Thanksgiving

Since we are moving in less then two weeks there was no way I was attempting Thanksgiving on my own this year. When we started house hunting and getting closing dates figured out Grandma and Papa Bertasso invited us to spend the weekend in Provo. The kids were thrilled. They love sleeping in the grandkid room there and spending time with their cousins and grandparents. All the way down Ryan kept saying Papa. It was pretty fun. (Unfortonately in the rush to close on our house the day before we left and trying to get ready for everybody to leave I forgot my camera, so there are no pictures to accompany this post) We went to a BYU basketball game with 4 cousins, Grandma and papa, 2 uncles, and 1 aunt. The kids had a blast although Ryans favorite part was climbing up and down the bleachers. We had second Thanksgiving on Saturday since Uncle Nate and his family weren't there for the first. Uncle Andrew joined us for second Thanksgiving too. Dad and Papa went to the Utah vs BYU football game and we all watched on TV to see who was going to win the bragging rights this year...good thing it was BYU :)

House Closing

We closed on our house today. It is pretty excited...minus all the signatures required :) After so many years of waiting and having to depend on landlords to take care of things it is now our baby. The kids are thrilled to have their own space and look forward to helping us choose the yard and colors of our house inside. What a glorious Thanksgiving gift for us!

Our Big News!

Hi friends and family. We just wanted to share with you something exciting. We will welcome baby number 4 sometime around May 5th. That means I am 14 weeks right now! The kids are trilled and have decided to share name ideas with us---Matthew thought that Goofy or Mickey would be a good idea, Abigail want Sleeping Beauty or Cindrella. It is pretty funny...especially when I say "Sorry, No".

Halloween

Our kids had a blast this year for Halloween. Matthew had to be Harry Potter. He was so happy. When we were trick or treating he walked in front of us singing a song about being Harry Potter. It was so funny. Abigail was Sleeping Beauty, the costume she got for her birthday, we curled her hair and she insisted on wearing her princess shoes which she learned was not good for walking from house to house :). Ryan was our little pirate. It was fun to hear him say "Arg". He was upset if the candy was put in his bucket and not in his hand, although he didn't want to eat it...just hold it. They were so fun.

New House

Right now we are in the process of buying a house. It is really exciting and we are having fun. The house is being built right now. Here are some pics of what they have been doing. Yesterday they were painting :)

Abby's 5th Birthday!

Here are some pictures of Abby's birthday. She had a blast and was so excited to get a "big" bike. She had so much fun picking out her birthday dinner. Roast chicken...she got a leg....mashed potates...carrots, sugar snap peas raw, and bananas.