This little boy....

(little compared to what he is now, he was never "little" for his age except for maybe the first 2 months of his life)

..had a birthday last week. His 3rd birthday!

He had a little bit of a cold over the weekend but he loved going out to dinner and ice cream and opening presents on his birthday (no pictures) and then on Sunday he had cake and cupcakes to celebrate. Where has the time gone...they just don't stop growing!

Christmas & New Year's

We were gone for both Christmas and New Year's and so we're still recovering from the mess we brought home. We've been cleaning and getting rid of things we don't need and trying to get things organized and put away. It will be nice when it's done but right now it's pretty messy at our house.

The Monday before Christmas we celebrated with my side of the family with a dinner and exchanging gifts.

Tuesday night it was off to Colorado, we didn't leave until 7pm and then got lost in Spanish Fork for an hour due to the construction and exits being changed. We stayed the night in Fruita, CO and spent the next morning swimming heading to Matt's parents. John (Matt's brother) and Jamie and their kids Steve, Kendra and Joshua were able to come down too. We had alot of fun and everyone got along great.

The boys all had haircuts the next morning (Ashton was overdue) and Kaleb requested a mohawk after. There were crafts for the kids to make and Matt and I even made something too.

Ashton and Kendra are really close in age and were so much alike. They were milk buddies with their sippy's and they both love to help cook. They helped make the rolls for Christmas dinner.

Christmas Eve Joshua was blessed. It was nice to be able to be there since we usually can't make it for the cousin's blessings. We decided to take a family picture and pictures with the grandkids, which was hard since someone was always moving.

Usually about 4:30pm Ashton and Kendra would crash from all the fun. Ashton loved Ginger, John and Jamie's dog and loved running around with her.

And then there's Christmas morning. Cookies, milk and carrots were left for Santa and the reindeer and they were so excited to see what he left. The boys started sorting the presents into piles right away. It's so much fun to watch kids on Christmas morning.

Thursday of the next week we had our annual trip up to Sherwood Hill's Resort just outside of Logan. We look forward to this trip every year because it's our relaxation after the holidays. We spent alot of time at the pool and went bowling and saw Narnia.

It's been a busy, crazy couple of weeks but we've had so much fun with family and wouldn't have it any other way! We're excited for a new year with new adventures!

I know Thanksgiving was a month ago but we had a great time with family. There was some pin the hat on the turkey....

and busy bee game playing.

Our ward party was the first weekend in December and Kaleb loved watching Santa do magic tricks. Ashton didn't want to leave Matt's side. He didn't want to sit on Santa's lap and tried to get off quickly but as soon as he was given a candy cane he was fine. Anything for candy.

We haven't taken a trip to temple square to see the lights since Kaleb was 2 so we decided while it wasn't too cold last Tuesday to go. The boys loved riding Trax for the first time (does anyone else think $4 for a round trip ticket is a little much) and we even stopped in to see where Matt works. Kaleb thought it was pretty cool that daddy works in a big, tall building. We enjoyed looking at all of the lights and then grabbed a treat before heading home on trax.

The boys have been spoiled already with all of the Christmas parties we've had. We're excited for Christmas this weekend and spending time with family.

Weekend Hangover

Somebody was worn out today after a busy weekend!

A couple of weeks ago Matt took the boys to Mulligan's to go miniature golfing. The boys loved it. Matt said that Ashton would grab his ball after hitting it and put it back at the beginning. He didn't quite get the concept. But they had a fun time together.

The other day I could hear Ashton in the kitchen and it sounded like something was scraping. As soon as I asked him what he was doing he said "I cooking" and I knew what he was into. I had the ingredients out on the counter to make pumpkin bread and he dumped the whole box of baking soda and the container of salt in the crockpot liner. So I wasn't able to make bread that night since I had no baking soda. I know most kids like to help cook but Ashton is obsessed with helping me cook and mixing things. He always mixes our eggs for breakfast and he'll get the salt and pepper out no matter what I'm cooking and try to add it to it. Love that boy!

I know it's not Halloween but Kaleb's been wearing this costume all year since we bought it on clearance last year and Ashton's really into bumblebee so we thought we would get him a matching costume. Any yellow car Ashton see's he calls it bumblebee. So I was worried since Wal-mart's small size is 4yr-6yr but Ashton being 2 (a couple months shy of 3
) fit perfectly in it. There's no way Kaleb (6) could fit into that costume.

Last Friday when How to Train Your Dragon came out Wal-mart had this display and the boys were so excited to get their picture taken. This is Kaleb trying to lift Ashton up so his head would show but he couldn't quite lift him up. I don't blame him, Ashton's only 10lbs. lighter than Kaleb. He's not a small boy by any means.

Well, 2 posts in October, that's double what I've been posting lately! We'll see if I can keep it up.