late holiday recap

I know this is late coming, but hey, ... okay I have no good reasons.  We loved the holidays, esp. spending them with our families.  We also got the basement finished with the carpet installed christmas eve! So it was fun to have new territory to play on christmas day.  

It has also been a good experience to see Wes' brother Nick, who was in neuro critical care, recover so well.  He had multiple brain infections and doctors weren't sure he would live. He was in a coma for a couple of weeks,  and is now in rehabilitation and is walking again.  He has been given another chance at life. It was interesting while in his coma, he drempt of attending his own funeral.  I couldn't help but compare it to the movie "A christmas carol."   Perhaps he was given a choice to change. Whatever the circumstance, we are glad he is still with us.

We also can't wait for a new baby sister.  Morgan is especially excited and tells me he will feed her and take care of her and hold her when she cries.  He felt her move in my belly and said, "She's having a dance party in there!"  We are all very excited to meet her.

  

here's to 8 years of amazing adventures

I can't believe we've been married 8 years- I would have never imagined I could love someone so much.  There's already been so many wonderful crazy adventures.  But above all, our two boys have been the greatest of these... 

our little turkey

Carson loves loves animals and for Thanksgiving really wanted to go catch a turkey. (?) So we stopped at Sugarhouse park where there were hundreds of these geese and let him run around and try to catch one.  When he got close enough to one and realized it was as big as he was,  he quickly turned to chase another.  Morgan had no interest in the poopy flappy birds and stayed by us! Good thing we had an extra pair of shoes for Carson.

know your sitters...

So last year on game day I dressed the boys in their little  byu shirts and left them to be tended by their auntie abbie. When we came back,  to my horror(Ha!) they were clad in bright red Utah shirts.   I love red, but these just had to go.... I think the boys look better in navy anyway! 

However, they were still quite cute in red, who knows where they'll go to college,  both are great schools! 

Back on Blog.

Alright, so I'm not the best blogger.   Blogging requires opening up my computer, something I refused to do once I finally finished and sent the illustrations for "Stinky Feet of the Mandarin."

I am so happy it's done, however, I'm debating on whether I ever want to do another....The book will be out in the spring. 

The other reason I haven't posted lately is that my camera was dropped on some bleachers and well, is  demolished.  So I have a bit of catching up to do. I posted some pictures of what was left on the card, like Morgan's first day of Preschool, (he's loving it now, but definitely not at first). Also had to add some pics of the only time we went camping and got hit by a torrential rainstorm in the Uintahs.  The funny thing is the boys loved it. Every time it rains now, they want to go camping.  

Wes also competed in the Lake Tahoe XTERRA mountain championship triathlon and did great despite the freezing temperatures!

Oh, and the garden thing? I pretty much let it go when I found out I was pregnant.  It didn't turn out so well.  The tomatoes grew noses, the corn were midgets, the carrots looked more like the fingers on an ancient witch doctor and I had a pumpkin growing in the grapevine. Nevertheless, little Morgan was proud of it.

For Halloween Morgan was Indiana Jones and Carson was and is a ferocious dinosaur. Where Morgan is sweet and tidy, Carson is wild and crazy. 

I also have to say how excited I am for my sister Jenn who had a beautiful healthy baby girl! Babies are ultimately the true definition of miracles and blessings. 

Soooo anyway-- I've been taking it easy and enjoying the pregnancy.  We are excited to say we are expecting a little baby girl!   Pink seems so refreshing for a house of 'blues!' 

Happy birthday Morgan!

Morgan turned 4 last weekend and wanted a treasure hunt party, Indiana Jones style.  So after decorating some bandanas they set off on the obstacle course/treasure hunt.  They first took an adventure ride with Dr. Jones (Wes) to the beginning of the course. Then they had to outrun the boulder,(which just killed me to watch, haha!!) cross a bridge, run through slimy snakes, (green spaghetti) and other tasks before uncovering their treasure chests in a pool of packing peanuts.  

   After breaking a  pinata, they had golden (chicken) nuggets in buckets eaten with a little shovel and rake.  Morgan loved the cake and had a great time with his friends.  

   Earlier, when he awoke that day, he said, I'm still little and my voice hasn't changed." Apparently, he though that when you turn four, you become a man.  Not quite little buddy...and it's a good thing too!

Also some of my favorite pictures of little chubby Morgan.

XTERRA triathlon mountain championship

This is Wes' fourth year doing the triathlon and he did great.  He placed fourth in his category and later found out he would have placed first had he registered for the clydesdale division!  So way to go  Wes!  Also to Michael (Wes' sister's husband) who did the whole thing with a sprained elbow.

This is definitely one of my favorite races because the competitors come from all over the world and we get to see the world champion winners compete. It's also just a fun atmosphere.  Carson was excited to get a number on his arm too, and did some climbing of his own. So the next one is in Lake Tahoe which they are planning to do as well. good luck guys!