Noble Family News

Quote of the Month

...for Jan '14

I told the kids that we were planning a trip to Brian Head to go tubing. Drew and Garrett got excited and said, "I love tubing!"

Then Lyndy got excited and said, "I love tooting!"

...for Jan '14

Our friends invited us to their house for a backyard bonfire. When Lyndy saw the sparks of the fire flying up into the sky she said, "Look at those fire bees!"

...for Nov '14

Words of wisdom from Lyndy: "It's fun to bite people, but we can't do it."

...for Aug '14

Lyndy discovered Veggie Tales one Sunday when she wanted to watch TV. That day she fell asleep in the car on the way home from church and as I carried her upstairs to put her in bed, she sleepily said to me, "The tomato's name is Bob," and then went right back to sleep.

...for Mar '14

Lyndy wakes up every day and takes her pajamas off in her crib. Her room is always freezing in the morning. You could hang meat in there. One morning I said to her, "Please don't take your jammies off when you wake up. It's too cold." She said, "I had to take my jammies off to see if there was a bug in my belly button."

...for Feb '14

Lyndy was eating something chocolatey at Target and said to me, "I like chocolate. It makes me feel happy!" I swear I've never said that to her before, even though chocolate makes me feel happy too!

...for Dec '12

Cody does this thing that his dad used to do to him when he was little. He asks one of the boys, "Have you ever seen a turkey peek over a log?" Then when they say no, he grabs a clump of hair on the back of their neck and pulls it up. I know, it's weird. One day Garrett decided to turn the tables on Cody, so he asked him, "Dad, have you ever seen a chicken pee over a log?" Cody was laughing so hard, Garrett could have easily pulled a clump of hair on the back of his neck...if only Cody had some hair to pull:)

...for March '12

My boys don't seem to like their P.E. teacher very much. I thought that would be their favorite class, so I asked Drew why he doesn't like P.E. and he told me, "Because Coach Gravely just watches us get tired." Oh...

...for June '11

Aiden is famous for asking random questions. Tonight he asked me, "What do you think would happen if you put chapstick on a lizard?"

...for April '10

It's starting to get a little hot in our house at night. Aiden came into my room a few nights ago mumbling and running his hands through his sweaty hair. He said, "I'm sweating like a muckdog." I wasn't sure I heard him right. I said, "You're sweating like a muckdog?" He said, "Yeah. What's a muckdog?" I just laughed. Then he said, "My room is so hot, you could bake a pie in my bed." I turned up the air and laughed myself to sleep.

...for December '09

While we were at Grandma's house for Christmas, Garrett was having a twin identity crisis. Every time he would come into a room he would say, "Hi, it's me, Garrett." One day he came into the kitchen and sat down next to Drew. He said to Grandma, "Hi Grandma. It's me, Garrett." Grandma said, "Hi Garrett. Why do you and Drew look alike?" He looked Drew up and down and then looked at himself and said, "Because we have the same shirts."

...for November '09

Garrett was outside riding a razor scooter. After about thirty minutes of nonstop scootering he said to me, "Mommy, my legs hurt." I said, "Are they tired?" He replied, "Yeah, they need a nap."

...for April '09

I did some Spring cleaning in Parks and Aiden's room. It must have looked really good because Aiden said, "Mom, did you used to be a professional maid? Because you really know how to clean." I had to laugh. I told him the only difference between me and a professional maid is that a maid gets paid and I don't.

...for March '09

Drew has been sick this weekend. He's had a really high fever and has felt really crummy. Garrett said to me yesterday, "Mom, I need to be a doctor when I get big." I said, "A doctor is a good thing to be. You can help sick kids." He said, "I need to make Drew feel better." Isn't that sweet? Since he said that, I've been letting him help me take care of Drew. We call him Dr. Garrett. I said today, "Drew has a fever. What should we do Dr. Garrett?" He thought about it for a second."Get some ice!" Maybe he really will be a doctor;)

...for March '09

I was washing Garrett's hands off with a warm washcloth and he told me it was too hot. I told him, "It's not hot. You're a loon." He said, "I'm not a yoon (he still says his L's like Y's), I'm an angel." Cody said, "Who told you that you are an angel?" He said, "Myself."

...for January '09

Garrett told me on the way to church a couple of weeks ago, "Mom, you're my girl."

...also for Jan '09

I was begging for kisses from Drew one day (I'm shameless, I do it all the time) and I was saying, "Give me a kiss." The kiss was granted. "Give me a hug." The hug was given. Then Parks pipes up from the kitchen table, "Give me screaming monkeys!" I didn't even know he was listening to my private conversation with Drew. It was classic Parks. Aiden and I were laughing so hard that I knocked a glass bowl out of the cupboard and it shattered into a million pieces.

...for December '08

I was discussing the concept of a stocking with Garrett.

G: Mom, wook at dose socks (pointing to the stockings hanging on the mantel.)

Me: Those aren't socks, they are stockings.

G: I wanna wear that one.

Me: We don't wear them. Santa fills them with goodies.

G turns to D and says: Santa fills the stockings with footies!

...for November '08

Grandma Noble made the kids helium balloons at her house one day. She tied them to their wrists, and Drew said, "My balloon is following me!" The next day when he woke up and saw his balloon wasn't floating anymore, he said, "My balloon is dead!"

...for October '08

One day when Parks walked into a room full of sweaty boys he said, "It smells like dog kisses in here."

...for October '08

Drew was standing in the kitchen today with his baby and his wooshee looking so cherubic and he says to me with his thumb hanging halfway out of his mouth, "Mommy, do you wuv me?" So of course I scooped him up and kissed the daylights out of him!

...for August '08

Aiden was reading Buzz, Buzz, Busy Bees to the twins and Garrett pointed to a yellow ladybug and said, "A yeyyow yadybug, yay!"

...for June '08

The last time Parks was sick, he said to me, "Mom, I feel like I swallowed a giant frog and it's jumping around inside my tummy."

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Halloween 2008

We got to spend Halloween at Grandma's house this year. She had some fun festivities planned for us. We started off with pumpkin carving...

Aiden's goblin pumpkin.

Drew's happy baby pumpkin. (This was his second, the first one was too scary)

Parks's vampire pumpkin (to match his costume).

Garrett and his cute baby pumpkin. Next we moved on to games...

Pin the face on the jack-o-lantern,

Pumpkin bowling (good form Garrett),

Bobbing for apples (Maddi was a champ at that, must be her big mouth),

Parks really got into it...

Then the traditional doughnut-on-a-string game,

Cheater, cheater doughnut eater...

Aiden getting fresh with his doughnut,

Cutie-pie Drew,

And Maddi is the champ once again (the big mouth advantage).

And finally...

the potato sack races.

Then came the Trick-or-Treating...

The twins had matching Thomas costumes

That's Aiden under that sheet....oooohhh!

And Parks the vampire stayed in character all night.

We had another fun Halloween! Can't wait to do it again next year!

Disneyland!

Aiden and Parks had the whole month of October off for track break, so Cody and I surprised them with a trip to Disneyland. Grandma watched the twins for us so we could make the most of our trip and spend some quality time with the big boys. We had so much fun! We got 2-day park hopper passes for Disneyland and California Adventures. The parks were decorated for Halloween, the weather was perfect, and there were hardly any lines to wait in. We almost didn't need the Dream Fast Passes they gave us at the end of the Buzz Lightyear ride. (That was so cool. The first ride we went on was the Buzz Lightyear ride. When we got off the ride some park employees were standing in the exit tunnel handing out Dream Fast Passes. They were fast passes to all the coolest rides in Disneyland and California Adventures. We were lucky to be in the right place at the right time.)

Every kid needs some mouse ears.

A turn on the teacups

A tired and happy boy on the merry-go-round after a long day of fun.

Before we left for home, we stopped at the beach. Parks and Aiden don't remember going to the beach in Florida, so it was like being there for the first time. They loved it. We even found a real live starfish under the pier!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Aiden's Backyard Birthday Campout

Aiden is way excited about his new Heelys.

Jake VanOrden loving the s'mores.

Parks does his happy S'more dance.

Nikos gets ready to roast some marshmallows

My camera was doing some crazy things around the campfire. That's Campbell being engulfed in "flames".

The weekend of Aiden's 9th Birthday was a three-day weekend for us, so we decided to have a backyard campout, and boy was it fun! We had a real campfire to roast weenies and s'mores. We played night games and kept the neighbors awake (just 'til 10:00). The boys slept in tents and Cody, my wonderful husband, slept on the trampoline to keep an eye on things. (Thanks babe). Parks said he's definitely having a campout for his b-day next year. I can't wait. That was the best birthday party we've ever had.

Garrett & Drew Start Preschool

My sweet babies started preschool on September 22. They were so excited to wear their backpacks "like big boys" and go to school at Carter's house. My friends Crystal, Alysia, and Susan Thiriot, and Candi Willhite and I are doing a preschool co-op where we take turns teaching in our homes. So far, it's been nice, but I haven't had a turn teaching yet!

Twins Turn Three!

Garrett and Drew turned three on September 20th. They had a playdate party with their friends Ryan Little and Carter Thiriot. Cody and I made a play kitchen for them out of the hutch my Grandpa Smith made for me when I was a little girl. They love it. They have a great time making brownies and spaghetti for me. The birthday party was on the 19th because on their actual b-day, we were at the Smith Family Reunion in Cedar Canyon.

My mom was in charge of keeping the kids entertained (which she's really good at) so there was plenty of fun stuff to do. (We told the twins the reunion was really their birthday party).

Garrett on the giant inflatable slide. Soooo fun!

Aiden and Parks make a necklace filled with colored sand.

Drew digs for treasure in the sawdust. Thanks Grandma for making the Reunion/Birthday party so much fun!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

The Incident at the Springs Preserve

I took my twins to the Springs Preserve one morning a couple of weeks ago. We hadn't even officially been admitted to the park when disaster struck. There is a little box canyon you can walk through on the way in and there is a stream running along the path. The boys loved it, of course, and they threw a few rocks in the water. Then we got to the head of the stream where there is a small waterfall with a pool at the bottom of it. I thought, "Oh great! A photo-op!" I had the boys sit on some rocks at the edge of the pool of water and took some cute photos.

Then I said these brilliant words, "Give each other a hug!" So they did. Can you tell from this next photo what happened immediately after?

If you guessed, "They fell in the pool," you win the prize. Luckily the pool was only as deep as a kids wading pool. I ran over and fished them out. Garrett was completely underwater with Drew on top of him. (I don't know how that happened.) They were both drenched and screaming. Luckily it was early enough in the morning that no one else was around. After I calmed them down I took more pictures for posterity.

Then I peeled each piece of their clothing off one by one and wrung them out. Then we went in the Preserve to spend a couple of hours because I did not drive all that way to be there for five minutes. I'm cruel I guess.

The Twins Learn to Pedal

Garrett (top) and Drew finally learned to pedal a tricycle. We figured out that the Thomas bikes they got for Christmas last year were the problem. Our family went to a BBQ at a friends house and they each got on the little Radio Flyer trike they had and just took off pedaling. When we got home, they got on their Thomas trikes and couldn't make them work. So, the bikes were defective, not the boys. I was starting to worry because Parks started pedaling a bike before he was two years old, and these boys were almost three and weren't even close. Once we figured out the problem, the Thomas trikes went to the D.I. and the boys got brand new Radio Flyer trikes which they absolutely love.

The Nobles