O Christmas Tree!

This is such a tender picture of Drew and Logan. They have such light in their eyes. I have fond memories of decorating the tree as a child. It was always a great way to start the holiday spirit! Daddy helping Drew reach the high places. By the end, I was pulling my hair out...just a little!
Andrew was not too excited to put the angel on the top.
All finished! Now...how to keep the kids out of it???

Gobble, Gobble Wibble Wobble do a Noodle dance!

Have you ever read that book? It is Hilarious. My boys giggle and giggle, the rhymes are so funny. It is called 10 fat turkeys.

Our Thanksgiving was a little lame this year, because the night before Turkey day, I took Drew to the doctor and he had Bronchitis. He was contagious for 24 hours so we had to stay home. I didn't think I would be able to find (or thaw) a Turkey at 9pm the night before, so we had: Prime Rib, funeral potatoes, jello, homemade rolls, and pie. Not your traditional Thanksgiving dinner, and I was a little ashamed that I didn't tap into the Martha Stewart in me, but I had an ear infection and felt like crap!

If I would have been feeling well (and had more than 10 hours notice we would be eating on our own) I would have made: aunt Glenda's ribbon jell-o, & her mashed potatoes, Grandma's Doris' yams, mom's crock-pot stuffing, Grandma Fae's corn, & her grapefruit cocktail, Susan's (Jason's mom) Frog-eye salad, my pies, and a Turkey. Oh well. At lease the table looked pretty and the two little Indians had fun!

Fall Fun

So...any time my sister comes from Texas, we party! This time, my mom had a Halloween party, Avree turned one-so we had a birthday party, and we went to a fun Witches boutique where they had lots of fun photo opportunities. My silly guys.


Cute little Avree in one of her many darling outfits. I always get sad when they have to go back home.

Halloween Festivities

Carnival. We took the kids to this Halloween carnival at a local rec center. The entire time I was thinking "Look at ALL these people! How are we not going to get swine flu!" But it was lots of fun, and Jason's family actually invited us, so we decided we had better seize the opportunity. We remain swine flu free! Hi batman! So much for the stroller.

They let the kids fish in the actual pool. It was pretty cool. They also had canoe rides in the pool, but the line was WAY to long!

Logan also attended a neighborhood party. During one of the games, they had to pair up with a friend and wrap them up like a mummy before the Ghost-busters song stopped. SO CUTE!

Two little monsters!

Halloween is such a fun holiday for the boys. Logan got to pick out his very own costume. It surprised me that he wanted to be a transformer (I didn't even know he knew what they were). He was the "cool kid" on the block when we went trick-or-treating. All the other kids pointed to him, and he got so excited when he saw kids dressed as Bumblebee. I was just going to put Drew in a Frog costume that we already had, but he was DETERMINED to get this batman costume. He would fly around the house and say "bar none" which interpreted means "batman". Such a cutie.

Fall

Has it really been a month since I last posted on my blog? Where has the time gone. September flew by and October is quickly ending. Life has been busy! School has started, canning season is at it's peak, and life continues to go at a pace that I find hard to keep up with! I was looking at pictures from when Drew was born and can't believe the difference in the boys.

THEN.....
and NOW......

They are the light of my life. Little Drew can a handful, but he always seems so sweet when asleep. He plays with my hair and I love it. Any time that I hold him, he runs those tiny little fingers through my hair which prevents me from ever cutting it short!
Look at that little tummy! He loves it when I tickle his belly. He also loves to have his hair combed (he sits on my lap after every bath and wants me to comb his hair over and over! He also loves to have his back tickled while I sing to him at night.

We call Drew our little cookie monster, because he LOVES cookies! I had to take a picture of these cookies to prove that my little man is silly. Any time I buy these cookies, Drew picks out the m&m's and doesn't finish the rest. I think it is hilarious!

Logan is as silly as ever. He changes his mind daily about what he wants to be for Halloween. He wants to be a superhero when he grows up. I say GO FOR IT buddy! The world could use more superhero's!

Chill... people!!!

So, while I was watching my little niece and nephew, I started to make some Lemon Bars for the Young Women Bake sale (am I a true Mormon mom or what...today was my first time participating in a Bake sale!). Anyway...I didn't get very far when I realized I was out of butter. WHAT??? Not even any in the freezer??? none! (unless I wanted to use the butter-spread in the fridge that is coated with toast crumbs-thanks sweetie). So...neighbors aren't home, and I have four kids with me all under the age of five. "I can do this, I tell myself. Piece of cake! Four kids isn't impossible!" (CRAZY??? or true Mormon?) I decide that Albertson's will be my store of choice because it is close, never has lines, and they have carts that will hold more than one child. So I loaded four kids in the van and buckled all their seat belts. Drove to the store. Found a cart that would actually hold all four kids (with Kelly in her infant carrier in the back). MAN I love Utah! What other state would make it possible to hold FOUR kids in a shopping cart??? I carted my mini-bus into the store and that is when it happened! The STARING began. I could actually see the contempt on people's faces as they stared at me! The kids were all angels (I only had to get butter after all), but people were STILL staring. No one smiled at me. No one talked to me. Not even the checker that oversees "the self check-out" said a word. She was too busy raising her eyebrows. I am sure they were thinking "Why doesn't she invest in Birth Control?"
Next time I am going to wear a sign that says "NO THESE ARE NOT ALL OF MY CHILDREN AND EVEN IF THEY WERE SHAME ON YOU FOR JUDGING AND MAKING THIS TASK EVEN HARDER. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO A KIND SMILE OR UNDERSTANDING GLANCE? WHEN DID WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT GET REPLACED WITH DISAPPROVING GLARES? CHILL PEOPLE...JUST CHILL!" So to all you young moms-especially if there are any with four children under the age of five-bless your hearts for all you do! Our lives do not stop when we have children, we simply weave the kids into all the crazy tasks we do each day, and EVEN WITH FOUR KIDS--WE STILL NEED BUTTER!!