Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Years Eve

We went to Ken and Michelle's house for New Year's Eve!
the kids playing together
Evan said he was the monster and he was scaring Anessa and Alex
Ethan got a Spiderman mask for Christmas and Evan couldn't wait to try it on
Evan looks pretty scary in this picture
Doug having a sword fight with Ethan
Logan fell asleep way before midnight
Alex playing with Ethan's Batcave
Alex and Evan watching some fireworks
Abby, Wes and Evan
sparklers!!

Anessa giving Evan big hugs
Wes and Doug met in medical school.  It was great to see him!!
Happy New Year!!

Christmas in Phoenix

Since we weren't going to celebrate on Christmas day we didn't decorate the house or put up a Christmas tree. So it was a great surprise to see that Wes had bought a small tree to decorate and put up the stockings while we were gone.  
Santa made a stop in Phoenix too
We had another Christmas morning on Saturday

Evan and the batmobile
spin art
opening the Rio game

We saw the Muppet movie over Thanksgiving and they boys loved Kermit...now they each had one

Alex only had a few things on his list for Santa and the Uno Moo game was one of them
Evan loved his new Batcave from Uncle Kevin, Aunt Jocelyn, Connor and Grady
dippin dots
Wes' friend Doug came in town for a few days to go to the Rose Bowl with Wes so he opened presents with us
Wes opening an Oregon hitch cover. He has received this present for the past 4 years. It has taken him this long to put this on his car....LOL!!!
Alex trying out his new bike
Evan got a Batman bike
Alex loved his stamp sets from Uncle Kevin, Aunt Jocelyn, Connor and Grady...they found the perfect present for Alex
watch out....it's EBAN!

taking Kermit for a spin
playing the piano

taking the bike outside for a ride
Alex loves his new bike
Evan looked so cute in his helmet


the kids had a blast riding their bikes and playing outside.. We couldn't ask for a better December day

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

A Wonderful Trip to St. Louis

We had so much fun during the 2 weeks that we were in St. Louis.  We enjoyed spending a lot of time with family and friends.  
I found a cute recipe for reindeer cookies on pinterest 
making cookies with Grammy


Evan didn't want to make cookies...he was busy playing with Batman
let's roll the dough

decorating the reindeer with M&Ms and chocolate covered pretzels
I think they came out so cute and they were yummy too!
Bruce and Evan
celebrating the 7th night of Chanukah
what's in my stocking??

Evan was so funny with his kaleidoscope....  the hockey game was on tv and Evan was looking through the kaleidoscope and when I asked Evan what he saw he said the hockey game. He kept forgetting to close his other eye
I think Alex had a list of everything he wanted to do while he was in St. Louis and one night he told me that he wanted to play in the snow the next day. Unfortunately at that time it didn't look like snow was in the forecast.  But one night we heard that St. Louis would be expecting 1-2 inches of snow by the next morning. I didn't mention it to the boys since the weather is always so unpredictable in St. Louis.  BUT.....it did snow that night and the boys were so excited to wake up and look out the front door!!
we didn't waste any time getting ready to play outside considering the snow would probably be melting by the end of the day
Pa went in the attic and found the sled and took the boys for rides
this is the first time that Evan has played in the snow
Alex making snow angels 
a ride on the sidewalk??

Mommy is about to be hit by a snowball!!

the boys just loved the snow....I think we might be taking a trip to Flagstaff soon
making the worlds smallest snowman
having fun!
there is the snowman
we spent about 15 minutes outside and then it got too cold for the boys but they had a blast when they were in the snow!
staying busy with markers and crayons
I made a reservation to go to Bounce U. I wasn't really sure what to expect since we had never been there before...  The place was packed when we got there but the boys had fun!
Evan going down the biggest slide
funny eyes
here comes Alex
Evan going through the obstacle course
there was one area that the boys could shoot nerf balls at each other
they had a blast
they had no idea that they were hitting each other with the balls
Evan could hardly see but he was having so much fun


Evan found another thing for him...baseball
later that night we had our family over for dinner
Evan and Katie
Alli and Alex
Alex and Aunt Debbie
Edye helping the boys open a present
We had to show everyone our new Doggie Doo game
Alex was laughing so hard
we were able to light the candles with everyone to celebrate the last night of Chanukah
Evan helping Uncle Norman open his present
Evan and Pa being silly

kisses for Grammy
We had a wonderful trip and we were sad to leave
We loved spending so much time with Grammy and Pa....we will miss you!!!
Alex and Mommy
I was so lucky to have Katie fly back with me and the boys. Even though they did great it was nice to have an extra set of hands
Evan was trying to hide from the camera
we see you Evan
We had a great flight... the boys were so good

After 10 days away from daddy ... we were so excited to see him