Ready for 2011....

We have had such a blur of activity this month. It seems like I can only get to blog about once a month lately. Oh well.

Greg celebrated his 32nd birthday this month and we had a quiet party at home for him. The boys helped me decorate the cake and it got a little out of control with sprinkles, but it was a fun.
We have been dumped on lately with a ton of snow and the boys have been living high and enjoying every flake. I feel like I'm constantly pulling on snow pants and boots and gloves, then taking them off just a little while later. Then do it all over when they're ready to go out again. We enjoyed our first snow day since living in Utah which canceled school. And apparently, that just doesn't happen around here. This was a first cancellation in many years. So we made the most of it and went sledding and played in the snow all day. It took Greg and me over 2 hours to shovel out our driveway and sidewalk. Then we decided to be kind to the mail man and spent another chunk of time clearing out the street right in front of our mailbox. Santa forgot to bring us a snow blower this year. Maybe next...

We had a wonderful Christmas with Greg's family in Provo. We all met at the condo there and brought Christmas with us. Lots of fun and lots of family to hang out with!



Silly boys come up with silly things when they're bored and have access to scissors and paper.

When our kids were babies, we bundled them up in a blanket burrito and it helped them stay asleep all night long. I was feeling sad that David is no longer my baby, so the other day I bundled him up the way we used to. He thought it was so hilarious. The older boys immediately wanted to be "burrito-ed" as well.

Greg's rather ugly birthday cake..

The day school was canceled. Over a foot of snow and it snowed all day!


Christmas morning!

David is obsessed with Garbage Trucks. The all knowing Santa wisely brought him two. Who needs one when you can have two, right?

Silly bands are a very popular item with the younger set these days. But I've heard rumors that more and more schools are banning them. I can see why. But Santa couldn't resist Star Wars Silly Bands. But they came with a condition...that the boys would not take them to school.


I gave Greg a Kindle this year...hopefully he'll share it with me ;)


Grandma brought treats for the boys to decorate.



Have you ever seen a cuter kid than this??

November at a Glance....

Sheesh, I've been lazy about blogging. Either I've lost my drive for it, or nothing interesting is going on in our lives. Well either way, here we are. Things have been rolling along pretty well for us. Greg's busy at work. Flu season, etc. Keeps those pill pushers super busy. The boys are doing great in school. Andrew recently did a report on Egypt. The second graders were all asked to choose a country and do a 15-20 minute oral report on it. I thought it was a bit much for second graders, but it actually was pretty great. My parents went to Egypt several years ago and took thousands of pictures and made them into slides. So we borrowed the old, old slide projector and showed that to the kids in Andrew's class. Mom and Dad also brought back lots of souvenirs that we borrowed to show the kids. It was a great experience for Andrew in public speaking and the kids were mightily impressed with all the cool stuff we brought in. They were also mightily impressed at the old timey slide projector and lots of kids asked what in the world that thing was. Different times.... I was working the slide projector in the classroom and wasn't able to take a picture of Andrew, unfortunately.
We braved the winter roads and drove up to Idaho for Thanksgiving. Idaho got dumped on with a terrible blizzard and the I-84 pass over Sweetzer was pretty scary. But we made it. We are grateful this holiday season for so many things. Good health, Greg's secure job, cars that drive, a warm home when it's below zero outside.
We are excited to move into the Christmas season and hope everyone has a fabulous holiday.

Grandpa with David and cousin Daniel

Snowy Idaho.

I found my parent's old wedding album while home for Thanksgiving. Took some pictures of pictures. That's my mom.

Andrew's art work.

Nathan had a kindergarten assignment to disguise a turkey so he wouldn't be eaten for Thanksgiving. I helped.

My favorite bush in our yard that turns such a brilliant red each fall.


I was SO excited to meet my friend Danielle at a BYU game. She lives in California and came up for the game. Miss you!! Move to Utah!
(Below) Snapped a quick photo of LaVell as we entered the stadium at the same time. Such a nice guy, pressing the flesh and saying hello to everyone.

October at a Glance

We've been enjoying this beautiful month of October. Beautiful leaves changing on our mountains and around town. We survived Halloween despite a biblical type rainstorm. We went out with umbrellas and ran as fast as we could between houses. The kids came home soaked to the skin, but with full pumpkin baskets, so it was a success. Such a shame Halloween had to be so rainy. Lightning and thunder, too!
This month just flew by so fast and here we are to November already.
I'm not sure why blogger makes my pictures all out of order and different. So sorry for the confusion.

In case you're not as obsessed with Star Wars as we are, these are two bounty hunters. Jengo Fett and Boba Fett. Don't ask me...Also, a little Garden Gnome.

Nathan with his Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Miner. Such a lovely witch! She's super nice and we like her a lot.

Andrew with his teacher Miss Winkel. Apparently the female teachers at the school all like witches a lot.


The school had a parade for all the parents. Each grade marched around the gym. So cute.

Somebody was so MAD that I made him wear the beard.


Kindergarten Halloween program at school.

And to cap off our month, we had a huge windstorm that took out a section of our fence. Getting fixed in a day or two.

Kindergarten Invades Pumpkin Land

Today was a fun today. I volunteered to go with the Kindergarten on their field trip to Pumpkin Land. I was given a group of 3 other kids, plus my own Nathan, to be in charge of. We got our group organized and headed straight to the corn maze. It didn't look too huge from the outside of it, but it sure took us a long time to find our way out. It was super tricky inside and they made the exit really hard to find. Long before we finally got out, the kids were begging to cheat and cut through the stalks and just get out any way they could, but I made them stick with it. There was a small animal zoo with bunnies, goats, roosters, peacocks, and turkeys. Then over to the play ground for some energy release, then back to pick out a pumpkin to take home. Pretty fun field trip for a bunch of 5 year olds.

Nathan with his buddies from school. Do you see that he's like a full head taller than everyone else? He's gonna be huge!

Where the Wildings are.....

I love Fall. It's by far the BEST time of year. Cooler weather, college football, new school years, sweaters, dazzling colors on the trees and mountain side. There's just something about this time of year that really speaks to me. Love it!
Here are some things that we've been up to in the last little while.


I like to paint. I know it's jumping the gun doing Christmas stuff, but I really like to paint and had a bored afternoon.

Andrew's school had a "Fun Run" race. The younger grades just ran around the back field, while the older grades had a course marked out to run around town. Andrew did great and kept up with the pack in the lead.


Enjoying the dessert instead of his meal at a restaurant..

Fun at Grandma's house in Idaho. Jumping with cousin Jocelyn on the trampoline.

Half time at BYU's first home game. Honoring past QBs and Coach LaVell Edwards. The guys in blue way down there are Steve Young, Ty Detmer, Coach Edwards, Robbie Bosco, Jim McMahon, and some others. I don't remember all. Steve Sarkisian was also honored and was there, but coaching the opposite team currently in the locker room. Quite a neat event.

More painting.

Rolling down the hill in front of BYU's underground library.

Hiking Bridal Veil Falls up Provo Canyon.

Um..where are my kids?

Before I went to bed last night I stuck my head in Nathan and David's room to check on them like I do every night. I saw this:

My mind immediately jumped to all sorts of conclusions. Beds empty...door slightly ajar...must be kidnappers...or kids escaped to be out wandering the neighborhood at 11pm... But I found Nathan snuggled up in my bed across the hall. David took some searching, but I found him here:



Silly boys. Stay in yer dang beds!