Christmas Lights

So I finally bought lights to put on our 2 year old house. I ended up having to by 3 boxes of red lights and 3 boxes of clear lights, because they didn't have any red and clear mixed. We were lucky that the weather was so nice Thanksgiving weekend. We ended up calling my dad to borrow his big ladder so we could get up on the roof. We ended up having him watch Triston while I was helping Chris on the roof. Chris wasn't happy that I was up there with him and he got pissed every time I got close to the edge, but I know that it would go faster if I helped him with applying the plastic hooks. We had fun, it was a little scary, but we got it done! So of course I had to take pictures.

Chris was trying to get light on the very edge of the little over hang

he wasn't very happy that I was taking pictures.


The King of the World or just maybe the house!

Here is the finally product! I think it turned out good!

Turkey Day

Turkey Day didn't start off that good. I worked the night before and when I got home I stayed up to look at the ads for black Friday. My father-in-law Richard had other plans for turkey dinner, so he came over Thanksgiving morning and had Thanksgiving breakfast. Triston loves his papa so much. I ended up finally falling asleep at about eleven.

We went over to my older brother Sam's house for turkey dinner. Dinner started at 2pm, but of course I was late because I slept in. Well I missed all the excitement, my sister-in-law Mindy was pulling the turkey out of the oven and some grease spilled in the oven and started a grease fire. My Dad tried to throw water on it which caused it to get bigger, luckily they were able to put it out. It was pretty funny, but I bet it was really scary when it was happening.

It was just my family; my dad, Sam's family, Kate, Shara, my grandma Fumie, Aunt Pam and my Grandpa Roy. It was pretty small gathering, but we had fun. My little brother Alex and his family were not able to come to dinner, but they ended up coming over later. After dinner we went down stairs to watch Four Christmas' movie on Sam's home theater room. It was a pretty relaxing day. Mindy with her burnt oven. Me and my Family!

My famliy

Me and my cute little family.

Playing in the Snow!

Triston loves to help us out. So when Chris started to shovel the driveway Triston wanted to help. So I helped him get his snow cloths on and off he went to help shovel the walk. I don't think he was helping that much, because he was picking up the snow with his shovel and putting it back onto the driveway. He had so much fun. One of our neighbors girls came over and brought her sled, Triston jumped right in, they tried to slide down the front yard, but it wasn't steep enough. But he had fun being pulled around the yard. I guess I need to finally brake down and buy a sled for him this year.

Halloween Fun 2009

This Halloween we finally went to a pumpkin patch, which they were pretty much cleaning up for the year, but we took some pictures and picked up some pumpkins. I wish that I would have gone earlier this season, but for some reason I just never got around to it! The good thing was that Chris was able to go with us this year! Triston Loves his Daddy! He was a little more destructive this year he was trying to squash and kick the pumpkins instead of carry them!

Boys will Be Boys!

We ended up going Trick or Treating at the relatives! We went to Grandpa Mikes house, Claudia's (My dad's neighbor), Aunt Collette's, Grandma Swenson, Papa Dent and Grandpa Fred's house. We were unable to see Grandma Dent, because she went to the U of U game, but she came over on Sunday to see Triston in his costume. All in all we had a fun Halloween!

Our ward had a Halloween Party on the 29th, and I was cancelled from work so we were able to go over and had fun. We ate chili and hot dogs and played games and Triston got a bag of treats. We don't have Trunk or Treat. Triston had a hard time taking turns, but he found some toy tools in the nursery and played with them for a while. Everyone loved his costume! Many of the little kids played with is Buzz blaster.

My dad invited us to his ward Trunk or Treat party! They had a Chili cook off, which made him sick, luckily I didn't try any. They decorated trick or treat bags and had maybe 3 games for 50 kids. It wasn't very planned out, but Triston had fun anyways!

To infinity and Beyond!

Thats right Buzz Lightyear! Triston has been into Buzz Lightyear ever since we went to Disneyland in August, so we decided to let him be Buzz for Halloween instead of a cute furry animal. He Loves Buzz Lightyear so much, we watched Toy Story 2 at least 2-3 times a week. The other day he pointed up to a light in the sky and told me that it was Buzz Lightyear! Now every time we mention Buzz he pretends to fly! He moves side to side and says "Swoosh, Swoosh, Swoosh, Swoosh!"

Triston trying out his costume!

We got him a Buzz Lightyear Blaster

when we were at Disneyland.

Posing in front of our Halloween decorations.

I told him to stand there, but he had to

sit on one of the pumpkins.

Cheese!


Triston being Buzz! Firing his blaster!

The costume came with a purple hat, but he doesn't like it much.

It also came with the light up Buzz glasses.

Little chef!

So this morning I decided to make Triston some breakfast and he said "Momma I cook!" He tried to stand on his little stool which he wasn't tall enough to reach, so I brought over a chair so he could see what was going on. I already had the eggs cooking in the pan and he grabbed the spatula and started cooking scrambled eggs. He did a good job! I thought that I should document him cooking for the first time, so if he becomes a Professional Chef I could tell him that he started cooking at 2 1/2 years old.

Triston cooking for the first time!

It was a little scary, because we have a gas stove, but luckily he didn't burn himself!

Eggs Anyone?

He was so proud of himself! He even sprinkled cheese over his eggs!

The Finnished Product!

Sleeping standing up!

So the other day I found Triston taking his nap standing up! Silly boy, I don't know how long he was sleeping like that, but I thought it was funny. He loves to sleep with his "B" (aka blanket) over his head. He didn't look to uncomfortable, but I didn't want him to have numb legs when he woke up, so I did tuck him into his bed. What a funny little boy I have!

This is how I found him!

Out like a light!

Lower view!