Snow Fun!

November 21st brought a little bit of snow.  November 22nd brought more.  The 23rd brought below freezing temperatures (12 degrees during the night) and the 24th and 25th...more cold.  So, the snow is still on the ground.  We have had lots of fun enjoying it!  Listening to Christmas music, putting up the tree, drinking hot cocoa and yes...snow activities, as well.  We LOVE SNOW!

Snow ball fights...in the hail.  Just as I went for the camera, it started to hail!

 Burrr....it's freezing!  Actually, below freezing.

 Trevor's job was to haul the sled up the hill each time someone went down.  He did such a good job!  What a good big brother!

 "Feel the rhythm.  Feel the rhyme.  Get on up.  It's bobsled time!  Cool Runnings!"

 

 More snowballs.  And yes, it hit it's intended target...the camera lady.

 BriAnn's favorite...eating snow.  It tastes so yummy!

We have instructed her about yellow and brown snow. 

 Snow Angels!

Baby Taylor

We are having another little boy some time in January.  When asking the kids what they would like to name him, they wanted Taylor.  We have tried several times to give other options and dissuade them from Taylor but every time they come back that the baby's name is Taylor!  So, we are thinking about Taylor John.  He is growing, healthy and strong for which we are grateful.

Trevor is a greeter at school now.  When asked how you become a greeter he said, "You volunteer and then the nicest people are chosen to help the new students who move in."  There are two greeters per class, one female and one male, so he feels quite unique to be able to be the one from his class.  He really is a good boy and very helpful to those around him.

Tyson is getting ready to loose his first teeth soon.  He has two that are "wobbly" and likes to make them wiggle.  At the same time that some are getting ready to leave, others are growing in.  He has had some discomfort with his molars growing in so hopefully they won't take long to get here.

BriAnn is her usual bubbly self and doesn't hesitate to make her voice heard when everyone is giving input.  She is enjoying the time when the boys are at school and she gets to choose what to play with when and not worry about competition.  She also likes doing crafts with mommy.  She and Tyson both like to give baby Taylor hugs and kisses which consist of putting their arms around my tummy and kissing it.  Trevor just likes to watch my tummy move when the baby is kicking.

Jason is on the High Council in our Stake now.  He is over one of the wards, the facilities and service projects in our Stake at Ensign Ranch.  His first facility encounter was a clogged toilet in the women's bathroom at the Stake Center.  All it needed was a good plunge and the problem was resolved so the joke is "don't the women know how to use a plunger?". 

The one and only bazaar I will be doing this year is over.  My mom came and helped at my booth.  We were able to sell a little more than previous years but I still have a ways to go to recover my costs.  Even if I don't recover my costs, I have had gifts for baby showers at a decent price so I am happy with the results thus far.  I will post the rest of the product on my Etsy site and hope more sells there.  I've done ok on my Etsy site so am hopeful that more will sell.

"I'm Officially Six!"

Tyson woke up on the day of his birthday and said, "Mommy, today I'm officially six!"  We had celebrated his birthday the night before.  The morning of his birthday he wanted to know if he had more presents to open.  He was a bit disappointed when he didn't have any more to open as he had opened them all the night before, but was a good sport about no more.  He had a cousin's birthday party with his Bolles family cousins.  Grandparents were there, as well.  His cake topper was a lego set he chose.  It was his idea, based on a cake he had seen at one of his friends' birthday parties.

Happy Halloween

The boys were Lego Space Policemen and BriAnn was a frog princess.  She loved her tutu and wand and would go around turning "mommy into a pumpkin" and then back again.  She notices my ever growing tummy hence inspiring the pumpkin notion.  The boys had jet packs on their backs that consisted of pop bottles spray painted black and taped together with electrical tape.  Duct tape was used to make shoulder straps.  They were thrilled.  What a little tape and paint can't do to appease a child!  I wore a scare crow hat and gloves but didn't get pics.  I was going to pin a pumpkin to my tummy but didn't get around to cutting one out before trunk-or-treat so was just the scare crow instead of scare crow in a pumpkin patch. 

At the Zoo

I love going to the Zoo when school is in session and the weather is less than perfect.  There are less people to share the animals with and less children for my kids to get lost with.  We have had a lot of Fridays with no school recently so we went to the Zoo.  BriAnn loves the animals!  She has quite a collection of little animals and they go with us every where we go.  Notice her backpack in the picture?  It has animals in it.  Here we are eating our lunches at the Wild Wonders theater.  Happy family!