Snow Day!!

When I heard the weather report that there was going to be a big snowstorm, I scrambled around to find snow clothes for the boys. Because I knew that as soon as the boys saw the snow, they would want to go outside and play in it.
They had barely finished breakfast before they were outside playing (for 3 hours).

Poor Dustin - I think he would have rather enjoyed the snow from inside our house (as I would).

 Luke LOVES making snowmen. He's getting pretty good at it and he's creative about finding something for the face.

 
 Grant seems to love snow, every time Dustin tried to take a picture of him - he was eating snow.

Luke: The Soccer Champ

We signed up Luke for another season of soccer because his friend Hayden invited us to be on his team. Their team was the Houston Dyno's.  Hayden's dad was the coach and Luke had so much fun playing this year. AND he did AWESOME!

Luke did so much better this year. On the way to the first game, he informed me he was going to get 3 goals and he did! Luke was defintely a great assest to the team. He was great to get the ball and get it down the field. Ususally it's a team effort to actually get the ball into the goal. The whole team did great though.



Grant and I had so much fun sitting on the sidelines. Grammy and Poppy made it to a few games and we had fun sitting next to Melanie(Hayden's mom) and Ethan(Hayden's brother) every week too. The Gardner's are such a fun family.

Grant and I were there for every game and practice to cheer Luke on. Sometimes Grant wanted to play too!



The hardest part was keeping Grant occupied during the game. He loves to do what Luke is doing and so I had to pull him off the field quite a few times. Someday Grant, someday.

Team cheer - Go Dynos!!

Our champ and his new trophy.



Luke's teammates - Diego, Luke, Hayden and Sam



Mommy's Little Helper

Grant is my newest helper in the kitchen. If I even touch the canister that holds the flour, Grant is right there to help me. He LOVES to help. We made pizza for dinner tonight and Grant helped me roll it out (if you could call it help). He is such a cute little boy!

Anything You Can Do....

Grant is getting to be such a big boy. He wants to be like everyone else so even though I cut some corn off of the cob for him - not good enough. He had to have his own. And he LOVES it!

It's been so nice outside we decided to have dinner outside his Sunday.

Saying Goodbye

In January, Dustin took Zoe to the vet to have her teeth cleaned but the vet discovered that Zoe had cancer. There wasn't much we could do and he gave her a couple months to live. We were upset, of course, but we took her home and loved her as much as we could.

Honestly, she didn't seem sick. She had lost a lot of weight but other than that, you couldn't tell. Until last week.

 She stopped eating  and spent all day outside resting. Making the appointment to take her to the vet one final time was the hardest decision we ever had to make. We were going to take her Thursday morning but unfortunately, she took a turn for the worse.

Dustin talked to Luke about where Zoe was going, that she was going to live with Heavenly Father in heaven. He thinks its cool and is glad Zoe is with Heavenly Father. That's where we all want to be right?

We gave the boys one last time to see Zoe and to give her loves, Grant was so cute with her.  Then we took Zoe while the boys went to a friends house to play.

Goodbye Zoe - we love and miss you so much.

Luke's First Soccer Game of the Season

Luke has been so excited to play soccer and so when Luke's best friend, Hayden, invited us to play on his team, of course we had to join! Hayden wasn't able to make the first game but there are lots of other fun kids on his team.

As we were getting ready for the game, Luke told me, "Mom, I'm going to make 3 goals." I, of course, said. "That's great! I can't wait to see you score!"
The top picture is Luke kicking the ball. Last year he was a little scared to get in the group and kick the ball but he is doing great this year!

 Here is a picture of Luke kicking the ball into the goal. He actually did make 2 goals. Way to go Luke!

The star of the game!

What's Up Doc?

 We planted our garden again this year - okay when I say we, I mean Dustin. He does all the work. Anyway, he planted carrots again this year and of course the dogs dug up part of the carrots again this year. But the ones that did grow, are great.

Last year Luke decided that carrots were his favorite food after eating carrots from the garden. This year he has informed us that he only likes carrots that come from the garden and he will no longer eat store bought carrots. I admit, they don't taste the same but they come from gardens too!

So when Dustin pulled these carrots from the garden, Luke asked, "Can you pull some for me that don't have any dirt on it?"

Sure.

After I washed all the dirt off it, he ate it.