October Flew By #2

Near the end of the month my little Banks needed to get his tonsils out.  He'd been having infections almost weekly and has had trouble sleeping since he was tiny.  I was told that recovering from it was hell, and we were in for a looooong few weeks.  

He did great with the surgery and even had enough energy to build a lego tower (or rather, watched Johnny build it).

Drake and Pierce had a crazy hair day!

 Johnny traveled most of the month, which meant lots of movies in bed and playing outside.

Aaaaannnnndddd, then we were back in the hospital.  Banks gave us a nice scare with choking on and coughing up lots of blood (ah, gag).  We took him to the ER where he threw up the same stuff everywhere and was admitted.  If the bleeding didn't stop they would re-coterize it, and that starts the whole healing process over.   LUCKILY, that didn't happen and we went home around 10pm that night.

Drake and Bubba took a field trip to an apple orchard, where they got a tour of the picking process and I got to watch a cute little girl named Ireland try and hold Bubba's hand through most of it.

Halloween was easy.  Got on Amazon, ordered costumes, recieved them two days later, and forced the boys into them.  Romney was more of a half dog/lion, but it was cute and furry.  Bubba was so excited to be "Hawy Potta" with a scar on his head, and Con terrified everyone as Darth Vader.  Drake was Batman from the Dark Knight, which was his favorite costume to date. 

Con's Halloween preschool program was unintentionally hilarious and cute.

 I took everyone up to Johnny's work to trick or treat around the office.  

Johnny went as Garth Vader (like, if Garth Brooks and Darth Vader mated).

Then off to trick or treat around the street before getting all sugared up and passing out around the house. 

And just like that, October was over. 

October Flew By #1

We celebrated Drakie's 7th birthday by going on a date with just Drake, Johnny, and me.  We took the train up to Salt Lake and went to dinner, walked around Temple Square and City Creek, and picked up a Lego set on the way home.  

This boy amazes me every day.  He glows with sweetness and the desire to do good.  He helps with his brothers, loves going to school, can build any Lego set we put in front of him in no time, and has great manners.  He is smart and witty like his dad, and hates attention and tries to make everyone happy like his mom. He's the perfect oldest brother and I really don't want him to grow up.

Picnic at the park!  My first time taking all boys and the dog out by myself, and we all survived! 

Romney is 7 months old, which means it took me that long to psych myself up for going out with 5 kids + dog. 

Bubba informed me that I would be having 13 kids, and asked me to please make room in my belly for a girl. 

 Johnny brought the Property Solutions double-decker bus home from work and parked it in front of the house for a few days.  The boys LOVED being driven to school in it and showing their classes.

With a hubby out of town, I tried to stay busy by taking the boys to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point with some friends.  Lot of hands, lots of help, and lots of fun!

One morning Johnny, Romney, and I woke up and thought "It's a nice day, maybe we should load up all kids, grab some water and snacks, and try hiking a mountain."  That's about how much thought we put into things that are mentally and physically challenging.

We loaded up everyone and a few hours later made it to the top of the Y, with all of the kids whining and tired.  An hour later, we made it back to the car and the boys told us how AWESOME and FUN it was and that they LOVED it.   Not quite my feelings, but I'll give it another go in a few years.

We had such a great time at Cornbelly's that we decided to go again with Johnny.  But this time, we did face painting and the corn maze.  Perfect fall activity for our little guys!