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."

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Costa Rica

In July, Cody and I went to Costa Rica with our friends Crystal and Jason Thiriot. Crystal's brother Greg and his wife Miki went too. Crystal planned the trip and booked all the hotels and adventures. She did a great job and we had a great time.

Our first stop was La Fortuna. This was the bungalow we stayed in. Costa Rica is very tropical and has beautiful vegetation.

This was the view from the front porch of our bungalow. That mountain covered in clouds is actually the Arenal volcano.

This is what it looks like when the clouds and gases clear away. This is what it looks like when it is erupting! It is an active volcano and we could hear it erupting while we were in La Fortuna and Monte Verde. It sounds like thunder.

Because there is an active volcano, La Fortuna has hot springs. On our first day in Costa Rica, we went to the Baldi Hot Springs to relax and have some fun on the water slides.

This is a park in the center of La Fortuna. You can see the volcano in the background.

Our first adventure was whitewater rafting on the Rio Toro in Class III and IV rapids. I think everyone agreed it was the funnest part of our trip.

Cody and I shared a raft with Greg and Miki. We had a tiny little Costa Rican guide in the back who told us what to do. He was a slave driver!

These rapids look bigger from the raft.

This is the part where we all fall in. I blame Greg. He didn't eat enough tipico for breakfast.

Here we go!

High side right! High side right! Our guide was the only one who stayed in the boat. He pulled the rest of us back in. Even Greg who outweighed him by at least 100 lbs. Our next adventure was canyoneering. It involves hiking down canyons and repelling down waterfalls. It was really fun too, in a heart-pumping, I-don't-want-to-die sort of way.

This is Jason coming down the first big repel. It was 180 feet. He's about half-way down in this photo.

Me on the 180 footer.

I made it!

Crystal's turn!

Cody didn't even act one tiny bit nervous.

Cody at the bottom of the 180 footer. This is where we had to jump off a small waterfall into a pool at the bottom.

So refreshing. I think I was wet about 70% of the time I was in Costa Rica. And I had zero good hair days. Here goes Cody. Here is Cody with our guide Diego. Yes, his name really is Diego. (My twins love the show Go!Diego,Go!) Cody's about to go off the 200 foot repel.

200 feet is a LONG way down.

My turn!

In this photo, Crystal is doing the scariest part, which is leaning back off the platform. Here she goes! If you look really close you can see the tiny guy down at the bottom.

We left La Fortuna and headed to Monte Verde. This is a video of the crazy drive from Lake Arenal to Monte Verde. The roads in Costa Rica are very windy, steep, muddy, and narrow. Wait, did I say bumpy? They are bumpy too. And, we had the worst driver in Central America.

This is where we stayed in Monte Verde. It was even more beautiful than La Fortuna. It's up higher in the mountains. You can't really tell, but in this photo there are monkeys running across the hotel roof.

This is Miki and I walking back from a delicious italian dinner at the second best restaurant in Costa Rica.

I think this restaurant was called La Marquez. It was a seafood place.

We did a little rain forest hiking in Monte Verde. It's very rainy in a rain forest. Hence the name.

Here we are about to start our canopy tour. It's a zip line above the rain forest. It was sooo fun. You stand on a platform high up in a giant tree, and then whoosh, you disappear into the mist. On our canopy tour there was a tarzan swing. This is Miki. She was a little nervous.

Cody's turn.

Our next stop was a beach town called Manuel Antonio. It had beautiful beaches and a National Park full of monkeys, sloths, and other strange creatures.

We did a little boogie boarding. This is Escondido Beach, which means Hidden Beach.We spent the better part of a morning hiking to it. It was beautiful.

I celebrated my 25th birthday (again) in Costa Rica. This was taken at my b-day dinner. We ate at the first best restaurant in Costa Rica which was conveniently located across the street from our condo. It was a sushi place with the world's best teriyaki salmon, and teriyaki chicken.

The walk from our condo to the beach.

The farewell photo. We didn't want to leave our little paradise. Thanks Crystal for planning an amazing trip! And thank you to the two Super Grandmas who watched our boys so we could go.

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).