Now That's Entertainment!!

We just had our church Christmas party. Here are some pics from the crazy good time!


Dallin with Santa. Thomas and Jack wouldn't go anywhere near him.

Yes! That is my kid dancing, while all of the other children are behaving and singing obediently.

Mom cheering wildly for her little performer.

Dad trying to goof off with Thomas, who, unfortunately, would not have it.

Good Times!!!

Andrew went to live on a farm...

Our awesome family dog, Andrew, died on Monday. He was a good dog and so sweet and patient with the kids. We all miss him.

2 out of 3 isn't bad

We recently tried to take a few snapshots of the boys. I just had to share some of these that we took of them together. It seems like two of them always looked great and the third was doing his own thing. I love how their little personalities come out. They sure are fun.

Some Fall Pics

The boys are in a superhero phase - thus the Halloween costumes. Dallin still wears his Spiderman costume everyday and told me that he wants to wear it for Halloween again next year. When I told him that he would be too big for it next year, he got very upset and told me he did not want to grow anymore.

We took a drive a few weeks ago to see the pretty Fall colors

We bought some pumpkins to decorate the front porch - but since we bought three of them, the three boys thought that we had bought one for each of them - and would not leave them alone. What was I thinking anyway? Decorations that are not nailed down, are not going to remain decorations for long at our house. The boys sure enjoyed them though and they are surprisingly durable!

Don't you dare smile!

We had to go to Lowes the other day to pick up a few things. As you can tell the boys were thrilled - both stubbornly refusing to look at the camera or muster any sort of pleasant expression.
At least Jack is happy. Thank goodness for 9 month-olds. Love you Jack!!

My Boys

I had this photo done recently and just had to share.

Dallin is 4!

It was Dallin's fourth birthday on Sunday. I thought I would share a few pictures of his little party we had with his cousins at his grandparents house. We had a rough day, cake-wise, but luckily he was just as happy with my last-minute cupcakes. Hopefully next year I will be able to pull off something cute again.

He had a fun day and is still enjoying his presents.

Preschool

Dallin started preschool last week. This is a photo from his first day. I am amazed at him. He is so friendly and outgoing. He walked right in saying hi to everyone without so much as a "bye mom" or a backward glance at me. So many of the other kids were acting exactly as I would have acted at that age - scared, clinging to their moms, etc. Not Dallin. I have to wonder where this kid came from, but I am glad that he is not shy. He is loving preschool and always goes and comes with a big smile on his face. On his first day he woke up, grabbed his backpack and found me in the office. He then announced to me. "Hey mom. It's my big day!"

Vacation

We took the boys to Bridal Veil Falls while we were visiting my family in Orem. They had tons of fun playing in the water at the bottom of the falls. We had a hard time getting them to leave.

Thomas wasn't so sure if he liked the cold water at first, so this rock was a favorite for him for awhile.

Aren't they pretty? I miss Utah.

They boys enjoyed doing some fireworks while we were at my parent's house.

This is Thomas roasting marshmallows at our family reunion.

Fishing with Dad

Dallin and Thomas went fishing with Jeremy and the Young Men. Dallin actually had his first experience reeling one in. They all had a good time.

Family Outing

Jeremy had to go to Eagar on a Service Call, so the boys and I tagged along. After he was done with his work, we all went up to Greer and had a picnic. The boys had a great time. These are a few pictures of them playing

My wife never puts the good pictures of our kids on the blog. so I decided to put a few of my favorites. I have a few more but they are on another disc. and will have to wait for another post.
I really like the pink butterfly binky in this photo of these two tough guys.

I just took this picture yesterday. Thomas was sure mad that Jack was wearing his old hat.

This is Thomas playing on the tiller. He kept calling it his tractor.

Just a cute picture of Dallin. This was taken a couple of weeks ago.

Jeremy with the boys on Grandad's tractor

I am adding a few photos showing some of the things we have been up to for the past little while. This is our most recent family snapshot. My dad took it on Jack's blessing day.

I have finally decided to jump on the blogging bandwagon. Hopefully this will help me keep in better touch with all of my family and friends that are far away.

Jeremy has finally graduated. HOORAY!! It will be nice to have him home for a few evenings each week.

The boys are doing great and as cute and busy as ever. I am attaching one of the only pictures I have of all three of them together. I need to get better about snapping more pictures of them. They grow up fast.