{Miniature Pirates}

Okay so tonight while I was busy working on the Hawkes family calendar(yes I'm aware that it is almost February) our boys came out of our room looking like this....and this..... and this...which is funny because just this morning Jared came to me and said "Mom, I don't want to be a girl." AHEM....

I guess I should put the halloween box somewhere else.

{Silly Goobers}

This makes me laugh....

Mr. Serious

Dave built this snowman while the rest of us sick people watched through the window! He was much prettier on day one.

{A REally Long Post}

Hope everyone is having an awesome new year and surviving all of the sickness that's going around! We Spent New Year's Eve up in Logan with our friends Rebekah and Ben and 2 of Ben's siblings. We had a blast, ate too much, and tried to burn down the neighborhood with fireworks, but mostly ate too much(well, I did anyways)
This is Jairus, Ben's sister Becky's son...

Haha look at Ashton!!Ben and ApolloBecky and Jason...

and the little one(uh..I got nothin' on a name)

and all of the soda and food...

On the 31st, we joined my parents in saying farewell to my little bro Aaron as he leaves for his Mission. I didn't think I would cry, after all he has been pestering me for 19 years, why would I be sad to see him go away for 2 years? Go figure! But yeah, I cried.

My dad helping him put on his shiny new badge with the greenie sticker..

He definately looks handsome as a missionary! If anybody didn't get Mom's email with his address it is:

Elder Grundvig

MTC Mailbox #117

DC-South 0121

2005 N 900 E

Provo, Ut 84604

It's weird for me to think that he is still only 20 minutes from my house!! I want to visit but I can't!!

Here are some pictures from Christmas m0rning. The pics aren't the greatest, and there are few, but I was sick with the stomach flu that morning and had been up all night with Ashton and his ear infection. Yay, Merry Christmas to me!!

"Take a picture of my transformer"

Not awake yet...

And a random picture of Jared watching TV through the blinds. Already a peeping Tom?

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Rub a dub dub, two ghouls in a tub

Just thought I'd share some laughs......

Hold on while I poke out your eyeball....

Pretty creepy...but cute nonetheless

The Dark Knight of GingerBats

Last night I got the bright idea to make gingerbread men without checking to see if I even have a gingerbread man cookie cutter. Well, it turns out that I don't. So they ended up being bats rather than men, but Dave rented Batman The Dark Night so it was kind of a coincidence that we sat in front of the movie eating gingerbreadBATS. Plus I think I'm having a hard time letting go of Halloween...I think I may need therapy....

(Jared got a little carried away with the flour)

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Our First House

Gingerbread house, that is! OKay all you wussy "gingerbread house kit" people, it may not be the most gorgeous house on the block but we built this baby with our bare hands out of scratch! David made the peices but he fell asleep when it was time for construction and I had no clue what went where so....ahem, it turned out to be more of a fort than a house. The boys did most of the decor, isn't it just stunning?

Blog Backgrounds

I have had a lot of people ask me where I get my blog backgrounds. I just make them in photoshop. If anybody wants a custom background just let me know and I'll whip one up for you. They are fun to make once you figure out what you are doing!! HAHA it took me like a month to finally get it right, but now I have done a bunch and it is super easy! Just email me or leave a comment!

Great Grandma Grundvig

Sunday we drove to Kearns and visited my Grandma. We haven't seen her in over a year so we thought it was about time! We got lost in Kearns which was really stupid of us since we have both lived there for a portion of our lives! The boys had fun talking to Grandma's birds and terrorizing her cat. OH-and rearranging her fridge magnet collection! Ashton was confused, he thought we were going to Grandma and Grandpa's house in Portage so he kept looking under tables and blankets saying, "Grandpa, ya in there?" The boys had so much fun with her and we enjoyed the visit as well.

After that, we went to Dave's sister Kimber's house in Sandy. She has the cutest little baby ever! I can't get over this kid's eyes!!!

Christmas is in the air...

I was so excited the day after Thanksgiving to put up the tree!! (Thanks for the tree Bekah! Branches F through M?!? What the..??LOL) Jared kept shouting "We're making Christmas Mom!!" It is so exciting this year that he finally understands about Christmas and Santa Clause("Clause Clause") And he definately wants "PIXOS" from Santa. Every time that silly commercial comes on TV he yells "Dad, I need those Pixos!" Yeah, I can't see those being messy at all. HA..I can see it now....
Anyhow, we, at our house are very excited for Christmas...but I don't think it will feel right until we get some snow down here!! Dave found this awesome sign in the middle of the road and brought it home for me! Yay for people who drop stuff out of their vehicles!!! It sparkles... :)