We finally got our first big snow storm this last weekend. Tanner was beyond excited! He kept thanking Heavenly Father and Jesus for making it snow. He loved helping us shovel the drive way, but I think he had the most fun throwing the biggest snowballs he could fit in his hands at Scott and I.
While we were in California for Thanksgiving I had Mandy take some family photos for us for our Christmas cards. She snapped off a few shots of the boys before we left for our photo shoot. Enjoy these because this was the only time they were happy! Mason cried the whole time! Porter was content, but he wasn't about to give us a smile! Maybe that is why we haven't had our family pictures taken in so long!
So instead of having a birthday party for Tanner at our house this year we decided to take him to Legoland since we were going to be in California for Thanksgiving. He loved it! His cousins Megan, Tyler and Ryan(and parents) came as well as Grandma Rogers, Aunt Mandy and Aunt Dani, so they all had a blast. It was a perfect day, although by the time we were leaving it was getting pretty chilly. I spent most of my time taking care of Mason and Porter, but all in all it was a fun day!
So I had Scott hang our Christmas lights before we left for California for Thanksgiving, because I heard there were big storms moving in and I didn't think it would be too safe hanging lights in the snow and ice. Little did I know it wasn't going to be so safe anyway, at one point he had to practically hang upside down to attach the lights. In Arizona, a ladder was sufficient! Maybe I snapped the shot so that I would have one last memento of my husband! J/K--nice job hun!
Tanner insisted on helping me with this post and hand picked all of these pictures--good times!
I feel like I haven't taken a picture of the boys in a while so I decided to snap a few. Tanner joined in the quest to help me get Mason and Porter to smile, surprising it worked since they haven't slept ALL day!!! This no sleeping thing will come to an end eventually, right?!
Tanner had a blast playing soccer with his cousins in Payson this year. In fact he had more fun playing with his cousins than playing soccer. Until the last game and then something just clicked for him and he played as though he had been playing for years. Suddenly he got it and he knew exactly what to do and where to put the ball. He was on fire and made 3 goals, almost 5. After each goal he would come running over to us with a huge smile on his face and give us a big high five. He was so much fun to watch! It was sad that the season had to come to an end. I will be curious to see how long it takes him to catch on next year. Go Conquerers!
I know this all seems so random, but I am still trying to get the hang of this whole blogging thing. Emily starting this blog for me late one night after I had gone to bed. I knew nothing of it until the next morning when there was no time for explaining or tutoring. I know most of you are thinking what needs to be explained, but I truly am a computer dummy! So anyway I am slowing learning the ropes and aspire to one day have blogs as nice as the rest of yours! Thanks for sharing your lives with us, we love to see what is happening with all of you.
Tanner has been such an amazing big brother, he loves to help out whenever he can, and of course his brothers adore him!
Our friends Austin and Emily came down to hang out and their daughter Paige wanted to share her doll with Mason. I suppose she thought it would make him happy--I guess she was right!
I convinced Tanner that no masks were aloud at preschool, so we got to do the cool Wolverine hair for his preschool party. However that didn't fly for trick-or-treating. I prefer the hair over the mask, but what are you going to do? He asked to sleep in his costume too, but that is where I drew the line. When I woke up this morning guess what he had on? How long is this going to last? I hope not until there are holes in the costume! Good times, good times!
Mason wasn't really in the Halloween spirit, and Porter just took it all in stride, but I think this was Tanner's best Halloween to date! Obviously Mason & Porter were 2 peas in a pod, but I have to tell you because my brother had no idea what they were. I don't remember what he came up with, but it was ridiculous! We didn't last too long at the trunk-or-treat because the boys hands were freezing. However we are fortunate enough to live right next door to grandma, so we came home laid the twins down for bed, took the monitor to grandma's and off we went with Tanner. It was a fun night, but now would someone please tell me what to do with all the candy!
