Breaking Dawn Premiere

On Thursday, I went to the midnight showing of Breaking Dawn with Rayna and Mica. I felt a little crazy, cause my kids still get up super early, but I am so glad I did. Rayna's awesome friends waited in line starting at 1 p.m., so we had awesome seats. The movie was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I was a little embarrassed. I felt like a silly teenager, but that's ok. It was so fun hanging out with the girls. It was just a great night. 

It looks like I was giving Bella a high-five instead of covering her up.

Jacob is so cute!

A little pinch never hurt anyone. LOL. 

Teaching the Kids about Art

One of my goals this year has been to get Annie and Truman to like museums. So, every week I take the kids to the Bean (Animal) Museum for an hour and/or the BYU MoA for a half hour. I have decided to focus on just a few things to teach them. At the MoA, they have this awesome book exhibit that Annie loves to look at. We are also focusing on learning Carl Bloch's 'Christ at the Pool of Bethesda'. There is a new exhibit that opened this week. We are excited to go on Tuesday and pick out another painting to learn about. I am hoping that if we take it slowly and focus on learning only a few things at one, that Annie and Truman won't get overwhelmed.

Annie is also very interested in learning to paint. Since Jed is an amazing painter, I thought he should be the one to do it. It was honestly one of my favorite moments of all time, seeing them at the table, painting together. They looked so adorable. Annie was so happy. It was definitely a moment that made me realize how awesome my life is. We have it so good!

This stack of books weighs as much as 30-40 cars. It is crazy!
Annie wants to take one out of the stack so bad. 

First Snowfall

My Big Boy

Look at my big boy -  in skinny jeans, Spiderman hoodie and red converse.

Truman's First Haircut

We waited until after Halloween to give Truman his first haircut. It fit great with his Thor costume. But we had no excuses after that. He got called a girl twice, and that was enough, the beautiful locks had to go.

Look at those blonde curls... to die for.

I cut his hair myself. I wanted to try the scissors before we went straight for the buzzer. It turned out pretty good.

He was covered in hair. It was unbelievable how much hair he had.

He held really still until about halfway through, then he got really wiggly.
Let's just say, there are definitely some spots that could be improved. 

Look at my big boy!

Proud Daddy!

Annie loves her little brother. She kept saying, "Oh look at our handsome little buddy. He is so cute."

Annie was just a little jealous about Truman's haircut and she needed one anyway. When her hair was wet, it was about 4 inches from her bum. So long! I was not feeling brave enough to try that, so we decided to hit Great Clips. 

She felt like such a big girl. She was so excited she could barely speak. I can't believe how big she is getting.

Look at my beautiful kids. I am such a proud Mom. I know there are hard days, but I would't trade my life for the world. I love these little guys so much!

Halloween and Super Heroes

Halloween is a really big deal at Jed's work. Adobe holds a huge Halloween bash. They transform both buildings into a Halloween Carnival/ non-scary Haunted House type attraction. It was so cool. I  can't believe how much money they spend on it. Trick or treating was also really fun. Truman and Annie both participated fully. They loved running up to the houses and getting the candy. 

Annie dressed as Supergirl. After I put her outfit on, she said, "Mom, can I really fly now?" I felt kind of bad telling her no. She was hopping around and we were go go go, so we didn't get great pictures of her, but she looked awesome. Truman dressed as Thor. HIs long curly locks seemed perfect. He looked great. He actually kept the helmet on which was amazing. He also kept trying to say, "BOR". He is so brilliant. I think we have enough candy to last til next Halloween. Its crazy. It was a great Halloween, but it was exhausting. The after holiday bargain shopping topped me over the edge. We found some great deals on some dress-ups, but I am glad its over.

She was bouncing around so much it was hard to keep her shoes on, let alone the boots.

Waiting in line at Adobe was cushy. They had free popcorn, ice cream and cotton candy. They also had magicians and jugglers entertaining the crowd.

Jed's co-worker and Truman's older brother "Thor Senior".

The Harry Potter section was our favorite, of course. Hagrid was awesome. 

So Very Handsome

Trick or treating was great. They were a huge hit.