December 2009

I have really got to get on the ball or I'm not going to get through this year until it's over. Well, December was busy busy, of course.

Sterling and I went to Indiana for a couple days.  We were in meetings pretty much the whole time, but it was fun and on our drives we were able to see a bit of the countryside.

There were tons of windmills out there in Indiana.  It was dark on our way in and there were red dots everywhere.  We later learned that those dots were windmills.  There were hundreds of them.

Homedale always has a Christmas Parade that is always fun for the kids to go too.  They get candy and have some good old cold fun.

This is the kids waiting for the parade to start.

Santa is always the biggest hit of the day.  We waited for about 45 minutes out in the cold snowy day to get a bag from Santa.  My camera died so I wasn't able to get a picture of the kids with him though.

We went to RC Willey to buy some mattresses for the boys and Santa and Mrs. Claus were there.  Chase wrote him a letter that said what he wanted and gave it to him.  This year he wanted a real live tree, a photo book and a truck.

Trey wasn't too excited to see Santa. Here we are seeing the famous hide behind the hands.

Keegan wasn't too sure about Santa either.

Here are the little boys and Sterling strolling through the mattress department.

Keegan and I took a quick trip to Utah.  My Great Grandma Penrod passed away and I flew down with Keegan to go to here funeral in Goshen, Utah.

I just thought this was a great mischevious little smile.

Here are Keegan and I at her Graveside.

Keegan was a perfect little flight buddy.  He quite enjoyed the view out the plane.

We decorated a gingerbread house with all the fixing. Including Santa on the roof.  The boys loved it.

Sterling and the boys were re-enacting the Nativity for Family Night.

For Nursery Trey's class made some Rice-Krispy Ginger bread houses.

Chase's wish list on the wall at school.

Grandma Johnston and Chase at his winter Concert at school.

For Chase's winter concert, they did the Polar Express.  He is on the front row.  It was hard for me to get a really good picture of him.

 

Our friend Sam came over dressed as Santa and gave the boys a big suprise.

 

This is our Annual Christmas Eve morning breakfast of Ricegrot.
Christmas Eve night we went out to Uncle Sam and Aunt Barb's house and had Oyster Stew and Clam Chowder and had a nice evening together with them.

 
A couple days after Christmas Grandma and Grandpa Larsen came up and we had Christmas morning all over again.
Grandma Beus and Bonnie and Owen and Emily came out for Christmas dinner. We exchanged gifts and ate and had a nice time together.  That evening we all got together and ate red cake and ice cream and watched Night at the Museum II.
Grandma and Grandpa Johnston coming over Christmas morning.
Another thing Chase really wanted was a book full of pictures.  He loved it.  I think it was his favorite gift.
They boys with some of their toys on Christmas morning.

Ellis and Mary and their kids came and all the kids made another Gingerbread house.

Keegan turned two on the 30th of December.  Keegan is a fun little man.  He can keep up with his brothers in most things they do.  He likes to sing even though he doesn't say any words with his tunes.  He can out eat both his brothers put together.  He so badly wants to be big and go to school with the boys when they leave. I wonder what will actually happen when it's time for him to go.  He's a cute little man.

 

Here is Keegan with his Donald Duck birthday cake.

Keegan and a tuck and trailer he got for his birthday.

On New Years Eve it really snowed. It started out slow and then it was crazy.  The boys had a lot of fun playing in it.

Sterling went and got a sled that we pulled behind the truck.  We went up and down the road and had fun until Sterling went to fast and we all fell out.

Because of the storm we were unable to attend the New Years party in Boise with friends.  So we made up some grub and had our own little party with the boys.

We made some party hats and waited for the count down.

The boys didn't stay up until midnight, but we had a countdown a couple of times.

Sterling and the boys popped some streamers.  The boys loved it.

Here is the gang at Keegan's little party. We ate and watched Monster's Versus Aliens. Poor little Trey was sick and layed on the couch all day.

Chase wanted a real tree from Santa and he came through. Took down the fake one and put up a real one for him.

November 2009

Ok, so my blogging lately has just been terrible, but I think things might be slowing down so I can actually get some computer time in. Here is our November from last year.

Well this is actually not November but I forgot to put these in. This is our last summer play day at the park. Keegan is looking mighty big and old here on the slide.

Treyton and I are eating some Ice cream and posing for the camera.

Chase is quite the monkey on the monkey bars juggling his ice cream cone too.

This year we rented out some of our ground to grow potatoes. The potatoes turned out to be huge.  As you can see, three potatoes were as long as Keegan.

Here is the new window in the boys bedroom.  Chase had stuck his foot through the window.  It was an old single paned window. The guys tried to fix it but broke the piece of glass as they were putting it in.  I did not want to put in another pane that might get broken, so I made us get a new window. This was the only window besides our bathroom window that was still old. I'm glad we changed it. It's so much nicer. Trey loved it. When he would wake up, he would just stare out the window. It was pretty cute to watch.

I just thought this was a cute little picture of Keegan.

I caught a picture of Sterling, Garold and Keegan taking a break from hauling corn in.

This was the cutest picture of the boys and their cousin Evie.  They were just thinking she was fun and I had to catch the picture of it.

Keegan is silly, here he is with a fireman's hat a wooden spoon and his trike.

Every Sunday we go to Grandma's house for lunch after church.  The boys love to sit on the windowsill. It is the perfect height for them.  Here they are lined up and pretty much happy.

This fall we started to buy a bundle of bull calves.  It's been busy with all the bottle feeding. Here is Chase. He's a great little helper, when he wants to be of course. :)

I was out snapping some pictures and I saw Trey just standing here looking out at something.  I think he was a bit cold and frozen in place too. But it sure made for a nice picture.

Chase is pretty cute. He's showing us his machoe muscles. Milk sure does a body good.

So, I have to admit, I was one of the crazy ones who went to see New Moon at the midnight showing.  This is a few of us who went. We actually had a really big group. These are the four that I actually knew.  It was fun, but a bit crazy. I think I made it home around 3:30 a.m. Sorry to say, I was a bit cranky the next day. My sis was nice, she talked to me on the phone the whole way home so I wouldn't fall asleep.

Every theater in the entire place was starting the show at the same time, so when the show let out, it was quite a mad house in there.

We had an early Thanksgiving dinner at our friend Jake and Emily's house. It was a lot of fun. The kids were in one room and the adults had a fancy dinner in the other room.

Well, this year I turned 29 again for the 3rd time.  I think my sister is 31. We had a fun birthday. I got a cheese cake and party in Adrian, and another party a few days later in Tremonton, with pumpkin/peacan pie.

Here's our family picture on Thanksgiving day. We really had a hard time getting Trey to actually smile. He's been in an I want to hide my face stage.

The adorable three Johnston brothers saying cheese and playing in the pumkins at Grandma & Grandpa Larsen's house.

Here is the Larsen clan on Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving dinner was soooo yummy!!!

October

So, it's now January and has been officially forever since I last posted an update on my blog. I need to get with it a bit. Things always seem crazy. I'll get things up to date, I promise. Here is our October. We had a bunch of fun.

General Conference was a lot of fun. We had a bunch of family over and we watched and played and ate.

Here are Evie and Emily and Chase with his books in a rocking chair.

Treyton and Morgan are cuddled up on the couch.

Chase, Luke and Keegan are busy frosting cookies.

Everyone sitting down to watch.

Here is silly little Chase, I don't know if you can tell, but he has a bandaid on his nose and he is just being silly after school one day.



The boys had some friends over to frost sugar cookies. Morgan and Max were visiting also for spud harvest. They helped the boys make a scarecrow. It was fun to have them here.

For Pre-school Trey went to the local fire department and got to learn about firemen and the firetruck.  The kids were able to shoot water from the fire hose and climb into the truck. Trey loves the fireman hat they were given and wears it all the time.

Another pre-school trip Trey had was going to the pumkin patch.  They were able to ride on a hay wagon and pick out their very own pumkin.

Keegan at the pumpkin patch with Trey's pre-school group.

My mom came up this month and helped me make some tomato soup and can it. We had a lot of fun, but a bit of drama too. The kids were playing with a piece of the victorio strainer and lost a piece. We looked for it all day and couldn't find the thing. We borrowed the piece so we could finish, but after my mom left I found the piece behind the couch. We looked there like a million times, but not good enough I guess.

For the Halloween Carnival at the Elementary there was a pie making contest.  I made an Apple Pie, I almost missed out on the judging. I arrived just in time. They were judging when I got there.  Crazily enough, I won! It was pretty exciting. I won a cookware set.

Chase was able to take a fieldtrip with his kindergarten class to the corn maze.  I was glad I got to go. It was fun! The kids went through the maze and then they were able to pick out a pumpkin. They also were able to feed some goats.

Here is Chase in one of the little straw mazes they had set up for the kids.

Keegan is dressed up in Chases costume as spiderman on a bike. He's pretty cute.

Trey and Keegan at the homecoming parade in Adrian.  They watched the floats and got some candy. The parade was short and sweet and the kids loved it.

After the parade we went up to the high school where they had the homecoming pep assembly.  All the grades were able to participate.  Chase is wearing the orange shirt and doing his cheer.

Trey's pre-school class dressed up for Halloween. They sang us their songs and showed up their costumes.  Trey is the little cowboy on the bottom row.

Chase at the Halloween parade at school. He is dressed as spiderman.

Grandma Larsen was here for the Halloween party at Chase's school. Here she is with Trey. We're in the cafeteria for the party.

The boys digging out the seeds inside the pumpkin for our dinner in a pumpkin night.  They also drew a scary face on it.

The corn field in back of our house.  The blue pipe you can see is one of the boys favorite toys. They love playing in it.

Decorating the scary halloween house.  The boys decorated it about three times during October.  For halloween the Jeppson's came to visit us and Justing is here helping Chase and Keegan in the picture.

Here are the boys making a snowman pumpking. So I guess it is a pumpkin man.

During the afternoon I take the boys into Homedale and we go trick-or-treating to all of the local businesses. At the moment Trey was not very happy, but he is my Cowboy, Chase is spiderman and Keegan is the little mouse.

Here they are again, walking down the way, getting some candy.

At the church we have a chili feed and then everyone goes trunk-or-treating. It is a very fun tradition. The kids stock up on candy and have a full bag in less than five minutes. Whew!

Here is Rhonda and Preston. They were able to come for Halloween this year and that was a lot of fun. He was a little superman.  After the trunk-or-treat we went around to some people around that we knew. It was a long trick-or-treating day. It started when we left the house at 2:45 p.m. and ended at 9:30 or so when we got back home.