Jaymon Turns 5!

Jaymon turned 5 in December and wanted a pirate cake.  I made him this cake, but the ship split in two before the party so I called it a "shipwreck" cake.  Then I did my best to put it back together...

I can't believe this cute little guy is 5!

For Jaymon's party he wanted to go to Pojos with his cousins.  This is Miss Sophie.

 

It is always so fun to open presents!

Jaymon has been asking for a "little violin" for over a year now.  His siblings all have string instruments (with the exception of Ray), so we finally gave in.  It is so cute to see him play.  Someday he will sound good playing too!

Jaymon insisted that we needed a pinata or his party would not be complete, so we did this pinata at home with the family (because I forgot to take it to Pojos).  :)

At least it was a pull-string pinata since we were doing it inside...  
It was a great day!

Wrestling

Tylor decided to try wrestling this year for the first time.  It turns out that he is pretty good at it and even made the Varsity team at his school.  Too bad he really doesn't enjoy it much!  :)

Go Tylor!!  (I must admit that wrestling is a hard sport to watch as a mother...)

As you can tell, Taylor loved watching Tylor wrestle.  Taylor was a wrestler back in high school, so this was really fun for him.

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving this year with my brother, Ryon, and his family in Hayden, Idaho.  We always have so much fun together.
This was the spread for our Thanksgiving feast - so yummy!

As usual, Nichole and I were the Thanksgiving cooks.

Ryon was busy cleaning out an elk head, though (so he wasn't being lazy while we were cooking!).  The kids found observing this activity to be quite fascinating, and a little gross.  They got to have the new experience on holding an eyeball - which is not something every kid gets to do on Thanksgiving!  This was truely a "Schofield-type" of activity for Thanksgiving.  :)
(I should probably mention that the elk head was NOT part of our dinner.)

Taylie and he cousin, Janna, with the beautiful pie they made.  They are turning into quite the little cooks!

Dinner Time!

Crashing with the cousins every night - so fun!

Cantus Winter Concert

Tylor and Taylie both participate in the Cantus Youth Choir, a community choir that is AMAZING!  They had their winter concert in December and did such a great job.

Sicily and Julianne (and Julianne's mom) came to see the concert.  Such sweet aunts to come support these kids!

So proud of these two!

Taylie singing

Tylor singing

Rub A Dub Dub!

I just love these cute little buddies!  :)

The Joy of Dixie Cups

     I was telling everyone before Christmas that the best gift to give their kids would be a big pack of Dixie cups.  Our little boys have kept themselves busy for hours building all kinds of towers out of cups.  This has become one of Ray's favorite activities!

"Tastes Like Ramen!"

     When our little Ray thinks that something he is eating or drinking is particularly delicious, he says, "Tastes like Ramen!"  I guess Ramen is the ultimate delicacy for this 2-year-old!  :)  He is about the cutest little thing ever!