Pagosa

Taylor's parents generously gave us their time-share to use in Pagosa Springs last weekend. 2 sets of people we were supposed to go with ended up not being able to join us, so it was just the four of us. We haven't had that kind of extended time together as a family for quite some time. We ended up having a great time even though we did miss getting to spend some time with friends. The 5 hour drive went way better than we expected. Good attitudes and cheerful hearts. Probably partly due to the candy and movies playing:) We drove up on dry rodes and woke to several inches of snow. By the end of Saturday we probably had around 6-7 inches. It was perfect snow for sledding and snowman making!

Sledding down the hill right outside our condo. Levi and Katie both went down by themselves and loved it. Seriously one of my all-time favorite pictures ever. Could they be any cuter. She is such a Daddy's girl.

Levi maxed out on sledding and instead contented himsself with smashing all the snow off the bushes.
Snowman building. Taylor is quite the proficient snowman builder (I should have known he would be.) However, the downside to perfectly packed snow spheres is that it is almost impossible to push rocks into the face. After probably 20 minutes they got this far and we called it good.

Swimming in the pool. I even got in my suit and went in for a little. And, no, those pictures did not make the blog cut. Taylor isn't choking Levi, just helping him float on his back like Katie.

Little freezing boy. He was so absorbed in watching a guy swim laps that he wouldn't look at me.

Very excited that she is brave enough to jump in the pool!

We made cookies and watched The Wizard of Oz. That's a pretty good belly shot for you all!

The kids were so excited about the pull-out bed with a great shelf for jumping off of. Somehow we made it through the weekend with no injuries.

Only 4 weeks 3 days until baby is due! Seems like a long time to keep feeling so worn out and such a short time till we are holding this sweet boy!

Halloween!

Halloween was really fun this year. We spread out some of our activities and were able to see lots of friends and family. Here are the lit pumpkins.

Mickey Mouse Katie's
My monogram Martha Stewart copycat

Taylor carved this angry birds pumpkin for work. He lost the competition to a Justin Bieber pumpkin. They did win the office decorating competition though. They all had angry birds costumes and had a real interactive game you could play.

Our little pilot. We only spent $10 on Halloween costumes this year. Levi's costume was the cheapest because all I needed was paint for the airplane we made him.

We met up with all the cousins before we headed out to trick or treat. We only were together for about 2 houses and then the big kids went off to get candy at a much faster pace.

Rapunzel and the Aviator, with cousin Ethan in the back.

A better shot at the airplane we made.Daddy protecting the kiddos from the scary houses. One house had a giant moving skeleton and it moved right when Levi got up to the door. He threw down his candy and ran, literally shaking, back to Daddy. Meg, Toby, Levi and Katie.

Babe the blue ox, Paul Bunyan, Pilot and Rapunzel. Very proud of his stash of candy. Daddy showing them how to eat a pixie stick. Note Levi's tongue. Thankfully my kids have no noticeable reaction to sugar. A trait they inheirited from their Dad. Family Halloween Pic.