It's Tradition!

In keeping with tradition we had our "cracker house" (as Zeke affectionately called it) night.  It was fun...it was MESSY...it was hilarious!  It took Julie, Dustin and I to get the houses to stand up and help the boys.  Lets just say they didn't make it through the night and they boys were VERY sugared up by the end of the experience. I am going to have to research this out for next year and find a better way to get those houses to stand up on there own.  Maybe I'll get ambitious and make actual gingerbread...LOL!

Christmastime!!!

...and just for a little "Christmastime" cheer here is my all time FAVORITE Christmas song...

Merry Christmas time Everyone!  Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Dallin!

Dallin turned nine this year!  Can you believe it?  NINE!  I can not believe that my "little" guy is so big!  He grew right up and I feel like I missed half of it!  He is the smartest kid I know and very aware of everything around him!  You can't keep a secret from him if you try and he thinks he's one of the grown ups (I wonder where he gets that from hmmmmm????) Dallin loves spaghetti and lots of it!  He'll eat/try pretty much everything.  He's very into playing with friends and does his homework against his will LOL!  He's responsible...already tending his brothers for little bits at a time and a total worry wart...he gets that from me too...sorry pal...it's a curse hehe!  I just love this kid!  I love everything about him.  His face when hes laughing, the jokes he tells, the stories he tells when he gets home from school!  I'm so glad he's ours!  Love you Dallin!

Happy Birthday Alex!!!

Our little Alex is growing right up! He is seven years old today!  I can't believe how time flies.  I always mark how long we have lived here in St. George by how old Alex is.  We moved here when I was three months pregnant with him when we took a leap of faith and moved south! He is such a great kid!  He is doing awesome in school and loves every second!  He constantly makes us laugh with his funny faces and weird jokes.  I'll even admit he's a little conniving...he still loves candy and most days I find wrappers in his bed!  He very fashion conscious...hates it when clothes don't look right and has been knows to go dig his favorite pants out of the washer and try to wear them wet!  His favorite foods are chicken and stuffing casserole, chicken fingers and pizza!  He has tons of friends and loves any sport anyone will play with him!  We are so glad he chose to come to our family!  Happy birthday Alex! 

P.S.  I have now happily admitted that I hate making birthday cakes!  I am no good at it!  I asked Alex what he would like and he said an ice cream cake from the store...bless Him!  It was fabulous BTY...I would recommend Dairy Queen ice creams cakes to anyone!  LOL!

Thankful...

The Holidays are here!  This year Dustin's family came down for Thanksgiving dinner and stayed the weekend.  The boys were in heaven playing every kind of game imaginable with Uncle Tyler downstairs.  (I think Uncle Tyler was in heaven too to have some boys to rough house with LOL!)  We went to Tuachan Friday night to see Santa and watch the live nativity.  I am always in awe of that story.  It never gets old.  If you have a chance to come here and see it...go!  It's worth it!  Santa, by the way was fabulous!  He knew just how to place all the kids around him for the perfect picture and he was very good about taking all their orders!  It was so much fun! 

I am so thankful for my little family.  For my husband who tries to hard to make me happy and for my four little rambunctious, sweet, hilarious boys! I am thankful for good parents who taught me right from wrong and their never ending support.  We are truly blessed!

Trick or Treat! 2011

 The boys were all creepy and ready to hit the school parade early Friday morning.  (Yes...we had to dress up and do Halloween at school Friday, go all weekend and dress up again on Monday!  What the heck?!? LOL!)

 Dallin - "The Hulk"
(Funny side note: when Grandma Herb' came that night Dallin still had traces of black paint in his hair and she said, "Good grief it's been so long sense I've seen them their hair has gotten so dark! LOL!  Dallin couldn't quit laughing!)

 Alex - A creepy zombie Mummy

 Derrick - A Vampire (He finally decided on this the night before he was supposed to be dressed up for school.  He is hilarious!  I think they liked the hair spray paint the best!)

 Zeke- "Hook"  (For weeks every time I asked Zeke what he wanted to be he always said "Hook"  he never changed his mind and he was thrilled when he finally got to get in the costume and wear it around.  So fun!)

 All our little monsters! (Yes...Alex changed his mind for trick-or-treating and went with the Batman costume in the box.  He usually does this every year.  He said it's fun to be a "few things." That kid cracks me up!)

 Trick-or-Treating with the Humphries!

Grandma Herb' left cards to open on Halloween!  The boys loved them...more than the candy I think.  They all hid them in their pillow cases so they wouldn't steal each others.  It was funny!

Herbison Family Fun!

We had TONS of fun this weekend with our family!  Grandpa and Grandma and Holly and Byron and Tara and Jonathan and Cody and Julie all came for a visit!!!  We packed in all the fun we could while they were here!

 So "Aunt Holly"!!!  She secretly thinks she's still 5!  Derrick said, "Holly is so fun Mom, she 'rode all the rides' at the park!  Why don't you do that?"  Uhhh...ya right!

 Holly and Byron came down Thursday and we spent the day hanging out.  Took the kids to the park.  Went to the school Halloween parade and had a fun time laughing it up waiting for the others to get here!  Zeke FINALLY hi the ball.  He was over the moon!

 Saturday was a marathon of fun....Julie and the guys went golfing first thing after a yummo breakfast.  Us girls went straight to Krumpets...it was fabulous!  Tons of thanksgiving decorations for 75% off!  Wahoo! Then we all met up for more food and a trip to Anti-Gravity!

 Word of the weekend... PLANK!

 Tara!

 We were pooped after our trip to Anti-Gravity!  We all plopped down on the grass and took a breather.  Classic Herbison style!  Where's the cokes!?! LOL!

I am so thankful for our family!  What would we do without them?  We are missing Julie, she was dispatching, but we love her too!  We ended the weekend with Mom's yummy Thanksgiving Dinner with ALL the trimmings, right down to the perfect pies!  Thanks Mom!  I was in heaven!  It was so good to have all of them here.  We miss them already!

Fun Times...

While Dustin and I were busy at the Boutique the kids were "helping" Grandma and Grandpa at their house.  They were all very excited to tell me about their trip to the dump to get rid of the rest of the garden.  (Boys are easy to please I guess LOL!)  They carved some pumpkins from the garden.  Here is their masterpieces...

...Then we all took a trip down to the clinic so that Dr. Craig could give us all a flu shot...

Not even one tear!  Can you believe it?!?

We came home Sunday so we could be ready to get back to school and work.  I decided to try a new venture and started tending a few kids during the week instead of going to the school to watch the playground kids.  (I admit...I am getting old and turning into a wuss and couldn't take another year sitting in the cold through the winter)  It's been so fun having these three-year-olds running around here and it keeps Zeke entertained.  

...and can I just say Play Dough...who knew it could keep kids entertained for that long?!?  Genius!! 

In other news...

The other day Dustin was making Tuna Helper for dinner...I know gross!  But the kids love it!  Alex was reading the box and asking Dustin what "Tuna" was?  Dustin said it's the meat you like in these noodles.  Alex says, "Hmmm...I like tuna!"  Derrick pipes up from behind the couch and yells, "...and I like Helper!"  Funny!

Boutique Time!

Whew!  We did it again!  The Fillmore 2011 Boutique was a HUGE success!  Keep in mind that the whole left side of the booth we had this year is not even showing!  Looking at it now I can not even believe we pulled it off, but the proof is in the picture!  Dustin's tables were a big hit and we came home with lots of orders and not a lot of stuff so everyone's happy!  Can't wait 'till next year!

My Daddy and Me....

 See any similarities?  HAHA!

In other randomness...I loved how my shelf turned out for Halloween next year.  I had to take a picture so I would remember it for next year LOL!