random thoughts

i just have a few thoughts/pictures i want to remember... so indulge me, k? : )

this was today, the boys just HAD to play outside, even though it was quite chilly! im glad i let them. it gets some of their energy out so they aren't bouncing off our walls... literally. i love seeing their tiny little bodies running around, jumping, pedaling, smiling...im sure going to miss these little bodies when they get big!

his ears totally glow in the sunlight : )

i cut their hair today, without any real battles! thank goodness for halloween candy.

every night before i go to bed, i go in the boys room to check on them and make sure they are tucked in. i just can't sleep without doing that. anyway, one night i went in last week, and this is how i found cole. the nightlight has become a new necessity in their room lately. tucker throws a huge fit if i take it out. so, cole just indulges himself and starts doing what he wants. which that night, just so happened to be gathering most of their books and getting them in bed with him. he sure does love reading! : )

so, ive always wanted to know how to sew. but, when it comes to trying something new, im pretty bashful. im a perfectionist- if i cant do something good from the beginning, i will avoid it like the plague. so, last christmas, my mother in law gave me a sewing machine! i was pretty excited, but felt a little overwhelmed. i have no idea what im doing. short story long, i went to go to a sewing tutorial ryans cousin (terriann) did, and i didnt have the power cord for my machine! i couldnt find it for a couple of weeks. i kind of just pushed it out of my mind. his cousin was having a private lesson for me the other day, and i just had to find the power cord! i finally decided it was time to say a prayer. i had tucker and cole come by me and i explained i wanted to say a prayer to ask Heavenly Father to help me find the cord. tucker wanted to say it. he asked Heavenly Father to help me find it. I looked some more, still no luck. i decided it was time to move on and do some laundry. as i was organizing mackenzies clothes, packing away ones that dont fit anymore (sad day), i found a target bag. ive looked in their several times over the past couple months, but i couldnt remember what was in it. so i indulged my curiousity, and there she blow! my power cord was in the bag with my baby monitor? rannndommm! i was sooo happy and excited and i showed the boys! and i helped them understand that God hears our prayers, and he heard that prayer tucker said, and he helped me find it! then we said another quick prayer of thanks. it was such a neat experience to have a prayer be answered so quickly over something simple. it made me so happy that the boys could experience that. if you can't tell, tucker is joyously holding the power cord : )

i think this is the first picture since the hospital of all 3 kiddos together. dont mind my nappy hair. i dont know how to do it anymore : )

just a little moment i wanted to capture. ryan helping the boys get their shoes on to go out to dinner. doesn't ryan look hot? i got him that sweater last summer on sale at target... i envisioned him looking studly, but when he came out wearing it that night, i was like, WOooooaAH NELLY! ow ow! ; )

me and miss mackenzie. : ) i feel so silly having my picture taken, even more so taking my OWN picture. but sometimes i just have to do it to prove that i was actually there with my babies since im usually the one behind the camera.

the other day tucker got mad at me for some reason, probably for putting him in time out for something, or i wouldnt let him watch a movie. something like that. anyway, he got mad and said he "hated this place" and that he was leaving. i told him ok, go pack ur bag, ur leaving now, and i stood with the back door open waiting for him. he shockingly said ok, and went to his room. he came back with a mcdonalds halloween basket with an outfit in it. i was trying so hard to not laugh. while biting my lip, i asked him if i could take ONE LAST picture before he left. and this is what he gave me : ) all smiles. i love this kid.

and then he decided he changed his mind and wanted to stay. : ) im happy he did.