Chocolate Houses

Yesterday we went up to my mom's church to decorate chocolate houses. My Uncle Brent and Aunt GayAnn spend hours of their time and money making these chocolate houses from molds. Last year was our first year doing it and my kids were really excited to do it again this year.

Austin had been up all night puking about every half hour for 8 hours straight so he was a little tired. Even though he was very mellow he still had a great time. (For all of my family that reads this and is appalled that I brought him; let me just say in my defense it had been 8 hours since he had thrown up and with his puking history it's hard to know if it's from a bug or just because he's Austin.)Zack was obviously being his goofy self. I love the first picture where he has his tongue stuck out in concentration.In this picture he had started eating his chocolate house and we told him that we couldn't and to just eat the candy there. This was his reaction to that, goofy boy!
Every picture that I have of him smiling he's looking at my mom's camera instead of our's, thanks mom.Gavin had a blast! I thought I would need to help him a lot, but he did it all by himself. He apparently decided that he needed to test all of the frosting and candy to make sure it was good enough to make it on to his house. :)
Thank you Brent and GayAnn for a fun new tradition!

Park City

In the middle of November we went up to Park City with my family for 5 days. It was a nice break from real life. We are so grateful to my parents for always inviting us to go up there.

We got up there Friday night and went to dinner with my parents at a place that's name is not worth remembering. Then we went back to the hotel and went swimming. We finished the night off with kids in bed and then we played Dominoes with my parents.

Saturday morning we swam for at least 2 hours and Gavin finally warmed up to the water and released his death grip. I'm so happy he's finally more comfortable in the water (except for the fact that it's terrifying as well!). Then Aaron and I left the kids with my parents and Steve and Mandy (they got there right before we left) and went to the Utah game. It was snowing and freezing cold, but we had come prepared in all of our snow clothes and I was glad! Plus the Utes won so it made it worth any discomfort. :) The kids had fun doing some more swimming while we were gone.

On Sunday we went to church and then Matt and Michelle came. We were going to go tubing on Monday, but since Matt had to leave that night we decided to go Sunday afternoon. It was a bit windy and cold, but otherwise it was perfect and we had so much fun! I know that was a lot of pictures, but I chose that many out of over 400 pictures so I think I did pretty good!

We went swimming again that night and then Gavin decided during dinner that he was done for the day. This little darling decided a few months ago that he was done with naps so now instead he's grumpy during the day and every few days he can't make it through dinner, but isn't he cute!After some bedtime stories with Grandpa the kids went to bed and the adults played some more games. Saturday and Sunday we played the game Bohnanza, it was a lot of fun!

Monday was spent shopping at the outlets and then more swimming. Then unfortunately Steve and Mandy and their kids went home that night.I know this isn't a great picture, but it was very dark in the room. I love how they always have to be touching each other.

On Tuesday we obviously swam some more and then went home that afternoon. We finally decided to take our camera out with us on Tuesday though and got some pictures. Austin was funny and kept jumping in the pool as straight as an arrow. He also was showing us his flipping skills; him and Zack are way more daring than I ever was!Zack flipping and getting some good air.
Gavin showing his jumping skills.

First day of school

Austin and Zack's first day of preschool this year was September 6th. They are going to a preschool a couple of miles from our house that some of our neighbor's went to last year and highly recommended. They go 3 days a week for 2 1/2 hours and they were so excited to start!
I had them write their names so I could see their handwriting and then asked them a few questions. I had to do a side picture because I love how they look with those huge backpacks.
Austin:Favorite color: red
Favorite food: pizza
Favorite movie: Toy Story 2 & 3
Favorite book: Cat in the Hat
Favorite show: Dinosaur Train
Favorite ice cream: chocolate
Favorite toy: cars
What do you want to be when you grow up: dragon
Favorite subject: centers
Thing you do best: play soccer
If you could go anywhere: ?
Best memory: playing at Grandma's
One wish: ?
Favorite song: I Am a Child of God

Zack: He has become quite the ham in front of the camera some days and apparently this was one of those days, funny boy! Zack really can't write his name that much better than Austin, he just asked for more help than Austin did.Favorite color: orange
Favorite food: turkey
Favorite movie: Toy Story
Favorite book: Cat in the Hat
Favorite show: Arthur
Favorite ice cream: vanilla
Favorite toy: Buzz Lightyear
What do you want to be when you grow up: police man
Favorite subject: centers
Thing you do best: take care of my little brother
If you could go anywhere: my friend's
Best memory: play with toys outside
One wish: buddy toy
Favorite song: Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam

Gavin of course had to have his picture taken as well and he had to wear his backpack.

Life Goals

Here are my life goals so far:

Date Aaron Nelson- check
Become a nurse- check
Marry Aaron Nelson- check!
Have twins- check (what was I thinking? :) )
Have 4 kids by the time I'm 30- check! 4th baby due 5 days before my 30th birthday!