Wednesday, November 25, 2009

I am Thankful for...

These are a few of the things I am most thankful for:

Eternal Families


Freedom

The Scriptures


One Half of My Big Family

Our Fairview Mountain Spot

The Other Half of My Big Family

Sisters





Jobs


Cute, Healthy Kids

The Savior


Our House


David


Love you all
Happy Thanksgiving!



Wednesday, November 18, 2009

New Word

Hudson has a new word. Sometimes it is bo, sometimes it is mo, sometimes it is oh or go. Despite the different pronunciations, the message is a loud and clear "NO!" Ahhh, toddlers.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Football

Cam played his first season of flag football this fall. He had a lot of fun and is looking forward to playing again next year. Playing has helped him really start to understand the game and so now he will sit and watch the games with Dave. He seems particularly fond of climbing into our bed to watch the monday night games for some reason. Dave likes having a little football watching buddy.


Go Cam go! He's so fast he's blurry (or, mom can't take a decent picture) One of the boys on the team is in Cam's class this year and they had a bet going to see who could score the most touchdowns. I think it ended up a tie with 5 each. I'm not sure what the winner would have gotten besides first grade bragging rights. Cam's first big run of the season he slowed down to almost a stop and started looking around thinking something must be wrong, that he shouldn't have been able to run clear down the field. But he figured out pretty quickly to not stop until the whistle blew. The first seasons of new sports with little kids are very entertaining.

Lining up at running back

His team after the last game. Cam is #36 if you can't tell, because of all the hair in his face.

He also played baseball this spring at the same time Audrey was playing softball. Dave coached his team so I ended missing most of his games because I was with Audrey. I of course forgot the camera on the games I did go to, so no pictures.

Taekwondo

Braxton got his green belt in Taekwondo, right now he is taking a little break to play basketball this winter and will pick it up again in a few months.


Working on his form

In full battle gear.

Softball

Audrey has been playing softball pretty much non-stop since April. She has had fun, had some really great experiences, had some not so great experiences, gotten a couple of second place trophies, to add to her other second place trophy (still waiting on a first place one), gotten a few bumps and bruises and even a couple of homeruns. Here are some pictures in no particular order because I am not good at that!


Audrey and her team after the tournament championship. Hooray for second place!

Audrey and her spring ball team before the tournament championship game.


Audrey's knee after getting hit by the ball. She thought it was really cool to have softball stitching bruises.


Introductions at the All-star Game




Hitting a triple during the All-star game.



She is practicing through the winter and will be playing for the Westerville travel team in the spring and summer. Should be a fun new adventure.





Thursday, November 5, 2009

Boy oh boy, what to do with the boy!

Hudson is a busy, busy boy. His days mainly consist of sleeping, eating, and undoing. He un-shelves books, he un-folds laundry, he un-fills trash cans, cups, bowls, boxes, baskets, bags, drawers and pretty much anything else he can find that needs emptying. Somtimes I think his sole aim in life is to un-d0 whatever it is I am doing at the time. The boy even follows me when I am sweeping, swishing my dirt piles behind me. Sometimes I think this is all so shocking to me because it has just been so long and the other kids must have been like this too. But then I remember that Cam was younger than Hudson when we moved here and we didn't even bother to childproof. Of course they all got into things, but this time around it is CONSTANT. These pictures just give a few snippets of what goes on around here:


Mmmm...donuts!


When I need to do something like empty the dishwasher I will put him in his seat so he doesn't get a hold of the knives and to prevent him from making more messes when I am trying to clean up. As this picture clearly shows, that plan doesn't always work. He managed to reach his hands through the bars of the chair and grab a box of hot chocolate, open three of the packets and well, you know.

Yes, that is my dryer. One might assume that the boy doesn't have much supervision. Not so! He is very quick and stealthy.


Pots and pans, always a favorite



If you look closely at this one you will see that he is covered in flour, my big bucket full is just too hard to resist.

Good thing he's cute!