i love the fall!!!!!!

Just another update on us:) Short and sweet and to the point:)

Watching BOISE STATE FOOTBALL! We love our broncos!

Taelin was SO exited about this NEW drum set he got from his Grammy and Papa!

He loves to drum!!! Especially to Little Einsteins when they drum one of the episodes!

A chain Taelin helped me make until Amika is here! He loves taking a chain off every Thursday:)

The CUTEST wall art!! I have never done wall art before, but I decided to try it out and LOVED it! I think it turned out so good!

A bunch of clothes that were sent from Grammy & Papa! :)

Not to mention her FIRST PAIR OF BOISE STATE BOOTIES!:)

Taelin in his bronco gear that Grammy & Papa sent him! He wanted to wear BOTH shirts! The shorts are so dang cute, but they fall off of him....hopefully he will grow soon so he can wear them! cuz i lOVE THEM!

Wanting to put on his OTHER cool shirt he got!! He also got that HUGE pen and Boise State paper to color on:) thanks guys! you rock!

this is my most favorite shirt of his now!!!!!! so adorable!

Dalin & Taelin watching Boise State Football...this was a pretty intense game against Toledo...well the first 1/2 was, but the broncos came out with a win:) 40-15:) go broncos!! I love that Taelin was so comfy laying like that on the ground and then Dalin is wrapped up all in his blanket, with it over his head....silly boys!

Taelin also got PLATO from Grammy & Papa and I think they found his new LOVE!! Seriously Taelin plays with this ALL THE TIME! he sometimes doens't even want to go play outside because he wants to play with Plato! He loves to make balls, and circles, and babies, and cars, and puppies, and make things for daddy! It's so cute! Looks like I need to get him a really BIG plato set now!!! :)

 Last night (Monday the 19th), Taelin & I spent the night with Erica and Jaxen.  Taelin & Jaxen had so much fun together.  We got to make this really fun Fall craft as well.  Erica is so crafty I love it! The boys had so much fun making their Turkey farm.  For some reason Taelin DID NOT like the paint on his hands and was getting so mad about it...but we quickly did it and then put them in the bath.  Jaxen wanted to put his hand on Taelin's paper too....and Erica drew my spider web:) So I have a bit of EVERYONE in his Turkey Farm:) I think they turned out so dang cute~ It was so much fun! Jaxen had fun putting hand prints on Taelin's back! Such silly boys! After bath time we made HOME-MADE POPSICLES, which were AMAZING, and then watched THE LION KING (my most favorite Disney movie ever) while Erica practiced doing my hair for the Marine Corps ball.  It turned out really cute.  Well the boys went to bed around 1130, and Erica and I went to bed around 1230....wow what a fun late night!!! Taelin & I had to wake up early to baby sit at the co-op this morning, so it's been a crazy day!

His turkey farm!:)

 Taelin's new favorite thing is LIGHTNING MCQUEEN! Has to take his car with him everywhere..he calls him ME.  It's so cute!!

showing off his NEW Lightning McQueen shoes and knee pads he got from Jaxen:)

he LOVES them so much! the shoes light up when he walks too...he LOVES that!

Here are some videos of Taelin.  The 1st one is of Taelin playing with Olivia's new kitchen.  They both thought it was SO funny when Taelin spit out the corn on the cob! Olivia was laughing so hard! It was ADORABLE! 

 The 2nd video is of Taelin learning how to kick the soccer ball!

an update on us!!

Taelin: We just started POTTY TRAINING this week and it is going AMAZING! Taelin is in 1 pull up at nap time and 1 diaper at night-time and the rest of the day is in his SUPER HERO underwear.  He is LOVING going potty and becoming a big boy.  He says poo-poo, pee, or potty whenever he needs to go to the bathroom.  He sometimes throws BIG tantrums when he needs to go potty, so getting him to the bathroom is difficult, but once he is on the potty he is so proud of himself and says YAY, YAY YAY! He already knows that after he goes potty he gets a treat, so he runs right to the pantry to get his treat! This boy is SO SMART! His new favorite word is OH.  He will ask a question, and then you answer it and his response is "OH".  It's so cute!!! He is also talking so much more! We work on a word a day, and he is doing awesome! He loves to COPY Dalin & I, and he LOVES TO sing songs! His most favorite songs are: I LOVE TO SEE THE TEMPLE, BOOK OF MORMON STORIES, AND TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR.  We also started going to the lap-sit story time at the library once a week and he LOVES going to this.  We sing songs, read 2 books, do bubbles, and play some instruments.  He LOVES the teacher and is sad to leave when it's done.  He gives a standing ovation after EVERY song, and is just so happy! I love going to this with him! He loves to kick the soccer ball, and of course LOVES to still play basketball.  His basketball has to go everywhere with him! It's so funny.  When we tickle Taelin he sometimes likes it, but then sometimes says OWIE, just like his mother does:)  He is growing up so quickly and we are so proud of him.  We love him so much! 
Dalin: He is super busy with work and is also taking 2 college classes on-line that take up a lot of his time as well.  He really enjoys the classes he is taking.  He is also volunteering 2 times a week with cheer-leading and gymnastics and the girls love him.  They also love watching Taelin:)  He loves spending time playing with us at night time and on the weekends and loves playing his PS3. He is loving working out as well, and taught Taelin how to play rugby.  He is also starting an ultimate frisbee team. 
Jennie: I am 24 weeks now, and am doing great! I am un-able to work out now, because it hurts my body so bad. So we usually go on walks after dinner, and i LOVE that.  It feels so good at night-time.  I just transferred over 10000 pictures to our hard-drive and am in the process of organizing them.  I am trying to play the piano everyday, and am loving taking care of Taelin.  We work on a letter a day, and I made some flash cards for him as well.  I am getting into couponing so I can save us some more money.

Labor Day weekend!

Friday was the start of Dalin's labor day weekend.  We had so much fun.  Friday night we went to our friends house the Bakers and had dinner.  Krista made homemade flat bread pizzas.  They were so good.  They have 3 girls, and Taelin had a lot of fun playing with them.  They have a play kitchen and Taelin LOVES these right now.  So he was having fun making us some dinner:) They had fun playing duck duck goose and jumping and running around the house.
Saturday we had a picnic outside while Taelin & Dalin played in the Taelin's pool ( I wasn't allowed in the pool...dudes only).  We watched the TCU game, which was amazing cuz they lost, and then it was time to go to Cars2:)

We were all so exited to see the movie. It started at 2:00 and Taelin hadn't napped, so he of course fell asleep in the car.  He got a 20 min nap, better than nothing right? This was Taelin's FIRST movie that we have taken him too since he was about 8 months old ( he was just to hard to keep track of at the movies because all he wanted to do was move around or run around the theater.  So we were about scared to see how Taelin would do).  Well he did AWESOME! We met the Pedersens there and Taelin had fun watching the movie with Jaxen.  We got some popcorn, and Taelin sat on Dalin's lap almost the whole movie.  The movie was SO good.  We liked it A LOT!
After the movie the Pedersen's came over to our place and we all hung out and then made Taco Salad for dinner.  After dinner we went and played in the park.  It was a very fun Saturday!
Sunday was the BIG BSU GAME! We were so happy that we got to watch it. It was on from 9-1230 over in Japan, which was AWESOME, since we have church at 1:00pm.  We all had so much fun watching the game.  BSU came out with the win over Georgia, which was AMAZING! The first quarter was scary, but our Broncos are so good and kept up the hard work and came out with the win!! So happy! The score was ???????
Taelin fell asleep on the way to church, but was awesome at church and did nursery all by himself:) So proud of him!! He had a lot of fun too.  Right after church we drove to the Peace Memorial Park.  It was so beautiful and so peaceful.  This park is ................
It was so nice that we went on a Sunday because there weren't a lot of people their.  The drive was LONG though...1.5 hours....and on the way home Taelin got car sick and didn't have any food in his stomach that just as we were pulling into a mcdonalds he threw up:( Poor little man! I felt so bad for him.  He was a champ though.  We got some water, a drink, and an ice cream.  He rode with me in the back seat for the rest of the drive and was so good.  We had dinner when we came home and then he took a bath and then it was bedtime.  What a fun Sunday!

Monday was LABOR DAY.  we had a really fun day.  We hung out in the morning and that afternoon our neighbors, the Freemans, had a BBQ.  We were there from 1130-2.  Taelin had fun with his friends, and we had a great time chatting with our friends. The food was so good too!! Taelin came home and took a nap and Dalin & I relaxed.  When Taelin woke up we played outside with Olivia.  That night at 630 we went to the park to watch Dalin and some of his buddies play glow in the dark ultimate frisbee.  It was a lot of fun to watch and Dalin had a lot of fun playing.  Taelin always has such a hard time going to these events, because all he wants to do is stay by Dalin.  But he ended up having a good time and once the game was over Taelin was happy to have Daddy again.  haha  Came home and watched Casino Royal and then Dalin started throwing up all night.:( felt so bad for him:(
Tuesday Taelin was the BEST doctor to Dalin and we just hung out at home and played.  I took Taelin to the park so Dalin could take a nap, and Taelin of course had the best time on the swings! That night Dalin FINALLY started to feel a little bit better.  We just stayed at the house and played.  I made White Chocolate Chip Scones, that turned out amazing!
All in all we had A GREAT Labor Day weekend!!!
We are getting really excited to go to the aquarium this weekend!!!! It's one of the biggest aquariums in the WORLD!
It was so fun talking to family and friends online as well.  Love technology!