Fun Fun

So not only do we have a new baby at our house, but we also finally finished our backyard. This has been in the process for the last few months, but with the help of my wonderful Brothers from Idaho...we finished today. I actually didn't do much, but it is done. I only wish I had pics of all the guys who came and hauled rock on Sat...the day before Spencer was born. Thanks to everyone who helped. I love it! So here is the beginnning. Jake dug trenches back in the summer. Next we hired our curbing and sprinklers done. Then we had Grandpa Norm come visit and help us plant our new plants from "Leaf and Feather Nursery." They are a local nursery that we found and highly recommend them. Next was the rock, but I don't have any picture of that day. Thanks to Kurt, Matt U., Michael, Matt M. and Zach. Here is the new patio. Toby getting the dirt ready for sod. And it is done!Here is what Spencer did all day.

He is Here!

Announcing Spencer Jacob Watkins. I just got home today from the hospital. After I catch up on some much needed sleep I will post more. For now, here are a few pictures. He is a champ. Everything went well and we feel so blessed. Spencer was 8 lbs 11.2 ounces and 20 1/4 long. He was born at 7:32pm on Sunday November 16 2008. I had a slow start with the induction, but the labor was from 2:30 till 7:30pm...so not too bad.

Baby on the way

So I am heading to the hospital tomorrow at 8am to be induced. Wish me luck. Anyone want to guess how big the baby is? or What time he will be born? Better yet....What will we name him? Leave your comments and get a prize for being right. To be fair, the real induction doesn't start until after 4 hours of antibiotics...so factor that in your guess. The middle name will probably be Jacob.

More Billy Mays

So here is another funny pic of Jacob at work. He was Billy Mays (who is the crazy infomercial guy who sells everything.) The next picture is some guy who dressed up as Jake for Halloween. He is mocking the fact that Jake wears a pink shirt sometimes...and enjoys chips. Funny.

Tagged: 4th file 4th photo

This is a cool tag. You need to post the 4th picture in your 4th folder on your computer.

Here is mine. It is Weston turning 3 this year.

I tag Ericka Wall, Tina, Gina and Danielle.

Happy Halloween

So we had a lot of fun this Halloween. It was very busy. It started with a school carnival...followed by a great party at Grandma and Grandpa Watkins' house...followed by a preschool party, then to top it off we went to the Farbee's house on Halloween night. By the end of it, I didn't care about much. I was ready for the sugar feast to end. Today all of us have a sore throat and runny nose. Darn you sugar!
Our new camera came on Halloween so we even have some cute pics of the kids costumes, (Aubrey was 3 things this year) and fun!

School Carnival: Aubrey was a witch/ Weston was a skunk
Grandma's House: Aubrey was fairy princess/ Weston didn't want the bother. We are having donut eating contest. I won!Here is the pinata the kids and I made! Aubrey's turn.Weston's turn. Here are my stinky skunks on Halloween night! The large group of kids we Trick or Treated with. The kids had so much fun running from house to house this year. They kept up pretty well.
And of course..."The funniest costume" according Jake's work party. Billy Mayes!See the resemblance! It is almost disturbing as a wife.And here am I! 37 weeks pregnant. No costume this year (unless you count that I am smiling even though inside I am miserable.)

Happy Birthday Jake!

I am just so grateful that you are my husband and the father to our children. You are really funny...always trying to do what is best for our family...and ever patient with me and the kids. Your not perfect...(thank goodness, because perfect people tend to really annoy me), but you are perfect for me! I hope you had a good b-day. I know it wasn't much. However, thanks so much for doing our backyard, I am so excited. Thanks for always putting family first. I am publicly stating that you deserve some time for yourself. Go golfing or something. Jake you are the best! Here are some cute pics of you as a child and when we first got married. I love you!

Baby Car Seat Cover

My friend Misty had made a custom car seat cover for her daughter that I just loved. So with this new baby...I felt he deserved the same new, refreshed idea. So with countless hours (we had no idea what we were doing) and lots of Dr. Pepper, (we stayed up till midnight.) It is done. I wish you could see it better, but it turned out so cute. I guess I should have shown the before. Anyway. Thanks so much Misty....you really deserve all the credit.

"Amazing Jakes" Endorsement

So, last night I had the privilege of going to "Amazing Jakes" in Gilbert for the 2nd time. Last time was to celebrate Weston's B-day...and we had so much fun...we decided to celebrate all of the October B-days there with the Watkins' side. Anyway, it really is a great place to take the kiddo's. The food is much better than most buffet/pizza places and the rides are just so much fun. You also get unlimited video arcade games too. (So your husbands don't get bored, I reckon.)
So here are pictures:

Here is Aubrey getting her Barbie and dog that really poops! She is loving it this morning... thanks Mike and Mari.Here is Weston just being cool. Jake is going to be "Billy Mayes" (oxyclean/ orange glow guy from all the infomercials)....for Halloween. So Weston was saying "Billy Mayes here!" All night long. He really is funny.Here the kids are on the "hopper" which they rode at least 20 times. My sister in law Mari is finally pregnant! Yippee! You can't tell here, but she is due in the spring.
Jacob and I. We are riding the choo-choo train.
Weston on the Spinning Tea Cups.Here is Aubrey and Weston... with Aubrey's "Favorite Cousin" Maya. And last but not least. Our whole growing family.