DOUBLE DIGITS

10! Can't believe my first born is 10!

Ten things about Gage

~He has a great sense of humor.

~He is really smart and in the hi-cap program at school.

~He's very mothering and protective of his brothers.

(some might even say bossy)

~He loves sports! football, basketball, baseball

~He loves, loves guns and shooting.

~He loves living close to and hanging out with his cousins. (so do we!)

~He says his prayers every night. (I've walked in on him many times)

~He's super helpful around the house.

~He loves riding his dirt bike, and especially loves living in the country so he can ride whenever he wants.

~He loves his brothers and is a GREAT example to them.

Although I'm so sad to see my boys growing up, the last 10 years with Gage have been perfect how could I not look forward to the next 10!

This year Gage had a "friend" party. We had it at Aim Gym in Moses and the boys all had fun!

Gage has a great group of boys his age and we are so glad!

Happy birthday Gage!

school awards

Of course I know my boys are awsome and amazing but I'm not the only one. They both got awards in school last week and we could not be more proud of either of them!

And a couple weeks ago Gage made the front page of our small town's paper!

Newspaper

who knew it was so interesting

end of december

A little catch-up.
We had a wonderful Christmas and are so blessed. After Christmas we went to Utah for grandma Dol's funeral. It was weird to be at her house without her there but comforting to know she's with grandpa. We got to see cousins that we haven't see in years which was great and I wish we could see them all more often. And we got to spend time with Shirley and Marlene which was wonderful. We wish we could see them more often too!

We stopped at Cabela's in Boise on the way.

Here Jett is telling Case not to worry, the polar bear isn't real! Funny!

Of course all the boys loved all the guns!

Grandpa Christensen took us to Discovering gateway and Temple Square, the kids loved them both.

And we saw tons of these pronghorns on the way there and the way home.

real cowboys

So the other day we were eating lunch and Jett points out the window and says, "Look a real cowboy!"

So we look out and sure enough it was a "real cowboy". We all went out on the porch to watch and take pictures (I have no shame) and Case even saw a cowboy girl! I tried to explain Cowgirl, but he kept saying cowboy girl, with is cuter anyways, so I quit correcting him.

Christmas programs and Santa

Case's program was first. He was so excited!! And did such a great job, he said his 1 line perfectly and sang a couple songs. He is such a cute Shepard!

Jett's was next. They sang a few songs and did great. Unlike his older brother he's not to cool to get excited to see us or give us hugs after the program, which makes me so happy.

Then Gage's turn. He did great too, but he doesn't show the same excitement to see me. Just more of a mellow, casual smile!

Then after school we went to our bishops home where Santa had stopped by to get wish lists.

The last of November

We have been so busy the last couple weeks I haven't had time to blog so here's a recap of November.

Lynn got his popcorn harvested just before the snow hit, thank goodness.

And when the snow did come Case had so much fun helping Lynn clear driveways.

We've seen deer a few times in the same spot on our way to Moses and I finally had my camera with me and got a picture. This was the farthest away from the road they were. The other times they were running across the road. It's awsome, I need to keep my camera with me all the time.

My brother was here a couple weeks ago and we got to see his sweet little guy Hunter.

The boys all got new Royal hoodies and Jett is so funny he wears his EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. I only let him because I keep thinking when the new wears off he'll quit wearing it but it's been about a month now and it hasn't. He wakes up and puts it on, wears it all day. He got out of the shower one night and tried to wear it to bed. That's where I had to draw the line. No dirty hoodies in clean beds! So we'll see how long this phase lasts or how long I can deal with this phase.

And we decorated our fake Christmas tree. Swore we'd never do the fake tree thing, but it was so nice and easy to set up, no mess, no sap, thank you grandma for the tree, I think we're sold.

And onto December!