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 12, 2009

Halloween 2009

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Down on the Farm

We spent Halloween at Grandma's house. While we were there, we stopped by Staheli Farms for some farmy fun.

Our first adventure was the corn maze.

We broke most of the corn maze rules including the no throwing corn rule...

and the no cutting through the corn rule.

But, we did manage to find our way to the end of the easy maze even though we were lost most of the time (hence the cutting through the corn).

Next, we checked out the playground complete with horsey swings...

...and slides...

...that ended in a pile of corn.

There was a petting zoo...

...and a cow train pulled by a tractor.

Finally, we went to the pumpkin patch to find the best over-priced pumpkins Grandma's money could buy.

E-I-E-I-O!

October Track Break

Aiden and Parks had the entire month of October off for track break. October is my favorite time of year because it's finally cool enough to play outside and it's the beginning of all the holiday fun. I tried to keep the kids busy with Halloween crafts. Thank goodness for Family Fun Magazine.

This is the haunted house project.

It turned out really cute, but for some reason I forgot to take a picture of the finished product. Trust me, it was SPOOKtacular!

We also made origami bats, miniature mummies, and new ornaments for our Halloween tree. We must have listened to Wee Sing for Halloween at least 50 times. I had a fun track break. I hope my boys did too.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Aiden's Beachy Birthday

Aiden requested a trip to the beach for his birthday this year and since the twins have never been to the ocean before, it sounded like a good idea to me.

We packed up and headed to Newport Beach, my dad's old stomping ground.

We found a dead baby stingray. AWESOME!

We did a little shell collecting.

We turned Aiden into a mermaid.

Parks did a little sand castle building.

We got a little sand between our toes.

We took the beautiful Maddison with us.

Doesn't she look like a beachy kind of girl?

We stopped at Downtown Disney so Aiden could spend his birthday money at the Lego store.

That is one BIG giraffe!

I think everyone had a great time. Happy Birthday Aiden!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

The Twins Turn 4

Drew and Garrett turned four years old in September.

They were soooo excited for their birthday party.

It was such a fun party. The slip-n-slide was a big hit. Go Drew!

Go Garrett!

The water-balloons were fun, too.

A big blue bucket of water balloons sure doesn't last long with a bunch of little boys around.

Garrett's green cake.

And a blue cake for Drew.

Cute friends L to R: Ben, Drew, Josh, Garrett, Ryan, and Carter.

I can't believe my babies are four!

Friday, September 18, 2009

Flowers

We were stopped at a busy intersection on our way to the library one day and Garrett said, "Mommy, yet me out!" He was frantic. I was totally confused. "See dose orange flowers? I hafta pick one!" I tried to explain to his little three-year-old mind that there was no way I was letting him out of the car at a red light to cross four lanes of oncoming traffic to pick a flower. He of course started to cry. Then he said, "But you yuv flowers," and I started to cry. He wanted to cross four lanes of oncoming traffic to pick a flower for me.

When I told Cody what happened, he hatched a plan to take Garrett to the store to buy me some flowers. These are the flowers he and Drew picked out for me. They were so proud!

Thank you Garrett!

Back to School

After a long two week vacation, Aiden and Parks headed back to school on August 24th. Aiden started 4th grade (!) and Parks 2nd grade. My kids have year-round school which is why their summer break was so short. But don't feel too sorry for them. They get the whole month of October off!

The Nobles