Both Hunter and Austin played the piano in a school talent show. I must say that they both are doing well with the piano.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
My baby is 6 months already!
This little guy is one sweet baby. He's so happy and loves his brothers, he's always smiling at them. He touches my face so soft, especially for a baby. He's been such a blessing to have in our family :)
Both Hunter and Austin played the piano in a school talent show. I must say that they both are doing well with the piano.
Both Hunter and Austin played the piano in a school talent show. I must say that they both are doing well with the piano.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Oh, boys...you make me smile!
Peyton is all decked out in a knights hat and spiderman outfit and says to me: mom, me and ryder (which he says yarder instead of ryder) are playing Knights Tale. I'm the Knight and Ryder is the Tale. I asked what does the Tale mean. He said: you know, he's the dragon's Tale.
I hear Ryder and Peyton arguing in the other room and Peyton says: oh yea?!? you want to bet? How many dollars do you want to bet? (We might use that phrase a little too much at our house, even if we really don't mean it)
Ryder is constantly putting a blanket around Brooks' head and asking me if he looks like baby Jesus.
Ryder keeps arguing with Peyton that when they turn five he's going to live with Mason (their little friend who just turned 5). I told him that I would miss him so much. He said: I will just live there for one hundred and then I will come back. (Who know's what 100 means to him). The funny thing is is that he's serious.
Ryder refers to anything that happens in the past as yesternaught :)
Peyton now has a shaved head because he grabbed the electric razor and cut the top of his head when I was getting a broom after cutting Hunter's hair. He loves it because he says he looks like Brooks now.
Ryder thinks he can get away with eating whatever he wants (especially like 5 pieces of sacrament bread) if he tells me that he's a hungry boy.
Ryder let a toot after he got out of the shower and I hear him ask Peyton: Did you see my toot...it's brown.
I tell you there's nothing like living in a house full of boys. All sorts of funny things happen. Like last night Greg was trying to get all the boys ready for family prayers and they weren't listening. Austin was telling Hunter to get the duck tape so Hunter could duck tape Austin's feet together. Austin surely didn't think this one through. #1 He should never bring up duck tape while Greg is in the room. #2 He should never ignore Greg when he's trying to get them to say prayers. I'm sure you can imagine what happened. Let's just say Austin will not ignore Greg for prayers again.
I hear Ryder and Peyton arguing in the other room and Peyton says: oh yea?!? you want to bet? How many dollars do you want to bet? (We might use that phrase a little too much at our house, even if we really don't mean it)
Ryder is constantly putting a blanket around Brooks' head and asking me if he looks like baby Jesus.
Ryder keeps arguing with Peyton that when they turn five he's going to live with Mason (their little friend who just turned 5). I told him that I would miss him so much. He said: I will just live there for one hundred and then I will come back. (Who know's what 100 means to him). The funny thing is is that he's serious.
Ryder refers to anything that happens in the past as yesternaught :)
Peyton now has a shaved head because he grabbed the electric razor and cut the top of his head when I was getting a broom after cutting Hunter's hair. He loves it because he says he looks like Brooks now.
Ryder thinks he can get away with eating whatever he wants (especially like 5 pieces of sacrament bread) if he tells me that he's a hungry boy.
Ryder let a toot after he got out of the shower and I hear him ask Peyton: Did you see my toot...it's brown.
I tell you there's nothing like living in a house full of boys. All sorts of funny things happen. Like last night Greg was trying to get all the boys ready for family prayers and they weren't listening. Austin was telling Hunter to get the duck tape so Hunter could duck tape Austin's feet together. Austin surely didn't think this one through. #1 He should never bring up duck tape while Greg is in the room. #2 He should never ignore Greg when he's trying to get them to say prayers. I'm sure you can imagine what happened. Let's just say Austin will not ignore Greg for prayers again.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
What...No TV!?
Greg and I have been talking for awhile about turning off our DISH. We both feel that we're paying for lot's and lot's of advertising. Some of which makes me think that I need to buy whatever is being advertised. I remember a recent prophet, I think Pres. Hinckley, saying that we don't even know we need things until we see it advertised.
Greg bought a bunch of John Bytheway's firesides on CD. I knew that turning the TV off was going to be a great choice for our family. But after listening to one of his talk's, I feel that it was necessary for us to turn off the TV. Did you know that kids spend 900 hours in school a year? Do you know how much time they spend watching TV...over one-thousand!!! To be honest, my family fit into that category and it was becoming irritating to have that stupid, expensive TV on. So for Christmas we decided to buy a bunch of Kinect games that get the kids (and the adults) moving. I've never had so much fun as I have playing with my kids. We have to talk more and laugh more to fill the silence that the TV left behind.
My kids actually have to talk to each other. We think of other things to do now that our minds aren't doing nothing by watching Spongebob. I'm happy with our choice. I'm mostly impressed that Greg was willing to turn it off when he did. If you know Greg you know he loves football, and playoffs are just starting. I guess he'll have to figure something out to watch those games and I'll have to miss out on all those Ghosthunter episodes that I love so much. But really, we are going to have so much more time as a family, especially when a lot of that time is taken up by sports and music lessons. I'm happy we decided to make this choice for our family and I know that it's the right choice for us.
Greg bought a bunch of John Bytheway's firesides on CD. I knew that turning the TV off was going to be a great choice for our family. But after listening to one of his talk's, I feel that it was necessary for us to turn off the TV. Did you know that kids spend 900 hours in school a year? Do you know how much time they spend watching TV...over one-thousand!!! To be honest, my family fit into that category and it was becoming irritating to have that stupid, expensive TV on. So for Christmas we decided to buy a bunch of Kinect games that get the kids (and the adults) moving. I've never had so much fun as I have playing with my kids. We have to talk more and laugh more to fill the silence that the TV left behind.
My kids actually have to talk to each other. We think of other things to do now that our minds aren't doing nothing by watching Spongebob. I'm happy with our choice. I'm mostly impressed that Greg was willing to turn it off when he did. If you know Greg you know he loves football, and playoffs are just starting. I guess he'll have to figure something out to watch those games and I'll have to miss out on all those Ghosthunter episodes that I love so much. But really, we are going to have so much more time as a family, especially when a lot of that time is taken up by sports and music lessons. I'm happy we decided to make this choice for our family and I know that it's the right choice for us.
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