Round 2

Since the first round with Santa this years was such a disaster we decided to keep an eye out for another, more realistic Santa. The other night we went to a local diner in Layton. When we walked in we saw an awsome Santa getting pictures with kids. We thought we would give it another chance. As you can see from the picture he was a very realistic Santa, but the boys could have cared less. You would think we were trying to feed them to ants.

Since it didn't work out with the boys Santa let Mary Elizabeth sit on his lap and tell him what she wanted for Christmas. Alittle creepy but what are you going to do, it's Santa. Hopefully the boys don't end up with a Santa complex or this will be a rough time of the year for them.

Father-Son Bond

There is little doubt both boys are Daddy boys. Mom's alright until Dad walks in then it's all tears until Daddy can play and cuddle. What could make Daddy so much cooler? I think the other morning I may have stumbled upon his secret.

Spencer had volunteered to feed the boys breakfast. The boys usually eat a piece of fruit and oatmeal mixed with applesauce for breakfast. I guess Spencer felt they needed a little more. Because when I came out to see how things were going I found the boys eating Christmas sugar cookies! When asked Spencer explained that I didn't need to worry they had only eaten two, a piece. But not to fret cause he gave them milk too.

Maybe, just maybe, that's why Dad is so much cooler.

We're Back

We have finally found our way back to the on line world. Spencer found a hot deal for a computer and our day after Thanksgiving shopping was successful! Halloween was a lot of fun, Thanksgiving was great. Bring on Christmas.

The other day we took the boys for a free picture with Santa at Walmart. As you can see, it didn't go as well as we would have hoped.

I'll admit that "Santa" didn't weigh more then 110 lbs wet and his costume was too big. Maybe if we found a more realistic Santa the boys would be more up to it. A girl can dream. This picture doesn't capture the angry scowl Penn is giving me. I'm not sure were he went but it wasn't a happy place. Merry Christmas!

Some Technical Difficulties

So,

Our blog is going on hiatus for a short time until we can get a new computer. Both of our laptops have given up the ghost in the past few months. Hopefully there will be a great day after thanksgiving deal on a new computer. I need some sort of motivation to get myself out of the bed that early. Mary Elizabeth and her sisters just need the promise of shopping mayhem.

And Then There Were Five

We are so excited to add Audrey Elizabeth to our family. She arrived July 1, 2010 at 8:16 pm.

Warming Up

Halloween is just around the corner, so we bought these cute little trick or treating buckets for the boys. As a kid Penn must knows something is up. He just can't wait for Saturday and has been carrying these buckets around all day. It's amazing because up to this morning he has only taken 5 steps at a time before he nervously sits down. He stuffs the buckets full of "treasures" like pretend phones and lids to misc. Tupperware. It's pretty cute, enjoy the video

Guest's

It has been an amazing month, one full of guests! (Warning this posts contains tons of pictures. So enjoy).

We said we wouldn't but we couldn't help it. When Jenny came for a visit we just had to visit the aquarium again. The boys really loved the shark tank.

Before Jenny even left Mitch came up. He wanted to take the boys to their very first football game. We attended the Utah State Homecoming game, which they won! Go Aggies!Shortly after Mitch left Grandpa Davis came for a visit. We took him to the Hill Air Force Base Museum. We saw an airplane much like the one that Great Grandpa Davis flew in as a gunner in World War 2. It was really neat.

A week later we were Mitch's guests in Lake Tahoe. He was working the National Collegiate Mountain Biking Championship for Fort Lewis College. It was awesome. My favorite race, the 4 cross. 4 riders riding too fast down a step mountain course with sharp turns and jumps, complete with lots of crashes and even broken bones ... very exciting. Congrats to Fort Lewis for winning it all!

Learning to play chess is lot's more fun when the pieces are as big as you. Tahoe dirt was a lot of fun, apparently it tasted good as well. Both boys ate their weight in dirt and bark.