Suns Basketball

Corbett has been playing on a basketball team in the Jr. Mustang league.  Their team is called the Suns.  They had their last game yesterday.  It was fun for him!

Early Christmas!

Since Kim and Susan won't be around for Christmas they made a quick trip to our house to exchange Christmas gifts with us.  The kids were SUPER excited about their gifts.  I loved Kennedy's gift which was an adorable Strawberry Shortcake dress.  I was even more excited about Cody's and my gift which was a WHEAT GRINDER!  YEAH!

Kennedy did several twirls for us in her new dress...

Konrad was so excited.  First thing he yelled was "MAN!"  That means Spiderman or Superman...or Batman, or any other kind of superhero in Konrad language.

Corbett also got a Spiderman mask along with a water (web) shooter...

Such a little princess when she wants to be!

Christmas Time...

We are having a really fun Christmas!  We have an Elf that moves around our house and keeps track of the kids, we have another elf doing the 12 days of Christmas for us.  We have a chain (that we're not very good at keeping up on) and we have been doing all kinds of Christmas activities...like decorating, visiting Santa, and going to parties etc.!  This should be a really fun Christmas!

Corbett and Konrad both sat on Santa's lap, Kennedy refused...

Grandma Thorson's Christmas Party

I took the boys to my grandma's Christmas party.  Too bad Kennedy was sick and Cody stayed home with her.  I was assigned to provide a craft for the kids to do.  I had them make these reindeer hats.  They turned out pretty cute and we got a picture of some of the great grandkids with Grandma in them.  (there were really about twice this many kids running around in them).  It was a fun party though.  It's always good to see my cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandma!

Lava Hot Springs

The day after Thanksgiving we met Cody's parents and grandma at Lava Hot Springs.  It was a lot of fun.  Lately Konrad has been terrified of water though.  It took me half the time to convince him to even put on a swimsuit.  Once he did though he relaxed and hopefully he is over the fear of the water.  Kennedy took right to it.  She is trusting her life jacket all the time now and will even swim around without anyone holding on to her.  Corbett had a blast OF COURSE!  It was a fun few days, after Lava we went to their house and played cards, saw a movie, went out to eat...the works!

Thanksgiving 2012

We went to my Grandma Thorson's for Thanksgiving!  It was really nice.  Below...Corbett with my cousin Emily.  They are only a few months apart...Corbett is VERY tall.  I think I forget how young he is because of his size...

Tammy's family stopped by for a bit.   Zach and Konrad are good buddies...

Cheezer...

Kelsey and Kennedy.  I love this picture!

Konrad's First Suit

We put Konrad in his first suit so of course we had to take pictures!  He was SO handsome.  Love his cheesy smile!  The other kids wanted in on the pictures too...it got a little silly!

PUMPKINS!

 We grew these huge pumpkins in our garden this year.  We didn't mean to grow large pumpkins, I just wanted some to carve.  I must have planted Big Max though and these are what we ended up with!  (we did have one more as big as the biggest but we traded it to the neighbor for some carving pumpkins).   I can 't even lift the biggest one!

Happy Halloween!

 We had a fun Halloween this year.  We didn't know what the twins were going to be until the last second this year.  Originally they were going to be Tinker Bell and Peter Pan, so I made a Tinker Bell dress and got wings, then Cody convinced me Konrad really wanted to be Spider Man, and we had borrowed a costume for him to play around in, so I gave up on the Peter Pan idea and borrowed a Super Girl costume for Kennedy.  We took the kids to the Nibley City carnival at the last minute so we put Kennedy in an Eeyore costume and Konrad was a lion.  On Halloween my neighbor said she had a Peter Pan costume so we borrowed that and almost went back to the Peter Pan/Tinker Bell idea.  In the end this is what they wore on the actual night of Halloween.  We started the night at the stake trunk or treat.  That was more than enough candy for the twins and they fell asleep on the way home.  I took Corbett out trick or treating in the neighborhood after that.  Corbett was SO HAPPY to be Iron Man. 

 Kennedy...

 Sweetest lion ever!

 Kennedy got into the super hero thing a little bit!

 Cody decided Corbett needed face paint so he could look like Tony Stark.  He showed Corbett how to wear his mask up on his head too.  Corbett loved Halloween and trick or treated as long as I would let him!

Flag Football

 Corbett has been playing Flag Football this Fall.  His team is called the Bengals and Cody is the coach.  He has had so much fun!  We are so proud of Corbett, he is truly a unique and amazing little man!  His cousin, Coleman, is on his team but is not in the team picture. 

The First Snow Day 2012

We woke up to quite a bit of snow on the ground!  Corbett, Jake, and Tessa wasted no time getting out there and building a snowman. 

After the big kids went to school, the twins wanted a piece of the action. 

Kennedy got quite comfortable and laid down in the snow.  It was so fun to watch them having so much fun!

Stinkin' cute kids!

Utah State Football Game

We usually average one USU football game a year.  We have a lot of fun going and supporting the Aggies!  The kids aren't quite old enough to fully appreciate it yet but we brought in the reserves (aka the Ipad) to keep them entertained.  My mom gave us all matching USU shirts so we had to take a family picture in them!  Thanks Mom!

Konrad was brave enough to give Big Blue a high five but wouldn't get any closer than that!

The twins are so cute together, holding hands! I love it!

We saw them play New Mexico, it wasn't much of a game but it was still a fun Saturday outing!