Baby name help

Well- as you can see from the countdown, we're less than 2 months away from this new sweet baby coming to our family. We're all excited, but kinda hitting a brick wall. We have lots of names we like, but nobody can agree. So please give me your ideas- or vote on the side for those that our family likes best. I'd love some new names to consider as well- so get your creative sides working on my behalf- please!

Organization Week 4

Since Shelby returned to the land of the non-hunting, he's been accomplishing so much around here- which I am super grateful for! But he hasn't been following my organization outlined plan :). So we have bits from Week 4 and bits from Week 5 accomplished. Since posting about it is keeping me very accountable and motivated- here goes:

Tasks accomplished this week:

• Laundry room painted!!!! We still need to touch up the trim.
• Kids outdoor toys sorted and stored for winter- except the tramp- it can stay up for a few more weeks.
• Hoses rolled up and stored away.
• Camp trailer winterized.
• Weeds plowed up and burned.
• About half of the trees cleaned up and ready for winter.
• Mailed off the remainder of the boxes left over from my office organization.
• Shelby hauled his stuff out of my office to the shed.
  

The sad thing is that while I helped a little with the above tasks, most of it was Shelby's hard work. But I'm happy about it! So today I'm going to try hard to get motivated to do my part- we have a few roadblocks including a dentist visit for Wyatt and Bedtime Stories at the library tonight, but I am vowing to myself to get my flower beds cleaned out and get to work on cleaning out and organizing the mud room. At least a little.......

Organization Week 3

The office- Check. I didn't take a picture of the entire room because I still have a few boxes that need to be sent to Boston for one of my former clients and a pile of Shelby's stuff that he needs to carry out to his shed. I still need to move the guest bed around so I can set up the crib in here as well. My plan is to have the baby sleep in here when I get over the 'needs to sleep next to me' stage until he's sleeping through the night well and then he will move in with Wyatt. But the desk is organized, coupons caught up on, closet cleaned out. Much better. The rest will have to wait until I have my husband back from hunting and he can help me with the heavy stuff.

How are my fellow partners in organized crime doing? I'd love to hear your updates!

Hogle Zoo

On Friday, Grandma Wendy and Grandpa Jon decided that they wanted to take the kids to Hogle Zoo to see all of the baby animals. I couldn't believe how many babies there were! We saw the baby elephant, baby giraffe, baby monkeys, baby crocodile, three baby tigers, baby lemurs, and many more that I can't remember. We invited Shelby's cousin Brandee and her girls to come with us and we had a blast!
Grandpa Jon and Uncle Shane holding Wyatt and Livvy up to see the penguins.
Our group in front of the giraffes.

Little Miss Livvy was on a bit of a grumpy streak that morning and hated having her picture taken. So you'll notice that there are more of Wyatt- that's because the above situation happened every time I tried. She had a serious time-out and talkin-to after this fit though.
Wyatt's favorite animal in the entire zoo was this green snake. He 'loved' it and wants one of his own- Dream on little buddy :)
All the cute kiddos with Grandma Wendy- this is a tradition. Every time we go to the zoo, Grandma Wendy takes a picture with the kids here so we can see how much they've grown.
The monkeys and I on the 'zoo train.'
Wyatt loved the playground and pretending to be a turtle.
Livvy and Taylee playing in the eggs. Aren't they so dang pretty? Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for a fun, fun, fun day!

Welcome Home Elder Scoffield

Shelby's little brother Shane returned last Wednesday from his mission to Vancouver British Columbia. We had all missed him so much and the kids were so excited to pick him up at the airport. Wyatt, Livvy, and I made signs for all the kids to hold and as you can see they enjoyed their important job.
Wyatt rushed up to Shane and even beat his mom to hug him. The first thing Wyatt said- 'You need to change your clothes.' Wyatt wanted to wrestle him and knew that as long as Shane was in his church clothes- he couldn't wrestle :)

Hugging Mom and Dad Scoffield
Wyatt was very helpful in hauling Shane's luggage to the car. He really, really, wanted to ride on the luggage delivery system, but Mom wouldn't let him.
We're all so glad that the last two years are over and Elder Scoffield is home! But we're so proud of what a wonderful missionary he was and how hard he worked to serve the Lord and the people of Canada. Welcome Home Shane!