Fun In The Sink!

OK, so here is the news. The water heater broke at the end of December. We didn't get it fixed for awhile. So we heated hot water for the kids and put them in the sink. It took me back to the days when they were babies! (Some times I wish that they were still babies.) Well I took some pictures of the boys in the sink.

Ethan with his cool hair! Ethan is 3 and will be 4 in April!

Caleb and his awesome hair! Caleb is 2 and will be 3 in June.

During the time without the water heater we went to the Midway house, (Grandpa Higbee's other house.) and to Grandpa & Grandma Holt's so we could have nice hot showers sometimes. We have had a crazy time of it all. It is fun to laugh about now that we have hot water again. But I didn't really like to have freezing cold showers and feel like I was back at girls camp. I'm finally feeling warm again after thawing out!

More about us

This is something for fun to get to know us a little better.

. Started your own blog (Trudi)
2. Slept under the stars (Ryan & Trudi)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (Ryan)
5. Watched a meteor shower (Trudi)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity (Ryan & Trudi)
7. Been to Disneyland (Ryan & Trudi)
8. Climbed a mountain (Ryan & Trudi)
9. Held a Praying Mantis (Ryan & Trudi)
10. Sang a solo (Ryan & Trudi)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched an amazing lightning storm (Ryan & Trudi)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch(Ryan & Trudi)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (Trudi)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight (Ryan & Trudi)
22. Hitch hiked (We've each picked up one.)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (Ryan & Trudi)
24. Built a snow fort (Ryan & Trudi)
25. Held a lamb (Trudi, I don't know if Ryan did, but I think so.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a Marathon -
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (Ryan & Trudi)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (Ryan & Trudi)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (Ryan & Trudi)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community (Trudi)
36. Taught yourself a new language (Ryan, does pig latin count for me?)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (right...)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (Ryan & Trudi)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (Ryan & Trudi)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (Ryan & Trudi)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (Ryan & Trudi)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (Ryan & Trudi)
46. Been transported in an ambulance (Trudi, my Dad was driving!)
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing (Ryan)
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving (Ryan)
52. Kissed in the rain (Ryan & Trudi)
53. Played in the mud (Ryan & Trudi)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (Ryan & Trudi)
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (Trudi)
58. Taken a martial arts class (Ryan & Trudi)
59. Visited Russia (Ryan)
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason (Trudi)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (Ryan & Trudi, we went together when we were dating!)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (Ryan & Trudi)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (Ryan & Trudi)
72. Pieced a quilt (Trudi)
73. Stood in Times Square (Ryan)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (Ryan)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (Ryan & Trudi)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (Ryan)
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (Ryan & Trudi)
85. Read the entire Bible (Trudi)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (Ryan & Trudi)
89. Saved someone’s life (In what way...)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Ryan & Trudi)
92. Joined a book club (Trudi)
93. Lost a loved one (Ryan & Trudi)
94. Had a baby (Ryan & Trudi, I did all the work!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone (Ryan & Trudi)
99. Been stung by a bee (Ryan & Trudi)
100. Visited Italy

Christmas Snow

Ethan and Caleb playing in the Christmas snow! We love the snow! (OK not me as much as the rest of the family.) This day it had snowed a lot and we were helping the neighbors with their driveways as well as ours. This is the kids playing on the grass, they think they can shovel the snow off of it. As you can see they are all decked out in their snow clothes. We have to make sure that they are warm enough to be able to ride on the snowmobile.
This is Caleb is n the snow. He was trying to make snow angles. Then I had to go help him up because he couldn't move. Their faces were really cold after this romp in the snow.
Here is Ethan trying to shovel the snow away from the cars. (I had already done it.) We don't have a yard here so they were trying to play in the little drive way and the grass in the front. It was really cute to see them working in the snow. They were trying to make snow balls but the snow was too soft.

First Snowmobile ride of the season

This is Caleb on the Snowmobile. Ryan was starting it up for the season and we took it up to see how it would run. Ryan took the boys for a ride and they loved it! It was about 60 degrees outside and so we didn't need coats. It was so warm that the Snowmobile kept getting over heated. We had to keep putting snow on it!

This is Ethan playing in the snow. It didn't stay to long at our house, so when he got the chance he jumped in! My kids love the snow so much! In fact, they wouldn't care if they were outside all of the time! They love being outside. Rain or shine, they want to be there. We are all excited to Santa to come this year. Maybe the kids will get a sled and they can have more fun in the snow!

We had a really fun time for Thanksgiving this year. We went up to my parents house in Wallsburg and ate lots of food! I made four pies and they were gone pretty fast. It was so much fun to see my sister, Jodie, and her family as we don't get to see them very often. The older kids to my kids on tons of 4 wheeler rides as well. My kids were in heaven! Ryan got us an early Christmas present, a membership to Golds Gym! I took the kids with me today and we all had fun doing our things. They have a playroom for the kids and a camera for me to watch while I'm working out. Love it! I'm so excited to be able to go to Cali next year, that I'm sure I'll be looking good after working out!

Seriously Funny!

Caleb is so funny!
This is a child toilet seat that is stuck on Caleb's head! I would like to tell you that this isn't the first time either! It truly makes me laugh. I'm sure that he doesn't think that it's funny when he can't get it off. I also got this recorded so we can watch it when he gets older. I'm sure we will all have fun laughing about it then too. Caleb is now wanting to do everything by himself. He doesn't like to snuggle with me as much either. That makes me sad sometimes, but other times it's nice to have a break.
Today we went to the storage unit to get Ryan's snowmobiling clothes. While we were there, Ethan had to get out our Christmas tree. He loves Christmas. The whole year we have to sing the Santa Clause song. (Santa Clause is coming to town.)

We are so excited to go up to my parents house for Thanksgiving this year! Everyone will be there, but Thom and his family. (They will come up later.) I'm making some pies, because I'm totally awesome at that! I'm also looking forward to giving my sister her facial! I'm also going to help her with getting a glamor look! Ryan is most excited that there is snow in the mountains and that he can go snowmobiling soon! Them boys are also very excited. They love to sit on the snowmobile and pretend to ride it.

Halloween Night!

Ethan is a dinosaur (Barney) and Caleb is a dragon. They had so much fun trick or treating! We didn't go to very many houses because we don't need all that sugar! My kids have enough energy without it. Also because it was very warm they were getting too hot. So much for trying to beat the weather. When we got back to the house after getting some candy, Daddy was there surprising us! He had been in Sun Valley, ID for work and we didn't know when he was going to be home. Ethan and Caleb were also big helpers to pass out candy to other kids. We then went to see our dear friends the Bonhams whom has taken Ryan in like a son. We had a wonderful Halloween and look forward to many more.

Halloween!

Our Pumpkin Scooby Doo!


We got this pumpkin and we had to draw on this first because we didn't want it to go bad. So if you can't see Scooby Doo look closer! We've had so much fun doing this! (OK, I had so much fun doing this!) The boys are super excited to go trick or treating! They woke up this morning and asked if they could go trick or treating right then. I said that we have to wait until tonight.

Caleb is being a big helper! We wast trying to get the guts out! He is going to be a dragon this year and is so happy about it.






Here is Ethan looking and playing with the guts! He is going to be Barney. Carter was Barney one year and we found the costume, so Ethan is Barney.








Here I am carving the pumpkin. Ethan REALLY likes to take pictures now. So as you can see it is a little blurry and I'm looking super cute!

I'll be putting pictures in of the boys going trick or treating later.