Yes ...It's official!

For all of you that have seen me and have wondered, "Is she pregnant or just fat?" I am pregnant. This baby will be number five! We are so excited and can't wait to welcome this new little one into our home. I am about 12 weeks along. My official due date is July 10th. I don't know what the sex is yet, but I'll be able to find out after my amnio, which is in about 4 weeks!

Yay For Brody!

Last Thursday when I was at work, I got a call on my cell phone from a number I didn't recognize. I don't usually answer calls when I don't recognize the number or when I'm at work, but for some reason I did. The caller was an employee from Giant Steps. For those of you who don't know, Giant Steps is a treatment program for children ages three years through five years who have been diagnosed with an Autism spectrum disorder. Giant Steps has a maximum enrollment of thirty-six children. When Brody was first diagnosed (About 2 1/2 years ago) we enrolled Brody for school there. I was really disappointed because I was told that Brody would probably never be accepted. At the time, there were over 100 kids on the waiting list. -Any how, to get to my point, a child moved out of Utah County, and so a spot has opened up for Brody. Brody will be able to get help for the rest of the school year (through April). Tomorrow morning they're going to do an assessment on Brody. I'm so happy! Aaron and I have been praying for help. As is parents, we feel like we haven't done enough for him. We didn't know what to do or where to turn. I really feel like this is an answer to our prayers.

Frosting Fight!

I want to start off by saying how much I love my husband. Most of the time when I come home from work I'm tired and onery. Aaron's so good to me. He always tell me to relax or go take a nap and assures me that he'll watch the kids. Anyhow, yesterday when I came home from work, Aaron had made a big dinner and some sugar cookies, (What a sweetie). Aaron thought it would be fun to decorate cookies as a family. We had tons of different shaped cookies, two different colors of frosting, and lots of sprinkles, so we went to work. Now, just so you know, any time you do something messy like this, you can almost guarrantee that Aaron will start a fight. Aaron first smeared frosting on Andrew, then he got me. I got him back, and then my girls got involved. Our whole house was covered with frosting! It was so much fun, but wow ...what a mess. Here are some pics from our crazy evening. Our table doesn't look that bad in this picture, but trust me ...it was everywhere!

Ha Ha, funny joke!

I still had blue boogies this morning

Andrew was in tears shortly after this picture

Brody was upset after we'd frosted the cookies. -He likes them plain.

My kiddos at work

Our Thanksgiving/Christmas Party

This year we had Thanksgiving with Aaron's side of the family. For those of you who don't know, Aaron is the youngest of 9 kids. He has siblings in Idaho, Arizona, California, and here in Utah. This year all of Aaron's siblings were able to attend the party. Because everyone was planning on coming for Thanksgiving we decided to have a Christmas party as well. What a blessing it was to see everyone. Andrew recognized that Santa Claus was Uncle Craig. We tried to explain to him that Santa Claus can't be at everywhere at the same time, so he has helpers. I don't think he was very happy about it.
Grandpa and Grandma Walker

My cute little boys

Breelyn. -Doesn't she look cute in her Christmas dress?

Aaron helping Abby open her gift.

Aaron and his siblings (Suzy, Teresa, LouAnn, Kenna, Aaron, Santa, Kari, RuthAnn, Deanna, and Sam)

This picture is really blurry. We were all getting ready for Santa Claus to come.

A couple of Old Farts (AKA Aaron and Kelly)

Abby has always been afraid of Santa Claus. The other day when Abby was fighting with Andrew, I told her you need to be good ...Santa Claus is watching. Do you want him bring you presents? Abby's reply was, "I don't like Santa Claus, I don't want him to come." -I guess I can't use that line with her.

The Dinosaur Museum At Thanksgiving Point

Yesterday, my girls and I got to go the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. My friend Natalie, three of her kids, and her nephew invited us. The museum was so much fun. I'm really glad that we went. The museum had a lot of interesting and fun exhibits, plus it was really great to catch up with Natalie. One of our favorite parts in the museum was the excavation site. The kids get to uncover dinosaur bones in the sand with little brushes.

My baby girls (Bree and Abby)

L to R: Ava, Bree, Noah, Ella, and Jack

Natalie's kids called this shark Brucie (Just like the shark in Finding Nemo). My daughter Abby didn't want anything to do with it. I tried to get her to stand by the gate for the picture, but she refused.

L to R: Abby, Bree, Ella, Jack, Noah, and Ava

This is the only picture I got with all of the kids. Bree was a little upset. I just figured it was because she was tired since she missed her nap. When I looked at this picture closely, I realized she got stepped on. Whoops! Sorry Bree.

Lookin pretty snazzy!

This past Sunday we had a primary program during sacrament meeting. I had to work in the morning, but was able to leave a little early. When I got home, my husband had all of the kids ready to go. They all looked so cute and snazzy, I had to take some pictures. Bree, Abby, Brody, and Andrew
The primary program was so fun to watch. All of the kids were so cute. Andrew said his part really well. Brody held still during the whole meeting. Abby sang along with the "Big" kids even though she won't be in primary until next year. Bree ran all over the place, (but what do you expect from a 17 month old).

Trunk or Treat!

Halloween was sort of crazy this year. We took our kids to two different trunk or treats, (Our ward and my parents ward). Our ward started their trunk or treat at 4:00 and my parents ward started theirs at 6:00. It was a fun evening, and my kids got tons of candy.