Christmas

Christmas is finally here. Here are my boys taking a Christmas Eve nap to get ready for the festivities.
We went to Winnemucca for Christmas to spend it with Bryon, Angela, Courtney and Chelsie. We had so much fun. Cody's favorite toy was Rocky the Robot truck and Brandon's was his stuffed toy, Boots.

The boys ripped open packages and were so thrilled with everything they got, they were a little spoiled. We have a great Christmas.

Brandon's Birthday

Brandon is now 2!!! He is definitely not my baby anymore. He is talking up a storm and he is so smart.

We celebrated his birthday and one of his gifts was a alphabet puzzle, which he loves. He loved his cake too. Unfortunately, I was too busy to get much pictures.

Santa is coming to town

Santa Claus came to Tony's work, Premier, and the boys were so excited. They got a gift from Santa and had cookies and punch. This was Brandon's first time on Santa's lap. It was so much fun.

You can see that Cody was in deep conversation with Santa, telling what he wanted for Christmas.

Bundled up

We finally got some snow and the boys wanted to help me shovel the driveway. I just think they are so cute in there hats and coats and boots.

They each had their own shovels too.

Christmas is coming

Christmas is coming and we have started to get ready. Tony put up decorations outside and the boys helped me with the tree inside, that was very interesting but very fun.

The boys love all the lights and trees and decorations. They are so proud of the Christmas tree.

Hunting

Tony went hunting over Thanksgiving weekend to try one last time to get his elk. He saw one on Saturday morning and shot it but had to track it til Sunday about noon. When he got it down, he was pleasantly surprised with a 7 x 7 elk. He is beautiful, just a little bigger than mine. Tony couldn't be happier. We had a great hunting season this year.

Happy Thanksgiving

We spent a quiet Thanksgiving at home with my family. It was really nice. Cody made this pilgrim hat at preschool and we all just loved it. I am so thankful for my two precious boys and my wonderful husband. We have been so blessed. I am grateful for my family and friends and all the help and love we get from them.

Cody's Birthday

Cody's birthday is here!!! He is now 4 and loving it. He even made his own cake for his birthday. Brandon helped too!!! It was so much fun.






Here is Cody blowing out the candles.

Tony's sister and her family came for the weekend from Nevada and we celebrated with gifts and cake.
Cody loved all his gifts. He can't wait to have another birthday.

Hunting

November started and Tony and I drew elk tags so our elk hunting season began. This was our first time hunting elk with a rifle. This was my first time hunting ever, Tony has hunted for many years. This is the elk that I shot ( all by myself) and I am so proud. He was a 6 x 6. I can't wait to do it again.

Halloween

We had a very busy Halloween this year. Cody had a Halloween party at preschool on Thursday. Cody was a transformer and Brandon was a dragon.We went to a Halloween carnival on Friday at my parent's church. The boys played games and won candy. Their favorite game was the fishing pond (of course, I didn't get pictures of that). Then on Saturday, we headed to Salt Lake to see my sister, Angie and her family. Boston's last football game was that day too, so we watched football and then costumes were put on to trick-or-treat. Here is the gang, Boston, Brooke, Cody and Brandon.Brandon really got into Halloween this year, he just loved trick-or treating.

Fall time

The leaves have fallen and it is time to get ready for autumn and Halloween. Cody and Brandon are so helpful and are helping me gather the leaves in the yard.

On to carving pumpkins, Cody picked this pumpkin and the outside was so hard that I could not carve it, so I drew on a face with black marker, Cody was just thrilled!!!

Here is the pumpkin that I carved.

This a haunted house we decorated (just like a gingerbread house but my dad made out of sugar cookies). Cody did most the decorating and then Brandon ate all the candy off the house later.

My boys

Today we decided to get some yard work done and the boys had other ideas. They wanted to climb the apple tree, eat apples and swing on the swings. Brandon is trying to hide behind the apple tree sneaking an apple off the ground.

They both LOVE the swings.

And here are my three boys smiling for the camera. I love them so much, my life would be empty without them.

It seems we have had a lot of firsts in the last couple weeks. Our lives are changing so much and I am looking forward to all the changes we have yet to come. We are finally getting into a routine since summer is over and I am hoping to have so much fun this fall.

Tony's first bear

Tony has started his archery season and has great success so far. He hit a bear with his bow and arrow on Sunday and by the look on his face you can see that he is so excited. The black bear is pretty good sized and has a unique white pattern on his chest. We are still deciding if we are getting a bear rug or a stuffed bear.

Here is a shot of the bear's paw.

This is Tony with his friends, Ryan and Rex, who helped him haul the bear back to camp. They are all pretty excited.

Tony is still archery hunting for deer and elk. Good luck Tony!!!

Bridget's first elk

Our friend, Bridget, has been successful this archery season. She hit her first elk and is so proud. I am happy for her.
Her husband, Rex and dad, Gary are so happy for her too. Good job Bridget.

First day of Preschool

Cody's first day of preschool. He is such a big boy. He was so excited to go to school. He loves school and I love the 2 hours of quite time (Brandon usually is taking a nap).
I let him pick out his own backpack and he is so proud of it.

Kids grow up to fast, I am trying to take in every moment that I can.

1st hunting trip

Hunting season is here and Tony wanted to take Cody out with him on opening weekend. Tony bought Cody hunting clothes and everything. They got all geared up and took the camp trailer out and had a great time. Cody always wants to wear his hunting clothes.

trip to Winnemucca

Well, I decided to brave the six hour drive with the kids without Tony for the first time. We went to visit Aunt Angie, Uncle Bryon, Courtney and Chelsie. We were able to surprise Courtney and Chelsie, they didn't know we were coming.

Courtney and Cody had so much fun in the backyard. Thank you Courtney for spending so much time with Cody playing volleyball. You are his hero!!! Angie and Bryon had a company summer party that we went to and Cody won all kinds of toys and played on some blowup toys too.

I actually got a good picture, can you believe it. I tool thisof Brandon sitting on the fence in front of Angie's house. I am so proud of myself. Isn't he so cute!!!

I will fix it

Our bathroom sink was having some problems so I told Tony when he got home from work. Well, Cody overheard me telling Tony about the leaky facet and he ran and grabbed his tool belt and told us he was going to fix the leak. I tried to take some pictures, here are the best ones. He was so cute. I hope he is this excited to help when he is older.