So far behind

I'm so far behind in my blogging and haven't really taken any pictures lately so this will be a catch up post!!

Joseph and Jaren turned 8 on January 22nd. They chose to go to Olive Garden for dinner, Grammy and Papa came along and split the bill with us...that place is expensive!! We had a good time though. It has been a weird year for birthdays this year...We haven't been ready for them and they have just kind of snuck up on us. We have had to get used to new schedules at work, for both of us and new schedules for the kids. Joseph and Jaren got airsoft guns for their birthdays(their dad's choice) I thought we were getting them new bikes but they wanted the guns instead. As a result we have little plastic pellets all over the house!! We got them some clothes and then about a month after their birthday bought them a ps3 as a late birthday present. The xbox died and left them with nothing to play with(what a shame) We didn't do birthday cakes or anything of the sort this year(xcept the one that we got them at olive garden) They don't seem to care though as no one in our house is a huge cake fan away!! (except me!!!)

With turning 8 the boys had the decision to be baptized into the church and they chose not to. Not too surprising as they hated going in the first place. So, maybe later on in life they will decide that that is something that they would like to do! They did decide however to be a part of the scouting program at the church and they are enjoying that. The participated in their first pinewood derby and had a good time. Joseph's car failed miserably but he still had fun and found out at the end of the race that it worked better if he turned it around backwards. Oh well hopefully next year they can build a winner.

Spencer turned 3 on Feb 18th. We celebrated by going rollerskating with Grammy and Papa and Kari and Aaron and kids. We went on presidents day...all the kids were out of school and skating was cheap. We all had a good time and everyone skated, Even Grammy and Papa. Spencer had a blast and asks almost everyday if we can go again!! A Natural skater..NICE!! Joseph got the record for most falls I think, but he kept getting up and going!! I got some pics with my cell phone, they aren't the best but I didn't want to skate around with my good camera, fall and break it

! After skating we all went to a yummy mexican restaurant for dinner!! Once again no birthday cake, but the restaurant did give us some ice cream and sopapillas!! Sounds good to me!! For his presents we took him to the store and let hime pick what he wanted..of course he went to the toy aisle and we spent 100 dollars on Disney Cars stuff! The kid is obsessed!!