HUGE update!

Halloween fun! This was us trick-or-treating at the mall.

















This was that headless horseman pumpkin that I carved.


So, Thayne went to New Mexico to sell for a few days in November. While he was gone, I discovered we had a rodent infestation problem. They were coming out and running across the floor; right past me! In fact, I almost STEPPED on one as I was walking around! Freaked me out! I called Thayne's dad and he brought me some glue boards (he even strategically placed them around my house). Even while he was setting them up, mice were darting in and out of his legs and around him!!! He set up the first 3 boards and stood up to get more and...we caught one! We decided to use her at bait (you know leave her near a couple glue boards in hopes that she would lure in her babies and they would get caught too)! We left the boards overnight and here was our kill the next morning! These were the first five mice (we ended up catching 10 in the end)! Yes, the top right mouse was missing its head by morning.







Thayne blessed Jaxon November 7, 2010 at our 11 a.m. sacrament meeting. It was a beautiful blessing. I'm so glad so many of our friends and family could come. I feel blessed to be married to a worthy Preisthood holder. I am so grateful for the gospel in my life, and the many blessing we receive from our Heavenly Father. I feel blessed to be surrounded by wonderful people. My aunt Tami is such a wonderful mother figure. She is like a little mother hen. She just wants to make everyone feel loved and like they're her own children. My cousin, Braquel, is like the sister I never had. She knows me better than I know myself sometimes. She's been there through the thick and thin; always ready to serve me the bitter truth when needed. My brother, Cortney, who if I had to say one word to describe him it would be honest. He never lies. I don't even know if he's capable of it. I love how much he adores my children. I think he's most excited to come visit on Saturdays because of them. There is a joke in our family that when the twins get older, they're going to go to him for that brand new convertible! And he really will go take out a loan for those convertibles! It truly makes me smile, though; they have an uncle who loves them very much. And lastly, I'm grateful for the family I gained when I married Thayne. All of my in-laws are so helpful. I know that when I am in need of help, I can call any of them and they will do what they can to help me. Thayne's mom has been a lot of help. She's so sweet. All summer long she would come down here 3 times a week to help me with bath time! She's a good cook and cleaner. And she is patient. Hope, Holly and Valerie are such wonderful sisters. They are fun to be around! I love that they will babysit my children for me. I love having girl's nights with them. I love when they get hyper; it's hilarious to watch! Hope gets really crazy, and I love it!

Holly talking to Jax!














Thayne playing with his nephew, Jaden.














The girls playing at their great aunt Janet's house.














Diesel, my husband's princess pooch.



















Diesel playing house with Taylor.














Tay in her snow clothes.




















Alexis in her snow clothes.



















This was everyone's (children) first time meeting Santa Claus :) And everyone was unsure of him!



















I'm gonna start my updates with the twins. (Alexis left, Taylor right)














I love that Alexis loves Jaxon (sometimes a little too much)! She loves to hold his hand; tickle him; talk to him. I always have her for a shadow; she's so curious about how I feed him, change him, interact with him, etc. It is very cute :) I love when she gets her baby doll and puts her in the swing, car seat, stroller, bumbo and anything else she sees me stick Jaxon in. She is very tender hearted. And she is a total daddy's girl. Oh, and she still loves horses!
Her stats November 8, 2010:

• Weight: 24.6 lbs (20 percentile)
• Height: 33 in (23 percentile)

Recent additions to vocabulary:

• Elephant, giraffe, gorilla (and several other animals)
• Juice
• Sippy
• Jaxon (comes in any of the following forms: Jacket, Texas and my favorite...BOOBY when she's trying to say baby)
• Baby (sometimes she really does say it clearly)
• Taylor
• Alexis
• Jesus
• Arm, leg (and several other body parts)
• A, B, C (all letters of the alphabet)
• 1, 2, 3 (numbers up to 10)
• And many more!
  
  
  
  
  
  

Taylor enjoys interacting with her little brother, too. She is a little better at entertaining herself, though. She can go off and play on her own with her toys. She doesn't usually follow me around or try to play with Jaxon as much as Lexi does. She is still in love with "Horsies!" She is a sweet little girl; pretty obedient. The biggest struggle with her is food; she's a picky eater. Her favorite word (besides horse) is "Share!" She wants everyone to share everything with her :) Oh how it kills me when she takes her hair elastic out EVERY SINGLE DAY! I put her hair up so it's out of her eyes and she just rips it out! But I don't want to cut her hair because I'm trying to grow it out. Hmmm.
Taylor's stats November 8, 2010:

• Weight: 22.6 lbs (4 percentile) poor girl has only seen the double digit percentile once
• Height: 33 in (23 percentile)

Recent additions to vocabulary:

• Elephant (which sounds like "Oh sh**"), giraffe, gorilla (and several other animals)
• Juice
• Sippy
• Jaxon
• Baby
• Taylor
• Alexis
• Jesus
• Arm, leg (and several other body parts)
• A, B, C (all letters of the alphabet)
• 1, 2, 3 (numbers up to 10)
• And many more!

Jaxon can coo and smile. He is still a really good eater, but a poor sleeper :( I would really like to successfully move him into his own room. Tried it once. Didn't go so well. He was up every hour. I finally gave up at 5 a.m. and let him sleep the rest of the night in our bed. Why in our bed? Oh because he wouldn't even sleep in his bassinet. I would lay him down in it and he'd wake right up. I'd stick him in our bed (assuming he needed to eat for the millionth time) and he'd conk right out! He's a stinker! But he's a cute stinker :) He has rolled over once, but he hasn't done it since...
Jaxon's stats November 8, 2010:

• Weight: 11 lbs 11 oz (50 percentile)
• Height: 23 1/2 in (71 percentile)
• Head circumference: 16.2 in (76 percentile)

Hanging out with mom :)

Spit bubbles after bath time :)

Cheesing it!

Chilling with aunt Holly.

Loving his soon to be Christmas present!

The girls playing with our rabbit...


Jaxon cooing...

What we've been up to...

Thayne and I wanted to go jet skiing before it got too cold, so we called up my little brother, Cort, to see if he wanted to go. Thanks to Karley, we were able to get him a blind date with a girl named Tana! We had a blast playing on the jet skiis at Benson Marina :) We laughed our heads off as Cort tried to wakeboard with a surf board...pretty hard!!! It was his first time ever trying to wakeboard or surf, and he actually did a really good job.

Thayne and I stopped at a little island near the Cutler Dam to check it out :)

This is Cort and Tana.A week later, Cort and B joined us as we went jet skiing with the twins. The girls had a ton of fun! Thayne even let Taylor control the gas at one point! Haha! She should've thrown him off! We also took David's (Thayne's brother) peddle boat out with us to cruise around in. Needless to say, we enjoyed ourselves :)

We went on a little overnight camping adventure with Clint and Karley. All of us had a good time playing on the jet skiis and watching Clint moon us as he wakeboarded on the surf board...haha :) After the sun went down, we loaded up the jet skiis with our camping gear and headed down the river. We camped at the little island on the river just above the Cutler Dam. It was a ton of fun! Thanks Hope and Valerie for watching our kids!

Karley posing with a catfish :)

Clint pretending to eat it! I think the best part was watching the boys get as excited as kids at Christmas whenever they would catch a fish :)

Clint haha!APX threw an awesome backend party! We went to dinner in SLC at the Macaroni Grill. Then headed to the Salt Lake Country Club. They had valet parking and red carpet pictures outside as you pulled up! Sorry, I only have one picture from that night! I thought this ice sculpture was really neat :) Inside they had different rooms set up with Texas Hold 'Em, Poker, Black Jack, and live entertainment. We decided to watch the live entertainment. They had The Salt Lake Sports Comedy guys, a magician, hula dancers, and a flame thrower. It was awesome!!! I loved all of it! And, people actually walked around carrying drinks and hors d'oeurvres on platters! At the end of the night, you traded in your poker chips for raffle tickets for a chance to win some really amazing prizes! One of the prizes we tried to win was called the Swag Bag. It included the opportunity to meet Dancing with the Stars, an all day beauty consultation, and gift cards to tons of different places. Thanks again, Hope, for watching our kiddos!

Our girls turned 2 on Oct.15! We blew up 12 helium balloons and 15 more by mouth and spread them across the living room for them to see when they woke up. We got them building blocks, shoes, a play doh cake making kit, and a horse poster. Cort and B stopped by with their gifts. Cort bought them a playhouse (it even has a working doorbell)! B bought them each a movie (including her childhood favorite, Strawberry Shortcake) and a couple of adorable outfits. Then we met up with Cam (Clint and Karley's daughter), Alyssa and Jaden to play at the Fun Park on the Soft Play area. Afterwards, we treated each of them with a Sprite. After naptime, we headed up to Thayne's parents' house to have a birthday party. We had finger foods, sugar cookies, cups of dirt, and cupcakes. They unwrapped their gifts and then we ended the party with horse rides!!! Thanks everyone! They're really enjoying their gifts!

Clint and Karley got them these strollers...and they love them!!!Valerie and her boyfriend, Kyle!Karley and CamAlexis (front), Taylor and Thayne Wade and Jaden

Valli and Isaac

Just some fun little pictures...

Here is a picture of me when I was 33 weeks 3 days along with the twins! Wow! I was huge!!!

This was me with Jaxon one month before I had him...so I was like 35 or 36 weeks along! I was smaller with him :)

Earlier this summer, Hope made tutus for the girls and took some pictures over at Von's Park. Here are a few of those pics! Oh, P.S. I did their hair super cute but then they destroyed their hair before pictures :( So don't judge!

This is cute little Taylor!

Such a classic Alexis face! In this picture, she reminds me soooo much of myself when I was a little girl :) I looked just like she does in this pic. I love being able to see a little bit of myself in my daughters.

If you haven't noticed by now, Taylor would hardly cooperate and look at the camera. Then again, I think that was the case for all of them!

Dance! Dance!

Now for the little man...

Such a little sweetie :)

Hmmm...let's see...do we like our paci?! Why yes we do!!!
He has such a strong little neck! These were taken when he was just 5 days old. All of my children have been considerably strong. Probably got it from their Daddy :)