Rosseans spa

Who needs a real spa when you can get a mud bath in the back yard. Lilly was outside playing so nice and quiet. Then she tried to come in the house and I heard yelling from the kids. I came to see what the yelling was about and I find her loving every minute of her mud bath. It only took two times washing her hair to get all the mud out. Boy I love that girl!!!

Strong Elbows

So, since Karl's surgery, he's had to switch some things around at the store so that he could still do them. One of the things was to put a pulley system on his ramp with a little hand crank that would allow him to lower and raise the ramp. Before, this was a pretty hard job. I really had to lean back to get the thing to go up and also to be able to drop it down without slamming it.



He and Matt are pretty smart, so they rigged up this system. It's so easy, even Brady can do it with his strong elbows. Observe.



For the record, it took a few minutes, but the ramp went all the way to the top under "Brady Power."

Walking to Church

We figured that with just a couple good weeks left before horrible winter, that we ought to try walking to church a couple of times. For living in Provo, right by BYU, our walk is terribly long. We pass the married stake center, the MTC and the Provo Temple to get there. If the kids keep moving, it takes about 15 minutes and it's a good excuse to get a little exercise on Sundays. We did learn that while walking to Church is fun for the kids, walking home is not, so we switch off driving. Anyway, we had a great photo moment two weeks ago with the kids, and I just happened to have the iPhone, so here you go.

How freaking cute are these kids?

Two Cute Little Fairies

Here are some pictures of our cute little matching faires on Halloween. Izzy and Lilly were quite adorable as they went trick or treating. These pictures are taken at Grandpa's store.

Lilly is obviously way more interested in her candy than taking a picture, but Isabel is always good for a pose.

What a wild month I have had. Jared has been traveling a lot for his company and so I have been single momming it (I don't think momming is a word until now). I have so much respect for those moms that do it on there own all the time. Thank goodness for parents and family to help us all out.

The end of September we went to Portland for Jareds brothers wedding. We had such a great time. All his brothers and sisters we able to make it. Not all the in-laws and nieces and nephews :( were able to come but the majority of his family was able to make it. It was good to see everyone. We had a blast. Dancing all night long and playing with everyone. We got to see Lisa new edition to her family and he was just a doll.

A week later Jared had to go to Sacramento for work so we decided to load the kids up again and take them to Cali. for a few days. This time we got the RV so the ride was much more enjoyable for the kids. It was long drive but we were very grateful for the time we got to spend with Jared. Jared left a couple of days later for Washington for 4 days but now he is home for a couple of weeks then off to Boston. We are trying to make it so I can go with him on that trip but we will have to see.

On the 31st we are going to court for the termination hearing for the Birth fathers rights. Hopefully he will get to court and just do it on his own but if not the state is ready with there case and they will win it with no problems. Especially since he is still in jail. So it looks like our adoption with be finalized in late Nov or early DEC. yeah! yeah! yeah! We will be so excited and relieved to have this whole mess over with.(until next time right Jared :))

Here are some fun Pictures of our last month in the slideshow. Enjoy and have a wonderful week!!!

another week

Another week has gone by. Tomorrow morning Jared leaves for three day to Philadelphia and I am watching 2 other foster kids this week. A girl that is 4 and a boy that is 2. I am crazy. It should be alright just a little busy. Isabel will be so excited hopefully the two girls will get along. Tonight we had dinner over at my aunt and uncle house it was fun we don't so that enough. Thanks for the good times Brady family. This week Lilly has been so cute and sassy at the same time. If you don't give her what she wants she will hit you and then really fast (so she doesn't get into trouble) she tickle you and smiles really big. It is hard not to smile back but that is a bad habit for her to get into.
Today I realized I have life pretty good right now. My family is all healthy, my kids are good kids and I have a great husband. Sometimes I think we forget how blessed we really are.

School

Brady and Isabel started school this last week and they love it!!! I love it too. They go early in the morning M/W/F yeah three days a week. It is my test run to see if I should have them in the same class next year or put them with different teachers. I hear pros and cons for both ways. Most of the pros are about being easier on me so I don't know what I will do. I guess we will see how this year goes. Lilly is loving the attention that she is getting from Jared and me. She loves being the center of everything so for 3 hours of those days she gets anything she wants (from her dad) and she and I read books without the siblings bugging us. I LOVE SCHOOL!!!