A Romp in the Snow

On Wednesday it snowed quite a bit. Well actually, it started on Tuesday and continued through Wednesday, but that's beside the point. The point is it snowed, and it was my day off so I was lucky enough to be home during the first snow! The kids couldn't wait to go outside and play so after about 45 minutes of tracking down mittens and gloves, taking a picture of "Tough Guy Everett" finding snow pants and getting them all bundled up, and trying to get them to hold still for a picture on the couch, we made it outside! We had a blast and the boys ganged up on dad in a snowball fight. Also Everett decided to take his gloves off and play in the sand while I was taking the Gargoyles from Halloween off the roof. Then he was crying because his hands were cold, but I couldn't just put the mittens back on because he now had sand stuck to his cold, wet hands. So I cleaned them off and put them back on, and he still was cold, so he sat under the carport on the steps for a minute until he was warmed up.

Lost Pictures of the Elusive Artist

Once apon a time, we were uploading pictures from the camera to the computer, and we accidentally left the camera on the bed afterwords. Mysteriously, it disapeared for a time. When finally it resurfaced, (interestingly enough in the boys' room) only the camera was found, the case was nowhere to be seen. After a few weeks, the case was once again found and reunited with the camera. Time passed and as I was looking through some pictures I had just taken, I stumbled upon the lost photos (and videos) of the Elusive artist. Take a look and see if you can figure out who is the Elusive Artist. Listen closely in the video and you'll here commands like "hold still". Also notice other things that have gone missing, like someone trying on one of Mom's shoes.

Everett the lyricist

This is Everett's version of "The wheels on the bus", and NO, he didn't get them from me:
The Wheels on the bus go round and round.....
The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish....
The people on the bus go up and down....
The driver on the bus says MOVE YOUR BUTTS (rather than move on back)....

Kids these days...

I don't think of myself as old but occasionally I realize I am from a completely different generation. Yesterday in primary we were talking about good and bad things we can do. The gal doing sharing time asked for some examples of things we shouldn't do and these are a few of the responses:
Drink alcohol
Smoke
Lie
and my favorite....
SEND SPAM EMAIL!
Seriously, kids are hilarious.

cigarette+car=BOOOOOOM!

What happens when you leave a burning cigarette in your truck?

At about 4:30 we saw a fire truck drive by with it's lights on. I looked out the front window and was suprised to see a huge ball of fire down the street. By the time we got bundled up and I grabbed my camera the firefighters had already done their job. That is why this photo shows none of the flame. Tracy and Everett were so excited to see the big trucks I joined the nosey neighbor club out on the street. The firemen were so nice and gave all of the kids junior firefighter badges. I am grateful nobody was hurt and that we live between two fire hydrants. I am also grateful we live so darn close to the fire department. Even if they do come to our house on the 4th of July to bust us for illegal fireworks. Nice work gentlemen.

Happy Birthday Deac Deac!

Deacon is the luckiest little boy in the world because his birthday falls on Halloween-the greatest holiday EVER! We were so excited to celebrate his second birthday with him. He and Everett are best little buddies, with an emphasis on LITTLE! They are both the tiniest guys. Charity made him the cutest race car cake of which Everett kept sneaking bites. I don't know where that kid puts it all?
Usually it is the right of the father to put together toys, but Troy and Mike were too busy playing with their new cell phones. Boys and their toys right? Charity and I had fun putting together Deacon's radical new race track. It would have been a lot easier without four toddlers running through, but we made it work.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE DUDE!

Da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-BATMAN!!!!

We don't mess around when it comes to Halloween. It is all out or, well, there is no other option. This year Mike and I were villains Joker and Harley Quinn while the kids were Batman, Robin and Bat girl. The boys love their costumes and play in them daily. I didn't get to put on all my make-up for our ward party because I had to go straight to work so I will post better pictures on Halloween. We don't usually get the kids to go along with a theme so I was thrilled this worked out. Oh, how I love Halloween. I am always so sad when it is over.

Little crime fighter. I love that the bat insignia and belt are pink!

I still haven't seen the movie, but I think he looks like the pictures I have seen.

Zoo-rific outing

We went to the zoo Tuesday and it was the PERFECT day for it. The weather was beautiful and the crowds were small. The only time I could get the older kids together for a photo was from behind as they looked into the water. I figured it would have to do. I went with longtime pals Tonya and Heather and kept thinking how fast time goes by. It doesn't seem that long ago we were all newlyweds going to the University of Utah. Now we have six kids collectively and one more on the way (Heather, not me). I feel so lucky to have friends with children the same ages as my kids. It makes life so fun. Now, rather than sitting around talking about finals and spring break we talk about poopy diapers and preschool. What a ride!

Pumkin Carving Madness

Our cute friends, the Burtons, invited us over for some pumpkin carving MESSY fun. It was extra special this year because the pumpkins we carved were from our own garden. They were one of the only things that survived. Tracy and Everett were very proud of their jack-o-lanterns that Daddy helped them create.


Mike's pumpkin had a little too much to drink at the party and puked all over our porch.

Soooo spooooky!

Men on the moon.

Tracy and Everett have been really into space, planets, rockets etc. lately so we took them on a field trip to the Clark Planetarium.

Leave it to our boys to find a way to make the night about cars. Here they are driving their moon rovers. Tracy keeps trying to convince me he has actually been to the moon. He says he went there when he was in heaven so sometimes I feel like maybe I shouldn't correct him. Of course he also says he shot all of the aliens before Neil Armstrong got there so.......
Their interest in space has been really cute until this morning. They woke up while it was still dark outside and started yelling they could see Saturn and "Aranus"out their bedroom window. For a mommy with insomnia that is just not cool.

Witches Night Out......

Yeah, we were the DB's who didn't dress up. Gardner Village has a fun tradition every year where everyone dresses up and shops, eats yummy food, cackles for coupons and did I mention eats? We had planned on getting all decked out in witch attire, but it snuck up on us this year. It was still a fun night-we just looked out of place. Good times ladies. I think my teeth are STILL covered with taffy and caramel apple.

Scarecrow Festival

Monday night we went to Thanksgiving Point for the Scarecrow Festival with friends. Once we got past the stinky animals, the smell of Autumn was in the air. Thanks everyone who joined us. It was hard to stick together with everyone's kids running every which way, but we had a blast!

Deacon and Everett dominated the games.

Summer spent most of the night bundled up in her stroller. I wish I could have joined her.

Balloon Fun.

Take me out to the ball game....

Well, the T-ball season has come to a close and I am grateful. Those last couple of games were a little too chilly for me. Trace loved baseball (He doesn't like referring to it as T-ball.) and I loved not coaching. My favorite moment occured when he was waiting to bat. He suddenly yelled, "Mom, I need to give you a hug!" and ran over to do so. After that, he grabbed a bat and hit the ball. I hope he always needs to give me a hug before he plays sports.

Summer was Tracy's biggest little fan.

Everett was so desperate to play too. He kept putting on a helmet and trying to sneak out to home plate. His plead was, "I play baseball too Mommy." I was heartbroken every time I had to bring him back to the bleachers.

Mike's Lucky 7

LUCKY 7 TAG

7 Things I Can Do:

1. Choose the Best Wife.

2. Make Cute kids.

3. Install a lift kit with new shocks and springs.

4. Design and hook up a Home Theater system with distributed home audio.

5. Ski, snowboard, wake board, slalom, & skateboard. (I'm no pro, but I can do them.)

6. Fix lots of stuff

7. Sew

7Things I Cannot Do:

1. Whistle loud

2. Drive slow

3. Blog on a regular basis

4. Go back to school.

5. Stand all the negative political crap during a Presidential Race

6. Fly a plane -yet

7.Think of any more things to write

7 Things that Attracted Me to Leesa

1. She is Hot

2. I liked the way she Dressed

3. She is cool to easy to talk to, and she would listen to my lame stories and pick up lines.

4. She is LDS

5. She is intelligent (more than I am)

6. She speaks her mind

7. She was friendly and not stuck up

7 Things I Say Most Often

1. What's up

2. That sucks!

3. Nice!

4. The difference between Plasma and LCD is...

5. Let's go off Roadin'

6. Don't worry, Your Car will be fine. (after, or while we are off roading)

7. Turn it up.

7 Celebrity Admirations:

1. John Wayne -He is the man!

2. Michael Scott -Not

3. Turk -He is awesome

4. JD -His daydreams are awesome!

5. LL Cool J

6. Letterman - I think he is Hilarious

7. Jack Black -soooo funny

7 Favorite Foods :

1. Mexican

2. Dessert

3. Puerto Rican

4. Dominican

5. Curry in a Hurry

6. Mexican

7. Latin Food

7 People to Tag:

1.Ben Springer

2. Troy

3. Anybody

4. Else

5. Who

6. Reads

7. This

Three Months Old

Summy is already three months old and I am so in love with her. She is always happy and loves to smile when her brothers are in trouble. I love my boys unconditionally, but I am realizing more and more that they are a little crazy. I don't understand the constant need to wrestle, be insanely loud and go shirtless to show off their muscles. Having a girl is just different and I appreciate her more and more each day.