Friday, November 28, 2014

Brinley's Birthday

This year Brinley turned 2 the day after Thanksgiving.
 Brinley's favorite thing in life right now is her teddy bear, so her big sisters got creative and made her a teddy bear cake for her birthday.

 TWOOOOOOO
 Happy Birthday to you… Happy Birthday to you...
 Make a wish!

Favorite Gift.
Look at the concentration.



Thursday, November 27, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving (2014)

Had a fun time at home having our very 1st Thanksgiving dinner at our place. Each of the kids picked a few of their favorite Thanksgiving dishes and learned how to make them. Everyone contributed and it turned out great. Happy Thanksgiving!
Grayson the little turkey.
 Brinley the little indian girl.
 Hailey made the deviled eggs.
Kase made a ton of stuff this year… raspberry pie, stuffing, ham/asparagus rolls, but his favorite was making the rainbow jello.
 Alaina made the rolls.
 Ky made the green bean casserole.
 Hudson helped here and there… mostly as a taste tester :)
 The feast.
 Coolwhip!!!!!
The aftermath...turkey coma dog pile.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Bank Robbers


Thursday, November 6, 2014

Busy Season

Fall sprinkler blowout season is winding down. Dan has been super busy with work this past month, which we love and are grateful for, but when Dan is super busy… I am super busy. We have both been putting in 80+ hours a week for the last month and when I'm suppose to be a stay at home mom it gets a little tricky. I have definitely felt the "mom guilt" this past month as I have sat in our home office for hours on end letting Grayson and Brinley run wild. Each time I go to check on them they are doing something fun, cute, or creative together. So I guess on a positive note they have spent a month strengthening their sibling bonds with each other;) but I'm super excited for November… Ready to get back to being a mom….Love that my work can wait now… Love that my kids are so understanding...Love all of the no school days this month that I get to hang out with my kids… Love the fall weather…. Love that Soccers' over and Basketball doesn't start until December (we have a month off!!!)… Love that holidays are just around the corner…. Love that I'm finally coming up for air!!!!
"Mom… come find us!!!"
 "Gray, pull me on the blanket"…."Brinley, I'm hiding"
 Watching big brother play preschool games
 Gray brought a sprinkler pipe in from the backyard to make a marble run. He said he put the blanket over it to make a dark dark tunnel.
 Hey this is my spot.
 Gray teaching Brinley how to go on the potty. 
 If your sister won't get off your car slide, use her as the car slide.
Eating apples in the clean laundry pile.

Friday, October 31, 2014

Ostler "Kid-isms"… On Halloween night Gray turned in his candy(candy doesn't go to bed with the kids, we keep it out on a shelf in the office) and was getting ready for bed. He didn't realize that the big kids had just finished up round 2 of trick or treating and were now in the living room trading their candy with each other. As soon as he saw them he ran back into the office and frantically yelled, "Mom, can I have my bucket back and go to the candy picnic with the other kids?" LOL… super cute  Then later that night Dan was tucking Kase in bed and Kase said, "Dad, are you going to eat my candy tonight?" Dan said, "Of course not ". Then Kase said, "Dad did you know that whales have belly buttons?" Dan starting laughing at the random subject change and said, "really how to you know that?" Kase said, "I read it in a book of facts from the school library." KAse then asked, "Do you want to know another fact?" Sure. "90% of parents eat their kids Halloween Candy." Dan's response, "I don't know how accurate that book is Kase...I'm pretty sure it's more like 99%. Hahaha Night"  I love our kids.


Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Proposal!!!!!

It's official… Ryan asked and she said yes… MEGAN'S ENGAGED!!!

Friday, October 3, 2014

Elder Erickson's Homecoming

After serving for 2 years in South Africa… Kayleb's coming home.