Double Digits

I cant believe that I have a kid that is in the double digits. Haylee turned 10 this year and I am so glad she is my daughter. She truly is such a blessing to our family and I love her sweet spirit. Haylee is the most tender hearted girl I know. She is so willing to help out in any way and is always looking to make others around her happy. She loves school and was a part of the Honor Choir this year. I had the chance to go on a field trip with the group and it was fun to see her love of music. She also loves Math and Science at school and is really excited to be in 5th grade next year. Her hobbies at home consist of playing outside with all the neighbor kids and holding Sawyer. She is such a great help and I love her so much.

Visitors

It was so nice to have all the company that we had come. First off we had Peggy and Larry come to help out with the kids while I was in the hospital having the baby. The kids love spending time with them and get so spoiled by them. It was so nice of them to make sure the kids got off to school and picked up on time and make sure they had dinner at night. While the kids were in school they got to come and see the baby the day we had him and get to hold him for a little bit. I am so glad that they were able to come out and help. Seth was able to take a week off of work and hang out with me and Sawyer which was so nice and fun to just be with him for a bit. He was so helpful and made sure the house stayed clean and the kids were taken care of while I was trying to heal from my c-section. When Seth went back to work we got to have Grandma Gwen for a week and that was so nice as well. I hope that she will come back because it was a crazy week for sure. I am so glad she came because it was nice to have her advice and to just catch up. She definitely kept me calm and she reassured me that I was doing okay and that I didn't have a fussy baby but that all babies cry! She had all kinds of project to do and she crocheted my kids some super cute things. She kept me from losing my mind when Luke broke our neighbors window with a rock when he was hitting them in the backyard with a bat and she also kept me calm when Luke almost hung himself on the trampoline when he decided to try to hang onto a jump rope that was dangling from our basketball hoop that we have on the trampoline. Truly if she was not there I think I would have lost it so thank you so much for coming mom! Next was my sister Erin. We have so much fun just hanging out and doing nothing which is what we did for 4 days. She doesn't have cable so when she comes to visit it is a real treat for her. We watched a lot of Food Network and HGTV and really we weren't to picky. I am pretty sure she managed to get in more naps then I did but I am so grateful she came to visit because she really was a big help and my kids love her as well. She is so good at listening to what they say and they can feel that. Thanks Erin! It really was a shock once all the company was gone and I had to do things on my own. I think I took my kids to school one day 2 hours late because we just were running late. We are all learning to adjust and just love having Sawyer a part of our family. Haylee just loves to hold him and between us I am not sure who kissed him most. Luke doesn't hold him much and when he does he is so stiff and freaks out if Sawyer moves. Its kind of funny. I just love to look at him and cant wait for him to smile back at me and I hope that he will love me as much as I love him

Sawyer Christopher Beisner

Here he is at last! I had Sawyer on Thursday January 21st at 8:36a.m. He weighed in at 7lbs 12oz. and was 17 and3/4 inches long. Everything went as well as could be expected when you are having a c-section and I am so glad that he is here. He is just so cute and has a little bit of strawberry blonde hair and loves to sleep(for now). The kids are just so excited that we are home and love to hold and kiss him on the head. Luke freaks out every time he makes a noise and thinks something is wrong with him. I am so glad that Sawyer is a part of our family and I cant wait to see how much better things will get

10 Things That Make Me Happy!

I have never followed through when someone has tagged me to do something but I thought I would try and for sure I would have 10 things that make me happy so here I go....

1.Healthy and Happy Kids
2.A Wonderful Husband
3.To be almost done being pregnant!
4.A clean kitchen
5.To come from such a great family with good parents
6.A soon to be new baby boy
7.A steady job
8.Target
9.Friends
10.Ice cream!

There you have it. Not to exciting but I think I would be sad without one of those.

3 More Weeks!

I am so excited to get this baby out! I have scheduled my c-section for the 21st of January and am counting down the days. I do have to say that I am not one that enjoys being pregnant but I am excited for the end result! I know that it is cheesy to take pictures of yourself when you are pregnant but I really do want to remember this down the road.

Halloween Fun!

We had such a great time this year at Halloween. The kids were so lucky and got to do fun things. We started the day out with a T-ball game for Luke which he did really well at. He loves playing and he has a really cute team (and coach!). We have some really nice neighbors that the kids play with and they invited them to go to a carnival at the park right by our house. They had a ton of fun at that. They got free cotton candy, they pet a pony, they got lots of candy, and they got all kinds of gift certificates for free food! Then we were off to our friends for some dinner and trick-or-treating. We have such great friends here and we are so lucky that we have kids that are the same ages. Haylee went this year as a spider web witch and Luke was Wolverine from X-Men. As soon as that was all over we came home and the kids passed out candy to kids in our neighborhood till about 9:00. I tell you what I cant stand the older kids that come by and are so rude. They even smashed our pumpkins. I told my kids that when they think they are too old to go without parents then that means they are done trick-or-treating. I just hope they aren't 16 and still want us to come with them! Cant wait for the next holiday to come!

Pumpkins

We had a fun time this year carving our pumpkins. Haylee picked out a pattern of a with face and then the other half is to look like a half moon. She did a really good job and did most of it on her own. Luke and Seth did a bat theme and it turned out really good too. I love this time of year and cant wait to trick-or-treat tomorrow

McCalls Pumpkin Patch!

I know that we are only in the first week of October but we had Peggy and Larry come to visit us and we thought it would be fun to go to the pumpkin patch. We saw this really fun one on our way up to Carlsbad about a month ago and have been waiting to go. It was so much fun and there was so much for the kids to do. They had a corn maze which took us forever to find our way out, a big jump thing, pumpkin slingshots, cute slides, some fun bike things to ride on, haystacks to climb, cute little bunny houses that had real bunnies hopping around, hayrides, and more. We spent about 4 hours there and didn't get to do it all. I love the holiday time and I am looking forward to carving a pumpkin soon

T-Ball Time

Luke just started playing t-ball and loves it. Seth got roped into being the coach because there weren't any other parents that were able to so it has been fun to see my boys play. Luke is doing really well and loves to hit the ball. He is getting better at catching but that is the boring part of course. He looks so handsome in his uniform and he has a really cute team with lots of friends from our ward. Keep up the good work Luke

MLK Fun

The kids school was doing a hot air balloon launch from their playground field to kick of the the coming week of the Balloon Fiesta Celebration. We had to wake up pretty early to see them launch off 4 balloons from the field. What a fun experience! The balloons are huge and just so pretty. I got a little teary when I saw them up so close. The school was selling donuts and hot chocolate which made the experience even better! This is such a fun place to live and be right now with the perfect weather and the fun new things to see and do.