say...CHEESE

Isn't it amazing how innocent kids look in pictures :-)

Emily came over for the weekend and we had a blast hanging out with them. The cousins played so well with eachother. All we had to do was feed them every now and then, and they kept themselves entertained. Here they are watching a movie on my bed.

I need summer

So a lot of you have been asking if I've fallen off the face of the earth or something because I haven't been updating my blog. To reasure you all, we are fine and dandy, and mom is just doing her best trying to entertain the boys during the winter months. Lets just say, summer can't come soon enough. So here's a little of what we' ve been up to.

Grandma Sue FINALLY learned how to play bowling on the WII. Its amazing how Carson seems to beat everyone he plays.

Nathan and Jackson have taken up the hobby of trains which is AWESOME! They can play with those things forever.... or until someone throws a train at the other :-)

Jackson has been helping out around the house. He loves putting the clothes in the laundry....and sometimes an occasional toy or ball...but that shouldn't do much harm.

Nathan gets more fun out of pushing a real baby instead of my cabage patch dolls.

Lets get out of the HOUSE

After all the kids getting the croup over Christmas we REALLY needed to venture out of the house. So last Sunday, I told everyone to hop in the car....we're going to see the lights. It ended up being a fun little outing.
Seeing the Conference center up close and personal :-)

Wii

Santa brought us the Wii this year and it has been a hit in our household. Surprisingly enough, Carson has quite a talent in bowling. G&G Cloward couldn't even beat him.

Grandpa Sherm has the perfect stance for a strike!

What in the world....how did that end up in the stockings. I've been hearing a lot of funny noises lately :-)

We got to celebrate Christmas eve with the Schauerhamer side and the kids were ever so helpful on unwrapping the gifts. I don't think G&G tore any wrapping paper that night.

Good Aim

This is Jackson's favoite drawer to play in. It's great because it's in the kitchen and it keeps him pretty well entertained while I cook dinner. I'm thinking his brothers have a big part in teaching him how to use a dart gun :-)

All better now

Tree update - I figured I had so much fun decorating the first tree, that why not do it again :-) I took my poor dead tree back to the lot. I walked right up to the sales man and told him my tree died and I want another one. He shockingly looked at me and said "wow, in all my years I've never had a customer bring back a dead tree. These trees should hold up through the holidays" Hmmmm, ya, thats what I thought...but it didn't.....so I want another one. So he told me to go ahead a choose another one. And I left the lot happy and satisfied with a healthier tree, that was bigger and taller :-) I love the holidays!

Poor Tree

I have been so excited about our tree this year. Its real and I love it. I think its beautiful...not to brag, and it smells great, and I love how the ornaments hang from the branches, and it glows so well at night, and then tragedy struck. Yesterday afternoon I noticed a brownish tint on one of the branches...and the closer I looked, there was a brownish tint everywhere. Ahhhhhhhhh. How could this be. Its only the beginning of December. How is it going to make it until the 25th. It isn't. Man, I can't believe this is happening. This is suppose to be my beautiful perfect tree. So I'm going back to the tree lot tomorrow and giving them a piece of my mind...in the nicest way possible. I want my money back....so I can go buy a fake tree like all the other smart people out there!
Jackson really likes spaghetti....can you tell :-)