Awards and Celebrations

Ethan was honored yesterday at school and earned a scholarship award.  We are very proud of him!  All three boys have earned awards now and we are so pleased with how well they are doing.

Ashton and his class celebrated the 100th day of school yesterday with special hats, fruit loop necklaces and a visit from Zero the Hero (who is a superhero).  What a fun day!

Mother-Son Dessert

I spent last Wednesday with Ethan and Cameron at their Mother-Son dessert up at church.  How fun to spend the evening with them!  They both shared what they appreciate about me.  Ethan likes that I don't always make him clean his room and Cameron likes how I cheer him up when he's sad.  Very sweet!

A Hole in your Grin

Ashton lost his front tooth yesterday.  He looks so cute!  He got a dollar from the tooth fairy, even though he kind of wondered what all that was about.

For the Love of the Penguin

Ethan desperately wanted to have a Club Penguin (game website) account.  We thought doing some work for us might be in order so we made him a list.  Within a few hours, he had cleaned the bathrooms, vacuumed the floor, washed both cars, and much more!  We were very impressed!  I got some photos of him washing the cars.

Michael Jackson: Oh What an Experience!

"Beat it!  Just beat it, beat it, just beat it, ugh!"  Yep, I hear that around the house a lot these days.  Thank you Papa Ron and Grandma Suzanne for the cool new wii game!

Happy Birthday Ashton!

We celebrated Ashton's birthday on Saturday and went to Chuck E Cheese.  He had a great time!  Then on Sunday, we had a quiet birthday with presents and banana pancakes.  He is so happy to be 6!

"You're my best friend, Ethan"

These two played together right before bed and Ashton wanted him to sleep with him last night.

Snow!

Santa Clarita had snow Sunday night for the first time since 1989!  It was more than just a little, it actually was enough to make snowballs and a snowman!  The boys were thrilled and Grandma Bonnie and I liked watching it from inside.  What fun!

Cameron was able to make a snowball

Ethan and Cameron filled two boxes with snowballs. 
I wonder what their plans are.....



Our neighbor's snowman

Grandma Bonnie and Happy New Year!

Ethan is officially taller than Grandma Bonnie!

These are cold faces that say, "let's just go home."

Grandma Bonnie came into town just in time to celebrate the new year!  We spent New Years eve at Magic Mountain, showing her our favorite rides.  It was soooo cold!  We stayed long enough to show her the sky tower view and buy her a funnel cake.  Yum!  We barely made it to midnight and then got up early to watch the Rose Bowl Parade!

Cameron was our New Years Eve host,
displaying all of our hats, horns and necklaces

She helped Ethan out by creating a curtain for his room.  He was itching for just a bit more privacy and the new curtain keeps light and younger brothers out, sometimes.  :)

Ethan's curtain/door  :)

We ate out a few times, made cookies, and she helped me with little projects around the house that I'd wanted to get done.  We loved your visit Grandma Bonnie!  Come back soon!

Juggling Lessons

Cameron got juggling balls for Christmas and Derrik agreed  to teach him how to juggle.  I got a short video of their lesson tonight.

Christmas concert

Both Ethan and Cameron got paper jamz guitars for Christmas and Ashton got a new microphone.  So, it seemed like the perfect time for the band to put on a conert for us, don't you think?

Christmas Morning

True to our agreement, the boys did not wake us up until 6 a.m.  Unfortunately, they had been waking each other up starting around 4 a.m., just to let each other know it was almost time to get up.  Anyway, the boys ripped  through the presents and I did my best to capture the moments on camera as they happened so fast.  We enjoyed monkey bread for breakfast and played with our new toys all day! 



Cameron and his paper jamz guitar



Ethan is thrilled over his new MP3 player

Ashton's in love with Super Mario Wii!

Christmas Eve

On Christmas eve, the boys received their Christmas pajamas and we made hot chocolate and climbed in the car to go and look at lights.  The area that has the best lights includes about 30 minutes of stop-and-go traffic as people wait to drive through.  The boys got a tad antsy in the car, but it's always worth it.  Once we got home, we set out a snack for Santa and then went to bed!  The boys were not to wake us up until 6 a.m.!

Cameron's letter to Santa



Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Found this rainbow on our drive to Apple Valley on Sunday.

Rainy Holiday Sing-Along



Cameron the elf



Ashton singing in the rain



Ethan grinning on stage

We attended the school's annual holiday sing-along.  Unfortunately, it was raining (spitting) outside and the school has no building large enough to hold all the students, staff and parents.  So we stood in the rain and watched.  It didn't seem, though, that the kids even noticed!  They had a blast.  Cameron had a special part where he got to sing and dance as one of Santa's elves.  I caught a quick video of his part.  (He's in the brown jacket on the right side.)

Candlelight Christmas Concerts

Ethan and I performed at church's Candlelight Christmas concerts this last weekend.  He performed with his WOW choir and I performed with a quartet that assisted the choir and orchestra.  We did three performances over three days.  Whew!  But what a special honor to share the stage with my oldest son!

Ashton's award

Ashton received the "effort" award at school today.  We are so proud of him!

Settling the Parents in Apple Valley

The older Hubbards have officially relocated to Apple Valley and we headed over there last weekend to help them finish getting settled and helping them decorate their place for Christmas.  We love their new little house and are so excited for them!

Decorating the new tree

Ashton using the stockings as "stockings"

A finished sleigh before it collapsed

Creating gingerbread "sleighs"

Ashton eating too much frosting

The older boys enjoying the path behind the house

Ashton's our New Cleaning Guy

 Ashton got an itch to do some cleaning for us last week.  He stood at the sink for a long time and "washed" some dishes and then decided to use my dish brush to scrub the floor.  We all got a good laugh (and wet socks!) watching his determination.