Pregnancy 26 weeks

So amber doesn't like to post pictures of herself but we have been getting several requests. Here she is at 26 weeks.

A Switch Up From Football

It was kind of an untraditional Thanksgiving for us. With 7 of us we decided to skip out on the turkey trot and turkey bowl and play pickleball. Which turned out to be really fun. Do you like how my belly does not quite fit in my jacket?

Wearing Brown

The 9 members of the Darrell and Vicki Paxman family were here for Thanksgiving, so we decided to take a picture for our Christmas card. We color coordinated ourselves (of course) and headed out to the canyon. You should have seen the women climb out onto the log overhanging the river below. It was quite the sight to see. I didn't want to mention any names... but mom (Vicki) was probably the funniest.

A few weeks ago we found a black widow in the entry way of our house. Ever since then Heather and my mother have been paranoid about the subject. So everytime we sat down to take a picture Robert would say "be careful, don't sit on that black widow". He said it so often we just ignored him. But when he went to find a rock to sit on he actually did find a black widow. Here is Heather telling my mom about it and Robert laughing in the background.

Not the best picture...but I wanted to show a closer up picture of Tanner. I think he is turning into quite the strapling young man. Every time I see him he is taller and more muscular.

Robert is 24!

Every Sunday night we play rook. And even though we adore the game, I wanted to make Robert's Birthday a little different. So I made it a pirate theme. We played a game that tested everyone's pirate vocabulary, went on a scavenger hunt, played pin the patch on Robert and got into teams and raced to put together a pirate puzzle (each team had the same puzzle).

Robert blowing out the candles with our niece and nephew...Hailey and Kayden!

Hair Cut

So our camera is currently broken (for the last 2 months) so I have to pick and choose from the pictures Heather gets of me. Anyway, this is not the best picture of my face...but it does show my haircut.

Today we found out that we are having a girl!!!!!!! Here I am at 20 weeks.

Summer is Over

Robert is now back in school. And I am picking up more hours at work. So the vacationing and swimming is on hold until next year. This is Juno Robert and Tanner enjoying the day at lake Sammamish.

A Week Ago...

My birthday was last Monday. We had a birthday party at 11:00 that night when Robert got off work. Chris & Heather, Sarah & David and us were there. Oh and since the begining of my lifetime my mom has made my birthday cakes in specific shapes. Heather decided to take over. She made the cake shaped like a baby because we all know what has been on my mind lately.

I know, I just turned 23 and Heather gave me a "Fancy Nancy" book. But I LOVE "Fancy Nancy". And most childrens books for that matter.

Cardston Temple

The Salmon's and the Curtis' at the Cardston Alberta temple. This is where Robert's parents and many other relatives of ours were married.

Bears Hump

This is overlooking Waterton Glacier Park. Our campground is to the right of mom. There are so many more things we did and pictures I took that I can't put on here simply because there are way too many. We rented mo-peds, played tennis/pickleball/football, swam in waterton lake, hiked, and saw a ton of animals. Anyway this picture is at the top of our hike up to Bear's Hump.

The chipmunks at the top of Bear's Hump (the hike) are so freindly. They climb right up on your lap. My mom screams everytime one touches her. Kinda funny. Robert, Tanner, Autumn and I fed them grandpa's whole bag of peanuts... I hope grandpa didn't want any for himself!

Okay, so Robert's hand is in front of his face, but if it wasn't, you could imagine it would be a really cute picture. Too bad the chipmunk didn't stay there long enough for me to take another one!

24th of July

The morning of the 24th of July celebrations starts with a parade. I am standing between Autumn and Garth. We are showing off the candy we gathered during the parade. The highlight of the parade was when someone on a firetruck threw a water balloon at Garth and it didn't pop... he went down the street chasing after them and got them back! It is just a short little parade which was perfect for a small town. (There isn't even a gas station in the whole town, but we love it).

The Paxman family softball team. Oh, and I will add...we won all three of the games we played.

After the baseball games we go down the the river bottom to cool off.