Good Times

I had to laugh when I found Spencer asleep with a stick in his hand- there is almost always a stick in his hand.
Elizabeth came to visit- and she brought presents!
We had a great time with Elizabeth! She came to the park with us, and even went monster hunting and played hide and go seek- and played Angry birds with Devon. Spencer has asked if we could invite her over again about 10 times- wish we lived closer!



Any guesses where Spencer will be attending college?


Oh the entertainment we find in Monument Valley!
James is doing much better. His eye infection just would not clear up, and when we went back to the doctor on Monday he had 2 ear infections- no wonder he screamed for hours. Well, they gave us a really strong anti-biotic and his eye was cleared up the next day! Thank goodness for modern medicine!

Random pictures

Devon's mom saved some of his clothes from when he was young. I think it's really fun to dress the boys in them.
This is Devon's old hat and soccer shirt. Jame is not much of a hat wearer (good thing he has more hair than Spencer)


Spencer wanted a big piece of lettuce for dinner. I can't complain about that request!
This is the reason I had time to catch up on our blog today. James and I stayed home from church because James has pink eye. This is actually 24 hours after anti-biotics- you should have see it before. No one else has gotten it yet- so here's hoping all of my washing and spraying does some good!

Hot Air Balloon Show

The Saturday before Martin Luther King Day we went to a hot air balloon show in Bluff with our friends the Whitakers. We weren't really interested in leaving super early, so we kind of got there at the end, but it was still neat to see. This balloon had just landed.


It was crazy how fast the balloon came down.

James enjoyed the dirt. the balloons were neat. The art show was just like the shops across the street from us, which I guess is just a testament to what a cool place we live in. The boys loved it though.

cute boys

So there is no real theme to this post except cute boys
Here is James in his Christmas slippers. It is so nice to have him walking everywhere!
The boys always have great adventures with Daddy on library nights. Spencer must have gotten his huge imagination from Devon.


Danger: according to Spencer


In case you couldn't understand "You pick some knives, you cut your finger and that's danger"

Here is the video of James lifting weights with Grandpa at Christmas

Christmas in Idaho

Here are some pictures of our fabulous Christmas. We went to my parent's house in Idaho. It was just cold enough to remember it was Christmas, but not too cold. It was so fun to be with family!
Here we are on Christmas eve. We did a nativity with puppets. It went much better than last year, but I think Devon was too busy coraling James to take pictures.
Spencer's PJ's and book from grandma. She found the perfect book for Spencer's imagination.
I also let the boys open their DI stuffed animals on Christmas Eve. Spencer took his everywhere all Christmas break. Who knew his favorite present would be from the DI?
James got Cookie Monster and Big Bird. He loves to say "Cookie!"
Here they are in their cute Christmas PJ's, Thanks Gandma!
The room on Christmas morning, before the boys hit it!
Coming down the stairs together
Let's see what I got!
Dash!
James got a train from Santa
And Spencer got a Spiderman costume, complete with extra muscles
The boys got scarves and slippers for cold Idaho, you can't see Spencer's slippers
Grandma and Spencer got nerf guns, another favorite present
I got Devon a Zombie shirt- it was a great ebay find!
Grandma made the boys capes with their initial on the back.
I made breakfast- tree french toast- It turned out pretty good!
We went sledding in the afternoon. It was mostly ice and very fast- just Spencer's style. Here he is enjoying a ride with Natalie
James was not so sure about the whole thing, and I don't think he could sit up in all of those clothes!
Seriously, what is the fun in dressing like a marshmallow, careening down a hill to your near-death and freezing? (James' thoughts)
Grandma has some great toys. Grandpa helped him learn to lift weights with these, but I can't transfer the video. It was so cute though- he was grunting and everything.
We stayed at my sister's house on the way back and went bowling! Spencer could not even stand still to take a picture he loved it so much.

Other great times not pictured
1- my personal favorite, Devon and I got away for a day, went to a movie, shopping, Texas Roadhouse and a bed and Breakfast, and went to a temple that wasn't 2 hours away. It was soooo nice- thanks mom and dad!
2-We also saw Tangled, and even Devon thought it was the best movie he saw over the break (he also saw Tron and Narnia) happy birthday Natalie!
3- we got to talk to my brother who is in Argentina on his mission
4-Lots of other great presents
5- not so great, but we went to the allergist and after about 100 scratches on his back we found out that Spencer is very allergic to Cashews, also dogs and cats and other things like trees and grass. Now we have to carry an epi-pen-that scares me
6- Jump-on-it with Anna and the kids- Spencer loved this!
7- lots of playing with cousins. Spencer is praying we can go back again soon!
Thanks everyone for your presents and hospitality!