Weekends are our favorite!

NAT AND MOM MATCHING IN OUR BOOTS!

DADDY MADE TONS OF BEEF JERKEY...EVEN A HEART FOR NAT.

BABY BRETT AND DADDY IN THEIR BLUES.

NAT LOVES TO PLAY DRESS UP

ALL SMILES!

AND HERE GOES THE SEARCH FOR THE THUMB

It's always fun here in the Auker home on the weekends. This was the first weekend we have had in SIX, yes six weeks, without company. Don't get me wrong....we LOVE hosting. We just have never experienced six weekends in a row of having company. It started in the very beginning of October: my folks, the Horton's from Prescott, John John, Jaime and Steph, my folks again and Chad's folks. It was wild.....so it was nice to do not much of anything this weekend. We had some funnies:

The kids and I were hanging out and Natalie was playing with her toy food....she offered me a plastic strawberry, and it dropped on the floor and rolled under the bed. When she pulled it out it had a dust bunny stuck to it (can you imagine?) Well, she panicked....I told her to chill out and "brush it off." "Brush it off?" she asked me. The next thing I knew she was in my vanity drawer, had pulled out my hairbrush and was brushing the strawberry! LOL LOL It was so cute.

Her new thing is singing praise and worship songs. I heard her last week singing to herself...."Savior, he can move the mountains. My God is mighty to save." It was precious....made me cry actually.

Nat got invited to spend a few days in Phx with her Nana and Papa...and we made the mistake of telling her so. She is sooo excited....she WILL NOT stop talking about it...and the trip is a month away. She cannot wait to go to the park, the pool, Zoolights, see Santa and "Kissmiss" trees. The very first thing she said this morning when we go her up was, "Did you know I am going to my Nana's in December?" Chad said, I love your folks, but we should never have told her so early....she won't let it go." LOL LOL She constantly asks us if she is still going?

A few minutes ago she comes up to me and says, "Gary, my baby has an owie." Yes, Gary. Who the heck is Gary? I asked her if she called me Gary and she confirmed it.....really? The imagination of this little girl. I am apt to think it might be because Charlotte (her best buddy) has been insisiting on us all calling her George this week. LOL Funny little girls.

Chad has spent the majority of the weekend making jerkey.....15 pounds of elk jerkey. His folks brough us almost 50 lbs last week.....so he has plenty to play with. Anyhoo, Nat loves it. She is a salty girl. He made her a piece in the shape of a heart. It was really sweet.

This morning we went to church and Nat got to wear her new boots.....with a dress. We decided to be matching...and I wore my boots. She got a real kick out of it...she told her teacher and friends at Sunday School we were twins. See pics. Daddy and Baby Brett happened to be in blue too...and Nat pointed out that they too matched. Nothing gets by her.

Baby Brett is three months old as of yesterday....such a sweet baby too. I took him to a church meeting yesterday morning and most everyone at the meeting didn't realize I had a baby with me...he didn't make a peep. He is so so easy going and content. He has been sleeping thru the night for a few weeks now....still a great nurser...and just all around happy. He has been desperately trying to find his thumb....although he manages to get his entire fist in there...not just his thumb. And he is all smiles. He just brights up the room. We had our first "projectile vomit" exerience two nights ago. Go figure. Natalie was like that all the time for months....but not Brett. This is the first time he has done it. Just major major spit up. Gross....he covered me, the rocker, the walls.....he didn't get a drop on himself. HOWEVER: he is the kind of baby that makes you want four more if you could be sure they would all turn out as easy as him!