What's up Squire???

So I'm sure all three of you that read my blog are wondering, "what's up with the Squire's?" If you haven't been thinking that you get to find out anyway, November is always a busy month for our little family. Here are just some of the things we have been up to...

Talking to grandma and grandpa Light weekly on skype...

Putting up the Christmas tree...
Travis is tall enough to decorate the top of the tree this year. I just sat back and took picture's...

They did a great job, don't you think?

We had strep and we all are still trying to get over a bad cold... Ben's mask they gave him at the doctor's office, They told him he had to wear it why he was there. He wouldn't let us take it off for a day when he finally got sick of wearing it.

The little boys had

a little fun dressing up in their big brothers clothes they were getting rid of.

We had Travis' 14 birthday... (yes this is what it is like living with him)

We had Jake's 8 birthday, all he wanted was a zu zu pet, he loves it, the rest of us want to break it!!

He got a great remote control car. Instead of me getting up at 3:00 am on black Friday for Christmas shopping I got up for a birthday present. Thanks Sheri for a great idea, I got it for $7 bucks which in the next picture I'm thankful that is all I spent on it.

First day is got it he ran it into the chair and the top came off, I guess for a cheap toy I shouldn't be upset. Anyway he fixed it only in a way Jake can TAPE. It still works just fine!! (cheap toy)

Of course a birthday isn't a birthday without cake... I had just fixed Thanksgiving dinner for the Squire Family I just didn't want to bake a cake. He liked it anyway!

We took the kids on the North Pole express. Would you believe that 2 days after spending the money on the tickets, we found out that Josh had a special invite to go to Sweden next year to the world wide scout jamboree. We had to have a deposit put on it by the 1st of December, in the exact amount as we spent on the North Pole express. There is only 30-36 people picked to go from Utah, it was a great honor for him to be picked.

Travis enjoying his hot chocolate, it was a warm 2 degree's when we went...

Josh, Meg, and Jake getting ready to sing Christmas carols...

Ben being shy, ya right like Ben has ever been shy!!

Santa boring our train car... We made it to the North Pole!!

The train car we went to the North Pole in...

Next blog all about Jake's baptism our house is getting very excited for this special little boys big day!!

My Boys...

This weekend Travis turned 14, I can't believe how big my baby boys are getting. I thought it was crazy to have two deacon's, now I have two teacher's. I love my boys, they are really great young men. They have blessed our home with their beautiful spirits and they teach me more than I teach them some days. So to mark mom's sappy day, on Travis' birthday we took some picture's to mark our love and growth in every way with each other! Josh 15, mom age unknown, Travis 14...

Reality check for me...

Me wishing I was still taller than Travis, just one more sign of my family growing up...
(I stood on the top of the hill)

Putting up the Christmas Lights...

This past weekend was such nice weather we thought ok lets put up the Christmas lights. So up to the roof Lynn went. Well you know that ladder is very tempting to a 7 and 4 year old boy. So up the ladder they went, one step at a time. After telling them no get off for the next hour they made it, slowly and sneaky. So what can a mother do? Take pictures of course...

So we start one step at a time...

Then we climb up a little more... (at this point they stopped listening to me)
We almost made it to bad mom made us stop...

I think if I didn't yell at them they would have been on the roof helping dad, mom what a spoiler of all fun!!!

I'm half way there...

So today I made it to my half way point with my Christmas shopping! I am getting happier and happier by the moment. Just thinking about being done is a great thing. With two birthdays and a baptism to plan, plus this year I am making my own Thanksgiving dinner all within the next month the thought of having my Christmas shopping done is great. Now I can just enjoy my holiday season, and putting up the Christmas tree I promised my little guys I would put up (don't let them know, but I really enjoy that part of the holiday).

Funny Story...

So here we are another Halloween come and gone, and now it's time for the Holidays. One trick or treat story to tell. Ben my four year old was really into trick or treating the year, to bad it down poured on him. Well when the rain did stop Ben started, started what you say? Negotiating for the candy he wanted. He would talk to the people when they answered the door, he would start with, "Here's the deal, I don't like this candy so if I give this back to you I will take these instead because I like these candies". Lynn was the one taking them around because well let's face it I wasn't going out in the rain. Ben got so chatty he would spend five minutes at each door visiting with the neighbors, the rest of the kids got tried and they ended up not going to all the neighborhood but coming home. Don't worry Ben got plenty of the candy he wanted!! Yesterday at church I had so many people come up laughing, they couldn't believe a little four year old could negotiate so well. They loved it!!!