Jumbo Marshmallows...Jumbo Mess...Jumbo Fun!

For Cub Scouts we made roasting sticks today. (Well, Keith and I made and cubs decorated). Then we made Smores, or just roasted marshmallows. When I was picking up the supplies I found these Jumbo marshmallows and they looked like too much fun to pass up. Well, I think the pictures will speak for themselves. And as the title indicates-Jumbo marshmallows=Jumbo mess. And yes, we had Jumbo Fun!!!
I took the pictures facing the sun-sorry for the sunspots.

Our Den chief managed to stay fairly clean-wisdom must come with age :)

Keifer only wanted to dip his marshmallow in the bucket of water we had ready for the fire. Yuck.

Wart Removal

Poor Matt had a couple warts on his feet that we didn't discover until they were pretty good size. We attempted home-remedy removal. The drawn-out process and pain was ridiculous. We set up an appointment with Dr. Jones (local pediatrist), and wha-la! Quick and almost painless-they were gone! Matt survived the procedure with only a few tears rolling down his cheek, and a bit of stress. He didn't scream at all. 

You can see the smily faces Dr. Jones painted on his feet. Pretty cute.

Matt had to save the warts to show Josh. Josh didn't want to see them, but finally looked. Gross, I know. We are all excited they are gone! Now his feet look normal again.

Keifer, Keifer, Keifer

If you follow the blog at all-you know we can't get enough of our little Keifer. He's the Krazy Keifer and captivates everyone in the family. Here are some random pictures of who he is.

He fell asleep eating. 

He has a chicken nugget in his hand that he continued to eat while he was asleep.

Keith had me take a picture of the bib he happened to be wearing. "I just pulled an All-Nighter!"

This is what he did when he got into my makeup one day. Precious little boy had it all over himself, too.

My old roller-skates. I couldn't believe he could actually walk in them.

At Christmas, Keifer couldn't get enough egg nog. He kept asking for "neg noc".

This is how he throws a fit. First he huddles with his face hidden on the floor. 

Then he sits up so  you can see his sad face.

Then he rubs his eyes to make sure you know he's sad. It might be sad, but just moments before-we took these pictures:

His thumbs-up is super cute.

He will eat something he likes, nod his head that he likes it, and turn to you and give you the thumbs-up.

He likes to play with my containers. This was was super cool because it fit over his head. He wasn't happy until it was squishing his nose. Once he had it in place--we got a "thumbs up."

Brothers

Here are just a few pictures of the boys being good brothers. I love that they love hanging out with each other. What more could a mom ask for?

They were all sitting on the heater vent (they love the warm air) looking at a package of Star Wars Christmas Ornaments.

Josh and Keifer pulling crazy faces for the camera.

Wolf and Pinewood Derby

Josh earned his Wolf Badge and pinned my Wolf pin on me.

We were excited to have this accomplished before he turned 9. Now he is in my group as a Bear. He's been looking forward to me being his leader for a while. I was his leader for about a month when he was a Wolf, then we moved and I was the Bear Leader. Matt wants me to be his leader, too. Maybe Cubs is my life calling and I can be a leader for all my boys.

This is Josh racing one of his good buddies at the Pinewood Derby. Josh got 3rd place and enjoyed working on his car with his Dad and Grandpa Caldwell. If I ever remember, I'll take a picture of the car. It was black with a yellow lightning strike on the top. He did a good job painting it.

Josh turns 9!

His cousins gave him a HUGE candy bar. He was so excited to have his own big candy bar that he didn't share with me. I wouldn't have minded, but I saw him sharing with all his brothers. What a sweet kid, I think. :)

Christmas 2010

Waiting to go open presents. Josh was more awake than Joe.

This is Matt's excited but trying to be patient face.

Keifer loved Christmas! Can you tell? 

Christmas nuts are a favorite of Josh's.

Joe gets a serious face when he's telling you how something works.

My favorite part of Christmas this year. We had a nice dinner with just our little family on a mostly relaxed Christmas day! I LOVED IT!!!
It was a beautiful Christmas-we cut back on events and took time to spend together and remember the birth of our Savior and how important that is to each of us.

Christmas Programs (Dec. 2010)

The kids were able to wear their pajamas for the program and I was surprised that mine actually did!


The school did separate programs for the older and younger grades. I was able to get a better picture of Josh because I got to the school early enough to get a good seat. Poor Matt's is a little further away because it was way too crowded.


They had fun and were excited to have us show up to see their programs. Matt wouldn't sing at home because it was a surprise. That made me smile.

Matt's 1st Tooth!

He was pretty excited to have the first tooth finally come out! It was very loose, but he didn't want me or Keith to pull the tooth. Instead Josh tied floss to the door handle, and then to Matt's tooth and yanked it out. Not my preferred method of pulling, but they were happy!

Ashley

A few months ago we had Spencer (Keith's little bro.), Gabby & Ashley stay at our house during one of their Vernal visits. We had fun doing Ashley's hair and playing with her. The boys LOVED her. Poor girl wasn't used to that many boys giving her attention all at once yet, I guess ;) It was fun to have a little pink around for the weekend.

Keifer's Gameboy (Oct. 2010)

Keifer wasn't too excited about having to open his birthday present.

His brothers are very glad he has one of his own, now. He used to run around with 2 in his hand and didn't like sharing any of them. He loves "playing" his Gameboy!