Parable of the pumpkins

So I came across this idea on the wonderful pinterest that a lady had come up with and granted... Hers was much cuter than mine but I was using my current resources and this is what we came up with. The lesson talks about Patty and Perry. Patty is not very nice and tells lies and never says she is sorry and Perry on the other hand does just the opposite. So after you read the poem/story about these pumpkins you talk about how we want our insides to be. Clean and pure or dirty and ugly. And then you reveal I your kiddos what the insides of these pumpkins look like. Hadlie was loving it!! She couldn't get enough of looking inside Patty and seeing all of her gross slimy guts. Ha Aaron asked Hadlie is we should look at her insides and she got a very concerned look on her face and grabbed the top of her head and said, "I don't have a hole in my head to look into!!" hahaha we all chuckled and then to finish out the night we went and picked out some pumpkins for each of us. It was a great FHE lesson to go along with Halloween.

Boy or Girl???

Well we went to the doctor today and got to do our big 20 week ultrasound. Can I just say this? I would be the worst ultrasound tech in the world... I'm pretty sure.
Me: oh is that a foot?
Ultrasound man: Um no that is the umbilical cord.
Haha yeah I was way off and when he said... Can you tell what you are having? I was thinking, "Umm a baby with five legs?" haha I couldn't tell a thing. So he pointed it out to me to me and we found out out little baby is a BOY!!! As you can see by my punctuation marks... I was very happy about the matter. Hadlie, on the other hand was not. I will share some pics of our little man with you but be prepared. He was either being camera shy or he was just being a boy who got comfortable and wouldn't move for you no matter how hard you tried. The 4D pic shows his cute little face... planted right in the placenta?!? Haha so it's a little tricky to make something out of them but believe me, there is a baby in the pics!

We're so excited to meet this little man!! :)

Introducing...

Baby Doolin #2!! Our family is so excited for our little addition. :) I am currently 17 weeks along and feeling great! We will find out the flavor on Aug 20th... I will do my best to post that update on this sad deserted blog of mine. Haha Hadlie is very excited. Aaron calls the baby "baby Bruce" so that is also what Hadlie calls him/her. (when Hadlie was on the womb, she was our "baby Ted") and when I ask her what we are going to have she will reply, "umm... It's just a baby sister." or she may tell me, "hmmm, let's have a baby brother!" ha so I don't think she really cares. I am kind of hoping for a little boy deep down but I will take whatever I can get. I am just really grateful that we are having another baby, boy or girl. :)

Completely random stuff...?

So below, I have pics of a sweet headband that I made with my sewing machine... That's right. I have been getting to know that baby more and more - I'm sure I have a long ways to go before I make anything too miraculous BUT these headbands were pretty miraculous to me. :) let me know if you want one, I'd love to make you one... It gives me more practice.

There is a picture of Hadlie's awesome hair whenever she is on our neighbors couch! It's amazing.

Another picture (I'm not sure what order these pics are posting bc I'm doing this on my phone and don't really know what I'm doing?!) is hadlie and her cousin Paityn holding the world's biggest cotton candy from the Logan Summerfest!! (they were bigger than them!)

Another one of Hadlie just being cute on some girl's soccer ball at a high school graduation party. And then there's a pic of Hadlie in her new pj's that Grandma Petersen got her when we went to the Disney Store at the city creek mall. They are her favorite - we basically have a tiffy every morning with me trying to get her to change into clothes and she would rather hang with Minnie Mouse all day long... It's great. I love those little daily battles that every mother faces. What would we do if we didn't have some type of battle with our child(ren) one day? It just wouldn't be right. :)

Conquer the Canyon!!

It was time for my annual 5K run in Smithfield, UT! I actually got my oldest brother Jeff and my Dad to join us this year. It was so much fun. My BFF Ali and her husband joined us too! (except they ran with turbo jet legs!) I didn't do anything amazing, but I improved from last year and I only had to stop running once. So I felt very proud. My parents kicked some bum for being in their 50's. I hope my body can still move like theirs when I reach that age. :) and then after the race, my dear brother took us out to breakfast at Angie's... "it's where the locals eat." haha and it was delicious. We deserved all those calories! But it is always a cool feeling to know that you tried something and succeeded at it. Never quit on yourself. Prove to yourself that you can do anything you want to, if you put your mind to it. :)

Primary Leadership Training

Hola everybody! So to be honest I am just messing around with my phone and blogging from it. I wanted to see if it really worked but while I am at it, I might as well post about my day yesterday. The primary presidency I am currently in went down to Temple Square to the primary leadership training and we had a blast. It was very inspiring to keep doing our best and to not give up. I needed to hear it. Afterwards we went across the street to the new mall. City Creek? Is that what it's called? Obviously I am way out of the loop in cache valley, I didn't even know it was open. But wow! Can I just say A-Mazing!! It is beautiful. The whole experience was a little overwhelming cuz it was so huge!! But my favorite store hands down was the Disney store - it was awesome! I felt like a little kid again! After the incredible mall, we went and ate lunch at PF Changs chinese. So we had a pretty great day!

Peponi

So I'm sure you have already seen this but I seriously love it. Not gonna lie, I wish I was cool enough to have someone fly me and a baby grand up on some cliff in Southern Utah to play a sweet song. Hadlie loves it too. She sings "Bumble Bumble, Bumblebee. Bumble bumble, Bumblebee. Bumble bumble, Bumblebee. Woah oh oh ohhhhh..." Good times in Paradise. :)

Burrrt... Burrrt...

 

This was a few months back but they make me laugh every time. Instead of your usual "Brr it's cold" expression - Hadlie throws on a T at the end turing it into a "Burrrt!" Classic videos right after a nice warm bath. :) (Sorry it gets kind of foggy - the lens got a little moisture from Hadlie's little hands.)

Another wrap up WITH pics

 PUMPKIN WALK

So here we are, 3 months ago. :) My mom and sister in law Lindsey came over yonder to Cache Valley to experience the glorious pumpkin walk. I am pretty sure everyone and their dogs attend this event... probably because it is kid friendly and it is FREE! But Hadlie and Graysen had a fun time running around.

Jessie, Buzz, and Woody. (That was tricky by the way with those little kiddos.)

Miss Princess Hadlie Cinderella.

GARDENER VILLAGE

It is always a fun time at Gardener Village with the aunts and sister in laws. This year we were missing lots of usual attendees. But it's all good. We went and had a blast. This was MY first year anyway going for the Halloween witches theme. We always go with the Elves closer to Christmas. So it was different but it was jam packed full of people... EVERYWHERE! Which makes it kind of stressful. But we survived and still had a great time. What would we do with ourselves if we never had any traditions...

Hadlie and Aunt Sal.

Hadlie's Grandma took her to a face painting station while we were there. She got a sparkly butterfly and boy did she love it. She didn't want to take it off when we were going to bed. :) 

MUSIC FOR THE SMALL & TALL

This is our sweet neighbor Diana. She is very musically inclined and is involved with this group called Music for the Small and the Tall and they do these fun events for little kids ages 3 and up. Well Diana gave Hadlie a special invite to come because she knows how much she loves music. We went and Hadlie had a blast! She was definitely a lot younger than all the other kids... haha But she didn't care. She just kind of did her own thing in her own little world. They handed out candy and she was in heaven... The word "treat" is a bad word in our house... haha 

Random funny picture of Hadlie wearing her swim protector thingy (not sure what people call those things?) on top of her head... goofy girl.

HAPPY 27TH BIRTHDAY DADDY!

Grandpa Doolin reading some Green Eggs & Ham to Miss Hadlie Bug. I thought this was so precious. She doesn't get to see these guys as much because they live in Cedar City but it has been fun watching her get to know them all so well. It makes me happy. :) 

Wait? What is this?... A date you say? Bahaha Yes indeed. I took my lover boy out on a DATE to the Pizza Factory for his birthday while Aunt Kelsie watched Hadlie. I don't think I have ever eaten so much salad in my life! (And on a side note, I threw it all up that night with the stomach flu... it was awesome and I never thought I would eat salad again.)

Daddy sharing some of his delicious HOMEMADE German Chocolate Birthday Cake with Hadlie.

A Project I started a little too early on...

I am missing one pic because I never took it, but I actually covered the seats myself. You're really missing out on that missing picture. haha This set was from my inlaws when we got married and we honestly don't ever use the table except to collect stuff on but our walls are all white and the table is straight up white and the metal chairs are white and I keep asking Aaron for a new table but he keeps saying we don't need one right now. So I thought I would jump on this project in November or maybe December? Needless to say, I couldn't feel my fingers after I did it and it snowed the next day. :) haha So I will have to finish this come spring. But what do you think? The chairs have class, you have to admit. haha

Before

After Shot #1

After Shot #2

We stacked a lot of blocks that night... 

Family Pic I used for a christmas card. I didn't send out very many... so don't be offended. If you are looking at this right now, just think of it as a "Seasons Greetings! With love, the Doolins"

Groovin

My two cute piano students at our Christmas recital held at the Assisted Living Center. It was a BLAST! Those people were singing along and clapping and having a great time. 

I think that's all! Oct, Nov, Dec all summed up in a Nutshell! I am going to TRY to continue to keep this posted more as I realize that there are people who actually read this and like to see what is going on because we don't see each other very often. Gotta run, piano student is about to come to my door! 

Oh and P.S. I started a ZUMBA class that I found for free. It is straight up Latino music and ladies and it is SO much fun. Can't believe it took me almost 24 years to discover it. If you haven't done it, I suggest you give it try. You don't even feel like you are working out. It is a blast. 

Moment of Silence please...

I would just like to have a moment of silence to honor the fact that I am actually taking time to blog! (It's about time, I know I know.) But really? I think I would be a little more successful if I had taken a blogging 101 class to learn what the heck I am doing. If you would please notice, I did change my background... eh? :) That is about all I know how to do. (And type these words of course.) But as you can imagine, a lot happens in our lives when we skip out on 5 months of keeping up with our blogs. So I am either just going to have to skip it period. Or do some back tracking. But to do a current post, I wanted to write about Aaron's exciting news.....

                Aaron was ACCEPTED into 
        Utah State University's MBA Program!! 
(Master's of Business Administration for those of you who aren't familiar with the MBA lingo... I wasn't.) He is super excited about it. He starts this Friday. It is a 2 year program and the night and weekend course so he will be gone just about every Friday night from 6pm-10pm and Saturday morning from 8am-12pm. Hadlie and I are going to have some lonely Friday nights, that's for sure. (JK, I'm sure we'll figure out things to do.) I don't exactly think it will be a "walk in the park" but I do know that it is what we are supposed to be doing. Not sure who decided that school should cost so much darn money... but whatever?? We know our family will be blessed for this decision. 

And now for the speech about my hubby... (although I am kind of making fun of how girls always seem to do this, I really am being serious with my words.)
I am so proud of Aaron and all of his hard work. He gets up early and goes to work every day so that I am able to be a stay at home mom. You don't really realize how great it is to actually be a stay at home mom until you are working away from your children, and you have to drop them off at daycare and they scream and cry for you to not leave them. Point made, I am so grateful that he works so hard so that I can stay home with Hadlie every day. I am grateful that he has ambition to go back to school and get his Masters Degree in hopes that he can go further places in life - to excel to his highest potential. Aaron is a very determined guy. He sees the vision, and then he works for it.  I love that he has so much integrity. He has one of the biggest hearts that I have ever seen in a person. A heart that is constantly reaching out to those he loves and even strangers to help them in any way he can. He loves his family. I personally think he is the best daddy any child could wish for. I just know that a person with all of these characteristics can only succeed in life. It may not be through money and fortunes, but the kind of success that pleases our Heavenly Father. I am very grateful that I married him. I know he will do great with this new journey. (Love you babeh!)