Last bit of October

After returning from Idaho I was pretty pooped out. We just spent some time relaxing in front of the TV. I also had a cold so I enjoyed lots of tea and some popcorn. The baby has always enjoyed popcorn. 

We also enjoyed a fun date night out at the flames game. It was pretty intense but they were able to come out on top!

 I am 29 weeks pregnant! 

We attended our wards halloween trunk or treat. It was kind of last minute so here are the costumes we came up with.

 I was still 29 weeks pregnant at this point. 

The primary kids were so adorable all dressed up! 

The Escape of little Wrigley

We have had endless issues with the company, Drummer Realty, that we rent from. Before I left for Idaho we were contacted by them so that they could inspect the place. We took Wrigley to the Wright's house so there wouldn't be any issues. Drummer never showed up and didn't return our phone calls so we just let it go. While I was in Idaho they contacted Tim again and said that they were going to come again to have a look at the place. Tim let them know that it was fine but that he would not have time to take the dog out of the house and he would just be locked in our bedroom. He told them that the dog is friendly but just don't let him out! The lady from Drummer was actually showing the place and felt that had to include our bedroom so of course she opened the door and for some strange reason left the door into our suite open and the door to outside open so Wrigley was able to escape. She panicked and chased Wrigley down the road. She was unable to catch him so she went to Tim's work and told him what had happened. Tim went searching for 3 hours on his bike with no luck. During this time he did call me in a panic to find out if I had heard anything. I hadn't but told him I would deal with Drummer because they were just brushing this off and acting like it wasn't a big deal. I called and spoke to the manager. She said she was very sorry but there was nothing she could do and she wasn't sending the entire office out to look for the dog. I told her that this was my baby and if he wasn't found I would be calling the police. I might have slightly over reacted... I told her I had nothing nice to say about drummer and I was disgusted with the entire organization. I told her how disorganized the information we were being given was and that were wanting to move upstairs but the fact that we would have less than 12 hours to accomplish this was unreasonable and I was 7 months pregnant. I also told her about the mould and the fact that it was never actually fixed. She felt bad and said she was writing everything down that I was saying. The saving grace was that because Erin had managed apartments she was able to help me and told me to tell this manager lady that I was going to go to the tenant board. Well when I brought this up it really lit a fire under her!! Haha, after mentioning this I pretty much got anything I wanted. It pays to know your rights! Things were sorted and we were given extra time to move upstairs. They also stopped showing our place until we had completely moved out and we would no longer be dealing with the lady who lost Wrigley. The good news is that this does have a happy ending. Tim was never able to find the dog but multiple people had said they had seen him. He even had a group of high school students looking for him. After 3 hours he gave up and came home to find Wrigley sitting on the back step!!! Seriously! As a reward Tim went out and got him a McDouble from McDonald's with no onions or pickles. That dog is seriously spoiled by Tim. 

 But seriously, you just have to love this face!! He is my little buddy and provides such good company while Tim is gone. 

Idaho Extravaganza

On the actual day of Thanksgiving, I packed up and hit the road with these crazy girls! We took some silly face photos so that we wouldn't fall asleep before the border. Once at the border we changed a diaper and had bathroom break on the side of the road. Keeping it classy! 

 After the border the girls fell asleep so Erin and I were enjoying great conversation and the open road. Erin wasn't paying close attention to her speed which resulted in us getting pulled over. Initially she was sad because she thought her shopping budget was spent until the nice state trooper came back and told her it was going to be $20!!!! AND she could pay it right there on the spot. After a $5 service fee the total came to $25! Montana you sure know how to do speeding tickets. The bigger penalty was the girls waking up during the stop. Yes, I did get Quinn out of the car for a bathroom break while the state trooper was writing our ticket. The nice state trooper even wished us a happy Canadian Thanksgiving.

Our first morning in Idaho was spent playing basketball. Due to my pregnancy and fear of anything happening requiring health care in the states while pregnant, I chose to opt out. I watched Scarlett and Ollie on the stage. It was a bit of a disaster but with lots and lots of treats we all lived through it. 

After I was rewarded with my favourite... Chick-Fil-A!! They have these amazing gluten free chicken nuggets and when dipped in Chick-fil-a sauce it is heaven. Once again due to this pregnancy I was only able to enjoy the nuggets once because I was deathly sick that night from eating meat. The fresh squeezed lemonade and waffle fries however were eaten every single day I was there. 

There were a lot of flies in house, Mason was able to kill one. He was really proud and showed everyone what he accomplished. 

We went on lots of bike rides and as per Grandma Wilde's request we had a cousin photo shoot in from of the neighbours blow up Tigger. Oddly enough, Quinn loved Tigger and wasn't afraid of him. It was super cute when she ran up and hugged him. 

Quinn still LOVES Ollie! She discovered handcuffs so she put them on poor Ollie.  

I love me some Scarlett snuggles!

Muffy is so righteous for reading the kids scripture stories. 

We all wish Muffy would move back to Canada!

 Even Scarlett is addicted to Chick-fil-a lemonade. 

 We stayed in our PJ's one morning and enjoyed survivor with caramel popcorn. That is much more my speed.

With help of i-devices we were able to get in some good shopping. 

 I bought my baby some super cute outfits. I couldn't resist having Ollie model a few of them for me!

 While shopping at Real Deals we suddenly realized that we were missing Quinny and Mason. They had run away and climbed all the way up here. They thought they were pretty hilarious!

The park was super fun. Poor Scarlett added to her collection of bruises.

 Quinny needs to spend more time with her boy cousins. She managed to get up the tree but then couldn't get down!

We hit up Tubbs Berry Farm and it was pretty awesome. We did lots of sliding, went on a hay ride, fed the animals and picked out cute pumpkins to paint. It was quite a successful trip. We did a cousin picture and even my baby made it in aka my belly!! 

Painting the pumpkins was pretty intense and pretty messy.

Denton was pretty awesome and babysat all the kids so we could hit up the movies. We went to the best of me. Needless to say, the book was way better than the movie but it was still fun to be out with my sisters!

Cohen was having a birthday right after we left so of course we had to celebrate! We went bowling and then came home and had some cupcakes. It was a pretty fun night. 

 I am 27 weeks pregnant here. 

 Timmy is a pretty awesome uncle and was sure to get Cohen some lego. He spent an hour at the lego store strategically filling a $12 bin. Cohen was pretty happy. He now has enough wheels to last a life time.

Mason makes me laugh so hard. He has a very vivid imagination and tells the best stories. He always seems to be the last one to go to bed because he has to come back and tell you something a million times. For bed that night he had The story of the "3 Little Pigs." After he was convinced that he had seen the big bad wolf out on the roof so he had to come down and eat chips and tell us all about it. He was honestly scared and ended up sleeping in his parents room. 

Canadian Thanksgiving

This year we kept it pretty low key and just enjoyed a delicious dinner with the Wright's. Chrissy was awesome and everything was gluten free!! I am still having a hard time with eating during this pregnancy. I couldn't resist and just had an extra large helping of the potatoes and veggies! I did have a small piece of turkey but meat is one of the things that makes me really sick. Oh well! It was all worth it.

 For desert we had Rocky Mountain Caramel Apples!! So delicious. I could eat these all day every day!

 After dinner we played games with Steve (Dede's Irish friend who is renting a room) and Evelyn (the girl whose family rents the basement). It was truly a lovely afternoon!