AAAAH-CTOBER!

I think everyone is going to hate me after this post. This post is about a mile long. I just dont update this enough to make normal size posts. A lot went on in October. We went home to Idaho for a week. A week is way too short. Splitting a week between families just flies by. We surprised Adam's sister. Her son, Adam's nephew, was heading out on his mission. It was a fun surprise! We spent time in Bear Lake. Andee followed Grandpa Matthews everywhere. She loved going to see and feed the animals. We then headed to Pocatello to watch my brother-in-law play football for ISU. He's a senior this year so we needed to watch at least one game before he was done. He did awesome! He scored a 100-yd touchdown by getting an interception. It was a lot of fun. After our trip to Idaho we have been doing Halloween things. We carved pumpkins and decorated sugar cookies. I love fall and Halloween. It always goes by way too fast. Surprisingly Halloween pictures are not included in here. You would think for how long it is. It is just too long to add and I haven't uploaded the pictures yet.

Brock and Me. Andee is becoming quite the photographer!

Andee's pumpkin she painted. There is no way she was getting to carve one! I can barely carve one without getting sliced. If she is anything like me there would have been blood everywhere.

Mine and Adam's pumpkins

Us making cookies.

Our pumpkins!!

Doing cookies again.

Happy and Handsome 8-months old Brock.

Here we are with the star of the football game. It was great to go to ISU game again. I really miss them. I also decided that I don't want Adam holding Andee in pictures anymore. She looks like this in everyone.

Kayt, Ezra and Andee on our last night. Andee got some vampire teeth and loved them.

We celebrated Andee's third birthday early while we were home. She loved opening all her presents.

We made Halloween themed food for dinner. Kara and Adam's face pizza's in the background.

Grampa Howard fell asleep laying next to Andee one night, how cute!

Andee and her cousins playing on the love sack.

Adam and Andee exploring the ice caves in Paris canyon.

We tried to go up to Paris springs but we were cut off by this moose, we decided to save our trip to the springs for another day.

We helped to harvest the garden and Andee loved to see where carrots actually came from.

Grandma and Grandpa Matthews were so good to play with Andee. She loved every minute.

Brock next to his new cousin Avery.

The three Matthews brothers and Brock.

Most of the family at Adam's sisters house for Austin's last Sunday.

Adam's oldest nephew Austin who we went to see off on his mission.

Andee playing with cousins on the Matthews side.

Sep-tem-ber

I cannot get these pictures to move so they are not in order. My parents came to Chicago this month for a few days. It is always great to have family here. Andee is attached on their hips.

Thatcher and Andee playing at a park downtown Chicago.

We got a membership to Brookfield Zoo. Its open all year round. This is a place that the kids can pain their own face. This is her favorite spot. She talks about painting her face everytime we talk about the zoo.

Andee and Brock playing in a box. I swear kids favorite toys are the cheap weird ones. She loves this box. It's a car that she drives in and its also her bed. This is her shutting the door to her car.

Brockey turned 7-months old. He is getting so old. Andee is holding up seven fingers.

Here is Andee paying this guy downtown to dance. You had to put money in for him to move. There are some crazy people in big cities.

August

Apparently life is going month to month lately. I am glad time is flying by during this residency. Although, I am surprised it is flying by because everyday seems kind of long. Adam is gone a lot making the day seem longer. But I am liking it more and more in our new place everyday. I am finally starting to learn what is around me. Here is an update on the month of August. Here are our two little cuties. Here is when Brock turned six-months. He can roll over both ways and sit up now. He is growing up really fast.


Andee would go to My Gym and she loved it! They would do all these gymnastic type activities, songs and play time. It's just more expensive than I would like.


We went to the Chicago Air and Water show. We have been meaning to go for four years now and finally did. It was fun and free. Free is always nice! Andee loved playing with Mya. We went with our friends the Lloyds. We lucked out and found some shade. It was roasting that day.

Doesn't Andee look happy? I guess our kids like to sport their belly buttons.
Andee and I went on a girls outing. I took her to Chuckee Cheese and let her do whatever she wanted. The only thing she asked to do more than once was a game where she shot dinosaurs that were chasing her. I thought that would be her least favorite game.
Handsome Brock showing off his strong muscles.
This is Brock's happy face. He sticks out the tip of his tongue. Isn't he adorable? He also loves his feet!

Andee lately loves pulling the cushions off everyday, really everyday. We either make forts, she pretends its her bed, she jumps on them and many other things. She is getting quite the imagination. Below is what she would call her bed.
She still loves princesses and dressing up. This is Andee as Cindewewa. So cute!
I love this picture because this is what I did when I was little. I always wanted long hair. I would put my pajamas on my head that had the elastic around the neck and pretend it was my long hair. I went into Andee's room and she had one of Brocks sheets on her head and she said it was her hair.

JULY

Well this is a huge catch up and it's for the whole month of July. We have really been slacking but better late than never.
4th of July

4th of July

KIDDOS

Andee loves to dress up. She's a very girly, girl.

Cute little Brockey at 5-months. He is getting so strong and can almost sit up.

We just started feeding him some rice cereal. It took him a while to get it but now he is a little piggy!

SWIMMING

It's been ROASTING out here so we have gone swimming a lot. There is a nice 1-ft pool in our complex so I can go with just me and the kids. Andee is turning into a little fish. She will swim all by herself with her little floaties on her arms.

DADDY - DAUGHTER DATE

Adam and Andee went to see Toy Story 3. It was a little daddy-daughter date. Andee loved it. She sat on his lap for the whole thing. She loved getting the popcorn too, as you can see.

Andee keeps on saying how daddy took her to see Buzz Lightyear.

Here's cute Brock. He is the cutest boy in the world. He always is happy and smiling.