Dr. Seuss Tower!

Well we're finally getting over the plague in our house! Evan's on his 5th day of antibiotics and acting normal again, yeah! We've been sick for about 3 weeks now and run the gamut from high fevers, to puking, to, well you know what comes out the other end! Poor guy :( And I finally have my voice back and sore throat gone! It's amazing how you can take your health for granted! I'm so grateful for our good health!

Anyways, I took these pics a couple of weeks ago and they're so hysterical! One of Evan's favorite movies is Horton Hears A Who. We were at Costco meeting Jarom for dinner (yes we love Costco dinners! It was Haleigh's idea!) We were waiting at the entrance by the TVs for Jarom and a particular part of Horton was playing. Can you guess from the pictures what Evan was trying to do the next morning?????

Yes, build a Dr. Seuss tower! For some reason he wanted to reach the fan (we have vaulted ceilings by the way) He first put his stool on the ottoman, hmmm, not tall enough. And then he had a brilliant idea! Build a Dr. Seuss tower like on Horton! I love the close up, he's got a football, a squirt bottle, donosaurs, books, his flute! You can guess from the next picture what happened. He stepped on it and it all fell over :) He said, "Oh man! I can't reach the fan!" He tried a few more configurations but eventually gave up :) I love how kids minds work!
Here's a picture of Haleigh with her new glasses, isn't she cute!!!!!!!!!

Winter Clothes

So you wouldn't know by looking at my kid that it's 70 degrees here! They had a lesson in preschool about winter and were asked to bring some winter clothes to share. He hasn't taken off his gloves or boots since! It's amazing they still fit! He wore them one time last winter in Flagstaff when we went to the Polar Express. It was all I could do to keep his jacket off him! He's a big sweaty mess! Yesterday he fell asleep while we were reading books and I let him lay on the couch and had to take a picture cause he looks so silly! It's hilarious to watch him; he can't pick anything up cause there's no fingers in the gloves! Just picture it, trying to pick up his toys over and over again :) At least he's getting some use out of them! I was so mad last year that I paid so much money for those so he could walk in the snow once! :)

Family Visit!

I hope the New Year is finding everyone well! So much has happened here that I just couldn't post it all so I'm just skipping it! We had a wonderful Christmas and spent lots of time with family! There that was easy :) Here we all in all our morning glory :)

Just this past week some of my family came into town to visit to see Melanie before she left for her mission. My brother Russ and his wife Darci and their two kids Alexis and Leland, and UNCLE STEVE! Here's a few pics from that. Evan LOVES it when he gets to see his cousins! And he LOVES his Uncle Steve! Sorry to the rest of his uncles, there's just no competition :) We had a lot of fun with them here and went to one of our favorite places, Bounce Jungle! It was too quick of a visit but we had fun! I didn't get too many pictures but here's a few. And for some reason, even though I fixed the red eye, it is posting with red eyes! So annoying!

Dancing, Singing, and The Harmonica!

This is a video from our trip to Cali. I couldn't email it so I'm posting for all to see. The kids are singing and dancing to our favorite CD, The Backyardigans while Evan is practicing his cool stylings on the harmonica! It's pretty funny, enjoy! And in the words of Haleigh, Let It Rain!

Gingerbread Houses

Grandma brought over a gingerbread house and train for Evan and Haleigh. They thought it was soooo much fun! Evan refused to let Jarom eat it after, he was too proud of his masterpiece :)

Snowman!

Can my 2 year old draw a good snowman or what?!

Thanksgiving Part Two!

This first picture says it all! We were tired! And for good reason! Evan and Haleigh LOVED seeing their cousins and spending time with all of our family. This pic was taken after a couple of days of not seeing each other :) Aren't they sweet? I showed Haleigh the next day and said, Look Evan was sleeping on your pillow. She said, Oh, I know, I told him he could come sleep by me :)

This is a shout out to Aunt Heaver as Evan says :) He's still talking about that tower! Thanks for letting us stay at Hotel Rego! The accommodations were superb!

Hanging out at Brad and Jeannie's house.

Evan rockin' the bling, 3 watches! And Steve rockin' the bling bling! He's so good with the kids, he lets them do whatever they want to him :) I don't know who was more tired at the end of the night, the kids or Uncle Steve!


Sweet little baby Lacey as Evan calls her, what a little angel!

I barely squeaked this picture out of Uncle Greg. Haleigh and Evan think he's just hilarious!

Uncle Adam giving the most awesome wagon rides. He kept telling Evan to put his hands up!
Evan had the best time at Grammy Connie's for Thanksgiving. Here's him and cousin Grayson showing off their cooking skills.
Hanging out at the zoo with Jarom's family. Evan loved seeing his Grandma Sheri. I had the camera with me all day and somehow these are the only pictures I got! I'm so mad! The cold weather makes me do crazy things, makes me forgetful!

The cousins at the fish hatchery. You can pay a nickel and buy fish food. All the kids had their cups and were feeding the salmon. Such a neat little place, they loved feeding all the fish.




Probably the highlight of Evan's trip was going to the Fire Station. We got to hang out with Connie and the firemen for a while. The kids even got to watch the firemen go out on a real call. Aren't they cute in their fire hats?



We had such a fun trip! Thanks to everyone for letting us crash in on life. I always feel like we turn everyone's lives upside down for a week, but they keep letting us come! It's always fun to see everyone and now that Evan is getting older I feel it is so important to maintain those family bonds with the next generation. Sorry to those we didn't get to see, our trips are becoming more about the kids and less about us! Love to you all!