Monday, April 18, 2011

Brigham is 4!!

This year Brig had the choice between a Chuckee Cheese birthday or a birthday like Kason's where Darth Vader came to the party. He chose Darth. We made a few changes to the agenda such as we had it early in the morning so we could serve starwars pancakes which were a hit!


While the kids were eating the pancakes, Starwars the clone wars was playing which definitely caught their attention, as the picture of Brig and his 2 buddies Jacob and Jake shows below!:)

And Sylvie decided to get her own orange juice to help wash down the pancakes!!:)
Also our trampoline served as a good place for down time! I love this picture of Marshall and Sylvie on the tramp!

And here is our fabulous Darth Vader cake made by the very talented Babbie! It was an orange cake with homemade chocolate frosting. Orange is Brig's favorite flavor. Babbie is so thoughtful!!:) Brig finished off his piece within seconds. Not only did it look amazing but it tasted amazing too!

Now for the little Padawans to be robed so they could learn how to become jedi knights!

This time I made the lightsabers out of swim noodles and duck tape since I could not find any at the dollar store. The kids seemed to like these better because they are more durable! Below Obi Wan is instructing the young padawans how to use their lightsabers and how to become jedi knights.

When Darth Vader came out most of the kids were brave and loved it, but some....

...like Isabella and Naomi were scared to death. They ran away and hid behind the slide! Isabella's dad was Darth so later he told her the truth so she wouldn't be so scared.

Even Sylvie wasn't afraid to fight Darth Vader! She loved it!!

Brig gave Darth Vader one last force push which sent him flying out of Boulder City!

Then it was time for the Darth Vader pinata!




Darth Vader came back for pictures this time. It was great!
Time to blow out the candle!

Mmm, that it good cake!
Presents never disappoint! Brig was spoiled rotten! Thank-you everyone for making Brig's 4th birthday party perfect!


Sunday, February 6, 2011

It's the toothless Marshall!

Yep, it's true! At 6 1/2 Marshall finally lost his first tooth! He was soooo excited the night the toothfairy came. TJ overheard a conversation between Marshall and Kason about their understanding of a toothfairy before they went to bed...Kason said "I KNOW the toothfairy has a light." Marshall said " I don't know how big it is but I know it's bigger than a tooth!!" I love how the wheel in their curious minds was turning like crazy! The things they say are priceless!!

It's SNOW TIME!!

We went to the snow (Mount Charleston) New Years Eve Day. It was the PERFECT day!! It was sunny, and nobody really got cold until the end because of forgetting to put gloves back on! Notice the hand warmers??!!

Gettin' in a little snowball fight with dad!
Family Snow shot (minus Marshall's eyes)!!
Nothing like having dad be your sled when riding down a hill! All the boys took a turn!!
We went with our friends the Olsons. This is a shot with Brig and his riding partner Gracie!!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Christmas 2010


I got to be in charge of Mrs. Coe's Christmas party this year. It is fun being a room mom!

Here he is with his whole class before they sang to us!
Christmas eve Babbie read the cousins the book "Santa Mouse" that she used to read to her kids! It was fun to keep the tradition alive!
Grandpa read Sylvie her special Christmas book too!


Christmas morning = Present Time!!
Empty the stockings and tear open the gifts!
Sylvie LOVED her new kitchen! Can you tell she just woke up by her bed head?
Brigham took an interest in her kitchen too!
Later, we opened more presents at Babbie and Grandpa's. Sylvie can reach the ornaments there. :)

We LOVED being with our cousins for the holidays!

GINGERBREAD HOUSES!!


Too much fun! Ours looked like it was hit by a tornado, but it was all in the name of fun!!
MERRY (a little late) CHRISTMAS!!:)