Sledding

Last week we went over to my sister Sherry's and we went sledding. We hooked a sled up to the car and pulled the kids down a long dirt road, they had lots of fun. Austin was getting really crazy and trying to make the sled go all over the road. He is very brave!! Thanks Sherry for letting us come and have fun with you guys!!!

Oh Christmas Tree

Well we finally got our tree up. I have felt so busy the last little while and i just fell behind on getting our tree out of storage. So last Saturday Parker and Austin went with me to dig all the Christmas stuff out of storage ( they are such good helpers). First i had to clean my whole house before i could put up the tree so again they helped me with that. Then they helped me put the tree together and test all the lights and help me put those on as well. Then they decorated the tree and Daddy helped Austin put on the angel and turn her on. Then we let Benson sit by the tree to check it out. He would touch it very softly and just look at it.....for about 5 minutes, then he was grabbing the branch and shaking it :) I must say one of my favorite things to do is turn off all the lights at night and just have the tree lights on. Oh by the way that is Benson's chezzer smile:) we love it. Merry Christmas!!!






Well we finally got our tree up. I have felt so busy the last little while and i just fell behind on getting our tree out of storage. So last Saturday Parker and Austin went with me to dig all the Christmas stuff out of storage ( they are such good helpers) anyways. First i had to clean my whole house before i could put up the tree so again they helped me with that. Then they helped me put the tree together and test all the lights and help me put those on as well. Then they decorated the tree and Daddy helped Austin put on the angel and turn her on. Then we let Benson sit by the tree to check it out. He would touch it very softly and just look at it.....for about 5 minutes, then he was grabbing the branch and shaking it :) I must say one of my favorite things to do is turn off all the lights at night and just have the tree lights on. Merry Christmas!!!

8 months old

Benson is now 8 months old :) we love all the cute things that come with this age. Benson has 2 bottom teeth, he makes the funniest chesseser smile ever ( i tried to get a picture of it today but my battery's where dead on my camera) he loves to snuggle and most of all he LOVES!! his big brothers. He just lights up when they walk into the room and start talking to him. He loves all the baby food that he has tried except for peas, he gags when i try and feed him those. But Sweet potatoes and squash are his fav. He is getting more mobile and his big brothers are determined to get him to crawl. He is such a smile baby and we have loved every minute of him. We love you baby Benson:)

Happy Halloween

I must say i had a lot of fun making the boys costumes this year. Just in case you can not tell Parker is Mario, Austin is Luigi and Benson was Baby Bowser. I did not make Benson's costume and my mom made most of his shell, but i did make the boys hats. It was lots of fun. Crystal and Scott and Lehi and Chelsea came and did some trick or treating with us, it was lots of fun. Kairi was Princess Peach and Crystal's boys were Spanky and Alfalfa. She did a great job putting those together. Liam did not want to sit on the couch for the picture, it was pretty funny.

The latest bug find.

So My step Dad Will and my little sister Anna just found this bug tonight by our house. SICK!!! The one they found had a broken neck so i didn't take a picture of it. This picture is from the web. Jerusalem crickets (genus Stenopelmatus) are a group of large (body length up to 69 millimetres (2.7 in)), flightless insects native to the western United States, along the Pacific Coast, and south into Mexico. Because of their large, human-like head, they are commonly called niño de la tierra (Spanish for "child of the earth"), Earth baby, cara de niño (Spanish for "child's face"), wó see ts'inii (Navajo for "skull insect"), or old bald-headed man. They are also often called potato bugs.

Despite their name, Jerusalem crickets are neither true crickets nor true bugs and they do not prefer potatoes for food. Active only at night, the insects use their strong mandibles to feed primarily on dead organic material but can also eat other insects.[1] Their highly adapted feet are used for burrowing beneath moist soil to feed on decaying root plants and tubers.

Award

We are so proud of Parker. He has been working so hard to earn his scouting badges. Last week he earned his Wolf badge, he was very excited to receive it. He is even more excited that his Mom just got the calling to be his new scout leader :) Don't i already have enough of my own boys keep in line? I am excited it will be fun to get to help Parker earn even more badges, and boys are defiantly entertaining.
P.s. I do NOT want to talk about the fact that Parker is almost as tall as me. I am still in denial that he is even that old.

Happy Birthday Jared!!!

Yesterday we had a surprise Birthday party for Jared. He was totally surprised, and loved to see all his family. Thanks everyone for helping me make it such a great day. Thanks Mom for letting us have it at your house. Jared is such and AMAZING Father and Husband. Every year just gets better and better. I love you madly Jared and i hope that you had a great Birthday.

Bugs!!!

One thing i have learned about boys is they love to find BUGS!! Ever since Parker was old enough to crawl he has been looking for bugs. When he was one i would find him holding spiders... that were still moving in his hand!!!! Well back when he was little they were things too, like Ants, Potato bugs, crickets and grass hoppers, Innocent little bugs. Well now that he is older he likes to bring home bugs like this. 3 inch long beetles, Tarantulas and yes that is a scorpion. These are bugs or (little monsters might fit them better)that i never even knew lived in this part of Utah. What happened to just wanting a dog or a pet fish.

6 months old

Well Benson is not six months old. I seriously forget how stinking fast they grow up. It truly makes me so sad, but i love to see the new things he can do everyday! I have just started him on Carrot's this week and he is doing pretty good. He is rolling over like a mad man and he loves to talk. He is sleeping 8 to 9 hours at night. I love bed time because he loves to have his Binky and his blanket and he loves having the blanket over his face to fall asleep, it is so cute.

First day of school.

This was Austin's first day of Kindergarten,Parker started a week before him. Here they are getting ready to ride the bus. Austin would not let me take him on his first day, he wanted to ride the bus with Parker, so i drove to the school and waited for him there. When he got there he ran to his class room window and started looking in saying " when is school starting?" Then the bell rang and i turned to take his picture going in to the school, but he just ran in. No wave goodbye no I love you mom i will miss you. Nothing he just bolted into the school. He has been loving it so far. I must confess i have been loving it so far to. I get an hour with Benson then he goes down for his nap and i get a WHOLE hour to just do what ever i want. :) Parker has been such a great big brother helping Austin ride the bus and get to his class. I love you Parker and Austin. I can not believe how fast you are growing up.
Getting on the bus
Waiting for the bus
Austin and some boys in his class trying to see if school is ready to start yet.
Outside getting ready to walk to the bus stop.

Going Private!!!!

Jared and I have decided to take our blog private. I know it is a pain but if you could please post your e-mails if you want to continue to view our blog. Thanks

Before and After.

For those of you who didn't know, my mother in law was diagnosed with Cerosis of the liver about 3 years ago. This was her in June like 2 weeks before her transplant. We were very afraid that she was not going to make it. But as you can tell from the bottom picture SHE DID!!!! and i she is doing GREAT!!! we are all so very thankful for her, she is a wonderful Mother and Grandma. We love you more than words can say Mom.

Snot bubble

I have not words for this, Parker just being Parker :)

Snow cone fun!

We found this snow cone place 2 years ago when we first moved here by our house, and have been wanting to try it forever. So on Friday we decided to give it a try, so when we got there we decided on our flavors and the size. Parker and Austin got Tigers blood and i got pina colada YUM!! anyways Parker was the first on ready and when she handed it out it was HUGE!! and i said um we wanted smalls and she smiled and said that is the small. I don't even want to know what the large looks like. We had a great time and they were really yummy.

Pictures by Parker

These are just a few of the pictures on my camera that Parker has taken. Every time i download that pictures off my camera i find a ton of pictures that Parker has taken, he is not supposed to play with the camera and so some times i even find little video's that he has done and i just have to laugh. I do let him take pictures of the bugs that he catches because i don't let him keep them for more than a day and he wants to be able to "remember them" anyways i hope you enjoy them as much as i do.