Snow!

Last Friday we had our first snow!  It was snowing lightly when we got up, it actually started the night before.  All four of us were so excited.  It kept starting and stopping.  Every time it started again we would run outside.  It was so cool (awesome and cold)!  At one point the snow got pretty heavy with big flakes.  Curtis was suppose to be leaving for work, but we were having too much fun.  It snowed off and on all morning.  But it never stuck.  I drove the boys to play group in the snow.  The boys know I have been worried to drive in the snow.  When we got to church Brayden said we should call Daddy to tell him I drove in the snow.  He was so proud of me!

I love this picture!



After one trip outside Colby asked Daddy for hot cocoa.  Daddy said his voice was too sweet to say no to.  Plus, It Was Snowing!

The week before we had two hail storms.  The second one gave us a lot of hail.  It started right when Curtis was driving home from work. It took him a long time to get home.  Colby liked the hail.  He kept trying to pick it up, but it would melt in his fingers

It is so cold that this is what my car looked like the next morning.  The roofs were still covered in hail too.  It is crazy how cold it is.  I have never experienced these temperatures.  And yes, we still love it here.

Jingle Bells!

Both of the boys have been learning a lot of new things.  Brayden in the last few months has taught himself how to whistle, something I did not learn until I was 17,  and how to tie a bow.  I am impressed with his determination and abilites.  He worked very hard at both and was so proud of himself.  He also is getting awesome at reading.  He impresses me every day with the new things he can read.  I love his curiosity, his determination, his desire to learn, and the smile on his face when he succeeds!

Colby has been learning new things too.  After a year of practing he has finally learned how to jump.  He loves to jump!  He sings all of the time and learns new songs very quickly.  I didn't know he knew jingle bells.  He sings with me, with the TV, with his toys.  The other 3 of us will sit in the living room to relax.  Colby will grab his saxophone or radio and walk around and around the room singing.  He talks all of the time and we are starting to understand more of it.  Both of the boys are at such a fun stage in their lives right now.  I love to see all the new things they learn everyday.

I better go now. Our trash can is blowing down the street in the rain as I am typing this.

Halloween Cuties!

I usually don't like Halloween, but this year it was a pretty fun weekend.  We had a Halloween party at preschool and they were excited to wear their costumes.  They look so cute!

Above they are doing the flag salute.  They made jack-o-laterns with paper and decorated cookies.  Colby is getting pretty good with the scissors.  But his confidence sometimes scares me.

We carved pumpkins.  I mean Curtis and I carved pumpkins and the boys told us what to do.  Neither of them would even attempt to touch the inside of the pumpkin, and of course they are too young for the knives.  Brayden's pumpkin is a moose.

Brayden helped make dinner on Halloween.  He found a receipe for Banana slugs in one of his magazines, and had to make it.  I thought Halloween was the perfect night to eat slugs.  He made them by himself, and was very proud.

The boys went trick or treating for the first time.  They were unsure at first, but by the 5th house we were chasing them to the next house.  They had so much fun.  There are a lot of steps when you live on hills, so the boys were exhausted by the end of the night.  Brayden always got there first and knocked.  But it was cute because when Colby got there he also knocked, very short and quite.  It reminded of us of trick or treating when we were little, it was fun.

When we got home the boys left their costumes on to pass out candy.  They loved that part of the night too.  We got some cute pictures while they were dressed up and high on sugar.