Mr. Independent

Last night Tanner was being quiet and I thought he was playing in his bedroom.  I was way off.  He had somehow managed to open up a jar of pomade and was proud of the fact that he combed his own hair.  Needless to say, between that and dinner wiped all over himself, he went straight to the tub.  (That much pomade does not wash out - just so you know).

2012 So Far

We haven't totally fallen off the face of the earth.  To prove it, here are a few pictures of what we have been doing for fun around here...

The boys got really good at sneaking our Kindles and playing "Ba" - aka Angry Birds.

We only got a couple of good snow days...or mornings this year.  The boys were out playing by 9 a.m. and the snow was gone by either the next day or that afternoon.  Got to play while you have it.

I believe this was the same week as the snow.  We had to enjoy the "warm" weather while it was around.

 When there wasn't snow we can thank Pinterest for some fun activities we did with the boys.

 There are always laundry baskets to ride in.

 Or "Minute to Win It" games to play.  What the what???

 Tyler got a Batman tattoo and felt pretty tough.

Here is our other snow day.  Tanner really only lasted out there about 5 minutes.

 He wanted to come in and play dress up instead.

 Tyler learned how to take a picture of himself.

I really have no idea.

That's about it!  Spring is starting to tease us and we are loving being able to go outside again!

Christmas

I am finally getting some Christmas pics posted. (PICTURE OVERLOAD)

We started out December by going to cut down our tree.  Such a fun tradition we've been able to do for the past few years.  I must say, Josh found a winner this year, we loved it!

Our boys aren't the most adventurous.  They stayed inside the car while Daddy did all the hiking.  Tyler gave him the thumbs up on the tree to cut down though.

Yeah, they finally got out for a few minutes...until they decided it was too cold and got right back in the car.

Josh and the boys putting on the ornaments

 We spent some time bowling with some friends.  I love the holidays!

"Elfie" brought Tyler and Tanner a gift when he got to our house from the North Pole.  An elf hat, movie and a new ornament.  Tyler made sure Tanner knew that "Elfie saw that" whenever he was naughty.  They loved looking for Elfie every morning.

Santa visited our neighborhood.  Tanner squirmed off his lap pretty fast but Tyler is at least coming within a foot of him...while hanging on tight to Dad.  So much progress!

We got to go see Prancer and the beautiful lights at the Botanical Gardens.  Tanner LOVED looking at the lights!  That might have been my favorite part about this year.  I enjoyed driving around at night just so I could hear him "oooooo" a lot.

The boys in their Christmas jammies.  (Well, Tanner's aren't new.  Just wrapped up some he's worn a billion times.  The fun is ripping that paper anyways, right?)

Christmas morning is so fun!!

 Tanner showing me his yummy candy

 Wouldn't be Christmas without watching "A Christmas Story" at Gma and Gpas

 Tanner making his typical mess of food (I love Will Ferrell in the background!)

 Grandma and Grandpa got a cool new car at their house and the boys had a great time riding it.

We loved our low-key, stress-free Christmas and only hope it can be this fun every year!  Happy 2012!

Halloween, Thanksgiving, and in between...

The boys had a great time helping make sugar cookies for Halloween.

Trick or Treating was great!  We took the boys downtown to a really cool street!  Tons of people, lots of candy, amazing decorations - it felt like we were in a movie.  Tyler was pretty cautious (shocker!) but still had a good time.

 Just one of the houses

A view of the street.  Kind of hard to see but there were people up and down both sides of the street.  It even got a lot busier as we were leaving.

 Just a cute pic of the boys getting ready for bed.

We were able to squeeze in one BYU game this year.  Next year we will hopefully go earlier in the season so we don't freeze.

 The boys making apple turkeys

Tyler dancing and Tanner licking the beater full of pumpkin cookie dough.  (Don't worry, no eggs involved)

 We were able to go to Grandpa and Grandma's new house for Thanksgiving.

Tyler and Carson spent a lot of time outside building their own house with all the scrap wood that was there.

That's just a little bit of what we've been up to.  Now we are deep into Christmas prep and loving every second of it!

Dress up

 I thought only girls liked to dress up.  Not so.  Tyler LOVES to watch different movies dressed as the characters.  Thank goodness it's October and costumes are pretty easy to find.

This one is his actual Halloween costume.

And this one is Josh's Halloween costume.

Not really dress up, but I love how anything he puts around his big head is super tight!

Loving Fall!

We have had such a nice warm couple of months.  I am really not looking forward to it getting cold.  This was just a month ago.  The last day we were able to get the pool out.

These two have so much fun!

 Josh turned 33!  Yikes!

 Tyler "won" a Tae Kwan Do class.  He was totally not interested...but at least he got a cool uniform!

 Tanner's favorite thing to do right now.  Dump EVERYTHING!  I was going through Halloween stuff and somehow he dumped the entire box of Cheerios on the ground...and then thought he was really funny throwing them.  Such a BUSY boy!

 The boys continue to pick and eat tomatoes like candy.

 Tanner will sit himself down in the tomato plants and go to town.  Red, green, rotten...he doesn't care.

 He loves to get all of my hair bands and put them on like necklaces.  I think he has every single one on.