Shanna & Ethan

I was very reluctant to share this picture because of the drunk looking Lindsay.....but I wanted a picture with my cute aunt Shanna so I could remember her. NO.....she has not passed on. My aunt never married and lives with her sister and brother-in-law. My cousin decided to make a schedule where each of us would have a turn having her over for dinner a few Sundays a year. I absolutely LOVE this. I get to spend time with my aunt and play games with her. I love having her over. It was cute......when she would come over in our old house she could make sure that she would use the restroom before she came over. Why, you ask? Well our bathroom was on the top floor and she couldn't make there trip up there.....stairs are not here friend. So I promised her the next house we move into will have a bathroom on the main floor. Well.....now we are in the condo & there is a bathroom on the main floor & she is very happy! Hopefully our house we buy will have a bathroom on the main floor also :) Thanks Shanna for all the fun times and many more to come! LOVE YOU

This is just a random picture of Ethan doing his homework! I can't believe he is in full day Kindergarten......I am too young to have boys this old. Sometimes I can't believe I have 3 boys....WOW...... responsibility!!

My Hubby's Birthday

Happy Larry Bird to my handsome husband!

For breakfast he requested Red Berry Risotto. This stuff is great but I think it is more for a hearty dessert than a breakfast......but it's good. Here he is blowing out his candles before he is off to work on his birthday. Yes, we are still in the condo :)

Here are the handsome boys I am surrounded by each day! I love how much he loves our boys! He is a great example for them. Maybe that is why we got all boys :) He loves to wrestle with them & just be silly. I love watching him play with them. Out of the 3 boys 2 of them are daddy's boys & I can see why. I am SO glad that I said yes to him 11 years ago! Life with him is an adventure!

For is birthday the boys made him a road map T-shirt! Kevin LOVES to have his back scratched and massaged.......so hence the T-shirt. He can put it on and the boys can drive their cars on his back.....thus getting his back scratched at the same time....... BRILLIANT I know! Of coarse I have to give credit to Pinterest....I actually did something I pinned :) Boo-yah! Kevin usually has the boys get their tools and work on his back! They have the hammer, saw and drill and work on his back. He gets his back somewhat scratched & they get to play! For his birthday he wanted to go to the Zach Brown Band Concert back in January. It was SO much fun! We were right up front in the pit.....standing the whole time, but I LOVE to dance so I am good with standing at a concert. LOVE YOU KEVIN!

9 month Marshall

Our Marshall is getting so big....STOP!! I love this stage when they are figuring things out & busy all the time. He says "da da" a lot.

He is such a happy and easy going boy. I don't know how we got so lucky again. He is just happy with life and it the best eater and sleeper! He is just like Ethan....when we would put Ethan to bed he would get so happy!

He loves to crawl under his saucer and play with toys under there.

He loves my sister Jami. He is always going to her & she loves it.

He is just learning to crawl. This video shows his unique crawl. He only did this for about a month or 2 then went to army crawling then to the normal way. It was so cute to watch this. I am glad my dad got it on video because he didn't do it very long.

Random January

WOW....I'm finally to January & the year is almost over :)

These are some random pictures in January. Not much happened that month, as usual. We just relax from all the holiday craziness & enjoy life. These are pictures of the boys outside the condo playing in the snow. Kevin got a new GO-Pro camera for Christmas that he was trying out.

I LOVE making smoothies! We have them a lot. I like to drink protein ones in the morning when I'm rushed. It nice too my boys don't mind if I throw some spinach in there:) Our boys like to see what funny mustaches they have when they drink.

This is how I retrieve balloons in our vaulted ceilings!

For Christmas, Kevin's brother and wife made an jib-jab video with all the grandkids. It was pretty cute, the kids loved it! My boys have been watching it non stop....they love to dance with it!

Kevin and I went to the Phil Vassar concert on the 12th at the Rail with Kyle and Shilo. It was really fun! It was nice and cozy and very casual. I really like him! He is a really good song writer and singer. He has written a lot of songs for Jodee Messina, Tim McGraw and Colin Ray. THANKS for the fun time!

Christmas 2011

We celebrated Christmas this year with my family on the 30th. It was a lot of fun. The first is a picture of me and my cute mom. Then my cute hubby so excited about Christmas, I am sure that he got some tools! The next is of my mom getting our present of a maxi skirt! She has been looking for one for awhile & i found one for her....notice how excited she is :) Then there is my brother doing my mom's Nixon thing when she is excited.....silly Ryan! The last one is of me and my sister getting a present from my parents. My dad's parents passed away in 2008 & we are getting my Grandma's rings. My sister got her wedding ring and band & I got a diamond ring that my Grandpa gave to her one Christmas! It was very sweet of them to give them to us! Love it!

The top 2 pictures are of all the grand kids. My parents and my sister went to Hawaii this year & got all the kids a shirt & a towel....pretty cool! They loved it! The next is a picture of Kevin's parents. They usually make the rounds to everyone's house on Christmas day. For the past 2 year both sets of parents have shown up at the exact same time....funny! Then our cute Marshall with his birthday Jammies on!

These are some pictures of Christmas at our condo. I was hoping not to be here for Christmas & in a new house....but oh well.....life goes on. Of course I don't have a lot of pictures.....I need some help :) The boys got some Legos & some new costumes to dress up in....Iron Man and Ironhide. It was a great Christmas!

8 months old

Here are some pictures of my cute 8 month old. He is so fun & his brothers love to be around him. He is getting so big!

Random things

For the month of December we have an advent calendar that I put slips of paper with things to do each night....make a gingerbread house, go see Christmas lights, read a story, sleep by the tree.....etc. This is a picture of us all having a sleepover one night.

The microwave went out in my parents condo so we put in a new one for them. Exciting I know but it is fun to remember.

One night we did gingerbread houses. Don't you love Ethan's outfit? That top is my brother's when he was little. My mom has kept it for 30 year! When my boys are over at her house they love to wear them....so he brought it home!

Yes we are still in my grandparents condo.....we are loving the diggs! Someday we will be in a house!

The Davids

I love the holidays! We get to see a lot of friends that come back to Utah to visit their families. These are our friends that live in California & we make an effort to be able to see them whenever they are in Utah.

It has been nice having friends in California because we have an excuse to take a vacation there to see them!

I love this picture of all of our kids. They have 3 girls and we have 3 boys. They are all around the same age.....hummmm......maybe we will be in-laws some day.

We are very lucky to have your for friends and the the awesome time we have when we are together. We love you guys!

Horsleys

Our friends that live in Idaho usually visit family in Utah for the holidays & we are lucky to have them stop by for a few day. I love having friends stay over at my house. We have so much fun with them & their 3 kids. The next three pictures are of their boy Treydon and our Marshall. They are about a month apart. They are cute together.

We decided to take the kids to a bounce place. It was fun! This is a picture of Jackson and their girl Natalie.

This is their cute boy Carter.

This is my Ethan. Thanks for the fun time. Hopefully this will be a traditions to see you every holiday. You are welcome anytime!

Haws Party

On the 12th of December we had a family party for my mom's side of the family. It is a very small family but it's fun to be able to talk to all of them. I have 2 uncles, 3 aunts and 6 cousins and 10 second cousins. We had it at my cousin Amy's house. It was fun to see them & just hang out with them because we see them about twice a year. It makes me feel bad that we never see my cousins because that makes me think about when we are older will my kids see their cousins? That means I won't see my brothers and sisters very often......I guess I will just have to make a better effort so that doesn't happen :)

7 month old Marshall

Loves to play in the saucer & bounce. He loves to spin this barrel with balls in it & have it roll against his mouth... interesting :) Ethan crawls around the saucer while Marshall turns in it trying to find him.

He loves to watch Baby Neptune. He is a VERY drooly baby! We have to keep a bib on him all the time. He had a big rash under his chin from all his drool.

Loves his brothers playing with him. They can get him to laugh really good. He likes to be tossed in the air. He rolled back to front when he was at my mom and dads! Then front to back when my mom and dad were watching him......I think I need to stay home more! What a fun boys to be around...so happy!

Aquarium

On the 28th of November I decided to take advantage of the free day at the Aquarium. Ethan was in school so we went without him. I thought it might be crazy there but it wasn't too bad. The boys liked it & I loved seeing the penguins....so cute!

Family pictures

This year we had my dad take some family pictures of us. It was a little crazy, but we got some cute pictures. My dad still questions how photographers take pictures of kids...it baffles him. We have very active boys! They don't sit still for very long.

I love the pictures of Marshall, that blue shirt makes his blue eyes sparkle! Thanks for taking the pictures & putting up with the craziness.