September 2012

Mud Fight!  What is it with boys and mud?  After the garden got watered the first Saturday afternoon in September the boys got into a mud fight.  What a mess, but they had a blast!  Zander didn't care much for the spray with the water hose to clean off--it was cold.  Ah, how I love well water! :)

 Hmm...I think Chase might have dished out more than he got!

 Layton showing off the damage

 Could you tell this was Trey?  Crazy...looks nothing like him!

 Zander stayed out of the thick of it, but wasn't safe enough to avoid the cold hose in order to set foot in the house

 

The day Keely and I came home from the hospital the boys decided to have a fish fry.  It was a bit overwhelming for me, to say the least, but the boys had fun cooking up all the fish that had caught this summer.

 

I wrote about the birth of Keely, but here are some pictures of her (& the fam) during her first month.  We love her so much!

 

 1 week old

 

 2 weeks old

 

3 weeks old

  

Football, football, and more football!!!  The months of September and October were full of football, Monday through Saturday.  I so enjoy watching the boys play football....even if it is at a freezing cold morning game or an even colder and windier night game.  I like to see them have fun.  To succeed.  To see their confidence grow. 

Chase played on the 8th grade team for West Minico.  Again, he was one of the tallest and biggest players on the team.  He played Tight End and Defensive End.  He made 1 touchdown and a TON of tackles.

 

Trey played Running Back, Defensive End and Tackle.  He was quite the little star this year making 1 interception and scoring about 17 touchdowns.

 

Layton played for the first time this year and while he didn't have the best coach yet he still had fun.  Especially after he become the center--meaning he got to hike the ball to the QB.  He did such a great job in this position!

 

Declan had fun putting on the boys' football gear.  The helmets were so heavy they usually made him topple over. :)

 

Although she never got out of the car seat or Moby wrap, Keely was the boys' biggest cheerleader

 

 

Summer: Month One

I have been having a hard time keeping up with blog posts lately . . . slacker, I know.  In order to get caught up and hopefully stay that way this will be a general post of things that went on in June, month ONE of summer.  Which amazingly is already a week behind us as we are already into month TWO, where does the time go? 

FHE treats--chocolate lip and moustache suckers!

Chase off to NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) for a week at Camp Bradley. 

  Closet cubbies in the little boys' room that Trey built for one of his projects for his Family Life merit badge.  He did such an awesome job!  I love the shelves!

Mmmmm....summer's first S'MORES!

  

Spray plane . . . they love to watch it fly over

  

Swimming in the flooded field

  

Sneak peek at baby K

  

Cuddle time with mom 

Fun shower gifts for baby K

We also had reunions, trips to both Boise and Hamer, and baby room projects, but pictures are yet to come of the room . . . still a work in progress!

Another birthday

Zander had been counting down to his 5th birthday for MONTHS . . . he was so excited when it was finally June 11th.  He knew that when he woke up the next day it would be his BIRTHDAY and he would then be FIVE!  It is fun to see how excited they get for birthdays when they are younger.  Zander got to have lunch out with just dad and mom.  He chose to go to McDonalds where he got a kids meal (a rarity in our family) and then got to play on the toys.  He loved it! 

For his birthday dinner he choose to have Ranch Cheese Pizza, yummy jello/cream jigglers, krab salad and fruit.  

After dinner he got to open his presents which included a remote control car, money, shirts, pajamas, race car track, candy, training wheels and new handle gribs for his bike, a pool, and his favorite--RING POPS!

We finished off the evening with ice cream cones and Cookie Monster cupcakes.

We are so blessed to have Zander in our family.  He has such a sweet personality.  He is the first to make sure that everyone tells mom thank you for making dinner.  He loves to smile and make us laugh.  He loves playing with his little brothers, but also wants to be like his big brothers.  Happy 5th birthday Zander . . . we love you! 

Zander turns FOUR!

Zander was lucky and got to celebrate his birthday at the Yearsley family reunion. When I asked him what he wanted for his cake he said cupcakes with blue frosting. We took the cupcakes unfrosted and then frosted them Sunday morning. Cami and Jenna had fun helping me by putting the sprinkles on the cupcakes. Zander got to open his presents from grandpa and grandma and his aunt and uncles.

Monday, the day after his birthday, we celebrated as a family. He requested meatloaf and "white trees" with the "white stuff" (broccoli and cauliflower salad). After dinner Zander got to open some more presents--a frog pillow pet (he had been asking for one since Christmas), Thomas the train pjs, and Pop the Pig. Then a few days later he got a package in the mail with even more presents to open from Papa & Mama.We are so blessed to have Zander in our family. He has such a fun personality. He is always ready with a smile and a hug. He loves to play with his brothers and work alongside his dad. He can be shy at times, and quite talkative at others. He loves to color and gets frustrated when he goes out of the lines just the slightest little bit. Our family definitely would not be the same without our Zan Man. Happy Birthday buddy....we love you!

TWINS

Almost every time I go to the store with Zander & McKay people will comment on how cute they are and their spikey hair. And it almost never fails that I am asked if they are twins . . . I don't see it. You can tell that they are brothers for sure, but twins, I don't get it. The other day they were dressed in similar shirts--Zander said they were twins for the day.

Partners in Crime!!!

Last Thursday I was cleaning up the kitchen before heading out for an appointment while Zander & McKay were playing in their room, or so I thought. Next thing I know Zander comes running out and says "Look what I did" and points to his now purple toe nails. Zander was so proud of the fact that he had painted his toe nails all by himself--he did a good job for a 3 year old. Come to find out that they were NOT in their bedroom, but were in my bathroom playing in my makeup and nail polish. I went into the bathroom to find purple polish on my rug, tile, and McKay's pants. After getting after the boys and taking pictures (someday we will laught at this) I made Zander clean up his mess. I then got looking at McKay and found that he had applied mascara to his face and hands. Once all was cleaned up I went to put on My guess is that they dipped the mascara applicator into the nail polish so into the trash went the brand new tube of mascara. Matt was less than thrilled to hear that his boys were putting makeup and nail polish on!