Cute Halley!

This is a cute video of Halley. She took a bite out of her finger on accident and kept telling us she needed a band-aid. She is so dramatic about her owies! She always wants a "nanayd."
Her vocabulary is growing every day. It has been so fun to watch her grow and learn!

Home Improvements

One of the projects Wes has been working on since he got home has been the play house in the backyard. I really wish I would have taken some "before" pictures! This thing had no roof and was pretty much falling apart.
Wes' brother, Garon, came over to help work on the roof. They had a lot of fun doing manly work together! It turned out looking really nice too. Wes is currently working on painting it and putting new carpet in.

Look at these manly feet!!!

This was when they were just about finished. I was really worried about them being up on that small roof together, but it held up pretty well!

Isn't this kid a cutie???

The kids had fun playing outside.







Then, when it got too cold, they came in to watch a movie while the men finished their work outside. I was trying to get a good picture of them all smiling at me. Yah right!

(I can't get my red eye editing tool to work so this picture isn't very good.)
Halley always sits like this, and I think it's cute!

Here We Go Again!!!

The title of this post has reference to many different and exciting things:
1. We are going to have another baby in August!
2. Wes has been home for about a month, and he is going back to school!
3. Did you catch the first one? Yikes! I have been pregnant for awhile, but I haven't really been spreading the news a lot this time. It seems like people think we are crazy for wanting to have four kids! He he he . . .
4. I am going to start trying to blog regularly again! So, here we go!!!

Firewood!

Wes had to cut down a dead tree in our back yard. Here are some fun pictures!

Wes loves to do this kind of stuff.

Bradley loves it too.

I didn't know this, but after I took these pictures and went back in the house, Wes let Bradley use the chain saw! Crazy dad!
Halley and Connor opted to stay in the house away from the noise.

Halley was actually kind of scared!

It's so nice to have our own home and be doing so many fun projects! The kids especially love all the outside work because it usually means they get to go out and play!

A Few Quick Thoughts

I had to post about a couple funny things the boys have said. During family home evening we always have someone bear their testimony after the lesson is given. Lately, the boys have been saying things like:
Bradley- "I know that Santa is real and that he'll bring me lots of presents, even though no one has seen him because he lives at the North Pole."
Connor- "I know that Santa is true, and I know that Baby Jesus is cute."
I guess I am not focusing enough of the true meaning of Christmas. Ha ha ha . . .
They have been asking me the whole holiday season about how Santa will get in our house. We have no chimney! They also want to know how the reindeer fly and how it all works. I just give this standard answer, "No one really knows because no one has ever seen him."
Here is a link to a cute story about teaching kids some of the symbols of Christmas. We did it for family home evening on Monday night. It was very productive because we had each item for the boys to look at and possibly eat.
Although, Bradley's answer to pretty much every question was, "Eternal families!" My sister was saying he's just getting prepared to give good Sunday School answers.
We are so excited that Wes is going to be home in just a couple days! Yahoo!
Oh, and here's one more reminder- if you want a Christmas card, send me a message with your address! Thanks!

Halley Trying to Wink!

I think this was another, "Ya had to be there," moments, but the boys and I were laughing really hard. Halley was trying so hard to wink. I love that she is using her mouth to do it!

Not to be Taken Literally!

The other day we were out playing in the snow. We came inside and were taking all our snow attire off when the phone rang. I answered it and in my distracted mom voice told Connor to take everything off so he could get some warm, dry clothes on. He took me very literally and took EVERYTHING off. Ha ha ha . . . except the hat. I think he forgot he had it on. I was laughing so hard. Here he is in front of our front door with everything taken off. Isn't he an obedient child???