A few December pics!

Lydia will play outside anytime!

"Snoooow!"

Bella Roos

Having fun in the box....

until Belle decides she needs to bite Ash.

Ashlyn just loves hats! We were playing Elefun one day, she thought the butterfly net was a hat.

Watch out for Brielle! She's thinking up her next plan of attack!

Awe. So in love! How did I get so lucky?

My lil' hot cocoa lovers. They would drink hot cocoa in the summer if I'd let them!

We are still alive 3-11-11!

Here is a quick update of our family!



Jared: One word. AMAZING! He is such a hard worker, at work and at home. He picks up the girls from daycare everyday after working, picks up the messes we made in the morning getting ready, and usually takes care of dinner as well. His current "project" is tearing out our bathrooms and putting in tile and new vanity tops. I love that he is always so busy. We all reap the benefits!



Angie: One word. BUSY. Not only physically, but mentally. When I'm not doing homework, I am thinking about it. I am super excited to do 3 weeks of student teaching at Ridgeline Elementary. Then, just 2 weeks of papers and finals and the summer will begin! I can't wait to play with the kids and keep up on "mom" stuff.



Ethan: One word. PAIN. All the sudden Ethan thinks he is the most picked on kid EVER. Maybe being the only boy is wearing on him. It's a hard life I'm sure. He does well in school, and loves to read. He read 160 pgs. of Diary of a Wimpy Kid in one day. He is now working on the DWK Journal, but he calls it a Diary. He even wrote a note and taped it to his journal. "Let's get one thing strate, this is a diary, not a journal." He cracks me up. He especially takes great joy in bugging Lydia. Telling her she has a "boyfriend" and spitting water in her face (but it was an accident). Anyways, I love the fellar.



Lydia: One word. ANGEL. Seriously, do I know this girl? She makes me so happy. She is the first one up everyday and is so independent. I can already tell she is going to be a great mom. If you ask her what she wants to be when she grows up, it's a princess, a mom, and a doctor. We'll see if that is still the case when she finds out how much school she has to do. She is so concerned about the well being of her sisters. Anytime Brielle is on the counter, she lets me know with a scream. She cleans her room, reads books to the babies, and is just my little sweetheart. This morning she was asking about a new girl that moved in across the street. I told her the Mom's name and then she said so "the girl" is THE sweetheart! She assumed because I call her sweetheart, that all daughters are sweethearts. Love her.



Ashlyn: SAUCY. She is a little parrot these days. Loves to say "geez dad" and make goofy faces. She is starting to stand up to her "sis, shis" and will occasionally give her a smack when needed. We are so lucky to have this little blessing in our fam.



Brielle: GOOFBALL. She is non-stop. If she isn't on the counter she is busy tearing up something. I love that she has to hold her belly button when she drinks her "baba." She is talking a little bit more, but mostly just smiles her big Belle smile that gets her out of trouble.

November 2010 Recap

Thanksgiving Day at Granny and Grandpa Eyre's.

Ashlyn's new name is "SAUCE" or Saucey. She gets it from eating fries, she has to have sauce to dip it of course.

Ethan and Lydia's big ol' snowman and the baby snowman.

The babies' first time making sugar cookies. They LOVE it. They sat in their high chairs and were memorized by the beaters. They were such big helpers!

One nice November day we met my friend, Corina and her kiddos at the zoo. Lydia had so much fun playing with her new gal pal!

At Mike and Erins the Saturday before Thanksgiving. We had a nice dinner with the bro's and sisters. Michelle with Belle and me with Saucey sauce.

My cousin, Allegra makes the cutest headbands ever. I ordered some from her (see top family picture) and she sent me 2 bonus ones. What the heck! So nice. I am actually just happy that I have them both in the same picture. They are too busy these days to sit for a picture.

My boy. My big grown up boy. Such a nut!

The babies' couldn't get enough of the water globe thing at Hogle zoo. They were in heaven.

I've always thought my youngest brother Elijah was a mini me of Jared. What do you think? Ethan just loves it when Elijah comes over.

Awe. My little Anna Banana. Jared snapped this pic in the backyard one beautiful November Saturday. We were working on her scrapbook for Young Womens in Excellence and we didn't have a picture of the 2 of us. She is such a big help, we love it when "Nanie" comes over.

Watch out. Lydia shooting the guns at Cabela's. She had her preschool field trip there and we made it to the very end of it. I think I'll chalk that trip up to the worst public scene ever with her. I can't even remember the details now, which is probably good.

October 2010 Recap!

For some reason a few of the pics from Halloween didn't show up so I just readded them! "The things that make ya go hum!"

There's my cute Grandma and Grandpa Hood (my moms parents) with our kiddos. They just love to see all the kids on Halloween, she even gives out yummy chocolate and caramels!

Ha ha. A front view of the little bugs with their Granny and Grandpa "Grape."
(Jared's moms parents). It was fun to visit with them, they are so kind and generous. They gave the kids big candy bars which my thighs enjoyed so much!!

Some of the Chatterton Clan before we went to Mimi's for some lunch and to visit my Michellee Bellee!
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Yes, I realize I am months behind in blogging and probably will be for the rest of my life! I now have 2 reflection blogs for 2 of my education classes I have to manage as well, so umm ya, I might not be blogging so much!! ... But I love to read yours!!

Such cuties, at Grannie Frannies Halloween party!

The girlies.

Lydia and me as Snow White for her Preschool Party!

The Deer Hunting Boys 2010.

Cruella Deville with 2 of her puppies!

My Aunt Dawn after her 1/2 marathon on Sat. Yes, she wore that the whole time. Love it.

My 2 little stinkers, oh I mean ladybugs, escaping to the park.

Trafalga Fun. Lydia, Nixon, Vincent, Ethan, and Anna.

Pirate Jean with her lil' mateys.

My little princess. She looks different with Black hair, hope she doesn't dye it when she's older. ...My worst fear!

Sceeeeeeeery Ethan. He's too happy to be scary!

Jared with his Dad and brothers. So happy to be outdoors!

Love it. Jared dressed up for a whole 5 minutes this year. He was just so itchy!

My fave. Love that Jared takes Ethan to do "manly" stuff. I love that Ethan loves the Deer Hunt as much as his Dad and Grandpa. This was his 3rd year (although last year he got sick so I had to go pick him up the 1st day).

Pirate Jean delivered an important drug free message to each class. We stood in front of the Pledges at Lehi Elem.

LET YOUR TRUE COLORS SHINE DRUG FREE!

Crazy hair day! Lydia had so much fun going to the school each day for all the activities. (I was in charge of Red Ribbon this year and last, it was AWESOME! One day she even got to go to Afternoon Kindergarten. She was beaming.

Levi, Becca and their kids the day he was sworn in as an attorney. Let me know if you need his digits! We went to Buca afterwards. Yum!

The best "in laws" EVER! I am so lucky. I just adore Fran and love them as my own!

Wuz up Homey?! Vincent at In N Out in AF. Love this kid.

Welcome Home Elder Sweeten! Oct. 2010

Ethan and Lydia had so much fun making their sign!

Picking up Austen at the Airport!

(What's with random guy behind us?)

The next day. Fran and Todd went to Cambodia to pick him up and brought all the grandkids these cool robes. Brielle did not like hers one bit!


There's the happy fellar.

What a HOT sizzlin' bunch of girls!

Allegra, Whitney, Pixie, Jessie, Natalie, and Ruby.

Geez Louise

First of all, I love this picture because Ashlyn is clobbering Brielle for once. It is usually the other way around. Brielle has bullying tendancies like biting, pinching, poking, head bonking, pulling hair, etc. I was excited to catch this on camera for Ash's sake, finally getting a little revenge on her sister!!

All right Mom, I HATE THIS COSTUME! Get it off NOW! -Brielle-

No seriously Mom, what Belle said, THIS SNIFFS! -Ashlyn-

Alright, life is good, I can walk around in my oobee slippers. The girls are seriously obsessed with shoes. Especially dirty ones. The first thing they go to play with each day is the shoe basket, they love to chew on them, drag them around the house, and now they love to stomp around in their shoes.

Oooh la la. A new pair of shoes to stomp around in. Ash finds Anna's church shoes to stomp around in. They are so funny with their shoes. When I say it is time to put their shoes on, they hurry over to sit on the stairs for me to put them on. I guess it is never too early to have a love for shoes! It is seriously a new adventure every minute with these girlies.

10/25/2010

Miss Sass a Frass Lydia Jean!

Our mini get away to Snowbird. Loved every minute of it!

Lydia pulling faces making her sisters chuckle! She is too cute with them.

Ethan taking off his crazy socks after Sock it to Drugs Day at school! He's just "too embarrassed" to take a picture with them on!

The happy girlies. I don't know what we'll do when it's too cold to play outside. They try to sneak out the door any chance they get!

Lydia had her first Primary Program yesterday. She sang the songs so well. We didn't make it to the Practice on Saturday and I had no idea what her part was but in the microphone it sounded like "I can tie my shoes." I asked her teacher afterwards and her part was "I can tell the truth." So, kinda close!

Ethan went Deer Hunting with Jared and his family over the weekend. They had a lot of fun. Here are just a few of his comments that stick out to me!

Me: Did you eat good food?

Ethan: Yes, I ate Beef Soup, but I didn't eat all of it, just the beef and the carrots. But my favorite meal was the Steak that Grandpa made. It was so SAUCY!

I think it was a good break for Ethan and Lydia, they usually get along so well but have been bickering with each other lately. They just played and laughed the whole night. Here is some of their conversation:

Lydia: Ethan, do you want to see the fort I made?

Ethan: I am very impressed Lydia. I can help you make it bigger indeed.

Ashlyn has the cutest run, she books it when you say "Baba night night!" Her favorite words are horse & bobby. She said spooky once but now when I tell her to say it she just laughs! She will give Brielle pats on the head when she cries. It is so sweet.

Brielle is into everything, she loves to reach up on her tippie toes and grab anything she can. She also has a shoe fettish, along with Ash. They love to scamper around in everyone elses shoes. Brielle also likes to inflict pain, she is a biter and a pincher, when you say OW she just laughs.

I am seriously the happiest mom, I am so thankful for my family. I hate to say it because I'm probably jinxing myself, but the twins are finally getting a little easier. They are really good friends and laugh and babble on and on to each other. I hope it stays that way. Lydia always makes them laugh by being her kooky self. Ethan amazes me how kind hearted he is and always knows how to make my day. I missed Jared so much when he was gone for 3 days and 2 nights! I don't think I could've done it another day, so glad they came home early! He is so hands on with the kids and is a better housekeeper than I am! Lydia and I had a lot of fun making crafts and playing with cousins Sage, Kira, Damen, Vincent, Anna, Elijah, and Gma Jean.