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Jonah's 12th Birthday

Josh, Jonah, Nate, Dillon, Jared and Cooper

We celebrated Jonah's 12th birthday on Friday. He invited his buddies over for pizza and a movie. There wasn't any school on Friday - so apparently the whole district was celebrating too. He has already built all of his Legos and is planning how to spend his money.

Christmas Sing

Jonah singing @ the Legacy Elemantary Christmas Sing.

Halloween 2009

These are the boys' Halloween costumes for 2009. Noah didn't dress up, but instead had a big party with a lot of pizza and scary movies.

Grandma Tams' New Slide

We worked so hard to get Isaac to finally go down the slide. We had to turn the water off and back all of the big kids off. And then of course, he loved it!

Jonah & cousin, Nicholas who was visiting from France

What Isaac did love was shooting the water cannon at all the big kids coming down the slide.

Jonah's Birthday

Jonah's fish tank (he currently has 33 fish including 3 gold fish and 17 baby platys -- in the net)

Tony, Jonah, Jared, Nate

Jonah celebrated his 11th Birthday last week. He chose Chicken Alfredo for dinner and frozen yogurt for dessert. He had a little party on Friday night with his buddies complete with Costco pizza, snacks and The City of Ember.

Religious Square Knot

Jonah received his Religious Square Knot several weeks ago at the Blue and Gold Banquet. He earns this both as part of his Faith In God and his Webelos badge.

Snow

Yesterday, we drove home through a brief snow storm. The snowflakes were huge! I don't think I've ever seen such big snowflakes. If I had caught one, it would have filled a 1/4 cup measuring cup. Isaac and Jonah were so excited to see the snow. It was amazing. So we parked the Jeep in our garage and the three of us stood in the driveway with our mouths opened to the sky. The flakes were wet and heavy and would fill your mouth. Isaac thought it was so much fun. He would laugh and giggle and then open his mouth to the sky. Isaac loved the snow, but I think it was Jonah and I opening our mouths towards the sky that he thought was so funny.

After a few minutes, I ran to get my camera, only to discover that the over-sized snowflakes had disappeared. But I took a bunch of pictures of Jonah and Isaac. This one of Isaac is my favorite. It's one of those times where the camera caught the perfect moment. You can click on the picture to see it full size (it's worth it to see his cute face up close).

Jonah's Birthday Party

Jonah's Friends:

Jared, Chandler, Jaylen, Jonah, Noah, Michael (below) and Andrew

It's not Jonah's Birthday, yet. But today he had a little pizza party with his friends. They all watched Transformers. Well, actually most of them didn't watch the movie, but they seemed to be having a good time. Jonah had treat bags for each of them that were full of candy from China (White Rabbits), Japan (Muskat Grape gummies and some hard fizzy candies), and Germany (Fred Ferkels and candies that looked like gummy legos).

Bear Badge

Jonah was awarded his Bear badge at Cub Scouts Pack Meeting last night. He has one more week of Bears and he'll be moving onto Webelos. He also earned a music belt loop, a gold arrow, 5 silver arrows and a red bead. I painted the paw print on his face as part of the Bear badge ceremony.

Mornings

I think that Isaac is a morning person. He wakes up each morning around 6:45. There really is no sleeping-in at our house. I'll first hear him humming to himself. He will sometimes hum (and let us sleep) for ten minutes. At that point, one of us will pull him out. If Jonah gets him, then we're likely to find both of them all cuddled up in Jonah's bed, maybe watching movies on Jonah's camera. Jonah, as you can tell, loves sleeping with multiple pillows and blankets. I found them cuddling together one morning like this. If I get Isaac out of bed, he might lay next to me for a few minutes (with Jonah almost always joining us). But, then Isaac wants to eat breakfast ("mo coco" is what he said today). If Trent gets him out of his crib, then Isaac instantly becomes a daddy's boy for the rest of the day. If Noah gets him, then they'll go sit on Noah's bedroom vent together. In fact, it's part of the morning routine now, to spend some time each morning on Noah's vent.

Holidays, and some Saturdays, are exceptions to the morning routine. Since we aren't having to get to church meetings, orchestra, work, or school, we'll all try hard to sleep in. As I said before, Isaac doesn't sleep in. So, he is usually the first one in our bed. It usually doesn't take long for all five of us to be cuddled together in our king-sized bed. It's one of my most favorite moments.

Reflections

Congratulations to Noah and Jonah for winning awards in our local Reflections photography contest! Jonah received an honorable mention for his photo of yellowstone falls (see Jonah's blog). Noah won 3rd place for his pinecone picture.

Jonah-Miserlou

Filmed in June (2007). Discovered by Wendy last night.

One Pumpkin - One Pizza

Trent renamed our extended family Halloween party this year to One Pumpkin - One Pizza (since we really don't watch two movies anymore). We may resurrect the One Funny - One Scary as the boys get older. Anyway, these are pictures from our visit to the Big Red Barn. We're on the hayride enroute to pick out pumpkins prior to the party. Notice that Noah's braces are gone. He has to wear two retainers 24/7 for the next 6 months. Afterwards, he only has to wear them at night.

Conference Weekend - October 6

[Noah & Jonah]

Holly, Jackson & Quincy came to be babysat during the afternoon session of conference. The kids all played a new conference game. They picked 6 words and then a small treat to go with each word (peanuts, raisins, butterscotch chips, Cheerios, M&Ms, jelly beans etc.). Then everytime they heard their word, they would get one of that treat. The game really helped the kids to pay attention. Jackson even stayed put for one whole talk. Noah listened to almost all of conference. We spent the Sunday conference sessions at Grandma & Grandpa Tams' house.

Some Classic Photos

Noah - 2 years old. This is our swing-set in our NY backyard.

Noah - almost 3 years old. I love the smirk!

Jonah - about 16 months old. He never got into the water.