October 6, 2007-Need I say more?
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
To everything, turn, turn, turn...
There is a season, turn, turn, turn. As you can see Bryant has the turn, turn part down. And so was the end of our season. We ended up winning 2 or 3 games and more importantly everyone had a good time. Every participant also gets a T-shirt and a trophy, so they are all winners!
Lappin' it up with Levi
An oldie but a goodie...while we lived in Utah. Levi was being so funny one day, I hadn't seen him do it before this, and I haven't seen him do it since. Enjoy...he sure did!
The leaves are on the ground...
Fall has got to be my favorite time of year, especially in Utah. I love watching the mountains change colors right before my eyes. This year was especially fun having Grandma and Grandpa's big trees in the backyard. We spend a couple of afternoons raking and playing. As you'll see, I put all the kids to work with the rake, even Levi!
Backyardigans
What could be better than spending a beautiful fall afternoon with my boys?
Levi loves to swing. He will sit in that swing for a long, long time. I can give it a push for a minute or two, run around with the other boys for awhile and come back to him never having made a peep. I think if he could choose his heaven, this would be it.
Jonas doesn't play on the swing set as much as the others, but recently learned to swing on his belly. He can do it all my himself, which is a good thing considering his favorite phrase around here is, "My do it, myself!"
Bryant is quite the trapeze artist he has spent hours of our time here jumping from the slide to the bar and climbing and hanging around. Its like having our own personal circus right in the backyard!
Levi loves to swing. He will sit in that swing for a long, long time. I can give it a push for a minute or two, run around with the other boys for awhile and come back to him never having made a peep. I think if he could choose his heaven, this would be it.
Jonas doesn't play on the swing set as much as the others, but recently learned to swing on his belly. He can do it all my himself, which is a good thing considering his favorite phrase around here is, "My do it, myself!"
Bryant is quite the trapeze artist he has spent hours of our time here jumping from the slide to the bar and climbing and hanging around. Its like having our own personal circus right in the backyard!
Mess Maker, Mess Maker Make me a mess...
Levi loves to get into things. He loves to pull things out of the cupboard, he loves to empty drawers, any chaos he can create he enjoys. Here's a recent mess that was too funny to pass on the photo op. Thank goodness for this blog otherwise I may have been upset with the mess I had to clean up.
And because the resemblance is uncanny here is a photo of Jonas in the same kind of mess taken in November 2005 (he was 8 months old)...
And because the resemblance is uncanny here is a photo of Jonas in the same kind of mess taken in November 2005 (he was 8 months old)...
Holly Homemaker
One of my favorite things to do is create. I love making things! Since we've been in Utah I have made several things, unfortunately I've only taken pictures of a couple of those things thus far. But since I have these I thought I'd share them with you.
My mom and I took a cake decorating class together, this was the finished cake of the last class. I also made a really cute Tyrone cake from The Backyardigans. It was a lot of fun taking the class with my mom, although she is so good at everything that it was a little difficult for my ego-notice there is no picture of her cake posted. Mine paled in comparison to her perfection. Oh, and it tasted pretty good to!
I have found a new love of making cards too. I threw a baby shower for my sister in law, Brindy and these were the invitations. My favorite thing about them is that the info. card pulls out of the elephant envelope and the envelope can be used again, aren't I clever? ;)
I'm going to try posting other pictures as I get them. I want to keep a record and this is the best place to do it for now. What kind of things do you like to make? If you want to send a picture to be posted here I'd love to do it for you!
My mom and I took a cake decorating class together, this was the finished cake of the last class. I also made a really cute Tyrone cake from The Backyardigans. It was a lot of fun taking the class with my mom, although she is so good at everything that it was a little difficult for my ego-notice there is no picture of her cake posted. Mine paled in comparison to her perfection. Oh, and it tasted pretty good to!
I have found a new love of making cards too. I threw a baby shower for my sister in law, Brindy and these were the invitations. My favorite thing about them is that the info. card pulls out of the elephant envelope and the envelope can be used again, aren't I clever? ;)
I'm going to try posting other pictures as I get them. I want to keep a record and this is the best place to do it for now. What kind of things do you like to make? If you want to send a picture to be posted here I'd love to do it for you!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Primarily for Mommies
I have so much to post, but my camera hasn't been working too well so all my pictures are on my in-laws camera. I will be playing catch up soon, but for now I just wanted to share one of my proudest moments as a mother.
I know this is silly, but yesterday was our ward primary program and it was Bryant's first one. He didn't have a speaking part, but his class sang "Listen, Listen" all by themselves-along with all the other songs the rest of the primary sang. He did such a great job! He knew all the words to just about every song (I Know that my Redeemer Lives was a bit tricky). He got a little confused when they sang the two verses of Love is Spoken Here together, but sang the boy part through to the end.
He looked so cute up on the stand. I told Ethan we really needed to have the "hold still" talk with him, but we didn't. He waved, winked, gave me the thumbs up, stuck his tongue out (at no one in particular was just giving his chin a nice licking), and smiled that cheeser of his.
My heart was so happy! I am sure I was glowing watching my little boy grow up just a little bit.
I know this is silly, but yesterday was our ward primary program and it was Bryant's first one. He didn't have a speaking part, but his class sang "Listen, Listen" all by themselves-along with all the other songs the rest of the primary sang. He did such a great job! He knew all the words to just about every song (I Know that my Redeemer Lives was a bit tricky). He got a little confused when they sang the two verses of Love is Spoken Here together, but sang the boy part through to the end.
He looked so cute up on the stand. I told Ethan we really needed to have the "hold still" talk with him, but we didn't. He waved, winked, gave me the thumbs up, stuck his tongue out (at no one in particular was just giving his chin a nice licking), and smiled that cheeser of his.
My heart was so happy! I am sure I was glowing watching my little boy grow up just a little bit.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Soccer...well almost
What do you get when you put together 10 four year old kids, 2 goals, and 1 ball? Swarm ball (as my mother in law likes to call it) and a whole lot of fun! Bryant is playing on a cute little soccer team twice a week and having the time of his life. The majority of our team don't have a clue what's going on, but they sure have fun! We won our first game last week and they were ecstatic!
We have a few kids that like to take the ball away from anyone, on their own team or the opponents. We have a few dreamers. We have a few talkers- one girl just likes to talk to anyone who will listen and she is always trying to hold hands with someone. We had one boy playing goalie at one point I turned around to tell him to get ready and he was running back from the sideline, as soon as he got in place, he immediately grabbed himself and yelled, "I have to go potty!" I about peed my pants at that point, it was hilarious! I get to coach all these crazy kids and we are having a ball! Here are some pictures of Bryant in action.
Jonas is, of course, sad he can't play and he repeatedly runs onto the field with me (the coach runs the field with the team to encourage and show them where to be ). It takes a team of helpers (Ethan, my father-in-law and my parents) to keep him off the field and he gets past them once or twice a game.
These kids sure do grow up fast, it won't be too long and I'll have three boys playing soccer! Time flies when you're having fun!
We have a few kids that like to take the ball away from anyone, on their own team or the opponents. We have a few dreamers. We have a few talkers- one girl just likes to talk to anyone who will listen and she is always trying to hold hands with someone. We had one boy playing goalie at one point I turned around to tell him to get ready and he was running back from the sideline, as soon as he got in place, he immediately grabbed himself and yelled, "I have to go potty!" I about peed my pants at that point, it was hilarious! I get to coach all these crazy kids and we are having a ball! Here are some pictures of Bryant in action.
Jonas is, of course, sad he can't play and he repeatedly runs onto the field with me (the coach runs the field with the team to encourage and show them where to be ). It takes a team of helpers (Ethan, my father-in-law and my parents) to keep him off the field and he gets past them once or twice a game.
These kids sure do grow up fast, it won't be too long and I'll have three boys playing soccer! Time flies when you're having fun!
Super Man
Just thought you all might enjoy Jonas at his finest...he loves to "dress up." He comes to me with a dish towel daily and asks me to tie it on him like a cape and he always has to have something over his eyes. These glasses are great, but my favorite are Ethan's swimming goggles. Once he's set in his costume, he runs around the house or outside and when he encounters someone, anyone, he gets into this wide-leg pose with arms flexed to show his muscles and says, "Superman to the rescue." He is just too funny!
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