Family photos

Once a year for the past several years we've gone to take family pictures. We go to the same place every time since I always have a coupon and I think they turn out cute. I like pictures that are simple and we always get a shot where we see the picture and say "That is totally their personality." So Saturday was our day to go again since Logan just turned one and we were in need of a new family photo. I loved how they turned out this time. The boys had fun even though they could not follow directions for anything. But when we saw their pictures it was more them with Logan trying to get away, Colin looking like he's posing for a GQ cover and Trevor playing the protective brother, trying to keep Logan from running away. After we took pictures we went and got lunch (the one time a year I get Hot Dog on a Stick) and then let the boys play in the play area at the mall. It turned out to be a fun day and I love the way the mantel in the family room looks now with our new pictures. It's also nice when the boys are making me crazy I can look up and see those sweet faces and remember why I love them so much.

The little things

I've been noticing lately some little things that make me very happy.....

• The last few nights Colin has eaten all of his dinner and said, "This is good, Mom."
• Trevor has come home from school with a stamp on his hand every day for the past three months (that means he had a good day!)
• Logan's sloppy kisses
• I mopped my kitchen floor last night and no one spilled juice or milk on it during breakfast
• When it's been time to clean up toys Trevor gets right to it and Colin no longer uses his usual excuse - "I can't cween up I siiiiick!"
• I slept in until 7:30 the other day....I did not even hear the kids wake up
• Listening to Logan talk in his baby babble
• Yesterday Trevor and Colin played so good together - I don't think there was a fight all day
• When I was at Target the other day the quilts I've been wanting for the boys' new room were 50 % OFF!!
• The last few days I've walked Trevor to school I've had to take my sweater off because it was so warm

Logan's 1st Birthday

We had a party today for Logan's 1st Birthday. I think the best part of any 1st birthday party is watching the birthday boy or girl eat their cake. I have done cupcakes for both Trevor and Colin so I continued with the tradition. Logan LOVED it! He dug right in and at one point he was licking his tray trying to get more cake. We wish the Eyre family could have been here for the fun. When we figure it out, we'll put a video on the blog so you can all watch the action.

Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam

Colin started Sunbeams on Sunday. The last few weeks his nursery class has been coming in to Primary for singing time to get them used to being with the bigger kids. They were quite the energetic group! We had only 5 kids on Sunday in his class and 4 of them could not stay in their seats for anything. Finally one of their teachers went to the nursery, grabbed some goldfish crackers and got them to sit and eat. Colin was a handful but he is also a pretty good listener so by the end he was sitting pretty well. After church, when we got home Colin was walking in the door singing the Sunbeam song and then when I asked how he liked his new class he said, "I had a good Sunbeam class." I did feel a little badly for Trevor, though. His teachers let us know through e-mail on SATURDAY they had moved out of the ward early. So who knows when we'll get teacher for him....we got five new teachers just to start the year and now we need one more....oh the joys of being the Primary President! All in all it was a fun Sunday that kept me busy. We are learning a new song though and I love it! The kids were learning it so well and it sounded great. It's called "The Family is of God" (go here to listen to it). I can't wait until they have the whole thing learned. There are such great songs this year I think the program in September will be a big success just from the music.

It's finished!

We finished the new office! My dad and Dave worked on it the last couple days and it's finally all done. It's such a great room and the boys took no time to break it in. Colin walked past it yesterday and said, "Oh, I like those colors." Once the desk was set up he went in, found his paper and started to draw. Trevor couldn't wait for the computer to be set up. He'd been waiting to play a game all day long. Now it's on to the upstairs. We'll see how long it takes us to start that one. I can't tell if Dave is tired of working on the room or motivated to do more!

The boys enjoying the new room. We put crayons, paper, glue, scissors and pencils in the desk where Colin is drawing. It will be his new "drawing table" and the place where Trevor does homework. Trevor loves playing games with his dad!

The boys on Christmas morning opening gifts. They loved their gifts and had a great day playing with their new toys...the star wars figures were a big hit as well as their new pirate ship!Dave bought a big fluffy blanket for the family for Christmas. I think it's Colin's favorite new thing. He's always complaining he's cold but I think he'll be toasty warm from now on.

New Pictures

Just like everyone else we got snow on Wednesday. It snowed at the house but didn't really stick. We were a little sad on Thursday when we woke up and there was no snow. But as you can see we did get our chance to play in it.

This is Trevor on our "snow day". My mom called early that morning to let me know the park next to her school had snow (even though we had none at our house and her school is two minutes away). I called my friend Jean and we took our kids over to play at 8:30 in the morning before it all melted. They played for about a half hour and then got cold and wanted to go home. It was the first time Trevor and Colin have seen snow!

Colin playing in the snow. Before I could get his "globes" on he ran out and started picking up the snow. He came crying to me, "Mom! My hands are so cold." I got his gloves on and it was all good. He loved it and had a great time making his little snowman.I took Logan to get his first haircut on Wednesday. As you can see from this picture it was getting pretty long. It would fall in his eyes and the back was getting so long he always looked like a "ragga-muffin" (something my dad used to say to us when we were kids).

This is Logan after his haircut. He's all clean and in his pjs. Doesn't he look like such a little gentleman with his hair all nice and trimmed?

The new office is coming along. We've finished all of the painting (I LOVE the colors Dave picked) and tomorrow we're going to install the wood floors to match the flooring we have in the rest of the downstairs. I can't wait to get all of the furniture down there!

Santa

Our ward Christmas party was on Friday and afterwards we had a visit from Santa. I love the look on Colin's face in this picture. Colin told Santa he wanted a snowman for Christmas, Trevor said he wanted Hot Wheels and of course Logan started to cry as soon as Dave sat him on Santa's lap. But I'm glad my friend was there with her camera phone to capture the moment.