December in Review

Wow!!  I did not realize that I was so far behind in blogging my pictures till I just downloaded them off of my card and realized that I had taken pictures I had forgotten about.  So...here it goes.

Here's a couple of pictures of Wyatt...Let me tell you a funny story.  I was going through a box of clothes that Mindy had given me.  Wyatt came across these Spiderman pants and totally fell in love with them.  He wore them for 3 days straight.  (For 24 hours at a time.  Lucky for us we had no where to go in those 3 days)  Now this is coming from a kid that was in a stage that hated to wear pants.  You would always find Wyatt pantless.  He wore these pants to bed over his pajamas, would get up in the morning, I would bathe him and he would put them back on.  By the end of the third day I had to hide them from him just so I could wash them.  What a kid!!

Last Spring McKenzie started taking piano lessons.  She loves them and is doing so well and learning so fast.  Her piano teacher tells me she is a natural. These are photos of her Christmas Recital.  She had to do a duet with another boy.  They both did very well.  Too bad I don't know how to download video from my camera I would post that as well.  

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Christmas this year was so much fun, and the best thing about it was being together as a family and enjoying each others company.  We spent our annual Christmas Eve at with Grandma and Grandpa Godfrey and all the aunts, uncles and cousins.  A delicious meal was enjoyed by all.  Our tradition was changed a little this year.  We usually put on a play of the birth of Jesus.  But...this year after our Thanksgiving dinner grandma challenged the kids with a new tradition. Grandma read a story about giving service to others.  Each family was given a bucket of warm fuzzies and a challenge.  We were challenged to do kind acts of "secret" service and each time we did a service a warm fuzzy was then deposited into our bucket.  I think we filled the bucked 2 1/2 times.  It was great.  It made the kids more aware of things that needed to be done and they just got done. This is something that my kids really enjoyed doing, and a tradition that I will carry on from now on.  On Christmas eve grandma then gave the kids a "reward" for doing kind acts of service.  We were given a monthly thought in a Family Home Evening binder that she created so that each month we could focus on different acts of kindness.  What a way to carry on the Christmas spirit.

Christmas morning was filled with lots of presents and fun.  I was sad to realize that I did not take one single picture of the gifts that Santa brought.  McKenzie got a karaoke machine, Kaylie and Rylie got bikes and Wyatt got a Buzz doll from the movie Toy Story.  They got lots of clothes, new Sunday dresses, games and all kinds of fun things.  We spent a good portion of the morning putting together toys and inserting batteries in toys.  Played a few games on the Wii and cleaned up wrapping paper, bows and boxes.  We then headed back to Grandma and Grandpa Godfreys.  The kids opened more presents...the girls got smelly perfumes, lotions and body sprays and a few games.  Wyatt got his Woody to go along with Buzz.  Then we headed over to Grandpa Connellys for lunch and yet more presents.  The girls got snow suits and tubes and Wyatt got a big nerf gun which he loves.  We spent more time visiting with family and was home by around 3.  Plenty of time to play with toys and wind down from the excitement of the day.  All in all is was a pretty great day!  Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!

We are so blessed to have an awesome sledding hill not more than a block and half from our house.  Rich just throws tubes and kids in the back of the truck and off they go.  They were determined that they were going sledding the other day even though we were experiencing frigid below freezing temperatures.  I was determined that I wasn't going out in the freezing cold but just could not pass up an opportunity to take pictures of my cute family.  Luckily they didn't want to stay out too long.  Of course they had to make a stop at the playground.  What cute kids I have.

Ok.  I promise this is it.  Sunday afternoon after church the kids and Rich was in the backyard for quite a long time.  When I finally looked out the window to see what they were doing this is what I found...an igloo.  Rich had a couple of candles inside lit for Wyatt to stay warm, didn't work though he kept blowing them out.  It was a great activity for the kids and Rich to spend time together though, and I have a feeling that as cold as it has been lately they'll be able to enjoy this for a while.

Cheeser Wyatt

Wyatt is so dang cute and such a cheeser,  He absolutely loves to get his picture taken.  He often times brings me the camera and asks me to take his picture.  These are just a few pics we took one day when we were playing around.  How can you not just fall in love with that sweet face, those beautiful blue eyes and happy smile?  We are so blessed to have Wyatt in our family.

Playing in the Leaves

 Wyatt is such a cheeser.  He loves to get his picture taken.  This seems to be his usual pose when the camera comes out.  :)

 Rylie and Zach in the background.

 McKenzie, Kaylie and Kenzie's friend Becca.

 Wyatt hauling around Zach's skateboard.  He loves Zach's skateboard and prefers his over his own.

 We babysat my friends little guy Kason while she went to the BYU football game.  Wyatt had a blast playing with him and Kason loved playing in the leaves.

 Wyatt driving his truck we gave him for his birthday.  He calls it his jeep.  He loves his jeep and will drive it until the battery is dead.

One of the reasons we love fall so much and look forward to it each year is to play in the leaves.  I love the smell of fall and the anticipation it brings of knowing the holidays are right around the corner.  Friday night McKenzie raked a big pile of leaves and left them in the corner of the yard so that they could go back to them on Saturday morning and play in them.  They had a great time and played outside for hours.

Happy Halloween 2010

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Halloween was so much fun this year.  The kids celebrated Halloween at school on Wednesday since parent teacher conferences were on Thursday.  They had their annual Halloween parade through the halls of the school.  It wasn't planned out very well.  The principal didn't allow enough time for the parade before school got out and half of the kids were still parading through the halls after the bell had rung and school was over.  I barely got a picture of Kenzie and Rylie and didn't even get a picture of Kaylie.  :(   This year McKenzie was a witch, Kaylie was a BYU fan...Go Cougs! Rylie was a 50's girls in a poodle skirt, and Wyatt was a dalmation...and the cutest one at that.  

Friday morning we finally got to carve our pumpkins.  The kids had a blast.  Wyatt was covered in Pumpkin guts.  There were seeds and pumpkin all over the kitchen, but what a great time.  Friday night Grandma Godfrey had a halloween party at her home.  The kids carved pumpkins, frosted and decorated sugar cookies.  We ate yummy soup and just enjoyed each others company.  I'm so grateful for wonderful family.  Saturday night we trick-or-treated.  It poured rain and hailed in Spanish Fork.  Lucky for us we waited out the storm and had a dry but cold night of trick or treating. 

Happy Halloween!!

Happy 2nd Birthday to our Big Man Wyatt

We went birthday shopping at Toys R Us.  You would have thought Wyatt was in heaven.  He had to see and touch and play with all the toys.  On the way out he had to sit and play in these cute cars.  Such a beautiful smile and sparkly blue eyes.

This past weekend we got to celebrate Wyatt's 2nd Birthday.  Whoo Hoo for being 2!  Wyatt is just the sweetest little boy ever and I really don't think we'll have to go through the terrible two's with him.  We had a birthday party on Friday night.  This kid got spoiled rotten.  He got lots of trucks, a train, a ball and bat, some clothes, a play tool set and a Power Wheels Ford F-150.  He loved opening presents and sharing his toys with his cousins.  Because he loves trucks so much I decided to make him a monster truck cake.  Unfortunately it didn't turn out like I pictured it.  I think it would have been cuter if I would have scheduled more time to work on it, but it tasted good and Wyatt didn't care about eating cake.  He just wanted to play with his toys.  

We are so blessed to have Wyatt as a part of our family.  He is the most amazing little guy and we are grateful every day for him.  Happy Birthday Big Man!  We love you!

Happy Birthday My Little Man

Happy 13th Birthday to my sweet Colton!!  I can not believe that 13 years ago my life changed forever with the birth of our sweet Colton.  He entered this life with a difficult delivery.  Stayed on this earth for only a short time but left a lasting impression and the knowledge that I have that Families Are Forever.  

Happy Birthday Little Man.  I hope that you are receiving a great birthday in Heaven.  I love and miss you more than you can ever know.

Rylie and her mishap

  Yesterday Rylie came home from school crying that she hurt her arm playing sharks and minnows.  I was kinda confused because it wasn't swollen or bruised but it really hurt for me to touch it. Apprehensively I loaded her up in the car and we headed to the Insta Care.  They looked at it, I think suspecting that maybe she just sprained it, but low and behold she cracked a bone and today she is sporting a cast on her arm that she'll need to wear for the next week.  And I bet you can never guess how she did it?  ...chasing a boy at school.  I think I'm in big trouble with all these boy crazy girls I have.