Wesley's 1st Day of Primary

Wesley has been so excited to go to Primary.  We have been preparing him to sit in singing/sharing time and to go to class and listen.  He even got a scripture bag for Christmas so he could be a big boy.  I was unable to be there on his first day since I had to work on New Years Day.  However, Grandma and Daddy were both there to make sure he got settled in okay.  When they took Wesley into the primary room it was utter chaos.  All of the kids had been told to come to the primary room so they could be moved into their new classes.  However, they were not allowing any of the kids to sit down so they were all milling about in the back of the room waiting for their name to be called.  The Primary president welcomed the new sunbeams even though you could not see any of them and from the back of the room Wesley says, "I'm here!"  He was just so excited to be a big boy and not go to nursery.  They started with the oldest kids and read through the entire roll even though about half of each roll was not there.  Finally they got everyone settled down.  They had sharing time and then singing time.  Wesley got to help in singing time and was thrilled.  Grandma said he was very good and listened to his substitute teacher.  Yes, we spent all that time preparing him for his teacher and she was not even there.  Oh well, at least he listened to the sub who was there.  Then they went to class.  Wesley learned how he was a child of God and he even learned some more of the song.  Which by the way the second verse says, "And so my knees are great."  Apparently we have great knees not great needs.  It was funny listening to him sing it to us later.  He was given a CTR ring, but promptly lost it.  I will probably need to get him another one.  He had a great time and was very well behaved.  Hopefully, he will continue to be this happy to go to Primary.

Wesley and his scripture bag.
The crown says he is a Child of God.

Jonathen wanted his picture taken too.
Jon is holding Wesley's crown.

Happy Christmas to all and to all a Good Night.

Christmas this year was busy.  All of my sisters came home to spend Christmas with my parents.  It was a very full house.  On Christmas Eve we headed over to my parents around 5.  My little sisters were all already there.  We had made up a crock pot of soup to share with the family and my little sister Caitlin had made a different type of soup.  When everything was ready we sat down to have dinner with the group.  The soup went over pretty well and Jonathen even ate his entire bowl and asked for more.  Usually we have to fight with the boys to get them to eat soup.  We had laid my niece, Catherine, down for a small nap during dinner since she was very fussy and rubbing her eyes.  When she woke up she was still rubbing her eye and it was extremely red.  We discussed it and thought maybe she had gotten something in her eye that needed rinsed out.  That was when I noticed a fairly long hair inside the eye that was so red.  The poor little girl had an eyelash in her eye.  We tried to get it out with saline eye drops and washcloths, but all we managed was to completely upset her.  She would hold her eyes tightly closed and then slowly open them to see if we were going to put something else in her eye.  After a few seconds she would blink and start crying all over again.  She was so upset.  Her parents decided to try a stream of water into her eye.  They finally managed to get the eyelash to come out.  Once we got her calmed down a little and fed we gathered everyone into the living room.  My father read the Christmas story to us out of St. Luke.  Then we sang Christmas carols.  We took a few requests, but the kids were starting to get a little grumpy.  After finishing the singing with "Silent Night" per custom, we headed downstairs to have each person open one present.  By tradition this present usually has some sort of pajama wear in it.  All of the kids got new pajamas to wear to bed and have on the next morning.  Jonathen was extremely excited to see that his pajamas had Elmo on them.  After everyone opened their one gift, Kyle, Wesley, Jon and I headed home to put the boys to bed.  We were past their bedtime and they went to bed very quickly.  I then grabbed the Santa presents and headed back over to my parents to have my dad help me with a assembly project and to set up the boys' stockings.  When I got over there I brought most of the presents in and then my mom realized I was there and sent my brother-in-law Scott out to help me finish.  By that time I only had one gift left to bring in and Scott didn't get to carry anything.  He did however get to help me put together Kyle's office chair since it would be needed the next morning for seating.  It went together pretty quickly and then all I had to do was finish putting together the Radio Flyer wagon that was Jonathen's Santa gift.  I had started the project at home and then could not get the locking nuts to tighten completely since I am a little weak.  My brother-in-law Don helped me there and soon my wagon was finished and ready for the next morning.  During this time, my sister Caitlin had been trying to get her little girl to sleep.  Catherine was extremely tired, but completely refusing to fall asleep.  I even tried rocking her while Caitlin filled stockings with candy.  She was quiet while I held her, but thought I was funny.  Nathaniel, my baby in my belly, kept kicking her and making her giggle.  Her parents finally laid her down after 11pm.  I went home a little after that to get some sleep since we would be getting out of bed at 5am the next morning.  When I got home, Wesley was whining and needed his covers pulled up.  This proved to be how the entire night went.  About every two hours Wesley would cry out and one of us (usually Kyle) would have to go tuck him back in and give him a hug.  He had us awake a lot of the night.  At 5am we got out of bed and woke our children up.  We took Jon and Wesley to the bathroom and put slippers and coats on them and drove over to my parents house.  We woke everyone there up and headed downstairs to start the present opening marathon.  Wesley loves opening gifts and will help anyone who will allow him.  Wesley did get the Superman toy he has been asking for since we visited my brother in October.  Jonathen got the Batman that he has been requesting also.  I made my boys quilts this year which took me a lot of the year.  They were finished for Christmas and I didn't even have to stay up Christmas Eve to finish them.  I also made a scripture bag for Wesley since he will be starting Sunbeams next Sunday.  He is really excited to be going to Primary and I wanted something for him to carry all of his stuff in.  We even put a missionary Book of Mormon so he has his own scriptures and everything.  After all the presents were opened we headed upstairs for the traditional Christmas egg breakfast.  My sibling all really enjoy this even if the do not particularly like eggs.  After breakfast Kyle, the boys, and I headed home to get ready for church.  We headed to church early to save seats and Kyle was in the Christmas program.  We needed to sit in the front since my sister Jennifer had surgery and can't really bend her leg right now.  I saved the entire front row and some of the row behind it to make sure we had enough places to sit.  We did!  Kyle narrated one of the songs and suprised my sisters a little bit since they had never heard Kyle's voice projected.  **Kyle's voice is very deep and carries quite far. Which is why he was requested to do this.**  After church we headed home, changed our clothes and went back to my parents house.  Crystal's family showed up earlier than we thought and we got to spend the day with them and their kids.  My boys were sleeping when the came so didn't see them until later.  We had Christmas dinner around 5 and got to try to fit all of us around the table.  Overall it was a wonderful Christmas and great to see all of my sisters and their families.  I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and was able to enjoy this Christmas season.  We love you all and  hope you have a Happy New Year too.

Jonathen and Aunt Jennifer with Jon's present from Grandma and Grandpa Meyers

Wesley and his present from Santa. (A "giant" Superman)

The boys and our Christmas tree.

Thanksgiving

It was another crazy week for us.  I had to work on Thanksgiving so my parents, sister Jennifer, Kyle, and the boys held Thanksgiving dinner until I got off work.  So we ate at 6:30 pm.  It was a good dinner and the boys both seemed to really enjoy the evening.  Kyle had circled a few items in the Walmart add so I headed to Walmart at 9:40 pm.  I got to the store and seriously considered turning around.  The entire Walmart parking lot was full and so was most of the JCPenny parking lot across the street.  Mom called about that time and Dad came out and parked my car while I walked inside.  Once inside I was pretty sure I had lost my mind for purposely putting myself in this insanity.  I found my Mom in the back of the store and we succeeded in getting some pajamas for the boys.  We then got the present for Kyle that I came to get.  We tried to find the Wii that Mom was looking for and failed miserably.  In fact, Mom and Dad were not able to get any of the things that they came for.  The trampoline was sold out even before 10 when the sale was supposed to start.  I got quite a few toys for the boys and felt it was a productive evening for me.  Mom and Dad went to Twin after Walmart while I went home.  I got home a little after 11 and went directly to bed since I had to work at 7 am the next morning.  On Friday, I got off work a little early and headed directly to Boise.  Kyle's neice, Lydia, was going to be baptised early the next morning.  We got in to Emmett around 8 that night.  The next morning we got up and got ready to go to Eagle for the baptism.  Lydia was baptised and Wesley kept asking me who was going to be baptised next.  With both Stephen and Lydia getting baptised this month he felt we should keep going.  We went bowling that night with all of the cousins.  Wesley and Jonathen had a really good time.  I even managed to beat one of my nephews.  I am usually one of the worst bowlers so that was kind of a suprise.  Jonathen even got second place in the younger kids group.  On Sunday we had an ordination to attend.  Daric, Lydia's older brother, was being ordained to the office of a teacher.  It was quite a busy weekend and we headed home after the ordination.  After getting back, we headed over to my parents since my sister Caitlin was in town.  We ended staying and playing games with Caitlin and Scott.  It was a fun night. 

Baptism Time



The boys at the airport in Salt Lake City





Wes and Jon at Monticello



 

My family standing with Thomas Jefferson



From left to right: Jack, Amelia, Stephen, and Matt

My nephew Stephen turned eight this year so we planned on making a trip out east (Richmond, VA) to be there for his baptism.  My brother and his wife, Amelia, were very kind to plan Stephen's baptism for a time when my family and my mother would be able to come out.  Stephen's birthday was in October, but they planned the big day for November 12, 2011 so we could come out.  My mother gave one of the talks and I got to lead the music.  Amelia's mom even got to come out for the big day so she gave the other talk.  It was a great day and wonderful to see Stephen baptised.  The next day Matt took us out sightseeing since we were going to be in town just for the weekend.  We went to Monticello since it was somewhere I wanted to go see.  I have never been back east and was somewhere I really wanted to go.  It was great to see Thomas Jefferson's home.  It is a very interesting place.  We headed back home the next day.  So we flew out on Friday, spent Saturday at Stephen's football game and baptism, Sunday at Monticello, and Monday flying home.  It was a crazy fast trip, but great to see my brother and his family and celebrate Stephen's baptism with them.  Matt and Kyle even got to watch the Boise State game together.  My brother and husband act the same during football games.  They both yell at the TV as if the players can actually hear them.  I have always found it funny to see grown men yelling at the TV screen and jumping up and down.  The boys did really well on the plane.  In fact, Jonathen fell asleep during take-off every single time.  Wesley slept on the second leg of each trip and did pretty well.  He was a little grumpy upon waking.  We were extrememly tired when we got home on Monday.  Jonathen will tell anyone who asks that he got to fly on a plane like Batman.  It is really funny.  He really enjoyed the plane even though he had to sit on someone's lap the whole time and wasn't allowed to go anywhere.  The last plane trip from Dallas to Salt Lake was extremely full.  The entire 1st class section was filled with leaders of the church.  While waiting to get to our seats Wesley got to shake hands with Elder Christofferson and talk to him.  He also got to talk to the pilot about the plane.  We had quite a wait and it was good for Wesley to be able to talk to people while waiting.  When asked about talking to one of the twelve apostles he usually tells people that Elder Christofferson's name is silly.  Kyle and I thought it was really neat and I hope Wesley will remember some of that experience.   

Halloween

 Halloween this year was the year of the superhero.  Wesley was very insistent that he was going to be Superman this year.  He even picked out his dad's costume this year.  We went shopping early so we could make sure we got the superhero outfits that were being required by our children.  Jonathen did not know which superhero he wanted to be, but was sure he wanted to be a superhero.  He finally decided that he wanted to be Spiderman.  Wesley's outfit had to be altered since his outfit was a bit too large.  He does make a very cute Superman though.  Jonathen was so funny.  He loved having the mask over his face.  They both had muscles on their outfits that made me want to giggle.  At the last second I decided to put an outfit on since I always dress up for Halloween.  I went and put a skirt and some fairy wings on for my costume.  Wesley came in and saw my outfit and informed me that I could not possibly be a fairy without a crown.  So I had to quickly put a crown on since my costume was not believable as it was.  Daddy got to wear his Batman shirt and say he was Batman.  We went to a few houses and got more candy than my children needed.  Our neighbors tend to let each child have more than one piece of candy so Wesley took 3-4 pieces at every place we stopped.  Jonathen was not very sure of the whole process at first, but got much better at it by the end of the night.  They even got to go show Poppa and Grandma their outfits and get some PlayDoh from Grandma.  Wesley ran from the car to each house saying he was "faster than a speeding bullet."  I kept telling him he was the slowest Superman I had ever met.  Sometimes Wesley walks very slowly.  We had a very good night and by the end of the night the boys were very tired and ready for bed. 

Ultrasound!

For those of you who did not already know I was pregnant; Surprise!  We got to have our ultrasound yesterday.  It felt really late since on the last pregnancy we had the ultrasound at 16 weeks.  This one was not until 20 weeks at request of the hospital radiology department. Oh well.  We took the boys with us so they could get a little more used to the idea of a baby.  Jon sat and watched quietly, as he is known to do, for most of the appointment.  Wesley had a comment for everything.  He even at one point stated that he was sure it was a frog not a baby.  The ultrasound technician got to laughing at that one.  When it came time to find out the sex of the baby it was pretty obvious.  In fact, Kyle and I were able to tell long before the technician told us and pointed it out.  It will be another little boy. 

We were even able to get a few 3D pictures so here he is.

18 Months Old Already!

Jonathen had his 18 month appointment on the 19th of September.  He is getting so big.  He weighed 23 lbs (10th percentile) and was 34 inches tall (90th percentile).  So he is one tall skinny boy.  He does not seem to be so lanky, but the numbers say he is.  The doctor asked if Jon was mobile and then looked down to find Jon climbing all over the chairs in his office and decided he didn't really need me to answer that question.  I told him that I occasionally find Jon at the top step of the ladder to Wesley's bed and actually wish he was less mobile.  Jon gives Wes a run for his money sometimes on what he is willing to climb and do.  He also asked if Jon was saying 4-10 words.  It almost seemed as if Jon was answering the doctors questions since he chose that exact moment to get his shoes and say, "Shoes on, please."  Dr. Graham actually laughed.  He told me that my older boy should have taught me that boys usually don't potty train until about 2 1/2 years old.  I informed him that Wes started potty training at 20 months and had no problems.  He said I should not expect the same out of Jon, but Jon has already started going potty in the toilet at night before getting in the bathtub.  Jon gets really excited when he is allowed to go potty like a big boy.  We will start Jon around the same time that we started Wes since Jon appears to be ready to potty train.  He is getting so big already and is excited to be a big boy.  He loves to have us blow raspberries on his belly and will lift his shirt and then pull your head down if he feels you are not moving quickly enough.  I love my little boy.