Holiday Decorations

I've got a question:  When putting out holiday decorations, do you put away your usual decorations?

See, we have a big picture of Christ on our mantel.  Now I want to decorate that space for Halloween, but I just don't feel right putting spider webs and skulls around a picture of Christ.  So I guess I'll take down the Christ picture for the month of October...???

What do my fellow decorators think?

4th of July 2011

After doing fireworks in Vegas with Josh and Landon, these boys wanted to do some more.  Devin wanted the $50 pack from Costco, but I said that was too much to spend on fireworks.  I came home from Fry's with a $10 pack and the boys were thrilled:)

Easter at the Cabin

For Easter with Devin's family, we went to the cabin.  It was beautiful and so much fun!

Egg hunt

Henry was Harry Potter for the day

 Relaxing with Daddy

 This kid is such a little joker.

 Little Ollie and Daddy

 Daddy took J and Hen to the creek for a while with Uncle Josh.

They didn't catch any fish, but had a fun time!

On our drive home, the boys fell asleep and Devin and I got to enjoy a dinner with the adults while the boys slept in the stroller!

Easter & A Boot

Since Henry would be walking on his cast the doctor suggested that he get a boot, but again with the cost, so we decided we would make one.  

 Henry is such a Daddy's boy.

Not too bad!  Just a little silly looking!

Egg hunt! 

 

 

 After the hunt his boot already needed to be readjusted.

How he fell asleep like this, I have no idea!

Valentine's Day

This weekend Devin and I had a little Valentine date.  We went to the temple and to a cute little Italian deli on Main for lunch.  

The temple was wonderfully uplifting as usual.  The sealer reminded us that we go to the temple so the Lord can "mold us, shape us, and polish us" to be the person he wants us to be.  Then, we go back into the world and they use sandpaper on us to dull and scrape us up.  That's why it's important to return to the temple often so we can be close to the Lord and he can continually shape and polish us.  I thought that was a great visual example to remember.

I'm so thankful he chose me and that there is no "until death do us part" in our marriage.  We will be together for eternity; even death can't break the ties.  That is true happily ever after!

We're featured on Busy Bee here for Valentine's Day!

Temple Lights 2010

Temple Lights!

The boys loved the nativity and baby Jesus.

 This kid cracks me up!

I was so proud when the missionaries asked Jaxon why we have Christmas and he said, "Because we celebrate when Jesus was born."  I was knew he knew the answer, but I was excited when he remembered it too!

This was on Monday, December 27.  I wanted to do more walking.  We probably walked about 10 miles in the few days before Oliver was born.  

Christmas 2010

Jaxon wanted a yo-yo from Santa this year.  He was so excited when he opened it.  The elves were smart because they brought him one that automatically comes back up every time.  That helped to avoid lots of frustration for him.

Since Jaxon has a bike, Henry needed something to help him keep up.  He got a Thomas the Train lights and sounds big wheel bike!

The boys also got Toy Story 2 & 3 and some scripture movies.

Plus, Star Wars Storm Trooper action figures in their stockings!

Cute brothers!

He loves his bike!

After presents at our house, we headed to Devin's grandparents house to see all the extended family.  Great Grandpa Done has some fun toys for Daddy and the boys!

Then, playing in the leaves was another highlight of the day!

We love spending time with family, especially on the holidays!

Christmas 2010 Nana & Papa

On Christmas Eve we went to Elisha's house to celebrate with Devin's family.  We had to cut the fun and games short because Devin was sick.  I was so worried that I would go into labor while Devin was sick.  But later that night I got sick too!  So I was glad Oliver hadn't come yet.

The boys got flashlights to play in their totally awesome tent!  

 Nana made it and these boys will have so much fun playing in it!

I took it easy on the walking this day because I didn't really want Oliver to have a Christmas Eve or Christmas birthday.

Christmas 2010 Granny & Gramps

I have a lot of blogging catching up to do.  It's best when I update daily so I don't get behind.  If too many things happen that I want to record, I feel overwhelmed and don't want to ever do it!  I want to keep the posts in chronological order, so here's the first of quite a few...

My parents had to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas so we celebrated with them on "Christmas Adam," as Devin calls it (Adam came before Eve...get it?)  Anyway, here's Jaxon in the Santa outfit that my great grandpa Ivar used to wear when my mom was little.  Granny & Gramps made the chimney for Jaxon to play in.

 Gramps putting the boys' Harry Potter wands together.  They were covered in tape casts within 2 hours because they broke at every connection joint.  

"Mark, set, go!" 

 Henry loves being silly to get laughs from others.  He's got such a fun personality (when he's not morphed into his terrible two self).

After dinner and presents we tried convincing Oliver that he should come by going on a walk.  As we all know, it didn't work, but the walk did cause a lot of contractions and was fun!  I learned all about my brothers big garden project he's a part of at ASU.  It's pretty amazing and I'm proud of all his hard work!

Nana's Cookies

These are some cookies the boys made with Nana.

Look at these goofballs!  They sure love going to Nana and Papa's house!

And we made it through the weekend without a baby yet...

Trim the Tree

The Sunday after Thanksgiving was the perfect day to put up the tree.  I wish we could have a real tree, but we decided the money to buy a tree could be put to better use this year.  Plus, they are pretty messy.  A Bath and Body Works "Fresh Balsam" Wall Flower will have to do for the pine scent.  (Have you ever smelled it?  It's just like a real tree!  So yummy!)

 This is our 6th Christmas since we've been married and we still haven't purchased a tree topper or a tree skirt.  Last year, we made this topper and I love it more than anything we could buy so we'll use it as long as we can!

 Mommy untangling lights and looking just fabulous!  (sarcasm)

Those boys love having a mini tree to decorate too.

 Daddy felt like dancing to the Christmas music and Henry thought it was great!

 Jaxon preferred to hang out under the tree for a while.

Yea for Christmas!  I can't believe it has been a year since last Christmas!