Random Shots from the Past Few Weeks

Sometimes during the day I ask Riley to watch Jaylee for a few minutes. I always think that he can keep working and that she can just watch him, but I always come back and find the two of them chatting with each other! I don't think Riley gets much work done.

Melanie, Riley's sister, got a puppy... she let Riley watch it for her. Poor dog...

Last week I heard a bunch of noise coming from the playroom. When I walked in, this is what I found. Even though I was annoyed that they took all of the toys off of the toy shelf, I still had to get a picture. I love it when they have fun together. Even if it means more work for me.

Easton looking cozy in his play clothes.

Jaylee and mom on a Sunday afternoon walk.

We don't have any girl toys yet, so this is what Jaylee got stuck playing with the other day. I put some baby toys down by her, but she just reached out and pulled this truck over to her. It is a good thing Christmas is coming, because I felt kind of bad seeing my little girl playing with boy toys.

Boys playing cars together...

I have a great view out my kitchen window. I was watching all of them play while I was doing dishes and thought that I needed to take a picture of them.

Jaylee and Cousin Dax

Mom and Kids

Mom and Jaylee

I wanted to get a picture with all of the kids. This was the best I could get. It is actually not too bad, considering what I am working with.

Riley took a picture with all of the kids, too. Brady insisted that everyone wore a hat!

Little Deer Hunter

Deer season is here. In preparation the boys began putting up tree stands. Brady is fearless and started climbing up one as soon as it was attached to the tree. We had to stop him or he would have climbed all the way up!

Happy 2nd Birthday Brady

Brady turned 2 years old on Halloween. He celebrated by having cake and ice cream with family, opening presents, and going trick-or-treating. I think he is still too young to really understand what was going on, but he loved having everyone sing to him and getting presents. He was also a fun trick-or-treater. He was actually running door to door and yelling 'trick-or-treat' when people came to their door!

Jack-o-lantern Cake

Getting ready...

...and blowing out the candles!

His first present. Easton was more than happy to help him open his presents. Brady is fun to give presents too because he said "Whoa... Cool!" after about every present he opened.

The Party Scene

I guess with having a Halloween birthday, you never know what will show up to your party. Grandma came dressed as a witch and Papa was wearing a 'bed bug' hat (which Brady immediately stole off of his head).

Halloween Fun

We had a fun Halloween this year. We celebrated by going to a church moms and tots party, watching Easton in a costume parade at his school, going to a trunk-or-treat at church, and trick-or-treating with Jared's family. It was a fun and busy week!

Easton in the costume parade at his school.

Easton sat with his preschool class and sang 3 songs with them during the costume parade. It was fun to get to see him interact with his school friends.

Jaylee the Football

Easton the Fireman

Brady the Lion

A Family Halloween Picture

Brady stole the hat off of Easton's head right as we were trying to snap the picture!

The boys were eager to dig into their candy after the trunk - or - treat at church. Riley and I were excited to get some candy also!

The Asay's and the Gibb's

The Asay's, the Gibb's, and the Hayman's

It is so much fun living by family again and being able to spend the holidays with them.

Happy 4th Birthday Easton

Easton had his 4th birthday this week. He celebrated by taking treats to school (above picture), eating pizza, and having lots of family over for cake and ice cream. It was fun to see him excited and anticipating his big day!

Fire Truck Cake

(I baked it and Riley did the decorating.)

Easton requested a fire truck cake, and was really excited to check it out when it was done.

He looks so cute listening to everyone sing 'Happy Birthday' to him.

After waiting all day, Easton finally got to open all of his presents. He was pretty excited!

Random Shots from the Past Few Weeks

We have baseboard heating in our house. It is nice because we can just heat the rooms we are using. At night we turn all of the heaters off except the one in the kid's room, but that means our living room is pretty cold in the morning. This is Brady just after he woke up. He was snuggled down in a big blanket to stay warm while he watched cartoons!

Easton had school on his birthday, so Brady and I made his cake while he was gone.

Easton got some Play-dough for his birthday and the boys have really enjoyed playing with it!

Easton just had his very first church Primary program. He looked really cute up on the stand. He remembered his lines (A prophet is a man who talks to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.) and spoke them clearly into the microphone. Then he sat back down in his seat, looked out into the audience at us and loudly said, "Did I do a good job Dad?" It was pretty funny and cute!

Grandma thought that I wasn't dressing Jaylee warmly enough, so one day there was knock at my door, and Grandma was standing there with a stack of clothes that she bought for Jaylee! Jaylee likes her new clothes and is getting used to having her arms and legs covered...

Brady and Jaylee

Daddy and Jaylee