October

We started October off with a farm trip with lots of friends. It's turned into an annual thing and was our second time going. It didn't rain this time and the kids were a little braver this year and we had an enjoyable time.

 

This was the only animal Brynley was brave enough to interact with but I'm sure in a couple years she will be as brave as her older sisters.

In the middle of October we celebrated my birthday. It seems once you hit thirty the years start flying by and I have already turned 33, I think...I have trouble remembering anymore.

Grandma Pahulu came over and watched the kids so Charlie and I could do an overnight date. Before we left we celebrated with some cake. The more kids we have had the lazier we have become with our dates but we sure love them. We got take out and went to our room to eat in bed and watch a movie. We then slept in and did a little clothes shopping in the afternoon. I recently joined the gym so I mainly got gym clothes for myself. Brynley ended up being sick and poor grandma had to get up in the wee hours with her. She had a fever so it sounded like she layed around and slept a lot. We returned in the evening to her and soon after she threw up. The following day the other two also had fevers and threw up. The kids always find a way to pay us back for leaving them as reality comes crashing down on us.

And of course October always ends with Halloween. We had a last minute visit from our Fort Meyers cousins and they came to our Ward Halloween party with us which was fun. The next day we went up to say our Goodbye's to Grandpa Coyle who was suffering from Lukemia. The kids were able to sing to him and we were able to hug him and tell him we love him one last time.

On Halloween night we were able to have Grandma, Kalo, Uncle Brian and cousins Lilly and Delilla come trick or treating with us which made it more fun then going alone. I left the trick or treating party to go help Charlie pass out candy since we had plenty of adults only to be called back to do potty break runs. The kids returned after a couple of hours with their loot and fun was had by all.

September Continued

Since I last posted things have changed and I am struggling to figure out how to get my pictures loaded so it may take me even longer then planned to catch up.
After my sisters visited we celebrated Brynley's 2nd birthday.
We started the day with donuts and fruit for breakfast

Then we headed to an indoor kid area to play the morning away

We then headed home for lunch and nap time. Unfortunately the birthday girl didn't want to nap very long so we decided to watch some TV so we could continue resting for a bit. After the rest period we opened a few presents. She got a little train track to play with.

 Some ice cream

 and Hailey got her a Dora book which she opened and started reading to her sisters

We then headed to Chick-fil-a for dinner and more playing
The next day we had the family birthday dinner and once again Kalo and Grandma made a fabulous cake.

Overall I'd say she had a pretty good birthday for a 2 year old.

 

We also had my parents come for a visit at the end of September and as always we had a fantastic time with them. The kids love spending time with their grandparents.