Tuesday, April 1, 2008

3 Adorable Boys

I might be biased but I think my boys are cute, no matter what. I like their faces when they are smiling, mad, crying, laughing, etc. So I'm going to brag on them for a few minutes...


Owen is almost 18 months old. He has been "trying out" nursery for the past few weeks and has done pretty well. When we went to the nursery on Sunday the nursery leader asked me how many more weeks until he was official. Then they told me that he would be fine without me so I left him in nursery by himself the whole time! He loves it and thinks he is so big now. He is definitely a smart little man. Last week while we were at Granny's he had something in his hand that wasn't a toy. I said, "Owen, give that to mom." He said, "No...mine." We have conversations like that all the time.
He just started making his lips into a cheerio whenever he is thirsty...that's his sign. I wanted to take a picture of it last night but as soon as he saw the camera, he changed from the "o" face to a big fake smile! Hammin' it up all the time!!!

He also surprised us recently when we asked the big boys to fold their arms for prayer, he did too! Last night for FHE we took the boys to see the Idaho Falls Visitors Center. Owen wasn't very interested in the movie we were watching (Together Forever) so dad entertained him but letting him try on his sunglasses. I can't believe my baby is getting so big!

Gavin is smart, fun, loving, and aggressive all rolled in to one charming boy. He loves to sing, play, wrestle, and go outside. He found some nail polish a few days ago and decided that he wanted both of his thumbnails painted. He thinks it's okay because the nail polish was blue and "blue is for boys." This picture is of him doing his "mean" face. I don't know why he thinks it is so cute but he insists on doing it for most pictures. He wasn't very impressed with the Visitors Center last night and said he wanted to go in the REAL temple now. I'll be glad next year when I can send him to preschool for a few days. He is so smart and thinks he needs to be learning NOW!

Cameron is tender and gentle but can get mean and pouty if he thinks the situation requires. He has learned so much this year in kindergarten. This morning we sat down and he read a Level 2 book to me. He has to work on the hard words but he knows how to sound them out and he's pretty proud of himself when he finishes the book. He takes piano lessons and is doing very well in that too. He gets a little silly when it's time to practice though. He's excited for soccer and summer and so am I. Last night at the Visitors Center he sat and watched the whole movie. At one point they were talking about the warm feeling you can feel. He leaned over to me and said, "That warm feeling they are talking about is the Holy Ghost." Precious. On the way home we stopped and got icecream cones for the boys. Cam volunteered to share his with Owen because he is so sweet. By the way, notice who's fingers are making the bunny ears on Cam's head!


My boys are not always perfect but we sure love them!

Monday, March 31, 2008

Back to School

Yea! Cam finally got to go back to school. He informed me that it wasn't a very fun spring break because of the snow and he just really wanted to go fly his Easter kite! It's so hard to be 6! On the bright side of things...it's soccer season again. Cam's kindergarten team (coached by his dad) might start practice tomorrow. I say "might" because if there is snow on the ground, his coach will have to decide. Here's hopin'...

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Spring Break

Cameron is out of school for the week for Spring Break. Trouble is that it doesn't feel like spring. We have experienced wind, rain, hail, and snow in the last couple of days. But that doesn't stop Cambo or the Gavinator...today they went out to play in the snow. Cam got outside first (of course) and while I was helping Gavin get dressed in his snow clothes Cam wrote the following message in the snow on the deck. He sure is learning a lot in Kindergarten.



Monday, March 24, 2008

Granny's Easter Basket

Before the Easter Egg Hunt...




After the hunt in their new Easter polos. Granny thought they looked like little Easter Eggs for her Easter Basket.

Bunny Ears






My mom bought 2 pairs of bunny ears from Wal-Mart for $1 each. They were pretty much a hit and by the end of the weekend, EVERYONE had tried them on.


Easter Egg Hunt 2008






Granny & Grandpa have had an Easter Egg Hunt for the last few years. The kids look forward to it all year. This year (because of the weather) we thought we would have to have it indoors. But on Saturday the sun came out and, although it was a little windy, we did have it outside! This year each of the kids hunted for an assigned color...Abbie, pink...Avery, purple...Cameron, blue...Gavin, orange...Owen, green. Then in one of their eggs it said their name and "shirt" on a little piece of paper. When they gave that slip to Granny, she gave them a new polo shirt in their color. We missed Callie, Emily, and Jeff and hope they'll be there next year.


Uncle Ryan was teasing Cameron and took his Easter basket away! Cam chased after him while the rest of us sat and laughed.

Guitar Hero Pros

My friend Adrienne and I sat down one evening to play a little Guitar Hero. We played through "My Name is Jonas" and as soon as we finished I told her I hadn't missed any notes...I'd gotten a 100%. She started laughing and said she had done the same! We took a picture of the screen to commemorate the event! Then Cam took the one of us. Quite an accomplishment!!! (I do realize that it is more like a huge waste of time but we were excited, nonetheless.)