Halloween!

We have had a great Halloween weekend! The kids always have so much fun dressing up in their costumes.  This year Quincey was Darth Vader and Maiya was a Snow Princess. 

Happy Halloween!!!!

Pumpkin Carving

We all had a fun time last night carving our pumpkin.  It is just so fun to have kids around for holidays.  They make everything so much fun and exciting.  I love Fall and Halloween. 

Love Maiya's face in this one ;)

She thought the pumpkin guts were 'DEEEESCUSTING'

Quince loves pumpkin guts.

Look Mom! I'm a pumpkin head!

Uhhh. Mom? Daddy's gone crazy!

My boys

The Finished product. Side A 'Quincey's side'

Side B 'Maiya's side.

32 weeks

Well, here I am at 32 weeks. I am still feeling really good! (Pregnancy wise,.... I have had a yucky cold for the past week and have no voice, but that is another story.)  We are all really excited, 2 months always seems like a long time away. But, I know it goes fast. 

Family Trip 2011

****I think this is the longest post I have ever created in one sitting, but I had to get it all down!!! didn't want to forget how great our trip was.****

We have been so blessed to be able to travel so much this year to see so much of our family.  We got to go to Iowa to see my parents back in March, went to Utah for my Aunt Carol's funeral and saw lots of family there, went to Vegas with the Woods, and got to stay with Geren's brother Kevin, and in case we hadn't had enough (because is there really such a thing when it comes to family?)  We went on a 2 week vacation and got to be in the homes of the families of 6 different relatives! 

First was Geren's parents in Utah, we had a great weekend with them and got to go to the conference center for Music and the Spoken Word on Sunday morning.  We always treasure the opportunity to be on temple square.
 Next, we were off to Battle Ground, WA where we got to spend some great time with G's sister Monique, her husband Tom and their beautiful family of 6 children.  I didn't get pics of everybody, unfortunately.  Q&M had such fun with their cousins and we all felt so welcome. 

 Jayci and Sam

Maiya and sweet baby Addison

Beautiful Monique and Handsome Sam

While we were there Geren and I got to visit the Portland Temple.  That is such a beautiful temple. 

Next up was Covington WA where we stayed with my sister Amber, her husband Ken and their 4 children, Chad (5), Natalie (2), and Audrey and Heidi (brand new twin girls).  We got to go see the Seattle Temple and had a good time walking the beautiful grounds. 

Quincey trying to hug Chad

Natalie pushing Maiya in the stroller

Q's face cracks me up in this one, actually everyone's faces are pretty classic. 

Family Shot 

And of course we got to go to the blessing of the babies.

 Miss Heidi

 The family of the day

  Proud Grandma

Park Dawg Radimak and Maiya.

P.S. I didn't know that my dad could play the piano until at this 'babies' blessing.  But he can! I was impressed.

Then we went to the beach with my mom and dad, Deena and Nora, and Amy, Carlee, and Parker.  It was a beautiful little spot.  The kids had a great time in the sand.   And that night we stayed at my sister Amy's house in Puyallup and had some really yummy food!  We got royal treatment. 

Maiya makes such a cute long haired boy. :)

Nora and Maiya

Quincey and Carlee

Next Stop?  Yakima WA to see G's sister Destiny her husband Chad and their 5 kids.  The kids had so much fun playing outside and exploring with their cousins.  As you can tell by the following pictures the kids had no fun at all!!! ;)

 Quincey, Easton, Sicily, Maiya, and Sage

 I have no idea

 again, no idea ;)

 Silly boys

 I love Sage's face in this one... hilarious.

On the way back we got to stop and have Dinner with my sister Jennifer, her husband Luke and their 4 kids in Twin Falls, ID.  We loved getting to see their new home and taking a walk to see the Falls  (mad I didn't get pictures of it, but you couldn't get a closer view than what they have), it is so beautiful there. I am still thinking about those caramel brownies that we had.  

And Voila!!! There is our trip in a nutshell!!! long huh?  We came home feeling absolutely loved and refreshed and ready to take on everything! We still feel so blessed that we had no car problems and came back to our home just as we left it. Love trips. Love Family.  

The End

Baby Cousins

We were so blessed to be able to travel all the way up to Washington to and see my sisters 6 week old twin baby girls Audrey and Heidi. We got some pretty precious pictures of Maiya holding them.

27 weeks

So, It's my last week in the second trimester!  All in all this pregnancy has gone by fast so far.  But!!! I feel it starting to slow down.  Mostly because of my aching back and inability to sleep.  Other than that though... I feel good. We are all very excited for our new little one.  I can see already that Maiya is going to be a big help.  She is very interested in the baby and concerned for me.  It's pretty sweet.  While we were visiting some family, I was holding one of our baby nieces, and Maiya got this shocked look on her face and asked me, " Did your baby come out, Mom?"  Oh my, I thought that was so crazy.  I reassured her that indeed the baby was still in my belly and it wouldn't happen that fast or that easy.  Several times since then she has clarified with me and made sure, " Your baby is still in your tummy Mom?"  Yep! sure is.  I can tell for sure because of the super strong karate kicks.  This is one strong little baby. 

24 weeks

Yep, I'm pregnant.  That's about all there is to say about that ;)  The past couple of weeks in church I have been getting people all of a sudden realizing that my belly is a lot bigger than before!  It's so funny to see the looks on their faces, like, 'where did that come from?' 

If I look tired in the above picture, it's probably because I am.  It is so hard for me to get back to sleep after my 3am potty trips, sometimes it takes a couple of hours.  And lately my hips have been bothering me a lot more when I sleep, so I end up on the couch a lot of nights, because it has that nice groove in the middle for my hips to dip into. 
This pregnancy in general reminds me a lot more of Quincey's, I am swollen... had to retire the wedding ring, and have to sleep on the couch, and no matter what I do, I gain 10 hundred million of pounds.  Things were so different with Maiya, I slept in my bed at night the whole time, I wore my wedding ring the whole time, I didn't swell, and I only gained half a million of pounds without any extra effort.  So, if you go on the theory that gender follows similar pregnancy symptoms, than my vote is boy.  But, I know that that is not always the case. 
Speaking of Gender, my midwife told me they have a really old ultrasound machine that they call WALL-E. (haha), and offered to give it a try to see if they could tell the gender.  So we did.  Now, to rewind a bit, the first ultrasound tech, said he couldn't really tell, but he was leaning toward girl.  And of course with the midwife, she said she couldn't tell for sure, but is leaning toward a boy!  So, we are back at square one.  Oh how fun the suspense is! :)  We are so excited.