My sweet boys!

Just a few pics of my sweet, sweet boys!

Snow Again?

Ok - Tripp has seen more snow in his six years of life than I saw in the first twenty years of my life. It was beautiful to see the snow on Friday and actually get to see it stay for a while. Tripp and Charlie enjoyed making a snowman and having a snowball fight. I did get Vaiden out for a few minutes to snap a few pictures. I even pushed away thoughts of all the germs and we made snow ice cream. Jake wasn't to sure about the snow. He liked running through it, but it was almost as tall as him.

8 Months Old!

Vaiden turned 8 months old on February 10. He is growing up so fast and is so smart! (ok I know I am partial) He is pulling up and wants to walk so badly, and he really thinks that he can. He just turns around and lets go and then falls down! Amazingly, he has 8 teeth! I guess he is just ready to eat steak and chicken. He is becoming a very happy baby; a nice change from the first 7 fussy months of his life. He loves to snuggle and rock and of course I am much obliged to do so!

Random Pics

Just a few random pics of the boys!

Family Portraits

We had family portraits made this fall and it was well worth it to have a great Christmas card picture and awesome family portraits to hang in my kitchen. I am overwhelmed by the awesome blessing that I have in Charlie, Tripp, and Vaiden.

Christmas 2009

Well it's hard to believe that Christmas has come and gone again. We made Christmas cookies for Santa, enjoyed lots of wonderful time with family, and even got to go to the deer camp and relax! This was Vaiden's first Christmas and even though he will not remember anything about it, we will cherish the memories we made with him. Gavin, Jay and Hughes again joined us as we made cookies for Santa. I think that Hughes ate more than he decorated. He kept sneeking bites when he thought we were not looking. We were blessed to have all of the grandparents at our house on Christmas morning. Tripp got a DS from Papa Sid. His favorite present by far! (Sorry about the red eye - I think that I need a new camera for my birthday . . . hint hint)

Pumpkin Carving

Charlie and Tripp bought a pumpkin carving kit at Michaels and decided that it would be a great Father/Son bonding activity. Charlie went to Wal-Mart and got a great pumpkin, got all of the materials together, made a space for their activity, and started carving. Tripp stayed for about 5 minutes, and then got bored and came in. He told his daddy to call him when it was finished. I just thought that this was too funny because the whole point was for them to spend time together. I was not outside the whole time, but I have a feeling that Charlie and his OCD self wanted to make sure that the pumpkin was perfect, and decided to do most of it himself. The pumpkin turned out really cute, but spoiled in just a few days on the front porch. Next year, we will have to wait a little longer before we carve the pumpkin.