update on {A}

{A} has had a busy couple of months. First, he turned eight in Feb! He had his first friend birthday party. We had 3 friends over, and those 4 boys were crazy and noisy! But, boy did they have fun!



















Because he turned 8, that means he gets to join Cub Scouts.














He quickly earned his bobcat award at the first pack mtg.













Next, he chose to be baptized. He had lots of family join us for this special day! Congratulations {A}! We are so proud of your choice to be baptized!















The next pack meeting was the annual Pinewood Derby! {A} and his Dad built a really neat Hummer car to race! He raced very well. While he didn't win first, he did get the "Best Big Rig" Award. Way to go!































Finally, {A} and his 2nd grade class had a program entitled "Think Spring".





















I just had to add these cute pictures of {a} and {K}. I am sure there is more I need to write about, but this will do for today. Enjoy!

{a}'s birthday

Sister had her 3rd birthday right before Christmas. She was so cute about the whole thing. She got a high chair for her doll...
a rocking horse...a dump truck.
Here she is telling us that she's 3!

I LOVE this picture. She is blowing out her candles. But, what I love most is the expression on her brothers faces... :) HAPPY Birthday Sister! We love you! We love your crazy, funny personality and can't imagine our little family any other way!

Here is a video of her dancing and singing with some Christmas ornaments. Sorry it's sideways. Can't figure out how to change that...

ETA: I thought I would add a few things about what she is into right now. Her favorite song is Twinkle Star(twinkle, twinkle, little star). She LOVES her little brother, and her doll. She is in Sunbeams now and absolutely LOVES it. Her teacher is Sister Smithee and she calls her Sister Smoovee. I love the way she says it. She enjoys reading books at night especially her "sandwich book" and Silly Sally. She can be bossy at times. She still uses her hair as her lovey and twirls it to no end. She also sucks her tongue and has since she was very little.

COMPLETE

Ok, it's time for me to share my word for 2011. COMPLETE! At first I had chosen BEGIN, and then I decided that I have begun lots of things, but hardly completed any of them. So, this year, I plan to complete!


COMPLETE[kuhm-pleet]adjective, verb,

come or bring to a finish or an end
bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements
perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities


My goals for 2011:
to COMPLETE the New Testament. I have never read it, and am well on my way to reading the entire book.
to become a more COMPLETE wife, mother, and friend. How? By BECOMING and WHISPERING, and listening.

I am thinking that if I keep my goals simpler this year, that maybe I will actually COMPLETE them. :)

christmas 2010

These are from Christmas this year. We didn't take too many pictures, but here are a few. We had a wonderful season, and a Christmas day was full of wonder! We had a great day!

zoo

Recently, we went to the zoo. I took my camera along (shocker, I know) and the condor was spreading his wings. They were enormous! I am guessing atleat 6 ft across.

Then the kids climbed on the komodo dragon and camel. We enjoy going to the zoo (with a zoo pass) on even rainy, or cold days. An hour is great fun if you don't feel like you HAVE to see everything this trip. Just the other day we went and the lions were out and very close to the glass. The male is HUGE! Their zookeeper came to the glass, and it was quite obvious that those lions knew just who he was. The zookeeper just had to wave his arm toward the shelter door and the male went right in. It was neat to see.

I am the CHAMPION!!

Ok, so my Dad has this little competition going on for the bowl football games. I "technically" got third last year. But, really, if you ask me, I should have been called ATLEAST second place. I chose the most winners overall, and if you didn't count the BCS games for 6 points, then I definately would have been the winner.

Fast forward to this year.

I have been KILLING it the whole series! Yes, K.I.L.L.I.N.G. I.T.! I have been ahead the ENTIRE time, and have been awesome!

SO, a couple of days Dad sends out an update, and once again I am winning. He mentions that it's down to 2 games and that DH and I have chosen different teams to win the National Championship Game.

Ok, so DH mentions to me that I wasn't true to my "Western roots". Truthfully, I did choose Auburn to win. I just felt that they were a better team over all. And, since I was out to redeem myself as the Real Winner this year, I certainly couldn't choose Oregon just cuz we live NEAR there.

Well, it's in the 4th quarter with 7 minutes left and Auburn is winning 19-11. Yup, that means I WIN! I SUPPOSE there is a chance that Oregon could win, but let's be honest--really? Auburn has the momentum and I just don't see it happening. That means I WIN!

(Ok, I am not usually this cocky, but I just had to put my two bits out there for Dad to enjoy my taking the crown from him this year. ;) Love ya Dad! Better luck next year.)

cake pops

I made Christmas Tree Cake Pops yesterday. They turned out SO cute, no?? :)

funny {a}

mom: are you ready for some breakfast?
{a}: yes
mom: do you want some eggs?
{a}: no, I don't like eggs.
mom: yes you do...

about 30 seconds later:
{a}: what you doing?
mom: making eggs
{a} oh! I love eggs.

little bits

We were Pac-Man and the ghosts for Halloween this year. {A} was Pac-Man, {K} was Clyde the orange ghost, {a} was Pinky the pink ghost, {k} was Blinky the red ghost, and I was Inky the "dead" ghost. I had been "eaten" by Pac-Man.--hense why I was in white...

{A} FINALLY lost his first and second teeth on Nov 27 and 29th. The tooth fairy brought him $2 the first night and she FORGOT the second night! eek! So, I snick back down and made it work a few minutes later. Out of guilt, he got $2 for the second tooth, too! He has been taking piano lessons for over a year now, and recently played in a Monster Concert.

{K} is LOVING his little neighbor friend. On Thursdays, when they come home together from kindergarten, he usually announces to the friends mom that he is coming over to play after lunch. He then marches himself over to her house to play.

{a} is BUSY! She is in to EVERYTHING! She turns 3 soon, and gets to join her brothers in primary at the first of the year. Crazy!

{k} decided to roll over yesterday. He finally figured out how to roll from back to front. He doesn't particularly like being on his tummy once he's there, but he tolerates it for a little while.

hodgepodge

ok, LOTS has happened in the past 2 months. Hold on for lots of pictures.



First, first day of school. {A} is in 2nd grade, and {K} is in morning kindergarten. He was so nervous. But, after about 3 days, he TOTALLY settled in and has done wonders! The next two are of {k} in his blessing outfit that I made. The booties are from my Moms beighbor that has taken a liking to me. She is from Uzbekistan--I am SURE I spelled that wrong, but I thought it would be fun to have him wear them at the blessing.

Next, {a} actually fell asleep while leaning on the chair...

{k} at almost 3 months old.

{a} Little sis decided she wanted to wash her feet, only she didn't think to pull up her pants.

I was going to post on this when it happened. {a} wanted to play a game, so we did. She is getting so interactive lately.

{a} I absolutely {adore} that she loves to wear these goggles. and she wears them all the time!

{K} and {a} playing super heroes.

{A} was chosen as Citizen of the Month for Sept.

{a} I LOVE her sense of style. She wore this flower to the store the other day, and got more giggles out of people... :) She is 2 3/4 years old here.

{A} at 7 1/2 years old.

We were taking pictures of each other.

This is one of {K} upset because, well, I don't know why... :)

Smoothie 'staches.

{A} was so excited. He got to go with Dad on a scout overnighter, and this time he got to wear a "real" backpack.

{K} wanted me to take his pic with the pumkin. He is 5 years old.

{k} at 4 months old.