Turtle Class!

Dylan and I went to our local zoo for a class on tortoises today. It was fun - we first went to the classroom where the kids made turtles out of paper plates. Dylan glued and colored on his turtle's shell. Then the teacher read a story about turtles. After that, we went to see real turtles. We met a small pancake turtle and a larger tortoise as well. The kids attempted to feed him carrots, and he wasn't overly interested. But the turtles wandered around and the kids got to pet their backs and feet.

Christmas 2008!

On Christmas Eve morning, Dylan and I went to Pocatello to spend the day with Grandma and Alyssa. It was the one day that the weather wasn't going to be horrible. Dylan had fun opening his presents. The big hit was the tent Mom got him! Also, he loved clothes this year and insisted on wearing them immediately. He put on 2 pairs of jammies Alyssa got him and wore them all day. Alyssa made smokies and bread and Mom made several munchies, so we ate all day it seemed. Here are some pictures of our visit . . .



Eddy was supposed to work on Christmas Day, but we had a huge snowstorm the night before and the buses going to the site shut down. So he ended up getting the day off! Dylan had fun opening his presents, but was mainly interested in the candy. The big hit at our house were his toy guns! Here are some pics . . .




The day after Christmas, Papa Dan came to visit. He brought awesome presents too - so Dylan probably thinks that Christmas is a weeklong event! Here's a picture of Dan and Dylan.

Bergen (aka Agility Champ)

This is just a little tribute to my nephew, Bergen. This is a very cute picture I took of him on Christmas. He and Alyssa have been doing agility for quite awhile now and he has done really well at the shows they've done this past year.

Like Father, Like Son

Dylan idolizes his Daddy - and has picked up his computer habit already!! Also, here are some pictures of everyone playing with Dylan's first Christmas present (which we opened a little early). It's a helmet/motorcyle handles that he can pretend he is a police officer.

Making Cookies

Dylan and I made Christmas cookies together. Dylan had fun decorating them and eating the candy decorations! He made quite a mess, so into the bath he went. He ended up pulling about 4 rolls of toilet paper into the tub with him. So I got him out and was trying to pick out the little particles so the tub would drain. In the meantime - Dylan is getting into everything. So I end up locking him in his room while I finish. When I went to get him out, he had found the baby vaseline in his dresser drawer - he had handfuls of vaseline all over his face and body and the dresser. So he got back into the tub and then went to bed early! (for his Mommy's sanity) Here are some pics of us making cookies. I was not in the mood to take pictures of the latter part of the evening.



Dylan helping do the dishes, then climbing in himself!

Everything Christmas

Just a funny story about me putting Dylan to bed tonite. I told him tomorrow we could make cookies and his reply is, "Christmas cookies?" and so I say yes. Then I tell him we will also go to the library to get new books and his reply is, "Christmas books?" so I say yes. Then, to stall the bedtime process, he starts saying, "Oh, I -ba - dea!" After awhile, I figure out he is saying, "Oh, I have an idea". So then we go thru the whole process of he has an idea to make Christmas cookies, and books, etc. Then he finally says, "Oh I-ba-dea" and so I ask what. "Ummm" "ummm" - he's trying to come up with something! He knows if he can't, then it's time for sleep! ha!

Tagged - 12 Days of Christmas

TAGGED!?!


"On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me..."

1 sister -my best friend.

2 year old little boy -my sweetie.

3 pets - who are part of the family.

4 years we've lived in Idaho (and I haven't had to work!!)

5 things i buy regularly - milk, tp, juice, cookies, bread.

6 times a week I talk to my Mom.(atleast)

7 things I love about Christmas: remembering Jesus' birth, decorations, food, gifts, christmas smells, my nativity set, time with family.

8 Years of Marriage to the love of my life.

9 Things I do a lot: Change diapers. Dishes. Scrapbook. Read. Play on the computer. Hang out with other moms. watch tv. cook. bible studies.

10 times a day I think "I should be doing . . ." but still don't do it.

11 things I say to my kid - get down, hurry up, get down, stay in your bed, i love you, go play with daddy!, get down off the counter, We pet kitties nice, don't touch, did I mention "get down?", you're a sweet boy.

12 hours of labor with Dylan. (actually closer to 13, but good enough)

I now tag Jessica!!