Happy 1st Jack!

Jack is officially one year old today. He is sweet, fun, and happy! We love him and are so grateful to have him in our family.

Happy Holidays!

We just got back from our Christmas Trip to Utah. It was so nice to see family and be in my favorite place again, but -oh - the drive. It seems to get longer every time. The kids were good little travelers, thanks to our neighbors for loaning us their DVD system. We are definitely investing in one of those before the next trip. I am posting a few pictures from the trip.

Arizona
Utah

Jack ended up with a bad case of croup and spent Christmas Eve in the hospital. Poor little guy. It took the nurses three attempts to get his IV in. I think it was the most traumatic part of the whole experience.

On the plus side. Santa visited Jack personally in the hospital and showered him with all sorts of gifts.

Jack got to come home (to grandma's) on Christmas morning.

Thomas

Dallin

The boys built this snowman with Jeremy in my parent's backyard. Dallin had never experienced snow and cold quite like in Utah. As we were getting into the car one day, he said to me, "Mom, I think this is the North Pole!"

On The trip home. We were packed in pretty tight.

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!!