Fun times in November.

Since I take so many pictures, I always have those ones that don't belong to any particular post. So I just combine them in to one post that pretty much sums up all the fun we have!

Here are November's.

This is how we get a lot of our house work done during the day.

I love wearing her as much as she loves being carried I think.

Thank goodness for slings!

Just a little afternoon reading.

"God bless us, every one." 

I posted this on instagram with the following description. I couldn't help but share, because we all have "those" days.

It was just one of those days.  Daddy had class late, my littles decided to dump out all my shampoo and fill it back up with water, Olivia was just in her sassy little mood and took most of it out on Clara, making her extremely fussy, and to finish the night off after baths Clara peed on the floor and tracked it all over the place.  Thankfully daddy came home and took over cleaning the kitchen and such while I pretty much crashed. Being a mom is hard work but it is also the most wonderful thing in the world.  I feel so blessed that I get to stay home with my little girls every day and snuggle, play, and giggle because they grow up much too quickly and I want to enjoy every single moment. 

(But I am grateful for a good nights sleep.)

My two squishy littles as cute as can be in the tub.

Toby is back. 

And although he doesn't usually bring gifts, he did tonight because the best way to start of the Christmas season is with a new Christmas movie and book!

Rocking my Clara to sleep.

I am a germ freak (but I'll save that for another post) however, I did manage to let loose just a little and take my littles to the local bounce house so that they could bounce those wiggles out on a very rainy day.

Busting out my Christmas cards during Clara's nap.

Thankfully, I had some chocolate to keep me motivated.

Happy November!

Michael's 28th birthday.

Celebrating birthdays is truly the best.

And this year for Michael's 28th we had a complete blast. Sadly, there are hardly any pictures to show our fun so words will have to do for this one.

Michael and I asked a girl from our ward to come babysit so that we could have a night out on the town.

We put our littles to bed and excitedly rushed out the door to our first stop.

Olive Garden.

It was amazing, especially the slice of pumpkin cheesecake we shared at the end.

After dinner we went to the arcade hoping to find the ninja turtle game, but we had no luck so we spent our tokens having a contest with the bowling lanes, air hockey, and some weird hunting game. 

And since we just weren't ready to go home yet, we decided to head next door and play a game of miniature golf.

I was determined to beat him this time since I have always gotten so close.

And guess what? I did!

(Don't look too closely at the score card because apparently I added them up wrong. So according to the score card it says we tied but there has to be some mistake. So I am still saying I won! :))

The next day (because we like our birthday celebrations to drag on), I made him his favorite chocolate chip cookie bar cake. And thankfully, he managed to blow out all 28 candles so here's to hoping his wish comes true!

Enjoy the 3 pictures we have of his special day :)

If this sight doesn't make you have a happy birthday, I don't know what will!

Fall in Salem is simply stunning, and the Willamette campus...well there just aren't words.

This picture was taken right outside the law building.

We (speaking for our littles as well) are so grateful for Michael.

He is pretty much the best!

Gym

I have been wanting to get a gym pass for quite sometime now and I am pleased to say that I finally did!

Michael and I found 3 mornings a week that I could go while he watched the littles.

So far I haven't missed a day!

Being cooped up in the house all day with two littles and only one car can be pretty tough sometimes, so I am so happy that I get to get out (BY MYSELF) and do something that makes me feel pretty amazing!

Here's to reaping all the benefits of working out!

Halloween weekend.

Halloween was extra special this year because we were able to spend it up in Washington with the Mickelsons and with Michael's grandparents Papa and Nana Brooks.

We started off Halloween by going to lunch at Abby's pizza with the family and then came home to start preparing for the Halloween festivities.

We chose a Cinderella theme.

Well actually Olivia did. She assigned Michael to be Bruno, Clara to be Guss Guss, herself to be Cinderella, and me to be Lucifer. (Haha I'm thinking I be should concerned that I was assigned the mean guy of the bunch!"

For dinner we had little "boo" dogs or mummy dogs, pumpkin pizzas, and chips and guacamole. Dessert was spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and candy of course!

Michael, Rachel, and Sarah took the girls out trick or treating while I pretty much sat in the nice warm house downing milky ways and kit kats.

Clara lasted for a good amount of time and came home with her little bag full of candy which I promptly ate!

Olivia on the other hand was born to trick or treat. That girl brought back quite the collection!

It was so fun having Papa and Nana there. Clara warmed up to Papa pretty fast and would even go up to him so that she could sit on his lap. (He figured out the way to her heart was by letting her play with his phone!)

Michael and I were also able to sneek away on a quick date to get dinner at Red Robin. Which I don't need to go in to details about how nice that was!

Anyway, enough talking. Here are the pictures from our weekend!

Michael Jackson with Cinderella and little Guss Guss.

Heading out to go trick or treating.

Michael carrying on the tradition of going through the littles candy and charging a daddy tax!

Clara and Papa.

This is such a sweet picture.

Olivia loved doing Rachel's hair in an "Elsa braid."

I was sitting in the house and heard footsteps above my head and I knew Michael and his dad were on the roof. But then I heard a little voice...yes, Olivia was up there too. Yikes!

 The girls loved helping Pa pick up all the walnuts that had fallen off the tree into the driveway.

Homecoming weekend was the same weekend as Halloween, and the theme was masquerade. So we got to see Rachel all dressed up for her dance!

She looked gorgeous, and her mask was amazing!

It was a perfect weekend.

We are so blessed to have such a supportive family, extended family included.

Really, we are so blessed.