Ready...Set...Slide

Jett isn't looking all that excited to be at the top of the slide, but he actually ended up enjoying it. Everyday Hoyt asks me when it is going to be spring - I think he is ready to get outside in some warm weather and PLAY! We finally had a few warm days this past week, so playing outside on the swing set, riding bikes, and running around the yard were all things on our "to do" list! Bring on the sunshine!!


Hoyt is excited...Jett not so much!


Here we go...

Trend?

I don't know about anyone else, but I think I'm beginning to notice a trend here. Camo...hunting...guns...ammo...coyotes...rock chucks...oh I could go on and on. Ryon and Hoyt decided to go out and do a little "target practice" in the back yard on Saturday; I do believe Hoyt is just a little obsessed!

Sunday in Pocatello

The Sunday of our visit to Pocatello was Brooklin's blessing. I have to admit that it was a crazy day, and I wasn't able to get many pictures! We all went to church with Kyle and Noelle's family and then had a great luncheon afterwards. The "little ones" (Ava and Jett) napped through the entire luncheon, but Hoyt and Landon had lots of fun running around with all the cousins from Kyle's family. It was definitely a fun-filled, crazy weekend!!


Hoyt, Jett and Markus ready for church


I didn't get a picture of Brooklin in her blessing dress (Noelle didn't leave it on very long)! I did, however, get this picture at the luncheon.


Ava feeding Jett a fishy cracker - these two are pretty funny!


Once we got back to our house on Sunday night - these two were back at playing Star Wars. Hoyt went through serious withdrawal when everyone left on Monday morning!

Visitors!

This past weekend we were lucky enough to have grandma and grandpa Hoyt, Caleb, Isaiah and Marissa come to visit. They drove to Twin Falls on Tuesday and stayed with us for a few days, and then we all made the trip to Pocatello on Friday so we could spend some time with Noelle's family and attend Brooklin's blessing.

The day after they arrived in Twin Falls we had a little "mini blizzard". The wind was blowing snow everywhere and we had white-out conditions for just a bit. Although the storm didn't produce much snow, Isaiah and Hoyt loved it. There was just enough of the white stuff to play some great snow football, and get really...really cold! While the whole gang was in Twin Falls we did a little shopping, looked at a few houses, played at Jump To It, and went out to lunch. How we wished everyone just lived a little closer!


The boys playing football...


and swinging in the snow


Jett enjoying himself at Arctic Circle


The three amigos - they are really going to miss Caleb when he leaves on his mission in April!


When Hoyt and Isaiah were at home, this is what they looked like at all times...


When we made it over to Pocatello, Landon was more than happy to join in the Star Wars games!


Jett was happy running around with the big boys and "fighting" with Ava


Friday night we went out to dinner (Ryon was with us, but he took the picture)

Hunters

Hoyt pulled me into his room the other day to show me that he and Jett were going hunting. He had put on some of his camo and had put Jett in his camo jacket as well - he also made sure that they both had guns. Jett couldn't have been more happy to be "hunting" with Hoyt. They walked around the house looking for coyotes and shooting their guns. It was a pretty good way to spend a cold, dreary afternoon!

Happy Valentine's!

I couldn't ask for two sweeter Valentines!!

On Valentine's Day I went with Hoyt to preschool to help with his party. It was lots of fun with six different craft stations, games to play, and Valentine's bags to fill. I took my camera, but could never find time away from my craft table to take pictures!! Hoyt helped me make peanut butter cookies with chocolate hearts for all of the kids in his class and wrote his name on every Valentine.

Towards the end of his party, Hoyt told me that he didn't feel very good, so after preschool we went home and he spent the rest of the day on the couch with a fever. He also started coughing quite a bit, so I took him to the doctor the next day (I thought he might have an ear infection) and the Dr. said that he had beginning stages of pneumonia. The rest of the week was spent at home, trying to rest and get over the pneumonia, and the two ear infections Jett ended up getting later in the week. We're praying for warm weather, no more germs and no more sickness in the Murray home!

Peas in a Pod

Sitting....eating goldfish.....and watching a show. Hoyt can't wait for Jett to get a little older so they can do "everything together"!

Off to Feed the Horses

I looked out the back window the other day to see Ryon and Hoyt off to feed the horses. It was pretty cold outside, so they were bundled up with hats, coats and boots (Hoyt had on my rain boots, because he says his boots are too small!).

Hoyt would spend all day with Ryon if he could; in fact the other day he said he would just go to work with dad instead of going to preschool. Whenever Ryon is out of town, Hoyt will get on the phone and say, "Dad, I miss you terribly!", and whenever he is asked who his best buddy is he will say, "dad, mom, and Jett" (dad always seems to come first). Hoyt loves to do anything that Ryon likes to do and wants to grow up to be just like his dad.


Heading to the barn


Like father....like son

Books!

This little boy is really into books these days. He loves to look at the pictures (especially animal pictures) and numerous times a day I will find him sitting and "reading". Oh he's a cutie!

Agri-Action

Ryon did a show in Twin Falls this week called Agri-Action. It's a three-day event where Ryon has a booth, so the boys and I usually go one day to visit Ryon and look around. Hoyt absolutely loves it, because there are lots of vendors with tractors that the kids get to sit in and pretend to drive. One vendor brought a huge tractor that was worth $750,000! Hoyt climbed up in that one and I was sick that he would break something!

This year we brought Hoyt's best buddy Logan along for the fun. The boys ran from tractor to tractor and pretended to "farm", hit up every booth they could for free candy, got quite a few balloons, and had to be persuaded to leave by the promise of lunch at McDonald's. I think they had a pretty good day!


I only got a few pictures of the boys on some of the "smaller" equipment. As Jett and I tried to keep up with these two, someone stopped to ask me if Hoyt and Logan were twins. I said "no" but had to smile - these two would be trouble if they were together that much!!


One driver and one co-pilot