Sunday, June 21, 2015

January and February 2014

One Sunday, Quinn and I decided that Daddy was being grumpy.  So Quinn put a "crab" tattoo on him.  Hehe 

(Ok, he was exagrating the crabbiness at this point). :)

Josh and I tried Pho for the first time.  It was pretty good.  You definitely have
to be in the mood for it, I would say.  I guess I'm not a huge fan of noodle soups.  Fun to 
try though!

Isaac became a Boy Scout!

Awhile back we had been trying a meal from a different country
each week.  We decided to try it again and had a Polish meal with
Perogis, a Polish sausage/cabbage dish and some green cauliflower.


This little machine had been a part of our lives for many years.  We used it to tube-feed 
Bryce.  I took a picture of it as Bryce was finally able to eat enough food by mouth that 
we were able to stop using the feeding tube and send his pump back!  Yay! Huge milestone.

Another thing that happened in January that I should mention for journalistic purposes,
is that our doctor gave us the go ahead to try for another baby.  We thought and prayed 
about it after the miscarriage, and really felt strongly that we needed to have one more.
A couple of weeks later, my doctor called me and told me that after some blood tests
I had had because of some weird symptoms I had been having and a discussion she had
with a Rheumatologist, that they were diagnosing me with Systemic Lupus.  She 
recommended we hold off on trying for a baby because of the dangers of Lupus and
pregnancy.....   But, by then it was too late.


FEBRUARY:
Another shot of our new Boy Scout ready for his first meeting.  He was so excited to move on from Cub scouts!


Sadly, a police officer in our community was killed and the scouts went 
out to hold flags in honor of him during his funeral procession.   I took
Isaac, Parker and some friends.


A reporter fro KSL radio interviewed the kids.
We were never able to find out how to listen to their 
interview, so not sure how it ended up, but it was kind of fun.


In February, Bryce was baptized!  He was so excited.




For the Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet this year, they had a Star Wars theme.
Each child had to make a cake with the theme.  Parker made a light-saber cake.

And Bryce made "wookie" cupcakes. 

The decorations were so cute!  This is a napkin holder.  They did a great job.

For some reason we ended up doing Isaac's Arrow of Light
ceremony late.  So he donned his Cub Scout uniform one more 
time and received his award.


This is a robot Parker made at pack night.

Valentine's Day boxes!  Parker made one of himself with
a hole where his mouth was for the Valentines to go.  It turned
out so cute and was pretty funny. :)

Isaac, my character boy was into My Little Ponies and Link
from Legend of Zelda, so that was his box.

Josh and I decided to go out for lunch on Valentines Day and try the 
Banana Leaf restaurant in Provo.  

We also put the kids to bed early and made a fun dinner together
for our "date".  We had Lobster tails and asparagus. (can't remember if
 there was anything else)

The Fifth Grade studies the presidents and they do a Wax Museum where each student is
one of the presidents or one of their wives.  They make a speech as if they were the president
and present it at the museum.

Isaac was John F. Kennedy.

He did a great job with his presentation and speech!

And Bryce had another surgery - another ear tube placement.

Monday, June 15, 2015

Christmas 2013

How silly to be a year and a half behind on our blog.  :)

For our neighbor Christmas treats we made Christmas popcorn with pretzels,
M&Ms and white chocolate.  It turned out really yummy.  That was a lot of 
popcorn though!



Our traditional Christmas Eve cheese and fruit tray dinner.


We also made cookies for Santa.  This year we just made
good ol' sugar cookies. 






We read the bible and discussed the Christmas Story and 
then we opened our Christmas Eve pajamas.


The boys had fun tracking Santa before bed.

Christmas morning!


Quinn loves his trains!  He got a new train set from Santa.

 Josh got a unicycle!

Isaac and Parker got DS2 game systems.

Lots of fun things!



Tired Quinn with Daddy.

Isaac and Parker got duct tape and a book of things to make out of it.

Parker with his new remote control helicopter.  


I got a Ebelskiver pan and cookbook, so we had some for 
Christmas Breakfast.  This is a pic of them half way through the 
turning process.  It took me a bit to get the hang of it!


 All of Parker's presents:

All of Quinn's presents:

All of Bryce's presents:


Family gifts:

All of Josh's presents:

My presents:

A couple of days after Christmas we traveled down to St. George 
and Loa to see our parents.

Quinn loved Grandma and Grandpa Chappell's Christmas train:

 

We also got to see my sister Marcie's new baby, Daven.  So precious!

The boys had fun playing with their cousins at Grandma and Grandpa Bell's house.

One more present.  My parents gave us a smoker.