We went to Murray Park and had family pictures taken for our Christmas card and I'll be darn if we could get one descent photo of everyone just smiling... It was impossible. Nice day for it though -- in the shade!

He gets some BLING BLING!

Cole wanted to get his ears pierced last year when Bo did, but we told him to wait. Well this last weekend he begged and begged so we finally took him to Valley Fair Mall yesterday and got them done. He actually looks pretty dang cute!! Might I add. Now if any of them ask for a dress... I might be concerned!

Baby Lost His FIRST Tooth!!

Well the baby isn't a baby anymore... the first baby tooth was lost on 11-24-08 eating a Curious George fruit snack. He was pretty excited for the Tooth Fairy to come and bring him a $1.00. The next morning --- he was so surprised that she came!

Sunday Drive

Today we went for a family drive to the Great Salt Lake. Nate has never been there and neither have the boyz! They weren't sure they liked the smell to much but they had fun throwing rocks and collecting them.

I'm Loved!

Nate's showin' me some love after we made the decision to not have anymore babies by having my tubes tied. Always nice to recieve roses, whatever the occasion!

Out of his SHELL!!

Gage has amazed me. I created this video so you can listen to Gage saying the Pledge of Allegiance. He was given the opportunity to announce the Pledge over the intercom at school on Veterans Day 11-11-08. This kid went from being dragged by one arm and one leg in to Pre-School, to being a "cautious" but adventurous kid. In the video are pictures of all the boys -- those are this year's school photos. Wow! How they have grown!

Halloween

Halloween was kind of sad this year... The oldest thinks that he doesn't have to be with his mom all the time!! He didn't have an interest in carving pumpkins or trick or treating with us... I guess he has cooler friends! So without him, the whole family ate chili and walked the streets in the warm fall weather. We now have enough candy (x3) to feed an army! I have to say though, I have not had one piece of it, and I am dang proud! Gage was a clown at school and a pirate at night because he was tired of the paint. Cole was a Cowboy's football player at school and Joe Dirt at night. We tried to dress our only girls as "princesses", but it didn't work so well.