SNOW DAYS!!!

A couple of days this month we got two snow days! We were excited, even though we all got colds that week. But it was very fun to watch the snow come down and keep poking the snow on our deck with the ruler to see how deep it was. 2 inches was the deepest. 

It was really cold too. You can see the ice coming off the leaves of our tree. 

And the icicles coming off the deck railing.

Spencer had a bad cold and cough, but I couldn't not let him go out and play in the snow, since he hasn't done that much in his life. So he went out, and I did to. 

This is our little poor snowman. The snow was really good for packing, but it didn't stay together very well. 

We also had a snowball fight. That was fun.

So pretty!

Spencer's first snow angel!!! I'm glad I took a picture because the garbage truck came by about 10 minutes later and ran over it. 

Preston even got to come out for just a little bit. He was not bothered by the coldness at all! He wanted to be outside so much!!!

Spencer lounging on the snow day watching TV. He's getting so long.

Preston with a cookie he stole from the counter in the kitchen, in which the cookie was on a plate and under saran wrap…how he got it and didn't break the plate, I do not know. He just walked into the living room showing me what he had. And yes, I did let him eat it because I thought he earned it for figuring out how to get it. 

Merry Christmas 2013

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

We hope today is a wonderful day for all! We took pictures for our Christmas card a few weeks back and so I thought I'd share some of the ones we used….and then some of the ones that were cut. 

Daddy and his boys…Preston not sure about what is going on.

And then crazy happens.

What is going on?

Preston for a little bit was amazed by the flash. 

Brothers.

Spencer growing up. 

Cutie Preston…stealing the ornaments.

Trying to run away.

We were trying to throw Preston up in the air, and I was trying to react to it….didn't quite go that way. Spencer was tired of all the trying. 

Here we go!! 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!!! 

Fall

The fall here is gorgeous and wonderful and my favorite season. So here is what happened during that time:

Looked over at Spencer reading one day and saw how big he has actually gotten. Why must kids get older so much faster than we are ready for them to?

Saw A LOT of deer around Spencer's school, and one fox (yes we listened but could not hear what the fox said). Well, one encounter I took a picture of the deer. You can kinda see it here in the middle of the picture, but the encounter was a little terrifying. Spencer had a baseball game, but I needed to get Preston home for a nap, so I was strolling him home down the path to the sidewalk we take to get to our house. We heard a rustle in the overgrowth and trees, I thought it was a squirrel, but turns out a deer popped its head up right near us!!! I gasped and just stopped, and then wondered….what do I do? Do deer charge you? Will it be afraid of me and the blue stroller with the baby?? Well, it looked at us, then hopped over the bushes and hopped across the path right in front of us over to the other side to hide more. BUT once it got over there it just kept looking at me. I quickly started walking while watching it, but then went back to get a quick picture. The deer are not afraid too much of people here I don't think.

Another story of some deer, were when me and the boys were walking to school one morning, we had two deer trotting/walking next to us in the trees (we were on the sidewalk). I kept looking over wondering if they would just stop or run away, but they kept right with us. One even got out onto the sidewalk in front of us, then went into the grassy area, and once we started passing it, the deer just kept giving us the "evil eye".  No joke! It was the most intense stare ever! I don't know if you are not suppose to look a deer in the eye, but I did, I was a mother with her babes…I was in protection mode. Turns out…so was that deer. Once we past them we turned to see where they would go, they wanted to run across the street. One went, then the other, and then a little deer came out of the forest and ran after them too! 

We are lucky to have lots of trees across the street from our house! So we bunched them all up and jumped in them and threw them in the air!!!

Preston thought it was fun….as long as he wasn't in the leaf pile.

The beautiful walk home from school. 

And this last picture, just because it's so cute of the two boys. There was something on TV that they were VERY interested/worried about.  

Prestonisms

Perhaps the title to this post should be "Preston's Antics".

Not even kidding, this kid gets into a lot every day, and doesn't stop moving it seems. Maybe he does stop, but not long enough for me to catch up. He seems to zoom by things and a mess is left behind. True story: Tyler stayed home with him one day and was amazed by how much Preston got into during the day…I told him this is what happens every day. But no matter what he does he is having fun and being cute, so I can handle it. 

Let's start with the fun! We have these super hero masks, and Preston used to be scared of them, but then we would put them on and laugh and giggle. So then he thought they would be fun. Here he is being the Hulk.

Yes we do house Captain America. 

Yes, he is smaller in real life.

Oh my happy, cute boy. Lunchtime is fun with him! We dance, talk, giggle and eat. 

I'm still baffled at how babies squat like this. I just watch him, and then he stands right back up! My knees would be dying.

We read our scriptures most nights, and Preston will walk around and play with toys while we are reading. This night he sat down right by dad and clicked on his calculator while listening.

I think he might think it's a phone too. 

Second trip to the ER in two months!!!! Fell down our foyer stairs (luckily there are only 3) and busted his head open right in the middle. He is now very weary of those stairs…thank goodness!!!

We like to twirl!

"Hello? Hello?" He loves to talk on the phone…and anything and everything becomes a phone for him.

Chilling with daddy.

Yep, don't know how he got back there. He likes the feather duster thing, and will dust the blinds for me. I teach them young. But he also likes to play with the vacuum cleaner and pull off the bucket of gross stuff…yay?

Another night of reading scriptures and he just laid down and laid there for at least 5 minutes without moving!!! Didn't fall asleep, but I think he was tired. 

Halloween

Halloween 2013!

Spencer was chosen for one of the games at his class party. It was boys against girls, they had to use 8 rolls of toilet paper to wrap the person….let's just say the boys were just throwing things around and the girls actually looked like a mummy. 

This year, to save a little money, I decided to MAKE the costumes?!!? It seemed overwhelming, but I did it! Spencer wanted to be Finn from Adventure Time, and since his sidekick is a dog named Jake, I thought Preston would be great for that! For Spencer's costumes I only had to make his hat…not too difficult. Preston I had to make shirt and pants and hat…a bit more difficult for a novice sewer! Here are all my parts cut out….yes, what goes where???

Here's the finished product!!! Doesn't look too bad! Now Preston's shirt was a little small, and his pants a little big…BUT what can you do? 

Here is the Jake and Finn cartoon, so you can compare. 

And here are our Jake and Finn. They had a blast trick or treating and brought home WAY too much candy we are still trying to get rid of! 

Carving Pumpkins

After having the pumpkins sit outside on our porch for a few weeks, we decided it was time to carve them!!! Can you believe that we've NEVER carved pumpkins??? It's true. So we all took different routes in what our pumpkins looked like. 

Tyler working hard on his pumpkin.

Spencer scooping...

Not quite sure he liked that part. 

Finished products!!! Tyler's scary pumpkin. I freehanded the design and he carved where I made marks and made some improvements on the carving with adding some slashes on the sides of the pumpkin. 

Preston's. 

Mine. Yep, just did a traditional one. 

Spencer and his vampire pumpkin, with a hole in the forehead, and the little one is Lord Voldermort. 

Tyler's all lit up. It was pretty cool looking, and even on the slashes on the sides you could see some light coming through.

Spencer's lit up. 

We had lots of fun doing this, and will definitely do it again.