Halloween2011

I just realized I hadn't put halloween picture up so here they are!
We went to a pumpkin patch farm thing.  Luke is hitching a ride with the pumpkins!

 Luke going down the big slide - Luke mostly just like climbing up the the hay and Peyton loved going down the slide with his cousins.  We went with my sister and her kids.

 Luke throwing hay.  He throws everything!

 My cutest little boys!

 Our family picture.  Don't love it but in many years I will be glad we took it!

 Peyton "driving" a tractor

 My sister's boys acting like monsters!

 I love this picture of my sister's daughter!

 My most favorite boys in the world!

 My sister and her kids!

 Us with our car at our church's trunk or treat.  I think our car was the coolest!

 Luke as a zebra - he was the cutest ever!  Even trick or treating people wouldn't pass us on the sidewalk because he was so cute to watch!

 Peyton the dinosaur or dragon depending on the moment!  He had so much fun.  Holidays and sooooo much more fun with kids especially now that Peyton is getting older and understanding them and gets excited about them!  I can hardly wait for Christmas!

 Peyton with all his candy!  It was suprising how quickly we ate it all!

 Boys in the wagon trick or treating so they won't tire out too quick.

 Luke crashed on the floor after trick or treating.

Not halloween but something very excited!  Stephen got to go to a math conference in Portland, Oregon for work and I got to tag along.  Janae watched the kids for the two nights we were gone.  It was fabulous!  This is the view from our hotel room.

Temple, boys, boys, boys

Peyton drinking hot chocolate at a football game.

I watch Lael (my sister's daughter) about once a week and Peyton and her are about 5 months apart - they have gotten pretty close!

 Flowers at the temple - they make me happy!

 We took the kids to the temple that Stephen and I were sealed in - Columbia River Temple in Tricities.  We took some really nice pictures!

Luke wearing boots - he loves putting shoes on.  He make makes me laugh a lot!

 Since living closer to my dad who has a motorcycle, we've been able to borrow his bike some and Stephen got his motorcycle license.  It's been a lot of fun pretending like we have a bike when we get to borrow it!

 Our boys with their plaid shoes.

Stephen giving rides on the 4 wheeler at my sisters house!

 Both boys LOVE jumping on the trampoline at my sister's house.

 Stephen doing a backflip.  He worked with the cheerleaders at his high school teaching them how to do backflips and back handsprings.  Unfortunantly, he hurt his back and now are trying to find a chiropractor that we like!

We had to get a new license plate for the car Stephen drives and the old one was on there pretty good!  This is the old one and bolts and screws after we finally got it off!  Still pretty annoyed that we had to pay and get new ones when there wasn't anything wrong with the old ones!

Birthday, Seattle, Snow, and more

Stephen had a birthday on November 10th - he lighted and carried his cake and sang to himself.  At least he didn't make his own cake!  We made a monster boy cake - that's what Peyton wanted us to make =)

Luke with frosting all over his mouth!

 Peyton making a sad face.

 Luke and Peyton on the couch after a bath.

 We got our first snowfall - not much but enough to go outside and play.  Peyton loved it!  Especially throwing snowballs and eating the snow whether it was clean or not.

 My sweet little Luke

 We went to Seattle to watch Stephen's little brother's soccer game.  Peyton chased a squirrel and got pretty close.

 Seattle!  Love this city!

 Luke laying in bed with Peyton - Luke would love to be in a toddler bed but I'm not ready to put him in one yet.  He loves getting on Peyton's bed and gets so happy when he's on it!

 Stephen and I had been looking for a computer desk for a while now and hadn't been able to find one we liked and could afford so we decided to make one.  It turned out almost how I envisioned it but not everything worked out as planned but we are very happy with the results!  It took a lot of time to complete but we enjoyed getting to work together a lot and using new tools that we borrowed.

 While we were in Seattle we went to the zoo.  These monkey's were "posing" for the cameras - funny!

 Peyton gets really excited about being able to touch the starfish but then he won't actually do it. 

 This is the underside of our desk.  This part is what didn't quite work out right but the legs still come off easily so we will be able to move it.

 My sick boys.  Luke fell asleep on the floor and Peyton was watching Cars 2.  Luke has been sick quite a bit with mostly a cold and just been whiney and this day Peyton wasn't feeling good either. 

Peyton is in love with Cars 2 and watches it every day.  When I first saw it, I didn't really like it much but after seeing it a dozen times, it's grown on me =) 

The boys are doing great!  Luke doesn't say many words but usually we can figure out what he wants.  Just in time for Halloween, he had 2 vampire teeth with no front teeth - I wished I had gotten a picture of it!  Now he's got the front teeth poking through so he's got 6 teeth now.  Peyton is still saying funny or suprising things that I don't know where he gets it.  Like today he told me bones have bone marrow inside of them - where did he learn that!?!!  We really enjoy his age and how much he learns and talks and even the why questions.  Luke wants to do everything Peyton is doing and Peyton is getting better at playing with him and actually is starting to want to play with him!

Work is going fine for Stephen, pretty much the same stuff there.  Pretty much the same with me too.  I got a calling in church teaching Relief Society - I don't really enjoy the teaching part so much but I enjoy preparing to teach because I learn so much from it.  We are still adjusting some to living here but overall enjoy it! 

Last 6 months UPDATE

So I haven't been able to get Blogger to work for many many months and finally have!  So a quick update - pretty much, the boys have gotten bigger (and each had a birthday), Stephen graduated from BYU with his Masters in Educational Leadership and accepted a job in Toppenish, WA so we moved to Moxee, WA.  And that's about it!  ha ha! 

We've just been in Washington for about a month and a half and we LOVE our new place.  It's a duplex that is just a couple years old and has a garage - I love parking my car in it and having it nice and cool and it stays clean!  We live across from a elementary school and park so it's fun for the boys.  We go on lots of bike rides and walks too in our tiny little town.  It's been quite an adjustment for me but the boys have adjusted very well.  It was hard to leave my great friends in Utah and all the conviences of where we lived but we are making friends here and there actually are more young families with stay-at-home moms here in our church ward than were we just left in Utah!

Stephen's job is going well - he is teaching the lower level math classes at Toppenish High School and it's challenging but I think he enjoys a challenge for the most part.  I'm really enoying being close to my sister and Peyton and Luke being able to play with his cousins.  We also are really enjoying being close to my dad and Debbie.  We haven't seen Stephen's parents yet but in the next few weeks we will! 

Peyton turned 3 in April and Luke 1 in August.  Peyton is now potty-trained and it's wonderful but sometimes would be easier if he were still in diapers (like when we are places where bathrooms aren't around or close).  He talks lots and lots and is starting to have quite the imagination.  He loves riding his bike, playing with cars, helping me in the kitchen, coloring or playing with playdough and playing hide-n-seek.  He's been starting to say his own prayers and add his own words/phrases and thats really cute and makes me tear up when he does!   Luke and Peyton don't always get along well; I feel like a referee most days all day!  Luke doesn't understand sharing and Peyton doesn't want to share - Luke loves his big brother and wants to be doing whatever Peyton is.  So it's a challenge but they are also starting to be able to play more together too and it's cute and fun.  They especially are liking playing chase and wrestling (Peyton can sometimes be too rough though). 

Luke is walking and running now - and tries to jump and it's so cute!  He knows the meaning of lots of words and phrases but really only says kitty and doggy.  He shakes his head yes and no - it's so nice having him be able to communicate some!  He really LOVES animals and cars.  He seems more advanced than Peyton was at that age and it's probably because he has a big brother to learn from and time goes by faster so it seems he's growing up faster than Peyton did!!  Luke is pretty cuddly and it's fun because Peyton isn't so much but sometimes it can be annoying because he is clingy. 

We are doing really well and miss our family and friends in Utah but look forward to visits down there and new adventures, friends and memories with family up here in Washington!

Mostly Spring and beginning of summer 2011

The boys ready for a bike ride.

 In front of the Provo temple

 Luke and I watching Stephen and Peyton making a campfire to roast smores.

 Luke and Peyton in tire swing.

 Peyton and Luke in the tub.  We have these tablets that color the bath water.

Flowers we picked while trying to find a place to camp - they made me so happy and Peyton loved helping me!

 All four of us kids were together (beginning of summer I think) and it was a lot of fun!  Kelly is starting to teach Sophie to play the violin and she was showing us here - so cute!

 Trying to get a family picture on the motorcycle - wasn't going too well.

 Peyton loves laying on towels when playing in the water.

 New tricks Peyton has learned.

 For our 5 year anniversary, we decided to go Skydiving!  It was the most awesome and indescribable (sp?) experience and I am so happy we got to share it together.  I want to get my license now but with little kids it wouldn't be practical and it's expensive but we'd both love to go again!

 Luke LOVES animals!  This is him with Stephen's parents dog - he's so good to let the kids "play" with him.  Pretty much the only two words he knows how to say are kitty and doggy.

 Peyton playing with bubbles

 Sophie and Peyton on the tire swing.

 Peyton eating smores - he really just likes to roast the marshmellows (play with fire)

 Peyton turned 3 in April!  We made him a spiderman cake.  He got some great toys including a Harley motorcycle toy and dart guns!

 At my moms, their tub has jets and so we like to put bubbles in and turn on the jets and make tons and tons of bubbles - we almost lost Peyton in them!!!

Peyton learning to be a good big brother by giving Luke a ride.