Best Halloween Ever!!

We decided the one year anniversary since our last entry would be a good time to come back to the blogging world. So here is a picture from halloween this year. You may notice that Quin and Weston were the same thing two years in a row. Well Quin actually was just a skeleton last year and this year he was Jonny dressed like a skeleton from the original Karate Kid. Kale was a boxer/ Rocky and Lincoln was Batman one night for the Abbott family dinner and Lincoln the Lion on Halloween night. The weather was such a beautiful fall day. We all went to the school in the morning to watch the Halloween costume parade. The after school the kids played outside while Kevin went golfing. Then we went to the annual neighborhood halloween soup dinner. Then Kevin took all the boys trick or treating while I sat outside and handed out candy. Besides having to get up for school tomorrow it was a perfect Halloween day.

Worst Halloween EVER!!

This was one of the worst Halloween EVER! I was so excited for this Halloween. I had high expectations since it was going to be a whole weekend of fun with Halloween on Sunday. We had the school Halloween Parade on Friday, Saturday the neighborhood Soup Party followed by trick or treating, Sunday being Halloween and my Dad's birthday we had family dinner/party with both families and all the cousins. And I personally was excited to have a Halloween to enjoy the candy and fun since I have spent four of the last 7 halloween's in the early stages of pregnancy which means, I am home throwing up while Kevin is out trick or treating. Well besides all the activities leading up to Halloween which were wonderful and fun. This is how our horrible Halloween went. Saturday was a nice day until we called the kids in from playing to put their Halloween costumes on to go to the neighborhood soup dinner. Kale started complaining that his stomach hurt. We told him he was probably just hungry and to get dressed for pictures and see how he feels. As they got dressed it starts raining and Kale is feeling worse and worse. We got a few pictures drive over for the party, which is now moved into someone's garage because of the rain. Kale decides he would rather stay in the car. So we hurry into the super crowded garage to try and eat dinner quick while Kale is in the car. We get home, I am trying to hurry and get Weston and Quin ready to go trick or treating when we hear Kale come in from the garage and throw up all over the mud room. SO GROSS!. Kevin being a dear cleans up while I take the others to a few houses. And I mean a few I think we made it to maybe ten houses. They had the smallest bags of Halloween?candy I have ever seen. It was very cold and dark. So I get home and put all the kids to bed and come down to turn off the porch light and Kevin asks what I am doing. I said it late we are done handing out candy. He informed me which I had no idea, that if wasn't even 8:00. I said really it seems late. So he continued handing out candy. The next morning Kevin went up to check on Kale and there was throw up all over the carpet all the way from the boys room to the bathroom. Kevin asked Kale, "so you didn't make it to the bathroom?" He said, "No that was Quin." He looks over to find Quin in bed with no longer any PJ on just sleeping away. I have never heard of a kid just throwing up in the middle of the night, just taking off his PJ and going back to bed. Quin is a no drama kid that just takes care of himself. So Kevin goes to church and I stay home and clean most of the carpets upstairs and disinfect anything I can thing I can get my hands on. Both boys were feeling better by now and were completely crushed to find out that just because they felt better that we still couldn't go to the family parties. I can't even tell you how long they cried about that. I felt so bad for them. It was not a fun weekend.
PS Kale is the "Diary of a Whimpy Kid."

RUN KEVIN RUN!!

Can I just tell you Kevin is FAST!! I don't really know when it happened. But he worked really hard and trained a lot this summer and got really fast. He placed in almost every race he did this summer. We ran a couples relay in September and he ran one of his legs that was seven miles at under 6:15 min/miles. He is an amazing ATHLETE!!
This is a fun video our friends made if you want to get a glimpse of what these relay races are like.


He trained really hard and did awesome in the St. George Marathon. He was averaging around 7 min miles for 18 miles when the record breaking heat got to him. He still did incredible with around a 3:45 finish.



This is him with his potato trophy "Spudsie" that he won in the Spudman Triathlon.
Not Pictured races:
Midway 15k Placed in his Division
Hobblecreek Half Marathon Placed in his Division
Cancer Fundraiser Run Third overall and Won his Division

We once again had a SUPER FUN time at the LaPray family reunion. Grandma and Grandpa rented some four wheelers and we spent a night at the Moon Cabin.

This is all the kids on the ATVs. Jackson brought up his little motorbike. The younger kids loved it. Quin would ride the bike in circles around the yard all day.


This is Alyssa being safe by the fire. I think she was really wanting for a ride. The kids wouldn't take their helmets off in between rides just to make sure they were ready at a second notice to go again.

Weston LOVED LOVED being taken for rides. He wanted to go with anyone that was leaving. It didn't matter how many people were already on a ATV he wanted to go too. In fact I think he is still wiping his tears in this picture from being told he couldn't go it was Coles turn. We had to distract him inside if anyone was going for a ride without him.

Haircut!

This is Lincoln's first haircut. Well actually it is his second. I tried cutting a little bit on the back and then realized with in a few days that it just needed to go. A lot of people have a problem with the fact that I shave my babies heads. I don't! I overheard a mom the other day talking about how her two year old needed a haircut but she didn't want to use clippers on him. I thought heck I do that when they are just a few weeks old. Kale and Lincoln have had the same hair problem. They are born with dark hair, but then it falls out only on the top. It leaves them looking like a little old man. Lincoln was a lot more bald then he looks in that picture. So I have no problem just shaving it off and having it all grow in even. And as you can see from the pictures babies don't mind it at all, they even kinda like the humming clippers on their heads. Kale also fell right asleep when I did his.

Lincoln's Baby Blessing

On July 25th we had Lincoln's baby blessing. It was a really fun day. We had all the family up to our house for lunch. It was of course great food, with great family and friends. Can I just say I love my family. We are so blessed to have two of the best families in the whole world. They are so helpful and supportive. My kids are so lucky to have the four best grandparents that love them so much. I am so grateful we are close to have their help raising my boys. I know they will be better man because of their examples. The second picture is four generations of Abbott boys.

Spanish Fork Rodeo

All the Abbotts went to the Spanish Fork Rodeo. It was so much fun. I bought new cowboy boots to wear to the rodeo, but for some reason we only have pictures of Weston with his cowboy boots and shorts. Maybe Kevin thinks Weston is cuter in BOOTS!

Tub Pictures

I just thought this picture was funny and cute. When Weston and Lincoln were in the tub and Kevin was taking a picture he told Weston to cover himself with the cup. The way Lincoln was just staring at Weston made us laugh. It is also a good picture of Lincoln's rolls. He is getting chunky so fast!

LAZY SUMMER DAYS

This has been a lazy summer. We haven't done much. With a new baby and a two year old, it is just easier to stay home and let the kids run around the neighborhood then try and go anywhere. So, we have had fun just hangin' around and spend a lot of time holding Lincoln. I few days Renee has been the "fun" aunt and invited us to get out of the house. One day we went to the Hoogle Zoo. Where the kids had a blast. We got to see the new baby elephant. Another day we went to Trafalga mini golfing. Both were so much fun. Thanks Renee and Bethany for making sure my kids have some fun this summer!!

Fourth of July

We had a fun Fourth of July this year. It seems like since the fourth was on Sunday that we got to celebrate the whole weekend. Saturday we had a BBQ at the LaPrays. After which we all went over to the Temple lawn to watch the "Stadium of Fire" fireworks. Sunday night we had a sleepover at the Abbotts. All the boys sleep out side in the backyard except Lincoln. It was unusually cold and windy but they all slept well. The next day we all just hung out in the backyard and watched the kids play in the water and ate and ate. Weston had the cutest little sun baby bum crack the whole time.