Bring on the Snow

We now have snow, and lots of it. My kids aren't very familiar with it and had a great time with our first snow day.

She wanted to see if the big-wheel could take it.

Carter was slightly perturbed that his car didn't work as well in the snow.

Addie ate more snow then I'd like to admit. Notice the one glove factor. We've been working on keeping the gloves on. It's an uphill battle.

Unless he was in his car, Carter wouldn't stay still long enough for a picture. What a little man.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We stayed home this year and had a nice laid back and relaxing Thanksgiving. We were glad that "Aunt" Alissa could come join us too. Thanks for watching the kiddos so that Bobby and I could go brave early morning Black Friday.

Addie and Carter wouldn't leave Alissa alone the whole day. It was AWESOME for Bobby and me, a welcome break!

I'm not sure if Carter actually ate any of his food, but he sure loved playing with the mashed potatoes.

Bath Time

Addie uses this poor kid as her life sized dress up doll. She basically forces him into her clothes. He's such a good sport.

Pillow Pet

I swear we give our daughter a pillow at night.

Ever seen the commercials for the "Pillow Pet", I think Addie has. (Most unoriginal jingle ever. "It's a pillow... it's a pet... it's a pillow pet".)

Yep Mandy, that's the stuffed turtle you gave baby Addie because she looked like a turtle.

Easy To Please

I asked her if she'd rather have Halloween candy or hard boiled eggs. She didn't even have to think about it. If you want to make this girl happy, make her some eggs.

She only had 4 eggs and 1/2 an egg salad sandwich today.

Happy Halloween

Another great Halloween. Kids had tons of fun!

My very own little unicorn and dragon.

Thank you for the nice, warm, free costumes Kim and Jenni! Almost looks like I planned their costumes to match! Glad it worked out!

Happy Kids

Happy Halloween Kids

Happy when Mom bakes

Happy to make a mess

Happy to make noise
(Addie calls it "parade" time)

Happy to give Mom a headache

Nap Time

So this has become Addie's new daily nap time. She spends it "building houses" for all her stuffed animals. Hey, if it means that she's quietly in her room everyday... build on Addie, build on.

Monkey Boy

Carter has always loved to climb. When we got bunk beds, I decided not to put up the ladder for obvious reasons. I should have figured that he'd watch how his older sister goes up and follow. I'm trying to not be the overprotective Mom, but this just makes me nervous. What to do now? Trust that he won't fall or take the bunk beds apart?

What a Waste.

What a waste of perfectly gorgeous eyelashes.

Why is it that the boys always get the long ones?

I wish I had an awesome camera that could do these eyelashes justice. I'm seriously jealous.

I thought I'd just let you know that I'm a sucker for this kid.

Addie even thinks that he is pretty cool. She'll even read him books.

Dad's been a goner ever since he learned he was having a son. Carter has him wrapped around his little finger.

He is one happy little man... with perfect eyelashes.

I had such high hopes...

Well, I finally took the kiddos to the Dentist for the first time (I know I get the super Mom award for waiting almost 4 years). I really had high hopes that it would be an easy outing. Addie was SO excited. I mean, check out this face below. This was before any work was done.

The place was pimped out with flat screens of cartoons and dolphins swimming on the ceiling. What kid wouldn't like that...

Mine. She totally freaked out and threw a massive tantrum. Yesterday, they finished everything they couldn't get done, when they put her out to fill a cavity. And don't count cute, little Carter out. He screamed like someone was killing him and all they did was brush his teeth.

I can't wait to take them back again...

maybe in another four years.

Lost Pictures

Happy day. I thought that we had deleted some of our pictures by mistake, but here they are. Think back to over a month ago for these. We attended the open house for the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. So beautiful and the kids actually behaved themselves pretty well.

The Oquirrh Mountain Temple

See. Don't they look all sweetness?

I just love these pics!

We were also very excited to be able to celebrate Pioneer Day in Utah. It's just not the same anywhere else. We ventured into Salt Lake for the big parade and had a great (super HOT) time with the kids. Bobby was determined to see his first Apostle in person and got his wish when President Eyring came by.

Addie was mesmerized with the floats. Carter's attention span was that of a normal 18 month old.

Addie thought all the girls on the floats were "princesses" and waved like crazy to them all.

President Henry B Eyring. He's the one smiling and waving in the cowboy hat. Too sweet a man.

$2 Tuesdays

I sure wish that every Tuesday was $2 Tuesday at Thanksgiving Point. The kids LOVED it. Farm country, pony rides, dinosaur museum... what's not to love!

Ride 'em cowgirl!

Bobby just doesn't want to step in poop.




Who knew dinosaur bones could be so exciting?

Carter could hardly sit still for a pic.

Random pic of Cascade Springs... too pretty.

Can you tell that we are trying to jam pack everything fun in before Daddy starts school and work on Monday??? Boo to non-existent husbands.

Hiking

One of the reasons that we love living in Utah is the hiking. I am a hiking enthusiast, and luckily Rachelle is willing to do it. We have kind of eased the kids into it to see how they would do, and it has gone surprisingly well! After a few strolls down the walkway at Bridal Veil Falls we decided to step it up to Rock Canyon. Addie is really clutsy so she came home with a lot of bruises from all the spills she took, but we had a good time. This past Friday we stepped it up to Little Cottonwood Canyon. We drove up to Alta and hiked the Catherine Pass up to Lake Catherine. It was 1.5 miles both ways and Addie hiked about half of it, spending the other half on my shoulders. The way up was pretty steep, and I was impressed with ourselves for pulling it off with the kids. Now that we know the kids like it we will be doing a lot more hiking from now on!

Carter giving a tip of the cap at Bridal Veil Falls

Too Pretty!

True to her fearless nature Addie immediately wanted to climb up the falls

Carter wanted in on the action too

Addie wasn't super enthusiastic when we started up the Catherine Pass

Little Cottonwood Canyon is beautiful, so are my girls!

We made it to the top!

Addie and Carter had fun feeding crackers to the chipmunks

Lake Catherine is worth the long hike up

By the time we started back down Addie was having a blast, we had a hard time keeping her in sight!

Carter is an awesome little hiker, he wanted no part of staying in the baby backpack!