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.

Ryans Concert

Ryan's class put on a little performance for us after the school parade. Nothing is cuter than a bunch of 5 year old signing songs, plus they were signing the cutest songs little kids could sing. Gotta love the YMCA, & the peanut butter song! I think he was the best part of the show:)

School Parade

It is always a highlight of Halloween to go and watch the kids parade around the school halls in there costumes. I love seeing how creative kids are, and how many parents get into it too:) It makes me kind of sad to think that this is McKay's last Halloween at Scera Park. Next year it will be Jr High. Parker feel asleep right before the parade started so I did not get any pictures of him watching. But he did look cute as a dragon!!!

School Pumpkins

Every year the school lets the kids bring pumpkins to school. I love that my boys get excited about doing creative things. This year it was fun to see them come up with the ideas and find just the right pumpkins to g with there idea. Parker had to get in on the picture taking too. Even though it is not his pumpkin & he did do one. One afternoon while the boys were at school we got out stickers and he decorated his. But like I said in a earlier post I was horrible at taking pictures this Halloween!




Here is Preston with an awesome Haunted House that he also made!!!

Carving Pumpkins

We get together every year and carve pumpkins with my family. The kids always love hanging out with there cousins & it is always a lot more fun to do it as a group. I am the worst Mom I did not even get a picture of the finished project. This year Halloween seemed so crazy and it went by so fast. I swear I missed half the things we did even though I was there. But I did get some pictures while we worked on them. I thought they turned out super cute and they kids did a great job. We still have to fight them to take the guts out, but if they want one they have to do the dirty work too! I let the boys pick put there pumpkins from a house that sales them every year. This year Parker picked out a really bumpy one. It was a cute pumpkin. Well when we went to carve it, it was impossible to cut through the thick crust. I finally gave up & took the thing home were I took out Korey's drill and the biggest bit I could find and I drilled holes in it to make the face:)It turned out really cool. I think I might try that again next year, it was a lot faster!!!