Gavin's 4th Birthday Party! Dragons!

A knight's table

Pin the tooth on Toothless

I put up pictures of different dragons and laminated them, then I bought those sticky hand toys that you throw and they stick to the wall (I don't know what they are called) and the kids ran around "catching" the dragons with them.  I didn't quite know how well this game would go with the kids but they LOVED it and could have played for hours. 

Sweet little Gavin

We borrowed Uhma's bouncy house, filled it with balloons, and everyone took turns running and jumping in it. 

Sword and Shield decorating

Cupcakes

Dragon Pinata

Blowing out the candles!! Happy Birthday Gavin!

We are so very lucky to have you in our family!  You are a sweet, funny, happy, goofy, and loving boy and we LOVE you so much!!

Fun in the snow!

Kyson's 1st Birthday

It's crazy to think that Kyson is already 18 months old.  I feel horrible it has taken me so long to post his birthday.  Oh well, I guess now is better than never right?  It was a crazy first year of his life to be quite honest.  Having a third child is HARD.  I thought two was hard but three is way worse.  Kyson was sick a lot his first year of life, probably because Trysten was in kindergarten and bringing home all kinds of fun germs.  But no matter all that we went through and how stressful it was it was all worth it!!
So we had to postpone his birthday since he had a really bad cold.  Here are a few little fun facts about his life here so far :)
He loves to cuddle with his momma
He sucks his thumb and has to hold my hair (more like pulls the heck out of it)
He got teeth at 7 months old (two months earlier than the other boys)
He loves attention and is always trying to be goofy to make you laugh
He walked at around 13-14 months
He loves to do whatever his brothers are doing
He loves to dance
He LOVES to eat!
I am so thankful for his sweet spirit in our home, he is such a joy in my life and he definitely completes our family perfectly.  I love you my little Kyson!

 Playing with his new pop up ball toy

 eating his cake

he likes to get messy!

Long time no see!!!

I can't believe it's been so long since I last updated this blog!!! No judging people!!  So I realized that I never posted Christmas 2010 and I will start with that.  We stayed home this year and my family came to us, which was nice instead of us hauling everything over there.  We had a nice time, ate a lot of yummy food, I was brave and made a turkey and a ham for christmas dinner.  We also had Christmas the weekend before at Mammy and Papa's with everybody and had a visit from Santa!  Sorry about the sideways pictures, I still can't figure out why the heck that happens to me.

Playing the drums while singing carols

Singing with Nana

Trysten and Papa

'Tana and Trysten

Our Christmas Tree (we had to put it on the dining room table so Kyson wouldn't pull the tree over and take all of the ornaments off)

Kyson in his Christmas shirt

Gavin playing video games instead of singing

My three boys in their Santa hats

 Kyson was a little unsure of Santa

 Making a gingerbread train

Finished product

 Our GINORMOUS snowman that Keith made.  He actually threw his back out lifting up those snowballs!

My sweet little Kyson

Toy Search

Gavin lost his FAVORITE toy gun yesterday, and he was devastated.  We searched high and low for the thing and couldn't find it anywhere.  He would not give up.  I told him that maybe we should say a prayer and ask Heavenly Father to help us find it.  So we said a prayer together and not even 2 seconds later I thought I should look in the crack between the toy gun bin and the costume chest and there it was!  He was so happy again and he said a sweet little prayer on his own: "Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for helping me find my gun. Amen"  What a perfect moment to teach my almost 4 year old the importance and power of prayer and Faith. :)

Pictures for Uhma's birthday

We decided last minute to get pictures of all of the grandkids for Lynn's birthday on the 2nd.  We knew of a perfect place to take them but couldn't get out there till almost dark.  We took a bunch as fast as we could, with Daddy bouncing and making loud noises to get the kids attention and make them smile.  Keilan didn't like it so much though, so he cried the whole time.  It was pretty funny.  Fun memories! :)  We didn't get very many that turned out but here are a few that are our faves.
 Ok seriously, blogger is making me furious lately, It turns my pictures sideways!!!   What the heck!  Well, it is late and I am too tired to figure it out, so you will just have to turn the computer sideways to see them.  Sorry! :)