Big Brother

That's right, Drake is going to be a big brother, and by the look on his face in that picture he doesn't look so happy about it! We are so excited and I know Drake will be too. Yes his world is going to be rocked, but he already gives the baby kisses and says hi to it. We are due in April and find out what it is in a couple of weeks! We are so excited to have another little person in our family and already love it so much.

Halloween 2011

We had a great Halloween season! This year Drake was old enough that we could start doing some fun things and start traditions. The only thing we didn't get to, was decorating Halloween sugar cookies. I guess there is always next year. As you can see Drake was a lion, and a very cute lion. He would roar at pretty much every one we saw.

We started the festivities with going to the Pumpkin Walk for Family Night with Sheldon and Nikki. It was pretty cold, and we picked the busiest night to go, but we waited in line and went through. It was really cute, and we learned a lesson that going during the day is probably a better time with kids!

Drake wasn't so sure about it, but it was all worth it when he saw the Mickey Mouse pumpkin!

The next thing we did, was our ward Halloween party. We had dinner and they had a carnival for the little kids. Josh is in charge of the Deacons, and they put on a game called "Wack a Scout" like the game "Wack a Mole" The kids loved it. It was pretty funny!

Cutest lion ever!

Grace and Drake at the ward party. Look at her cute Wonder Woman costume that Hayley made. I love this picture of them.... and look at Grace she is totally pulling a face that looks just like John.

Grandpa, Grandma and Cooper came over and we carved a pumpkin. The little boys were more interested in playing with toys than they were carving pumpkins, but we got one carved for our front porch, thanks to Grandpa Syd!

The day of Halloween we met up with some friends and went to Lee's to go Trick or Treating. It was pretty cute, they had different stations that they could get treats and then a spook alley in the back (that traumatized the children), but it was a lot of fun! We let the kids walk through the whole store, when we should have put them in this cart, and Karly and I would have at least left there with half of our brains! You should have seen us.... wow! I am surprised we weren't kicked out of Lee's for life! Then we headed over to a pizza place for lunch and between five adults and seven kids... they were ready to see us go too!

We took Drake Trick or Treating to some of his favorite spots... first the Kendricks.

Then the Johns, Grandpa and Grandma Haslam and Rohwers!.

Then the Karrens, where they were having food, hot chocolate and treats for the whole neighbor hood. It was so fun, they had a big fire and lots of people! It was a blast!

Cooper, Grandma and Drake

Cooper and Grandpa

Three Singing Pigs

Drake talks all the time, and he talks all day long!! Seriously this kid is never quiet. It makes me laugh every day and I am glad I get to listen to that cute little voice all day long. He learns so many new words every day, and it is so fun to actually be able to have a conversation with the little guy. The other night I was reading this book to him and letting him fill in the blanks. Well, I didn't know he would know all of them, and laughed out loud when he knew what three singing pigs say. (They say la, la, la!)