Blue Cougs n Ham: December 2008

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Christmas Cheer

A few things that have made me smile in the past couple of weeks:

PJs, hot cocoa, and a snow day!

Shepards (the one in the middle in particular)

Piano recitals - Mason (middle with blue and white stripes) had his first piano recital last week and it was so much fun to watch him.

Preschool programs. They always make me happy. Drew did all the actions to the songs (no singing, but all the actions). How cute is he!

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Out of Gas

The other night around 10pm Mark and I were downstairs and heard one of the boys get up and go to the bathroom. We didn't think a lot of it. When we came upstairs a while later this is what we found.

Monday, December 8, 2008

The day after Thanksgiving we lug all the boxes and the tree from the basement and get decorating. Well, actually this is the first year we've lugged the tree from the basement, we went artificial which has been a little sad, but at least now I don't have swollen hands and itch like crazy. Anyways, we had a great time decorating and getting things ready for Christmas (with Mannhiem Steamroller playing in the background as usual). Once the decorating is finished we always take a few pics.

All I want for Christmas...

Are a whole bunch of front teeth!

Way over due

Since I haven't been able to get pics on and now I can I am putting on a few from the Halloween week. I know over a month late, but I know that Grandmas and Grandpas wanted to see some of the boys in Halloween costumes.

These pics are from Drew's Pumpkin Patch field trip on Oct. 29th.
Who needs expensive playground equipment when hay bales are so much more fun.

This picture is for Mark - it's gotta be a John Deere.

Feeding the goats. Drew loved feeding the goats. I was surprised at how he just kept feeding them despite the fact that they lick your hand to get the food. There were lots of kids who tried it once or wouldn't try it all, but Drew thought it was great.

Picking the perfect pumpkin.

Trick-or-Treat!

Obi-wan Kanobi (is that how to spell that?)

Spider Man

Anikin Skywalker

Stories to Share

I wanted a little space to share funny everyday happenings. So this is it ---

Dec. 3, '11 -- John Deere Water Chile had invited the John Deere Financial Chile employees and families to join them for their Holiday celebration. We traveled to the event which was about a 45 minute drive to a place we had never been to before. We took several detours prior to arriving and it was this day that Easton began to say "RECALCULATING". Sounds funny come from him instead of from Hailey, which is the name of the female voice on the GPS.

Nov. 14, '11 -- After arriving in Santiago and a long flight on Sunday, we were trying to get settled in our new home. We went to the grocery store to get the necessities and upon our return Easton declared the following. "I am not getting out of the car. this is not my house."

Sep. 21, '08 -- Then tonight we sat down and Mason announced that Mark needed to be president so that he could get all the candy he wanted for free. Priorities, priorities, priorities.

Aug. 12, '08 -- Yesterday I was doing laundry, seperating the clothes, and as I was checking pockets I pulled out a little stone from Drew's pants. This is one of my favorite things to pull out of my kids pants. I am always amazed and awed by my children. They find happiness in the things that I pass by everyday and fail to notice. The little things in life count and as I pull those rocks out of my kids pockets I am reminded just how much joy there is to find in this life. Thank you to my children and the inspiration they give me!

Jun. 19, '08 -- So I was upstairs and I heard Dallin and Drew go out into the garage. I went out there and they were playing in the car. I told them to get out and come inside. I then proceeded to tell them that the car was not a toy and to not go out there and play. Dallin looks at me and says, " Mom, it's a "TOY"ota Sienna, with a huge emphasis on the toy part. Really, a six year old should not be able to come up with that kind of comeback. I just laughed....

You had to have seen the Disney movie Cars to really appreciate this. So I'm running into the grocery store with the kids and as I am about to go inside Dallin and Drew stop and start pointing to something, while jumping up and down, laughing, and screaming "Fred! Mom it's Fred! Fred!" A couple of seconds later this large Ford Bronco that obviously weathered MANY Iowa winters and salt on the roads drives by. It is rusted all over, the place above the wheels no longer exists due to all the rust eating it away. The men in the Bronco had their windows down and just waved at the boys. I'm not sure they had any idea why my kids were so excited to see their car. I just laughed out loud! (Fred happens to be an extremely rusty car that is one of the main character's fans)