Merry Christmas

Here are some pictures of our Christmas morning. This is Kendal boxing on theWii. This video is just for you, Aunt Merodene. You know Jake is going to want one of these!

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

All Fun and Games...

As you can tell, it doesn't take much to entertain our kids. They loved that box that Becky gave them. Now it is bubble wrap that came in a package. They had a good time popping it!

It's all fun and games until.....

Someboy gets hurt! And it is usually Kendal!!

Mess

Can any of you relate to this picture?
We started to paint our kitchen today. We have it all primed and ready to put the real paint on. I asked Merodene if she would come help us paint and she just gave me a sick tired laugh. I take it that was a "NO!"

Entertainment

Thanks for the hours of entertainment, Becky! Thanks for the box!

Happy Halloween!

Bryce decided to be Darth Vadar this year and Kendal wanted to be a chicken. Darth Vadar scared me as a little girl and he still haunts my nightmares - so, of course, my son would have to idolize him. He even writes some interesting stories about Darth Vadar in school.
They are still riding the sugar high from all the Halloween candy.

Kendal is 3!!!

Kendal had her birthday. We can't believe she is 3 years old. We don't know what we ever did before she was born. She is funny and happy and most of all -- moody! She didn't want to go to bed tonight so she shoved a small screw up her nose. That was the first time and hopefully the last time that I have to dig any foreign objects out. We love her no matter what her mood is and no matter what she does.

Something Different

Do you notice anything different/new about Kendal?

Tiger Cub

Bryce is a Tiger Cub Scout! We went to our very first pack meeting a couple of weeks ago. The Den Leader is wonderful. Bryce had a ball and can't wait until he gets to go again.

That is about all that I can say about that - if you know what I mean!

Dance Fever

I am trying to learn how to do a video in my blog. I hope it works for all of you. Just click on the play button.

All I can say is, "She didn't get this from her parents!"

Whose Kids are These?

Bryce lost another tooth on Saturday. He was pretty ticked Sunday morning when he realized the Tooth Fairy didn't show up! OOPS!! We told him that she must be really busy and running late. That satisfied him. I don't know what we would have told him if she didn't show up on Sunday night. Good thing she finally showed up! I wonder where Bryce gets this from? His uncle Jay R. would be proud.

Kendal loves to wear hats. She will use anything as a hat. Yes, this really is a bag on her head. We all know that she gets the hat loving thing from her Dad.

Did you all hear the shouts for joy tonight from our house? Kendal pooped in the potty for the first time!!!!!!

Last Camping Trip of the Year?

I think that we just went on our last camping trip of the year. Whenever I say that to Brian, he just says, "We'll see." He and I have both worked a lot the last little while, so we were glad to get out and go camping. This time we just went for Friday night up Monte Cristo canyon with some friends that he works with.

It seems like everyone we camp with has a dog. We decided that to be a "real camper" you need to have a dog. I guess we will never be real campers. Bryce and Kendal, just love all their dogs.

One of our friends brought his 4-wheelers. They had fun going for a little ride. Bryce prefers to ride Uncle Bill's 4-wheelers. (I wonder why?)

Once again, we had another fun time camping!!! We are going to miss camping all winter.

Southern Utah Trip

We spent Labor Day weekend in Southern Utah. This is where we camped, Dead Horse State Park.

These pictures gave me heart failure. They are standing right at the edge!!!

The first day we went into Arches National Park. We hiked all the way UP to Delicate Arch! We are quite proud of ourselves. It was very very hot! Bryce made it with no complaining. Kendal was designated as the "Family Freeloaded". She got a free ride thanks to her dad!

For two days we did A LOT of hiking around to see A LOT of Arhces. Everyone of them was amazing! Bryce's main goal was to push over "Balanced Rock".

Brian and Bryce hiked this canyon (a mile long) at the wrong time of day (2:00 in the afternoon). There was no shade. Kendal waved them in. The canyon echoed so all could here her holler for Bryce. You can almost see them in the bottom left picture at the very bottom of the picture.

After all the hiking and heat, the kids started to revolt on us. So we turned on the DVD player and drove through Canyonlands National Park. The pictures don't do justice to how big these canyons are. They just went on and on!

We had a lot of fun but are glad for our central air in our house!!

Dinosaur Museum and Park

We went to our local dinosaur museum and park the other day. We had a good time!

Bryce's Birthday

Here are some pictures of Bryce's birthday last week while we were camping. He thought it was so cool to go camping on his birthday.

Camping photos

Becky, check out these photos. How did I do? I didn't think that I was taking very many pictures, but when I got home, I downloaded 161 pictures! Do you want to see them all? just kidding!

Our Trailer

These pictures are "just for you," Andrea!!! ;-)

Bridger Lake

To sum up our latest camping trip in one word...RAIN!

Superwoman!

See what we live with!!!!!

Treats from Aunt Becky

The kids have been begging for a treat all morning. So after lunch I brought out a "special" treat that Aunt Becky sent them from her trip to DC. They were sooo excited to get a sucker from Becky until... they opened it! It was a scorpion in a sucker!

I told them that it is probably a toy scorpion and to "just eat it!" They wanted to eat those suckers sooo bad. I talked Bryce into licking it a couple of times. You can read Kendal's lips, "Ewhhh! I don't want that bug to bite me!" We decided to smash the suckers to get the toy scorpion out so they could eat the suckers. Well, I am not expert but when we smashed the suckers we discovered that...

They were REAL scorpions!!!! The scorpions crumbled when we smashed the suckers. They sure were not plastic toys!

So we ate some Oreos instead!! Thanks for the entertainment, Becky!!!