Our Weekend...

Aaron's grandparents:
"Bonnie and Jim Hurst" came to visit for the weekend...

We also had the pleasure of visiting with "Connie,"
Aaron's Mom, and his older brother, "Art."
It was a short, but nice visit.

We are all so sad to see them all leave us :(

We had dinner together at Amy & Andrew's house.
This is Aaron showing Grandpa his awesome BBQ skills...
Tri tip and Ribs on the BBQ. Grandpa taught him well!
Yummy! Dinner was great:
Ribs, Tri tip, salad, coleslaw, potato salad, and garlic bread.
Aaron taught Austin how to make garlic bread.
Austin got to cut and butter the bread with a little help.
He'll make a great chef someday :)
The food was sooo good!

Art and Andrew kept busy playing videogames
while Aaron and Grandpa were outside
BBQing our awesome dinner.

Nana (Connie) made Ornaments for the kids to color.
They look nice! The kids did a great job.

We celebrated Art's birthday.
He's turning "37" in just a few days.
He was a good sport... looks great in a birthday hat!
The kids really had a good time.

Art's birthday cake:
Yellow cake, Chocolate cream frosting,
Toffee sprinkles, and a little extra something
just for Him on each side of the cake :)

What a blessing to have spent time with family!

Thanksgiving with Dad 2008

Aaron and IDad and Aaron

Back Row: Aunt Erin & Jack
Front Row: Thomas, Abryn, Branson, Austin, & Kaylee
(part of Ashlan, and Amiah was sitting on the end)
Aunt Erin brought cookies for the kids to frost

Family Picture:
Back Row: Aaron, Darrell, Andrew, Matt & Dad
Front Row: Molly, Nici, Amy, & Erin
Kids Back Row: Austin, Ashlan, Kaylee & Thomas
Kids Front Row: Branson, Amiah, Jack, Ezra, & Abryn

We had a great night and good food!

Braces...

Here's an updated picture of our Allana... can you believe she's in braces already? Growing up so fast. We can't wait to see her at Christmas... only 5 weeks to go and counting!

Honor Roll...

I got awesome news from my Allana this week. She made the Honor Roll! Yay! Daddy and I are so proud of her. She's such a beautiful and smart girl. We couldn't be happier! It can be tough to do well in school and we are so happy she is. Just wanted to share our "good news."

The Expansion...

This month has been an exciting one for Aaron. One of his many interests is video games. He loves pinball, computer games, his XBox 360 etc. It gives him something fun to do that is pretty cheap. Luckily for me, he's not the type to get obsessed over a game. He can put it down as easy as he picks it up. Two games he's been anxiously waiting for came out this month. Fable 2 and the Expansion for World of War craft. I took a picture (with my phone hiding in the baby depart.) of Aaron while waiting in line at Walmart. It was midnight! We were waiting for the Expansion to be released. The line went all the way down the isle and around the corner half way to the registers. It was a very long line. Aaron doesn't fit the part of a typical "gamer." His head is always shaved, he wears a goatee, and had on his leather jacket. There were probably 4 other guys similar to Aaron and the rest, well, they looked like the type waiting in line at Walmart for a video game to be released. It made me giggle. :)

This past week...

I lost another 3lbs this week. Yay! That makes me so happy. I'm learning how to control the gestational diabetes. It has been a new experience for both Aaron and I. I've discovered that when I've given into a craving or indulgence, it's no where as good as I was expecting it to be. Guess it's true... your tastes really do change. I've really been trying to control what I eat. However, I have had a few indulgences which have really helped to curb any cravings. Dr. West told me this week that Hailey is now between 4-5lbs! Wow... she sure has grown. We're so excited to meet her :). I can hardly wait. Christmas is creeping up on us rather quickly. Won't be much longer before I wake up thru the night to take care of Hailey. Before, It felt like her arrival was so far away. As the time gets closer to us having her... I can't believe how fast time really is going!

This has been a really nice week. I had a special talk (text.. ) with Steven the other day. The conversation was short, but, very sweet. I really care about him! I love him as much as I would if he'd been part of our family from the beginning! I am looking forward to him spending more time with us. He sure has been a huge blessing to our family. Steven told me how he wants to refer to me and I don't want to ruin our experience. I do, however, want to say I am so happy he's in our life and it is nice to have him verbally be part of this family.

I'm pretty sure this will be the most memorable Christmas I will have ever had. Not only will Hailey join our family, but, we get to have our sweet Allana this year for Christmas! There's also a chance Steven may be here as well for the holiday. I sure hope so. What a Christmas it will be. I can't wait! I'm almost done Christmas shopping. I found some really cool stuff~ I can't mention it in this blog because Allana likes to read these :). Allana~ I found some coal for you for Christmas :) Hope you like it.

I'm just kidding of coarse :).

Well, I should sign out of the blog. I can't keep my eyelids open. Goodnight :)