trains

My boys love playing trains.  They play every morning while I am getting ready.  And as long as I am nearby supervising, they play very well together.  (I wish I could say the same for when I step out of the room).  

I can't believe Sam has already figured this out.  I guess that's what happens when you watch your big brother.  

Now, if we only had a bigger house where we could set up a train table....someday.

comedy

For Christmas, I got Phil tickets to see Brian Regan and he was cute enough to invite me to go with him.  Last night was the night and we laughed our faces off.  Seriously, my cheeks hurt.  

(subpar picture taken with my ipod)

I think the funniest part of the night though, was getting back to our car and realizing we had not only left the keys in the ignition, but oh yes, left the car running....for 3 hours!  Can you believe we even had a car to go back to??  Only in Utah, right.  

ski day

Phil had the day off yesterday and really wanted to go ski.  We decided to take Wade and two of our nephews up with us to give them the experience.  

Aren't they pretty darn cute?  

Despite freezing our buns off, everyone had a good time.  Wade didn't quite figure out how to ski on his own, but had a great time going down the hill in between mommy's legs, which to me equals success.

Books

In the past few weeks Sam has developed a new love.... books.  If I ever leave him alone for more than a few seconds, I find him in his room among a pile of his favorite books.

He can find them no matter where they are on the bookshelf.  And when he sees me, he will proudly hold one up and say "gook." 

Now if only we could expand his repertoire.  I am going a little insane reading the same 5 books over and over and over and over.

Four

My little buddy turned 4 today.  We had a fun Mickey Mouse party for him at his request.  

There were decorations

and games

and presents.

He blew out all of his candles on the first try.

Oh, and in case you were all worried that Sam didn't like cake, he devoured his cupcake.

Wade is learning and changing so much right now.  He knows most of the letter sounds already and is constantly drilling us on what letter words start with.  His favorite question is "why"...I'm answering questions all day long.  He still loves cars and often asks to sleep with one of his favorites.  And without fail, whenever I give him a cookie, he will ask for a glass of milk to go with it.  

Happy Birthday Wade!

snow day

It finally snowed here in Utah.  Wade was beyond thrilled.  I'm pretty sure he would have stayed outside all day if I had let him.  

He helped daddy shovel the sidewalks

and he made snow angels.

Daddy had some fun, too.

Sam wanted so bad to get in on the action.

Oh, and Phil and Wade made a gigantic snowman.  His name is Smiley. 

(I don't think Phil ever got to build snowmen as a boy, so he's pretty much in heaven playing with his boy).

The New Year

As we start a new year, we put together a list of things we would like to try and accomplish throughout the months.   So here's to starting fresh and trying to make ourselves better people.

Christmas

We were lucky enough to spend Christmas in Houston this year with the Broadbent side of the family.  We had so much fun and spent lots of time playing with Grandpa & Grandma, aunts, uncles and cousins.

The boys were spoiled...

as were Phil & I.

We hope you all had a very happy Christmas and are enjoying the New Year!