Crazy Boys

The boys love to play on the air mattresses when people are in town staying at Papa's house.  They jump, slide, and go completely crazy.  They also love to look at that big Sea World map in the picture there.  They pretend they are going places :)

Merry Christmas

We had a fun Christmas with lots of family in town and lots of fun activities. We spent time hanging out playing, going to Monkey Joe's, and eating yummy food. We loved having so much time to spend together and the boys loved having Daddy home with no school. Here are some pictures from Christmas.

Christmas morning-ready to open presents

Austin got his own very first Wii game

Rexford finally got Lego Star Wars

Santa brought a soccer goal

The boys got swords from Sea World they have been wanting along with new passes

LEGO Darth Vader alarm clock

Angry Birds!

Toy Story and Spider-man

Angry Bird nightlight that changes colors

He really wanted this and was so happy

He's not smiling here (i think it was too heavy) but he was so excited about this and plays with it all the time

Rexford with his new Steelers helmet

Austin finally got his wings, space boots, and space gloves

Sparks vs. Lego car

Shannon made the boys these really cool backpacks- Star Wars for Rexford and Spider-man for Austin. They love them and carry them around everywhere!

Udraw! Just want he wanted and we've had lots of fun playing with it so far

Rexford got his favorite color football to play at Papa's house

Austin got a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume (Leonardo) from Alyson and gang and he loves to put it on and pretend he's fighting bad guys

Austin loves his Captain America pajamas and mask from Grandma. He also got a disc launcher shield and he loves to pretend he's Captain America all the time!

I unfortunately didn't have my camera for everything so I will have to get pictures from other people and add them later.

Gingerbread House

On Christmas Eve, I decorated a gingerbread house with the boys. Unlike ones we have done in the past, this one actually tasted pretty good. The boys loved putting all of the candy on and then eating some. They were very proud of their house and wanted to eat it for dessert every night for about a week :)

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Last year Rexford wanted to make Brian a Steelers cake for his birthday. This year he decided we should make a BYU cake for him. He told me he wanted it to be chocolate cake and that he wanted to decorate it to look like a football field with lines on it and the BYU symbol in the middle. So we made the cake and he helped put the icing on and he drew the white lines for the field. Then I wrote the words and made the Y in the middle of the field. Rexford was so proud of the cake. We went to dinner and then joined lots of family for cake. It was yummy :)

Bass Pro Shops

Over Christmas break we went to Bass Pro Shops with a bunch of our friends to see Santa and all of their cool Christmas stuff. It was great and free! The kids got to ride a carousel, shoot at targets with fake guns and bows and arrows, race cars, drive trains, look at fish, and play around. They had so much fun. Austin wouldn't take a picture with Santa unless I held him so I had to get in the picture but it came out cute. And the picture was free! Aly and family surprised us by showing up and so that was fun. Rexford loved that his cousins Ethan, Ava, and Zach were there too. After we left we all went to Chick-fil-A for some food and more fun. It was a great day!

Yay! Finally a decent picture of the kids with Santa!

Racing cars

Rexford shooting

Austin loved this shooting game

The kids loved making the train go

My sweet boys

Matthew and Rexford

Here we are with Santa

Ethan, Santa, Zach, Audrey, and Ava

Rexford riding a moose

Austin on the polar bear

Ethan on the carousel

Looking at fish

Zach, Austin, Matthew, Rexford, and Jacob

Zach, Matthew, Rexford, Jacob, Austin, and Ethan

Rexford's School Party

Thanks to Lisa for watching Austin, I was able to go to Rexford's school holiday party and help. I haven't been able to really go help this year because Austin isn't allowed to go because it's public school. Last year he could always come so it was no big deal. So Rexford has really been wanting me to come. We decorated the room with lots of fake snow, fun tablecloths and lots of winter stuff. The kids had fun doing four rotations- making ornaments with paint inside, making reindeer food and a candy cane ornament, making a snowman jingle bell necklace, and decorating cookies. They each got a fun reindeer hat with their name on it to wear for the party. I'm so glad I was able to go have fun with him!

Here's Rexford with his cool hat and some fun stuff from his party

Mommy and Me Christmas Party

Our Christmas party at Mommy and Me class was fun but Austin wouldn't take a picture with Santa unless I was with him. I thought he might not do it at all but he finally agreed if I held him. We had fun doing Christmas crafts and eating holiday treats. They gave each kid a Mr. Potato Head and a stocking with a few treats and toys. It was fun!

I made snowmen cupcakes for the party

Santa with Austin and me

Polar Express Party

The boys went to a fun Polar Express birthday party for their friend Gavin in December. They were so excited to wear their pajamas to the party. They had a great time decorating and eating cookies, drinking hot chocolate, and watching the movie. They loved coming home with their very own bell and ticket. Here they are all cute in their pjs ready to go to the party.

Winter Wonderland Dance

Rexford's school had a Winter Wonderland Dance one evening and he wanted to go. I took him and we had a good time drinking hot chocolate and eating popcorn and watching the hula hoop contest. There wasn't really any dancing going on, it was mostly kids running around in circles :) Rexford didn't want to dance anyway but I think he had fun.

Costume Changes

Austin is constantly changing costumes and pajamas if we are home. He loves to dress up as a superhero and will wear his superhero pajamas or costumes all day. I think it's cute that he enjoys pretending and is so imaginative. Here are a few recent pictures of him being a kid :)

Austin wanted to wear Rexford's Darth Vader costume even though it was too big

Buzz

Spider-man Chef Austin with menu in hand

Cooking for Rexford