Family pictures

 I love how Gavin is waving here.  And what's up with my button on my pants poking out my shirt?  Guess I shouldn't of got pants that were too big for me. But I didn't want them to tight in the picture. UGH

 

Trevor Age 10.  He's getting super big

 I absolutely adore that Josh has his arm around Gavin.  That's how it usually is.  He's always protecting his little brother.

 Joshua age 7

Gavin age 3 almost 4

 Thank you lip plumper for giving me some kind of a lip. I love Ryan's smirk in this picture. 

 My 3 sons. 

 Gavin has the most amazing eyes.  Love his long eyelashes.

It's no secret that I HATE getting my picture taken.  But I love having a current family portrait.  I always look so awkward and I still feel super chunky.   But it's about the kids and how fast they grow.  We were all sweaty at the end. Who would of thunk in Oct. we'd be super hot.  But Katie does such an amazing job I was super glad that she was willing to take our picture. It's a near impossible  to get all 3 boys to smile at the same time, not to mention hold still long enough to get a decent picture.  So I was SUPER happy with the results.  Thanks again Katie for the amazing pictures I love them. 

Halloween 2010

Happy Halloween!!!  What a great event it was this year. 

On Sat. the 23rd  we went to a Great couples party and had so much fun.  Ryan was Wheres waldo and I was Waldo's girl friend Wenda.  (she is in the new books.)  The host did such a good job.  It was fun to meet new people and hang out with our dear friends.

On Thursday the 28th  Gavin had a pre-school party that I got to help out with. He refused to wear his costume. I liked seeing how he interacted with the other kids that he had never met before in his class. He's so sweet and helpful.   I was so so glad. after the Karate chopping incident. :).

On Friday the 29th.  We went to our Neighborhood Halloween party. (We didn't take one picture here)  Trevor was invited to another friends party at Main Even rock climbing so we invited Josh's friend Cole to come join us.   After the party they came home made pizza, and watched the Karate kid.  I just couldn't do a scary movie for Josh.  After the little monsters situation last year where I slept on his floor for 3 months.  




Then Saturday the 30th we got ready for our Ward Trunk or Treat party.
I made Oreo cupcakes, pumpkin woopie pies and sugar cookies.  It was a sugar filled night that's for sure.

 My cute Crayon.  He finally put on his costume once he got his pumpkins and realized he got Candy if he wears it :). Nothing like bribing your kids.  Funny thing is once he got it on he didn't want to take it off.

 Josh LOVES the FBI this costume was so fitting.

 And my Zombie.  Trevor has to be something creepy. 

Getting ready to go the party.  With Trevor's friend Patrick.

The whole Fam.  I felt so STUPID at the ward party hardly any adults dressed up.  A bunch of party poopers I say!!  But the party was great they always have a carnival for the kids and this year they had a few bounce houses so Gavin was in HEAVEN..

The sad part is we didn't go Trick or Treating.  We all felt it was best and because we made the decision together they were quite the troopers. I'm SUPER proud of my boys.  They  didn't  even complain.  We got TONS of candy the night before and they were handing it out to the kids in fist fulls.  They really liked giving away the candy I was very impressed with them.  Good thing we wont have to worry about that again for 7 more years. 



Happy 4th B-day Gavin.

Gavin's 4 already.  I can barley stand it!!!  He was so confused on when his birthday was as we celebrated so many times.  1st  we wanted to celebrate on Saturday as a family so we took Gavin to the park to play then to Cracker barrel for his favorite French toast. He loves that place. 

He was scared to swing by himself so I tried to swing with him like I did when he was a baby.  He was way to big.  Clearly he's not a baby anymore.

 So we tried the tire swing.  I learned my lesson in UT. to not spin the kids.  I guess when you learn a lesson the hard way it's one you'll never forget.  Good thing there was no PUKING this time around.

Yes Trevor was tired and spent most of his time at the park wishing he was out with his friends.

Present time.  He got a marble tower, games, hide and seek monkey, a vet kit and a car wash.  Thanks so much grandma and grandpa's for the fun toys too.

 For some reason we only got a picture of Josh by the cake.  He was more excited about the cake then Gavin was. Red velvet bunt cake YUM YUM!!!

 Josh loved the rock wall.  Only he got stuck.  He likes climbing up things but then is to scared to go down.

 This is a much better way for Gavin to swing.  I love that boys smile.

Monday was his real birthday so when he woke up we all sang happy Birthday to him he was so confused and said.  "I already had a birthday am I 5 today?"

So when Wed. came and we had a friend party I sure the poor kid thinks he's now 6 and is getting a party everyday. :)....

We went to Jungle Java for his friend party and the kids got nice and sweaty (they will sleep good tonight :), ate lunch and my horrible cake..  I can't believe I forgot to put the oil in it and it was SUPER dry.  Dang it you can't win them all I guess.  But the kids liked the ice cream and had a good time so that's all that matters right.

I know I say this every year but it seems like the years go by faster and faster.  It was just yesterday that my chunky baby boy was born and now he's 4 years old.  He's getting so big.  He has such a fun personality.  He's sweet and spunky all in one!!  I love this little boy so much and am so greatful to be his mom. Happy Happy birthday sweet Gavin. 

Do you want to see my trick?

When I was in the hospital recovering from Gavins birth Trevor age 6 and Josh age 3 were staying with Grandma and Grandpa Jenkins.  I was so very very grateful to live by family and have some help while trying to recover.  Ryan was getting a little stirr crazy being in the hospital with me as we had to extend the stay and he and Grandpa never missed taking the boys to the car show.  So his mom came to sit with me while Ryan and the boys went.  While they were there Ryan ran into his boss.  Our sweet little Josh introduced himself to his boss by saying.  "Do you want to see my new trick?"  and then proceeded to flip his boss off.  Ryan looked at his Dad like "what are you teaching this kid."  And Ryan's Dad was looking at him the same way.  Not to mention the boss who I'm sure was thinking we were the worst parents to teach our 3 year old to flip off adults.  All in all it was a fun experience that we had MANY chats with Josh about throughout the years.

Fast forward 3.5 years.  Yesterday Josh and Gavin were reading a book and Gavin was pointing with his middle finger.  I over heard Josh proceed to tell Gavin this story and say.  "You'll get in lots of trouble if you show people that finger,  for some reason people call it a bird I'm not sure why it doesn't look anything like a bird.  So when you point use the finger you pick your nose with."  

Gotta love that kid!!!    Not that picking your nose is any better by the way!!!  Still working on that one.

We love when Grandma and Grandpa come

We had such a great week with Ryan's parents in town.  The boys were "fairly' well behaved and we got to do lots of fun things with them.  I wish they would stay longer it always goes by so fast.  Hopefully we didn't wear them out to much.

Ryan and I got to go on a overnight date.  We went to Esters follies which was CRAZY.    Then stayed the night at the Sheraton.  It was horrible. The ACL was going on and we unfortunately were right by the bands so we had to ask for ear plugs to get some sleep. Then at 3:00 the people next to us got into a drunk fight so we had to call security.  It would have been better staying home being woke up all night by kids.  But we had a fun dinner and enjoyed walking downtown exploring Austin.  Something we don't do nearly enough. 

We finally got to try the Crepe place I've been wanting to try since we moved here.

Nutella and Strawberry and Berries and creme Super yummy!!!

We spent Sat. At Sea World.  I had no idea that Grandpa loved roller coasters. He and Grandma even went on the little Shamu one with the boys.  It was so cute.  Grandpa loved the great white he went on it twice.  It was so fun to see him having a good time.

What afraid of Clowns?  Not Josh.  Everything else but not creepy clowns.

We took them through the "Family friendly hr" at the haunted Forest.  Someday I'll go back at night I'm sure it's super scary.  It's already creepy during the day.

If you see a limb just hanging around.  Josh would be the one to try and figure out where it came from. 

We went on a ride that DRENCHED us!!! Sorry again about that guys. Thanks for being such good sports.

Nope not scared at all from creepy clowns.

Yummy chewed up rats.  That's always fun to walk through.

The boys finally got their purple belts.  I was glad Grandma and Grandpa where here to see it. 

And Josh lost yet another tooth.  He now has 7 missing. Poor kid we are going to have to start calling him gumby.



Two of the greatest men I know. 

And a trip to TX wouldn't be a worthy trip with out some BBQ.  Coopers our Favorite place was a must!!!  So so yummy.

I'm so sad to see them go. Gavin cried and cried when they left he loved being with his grandparents.



Can't wait till the next time.