Ah, that Christmas feeling...and Josh's party too!

My Nate is such a cutie. Jared is my hat boy and when he saw these in the
Christmas boxes, he got them right out and started handing them out.Every year I take a self portrait with my boys and the hats! Here is one with Nate.

And all my boys!

I think Josh is our dramatic candle blower outer. Last year's picture of him blowing out his candles, we could see his tonsils. At least he only looks like a monkey in this one..haha! Mike did a great job on the cake since I was under the weather!

Josh loves maps and books about space. This is a huge map he has on his wall now! Last year at his other school, there was a map on the ground of the United States. At recess, kids would line up by Josh and he would tell them which state to go stand on.
He had a great time with that.

Thanksgiving..bowling anyone?

Bowling is a family tradition of mine since I can remember. We had a good Thanksgiving. It was held at our house and we had Mike's sister and husband come to help celebrate with us!Here is Mike and Nate enjoying the view. Actually Mike has been chasing Nate around and around and around....joys of being a parent.

Joshua is making sure he doesn't step over that line! He does a pretty darn good job at getting that ball down the alley! We love Joshie!

Don't I look like a pro!?! To tell you the truth (and not to brag or anything), but I bowled the highest game out of everyone there that day! It must have been the shoes!

Jared loves to go bowling! You can tell he's trying to point the
bowling ball in the right direction.

Here is Aunt Marilyn...what style, what grace!

Skinny Cheryl strutting off here stuff. This is my sister with her hot blue ball!

Momma Moss showing that she's still got it! I don't think she
guttered more than 2 times..hahaha!

Uncle Denny has just as much style and grace as Aunt Marilyn and
he throws a mean bowling ball!

Here is me and 3 of my 4 sisters. They have a Turkey Trot every year. You can either do a 2 mile run/walk or a 10K. Heidi(she's the one on the right) and I had been training to do the 10K, but my stinking Ulcerative colitis decided to flare up and I didn't get to run. I still got the sweatshirt and Heidi put my timer on her shoe and she did a great job getting a wonderful time for me!

IKEA!!

Well we all LOVE Aunt Marilyn. Mike and I decided it was time to find something to buy at
IKEA to organize our house. We had Marilyn meet us there and we went out to eat afterwards. My favorite place "Red Robin."

Scary Jared! Leave it to Aunt M to get a great shot of Jared in all his glory!

Nate just tolerating...just kidding!

Finally, normal Jared appears. Thank goodness he is still cute!

Josh is very handsome and is trying to eat big people food! We are very proud of him!

Mike and I are glad that we go to get fun stuff to organize our house. It's made a huge difference.

A clean Halloween

Well, the boys had a blast trick or treating. Mike and I had fun making these costumes in the dark! On Monday night we had a power outage that lasted from 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. So by candle light and lamps we made these. Josh is the washer, Jared , the dryer and Nate the detergent! What better costumes for 3 boys who create a lot of laundry.Nate and his cute little bag! I don't think he understood what people were giving him, but he put up his little bag and said "Dan du" to everyone! Soo cute!

Another pic of the boys, Jared happy as a clam and Josh worried about the vacuum.

This is our friend Mike. He was playing with Nate and saying "Trick or Treat!" Nate gladly gave of his candy every single time. We sure love the innocence of our little Nate!

My Trip to Arizona

Cheryl and I had a blast! We ate lots and shopped and ate some more. We even got to use Cheryl's new straightener. Don't our doo's look gorgeous!














With all the eating that we did, we decided to do a 5K run! We wanted to beat our times and have some fun! Some people think we are crazy that we call it fun, but hey, to each their own.
Cheryl beat her time by 1 minute 20 seconds. It was a very hilly race so that is awesome! I beat my time by 2 minutes 15 seconds and actually placed 2nd in my age division! Cheryl and I got a kick out of that! We weren't even going to stay for the awards ceremony. I got stand on a little white podium and get a bag for a prize.













Here Cheryl and I decided to get a nice picture of us at church. It's fun to dress up! I think this trip was soo much fun I will repeat it again next year! Anyone want to come join the fun?

Huge Sand Box

This is how our boys entertain themselves. We have some toys, but nothing but dirt in our backyard. Jared of course found the ramp and the boys got their toys with wheels and had a blast! Nate did not have a nap so he was very grumpy! He loved going down the ramp but he thought that it was his turn every time!


















Go Josh!














Go Jared!














This toy is definitely too small for Josh, but he didn't care!














This is Nate's war wounds! One of the toys turned over and hit him in the face. I think the boogies on his face really add a great touch! I didn't get a picture of it, but he fell off the little porch while sitting on a chair and his nice little boogies were full of dirt! What a fun day for 3 little boys!

Snow! Snow! Snow!

Okay, it was September 28th and it was snowing! We just had to get a picture of it! It was gone the next morning which is how I like it!
I went to the Candy Dance the next morning with my sisters and mom and a few outlaws. We were glad that it had warmed up. Here is Jenelle and Reagan....Leah and Zoe...but you can't see Zoe and Heidi! For those of you who don't know what this is, it is like a huge craft fair...too much to see and way too much for me to buy!
Here is my mom in the middle with Jenelle's mom in law on the left, Pat and Leah's mom in law on the right..Penny!
Of course I had to get a picture of me in it too! This was when I still had all my money in my pockets!