Thanksgiving at Bear Lake

We had a fun filled thanksgiving weekend with Zac's family in Bear Lake.  The food was wonderful, specially the goodies, and the company was even better.  There is never enough sleep, but always plenty of laughs with the Faniels family!

These four cousins are such buddies and it is beautiful.  They love each other and have so much fun with each other.

We didn't get many pictures, except on the day we took a walk to the lake.  It was gorgeous and so fun to get out in the fresh air.

Teagan about gave me a heart attack while he did his "boy" thing and climbed all over the rocks.  He had fun though.  :)

Teagan and Eloise: Best Friends Forever

He loves her to pieces and comes up with all the good ideas, she loves him back and will blindly follow him on any adventure.

Dressing up and doing concerts for me.

Driving around outside, hauling pumpkins from the garden.

Teagan got them both dressed that day to be helpful.

Sledding down the big dirt pile without any snow.

Snuggling and being sick together.

And snuggling just to snuggle.

These two are awesome little kids, they love each other so much.

We're expecting!

We were excited to find out that we are expecting a baby June 1st or so.  To announce to the world I carved an expecting lady on a pumpkin and put it up for all to see.  

This is me at 10 weeks or so, I can't believe how quickly that belly started growing!

Things are going great, we will find out if we're having a boy or girl in January sometime.  I can feel the little nugget moving as I type.  Best feeling in the world.

Teagan the Worker

Teagan is unstoppable, if he puts his mind to something he can accomplish so much!

Here are some of his projects he's worked on this fall.

He decided to rake up the leaves at Grandma and Grandpa Durtschi's house.  He worked out there for hours to make a "bed". This pile is tiny, maybe a tenth of the size of the finished product

While we were building the house he did a million little jobs.  He wasn't as excited about those as the leaves, but he was extremely helpful!  He gathered wire pieces, swept floors, played with his sister, handed me and grandpa tools...

...entertained us with his awesome self...

...and, his favorite job, he gathered anything flammable and took it to the fire pit to burn.  He then "supervised" the fire, his friends were always excited to help with this particular job.  Here he is with a neighbor, Mason.  They are two peas in a pod.

He asked his Grandma Durtschi to teach him how to sew, and she did!  He proceeded to make matching snow hats for our whole family for Christmas and several blankets for his stuffed animals.

In his ripe old age of 5 1/2 he's become quite independent.  No need to ask for help, he takes care of issues himself (which I love!).   Here he's switching out the battery to make the go cart work again.

He has grown up and changed so much in the last few months, we're so proud of him!

Halloween 2013

We had a fairy and The Amazing Spider-Man this year, it was freezing and didn't last long, but the kids loved dressing up.

Crazy Hair Day

He had a vision, this was my best try at making that vision come to life.  He was delighted, who knew it only took a couple cans of colored hairspray to fulfill his life's desires.

Carving Pumpkins

We all carved, except Eloise, she just ate Carmel popcorn and wandered around.

Teagan made a 20 eyed monster, that was really scary.

Zac made batman

You can also see Rachel's mocking jay and my prego lady (me).

We love this fun tradition!