Happy 7th Birthday!

Alex celebrated his 7th birthday this past week!

  These past 7 years have sure gone by fast!  Alex had a great day.  Thanks to everyone for the calls and gifts.  What a sweetheart he is!  

A few hours old.  Look at all that hair!

A happy 1 year old!

At 2 years old hockey was his passion..

It was virtually impossible

to get him out of his hockey gear!

The cute 3 year old!

Learning to skate at 4.

Alex and E flew by themselves

to Billings to visit Tiger

and Grandma

when he was 5.

The strong 6 year old!

Happy 7th Birthday to a 

brilliant boy!!

Chef E

As we were driving home E said, "What's

for dinner?"  I asked him what he wanted to have.

He replied, "I'll cook!"

Okay, great!

He got home and with the help of his Sous Chef Peyton

whipped up delicious scrambled eggs,

Canadian bacon, and toast.

It was absolutely delicious!

Even D and P who don't usually

eat scrambled eggs ate them!

I love the age E is right now.  He loves to help and 

is a wonderful helper to me!!

Aaron Travels a LOT!

I travel every week, well, almost every week. I do love airplanes and I love to fly. I really enjoy telling my boys about the different airplanes I flew on that week. www.jetphotos.net We go here weekly to look at the planes dad might be flying on. So, I have been trying to take pictures of the planes I have been flying on. See if you guess what type they are.





Let me also say, I do love flying 1st Class. Nothing like the comfort of a fat wide seat and leg room. Steerage is to be avoided at all costs.

Fort Rucker Alabama, home of Army Aviation

So, I am currently in Alabama. It is very nice and warm compared to last week. 79 and sunny is much better than -40 and snowy. Anyway, I'm working at an Army base that trains helicopter pilots. They have an awesome museum here and I stopped by yesterday after work. The museum had just closed but they let me look around a few minutes anyway. Here are some pics! Enjoy.

Snow, Snow, and More Snow

We have had so much snow this winter!  Yesterday it took Aaron over an hour to shovel about 12 inches off half of our drive way.  In fact, we were literally snowed in.   (I am so grateful Aaron was home to shovel!)  There was no way we could have made it out of the driveway without getting stuck. Luckily our great neighbors came by with their four wheelers and finished the driveway and moved all the snow the snow plow placed right in front of our driveway.  They cancelled church after Sacrament Meeting because the snow was coming down so fast and they were worried about people getting stuck in the parking lot.  Let's just say it was one of the greatest Sundays of Drew's life!

This picture was taken a couple of  weeks ago 

and at the time I thought this was a lot of snow.  

The snow is now almost half way up the fence!!

With all this beautiful snow comes some very anxious children.  D has had a fever of 102.8 for the past 24 hours and P has been trying to get rid of a cough for the past 2 weeks, so outdoor activities are out.  Break out the......

Moon Sand!

Messy stuff, but worth the afternoon of fun!

Candy Land!

D and P played so well together!

We must have played 5 games!

As soon as E and Al got home

P tricked them into playing a few more 

games with him!

The 100 Club

On Monday, January 7th, the first grade started the 100 Club.  The goal is that each first grader will read 100 books by the end of the school year.  Well, Alex went right to work all on his own.  He read and read and read. Tuesday, January 15th he finished reading 100 books. He was the first person in the entire first grade to finish. This was the 100th book he read.

He was so excited to get his t-shirt on Wednesday. 

However, he read so fast that the t-shirts hadn't arrived. 

Look what he came home in today....

Way to go Alex! 

Drew was especially excited!

Here are a few words by Alex...

A Visit to the Zoo

One of the boys favorite places to visit is T and Rhett's basement.

Who knew they had their own

Cabela's exhibit in their

basement!

We were visiting over the holidays

and this is what they discovered...

They were a little nervous

at first, but it didn't last long.

Let's just say

they can't wait to come back!

My Personal Chefs

Monday afternoon E told me, "Mom, I'm cooking dinner tonight. How do I set the oven?" Did I hear him right? Why yes I did. Right at 4:50, E started cooking. He made honey barbeque chicken wings, pineapple, and strawberry lemonade. Delicious! Tuesday night Alex came up to me and said, "Hey Mom. Remember I'm making dinner tonight." Alex made spinach ravioli, garlic bread, carrots, and strawberry lemonade. He did a great job! As we were driving home this evening Drew said, "Mom remember I'm making chicken nuggets tonight." As we pulled into the driveway, he noticed that his best friend was home. "Mom go ahead and make the chicken nuggets. I'm going to Jaxon's!" Two out of three isn't bad!

Ode to the Mustache

Peyton's favorite saying this Christmas was "Ho ho ho Merry Mustache! May your mustaches be full and your parts be strait!" Many of you read Eric's epic post regarding the strength in mustaches and parts. Well, many took it to heart as you will see....

A shout out to Jones and Steve

Points for you both!!

Christmas Day by Me

Drew got a Fisher Price digital camera for Christmas. Let's just say by Christmas afternoon he'd taken close to 400 pictures. Here is Christmas Day by Drew.....

Pictures of my boys...

Ethan playing PSP and

Alex got the coolest Bumblebee
Transformer! I need some
Transformers for my birthday!!!

Dad is transforming him from a car
to a Transformer.

Nobody can come
into my room!
Only me!
That's a Transformer
I drew and taped
to my door.

My clean room!

My Christmas tree. Mom tried to take
it down, but I won't let her.
I'll never take it down!

I like Bumblebee!

Neana is silly!

Rhett...
We had fun playing with the
"animals!"

Good picture! That is so funny
of my foot!

Captain Ric giving the points!

Hi Peyton! I'm teaching him
how to be nice and not mean!

A self portrait by Roo
That's me when I don't
have any eyes or nose!

I miss my cousins!

Now it's time to relax in
a nice machine bath!