A precious moment

We have had some sleep issues with our kids. Surprisingly Roy boy has been the easy one. He either has to be in the room completely by himself or have someone to snuggle with. Unfortunately when he snuggles with Morgan she wakes up, cries and has to spend the rest of the night sleeping in our bed or with one of us in her bed.

This particular night we heard Roy crying for a few minutes and then suddenly he calmed down. We peeked in there after a little while and this is what we found.How precious! We were quite surprised that she didn't wake up and were hopeful that maybe they could just stay together the rest of the night and comfort each other. But sure enough she woke up a little while later and in turn woke him up...so we had two crying children to deal with. These precious moments never seem to last long...but they do happen pretty often. We're grateful for them.

The Crime

The perpetrator...the weapon...the victim...the crime...the outcome...our sweet little boy now looks at least 5 years older! :( He did need a haircut anyway though and at least it grows pretty fast! How could we get too mad at our little hairstylist!?

Halloween

Okay, so I'm a month behind on posting. Oh well, at least I have the blog looking all Chrismassy and stuff. That's a step in the right direction eh?

Getting the little man into his costume.

The lovely Pirate Princess and Chicken Little.The happy Princess.

The sassy Princess.

Our arrival at trunk-or-treat. We LOVE trunk-or-treat!

They didn't quite get the whole maze idea. But it was still entertaining to watch them try and figure it out.One of the many games out of someone's trunk. You play the game and then get the treat.Collecting his reward.A successful night with plenty of candy (half of which got thrown away when they weren't looking)!There's nothing like eating a sucker in a chicken costume.It was a fun, low stress, short evening. That's why we love Halloween!

Pre S-C-H-O-O-L

We have been anxious to get Morgan started in preschool. She's been asking about it for a while, but we couldn't really start until we got back to Arizona. We found a wonderful one in Benson that incorporates Spanish and sign language in their daily lessons. This is her first day...
She has been going for a few weeks now and she just loves it. She has already learned so much already. We are SO excited because we have been wanting her to have more stimulation then we could provide. I'm sure just like any other 3 year old she learns so fast and soaks up so much right now that we want her to learn as much as possible while she actually enjoys it! :)

Roy Boy is 2!!

We celebrated this little guys birthday a couple weeks after the fact so that Papa could be there. We went to Chuck E. Cheese with just the four of us and the kids love us. Roy Aaron, you sure keep us on our toes, but there's not a more adorable boy out there! You are so precious to us, we love you son!
After several attempts at trying to throw the ball up, she figured out a way to make it a bit easier.

He followed suit of course.

Sweet Reunion

October 11th was a good day. After 39 days these guys got their Papa back. Wow, I didn't realize how hard it would be to have the hubby gone for so long! We won't do that again if we have control over it. Kudos to all the wives who have to send their hubby's overseas or to the spouses who go without each other for long periods of time for any reason!

We're so glad to have you home Papa Roy...we love you!!

Lotsa time

The kids and I have been in Utah for almost a month now and have been able to do some fun activities with family and friends. This is just a few pictures since I am bad at taking them while here for some reason. The kids have LOVED spending time with Grammy and Grampy and their aunts and uncles and cousins...it's so fun to see how each has their own special relationship with every individual person.

The pictures in order:
A big family birthday party where some Tongan dancers came and performed a mini luau.
Making cookies with Grammy and their cousin Mia.
Prego pics of me and my sister Leslie...I've been to 3 of her baby showers since we've been here! The pictures were at the first shower.
The kids with my parents cats. They love every opportunity they get with them because I'm allergic and normally throw them out every chance I get!

We'll be here another 2 weeks, so I'll be posting more pictures later.