Deer Hunting With Matt

I went through Matt's phone tonight to see if he had any good pictures that I needed for my blog. I found a few from the deer hunt. Matt took off three days of work and a weekend to go to Strawberry for the muzzle-loader deer hunt. These are his adventures:

Reagan hung out with the boys for the weekend while Kam was at work. She apparently LOVED the horses, but did not want to ride one. Who knew Matt could take such a good picture! I'm so proud.

Reagan in the truck with the boys "looking" for deer. She got really good at shouting deer out the window randomly. The boys even put Bambi in the DVD player for her to watch. Sick. Just sick. This was the powdered donut breakfast morning. I'd be pretty happy too if that's what I got to have for breakfast.

Nope, this is not Matt's deer/elk/dead animal. His friend shot this beast and Matt got to help pack it out...

Teasing Kailee, which is not nice! She smiles at the camera when she thinks you are looking, but when she thinks you are distracted...

She goes for it! Such a Fischer. When I met the Fischer boys, they each had a few 12-packs of Mountain Dew in their bedrooms and never went anywhere without one! Now look what they are passing on to the babies!

Beautiful. I love sunrises, but am too lazy to get up for them! The deer hunt is one of the only times that Matt is motivated enough to voluntarily wake up early.

Good pictures babe!

Tub Time

I love helping out with the kids when I can. Last week, Kamie and I threw Harrison and Reagan in the newly finished downstairs tub and it was soooo fun to watch them play!

More fun!

I love being an aunt! Can that be my job? I'd love that so much!

October Weekend in Salt Lake

Last weekend, I got to go down to Salt Lake. At first I was pretty bummed that I couldn't go to the Utah State vs. Boise State game, but after our sad loss to BYU, football has been a little sad, and a weekend with the girls was much better than any football game!

In the morning I went to a baby shower for my friend Alexandra, who I played volleyball with all through high school. It was kind of a crazy set of coincidences that led to my invitation, but I was glad to go and catch up with all these people who I haven't kept in contact with since high school. Alex lives in Logan, so I gave her a pedicure so when she gets close to her due date, we can go spoil ourselves! So happy for her!

After the shower, I met up with Kendra, and Kailee, to go out to lunch. I didn't realize how much I've missed Kendra. It was so good to get together and talk. I can't believe how fast Kailee is growing. I love them both so much and hope they can move up to Logan soon so we can play more!

That night, I met Jenny (Fischer) and Jenni (Shields) and Kamie for dinner at Red Robin. Girl's nights are the best! We need to get Jenni into Richmond so Nate can babysit more often while the girls go out. After dinner, Jenny, Jenni and I went to Thriller! Definitely my favorite fall tradition of all! I'm so glad I keep conning people into going with me. I would totally go alone, but it's way more fun with friends.

 After the show, we waited for Melissa to come out. She has been dancing for Odyssey for 8 years, the same number of years I have been going to Thriller. She is moving soon and won't be with Odyssey anymore, so it was good to talk to her about the show and get the inside scoop on everything. I will miss watching her dance!

I spent the night at my mom's house, and on Sunday we had a girl's day! My mom, Alex and I went shopping. I have been looking for new "stylish" clothes forever, and finally had a good day of shopping (I pretty much HATE shopping and usually am very grumpy by the end of the day). It helps that my birthday is coming up, so I got presents! Haha. What a great weekend. I almost didn't want to go home.

Moving to a new place...

I am a little late in posting, but as of three weeks ago, Matt and I are currently the new tenants in Hotel Randy and Jenny. They have so graciously opened up their home to us while we build our house. We moved 90% of our stuff into storage in Todd and Melissa's basement (lifesavers!) and the rest is squished into our borrowed bedroom!

Pretty amazing that we fit our queen mattress, two plastic sets of drawers, a makeshift dresser and tv in our little room. It's a tight fit, but everything we need is there!

I had to pack about half of my clothes (and shoes) because there isn't enough room for it all. So, this is it!

A couple days after moving in, I had a little meltdown about fitting all our stuff in the closet. Matt gets the good husband award for this. He bought a shower-curtain rod and moved all his clothes out of the closet and into his new "walk-in closet." I now have the entire closet, while Matt has to go into another room to get his clothes. Definitely good husband award.

We have loved living here so far. It is definitely an adjustment! Matt and I are not used to hearing kids up and very awake early in the morning, or coming home from work to a busy house. Some fun moments so far:

1. I'm using the kids' bathroom until the basement bathroom gets finished. One morning, Claire comes in while I'm getting ready with a picture she drew for me. She's trying to get me to look at her picture, and find all the hidden letter "e"s in the picture while I'm frantically trying to get out the door for work! It was so cute, and I felt so bad telling her that I would look at it after work!
2. I walk into the bathroom to start getting ready in the morning and Claire is sitting on the toilet (lid closed) and reading a book to one of her stuffed animals.
3. At church, Claire told Matt that she was going to try to stop punching her uncles in the stomach. He asked why and she said that she wanted Matt to keep wanting to live with her. Seriously, she's the best.
4. Harrison has learned to say "Tor Tor." It is so cute. I love coming home from work and chilling with this guy. One night we were watching tv and he kept climbing into my lap, snuggling for a minute, giving me a kiss, then leaving to go play. It was so cute. Another night, Matt and I had Harrison in our room while Jenny and Randy got Brad and Claire in bed. He was so funny! He kept snuggling under the covers, and making sure that I was under the covers too. We turned on a movie and he was laughing so hard!
5. Matt and I aren't exactly the healthiest eaters. Claire will usually catch us while we are eating something bad, like mac-n-cheese, and just watch us eat. She'll make comments like, "I really love mac-n-cheese but my mom never lets me eat it." Ha! I tell her what an awesome mom she has that always makes sure she eats healthy! One night while she was eating dinner, she turned to Jenny and said, "Tori would never eat this." She totally knows me! Hopefully some time at Jenny's will fix my aversion to food...

Keep the good times coming! More fun kid stories to come, I'm sure!

More Football... Sad Football...

Another week of Aggie football! We are loving our season tickets. A couple weeks ago was a long-awaited rivalry game. I can't decide who I hate more: BYU or Utah. I hate them both, especially when they beat my Aggies! As everyone knows, it was a sad game. Losing Chuckie made the game pretty awful. Especially the harassment from our BYU fan friends.

One fun part of the game included Matt's friend and old boss, JL Coon, who was a previous Aggie football player, got to be an honorary captain for the game. He got to be on the field for the coin toss, and on the sidelines for the whole game. It was like watching a kid in a candy store. He kept looking over at us and waving. It was so fun. 

Matt's mom and dad couldn't come so we gave their tickets to Todd and Melissa. Randy and Brad gave up their reserved seats to sit with us in general admission. Even when we play bad, it is still fun to watch with friends.

This is not over! We will have our revenge next season!

Brad's (and Matt's) Fall Basketball

Matt is again helping coach Brad's basketball team. Matt and Randy are fantastic coaches. They really care about the boys learning how to play and be good sports. They also care about winning, and the boys love having them coach. Brad's games are in the building right next to my school, so I can usually go watch. Some nights it is more fun to watch Randy and Matt yelling at the kids than to actually watch the kids play!

And some nights it is just more fun to play with Harrison. Can you blame me?

Now that Claire's arm is in a sling, she is limited to playing with Harrison. She put stickers all over his face for most of the game.

Oh and all over her own face...

This week, the boys played the girls' team. They really wanted to win. I think even Matt was drawn into the competition of "beating the girls." Lucky for everyone, the boys did win. It was a fun game, and definitely the best competition of the fall.

Brad's sweet blocking skills

Brad ripping the ball away from some girl

Claire playing under the bleachers... Poor girl with her arm in a sling!

Harrison being grumpy...

Harrison being REALLY grumpy...

It is so fun to watch Brad get better and better at basketball. He is really making huge improvements every year, and Matt loves coaching. I think we're in this for the long haul now...

Fall Treats

I love love love fall. October is my very favorite month of the whole year. Now that I am living with Jenny I figured I'd better take advantage of her sweet cooking skills. One night I suggested we make caramel apples. Jenny found some orchard where she could pick the apples and I said I'd go buy some caramel. That's not how things work in Jenny's kitchen. She made the caramel. Didn't even know how to do that. Needless to say, it was delicious.

I did lose my appetite a little after watching the kids just BUTCHER their apples. Seriously they man-handled those things, covering them in toppings. They did not look good, however they both practically were licking the toppings off their apples.

What a fun way to start fall! YUM!