Our October

Well this last month as been a busy one. We have had so much fun. Jakob finished his football season. Conner and Alexa have been loving preschool and doing well at it. Alexa is having boy trouble, she has 2 boys that constantly try to kiss her at preschool. Her teachers tell me that she is really nice to them and tells them to stop. Which I am shocked about cause at home if any of us try to come near her she screams (reminds me of Laura) and starts hitting us. So I'm sure one of these days the teacher will tell me that she wrestled the boys to the ground and smacked them.

Colin and Jakob have been so busy with school, and they both amaze me. Colin just seem to handle working full time and school full like its no big deal. And I am so proud of him every day. Jakob definitely follows in his dads footsteps, school is so easy for him. He most certainly got his math skills from his dad. Jakob loves math and both his teacher and I have been amazed at how quickly he has picked it up and excelled. I will take credit for his reading success. He loves to read and once again is well beyond his level. He also has been having some girl trouble, as in which one is the cutest, which one likes him the most. Apparently the list is long. Conner is just doing so good. He of course is around while Jakob does his homework or hears as we quiz Jakob on math problems or spelling words, so he is picking up on them as well. He can now do all the basic addition between 0 - 10. And is learning how to spell some basic words. Good job Mr.

I am just plugging along. Perfecting the pregnant waddle!! I am thankful (as is Colin and the kids I'm sure) that I am feeling better and back at cooking and baking and keeping food in the house. I have been loving fall and enjoying making all those yummy recipes that I keep finding on food blogs. I also was able to help with our wards super Saturday and I think it turned out great and I came home with some really fun stuff!!

So here a quite a few pictures of our adventures in this last month, sorry so many. Our family decided to be the Seahawks for Halloween. The boys were football players, Alexa the cheerleader, Colin the coach and I the ref. It was a lot of fun and we ran across lots of Seahawks fans here in good ol' Rexburg.

After Jakob's last football game

We found some of the under the eye football stickers at the store and of course had to get them and try them on!!

At the pumpkin Patch

Don't we have 3 cute pumpkins!!

The kids even got to take a ride around the acres of pumpkins on a train!!

Waiting for the kiddos while they ride the train!!

Enjoying a pumpkin doughnut!!

This is a funny story. After the pumpkin patch we headed to Olive Garden for lunch. Colin was decked out in brand makers gear ( shirt and hat. which you can see if you look at Colin in the pumpkin patch pictures) which is his brothers Ryan company. When we got out of the car we see a big truck with the brand makers symbol on it and the guy driving hops out and it turns out to be Ryan's boss and owner of the company who lives in Utah!! I think he was just as surprised to see some one in Idaho wearing his stuff!! Anyways Ryan keep the stuff coming!! Colin is doing good at advertising for you.

Colin got to go be part of potato harvest for one of his classes. But some how we only scored a small back of them.

Here's the family at our ward Halloween party!!

The boys with there friend Ashton!!

And here they are on the hay ride at the school carnival,

after a long day of filling 400 bags with popcorn. Next year I wont be so excited to help out with stuff at the school. Lesson definitely learned .

And here is what happens while I take a shower. Conner and Alexa set up a tea party or more like a milk and cookies party. They took a bunch of my unfrosted sugar cookies, opened all the pop tarts, opened candy that was for trick or treaters, and poured milk. And yes and don't forget the Center piece of pine cones and leaves. They have been trained well :)

My little vampires, and yes the blood is marker, we are still trying to scrub it off. For some reason they tried to put toothpaste on first cause they thought it would make good blood, then they used marker. well the 2 combined have turned into a big scrubbing ordeal.

And Finally ready to go trick or treating!

Don't you love Alexa pose

Some friends of ours in our ward always set up the best yard decorations so here they are at the " haunted house"

My pumpkins with their pumpkins!!

So now we are on to Thanksgiving and to Christmas!! I am so excited for them but also nervous to have the time go by to fast cause after Christmas our newest addition will make his debut and I'm just not ready to tackle 4 kids yet. Oh help !!

Baby, preschool, caramel apples and more!!!

Well as many of you know we are expecting our 4th child in January. We found out in early September that it will be another boy!!! Here are 2 pictures from our ultrasound!!

Profile, his head is in the middle, then his body goes to the left

The between the legs shot!! The arrow is pointing to his manhood, which in my mind leaves no question :)

Also in September Both Conner and Alexa started in preschool, different ones, but we managed to get them in on the same days at he same time. So 3 times a week I have some free time. And I am loving it and the kids are loving school!!!

Conner after his first day of preschool!

Alexa after her first day!!

For family home evening we made caramel apples, and we drizzled chocolate and nuts all over them!! So yummy

And this is the kids at the farmers market eating some yummy treats!!

Enjoying some fresh corn!!!

Conner picked to have cotton candy, so messy, but so yummy!!

The next 2 are just of Alexa being silly

Rocking a side pony tail!!!

And finally I am hoping to get some video up of Jakob making a touch down ( I need Colin to do it, I don't know how to get the video from the video camera to here) So check back later!!!

Jakobs Firsts

Jakob has had busy month this last month. He lost his first tooth (without the dentist help). He started first grade!! He had his first cavity free dentist visit. And he has started playing flag football, which of course lead to his first touchdown!!! Way to go Mr. we are so proud of you. We love you so much and you are such a great big brother to your brother and sister. You have also been such a trooper while mommy has been sick lately, but your hugs and snuggles always seem to make things better!! We love you so much big boy!! This year is gonna be a great one for you

Jakob on his first day of school

Then onto his football game, at Jakob's age they play flag football and also the coach is the quarterback and pretty much stays on the field the whole time to help the kids get lined up for defense and stuff like that. His team is called the Broncos and they are still waiting on their jerseys but they played their first game with out them and they did great!!

Jakob being team captain.

Ready, set, hike.

Running his route.

Team Huddle

Right after His touch down ( I was to slow with the camera to get the actual event, Bummer)
He was so proud of himself!!!

Colin getting to be quarterback.

it took me so long.....

So I finished the update of our Washington vacation but it was dated so far back that I thought I would post a new thing that would let you know that the previous post is new just back dated!!! So scroll down and enjoy all the many pictures of our fun summer in Washington!!!!

Update Continued!!!!!!

So I uploaded these pictures right after my last update but never got around to adding text, so here it goes.
After the semester was over Colin, April, Brian, Lacy, Jordan, and Natalie all made the long drive to join us up in Washington. Then we went over to Orcas Island for a camping trip. It was so much fun, it was the first time since both of my brothers have been married that we were able to have a family vacation. We had a lot of fun and we even got to celebrate Cameron's birthday while we were there. The kids loved the Star Wars Party and Laura did such a good job with every detail!!! My only complaint of the trip was the heat and the bees, I have serious issues with bees. The kids had such a blast and we loved going swimming in the lake everyday. Jakob and Colin even got to jump off a bridge into the lake!!!! Here are some fun pictures of our adventure!!!

the ferry ride over

Colin setting up our tent all by himself, he is such a stud!!!

Jakob and I

Jakob and April

The kids shaking the ice cream balls so we could have some homemade ice cream!!!

the kids lined up for a donut eating contest for Cameron's birthday ( it was part of the Jedi training!!)

Then the big kids lined up!!!

After the kids passed their Jedi Training they each got to become Darth Vader!!

And of course the Pinata

So cute Jakob

Alexa eating Grandpas yummy homemade salsa

At the Lake!!!

We even got Grandma and Grandpa Ed to join us!!!

Making sand castles

Catching some fish

Good catch boys

Natalie fixing Alexa's hair

Alexa and Lacy being twins with their hair!!



Bridge jumping!! Go Jakob go!!

The crazy kids

up on Mount Constitution

my boys

I just liked this picture, Natalie did such a good job of entertaining the kids on the ferry ride back. Thanks Natalie you are awesome!!!





After camping we were able to head over to the Bowlers house where the rest of the family was already and join them for a few days. We were able to get the I -90 to see the blue angles

Waiting for the blue angles

The boys wanting to be as high up as they could!!!

We also were able to get to the city center where the kids had a blast in the water fountains
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Even Uncle Blake enjoyed Couldn't resist the Fun!!!

We enjoyed getting to be back in Washington and spending time with all our family!!!! We just wish it wasn't such a long drive!!!

It's been way to long

Wow I cant believe how long it's been since I have updated our blog. I have a really good excuse though. In early may I discovered that we are expecting Baby number 4. And if you know me then you know how very sick I get. I survived May just fine. June on the other hand was a nightmare. Which led to Colin and my decision to take up my parents on their offer and have the kids and I head to Washington for the month of July. Colin was still in school, and of course working. Both full time, which means he had full time homework on top of that. So going to My parents house was the best thing for me and the kids while I was sick. I am so glad we did that. The kids missed their dad terribly but I feel like they actually had a good summer and got to do lots of fun things ( thanks to my mom and sister Laura!!!). So that is my excuse for not blogging for months, I have been sick and gone!!!

So here is my update. Right before we left for Washington, my brother in law Blake got married in the Twin falls Temple. So we were able to have a quick Bowler family get together and that was really fun. Then we headed back to rexburg with Colin's Parents for the 4th of July where we met up with my parents who were there to whisk me and the kids back to Washington. We were able to get to the parade and the kids loved it and got way to much candy!! The next morning the kids and I said our good byes to Daddy and we took off in my parents van to Washington. The kids and I really enjoyed being back in Washington. My paretns were life savers while I was not feeling good, and I am so thankful for them and there willingness to have their quite house taken over by my rowdy kids. It was also so nice to be close to Laura and to let the kids play together. Laura was able to get my kids signed up for swimming lessons with her kids, and they loved it so much. Here are just a few pictures of our first half of summer I will do another post with more pictures from the rest of our stay in Washington!!

Our family waiting for the parade to start!!!

Our cute kiddos, all decked out for the 4th!!

Good ol' Alexa!!

The kids getting a chance to use the hoses from the fire trucks!!

Blake and Kelsie after being sealed

Great Grandpa Rodgers with all the kids.

Our kids outside the twin falls temple

Swimming Lessons

At Woodland park Zoo

So I will do another post sooner then later( I promise) and get the rest of our summer updated!!!

Kindergarten Graduation

Last Wednesday Jakob had kindergarten graduation. He was so excited. He asked for all kinds of things. A graduation card, a graduation cake, a graduation dinner. He did get the graduation dinner!!! I was so proud of him. They sang us a bunch of songs and it was so fun to watch Jakob!!

Singing us some songs

Then he got his certificate, a CD with a slide show of his class, and his report card with a paper from his new teacher for next year.


Jakob with his teacher Mrs Nicholas!!! He sure loved her

And then of course a bunch of family pictures

They boys with Grandma Moon

the bowler boys

And our family!!!!

I have some video that I want to put up that I will add later ( when Colin is around to help).

Jakob I just want to tell you how proud of you I am. I am so glad that you have loved school and set such a great example for your younger brother and sister. We love you!!