Loving the Weather...

The last few days we have had such nice weather and let me just tell you we are LOVING it! It has been in the 60's, so we have been spending a lot of time outside and at the park.

Favorite things @ the Park:

Braxton loves to climb.

Ethan loves to make things in the sand.

Kaden loves the swings.

Landon loves the swing, but has been venturing to the slides too.

Captain Commando...

We are all still trying to adjust to the 9:00 church hour here at our house.

So this morning, we woke up and I got the boys bathed, dried them off, and told them to run in their rooms to get their suits on. As they were dressing themselves Evan and I were getting ourselves ready. We were in a rush, so we grabbed our bags and books and ran out the door to church. During sacrament Kaden leaned over and said he needed to use the bathroom. I took him out, went into the bathroom, and much to my surprise....Kaden had forgotten an important part of his wardrobe....we will just say he was going "commando" style!

ME: "Kaden, why don't you have any underwear on?"

KADEN: "I didn't put any on."

ME: "I know, Why?"

KADEN: "I don't like underwear, Mom!"

Kaden is definitely one of a kind!!!

T'was the month of December...

Christmas is over and the new year has begun. I can't believe december has already come and gone. I hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas, because I know we did. The only complaint we all had was 3 weeks went WAY TO FAST.

We were lucky enough to go home for the holidays. We spent some time in Utah with Evan's family and Montana with mine. I could go on and on about all the gifts we received and the fun things we did, but I think the greatest gift we were given this year is the opportunity to be with our FAMILY for christmas. We had such a great time talking and laughing til' we cried. I can't remember the last time I had that many BELLY laughs at one time.

We will forever remember the memories we shared. Thanks for being a part of our story.

We were also able to meet up with some of our BEST friends. We had a wonderful time visiting. Thanks to The Sjostrom's and The Hammond's for making time for us to see you. We look forward to doing it again.

Since we were gone for most of december I am sad to admit that I missed several of you on my Christmas Card list, so here it is and I am so sorry! I hope your holidays were full of love and laughter.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

Christmas is here....

I have been lacking in the blogging department lately. We decorated our tree after Thanksgiving and I still haven't put it on, so I guess I will do it now.

Just a couple of simple pictures of the boys decorating the tree....

Landon is completely fascinated with the lights on the tree. The first day we had them on he would stare at them with such wonder in his eyes, point to them and say lights. It is so fun to see the joy in my boys' eyes. This time of the year is so magical.

I don't know if we are more excited for christmas or to be going home for the holidays! The boys made a count down to "going home", 6 more days. We are looking forward to seeing so many of our family and friends.

Happy Holidays and SEE YOU SOON!

Gobble til ya wobble!

Well it is that time of the year again. The time when you find yourself undoing your button, because you ate way too much!

We just want to take time to wish you all a HAPPY THANKSGIVING! We have so much to be thankful for and that includes each and every one of you. Thank you so much for being a part of our lives.

For us, today was a pretty relaxing day. We had a wonderful thanksgiving dinner (cooked ALL by my wonderful husband). I know that we all say this, but I have the BEST husband ever. It is my birthday today, so Evan decided he would cook all of our thanksgiving feast. It was perfect! He even cleaned up the mess, WOW!

What is a thanksgiving without a little football?

And for E, a little skateboarding

Halloween....

So I guess I am a little late posting my halloween pictures, but it's better late than never right? We took the boys to the trunk-or-treat in our ward the thursday before halloween and still ended up going trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. It was fun to go around our neighborhood. One of the neighbors had actually decorated their house like a haunted house. They let the kids go through their haunted garage and see all the scary things and they also had people dressed up & standing on the lawn like statues. Braxton & Ethan got up really close to one of them and couldn't figure out if it was a statue or not. They just got done saying it was a statue and then it stepped toward them. It was hilarious to see there reactions!

Now to the costumes....

We have the cutest Einstein ever....

with the mustache (he hated)

The Doctor...

The Ninja...

And last, but not least, the Horse/Cowboy...

When all is said and done, we had a Spooktacular Halloween and we hope all of you did too!

Update...

Sorry it has been so long since I posted last, but life has been a little crazy around here. Crazy Good!

A little unpdate...

First, we had a great visit with Evan's dad & mom. They were able to come visit us for a week and we loved it. While they were here there was a lot of bike rides, football, baseball, and playing outside. We were able to take them to see duke gardens and I was able to go to the temple with them.

Grandma & Kaden playing baseball!

Grandpa & Landon playing in the sand!

Then, We had my dad & mom visit. They were with us for two weeks.

While they were here we were able to go to Washington DC. Evan had to be there for a presentation on a case that he was published for, so we decided we would all go with him.

We packed a lot of sight seeing in, but weren't able to see everything (of course). The boys had so much fun seeing and learning new things and can't wait to go back.

In a tree next to the Washington Monument!

Air and Space Museum!

Museum of Natural History!

Vietnam Memorial!

Standing against the Washington Monument!

Last, but not least, we went to the State fair. We all had a great time. I didn't want to over do it with too many more pictures, but I have to share this one.

Turkey Shoot...

The object of the game: There are 12 shooters, one bullet per target, and the one to shoot closest to the bulls eye wins a Turkey!

My mom convinced me to try it, so I did. And....I WON! I was so proud. I was the only girl and when they announced that I had won, you could see all the guys look at me and give me a look like "I lost to that".

Well, that is our past month in a nutshell. It was so much fun to have everyone here. Thanks to all of you for visiting and we hope you'll come again.