A Date With My Boys

 I was lucky enough to get to take my two favorite boys on a movie date the other day.  My boys watch Disney channel pretty much constantly around here, and they had been promoting Beauty and the Beast in 3D.  Jace knew what day it was coming out, and said all week that on Saturday we were going to go see it.  Well, as usually happens, he got his way.  We couldn't justify spending $40 so that the whole family could go, so I ended up taking them.  Brock was pretty heart broken.  He did get to spend a fun afternoon with the little miss though, and that is pretty lucky!  I only  had my crappy little camera though, so the pictures aren't very good.

They've got their snacks and their glasses, and are ready!

I started taking pictures right as the previews were starting, so Nixon was never looking at the camera

At least he's smiling even though he's watching the previews too.

I sure love these two!

Discovery Gateway

Lynette and her girls invited us to spend the morning at Discovery Gateway on Monday.  We had a blast, and thanks to my friends, I was able to get my whole family in for free!  Bonus!  We took the kids to two classes.  One where they got to color a almost life size body, and one where they did some fun spin art.  Thanks for the invite!  We had so much fun!

All the kids coloring

I am so glad I got Jace's tongue out in this picture!  He always sticks it out when he colors!

The final products

Jace doing the spin art

Great Grandpa Sanders

We got to go visit my grandpa, my dad's dad, Grandpa Sanders the other night.  We took him dinner and he watched our kids run around and play.  He is 92 years old, and we feel blessed to still have him with us, and living so close.  He is one of the greatest men I've ever, and will ever know.

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve started out with Leila being sick (refer to previous post).  Then at 9:00am the boys had their beginning of the year- meet your new primary teacher activity.  I can't believe Nixon is in Primary!  He'll be just about the oldest since he turns 4 in February, but I still can't believe it!  I had to wake Leila up at 10:00 to go pick the boys up since Brock was out running. Nixon seemed a little sad, and unlike himself, but I just figured he was nervous around all the new people.  He ate his donut and orange juice, so I didn't think much of it.  We came home and played Rayman on the Wii for a while, and then Grandpa K came over to watch the Utes play in the Sun Bowl.  What a game!  I fell asleep and woke up with 1:34 left in the game and we were down 17-24.  My heart immediately started racing, and didn't stop until it was over!  Luckily we scored right away, and then went into overtime.  The Utes pulled it out when Georgia Tech only scored a field goal, and we got the touch down!  YESSSSS!
We went to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa K, the Handys, the Miners, and Grandma B.  Spaghetti Factory, yum!  It was great except for the fun half hour or so of Nixon being sick (again, refer to previous post).  We then came home, changed the kids into their pj's, and headed up to Grandma and Grandpa K's for games, treats, fireworks, and lots of fun ringing in the New Year.

Leila and Griffin

The boys doing poppers

The adults played fun games while the kids were downstairs doing who knows what

The kids love playing with my new Ipad

We played some Wii

The boys all got these jammies for Christmas, and just happened to all wear them!  Leila wanted to be in the picture, and I tried to cut her out, but she snuck in too close.  Good thing she's cute!

Watching fireworks from the warmth of the house

Then it was outside for noise makers!  They were so loud!

And silly string

Sparklers

Some more poppers

Cheers!

New Year's Kiss!

This year has been really great for our family.  Brock has a job that he really likes, and I was able to work most of the year as well, and now am enjoying being at home with our kids.  Brock is still serving as Gospel Doctrine teacher in our ward, and is excited about getting to teach the Book of Mormon.  As is true with all callings in the church, he feels that he learns more than he is able to teach.  He does such a great job, I am glad that I get to attend his class.  I am still the Beehive Advisor, and love working with the young women.  They make me so happy.  Jace started Kindergarten, and his first year in the French Immersion Program.  He has really amazed us with all of the things he is learning, and when we had Parent/Teacher conferences, Brock and I got to listen to him converse with his teacher.  She spoke completely in French to him, and he understood and replied!  It is truly amazing, and we are so grateful that he got in to the program. He is a great reader, and is learning more and more about math, and other things as well.  All I ever hear about is what he did at recess though.  It seems to be all he cares to remember about his day!  He is such a good big brother, and rarely does anything he's not supposed to.  He is Leila's protector (mostly from Nixon), and truly loves and takes care of her.  Nixon is in his 2nd year of preschool, and loving it.  He goes to Woods Cross preschool with Shauna, and we feel blessed to be able to take him there.  He is so so sweet, and just loves to give hugs and kisses.  Most of the time though, he is starting some kind of fight with Jace or Leila.  He is just at that age - that age where he wants to be independent and not do anything his parents or brother and sister want him to do.  So fun.  We keep telling ourselves it's a phase, and it will be better when he's 5!  Another year!  (Please let that be true!)  He went to primary for the first time today, and I just can't believe he's getting so big - old - he's still tiny!  Leila has been a joy to our family this past year.  We now have a house with babies, and pink, and dolls, and bows!  She is so quick to smile and wants to make sure everyone is happy.  If one of the boys gets in trouble (even if it's for hurting her) she goes to him in time out to keep him company.  She is a doll, and we love having her in our family.  We have been so very blessed this past year, and look forward to 2012, and all that it will bring.

A Bunch of Sickies!

I don't know what it is this holiday season, but somehow I have had sick kids all the way through!  First, they all took their turns with a day of throwing up a couple of weeks ago.  Then, Nixon got Pink Eye somewhere.  We had to give him drops 3 times a day for 5 days.  NOT FUN!  On the 5th day, his other eye was goopy and pink.  GREAT! 5 more days.  The next day, Leila woke up with it in one of her eyes.  Lovely.  Now it's drops for 2 kids 3 times a day.  Then, Christmas Day Nixon was so sick throwing up again!  The fun wasn't over yet.  On Leila's last day of drops she woke up with the other eye all yucky.  Are you kidding me???  More drops.  At least that all seems to be over now.  (knock on wood)  Okay, so then two days ago Leila has awful diarrhea and throws up.  Yesterday, New Year's Eve, she still has diarrhea, and poops all over her pajamas and bed.  I bring her in bed with us around 7:00am.  She starts dry heaving and I run her to the bathroom.  She throws up.  She then sleeps until 10:00 when I have to wake her up so that I can go get the boys from their Primary activity.  She's tired, and just wants to cuddle.  We get home around 10:30 and she falls asleep again.  We eat lunch, and neither she nor Nixon is interested.  She sleeps most of the day until 4:00pm.  We went out to dinner with Brock's family at the Spaghetti Factory, and Leila now seems totally fine.  She's eating, playing, back to her normal self.  Now Nixon won't touch his food.  He says he feels like he might throw up.  I don't believe him because he says that to get out of eating, and he was just sick a week ago, he can't be sick again right?  He says he needs to go to the bathroom, so I take him.  He's in there for EVER!  Diarrhea.  Awesome.  Then, as soon as he's done, I go in to help him, and he looks at me, and I know!  I turn him around and he pukes into the toilet.  A lot.  WHAT THE HECK!!!  Sick on another holiday?!?!?  I get him cleaned up, and he now wants all of his dinner.  He and Leila were both fine the rest of the night, and still seem perfectly okay this morning.  I hope this is the last of the sickness for the season at the Keddington home!  I am so sick of changing sheets, clothes, diapers, and watching my children suffer! 

Winter Swimming

My friend Jenn invited me and the kids to go swimming at the Herriman Rec Center.  It was a bit of a drive, but worth it!  You could tell that my kids hadn't been swimming since summer, because they were in the water from the second we got there until the second we had to leave. 

Jace on the slide.  He and Nixon must have gone down it a hundred times!

Leila loved walking around and splashing

Leila is behind Nixon deciding if she wants to go.  The spraying water at the top of the slide made her decision.  She climbed back down the steps.

Nixon likes to go backwards on his belly

Leila would watch for the boys to come down

Here is Jace, Nixon, and Zoe.  Cohen is walking away.

I think he was bummed that his mom was making him leave.

I KNOW she was bummed!  She wouldn't stand by the kids for a picture, but I got one of her anyway.