Tattooed

I bet you only need one guess at who did this to Keen.

Playing in the Snow

We've had quite a bit of snow lately and the kids have been waiting and waiting to get outside and play in it.  Keen helped Josh shovel the the walk and they made this huge pile of snow that the kids had a blast playing on.  Even Mr. Beck had a fun time in the cold!

Make-Up Gone Wrong

Rhen had a friend over to play and they decided to do makeovers for each other.  I'm not an expert on make-up but aren't makeovers supposed to make you look better?  Not scarier?

Provo Temple Open House

The Provo Temple is having the open house right now and we really wanted to be able to take our kids to see it.  They all did pretty good being reverent and loved being able to see inside the temple.  It is so beautiful!  We are so glad we were able to go!

20 week ultrasound

We had our 20 week ultrasound tonight.  It is always so fun and also really a relief to see the baby and that he's growing perfectly.  Our ultrasound tech was so awesome and took so much time with us tonight to let us see what we wanted and explain everything she was doing.  Even though I've done this multiple times before I always love going through each part of the baby and seeing that he is developing and getting so big!  She did find a little bit of fluid in his kidneys that she said she would pass along to Dr. Twelves.  She said most likely we will be doing a few more ultrasounds in the coming months to check it but that it wasn't enough to really worry about.  So we will see about that.  Everything else looks amazing and baby is doing so good!  We are so so excited to have another baby join us!  

In the shower

Beck got caught today playing in the shower with his clothes on.  He has developed a bit of an attitude and he knows when to ignore someone when he's in trouble.

Then when he does finally look at you, lets you know that you are really bugging him.

Then the attitude stare.  "Just leave me alone guys."

 Such a silly boy...

Word of the Week

In Rhen's class they do something called the Word of the Week.  They are given a word and have to draw a picture about it or bring something that demonstrates that word and then present it to the class.  She usually draws a picture because she loves drawing.  This week the word was Seasons and I thought she did such a great job on it!  She spent a lot of time and wanted to make sure she got every season right.  I love Fall how she is jumping into a pile of leaves.  And the winter picture is of her, Rease and Josh skiing.  So cute and creative!

The two Gregs

Uncle Greg and Keen Gregory have a special little bond.  Keen loves being with Uncle Greg and they have a fun time hanging out and taking selfies together.  I'm not sure Keen understands that's where he got his name from, but someday he will.  For now these are two special "Greg's" in our life!

Liev's Letter

It's always fun to get letters in the mail and especially as a little kid.  Liev got this cute letter from his preschool teacher Miss Melanie.  She has been so good for him this year and he has loved going to school.  

Cold?

I love this picture of Liev all wrapped up in this blanket.  I saw him and asked what he was doing.  He just said, "I'm cold."  Well I guess that's the right thing to do if your cold.  Wrap up buddy!

18 months

Beck is no baby anymore.  He is growing up before our eyes and showing us that he is a big kid.  He can even take his own pants and diaper off as he showed me today during his nap.  I'm afraid we're in for it with this one.  He is so cute and charming to me that he might get away with anything! 

One thing that Beck does and has done since he was a tiny baby - he passes out when he cries really hard.  When he first started doing it I would get really freaked out about it.  But he does it often enough now that I know he's ok and am much more calm about it.  I asked Dr. Erickson and he said it's something that he will grow out of eventually.  So...I guess we just wait and be patient with this crazy and sometimes scary thing that our little one does.  Love him anyway!

18 month stats from Dr. Erickson

Weight: 25.57 lbs - 46%

Height: 32.87 inches - 67%

Head: 19.9 inches - 98%

Josh and his boys

The boys love to snuggle with Josh in the mornings when he gets home from the gym and before mom wakes up.  This morning I caught these three boys all snuggled together on one chair.  So cute!  

Underwear heads

Rease and Rhen are the best of friends.  They laugh, play, fight, hug, and goof off just like any sisters do.  Mostly they love to have fun and be crazy.  Like this.  Underwear on their heads made for a morning of fun!

Dreamin

I love this boy so much.  And I love this picture of him.  So sweet and I can just imagine that he is dreaming of warmer days to come.  We're such a long way from summer, but we can dream buddy.  We can dream.

Ski Day

The girls got their own ski equipment this year for Christmas so the first chance they got, they wanted to be up on the slopes.  Josh took them and put them in a morning class then was able to ski with them the rest of the day.  These 2 girls LOVE to ski and are getting to be really good little skiers.  So proud of them!

It's a boy!

Wohoo! We're having another boy!  Wait.  Did I say wohoo?  What am I thinking?  These boys are taking over my life!  Can't wait for this next one to join the madhouse!

Liev's artwork

Liev has become quite the artist.  He loves to draw and color and spends lots of time on his pictures every day.  He has started drawing people and they are so cute!  This is our family.  Don't you love how some of us have scary teeth?

Another picture of our family on Christmas opening our presents.

I love that he is into drawing.  I love seeing his creative side and hope he keeps it up!

Bowling

Josh has been off work this week and we've had the best time with our dad being home!  Today we went bowling with the whole family and the kids loved it.  They each did a great job and were excited whenever their ball hit any pins.  Mostly it was great being with the whole family together.  Such a fun family activity!

Marble Run

Some of the kids favorite gifts they got this year were the boxes of marble runs they got to be able to make a giant run.  They pulled them out the next day and together with dad they made this monster marble run from the table down to the ground.  They played with it for over an hour after it was made just running the marbles through over and over again.  Love these gifts that keep them occupied and keep their minds thinking!

Christmas 2015

We had such a great Christmas this year!  We had Christmas Eve at my parents house and spent most of the afternoon and evening there just being together and having fun.  Hayley planned a darling song for the kids to sing and perform for us.  They were each dressed up as a present and sang "Good things come in little packages."  It was so cute and all the kids did such a good job!

 We also went caroling to some neighbors and its was a perfect night for it.  There was new snow and it was so Christmasy to spend an hour or so singing to people that we care about.  This is our group on the doorstep and I have to say, I think we sounded great!

 Back to Grammie's house for the nativity and pjs.  The nativity is always fun and a little chaotic but the kids love it!  We all went out separate ways after that and headed home to get ready for Christmas Day.

 The kids couldn't wait for Santa to come but I wanted to get a picture of them in their pjs before we put them to bed.

 Of course every picture session has to end with a "crazy" picture.  We let all the kids sleep in the same room that night and it took them a while to fall asleep.  Eventually everything was quiet and they were all dreaming of Santa and what he would bring!

 Lined up at the top of stairs on Christmas morning and each of them came down in order one at a time.

We had such a fun Christmas morning giving gifts to each other and seeing what everyone got.  This was the first year we had each of the kids choose names and get a gift for each other.  We opened those gifts first and they were each so excited to give their gift to the person they had chosen.  It was really sweet.  We also try and let everyone open one gift as we all watch.  It makes for a little slower morning but it's so fun to see what everyone got and see their reactions.  It's turned out to be the best way for us to do it.  

The final gift was the room reveal and we got the girls reaction on video.  It was priceless.  They were so excited and couldn't get enough of what was different about their room.  I'm so glad they liked it and hopefully they keep it clean now!

 As always my favorite gifts always come from my kids and their homemade cards.  Rhen made this cute book about our family. 

 And also a coupon booklet just for me!  Love it!

 Liev made this Christmas book at school and had it all wrapped up for me.

 And Rease and Rhen made homemade picture frames with pictures they had drawn for me to put by my bed.  I love these kids so much and their thoughtfulness!

Merry Christmas!  I hope you all had a season filled with the love of Christ and had some great moments with your family!