Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas day. The kids were so much fun this year. Brayden was the first one up at 7:30am. We had to wake up Peyton. They boys opened their presents and then the girls finally woke up around 9am and opened their presents. The girls gave me the best Christmas present ever, they slept through the night!! I was so happy! Let's hope this continues! We had a great day. The kids were so excited with all of their presents and had fun playing with them all day. We were able to visit with our family too.

Santa

 

 

 

Tonight was the Christmas dinner for the Fire Department. We have a great dinner and then Santa comes to see the kids. Brayden and Peyton were so excited to see him. Brayden asked for a spiderman suit and Peyton wants a remote control car. Cara had just fallen asleep and she was out. I thought it made a cute picture. Santa had fun holding the babies!!

First Hair Cut

 

 

 

Here are a few pictures of the girls that I took today. My friend Dancie, who also cuts my hair, gave the girls a trim today. You can't tell much of a difference on Caylin but we trimmed off all of Cara's long hair on top. At their 4 month appointment Cara was 12 lbs 7 oz and Caylin was 12 lbs 6 oz. Both girls are 24 1/4 inches long. They are growing so fast!!!
Top picture Cara on the right, Caylin on the left. The next picture is of Cara then Caylin.

O Christmas Tree!!

Yesterday we were able to go get our christmas tree. The boys have been very anxoius to get the tree and get it decorated. We finally got it done. It was a fun day. MeriJane gave the girls an early Christmas present, a Christmas dress. We got them all dressed up today for chruch. Don't they look cute!!!!

Polar Expess

 

 

 

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We were able to travel to Salt Lake to be with my family. It was so nice to be home and see everyone. On Friday we were able to take Brayden, Peyton and Abby to ride the Polar Express Train in Heber Utah. It was so much fun. The kids were so excited to go. We had cookes and hot chocolate, sang christmas carols and even saw Santa. We had such a good time. It is always fun to see the kids so excited and filled with the Christmas spirit!

Buck Blaze

 

 

We would like you all to meet the newest member of our family, Buck Blaze! We inherited a horse recently and Brayden decided to name him Buck Blaze. Brayden said, "I always wanted to name my horse Buck Blaze." The boys were both so excited to have a horse. He still needs a little work but Justin is working on that. He is a very nice and beautiful horse. I think Justin was just as excited as the boys to have a horse.

Happy Halloween!!!

Well halloween has come and gone this year. It was fun but busy. We got up early this morning to get Brayden ready for school with his costume on. He was a vampire this year. He wanted to be something scary not cute! Then they had a costume parade at his school so we dressed up Peyton as a clown and headed to the school. We came home and had a few hours before the trunk or treat started. So we headed to the trunk or treat and got lots of candy and then went to a halloween carnival at the church. The boys had lots of fun. The girls were just wondering what was going on. Overall it was a good day!

2 months old

Here are the latest pictures of the babies. They are growing so fast. At their 2 month appointment they weighed 9lbs 1oz and 9lbs 4oz. They are starting to smile and coo. It is fun to see them grow!

My Cowboys

 

 

Brayden and Peyton were playing outside in the mud so we decided to give them a bath outside! They thought that it was the funnest thing ever. I couldn't pass up the photo moment and have them pose like cowboys. They are quite the cowboys!

Blessing Dresses

 

 

Here are the pictures of the girls in their blessing dresses. They looked so precious. Caylin is the top pcitures, Cara is the botton picture.

Baby Blessing

Sunday we blessed the babies. It was such a great day. My brothers and their kids came and my sister from Virginia was here too. It was so fun to see my nephews hold and burp the babies. We had a fun time visiting with everyone. The babies looked so beautiful in their dresses. It was a wonderful day!

Beautiful babies!

 

 

 

 

Here are the latest pictures of the babies. My friend came and took some pictures of them a few weeks ago. They turned out great! The girls are doing well and growing so fast. We are so lucky!

Mini Van Fam

 

Yep it is a mini van. I was never going to have a mini van or enough kids to fill a mini van. But look at us now. 4 kids under the age of 5 and a new mini van. We traded in the truck and bought this van. It was a sad day in the Andrews family to get rid of our crew cab 4x4 truck. Justin had to part with his truck, it was a sad day. But in return we have 4 precious children and that is worth all of it.

Too funny!

 

We were headed to bed the other night and stopped to check on the boys and this is what we found! Peyton was sound asleep on the side of his be with no pants on! He had an accident and took off his pants and fell asleep. He doesn't remember this at all. Too funny. Peyton is always giving us a good laugh. Some nights we can't find him and he has crawled under his bed and fell asleep or all the way under his covers. What a kid!

Babies 3 weeks old

Here are some more pictures of the babies. They are now 3 weeks old and growing so fast. They are finally filling out some of their newborn size cloths. They have also graduated from premie size diapers to newborn size!!! Cara and Caylin had their first bath last week. They wern't too sure about that. They are such good babies. One picture is a 4 generation picture of my Grandma Harrison she is 97, my dad me and the kids.

First Day of School

 

 

Brayden went to his first day of Kindergarten today! He was so excited that yesterday he got up early, brushed his teeth and set out his clothes for today just to practice. It is a good thing that Grandma Karen is here to help us out or we would have been late to our first day of school. I was counting on the babies waking up around 6:30 and then we could get Brayden up and ready for school. Well the babies decided to sleep longer this morning and so we did too! My mom came in at 7:00am and woke us up. Brayden has to be on the bus at 7:20. So it was a very fast morning. Brayden was so excited. We packed his lunch, got his backpack and away we went to meet the bus. He looked so small to be getting on that big bus. He said he was scared and excited. I had a melt down after the bus left. It was very hard sending my oldest off to school. We picked him up this afternoon and he was grinning ear to ear! He loved school and had a great day. He is excited to go back tomorrow.

More pictures of the babies!

Here are some of the latest pictures of the babies. Notice the toys in the crib with them. Brayden and Peyton bought them some toys and insist that the toys are in the crib with them. So cute!

The babies

Here are a few pictures of the babies. We think that they are adorable. They are such good babies and we are so excited that they are here. They are eating and sleeping well. They boys love them so much. They are such good helpers. Cara is in the pink outfit. She was born at 7:58am and weighed 5lbs 3oz. Caylin is in the purple outfit. She was born at 8:01am and weighed 5lbs. They are so tiny that all of their clothes are too big, even the premie diapers are big on them. In 4 days we went through 60 diapers!!!! I think we are going to buy stock in Pampers!

Moving Day!

Yep, we finally moved into our new house! We are so excited to be moved in. We had so much great help, things went fast and smooth. We still have a few things to get put away but for the most part we are settled. We still have a few little things to finish on the inside but we are in. The outside still needs to be finished so that is what we are working on now. Now we are just waiting for babies to come! We will keep you posted!

Summer Fun

We have had a fun summer so far. These are some pictures of fishing up Grey's River and Brayden and Peyton playing soccer. We have been busy working on the house so it was so much fun to take a break and go fishing. This is Peyton's first year of soccer. It is so much fun to watch all those little kids play. It is funny to see Peyton running as fast as he can on his little legs. When someone makes a goal he turns to me and says I didn't do it mom! Brayden is having fun with soccer too. He is trying to hold his own with the bigger kids on his team. He doesn't let them push him around.

Saturday the 2nd of August is the big day to move. We are so excited. The outside of the house is still not done but the inside is ready to go. Many people have asked can you really move in with the outside not done? The bank said we could so we are moving in. The inside turned out so pretty. We are excited to be able to live there. It has been quite a year so this is a big step for us.

The babies are doing well. August 15th is the day. I am scheduled for a C Section that morning. 2 weeks and counting! We are excited to have them come to our home. We will keep you updated on their progress.

Mud Volleyball

We had a great 4th of July weekend! My parents were here all week helping me out ( thank goodness for mothers!) and then my brother and his family came to visit. We went to the rodeo on the night of the 4th and watched fireworks. On the 5th there was a mud volleyball tournament that my family entered. Justin, my brother Rob and my nephews Justin, Casey and Taylor played in the tournament. No, I didn't play, I resisted and sat on the sidelines. Next year I am all over mud volleyball! The team did great they took 3rd place out of 14 teams. It was so fun to watch them play! I was a little jealous! Then in Afton there was a big celebration and parade. Afton opened a new Civic Center and my great grandfather was inducted into the Hall of Fame, so my mom and other family members had a float in the parade. Brayden and Peyton had a fun time throwing candy and riding on the float. We had a great time! Over all it was a fun 4th of July weekend.
The babies are doing great! I haven't had to be on bed rest yet so we are just plugging along. The house is coming along great too. The cabinets are in, the floor is done and the carpet is almost finished. We are hoping to move in at the end of the month.

My Cowboys

My two cute cowboys.

Justin got a shotgun for Christmas and he finally got the chance to shoot it.
He is my other cute cowboy!

Brayden and Peyton are having fun shooting skeet.

As we were getting ready for church today the boys were getting their boots on and I had to take a picture of them in their boots and hats. They are so cute. Then the thought came to me, I never thought that would be my kids in cowboy boots and hats. I never thought that they would want to go hunting, fishing and shoot guns. It is so interesting how life turns out. I wouldn't change it for anything. I feel so lucky to be here in Star Valley and be able to raise my kids in the country. What a wonderful place to be. I love the small town life and I wouldn't change it for anything!

Baby Shower

My friends had a baby shower for me and it was so much fun! I got lots of cute outfits, blankets and tons of diapers! It is so fun to see so much pink and purple. I can't wait to dress up my little girls! We figured that one package of 56 diapers will last us about 3 days! WOW!!!! It was a fun shower. Thanks everyone for all the great gifts.

I am now 27 weeks and so far everything is going great. The babies are healthy and growing. We have decided to name them Cara Catherine and Caylin Jennie.