Family picture time

For the past 3 years we have our family pictures taken around Christmas time.  I figured instead of paying someone I would just have my dad do it.  He has done it the past 3 years & i love them.  He loves taking pictures......so why not give him practice....& free is always good right? 

We went to Willow Creek Country Club, my parents live right by it.  There backyard lines the course.  I think the course is beautiful! It was fun.  I don't know how anyone gets their kids to sit still...but i love it when they are being themselves....it shows that they are kids.  

When we had the boys do on together they kept hugging each other the whole time.  Silly boys

We did a few silly ones but my dad had his camera on the wrong setting & most of them are blurry but this one turned out pretty good.  It was fun.  THANKS POP for the pictures.

Halloween Stuff

Once again....i know a little late but i am making up for our computer being dead.  Halloween is my favorite holiday.  I don't really know why.....colors, fall, dressing up.....i just love it.  

This year for breakfast we had pumpkin pancakes & a banana caterpillar.  

We carved pumpkins this year.  It was mostly just Kevin & I doing it but it was fun.  We haven't carved some in a long time.  Pretty good huh?

We usually make gingerbread houses around Christmas time, but this year i thought it would be fun to do a gingerbread haunted house.  They boys really liked putting it together.  I was something they could actually do without me getting worried they were going to cut themselves while carving pumpkins.  Then for dinner we had mummy dogs.  Hot dogs wrapped in dough to look like mummy's.

Then I took the boys out trick-or-treating.  Kevin had no problem staying home & passing out candy since the U was playing.  Ethan was a dinosaur & Jackson was my little pumpkin....me?.....i just put on a veil & Vegas jewelry & decided that i was a Vegas bride....i know what you are thinking.....very creative :)  When we got out on the streets I thought we would just go up & down our street & then come home.  Little did i know that we would stay out 3 hours!! I was so surprised that they wanted to stay out that long.  Jackson was having so much fun & did not want to go home.  I kept asking him & he would say........

no, more tick-er-teet....very cute.  He walked the whole time.  It was fun 

The many sleeping positions of Ethan

I love it when we go check on the kids before we go to bed at night.  We are always in for a surprise to see what position Ethan will be sleeping in that night.  The top one is my favorite! 

I can't believe he didn't fall off or wake up.  

This one is the night after his birthday party.  He set up all his toys to sleep by him.  

Ethan requested one night to have his blanket over him & when we came back to check on him.....

it was still on him! He is a funny kid.

PumPKiN pAtCh

We always go past this pumpkin field & i tell myself every Halloween that we will go there & pick out pumpkins.  Well, this year we finally did it.  It was so much fun.  The boys had a blast pulling the wagons & trying to find the best pumpkins.  I love the top picture because the boys were so excited to get their picture taken with the tractor.  The reason behind it, is that my dad has a small toy replica of it.  

I really do love Halloween.  

Ensign Peak

We were lucky enough to have some of Kevin's friend's from his mission stay with us.  It was fun to put a face to the people I've heard a lot about.  They had great stories about Kevin too!  

One of the days we hiked up Ensign peak.  I haven't done that for at least 8 years...when Kevin & I were dating.  The boys did awesome.  They walked all the way up & loved every minute of it.  

It was gorgeous up there.  A little foggy but, still a good view.  I'm glad that we took the chance to go up there. Thanks girls for the fun time.  We really loved having you & you are welcomed anytime!

Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne & Brad Paisley

I realized that i NEVER put a post about this.  This was an awesome night & i can't believe i didn't blog about it.  For part of our anniversary we went to a concert at the USANA amphitheater.  It was SO much fun.....I love going to concerts.  Kevin was able to get a nice little suite there, which I had no idea they existed.  We got the VIP treatment.  Oh yeah!! 

Our friends drove all the way from Idaho just to be with us........I think it was the FREE that helped them decided to make the drive ....... I know you love us

Kevin's brother Kyle & his wife Shilo came (at the top) & my handsome brother Cameron & his wife Kristen.  I am SO glad that they all could come.  

Jimmy Wayne

Thanks honey for the awesome night.  I LOVED it.  My favorite was Dierks Bentley!! He was VERY entertaining & good at what he does.  I love his music.  Brad Paisley is good but not an entertainer.

Sleep over time

Our friends went out of town & we were lucky to take their cute kids over night.  It was fun to have them & the boys loved having Riley & Ella over.  I loved having another girl around.  It was bath night, so we put all 3 boys in & had some fun.  They were so cute together.  I got some good pictures of them in the tub. 

They were pretty funny in there.  I kept turning on & off the lights.  Who knew that would be GOOD entertainment

Here is my cute Ella girl! It was fun having her.  You two are welcomed anytime! We loved having you

A little Brain-washing???

My family are big BYU fans....some of them are a bit extreme.  Well, needless to say they were not too pleased when i married a UTAH fan,  he was going to school there & most of his family is too.  

ME?? I love to watch  FOOTBALL....i love to watch good games.  I am more a outdoor football watching girl.  When we first got married, we belonged to the student fan club for at least 5 years.....i loved every minute of going to the UTAH games....i miss it a lot.  I loved the atmosphere & standing the whole game. 

Yes mom.....If the U & the Y were playing it would be the U.  

My mom is not going to like reading that :) 

My mom & sister are trying their hardest to make my boys see the light & go to the good side.....according to her.  They took Ethan down to BYU in August to see the football team.  He had a blast!!  

He was having fun running in all the races.  

As you can see they haven't succeeded yet...he really is not a fan of  BYU.......

he wanted nothing to do with Cosmo :0)

Well girls, i guess you will have to keep on trying....i know you will !! Just to let you know we have our little brain washing sessions here & he is at our house a lot more.  

Guess will see who wins....U or the Y?  Light or Darkness?? Good or Evil??

Can't we all just get along?? Hee-hee

Computers are EviL!!

SO....we have been having computer problems AGAIN....this time we got a virus.  The computer told me that it was the worst virus of 2009....LOVELY!! Well so we called our friend Nate & he came to the rescue & revived our computer from the dead.  THANKS...so now i am back to the blog world.  I have a lot to update so I am back tracking a bit.  I do this for my own scrap booking so i can turn it into a book at the end of the year.

HaLLoWeeN PaRtY

One of my favorite holidays is HALLOWEEN! I love the colors, fall is in the air, dressing up & all the above. Every year we have a Halloween party with our families.....it’s nothing spectacular, but everyone gets dressed up & we have fun……dinner & games.  I realized I need to get back on the ball of taking lots of pictures of things that we do.  I looked back at my Halloween pictures & it is pretty sad.  

The top left picture is of Kevin’s niece, Caroline the ladybug, she is SO cute!  The next one is of my niece Halen & Ethan eating doughnuts off a string.  It was pretty funny; they had icing all over their face.  The three witches are Kevin's sister & her girls....very cute!  The next 2 down are of my brother & his family....I love the cavemen outfits! Then the big picture is of MY Mr. incredible rescuing wonder women!!  My hero!!!

Thanks to all who came to the party, it was fun! 

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to us

I know this is a little late but,  I go in phases with updating our blog.  Kevin & I celebrated our 8 year anniversary on October 2nd! We all know that time flies by too fast.  It feels like yesterday when we moved into our basement apartment downtown & enjoying being married.  I love those memories.  It truly has been a great 8 years......many challenges & blessings along the way.  I am glad that i said yes to Kevin when he asked me to marry him.  It has been one of the BEST decision i have ever made.  He is such a great husband & father, i couldn't ask for anyone better.  For our anniversary we went to the Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley concert, went to Frightmares, dinner & took a trip down to Moab to ride ATV's.  It was a great Anniversary.  We just decided to stay around here & do something each week of the month for our anniversary.  It was perfect.  I love you Kevin!

Soccer Time

Ethan just started his first year of Soccer.  He's never really played it before, so it was fun to see what he would do.  We thought he may be a little young to play but there were some kids in our neighborhood playing so, we thought we would try it.  It's fun!! I realized this is what our life will be like now that he is playing sports & since we have 2 boys!!

It'is fun to watch him &  be outside!! He's excited about going to the games & at least chases the ball.  There are a few boys & girls that are really good......it's fun to watch all the kids interact.  I love seeing the bunched up group of kids all trying to kick the ball.

GO RED DRAGONS......& # 7

PLaYinG DReSS uP

So....sometime i put my laundry in the family room, so i can watch TV while i fold it. This time i didn't get to it & the next minute we knew our boys were dressing up in our clothes. Ethan kept saying...."look i'm mom & Jackson would say "Daddy, Daddy."

It was pretty cute.

They thought it was pretty fun as you can see by their expressions on their faces!

We love you boys!!

Ethan's 1st day Preschool

Well, it's official I AM OLD!!! Ethan just started his 2nd year of preschool & next year Jackson will be able to go.......AHHHHH! I am not old enough to be doing this.

I do like that Ethan LOVES going to preschool! We carpool with 2 other kids this year & he likes that. He likes his teach Mrs. Margaret...she is great. This was the best picture I got, because he wouldn't hold still.....he was SO excited to go.

Here are my boys hugging before he left! They love each other but show it in interesting ways!! I do love the fact that i get to spend time with Jackson, he is a different boy without Ethan around.

Ethan does really well in school & loves to learn. I hope it stays with him all throughout school & life!

We love you buddy!