We are so Thankful!

Here is another post for November...too many fun things!

I wanted to do a collage of the many smiles and funny faces the boys showed this month. As you can see in one of the pictures, Traeson loves to climb in the drawers and make them his own. It is so sweet! Another one of Traeson's favorite things is to have Thayden and Trevin pull him around on the wood floor with the blanket. He could do it for hours. The other day he almost fell asleep. Thankfully, Thayden and Trevin love to do it! What great big brothers!

Trevin had his annual trip to the fire station with his pre-school class. Traeson and I joined in on the fun. Like many boys, Trevin loves everything that has to do with fire fighters. "They are real super heros!" Trevin will say.

Thanksgiving....we were looking forward to the holiday. The boys and I love to be home together and to not have to worry about school. It was a great weekend full of food and fun. We spent Thanksgiving with Aaron's family. A tradition in Aaron's family is that they have a big family football game before dinner. Grandma Karen added a nerf gun tournament for the kids that they are still talking about. The festivities were great along with the amazing food!

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we went to my Mom's to celebrate the holiday. It is always great to be together and enjoy each other's company. We recently found out that Uncle Jason and Aunt April are expecting a little girl this May. We are so excited for the new addition to the family. They will be wonderful parents. The boys can't wait for a cousin on my side of the family. We are so thankful for all we have been blessed with!!

November Moments

I wanted to post a few of our most memorable moments of November!

Boys + Leaves= Lots of laughs

Trevin finished his first semester of gymnastics. He had so much fun! His teacher was super sweet with endless creativity. It was amazing to see his improvement of motor skills and his self- reassurance. Another plus to gymnastics was being with his best buddy Koda!

Great Job Trevin!

Thayden started his first year of basketball. Like soccer, he loves the constant action basketball brings. We were proud of his will to never give up and patience of working as a team. He starts again at the end of January so it will be fun to see his improvement. What a champ!

In our family we use the sayings "it is what it is" and "live and learn"....

Well, with three very active little boys we are going to have to add some more maybe like "accidents are bound to happen". In the month of November we had a few accidents...Trevin decided to count his piggy bank with some help from Traeson. Of course the pennies looked like dinner to Traeson. He started gagging and couldn't get anything up. After that he was fine but I decided to take him to the after hours to make sure it had made it to his tummy. It hadn't. The doctor sent us up to Primary Children's for some assistance. So Traeson and Mom were at Primary Children's until three in the morning trying to get the penny out of his throat. It was a success and one very expensive penny to say the least. I love his face in the picture at the hospital acting so innocent. Boy Oh Boy!

Once again another accident happened to Trevin. He was at his cousin Matthew's playing on his bike and fell. I was in SLC when Aaron called saying Trevin had broke his nose. By the time I got home he didn't complain about it or even say it hurt. He just hated the attention it brought to him. But with a hurt nose and all we couldn't cancel Trevin's fish's birthday party he planned for the next day. He made his fish a cake which included bread, a cracker, and some candy sprinkles. We sang happy birthday to Roxy the Rock Star and gave him presents. Great Fun!

Halloween 2008

What a fun time of year! We love Halloween! The kids couldn't wait to wear their costumes and carve pumpkins. With Traeson's birthday the weekend before Halloween, our ward party, and parties at school... it felt like we had celebrate Halloween for a week. We went trick-or-treating with our Staiger family. The kids loved going with their cousins around Grandma Karen's house. It was fun to see all of them running to the door together excited to get a treat. They didn't want to stop. After getting tons of candy Grandma Karen had a Halloween sleepover party for the kids with fun games. They had a blast! We had a great Halloween with lots of fun memories!

The family-Shantell as a cat, Traeson as little Frankenstein, Aaron as a Pirate,

Thayden as a Power Ranger, and Trevin as Optimus Prime.
Traeson and Mom

Trevin with his pumpkin smile. Happy Halloween!

Optimus Prime out Trick-or-Treating

Power Ranger Thayden

Trevin and Matthew constant companions!

Grandma Karen's Halloween Party!!

Trick-or-Treat

A few days before Halloween we got together with our Staiger family and carved pumpkins. Thayden was so proud of himself because he did his pumpkin all by himself. No help from parents. Trevin drew what face he wanted very detailed for Dad to cut out. Thanks to Aunt Anna, Grandma Karen, and Daddy Bill for all the fun!

Great Fun!

The grandkids with their pumpkins!

Traeson loved his pumpkin...he loved to give it kisses! So sweet!

Thayden coming up with his creation

Trevin getting the job done

The family busy at work

We had a Ward Halloween Party the Tuesday before Halloween. It was great. The boys loved the cake walk and the fish pond. And of course the trunk-or-treat. They couldn't have masks so we painted their faces.

Trevin at the cake walk with his number 4!

Thayden doing his favorite thing...fishing