Yeah for new toys!

Why do they make pants so long?  It's been a problem for a long time now.  Most of the time I'll take the lazy way out and just roll them at the bottom, but some won't stay.
Good thing I have a sewing machine now to feel all Suzy Homemaker and hem them up.  Task one on sewing machine complete.  Task two... we'll just have to wait and see, I'm a busy woman.

Birthdays!!!

Katie had an awesome party with a bunch of her friends.  She also got loaded up with so much fun stuff she hasn't registered all her webkinz or played with all her things yet.  She is now 8 which means we are getting ready for her baptism on the 6th of February.  All are welcome!
Here she is with a game the boys opened the next morning while she was away, and the plans for a puzzle Daddy's going to make for her.  So really it's a gift for him considering how much he loves making those things right now.  :)

 

It wasn't scary or anything, turning 30, but maybe it was because I didn't really think about it.  It was a few days later as Bryan and I were sitting doing stamping and sanding (I love it when the kids are in bed), that I realized if someone asks me how old I am, I have to say 30.  I told Bryan this and he said, "You don't have to say that."  Then I reminded him that I'm not a liar.  It's just weird to not be in my 20's anymore, that was a long run.  But the 30's will be just as long, and yet go by just as fast.
I'm so blessed, and happy to start a new year.  Especially with a sewing machine!!! Yeah!

All is well.

Had a Dr's appointment today and all seems fine. I'm about 14½ weeks and still haven't really gained any weight and am also much colder than everyone else all the time. Two symptoms I would love to have continue throughout the pregnancy, but for now I'll just enjoy enjoy them while I can. Even without the weight gain I'm probably not going to wear these jeans again. Baby's floating all around with a nice strong heartbeat, and after my ultrasound on Feb 1st I will get a new Dr at Caring for Women, because mine will start working at a different hospital. So far, Bryan is the only standard in the delivery room with me. That's fine it's really the anesthesiologist that I care is doing his job right!

Ouch!

Katie had quite the spill as her friend and her were running out of Aunt Kristi's house last night. Of course Aunt Kristi had nice big bandaids, but this morning I told Katie she might want to take them off before they get gross. She wanted to pull them off herself and was a trouper about it, but would not put new ones on, all so that she wouldn't have to go through taking them off again.

She says she likes the smiley scar she has on her knee so we'll see how these turn out :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Delwin & Kay McCarthy Family


It's been almost a week, but hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Just a few things going on here...
All my siblings w/ their families were able to come to AZ for Thanksgiving, Isaac my good friend who happened to marry my husbands sister returned from the Army, I let Ammon spill the beans that we are expecting baby #5, and my oldest brother has moved here from Utah, and now lives just .6 miles away.

And you thought your weekend was cool!!!

The "announcement"


This is the cake I made w/ Bryan and Kristi for my nephew Kyle's birthday party at the train park on Friday.
You know they're trying to figure out what they might be able to eat w/o someone notice it's missing.


Just give everyone a fork and wait for the train wreck!

Happy Birthday Ammon!

Here's Ammon actually enjoying opening presents. Not for all of them of course because he loved every toy he received and wanted to play with each one. Luckily he had plenty of siblings and cousins to help him unwrap.


Click here to watch him eat his cake.


All done. Not bad for a boy his size. He ate more cake than I did.


Now clean and in new soft pj's, and yes my shirt usually looks like that, thanks to him.


He started yelling at Katie when she stopped pushing him.


Loving it!!!

Halloween at the Zoo

Thanks to Bryan's sister's who wanted to make use of their zoo passes before it expired we all went to the zoo on Halloween. We were riding bikes which made it even more fun, but hard to wear costumes.

Our little caravan. Watch out folks!
Actually I think only one innocent person was "run into" but no injury incurred.


You know you love putting your baby on stuff. We're not the only ones.


Katie astride her noble steed as Hannah strikes a pose.


I love how tiny he is on this huge tractor, but he has no problem taking it on.


Kevin enjoying the kids play area.


Bryan's favorite animal we saw at the zoo... the CAT.



Then trunk-or-treating at the church.

Katie is a ladybug, Lexi is a puppy and if you don't know what Hannah is you're an idiot. (Kaleen you did an awesome job making that head, aren't you glad it's getting more use) Hannah chose that costume because her ward was having a "best trunk contest". Well, I think Hannah's a winner don't you?


The farmer with his Hammon. We had overalls on him earlier to tone down the pinkness, but here he's just sporting the bow tie to boy him up.
I'm actually dressed as a Twilight Zone character, but most people thought I was the swine flu, so we just went with that. Bonus points for you if you know what character.


Thank you Christa for lending the outfits!!! Kevin had to have wings so I got some cardboard and paint.
They were trunk-or-treating a few kids apart so people kept saying "Hey, I just gave you candy" Luckily Kristi was there to let them know there was two.
By the way if you're wondering who's the real Buzz, just look at the bottom of Kevin's shoe ;)


Totally fun Halloween and the kids haven't even been asking for thier candy. We put it all in one big bag that night and hid it in our room. They had candy from school, and took a few days to eat that and they don't seem to know about all that chocolate in my room.

hee hee hee

Happy Birthday Kevin!

5 years old!
Legally does not need a carseat, now allowed to have gum, and according to him, no longer needs naps. :)


I love how happy he gets here.



Here's the camouflage cake that Aunt Kristi made with her "new" cake pan. As you can tell, orange is no longer his favorite color.



Thanks for all the gifts and mail!!! He scored big this Birthday, and we had fun celebrating!

My first Arizonan born

While eating cereal the other day, Hunter was all ready for preschool in his long sleeve shirt, long pants and still pretty new tennis shoes.
He says "I'm cold"
"What?"
I check to see that the temperature is 73°. No wonder he doesn't hurry to get out of the 120° car.
Crazy kid!

Lucky America

We have Celtic Woman touring in the U.S. right now.
They will be in Tucson on November 16th, so Britney and I are super excited to see them live!
Lucky us!!!