Happy Birthday Eli

WOW, Eli is the big 5! Were dose the time go? Eli was very cute today. He was so excited he couldn't stop bouncing, all day. He loves Toy Story right now so he had a blue cake with jelly beans that he picked out, and a Buzz Light year ship and Buzz toy on top. When I asked him what he wanted for his birthday dinner he said "rainbow jello", so rainbow jello we had. It was my first time making it. I think it had some imperfections, as I was removing it from the fridge to do another layer I found it had tipped in the fridge and the orange was all on one side. Good thing Eli is not picky.
Of course he had so much fun opening presents. Jane gave him some Buzz Light year p.j's, he wore them all day. Matt and Hyrum gave him a V-Motin game system and I mad him a quilt out of some of his old p.j's and t-shirts. Eli is such a sweet, fun, exciting person. Hyrum really wanted to open presents to. While Eli was getting ready for church, Hyrum decided to help himself to a present. Eli was so kind when he found out what Hyrum had done. He said "that's okay, I don't care." Matt told him he was really growing up. Eli decided because he is five now he would ware a tie to church. He made it most of Church with it on. I see a light in his tie waring future.
I love when my kids have birthdays. It is so much fun to remember the day they came into this world. I have been thinking of the day Eli was born. It was such a awesome day. I loved everything about it. Eli's birth was a very peaceful birth. It is such a special time of year too. everything seamed so quiet and still. I was thinking of Mary and Jesus and when I held Eli and looked into his eyes my heart felt like it might explode. I am so grateful to have such wonderful memories and even more grateful to have such a wonderful son. I love you Eli. You are such a bright joy in my life.

Little Blue Lips

I was going about my things when I noticed Walter, who is now crawling, with blue lips. What could he have gotten that would do that to his lips. It turns out that he found a blue air head Hyrum had left on the floor. He seems really happy about it.

Oh So Creative

I had so much fun making super cute cake stands and platters with my mom this last week. We got plates and other odd things like candle holders, goblets and vases from the D.I and Salvation Army. Then we brain stormed added a little glue and came up with some way cute things. I always love doing crafty things with my mom. She is so talented that way. She has fantastic ideas and great taste. She has lit the fire inside me and helped me channel my own creativity. I have great memories of staying up late to help her make some thing or re-arrange a room. Ah, good times. Jane is very creative as well. I love seeing what she comes up with. I also really enjoy our chit-chats over a craft.

Fun In The Snow

It looks like we are going to have a white Christmas. We have been having a lot of fun in the snow that has recently piled on top of us here in Mountain Green. Matt and Tyler Quigly brought their tractor home to pull the kids around in a sled. It was so much fun.
Our neighbors may have built the biggest snow man ever. Matt and I just hope it doesn't fall over on any of the kids. yikes. Happy snow days everyone.

Dino Boy

Hyrum is our little dinosaur lover. If it has to do with dinosaurs he is all over it. He has dino p.j's; a different pair for almost every night of the week, dino sun glasses, a big basket full of plastic dinos; he drags them around the house all day and sleeps with them ALL every night. Now that we are reciving a lot of toy catalogs do to the holiday he spends a good part of his day searching them for dinos. One night he got out of his bed to and told me he needed to sleep with his catalog. We have so many laying around the house I didn't know which one he was talking about. I found every one but the right one. Everyone I would give him he would tell me "that is not my dino catalog" finally we found it in the play room. It was missing the cover and practically falling apart. After holding his breath and shaking his fists with excitement, he said"that's my catalog" and returned to his bed. This whole fetish started last year when received The Land Before Time. When April rolled around he had a dinosaur birthday and he's be a total dino fan ever since. I am posting some pictures of Hyrum. One he is sporting the dino glasses, dino p.j's and he put his helmet on just to be extra fun. The next one is on his 2nd birthday in yet another pair of dino p.j's and his dino cake. Next is this Halloween in his spike tail costume. The next one he is playing dinos at the Quigley's and the last but not least, some of his dinos that he had tucked in bed with him. Rock on little dino man, Rock on.

New York trip in a nut shell

I can't believe so much time has gone by and I haven't even posted about New York. Jane and I got to go to New York October 15th through the 18th to visit our friends Paul and Andrea Boerem. Despite Jane getting sick and it being really cold, we had such a fantastic time. We love Paul and Andrea so much. They were so nice to let us come stay with them and be our personal tour guides of the city. Jane had so much fun playing with their two cats. I am going to try to tell you about all the fun things we did without writing twenty pages. So here we go.
Thursday October 15th:
Sad to leave our cute boys in the morning
Arrived in New York around 5:00p.m
Jane not feeling well :(
Survived the pouring rain and the cab ride to Paul and Andrea's apartment around 7:00
We were so happy to see Paul and Andrea
Jane was so excited to play with Paul and Andrea's two cats
Stayed up late watching the Princess Bride (Jane's first time with the classic) and chatting
Friday October 16th:
Slept in
Set out to brave the cold
Yummy lunch at the Shake Shack
Museum of Natural History, butterfly exhibit
The Met, Egyptian exhibit
Jane starting to not feel so grate
Dylan's Candy Bar, (Three floors of candy as well as everything themed candy, Jane got some cute rain boots that have candy printed all over them.)
Jane got really sick fever, headache
Have been running around all day and we are in the middle of the city while she feels so lousy :(
Andrea finds a pharmacy, we get Jane some medicine
Paul finds a big, soft chair to rest in
Paul gives Jane a blessing and she falls asleep. I am so thankful for Paul and the power of the priesthood. :)
Jane wakes up feeling well enough to go to Wicked, off we go
Wicked was awesome!!!! We loved every bit of it
Back to Paul and Andrea's. Their apartment was so warm and welcoming to come back to.
Ahhhh, BED
Saturday October 17th:
Slept in again
Brunch at the Doughnut Factory(A supper yummy doughnut shop, not actually a factory)
China Town, crazy fish markets, fun shops, baby turtles that we did not bring home this time and yummy chinese food
Econo Candy, another fantastic candy store. Jane having more fun at this one because felt better.
Top of the Rock, Rockerfeller Center. We could see Central Park, the Empire State Building, even the Statue of Liberty.
Jane wanted her picture by some really big crystals that were in a wall at the Top of the Rock
The top of the Rock, the highlight of Jane's day, she thought it was really cool
Jane and Andrea played dress with the hats , scarfs and jewelry at H&M while I shopped
Alice's Tea Cup, to get a cupcake
Home to Paul and Andrea's for pizza and a movie
Sunday Octoer 18th:
Another freezing day
Church with Andrea
Back to Paul and Andrea's warm apartment
Watched the Parent Trap (another one of Jane's first classics)
Making hair clips with Andrea
My how time flies when your having fun
Goodbyes are never fun
It is always nice to come home though.
We missed the Boys like crazy
We can't wait to see Paul and Andrea again!

Pumpkins, Pumpkins and more Pumpkins

We love pumpkins. For family night one night in October, we went to Matt's patch to pick the pumpkins and bring them home. It was so much fun. The kids were so excited. Our car was loaded to the max. I sat in the back seat with Jane and Eli because there were pumpkins in the front seat. After the pumpkins were all loaded we went to this supper cut ice cream shop that just opened in Ogden called Burch Creek Mercantile. It reminds me of the Cottage, a candy shop that used to be in Bountiful when I was a kid. Everything about it is cute and old looking. Matt did such a awesome job with his patch this year. Thanks for all the fun Matt.

Hooray For Photos

I was so excited to pick up my photos today. Hayle Miller did these for me. I love her style. I am so happy with the way they turned out. What a cute family. They were all such good sports when we did these photos. Matt was so awesome to haul the church bench to an orchard in Kaysville. Thanks family for being so wonderful.