Catching Up: This & That

The past few months I have worked on and off to catch up my blog. My goal has been to be up-to-date so I can get back on schedule and blog every week so I won't forget as many details. Well, this is the last post that gets me there...hooray! It is kind of a random post of a few events I wanted to blog about, but didn't have enough pictures or info for them to each have their own post so here we go.

I am laughing just looking at this picture. This is our cute little "Super Hoyt". The kids found the shades they used in the hospital when he was on the bili lights and they would wear them, but it was a little dangerous having their eyes completely covered because they were running into walls etc. Bryan cut eye holes and this is what resulted. I think it's hilarious and cute.

Lexie always likes to be with me in the kitchen cooking. Here she is helping me make some pizza for dinner.

September 30, my brother Matt returned from his mission to Nebraska! This is my 4th RM brother; there is one more to go, but he still has about 5 years. Luckily for us, Matt flew into Cedar so we all headed over to see him fly in and come off the plane.

I didn't get any pictures of our little family with the missionary, but here are some with my parents and little sister. Lexie had just turned 1 when Matt left and I was about 5 weeks pregnant with Hoyt, so a lot has changed in 2 years!

I did get a picture of Hoyt and Bryan waiting at the airport.

After the airport, we had everyone over to our house for pizza and cake. It was my immediate family and my Mickelson Grandparents. We had a great time eating and visiting. I made him a cake with our high school colors which goes perfectly with the Halloween season. :)

The next day was Saturday General Conference, so we decided to head to my parent's house to visit. We also wanted to see the leaves on the mountain. We didn't know it then, but it was the last time for us to go up the canyon and over the mountain because of a massive landslide that will take many months to fix. And to top off the trip, Lexie got carsick because she was trying to see the pretty leaves. She gets the motion sickness from my family (you should see us at Lagoon all downing dramamine), but usually she closes her eyes and takes a nap so she won't get sick. We didn't have time to stop and take pictures but I did get a few out the window of the car. I love fall!

So far October has been somewhat uneventful. Bryan is still working hard at his job and we appreciate all he does for us. It's so nice to be back in our home, and I feel like the kids are so much happier and have settled into a nice routine. They are finally on an amazing sleep schedule from 8 or 8:30 p.m. to 8:30 or 9:00 a.m. The hard part for me is getting to bed at a decent hour because I get so much accomplished in the evening while they are sleeping. We still need to finish painting, unpacking, and fixing the backyard; but we are healthy, happy and loving life!

On to a few more random pictures. The kids were really into a DVD about shapes and it was so cute we had to take a picture. Also, the other day Bryan bought me yellow roses which was cute. When we were first dating, he bought me yellow roses and told me they meant friendship and it became a joke between us. When he brought them to me the other day I asked if he wanted to be my friend; luckily, he is my best friend!

And now I am caught up!!! I hope I can stick with it and keep the blog current so I can remember all of the small things that go on with our family. I'm sure my slacking off has cause less people to even read my blog, but my main objective is keeping a journal and history of our family. Until next week...