Super Busy October

It has been a super busy October. We have had field trips, road trips, bike trips and so much more. Below are just some of the pictures from the month. They are in no order. Halloween night! Passing out candy to our neighbors.
I am usually such a strict food person when it comes to my babies. Having said that I have given every single one of my kids a lollipop on their firs Halloween. Spencer was the youngest at only 5 months. I just think they are so cute!!! Mallory loved it and now whenever she see one she screams. No I haven't given her another one.
We were the Justice League for Halloween. I was Hawk girl. Check out my awesome wings. Salta was BatDog.
Garett is super man. He is wearing blue tights and a kids PJ cape. So funny. Mallory is Wonder Women and is super cute. Spencer was The Green Latern, Preston is Flash and Salta Bat Dog. Don't worry we will protect you!!
The boys had a Pumpkin Carnival at their school.
This is one of Spencer's classmates. I've been told that they are a very mischievous pair.

Cuteness!
We went with our friends the Kimsey's to the Virgina Creeper Trail. Ok I have to tell the whole story.Don't read if you have a weak stomach. On Wednesday Mallory started throwing up, but we hoped she would be better by Friday which is when we planned on going camping up in Virgina. Thursday night Preston started throwing up but Mallory was better. So we figured that we wouldn't go camping but still meet our friends on the trail. However, once Preston's friends showed up he had an amazing recovery (or so we thought) and our friends were seriously peer pressuring us, so we decided that we would go ahead and camp. We make it to the mountains without incident but once we hit those crazy windy road......We brought a bucket just in case and it is a good thing. Preston started throwing up but then all of a sudden Spencer started. We couldn't pass the bucket between them fast enough. I felt like such a bad parent, stupid for taking them anywhere when they were sick. However, once we got to the campground and they saw their friends they were fine. They even ate a smore! So next time they get sick I am not going to give them medicine I am just going to take them to a friends house. Oh and so far the friends haven't gotten sick.
This was the babies on the bike ride. They did really good except for a while Mallory just kept crying and crying. I couldn't figure out what was wrong until we got to the bottom and noticed that she had been rubbed raw on her head. Oh and and I have to also tell you about Garett. About half way down he lost his pedal. We all thought that it just came unscrewed, so me and friends kept riding figuring that he would catch up at the rest area. His pedal was actually broke. He started pedaling with one leg and he didn't stop at the rest area and we didn't see him. After some time I started to worry. Our friend rode back up the trail, then down the trail and didn't see him. I am totally freaking out by now. We all jumped on our bikes and rode fast down the trail (well fast for me). There he was at the bottom waiting for us. Some guy gave him a ride down to the bottom. It ended up being a very long day but we stilled had a blast and can't wait to do it again.

Moments

Being a mom/parent is really hard work and sometimes (today) I wonder why anybody would want to be a parent. A few weeks ago I watched a really horrible movie (so bad I won't admit to it), however, there was one really great part in it about being a parent. So the main guy just found out that his girlfriend was prego, he need to get away from it all and ended up at the playground(stupid place to go, I think). It was there that he met another dad and asked him what was so great about being a dad. He said, "Being a parent is like this, its bad, bad, bad, bad, bad and then there is one small moment when it is so wonderful, then it is bad again, bad, bad, bad, bad, then a small great, then bad......etc". How true is that!! The moments when my kids tell me that I made the best dinner that they have ever had in there WHOLE LIFE, or when they say a pray and thank Heavenly Father for their mommy, or when they take your face in their hands and with complete seriousness say " mommy I really like you!", or when they pick a weed and give it to you because mommies like flowers! Those moments make up for everything else, like when you have to put them in time out at 645am because they punched their brother in the face, or when you spend all week washing sheets because they have all been thrown up on at least twice. So those moments are really important. Now I was watching another show (it is no wonder my house is so messy-I should stop watching movies, huh?) about a mom who worked while the dad stayed home. They have one kid, who had a night mare and wanted to sleep in the parents bed. This, of course, turns out to be more then a one time thing. When the parents finally talk about how the dad doesn't like the kid sleeping the bed but the mom does...He says at night is the only time that I get to stop being a parent and just be me. The wife says, I work all day, I miss so much, at night with her in our bed is really the only time I get to be a parent. This of course made me think of all of those mom who work. They are missing all of those special moments that make being a parent worth it. They maybe getting they washing sheets part but not picking weed part. I am so thankful that I get to be a stay-home-and-enjoy-the-moments parent. I mean really how much longer am I going to make the best dinner they have ever had in their WHOLE LIFE!