November happenings

Well, a lot happened in November. Shortly after our move, I left with the boys to Utah to give James a chance to get some serious work done. The boys got some great bonding time with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Aunt Amy threw a little tea party for the cousins and they had a wonderful time snacking on little pizzas and cinnamon rolls and sipping miniature glasses of hot chocolate. It was so fun. We also had a great time with Grandma Eyring at the Children's Discovery Center in Gateway Mall in Salt Lake. It was AMAZING! I've never seen such an awesome place for children. I even loved it and got excited about every new thing like the kids did. The boys also just loved playing in the yard and things like running races with Grandma Robertson, back and forth through the house for 30+ min.

Henry was a pretty lucky boy this year. Not only did he get to celebrate his birthday with family this year, but he got two parties--one with his Robertson cousins and one with the Eyring extended family. We had a blast and he got some wonderful gifts from everyone. We had a Little Einsteins theme for his cousins party. I've never spent so long working on a cake--until late into the night--but the look on his face in the morning made every minute worth it.

Finally, the big reason for our visit to Utah was for my brother Kenny's wedding. He married Megan Jaussi from Idaho Falls in the Bountiful Temple. It was a wonderful experience. We were so happy for them. Megan is beautiful and is so fun. We really liked getting to know her and her family better. They're awesome. I hope we get to see them more in the future. There was a reception in Kaysville the night of the wedding and one the next night in Idaho Falls. The following morning we drove over to Rexburg for a quick visit. We got to see the beautiful new Rexburg temple. I wish we could've gone inside but it won't be finished for another month. It was fun taking a quick walk down memory lane. How could it be already 9 years since I started college there? How could I already be back with a husband and two kids? At least I don't feel as old as I think I used to picture that stage in life to be.

Thanks everyone who made our visit so nice! We love you all a bunch. Thanks, Mom and Dad Eyring, for making it possible for us to come out. Congratulations Kenny and Megan and best of luck!

Goodbye Cherokee Circle.

These are just a bunch of pictures we took of our Cherokee Circle neighborhood we took before we moved to the Watkinsville house on Nov. 1. It was sad. We've been in that original basement apartment for four years. I brought my babies home to that little blue bedroom with the cute little whale James painted on the wall. We've been on a thousand walks to the two oak trees and to Athens Academy next door. It felt like a little piece of heaven to me--so many happy memories. We were sad to say goodbye even though we're not even leaving Athens yet--now that is going to be tough!

October happenings

Yes, I post October happenings near the end of November. The time-lapse that is very true to my way of doing things. Enjoy!

First, we had a good time at the Watkinsville Fall Festival again this year. James ran the 5k again and got an excellent time as usual. Henry loved the hay ride, and of course we all loved the funnel cake. Yum! We went to a performance by the Georgia Gymdogs (gymnastics) who are the current national champions and I got to talk to Courtney Kupets (you might remember her from the last Olympics--I think she got a few silver medals.)

Then, nothing special about these pictures except for my cute boys. The first one shows our messy house when we were all sick. I thought Wesley was pretty cute watching the movie. And James and Henry taking five together but Henry woke up just as I was taking the picture.

And of course there was pumpkin picking...

And then there was Halloween. Henry was a knight/Prince Phillip (from Sleeping Beauty). He had a great time running around the ward Trunk-or-Treat with his sword in one hand and a sucker in the other. Several of his friends were also either knights in shining armor or princesses. Some of the pictures are also from his "school" group and the rest are from Halloween night. Wes had a pretty good Halloween too, once he got used to his mane. He went through about 4 or 5 suckers while we were trick-or-treating--what a treat!

Wesley's Birthday

Well, better late than never. We've had a ton going on the past few months, but I have to at least say a bit about some of it and post some pictures. Wesley celebrated his 1st birthday on October 1st. Instead of a huge shin-dig like we did for Henry's first birthday, we just did things as a family and had our landlords down for cake in the evening, and actually, IT WAS GREAT! I loved doing it that way.


Wesley loved his presents--thanks so much everyone. We also had an interesting, yet delicious cake. While I was gone helping Wesley, Henry decided to squeeze nearly the whole dropper of yellow food coloring into my bowl of frosting. So we had an EXTREMELY yellow cake with seagreen clouds. Luckily the cake itself was amazingly one of my better creations so that made up in part for the color.

Wesley dug in pretty well. It was a fun day. He is such an amazing wonderful boy. His personality is just like his cake--amazingly sunny and and sweet and happy and with a little bit of a kick!