To Be Continued. . .

. . .is now continued

For Craig's Birthday. . .

. . .we invited some friends over for a pool party that Saturday. We enjoyed a gourmet hot dog bar and some red velvet cake. Craig got some new clothes for work, and some other fun stuff. I think he really enjoyed his birthday this year. It was fun to celebrate with friends and family.




For the Fourth of July. . .

Craig and I took the boys down to Provo to check out some of the Freedom Festival stuff. Then Craig had to go to work.





I then went to my parents house and joined everyone for a pool party and a BBQ. My mom's side of the family was there. We all had so much fun. I really enjoyed seeing everyone and getting to spend time with them.





For Little M's birthday. . .

. . .I was a slacker. I asked my mom to help me come up with a party because I wanted to celebrate, but I was too tired to plan it. Little M hasn't shown huge interest in anything particular. He really seems to like Thomas and trains though. We kind of did a things that go party. Mostly it was just food and family since he's 2 and won't really remember.

Little M loves marshmallows so, instead of a cake, we had a chocolate fountain. That way he could enjoy yummy chocolate dipped marshmallows. And we could all enjoy a chocolate fountain ;).



My mom bought him this little mini cake so we could sing happy birthday and he could blow out the candle. Little H dropped it on the floor the night before, and, after I fixed it, Little M kept sneaking frosting here and there.




We sang happy birthday about ten times. And then I tried to get Little M interested in his presents. He wasn't too impressed with anything.



Our friends did give him this tool belt that he liked. He tried to climb into the pool with it, and all his other clothes too, and when I went to take it off he screamed at me. This was my solution.



Along with the tool belt he got some new clothes to wear and some fun books from his nursery leader. Have I mentioned she's amazing!

I felt bad that his party wasn't more exciting. I also felt bad for my mom's efforts and the fact that no one came. Labor Day weekend is a tough time to have a birthday. I was glad that our neighbors came. They are such good friends. And Little M really did enjoy himself. He even got into the pool for a bit.



We're trying to make Little M a patchwork afghan for his birthday. If anyone would like to contribute a crocheted square we'd love it. It can be any size, any color, any pattern. It was a my hopes that we could make a trip down south and have a little birthday party/meet the new baby party with everyone down there. And then we could possibly do more with the afghan down there. But unfortunately it looks like my recent 4 day stay at the B&B of American Fork Hospital is the closest thing we'll be getting to "getting away" for a while.

Hopefully that concludes all my "to be continued" posts.

Art City Days

Art City Days sort of sneaked up on us this year. We didn't get around to participating in anything until Saturday the 9th.

We woke up early and took the boys to the balloon festival. The balloons didn't launch because of the wind, so we saw them as they were starting to take them down.




We then headed over to the Fireman's Breakfast.



Our Bishop is a volunteer fireman, so he made the boys some special pancakes.



Our friends invited us over to watch the parade-- and enjoy a BBQ afterwards.

Another one of Big H's "Take a Picture Mom" moments.


The boys were way into the parade this year. They loved grabbing candy, and the twins loved dancing to the music.






After the parade we enjoyed a BBQ, and some fun with our neighbors. Seriously, the burgers were DELICIOUS!

When we got home the boys crashed!



Later that day our friends, John and Holly and their boys, came into town and we got to visit with them for a while. Then a storm blew in, so we canceled our plans to enjoy the concert and fireworks that night. Instead we camped out downstairs and watched Captain America. The boys LOVED it! Except, according to them, we watched Super Stars-- that's what they insist Captain America's real name is. These superhero flicks, that all came last summer, weren't the greatest movies, but I enjoy them enough. And, seriously, watching them with the boys is like going to Disneyland-- almost :). Next time you're over we'll watch Green Lantern and you'll see what I mean.

Because We're Cute. . .That's Why!

It's time again for another random post. I guess there's just so much cuteness, amongst these boys, that we can't fit it all into our regular posts. So there's no way to escape a random catch up every once and a while.

Though Big H has been "potty trained" for a couple of months now, he hasn't really been "potty trained". Our biggest culprit: the pooping of the pants. I made a sticker chart to help and it slowly filled up, but he never could get quite all those stickers. Why? Because he kept pooping his pants. Finally, I took away the viewing rights of his favorite TV show, Super Hero Squad. Within a few days he was fully potty trained! And within a few more days he had filled his sticker chart!



What did he get for filling said sticker chart. A new toy! A toy which I have come to call his "potty" train. He played with it for a day or two. Now it's old news. But he is still fully potty trained and going strong. And that is what matters.



Here's my favorite little super hero, Big H again, out playing in our "yard." One day it will start to resemble a yard.



Here's another one of my little cuties. Baby M is all ready for nursery, bag and all. Our nursery leader decided to just advance him to Senior Nursery since we couldn't get him to stay in the other class. Now he gets to be in there with Craig and I, and his brothers. He loves nursery! He loves having his own little bag to carry, and he loves participating in all the actions and games. He has a harder time sitting and doing some of the activities but that's OK. All the kids have somewhat of a hard time, so it's not too much of a difference.



Here is a cute picture of Baby M caught in between the seats in the car.



On a subject completely unrelated to boys:

My friend had her little girl the weekend before Memorial Day-- if I'm remembering correctly. This is the friend who also has three boys. This is her first girl. She's the one I threw the shower for not too long ago. We were way excited to meet their new little bundle of sweetness. It was so strange to see pink in her house ;)

It's hard to say exactly what we've been up to since Easter. Just life I guess. I went to a shower for my cousin Alisha and her little boy. Craig and I did some yard work. Finally. We finally finished the pathway in our front yard. I'm really pleased with our front yard right now.

This is our pear tree with all it's blossoms. Our apricot tree never got very many blossoms because we didn't prune it soon enough, so I was happy to see some blossoms on our tree.

The boys and I have been up some fun things. We have made pictures out of shapes. We made bird feeders with apples, peanut butter and bird seed and we planted some seeds. We planted flowers and pumpkins. I was happy to see that our pumpkins had started to grow. They are growing fast too. It looks like we may be able to have a Pumpkin Party after all. If we can get them in the ground in time.

The boys have been up to their usual cuteness.

Big H is such a good brother. When he has a cookie, drink or snack, and Little H wants some, he happily just shares. Little H fell off the chair the other day and Big H pushed me out of the way and said, "Let me see my Hynerum." He helped him up and then gave him a hug.

He's also good to his mom. He sweetly brought me an Oreo cookie the last two morning. He loves to bring me flowers. And the other day when I sneezed he brought me some tissue.

Big H just loves his dad. He gets so excited when Craig comes home. And always asks for him when he's at work. He loves seeing his Daddy.

Big H has a bit of a sassy side. In nursery he wouldn't sit up and I kept trying to get him to. He finally turned to me and said, "I'm Tired!"

The other day Big H came into the kitchen, saw that Little H was dressed and said, "Oh! I want to get dressed."

 Big H has been continuing to poop his pants. He also went through a bad rut of bed wetting and peeing his pants. We were getting a little frustrated, so we told him that when he had an accident Little H got to pick the movie at nap and bed time-- movies are a big deal to Big H. One nap time he got up to use the potty, but didn't make it in time and peed on the floor. He took of his pants and got clean underwear and climbed back in bed. We told him he could pick the movie, since he had tried but just didn't make it. He replied, "I no pick. I peed my pants"

The other day he spilled punch on his clothes. We changed them and he asked for a diaper. He sometimes wants diapers to poop in so I strapped one on. He, of course, had to put on his batman cape. And his cowboy boots completed the ensemble. Craig mentioned the need for a picture. When I grabbed the camera he informed me that he was Super Harold.

Little H is now asking to use the toilet every now and then. I think he mostly wants a treat. One time he asked for a treat and I told him only if he went pee on the potty. He sat on that toilet for over an hour. Big H peed his pants because no toilet was free. Little H still produced no pee. I gave him a treat for his dedication, and his poor little red bum.

Little H has decided he gets to pick out his clothes now. Every morning, when I walk over to get their clothes for the day, he's right there saying, "I want to pick out shirt." If he is left out of the choosing process, and does not approve of my choice, there is no convincing him to change his mind. He's very particular.

After we planted the flowers and pumpkins I asked, "Do you think our flowers will grow, boys?" Little H replied, "No I don't want to grow boys."

Little H still likes to pretend to be a kitty. The other day I had to refer to him as a kitty and not Little H or else he wouldn't respond. Big H would get upset and say, "He's not a Kitty. He's Hynerum."

Baby M needs a story too:
He is a super social baby. He takes off independently in stores and buildings, and doesn't give us a second thought. The other day he flirted with a couple at Costco. He waved and talked. Next thing I knew he was climbing up to their table, ready to join them for lunch.

He also had fun flirting with some girls when we stopped to get ice cream the other night.

He likes to show off and play up the cuteness when he's around people. He has a cute wave, and says, "Hi-ya!" He waves to us each night at bed time. Lets just say he knows how to be cute.

Also, Baby M has given into the Thomas obsession. He LOVES Thomas and dances and claps when it comes on.

The last of the things that we have been up to is the baby shower we had tonight. I was so excited to host this shower for my friend. She has 3 boys like me, and is now expecting her first girl. We have just really enjoyed her, and her family, and I was just so excited to help her celebrate this moment.

I don't feel like a did much. She had it at her house, so I didn't have to clean. She practically delivered all the invites. All I had to do was make invites and bring the food.

I was kind of sad that I couldn't get really into it, do to lack of funds, so my mom took me shopping and we bought some fun decor and a diaper cake kit. Diaper cakes are surprisingly easy to make. Now that I know the secrets I may have to make some more. I like this kit because it doubles as a headband, hair clips and tutu for the baby.

Me doing food meant homemade Cafe Rio, Oreo truffles and a fruit tray. I may enjoy making these a little too much. There just so nice, easy and fun. They add such a nice touch.

Other than that there's just work. Craig is picking up some stuff at a temp agency. I quit my job and I am hoping to maybe get some baby sitting jobs. Things seem to be falling into place pretty well right now. We hope things continue to go well.

Ward Christmas Party

Well not much to report from here. This week we had the Ward Christmas Party. Good food and good company? We're game! We volunteered to decorate a table. Luckily I got off work early enough to do it. We won most traditional.

We enjoyed a good program, and had fun visiting with our friends.

I was thankful that Craig was able to join me this year. However, I was still not in the mood to chase the boys all around the church. Was it not for the fact that I love parties, especially Christmas Parties, we may not have gone.

Hey, at least I didn't have to cook dinner.

Getting in the Christmas Spirit

As of Sunday, we finally have the house restored to a bit of sanity. We have both trees decorated, and I think all the decorations are up, excluding the Christmas Dishes.






Saturday, I met up with my cousin at The Festival of Trees. We haven't gone for a couple of years, and I have missed it. I thought the boys would really enjoy it too. The only downside was trying to push three boys, who did not want to be in a stroller, through the crowds.

Have you seen this child?

Yes it's true. I lost Big H at the festival of trees. Craig had just showed up so me, my cousin and Craig were scoping the crowds. I headed towards the front and caught sight of the information booth.

"I'll ask what to do when you've lost a child," I thought.

Well there was Big H sitting on a volunteers lap, crying his head off. The ladies laughed a little when they saw Little H.

"Hey I think we have that kid with us in the information booth," they all said.

I laughed and said, "Yeah can you tell he belongs to me." :)


I was very appreciative, and the volunteers were impressed that I was so calm. I was trying to keep from getting to the worried stage before it was absolutely necessary.



Shortly after, loosing Big H, the twins took to holding hands. That's sounds like a good idea to me.

Here are some of the trees, and gingerbread houses, that were at the festival this year. Beautiful as always.












The big man himself was at the Festival, and Big H was all excited to go see him. We got there right as Santa was returning, and the boys all got a candy cane. They were all really excited about Santa. So we waited. . .and waited. . .and waited. . .and waited. . .in line. I probably should have just dropped it. After all, we had already gotten Santa photos at Wal-Mart back in November. But the boys cried and cried in those photos, and I was just so excited the Big H actually wanted to see him. I was crossing my fingers that this would be a happy visit. Well I'm sure you can guess what happened.

After me, repeatedly asking Big H, "Do you want to see Santa?"

And getting an excited, "Yes!"

It was finally our turn and Big H started to say, "No, No Santa!"



As always Santa was nice, and we got a pretty decent photo. At least there wasn't as much squirming.

Waiting for Santa almost made us late for a reception we wanted to go to. Luckily the reception went way over the time on the invitation. It was for a friend of mine that I knew in first grade. We were great friends, but she moved after that school year. We wrote for a while, but it faded out. Then, one day, I got a letter from her. I think I was in high school at the time. Anyway, thanks to the wonders of facebook, we are still in touch today. She looked beautiful, and I was glad we made it to her reception. Sadly, my camera died so I couldn't get a picture with her. But I took a photo of the fun cake lollipop I got from her wedding.



It was DELICIOUS!

Upon returning from the festival of trees, I gave all the men a haircut. They were all in huge need. And, since we don't have much time for a good cut with the scissors, I just pulled out the clippers. I still can't believe how short it is. But they still look cute as ever!



To conclude our decorating, we made snowflakes at my parents house on Sunday night. My mom is responsible for the really pretty ones. Nephew K helped out too. It was way fun. We brought the home and stuck them on the wall with the tree on it.



P.S. It's Christmas Card time again. Those that want one sent snail mail let me know! Happy to do it!