December Shenanigans!

December has been a crazy month with Jett's baptism, Christmas parties, and shopping and all the other activities we have had to get done!!! Having said that we have definitely had to take a step back from some of that to make time for some fun family time! We decided to carry on our tradition of making gingerbread houses, but this time we did a whole little village and I think the boys ate their share in the icing!

 

The kids did a great job and the gingerbread village turned out AWESOME!!

On December 14 it finally decided to snow over here in Brigham! I am not the biggest fan of the snow and the cold but... we make the best out of it!! What do you do to make the best out of it?? You take the kids sledding of course!!! We packed up the boys in all of their snow gear and headed to a little snow hill!! They were so excited!

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST....... THIS MAY BE MY NEW FAVORITE PICTURE!!!!

I am so grateful for this amazing family that I get to call mine and for the fun memories that we are making! We can not wait to be able to add another little cutie to our family and share with them our love and fun times!!!!!!



I like to look for rainbows....

On December 5 Jettsen chose to be baptized! He has been so excited and working so hard to memorize articles of faith and do the things he needs to, to prepare for his big day!! He asked Jason to baptize him, uncle Jeremy, and uncle Josh were the witnesses. Right after the baptism he had his confirmation! It was such a great day and he had the support of so many friends and family which made it even more special! After we stayed in the church and had everyone else stay as well for soup and rolls and cake! I am so proud of my little man and the decision he made to be baptized and become a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!

We are so THANKFUL

Thanksgiving snuck up on us and we were so excited to share it with Jason's side of the family this year, it is always such a party when we all get together with all the cousins!! We are so insanely blessed with the best family! We woke up that day and got all that we needed to bring cooked and got the kids all ready! Owen was so excited to eat him some turkey, I think it is all we heard about for the whole week. So it was a stinking good thing when the day finally came!

We got all ready and attempted a family picture, with Maisy even! it was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be and most of our pictures turned out like this....

We then headed out the door to our trip to Grandma and Poppas! Which is really only a half hour away but when you are with 3 excited little boys feels like a lifetime!
Grandma had the tables all ready to go including a tiny table for Cole and Avi, they are only 2 weeks apart and the bestest friends!

We all got our eating on and within ten minutes all the kids had lost interest in the food and were too excited to get together and play! Grandma had set up a ping pong game in her basement where she had filled cups with prizes, if the kids could bounce the ball in the cup they would win the prize that was in that cup! the kids thought this was great and we literally didn't see them for a couple hours!

As for us "adults" we sat around learning new games.. having interesting conversations about games when we were younger and other things that were questionable and enjoying each others company! can I just tell you how grateful I am to have a family who gets along so well!!

and that was our lovely thanksgiving, I have so much to be thankful for, my family, friends, health, our neighborhood, home, the gospel, the list goes on and on and on!
Jettsen also had his first pack meeting for scouts! He was so darn excited and I was so happy for him although through the whole thing I had to hold back my tears.. only for the fact of, where did my baby go?? He is so happy that the scout master is Uncle Josh and that he gets to start working on his pinewood derby car!

And while I am on the subject of Jett I want to document a funny incident! Today Jett had his bishop interview for his baptism, the bishop was going over everything and was telling Jett how he needed to be fully submerged for it to count.. well as we were leaving the church Jett turned to Jason and says.. "If you drown me at my baptism, when I am resurrected the first thing I am going to do when I come back is ... punch you in the face!" we laughed way too hard at that one! I love my silly boys!

Our 3 Sons

Jason and I have 3 little boys who we think are pretty amazing. They are the best of friends and do EVERYTHING together. they love to play on their trampoline and swing set, ride bikes and scooters, play soccer, Legos, GI Joes and wrestle. Our house is never really quiet, there is always something going on or friends here playing. In our little neighborhood there is a lot of little kids around which equals a lot of little friends for the boys! The boy are never bored!! We think they are awesome and will share a little about each one of them!
Our Oldest is Jettsen. Jett is 7 and will turn 8 in November. Jettsen is always ready and willing to give anyone a hug or a snuggle if they need it, he is very tenderhearted and aware if someone around him is upset or unhappy. He loves to make people happy by his actions and is very muchly all about rules and following them, he has to know every rule and feels very bad if he thinks he may have broken one. Jett is in the 2nd grade and is incredibly smart, he loves to read, especially to his little brothers. He loves his brothers and will do anything for them! Jett is a very good soccer player and loves that his dad is the coach, he loves to play basketball, ride bikes, build with Legos, and play the occasional video game! He really is the sweetest little thing and he makes us insanely proud!

Next we have Owen. Owen is 6 he will be 7 in March he is our little silly goose, he has always loved to make people laugh. When he was 2 years old he would walk up to people and say his name was Owen but he wanted them to call him Owski Whomp Whomp. He has a cute little mind of his own and is just funny! If he sees the camera is on him you will NOT get a normal picture, his smile will be silly or he will go cross eyed! Owen can be sweet as well it is just not shown in the same ways as others for his hugs he backs into you! Owen is in the first grade and is doing GREAT! he is reading well above where he is supposed to! Owen loves to play soccer as well, he is also taking wrestling and has found that he is really pretty darn good at it, he loves to ride his scooter, and try to do tricks on the trampoline. Owen is a huge fan of family dance parties and we have them just about every weekend! Owen is definitely one of a kind and we are so blessed to have his silly little personality in our family, he makes our lives fun!

Our third little dude is Cole. Cole is 3 and will be 4 in February. He is definitely the "baby" of the family right now! He has his brothers wrapped around his little finger and they will let him do anything! Cole loves to be snuggled but also loves to be crazy with his brothers, he always wants to do what his brothers are doing and follows them around everywhere when they are at home. Cole is very much into his own things too he went through a My Little Pony faze that drove his brothers nuts, but he didn't care and made himself a true brony! He now LOVES dinosaurs, which his brothers are ok with because they love to play them with him. Cole loves to ride his scooter, jump on the trampoline, swing, and play with his train sets. He is looking forward to going to pre school next year. (me not so much!)





Our kids are Jason and my world.. We would do anything for them want them to always be happy. We love to spend time with them whether that be helping them with their homework, coaching them in their various sporting events, taking them on little vacation/adventures, or just hanging out as a family watching movies or playing games!
Our boys have always expressed to us how they want another baby brother or sister in our home and Jason and I feel the exact same way! We can not wait to see where this journey takes us!