Christmas 2011 picts.

Well, I guess it's about time I added a few Christmas pictures!!

 This is on the way to Brayden's Christmas party at school.  The babies are so cute!!

At the school party making a gingerbread house.

Christmas morning. . . Andrew liked sitting on his Dad for a lot of the morning. 

Addison was in heaven with all the presents.  She would tear one open and move onto the next almost without looking at what she just opened!  All the kids are sitting on their new bean bags I made them. 

 Evan did a good job being patient and waiting for his presents.  He's getting so big!

Brayden was just super happy all morning long!!

You can see he was having fun!  He got that cowboy hat which is still a favorite among all the kids, especially Andrew.

Here is cute Andrew by himself.

Brayden with a new game.

Andrew again. 

Andrew's first discovery of the cowboy hat. 

 This is our family picture in our matching pj's.  They turned out well this year.

Josh's dad came out for about a week and spent Christmas with us.  It was great having him here!!  That's his new sweater.

 Addison in her cute Christmas dress riding the pony.  They really look cute riding the pony in cowboy hats and saying yeeeee haaaa!!  Unfortunately, they haven't been to good about letting me get it on camera.

This is the quilt I made for my mother.  It has all her Grandkids on it.  It was the family gift to her this year.  She really liked it which means it turned out just fine.

 This is just after they opened their pj's on Christmas eve.  Addison is saying TaDa!  She loves having pajama's like everyone else's.  It was really a cute reaction.  She kept saying "Evan pj's, Brayden pj's Andrew pj's" and then pointing at hers with a big smile.  She thinks it is great!

Christmas morning all ready!

Evan likes to be silly.  He wanted to hang his stocking from his ear.  I don't know why, but he is a cutie and likes to make people smile, so I took a picture.

Well, that's all I have for now.  Hopefully now I can capture a few other cute pictures soon and post them!!

Merry Christmas!!  (a month or so ago!!) 

November 2011

Well, I guess it's time we left October and pumpkins and finally let you in on the twins 2nd birthday!!!  I know, can you believe it!!  They are TWO!!!  Addison had gotten the hang of the Happy Birthday song when it was Braydens's birthday, oh ya, and then my birthday.  So, when she realized it was HER "happy day" she was just so excited!!!

Andrew on the other hand (as you can see from the picture) was in a bit of a grouchy mood.  It got a little better throughout the day, but he just took it all in stride.

 

He did love playing with all the presents that Addison unwrapped for him, though.  I think he opened one and just didn't care that Addison opened the rest.  She would open a present and then put it down and go find another one to open.  I can imagine what Christmas will be like for her!!

See, he was happy later on.  He loves Evan's scooter.  Doesn't he look handsome in his new church clothes!  I tried to get Addison in her clothes, but she wouldn't hold still, so all the pictures were fuzzy.  I'll get it when she wears that dress again.

Again, another Andrew shot.  He holds still.  These are the clothes he got from Grandma and Grandpa Dance.  He look super cute!

He even took the time to "hang" around Dad!

This is their cake I made for them.

They loved it and Addison, was super excited.  

Here is the singing video.  Notice how brave Andrew is after he burns himself!!!  He didn't go in to help blow out the candles after that, but he didn't cry either. 

See, she was a cutie on her birthday too!!  It's funny so many of these pictures were of Andrew, but most the video I took was of Addison!  She was just so happy on her "happy day".

Andrew did enjoy his cake.  They both love chocolate.  Yes, they have known the word chocolate for some time now.

We got brave and made the jump to toddler beds.

They look cute in them, but after the last week or so. . . 

I wish I could go back.  

They like their beds better than the playpens, and are happier, but they have TOO MUCH FREEDOM!!  Oh well, it is a good thing they are so cute.

Halloween 2011

So, here is our Halloween post!!  About a week before Halloween we "carved" pumpkins.  Actually, the kids painted and drew and stickered their pumpkins.  Josh and myself had every intention of actually carving out pumpkins, but it got too late and then we just never did it!!  Maybe next year we'll just do a couple and let them help in the carving aspect.  Who knows, we'll see.

 Addison was super into drawing on her pumpkin.  She LOVES to draw.  She wanted to use paint, but I didn't see the need for that kind of mess.

 Brayden painted on his.

 Andrew drew on his and then found out the stickers were SO cool!

 Evan had a cool face drawn on his.  He has requested I get a better picture before throwing the pumpkins away.  I really meant too!!!  At least I still can.

The next thing we did was our ward's trunk or treat.  It was on Friday night before Halloween, and the kids were super excited and cute.  They had loads of fun and were able to come away with some great buckets of candy!  

 Aren't my Mario and Luigi SO CUTE!!

The Sunday before Halloween was Stake Conference.  We had signed up to feed the missionaries.  This is what we made them.   

 If you can follow it, here is the list of what we had:  Dragon Dung on the far left, then a vegetable pumpkin, a brain, eyeballs, ghosts, and bones.  Evan made the bones and really did an AMAZING job making the breadsticks look like bones.  Overall it was really fun.  The kids thought it was just SUPER!!

 For desert we had made these chocolate covered apples.  Oh SO GOOD!!

Then the big event arrived.  Halloween day was BUSY!!!!  I took Addison and Andrew to the Y for their Halloween party, then we got home, pretended to nap (no, THEY DIDN'T!) then off to the school for the Halloween parade and classroom parties.  The kids were cute and had great fun.  Then we came home, made dinner and finished laundry (Monday is laundry day! even on Halloween) and got ready for trick or treating.  It was probably the third time I had put their costumes on them in the day, ok, maybe only the second time for the older boys.  We headed out about 5:45pm.

 Because of the NO NAPS this was a super hard picture to get.  Andrew was pretty cranky, though he LOVED trick or treating and did a WONDERFUL job!

 Here is my cute little Elmo number one.

 My Mario Brothers (or Mario Bros. as they liked to call themselves).

And of course, my little Elmo number two.  Everyone just thought the twins were SO darling and just SO cute, like having two Elmo's was just a genius of an idea!  It was since I already had the one costume from the other boys!!  Andrew loved it and when he wasn't wearing it, he was caring it around like a stuffed animal.  So funny.

Well, that's Halloween for us for 2011.  Hope it was wonderful for you!!

Happy Halloween!!

He said he wanted to do it. . .

Josh was sweeping the kitchen.  Andrew walked in and said "me do it, me do it!"  So, Josh let him.  Serious cuteness then followed.  So glad he got it on camera!!!

Video of our Birthday Ice Cream at Friendly's

Here is just a little video of our time at Friendly's.  We went there for Brayden's birthday following soccer.  It was fairly late for our kids to be up, but it was fun!  

Don't forget to check the next post down for the other pictures of his Birthday!!!

Brayden's 5th Birthday!

So, Brayden turned 5 on October 20th.  Can't believe how time has flown!!  He was pretty excited and had a great couple of days.  We first started the day by waking up at 5:45 am.  I did mention he was excited. We had plenty of time to then open presents!  

 Glow sticks from Evan.

Pirate ship from Mom and Dad

A nice note from Evan.  It's pretty funny if you can actually read it.  He also got a puzzle and a shirt from his Grandpa Cobb.  When he got home from school he got a package in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa Dance.  They sent him a remote control car and some birthday clothes.  He had been wanting a remote control car for "like a kazillion-billion years!"  or so he said!  He loved all his presents!

For school I had made him some Angry Bird cake pops.  They turned out GREAT if I do say so myself!!  He loved them and so did all the kids.

   

They were fairly easy to make and turned out great!

Everyone wanted one so bad that we had some after our waffle breakfast.

Or as you can see. . . in Andrew's case it was instead of his waffle breakfast!

Addison loves pictures!

After school we went to soccer and then took them out to have ice cream for Brayden's birthday.  It was a later night for the kids, but it was fun.  I was gone on Friday afternoon and Saturday, so we waited until Sunday to have friends over for cake and ice cream.  He had enjoyed his Angry Bird pops so much that instead of a carousel cake (which I can make for the babies birthday because they don't care), I made him another Angry Birds themed item.

If you know Angry Birds, then hopefully you are saying to yourself, "wow, that looks just like the game!"  We just built a scene (which we made up) that looks like it came right out of Angry Birds the game!

It turned out well also.  Brayden was happy and that was what mattered!

I did make a few more "pops" and took them off the sticks to use in the scene.  It made all the difference!

Happy Birthday Brayden!!  We can't believe you are 5, but WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!  Happy Birthday!