Haws' alumni game

Haws played in his BYU Hockey alumni game a few weeks ago. He is always pumped up about these games and was excited to have us come and watch. To tell you the truth, I was looking forward to seeing him play, but not excited about keeping Davis and James under control while we watched in the stands... especially since the game started at their bedtime!

We lasted for the first period and then we went home. The boys were just getting tired and when they are tired... they are wired! Running all over the stands. Making friends with strangers and me just trying to make sure no one tumbled down the stands. So being 9 months prego, I was pretty tired as well. We all loved watch Haws play though. He really has a talent for the sport. I hope he can find a good league out here so he can get back to playing on a regular basis. The good news was that his team won! 

James in Preschool

This is James and his preschool teacher Miss Ginell. On this day they were learning about the color red and the letter "L" hence the lady bug hat. James loves going to preschool and he loves his teacher! She is a young mom and super cute, so I knew he would like her.

James loves going to preschool. He wishes that he could go every day! But he is just doing 2 days a week right now. 

When ever I pick him up, he is always in a good mood. Even if he was totally crabby right before. It is fun to hear him talk about his friends at preschool and the things he is learning and the activities they do. 

I know that preschool is really good for James. It gives him the outside stimulation he craves from people besides his family. James is and outgoing kid and I know he likes being in a new environment with new people.

Discovery Museum

The thing about Utah is whenever there is somewhere really cool that you want to take your kids to... so does everyone else! Well, maybe that isn't always the case, but the few times I have gone to the Discovery Museum in SLC it is always crowded! Maybe it is because I haven't gone enough to know when the slower days are, but this time around there were at least 2 school field trips going on. That being said... this place is still awesome! My kids really love it. It's just a little crazy keeping track on everyone. It reminds me a lot of pretend city back home.

Here are the boys making music. They could have stayed here all day. 

Of course Porter and Davis found their way into the old time fire truck.

I just know my boys are going to love horses. It's in their blood!

Here they are flying in the airlift helicopter that takes people to the hospital. They loved this! I had to bribe them to get out.

I will definitely be taking the boys back here! I'm just going to need to get an insiders tip on when to go.

First time sledding

My parents gave Davis a sled for Christmas. I haven't been motivated enough to try to take the boys by myself and now that we have gone, I am glad Haws was there to help me. I just don't have the energy required for sledding with the boys at this stage in my pregnancy. Boy am I tired!

The boys loved sledding. James is our adventurous one and Davis is more cautious. So after about 3 trips down the hill, Davis was done. He doesn't do as well in the cold either. James could have gone all day long!

Park City Babymoon

While my mom was in town, we took advantage of having her watch the boys so we could go on a "babymoon" to Park City. We got a free room at the Marriott that was amazing! We went to High West Saloon for a delicious dinner, walked around Park City, hit the gym and the Outlets and just enjoyed being together away from all the craziness of our life right now. We had a great time and really enjoyed having a little get away.

Visit back to CA

The weekend after Christmas the kids and I drove back to CA to visit one more time before the baby comes. We were able to celebrate a Christmas with my parents and John and Brad's families.

It was weird being visitors to CA and not having it be home. It was so nice to be back and see everyone again. We had a delicious dinner and opened gifts, which is always a crazy experience with all the kids!

These boys got promoted to the adult table!

After dinner the kids cuddled up with Bop and watched some TV. I love this pic.

I love this picture even more! Check out my dad's pants.

We looked for the pickle on the tree. The adult kids got a try (I found one!) and then the kids got a turn. This was my attempt to get a picture with the cousins.

Even though their home is under construction, Brooke hosted a cookie decorating party at her house! Here is Robin and I. Due a week apart, but on the same day thanks to my scheduled c-section. A little update though... Robin developed cholestasis which meant she had to deliver at 37 weeks. Elizabeth Rose was born healthy on Feb 4th. That means our little man will be here soon! 

We visited with the Leckey's and the Man's kids at the spectrum. I love Davis' face here.

We were lucky enough to get to spend some time with the Neser family. We went to see the Naples lights on New Years eve. James was happy to be reunited with Jay. I was asleep by 9:30pm that night. Party animal.

We went to Froggs bounce house with Carrie and her boys. The lady in the back ground is awesome. 

After 2 failed attempts to go to Benihanas for my birthday in Utah, I made it while we were in CA. This was a fun bunch to go with. You can always talk Brooke into a trip to Benihana.

It was Jay's birthday while we were in town and he had a bowling party. This was James' first time bowling. He loved it! I am now excited that we can add this to our indoor Utah activities :)

Our last night in CA, Monte came over a the kids watched a movie. Davis and Monte are so cute together. They both are so cuddly. James of course enjoyed his time staying at Nana and Bops house. We miss both sets of grandparents a ton!

This is a video that James and Lily Quack made while we were at the Wackerman's house. A home that was made for making music :)

I am so grateful that my mom drove back to Utah with us. It made leaving CA a little easier. The boys were great both coming and going on our trip. They better get use to it because we will be making this trip often.

Christmas 2013

We moved into our place just in time to start decorating and get the tree up. I seem to recall doing the same thing when we moved into our townhouse in FV. Our tree was up before we were completely unpacked. Same thing this time. I just have this need to have decorations and tree up to motivate me to do much else around this time of year.

The boys "helped" us decorate the tree. We just got a small one and put up about half of our ornaments. It was perfect.

I decided at 30 weeks it was time to finally take a belly pic. Of course I couldn't do it alone. The boys had to get in on the action :)

 Sometimes the boys will start holding hands during our drives. It melts my heart.

 Brad and Kori came to Utah to spend Christmas with her side of the family. We were lucky enough to get to see them for a dinner at Dana's house. It was so much fun seeing them again. One of the perks about living in Utah is so many people have reasons to come here!

The day before Christmas eve, I came down with another stomach flu! It came on fast and I got dehydrated and started having contractions. This happened once while I was pregnant with James. I called the doctors office and they told me to go into an urgent care and see if it was food poisoning or the stomach bug. We went to the one at the hospital just in case and after seeing me, they sent me up to labor and delivery. They hooked me up to the monitor and I was having contractions. So they pumped me up with fluids and zofran and I started feeling better. After about 2 hours the contractions had stopped and I was able to go home. Thankfully Dana was able to take my boys during this time. We got a little taste of what the hospital was like as well :)

 Christmas Eve I was still not feeling well, so I had to miss out on the festivities. Haws took the boys over to Jared's house to spend the evening with their Hexberg cousins, Grandparents and Uncle Wade who were all in town visiting. I was sad to be home alone on Christmas Eve but didn't want to risk spreading anything to the rest of the family.

Luckily I was feeling better by later that night and was able to enjoy Christmas Day!

The boys were so fun Christmas morning. Aren't they so cute in those matching pjs?

 They dug right into the presents.

 We all got shoes appropriate for living in the snow.

 James got a fireman hat that doesn't crack every time it gets dropped. We are saving a lot of tape.

We headed to the Hexberg's for some sledding, food and presents. Jared got a 4 wheeler and dragged everyone in the sleds.

After sledding we took our boys up to Midvale and took James ice skating for the first time. He has a little bit of work to do, but it was a great way to spend our first white Christmas :)

Here are James and Haws ice skating. Davis was pretty upset about being the spectator.