Halloween 2014

This year we actually dressed up for the Pincock family reunion. And we even won some candy for our outfits. I saw this idea in Pinterest and had to do it. Only problem ended up being able to keep makeup on my month old :). He kept rubbing it off :)

I used iron on adhesive and Kade cut up circles while I ironed them on. They slowly fell off, but did the trick.  I ended up using a mad scientist wig because it was cheap. Then I used a can of hairspray dye for the black. It turned out great. 

We ended up going trick or treating for a half hour. It was warm and fun, but we were carrying Lex, so we kept it short.  Next year we will do it longer. The kids got tonz of candy for the shirt trip, a king sized candy bar even.  I was surprised!

Love my kids,

Happy Halloween!

My mustache of a family

Drake got a mustache out of a vending machine. Look how cute everyone is.

Oh, so handsome! I love me a man with some facial hair. :)

These kids make me laugh and melt my heart. 

Hunting 10.22.14

This week we ate the last of Kade's deer from last year :(  And surprisingly it is all about how you cook it, because I enjoyed it, and I didn't think I would.

Kade gets a random day off every week along with Sundays, he normally only knows the week of what day he has off.  The last three weeks it has been consistently Wednesdays.  Deer season ends this week, and so he wanted to try and get one.  And with last years meat gone, I was really hoping he would get one.

Being a Wednesday and not having a lot of time in advance, nobody could go with him.  I will not allow him to go alone, I know of too many hunting accidents.  He bravely asked me to come :)  I say bravely because that means me and 3 kids.

Packed up and ready to HUNT!

We are such lucky people that it was super foggy!  When we got up in the mountains I sadly realized we wouldn't be getting our deer this year. :(  Our fault for not trying sooner.
We spent most of the morning watching, waiting, but the fog didn't clear.  On the way back, I spotted a moose, and a 6 point elk.  I guess I can spot anything BUT a deer.

The elk was too far away to see with my camera phone, but he was just laying there begging to be shot!  We watched him for a good 10 minutes before Kade got out of the truck to make sure he wasn't dead.


No luck, but from what we hear, people haven't been seeing a lot of deer.  We will hope for better luck with elk or something, we need to stock our freezer.

Our cute realtree camo hats, I reeeealy hate the way I look in mine, but it is warm.

Yes it is blurry, but so cute.

Lex had to show off his camo as well...sadly the other kids didn't get their picture taken.  

This weekends project 10.11.14

First off happy birthday to beautiful Emma, you are such a sweet and fun girl. I was thinking of you all day. I can always remember your birthday because I was baptized on this day 17 years ago. CRAZY, how time flys.

I have been looking at our front room wall for a while. I was really unsure what I wanted to do with it. Our tv cabinet although I love it is small and I wanted more decorating options. 

This was the previous setup when we lived here before...I wanted to be able to hang more decorations.

SOOOO.....I found some great inspiration on Pinterest and even got Kade to tell me what he wanted/liked. Let's face it, he did the majority of the work! He is pretty handy and sweet to boot!

Here was my inspirations. 

http://lifethrualinds.blogspot.com/2011/01/diy-living-room-media-shelves.html

Kade was a huge fan of the chains so those had to be included in our shelves. 

This was what we planned, plus some chains. I however didn't love it. After we looked around some more we found this idea 

http://besimplyorganized.blogspot.com/2014/07/simple-diy-floating-shelves-tutorial.html

and came up with adding more wood 1x4s to the front and sides giving it a more floating shelves look. 

I was in love!  I would have been fine leaving them this way but....

We still wanted to add chains not just to stabilize these shelves but to add some character. 

My husband was brilliant and nailed a boarded underneath to hide the router. It's a little shelf on the left where the grey cord hangs out. 

We ran our tv coards through the wall a couple years ago. So the DVD player is the only coards that sticks out. And I put the ottomans in front to make it less obvious. 

I'm so excited and so happy with how it turned out!!!! Now for more decorating!

Lex 1 month

Hey Lex,

So much as happened this month! I have felt every emotion in the book. Describing this month as an emotional roller coaster would be an understatement. But you bring so much joy! We are so glad you joined our family, it is like you've always been here.

You are the hungriest baby I have ever met. If you are not asleep, you are eating there is no in between. You are either snoring or rooting for some milk. 

You have started to smile, it is so so sweet and even giggle in your sleep. 

We don't know much about you yet, but we know you are a mama's boy. When you hear my voice, it can stop you from crying and entertain you until the next time you eat. Just knowing and hearing me calms you down, it makes my heart melt. Daddy still gets his fair share of snuggles though, and he makes sure he gets plenty of time with you. He is a great daddy and loves baby time.

You have been such a great baby. You almost sleep through the night already. You only wake up once or twice to eat, depending on the night. By getting enough sleep you help me be a better mom.

You have been trying to lift your head since birth.  You have great head control, and surprise me by your strength.   

We love you and your delicious kissable cheeks!

The girls loving on you.

Playing Catch Up (Our CraZy August of 14)

I am so behind on this blog and I am sure things are not going to calm down anytime soon.  That means that I will just have to post what I can, when I can.

So much has happened and it all happened at the same time.  Kade was offered a new job in Blackfoot that started the 11th of August, just 15 days before my due date.  After much pondering and prayer we decided this would be the best decision for our family's future.  There was only two weeks before the new job started so...we looked around for a place to live and couldn't find anything very affordable. We were very sad at our findings.  If you recall we own a home in Idaho Falls, close to the temple, that has had renters in it for over two years.

After more prayer, and tears from the prego lady, we felt a push to move back into our home.  We had to give a month notice and so that put us not being able to move in until the first part of September.  This was so close to my due date, so more tears and stress from me.  We felt so much guidance for this move, but it was still hard to accept, even if it was what we needed to do.

We had to figure out what to do next, because we had nowhere to live for 3ish weeks.  I didn't want to live with family because I know how stressful and hard that can be.  I really didn't want to step on toes and be in everyone's hair.  We were in everyone's hair anyway, even if I didn't want it that way.

Kade's parents were so kind and let us borrow their very nice RV, which we parked in my sisters yard for those three weeks.  ~Now the last weeks of pregnancy are super long, this made things even longer and more stretched out. ~  Between my sisters house and my parents we survived.  We had our own place but we had family to make times better.  My kids had a blast being so close to my family for so long, but man I know it wore everyone else out. 

On Saturday, August 23rd, three days before my due date, Kade had a day off so we headed up to box up the trailer house.  Word traveled fast through the ward and before 4 o'clock that day we were ready to move out. I was in shock with how much love and support we received. We have never been able to get a house packed that fast. 

Only problem, we still didn't have a place to move, the renters did end up moving out faster then originally planned and on the 29th (3 days past due date) we were given the green light to move in. 

There were some problems, they had pets, and the house reeked!  They had the carpets cleaned 2x's and it still stunk soooo bad.  We pulled up the carpets and white washed the floors and all the walls in the effected areas.  They had painted the kitchen and I hate the new color, so it still needs work, but we left that for later.  The house is mostly white now with new smelling carpet, it made a huge difference. We were sad we had to do so much work, it caused us to push back our move in date, plus carpet isn't' cheap! :(

My due date came and went, almost a whole week.

I ended up going into labor the last day in August, Lex wanted to make sure that the month of August was as long and drawn out as possible ;)
I ended up giving birth to him on the day that I originally told everyone I was due.  I always go over and I hate when people text and call asking if I have had a baby yet.  So, I just went a week past my due date and told everyone that date...I am a better guesser then the ultrasound.  :D Lex is a lucky boy, he shares his Birthday with Paul and Annie's Anniversary.  It really fits because they were so kind to let us crash for so long at their house, it is a tribute to their awesomeness.

We were still living in the RV when I went into labor.  After Lex was born we stayed at my parents house so they could help me with kids.  Carpet was installed the 5th of September.  On the 6th of September everything was loaded, moved, and put into our home, lots of boxes! On Tuesday the 9th we went up and spent our first night.  Finally, a place of our own!

Basically, there is no progress with the unpacking.  There is so much to unpack and put away, but I'm just sitting here holding my baby and soaking in his baby smell.  I love baby snuggles.  

25

Yeah, you could say I feel pretty old. 25 already, I can only imagine how fast 40 will come. As a kid growing up took forever but once I hit twenty, life has hit fast forward it seems. 

Kade spoiled me. He surprised me with a sitter and we took Lex with us to the Maze Runner. It was nice to have a date, I suppose it will be a while before we will be able to swing another. 

My awesome walmart birthday watch!

It's pretty much tradition to get a new walmart watch every year, about when the battery dies. :)  He was worried it was to "young" and "jellybean" for my taste, I like it!

And he surprised me with my all time favorite cake, ice cream cake from DQ! Needless to say I practically ate the whole thing, worth every bite. 

This year I got a birthday present early! I'm happy to share my birthday month with baby Lex, he has kept me going.