Semi-Annual Post

I obviously have a difficult time getting around to posting.....maybe it's because my 2 readers are people I talk to frequently.  ha.  Oh well, here's a little recap of the last few months.

October
Happy Halloween!  We took Andrew and Eric to the Utah Symphony Halloween Concert.  They did so well...and it was fun to see the costumes and hear the great music.  Here Brian and the boys are standing in front of a glass sculpture in the lobby of the venue.

For a neighborhood party we had a prisoner, ninja, and rock star.  For Halloween night we had a prisoner, ninja, and Diego (so many great costumes passed on front he older boys and this little vest is what he chose.)  He's already planning to be an "Umpire for Happyween" next year, or in other words, a Vampire for Halloween.

November
I took exactly 3 pictures in November.  Hmmm.  We did have a nice Thanksgiving with my Provo siblings.  And I'm sure there were plenty of holiday preparations.  I did get this one great shot of Tanner -- our super cute preschooler getting off the big bus after school.  He always gives the bus driver a great big smile.  And his speech has improved dramatically.  Yeah!

December

We have had plenty of snow this year.  Tanner had a great time.  And the boys all made a great snowman that only lasted about 20 minutes due to some rambunctious friends.  It was kind of sad to see him smashed so quickly.  But glad they had fun!

Christmas Eve we got together with my Provo siblings.  We had a Christmas lunch, gift exchange, and a very professional Nativity play -- with only very willing actors (ha. ha.)  The boys were the 3 Wise Men.  

 Mom and Dad actually came for the Christmas Even event, then they came and spent the night at our place.  This meant we got to have them for Christmas morning chaos too! (:  I guess I didn't get any pictures of the adults.  We were just focused on the very excited kids.  Here they are in their Christmas Eve Pajamas.

 Christmas morning -- playing with toys -- Legos, Scooters, and Zorro.  It was such a nice day -- hardly any of the usual "I'm bored" and bickering.  If only we could give them new toys every day.  ha ha.

 Over New Years we went to the cabin in Idaho to be with my family.  It was great to see Grandma and Grandpa, Aunts and Uncles, and cousins.  It was really fun to see the frozen lake too -- I have never been up there in the winter and it's pretty spectacular.  The boys loved the snowmobiling of course -- our cabin neighbor has a dog sled he hooked up to the snowmobile and the kids had a great time.  And after years of hearing the men's ice fishing adventures, I actually got to see it in action.  And in the famous words of Eric "I know one thing.  It takes a long time to catch a fish!"  I didn't see them pull any out of the little holes, but I still enjoyed seeing the ice tent, and being out there on the ice I could see why they enjoyed the quiet stillness of the wintery lake.  So different from a cabin with 5 families inside!  (;