Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas!

Oh, this bunch. Love them.

Elvis' elf mischief. Of course the kids loved it.  

It'll be a sad day when I can't get away with 

these kinds of shennanigans.

Checking out the lights. We picked a perfect night. It was warm.

The kids found these tickets when the got in bed one night just after watching The Polar Express.
The thrill in their eyes was more than thrilling for me.
They got in the car with hot chocolate and popcorn waiting and a ride to see lights. 

It. was. awesome.

My cousin, Michelle's, "I Love Lucy" tree at The Festival of Trees.

Can you tell which one Megan decorated?

Aw, cuuuuute.

Our lovely, half burned out tree.

Daddy's birthday celebrated with homemade icecream cake.

 Of course, Christmas isn't Christmas with making a visit to see Santa Cow!

Gingerbread Graham cracker houses. 

I always dread doing it but always end up having a good time and the kids most definitely do.  

{And looking at Megan's snowman, you can see Daddy had a hand in helping...}

Christmas Eve jammies.

Before the tornado and after the tornado.

Easter in a Nut...er...Eggshell...

{hack, hack}, 

Coggle Easter egg hunt at WJ park, 

{sniffle, sniffle},

 coloring Dino eggs, 

{fever},

 Easter morning,

 taking turns going to church (not for the kiddies though), 

{aaaaaachoooo!}, 

Grandma and Grandpa's house,

 {cough, cough},

 Easter dinner at Nana and Papa's (Kyle slept over with his cousins).

Thus ended our Easter day with no Easter outfits and barely a picture but plenty of sick kids.
{The picture above was taken a week after Easter}

Happy Thanksgiving!

SO much to be grateful for this year...

I am grateful for my family. I'm especially thankful that my laundry has had an influx of pinks, lavenders and yellows. Megan is a beautiful, sweet, healthy baby girl. I'm thankful for her big brothers and they way have just welcomed her and LOVED her. And of course, my man. He works hard for us. I'm thankful that despite the nasty economical problems we have felt secure and at peace. I am thankful to have one less diaper to change (Way to go, Bones!).

I (Adam) am thankful for the additional opportunity to get in touch with my feminine side. Megan is a beautiful baby girl that has already enriched our lives so much. This year I have gained a strong affinity to local, amateur art. Both Kyle and Noah have started to draw and bring us random pieces of masterpieces. Kyle just made one and drew a postage stamp. My wife is a marvelous wife, mother, domestic engineer, logistics supervisor, communications director, head chief, educator, counselor and eternal companion (plus she's easy on the eyes). I don't know that I can truly express everything I am grateful for. My Heavenly Father has given me so much.

Kyle is thankful for the church, toys, clothes, learning in school, the city (don't ask me to expound. I can't)

Noah is thankful for Kyle, the letter "L" (the one happened to spot on the key board, I'm sure), Scooby Doo movies, his "blanklet" and Buzz Lightyear

Megan is thankful Mommy, Mommy, Mommy...oh and Mommy, Daddy, FOOD, milk and brothers that make her laugh.

{Oh and Happy Birthday to me!}

"Trick or treat. Smell my feet...

... and we'll just skip the underwear part since I've heard it entirely too much this season. I unwittingly taught this to the boys... I am a good mom. Promise.

We had a super busy Halloween this year. The boys got LOADS of candy {most of which I ate}, and went to some fun parties.

Check out my babies...

Megan's first Halloween as a kitty cat. This is appropriate since the girl constantly uses me a scratching post and makes a funny hissing sound when she's happy.

We were thinking about dressing her up as a "Senorita" since she is so good at rolling her "R's"

{when she cries} :)

Noah as an astronaut {costume #1}

Iron Man

{3rd year in a row as a super hero. Ugh.}

Buzz Lightyear {costume #2}

He already had this costume and kept going back and forth between it and the astronaut. Still not sure why I bought him the astronaut costume except that maybe I couldn't resist.

I love my kids.

Isn't this just what it's all about?

Noah and Ava

West Jordan Parade. We've been going as long as I can remember.

Cute patriotic girl

Papa's boys

Waiting for the parade to begin- Megan's first.

Isn't this what the parade is all about?

Hill Air Force Base- A really cool thing to do on the 4th

Checking out the big planes with Gma and Gpa. The boys loved it.

Noah and Grandpa

My hottie hubby lookin' the part.

We also saw fireworks later on that night. We watched Rocky Mountain Raceway's from our stake center. Kyle actually really liked them this year, Noah was nervous and Megan slept through the whole thing.

It was a really good day.

EASTER

Fooled YOU!

I had a lot of fun "fooling" my family this year. Particularly the boys.

We had meat loaf "cupcakes", jello "punch" and pound cake "grilled cheese sandwiches". They were totally fooled by it all. It was fun to see their surprise. Kyle totally ate it all up (no pun intended) but Noah seemed kind of disturbed by it all. It was pretty funny.