The Final Show

    Here is Michael's final "Out of the Box" performance! He had so much fun, and I think he loved all the attention!!  When we first got there they had a quick little practice and he wasn't showing too much interest in dancing.  But when he saw a few performances before him I think that is what got him excited.  He went on stage and didn't act shy at all....he get's that from his father!  Afterwards on the way to get ice cream I asked him if he had butterflies in his tummy (cause I was, just for him) and he says matter-of-fact like, "no, I didn't eat any butterflies."
Ha, that made us laugh!  Here is his famous moves, enjoy! ;)

Yep, I'm actually posting!

Its been forever since I blogged last so I might just skip ahead to what's going on now.  As you already, most likely, know, we are going to have a baby girl in May!

I'm loving being able to buy girly pink things!!  The only trouble we're having is deciding on a name so we might just have to wait till she arrives.  Michael seems excited to have a little sister and I'm not too sure what Jesse will think.  He likes babies but when I'll have to be holding her besides him, I think he'll have trouble with that.  It'll be fun though...even though I'm not quite sure I'll know what to do with a girl. Only 11 weeks to go!:)

Me at 27 weeks and 2 days (about 6 months).

 So not too much has happened so far this year...

We celebrated Chris' birthday (and yes there should be more candles),

the boys still show brotherly-love,

and Michael has been into a Rockstar phase, which came out of nowhere!  When Chris asked him why a Rockstar he said "because I want to scare people!" Ha, silly kid!

Just this weekend Michael had a dance workshop at a high school for the Dance team and he was loving it!!! He mostly just did his own thing, but it was his first time learning a dance so he did pretty good!  He gets to perform on Wednesday, I'm excited for him!  Here is a video clip of him showing off his moves, enjoy!

Getting into the Thanksgiving Spirit!

Yesterday for our family home evening we made a turkey and on each of the feathers is something that we are thankful for.  Michael enjoyed giving feathers to the turkey and naming things that he is grateful for, a few being: his little brother, his mom and dad, Oma and Opa, Grandma and Grandpa, Aunts and Uncles, Cousins, and of course toys and most of all his trains.  It is so much fun watching my boys learn and to grow!

I found a poem that was in a Friend magazine that I liked for there are so many things that I am thankful for:

A Thanksgiving Prayer 

by June Swanson

There is so much to say today;

I don’t know where to start.

How can I begin to tell

The thanks that fill my heart?

Should I begin with family,

Or love or joy or sunlight,

Or peace or health or happiness,

Or home or birds or stars at night?

For all these things—and many more—

I thank Thee, Father dear.

But most of all I thank Thee

For always being near.

~

On Saturday we had our first snow and after breakfast we all went out to play in it.  The boys loved the snow, even Jesse!  If Jesse fell down he would just eat the snow and have the biggest smile on his face.  They are both just too cute!  I love them to pieces!!  Then daddy got his snowboard out and took the boys for a little ride which they both loved, but too bad it didn't work too well!

Boys in Costumes

Not too much has been going on since I last posted...but here are some Halloween pics of the boys.  They made dragons and lions look cute! :)

Halloween Time!

It's been a while since I last posted something, I am a slacker! Well here are some pictures from when we went to the pumpkin patch down in Oakley. The boys and us had lots of fun with the pony ride, games, and the haystack maze.

We also carved some pumpkins, the boys loved watching and helping their Dad with that!  Both Michael and Jesse were also liking the taste of the pumpkin and would lick the cut out pieces. Silly boys!  And when the pumpkin was lit, Jesse didn't know what to think about it...until he decided that it scarred him!

Our Family Summer Vacation

  A few weeks ago Chris was able to get a week off of work so we went and had some fun.  We decided to go to Utah and do a few things around there: the AFB Museum, the Zoo, the Tree House Museum, Lagoon, and Thanksgiving Point to the Dinosaur Museum and Farm Country. It was lots of fun!
  When we were at the Zoo the funniest thing was when the boys were looking at a baby crocodile,

it snapped at them and Michael got freaked out by it so he pushed Jesse down (since he was standing up against the glass) and Michael was just saying that we had to stay away.  Poor boy, but it was cute cause he was trying to protect us all! :)  At the Zoo we also watched the bird show and that was pretty neat.  The birds would swoop over the audience, and these were mostly big eagles, it was awesome.

Lagoon was also tons of fun, funner than Chris and I thought it'd be!  The boys loved all the fun rides, Chris and I would take tons riding with Michael, and some rides Jesse was able to ride too!

Michael liked basically all the rides,      

Jesse loved the boat ride

and the whale ride.  When the whale ride was over he fussed a little, he didn't want it to be over.

Both boys loved the carousel, 

and the train ride.

Before my mom picked up the boys (so Chris and I could ride a few rides, so nice of her) Michael and I went on the haunted house ride, I told him to make a scarred face to act like we were scared when we were ridding it but I don't think he was pretending!

Chris and I rode a few of the roller coaster rides and walked around and took a picture in about the spot where we met! :)  

and the shark too! Say grrr!

Thanksgiving Point was great, Michael and Jesse loved seeing all the dinosaurs.

They also got to ride some ponies and 

And at Farm Country the boys got to see some animals.  It was cute some little goats came over and were nibbling on the boys' fingers, Jesse just loved it!

they planted, harvested, and sold farm goods!

Our fun summer!

Just a small post about what we've done so far this summer...

Jesse turned 1 on the 24th of June!

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We went to Bear Lake for a family reunion, it was so much fun!!

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And our 4th of July!!

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