Christmas 2015 Pictures

A pirate on roller skates opening a bow and arrow set.  Does life get any better?

Gideon practicing on his roller skates.

Ambrose on his new scooter.

Silas with a nerf slingshot that Ambrose got him.

Gideon spent hours working on this lego creation.

Be Careful What You Ask For

The Sweetest Elves

The day before Christmas Silas decided to surprise me by cleaning the kitchen. He enlisted Ambrose's help and together they moved all of the chairs, swept the kitchen floor, and cleaned off the table.

My Poor Little Deprived Ragamuffins

Ambrose wasn't so sure about sitting on Santa's lap at first, but when he did he asked Santa for "his own bag of cranberries."

The idea of asking for his own bag of something came from Silas who surprised me one day when I asked him what he wanted for Christmas and he told me that he wanted "his own bag of carrots." You'd think that my children never got fruits and vegetables, but at the time Silas asked for his own bag of carrots, we had about six pounds of carrots in the fridge. He doesn't even like carrots that much, but he has clung to the idea with tenacity. Silas' teacher told the class to draw a picture of what they wanted for Christmas and Silas drew three adorable little carrots.

Thankfully Silas just told Santa that he didn't know what he wanted; it would have been embarrassing if Ambrose's bag of cranberries had been followed up with Silas' bag of carrots.

Just Like His G'pa

This morning Gideon asked me, "Mom, am I old enough to go to one of those back massage places?"

Good Mom

As Ambrose watched me take a brownie mix out of the pantry, he exclaimed, "Mom, I'm so proud of you!"

Last Weekend's Outing

Why the boys wanted to swim in this is a complete mystery to me, but they did seem to enjoy themselves.

Polyjuice Potion Anyone?

We've been reading the Harry Potter books out loud to the boys, so naturally they all wanted to be Harry Potter for Halloween.

 

Gideon in the school parade.

Silas in the school parade.

Harry Potter trying to read the ads.

Summer 2015 Part 2

We celebrated eight years of marriage with a trip to Seattle.  The boys stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Wall.

A few weeks later, the boys and I went back to Provo where I met up with some of my freshman year roommates.

We also went to the zoo, chased bunnies at the cemetery, shopped at IKEA, went to Mikey's baptism, and had a fun time in Provo.

 

 

The city finally built this awesome playground at the park by our house...

...but when we took the boys there for the first time, they only played on the playground for about five minutes before returning to their old favorite (and their parents' least favorite) the sand volleyball pit.

We also took the boys hiking a few times.

Our lush wilderness. It makes me thirsty just looking at it.

Summer 2015 Part 1

I made a "bounce house" by setting up our tent and putting two queen-sized air mattresses inside.  They just so happened to fit perfectly.  The boys loved it!

We did two sessions of swimming lessons.

Ambrose had this little girl wrapped around his finger.

I took Gideon and Silas to see "When You Wish" at Tuacahn.

Their friends Ethan and Scott also went.

We got a kitten which drove me crazy.  It only lasted a few days before I put it back on Craigslist.

We have now had fish, lizards, dogs, bunnies, and kittens.  I'm running out of pets to try.