3 armed snowman

How sad, this was Treyson's first snowman ever. We have spent a lot of time outside but just never had time or enough snow to build a worth while snowman. So this year Matt build one with Trey. Matt did most of the work of coarse, but Trey had fun in the snow. The snowman had 3 arms, and the eyes and nose made out of wood chips. The snowman didn't stay cute for long and big snow storm came that night and covered it. Sorry again don't know how to get the picture to rotate

Christmas and New Years

Time sure flies. I can't believe its been just under a month since I blogged. Life is busy. I thought that it would slow down after Christmas but of coarse not. Christmas time was fun. Every year my Grandma puts together a huge Christmas village so we went and saw that. Then Matt's aunt and uncle have an in with Santa Clause and he came to visit their house early. Notice the picture of Ethan sleeping, thats the only way we could get him to sit on Santa's lap. Christmas Eve our plans got ruined with the snow so last minute we went to Kinikini's for some yummy Chinese and pizza and a movie. Christmas day we woke up about 8:30 opened presents. The theme of Treys Christmas was army guys and transformers. Ethan's theme was noisy toys. We don't try to have a theme but this year it just happened. The boys love their toys. Grandma and Grandpa Bates came to see what they got. Then we headed to Salt Lake to go open presents at G&G Bates house. Visited with Great Grandma Bates and Jay and then head over to Teran's for the big Marchant party. New Years was a blast. HA HA Matt had to work until about 8:30 then we went to McDonald's for dinner and watched Mary Poppins. Trey even stayed up until after midnight. We went to bed and about 3 in the morning Trey came in to our room and threw up all over me and our bed. Then Ethan wakes up with a fever. While I was taking care of Ethan, Matt was cleaning up Trey and the mess. He gets Trey in bed and he threw up again. Finally we were able to get some sleep around 4:30-5:00. Ethan ended up with a double ear infection and now has hives from the antibiotic. I was hoping for a better year but thinks aren't looking so up. Lets just hope that it is all over with now.

Happy 1st birthday

Ethan's first birthday was on Wednesday. I can't believe my baby is one. Time sure flies. Last Sunday we had Matt's family over for cake and ice cream. Ethan actually did pretty good with his cake. It took a while for him to get messy. He was to busy watching every one else. On his birthday we went to Salt Lake to run errands and then went to Zoo lights with Grammy Bates. The zoo was a lot of fun. They have these glasses if you look through them at the light they make snowmen appear. They had a lot of fun animal lights. We weren't able to see many animals but the cougars and the Amur leopard were really active. Ethan loved the lights and actually stayed in the stroller for most of the time. After that we went to Chili's for dinner.

The big 3-O

Yesterday was Matt's birthday and he turned the big 30. We had such a fun day. He was able to take the day off from both jobs, so we were able to spend the whole day as a family. I think birthdays should be a special day. They shouldn't be like every other day. So we woke up and dinked around the house, ate breakfast and then went to the mall. We saw Santa Clause and looked for the boys shirts for their pictures. (yea I know not to exciting)After that we went up to Hill Air Force base and went to the museum. Trey is really into army guys.(all armed forces are army guys to Trey, I know that its a big deal to call the air force people army guys but to a 3 year old. it doesn't matter). We had fun looking at all the planes .Trey had to have his picture taken by every one. He was a little disappointed that he didn't get to see an army guy but living up here we see them all the time. After that we went home and had Cafe Rio. Matt did some homework and then went and looked at Christmas lights. The boys didn't enjoy that so much but I did. After driving around for only about 15 min we went and got ice cream. Matt can't hardly go a day without ice cream. All in all it was a great day being able to spend it together.

Free Krispy Kreme

How can anyone pass up FREE warm krispy kreme donuts. Since moving into our new house I have come to find out that when the red light is on at kripsy kreme donuts store. It means FREE HOT DONUTS. So when you drive by how can you pass it up. Luckly it is close by but not to close that I drive by it daily. So if your ever by a krispy kreme donught resturant, stop on in they are soooo much better nice fresh and hot.

Date with Perfect clothes

We babysat Matt's cousins for a week while the parents went on a cruise. We had so much fun the kids are great and Treyson loves them. On Wednesday we were watching dancing with the stars, I look up and Krystal has a dress on and said that Trey and her are going on a date and they needed to get on PERFECT clothes. So Trey goes and finds his perfect clothes. I think the picture explains his perfect clothes. Then they had to "smoke"( I am not sure where that came from) -kiss each other. The girl was first and then Trey had to do it. I think they learned that part from sleeping beauty.

tagged!!

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning
B. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog for game rules/details

1. This is going to a little different. I just read Bonnie's post and she had inspired me. so I will do a little of both.
To start, I am thankful that I live in the times that I do. Yes the world is getting more difficult. but I don't know if I could handle living in the times of the pioneers. What would I do with out all the medical advances. I am so thankful for my families health and for the researchers who find medicines that help make your live better. I am thankful for being able to have insurance to help with medical bills. Yes we have had a really trying month with Treys health. He officially has asthma. Not that I am excited about it but now we know what to do to help him. Last week he had more breathing problems so I took him to the Dr. and now we have medicine to help. I have to say it could be a lot worse but I know this is a trial that I can handle and that with this medicine he can live as normal life as possible and be able to be a boy and not have to slow down for anything.

2. Before I was married I use to love big groups of people. The more the better and I could go days with little sleep. I never wanted to be home just ask my parents. I wanted to be out doing things, going places, just being with people. Now that I am married I love my sleep and I don't like big groups of people. I like being home with my family. ( I do still like going out and doing things but I now like to be home, maybe that's its a lot easier then taking my boys out).

3. I am a quiet person. I use to think that I was outgoing and not shy but lately I have come to realize that I am very much so. I don't have a lot to say unless I really know you and then sometimes I still don't have much to say. I have a hard time talking to people that I don't know I can say hi easily but to have a conversation is very uncomfortable to me.

4. I use to think that I was a very patient person, but that is not true. I am trying to work really hard on that. My patient is very limited when I am stressed and I get stressed really easily.

5. I am Stay at home MOM and I love it. I didn't realize how hard it is. I have only been able to be home this year. So days I would love to be at work but over all I love being able to be with my boys. I love watching them grow. They are so full of energy.

6. I am thankful for the gospel. I am thankful that I have a Heavenly father that blesses me and that KNOWS me and loves me unconditionally. I am thankful that I am the temple blessings and that I can be a family FOREVER. I am thankful for everything in my life. I am thankful for my trials that they make me grow and be a better person. I am thankful for the Savior and for all that he has done for me.

I tag everyone that I know that hasn't already done this so that at this wonderful time of year they can take a moment and reflect on who they are.