Dallin Gary

Our Dallin Gary will be 5 years old in a week- I can't believe that! I still hold him and give him kisses all the times. He just squeals with laughter when I catch him and give him loves. He is a very tender hearted, loving boy. He loves learning, loves going to preschool and primary, loves being outside, loves being Daddy's helper, and loves his brother and sisters! We love him so very much!



Dallin is such a good big brother I found him giving Jacob bites of yogurt. He's my big helper too!! That will be nice when his sister comes along.

Dallin was so proud of his tower of blocks he built.

We love you Dallin Gary!!

Dallin had a blast fishing and feeding the ducks too. He loved spending time with Grandpa!!

Dallin loves to color. He usually just scribbles and draws lines. The other day he drew this and told me it was him. I was very impressed on how he is improving. He then drew a big daddy, a little Hannah, and a Jacob. My dallin sure is growing up!

Dallin was sick a few weeks ago. He wanted to watch cartoons on my bed so we got his blankets and everything. Jacob soon joined him and wanted to be just like Dallin. These brothers are so cute to watch each other. They love each other!!

Jacob Ryan

Our sweet Jacob Ryan. He is really growing up. He loves to play with Dallin and is learning that Hannah is fun to play with also. He now loves going to nursery which is a big relief for me. He started to love nursery when his class went from 16 kids and a few stinkers to about 6 in January. He calls it his new class. His favorite things to eat right now is marshmellows, any sweets, ice cream, and dry pasta. He loves to give me hugs and kisses and tell me he loves me. Jacob is also starting to understand potty training. He still has a few accidents but is getting better. Jacob is sure growing up and we love him so much!!



Jacob and Hannah were big troopers the other day. Hannah and me both had doctor appointments. We were all done to be sitting and waiting in a small white room. They were both pretty good.

One of Jacob's favorite things to eat is dry pasta. I tell him I will cook it for him but he likes the crunch I guess. The other day he even got a pot out and put some in it. I really had to laugh when it was nap time and he took his box of dry pasta and put a little pile of it on his pillow for a snack.

We fed the ducks the other day and Jacob would throw a popcorn to the ducks and put 2 in his mouth. He kept that up until he was full. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for taking the boys fishing and to feed the ducks while we were down last time.

My 2 adorable boys!!! Dallin wouldn't tuck his shirt in and Jacob's wouldn't stay tucked in at church. They both look so cute I think!!

Jacob is just like his brother Dallin. He loves to push cars and trucks around everywhere.

Hannah Nicole

I can't believe our Hannah Nicole is already 17 months. One more month and it's nursery time at church- wahoo!! She is getting bigger and bigger by the minute and I still remember my little 5 lb 14 oz little girl at birth. It's a good thing another girl is coming along soon! Hannah is a mommy's girl right now but still loves her daddy. She knows she has daddy wrapped around her finger and always will. We love this girl so much and love her cute, sweet personality!!


This is one of Hannah's favorite things to do. She pulls a toy out one at a time and puts it on the ground. She will do this for awhile so all the toys are around her. The best part is she loves to pick them up and put them away.

Hannah loves to smile and loves to put her necklaces on and wear them all day long.

It had been a long morning with 2 doctor visits. I was so jealous Hannah got to sleep. I needed a nap too.

Hannah was loving snuggling time with Daddy. Both were tired and ready for bed.

Hannah gets some crazy hair sometimes- can you tell? She will get up in the morning and her hair will be everywhere. I brush it but it doesn't usually help. She has Ryan's course thick hair with lots of curls. We love it anyway!!

This is another one of Hannah's favorite things to do. It's a much better workout with Hannah on Daddy's shoulders. She will whine and whine until Ryan will pick her up.

Snowflake Temple

Last week we were able to take our family to the Snowflake Temple. This is a goal of mine for the year- to take our family and visit the temple at least every other month if not more. It's a little harder with the temple being 50 min away one way but it's a tradition I want to do. The boys held my hands and we walked all the way around the temple. We talked about Jesus and Heavenly Father. The boys even went up and touched the temple. They thought that was neat. It was a great expereince with many more trips to come.

Elder Bednar

This last Sunday, we had stake conference. We found out we were getting a new stake presidency and Elder Bednar was coming to our small 3,000 people town. My reaction was mouth open wide and I looked at Ryan and said we will be back from Monster Jam. Elder Bednar is one of my favorites. We only have 1 session of stake conference at 10 am. We debated on staying home but we had an appointment we needed to be at and I know Ryan really wanted to go to Monster Jam with his dad. So, we did our things in the Valley and headed home at 10:45 Sat night. We have never traveled at night with our kids and they did awesome. It wasn't a big deal and they all transferred to their beds. Hannah and Jacob were awake as we pulled in, but snuggled in their own beds. Sunday was an amazing day. I can't even begin to describe how wonderful it was to be in the presence of someone so close to Heavenly Father. The spirit was so strong and I left on a spiritual high!!! Elder Bednar didn't shake hands after the meeting because of his travel plans but he walked right by me and was 2 feet away. It was an amazing experience I will never forget. It was worth the craziness of getting home at 2:20 am Sunday morning. In case you are wondering, Elder Bednar is just a little taller than me and wears very nice shoes!

Boys Will Be Boys

This last Christmas while Ryan was sick and throwing up we stayed home and Ryan's family went shooting. Dallin was so excited to go with Grandpa and shooting. Dallin had a blast and hit the bullseye 2 times!!!





This last Saturday Ryan got his Christmas present. He was so excited to go to Monster Jam with his dad. They both were little boys with excitement!! It was so cute to watch them be so excited.



I love my Boys!!!!!

Croup, Croup, and more Croup

What an exhausting week and a half we have had! A doctor awhile ago told me croup was not contagious. Well, it was contagious at our house last week. It started with Dallin- but he wasn't too bad, then went to Jacob which resulted in an ER run at 2 am (which isn't fun with the hospital 45 min away one way), then Hannah woke up the next night with it also. After we survived last week and getting many prescriptions, Hannah was very grumpy on Sunday so Monday morning I called the doctor and she has an ear infection. The next night was a pretty rough night and turns out Jacob has an ear infection. I think at this point I wanted to just cry. All I wanted was healthy kids again!!!! Today has been a good day with kiddos getting back to being happy. WHEWWWW!!!! Moral of the story- I really appreciate healthy kiddos! We have been pretty lucky but this last week and a half has exhausted me!!

Food Storage

I am so proud of our families effort this last year. Our goal for 2011 was to really work on our food storage. We had a little to start with but not much. We took our tax money and put that towards our food storage. We watched prices and did lots at the cannery and went to Walmart and Sams Club. We reached our goal of a 6 month supply for 5 adults. We probably have about a 7 month supply now. I am now working on recipes and learning all about rotating food so we can keep our food storage up to date. Our goal for 2012 is to keep up our 6 month supply and I want to learn all about canning so what we grow in our garden we can use down the road. Another goal for 2012, is to move onto step 4 of the Dave Ramsey plan. I love Dave Ramsey!! We have his book if anyone wants to borrow it- thanks Mark. You gotta love those New Year's Resolution. I try really hard to keep mine these days.


I am also proud of our shelves. Most of these items were bought with coupons!!! I LOVE couponing. I look forward to when the ads come out and I see what I can get a good deal on. You can't beat 75 cents to $1. 30 for a box of cereal. And you can't beat 50 cents per box of fruit by the foot and fruit snacks. Couponing has been a fun hobby for both Ryan and I. He usually helps me clip the coupons and is always amazed at what I can do at the stores. I LOVE Safeway these days!!! Hopefully I keep the enthusiasm for couponing this year also!!!

Life

Life is good at the Farr home! We have fun playing, learning, laughing, and loving one another! These are just a few pictures of our life lately!!


Our 3 beautiful kiddos!!!

Hannah didn't think shopping at Safeway was fun. She fell asleep on the cart. One day she will love shopping with me.

Our sweet Jacob we love!! I love his cute smile!!

Hannah loves our new stools!! She sat there just kicking her legs. It was so adorable to watch.

The boys wanted to make a sign. We waited until Ryan came home and the kids set to work. They had so much fun painting! And it wasn't as big a mess as I thought it would end up being.

Jacob is so funny- he sleeps like this sometime. I call it has praying position. He is gone in this picture. I guess it's comfy to him!

Dallin likes to read to Jacob! I love to listen to Dallin's story as he tells it.

Our Dallin we love so much!!!

The boys have so much fun playing together. They were helping each other with this ABC puzzle. Dallin was showing Jacob where to put his letters. It's so nice when they play so well together!

Jacob said he wanted all his friends by him so he went and got them all. Everything is better with your friends!

Hannah loves to sit on the boys bed and play! I love to watch her!

Just after we got home from Christmas, the boys found their Clifford dominoes Nana gave them. They were in heaven and love anything like that!!

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! Dallin and I are already counting down to when we can put Christmas up again, listen to Christmas music, and enjoy the spirit of Christmas!

The Thursday before Christmas, Dallin got up throwing up and threw up all morning long. It was a hard day for me putting all my efforts into not throwing up myself as I held Dallin over the toilet. I was sure glad when he was feeling better. Over the next week, we all got this stomach bug at one time or another except Jacob. He was lucky enough to not get it. I felt even worse when we got other families sick- sorry!

The next morning, the Friday before Christmas, Santa found our house some way- I didn't want to take presents down to the Valley to just bring them back.

Hannah's presents from Santa. SHe LOVES her alligator toy- what a great find.

Jacob's presents from Santa. He loves his cash register and other fun toys. Both boys got the Bugsby reading system which they love and already need new batteries for it.

Dallin's presents from Santa. He was so excited to see he got his cat piano and other fun things.
Overall Santa did very well this year and got everything on sale- I am proud of myself and the awesome deals I found- I mean- Santa found!!


We had lots of fun opening presents!!




Then, after the fun of Christmas we packed up all of our stuff and headed down to the Valley for a few days. Friday night most of the cousin's went to my parents house and we made gingerbread houses, ate pizza, and went to see the Temple lights. It was a fun night. Over the next several days we had lots of fun making memories with family! I love Christmas time and can't wait for next year!!