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Monday, November 30, 2009

Larson/Dana Party 2009

A favorite of the year! We had a great time. We had tons of food, family, friends, and laughs. Tallon and Jerrie started off the night with a mean game of "Go Fish"...

while the twins stayed busy tasting every thing of food.

Aunt Karol brought a fun snowman craft that the kids loved doing!



We ended the night with a white elephant game. We scored big coming home with a box of old movies, a picture by Clancy, a wallet, a tennis game, and a snowglobe. It is a fun tradition that we do every year. It think it started back about 35 years ago before Gary & Karol, and Chad & Terrie had any kids and last night the final head count was 22, and we were missing 10. Wow, it is amazing how fast familes can grow.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Wow!!

This pregnancy is totally kicking my butt! I have no energy, no ambition, no desire, no nothing. I hope that being out of the first trimester will bring me out of this fog. Not only has my blog suffered and been neglected, but so has my family. Poor Tyler is such a trooper and always so good to help. Tallon is the best helper and so willing to do anything for me and the twins. The twins are just as crazy and as full of energy as ever, which has made for some really interesting days.
Now for the info:
I am 13 weeks, due June 6th, baby will come in May due to having C-Sections, Tallon and Tyler are pretty sure it is a girl, I am just hoping it is not puppies! So far the doctors say there is only 1! Thank goodness, twins twice would kill me. Of course I am going to find out what "it" is, and we are scheduled to find out Jan 8. Yes, this came as a complete surprise. We were pretty sure that we were done with 3 energetic boys, proving once again that God does have a sense of humor, and I am not in charge.
Now on to better things. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We were able to visit with all the family that we had time for, and ate ourselves sick. We went for a fun ranger ride the day after with some family.

The boy's big find for the day was the hundreds of ladybugs that were hibernating under the rocks. Always wondered where they went for the winter, now we know.

Vivin, Jace, and Tallon marking their trail. It was a wonderful, warm day and the boys had a ball. Orrin was passed out in the ranger and missed out on some of the fun.

Tallon and his Uncle Jace. How fun to have your uncle as one of your best friends!

Tallon has been begging to put up our tree, so Tyler broke down Friday night and with the help of many helpers were were able to go from this...


to this.

Saturday the 28th Tyler and I traveled to Logan and were able to witness the sealing of our nephew Carter to his parents. It was awesome. It seems just like yesterday that Carter was being born. Now he is 4, a big brother, and part of an eternal family. Life is so good.
Orrin started running a low grade fever Saturday morning. Tylenol was doing its job and so that night we enjoyed watching the parade of lights and gathering candy. He went to bed with a slight but bad sounding cough, and by 2:00 am it had turned into something a lot worse. So off to the ER Tyler went. A breathing treatment, 2 prescriptions, and 2 hours later they were home and all was well. Today was spent lazing about the house recovering from life and cuddling our ER bear.

It has been busy around here and with the holidays just around the corner, it doesn't look like it is going to ease up.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

It's not my fault!

It really is Tyler's fault! I mean he is the one that insisted that we have our own pair of clippers. And he has made me use them before on his and Tallon's hair. And by using them it gave me confidence that I could cut hair. So you see it really isn't my fault that my little ones went from this...to this in 5 mins.

Thank goodness for a little gel. It looks much worse without it. But then it doesn't look all that great with it either.

I have already sent my apologies to Tyler via text messaging, but I think I had better start working on something really great for dinner. But then again, if I don't, maybe he'll just take away my clippers?!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

And so IT begins!

Tyler and Tallon ventured out on the first duck hunt of the year and came home triumphant! The day was full of giggles and grins, and a small mishap with a primer. Needless to say we are buying good safety glasses before next weekends adventure. Thank goodness we didn't loose an eye!
Here is Tallon with his trophy

Vivin taking his turn. He was fascinated with the darn thing. He kept petting it and saying "Hi, Duck!!"

Orrin is always a bit more cautious when it comes to dead things. He did hold it for a bit but enjoyed looking at it more from a distance.

My 4 boys and the dog.

The mighty duck hunters. Love both of their smiles.

I currently have duck meat soaking in my sink and tomorrow it will be made into some good old jerky. The season is off to a great start!

Friday, November 13, 2009

Thursday, November 5, 2009

SV Braves Basketball Camp 2009

It is baffling to Tyler and I that 1) we have a child old enough to do a basketball camp 2) that we have a child that would want to do a basketball camp and 3) that we have a child that did awesome at a basketball camp! It is so true that your children constantly amaze you. Here are some of the highlights. (Tallon is the little man in green shorts)




After 4 nights of playing, and a little hard work, Tallon came home full of grins. He won the "Bank Shot" award in his age group! Give credit where credit is due- Tallon wouldn't be the ball player that he is if it wasn't for this awesome cousin. Kellen is awesome and loves to help and support Tallon in anything that has to do with sports. Thanks Kellen!

Tyler and I will both have to admit that it was a lot of fun watching Tallon do something that we never expected him to be interested in! Great job bud!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

The simple things...

have kept us busy this week.
We got to hang out with cousins...


and paint a pumpkin. Lets be honest, Mom carving pumpkins is just not pretty!



Tallon woke up to a note from Daddy telling him how much he loves him. Everyone one should have a daddy like ours!


We FINALLY got to meet this little beauty! She is honestly one of the prettiest baby girls EVER!!



After all this and some fun Halloween activities we were exhausted. I love Sunday after church naps.



It truly is the simple things in life that make it wonderful!