Halloween

We invited some friends from church over to carve pumpkins with us mainly so I could make some Halloween treats to share with someone other than us!  Our homemade was a hit, the boys really loved the "fog"

 Here are Peter and Isaac (yes in just undies) showing off their carvings.  Peter did his all by himself, which we were pretty impressed with.

 Daddy's vomiting pumpkin...

 We went over to my aunt's house to join with cousins for dinner and to go trick or treating in their neighborhood since Alan was on call for Halloween.  We had fun, but called it an early night since my boys were up late the night before for our ward's trunk or treat.

 Ironman, spiderman and our little sweetpea

 Don't you just want to eat her up!

We had way more candy than our boys could even eat so mom and dad of course had to help!  

December

December was of course a crazy busy month.  I try really hard to keep things simple but December always seems to overrun with all kinds of fun things.

Naomi turned 5 months old this month and is such a sweet girl.  She loves sitting in her walker so she can see everything that is going on and it protects her from her brothers overabundant "love".  She wakes up happy, talking and smiling and unless she is hungry or tired is that way all day.  I just love to kiss her chubby checks and tickle her chubby rolls. 

One week for FHE we made gingerbread houses.  The boys had SO much fun and it was perfect that we each had our own house to decorate.  I am surprised though that any decorations made it to the houses since the boys kept eating them....but that is part of the fun I guess!

Christmas eve, so excited for Santa to come!

Naomi trying so hard to sit up!

We got snow a few days before Christmas, and the boys were so excited!  It has been so cold that the snow is powder so not very good for snowmen but great for playing in!

Peter has turned into quite the helper and if you can believe it even more independent.  He even asked to wash the dishes the other day.  Which I of course agreed to!

Isaac had a fun time decorating presents with daddy and I was surprised that he was really good at keeping them a surprise! 

My two explorers.  They love WildKratts and are always off exploring some habitat and looking for some creature.  I love that their imagination is so active and that they are finally able to play together for more time without having to have mom as a referee. :)

Merry Christmas! 

Naomi loves stuffed animals and dolls.  Is she a girl or what?  And if she can chew on it, all the better!  Glow worm from grandpa Jensen, she was very intrigued with it's glowing face!

Veggie out with dad.

We invited the neighbor girls over to decorate cookies with us, they all had fun and our new decorating squeezy things were a hit.

Decorating the Christmas tree and gingerbread houses

Christmas day was perfect!  Peter was so excited he woke up around 4 am and came into our room to let us know that Santa had come!!  I was afraid he wouldn't go back to sleep, but he finally did, and we got to sleep until 7 when Isaac came in.  We told him Merry Christmas and like magi Peter's little head popped up and said "Santa Came". 

The boys were very happy that Santa was able to find them some awesome bows and arrows that are kid friendly and fairly safe!  And daddy won daddy of the year with his presents of foam sword, shield and treasure chests. 

Naomi loved the ribbons and wrapping paper of course.

Daddy liked them almost as much as the boys.  He and the boys spent the rest of the day play fighting and having a ball.

We had a wonderful Christmas and hope that you all did too! 

October

We once again went to our local pumpkin patch to enjoy the autumn festivities.  I love seeing all the fun pumpkins in their various shapes, sizes and color.  Isaac loves the "BIG" ones. 

And both boys loved climbing over and through the piles and stacks of pumpkins.  I really wanted to get Naomi in the pile with them but they wouldn't even hold still with just the two of them so putting her in the mix seemed like a disaster. :)

Feeding the animals is always fun. I am glad the boys are not scared of animals, it makes life so much more interesting! 

I think Peter waited all year just to dig in this giant sandbox again!  This year Isaac was actually big enough to join in.

Train conductor Isaac!  This boy loves trains and cars! 

The boys tried their hand at "roping" this year, which was quite entertaining.  As you can see, they roped themselves more than the bull.

We decided to go to the actual patch and pick our own pumpkins this year.  Something Alan and I have never done.  

It was fun to go exploring for the best pumpkin.

Although it was hard to choose the one they wanted the most.  But we did finally end up with some perfect ones to take home and carve.

Taking a break after all that hard work!

3 months

Smiles and giggles arrived with little Naomi's 3rd month of life and we just can't get enough of them!  Little toothless baby grins are the best!  You can't help but be happy around them.

 Peter decided one day that his sister needed to dress more like a boy, so he gave her some style tips, which of course included a tie.  They were both trilled.

 We blessed Naomi the end of September  and were so grateful to have family in town to join in her special day.  One of my friends made her this beautiful dress, which you can't see to well in the pictures, and the boys thought she looked like a princess.  Although she is not too sure about her brothers holding her...

 Daddy and his baby girl.

 Mommy and my less than enthusiastic about taking pictures crew.

 The birthday girls.

 Grandma and Grandpa McKinney

 Grandpa Jensen

 Aunt Karen and Uncle Stan

 After lunch the boys were more than trilled to play with Grandpa and his IPad. 

 And daddy and sister took a nap :)

 And then she took one again with Grandpa :)

She is such a sweet little girl, and I am so blessed to have all my babies and for the chance to raise them in the gospel.  I hope I will be able to teach them what they need to know to progress through this life and give them the tools they will need to succeed.

One thing is for sure, the boys sure do love their sister!  They are so sweet when they try to play with her or take care of her. And she seems to enjoy it for the most part!