November

Alden has really been into building things especially during this month.  Every morning I would hear him going down stairs and would wonder what I would find when I went down, some things were quite elaborate using almost every toy, cushion, blanket, etc he could find while others were more simple. Most often he would say he built a house of some kind and would show me where all of the different rooms to the house.  Some of the other things included bridges, roads, tunnels, doors, jungle gyms, exercise things, beds, kitchens, buildings, homes for animals, boats, and just about anything he could think of.  (And more things then I could think of.) This is one of the days and part of his creation of a little town.  As you can see he was using the trains, blocks, and just got out the car things to add to it all.  The cushions had been used earlier and later became part of the town.

One of the weekends in November it rained for 2 straight days.  We hardly ever get rain let-a-lone for two days in a row.  Alden loved it! Even though it was fairly cold outside he stayed out basically all day.  Behind him you can see the chocolate ice cream he was working on.  He let all of our visitors that were coming later in the month that he had made them some ice cream for when they came. Calvin was the only one who actually ate the ice cream, or mud mush, and had a hard time understanding why we would not let him eat it after we caught him.  With how badly Calvin wanted to eat it, maybe it has some flavor after all. :)

This month also included lots of soccer games.  It was fun to see Alden get so involved and really start getting into the game.  Before he was more of a follower of the ball but would keep his distance, but in the last couple games he really got in there and hit the ball.  The picture above was right after one of his games we went to a Mormon Heritage Festival.  It was a lot of fun and educational for the boys to learn more about our heritage.

Visitors!!- 

For Thanksgiving we were greatly blessed to have some wonderful visitors.  We were all excited for weeks to have so much family in town.  The boys were especially excited to have not only their uncles Austen and Andrew whom they have become close to after our stay in Utah, but their Nevada cousins as well! It was a real treat to have everyone in our home. 

Playing duck duck goose with Austen and Andrew!

 Benson's baby blessing.  Everyone was able to stay through Sunday so they were here for Benson's blessing.  It was nice to have all of them here.

Singing some of our favorite songs with the cousins

Playing Sneaky Snacky Squirrel game

Playing outside on the swing set

While everyone was here we also took a trip to San Xaviors church.  There was a beautiful sunset that night.

Daddy reading stories at night.  Since I am often feeding or helping Benson, most nights the boys get Daddy as the person of pick to read them stories.

Baby Benson at one month

All of our boys in their shirts made by their Aunt Tara

Calvin is always asking to "hold baby".  

One of the nights in November Michael did a camp out in the back yard with the boys.  Alden absolutely loved it! Calvin didn't last long outside and ended up staying inside with Mommy and Benson.

Benson's first time swinging.  The boys love it when Benson comes outside with them and love it even more when they get to swing with him in the saucer swing.