November

November was a much slower month then October. During the month of October we had something every weekend. S0, it was nice to slow it down a little this month. We started the month off busy on the first weekend with Garets Casa Grande Triathlon. I already put a little post about it before so I won't dwell much on it. We Left Friday after Garets work and drove to Casa Grande. There we met Landon and Justin. We stayed on the out skirts of the city. Im not trying to complain but the hotel was the nastiest hotel I'd ever stayed in. So much that I slept in my clothes and we didn't use any of the hotels blankets or pillows. I was freezing that night but its ok. The next morning we woke up early and went to the school. It was really fun cheering on the boys and like I previously said they all did a good job. After the race Garet and I decided to drive through Mesa and go home that way instead of Tucson. In Mesa we stopped by Sam and Amy's house. It was fun to stop and visit them. After visiting with them we made a Costco stop and then met Laura and Ashley for lunch. After Lunch we drove on back to Thatcher. It was a fun weekend.

We stayed the rest of the month home in Thatcher until I had my next Dr.'s appointment. My appointment was supposed to be the 19th. Garet and I had planned a trip to spend the afternoon there and get some Christmas shopping done. So we were disappointed when we got a phone call canceling my appointment. We were bummed. So we stayed in Thatcher for the weekend. I guess it kinda worked out for the better though because Megan was getting her wisdom teeth pulled that day. I was able to stay home with her and help her. Mom and Jared also came for the weekend. I enjoyed visiting with them. Mom brought projects to do of course so her and I started sewing pj pants for Christmas. My Doctors appointment was rescheduled for the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Garet couldn't miss work and go to my appointment with me. I was disappointed but Garet's mom said she would go with me. I was glad we could find out the sex of the baby. I kinda wanted to wait for Garet to come with me and find out the next time but he said to go ahead and find out. It was fun having Kathleen with me. Paige was also there. I was going to be 17 weeks the next day so I wasn't sure if they would be able to tell us for sure or not. I asked the ultrasound tech and she said of course I can tell you. It's a...GIRL!!!! I was so excited. I kinda thought I was going to have a boy just because the morning sickness was a little different this time then it had been with Paige and Aubrey. I just got sicker sooner (@ 5 weeks) and thought I felt a little different. But when I had dreams I would always dream that we were having a girl. I was excited at this news. I was excited for Paige to have a little sister. Kathleen said she had had a feeling we were going to have a girl. Paige on the other hand....Kathleen said, "Paige you are going to have a baby sister." Paige said back, " but I wanted a baby brother." we just laughed. I think she said this only because her little friend has a baby brother. She is now so excited to have a baby sister and practices often at being the big sister. She is going to be a great big sister. After the the ultrasound I immediately text and called Garet. He was also excited that we were going to have another girl.....that's what he wanted. So we have officially broken the trend of the Goodmans. All of Garet's other siblings have had either 1 girl then 3 boys or they had 3 boys then 1 girl. Well we have now had 3 little girls. We are so excited!!! It was fun telling everyone!! I was also supper excited because Allison and Landon were going to have a girl also.

Well when Kathleen and I got home, we came home to lots of company. A lot of the family had gotten her already for the Thanksgiving weekend. Marcos and Esther stayed at our house along with Laura and Johnny and Marshall and Robyn. Sam and Amy stayed and Kenny and M'lee's. It was fun to have everyone here for Thanksgiving. We spend the majority of the time at Kenny and M'lee's. We had a yummy Thanksgiving dinner and had left overs to almost last us the entire weekend. I was scheduled again to work on Thanksgiving night but didn't have to again this year. I was lucky enough to be put on call. They didn't have hardly any pts so i was able to stay home all night. Thanksgiving night some of us girls and Garet decided to try the black Friday sales. At Wal-Mart the sales started at midnight Thanksgiving night. It was crazy!!! There were tons of people there....and they were all going crazy. I wanted to go and get the Toy Story Toys that were on sale that night but I couldn't ever find them. I was so disappointed. We did get some other great deals though. I was excited to have some of my Christmas shopping done!!!It was a fun weekend of non stop play and eating. We were sad to have the family leave. Its always so much fun to be altogether.

October

For the month of Ocober I have a disclaimer to write...my Camera broke after the first week so not many pictures.... but here's what I got:

Garet's B-day/Conference Weekend: (10/1-10/3)
For the past 2 years Garet and I have gone to the cabin this weekend to celebrate his birthday and also watch conference. I love watching conference up there. We have no distractions and its very peaceful. This year we talked all my family into coming. Jared had just got home from his mission 2 days before so it was a great excuse for everyone to come and spend time together. And then of course Garets birthday celebration is definitely an added bonus. Garet and I left Friday afternoon with Paige to the cabin. Most of the family got there that night as well. We all didn't fit in the cabin so some of us had to stay in tents. We stayed in our tent again...and Paige had a blast!!! Friday evening we got there early enough to get things settled and to get dinner started. Saturday morning we had the works for dinner then settled down to watch conference. Conference was great. I always enjoy listening to conference. Sunday was Garets birthday. We pretty much did the same thing we did the day before, (Eat great food and listen to conference.) Between sessions we had Garets birthday party..this is when my camera broke!(grrr) We had a great weekend. It was fun to be all together and especially spend time with Jared!

Garet, Jared, and Jordan enjoying some gourmet sandwhiches

Hallie, Kacey, Megan, Karlie, Jacie, Teagan, Paige, and Kade..eating lunch!!

Garet, Karisa, Justin, Allison, Landon

Kade, Hallie, Karlie, Jacie, Teagan and Paige- making some crafts that Allison brought.

Jorday, Kacey, Landon, and Taylor- playing a silly shooting hand game that Jared taught us. Its a game that he said that they often played on the mission.

Karisa helping the kids make smores...over the grill:)

Jacie, Paige, Karlie, Kade, Hallie, Teagan...eating smores

Allison, Landon, Justin, Karisa, Hallie, Karlie

Garet and Paige- Garet's birthday! This is the last picture I was able to take before camera broke!

Garet we hope you had a great birthday! I am so lucky to be married to you. You are a wonderful husband and father! Thanks for making me so happy! I love you!!!!!

Paige's Birthday- My BIG 3 Year Old: (10/13)
Paige was supper excited for her birthday this year. Which of course made it lots of fun for Garet and I. Paige gets to share her birthday with her Aunt Megan. Grandma "Marsha" (as Paige calls her) wanted to come surprise Megan for her birthday so we got to spend the day with her and also Jared, Jordan and Kade who came with Grandma. So just as Paige wanted we started the day off with fruit and donuts. (don't know where she thought of donuts) We then got ready for the day and we went to the Library's "Dinasour Day". Paige thought they were having a special library day because it was her birthday. We met some of her little friends at the library. At dinosaur day they have different stations for you to go around and do. They had a couple different crafts, games, and even cookie decorating. She had a great time. After the Library we met some of her little friends at the park. They played at the park for about an hour, had cupcakes and opened some presents. Again Paige had a blast. It was so fun to watch her. She was so so excited. After the park we came home and had tortilla pizza and then took naps. That evening we met up with Megan and her roomates and we ate dinner at La Cassita (Megans choice) We had to hurry home from that because Garets family was meeting at our house for cake and ice cream. Paige and a day full of nonstop play. She loved it! It was so much fun for all of us!

I love this face. You can see how thrilled she was. This is the donut she picked out...chocolate with sprinkles!!

mmmm..Yummy!!!

Look are her messy face...after just one bite! you can imagine how it looked when she was all done with it.

Kade, we are so glad that you came to celebrate with us!!! We love ya bud! Thanks!


Paige at the park

Kade, Paige, Blake, Savanna, Britni, and Aunt Laura


Ashley, Spencer, Braden, Brandi, Audrey, and Lanie

Paige loved opening presents. ( Braden, Paige, Brennan, and Blake, (Grandma Marsha is in the back)

Paige wanted a Dora Cake. I had a couple problems when making it so, I was a little worried on how it would turn out. I think it turned out cute. The only problem was....because of one of the little problems...we had TONS of cake!!!

My 3 year old!!

Paige and Katie

Kade, Paige and Katie- Paige wanted so badly a woodie doll for her birthday. I totally procrastinated buying her one because I was trying to talk her into something else. When that didn't work I had to hurry and go buy one. She was really really excited so it was totally worth it!! she is in a Toy Story stage right now...and still is.

These were a new toy to us. She loves her princesses though and will sit for an hour playing with them.

We had a great day like I said before. Paige we love you! We are so glad that you are in our family. You have brought more joy to us then we could have ever imagined. You are a special little girl. Your very smart, tender to others and happy. We love you and are so glad to be your parents!

Pregnancy Scare: (10/20,& 10/21)

Wednesday night the 20th I had a little scare where I thought I was miscarring...actully I knew I was misscarring. After dinner sometime I started bleeding a little bit. I tried to wave it off but couldn't help but being scared. It was more then just spotting. I expressed my concern to Garet and he assured me that everything was probably ok. I wasn't convinced and was still really scared when he left to go play a basketball game. I text mom and told her and of course she immediatley called me. She tried to calm my nerves. After getting off the phone I went and got Paige ready for bed. While reading her stories I couldn't help the tears from falling. I tried to hide my emotions from Paige. My stomach started cramping some and I just new I was going to loose the baby. Soon Megan came to my house. When she came to comfort me I couldn't hold back the emotions and started sobbing. I was so scared. I was going to be 12 weeks the next day. I didn't want to loose the baby. I didnt' want to have to go through being sick all over again. Megs stayed with me for a while and Paige finally went to bed. When Garet came home he gave me a blesssing. I am so grateful for him. Jared was also here in town and helped with the blessing. I don't remember much of what Garet said but I remember feeling peace after he was done. I then remembered a sweet experience I had had in the temple months before. At the temple I had a strong feeling that I knew I would be able to bear a child.....didn't know when but I knew my body would be able to do this. It was very comforting to be reminded of that sweet experience. I didn't have anymore bleeding that night but my stomach continued to cramp. The next morning I decided that I should let the doctor know what was going on. I called and informed them and they told me to come to Tucson that day to check the baby and make sure the baby was ok. So later that afternoon Garet and I drove to Tucson. I was so scared. It brought back to many memories from the year before when I got induced after my water had broke. Well everything ended up being fine at the doctors. They couldn't explain the bleeding or the cramping but they said baby looked good and so did my body. I was just told to take it easy for a couple days. It was such a relief to hear that everything was ok.

Girls Day:(10/23)

For Garets Moms birthday we all gave Kathleen tickets to Broadways Beauty & the Beast. (and we all bought one for ourselves) So all the daughters, daughter in-laws, and grand daughters over 5 went. Everyone from Thatcher all drove down Saturday morning. We grabbed a quick bite to eat at Chipotle and then headed over to Laura's. There we met up with everyone else, and took off to the Theater. We had pretty good seats...or at least I thought so. It was really fun to be with everyone...and the show was so good. I loved it!!! After the show we went and got frozen yogart at Ocean Blue. It was YUMMY! I had a great time though with all the girls. I am so lucky to be married into such a great family!!!

Halloween Weekend: (10/29-10/31)

Well we didn't have a camera this weekend so I don't have pictures. I was able to steal one off of Marlee's blog though. I was hoping to get more but that's ok. I have already done a little post on Halloween....but I didn't really journal much about it so I wanted to add more.

We started the weekend off with a doctors appointment in Tucson. Many of our trips to SV have recently been started off this way. Well the doctors appointment went well. Baby seems to be doing good and I'm doing good. I am now 12 weeks pregnant. After the appointment we headed down to SV. Since Halloween this year fell on Sunday we did trunk or treating Saturday night. This year Paige wanted to be Tinkerbell. I found her skirt and wings for a really good price at the county fair. She was really excited and loved her coutume. Paige and a fun time trunk or treating and loved getting free candy. She got more then what she needed. :)

After "Trunk of Treating" we went back to moms for pizza, and cake and ice cream. Jared's birthday was on the 28th but he wasn't in town so we were celebrating it that night. It was fun to be with the family as it always is. We went back home late that night because Garet had meetings early that morning. (the end of September he was called to be the Elders President)

All the grandkids that went trick or treating....this is after "Trunk or Treat"

September

LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2010

When you are talking to someone in the Haymore Family you would find out that Labor Day is a big Holiday. When I was a little girl..(not sure one the age) Grandma and Grandpa Haymore organized a reunion this weekend and probably 20 years later we are still doing the same thing!!! WE LOVE IT!!! and look forward to it! This year Garet and I were pretty excited because we were going to finally be able to stay the full weekend. We arrived to the cabin Friday night and stayed until Monday afternoon. It was lots of fun visiting with everyone. Kids and tent were everywhere. Paige was excited to be able to sleep in the tent again. Garet made and nice little comfy place for us there that weekend. The only downfall of that weekend was that this was the first time I would get sick with this pregnancy. I wasn't expecting it because I was only 5 weeks. With the other pregnancies I didn't get sick until 6 or 7 weeks. But not this time. I was pretty nauseated and yucky a lot of the weekend...and couldn't keep everything down. :) Yet we still had a blast!!!! here are some pics:

A truck load of cousins ready to go on a hike! (Spencer, Uncle Ron, Arlee, Holden, Hutson, Brycen, Kelli, Uncle Flint, Garet, Shanna, Hunter, Paige, Karlee, Cooper, Brittney)

All the hikers... Ryan, Brycen, Holden, Garet, Paige, Me, Shanna, Karlee, Kelly with Hastings on her back, Brittney, Hunter, Cooper, Marlee, Spencer, Madison, Jan, Flint, with Arlee on back and then Hutson,

Flint, Spencer, Garrick, Garet

Paige...she LOVED LOVED LOVED the DIRT!!! She got it EVERYWHERE!!!

Kids all playing together...(Teagan, Cooper, Kade, Paige, Hunger, Rylee, Brycen, Karlee, Hudson, Holden.)

Paige and Kade

Paige taking a nap with Great Grandpa Haymore..it was so cute!

Allison, Marlee, Me, Bryna...visiting on Sunday afternoon.

FHE...every Sunday night

Followed by delicious cobbler...apple, peach, cherry, blueberry...we got it all!!!!!

We never run out of food! Jacie, Kade, Paige, Karlee, Hailee, Teagan

Paige, "Look how dirty I can get!"

Staying out of the rain during Pinata time... Karlie, Jacie, Allison, Jordan, Kacey, Megan, Amanda, Madison, Hallie, Paige and Kade

Piage and Pinata....even though this picture doesn't show it, Paige actually hit the pinata this year. She had lots of fun and talked about this for months after!

Rhino Ride!!! Spencer and Marlee thank you, thank you! They couldn't get Paige off! This is Marlee, Spencer, Hailee, Kade, Paige and Karlee

I'M SO CUTE (9/12 & 9/13)

These pictures aren't anything special or of anything in particular but they are some cute ones of Paige.

I love her laugh! This is a picture of her in complete joy!

" I wear my sunglasses at night"

Garets calling was the cub master. For one of his pack meetings he had to buy colored sand and the scouts did an art activity with the sand. Well there was A LOT left over and Paige got to reap the benefits of it.

ANGLE ORCHARD (9/18 & 9/19)

One of the things we love about fall are APPLES! So when Allison and her kids came and spent the weekend at our house we took advantage of it being apple season and we drove up to Mt. Graham to Angle Orchard. Brooklyn Long my cousin also came for the weekend. Paige loved having her stay with us and have a playmate all weekend long. The weather was nice up the mountain but there were TONS and TONS of nats. The little kids especially Paige and Teagan didn't last very long. They were sick of the bugs. Paige didn't like them at all and even had a little melt down because they were all over. (in your eyes, ears, nose...yeah it was grose) but the apples were really good. After picking apples we drove down a little ways to a campsite and had a picnic. Everyone enjoyed this.

Allison, Teagan and Kade

Brooklyn (see she's even squinting to keep the bugs out...its not because of the sun light or flash.)

Paige and I....(Paige not very happy)

Our little picnic! Brooklyn, Paige, Kade, Teagan (love his smile) & Allison

After the mountains and the car ride home we stopped and got a yummy (messy) snow cone

When snow cones were all said and done Paige decided that my door was a little dirty...so my little helper washed the window and door for me.

Paige and Brooklyn enjoying apples

By the time the weekend was over Paige was exhausted....Brooklyn made Paige a little bed on the floor and BAM she was out

ELDER WILLIS (9/26/10)

September 26th we got to go up to Heber to see Elder Mathew Willis and here him talk in church. It was great to see him and hear his testimony and stories of his mission. He did a great job speaking in church. We of course took the opportunity to take some family pictures since mostly everyone was there!

All the Handsome Goodman Grand Boys: Matthew, Tyler, Justin, Mitchell, Jacob, Jared, Brycen, Carson, Reed, Jaden, Garrett, Seth, Taylor, Brennan, Hunter, Braxton, Andrew, Jorgen and Grady

All the beautiful Goodman girls...with elder Willis: Kara, Matthew, Brinlee, Ashlee, Hailee, Makenzie, Kylee, Paige, Katie, Allie and Tess

The entire Goodman Gang

Elder Haymore (9/29/10)
Our other missionary also came home this month. We were supper excited to have Uncle Jared back home with us. We left early Wednesday morning for Tucson. We had to drive to my doctors appointment first. This was our first visit so it was really exciting to see the baby and see the heart beat. It was to early for us to hear the heart beat. I was almost 9 weeks along. Paige was with us at the Dr's appointment but was oblivious to everything at was going on. Once we found out that the baby was healthy we had to cut our visit short and run to the airport. We arrived just as the rest of the family did. We were there only about 5 minutes when we saw Jared come down the escalators. It was so fun to see him, and see the joy on everyone's faces. We were all crying because we were so happy. We had some people watching us...and they even started crying. It was a sweet moment. After taking lots of pictures at the airport we all decided it was time to leave. Garet and I had to make a quick trip to Costco and then headed to SV to be with the family. There my mom had prepared a little Mexican fiesta. We spent the rest of the afternoon listening to Jared talk about his mission, share pictures and souvenirs and of course ate some food. It was a special day. We love Jared and we are so glad that he is home. He set a good example to all of us by serving an honorable mission.

Our little family with Elder Haymore, (Paige, Me, Jared, Garet)

All the Grandkids plus Jordan had shirts that said "Welcome Home" they were so cute!
Madi, Megan, Taylor, Elder Haymore, Jordan, Hallie, Karlie, Jacie, Kade and Paige (don't know where Teagan went- but he was there to)

The "Gang" at the airport: Tyler, Cole, Garet, Dad, Karisa, Justin, Grandma, Grandpa, Landon, Spencer, Bryna, Me, Mom, Megan, Jared, Taylor, Hallie, Allison, Jordan, Marlee, Madi, Karlie, Jacie, Paige, Teagan, and Kade.