Saturday, March 17, 2012
Luck o' the Irish
To start off our St. Patty's day right, we participated in a 5k run. The first stroke of luck I had was that I didn't die. The second stroke of luck was that they had bagels at the end, which I am proudly hanging on to for dear life.
I tried to pull off an all green dinner, and came pretty close. We had asparagus, green mashed potatoes, breaded chicken with specks of green (dill and parsley) and Patti, my neighbor brought green veggies, green watermelon bowl, and rosemary flecked foccacia bread. It was pretty good!
Patti also brought some decor. Green balloons. Blair enjoyed filling them with hot air. :)
Patti's pot of gold. Will LOVED it!
Will and Patti's nephew with their green hats.
The table
Celebrate!!
Dessert was a pistachio pudding thing. It was pretty good, just sayin'.
My leprechauns.
His lucky leprechaun beads.
Which way to the parade? Hee hee.Monday, February 27, 2012
Family Night with Grandma Newbold
We got invited to go to Grandma and Grandpa Newbold's house for family night last week. Grandma told us the story of Nephi breaking his bow and having faith to ask the Lord how to make a new one. Will got to act out the story and of course be the star: Nephi. He thought it was pretty cool. He had conveniently worn his camo pajamas, perfect for playing Nephi in the wilderness!
He was whining, so he got to be Laman.
Grandpa helps him take aim.
And....release!
Nephi with his beast of prey, which he found very soft and snugly.Sunday, February 26, 2012
Will's First Fishing Trip
Blair had the rare opportunity of coming home early this past Thursday (about 9:30 a.m.). After all the errands were finished and lunch was served, Will and Blair took off to "check ice conditions" at a few local lakes. Blair had organized an ice fishing activity on the 25th for the ward elders quorum. Blair needed to see if the ice was still safe after these few days of abnormally warm February weather. They did some "checking" and discovered that the ice was still safe to venture out on.
This is Will after being on the Ice for 10 minutes. He was so excited to hold the ice fishing pole...so excited that he almost dropped it into the hole.
Will now has a good grip on the pole and is jigging like a pro.
Look at that! A fish! And they had only been on the ice 15 minutes. Will was just as fascinated with the ice scoop as he was with the fishing pole. Blair is convinced that Will is good luck and has his heart set on taking Will every time he goes fishing. This truly was a great day for Will and Blair!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Groundhogs, Valentines and Birthdays
All who know me well, know that I love all holidays. Most especially I love Groundhog's Day. However, this year since my brother Dave and his fam live clear across the country, I didn't feel like doing a big Groundhog's Day bash. But, the Groundhog still deserves some recognition. So, instead we celebrated the Groundhog, Valentine's Day and John's (my brother-in-law) birthday. It turned out to be a most creative holiday.
Here is the table, all decorated with hearts and Groundhogs. No, the tablecloth does not fit the table. This did not adversely affect the festivities. It just looked a little ghetto.
Ha! Sorry about the red eyes. They really are cute little babies.
On your left is Yoda. To the right is Grandpa Jax with his chest high pants. Adorable.
Matthew's favorite aunt...at least that's what she's training him to think. :)
Will was over the top excited about the valentine box from Grandma Cora. He was also up until 11:00 coming down off a sugar high. :)
Delicious key lime pie Steph made for the birthday boy.
John blowing out his candles.
Lisa doing...not sure what exactly.
Jax looking at all of us like we're crazy. He may be right.
Aw. Cute family.
Born to rock.
All of Lisa's men.
Jodi: "Will! No more candy!" Will: "Mom, I NEED this Valentine candy."
Jodi: "Oh boy."
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
My two boys
Just thought I'd post some of the cute things my little sons have been doing lately. The videos that follow pretty much speak for themselves, but I'll give a bit of background. Last week our neighbor dropped off a CD player for us to take to another member of our ward who is in a care center. We've always just played CD's through our computer and haven't ever had a separate CD player. Will is fascinated. He has already completey scratched up two of my old CDs. He is excited everymorning to go put in a CD and dance to some music. His favorite is the Jackson 5. He asks me every day, "You want to hear ABC?" and carefully puts in the CD like he's a professional DJ. His dance moves are also incredible.
Matt has started smiling up a storm. He still isn't on a schedule because he sleeps so much during the day that there is no time for a nap! He's been doing a little better at night. Sometimes he sleeps until 5:00 am and other times he's up every three hours. He just can't make up his mind. But, his cute smiles and cooing make it worth it.
I wrote down a list of funny things Will said this week. He always keeps me laughing with his comments, but I forget them so quickly. So, I determined this week to jot them down and thought I'd share a few of them.
One night I left will on the bathroom counter to brush his teeth while I went into my room to change the baby. I heard some noise that sounded like the toilet paper roll unrolling, so I walked curiously towards the bathroom. I stopped in the doorway as I saw Will. He was unaware I was there as he had draped toilet paper around his head and had it hanging to about chest level. He was moving his head back in forth in the mirror and saying to his reflection: "I'm a shepherd! I'm a shepherd!" Where did he come up with that one? I died laughing.
A few days ago he came up behind me in my room and swatted my legs and said, "Nice jeans mom!" I said thanks and then he walked to the door and stopped. He turned around and said, "You're really cool!" I thanked him again.
Lastly, he's been on this kick lately where he goes to bed just fine, but wants us to leave the door slightly open. He snuggles up like he's going to sleep and we leave. About 20 minutes later he starts yelling out random questions to us. I think it's because he can hear us doing things and is trying to guess what it is we're doing. Some of his yelling questions have been, "Hey mom! You cleaning up the kitchen?" "Hey Dad! You playing on the computer?" My favorite though, and the most random, was a few nights ago. I was doing dishes after putting Will to bed much later than he should have been put to bed. It had been a long day and Blair was running an errand. I just wanted to finish the dishes and go to sleep. I could hear Will yelling a question at me from his room, but couldn't tell what he was saying exactly. I ignored him for about 5 minutes, thinking maybe I'd get lucky and he'd just get tired and go to bed. His question just got louder and louder. I finished the dishes and marched to his room ready to give him the "what for" about not just going to sleep. I walked in and said, "What Will? What are you asking me?" He looked shocked at my exasperated tone of voice and simply looked at me and repeated his question: "Do you have brown eyes?" I was so struck by the funny question that I just started laughing. I said, "No, you know I have blue eyes. Now will you please lay down and go to sleep?" He looked at me very satisfied and said, "Okay," and laid down and went to sleep. Who is this kid? I don't know where he comes up with this stuff, but at least it keeps things interesting!
Matt has started smiling up a storm. He still isn't on a schedule because he sleeps so much during the day that there is no time for a nap! He's been doing a little better at night. Sometimes he sleeps until 5:00 am and other times he's up every three hours. He just can't make up his mind. But, his cute smiles and cooing make it worth it.
I wrote down a list of funny things Will said this week. He always keeps me laughing with his comments, but I forget them so quickly. So, I determined this week to jot them down and thought I'd share a few of them.
One night I left will on the bathroom counter to brush his teeth while I went into my room to change the baby. I heard some noise that sounded like the toilet paper roll unrolling, so I walked curiously towards the bathroom. I stopped in the doorway as I saw Will. He was unaware I was there as he had draped toilet paper around his head and had it hanging to about chest level. He was moving his head back in forth in the mirror and saying to his reflection: "I'm a shepherd! I'm a shepherd!" Where did he come up with that one? I died laughing.
A few days ago he came up behind me in my room and swatted my legs and said, "Nice jeans mom!" I said thanks and then he walked to the door and stopped. He turned around and said, "You're really cool!" I thanked him again.
Lastly, he's been on this kick lately where he goes to bed just fine, but wants us to leave the door slightly open. He snuggles up like he's going to sleep and we leave. About 20 minutes later he starts yelling out random questions to us. I think it's because he can hear us doing things and is trying to guess what it is we're doing. Some of his yelling questions have been, "Hey mom! You cleaning up the kitchen?" "Hey Dad! You playing on the computer?" My favorite though, and the most random, was a few nights ago. I was doing dishes after putting Will to bed much later than he should have been put to bed. It had been a long day and Blair was running an errand. I just wanted to finish the dishes and go to sleep. I could hear Will yelling a question at me from his room, but couldn't tell what he was saying exactly. I ignored him for about 5 minutes, thinking maybe I'd get lucky and he'd just get tired and go to bed. His question just got louder and louder. I finished the dishes and marched to his room ready to give him the "what for" about not just going to sleep. I walked in and said, "What Will? What are you asking me?" He looked shocked at my exasperated tone of voice and simply looked at me and repeated his question: "Do you have brown eyes?" I was so struck by the funny question that I just started laughing. I said, "No, you know I have blue eyes. Now will you please lay down and go to sleep?" He looked at me very satisfied and said, "Okay," and laid down and went to sleep. Who is this kid? I don't know where he comes up with this stuff, but at least it keeps things interesting!
Will's dance moves
Mr. Wiggles
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