Fall

Well life doesn't seem to be slowing down much!  Things are just as crazy as ever.  David still loves his job.  He gets a little more sleep because school here starts an hour later than in Utah, so when he gets home at night he doesn't instantly fall asleep on the couch!  He is a lot busier because on top of being a full time teacher, he has taken on 9 (so far) private cello students.  Most days he teaches two 45 minute lessons between 5 and 7 while the kids and I hang out in my bedroom.  We hang out there instead of downstairs because we still haven't quite gotten furniture for down there so it's just a big open room that's kind of cold and with nowhere to sit.  We will be fixing that soon!  Until then we watch Coco on David's laptop and I try to keep all the crumbs from their crackers from getting into my sheets. David also helps out with the local youth symphony and he'll be playing with the Idaho Falls Symphony starting in November!  I will also be playing with them, but I don't start with them until December. So yes, the only time David gets to really see the kids is on the weekends right now.

Asher is (I think) liking school.  It's like pulling teeth to get him to tell me anything, but he quite often spouts out random things he learned and tells me all the sight words he knows so at least some of it is sinking in!  He also has 2 little friends in his class that are also in our ward and also ride the bus with him.  It's kind of funny to see the three of them squished into one seat, but they are all such nice kids and I am soooo thankful he found friends so quickly.  

Ava and Mia are turning into little talking machines!  It was like a light switched on and they started picking up words right and left.  It's funny to see how talking helps them express their personalities. Ava's favorite words are daddy, cracker, and rawr (which she does almost every time she see any animal).  Mia's favorite words are doggy (she LOVES animals), woof, and pretty (most often she points at her toes while she says this because I painted them once just to entertain her while David was teaching a lesson and now if the polish comes off she makes me re-do them).  

That's pretty much it.  We are busy and I have a hard time focusing on anything because I feel like I have a million things going on at once.  I told David that I feel like I don't get anything done even though I stay busy all day long just because I get one thing done and five more things pop up that need to get done.  But we're making it through and are looking forward to a fun holiday season!  Here are a bunch of pictures of things we've done this fall:

I finally hit my limit with running around the halls with them so David and I took them to nursery 2 weeks early and sat in with them.  They did ok for the first half and then broke pretty bad the last half.  Church is hard on the little ones.  Hopefully next week goes better!

My sisters, mom and I all took a painting class.  It was a one time class and we were all very stressed out about how our paintings would turn out, but it was fun!

Don't judge how we look, we had been there almost 4 hours and it was past most of our bedtimes!  But we did it!

I love Mia's curls!  Ava's hair also has some curl, hers is just shorter so you can't see it as well.

Asher loves having buddies.  I came out from cleaning the bathroom and they were sitting there like this!

I like her!

This is how Ava lets me know she's tired.  She get a blanket and lay down on a pillow.

Ava likes to join in on the big boys play time.

I took my kids to a pumpkin picking farm!  They had a lot of fun, the weather was nice, and I was exhausted by the time we got home!  All my kids' favorite spot was the corn pit.

Asher and his cousin Sorren

Some days I don't want to try and keep my kids all quiet while David teaches lessons in our living room so I take them to Arctic Circle where they can eat and be loud and have fun!

Millie is such a good dog for these kids.  She lets them climb all over her, harass her, and "lets" them feed her their food. ;)

They're cute.

Their favorite game is sitting in this old chair and having Asher spin them around.

Piggies!

Sometimes Asher just wants a buddy so he'll grab one of the girls and put them on his lap while he watches TV.

Cuddling in their blankets before bedtime.

I bought this skeleton as a Halloween decoration.  Asher turned it into a toy named "Skelly" and anytime I try to use it as a decoration, one of my kids make me take it down so they can play with it.

At a carnival one of David's schools put on.  David ran an instrument petting zoo.  It was actually pretty popular!

One of the perks of moving here was Asher got to play soccer with his cousins!  They are all within a year of each other and have lots of fun getting into trouble.

My brother coached the team.  Asher isn't really an athlete and hardly touched the ball, but he tried really hard and had fun!