winter break 2015-2016

This poor sweetheart got hit in the face with a gate at the park and it totally sliced his face open. we are so glad that it wasn't worse and in his eye. we decided to have a silly string war to finish the 2015 year. it was a lot of fun. 

Our winter break has been so fun. we went geo caching. its where people hide things and you have to find them and the boys thought it was so fun. one was at the fire station and one of the firemen had to come out and help us find it. it was buried and we would have never found it. we've played in the sprinklers in December and January we have had some serious awesome morning bed head... we have done crazy faces on snap chat. went swimming at the ymca and just done our very best to entertain these crazies on limited funds. oh the residency life!

Christmas 2015

Christmas eve was spent with friends at airstrike and then leaving the lights on for santa to come bring us our presents because we were so good this year. I love the quote from elder bender "may the beautiful lights of every holiday season remind us of him who is the source of all light"

this was our very first christmas away from home. it was very strange and kind of hard. Our christmas morning was really nice. it went by really fast. our sunshine got up so early so she could face time the boys and watch them open their presents.  once that was over they played with their toys while their dad took down christmas it was all over very quickly. we didn't have any family to visit or cousin to play with it. it was really nice to be together and not have school or work, but we definitely missed being with our family. And not to mention it was 82 degrees on christmas day... so so hot. we went to the park and we were so sweaty by the time we went home. the boys were spoiled and went to be feeling very loved and happy.

things benson says- Age 3

"When you walk quiet you have to go tip TOAST tip TOAST and then say boo"

I made lasagna and benson wouldn't stop yelling I love "blazana"

Soyo you have to plug your breath when going through tunnels.

Mom you are my sweetheart and at home I am your sweetheart too but in the world I am a dude ok?

Benson got in big trouble for coloring on the walls so I had him call his dad to tell him what he did. He gets on the phone and says "dad first I want to say I really love you" and then he told him. This kids is hilarious and we made him clean up his wall art work.

Benson at soccer kept saying I'm so good at troubling... He meant dribbling

Poor benson has the croup and he keeps saying when I cough I sound like a wal wrist he means walrus

When ever I ask benson if he can help me he either flat out says no or says absolutely.

Mom I really love hand SANTAtizer it cleans my hands

Mom something stinks you better plug your breath

"Soyo I'm immoto so I can never die" sawyer-you mean immortal?

 Benson: I just love looking at our cavity. It's so cute and makes me feel happy.  Me: what's a cavity?  Benson: You know the guys with presents and candy canes that sit by baby Jesus with the animals and the Angel does the big whistle  for him.

Benson- mom it's totally crazy that I can toot out of my mouth and my bum and it's pretty gross.

Benson says he wants to be a "betternarian" a police obicer and window swiper when he gets adult

things sawyer say- age 5

Sawyer

Do you want to know why the lemon is my greatest nemesis? Because it's my lemony. like lemon and enemy

My worst fear is blood sucking bats, my best and happiest fear is becoming immortal so we can live together forever

Today Sawyer bore his testimony in church. It was so sweet. He is such a special boy. He said " I know that this is the true church, Jesus Christ lives and is in my heart and that I love my family and we will get to be together forever"

When I eat good my muscles generate and get powerful

If you make good choices and follow God he will always lead you through the night

There is a boy named Giovanni on Sawyers soccer team and they call him Gio and Sawyer was telling benson that his names spells go because Gio sounds just like G O

Blowing kisses is just like a kissing high five

I don't take naps or get tired because I don't send that kind of signal to my brain. If I wanted to I would just do bleep bloop bop and then I would get tired.

When I swim I just turn on my jet repulsion and my lets kick so fast

Mom I did a back slam on the tramp and I bit my tongue and it bleeded but I just swallowed my blood to restore it in my stomach. 

Do you want to know why the lemon is my greatest nemesis? Because it's my lemony.

My worst fear is blood sucking bats, my best and happiest fear is becoming immortal so we can live together forever

Christmas sunday was amazing. It always has the most special spirit there. The boys sang with the primary and it was so beautiful. they sang oh come oh come emmanuel and said Samuel. The boys really wanted to go camping so we found that sunday night was the only day during the break that didn't have rain. So to make some awesome memories (even though braydon and i aren't huge campers and didn't want to go) we too the boys camping and ended up having the best time. We had hot dogs, roasted marshmallows, made pop corn and watched a movie in our tent. We woke up before five and watched the most amazing sunrise over the water. It was only fitting that the week of christmas that the lake was called mistletoe. We had pancakes and hot cocoa in the morning. We all  came home and crashed because lets face it no one sleeps great during camping.