Stitches!

Early yesterday morning Hoyt climbed into bed with me and we watched a show (Mickey Mouse) until Jett woke up.  When I heard Jett stirring, I got up to go get him and told Hoyt to come along with me.  Hoyt proceeded to bounce over to my side of the bed to get out, and the next thing I knew he was screaming that he had hit his eye on my bedside stand. 

I didn't think it was a big deal until I saw all of the blood!!  By the time I got him into my bathroom he was covered.  He was hysterical, Jett was screaming from his room, and I was trying o remain calm.  Luckily Ryon was working in the office, so he was able to come and help me clean up Hoyt....the floor....the carpet, etc.  Hoyt ended up needing two stitches (you would have thought with the amount of blood that he would have needed LOTS of stitches) to close his cut and it is now healing nicely.  What an eventful Monday morning!

**Side note - We were afraid Hoyt wouldn't do very well getting stitches, but he as a pro!  He didn't cry, talked to the doctor the whole time he was working on him, and got an ice cream afterwards.  He was also pretty excited to go to preschool the next day and show off his stitches to all the kids and his teachers!   

We had to get some Lightning McQueen band-aids for his face - cool!

Two little stitches and a bruised eye

He is still a happy boy!

Little Man

I found Jett sitting in Hoyt's room playing on the "computer" the other morning.  He thinks he is quite the little boy, as he follows Hoyt around and thinks he can do everything a 4-year-old can.  What a character!

Easter Boys!

I wasn't able to get any pictures of the boys in their Easter clothes on Easter Sunday, so like any crazy mom (as Ryon would say) I got them back in their clothes so I could document how cute they were!  I will let the pictures speak for themselves - but I think I have two of the most handsome little guys around!


When I asked what Hoyt was doing with his hand he said, "feeling my heart". 






Jett just wanted to get my camera the entire time!


Oh how I love them!

Easter Weekend

We had quite a few visitors for Easter this year and we loved it!  Noelle, Kyle and the kids came over for the weekend, and grandma & grandpa Murray and Markus came and spent all day Sunday with us.  We were able to go to church together and then come back to our house for Easter dinner and a little egg hunt for the kids.  The weather was perfect, we ate lots of good food, had a great time visiting and I think the kids were all exhausted by the end of the day! 


Everybody after church -a little bright, but that's OK


Not the greatest family photo - oh well, I can dream of the perfect Easter picture right?


Jett starting his "hunt"


Finding his first egg!


Hoyt was impressed with the sucker inside the egg


Off to look for more eggs


Enjoying the spoils of their Easter hunt


Jett's not quite sure what to do with this chocolate egg - I think I ate it for him!


Hoyt had so much candy he wasn't sure what to eat first


Grandma Murray gave all the kids a present - the big boys got super soakers.  They were ecstatic and had to go try them out right away


Here's Hoyt shooting his gun


What a wonderful Easter weekend!

Look Mom....No Training Wheels!

Conference weekend we decided that Hoyt's training wheels needed to come off his bike.  He hadn't ridden his bike all winter, and he was definitely ready to ride "a big boy bike".  Sunday afternoon we went outside to ride the new and improved bike, but it was really windy so we went down to the barn and had some riding lessons indoors.  Hoyt was a natural.  After a few times of Ryon running beside or behind him, he had it! 

We practiced for a little while in the barn and then the following day he was riding up and down our road and showing all the neighbors his new skills!  I'm not sure if he was more excited about riding his bike without training wheels or riding his bike with dads motorcycle helmet....funny boy!


Ready to get started in the barn


And he's....


off!


Jett kept himself entertained with the tractor


He wanted to ride on something too!


The next evening Hoyt was riding on his own and loving every minute of it




The gang out riding bikes


He thinks he's pretty cool - and now all he needs is a new bike.  This one is small to say the least!

Conference Time

Here our my three boys, all in their PJ's watching the Sunday morning session of conference.  Hoyt loved being able to see President Monson, President Eyring, and President Uchtdorf.  What a wonderful and uplifting weekend!

Spring Break

Our Spring Break from preschool fell the last week of March.  Unfortunately, it wasn't the warmest of weeks and we weren't able to spend much time outside.  We made the most of it, however, with lots of playing inside, making cookies (Rolo cookies with white chocolate drizzle!), watching movies, and a trip to the YMCA pool. 

Hoyt had been begging me for weeks to take him swimming at the pool inside the big "bubble".  The YMCA has a large public pool in Twin Falls, and in the winter they inclose it in a large white tent.  Hoyt wanted so badly to go and swim, so one afternoon when Ryon was home to watch Jett, Hoyt and I went swimming.  When we first arrived at the pool we did some swim practice, but then Hoyt made friends with some kids and decided that playing pool football was better than swimming with me!  It was the highlight of his Spring Break for sure! 


Hoyt and Jett are starting to play pretty well together - on this day they were farmers planting their crops!


Say "cheeseburger"


Cookie making day - I love this picture of Hoyt!


I have to say that I'm pretty proud of the way the cookies turned out....lovely!


The pool pictures aren't the greatest, but I had to document the fun he had.  His eyes are just a little red!


Throwing the football back and forth with his new friend


1...2...3...throw


He is swimming pretty well these days.  I think after another summer of swim lessons, and a few weeks in California at grandma and grandpa Hoyt's pool, we'll have it down!

I Like to Look...

for rainbows whenever there is rain!  A few nights ago I looked out the back windows and saw the most beautiful rainbows coming out of the canyon.  Hoyt and I ran outside and saw two rainbows that started in the canyon and went all the way over to the barn.  They were pretty amazing! 

After we had taken a few pictures and were back inside Hoyt said, "Mom, we need to go over to the barn and dig for the gold."  When I asked him why we needed to do this, he replied "that's where the rainbow ends, so there has to be a pot of gold hidden somewhere at the barn!"  (He's definitely his dad's boy - always looking to make a little money!!) 




In this picture you can see the two rainbows coming out of the canyon...


and ending at the barn

Rainy Day Basketball

Today was a rainy, windy day and by 4:00 Hoyt was begging to go and play basketball at the church.  He has  been playing basketball every day lately, due to the fact that March Madness has been all that Ryon has been watching on TV!  We took the entire family - Hoyt loved playing basketball and Jett loved running around the cultural hall.  By the time we got home and had dinner everyone was tired and ready for bed....I think we should go play basketball at the church more often!


Hoyt using the "one arm approach" to shooting in the big hoop!


We had to bring the small hoop from home so Hoyt could "dunk it"


Nice form!


This happy boy had to get in on the action....


he loves to try and make baskets too!

Caught!

I was busy getting ready for church on Sunday morning when I realized that I hadn't heard anything from Jett in a few (or maybe more than a few) minutes, which is never a good thing! I started looking throughout the house and found him sitting quietly on the floor of the pantry. He had managed to get a package of Gerber Sweet Potato Puffs off of a fairly high shelf and was enjoying a little snack. You could tell that he was proud of his accomplishment!