Pixtons

I know we have been terrible at adding to this blog.  I apologize!!  Here is a brief summary of the past 6 months. 

SEPTEMBER:
Alex turned 13 and had a minecraft party

Julia turned 6 and we had a family party.

Our STAR

Julia's new blanket

We get lots of wild life in our yard: deer, turtles, rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, snakes, foxes, woodpeckers, etc. It's no wonder we can't grow things--its all gets eaten!!

4 deer eating our greens

Isaac is playing the tuba in band

OCTOBER:
Patricia turned 8 and was baptized. 

Patricia's baptism

We ran a 5K run together --I died!

Ranger's Apprentice Characters

Beautiful Elsa

NOVEMBER:

Field trip to a pumpkin patch

Field trip to D.C.Memorials

Scouting Fun

Caleb's new birthday pillow pet "PUFFERS"--now he's 10

BYU fan

Thanksgiving dinner

Mormon Homecoming

Note:  Rachel planned to go to the Mormon Homecoming (they let 14 y ear old go--no date thougth) but on the way there she slammed her finger in the door and made her finger explode.  So needless to say, she stayed home and it took months for her finger to recover.

DECEMBER:

twinners

chocolate dipped pretzels--one of our favorites!

Our gingerbread village for this year

We finally painted the boys room.  It is teal/turquoise with black and white accents

Isaac designed and cross stitched his new stocking

JANUARY:
We had a few big snow storms and school was canceled a number of times.  So the kids spend hours sledding on the snow and building tunnels.

Digging snow tunnels

Dog pile

Pinewood Derby

FEBRUARY:
During all the breaks and snow days, we worked tirelessly on this 1000 piece photomosaic puzzle.  It was sooo hard!  Here is Alex with the finished piece--he framed it and has it hanging in his bedroom.

The finished masterpiece

Tearing up the old carpet and pads

home spa--love those snow days

A beautiful falcon in our back yard

MARCH:
 Isaac turned 12 and was ordained a deacon.

12 years old

Visiting the Zoo

Don't ask???

Easter gone a bit silly

A family bike ride

Patricia hosted a friends party during spring break where they did crafts and she painted all their faces

 ARRIL:

Look familiar?  Field trip to Jamestown and Yorktown

Patricia had to get braces

Rachel on the school tennis team

 MAY:

 We did a LOT of yard work this year.  Bruce build garden boxes along the side of our house so we could try a garden.  We wrapped it in deer netting so the deer and rabbits can't get it, and we'll just hope the moles and voles will leave it alone!!

Our new garden

Rachel and I hand planted each of these pacasandra!!!! What a pain!!

Caleb and his robot at the competition

THE END!!!!!!

Barnards Dec 2015

Happy HalloThanksmas!! Here is a quick picture history of our lives for the last 3 months. We've all been super busy with everything we do. April started full time work as a substitute in a special ed preschool classroom. It was a big change for our family. Blake and the kids adjusted to the craziness very well. The school  liked April and the job she was doing, so they invited her to come back to a brand new classroom in January. It will be a 1/2 time position. We hope you are all doing well!!

Happy Halloween from Little Red Riding Hood, Purple Halloween Girl, Nerdy Blake, Dr. Barnard, and Dorothy

Thanksgiving in Houston with Blake's brother. We went to Galveston and spent a few minutes on the beach. It was so warm!!

This little beauty turned 10. She got a new bed set and will paint her room to match over Christmas.

Our traditional Christmas Eve dinner with our new dresses. Blake's Sister Liesa and two boys joined us this year for Christmas.

We love you all and wish you a Happy New Year!!

Saldivars October 2015

Just some quick pictures of our fall....

Cascade Springs in September

Cathedral Gorge with the family. I didn't do as much hiking as I was hoping,

 but at least I had a good excuse. 

    

Our newest member of the family, James Nelson Saldivar. He was born Oct 9th at 12:17am. He was 19 1/2 inches long and 6 lbs 2 oz. I had quite the experience delivering him. He was a footling breeched baby probably my entire pregnancy. We were planning on physically flipping him on Oct 19th if he didn't flip himself. (I found out later that I have a heart shaped uterus which is why he couldn't flip) There was a 50% chance of it actually working. If it did work, the doctor would break my water and I would stay in the hospital until I started labor. If it didn't work then I would just do a c-section.
On the 8th, I felt perfectly normal all day. I even called mom to tell her the plan for the 19th. About two hours later, my water broke unexpectedly. I didn't have any contractions until about an hour after it broke, weird right? I was actually having a contraction as they put the epidural in and I felt everything go numb. It was a great relief, but I soon panicked because then I felt paralyzed. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't move my legs, feet or even toes. It was a scary feeling. On top of that  I was being prepped for a c-section and I was afraid of what that would be like.
Needless to say, I made it out alive and both James and I are doing well. It is hard to not be able to do anything. I can do it, but I am not supposed to. They say don't lift anything more than a baby. Today I had to go to the doctors and I was by myself so I figured I would just carry James in the carseat out to the car. I did that just fine, however now my 8 inch cut hurts and there isn't much I can do but just sit on the couch the rest of the night. I learned my lesson. Just because I can, doesn't mean I should.  I hope I heal quickly. I can already bend over and pick something up, get in and out of bed with no pain, lay on both sides at night, and can move around pretty easily. Now I just need to get strength back in my legs, bring down the swelling in my giant swollen feet, and wait for my incision to heal all the way, especially on the inside. Wish me luck!
I hope everyone is doing well. Love you all!