"You are never lost when you can see the temple"

This is just one of the talks I loved from General Conference.

"Not only can we turn the doors of our homes to the temple, or the house of the Lord; we can make our homes a “house of the Lord.”
Elder Gary E. Stevenson Of the Seventy

Witch's Brew

Eggs, apples, milk, water, Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, and ranch dressing make a great soup.

Do ya think Tiggy has to go to the bathroom?

Anybody want some?

After two witch's brews, two baths for everyone, three changes of clothes, a flood, and paper shreds all over the house, I think I'm ready to escape. Well I guess I had better make dinner first, go shopping at Kohl's for some flannel sheets for the boys' beds (we're hoping they'll stay warm enough so they'll sleep in their own bed all night long), read books, do bedtime routine...including changing them again, and clean up the house for the millionth time. Than I'll have my own peace and quiet.

Gone Swimmin'

Today, November 2nd, was a really nice day, 63 degrees, with the sun shining! The boys put their swimsuits on and well you guessed it, went swimming. They went from the tub, in the house, which they called their hot tub to the swimming pool which was very cold water in a bucket outside. They left water trailing their path. I think it took three towels to wipe up the very wet floor.

They had a blast!

Halloween

This year little James got to come trick-or-treating with us. We had a lot of fun! For the first time ever we went to more than five homes. We actually did a whole street!

Cameron can say Wall E perfectly, just like in the movie. It makes me laugh so hard...which is why he'll say it over and over again. He was so cute!

Farmer Tig... he loves to eat "kitty kats" aka KitKats

My cute chicken...had a hard time getting up when he fell.

James could yell trick-or-treat the loudest and was usually the first one to the door.

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth,
so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind.
To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again.
To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over
the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.

- Henry David Thoreau

Tiggy Turns Three

You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.
-- Author Unknown

My sons will definitely be heroes in my eyes!
I love being a boy mom.
It's great!
Tiggy has been so fun to have in our family. He has quite the fiery temper but is quick to calm the storm and is the most loving boy ever. He is soooo snuggley. My favorite thing is waking up to him in my bed ...rubbing my arm or back. He loves to get rubbey as we say. He will rub his hand up and down your arm or back or side, this settles him and he sucks his binkie and goes to sleep. He gives some of the biggest & best hugs ever.
I know this boy will turn into a great man someday. I'm grateful to have him in my life. Each child completes our family more and more, I just never thought it would be so great (and hard at the same time.)

Happy Birthday Sweetie.

First of the day...big boy undies

W...A....L....L...I....E

Don't look at the dirty windows....nothing stays clean with little boys :)
"Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!"
-- Author Unknown
Tiggy and Andrew had so much fun playing together. They shared boots so that both of them could have one of each pair. So CUTE!!!

Tiggy and Andrew look a lot alike. One day I dressed Andrew up in Tiggy's clothes and combed his hair like Tiggy's. When their backs were to us we couldn't tell them apart...at first glance looking at their faces it was even tricky.

The best part of making a cake is licking the beaters and bowl.

After we went swimming at the Lindon pool, we grabbed Bajio's and took it to Grandma & Grandpa Bingham's house to finish the celebration.Grandma was so cute and had decorated the house for Tiggy. She had a crown for him and a cute little Prince sign. He loved it!!

Tiggey wanted trucks for his birthday, he got a truck transformer from Cameron, and he got a new big boy bike. Jason loves the trucks and made the sound of them as he drove them all over the carpet. It is amazing how they just know about these things at such a young age.

THE GREEN GRASSHOPPERS

This is Cameron's first year of soccer, he is so excited. When we signed him up he wanted to know when he could get his shoes with the bumps on them (meaning cleats). He wore them every where as well as his uniform. I'm so glad he likes soccer. He is still a little timid and after the first half of the game he likes to just watch and goof around.
The kids voted on their new name and the winner is....the Green Grasshoppers


That coach is HOT...I think I'll keep my eye on him!
This coach is always making everyone laugh...
Becca B doing some cheers ...."Go Green Grasshoppers Go" When asked why she wore red she responded "it's all I have"
Cameron guarding the goal...too bad it's illegal.

Tiggy gets his turn...he loves soccer and luckily his cousin handed down this gray uniform. He likes to chew on his tongue...just like his dad.