He's Two!

Wow!  Our youngest is two.  I can't believe it!  I never thought this day would come and now that it's here, it came really fast.  I have to say babies will always have a special place in my heart, but I love watching these kids of ours grow and the older they get the more I love being a Mom.

 We love this little man to death!  He is so full of life and the most patient child we've had.  We actually celebrated his birthday yesterday because my parents wouldn't have been able to make it.  We had fun watching him open his presents.  It was hard to know what to get him because being number five and the forth boy in a row, he has everything he needs.  But, thanks to the kids for parking bikes behind the van because he got a new balance bike and LOVES it.

We've bought this balance bike three times now.  But, we love how quick they learn to ride with one and it so much better easier than training wheels that it's definitely worth having around. 

 Here he is saying cheese with his gifts: 

 Such a sad face.  The poor kid decided to put the candle out by grabbing it.  Needless to say but I bet he won't touch fire again.  Thankfully, he was fine and the cake helped him forget what happened pretty quickly.

Thanks Mom and Dad for coming!  It's nice to have some family nearby so that we don't have to celebrate alone.

At two Caleb loves:

Books

Puzzles

Bananas

Mom (a bit too much)

Brayden (copies everything he does)

The rest of the family

Stuffed animals

Food

Going for rides to the store

We love:

His sweet personality and patience

His smile

The way he loves the other kids

The way he thinks all bikes make noise

We love how he is awesome at going for rides

He's the funniest talker and says "u huh" all the time

Bo said he thinks it's funny how grumpy he is when he's tired.  Just like his Mom.  (Ha ha, Bo.)

Christmas 2014

 Christmas 2014 was probably one of my favorites.  The kids are at just the right age to where all the magic and excitement was there.  The kids woke up at about 6:30.  We do Christmas gifts in the basement.  All the kids slept upstairs in the office so we could get the excitement of seeing everything on camera.

We started out with crepes loaded with chocolate pudding, raspberries, and whipped cream.  I know, really healthy.  Then off to the basement we all went.  Here are the pics.  We also have video.

Braryden loves his Olaf

By the last gift Caleb finally realized how fun it was to open the gifts and started top try an open everyone else's gifts.  He's so funny!

The rest of the day, they played with toys and we had a great time together.  It was so fun and they all got along.  My parents also came up for Christmas Eve and Christmas day even in the horrible weather.  The kids had a great time with them. 

Bryce and Amie came up after Christmas and we had a great time with them too.  The kids had a blast getting pulled in the snow.

We went to Boise for New Year's and to celebrate Christmas.  I forgot the camera so I only have a couple of pictures from dinner with the family.

 Not a flattering picture but here's the other few of the group:

Caleb in the Kitchen

After my parents house Bo and I were sitting on the couch talking while the kids were downstairs watching TV.  Caleb was in the kitchen and the next thing we knew he was making up a grand dinner of grilled bananas, pretzels, and bread. (FYI- grill wasn't on.)

He was so proud of himself.  I had to laugh.  He watches us so close.

Some Christmas Fun

Every year the kids go to my parents and help them decorate the tree.  This year was really fun.  The kids are getting older and it makes stuff like this more exciting and a lot less work.  They decorated the tree and made some fun treats.  They made chocolate peanut butter pretzels, Grinch head kabobs, and decorated sugar cones.

This first group of pictures the kids decorated a sugar cone.  As you can see Hailey had a blast making bushes out of blobs of frosting and chocolate chips to eat later.

 Here are the Grinch Kabobs

Here they are decorating the tree:

 Here is Bo watching them decorate:

Thanksgiving 2014

Thanksgiving was in Utah this year.  It was fun to get away and have some time with my side of the family.  We stayed with Brooke and Issac.  Dinner was at Dustin and Jeanie's.  Brooke and Jeanie provided the cute hat project.

 The guys getting the meat ready

 The Feast:

 And that was A BUNCH of dessert:

 Waiting for the feast

 Archie and Abbie Snuggling:

We were able to go to the Museum of Natural Curiosity and Thanksgiving Point.  Way busy day.  I wouldn't recommend the day after Thanksgiving.


  We finally went to see Barry's house and the boys went motorbiking with the cousins.

 Saturday night we took the train to Temple Square to see the lights.  The ideas sounded great.  But, it wasn't the best night to go.  It was so busy we didn't get to see a whole lot.  My favorite part, the reflection pool was pretty much impossible.  But, the kids had fun and that is what we wanted. :)

Waiting for the train:

 I have always LOVED this building

 Here are those who decided to fight the crowds

 Bryce and Amie

 Brooke and Issac

 Us :)