Happy Birthday Calvin

Happy 3rd birthday to Calvin! We had some friends over for dinner and birthday cake on Sunday. Calvin opened his present on the morning of his birthday.

Calvin loves trucks. This is "Scoop" from Bob the Builder.

Every time I tell Calvin to smile, he throws his head back and makes a goofy smile. So I never get really good pictures. I made this "Scoop" cake for him and Elder Porter.

Simon had a battle with his girlfriend Amelia. He tried to steal her ice cream and she smothered it in his face.

This is sweet little Amelia... or so we thought :) Dont touch her ice cream!

Calvin and Elder Porter share the same birthday so we invited him over to celebrate!

Things we love about Calvin:
- His facial expressions when he "talks on the phone"
- He has to sleep with Hobbes, Bear, and Dog (stuffed animals)
- When we read scriptures he asks if we can play the "Verily, Verily Game" ( bryce helps Calvin read)
- He says "Gotfor" instead of Forgot
- He loves to play and play. He loves puzzles and can do them very well.
- He is a great big brother to Simon
We love Calvin!

Tut Tut it looks like... Snow???

Supposedly it rarely snows in Eugene. We were lucky enough to be here when it does snow. So there is about an inch of snow on the ground... if that. School was canceled here. (Not for Bryce but for the kids in the neighborhood). Kids across the street were outside in their coats trying to build snowmen and having snow fights. It was pretty funny. No one was on the road either! Which I understand because the roads were all icy. But I loved going to Walmart and having the whole store to myself.
To be honest, I was really thankful for the snow. I had been missing Utah and the "Christmas" feel. This gave me just the right dose. For those in Utah... please drive safe... I have heard there is a huge blizzard there and it is actually worthy of closing schools down. So Please be Safe. Enjoy some pictures and some of the activities we have done here lately:

Look at all that snow!!!

Bryce actually had to scrape it off our cars!!

We decided to stay warm and invite some friends over to make Christmas Cookies. Notice Simon is standing in his high chair. I dont think he has ever actually sat down in it.

We went to watch our Ducks run in the Cross Country Western Region Championship. Crazy... they run 6 miles at about 4 1/2 minute miles! I didnt take very many pictures because I didnt want the boys to get trampled!

This is a picture of the boys making cinnamon rolls. It was so cute... I was trying to take the picture without anyone noticing. Right as I clicked, Simon turned and said "Cheese!!!"

We took a little day trip to the fire station next to the law school. Calvin loves firetrucks... what kid doesn't? I dont think he realized how big they are. When he got next to them, he cried and cried. Notice he is trying to smile in this picture but he is crying at the same time.

He only sat in it for about two seconds.

Happy Halloween!

We were lucky enough to have Grandma Baggaley in town for Halloween Weekend. We did some really fun stuff!
We started off in Portland at the zoo. The kids loved the Sea Lions! Specially the one that came right up to the glass so you could almost kiss him :) Bryce took us all for a bike ride around the river and up on campus. My mom couldnt get enough of the bike ride. I think that was her favorite thing.
Bryce also took us for his usual crazy idea of a hike:) We headed up to Sahalie Falls (which is an hour and a half away... just in case you thought of doing it).
We ended our fun weekend with the Halloween Party at the church. It was a ton of fun and Calvin loved dressing up like Bob the Builder!

Bob the Builder Family

Our two little workers. We finally had to buy a tool set for Simon because they both loved it so much. Simon didnt let go of the hammer the whole night!

Grandma and Simon

Our Bike Ride with the Willamette River in the background.

One of my friends let us borrow her bike and trailer. My mom rode her bike. She loved it!

Sahalie Falls... yes it is pretty and was worth the hour and a half drive.