a little Halloween sneak peak...

While at Costco we happened upon this lil guy and Zach decided he needed it for his Halloween costume!! Look of for War Machine this Halloween!!

Trout Grandkids photo shoot!!

While my Mom & Katie were up visiting we took the opportunity while all 5 of the grandkids were together to take a few shots of them (since they are all so stinking cute!!)

It was literally Zach's worst nightmare, (he is terrified of babies for whatever reason, so to be surrounded by 4 of them was a lot all at once!) but we were able to bribe him with m&m's & sprinkle doughnuts and Lacie's mom did SUCH a great job of getting them while they were smiling/looking at the camera!!

All 5 Trout grandkids!!

Then Shauna took pics of all of them by themselves, and they all turned out so cute, but I just LOVED these ones of Zach!! :)

The true sign of lots o' babies!

Another Grandma Trout visit!?!?!?!

About a week after my parents came up for Anderson's blessing my mom and Katie came back up to bring Kasaundra & the twins home :) It was so fun to have her stay with us!! Zach especially loved having her here :) And while she was here she made us some SUPER CUTE curtains!! Then we were able to have everyone over for dinner :) It was so fun to have everyone over & get to spend some time together with all of these cute babies there are these days!!

Everyone over for a big family dinner :) (minus my dad, stephen & nathan)

Joe sneaking in a little Anderson time, its hard getting that cute little guy all to yourself!

Anderson!

On Zach's birthday his cousin Anderson was born (to Stephen & Lacie) He is the cutest little boy & looks just like his daddy!

(Picture courtesy of Lacie's blog!)

So last weekend was his blessing, it was such a fun occasion to get together to celebrate, and while there we decided to get the grandbabies (who were there, we missed you Reighlynn) together for a picture! Zach, not being a fan of babies in general, was not too keen on the idea until I told him he could get a sprinkle doughnut on the way home. After that he promptly laid right down!
I'll have to add some more pictures later after I get them from my mom! She took all the pictures, including a super cute one of Zach giving Anderson a kiss! :)

Family Reunion... Sort of!

Last weekend we drove down to Richfield/Monroe for a Magleby family Reunion on Monroe Mountain. We drove down Friday afternoon and got to the Hotel in time to get ready for some swimming with Grandpa Magleby. We got down to the pool and Zach wanted NOTHING to do with it, so back up to our room we went, and settled for some daddy/zach wrestling matches :) Zach had a blast, until it was time to calm down & go to bed!

Then Saturday morning we woke up, got some breakfast, checked out of the hotel and it started raining... we looked at the mountain we were supposed to drive up, and it was covered by a huge raincloud...the whole mountain. Not to mention the lightning that was flashing on the mountain as well... So we decided we weren't going to head up... no need to risk getting stuck on the muddy road, or getting struck by lightning. So instead we drove into Monroe, and Dave showed us all of the family houses and buildings that are amazingly still up. We saw the store that Hans O. Magleby built (Joe's Great Great Great Grandfather, who came over from Denmark) and his house as well as a lot of other family houses, the old Relief Society building & some other fun landmarks.

Hans O's House

Us in front of Hans O's store

The old store

Afterwards we stopped by the Cemetery and saw where Hans O, his wives & children were buried, along with a lot of other Magleby family members.

Zach & Joe with Hans O's graveside

All in all I think the tour of Monroe was actually just as much fun if not more fun than going up on the mountain. It was so neat to see where everyone came from and all of the family history that is still down there!

Sundance

For Katie's Birthday we went up to Sundance and had a yummy meal at the Foundry Grill, and then strolled around outside anjoying the beautiful scenery up there. We really need to go up there more often, its so close there really is no reason not to!

Happy Birthday Aunt Katie!!

Zach & Grandma playing Cars while we waited for our food

Zach & Grandpa counting how many cars there are

me & joe :)

had to get a family photo!

Zach's 4th Birthday

Well, my baby turned 4... it sure doesn't feel like 4 years has passed since he was born, but I have to say every year I am more and more grateful that it is this year rather than the day he was born. He has come such a long way from those early scary days, and with every passing day I think i forget a little more and a little more just how scary it was, and only remember how great he is now. He is the best little boy any parents could ask for. So loving, and happy, and genuinely worried for people when they are sad. He is a good listener, so fun & outgoing, and becoming quite a funny person. He has the cutest personality and now that he is talking so much you can really see it coming out, and he says just the funniest things. He brings such a joy to our lives, and I just cant even begin to think of what our lives would be like without him.

Enjoying a yummy birthday breakfast of French Toast & Banana's

Opening up his birthday card's from great grandma grandpa trout & great great grandma herran!

For his Birthday day we made some cupcakes and took them to our favorite nurses at the NICU!! I am so mad I didn't get any pictures while we were there! But they were SO excited to see us, especially Zach and see how great he looked, how well he is talking and just generally how healthy he is now!! We are so grateful for these nurses and doctors... not a holiday, birthday or general milestone Zach achieves goes by without me thinking of them... without them Zach wouldn't be here today.

Afterwards we went to go see Despicable Me... Zach has been asking and asking and asking to see this since he first saw the previews, and it was SUCH a cute movie!! Then we went out to Brick Oven for some yummy dinner! Zach enjoyed his yummy pizza and they even sang Happy Birthday to him, and brought him a ice cream sundae with a sucker in it!

Then on the way home we stopped by Toys R Us so he could pick out something fun with his birthday money he got from Great Grandma & Great Grandpa Trout and Great Great Grandma Herran! He picked out this Iron Man 3 pack he has had his eye on the last few times we've stopped by.. he was in HEAVEN!