The Bumps

Bryce and Calvin have been enjoying the good weather lately. Bryce comes home from school at night and takes Calvin to "The Bumps." It is a bmx bike park by the football stadium. The best part is it is free and fun!

Bryce takes Simon on some of the bumps. Simon loves it!

One Track Mind

Everyone knows that Milo has a one track mind. This picture proves it! Now we have even more proof! The other day Milo came in from the backyard covered in mud! Bryce went outside to discover he had been digging by the gate on the side of our house. This is the side of the house we dont walk by too often. So Bryce made poop soup to keep Milo from digging. It worked but didnt seem to ease Milo's mind. That night he woke Bryce up twice to go to the bathroom...but instead of going to the bathroom he would run straight to the gate and look at Bryce. Bryce was not happy this is what Milo woke him up for. The next day Milo tried to dig again. This time he bent the rain gutter because he didnt want to dig in the previous spot. We were getting frustrated! So Bryce trotted Milo into the front yard to find out what was so important. It took Milo a minute to realize that he was on the other side of the gate... then he spotted it. He leaped over and grabbed his Kong (ball)! He pranced around like he won the lottery! So thats what was so important to wake bryce up in the middle of the night TWICE! Now we can rest in peace other than Milo now wants his ball thrown to him:)

"Visor Vimage"

Before Bryce left for school, Calvin came up with this invention: a "visor vimage" (from what I can understand)." You can go under water with it." At first Calvin tried to put it on himself. He had the tape stuck to his hair. He screamed when he took it off... ouch! So Bryce volunteered to wear it. Thanks Calvin for this great invention:)

Potty Training

The adventure of potty training began the week we came back from Utah. I used the three day method. Calvin did awesome! After a few accidents the first day, he didnt have an accident for over a week. We were smooth sailing. He would come to me and tell me when he had to go to the bathroom each time. It was awesome. After a while, I think we stopped praising him, and he started to have some accidents. So we started a chart up and he loved it. He hasnt had an accident since and it has been over a week. We finished this chart and are starting on the new chart.

He got a star every time he stayed dry through the night or he went #2 in the toilet:)

We went to the dollar store and he had the option of picking any toy that he wanted!

He picked this Nascar race car! Uncle Warren should be proud!

We are still alive... I think

There are many reasons why I have not updated my blog... One of the them is that we have been sick. We have been hanging out at home all week long with runny noses and yucky eyes! Today I told Calvin that if he went bathroom in the toilet (I will spare you the details) I would make homemade play dough! And he did it!!:)

The Christmas Spirit in My Home

I love to play Christmas music on the piano. I feel like thats what really what brings the Christmas Spirit into my home. Today however... I wonder if I accomplished that.
I sat down to play a few of my favorite Christmas songs. Bryce had gone to help a family in our ward move. The two boys decided to join me in playing Christmas music. They however were fighting over who got to sit on my lap. I was trying to play and I finally got fed up! I took both of them and put them in their room. I told them they couldn't come out until i was done playing this song.
I sat there and played beautiful "Silent Night" as my kids screamed from their room ''Mom!"
Oh the beautiful Christmas Spirit I had in my home!

Mr. Porcupine

We like to call Simon Mr. Porcupine. Calvin has always been our teddy bear. He loves to cuddle and sleep with us. Whenever we pull Simon into bed in the morning, to get a little extra sleep, he pushes us away and wont let anyone get near him.
This is our little Porcupine on the table. He lives there! We cant get him off. He thinks it is his place to eat. It drives me nuts! I have to pull all the chairs into the living room because he will climb up on them. He has been doing this since he was 11 months!

Mr. Porcupine!

Dad the horse

One of my favorite Christmas traditions is playing Christmas music on the piano. Simon and Calvin sit underneath and listen. It is cute.

We are going "Snowing"

We decided to go sledding... or "snowing" as Calvin would say... last week before finals took Bryce away from us.
We had to drive about an hour before we finally had enough snow to play. It was raining and we debated whether to actually get out of the car, but we were all glad that we did it. Calvin didn't want to leave! He loves the snow. Cant wait to get to Utah:)

Bryce and the boys getting ready to play!

Simon couldn't move too much so he just sat there and ate the snow. We have a picture of Calvin doing the same thing in this snow outfit:)

Bryce made a little snow cave for the boys... and him.

Simon in the cave

Calvin in the cave

I'm the king of the snow!!!

Simon just sitting there... it reminded me of the little boy on the movie "A Christmas Story"

Milo was back in heaven with his favorite snow"ball"... where'd it go?

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.

The Coast

We had a friend that let us borrow her beach house for the weekend. We decided to invite our friends and their kids along.
We arrived early the first day and played on the beach. It was a beautiful day! The beach was warm. Bryce, Calvin and Simon could play on the beach forever.
Everyone else showed up that night. After putting the kids to bed, we stayed up late playing games and laughing.
We woke up and it was raining pretty hard. The boys decided to go to the beach and jump in the water. Pretty crazy if you ask me.
The girls got away for a while and looked at all the little shops around. We were in no rush to get back to the beach house.
Before dinner we all went down to the wharf to see the Sea Lions.
We had a ton of fun time and hope we can go again.

Calvin, Mac and Carter

Us with the Sea Lions.

Calvin went with dad down to the beach when it was raining.

The boys after their polar bear swim.
Ryan Belton, Nate Wolfley, Bryce Huff, Zac Harris

The view out our window. You could hear the waves crashing in the middle of the night.

All the kids eating breakfast.

Bryce doing his "coach" impression... Survivor

Mus play in the dirt!

Simon my little dare devil was not at all afraid of the water

Calvin's footprint is on the left and mine is on the right... I just want to remember that Calvin's foot was smaller than mine at one point.