tis the season..

So I finally got off my rear and put up some Christmas Decorations, me and the boys (Tyler is in the middle of wrestling season) put up the tree, the nativity, the stockings and a few of my snowmen today. I have to say now they are old enough and that i really don't care what gets broken, decorating is a lot less stressful. I put the fake tree together and strung the lights then sat on my rump while I handed the boys the ornaments, they decorated the whole tree, it was a blast to see the looks on their faces, and here them talk about how Santa was gonna leave gifts under the tree. I got out this really cool train thing that my Mom bought the boys last year, and Kevin spent 2 hours just watching the train go around and around... it was amazing.

My mom sent the kids "the night before Christmas" book from hallmark where it records your voice reading the book, and they love it! Kevin opened the book heard her voice and started talking back to her! "I love you Grandma Vicki" when he turned to the last page, the voice changed! So I asked the boys, who is that? "it's Santa!" oops! It was actually Grandpa Terry but I think it was still pretty cool!

Then today he called the house and Grandpa Terry answered.. Kevins response.. "who's this?" Grandpa laughing on his side "who's this? this is Grandpa Terry, who is this?" Kevin answers back.. "this is toothless!" Lol

this is beginning to be a fun age!

Santa Pic

How cute are my boys with Santa?? Love this pic! It was taken at the Ward Christmas Party on the 3rd...LOVE IT! (yes if only Kevins glasses were pushed up, but really two kids not crying screaming or otherwise making it a horrible pic!) Wahoo!

Update..

So since we have gotten the house clean the boys love to play with playdoh and color crayons, it will last them hours, the rest of the toys are basically just fillers for when they have to go in the car or bathtub...

We have our ultrasound apt for Dec 27! Boy or Girl? we will find out!

This baby craves fruit, I literally eat like 3 apples a day, while at the store the other day I grabbed a bag of cuties (oranges) I had 4 the first day! bananas, pineapple, whatever is around, I will eat!

I am not quite halfway (18weeks) and have gained 12lbs according to my scale, a whole lot more according to the doctors, I sure hope I don't have a 9 or 10 lb baby!

We had three snow days, the two days before thanksgiving and the Monday after, it was fun to have Tyler home, plus the boys have been enjoying the snow, I have been trying to keep the driveway clear... (living on a hill=no fun!)

We are looking forward to staying home for Christmas, weather permitting we hope to have some guests!

We finally sat down and chose to "pick the fight" of patching Kevin, tears and fears were all around. We decided we would read one book a night with him with the patch on, he cried the whole time about not being able to see, we pretty much were sure we were torturing him, that whole knowing it was for his own good thing still stinks! Tyler promised him if he got threw the book with the patch still on we would get him a toy... the toy he picked? the playdoh stuff that makes noises like farts... random.. whatever, it only cost a $1...
This is definitely gonna take both of us, every night, cause if I have to do this my myself, I will end up in tears every night!

A couple of weeks ago we noticed a rash on Cameron's hands, looked kinda like Chicken pox but that usually start on your torso, come to find out, it is scabies! and he gave it to me! Kevin and Tyler never showed signs of it but you medicate everybody in the house, and wash everything in hot water, so Tyler and the boys took the pill and have never showed signs since, I had to use the cream because of the pregnancy, it came back! so I got a stronger Rx and am hoping to never see it again. Arg! and Yuk!

Other than being hunkered down for the winter ( literally, just going out for preschool or wal-mart between storms) we are enjoying life.

It so nice to have a clean house!

Oops!

So I guess it has been a while since I uploaded photos from my camera, so here is catch up time...

My first Thanksgiving cooking on my own... I was a little worried about timing but Tyler helped me map it all out, plus he cooked the rolls and we made the pies the day before, 4 pies, and lots of goodies! YUM-O!


We had Uncle Ken up for Thanksgiving and if you mix him and snow you know you are gonna have fun! they made a snow cave.. turned snow tunnel and all sorts of good stuff!




We planted raspberry plants and actually got some raspberries!

Here was a test we took for fun to see if we were gonna have a boy or girl, results said boy..

We had one heck of a harvest this fall, and here is the proof that gardening is worth every second! My kids are eating carrots!


This is when I took the boys to see the steam engine that is still running, and we had to leave before the train showed up..



Kevin played soccer this fall and did so much better then in the Spring, we were so proud, by the end of the season, he was running with the two kids that scored on the team!


Kevin had is 1st day of preschool (the last year) in September, I took these pictures that morning!




And I was left with this (after dropping off Kevin and the kids from car pool) A crying Cameron who wanted to know where Brother was going without him..

Kevin was star student!

Oh and I thought I would throw in Kevin's preschool Halloween pic! So much fun!

Kevin was start student in preschool, so this is the poster we made this year, Last year I did something similar, but he liked it this year too!

It reads: ( you can also click on the pic to read it yourself!) My name is Kevin, I am 5 years old. I have 1 brother named Cameron, He is 3, and baby in Mommy's tummy. I have 2 dogs named Pumpkin and OSO. I like to play with dragons, and dinosaurs, ride my bike, swim, and play outside.

Funny huh? I used all the pictures so he could help read it too!

More Halloween pics

Here are a couple more pics of us on Halloween and our pumpkins, Tyler doing the ultrasound of the baby on the left (sorry for the smudge) Cameron's car, and Kevin's Night fury! I think we can safely say, Mom should be in charge of cleaning out the pumpkins and Dad should be in charge of carving them, His are so much better than mine! ( Mom did the car, Dad did the other two!)

the parents competition...

So we got Kevin a Book of Mormon to take to church with him last week, I of course wanted to make him a bag, but didn't get it done last week, so late last night I realize, I still hadn't got it done. Tyler steps in and says I bet I can make one that he will love before you can get yours done! So the competition began! I got my sewing machine out and started blasting through it, I of course in my hurry didn't turn under my seams, and need to reinforce the handles, but I thought we were hurrying! Tyler 45 minutes after I finished my bag brought out his very cool book cover. Pictures of KEvins favorite things, he favorite t-rex, his favorite dragon, pics of the family, his name... blah blah blah, cheater! We took them into Kevin and asked him which one he liked better... Tyler won! His of course didn't have any handles so Kevin threw it in my bag just to use the handles...lol We both won! He took both to church today!

Halloween Surprises!

So yesterday was our ward Hallween party and it was o so fun!

If you notice there is a little tiny baby skeleton playing hide and go seek on my skeleton costume.. because we are expecting #3!

Here are the ultrasound pics from a few weeks ago, I am now 14 weeks along, making our due date April 29. I am starting to feel better, not so exhausted and nauseous. Tyler wants a girl, I am scared either way... The kids are now going to outnumber me! We are very excited, and the boys can't stop telling people, Cameron likes to tell the check out ladies at Wal-mart and Kevin tells anyone that will listen. And every night at family prayers, when we thank Heavenly Father for the baby, Kevin adds, "tell him we will put him in the crib and let his sleep!" Kevin tells me all the time he will feed him and change his bum and teach him how to go potty in the big boy potty... not really sure why I am here if he is gonna take care all of that! But they are very excited to be big brothers! Cameron I think will have a hard time once the baby gets here, but I remember thinking the same thing about Kevin with Cameron and Kevin was a complete champ! So here is to hoping!

Pics

my family came up to visit for the boys birthday is September and we took a few pictures..

The "silly picture" that fits us so well! and then a good one!

Of corse Kevin had out grown his bike, so Grandma and Grandpa treated him to a new one among other things... he loves it!


And we finally got a really great pic of Uncle Ken, we joked about putting him up on LDS singles to find him a date....lol!

Cameron is three!

Cameron turned three a week and a half ago and I missed it! My parents were in town and it was the day I flew out for my cancer apt in California so I didn't quite get to update the blog, but here are his pictures... He looks so OLD! when did that happen? I don't remember if I put up his stats but i do remember he is 90th% for height and weight! He is such a joy to have, he is so caring and thoughtful and reminds me everyday how great we can be. of course he loves to run around naked to, so none of us are perfect! I love ya babe!

Kevin 5 year old pics!

We took his pictures on his birthday again this year! Love them! ( thank you Emily!) We also took him for his 5 year checkup and shots! That was a trip. He is 44 inches tall and 43 lbs heavy, tall and skinny!

Denver trip Aug 2010

Here is everybody that was at my Great Grandma's 100th Birthday, (Ty, me and the boys are all in orange) my Dad is on one knee on the left with my Mom right behind him, and my brother is in the very back row center in a green shirt. In the pic on the right, is the 5 generation pic, My Great Grandmother is in the chair, my Grandma Pat is is standing behind her, then my Dad top right, me and then my boys! How cool is that! (don't you love the look on my face!.. classic!)

Here is my Moms side of the family, My grandma, my mom, me and then the boys! The pic on the right is just (from my parents down) us at the national history museum (minus my Dad who is taking the picture)
The following pictures are from the wrestling match that occurred in the food court at the Museum... Just love my boys!



Here we are at the Museam of Natural History, The kids loved the fossils, Cameron kept walking up to stuff and holding his arms like Vanna White and saying "look at this!" Here is Mom, me and Kevin, we had a blast! and the kids traveled great!