Ben's 4th Birthday

Ben had a great 4th birthday! His birthday was on a Tuesday so we celebrated both on the Sunday before and on that Tuesday. It is always fun to drag out the holidays!! Uncle Mark, Aunt Melissa, Cousin Dalton, and Cousin Brayden came over after church and played for a few hours!

 Yes, that is Clara in nothing but her diaper and bloomers. It was a warm day!:)

Then later we went up to Uncle Billy and Aunt Linda's house to visit them and Uncle Brandon and Unkin and Ray Ray. They spoil us all and it was lots of fun!!

 Uncle Billy and Aunt Linda didnt want Sissy to feel left out on presents so she received a couple of dolls! She loves this Smurf!

Then Tuesday night we had a few more presents, including some awesome play dough all the way from Texas!! We sure miss Uncle JL, Aunt Lisa, and Cousins James Isabel and Wyatt!!

This year has passed sooo quickly! So So soon he will be a big school boy like his cousin James!!

Apples!!

A good friend of mine in the ward gave me a partial bushel of apples. I decided to make apple sauce, apple jelly, and bottle it!! All three things a first! The jelly was actually an attempt to salvage the first go at applesauce that was more like apple liquid! HA HA! I learned a lot and was actually pretty successful. I believe this was the weekend of October 25, 2011.

Because I am my mother's daughter, I had to sacrifice one hot pad to the food preservation Gods. ;) Love you Ma!

What the?

Ben discovers the hard way not to look down the barrel of a can of spray paint!! This probably shouldn't be as funny as we found it to be.  He was out side playing and apparently the spray paint from way back in May for the derby car was still floating around out there. Ben came running in the house freaking out!! At first I thought he had hit his head and it was a bruise til I got him into the light. then I started laughing, and he got MAD!! We were on our way to do some things that couldn't wait and he had to go out in public like this. He was not pleased, but I am fairly certain he wont use a spray can again for a while!

Glad to see Dad

One of the first things the minis did when we got home was wrestle with dad, they missed that. A Lot!

The great room Swap

This was the 3rd week of September, the week after the kids and I got home from UT.  The minis did so well sleeping in the same room while were were at Ma's that I decided to try putting them in one room here and creating a toy room. BEST MOVE EVER!!  I have been sooo glad I did this since the very first! Clean up is easier, bedtime is easier, and my living room is not a play zone! The toy room has made some adjustments since these pictures were taken, I will have to put a post christmas one up, but this is the genearl idea! We LOVE our toy room!!

Ben and Clara also love the bed arrangment. They do a lot of hiding under ben's bed. There is even enough room that we all 4 went under there for FHE one night! and they seem to sleep really well, not disturbing each other and going to bed at the same time!

Random Cuteness at Grammy's House

Grandma and Grandpa Womack's House

This is not a great picture, but it seems to be the only one I took on the actual camera. There are more on my phone and ipod but I have not figured out how to get those transferred just yet, when I do I will add them! Ben had a blast in ID. Matt's sister Julie lives almost next door to their parents and has 5 boys all very close to ben and clara's ages. Ben thought he had gone to little boy heaven! They ran, the wrestled, they threw things, they got dirty, and they ate!! We miss living close to cousins our age. But it was nice to see so many members of the family! We hope to make a trip back soon with Matt along!

I was hard pressed to keep Clara out of Grandma's scrapbooking stuff! It was all just so interesting! and with Brother occuppied with the other little boys she was free to explore and be girly!

The Ogden Dinosaur Park

Okay, this is from the first or second week of August when the kids and I were in Utah visiting my mom and sister. This place was super super cool! there are 8 acres of park, play equipment, and dinos to explore!! We spent an entire day there! The museum is very interesting too, well worth the trip to Ogden!!

Yellowstone 2011 Continued

This should have been posted months ago, wasnt, but I think it is a cute picture so I am including it!

Clara appreciates a good slush her self.