Happy Halloween!

Our ward had a joint Halloween party with the other married student ward on Friday night. It turned out really well. They had carnival games, a costume contest, pumpkin contest, dancing, and tons of yummy treats. Brady and I blasphemously went as a pregnant nun and a priest or as Brady would say, "sister mother, and father father." Sorry, I can't make the pictures bigger.

For FHE we got together with some friends and carved pumpkins. We decided to carve what we thought our child would look like.

Here is Logan carving with a power drill. Its what we call extreme pumpkin carving.

Like mother, like son

Our little monster! Well ours will probably have less hair.

The Final Rencher Wedding!!

My brother Jeff got married this Saturday and everything went really well. They were sealed in the Twin Falls Temple by her Grandfather which was soooo neat! Here is Jeff and Mikaela walking out of the temple.Just a quick pic while we were waiting for the bride and groom.

Classic open mouth smile

We went to Boise that night for their reception which was at a gorgeous clubhouse that was a two story cabin on a river. Brady and I took the liberty of decorating their car.

My friend has been begging for a belly pic, so after taking a million pictures and hating every one I will finally post this one and be done with it.

It was so much fun to have my whole family together since it hardly ever happens. We are so proud of Jeff for getting sealed to an awesome girl like Mikaela. We just love her and I'm so glad that they live in Meridian so that we can hang out all the time!!!

New Car!!!

Brady and I went to Utah this last weekend to look for a car and get out of town. It was such a fun weekend and luckily was productive. First we found Brady's favorite restaurant from California and Hawaii, L & L Hawaiian BBQ in Salt Lake by accident which made him happy. Then we ate there again in Provo the next day which made him really happy!We found this Santa Fe in Salt Lake after looking for the last few months and we love it! We just wanted a little SUV for our little baby with less than 100,000 miles. And this one only has 70,000 miles, 4 wheel drive, and a tow package. Hopefully it will last us the next few years til Brady is out of school.

We were able to spend some time with Carlie and Coleman in Provo. They made us delicious pasta and we ate tons of caramel corn while watching Conference. I can't wait til we have little babies to play together. She found out on Friday that they are having a girl so now the pre-arranged marriage begins!

We had such a fun time which was nice since this was probably the last little vacation we'll have before we become parents. I can't believe we only have two months left. We still haven't picked a hospital, taken a class, or have anything we need! Hopefully we get better at this parenting thing when our little boy comes.

Day 2

Activity 1...Success
We took the boys to the park and had lunch. Cade first ran to see the giant ducks.
It was such a nice day and the boys did great. It also helped that there was a cage around the park with only one opening so Carson couldn't run off.

Plus there weren't many kids so they had the playground almost to themselves.

Activity 2...almost a success.
We played in the back yard with the hose which went really well until grass started sticking to Carson's feet. He didn't like being wet after that.

So after awhile I dried Carson off and took him to pizza hut to get a pizza while Brady and Cade partied in the water.

Activity 3...Success
So at least the day ended really well with pizza, popcorn, and Toy Story 2.

Earlier while we were driving to the park, we sang Elmo's song three times, and it was so cute I had to record some of it. They know the words so well and would get really loud at their favorite parts. The rest of the ride Cade pointed out all of the mazdas, jeeps, and hondas, plus they would say the colors of the cars. Such smart boys!!!

Day 1...Success

Brady and I are watching our little twin nephews this weekend. We survived the two hours we had with them tonight easily before putting them to bed. We took them for a ride and Carson was pretty sad that his dad was not in the car. To distract them until their parents left for the weekend, we took them to McDonalds (which was just an excuse for me to get ice cream. I love McDonalds 50 cent vanilla ice cream!) So we wore them out by playing on the toys and stuffed them full of ice cream. It totally worked to, when we got home we put their jammies on, gave them milk, brushed their teeth, said prayers, and then they went RIGHT to sleep. Not even a peep. Well Carson snored a little by his door, until I put him back in bed, which was kind of tricky since his face was stopping me from opening the door. They are sooooo cute. It is good being the fun aunt and uncle, if grandparents can give the kids whatever they want then so can we! Tomorrow I'll take pictures. Luckily Brady is only at school while the boys should be taking naps. We'll see if tomorrow is a success too.

Boy or Girl?!?!?

We are definitely having a boy!! The ultrasound is a little too graphic to show :) But our doctor had no doubt and we were just so excited to have another ultrasound. It is crazy that just a few weeks ago we could see the whole baby in one picture and now you only see one part of the baby at a time. It makes it a lot more real to know that this parasite inside of me is going to be a little baby boy. Plus now Brady can feel the baby kicking me, so that has been really fun. It was a wonderful birthday present as we celebrated my birthday just a few days after the ultrasound.

Here's a pic of my huge belly. Don't be deceived, I'm only 4 1/2 months along, not 7 months like I look here. Here's another pic where I'm not sitting or slouching to compare.

M I S S I S S I P P I !!!

We visited Brady's parents in Jackson Mississippi for ten days recently. It was such a wonderful, relaxing trip...except for the flight over there.
This is Brady in the airport for the second day after our second plane cancellation. We were all dressed up for zone conference that morning but we didn't make it in time. So instead I changed into pants and took a 2 hour nap on the floor.

When we finally made it 24 hours after we were supposed to, we had a great time.
Here we are with the Assistants in the mission home. I wish we would have taken a picture with Tom and Annette while we where there.

We went to Vicksburg and toured some civil war sites.

And we drove through Yazoo City where a tornado hit in april.
This building was missing half of its roof and all of its windows

I can't imagine having your whole neighborhood destroyed and having to just abandon it. The devastation was so sad.

Here is Brady pointing to an aligator in the water. Good luck finding it since only its eyes were popping out of the water. We watched it for a while and were so excited to check "seeing an aligator" off our list of things to do.

And here is a little turtle that played with us for a while on Tom and Annette's back patio before it walked under a tree to hide from the scorching heat.

We had so much fun with Tom and Annette and we're so greatful for all the excitement and entertainment they provided for us! We already miss them like crazy and can't wait to visit them next time with our lil baby.