Jonas is Born!

 We arrived at Good Samaritan Hospital early in the morning on Monday, December 22. Everything about the delivery went as planned. Doctor Rosenberg was cool and calm in the delivery room. Jonas came into the world alert and adorable.

Jonas screamed after his check up, but Chris and I just thought it was so cute he turned into a little cherry tomato

The boys came to the room and were instantly smitten by Jonas. he was awake and alert and soaking in his new brothers.

I love each of these pictures of the boys holding Jonas because they can't help but smile at him

Jacob's Big Personality

Every day we are in awe of Jacob and the stuff he seems to memorize.  So on the way to the gym I started singing the theme song to the show Phineas and Ferb. And out of no where Jacob started backing me up. He had never sung the song before but he seems to know it. So we had to get a video of it.



If you aren't familiar witht he show Phineas and Ferb, this will catch you up.

Utah Day 5 & 6

New Years Eve and New Years day were for Skiing! The boys had so much fun up at Sundance with Scott and Alisabeth. Jacob spent the morning with Grandma while I met up with my friend Carolynn. After I picked up Jacob we went back to the condo, had lunch and took a nap together. This may have my favorite moment of the trip. When I tucked Jacob into bed that night he asked "mom can i sleep in the big bed?" I said no but that we could take another nap tomorrow. He said "YES! goodnight mom!"

 How many layers can we get on a kid? Lots. 

 New years eve was spent at the condo having dinner together, then popcorn and sangria as we counted down for the new year at 9:24 pm. We knew with a long ski day and another the next day, staying up late was not the best idea. Keith set off a big firework that was super cool until it fell over and sent the last one down the street. And then we all went inside.

Utah Day 4

Monday we played around the house and went ice skating during the day. 

 At night we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner with the whole group and then got on the train to Salt Lake and checked out the lights on temple square. Jacob fell asleep on the way there.

 After walking through temple square we stopped in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building for some hot chocolate. But seeing that the line for the hot chocolate was a mile long, we went through the food line to get soup, pie, cookies, ice cream and oh yeah... hot chocolate. Much better plan.

 I ran into a couple distant family members on the train home from SLC. Janelle, Debra and Marie Depew were up there checking out the lights as well. It was a wonderful coincidence.

Utah Day 2 & 3

We went to Evanston for a family photo shoot on Saturday and attend Halon's blessing on Sunday. 

The photo shoot was done at a Renovated Mechanics Shop where they used to fix trains. It was a beautiful room and the boys kept themselves occupied for hours while we took pictures. Lots of pictures. 

 They got creative with their activities because we had all the time in the world and a completely empty room. Lots of room to run, though it was prohibited to avoid facial wounds. So they made a game out of climbing the garbage cans instead. Jacob is Superman here.

 Alex really enjoyed holding baby Halon. He was a great helper while the adults got their pictures taken without kids.

 Alisabeth was a natural at holding little Halon. He just stared at her. 

Utah Day 1

The first thing the boys wanted to do when they woke up on our first day of being in Utah is play outside in the snow.

 We went to Lowes Xtreme Air for the afternoon which was super fun! They have every gymnastic, aerial, trampoline, play thing known to man. They are even building a parkour course. The boys could be there all day.

Christmas 2013

We enjoyed dinner with friends on Christmas Eve. 

 Grandma sent superman jammies to the boys to be opened on Christmas Eve. They loved them!

 Santa delivered some awesome things this year. Craggars commandship for Aaron, video camera rc tank for Alex and a Batman Imaginext world for Jacob.

 Of course Jacob snagged a tablet somewhere between his bed and the living room so he was more interested in that than the wonder happening around him. Maybe next year.

 Aaron got a Star Wars belt in his stocking. It goes perfectly with his superman jammies.

 The first thing that caught Jacob's attention in his stocking was the gummie life savers which he had for breakfast.

 Alex made gifts for us all this year. And a pop up card for dad.

 Hungry Hungry Hippos are the best!

 Uncle Brandon got our family a telescope! It was so wonderful. The first time we took it out the boys could see Jupiter and its moons (with the help of dad and uncle scott)