If only it were that simple...

Rather than do the dishes or never ending laundry, I thought I would stop and record this little conversation Weston and I had the other night.
Weston was supposed to be in bed, going to sleep but he decided to come and chat with me about something that was bugging him.  He said that one of his friends kept saying words we don't use and taking the Lord's name in vain.  He was pretty frustrated because he had asked her to stop but she wouldn't.  He was having a hard time with it and said, "It's like she doesn't even go to church."  I informed him that not everyone goes to church and knows about Heavenly Father and Jesus.  I was searching for some sort of motherly advice that would calm him down but I had nothing.  All of a sudden he came up with a plan to help his friend.  He ran to his room and got his little picture of Christ and said, "I'll show her this, that will prove it to her."  Again, I stumbled through some response and he just said, "But here's the proof" and pointed to his picture of Christ.  If only it were that simple my little Weston.

Brady

We had these pictures taken today.  I love how they turned out!

Updates...finally...

I finally added some updates.  I figured I better do it now while I have some time before this baby comes.

I've been having contractions for the past couple of months and they are getting stronger.

He is measuring large, super large and I have an excess amount of amniotic fluid once again.

Which means I'm measuring larger than life and I have been asked if it's just one baby.

I've also been told that I'm huge, trust me I know I am.

I'm hoping he'll come early.  It would be ideal for the rest of us if he showed up

sometime before Seth starts school (his last semester!!!)

Time will tell.

Enjoy the updates!

Merry Christmas

We're in Seattle this year for Christmas.

Christmas eve we opened new jammies and attempted to take a family picture.

Not everyone wanted to play along. 

We're getting there... 

The whole fam in our new jammies. 

Our letters and treats for Santa. 

Seth recently discovered buckeye treats in honor of his Ohio roots,

so we started a new tradition of making some for Santa. 

I think I woke up every hour on Christmas eve/morning.

Once seven o'clock hit and everyone was still sleeping,

I started waking people up.

Koper wanted nothing to do with me at that point and refused to get up. 

At this point he was still hoping for a motorcycle,

when he realized it wasn't going to happen, he handled it very well. 

Koper decided to join us. 

The tent in the background was our homemade present this year. 

Mom helped me put it together and did most of the sewing.

It fits over a card table. 

Santa must have had too much eggnog when he

decided to give this bag of 100+ playland balls to Ivan.

I'm sure we'll end up taking a few less home. 

This kid was pretty chill while everyone opened presents.

All he wanted was his jersey and bag of cereal.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Yogurt

He makes me smile.

O Christmas Tree...

We went to Woodbury's Tree Farm to get our tree again this year.

It took us a total of 30 seconds to pick it out, just the right amount of time for me.

Seth and the boys had fun getting it set up.

Snow

We haven't had much snow this year but that hasn't stopped the boys.

Anytime we get the smallest amount of frost,

they head outside to make a snow fort.

Shadow

Ivan loves to do anything Koper is doing.   It's kind of fun to watch.

The boys

 

A friend of a friend took these pictures of the boys

and I love how you can see their individual personalities.

Legos

Building his own lego set.

Koper turns 4

Koper decided that his favorite blanket was one of my old ones from high school.

It was starting to fall apart and every time I washed it, we seemed to lose a little more of it.

I made him a new blanket using my old one as the middle. 

How old are ya Koper? 

Helping make his cake. 

All he wanted was an M&M cake.

I thought I was pretty smart when I finished his cake hours ahead of his party.

I made a pudding/cool whip frosting and apparently if you put

M&M's on it and then put it in the fridge for a couple of hours,

the M&M's will sweat and you'll end up with a lava cake.

Oh well, better luck next time. 

Here he is with his new and improved blanket.

He was excited about it until he realized that he couldn't

actually see his/my old blanket.

He's warming up to it though. 

Beyblades are big in our family right now and he was excited to get his own. 

Blowing out the candles. 

Beyblade tournament with the cousins.

School Pics

Weston's Kindergarten pic.

I love that he actually has a good smile.

Happy Halloween

Lydia's friend, Margaret, saved the day with these batman capes.

The day before the ward trunk or treat, I decided to not be lame

and make my kids costumes.  I bought the material and as I told Lydia about it,

Margaret offered to let the boys use these capes she had made for her boy's birthday party.

She ended up giving them to us and the boys love them!

This cape is one Aunt Brenda made for Kevin when he was little.

Ivan couldn't get enough of it.

Seth turns 32

Koper did such a good job keeping Seth's presents a secret.

Right up until Seth was opening them.  He couldn't take it anymore

and just had to spill the beans. 

We're all about bey blades this year.

The boys love playing them with Seth.

Good thing gift giving gets simpler as you get older. 

Ivan cuddling with his daddy. 

We celebrated Seth and Aunt Brenda's birthdays with the fam over Conference weekend. 

Everyone wanted in on the action.