f.h.e.

For Family Home Evening on Monday we did a lesson about the watchman on the tower and how he can be up on the tower to see if there is danger up ahead and warn people. I did a demonstration with little army men and one of them was on the tower to warn the others about the bad guys approaching. I had a very captive audience with the army men and marshmallows...pure genius!! After the lesson we each got to build a tower with marshmallows and toothpicks. Spencer's doesn't exactly look like a tower, I think he said they were little machine guns:) Parker's motto: "Go big or go home!" He really got into the tower building.
Mataya's tower. When I was preparing this lesson and I made this little one to demonstrate, it took me back to high school geometry when we had to build different shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks. Afterwards we got to eat our marshmallows and this led to daddy throwing them to see if the boys could catch them in their mouth. Good job Spencer! I think it's going to make it in. He even had his eyes closed!
We didn't want her to feel left out:) It's not mean to throw mini marshmallows at a baby right?! I mean, for all she knows, they are just soft little pillows.

fall fun

We went for a drive and got the little ones up on a huge rock for a picture...Spencer was less than thrilled. I LOVE this pic of the boys. Cory took it while I was feeding the lil' girl in the car. He had Parker put his arm around Spencer. They look like good little buddies, which they are most of the time:) Parker brought his hiking stick from home. He's quite fond of it. And Spencer is determined to wear his dinosaur jacket as long as possible. It's starting to get small on him.Me and my cute kids. Daddy and the kids. Again, Spencer is not sure about all this! "Brothers don't shake hands....brothers gotta hug!" -Tommy Boy

october is here

Mataya wearing her Halloween shirt from Aunt Heather. It says 'Mummy loves me'....and it lights up, it's pretty cool. Thanks Heather! We had a Dinosaur Park adventure with some friends. It felt like we had the whole park to ourselves. Look at all those pumpkins. This was our posse of boys! Nothing says Halloween like a prehistoric crocodile with a pumpkin in it's mouth.
Parker running through the haunted mansion.Parker whatever you do....don't look up! There were several things at the park that made Spencer nervous. Parker is running through enjoying the trail of hanging skeletons and such. Parker made a new friend.......and Spencer kept his eyes peeled for bad guys. Our lil' mop top Spencer finally got a haircut. It was starting to get out of control:)

I LOVE the dinosaur park in October. It is so fun and festive.....and a little bit creepy!

santa claus or jesus?

Me and Spenc started watching The Chronicles of Narnia this morning while Parker was at school and it was at the part where the children meet Santa Claus and he gives them gifts. Our conversation went something like this:

Spencer "Mom, who's that?"

Me "That's Santa."

Spencer "Oh, I like that guy."

Me "He's pretty cool, huh?"

Spencer "I like Santa, but not Jesus."

Me "Well you can like them both can't you?"

Spencer "No Mom, I can only like one at a time!"

4 months

Mataya is 4 months old. She loves to laugh, wiggle, and sleep! We love her more and more everyday. She went to the doctor this morning and she weighs in at 14 lb 8 oz. She started sleeping through the night at 3 months old. She still loves that thumb and it helps calm her down at nap time and bedtime. We love our smiley, blue-eyed girl!

happy monday

Happy Monday! Spencer had to make a nice little snuggle spot for he and Mataya to lay down.

rainy sunday

We had to go outside for a bit and brave the weather on Sunday afternoon. We had been inside all weekend watching conference and the boys were getting a little stir crazy so out we went all bundled up. I wanted Parker to stand under our tree so I could get a picture of him. He is a goofball for life I tell ya! He thought he saw a bug on a leaf above so that's what he is looking at. And heaven forbid if it landed on him!

On Saturday we went outside in between conference sessions and pulled up all of our poor dead, frozen flowers and planted a bunch of bulbs. We planted a total of 145 bulbs.....yeah! I'm so excited for next Spring and Summer when those little guys start popping up. We also planted 2 trees in the last couple of weeks. We are sad that it is suddenly so bitter cold out, but we love the new weather. That love affair won't last come January!