Talent Show & Photo Dump

Today the primary at church had a talent show. At first Diego was the only one who wanted to share his talent. Last minute Anthony wanted to share his. I was surprised by how many kids actually got up and did things. We had tap dancing, piano playing, ballet, gymnastics, karate demo, magic act and a few others. Many kids brought things to display. It was a fun morning.

Diego decided to display his drawings. He has gotten quite good and loves to draw, make comics and books about animals. (of course!)

After all the talent acts they let the kids who wanted to explain their displays. Anthony brought his soccer ball.

Me and Anthony. I was really proud of him for getting up in front of everyone. I was surprised he did it all by himself. He even told Christian (who was waiting in line with him) to go sit down, "he could do it by himself!"

LEGOS Lately the boys have gotten into legos. I took them to buy a set with their own money and they quickly put their set together.

The finished products:

Christmas

The boys were a big help this year. They put the tree together and put on all the ornaments. They were excited!

Here they are waiting for the ok to come down the stairs.

Boys with their loot!

Fall Fun

Weeks ago I took the boys to one of our favorite farms. It was such a fun afternoon. Here are some of the highlights.

Diego thought he could be a matador for the goats. Not working so good!

This was the best part of the trip (for the boys and me!). They added this slide and it was so much fun. I LOVE that the boys are getting old enough that they can do more things (that I get to do too). In the video below, Christian and I are having a race to see who gets down first. Again, a really fun afternoon.

Halloween

Keep scrolling down after this post...I went on a blogging marathon. This year we had two nights of Trunk-or-Treating. Thankfully only one of my boys decided to change costumes for each night.

Anthony the Rocker & Anthony...aka-Indiana Jones

Diego

Christian giving his dead mummy look.

I love my ward at church. So many families got into the spirit of the night and dressed up. Here were some of my favorites. We have one family who goes all out (even to the point where they change the scenery in their yard every week). This year they went with the theme of Wizard of Oz. He is one of the sons dressed as the tornado. He won best costume in the kid division. It was an awesome costume. Here is the dad of the family dressed as the scarecrow. This is at the trunk of their car. They went all out again. Notice the house with the legs coming out and the yellow brick road in the pic below. I always look forward to see what this family is going to do each year. I had to laugh at this one. These are the Stokers with their boat. You had to fish for your candy. It was such a fun night.

Diego gets Baptized

Diego turned 8 this year which marks a special occasion. He got baptized. It was a great day. We had a lot of friends and family (some even came as a total surprise! we loved it!!) who came and supported Diego.

Sports

This year we did fall sports and they kept us super busy...almost everyday of the week we had something sports related. Luckily Diego and Christian were on the same baseball team which helped...not looking forward to spring! Anthony started soccer and he loved it. He has been dying to play and all that watching payed off. He is a natural and its usually Anthony vs. the other team. He can hold his own. He also loves that he has his own uniform.

School!!

School is in session!!! Diego the 2nd grader

Christian the 1st grader

Anthony the preschooler

The scene in front of our house after school most days. We have become the after-school hangout. I love to see all the kids playing outside together. I love that they want to come here.

The last summer blast

We took one last trip to the beach in August to get ready for school. It was an exciting week full of great memories. While we there Hurrican Earl decided to try to come to shore. I've never been in a hurricane and now I can say it is an amazing thing. The picture doesn't do the ocean justice. It was very choppy and the wind was crazy. The salt in the air is impressive also. You felt slimy. Sidenote: Christian is looking at a big German Shepherd that a couple had brought with them to check out the ocean. It was a very nice dog but all the boys were unsure.

Christian!

The night before we left Diego found this tree frog. This poor frog then became a "pet" and a frog-in-training. Not sure for what but they were trying to get the poor thing to do all sorts of tricks. Diego is convinced he taught the frog to "stay." Here Diego is drawing the frog and the frog actually stayed!