Christmas 2012

The big boys were so excited on Christmas morning they got us up at 5:30 to check out their loot. Eli woke up at a more reasonable time a couple hours later. The kids got lots of fun presents and most of what they asked for but the big surprise was a trampoline from Gwenny and Papa. They had no idea about that one. We've been having fun rotting our brains out with new video games, reading new books, playing with new toys, and jumping on our new tramp! We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.

family pics 2012

Recently

Here are some recent pictures from my phone. The boys begged to get scorpion lollipops on our way home from AZ last month. Jay got sick about halfway through without eating any of the actual scorpion. Rex gobbled it all up, scorpion and all. Gross! Eli is getting potty trained and doing really well. He just decided that he won't "go" anywhere but home. So that's been a little challenging. Jay won a reading award at school a few weeks ago. Our primary did a service challenge where the kids earned points for doing stuff around the house. It was nice to have them actually happy to help out for a week. And I think that's about it :)

Chad was able to baptize Jay this weekend. We're grateful for all the friends and family that could make it to be with us.

Jay's birthday party

We had Jay's party at the ball park this year. We had a sunflower seed spitting contest, a pitching contest, relays, a baseball piñata, pizza, cup cakes, and a baseball game. We are exhausted but we're glad Jay had a great 8th birthday!

Halloween

Here's some Halloween pictures in no particular order. Rex had a fun program at preschool. Jay wouldn't let me take his picture at the school parade. Eli loved trick or treating at daddy's office. We all got too much candy and have belly aches. But we had lots of fun

Jay's 8th birthday

Jay got a cool new Nintendo dsi for his birthday and he's been rotting his brains on it all day. And he got all his scout gear and is excited to start going to cub scouts this week. He's also looking forward to his party with his friends on Saturday.

Family picture day

We HATE getting family pictures done. We all turn into grouchy monsters. Here's some pics I snapped today while we were at the park. My nice friend took our real pictures for us. Hopefully they turn out ok.