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Monday, December 17, 2012

November

Mitchell, Andrew’s little brother, got his Eagle at the beginning of the month. Andrew was so proud! He was the Master of Ceremonies. He did a pretty good job of it. :) He is so good at talking on his feet even on no sleep!

The one thing Andrew said in his commentary was so true. Andrew got his Eagle at 15 when he realized his parents were being serious about him not driving until he obtained his eagle. He quickly got it done, but not for the right reasons. Mitchell got his at 14. It is something he enjoys doing. He loves the adventures and learning that is involved with scouts. He will be in the scouts program in the future for sure.

The eagle nest. All those that have received their eagle. And a few future eagles in daddy’s arms.

This part was very neat. The flag was flown over the capital building, I believe, in honor of Mitchell getting his eagle. These men were asked to officially fold the flag the correct way. They had a story/poem they read that told what every fold and tuck represented. It covered every man, women and child in this great nation. It filled me with pride to hear them read it.

Cousins having fun after the ceremony.

Andrew couldn’t help himself….

Thanksgiving this year was at my grandma James’ home since my mom’s house still doesn’t have a kitchen it it. They have been building an addition onto their house and it is almost complete now. Just the finishing touches. I didn’t take a single picture. We did the usual stuff eat turkey, play games and go through the black Friday ads 10 times. Our whole family decided to boycott the thanksgiving “black Friday” sales. We got up for the 5 am sales and got everything we needed and wanted. I think its because we waited and kept Thanksgiving a with family holiday. I hope all of you did too!

At the end of the moth I had an activity days where each girl was to make a gingerbread house. I had only 1 girl show up so that means we had 3 gingerbread house kits unclaimed. My kids were all about picking up the slack to decorated a house themselves. These kits were awesome. They have some fondant that you roll out and cut into different pieces. Boys LOVED that part. It was such a great family activity I’m kind of happy that all my girls didn’t show up…

The Boys gingerbread house.

A few days later we made more houses. Here are the ones Andrew and I made. We were going to have a competition on who did a cooler house but then Andrew decided to be extra creative. I thought it unfair that I already had the main shape of mine put together when he let me know what he was thinking. So I just made mine cute.

I couldn’t compete with a nativity gingerbread house. That’s an automatic win in my books EVEN enough though mine is so dang cute….

Friday, December 7, 2012

October

The boys decided this month that coloring on the walls,toys and bed were just fine to do. This is them cleaning up their mess.. Finally, these kids are old enough to walk long distances without the double stroller. Which is great since we are having another baby for those that don’t know. Due end of February. I’d love to just use my favorite one kid stroller with him. Yes its another boy…

This month brought AWESOME fun…a flooding basement. Great, thanks. We figured out why it suddenly started happening and it involves the sprinklers. Because of the trenches we dug this summer, made the water collect right next to the house so it made the small foundation problem a BIG problem. We still have yet to put it back together. But we did get new drywall and put a sealant on the wall to prevent water coming in. Next year we will be digging down to the footings of the house and putting a sealant on that whole side of the house so we can say we fixed it.

Andrew got older this month too. This cake is amazing and perfect for Andrew’s great love peanut butter. its made with a devil’s food cake and peanut butter frosting. One of the best finds I found on the internet. You want to make it don’t you? Go here if you do!

The Pumpkin walk this year was fun. And crazy enough Austin remembered going there last year. While we were riding in the car Austin suddenly asked me if we could go walk by the pumpkins in the dark again? I asked the ones that look like people? He enthusiastically answered YES! It was to open the next day. Mana and Scott asked us if we wanted to go with them the first day it was opened so we took advantage of that. How could we not? He remembered?!?

This is Austin and Gavin’s favorite game to play together. Horsey. They take turns as the horse and Austin is nice enough to Gavin to walk on his feet when he is on him.

Austin’s new drawing skills:

Halloween was lots of fun this year we stayed in Smithfield and trick or treated around the block. The kids loved it. I made their costumes, Knights! I have to say that I am VERY happy with how they came out and I had everything I needed to make it. Andrew made their swords. He also is very proud with what he made. For good reason too. :)

The tails were for me and Andrew. We were their dragons to attack. We never got around to making dragon wings but all well. If you want to make your own tail go here. I made mine that they could go on a belt as well as have the straps for the little people. I should have made the tail a little smaller but what was done is done. I made mine bigger than the pattern just too long for the kids to play with really.