What We Do During the Day

We display our true colors at the Science Museeum.

BTW- I WANT a huge light brite in my house!

We discover that all our beans from food storage are past the point of no return, so we give them to the boys to dig in. Super Score!

We pull out Every. Single. Toy. in the house and put it to good use.

We go to the mall and ride (or pretend ride when I forget change) the cars.

We go to the lake and feed the ducks and geese and torment them until they chase us.

We blow up balloons and smash our faces into them.

(Isn't L hilarious!!!)

Christmas

Frosting cookies for the neighbors!! Or, you know...ourselves.

G beaming after he just spoke to Santa. All he wanted was a garbage truck 

If you think that's a smile, look closer. L's first impression of the snow was very sad. :(

Didn't stop us from making a snowman.

Who after numerous snowstorms looked somewhat like Elvis, hair and all...sadly I didn't get THAT picture.

Still doesn't like the snow. 

 Loves being outside no matter the weather!

Testing out Daddy's fort

Aside from the somber face, it was love at first sled.

Look at the smile!

I could hardly drag him in after this!

Santa came through!

On our way home I took a picture of the inversion over SL Valley. This is looking south. See those hills poking up near the end of the wing? That's the point of the mountain, and beyond that is Utah Valley. It does look pretty, though, right?!

My absolute favorite spot on the plane is aisle 4. Right behind business class and PLENTY of room for the boys to play on the floor and us (esp. Tris) to stretch our long legs! 

 We had large gifts waiting for the boys when we got home. 

Smiles all around!

From Thanksgiving, With Love

Even though I did say Thanksgiving, I had to slip in a couple Halloween pictures. 

 "One for the cookie...."

"One for me!" 

G's helmet was too big so I stuffed a washcloth up there....should've hidden it better.

 A trip to the zoo on a beautiful day while Tris' parents were in town. (I DO NOT like these birds very much...I tend to be a victim of those pets that "Oh, they've never bitten anyone."

And we fed the giraffes.

And rode on the carousel.

We raked leaves and jumped in them.

 What my boys do while I'm trying to make dinner.

My canning class!

Can you believe he can sleep like this?!

You know that saying, "Don't cry over spilled milk." What if this was the third time that day....in the same place?!! I cried.

Digging for dinosaur bone. The boys didn't seem to notice a total lack of sand.

I Call This My Series Premiere

I'm jumping back on the blogging bandwagon. Be prepared for a massive photo deposit.

Nakey Boy Launching Pad

After the boys bath, if I don't get the towel fast enough to grab them, they do their nightly ritual of the "nakey boy run". Obviously I couldn't grab one in time. Evidence of Luke's take off.

My Classes

I have been taking some classes for adults. The latest was a bread making class. How cool is this?

BYU/Utah Game

The game was WAY too late...and from this picture, probably at a boring point.

Science Museum

Luke's favorite are the water crayons. As you can tell. 

Notice its up in his hair? He learned that from me rubbing a sunscreen stick on him this summer. It's caused a doomed fate for any gluestick or chapstick he gets his hands on.

The gymnastic area is great for getting out energy, but you may notice the little girl. She had wet pants. I'm not sure what from but it was pretty suspicious. And to think she was playing all over those mats with wet pants. eww.

State Fair

I realized I didn't get any pictures at the state fair except these. Which is sad not only because I missed Gideons face when the horse whinnied right into it, but it's probably our last state fair in this state.

However, as we waited to get in, I remembered a tip from a cop that when you go to crowded places with kids, its a good idea to take pictures of your kids so if they get lost, you can show the police exactly what they look like and what they are wearing.

While Tristan's Gone

This is what we do.

We draw road maps on the sidewalk.

I make dinner...this was AWESOME!! Dutch oven beef patties with potatoes and onions.

(I usually don't like posted pictures of food, it always makes me SO hungry. But at least its not 

as bad as unexpected injury photos on Facebook. "Yes, thank you. I love close ups of your cut/broken bone/scrape/bruise before and after you got stitches/a cast/etc."

We go to the zoo. This pictures is great at depicting the boys attitudes about thrill-seeking.

We ride the musical carousel.

We feed ducks and geese at the park. Or in Luke's case, he carries around one particular flake (yes, we fed them the Total cereal flakes that had been sitting in our cupboard for months) rubbing it in dirt, crushing it and sneaking bites if I can't get it away first.

Deciphering

You know how you need to verify that you are a human sometimes and you have to type the 2 words you see? I saw "orderax" and.....a lightning bolt. Luckily "7" worked. Geez, it's like indexing...only I usually don't feel as good after; just a bit annoyed.

What I Love About This State

Every day at 5pm on my favorite station they play the Oklahoma theme song. And the crowd sings it at all sporting events.

Wish These Were In Style

Remember my blog about fashion? Well, this will just hammer the last nail in the coffin. I want these to be fashionably acceptable.

I don't like to carry around anything, yet there is so much to carry around!! I don't like purses; they have to be carried around. And I like everything to be convenient. I like it to all be on the outside where I can grab it easily...no digging for keys, or wallet, or chapstick.


I think a fanny pack would do the trick. ;)

I Don't Want to Forget...

Today Gideon came out with a seashell up to his ear and said, "Mommy, I can hear Daddy at work!"

Being a Mom is The Best Hardest Job

We have had a lot of emotions in our home in the past months. Happy, angry, sad...you name it. The boys are 2 years apart. I thought it would be perfect, but I didn't consider that they would be at very difficult stages at the same time. Luke tries to communicate and just can't, so he is frustrated, so I get frustrated because of all the whining. Gideon thinks he's the boss and tries so hard to be independent, when some times, perhaps most times, he just can't be. And he is certainly not the boss, to his disdain. Oh, and he's the older brother...so there is a LOT of teasing and tormenting. I feel like all I do is referee their playing. And if I separate them, they immediately begin looking for each other because they want to play. Then the teasing starts again. *sigh*
I'm so tired of telling Gideon to stop teasing. It seems no form of discipline is working for him right now. And the worst?!! When he gets in trouble and just wants a hug so he knows he's loved. Then I feel rather rotten.
And after all this, when they go down for bed, I miss them! Maybe that's because I know I won't see them until morning. ;)