Sunday, November 30, 2008

Thanksgiving





This year, we had Thanksgiving with my family at the church that I grew up at. There are a lot of fond memories there of wedding receptions of family members, my dad's funeral (he actually broke ground for the church when he was a bishop), and many other things. It was a lot of fun! For the boys especially. They were the youngest ones there but loved to play with everyone. Most of my family was able to come and that was so nice. Jeremy went with his cousins to the movie and I got all the boys Christmas shopping done! I looked through the ads and didn't see one thing that I needed to get up for at 4AM!! That is crazy!
Our family is so grateful for so much this year. We are grateful for our home, each other and great family who help support us, the list could go on forever! Jeremy and I went to a play at the local high school the other day and he told me that he had a really good feeling inside because he thought he wasn't going to be able to see it and then he did. He is really starting to be in tune with his feelings. He said to Alex a few weeks back as they were arguing about if it was raining or snowing and Jeremy said "It's rain-snow Alex. I think it's made in German!" Alex is doing so well with his speech. He says funny stuff to us all the time. Ben is working so hard for our family and he is on the phone a lot. He has been traveling back and forth to Salt Lake on the train a lot and has lost a watch I bought him last Christmas and his favorite hat but he still presses forward and we love him! I know that I have a long way to go in so many aspects of my life and improving who I am and what I do but I am so grateful for forgiveness and the love of our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ!

Fishing at Causey Dam






A few weeks ago, we traveled up to Causey Dam for a little fall fishing with Ben's brother and his two boys. It was pretty cold and there were lots of rocks but the boys got a little taste of real fishing and not just fishing at the trout farm where you are guaranteed a fish most of the time. They didn't catch one but had fun.

Playing with playdough



A few weeks ago, Jeremy had his friend Braydon over and they played with playdough. They had a lot of fun and made some fun stuff.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Love these kids!

We have had fun with dress-ups this week. Jeremy doesn't just dress up on Halloween but pretty much every day. But he did love his costume for Halloween. Our neighbors' generously let us borrow their Peter from Narnia costume and Jeremy got plenty of use from it, wearing it to his preschool dress-up party, home and trick or treating.


Alex got into dressing up this week too. He just got his own bike helmet and modeled it for Mom. He is so cute on his little bike. He and Jeremy also love to watch the movie The Three Amigos, which is from about 15 years ago or so. They laugh so hard when they watch it. They both want to be them and I toyed around with the idea of having the boys and Ben be them for Halloween. So I went to the DI and all I could find was one sombrero. So I bought it and Alex has been wearing it around pretty much everywhere with his Three Amigo gun.
My sister had made Alex a cape for Halloween and it has bats on it. I decided that I would have him be a vampire. He even let me spray his hair black and put on some vampire teeth just for a picture. The boys had a fun night!