Santa's Coming to Town

Santa came to Story Hour on Thursday. Eben is very skeptical of Santa. His first encounter with the man in red was at the ward Christmas party and he screamed! He met him again at the Lyman Craft Fair and he would not sit on his lap but did talk to him. This time we got a picture of it (Thank you Gina) of Eben visiting with Santa. Eben told him that he wanted Thomas Car Wash aka the Train Wash with Percy and Tracks.

This is the Steam Engine. Eben was very excited and by the looks of it so is Papa!

Riding on the Steam Engine and having lunch.

Eben, Papa and Gra outside the Toy Train Museum.

Horse and buggy

Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania

We went to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving this year. We stayed for 10 days and had lots of fun! We went out to Lancaster County-Amish country almost everyday! I think that it is amazing how they do not rely on wordly things. One day we took Eben to a train museum and rode on a real short line train and had lunch on it. Eben though it was very cool!! We had a great Thanksgiving and a great vacation.

Eben's Birthday Party

I can't even believe that Eben had his 3rd birthday party! However, we had lots of fun! We had his party on Saturday but he will officially turn 3 on Tuesday. His party was Thomas the Train theme. I made the cakes and Grandma Shelly and Arlin decorated them. We had a big Thomas the Train then all of the kids had their own little train car to eat. When we sang Happy Birthday, Eben sang it to himself-"Happy Birthday dear Eben" it was really cute. I added a slideshow at the bottom of the page.

Trip to the Mountains

A couple of weeks ago we went up to the Uinta mountains. Another reason why we love living here. It was snowing, raining and pretty darn cold but beautiful. It was lots of fun listening to conference and driving on 2 track roads! Here are some of the pictures that we took.

Halloween Jammies!

We are very excited about Halloween! Here are the kids in their Halloween jammies and one of Aylah in her Halloween outfit and a bow of course! I figured since it was October 1st that I was allowed to put it on her. I can't wait to show everyone their costumes!

Eben and Papa's First Football Game!

We went to the Mountain View football game. This was Eben and Papa's first game together. I'm sure their are many more to come!

Chinese PJ's

Grandma Carpenter went to China in July when she was there she bought the kids Chinese Pajamas! Logan and Auntie Jenn came for the weekend so we got some pictures of the boys in their jammies and hats! Don't they look cute! Aylah also got pajamas but her's were way to big! Grandma also brought back pearls for mommy, Aylah, and Jenn and lots of other trinkets! We also got the first picture of Papa and all three of his Grandkids! Logan (3) Aylah (5months) and Eben (2)!

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Eben got 2 kites, a Thomas kite and a real Chinese Dragon kite. So we tried them out. The Thomas kite flew much better than the Dragon (mostly because mom was worried about breaking the Dragon kite). It was lots of fun, especially for Arlin!

Evanston Airshow

A couple of weekends ago we went to the Evanston Airshow, it was our first airshow. It was pretty cool! They had a couple of old war planes and an acrobatic Russian training plane (the red plane). I was told that the green plane is only 1 of 2 still in existence! They also had some parachuters (barf!) is all I could think about!

Eben thought that they were really cool and loud! He was entertained the whole 2 hours and kept saying, "Mommy look at that airplane!". It would be fun to go to another larger show, maybe next year we will find one to go to.

Going to Salmon

We went to see Logan and Auntie Jenn in August for the weekend. It was lots of fun! The boys played really good, as long as they were outside!

Aylah's Blessing

We had Aylah's Blessing on June 6, 2008 and she was the most beautiful baby girl that I had ever seen. I am probably a little bias but

her dress was absolutely beautiful. If you are having a Blessing I would suggest the website http://www.onesmallchild.com/ they have the most beautiful dresses!

Baby Girl Moen

As most of you know we had a new addition to our family-Aylah Kathleen Moen. She was born April 15, 2008, she was about 4 weeks early. Even though she was early she was a healthy 6 lbs. 14 oz. and born at 3:43 by cesarean (not fun for mom!). She is such a wonderful, happy baby, even though she has reflux just like her brother. She had a tough time gaining weight and was on medication 3 times a day for the reflux but was still a happy baby. She is doing wonderful now and is gaining weight properly and only takes her medication once a day. We took her to a Chiropractor and a Message Therapist and I believe that it is why she is doing so well. We are so greatful for her to be in our family and her brother absolutely adores her. He is such a big help and is always concerned about her.

New to Blogging

I am sure that we are behind times once again, but yes we are new to blogging! Crazy but it happens! So please be patient with us!