TKO

This was right before bed the other night. Mike decided to play fight with the boys.

Then he decided to give Joshua a shot and that's exactally what he got. Check this out it's like it's in slow motion when really it's three different pictures perfectly timed (I'm no pro, I just got lucky)
#1--Mike is havin a good ol' time

#2- oh how the tables have turned...Joshuas face cracks me up!

#3--Victory! Could the timing have been any better? I'm still laughing...

Hilarious!! I think he might have a talent. Mike, you'd better stick to your day job.

Adventures of George

Joshua got this Curious George for Christmas. He drags him everywhere; it's so stinkin cute. They have had many adventures together so far. Here are a few...










Isn't this precious?

The Garden of Eden...I mean April

So I've been talking about a garden long enough. I finally decided to get it going. When we moved into our house the entire side of my house was garden ready. So I hooked with a pro and began. Just Monday we talked about it and Monday afternoon we were tilling the ground, Tuesday we had compost delivered, Wednesday we got it spread and tilled again, and this morning I planted my first peas. Yea for me. Let me just add as a very important side note that there were NO men involved in the process...little boys yes, did they help? kind of...but No men. Just call us Wonder Garden Women. Thanks so much for the help girls!!!

This is the PRO I spoke of...she is the women of EVERY talent!


Then it was my turn and I'd give myself a little pat on the back considering this is the FIRST piece of machinery I'd every ran before...lawnmower included...I had six brothers I never had to touch it.

He helped with the compost too...we were smelling lovely after the fact and the amount of dirt that ended up in his diaper and shoes would have blown you away.

I'm so excited to have this going and can't wait to see the first sprout come up.

Christmas Morning

The best thing of all for me was that we woke up to snow on the ground which I can't remember happening the entire time I was growing up. That was such a fun surprise. I was so dead tired by the morning that I didn't hear Isaiah up so I woke up to him coaxing me out of bed and he was fully dressed and ready to get going--so much for the new jammies. Just like last year we had to wake Joshua up before we started the festivities. With Grandma around the corner we called her first thing and she hustled over so when we got Joshua up and brought him out Grandma was sitting by the tree and that's what he was excited about even with all of his wrapped presents in the same room he just wanted his Grandma. So he opened all of his presents on her lap.



He seemed to fancy his fuzzy blanket he got...he won't go to bed without it

All Isaiah wanted was a scooter...Glad I had already bought it because when Santa came to our house Christmas Eve that's what he asked for.

We had such a memorable day one we'll never forget.

Back on the Blogger wagon

Finally!! is all I can say. Brace yourselves for updates from early December. I figure one decent size post to get you caught up and then I can begin my regular updates...so here goes.

It goes unsaid that St. George is not famous for snow. It must be documented that the first of two snow storms we were so excited the kids made me dig out all of our snow stuff and ended up making a snowman and then two days later it dumped double what it did the first time but we were done snowman making...I think the kids just realized that it IS as cold as I say it is and only wanted to do it becuase they got hot chocolate after.

In Isaiah's old HUGE coat....at least he's warm.

After the snowman was built (which took like 20 minutes) he stayed out and built two more with his cousin which took another hour. He came in with frozen feet and hands begging for some cocoa.

He was the one of the 'kids' I referred to wanting to get out the snow stuff...

Introducing Snowy (uniquely named by Isaiah)


This is Joshua and his friend Mayah. Focus on the cute-ness of them and not the wierd look on my face. Tara (Mayah's mom) is also from India so hence our children look alot alike. We get a kick out of the way these guys have taken to each other. They run around the house following each other and play so well.

It is tradition to have our family Christmas Eve dinner. This year Santa stopped by and we let the kids open the door...it was really funny. Isaiah was the first to the door and after he opened it he said "Hi.....really long pause....are you really Santa?."


He magically brought a present for all of the kids that were there. Even though he had no clue how to pronounce my niece Ariana's name and her sister ended up as Hailey instead of Hallie but no one ever said santa was an English major. It's amazing what parents can pull off.

In primary I had to do sharing time the Sunday before Christmas so I chose to let the kids help me with the nativity. Yes, I drug every costume to church and let the kids, senior then junior primary, dress up for the event. I wish I would have gotten pictures of my primary kids too because they (especially the little kids) were absolutely adorable.



This is ending up too long so I'll save Christmas day for another day.