Martin Family Memories

Happy Halloween!!

2011-11-01T12:03:00.000-06:00

I didn't get very pictures because they were so wound up ready to go trick or treating that they were driving me crazy!! So lets just say we're lucky I got what I did :) We actually went to Grandma and Grandpas Truck or Treat before going to Nana and Papas to go to the houses.

Cutest Monster I've ever seen!!

Tyler is Rykers favorite person right now, anything that he does Ryker just laughs and laughs, even if its hanging him upside down or blowing bubbles right in his face so hes covered in spit. It doesn't matter, he loves it, if its Tyler.

Bryan the Werewolf

Colby as Thor

Tyler is Captain America

And Peyton is Bubblebee, he keeps running around trying to sting people, it was cute so I didn't correct him that this bee doesn't actually sting :)

Fun Fall Stuff

2011-11-01T11:52:00.000-06:00

The kids love going to Black Island Farms every year with Grandma and Grandpa!!

All the cousins waiting to go on the tracker ride to pick their pumpkins.

Peyton was too busy playing in the dirt to get a good picture of him, and I didn't get one of Colby at all because he decided to run to the other end of the field to pick his out, and I didn't want to follow him, sorry Colby, maybe next year :)

After we always go to their house to paint/carve the pumpkins and too see what yummy stuff Grandma has made up this year!

Witches Brew

Rotten Teeth

Spiderweb rice crispies

Ghosts with Top Hats

Popcorn maggots

Mad Scientist Brains

Witches Blood in worms

Graveyard Bean Dip

Mummies and Witches Fingers

Oodles of Goodles? Not sure what that means :)

Cat eyes and toes...pretty gross mom. Maybe you should come up with a better name :)

All the cute cousins!! (except Tea and Ryker of course)

Family Pictures 2011

2011-10-07T12:34:00.000-06:00

Thanks Kandi!! They turned out amazing!!!

Crazy Lifes

2011-10-07T12:25:00.000-06:00

So these next pictures are the reason that our lives are so super crazy!! We have something going on every single day of the week except Friday. And pretty much on Saturdays you can count on us packing a lunch and being at the park ALL DAY LONG!! Oh well, the boys love sports and they have so much fun doing it!

They love that Rob is the coach, Rob doesn't always like to very much though. He says that it is probably the most stressful thing he does all week long. I can only manage trying to coach a bunch of 1st and 2nd graders, I'm sure its extremely stressful because they aren't always the best listeners!

Got to meet up with the cousins for a little bit!

Fun times, but defiantly can't wait until its off season!!

Tylers First day of Preschool

2011-10-07T12:15:00.000-06:00

Tyler is so excited to be in the "older" preschool class. He is still going to Miss Amys, Super Tots and is so excited!!

He says that his favorite part is the skittles they get during circle time!!

My first Cub Scout

2011-08-29T09:01:00.000-06:00

Bryan has earned his first scouting award, his bobcat. Not really sure about scouting and all the awards that they earn, but with five boys I'm sure I'll learn quickly :)

We're so proud of you Bryan!!

Cherry Hill 2011

2011-08-29T08:54:00.000-06:00

Here's some pictures from our annual Cherry Hill camping trip!

Rykers First Haircut!!

2011-08-18T13:13:00.000-06:00

His hair was getting out of control...

He only lasted about five minutes, then he was done.

So handsome!!

First Day of School

2011-08-15T08:55:00.000-06:00

I wanted to get some pictures at the school but I didn't want to embarrass them, so I had to settle with just at home :)

Colby has Mrs. Williams this year, I'm so excited! That's who Bryan had and I loved her!! Colby said the thing is most excited about is eating lunch at school and having two recess's.

Bryan gets Miss. Stokes, he is most excited for playing soccer with his friends at recess

What a bunch of goof balls!

Bryans getting so big!!

2011-08-15T08:51:00.000-06:00

Heres Bryans Baptism pictures, I can't believe he is already eight. Next thing I know, I'll be getting his Missionary pictures done.

More Boating, this time Idaho!!

2011-08-15T07:43:00.000-06:00

Our great friends the Calls, invited us to go boating with them in Idaho. It was so much fun!! Our boys had such a fun time and didn't want to stop.

I guess I didn't get a picture, but even Peyton loved tubing. He would get so mad if we tried to put someone in the tube with him. He wanted to go only by himself!

Here's one of Colby knee boarding. Bill, the boat guy, was so impressed, he said that was the youngest he's ever had on the back doing that.

Until Tyler came along anyways, he also loved knee boarding. Bryan didn't want to try that, he wanted to wake board, but it got too late so we told him next time.

He wasn't really asleep, but he sure was close. We were there all day. Thanks Sarah and Caleb!!

Boating at Pineview!

2011-08-09T08:40:00.000-06:00

Another fun summer thing checked off our list!!

The boys LOVED tubing, they kept wanting to go faster. Then when they went with grandma they kept making fun of her because she wanted to go "grandma speed"

Peyton didn't want to tube but he loved just hanging out on the boat

I think he was trying to find fish with his goggles :)

Ryker liked the water even when the tide would come up and splash him, he kept wanting to eat the sand though

Ryker Ronald Martin

2011-08-07T18:53:00.000-06:00

Rykers Blessing Day!!!

Thanks everyone for coming and supporting Ryker on this special day!

Bryans Baptism August 6, 2011

2011-08-06T20:55:00.000-06:00

Today my big boy got baptized! We are so proud of you Bryan and you are such a great example to the rest of your brothers! Keep up the good work

Bryan and Dad!!

Great Grandma and Grandpa Smith

We gave Bryan his own set of scriptures, Grandma and Grandpa gave him a primary blanket, and Nana and Papa gave him all his scout stuff. Then he got a bunch of cards from family with tie tacks and money it them.

Nana and Papa

Not the best picture of me...but oh well what do you do? What is my hair doing on Bryans head?

Great Grandpa and Grandma Gilgen with Uncle Robbie

Grandma and Grandpa...Peyton was sad that he wasn't getting his picture taken too. Hence his head somewhat in the picture. I tried to cut him out and that was the best I could do.

Papa and Grandpa were his "witnesses" I think he was wanting to be tall like them, so they picked him up. Not sure though?

Boondocks Fun!!

2011-08-06T20:47:00.000-06:00

Last week my moms work paid for everyone to have five hours of unlimited fun at Boondocks. Unfortunately only me and my mom made it down but we had such a blast. The time flew by!

Bryan loved that he could drive the go carts by himself!

Tyler and Grandma were in first place the whole time. Tyler was loving it, then some guy totally bumped into them so they wouldn't win and spun them around. Tyler says they won anyways!!

They loved doing the bumper boats, they even convinced me to go in there too. Then they totally ganged up on me and got me drenched. Oh the things moms do to make their kids happy.

Since it was free, they wanted to go on both miniature golf courses. Good thing I'm not a competitive person because they weren't playing right at all. Peyton pretty much picked up his ball and threw it in the hole every single time.

Peyton kept smiling weird all night long, I think he was acting like a dinosaur in this picture.

Day 3 of Daddy Gone

2011-07-29T16:44:00.000-06:00

I'm SOOO happy that Rob is coming home tomorrow. I haven't even been able to talk to him because they are out of cell phone range. So sad!! At least we had another fun day to make the time pass. Sarah and Camie came over and brought their kids. 14 kids total!! Man thats a lot but they all had fun and no one got hurt, they weren't able to come last week to Bryans birthday party so it was a swim/birthday day!

Such handsome boys!!

The babies!! They are all within six weeks of each other, Ryker being the youngest. Not surprising to me, but he weighs the most. The boy likes to eat thats for sure!

Sarah made this adorable cake for Bryan! So creative!!

Day 2 of Daddy Gone

2011-07-28T20:31:00.000-06:00

Today we went to Discovery Gateway and then let the boys splash around at the fountain.

All this fun stuff is really wearing them out, its been great!!

All tuckered out!!

Tyler got squirted right in the eye so after that he was done, poor kid!

Day 1 part 2

2011-07-27T19:22:00.000-06:00

Papa came and picked up Bryan so he could use his new golf clubs he got him for his birthday. He said he did really good, and had a lot of fun!

Day 1 of Daddy gone

2011-07-27T17:36:00.000-06:00

Today starts the dreaded couple of days without daddy. He's at scout camp and won't be back until Saturday. So I've tried to come up with some fun stuff so we don't miss him too much. Today we went to the Dino Park in Ogden with our good friends the Haaralas. All the kids had a blast!!

This is his dinosaur pose!

He kept coming up with different places he wanted me to take his picture.

Here's one of all the kids acting like they got eaten by the dinosaur, too cute!!

Peyton and Macie, we're hoping to be able to add this to their wedding video when they get married!

My chunky monkey!!

After the Dino park I took them over to the Riverdale Splash Pad, but they were so tired from playing earlier that we didn't stay very long :)

Firework Fun!!

2011-07-26T08:31:00.000-06:00

We got to see lots of fireworks this year, a couple of times at Grandma and Grandpas, then again at Nana and Papas!

I had to add a cute smile one!

Not sure what Colby is doing??? Shortly after this picture was taken, he almost got hit with a firework. Grandma bought some crazy one that started shooting sideways instead of up and he got hit with a stray ash I think. All the kids were hiding under the blankets, Uncle Dustin ran away with Ava instead of protecting the rest of the kids. He got razed pretty good for that one. Uncle Brandon came to the rescue and started shooting it with the hose, there was still like 20 shots that hadn't gone off. We won't be buying that one next year :)

Cousin Mia and our friend Brennan, Bunny is kindof there too :)

Getting so big!!

Cute one with Tyler, I'm so mad... I had a cute one of all the Martin cousins but something was wrong with it and only half of the picture turned out. Bummer!!

Bryans 1st Birthday Party

2011-07-26T08:17:00.000-06:00

Bryan wanted a swim party this year...he also wanted just cash from everyone.

Kindof boring I think, but he wants to save up to buy his own Ipod.

This present was STRICTLY from daddy, I had nothing to do with it. Bryan loved it of course!

Papa wanted a new golfing buddy, so he bought him some golf clubs

I ended up getting $125 from everyone, not too bad for an eight year old

He also wanted creamies instead of a cake, a lot easier for me :)

Peyton turns 3!!

2011-07-15T08:56:00.000-06:00

Peyton LOVES Cars stuff right now, so he was really excited with all the toys he got that were cars!

But the toy that he really wanted from mom and dad was a lawn mower like daddy! He was really excited when he opened it, that was the first present he wanted us to open up!

He also liked the wheel burrow from Nana and Papa, I think he wanted it to push all his toys around in

Grandma and Grandpa got him his very own sleeping bag and Cars cushion for sleep overs at their house!

All the kids wanted to eat their cupcakes outside on the toys, he loved having all his cousins and friends come to his party!

Camping in the backyard

2011-07-09T20:48:00.000-06:00

My sister in law, Maddy, had this great idea to have a camp out in the backyard of my parents house with all the cousins. They had the time of their lives!!!

The entire week my boys were so excited to sleep in the tents at grandma and grandpas, and I heard all the girls were the same way!

They started the night by playing with chalk and bubbles while everyone else set up the tents. Grandma even bought some glow in the dark chalk, but it didn't work as well as we were hoping.

So cute!!!

Ryker was loving it, he was getting spoiled by his Aunt Suzanne the whole time so he got held a lot!

Brooklyn LOVES dressing up like a princess whenever she is at Grandmas.

She was babysitting Ryker in her tent :)

I didn't realize the tent flap was closed but after this picture they wouldn't let me take anymore, so this was the best one I got.

We even brought out a projection TV so we could watch a movie when it got dark, we watched Nanny McPhee.

The boys loved swimming in the dark!

They didn't even care that they got rained on, they had a blast and I'm sure it will be a summer tradition from now on!!

Ryker three months old

2011-07-05T08:45:00.000-06:00

I can't believe he is three months old already, time has flown by!!

He's finally starting to smile, so cute!!!

Ryker two month pictures!

2011-07-05T08:43:00.000-06:00

So handsome!

Ryker one month old pictures

2011-07-05T08:34:00.000-06:00

Go Braves!!

2011-07-05T08:28:00.000-06:00

Don't they look so handsome!!

Tyler and Colby were on the same team this year.

All the boys had coach Troy Arnold this year, so they all go to be the Braves again.

They look so cute in their baseball outfits. Bryan and Colby both wanted baseball pants this year so they could slide like their friend Dylan Call.

So professional!

I LOVE Baseball Season!!

Bryan and Colbys last day of school 2011

2011-07-05T08:19:00.000-06:00

The boys school always have a "field day" on the last day of school. This year the theme was Cars 2.

They put up a bunch of games for the kids to do, they always have a blast!!

I wasn't planning on going but Bryan guilted me into it. He informed me that "everyone elses moms were coming, so you should to." It was fun, I'm glad I went.

He means business!!

At the end they always bring in a firetruck and let the kids get soaked. I thought they were crazy! It was chilly outside, but at least they had fun.

He looks so tiny compared to the rest of the kids, I can't believe he'll be in 1st grade next year!

Tyler Graduates Preschool

2011-07-05T08:11:00.000-06:00

I can't believe that Tyler has already graduated from his first year at preschool. He is getting so big!!

He didn't want to participate the entire time but when he did he was adorable.

Each kid had to get up a recite a nursery rhyme that they learned this year, his was Jack Sprat. He would never practice with us at home so I was afraid he wouldn't know it when it came his time. But he did amazing!! He wasn't even shy at all :)

He loves his teacher Miss Amy! He can't wait to start his second year with her in a couple of months

Bryans 1st Grade Opera

2011-07-05T08:06:00.000-06:00

Bryans class got to participate in "Opera by Children" this year. It was a really neat experience for them because not everyone gets to do it. They wrote the songs, decided on the outfits and even painted their own scenery all by themselves. The teacher wasn't supposed to help them at all. It turned out really cute! The story line was a littler weird though...At first they were playing board games in the basement, then there was an earthquake. Some of their friends got caught in the basement so they had to pull them out. Bryan was a raccoon, I wasn't really sure how that had to do with the story but it was cute and they did a GREAT job!

New Easter Outfits!

2011-05-04T10:59:00.000-06:00

I LOVE that my boys do so well with pictures. It must be that I take them all the time :)

Rykers first tubbie!!

2011-04-30T12:30:00.001-06:00

He wasn't too excited about his first tubbie.

He's a lot like his mommy, he doesn't like to be cold :)

All snuggled up...I love the baby chicken hair look!!

Easter 2011

2011-04-30T12:26:00.000-06:00

Bryans Easter Basket

Rykers Easter Basket

Colbys...

Tylers...

Peytons...

All dressed up and ready for church!

It was freezing outside but the boys insisted on wearing their new muscle shirt outfits.

Daddy took these pictures of Grandma and Grandpa Smiths easter egg hunt, he might not ever get that job again, he didn't get very many of them :)

Some pictures of Ryker

2011-04-15T16:01:00.000-06:00

Welcome Home Ryker!

2011-04-15T15:54:00.000-06:00

Well, Ryker decided to come to us a little early. I guess he takes after his brothers that way. I started having contractions on Saturday April 2nd. He was barely 35 weeks at that point, so they gave me the medicine to stop the contractions. Luckily that worked. But he really wanted to come and meet his brothers I guess cause the next Thursday April 7th I started having contractions again. We went to the hospital at about 6:30 and he was here by 10:20. Easier labor I've ever had!! Pushed once and he was here. Unfortunately like his brothers he had trouble breathing. So they had to give him the cerfactin in his lungs to help him out. It was really tough on the boys, especially Peyton. He was so sad. All he kept saying was, "I want to kiss Ryker, I want to hug Ryker". It was really cute! One day the nurses let us carry him to the regular nursery window so the boys could look at him through the glass. From then on thats all Peyton wanted to do, "See baby Ryker through glass today?" He had to stay 1 week in the NICU but now he is home and being loved by his brothers.

Colbys 6th Pirate Birthday Party

2011-03-31T08:21:00.000-06:00

Colby decided he wanted a pirate birthday this year... he invited a bunch of friends and had a blast!

He was excited for all his friends to come but he especially wanted Joe from school to come. And he wanted him to buy him a webkinz. I was a little nervous because his mom nevered RSVPd and that was all Colby could talk about..."I hope Joe comes and buys me a webkinz, mom call up Joe and see if he got my webkinz" He came!! And even bought him a webkinz, it made Colbys day!

After presents we played a couple of pirate games and then did a treasure hunt. Let me say this...it was INSANE!!! It was like a Chinese fire drill. 15 kids all running around trying to find clues, put the treasures in their treasure boxes. Then the boxes bottoms kept popping out so I tried to stop all the kids so I could tape them but they were too busy just running around being crazy. Colby enjoyed it though so I guess it was worth it.

The final treasure they found was a treasure box pinata full of candy of course! Can't really see the basketball hoop here but that was our present to Colby :)

I made cupcakes this year, normally I buy them but figured this way was cheaper and the kids don't really care anyways. They were just green (Colby's favorite color) with pirate rings on top, not sure why I didn't get a picture of them?

Sledding with the boys!

2011-02-27T10:06:00.000-07:00

We finally took the boys out sledding yesterday. We bought them new sleds for Christmas but they've only got to use them in the backyard with their homemade hills. They liked this much better!

Even Peyton had a blast. I thought he would be a little scared but of course he wasn't. He loves doing anything that his brothers are doing.

Of course...being dragged up the hill by daddy helps the situation out.

Here's one of daddy trying to show off, he didn't make it too far before falling.

But of course that makes the others kids want to try it out as well. I think it was actually Colby that got the farthest.

Random day at the zoo!!

2011-01-19T08:55:00.001-07:00

Since we had a Saturday all to ourselves with nothing to do...that never happens...we decided to take the boys to the zoo. It was so dead, hardly any people at all. Plus it wasn't extremely cold, so the animals were very active. Bryans favorite was the cougar. Peytons were the giraffes, Colbys the monkeys of course and Tylers favorite was when one of the giraffes was trying to steal the other giraffes Christmas tree that was hanging from the ceiling. He kept trying to catch it with his tongue but couldn't quite reach it.

Bryan thought the giraffes were stinky!

After we let them go to the shop and buy something. He were so excited! I guess we don't let them do that very often. Tyler is holding his, its candy of course but with a little tiger hanging on the end. He loves candy!! Bryan got a safari hat, Colby a baby monkey, Peyton kept changing his mind as to what he wanted. Everytime his brothers would pick something up he would put down his baby elephant he picked out and choose theirs. But sure enough he would always run back to where he dropped it and pick it up again. He loves his elephant!

Final day at Disneyland!

2011-01-05T08:08:00.000-07:00

We decided to go back to Mickeys Surfs Up breakfast on the last day. The boys ate so good there and it was dry inside.

It wasn't so dry outside as you can tell from everyone wearing ponchos. But the lines were AWESOME!! I think we rode Pirates like 3 times in a row and walked right in every time. It was great!!

Nice hat daddy!! I think I was wearing one too but I didn't let anyone get my picture :)

The rain didn't slow us down much, it was nice that we could walk onto most of the rides. It made the boys not complain so much!

The boys found some more characters to meet inside while waiting for Colby to do Tower of Terror...again!!

Poor kids, look how wet their pants are. They were such troopers though, hardly whined at all!!

Yeah!! No more rain!! Before we ran back to the hotel to change them, they had to go on Grizzly River Run a couple more times. Might as well since they were already wet!

Ended our trip on a great note. Sure they were whiny, tired and worn out, but I hope they had a great time. I know I did!!

Day 2 at Disneyland!!

2011-01-03T09:01:00.000-07:00

Day 2 at Disney started out great. We got in an hour earlier then most of the crowd so we headed straight to Fantasyland. We rode all the rides that take an hour or longer during the day. Rides like Peter Pan, Tea Cups, Pinocchio and Snow White. We also rode on Matterhorn...that ride the day before was a 2 hour wait. Peyton even got to ride that one. Rob said he didn't like it very much though.

After we hurried and rode all those rides, we ran over to California Adventures. Since we were staying at a Disney hotel they let us into the park to stand in line for Toy Story an hour earlier too. It was awesome, we only waited like 8 minutes to get onto the ride. Later that day, the wait was 2 hours.

Definitely one of everyones favorite rides. I wish the wait wasn't so long or we'd ride it several times.

I let the boys get their faces painted this time. They always want to do it but I never let them cause its like $15-$17 a kid to paint them. Peyton got a tiger, Tyler a dragon and Bryan and Colby got "tribal" ones.

Not sure why I didn't get a close up of Colby, sorry!!

I probably won't ever let them get painted again, but at least it made them happy for a couple of hours. Peytons got messed up shortly after this picture from boogies and him wiping his nose. Bryan was so worried the whole time that he was messing it up he wouldn't eat or drink anything. Then half way through the day we let them go back and swim so it was gone anyways.

I guess I didn't take very many pictures that day. When we went back to the hotel to let them swim there was a big slide there. The boys loved it, but they wouldn't let Peyton go down with his floaties on. So at first we didn't let him go. He was so mad, he kept trying to sneak up the stairs and go down with his brothers. We finally let him try and just stayed at the bottom to catch him. You would have thought was was just as big as his brothers. He had no problem going down and LOVED it. It was probably his favorite thing he did on vacation. He didn't even care if his brothers went down with him, he would just march up the stairs and do it himself. He's getting so big. Bryans favorite ride this day was Screamin, we got fast passes since he's the only kid that can go. He ended up going 3 times in a row with Daddy, Grandpa and Grandma. He thought it was so funny that Grandma hid her head the whole time and he had his hands up the whole time. He thought he was pretty funny for tricking her into going with him. Colbys favorite ride was Tower of Terror. Seriously...what five year old likes that ride. What adult likes that ride even? It was his favorite though and rode it several times as well. We went to Rain Forest Cafe for dinner that night, yummy!!

Day 1 at Disneyland!

2011-01-01T08:56:00.000-07:00

I think I'll do my post according to the days, if I tried to fit all my pictures you'd probably get bored. I LOVE taking pictures!!

Morning 1... we started the day off at a Character Breakfast called "Surf's up with Mickey". We stayed in the Paradise Pier Disney hotel so it was just in the lobby. Very convenient!!

We thought if we did a character breakfast first it might warm Peyton up to some of them and he wouldn't be as scared. He HATED all the characters last time. He did a lot better this vacation. He LOVED, LOVED, LOVED Mickey Mouse. He kept wanting to go back to him and wave or give him a high five. He liked Minnie too, and eventually Pluto. But hated pretty much everyone else. And would get really nervous whenever Stitch especially would come by.

Tyler loved everyone and wanted his picture with everyone too.

Peyton even gave Minnie a hug, I was super bummed I missed getting a picture of it. It was adorable!

Pluto was being silly with the boys and trying to push them out of the picture, so this is the best shot I got. Colby thought it was hilarious!

So glad we started with Smallworld, Peyton loved it so he wasn't really scared on the the rest of the rides. Plus the wait was like 5 minutes. When we got out, it was like 45 minutes.

Splash Mountain...one of the favorites of course!! Even Tyler loved it. Last time we went he was nervous but wanted to keep going this time.

Since me and Peyton couldn't go on all the big boy rides, we spent a lot of time together. This ride is the golden rocketships (not sure the real name) right by Buzz Lightyear. He loved that he could hang out with mommy all by himself!

We found this giant ball while waiting for the big boys to do Space Mountain.

Eventually Peytons "boy side" came out and he started dunking his head into the water. Everyone around us thought it was so cute. When he started drinking it however...I made him stop. He still thought he was funny!

Buzz Lightyear... one of everyones favorite of course!!

We ended the night with Goofys Roller coaster. Rob said Peyton was a little scared but not too bad. Bryan and Colby loved that they got to sit in the front.

Overall day one went great. The lines were a little bit long but the weather was great, and we had minimum crying.

Christmas 2010

2010-12-31T08:32:00.001-07:00

Christmas was GREAT this year, a little crazy with Disneyland the next day, but GREAT still!!

The boys loved the guitars and sleds that Santa brought them!

Nice face Colby!!

All the boys kept saying they wanted was Pokemon cards. Well, they got them. About 200 between us and the grandparents!

All Peyton said he wanted was Mickey Mouse, he loves dancing with him and showing his brothers how you push his hand to make him dance some more.

I have to apologize for how my boys are dressed now. Most moms would dress their kids all cute and festive because its Christmas right? Well, most of their cute clothes were packed for Disneyland so Bryan and Colby wore their soccer uniforms, Tyler wore short sleeves and shorts and Peyton looked half way cute I guess. Sorry!!

They got so spoiled as usual!! I hope they had as much fun as we did buying everything for them!

Zoo Lights

2010-12-31T08:20:00.001-07:00

Papa and Nana took us to see the Zoo Lights this year. It was our first year going and I have to be honest...I was expecting a little more. I thought we would get to see all the animals and Christmas lights. But thats not how it was. There was plenty of Christmas lights, but no animals. The only one that we really saw and was extremely active was the tiger. Peyton loved it of course and wanted to stay there the whole time. There was a lot of "animal" lights everywhere, but the real animals were either too dark to see or they put them inside somewhere. Oh well, the boys had fun at least.

This is Colby pretending to be a gorilla if you can't tell...

I just noticed what that sign said as I was looking at these pictures. Whoops, I guess we were breaking the rules...

Tylers Birthday Pictures

2010-12-17T15:20:00.000-07:00

I just can't believe how BIG he is getting...

Welcome to the Family

2010-12-12T08:40:00.000-07:00

I would like to welcome the newest additions to our CRAZY family...

Chimchar the monkey..

Luke Skywalker the blue bear...

Puppy the ... puppy!

And Harry the owl...

We did our annual Christmas tradition that the boys look forward to all year long, going to Gateway and making a Build-a-bear! Every year we ask ourselves why we do this. It takes them forever to pick out which animal they want, even longer for all of them to help the lady stuff it. The whole time a huge line is forming behind us, then they have to wash it. Then the worst part...picking out outfits for the animals to wear. Thats probably why this is the only picture I got while we were actually there. But we figured it out eventually.And its always worth it in the end when they love them so much and have to make them beds at home and show them all their other animals.

I have to brag a little bit about my savings this time...

Last week I got a coupon for a free animal, well, we weren't going until the next week so I went anyways and made the new baby an animal. While I was checking out I had the opportunity to buy a $10 gift card for $5. Great!! I knew we were going the next week so I asked how many I could buy, I ended up getting $40 worth. Then since I "like" them on facebook they put out a coupon too. Text a certain number and get $10 off your bear. I made Rob do it too. Then I had found two different coupons for $10 off as well. So I ended up spending $65 for 4 animals plus all the clothes they picked out. I think I saved like $80 between all the coupons and discounted giftcards I had. Pretty proud of myself!!

Our Surprise Early Christmas Present

2010-12-07T17:20:00.000-07:00

As a last minute surprise and present for Christmas, Grandma and Grandpa Smith asked us if we wanted to go to Disneyland with them. Of course!! We never pass up a Disneyland trip...its the HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH!!

We wanted to think of a really cute way to surprise the boys but still wanted them to be excited for Christmas. We aren't leaving until the day after Christmas so I didn't want it to over shadow it. This is what we thought of. We left a present under our tree and the boys found it. We told them that "Santa was being silly and didn't he know that it wasn't Christmas yet? Well, I guess we should open it and see what he brought them?"

We wrapped it up in several different boxes so that they had to keep unwrapping to find out what was inside. They were so excited the whole time wondering what it was.

When they finally got to the real box, they all just started yelling and looking at the different things inside, but still weren't sure what it all ment?

We put in their Disney hats that we bought them last trip, Buzz Lightyear bookbags and Lanyards that the travel agent gave us, and maps of Disneyland. It was Bryan that finally found the maps and figured out what was going on.

We also made a chain to count down the days until we left.

Peyton LOVED the hats and just wanted to keep on trying them on.

Bryan thought we should invite someone to come with us, so he immedialty called up Grandpa and Grandma and asked if they wanted to come since Nana and Papa came last time.

More hats!

Peyton wanted to start packing I guess, he ran to his room and brought out his Mickey Mouse and started shoving him inside his bookbag. He hasn't taken it off since!

Four REALLY excited boys, counting down the days until Disneyland!!

Candy Making Week One

2010-12-07T15:09:00.000-07:00

Me and Rob decided to try making Christmas candy this year. It was really fun!! Only a couple of burns from butter splattering but we'll do better next time.

The boys LOVED decorating some sugar cookies, Tyler was with Grandma and Grandpa on his "Special Birthday lunch". He'll be here next week to do some candy.

This was my favorite, its English Toffee. But I don't think we cooked it long enough so the bottom wasn't hard like normal toffee is. But I think that made it much better, I hate the feeling of breaking your teeth on toffee.

Bryans favorite, nutty fudge!!

This was Robs project, its oreo cookies inside mixed with cream cheese and then dipped in chocolate. Way good!!

Gingerbread houses at Grandma and Grandpas

2010-12-07T10:38:00.000-07:00

The boys LOVE this tradition that my parents do every year. Gingerbread house decorating!!

Tyler picked a train to decorate this year, I think their whole goal was to put as much candy as possible onto their gingerbreads.

Peyton LOVED it! Last year he was a kindof small to really get to do his own or know what the point was. But this year he was just as involved as everyone else.

If you can't tell from this picture they all had a blast!! Side note: its ADORABLE how much Ava LOVES Bryan. She always wants to play with him and have him pick her up and carry her around. He loves it too of course!

Happy Birthday Tyler!!!

2010-12-04T19:02:00.001-07:00

Wow!! I can't believe my Tyler is already four years old, how time flies. This is actually his 2nd birthday party. We had an earlier one with Nana and Papa. They bought him a TON of play dough and play dough toys. He loved it of course.

Me and Rob bought him his very own DS this year. He was really excited that he didn't have to beg his older brothers to let him play with theirs anymore. Earlier today Grandma and Grandpa took him out for his special birthday lunch and took him shopping for his presents. They went to Five Guys burgers and then went to the store and bought his very own Super Mario Bros DS game.

Aunt Maddy, Uncle Dustin, Mia and Ava bought him more play dough, he really likes play dough right now!

Colby gave him a Whoppie Cushion... Daddy gave him a BIG jar of cherries, and Bryan gave him a dart gun. Not sure why I didn't get pictures of those, sorry!

Some of Tylers favorite things to do right now are play Wii and DS. He is getting really good too. He's just as good as his older brothers. He also loves playing play dough with Peyton when his older brothers are at school. He is such a good big brother and can't wait to have another little brother to show all his tricks too! One of my favorite things about Tyler is when he gets the giggles. He will just start giggling for no reason and won't stop for like 5 minutes. Its so cute!! We love you Tyler!!

Its a boy!!!

2010-11-16T13:59:00.000-07:00

Apparently I'm only supposed to raise Priesthood holders, its another boy! I have to keep reminding myself how sad I was when I found out that Peyton was a boy. But now I look at him and can't imagine my life without his smiling face and it makes me feel a little bit better.

Family Pictures

2010-11-09T07:49:00.000-07:00

A friend from school, Kandi, took these family pictures for us a couple of weeks ago. She did an amazing job!!! Thanks again Kandi!!

Halloween Costumes

2010-10-27T09:41:00.000-06:00

Black Island Farms

2010-10-20T08:17:00.000-06:00

Grandma and Grandpa took everyone to Black Island Farms again, its a tradition we do every year!! The boys LOVE it and look forward to it every time.

Of course they all had to pick the biggest, baddest pumpkin they could find...

Afterwards we went back to their house and my mom had made dinner entirely "Halloween" themed. She had witched blood, mummies, grave yard bean dip, cat eyes and ghosts with cupcakes and bananas. The boys thought it was so cool!!

We decided to let the boys just paint theirs this year. It was such a pain trying to cut out 4 different pumpkins when they all wanted something extreme that could take hours to do. Peyton loved painting his though. He came back like 4 times to work on it some more. Eventually he started just pouring the paint directly onto the pumpkin. He thought it was easier that way!

Grocery Coupon Trip!

2010-09-15T13:59:00.000-06:00

I went to a class last week about saving your coupons and shopping smarter. It turns out that it really can work. We went to the store today, spent $30.45. And we figured our savings was probably around $45.00, if not more. Here's a picture of everything we bought!! I was so excited!!

Three Little Indians

2010-09-07T12:45:00.000-06:00

Rob was outside cleaning up more branches and leaves from cutting down our trees the other day. Well, Colby got this brillant idea that he wanted to make a teepee. He started doing it by himself but it was too hard so he asked Rob if he would help him. Rob was kindof in a hurry so he told him that he didn't have enough branches to make a teepee and it wouldn't work. Colby got so sad and starting crying, "first you cut down my treehouse and now I can't make a teepee." It was so sad that of course Rob had to stop what he was doing to make him a teepee. He was so happy and helping him the entire time of course. Now they are running around the yard playing, "indians"... too cute!

Tylers First Day of Preschool

2010-09-07T12:11:00.001-06:00

Tyler was so excited to start preschool with Ms. Amy!

But once he got there, he was really nervous! I had to sneak out of the room cause he would start wimpering everytime he thought I was going to leave.

This is his friend Lillie, once she got there he was a little less nervous! He said he loves that theres lot of girls in his class!

But his teacher said he did great! And he loved getting the bubbles when it was over. He said he wants to go back everyday. We'll see if he's this excited next time.

Labor Day Fun

2010-09-07T10:15:00.000-06:00

We had a great weekend! We cut down some trees in our yard on Monday, the boys weren't too excited about that because we cut down their "treehouse". It really was just a small tree that they liked to hang on the branches. We want to put in a privacy fence next spring so we had to get rid of all the trees first. My parents came and helped us so it wasn't too bad.

Then we went swimming! We were afraid it was going to be too cold to swim but it turned out to be a really nice day!

Of course the boys had to play in their fort, they LOVE the new swingset my parents bought this year.

We acutally did this on Saturday... but they wanted to do one last smore feast before the weather gets too cold. They LOVE smores, and lets face it... so does everyone else!

Go Orange Fireballs!

2010-09-01T13:30:00.000-06:00

So last year, Colby wasn't a big fan of playing soccer. Every time he had a game he would whine that he didn't like to run. Well, since soccer is pretty much running the whole time we asked him if he wanted to play again and he said no. As soon as he saw Bryan getting his uniform and practicing he was super bummed that he didn't play too. But a stroke of luck hit him!! Our friend Sarah is actually Bryans coach and one of the players switched leagues so she had an extra jersey. He was so excited that he got to play!! I was a little nervous with him playing on an older league especially if he didn't like to run, but he did AMAZING!! He was a little scrapper, totally stealing the ball away from all these older boys. He wasn't afraid of them squishing him like a bug like I was. I was so proud of him, he almost scored a goal too. Maybe next time.

And of course Bryan did great! He even scored a goal on the first game. You could tell he was excited but didn't want to show it. Apparently he's too big to give his parents thumbs up now when he scores!

Cherry Hill Fun!

2010-09-01T13:18:00.000-06:00

I could't figure out how to get this post AFTER the camping one, so skip this one and read the camping post first, then you can come back to this one. :) The next day we went swimming there, it was so much fun! My boys love hanging out with their cousins!

This was one of ALL the boys favorite slides. Even Peyton loved it. Every time he would come down, he would just start walking back up the walkway. And if you would ask him where he's going, he's say, "again".

So much fun! Definitely returning next year!

Cherry Hill Camping

2010-09-01T13:04:00.000-06:00

We always go camping at Cherry Hill every summer. This summer we were a little later, but still had just as much fun!

Peyton took this picture of me. . . if I'd have know he was going to actually point it at my face I probably would have tried to smile cuter!

LOVE MY BOYS!!!

They met some other boys and got a football game started. You could tell that the other boys were raised good, they kept making sure that everyone scored a touchdown, even Tyler and Peyton. Most boys that are older are only concerned about winning. But they made sure everyone was having fun. I hope my boys are just like them when they are older.

I kept wondering why Peyton was insisting on dragging his camping chair to our car, then I found out! I couldn't believe it. Where would he get an idea like that? He thought he was so funny.

Great times, great traditions!

Back to School!

2010-09-01T12:59:00.000-06:00

I can't believe school has already started!! Where did the summer go? Colby was so excited to start Kindergarten this year. As soon as he got his school supplies he wanted to write his name on everything. I had to tell him that his teacher probably didn't care if he wrote his name on his pencils. He was super cute!!

When I ask them what their favorite part about school is, Colbys is playing outside... and Bryan loves eathing lunch there! Apparently I never did a good job of cooking him lunch during the summer?

Air Space Museum

2010-09-01T12:45:00.000-06:00

We thought we'd do one last fun outing before the boys started school up again. So we decided to take them to the Air Space Museum in Roy. One, we've never been there before and two, its free!! The boys loved it!!
Tyler in his cute fighter pilot costume.

Colby wanted to be a NASA pilot.

Isn't he the cutest astronaut you've ever seen!!

And of course Bryan!!

Bryan wanted his picture taken if front of every missle he could find. It started creeping me out a little bit. I hope he doesn't want to blow things up when he gets bigger :)

More missles.

Our 24th of July tradition

2010-07-26T08:25:00.000-06:00

Every 24th of July we normally go down to salt lake and go see the Bees play, they always had amazing fireworks after the game. But this year we decided to try the Raptors instead since its closer to our home. It was just as much fun!! And even though the fireworks weren't as long as the Bees they were still great and the kids loved them.

Peyton was so cute, everytime music would come on, he would get out of his seat to dance. Everyone around us thought he was adorable!

Summer Swimming Fun

2010-07-26T08:16:00.000-06:00

This is our FAVORITE summer activity. . . swimming at grandma and grandpas!! Tyler LOVES going down the slide

My cute parents!!

Peyton decided he wanted to try going down the slide too. He's normally scared of it, and won't go down unless he's on someones lap. I guess he was feeling adventurous today. He just started going up and didn't stop the entire day. He loved it so much! It was making me a little nervous to be honest cause its so high up and he wasn't always holding on.

I love that 3 out of my 4 boys can swim by themselves even in the deep end. This is Tylers first year without floaties, and even he is doing amazing.

This is Colby swimming like a fish.

Bryans 2nd Party

2010-07-26T08:14:00.000-06:00

Here's the pictures from his party with Nana and Papa!

Birthday Boy Bryan

2010-07-26T08:09:00.000-06:00

Here's some pictures from Bryans first birthday party at Grandma and Grandpa Smiths house.

He got a new bike from mom and dad. He was so excited!!

Bryan Birthday Pictures

2010-07-26T08:05:00.000-06:00

I can't believe how BIG he is getting!

Happy Birthday Peyton!!

2010-07-10T17:41:00.000-06:00

Peyton had a great birthday party today!! Thanks to everyone that came. . .and thanks to all his friends that tried to help him open his presents. As you can see from the pictures he definitely didn't need help. He was loving that part!!

Peyton Birthday Pictures

2010-07-09T17:17:00.000-06:00

Some are cuter then others, he was being a pill when she was trying to take them. He totally "cheezes" it up when I want to take his picture, but a stranger. . .no way. He eventually warmed up a little though.