October in Review

Wow, October flew. Here are some of the things we enjoyed!

Pocahontas- After watching Pochahontas Mason asks, "What is that on her temple body?" So I replied that sometimes the Indians drew on themselves. After my shower I come to find this! I couldn't really be mad about it.

Pumpkin Patch- We went to the Green Bluff, which is a community of farmers about 20 minutes away, that have all different sorts of stuff. Most of the farms are come and pick your own produce. It was a beautiful day so we headed out with the Bradfords. Apparently no one told us that the whole city of Spokane was going to the pumpkin patch the same day! It took us a whoopin 2 Hours!!! to get there. Ridiculous. You may ask why we didn't turn around. Well that is a mighty fine question.
We stuck through it studying words for the GRE and finally arrived and picked out our perfect pumpkins.

Pumpkin Carving- We had our annual pumpkin carving FHE Monday before Halloween.

Lucky Boy! He apparently got his fingernails painted.

It turns out that Mason's and Kinbree's pumpkins were WAY to hard to even get a knife in, so we just did the big one. They insisted on scary so this is what they got. Kinbree then was freaked out the rest of the night because of it and the shadow is cast on the wall.

"Trick or Trunking"- The kids were so excited ALL week to go "Trick-or-Trunking", as Mason liked to call it :). We went to our wards trunk or treat on Saturday night and got the goods. Since Halloween was on Sunday we just pretended it was on Saturday, because the kids would never know!

With our friend Allie!

Cute coat Eh? 5 Buckaroos!

Since we didn't have a party this year, we didn't come up with costumes for ourselves. But we still wanted to be festive, so we went to the dress up drawer and found these fun hats. Thanks for makin em' for us Richelle! Great go to Halloween Costumes. Oh and Mason is just behind everyone. He didn't want a picture. He only wanted to go get candy!

ADORABLE!!- I just can't get enough of this sweet boy. We are attached! I can't leave for too long because he just loves his mama so much, and her milk! But I don't mind because he is growing up way too fast! He started rolling over the middle of October at 3 1/2 Months. Crazy! He weighs 15 1/2 lbs, and is so content. So easy going and laid back. And that Smile! It gets me every time!! It makes my job all worth it!!

Now we're ready for Christmas!!!

Alisha

This is a tribute to my sweet wife!

I love Alisha so much! She is an amazing wife and mother! Each day she spends hours with our 3 little children. Taking care of them and making sure they are okay. She does diaper duty and she even helps little boys who decide to flush an entire roll of toilet paper. She feeds them, all one of them more often than others. There is an endless supply of things to clean up. She doesn't let it ruin her day when the house, which was clean five minutes ago, looks like a tornado (Mason and Kinbree) swept through the area.

I know many of you may be thinking, "What did Chance do that he has to try and sweeten up his wife?" Well, let me tell you...there are to many and I don't have the time to write them all down. Fortunately, my sweetheart is so understanding, forgiving, loving, and supportive.

Thanks for being the most wonderful wife ever!

I love, love, love, love, love you Alisha!

A-Amazing
L-Lovely
I-Incredible
S-Sweet
H-Hot!
A-Amazing (she gets that twice because she is so amazing.)

That was fun! I haven't made one of those in years.

I could go on and on about my dear wife, and I think I will.

She makes dinner for us every night, she makes "puffer" pancakes in the morning, she feeds the little guy in the middle of the night, she washes the clothes, she plays house, builds ships, gives hugs and kisses, and on and on...

okay I'm done for now! Love you Hun-E!

Mmm-Bye!

The BIG 4!

Mason turned the BIG 4 this week and couldn't be happier! He woke up every morning for a week saying, "It's Wundsday?! It's my birthday!" He has grown up so much and acts older every day. It is pretty easy to please a 4 year old. He requested a spider cake and would have been happy with just that. He was so excited when the "present man" (FedEx man) showed up with his present. I too was happy that it finally arrived on his birthday. We celebrated with a puffy pancake breakfast, pizza for dinner, and our friends the Bradfords over for cake and ice cream! Crazy its been 4 years. Thanks for always making us laugh and being our BIG boy!! We love you!!

What did we do?

So I came across this today...

Notice the name?

Yes, that is the family name Anson is named after...

Notice the spelling?

Well, we named our little man Anson Jacques...

Hmmmmm.......

Oh, well. I am not going through the hassel to change it now. (Unless Chance wants to do it.)
Although it's different we still know where it comes from. Right?

It just feels a little embarrassing. And it will probably weigh on my mind for a while. Grrrr.

Apparently no other family members have noticed either.

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On another note, Anson is growing so fast. He is such a cute happy baby and I can't get enough of him and his chubbiness! He is all smiles and I love this stage now that he has started making those little talking noises. He is definitly a mama's boy right now, and I love it! Oh, I just love him!!

She Did IT!!!!

YES, it is True! Kinbree potty trained HERSELF!!!! Oh, how I love it!! I have been waiting for this day. She has been aprehensive to go poop poop because Mason has issues, but she successfully did that today too. And wouldn't you know, Mason decided to take his sisters lead and go poop IN THE POTTY. BY. HIMSELF. This is HUGE! Oh the JOY!!

And this little guy sleeps through the night!!! He is our first baby to ever do this!!


One more thing, since were on a roll, Kinbree has started sleeping through the night!!! Ah!!! We have been having issues with her waking up 2-3 times a night for a LONG time. Like ever since we took her out of a crib, which was probably about a year ago.

There must be something in the air. Actually it all started after Kinbree decided to stick a key in the electrical outlet! I Don't know how she didn't get hurt because everyone else felt it, but aparently it did some good!
OK, All joking aside it is a miracle that she isn't hurt. IT was a BIG Expolsion. It welded the key to the key ring. Her guardian angel was with her once again! And since were on that topic now, said angel must have been with her again on Sunday when she ran out in front of a car after church! Oh Kinbree! the Joy and heart attacks you can bring in ONE week! We LOVE YOU, and Mason and Anson.

GREAT JOB on all of your acomplishments sweet children of mine!!

1st Day of School

Chance had his first day of school on Tuesday! He is super excited. We know he will do great and make a great Counselor. We love You Papa Bear!!

We decided we must celebrate the next two years of our life. What better was than to make a cake! Cheers to the next two years! I hope we all make it.

Nothing fancy, just some lemon cake and "whopped" cream.

Thanks for giving us a reason to celebrate!!

Who knew...

...A pair of pants could be so versatile?

1.Fat Pants
Have I ever shared my weight loss story?
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(I love how it looks so real, well almost)

(Oh the good old days!!)
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2. Pants made for 2!

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3. Hot Darn PJ's

(Yes, He really wore them to bed.
Just some little slits in the pockets and they fit perfectly!)
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4. Saucy Lingere!
(Who knows how to spell that)

I'd Love to see Chance in those!! Huba Huba!
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5. Cute Mini Pajamas
And One Happy Little Boy!

Kinbree gets a Haircut!

"What have you done?"...

I can't believe how long it was. It just needed a healthy trim, so we did it. (I say we because Karissa was here and was the main encourager. Thanks!) She looks more here age now, not 16 like she acts! So CUTE!!

Kinbree actually cried when I made the first snip. Sad. It almost made me cry...until about a minute later when she freaked out because I wasn't cutting it like Masons. Oh, the joys of our very dramatic daughter. She still says everyday that when she is a boy , or when she is big like Dad she is going to get a hair cut like him! (She really does like it, just wants to be like her papa!) Lets just hope she changes her mind in the near future. I guess all I will have to do is show her a picture of when I got a boy hair cut! GAG! None the less, we still love her and all the drama she brings :).

Going Back

It's been a whirlwind of a summer with some special and Fabulous times. GramE came up for a few weeks to help out after Anson was born. We are so grateful for her help. She pretty much packed our house, and kept the kids well entertained. A week before we moved, Richard and his family came from Minnesota, and Nicole and her family and GramE came up and we all met at our house. They were only here for a day, but it was great seeing everyone again.

The cousins who came to meet Anson!

Our last Sunday in Rexburg we were able to bless Anson. Most of Chances family was there and GramE and Karissa. It was a special and tender day. It was hard to say goodbye to our awesome ward and Bishop. We are so grateful for our bishop, Bishop Simpson, and the wonderful man that he is and all that he taught us.

After all the fun, we packed and cleaned and packed and cleaned... kind of. We did go to the sand dunes a few times with the Freeman's for some fun in between all the packing. We just couldn't let those precious last few days in Rexburg be spent doing unfun things. Oh, how we loved our Rexburg days! Thanks so much to Eraleigh, Timmerie, Grandma Rima and Karissa we were able to get everything done. They pretty much cleaned the whole house. We said goodbye to Hillary and Cameron the day before we left and had faith that we would fit everything into our truck after seeing that they were able to make everything fit. Well moving day came, and the truck was packed to the MAX. We said goodbye to all of our great friends and family and started the trip to Spokane. Karissa came along and drove with me in the car while Chance drove the truck with one of the kids. We stopped for the night with Mike and Richelle, it was a nice break from all the moving. When we arrived in Spokane we were greeted by a moving crew and Aubry! We are so grateful for all of her help. We loved the last few years, but are excited for the adventures ahead. Pfeww. What a month!

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Life has been crazy lately. We made it to Spokane and have been here for 2 weeks now. The first week we got settled, and now we have just been exploring, thrifting:)and hanging out...watching care bears, having sword fights, ya know, the works! It is beautiful as everyone says. We really have come to like it here, but of course we miss Rexburg. I don't think there is anywhere in the world quite like Rexburg. We're enjoying our spacious apartment, especially the pool. We have even had visitors already! That's it for now folks.

Chariots of Fire

Baby Anson

We have loved having him home and part of our family. He has been a very laid back baby, except for his second night home when we learned mama can't have brownies. Sad. But...Glad we learned fast! We're still getting use to night feedings. I forgot how it was having a new born, but we love it and don't want him to grow up. Here are the pics everyones been waiting for...p.s. He looks just like Mason's baby pics.

5 looks soo much bigger than 4! CRAZY

Mason loves being a big brother

He was super bruised and swollen the first few days from coming so fast