We had our ultrasound today...and....

We are really excited! 

It was a bit of a shocker...not going to lie...

but we got SO EXCITED looking at our

HEALTHY little baby girl!

Ultrasounds are so special and make things so real.

Now I can't even wait for April!

THREE GIRLS! 

Crazy!

family pictures fall 2010

My good friend,

who I am SO HAPPY that she and her cute family moved into the neighborhood,

took our family pictures! 

She is amazing,

and we had a lot of fun! 

Thanks Mindy! 

Thankful Tree

While Karli was napping the other day, Alexa and I decided to make a Thankful Tree!

We had a good time.

We rounded up a vase,

colored leaves from outside to stuff vase,

branches from our yard,

ribbon,

and craft paper! 

Our family has had a good time remembering what we are thankful for each day.  I especially like how it reminds our little girls to have a thankful heart.

What a great time of year!

fun weekend

We had a FULL WEEKEND that was a lot of FUN!

I captured a few of the highlights...

Ty and Alexa putting up our Christmas lights!!

This is a momentous occasion...

FIRST TIME having Christmas lights on house!!

Whoopeee!

Our girls have really been into decorating our sidewalks and driveway with their chalk art lately,

Alexa was so proud of her "snow white" drawing (with puffy sleeves and all) that she begged for a picture :)

We had a really fun Krommenhoek party

complete with puffy slide (compliments of Jeff), life size Foosball, pinatas, and a yummy dinner at Mom and Dads!

Our girls love their cousins...

My little sis Amy had her first U of U basketball game! 

Her team is really good! 

 She did awesome!

After the game, they opened up the court for the kids to play!

Our girls had a blast!

We look forward to many more games. 

Ballerina Cats and Pumpkins

Happy Halloween!

We had a great, rainy Halloween!

The girls were cute little BALLERINA CATS!

(up until about 5 minutes before we were going out trick-or-treating Karli was really excited about being a carebear...well, she decided she wanted to be like her big sis, so we rounded up some old things from Alexa's costumes in the past and made her a happy little ballerina cat!)

This picture of trick-or treating is from our friend Mindy

...THANKS!..

she was daring enough to take her nice camera out in the pouring rain!

We carved pumpkins earlier on Saturday! 

They were so proud of our final products!

(They were able to draw what they wanted on their pumpkin and Ty and I helped them carve it out)

And earlier in the week, while Tyler was at work, we PAINTED pumpkins!

The girls REALLY enjoyed this activity!

They even got to spray sparkles on it after the paint dried :)

PUMPKINS and DRESSING UP are the two BEST things about HALLOWEEN!

And because it was so cold and rainy, the girls were most excited to answer the door of the trick-or-treaters and hand out candy...Trick-or treating didn't last too long.

enjoying this good weather while it lasts!

The girls had a good time riding horses with Grandma Krommenhoek (aka Mama K)

They LOVE being with the horses, and they love their grandma...

so it was definitely sad news when it was time to go home!

Thanks Mom! for taking time out of your day for us!!

We enjoyed the canyon with our good friends the Blacks.

Mindy took our family pictures (thank you, we love them),

and then we stayed and cooked dinner over the fire

...and chatted until late (until our kids were all sleeping in our laps).

This nice October weather has been wonderful!

We are trying to take full advantage of it

by spending a lot of time outdoors

doing the things we love like the park, riding bikes, etc!

"Back-Ta-falga"

We've been enjoying our pass to Trafalga lately! 

(Thanks Mom and Dad!)

We've had fun going with just our family,

and meeting up with some of my siblings that have a pass as well!

(cousin Noah is in some of the pictures, as well as my sis Sara)

Our girls LOVE going,

Karli cries every time it is time to leave,

and today Karli kept saying, "back-ta-falga"

This is what happens if the girls get ahold of water out on a nice day

...They get soaked!

Alexa was invited to a mermaid party, and was asked to wear her "mermaid attire"

...well, she has outgrown her Ariel dress-up (which is now Karli's),

so we had to get creative and whip something up!  :)

More Trafalga pictures...

They had ponies to ride and a small petting zoo!