Vacation week!

This whole last week, Scotty took the week off from work and my mother-in-law came up to visit as well! It's been so much fun, I wished it would never end. We visited the apple orchard where we could sip apple cider and see some farm animals, went raspberry picking, went to the zoo, and did lots of shopping.

Isacc loves his backpack so much, he prefers to take naps in it.




rolling in leaves....

Church just ended and waiting outside for Dad......

I don't think my older two kids are up to any good.

Out at Texas Roadhouse....
guess who's wearing their church dress from conference Saturday still. She told me, "Mom, I need to get my dress on for conference. I said, but we aren't going to church today, we are just watching it at home. She said, "But I need to wear it for Pres. Monson."

Happy Birthday Scotty!

I made Scotty one of his favorite dinners, lettuce wraps, and his favorite German chocolate cake for dessert!
The kids were so excited to say happy birthday when dad got home from work. Right after Cali yelled Happy Birthday, Isaac jumped up as said, "surprise"! It was so cute to see how excited he was! Cali had been drawing Dad pictures for his birthday for a week now. And was so excited to give him her present. My favorite part about birthdays is to see how excited the kids get!
Scotty is now 32 years old! We are all so very excited to have him around. We can't get enough of his time at home and I feel blessed to have him be my husband, friend, and the father of our children! We love you Scotty!

Outside fun!

I thought I should take as many pictures outside as I could until it gets freezing cold here!


My Boys...

First day of Preschool....

Cali's first day of preschool was this morning. I taught today and Cali was so excited! Isaac pretended he was in it too! He even went looking for his backpack that we have for play. It all went well and all the kids did a super job!

Everything was going well, until later Isaac got a fever, and threw up all over, and Adam got an ear infection. What a day!

The tubes are in!

Yes, Isaac had tubes put in his ears today. The surgery was at 8:30 this morning and I was so glad that Scotty was able to come too! The night before we practiced playing doctor with Isaac and having a mask on him since he would have to be put out. As we were waiting for them to take him back for the surgery, the Anesthesiologist saw Isaac being his same active self, and suggested giving him some meds to calm him a bit. When they finally kicked in, our normal jumpety Isaac who already had gotten into everything he could have around him, became a drunk Isaac and Scotty and I could not stop laughing at how he just stopped moving around so much and started staring into outer space. And when he smiled it was like a half drunken smile. It really was too funny to see him that way. And so Isaac did really great and the surgery lasted about ten minutes long. They simply cut a small incision in both ear drums and placed small tubes inside. He is doing great now and already is telling me that things are too loud. That's a good sign. It was quite humorous when they called us back to get Isaac as he was still waking up from the anesthesia. He was crying and whaling back and forth hysterically like he was way out of it, but awake enough to cry. Finally he calmed down a bit and fell back asleep as Scotty carried him out to the car. We sure love our Isaac and am excited to see his hearing test go from 15% in each ear to perfect hearing! Also, I am hoping that his speech will improve as well! Thanks Adriene for watching my two other kids, you are the best!

Funny faces

Adam is 7 months now and is just barely starting to gain some interest in trying to crawl. It's quite cute and he also loves to make funny faces when he gets excited. It really makes us laugh when he does it. Cali was trying to make the face too, but I really don't think anyone can imitate Adam's faces.

News from the Salmons

Cali teaching Adam puzzles.
The love of my life! Isaac has been learning so much lately with listening and talking a lot better. He really is happy so much and loves to be kind to his family and friends. He is my sweetheart!