fall leaves up the canyon

the first weekend in October we headed up the canyon to see the leaves in between the general conference sessions.

Mia was just in awe looking out the window as we drove up the canyon.

Who says you need boys to play sling shots? kris just teaches the girls instead...

the pregnancy bump back at 17 weeks

Bree and the girls were enthralled with this fuzzy caterpillar on the rock

uncle Jess and his "Babushka"

a valid effort at getting a cousin picture...it is comical trying to get all the kids to stay still for picture

The sound of leaves rustling in the wind, the vibrant colors of the trees against the mountainside, the joy of running through the leaves as they crackle beneath your feet, that amazing fresh feeling of the autumn air......

Yet another blessing of freedom that this little one is experiencing through a whole new light

Mia's first Halloween:part 1

all this time on bed rest I have thought that I couldn't, blog from my iPad but it Tur s out I can! so now I can catch up on blogging while I lay here. before I get to Halloween pics....an update on the babies and bed rest.
we go to the perinatologist every Monday....it is my only outing so I look forward to the appts now! things are looking really good so far. the babies are growing and doing well since the surgery. Last week they measured them and I was at 23 weeks and one baby was measuring 22 weeks 6 days and the other was 22 weeks 5 days so they are right on track and have caught up now that they can get nutrients correctly. it is so fun to see baby A with actual room to move now. her fluid is now up to 4.5 and both are out of the danger zones now as far as fluid.
we have been on bed rest for 3weeks now, with about 10 more to go. kris is doing AMAZING with being the mom and dad. he now affectionately refers to me as the couch parent! he does all their hair...even blow drying and straightening, he gets meals and bed time and everything else.
we also have amazing family and friends who are stepping in and helping out so much! I just remind myself every day that although this is hard, I am glad to be doing it if it means we get these girls here safe and sound.


now onto Halloween.....
I haven't figured out how to write text under each picture or how to arrange them differently once I have loaded them so until I do, it wil be a little unorganized.
Mia loved Halloween...I mean a girl who loves food would love going door to door to get treats! I couldn't,t go to anything so Kris and my family covered and took pictures.
the older girls had a parade at school, grandma took them trunk or treating at my brother's high school and Kris took them trick or treating. kyra was a twister game, Adrie was a lady bug with a pink cast, Bree was a strawberry and Mia was a watermelon.