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."

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

4th of July 2009

Cousins on Grandma Smith's porch.

Back row L to R: Emma Scott, McKayl Scott, Parks Noble, Libby Scott, Drew Noble, and Aiden Noble. Front row L to R: Garrett Noble, Sawyer Scott.

Climbing the apricot tree at our designated parade-watching spot on Main Street in Cedar City.

The twins kept their ears covered the ENTIRE parade. Does any kid like fire engine sirens?

Toss the candy already!

Jackpot!

Parks and Aiden

Garrett and Drew

Taking turns on Grandpa Smith's tire swing.

Cedar Mountain was beautiful this year.

Another swing! The twins did a lot of swinging on the 4th of July. Thanks Daddy for pushing us!

A meadow full of wildflowers is the perfect spot for taking pictures.

Aren't they adorable?

Back row L to R: McKayl Scott, Aiden Noble, Parks Noble, Emma Scott, and Libby Scott. Front row L to R: Garrett Noble, Drew Noble, and Noah Whitley.

Pine Wood Derby II

They did the Pine Wood Derby a little differently this year. Instead of doing individual ward derbies they did one big Stake Derby. Aiden did even better this year. He won second place in the Bear Division, and third place in the whole Stake! Congratulations Aiden (or should I say Cody).

Friday, May 29, 2009

Fun at Grandma's House

My kids are on track break so we spent some time at Grandma's house this week. We did a little slip-n-slidin'...

...a little hiking to see dinosaur tracks...

...and a little ditch swimming at the Town Square.

The summer fun is just beginning!

The Space Pod

Parks had a home building contest in his class at school. We made a space pod, the home of the future, complete with a space transporter. It's amazing what you can do with aluminum foil and a milk carton.

And... he won third place. Not too shabby Parks!

Pirate Campout, Aaargh!

This month has been so busy that I haven't had time to blog. Parks turned 7 on May 6th and so we celebrated with a Pirate Campout in our backyard. It was lots of pirate fun.

Pirates with pink Dora bandanas. Arrrgh!

King of the plank. (And you thought pool noodles were for sissys!)

Roasting scurvy dogs.

Glow stick light show.

Buried treasure!

Sunday, April 19, 2009

A White Easter

The Saturday before Easter, we awoke to a snowy wonderland. We stayed in Grandma Noble's cabin in Pine Valley. I was singing Steve Rodet style while I made pancakes for breakfast: "I'm dreaming of a white Easter, with every Easter Egg I find."

Snow is a rare treat for my kids. They had a great time making Grandma and Grandpa Snowman.

Nine-year-old boys love a good snowball fight.

Older kids do too.

Too precious.

Parks does not like to be cold so he didn't have as

much fun as the other kids. I finally got a smile

out of him when some snow slid off the roof and

onto his head.

We went on a snow hike to find the wild turkeys

that live near Grandma's cabin. We heard them

gobbling and found lots of foot prints, but we

never saw any of those rascals.

New Easter clothes. What handsome boys I have!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

The Tournament

Parks is now a Camo Belt in Taekwondo. He participated in his first tournament today and won a 3rd place trophy in sparring. He had to spar with a red belt. (A red belt is waaay more advanced than a Camo belt). Good job Parks! We're proud of you.

Sparring with a red belt.

Freeform Weapons

The Nobles