11 Years

Happy Anniversary, Randy! Because of you, I believe in miracles.

Lights @ Temple Square

Darn it, we didn't get any pictures with Brad and his family, but we were able to meet up for dinner and lights @ Temple Square with Brad Labrum (our missionary) and his family. We're making plans to surprise my mom when she comes into town for Christmas.

Look What I Made!

This will be for the boys for Christmas. I scoured the internet trying to find a pattern that I liked with decent instructions and came across a blog of a crafty girl that ended up publishing this tutorial in a book, "Bend the Rules Sewing" by Amy Karol. It happened to be in our local library, so we checked it out. I'm happy with the way it turned out.

Bodily Functions Are So Funny

Some things I know about boys (generally speaking):

They love to tease. They especially love it when they get a good "eye roll" from their mother/wife/sister. The teasing usually involves some sort of bodily function. I've told my boys that they need to respect girls and that they don't think it's funny. Joshy replied, "Only boys do?"

Yes, from my personal experience, boys think bodily functions are hilarious. Even baby Connor does. The other day Andrew (sweet and otherwise very responsible) wrote F - A - R - T in huge letters (each letter took up one square of the sidewalk) in our neighbor's patio. He thought he was being funny. We had to have a little talk about vandalism and vulgar language. He had to wash it off and apologize, but it still makes me laugh inside when I think about it.

At church on Sunday during Sacrament Meeting, when it was quiet, Joshy sniffs and says in a not-quiet voice with a smirk on his face, "It smells like fart." He looks at me when he says this because he knows he'll get the desired reaction. Seriously, I don't know how that child is still alive today. Earlier that morning, at 5 am, he comes bursting into our bedroom, and yells, "Mom! You didn't give me Number Hugs!" I'm still mad at him for being awoken so rudely. To explain, Number Hugs are hugs that Randy and I give the boys every night. They tell us how many hugs they want and then we hug them that many times. Andrew asks for 8 and Josh asks for Pi (3.14) most nights. I don't know how it started, but it's become an essential bedtime ritual. Randy put the boys to bed the night before, and apparently I forgot.

Connor Waved

Randy comes home for lunch most days, which we all love. We need a "Daddy" break in our day. When he left today, I was trying to get Connor to wave goodbye and he did! Randy had already closed the door so I called him back to show him that Connor could wave, but of course he wouldn't perform. It's too bad, because he was really cute.

Josh's Art Classes

We didn't put Josh in preschool this year. Instead, we did a co-op with another mom and signed him up for art classes at Tanner Arts for a semester. Josh came home with so many amazing projects and he loved it. It was nice to be able to walk over to the studio, it's just across the bridge.

Bowling!

We don't get to do this very often because it's too pricey, but USA Housing had a free bowling day, we were all over it!

Natural History Museum

We went to the opening of the new Natural History Museum today. It is practically in our backyard, we were able to walk there. It was crazy buys, and I hate crowds, but the boys had fun. My verdict: Some cool things, but I think we'd get more out of it when the boys are a couple years older.

Rachel, Isaiah Halverson, Andrew, Josh

Leaf rubbings

First Word

Connor said his first real word today. When I went to hand him a banana, he got very excited and said "Na-na!"

Speaking of bananas. Connor eats a lot of them. He's in that picky eating phase. It's not so much that he's picky about what he eats, but he needs to have absolute control over what he eats. He can eat a banana whole all by himself, so he'll choose that over something else that I have to feed to him with a spoon. Little stinker.

Family Pics

 

Little Haunts 2011

Of course, we made it to our annual tradition at Little Haunts.  Connor won the cutest costume contest.

Grandma & Grandpa were able to come with us and this is Larry in front of the Draper house, it belonged to his ancestors.

Lamby

Lamby was given to Connor for Easter. They became fast friends and are now inseparable. Don't even think about putting Connor to bed without his friend Lamby.

Jakers Pumpkin Patch