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Merry Christmas!!!

We just wanted to wish all of our Friends and Family out there a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. If we missed you this year with a card please know that we love you very much and are very sorry for missing you. Let us know and we will make sure you get one next year! Love the Larsen Family!

The front of the card.


The back of the card.

The Larsen Family 2010
It has been a fun busy year!
Nothing huge has happened in
our lives but none the less it has
been great. It is so fun to watch
the boys grow and learn everyday.
Korey~Work, work, & more work
seems to be the theme. But no
Matter how hard & long he works
He always has time for us.
Diana~I am so blessed to stay
home with the boys. I am loving my
little one on one time with Parker
while the other boys are at school.
McKay~Is 11 and growing up so fast.
He has started Guitar lessons and
is still loving soccer. He has really
Gotten into reading & we could not
Be happier. If only we could keep up
with having new books for him to read.
Preston~Just turned 7 and is so
smart. He is loving 1st grade & learning
new things. He is loving Baseball &
cannot wait for the season to start.
He got a snowboard for his Birthday
and excited to try it out.
Ryan~Is 5 and is loving Kindergarten.
He is learning to read and his teacher
Is even teaching him a little Spanish
And sign language. He learned to ride
a 2 wheeler this fall & wants to start
baseball in the spring.
Parker~Is 3 and is a loving and
Energetic little man. He tries so hard
to keep up with his big brothers. He
got potty trained this summer and is
learning new things everyday. He is
still loving everything super hero.
~If you want to keep up with us, we
try to keep our blog updated.~
www.thelarsenboyz.blogspot.com
Love Always,
The Larsen Family

Temple Square Lights

Every year we look forward to going up to Salt Lake to Temple Square to see the lights. This year the boys were extra excited since the same day we were headed up there. Aunt Angie flew in from California and we meet her at the boys favorite place to eat and then her and Grandma Kathy went to see the lights with us. I was very excited to go this year. It is the first year we did not take a stroller and have to worry about a little baby being cold, wet, or hungry. I think this is the first year I really enjoyed the lights and everything. The boys were well behaved and all in all it was a great night!

We rode the "train" from the restruant to Temple Square



Hanging out getting warm inside the vistors center




Fun family photos from the night!

McKay's Award

A while back I did a post on McKay and a photo project he did for school. Well come to find out he got a prize for his project and I was called and told to be sure and be at the school to see my son receive his prize. Good Job son we are so proud of you!!!
Sorry for the bad pictures I was all the way in the back and tried my best to get a good shot and these were them!


Here is his project!

Preston's 7th Birthday

My little man Preston turned 7 just a few days back. 7 years old are you kidding me? I swear it was last month that he was just my tiny little 5lb baby that we brought home from the hospital. Now he is 7!!! He is an awesome 7 year old at that. We could never imagine life without Preston. He is always a good source of entertainment. I love you buddy. This year for his Birthday he just wanted to have a family party at "Pirate Pizza Island". So that is what we did. Then after we came back to our house and had cake and ice cream. He was so excited because he got thirty dollars between different family members. He says he is saving it for something big. He does not know what that is at this time but I am sure when he thinks of something it will be great! I hope you had a great Birthday Preston!

First Snow

We had this awesome first snow back in November. It made me so excited to think it was the first of so many to come. That we might have a long white winter. Oh what could be better? But yet that has been the only one so far. I so hope for much more snow and soon. I love that in Utah you get all 4 seasons. I love things about each season and about how we are so lucky to enjoy them. The boys were so excited to go out and play in the snow. It kills me how long it takes to get them all dressed up and then within a few minutes they are back in the house. Because they fell or someone threw snow at them, or they are just done being outside. But I guess for the few minutes of joy it brings them it is so worth it!

Thanksgiving Parade

My boys always look forward to going to the Provo City parade the day after Thanksgiving. Even though it is usually freezing and I am so tired from the early morning shopping. It is a must. There is never a huge crowd, they pass out a lot of candy, and at the end they get to see Santa. What could be better when you are a little kid? So we once again set off to see it. This year it was so, so very cold. It was hard to stick it out to the end. But we made and it, & yet again the boys had a great time hanging out with there cousins. Thanks everyone for coming with us.

Christmas Concert

At the Elementary school were the boys go they have a choir that the 5th & 6th graders are in. During Christmas they always have a few performances. This year they were part of the Orem City turning on the lights ceremony. The kids sang a few songs then the turned on the lights. I love that they get to be a part of things like this. They always have cute songs to sing and I think it is so good for the kids.

Kangaroo Zoo

For my Nephew's Birthday he invited the boys to go with him to Kangaroo Zoo. The boys love places like this & they had a lot of fun:) I love how close my kids are with there cousins and how much fun they have together! I got a few pictures of them. But for the most part they were to busy to stop for the camera. So I do not even have one of McKay.






P.S. This is my 200th post! I never thought I would ever have so much to write about!

Boys Pictures

I have decided after getting fun family pictures the past few years that I so do not like school pictures. I never hang them up, they cost a lot, and the boys always look goofy. So when the time rolled around for them to be done I decided not to have the boys get them. I bought the class one so they could look back and remember who was who. Then I had the boys get there pictures done by a friend that I use to work with & she did a great job. It was a really yucky day but the storm seemed to stop long enough to get the pictures taken. To bad McKay & Parker were not in the mood to get there pictures taken. But they seemed to work out anyway. Looking back I do not think Parker has ever smiled when we have done pictures. Good thing he is so cute so it is OK that he does not smile. I am so glad that I went with these instead of the school ones. Thanks Jill!!!

Halloween

Halloween was a fun day. To start we celebrated it on Saturday since it fell on a Sunday. I started the day by running my first 5K. It was actually a lot of fun. I went with my Mother-In-Law & Sister-In-Law. Not that we ran together, but we did go together and left together. I was very nervous before the race thinking I was going to be the last person to finish the race because I am so slow. But yea I was not. I actually finished and was right in the middle. I am very excited to run my next one on Thanksgiving!!! Then we all went out to lunch. Gotta love some soup after running a hard race. After that we got the kids all ready and drove down to visit my Dad and do a little Tick-Or-Treating at some stores & such! Then we had my whole family come over for pizza & it was off to walk the neighborhood. Well the weather had other ideas & it totally down poured on us. We called for some rides home & all went home to dry off. After awhile the rain stopped and my boys wanted to get back out. But all the costumes were drenched. So they got into the box of costumes & squeezed into some old ones. We got changed just in time for us to hit my Brothers Trunk-Or-Treat. Then we cruised around the neighborhood a little more & it was off to Grandma Kathy's to warm up with some hot cocoa. All in all it was a fun filled day & we still have a huge bowl of candy to prove it. Now I will post the one and only picture from the day!


We did go to a couple of parties this year which got Korey & I to dress up & I do have to say it was kind of fun to dress up. Korey Loves his costume! So here is a family picture from one of the parties we went to.