Is it too late for the Holidays?

So I am finally trying to finish up the big events of last year. I started this post almost two months ago and then our laptop stopped working and I am lost without it. I tried to finish it on our other computer, but it just never happened. So now our laptop is working just enough that I can finish. I will just be glad to be done with this one because I feel like I can move on. I guess I am working backwards, but I'll start with Christmas. So here it goes.

The Big Day

The kids on Christmas Eve in their new pajamas. Tyler wore his for the picture only. He won't sleep in anything but his Nike shorts and no shirt.

Rylan and Jenna just couldn't wait to get downstairs Christmas morning. I love watching the kids excitement during Christmas.

There was too much excitement for Brigham. He didn't last very long before falling back to sleep.

We had such a fun Christmas. It seems like it's been awhile since we've been able to celebrate Christmas on Christmas day because of Anthony schedule, but this year he was off because he had just had his second back sergury just two weeks before.

I love to experience Christmas through the eyes of my kids. I can remember going to bed Christmas Eve and not being able to sleep because I was so excited, and now to see my kids enjoying it the same way is so worth it!

Here the kids are decorating our Christmas tree!

On our way home from our trip to Utah and Idaho we were able to stop and see Grandpa Marshall. We never go to Idaho without seeing him and this time he was in Utah with other family, so on our drive home we saw him there and I am so glad we did. This turned out to be the last picture we got with him. He has since passed away. We will miss him, and always love him. He has meant so much to our family. There isn't hardly a day that goes by when the kids don't bring up some memory they have of him or Grandma Marshall. And Jenna loves to show her friends their picture and tell them a story she remembers about her Grandma and Grandpa.

Happy Bithday to Tyler!!

This year we were in Idaho for Tyler's birthday so we celebrated it there. We do have cousins in Las Vegas, but it's not very often we get to have Grandma and Grandpa at our birthday party so that made it extra special for Tyler. He had a great time with so many cousins, his aunts and uncles, and his grandparents. Thank you everyone!

Decorating Gingerbread Houses

Jennna and Tyler just couldn't wait to have a taste.

Aunt Jennifer had the kids come over to decorate gingerbread houses. She did it the real way. I would have gone to the store and bought a kit, but she made her own gingerbread and cut out the shapes, and made her own frosting. I'm glad my kids have family members who do such fun things with them.

Helping Grandma decorate her Christmas Tree

Brigham's Blessing

I hope we're not the only ones who have hard time getting a decent picture of their kids. We had a little fight break out between Jenna and Tyler while we were trying.

Tyler just doesn't like to cooperate for any pictues.

While we were in Utah for Thanksgiving we blessed Brigham because we were going to have so much family there. I am so thankful for everyone who was able to make it. I know how hard it gets to attend all these big events. Thank you for making it such a special day! And since my whole family was there during Thanksgiving we also celebrated Christmas a little early. My kids have so much fun seeing their cousins. We don't get to see them as often as we'd like to.

Brigham being loved by his cousin and aunt.

Having fun opening presents!

Brigham loves to get attention. He will smile and talk to anyone who will look at him. Here he is with another one of his aunts. He has been such a fun baby.

Mom and Dad

The older I get the more these pictures mean to me. This is Brigham with my grandpa, his great-grandpa.

Thanksgiving

All the kids at Thanksgiving dinner.

The kids had fun making Turkies out of apples and candy. We had two Thanksgiving dinners. On Thursday we ate with the Anthony's family at Jim and Jackie's cabin, and then Friday we went to my brother's house. Thank you Jim and Jackie and Bob and Kathryn. We had so much fun!!!

We had fun sledding and riding 4 wheelers.

Brigham's first Thanksgiving. 2 months old.

Lots of cousins to play with.

After Thanksgiving nap.

We had so much fun over the holidays and are so greatful for our wonderful family. We are thankful for all the fun times we spend together!

Sweet Brigham!

These are just some random pictures of our sweet Brigham. The kids absolutely love him! Rylan and Jenna were playing with him and taking pictures of him in this first one. I love it!! It makes me laugh. He definately isn't lacking love and attention at our house.

Trick-or-Treat

I know it's about time I post my halloween pictures. Halloween seems like it keeps getting busier we went to the school carnival, class parties, trunk-or-treat, and then the kids and I went to Phoenix and went trick-or-treating with my parents. We had a lot of fun, well all of us but Tyler. This is not his favorite holiday. He doesn't like to dress up. This is the only pictures we have of him in a costume. He didn't like carving pumpkins. He got a little bit of the insides on his hand and he started gagging, and kept saying, "this is going to make me frow up!" I thought he'd like trick-or-treating better, but even that wasn't for him. He's too shy to walk up to the doors. He warmed up to it a little as long as I was with him. Other than that the rest of us had a great time!

Jenna and Brigham

Rylan at his parade.

This pretty much shows how Tyler felt about Halloween.

My mom with the kids and their pumpkins.

The kids trick-or-treating with my dad.

Welcome Brigham!!

I hope it doesn't make me a bad mom because my baby is six weeks old and these are the first pictures I've posted of Brigham. Brigham was born on September 13th at 1:09am. The crazy thing about that is Anthony and I arrived at the labor and delivery desk at 12:55am. He was born just 14 minutes after we got there. It's a good thing Anthony was home and willing to run a few red lights. I had been having contractions all night, but I guess in the back of my mind I thought they would just stop like they had with my other kids. I've been induced each time and with this one I was scheduled to be induced on the 17th so I just figured I would make until then. Anyway, I was trying to time my contraction, but they were kind of all over the place so I was waiting for them to become more regular. Well, when they became regular there was no time in between them. All I can say is I'm glad we made it to the hospital, and I'm glad it went fast because I didn't have an epidural. Besides being a little crazy things went well. Brigham is perfect!! He weighed 8lbs. 11oz. and was 21 inches long. We are so excited to have him here! The kids love him so much! Here are a few pictures of him!!

My Boys!

Jenna is so good to her brother. She loves to hold him standing up. And she makes sure to give him a kiss before she goes to school each day.

Tyler absolutely loves his brother. He always asks where the baby is, and loves to kiss him. It doesn't matter how tired or grouchy he is at night, he won't go to bed without giving Brigham a kiss.

Rylan is at such a fun age. He really is a big help. When Brigham starts fussing the next thing I know is Rylan has picked him up, and is holding him making him happy!

Both grandmas were able to come help us after he was born. We appriciate all they did and love spending time with them! Sorry mom I can't find the picture from when you were here. I'll add that when I find it. Proud Dad!

My friend Carol was nice enough to come over and take pictures of Brigham when he was two weeks old. I think they turned out so cute! Thanks Carol!!

Brigham has been such a fantastic baby! He has already brought so much joy to our family! We feel so blessed to have him in our family!

Happy Birthday Jenna!

I am so late with this post. On September 8th was Jenna's birthday. She turned 5!! She is such a special girl. We love having her in our family. She started kindergarten this year and is loving it. She loves to play with her brothers, and her friends. I don't think anyone who knows her can look at the color purple without thinking of Jenna. She loves it!! She loves to tease her dad, and hang out with her mom. My Little Pony party. She invited lots of her friends from school and church. They had a fun time!

The Big Day!

So I got a call from the Dr. office today, and they said if the baby is not born on his own by Thursday I will be induced Thursday morning! It's a real convenient time, I am to be at the hospital at 2am! I'm not loving that, but it's exciting to know we actually have a date to look forward to. I guess it's time to get a bed set up, and clothes put in the closet. We probably should also start to seriously think about names. Whether we're ready or not the big day will be here before we know it, and I really am excited!

My Cute Boys!

Ok, I know this is a little wierd but I had to take a picture and share the story because I thought it was so funny. So today Tyler comes running into me very excited saying,"Mom look, my dad shot a rat." I follow him into the kitchen where he has the garbage can open pointing at this large piece of lint from the dryer telling me again that,"dad shot a rat." I had to laugh. I guess I should clean out the lint from the dryer more often.

I had put the kids to bed the other night. And when I came back to check on them I found Rylan reading to Tyler. He has become such a good reader. I just though it was so sweet to see him reading to his little brother. I also love that my boys refuse to wear shirts when they sleep.

Anthony and I found Tyler sleeping like this the other day. I couldn't believe he was really sleeping standing up, but he was out cold.

Finally!!! Rylan lost his first tooth! He couldn't be happier. He's been waiting for this for a long time. He pulled it out during school on the third day. I think it's so cute, I love the big holes in kids mouths when they start losing teeth. I am so happy for you Rylan!