My lil' helper

Scott loves to help me! I am lucky to have boys that are willling to do chores. As long as I am right there with them, they will do anything I ask them. It's the jobs they need to do alone that they struggle with.:) I was laughing so hard at Scott diving into the washer to get the clothes. What a cutie Bug!

Snow Days

Brrr! It is tad bit cold here! We got 5 inches of snow accumulated, which is a ton for this area. I can only remember 2 or 3 times since I have lived here that we have had that much stay on the ground. It isn't getting any warmer, either. We are supposed to get another round tonight bringing 5-8 more inches. YIKES. The boys are in HEAVEN. They have been sledding and 4-wheeling all week.

This year's picture

We took a few pictures on Thanksgiving of the boys. They all turned out pretty goofy, but here is one of them.

This is Dad...he was ACTUALLY cold. This is the first time he's ever admitted to that:)

AND, by the way, Dad made some of the best gravy EVER this year!

Happy Holidays to all of you!! I can't wait for the Christmas gravy:)

Chef Scotty

Katie came over on Saturday for some craftin' time. She helped Scott make dessert for the night. It was SOOOOO yummy...and perfectly easy for a lil' guy like Scott. He had his apron on and everything. It was a can of apple pie filling, a can of crushed pineapple, a white cake mix sprinkled over it, butter cut on top, and then a final sprinkling of chopped walnuts.

Ward Tailgate Party

So, I am now our ward activities chairman. We wanted to do our annual chili cookoff with a twist, so my committee and I came up with an indoor tailgate party. It was so fun and everyone participated. We had each table come up with a license plate to put up and they also had taillights. Then, whatever they brought for food was on their "tailgate" and we all wandered around tasting the different food. Whew! It was a busy, but a really fun night...not to mention, it was a great activity to invite friends to. Of course, Scotty won the pie eating contest...again. He also tied with Michael for the donut eating contest. Maybe I deprive my kids of sweets too much, so they just go to town when it is in front of them:) HA HA Sounds like a good reason.

Story time

What a bunch of goonies! Scott and Michael have started reading together every night. This helps Michael with his fluency and Scott with his reading. Unfortunately, they are way too silly to get through it without giggling and getting all roudy. Gotta love these guys!

Sunny Sunday Afternoon

Oh, what a beautiful Sunday we had last weekend. We had the boys go outside so I could get some good pictures of them. Scott, of course, was very excited. Dallin, on the other hand, wasn't into it at all! Ah, well. They turned out better than any school picture would have.