Utah

It was fun, we do it a lot. We made excellent time both drives. Here are some pictures.

Hogle Zoo with my parents

Lego Tower with Grandpa Urie

Aunt Mindy, Stephanie (12 mo), Hannah (9 mo)
My kids were really noisy and crazy (surprise) and Stephanie needs to spend some more time with us...or else Scott and Mindy need to start leaping off their furniture and making odd noises in her face throughout the day...

James played this for like 2 hours...he even got the jump down.

The reason (or excuse?) for our visit...Aubrey who was 4-5 weeks old. And she weighed about 7 lbs. Hannah is like Ginormica.

Watching Ice Age with Aunt Teresa

My Aunt Rain...the first aunt to see Hannah, sorry ladies! =]

Stephanie's Birthday...she needed some Legos of course.

More Zoo

Spiderman at the Zoo

Christmas Tree...finally!

Promptly after eating our "feast" and pie we put up the Christmas decor. It was so fun and great. I LOVE decorating for Christmas and we are finally glad that Hannah doesn't move...it will make for a much less eventful month. And we can avoid placing our tree in our food storage room like some people. =]

Turkey Day!

Thanksgiving was a blast this year! We had my best friend and her husband (Taylor's friend since age 7) who drove all the way from Utah! They were so fun to have over and the kids were in heaven. 25 minutes after they left Saturday morning James said, "It's boring here." It was so fun seeing what life will be like when our kids finally have cousins to play with (ahem). =] The were off and running all day and we actually had a lot of time to chat and even play games in the middle of the day. It was wonderful!

James (4), Katelyn (3), Matthias (2), Whitney Mae (1), Hannah Mae (0)


We had our annual Pie Before Turkey with great success this year. Many neighbors and church friends came. I failed to take any pictures of the party, but here are the kids right before while Taylor and I were finishing preparations...


This is my pride and joy of the year! Every year I attempt Lemon Meringue and every year I fail. But not this year! Isn't it beautiful? And set up? And perfect? It was mighty good!


Friday Bec and I shopped and went to New Moon. I found the cutest skirt in the world, seriously for $7 at Children's Place. When you see Hannah wearing it you will agree. Eric and Taylor took the kids to the park where they saw 6 other kids and 4 other dads. No moms in sight...

We had so much fun with the Murrays! And laughed and laughed and played.

Hannah Mae and Whitney Mae...9 months apart and SO cute...maybe Hannah will have that much hair someday?

Snuggle Bumper

Another shout out for my new small business...my website is up and running where you can browse my shop or see posts of recent crafty items I have sewn. Visit me at

snugglebumper.com


Also Discount Queens is having a give away for one of my baby bumpers if you want to enter to win one for yourself or a friend! And I will be featured on their blog for the whole month of December. Please spread the word to all your friends.

Thanks so much for your support!

Chatter and Speak

Matthias: A mmm.
James: AN M
Matthias: Yeah, a mmm.
James: It's called an M!!


James: When I grow up the car I'm going to have is a Porsche Boxster.
Me: Um, they cost $47,000. You would have to be really rich.
James: I'll just have to make lots of money. I'll cut it out of paper.




Me: Kate & Chelsea are coming.
Matthias: They are not our friends. Or a mom or dad. They're just people that live in a house. (Pause) And don't go trick or treating.



At home Hannah gets A LOT of positive enforcement for signing. So at G-ma & G-pa Harveys as she sat in her high chair she did 3 random signs (light and couple others) and just smiled at everyone like "aren't I so great." It was hilarious.


James: How come we all have the same face? (meaning him, Matt, & Han)



Taylor has a digital photo frame in his office and we went to visit him last week. At first was a picture of Matthias. A few minutes later it changed to a picture of Hannah...

Matthias: Where I?
James: Is there a little computer plugged into that piece of wood?


James: (while playing on a blanket) Every corner is a country. This one is America, this is Antarctica, this is Texas.


We were just finishing our Thankful list and I only had one small spot left to write in.
Matthias: choo choo trains!
Me: It has to be something short.
Matthias: Hannah!

Excuse to Eat Empty Calories and Give Other People's Children Cavities while Wearing Ridiculous Clothing----aka Halloween

I know you were all wondering if we celebrated Halloween this year...if you know my intense dislike of this holiday you might not have been wondering. However, we did celebrate despite my loathing of giving hoards of candy to small children. And really, this is how my kids look everyday so I don't see what's so special about October 31. Now if there was a holiday where children had to wear normal clothing (and only one set of normal clothing at that) that would be cause for celebration. Plus, as soon as we get Halloween out of the way Christmas festivities can begin. Maybe after another 6 years of marriage we can scoot the start of The Season to just after Labor Day...a woman can hope.


Matthias literally wore his Spiderman costume everytime the missionaries came for dinner (like 3-4 times). Then he peed in it right before the ward Halloween Party and had to be a pirate instead.


This is serious business (High King Peter from Narnia..."he's a knight and a king")


Mmm...this looks good.


Aren't they adorable?


Ohh, but this looks better. Mmmm.

Camp Scouts

While I was at the dentist (ugh) the boys played "camp scouts" with their daddy (my amazing husband). Here is a visual documentary...I have no idea what went on besides what I see in these pictures. From what I know about scout camp this is probably for the best...