Crafting Tara

I have been extremely stressed with everything (it feels like) adding on all at once.  So to keep my mind off things Jason told me I should really pick my hobby of crafting back up again.  Luckily Jason is home to help with all the wood cutting and I have kept him quiet busy.  Here's a few of the crafts that i finished in a few days.  I still have a few that I am working on, and it is helping me quiet a bit.

I still have a love sign, xoxo letters, a kite, flip flops, parker's blankets for his bed and curtains for his windows to make.  This will hopefully keep me occupied for the next 4 weeks until baby Emma is due.

My boys

Lately Parker has been very attached to me and very rarely let's me out of his sight.  So the past few nights he had even decided to take on the task of being my assistant while making dinner.  Be absolutely LOVES pizza so making dinner that night he loved.  You have to understand that Parker is very hard to get to eat dinner, so I was completely impressed that since he helps me, he actually eats all his dinner. 

Parker adding the cheese to our Pepperoni/candaian bacon pizza.  He did the pizza all by himself except the sauce.

While Parker and mom made dinner, Connor did homework (He's such a smart boy)

 . . .and Wyatt had a tiring day after preschool and crashed on the love sac while we cooked

I am extremely blessed to have 3 wonderful boys (and a fabulous husband).  A girl couldn't ask for better blessings than these.

Making memories with Emma

We recently had a visit with some wonderful ladies from the organization called "Angel Watch". They have been very helpful with everything since we found out about our little angel Emma.  They encouraged me to "make memories with the boys involving Emma".  So one day after school we decided that Emma wanted oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.  So we made them, or i should say the boys made them and Emma (with mom eating them) ate the cookies.  The boys had a blast. Some of the pictures are sideways (sorry) but you'll still get the point.

Wyatt adding the flour

Adding the oats

More oats

putting the cookies on the cookie sheet

Parker finally decided to join in on the fun and did the best he could to put the cookie dough on the sheet.

It was a fun thing to do with my boys that they will hopefully remember for years to come. Needless to say once the cookies were cooked, many of them didn't last long.  They never do in our house!!!

First snow fall of 2012

My boys are just like their dad and love the snow, if only Jason was home to play in it with them.  We woke up one morning to a lot of snow, and once we ate breakfast, I bundled the kids up and let them have some fun.  Parker absolutely loves being able to be in the snow. The only downside is that Parker couldn't tell where our grass ended and the road began, because the snow plows plow our road last because it's a cul-de-sac.  So I had to yell to him a few times to get out of the middle of the road.  But boy did they have fun.

Cute Parker

Wyatt and Connor making snowballs

Parker trying to throw a snowball

Connor making a snow angel (his favorite thing to do)

Wyatt making a snow angel

Wyatt got bored trying to roll snow into a ball for a snowman and decided to throw snow at the side of the house instead.

Parker enjoying the snow

Connor trying to make a baby snowman

Cutting trees

Jason has been keeping busy earning some money by cutting down some big trees lately.  Here is just one of the tree's that he and a friend named Bryan were cutting down. He absolutely LOVES using his chainsaw and cutting trees.  Sorry the pictures are sideways that's the way he took them and I don't know how to rotate them.

4 boys instead of 3

Sometimes I truely believe that I have 4 "boys" instead of a husband and 3 boys.  Why do you ask??  Jason is so much like a big kid it's funny.  I set up a car ctrack that Connor got for Christmas and Jason was down on the floor enjoying it 10 times more than the kids.  It was funny.  The boys love it when dad does fun stuff like this with them.  So I just had to take a few pictures!

Hardware Ranch

A few days after Christmas my parents took my brother's family and my boys and I to a place called Hardware ranch. It is where you can go out on a wagon ride pulled by some huge horses to see all the Elk that has come down for the winter.  My boys loved it because you never get to see an elk that close and it was a new experience for them.

Eden and Wyatt by a stuffed mountain lion

Connor and Zyan

My boys and I : Connor, me, Parker and Wyatt

Parker and Nana waiting for our turn on the wagon

Wyatt, Eden, and Connor on the ride to the Elk

Gayleen, Angel, Zyan and Mark

Some of the Elk

Mark & Gayleen's family

Christmas '11

Connor's stocking

Parker's stocking

Wyatt's Stocking

Everyone opening gifts.

Opening gifts on Christmas is always fun and hectic.  Connor and Wyatt hand out the gifts and they open their gifts as they go. Since being married this way of opening is new.  My family growing up took turns opening one gifts at a time so you were able to see what everyone got.  Jason's family just opens all their gifts at once.  So this is one Christmas tradition that Jason wanted to keep.  Which is okay because I get to have other traditions I like. So once all the paper is picked up then it's easier to see.  Jason is just like the boys and is so excited to see what he gets. It's seriously like having four little boys!!! 

Connor and Wyatt's new remote control cars

Jason getting a camo Pack (not sure if that's what it's called) that he has wanted forever (it holds water for like while you hike)

Christmas this year was fun at home.  I will admit that I did break down and cry while we were getting ready to head out.  This year has been one of a lot of downs for our little family, and I think the stress of the holidays finally got to me.  But thankfully after talking to my wonderful husband everything seemed to improve.  I just think some of the things revolving around Christmas will change next year!!  Here's to hoping 2012 will be a great year.