And another week flies by....

Right now I feel like my life is flying past me and I'm running as fast as I can to keep up. I get up at the crack of dawn with the kids and fall asleep exhausted every night, but I still can't keep on top of everything.

And so it was this week. A lot of great things happened this week (cleaning the house was not among them, unfortunately:).

Our big girl, lovin' her outfit, I must say! She picked it herself.

First and most exciting: Madison has been potty training this week. I must say it has been so much easier than I thought it would be. I've heard horrible, horrible stories about the ordeal, but I must say that Madison picked it up very quickly. She went #2 on day 3 and as long as she's not wearing a pull-up she usually tells us when she has to go. Which means that I'm changing significantly fewer diapers. HURRAY!!!

On Thursday we took a trip to the pumpkin patch with Grandma, Aunt Cristina, Austin and Ethan.

Crazy Cousins

Cristina and I ran into some long lost relatives :)

That night I watched Chris's brother, Nathan, who is handicapped. He gets state funding for a caregiver, so they "hired" me to watch him occasionally. Pretty much I just get paid to go over and hang out. It's a great job and the kids love their uncle Nathan.

Hanging out with Uncle Nathan

Last night we crashed our old ward's trunk-or-treat! It was fun to be back with people we actually know. Madison was an adorable fairy princess and Jax was a cute little frog. Maddie got way more candy than she needs, so Chris and I have been helping her out a little bit. Yay for free candy!!

Two cute boys.

I love my kids. They hate pictures.

Madison and Austin. Cristina made the whole family super cute pirate costumes!

Me and my frog. Yes, I did dye my hair. No I didn't dye it black for Halloween on purpose. I was reading while it was developing and I lost track of time, so it turned out a little darker than I had planned.

My fairy princess with her loot!