The longest post ever!!

I apologize ahead of time for this super long post, but it has been since July! I decided to take my computer head on and update...even if it took me an hour or 4! So, these are the events that have happened since July, in no particular order.
1. Joe and I went to a Dallas Cowboys game. His company provides the football players with free orthowork and as a perk, the doctors can go to games once in a while. The stadium was amazing!! 2) One of our closest friends, Brent and Kristen Rigby, happened to move just 20 minutes away from us! We all went to Ohio State together...Brent and Joe in dental school, Kristen in dental hygiene, and me in social work. Being one of the few LDS couples without kids, we hung out a ton and had so much fun. Coincidentally, their little boy is about the same age as Samuel and Mason, so its been so fun to get together once again and watch our boys run wild. 3)In September, we went to Carlsbad, CA for our first little family vacation, along with Joe's parents. Thanks to his sister Bethany, we stayed in a nice condo right by the beach. It was fabulous! We went to the beach everyday, ate great food, visited the aquarium, and hung out with his sister Bethany and her family who live near by. The picture below is us at Legoland. It is seriously the best themepark for children 5 and under. We were there from open to close and our boys were so stimulated they didn't even nap.

The reason why we decided to go in September is so it wouldn't be as crowded. We were loving how there were no lines. The boys went on this horse ride 3 times in a row!
The boys loved the beach! Mason was scared of the water, but boy did they love playing in the sand. They loved it when the tide was low and we could dig little baby pools for them to splash in. Samuel would stand on that hill and say "I'm the king!" Joe and I are giving thumbs up because that is Samuel's latest thing...when he approves, he gives you a thumbs up with wink.

Joe and Mason searching for little sea crabs.3) Airshow in Fort Worth. I'd never been to one so I had just as good of a time as the boys. They loved looking through all the different planes and then watching them perform tricks in the sky. We were there all day long and were very exausted that afternoon, let me tell you!
4) Pumpkin fun: The boys were excited to have their pumpkins lit for the first time. Thanks Brent for helping us carve them! Boy did our boys love the pumpkin patches this year! We went to 2 of them a total of 5 times!! There is just so much to do that they couldn't get enough. Here are the boys on a hay ride.

5) Halloween: Samuel has been in a major pirate phase for the past few months so there was no question as to what he was going to be Halloween. See this pirate fight stance? This is not just a pose for Halloween pictures, this is Samuel who believes he's a pirate through and through! Thanks mom for the beautiful costumes straight from Disney World. Samuel is Captain Jack Sparrow...dreadlocks and all!
Samuel the pirate, fighting every spider and ghost he faced that dark Halloween night!! Mason wants to do whatever Samuel does, so he claimed that he wanted to be a pirate too. Grandma got him the cutest Captain Hook outfit and he loved it! Held the hook all night long!

Here is our little trick or treating crew. We have Lucas as superman, a friend we met at our pool this summer, and Logan Rigby the tiger. They did so well, knocking on doors for over an hour! Samuel of course could've gone on until midnight!

6) Joe and I went to a U2 concert. It was my first concert ever and it was amazing! Quick story: So we go to our seats on the lower level and they were completely blocked by the lights tower. We were ticked. Joe went to guest services to complain and they put us in the VIP section front row!! We were as close to Bono and The Edge as you can get sitting down.
7) Mason and I flew to Missouri for my grandma's 80th birthday party. During our visit we got to see Dave and Jada, our really good friends from Wisconsin who now live in Kansas City, MO. It was a quick dinner, but it was so good to see them! Jada was on the verge of having her baby but she was tiny and gorgeous as ever. So unfair! People asked me if I was having twins when I was only 7 months pregnant!

8) Finally, I must mention my own summer saga. Many of you may already know that I miscarried in July (yep, apparently we can still get pregnant!!) but unfortunately that miscarriage was not fully resolved until just recently!! Meaning, I got a D&C after that miscarriage, and from then until now I have had major complications. After telling me to wait it out for over 2 months, my doctor finally checked it out and realized he left a good amount of tissue behind. Switched doctors, and after trying a couple things, we had to resort to a 2nd D&C because of all my blood loss. That happened last weekend and I am praying that I can finally move on and feel normal! SO! If you or anyone you know has a future D&C, it is NOT normal to bleed for more than 2 weeks! Knowledge that will stay with me always!