And there goes one more!

Yep, Jonah just lost another tooth! He pulled this one out himself. He was trying to eat he PB&J for lunch and apparently couldn't eat it very well. He reached right in and just started twisting it. It was pretty funny to see his face when he realized that he actually pulled it out. He is very proud of himself! I'm proud of him too!

Why does this always happen?

So, Luke's shoes have been MIA since Christmas. We have looked every where for them. Under beds, in closets, at other peoples homes. No luck. We kept waiting to get him more because we just kept thinking that they would show up somewhere. Two days ago we finally decide that we had better go ahead and get him some new ones. So, today as I was cleaning up the living room, there they were just sitting on the floor by the front door. What????? The only thing I can figure is that they were in the little table with all the drawers. Luke pulled all of them out this morning. I didn't even think to look in there. Anyway, at least I know that if I ever cannot find anything all I need to do it buy a new one and it will show up. Maybe next time I should just leave the tags on. Will that work?

I suppose it was only a matter of time...

after all both Jonah and Simon had stitches by 21 months when they were little. He did a face plant into our coffee table. Luke was so brave and such a good little boy! He did try pulling the stitches out last night however. Hopefully he will leave them alone and they will stay in.

Jonah lost a tooth!

Jonah lost his first tooth last night. I pulled it out for him. He was so brave!

Monster Truck Rally!

So Travis won ticket on the radio to the monster truck show last weekend. We were so excited! We had been wanting to try and get tickets to it for the boys because they love them so much right now. It was nice to not have to pay. We also got pit passes, which meant that we got to take the boys to see the trucks up close. We had so much fun!

Christmas

I know, I little late! O well! We had a fantastic time! Christmas eve went to my mom's house and had dinner and acted out the nativity and sang Christmas songs. The adults dressed up this year, it was pretty fun! When we got home that night someone had left some gifts for the boys on the porch. It was very kind and very appreciated. We put them under the tree. Christmas morning we got up around 8:00 and went down to open presents. The boys got to open their stockings first. They were so excited with the treats that were in them that they hardly noticed the presents under the tree. When they did they were even more excited. They got books from the anonymous santa. They are just what we needed for Jonah for school! The boys also got some goggles for when they go 4 wheeling, light sabers, a pillow, more books from us and some games for the family. Jonah got a transformer and Simon got a few little monster trucks. Luke got a little Tigger and and a big fire truck to push around. I gave Travis the last 4 quarters that he needed for his collection and the conference talks on CD. I got a pair of comfy pants. It was fabulous! We played for a while with our new things then got ready to go to my moms for breakfast. They always make the best breakfasts and it is a long standing tradition in our family. After breakfast we open presents with my family. My sister made each of my boys quilts. They are so fun and the boys love them! They got scooters and monster trucks from my parents. I know, completely spoiled. I am too though. My mom is making me curtains for the basement. They are beautiful! They also gave us new sheet for our bed!
Later that night we went to Travis parents for dinner. We did a nativity again with the kids and sang more Christmas songs. All of his family was there, even the ones from out of state! It was really nice. We opened gifts and got a lot of neat things. We got family pictures that my sister in law had taken. We got the rest of the navity that my other sister in law has been working on for quite a few years now. We got a book and a butter crock, which I am very excited about. My mother in law gave us her history that she has so far. It was a wonderful night! We went home tired, but excited for the rest of the weekend to come. No, Christmas was not over for us yet!

So Saturday we went back up to Travis' parents house. We were invited to come up and play in the snow and then Grandma and Grandpa were going to give the kids their presents. We made snow men and had a "contest". It was fun! The snow was not very wet and so it didn't pack very well. They were all spraying it with water and dumping buckets of water on it to try to get it to work. It finally did and here are the results.

They all took first place in their own catagory!

After we warmed up we had lunch and then we gathered together for more presents. Travis' parents gave all of their children a book called "The Message". They told us that it was very meaningful to them. They feel that it is a book that needs to be read by many. They asked us to read it and then to write our names in it and give it to someone else and ask them to do the same. We are reading it now and it is very good! They then gave the gradkids their gifts. They gave them all books that they put alot of thought into for each specific grandchild. After they were all opened we sat and read them. Everybody traded books when we were done with their own. It was very fun and relaxing!

Boys

I have been listening to my boys play today and they have said some pretty funny stuff. I just thought I would share.
Jonah to Simon: "Be quite man, you're blowing my bubber" (instead of cover)

Again, Jonah to Simon as they were playing star wars with empty wrapping paper tubes.
"No Simon, I just cut off your arm. That means that you have to put your arm in your shirt and hold your light saber with your other hand."

They have also been playing Santa Clause and pretending to bring presents and put under the tree.
Too funny!

Starving Luke

So, my little Luke who the doctors say is under weight, never stops eating! Lately it has been so funny because he recognizes the words breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack and food very well. I will ask the boys what they want for lunch and Luke will respond "MEEEEE". He doesn't know what we are having and he doesn't care he just wants some. He also is always going around eating off of everybody else's plates if they leave their food. My poor nephew Jakob has had his dessert eaten for him the last two Sunday's because he has left it at the table for a half a second. The poor kid just never gets enough to eat!

Happy Birthday Simon!

Well, today is Simon's birthday! He is 4. Time goes by so quickly! It seems just yesterday that we found out that we were going to get him. We were so excited and the the 3 months of waiting for him to be born started. That time went very slowly. It seems more slowly then the last 4 years have.

The funny thing is that he refuses to believe that today is his birthday. I kind of don't blame him. We have been celebrating his birthday all weekend, so I can see how he is confused. We decided to wait and give him his present from us today, so that he would feel like we did something on his actual birthday, but he really doesn't care. I think he will when we give him his gift, but right now he doesn't. We had a great weekend. On Saturday we meet Simon's birthmom Jessica at the Mayan resteraunt and had lunch with her.

Then we all went to Chucky Cheeses to let the boys play. We took them to the mall after that to let the boys see Santa, but the lines were way to long so we ended up just getting ice cream and visiting more. Simon had so much fun with Jessica. She gave him some playdough and some matchbox cars. He has not stopped playing with them for days.

On Sunday we had a family birthday party for him. I made him a monster truck cake. It was fun to make! I named it the Slim Monster. That is what we call Simon alot of the time, because he is always picking his nose. It is decorated with "slim" or lime green frosting. He loved it!

He has grown up to be a very fun boy. He makes us laugh every day with his cute smile and laugh. Of course that is between his very frequent fits that he throws. He is just 4 after all. He has a few choice words that he likes to use (which I will not mention) that have frequently gotten him into trouble and he is definitely the "Drama Queen" of the family. But we still love him! His favorite things right now are cars, monster trucks, forts, tractors, anything with wheels or anything that he can build. He loves tools and we often find him with a screw driver and several wall plates from off the light switches. Here are some pictures of him over the years! We love you Simon!

Just one more!

Just one more post, I promise. I just wanted to share this about my boys. We got a whole bunch of boxes of food storage delivered to our house a few weeks ago. It was Travis' grandma's that we got because she passed away. It was sitting in our front room for a few days because we didn't quite know what to do with it yet. The boys figured out really quickly what to do with it however. Make a space ship out of it naturally!

They stacked up the boxes and cans and played in it for two days straight. It was so fun listening to their little minds work and hear what they had to say about space. It was fun to watch their imaginations at work. After they were done with the space ship, they decided to take a few of the boxes and make glidders out of the boxes. This kept them busy for at least two more days.