Pie day at Grammie's house

We have an old family tradition we have adopted in my new family. As a kid we set the wednesday before Thanksgiving aside to make the pies. I do not remember if it was planned intentionally, I think it was one of those accidental things. All of us kids would "help" mom make all the pies for thanksgiving dinner. We would make tons of pies together, We had tons of fun. Well when all of us girls started having kids and coming together for thanksgiving we just gradually started making pies on Wed. again. But just those who wanted to come over early, to help. Well I guess this is what I would consider the first of many (I hope) more grammie pie days. All of grammies babies were gathered in the kitchen helping with everything. They peeled the apples, made the crust, rolled it out and filled it up. It was a lot of people and kids in grammie's kitchen that day but whoa what a great time. I took a moment while I was designated photographer to watch everyones faces, just priceless. Everyone was engaged in helping, the kids were haveing a great time and the grown ups were enjoying the satisfaction and fascination on their faces as they made their very own pies. I only wish now that i had taken more pictures of the grown ups. It was a great day and I look forward to doing it again next year.

Proud moment

Chase is learning how to use the computor at school. He is in first grade and I think he knows more about computors than his mom. In his class this year he is making a portfolio of all his written work. After he writes a journal entry they take it to the computor lab where they get to type it into a computor. Chase typed the following blog all by himself, he chose the pictures he wanted to post. He wrote the story by hand. This is all his work. We are so proud.

chase made a pie

chase nuttall

first i roLLED THE DOUGH.


THEN I PUT THE DOUGH IN THE PAN.

I PUT CHERREY FILLING IN THE PIE.

GRAMMIE HELPED ME PINCH THE TOP CRUST TO THE BOTTOM CRUST.

Spencer's first hair cut

Spencer's curls have been my favorite, combine his little chubby cheeks and his blue eyes he breaks my heart. I have very straight hair and all of my sisters and brother have very curly hair, well Jenn has straight hair too. I love curls I have always envyed my sisters curls they are so beautiful. I know they are a pain to manage but they are nonetheless beautiful. When Spencer's hair started curling I was so excited. I secretly hoped they would last and it was not just because the hair was long. We have put off cutting his hair for a long time for fear that we would cut out all of his curls. Well he was starting to look like a girl, so with a sad heart I got the scissors. Dad held him while I clipped. (I only trimmed the bottom) I hope the curls come back. Chase was the photographer on these shots. He's not a bad shot is he?

Just lovin my boys today

I love these images of the boys. I think they capture their personalities the best. Chase loves life and he takes it in stride. He is a monkey sometimes and rarely sits still. He has developed some reverance since starting school. The world is his classroom though and I do not see him settling for a desk job. He has adventure in his bones.
	Tristan is a bit more serious. He is timid and takes time to test the waters before he will try new things. He has a great sense of humor though, quiet but lethal this one. I think he will be the wisest of the three. If his brothers trust in him he will lead them on their adventures.
Spencer is just a clown. He wants to do everything his big brothers do . He also loves to tease as much as he can. Oh boy they are in real trouble they come running to me all the time yelling that Spencer has taken a toy or pinched them or something. I go to investigate and there is Spencer with a huge grin on his face and laughing. He knows he has won that round. We love him.
I love these boys they are the best thing I ever did. I look at them everyday and thank my Heavenly Father for allowing me to be their mommy.

Halloween at the museum

We had an invite to the childrens museum for a halloween costume party and the whole family went. It was a lot of fun and the boys were so excited. They had so much fun running around playing we almost forgot it was halloween. SO we took some shots of them to remind us of the fun we had. Our little lumpy as we came to call him was in a much better mood today, he proudly showed off his costume as well as his skills as a mack truck driver. We could not keep him away from that big rig. he fastened his seat belt and drove that truck all over the world. We also had a photo op with Brother Bear from the Berenstain Bears show. I was more impressed with him than the boys were. They humored me with this picture. With halloween over we have only the photos and memories as well as an upset tummy from the mounds of candy we will probably still be eating right through until christmas...........unless mom helps it find its way to the trash.

Halloween time

Ok so now I am caught up to the present. Sort of LOL I do not know that i will ever be caught up on life. The boys went to bed early tonight which is rare, and i have time to catch up. We had a wild and crazy halloween. We went to 2 halloween parties and trick or treated all over town. The first party was the Trunk or Treat at church. Chase dressed as a nunja, not to be confused with a ninja, Tristan was a pirate, and Spencer was a very sad Lumpy from Winnie the Pooh. I think he felt a little like the oddball out. He was tired so it was hard to get a shot of him not crying. He perked right up though when he figured out what trick or treating was all about and by the end of the night he was all smiles.