The added bonus, now I have somewhere to lock the boys when they get out of control! he he
I know I've been a slacker but there are two new post below. One of them's HUGE!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
The monstrosity
When we first got Bowzer he was this tiny, innocent, little thing only weighing 10lbs. He's now a crazy little beast weighing 30+ lbs and is only half done. Needless to say he's outgrown his first kennel so it was time to move him up. Being the cheapos we are, and since we have wonderful neighbors that don't mind us mooching off of them, Bowzer now owns a castle. Our neighbors dogs are giant Newfounlanders and this kennel was the one they used. When we first set it up the boys and Bowzer played in there for a good hour. Kalei had to join in the fun so she watched from above.
The added bonus, now I have somewhere to lock the boys when they get out of control! he he
I know I've been a slacker but there are two new post below. One of them's HUGE!
The added bonus, now I have somewhere to lock the boys when they get out of control! he he
I know I've been a slacker but there are two new post below. One of them's HUGE!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Weekly update on the happenings in the Shum house
Okay, so I started this last Saturday but it is now Sunday night so you get two weeks of updates.
Brayden: A conversation I had with Brayden about our good friends/neighbors across the street who somewhat recently added on to their home.
B: Mom, why did the Shorts make their house bigger and brown? I like their small, blue house better.
M: Because they wanted a bigger house so they had more space.
B: I think it's cause they wanted to get their big tv
(Yes, that is why everyone spends $100,000 for an addition)
Another one on the way to a birthday party that had a costume theme. Brayden was going in his army costume and we were walking.
M:"Here, I found your army helmet"
B:"But I'm already wearing my beanie, you hold it til we get there."
M:"Just stick it on top of your beanie."
B:"No way! I will look ridiculous!"
Since when does a 4-year old care about looks.
Then to add on to the worry about his image this conversation happened
B:"Mom, why do you and Daddy drink one milk and me and Tavita a different one?"
M:"Because your milk has more fat in it and that's not good for adults so we drink one with only a little"
B:(utterly horrified)"Why do you want to make me fat?"
We had a little talk about how little kids need healthy fats in their diets to help them grow big and strong. He now is always pointing to junk food saying he should eat it because it has "a lota lota fat". Apparently he didn't get the "healthy" part.
Junior got this huge bright red and orange stuffed iguana from work. Brayden thought it was the coolest thing in the world and took it everywhere and kept it in his bed. One day I noticed it on his dresser instead of in his bed. I asked him why it was there and he replied,
"Mom, that igunadon is giving me issues. He's hard and pokes me and makes me uncomfortable at night. So that's why he's on the dresser because he gives me issues."
Brayden is very thoughtful of others and also tries to mind his manners. One of his latest obsessions is "opening the door for ladies".
Brayden is sick for the first time I can remember since Tavita was born. He'd get sniffles now and then but nothing that put him out. He got a little bug on Thursday and is still fighting it. Does well during the day but it hits him hard at night. He insists that I tell both his primary teacher and his preschool teacher that "he went to a birthday party, ate pizza, then got sick. Now he has a fever, and a bad cough that sounds like this 'huhahuh'. And tell them that I miss them. Tell them all that okay Mommy."
Brayden and his girlfriend (actually these two fight more than most siblings so I had to capture them getting along!)
Tavita:Tavita didn't start saying my name until he was over two. He would say names like "Carson" and "Jandy" but never "Mommy". He's made up for it though with his new habit of coming up to me while doing dishes or driving in the car and saying, "Mommy, I love you."
Tavita always gets upset when we drop Brayden of at school because he wants to go to school too. One day we were going through the normal routine of getting Brayden ready for school and Tavita following me around saying, "I go preschool too." I told him that after we dropped Brayden off we were going to go see his new preschool (I'm sending them both to a new preschool that's closer by next year). He was so excited. I kept trying to tell him we were just lookig at the school. However, when we pulled up to the preschool, he walked out so proud, shoulders squared ready to go to class. Luckily the lady at the front desk was really nice and took him to go peek through all the windows of the classes. We left with him in tears because he wanted to stay and go to class. The poor guy can't wait to grow up.
Janessa got "Home Alone" for Christmas and it quickly became the boys favorite. They were pretty bummed when she went up to school and took it with her. Tavita has continued to hold a grudge against her for this unforgivable act. Almost daily he asks to watch Home Alone then instantly follows with, "Auntie took it." The other day her name came up and Tavita chimed in with, "She stole Home Alone." Don't know when he's going to get over it.
The boys love going to sleep with primary music playing. At first Brayden was the only one who would request it and show much interest in it. However, lately Tavita is always walking around singing songs and loves to have his primary music playing. A favorite for both the boys is, "Follow the Prophet." The both love to belt out the chorus. Whenever the song comes on and it gets to the chorus Tavita yells out, "Mommy sing with us." and will follow with, "Daddy, I can't hear you." Wherever we are in the house we need to stop and sing along.
The boys were watching me paint some shelves and Brayden asked if they could paint to. The next day I went to the store and bought some craft paint so they could paint these little wood art kits they got from Lowes (you paint them, then nail it together). I had everything sitting out ready to go, boys in paint clothes, newspapers on the ground etc. Then they decided to run over to the neighbors to play so I started making dinner for a family in the ward.
They came home ready to paint. I told them to give me a minute to finish cutting the broccoli, I'd change and we'd go ahead and paint. The next thing I know Brayden is screaming bloddy murder. I glance up and Tavita is just standing there pouring bright red paint over Brayden's head and it's pooling in his eye. Junior and I started yelling but Tavita didn't budge, he was facinated. (Brayden decided Tavita was just wanted to know what he'd look like with red hair.) I grabbed Brayden (in my new sweater and jeans) and started flushing his eye. Junior grabbed the paint. In the end we had bright red paint all over Brayden, my, Tavita, the dog (don't ask me how), kitchen cabinets, the floor, the walls going up the stairs (Brayden headed up there after I washed his hair not realizing he still had wet paint everywhere), and a bit on Junior's shirt. Tavita just stood there askig to get cleaned because he was all messy. I told him he could sit and wait until everythign else was clean. Miracloulsly, in the only thing that showed any sign of paint was a hand towel and the boys paint clothes.
The next morning I asked if we wanted to take another try at painting and Tavita replied with "Yes, but not on Brayden's head." At least a lesson was learned.
Here's us on take two. I didn't get any pictures of the chaotic paint episode, we were rushing too fast to clean everything before it dried.
Tavita showing of his Spiderman band-aid covering his split eye. He was leaping from Kalei's crib onto the guest bed. I've told him countless times he was going to get hurt and he learned the hard way I was being serious. (By the way we are making homemade pretzels in this picture. Thanks for the great idea Melyssa)
Things I'm a little concerned about regarding this boy. He's become OBSESSED with the color pink. It's his "favorite". If you ask him what color birthday cake he want's he'll proudly say, "PINK!" Second thing, when he's not talking about pink, he's talking about how he wants, "big susu" (boobies). Everytime he eats something he'll say, "My susu going big, big, big." We were pretty relieved when we finally figured out he wanted big susu like Daddy so he could make them "dance" like daddy does when he's showing off.
Kalei: Kalei continues to grow more everyday. She is now standing while holding on to something. She can't pull herself up unless she can get her hand completly around something (like our finger) but is constantly sliding off our laps into standing position. Still doesn't do the "normal" crawl. She goes into pushup position on her hands and the balls of her feet then lunges forward. She goes into the crawling position but has decided the "push-up" method is faster.
The other day she was playing with one of her toys that plays music and she was "singing" along. At first with thought it was just coincidental but she would push the put and start singing her "lalala". As soon as the music stopped, she stopped, the music started, she'd start. It was a crack up.
Confirmed today that she continues to be stubborn and refuses to take a bottle. We decided it's because she likes tagging along on our dates for some special alone time. Whenever we're out with just the three of us, she hams it up to no end.
Also continues to be the queen of blowouts. There's nothing girly about the way this girl answers to the call of nature. The other day she had one of her notorious blowouts while we were getting ready to go out. We stuck her in the sink to rinse her off, she got so comfy we left her in there while we finished getting ready.
Why pay all that money for teethers when you can just use a nice cold carrot! It was really cute, she kept wanting to share with Junior.
Junior's cousin reported to the MTC last week and we had the privallege of picking her up from the airport and dropping her off.
-I told the boys that Auntie Gesa was coming that day. They thought I said Auntie Janessa. Brayden got really excited and Tavita just went on and on about how she took Home Alone (of course).
-On our way home from picking her up at the airport we realized we were driving along side Elder Holland (an apostle for our church). Gesa and I got really excited and tried taking pictures but this was the best we got.
-They've really changed the way they do drop-offs. You're just supposed to drop them off at the curb instead of goig inside (started when there was the big to-do about Swine Flu). Since we didn't go during regular hours we went into the lobby for a bit. It was late and all the missionaries were scattered around doing the scripture study and our boys were running around all of them. You could tell two crazy little boys weren't the norm in the place, especially when one was dressed as Wolverine. Think it made a few of the elders day!
-They shooed us outside before the put her tag on her and what not. I tried getting some pics through the window of her meeting her companion and getting her tag on but they didn't turn out to great.
Good-bye world, hello mission life!
The boys and Gesa
The best I could do from the outside
This novel of a post is why I shouldn't wait 2 weeks to post!
Brayden: A conversation I had with Brayden about our good friends/neighbors across the street who somewhat recently added on to their home.
B: Mom, why did the Shorts make their house bigger and brown? I like their small, blue house better.
M: Because they wanted a bigger house so they had more space.
B: I think it's cause they wanted to get their big tv
(Yes, that is why everyone spends $100,000 for an addition)
Another one on the way to a birthday party that had a costume theme. Brayden was going in his army costume and we were walking.
M:"Here, I found your army helmet"
B:"But I'm already wearing my beanie, you hold it til we get there."
M:"Just stick it on top of your beanie."
B:"No way! I will look ridiculous!"
Since when does a 4-year old care about looks.
Then to add on to the worry about his image this conversation happened
B:"Mom, why do you and Daddy drink one milk and me and Tavita a different one?"
M:"Because your milk has more fat in it and that's not good for adults so we drink one with only a little"
B:(utterly horrified)"Why do you want to make me fat?"
We had a little talk about how little kids need healthy fats in their diets to help them grow big and strong. He now is always pointing to junk food saying he should eat it because it has "a lota lota fat". Apparently he didn't get the "healthy" part.
Junior got this huge bright red and orange stuffed iguana from work. Brayden thought it was the coolest thing in the world and took it everywhere and kept it in his bed. One day I noticed it on his dresser instead of in his bed. I asked him why it was there and he replied,
"Mom, that igunadon is giving me issues. He's hard and pokes me and makes me uncomfortable at night. So that's why he's on the dresser because he gives me issues."
Brayden is very thoughtful of others and also tries to mind his manners. One of his latest obsessions is "opening the door for ladies".
Brayden is sick for the first time I can remember since Tavita was born. He'd get sniffles now and then but nothing that put him out. He got a little bug on Thursday and is still fighting it. Does well during the day but it hits him hard at night. He insists that I tell both his primary teacher and his preschool teacher that "he went to a birthday party, ate pizza, then got sick. Now he has a fever, and a bad cough that sounds like this 'huhahuh'. And tell them that I miss them. Tell them all that okay Mommy."
Brayden and his girlfriend (actually these two fight more than most siblings so I had to capture them getting along!)
Tavita:Tavita didn't start saying my name until he was over two. He would say names like "Carson" and "Jandy" but never "Mommy". He's made up for it though with his new habit of coming up to me while doing dishes or driving in the car and saying, "Mommy, I love you."
Tavita always gets upset when we drop Brayden of at school because he wants to go to school too. One day we were going through the normal routine of getting Brayden ready for school and Tavita following me around saying, "I go preschool too." I told him that after we dropped Brayden off we were going to go see his new preschool (I'm sending them both to a new preschool that's closer by next year). He was so excited. I kept trying to tell him we were just lookig at the school. However, when we pulled up to the preschool, he walked out so proud, shoulders squared ready to go to class. Luckily the lady at the front desk was really nice and took him to go peek through all the windows of the classes. We left with him in tears because he wanted to stay and go to class. The poor guy can't wait to grow up.
Janessa got "Home Alone" for Christmas and it quickly became the boys favorite. They were pretty bummed when she went up to school and took it with her. Tavita has continued to hold a grudge against her for this unforgivable act. Almost daily he asks to watch Home Alone then instantly follows with, "Auntie took it." The other day her name came up and Tavita chimed in with, "She stole Home Alone." Don't know when he's going to get over it.
The boys love going to sleep with primary music playing. At first Brayden was the only one who would request it and show much interest in it. However, lately Tavita is always walking around singing songs and loves to have his primary music playing. A favorite for both the boys is, "Follow the Prophet." The both love to belt out the chorus. Whenever the song comes on and it gets to the chorus Tavita yells out, "Mommy sing with us." and will follow with, "Daddy, I can't hear you." Wherever we are in the house we need to stop and sing along.
The boys were watching me paint some shelves and Brayden asked if they could paint to. The next day I went to the store and bought some craft paint so they could paint these little wood art kits they got from Lowes (you paint them, then nail it together). I had everything sitting out ready to go, boys in paint clothes, newspapers on the ground etc. Then they decided to run over to the neighbors to play so I started making dinner for a family in the ward.
They came home ready to paint. I told them to give me a minute to finish cutting the broccoli, I'd change and we'd go ahead and paint. The next thing I know Brayden is screaming bloddy murder. I glance up and Tavita is just standing there pouring bright red paint over Brayden's head and it's pooling in his eye. Junior and I started yelling but Tavita didn't budge, he was facinated. (Brayden decided Tavita was just wanted to know what he'd look like with red hair.) I grabbed Brayden (in my new sweater and jeans) and started flushing his eye. Junior grabbed the paint. In the end we had bright red paint all over Brayden, my, Tavita, the dog (don't ask me how), kitchen cabinets, the floor, the walls going up the stairs (Brayden headed up there after I washed his hair not realizing he still had wet paint everywhere), and a bit on Junior's shirt. Tavita just stood there askig to get cleaned because he was all messy. I told him he could sit and wait until everythign else was clean. Miracloulsly, in the only thing that showed any sign of paint was a hand towel and the boys paint clothes.
The next morning I asked if we wanted to take another try at painting and Tavita replied with "Yes, but not on Brayden's head." At least a lesson was learned.
Here's us on take two. I didn't get any pictures of the chaotic paint episode, we were rushing too fast to clean everything before it dried.
Tavita showing of his Spiderman band-aid covering his split eye. He was leaping from Kalei's crib onto the guest bed. I've told him countless times he was going to get hurt and he learned the hard way I was being serious. (By the way we are making homemade pretzels in this picture. Thanks for the great idea Melyssa)
Things I'm a little concerned about regarding this boy. He's become OBSESSED with the color pink. It's his "favorite". If you ask him what color birthday cake he want's he'll proudly say, "PINK!" Second thing, when he's not talking about pink, he's talking about how he wants, "big susu" (boobies). Everytime he eats something he'll say, "My susu going big, big, big." We were pretty relieved when we finally figured out he wanted big susu like Daddy so he could make them "dance" like daddy does when he's showing off.
Kalei: Kalei continues to grow more everyday. She is now standing while holding on to something. She can't pull herself up unless she can get her hand completly around something (like our finger) but is constantly sliding off our laps into standing position. Still doesn't do the "normal" crawl. She goes into pushup position on her hands and the balls of her feet then lunges forward. She goes into the crawling position but has decided the "push-up" method is faster.
The other day she was playing with one of her toys that plays music and she was "singing" along. At first with thought it was just coincidental but she would push the put and start singing her "lalala". As soon as the music stopped, she stopped, the music started, she'd start. It was a crack up.
Confirmed today that she continues to be stubborn and refuses to take a bottle. We decided it's because she likes tagging along on our dates for some special alone time. Whenever we're out with just the three of us, she hams it up to no end.
Also continues to be the queen of blowouts. There's nothing girly about the way this girl answers to the call of nature. The other day she had one of her notorious blowouts while we were getting ready to go out. We stuck her in the sink to rinse her off, she got so comfy we left her in there while we finished getting ready.
Why pay all that money for teethers when you can just use a nice cold carrot! It was really cute, she kept wanting to share with Junior.
Junior's cousin reported to the MTC last week and we had the privallege of picking her up from the airport and dropping her off.
-I told the boys that Auntie Gesa was coming that day. They thought I said Auntie Janessa. Brayden got really excited and Tavita just went on and on about how she took Home Alone (of course).
-On our way home from picking her up at the airport we realized we were driving along side Elder Holland (an apostle for our church). Gesa and I got really excited and tried taking pictures but this was the best we got.
-They've really changed the way they do drop-offs. You're just supposed to drop them off at the curb instead of goig inside (started when there was the big to-do about Swine Flu). Since we didn't go during regular hours we went into the lobby for a bit. It was late and all the missionaries were scattered around doing the scripture study and our boys were running around all of them. You could tell two crazy little boys weren't the norm in the place, especially when one was dressed as Wolverine. Think it made a few of the elders day!
-They shooed us outside before the put her tag on her and what not. I tried getting some pics through the window of her meeting her companion and getting her tag on but they didn't turn out to great.
Good-bye world, hello mission life!
The boys and Gesa
The best I could do from the outside
This novel of a post is why I shouldn't wait 2 weeks to post!
Scary moment
A couple days ago I had Kalei playing on what I thought was a freshly vacuumed floor while I ran upstairs to vacuum real quick. She has a bucket of toys that I set next to her and she just grabs the toys out one at time, plays with it until she loses interest and then moves on to the next. It usually keeps her content for a pretty good amount of time.
Soon after I started vacuuming I could hear her fussing quite a bit. I did a rush job on the rest of the floor then went down to get her. By the time I got there she was pretty upset but her crying kept being interrupted by fits of coughing. She had a runny nose so I thought maybe she was just getting congested fast. I carried her around for about 5 min and every 20-30 sec she'd start in on this horrible cough that sounded really mucousy. I couldn't believe how fast her runny nose had turned into such a nasty congested cough. I took her upstairs, suctioned her nose only to get almost nothing out. I tried feeding her thinking maybe if she calmed down and got some rest she'd do better.
Every time she'd try to swallow she'd start coughing and bite me. The third time around she bit and wouldn't let go so I gave her a gentle flick to get her to let go. She started WAILING when I did that (I guess it startled her). With her mouth gaping open in a scream I looked in and noticed something at the back of her mouth. I swept my finger back in there and pulled out this.
It was heart-stopping for me to think about what the poor girl had been going through and what could have been the end result. I have no idea where it came from but this piece of plastic had been at the back of her throat covering her little pipes every once in awhile as it moved around her mouth. That "mucousy cough" I thought I was hearing was really her struggling to breath. I let the poor girl struggle through that for quite some time. I felt HORRIBLE for flicking her while she was choking but at the same time relieved that I did and that she had the reaction she did. Had she not started screaming who knows when I would've finally wised up and realized she wasn't coughing but choking. OR what if I never realized and that plastic got permanently wedged in there and I couldn't get it out.
Yeah, it took me awhile to get over this one!
Soon after I started vacuuming I could hear her fussing quite a bit. I did a rush job on the rest of the floor then went down to get her. By the time I got there she was pretty upset but her crying kept being interrupted by fits of coughing. She had a runny nose so I thought maybe she was just getting congested fast. I carried her around for about 5 min and every 20-30 sec she'd start in on this horrible cough that sounded really mucousy. I couldn't believe how fast her runny nose had turned into such a nasty congested cough. I took her upstairs, suctioned her nose only to get almost nothing out. I tried feeding her thinking maybe if she calmed down and got some rest she'd do better.
Every time she'd try to swallow she'd start coughing and bite me. The third time around she bit and wouldn't let go so I gave her a gentle flick to get her to let go. She started WAILING when I did that (I guess it startled her). With her mouth gaping open in a scream I looked in and noticed something at the back of her mouth. I swept my finger back in there and pulled out this.
It was heart-stopping for me to think about what the poor girl had been going through and what could have been the end result. I have no idea where it came from but this piece of plastic had been at the back of her throat covering her little pipes every once in awhile as it moved around her mouth. That "mucousy cough" I thought I was hearing was really her struggling to breath. I let the poor girl struggle through that for quite some time. I felt HORRIBLE for flicking her while she was choking but at the same time relieved that I did and that she had the reaction she did. Had she not started screaming who knows when I would've finally wised up and realized she wasn't coughing but choking. OR what if I never realized and that plastic got permanently wedged in there and I couldn't get it out.
Yeah, it took me awhile to get over this one!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Events!
Some memories for this week:
-Junior spent 3+ hours caulking baseboards and windows only to find out he accidently grabbed a caulk that goes on white and dries clear (he has a huge bag of caulk and wasn't paying attention) He know gets to go back and recaulk EVERYTHING!!!
-Brayden gave us a scare by disappearing after church. We enlisted the help of some ward members to help find him. Turned out he decided to walk home on his own and was perfectly content playing on his "ice castle" (the icy mound of snow from the plow). One neighbor brought him in the house for a snack until we got home (he had no jacket or anything) and another came back to the church to let us know where he was. When we tried talking to him about the importance of not taking of alone/stranger danger etc. His reply was: (with his muscles flexed)"No bad guy could take me, I'll beat them up."
-Kalei cut her first 2 teeth! Not much fussing or crakiness at all! Junior walked in the door and she exlaimed "Dadada." 3 in a row to pull "dada" over "mama"
-Tavita gave up his binky. He threw it in the trash outside and we gave him a V-Tech motion. Thought it was a great idea at the time but when it came bedtime, he was begging for some dumpster diving. Screamed for a little over an hour tonight, we'll see how it goes. Also pulled a new trick of hiding all his veggies in his mouth, getting down from the dinner table and laying on the floor with Bowzer. He was very stealth-like with the way he pulled the veggies from his mouth and placed them in Bowzer's.
-I ran to 3 stores today wondering why my pants kept falling down. Came home to find out my button was undone all the while. Hope it gave at least a few people a laugh.
-Bowzer was running so fast he couldn't stop and went sailing off the landing and flopped at the bottom of the stairs.
And that my friends is life in ths Shum household!
-Junior spent 3+ hours caulking baseboards and windows only to find out he accidently grabbed a caulk that goes on white and dries clear (he has a huge bag of caulk and wasn't paying attention) He know gets to go back and recaulk EVERYTHING!!!
-Brayden gave us a scare by disappearing after church. We enlisted the help of some ward members to help find him. Turned out he decided to walk home on his own and was perfectly content playing on his "ice castle" (the icy mound of snow from the plow). One neighbor brought him in the house for a snack until we got home (he had no jacket or anything) and another came back to the church to let us know where he was. When we tried talking to him about the importance of not taking of alone/stranger danger etc. His reply was: (with his muscles flexed)"No bad guy could take me, I'll beat them up."
-Kalei cut her first 2 teeth! Not much fussing or crakiness at all! Junior walked in the door and she exlaimed "Dadada." 3 in a row to pull "dada" over "mama"
-Tavita gave up his binky. He threw it in the trash outside and we gave him a V-Tech motion. Thought it was a great idea at the time but when it came bedtime, he was begging for some dumpster diving. Screamed for a little over an hour tonight, we'll see how it goes. Also pulled a new trick of hiding all his veggies in his mouth, getting down from the dinner table and laying on the floor with Bowzer. He was very stealth-like with the way he pulled the veggies from his mouth and placed them in Bowzer's.
-I ran to 3 stores today wondering why my pants kept falling down. Came home to find out my button was undone all the while. Hope it gave at least a few people a laugh.
-Bowzer was running so fast he couldn't stop and went sailing off the landing and flopped at the bottom of the stairs.
And that my friends is life in ths Shum household!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
SHEESH!!!
Finally got all caught up on updates. They're ones I started a while back so they are below other posts. Just scroll and you'll see them. To start you off, here's a few random pics from the past bit!
A boy and his dog getting the mail
Our little fish. This girl LOVES her baths
So initial pictures we had of the boys and Bowzer were the boys running in fear of Bowzer. No longer the case! These guys love their dog and luckily for them, he puts up with a whole lot of harassment from them.
A worn out soldier from a hard days work!
A boy and his dog getting the mail
Our little fish. This girl LOVES her baths
So initial pictures we had of the boys and Bowzer were the boys running in fear of Bowzer. No longer the case! These guys love their dog and luckily for them, he puts up with a whole lot of harassment from them.
A worn out soldier from a hard days work!
Camping Whimpy Winter Style
The boys have gotten a MAJOR itch for summer to get here and have been missing all the fun activities of summer. To try and pacify them a bit we had a "mini" campout for Family Night this week. We roasted marshmallows then set up a tent in the living room and let them sleep in it. Brayden kept insiting we could sleep outside if we just got enough blankets. He was let-down by his whimpy mom who wasn't about to sleep out in the freezing cold when her nice warm bed was just a few steps away. Despite having to sleep inside, the boys enjoyed it.
Kalei's first time haning out by a fire
Bowzer wasn't too keen on the whole fire thing.
Warming their hands. (note, Brayden is wearing nothing but a VERY thin costume and rain boots. The kid has the toughest skin in the world)
Roasting the mallows
Kalei's first time haning out by a fire
Bowzer wasn't too keen on the whole fire thing.
Warming their hands. (note, Brayden is wearing nothing but a VERY thin costume and rain boots. The kid has the toughest skin in the world)
Roasting the mallows
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Baby Gavin
I know I have a ton of catching up to do but for now I just want to take a minute to plead with all of you to dedicate your prayers to our friends little baby. He is in desperate need of a miracle and will take all the prayers he can get. To read more go here: NatalieNortonPhoto.blogspot.com
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
New Year's
We spent New Years at home with the remaing family members: Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Ryan and Auntie Janessa. Watched a lot of movies, ate a lot of food, played a lot of Wii and set of a lot of fireworks (you know the big ones like sparklers and flowers). We tried celebrating New Years with New York (9 o'clock our time) so the kids could get to bed. Laid them down but gave them the treat of being able to watch a movie in bed and they wound up being awake when the real New Year's rolled around.
Somehow I didn't take a sinlge picture.
The next day my mom and I headed up to Rexburg to take Janessa to school. Kalei tagged a long while the boys got to have a "Boys Weekend" with Grandpa and Daddy. This amounted to a whole lot of playin and pizza. It was fun to go back to Rexburg and see all the changes. I even took a nice slip on the ice for old times sake (hey, took the focus of pain of my ankle and onto my back, thought I'd mix it up a bit). The house seems so empty with the Janessa gone and the boys keep asking when she's coming back. Tavita's main motive for her return is she had the nerve to take Home Alone with her (like it's her movie or something!)
Somehow I didn't take a sinlge picture.
The next day my mom and I headed up to Rexburg to take Janessa to school. Kalei tagged a long while the boys got to have a "Boys Weekend" with Grandpa and Daddy. This amounted to a whole lot of playin and pizza. It was fun to go back to Rexburg and see all the changes. I even took a nice slip on the ice for old times sake (hey, took the focus of pain of my ankle and onto my back, thought I'd mix it up a bit). The house seems so empty with the Janessa gone and the boys keep asking when she's coming back. Tavita's main motive for her return is she had the nerve to take Home Alone with her (like it's her movie or something!)
Sledding and Bowling
The day after Christmas we went sledding not on snow but ice. It had been a LONG time since we had a fresh snow with several "warm" days in between so the hills were nice sheets of ice. Knowing my luck with getting hurt I decided to be content just observing and taking pictures. It was absolutely terrifying to watch Junior and my brothers take the boys down. I would just sit there and cringe every time they'd go speeding down the slopes. I wanted to get some pictures of them as they came down the hill so thought I'd do just one run down so I could be at the bottom and get better pictures. Junior told me to hop on a tobaggon with him so that way he could carry it back to the top of the hill. Well two adults+a plastic sled+ not enough room to keep your feet in= PAIN!!! We went over a bump and as we were coming down my foot caught and got wrenched ROYALLY. I tried just walking it off but by the next morning resigned my self to staying off it and used crutches. After two days of taking it eays I could limp around pretty well. Now it just hurts if i bend it a certain way or run/jump. Other than my injury we all had a blast and everyone else returned a few days later after we got a fresh blanket of snow.
Brayden and Jason revving to go
Getting ready to destroy my ankle
Daddy taking Vita down
Hanging out with Uncle Jason at the bottom
Brayden racing down the hill with Uncle Ryan
Fun little snow cave at the bottom
Jenson heading down with his daddy
Tavita finally decided he had enough. Wasn't scared, just sick of the snow flying up and hitting him in the face. He just laid down like this forever, wouldn't respond to anyone. Even had some people stop to ask if he was okay.
So we found a nice small area for him to play on
Kalei was the smart one. She skipped out sitting out in the snow freezing and stayed home with Grandma playing peek-a-boo.
We took a family trip to the bowling alley. I think everyone had the most fun watching the 3 boys bowl, though my 2 boys were more interested in the arcade games and had to be pulled away every time it was their turn to go.
Grandpa and Brayden hoping for a strike.
Daddy and Tavita lining it all up
Tavita the scorekeeper
Kalei the cheerleader
Brayden and Jason revving to go
Getting ready to destroy my ankle
Daddy taking Vita down
Hanging out with Uncle Jason at the bottom
Brayden racing down the hill with Uncle Ryan
Fun little snow cave at the bottom
Jenson heading down with his daddy
Tavita finally decided he had enough. Wasn't scared, just sick of the snow flying up and hitting him in the face. He just laid down like this forever, wouldn't respond to anyone. Even had some people stop to ask if he was okay.
So we found a nice small area for him to play on
Kalei was the smart one. She skipped out sitting out in the snow freezing and stayed home with Grandma playing peek-a-boo.
We took a family trip to the bowling alley. I think everyone had the most fun watching the 3 boys bowl, though my 2 boys were more interested in the arcade games and had to be pulled away every time it was their turn to go.
Grandpa and Brayden hoping for a strike.
Daddy and Tavita lining it all up
Tavita the scorekeeper
Kalei the cheerleader
Christmas
We had the blessing of having all my family (minus Tyler who's on his mission) come to our house for Christmas. It was a lot of fun relaxing and being able to spend time together. We had a nice little Christmas Eve program, ate WAY to much every day, played a lot of Wii, sledded, bowled, visited and just enjoyed each others company. Only problem is now that everyone is gone, Brayden has decided our family is WAY to small. He has taken to the habit of continuously informing me I need to have more babies so our family can be bigger. Even tells the neighbors that I'm going to have lots of babies so we can have a big family.
All in all it was a very enjoyable Christmas.
Waiting to get started
Hey Jenson, give me that!
The chorister
A little Fa-la-la-la action
Doing the Nativity story
Hanging with Uncle Ryan
The wonderful heads of the family
The very bounteous bounty
Opening presents with Uncle Jon
Holy Cow! Santa found Junior's wedding ring and put it in his stocking.
Our little soldiers. If you ever want to please these guys give them a costume as a gift.
Kalei didn't know what the heck was going on, but she knew it was fun
Playin the Wii
Playin some more (this occupied the majority of the time)
My Christmas Village with this year's addition. (Junior gives me one each year and I got a bonus from the boys)
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