family drive

1st day back to school

Today was my first day back to college since I’ve been a mother. Last time I went to college was over 5 years ago when I was pregnant with Clayton. I am going to UofA & taking 12 credits. I am in English 101, Geology, Art History & Criminal Justice. I will be going every Tuesday & Thursday from 8am-1:45pm. Laun & I will be switching off…he will go to UofA Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. This way we can both go to school & someone will always be home with Porter & to send Clayton off to kindergarten.

Laun made me breakfast & took pictures for the special day:)

award assembly

Clayton earned two awards in the assembly today. I am so proud of my boy.

awesome day

Went out with the Turley ladies for lunch at Sweet Tomatoes.

 

Me & Liz

Then we went to the movie Enchanted, it was a funny movie.

Tonight Laun & I went with Julie & Kody to the Phoenix Suns Game. It was awesome. Julie’s dad had these great tickets on the 3rd row! The tickets also included free food during the whole game. There is a side area where there was all this awesome food & the basketball players walk right by you on there way to & from their locker room.

 

The view from the 3rd row was awesome- Steve Nash was the best.

 

This is how close you get to the Suns players as they go to their locker room- crazy.

It was so fun to go on a date with Laun & hang out with the Krouse’s. 

Christmas

We were at my parents for Christmas. We had the boys line up in the hallway before they came out for stockings & presents.

Love their facial expressions.

They loved finding what Santa put in their stockings.

Always a fan of cotton candy.

Another fan of cotton candy, my dad.

My mom made the boys quilts.

Clayton got a BB gun. 

Porter was excited for the remote control truck & Clayton was glad to get a pirate ship.

Christmas is so much more fun with kids.

We had lunch at Grandma Zelda’s house & dinner at Grandma Lucy’s.

Christmas Eve

I know, I know, from looking at these boys faces you’d never guess that they were excited for Christmas tomorrow:)

 

And now for how they normally look (they love to wrestle):

Christmas Eve

We went to the Mesa Temple tonight to see the Christmas lights.

Porter liked the statue of Jesus Christ in the Visitor’s Center, he asked if he could touch Him.

 

Clayton liked the nativity.

 

Love these two monkeys.

 

The camel & wise men in the background.

 

We headed to Dairy Queen for some ice cream.

 

The boys love dipped cones.

 

Jeff, Laun, Porter, Lucy & Clayton

doves

The boys got to help Laun take the meat off the doves that he shot.

all smiles

birthday day

This morning we went to Hyatt’s birthday ( a boy of Laun’s friend Keith) & this afternnon we went to Ginger’s birthday (the girl I used to babysit).

Ward Christmas Party

The boys saw Santa Claus tonight…

You like how it is December & my boys are both wearing sandals? That is Arizona for ya.