Merry Christmas 2012!

 Cooper and Aaralyn sporting their Christmas PJ's! And yes, Cooper, that is the reason that you always have a onsie on...

 Lucy and Trevin, Josh and Aaralyn dancing the night away in their Christmas PJ's!

 Santa's cookies and milk are all ready to go. I am sure that Santa will enjoy 4 yummy cookies! We even added carrots for the reindeer and we left a magic key outside for Santa to use to get in to the house. He left it on the plate when he left!

 Santa brought Trevin a talking Woody and a talking/galloping Bullseye!

 Josh got a brand new "real" keyboard from Santa. Now he can learn to play the piano a little bit. He loves music and Santa knew that he would love to have a nice keyboard to play on!

 Cooper got some new musical instruments to play with in the tub! Santa knew that our tub toys were getting worn out and that Cooper loves to play (and poop, unfortunately) in the tub!!

Daddy is tired! We even slept in until 7:30!  That is a good, normal day at our house!

And, here is a picture of Jane and Sharla because they got missed in the above pictures! We had so much fun spending Christmas with Kelly and Sharla and the girls! We are blessed to live in a time with so many advancements in technology. Jeff and Pam were able to join us on Christmas morning via Skype. We LOVED being able to share this day with them, even though they are in Adam-Ondi-Ahman, Missouri, serving the Lord! We love the gospel and enjoyed feeling the Spirit this Christmas season. I felt the Spirit particularly strong this season and loved the witness of the true reason we have Christmas.

Proud Daddy!

While we were visiting Kyle's Grandparents in Utah, Kyle was shooting his pellet gun in the backyard with Josh and Trevin. Not too long after they went out, I had a very excited Josh running through the backdoor. He had shot his first bird with the pellet gun! Daddy lined up the shot for him and Josh pulled the trigger. He was so proud of himself, as was his Daddy!

Sledding on Christmas Eve

 We went sledding with Kelly and Sharla and the girls while we were at their house for Christmas! This was on Christmas Eve. Kyle went down with Cooper first and he loved it!

 Yes, Cooper is falling out of the sled as Kyle was pulling him back up the hill.

 Josh going down on his tummy! He had no fear at all. He kept going and going!

 Trevin would only go down with his head and shoulders over the sled. He let his tummy and legs trail behind, off of the sled. It was funny!

 Kelly, Lucy and Aaralyn going down together!

Kyle and Cooper! My boys were so sad that we had to go home. They were all so cold, but they didn't care. They would have stayed all night if I would have let them.

Temple Square

 What an amazing day! We had so much fun as we wandered through the Beehive House, gazed at the magnificent temple and discovered the Church History Museum!

 Aren't these the most handsome boys you have ever seen?! I am so blessed to have all of them in my life!

 The boys in the Church History Museum!

 Beautiful sunset!

 I love my family!!

 Isn't this the most beautiful sight?!

We got the enjoy this experience with the Liu's! It was so fun to see the lights and and watch our boys take in the beauty of Temple Square! The Spirit was so strong and I am so grateful for my testimony and the blessings that are mine. I am so blessed to be sealed to my wonderful husband and my handsome boys! I love them so much! The pioneers were amazing to have been able to build such and amazing temple!

August to November Recap!

 In August, the girls went on the annual 30th birthday trip! This year it was mine! We spent a week in sunny Long Beach, California. We went to Universal Studio's, Aquarium of the Pacific, The Queen Mary, and of course we went to the beach. We are enjoying Pina Colata's on the beach!

 We took the boys to the Eastern Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot, ID in September! They loved it! Cooper had crumbs on his tray from some crackers and his lunch. The goats LOVED it! They licked his tray clean and he laughed the whole time!

 Josh started school in September! I cannot believe that we have a kindergartner! He loves school and is so smart!

 We celebrated Brian's birthday on Oct. 4. We sent some notes to heaven on some balloons! We miss you Brian!

 We are all ready for General Conference in this photo. They enjoyed Conference Bingo, lots of treats, coloring, and all sorts of activities to keep them busy! For days afterwards, they kept asking when we could watch conference again! It turns out that they just wanted free reign of treats!

 We also go to enjoy carving pumpkins at Great Grandpa and Grandma Dalton's house!

 All dressed up and ready for trick-or-treating! We went to our ward trunk-or-treat and then we went to Doug and Mitzi Pruitt's to trick or treat and then went up their street. They had fun!

 In November, we went to get Christmas trees after Thanksgiving! It was fun as always! We go to Spencer, ID and were not disappointed!

 The boys shot pistols while we were enjoying the warm weather. Josh wasn't too fond of the blow back from the gun!

 We also had to decorate the tree! Cooper insisted on "helping" daddy put on the lights! He learned that he could climb the ladder and we couldn't keep him off of it!

We have the lights on and it is decorated! This is the biggest tree we have ever had, hands down! It is huge! We loved having room to have a big tree! We had to buy more lights to cover it though!

Other July Happenings!

 We went to a fundraiser for Jaime and Remmie and my brother's friend, Mac Hinson, gave the kids rides in between their stunt rides. It was fun and the boys loved it! Here is Trevin and Mac getting ready for a ride.

 Josh is riding on the front of the bike!

 Trevin is riding on the front now! They both loved it!

Believe it or not, this was Cooper's first time in a swing! He loved it! We went to Utah for Natalie Story's wedding and stayed with Kelly and Sharla! The kids loved playing together! It was so fun to spend some time with them!

 Jane, Kelly, Aaralyn, Trevin and Josh

 The boys making smores in fire pit!

 Cooper with Great-Grandpa Dennis Dalton!

 We were waiting outside the Jordan River Temple for Natalie to come out after the wedding. What do you think the boys absolutely had to do?! Play in the fountain, of course! I am in so much trouble with these boys!!! Do you see Daddy just watching them in the background?!

 Our cute family (with wet boys!)!!

Cooper LOVES beets! A boy after my own heart!! They are my favorite too!!

The Sand Dunes - July 6, 2012

 We went to the lake at the Sand Dunes in St. Anthony, ID and the boys had a ball! We went with Mandy and her kids and Megan and her boys and Grandpa Tammie. They loved every minute. We couldn't get them to leave!

 Cooper loved the water!

 Talan and Trevin were "sliding" down the hill and into the water. They went over and over and over again! Cute boys!

 There were tons of these salamander things. It was so fun to try and catch them, but they are fast! I was able to catch one and the boys thought that was the coolest thing!

 No fear in this child! We had to watch him pretty closely!!

Trevin had a ball and they played hard!!

July 4, 2012

 We went to the parade in Menan this year and I was very impressed! It will be the parade that we go to every year from now on, unless we are with the Gibson family! Malad does a great job as well! Then, we came home and the boys had to light the snakes and the parachute bottle rockets. They loved it! Kyle had lots of help!

 Afterwards, we went to Idaho Falls to my Grandpa Hanson's house. We ate dinner, Kyle and Cooper napped with Trevin teasing them, and we watched the fireworks from the ally in the backyard!

 The boys with Grandma Tammie and Great-Grandpa Hanson!

Everyone watching fireworks at Grandpa Hanson's while we wait for the traffic to clear out so we can go home. The kids loved it and we enjoyed the day spent with family!