Saturday, November 26, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. Grandma and Grandpa Murray and Marcus came to our house, and we had a day full of good food and lots of fun. We had our friends the Symon's over for dessert (they have six children) so we had a full house. It definitely felt like a Thanksgiving that I'm used to with lots of kids running around having fun, while the adults sat and talked and ate dessert!


Happy Thanksgiving!



A little shot of the table before dinner...




and during. Hoyt looks pretty happy, doesn't he?




Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids

Monday, November 7, 2011

Bathtime



Bathtime is one of our favorite times of the day around here. These two love to splash, laugh, swim, play, etc. They could spend at least an hour in the bathtub!

Friday, November 4, 2011

More Family Shots

About a week after our first family photo shoot, I took the boys out to get a few more pictures of the two of them together. Ryon came with us, so we ended up taking a few pictures of all of us together. One picture of the boys turned out terrific, so I was happy that I got at least one great shot! Ryon thinks I am a bit crazy when it comes to taking pictures, but I keep telling him that one day he will be grateful that we have these precious memories!


The picture of the day!!

















Thursday, November 3, 2011

Family Pictures 2011

We had a friend in our ward take some family pictures of us at Rock Creek Park in late October. One of the family shots turned out great....except for one thing! The background was great, the boys looked darling, Ryon looked good, but unfortunately my hair looked the most ridiculous shade of blonde!! What do you do? I guess I'll have to wait another year for a picture that I look decent in - oh well!


After the family shots, I took some pictures of the boys. They looked darling, of course!
















Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Happy Halloween!

Luckily Jett was feeling much better the day of Halloween, so he was able to participate in some of the festivities. We went over to our friends the Darrow's for dinner and then the kids went out trick-or-treating. Jett didn't brave the cold weather for trick-or-treating, but at least we got to put him in his costume and take some pictures. I think I have the cutest Batman and cowboy around!

Batman and his side-kick....the cowboy!


How adorable are they?


Getting ready to head out and trick-or-treat


What a handsome little cowboy


Gone are the days when I could tell Hoyt what he should be for Halloween. He had it all figured out in August this year - either Darth Vadar or Batman.




Hoyt and his best buddy Logan


Trick-or-treating (Logan's big sisters are behind him). Paige was queen Amidala from Star Wars and Hoyt thought her costume was "awesome mom"!

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Trunk-or-Treat

The night of our ward trunk-or-treat, poor Jett was sick with a bad cold. Luckily, grandpa and grandma Murray were in town and babysat so Ryon and I could take Hoyt to the party. We had dinner with Filer 1st Ward and then all the kids got to trunk-or-treat. Our friends the Darrow's set up a fishing game beside their car, and two families also got together and did a little haunted house. Hoyt had a blast!

Hunter (Ryon's annual costume) the farm girl and Batman.


Ready to get out and trunk-or-treat!


We had a good time, but we missed having Jett with us. Taking pictures without him just didn't seem right!

Friday, October 28, 2011

Preschool Party

Halloween has become Hoyt's favorite holiday! He loves dressing up in costumes, he loves trick-or-treating, he loves carving jack-o-lanterns, and he loves all of the "scary guys" that come along with Halloween (until, of course, it gets dark and then he's scared!).

This year he was super excited for his preschool party. He couldn't wait to show off his new Batman costume and take pumpkin rice krispie treats to put in all of his friends Halloween bags. There were so many fun things to do at the party; face painting, cookie decorating, spider making, pumpkin decorating, games to play, etc. What a great morning at preschool!

Hoyt's class (he is the batman on the far right). His teachers dressed up like dogs - Hoyt thought that was pretty cool!


The mask stayed on for a few pictures and then had to come off so he could see!


Decorating pumpkin sugar cookies - he had previously been at the face painting table where he got a dragon and black spider painted on his face.


Conner and Hoyt working on their spiders.


Hoyt and Bailey waiting for their turn to fish


Playing pin the nose on the pumpkin. Hoyt was off just a little bit!!


Hoyt and Nate - the two Batmen


I was lucky enough to help with the party - they put me in charge of the spider making table. We had lots of fun!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Pumpkin Carving

Hoyt always wants to carve his pumpkins right after we "pick" them, but I was able to hold him off until the Monday before Halloween. It has become tradition to carve our pumpkins for Family Home Evening the week before Halloween, so that is what we did.

Hoyt decided that he wanted a scary pumpkin, and Ryon tried his best to help him since I am completely useless when it comes to pumpkin carving! I usually get a few pictures of the finished product, but this year I don't have a single picture of Hoyt's scary pumpkin. It turned out great and was actually pretty "SCARY"....you'll just have to take my word for it!


Let the pumpkin carving begin!





After this picture was taken Hoyt explained that he did not like the feeling of the "yucky pumpkin seeds" all over his hands and he needed a spoon!




Jett had lots of fun trying to get into the mess!

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Primary Program 2011


This year was Hoyt's first time participating in the Primary Program, and he was ridiculously excited! He got to wear a missionary tag and say "I know the scriptures are true". We were so proud of our little Sunbeam!

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Pumpkin Patch

We took our annual outing to the pumpkin patch yesterday and had a fun time picking out our pumpkins. Hoyt loves to go in search of the "perfect" pumpkin and tends to find it in about two minutes. He found five perfect pumpkins this year and we left with three. Even though the kids were a bit cranky towards the end, and Ryon was irritated by all of my picture taking, I think the outing was a success. After the pumpkin patch we went to get ice cream cones - a great fall afternoon in Filer, Idaho!

Loving the pumpkin patch!


One of the "perfect pumpkins"


Jett was a little unsure of the straw


Perfect pumpkin #2


I tried to get a picture with the boys, and this is as good as it got!


Jett and Ryon playing under the apple tree


We tried to coax a smile out of him, but he wouldn't comply!


I think pumpkin picking 2011 was a success!