My Fairy and Superhero

These are some pretty cute kids if I say so myself. They were so excited for our ward's Trunk or Treat night. For those of you who don't know a trunk or treat is where you line up cars and give out candy from the trunk of your car. Some people get really creative and decorate their trunks. Our ward has the best activities. After the Trunk or Treat we go into the gym that has been decorated with balloons, streamers, pumpkins, and all sorts of Halloween decorations and we eat. Every year we have chili and hot dogs and yummy desserts. After eating we then have activites for the kids like the fishing game, bean bag toss, and a little craft. It's a pretty fun time.

I love this picture of Blake! My little Superman is just too cute. I even sprayed his hair black to be more authentic. I was chasing him around the house with the can because he didn't like it very much but he sure looked cute when it was done.

When we bought Jayla her fairy costume she wore it for three days straight. I finally had to hide it so she wouldn't get it dirty. For her hair she wanted it done like Princess Aurora. So we put curlers in her hair the night before. I'll be posting those pictures later. Then the next night we fluffed it up and I put it a little fairy make up on her and she thought she was the prettiest thing. And I would have to agree with her.

Here the kids are with their friends Annie and Ben and their mom Melissa at the Trunk or Treat. You really notice Blake's black hair in this one.

Every year one of the members always uses this guy to hand out the candy and every year Annie and Jayla are hesitant to take the candy. In the end the candy wins out over the fear.

20 Week Ultrasound

These pictures are pretty bad quality but I couldn't get the pictures from the disc they gave me to download or upload or whatever. So I just took pictures of them with my camera. The first one is of her face and stomach. Her face is in the upper left hand corner.

This one is my favorite. Here it shows her heart and spine. I was most fascinated with her heart the whole time. During the ultrasound you can actually see it pumping and all four chambers of it. Amazing!

This one is of her feet but it's really bad quality so you probably can't see it but it's a really cute one when you're looking at the real thing.

This one is a shot up her bum with her legs spread out and there's nothing between them, thus it's a girl. Most of the white is nothing but in the middle of the white is Melia's little bum Again, sorry for the poor quality.

I really want to get the disc to work because there's even video of her moving around. I was hoping to post that, so I'll have to try again and see if I can get it working. If you've never been to an ultrasound you are missing an amazing thing. It's so incredible what they can see. They check the baby's heart, spinal cord, stomach, kidneys, brain, spleen, bladder, and even upper lip. I am so bessed to be able to have these technologies and see my baby. I'm even more blessed that she is healthy. Everything on the ultrasound looks good and she's the right size for how far along I am. This is my favorite stage of pregnancy because I feel good, I have energy, and now people can tell that I'm actually pregnant. Oh, and I can also feel her moving around in there more and more. An update on the other kids is Blake is still clueless but Jayla is full of Melia this and Melia that. I can tell that this baby will bring about a lot of questions. The other day she said that when Melia comes out she wants to give her some candy. I told her that she'll only drink milk and went even further to tell her where that milk will be coming from just to see what she would say. She thought it was the most logical thing in the world. It's amazing what kids comprehend when you don't think they will.

Final Soccer Game

Wow! It's been over a month since I've last posted. I've really been procrastinating on it but I'm finally doing it. Jayla's last game was about three weeks ago and it ended on a perfect weather day. In the picture above she is waiting her turn in line to do some drills.

At half-time they would always get fruit to eat and oranges were a favortie because then Jayla and her friend Annie could make orange smiley faces.

Jayla was always nice enough to share with Blake.

Daniel made it to this game and played it a little soccer with Blake. Blake was in heaven, finally he got to play. I think that he's pretty good, too.

At the end of the season all the kids got a trophy and it is now Jayla's most prized possession. She didn't even eat her donut because she wanted to hold her (very heavy) trophy. She loves to show it off to her cousins and grandparents.