocare cleanse--how great it actually worked out for me, which is super surprising.

And a bunch of other stuff that I really haven't thought that much about.  Basically having a third kid is really time consuming, plus being a taxi driver for Evan and Rick through the month of March.

Anyways, instead of doing a billion separate posts, I am just going to put a bunch of pictures up and try and keep up with the blog from now on....

Yeah right.

The boys heading to church when we were visiting Aunt Sarah.

Rick and Sadie together.

Bright blue eyes 

Evan and Sadie 

Rick and Logan together at the mall.

Sarah, Evan and Sadie

With Logan and Sadie this time. 

Sadie on the Sunday before Christmas.

The gingerbread house.

Evan enjoyed his tent

Logan with his stocking.

Sadie with her vanity.

Logan got a bike for Christmas.

Logan trying on his tools. 

Checking out his mouseketools

Sadie ate something that she wasn't supposed to.  

The kids wanted a ride.

Another picture of the kids.  

Logan's rocket cake.

We had a few friends over for birthday cake and ice cream. 

Rick dishing up ice cream.

Opening up presents. 

The best birthday picture of any of my kids.

annoyed at Disneyland already.

Sadie was wondering what this place was! 

Cute Evan.

Very ladylike, Sadie.

Playing in Nana and Papa's backyard.

Cousins sleep over 

With Aunt Bethany

Haircut time

Sadie got her hair cut too! 

someone LOVED my pineapple agua fresca

Egg hunt

Great picture of  this munchkin.  He loved picking up all those eggs.

Sadie with Nana and Papa

Family and Christmas Pictures

I've been wanting to get pictures taken of all the kids and our family for a while.  We finally bit the bullet and went to Portrait Innovations for family pics.  The kids did alright in front of the Christmas tree, but as soon as we went into the other studio and the curtain went down they just flipped.

Too bad I don't know how to take pictures myself.... but these turned out super adorable, so it was well worth the money that we spent!  I believe that it will be a annual tradition.  Well worth the money to do it once a year or so.

Evan didn't believe that was really Santa.

Ham

This is a typical perplexed Evan face.

Our family.  Logan's eyebrows crack me up.

Evan's glasses!! 

We were pretty done at this point.  

Poor Evan.  But Logan and Sadie aren't too happy either.

Happier times. 

Look at how cute these three adorable children are. 

Logan was ready to leave. 

Logan was so confused.  And a little mad that they weren't real cookies.

Mischievous face.

Cutie.  This is the print we got of Logan.

Profile pic.  Seriously, such a cute kid.

I don't mind a nice picture with Rick.

Love this one.

What are you doing?

Seriously, who the *beep* are you? 

Oh my.

Under the tree.  So cute.

She had no idea what was going on.  I don't think she was a big fan of the camera.

Kind of smiling in this one. 

Sitting in a chair like a big girl!

What?

I'm done. 

I was pretty pleased with how the pictures turned out!  Super adorable and sweet. My family is amazing.  I can't wait to start framing them for my hallway on the stairs.

Thanksgiving 2014

We were super sick last Thanksgiving, so this year was ten billion times better because we were actually feeling great!

My sister Sarah came to visit us again this year.  The kids just lapped up all the loving attention that she gave them.  I made some really yummy food.  I tried a new recipe that was a homemade (completely from scratch) green bean casserole that I really enjoyed.

Sadie loved eating all the food as well.  I took a few pics but they're mostly on my instagram, so I don't want to post them on here also, cause I'm kind of lazy.

Things have been pretty norm lately.  I've tried to think of something everyday that I am grateful for, and I thought that I would put it here.

Thirty things that I am thankful for:
1) Our Lord and savior Jesus Christ and a very loving Heavenly Father
2) The temple
3) My family, near and far.  Especially Rick and my three babies.
4) The Book of Mormon
5) Latter-day prophets and their wise, timeless counsel
6) Personal revelation
7) My body...it can do so much, even when it's not in the best shape.
8) My focused and clear mind
9) Food--We are able to feed our family.  That's important, right?
10)  Food and family storage (especially Thrive Life that I am getting addicted to!)
11) Air Force--great benefits, and Rick's job provides for all our needs and a little extra.
12) Modern day medicine--antibiotics, vaccinations, epidurals, etc.  I'm all for home remedies when they can be used, but I really love myself some of the good stuff
13) Our current home.  We're renting,which I really don't love, but we have a roof over our head.
14) My current ward, especially all the amazing people I work with in my calling.
15) Volleyball!
16) Education--grateful that I had a great education and I learned how to work hard.
17) My sewing machine.  It's so lovely.
18) Books, books, books
19) Internet, so that I can keep in touch with friends and family a lot easier.
20) Clothing
21) Indoor heating in Ohio
22) The beach
23) Disneyland
24) Disposable diapers
25) Indoor, running plumbing
26) Running shoes
27) Two running cars
28) Evan's preschool and teachers
29) Date nights with Rick (they are starting to become more regular!...)
30) Winter clothes and accessories

Halloween

This year for Halloween, we wanted to do a family costume.  We decided on Ninja Turtles.  Back in July, I found a Rapunzel dress for Sadie for about $4, and I bought that.  So, she dressed up as a Ninja Turtle for the Trunk or Treat at the church with the rest of the family and then dressed up as Rapunzel and actual Halloween.  So, Rick was Leonardo (we found a t-shirt for him), Evan was Mikey (his favorite color is orange), Logan was Raph (he's got a bit of a temper), Sadie was Donatello (because of the purple), and I was April O'Neil.  

My costume was super easy.  I just wore a yellow shirt and then used the temporary hair paint to color it red.  I tried finding a wig, but I look a little bit too much like a member of Def Leppard to pull it off.

The turtle costumes were easy.  It was a pain trying to find green sweats and sweaters that matched.  So, we bought pajamas instead.  It worked out really well.  The masks and belts are just jersey/polyester that I cut.  The shells roasting pans from the dollar store that are spray painted brown. It worked out a lot better than I expected.  

These little dorks.

Donatella

Turtle shell

Mikey.

Donatella crawling everywhere.

Our family together at the church.  

Once again, the family together.

Raph. 

Sadie pulling her Rapunzel wig off.

Trying to stay warm.  It was pretty cold out. 

A look at the boys with their turtle shells.

Rapunzel with one of her ninja protectors.

Trick or treating.

Evan leaving the house, wanting more candy.

We got home, checked over our candy, tried our best to get warm and then watched "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad".