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."

Friday, June 4, 2010

Memorial Day Weekend 2010

The boys and I headed to St. George a little early to catch my baby sister's graduation. Go class of 2010!

She got an awesome Electra bike from my mom and dad. I'm so jealous!

My boys discovered that they love snails. Luckily, Grandma has a whole herd of them living in her front planter. This is a custom snail house designed by Garrett and Drew.

Drew is obsessed with anything baby, so he had to have the smallest ones.

Garrett with his foaming snail.

On Saturday, we went to Red Cliffs for a picnic. I think they should rename it Reptile Cliffs. We saw sooooo many giant lizards. We even saw a snake chasing a lizard. Needless to say, the boys loved it.

The boys went swimming in the creek.

Aiden tried to catch a crawdad.

We found a Spoooooky Old Tree like the one from the Berenstain Bears book that my boys love.

None of them dared to go inside.

On Monday, we spent the day at Grandma Noble's cabin.

It was a fun weekend!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Pine Wood Derby 2010

Parks was so excited to race in his first Pine Wood Derby. He worked hard on his car and it turned out AWESOME. If I hadn't seen it, and I had to pick his car out of a line-up, I would know exactly which one was Parks's. It's so him.

Aiden chose a really simple and sleek design. Making this car was a little bittersweet for him because this is his last Pine Wood Derby.

Parks's car didn't place, but he took it really well. Daddy was a little disappointed. He really thought Parks's car would be faster than Aiden's. I was really proud of Parks's good sportsmanship.

Aiden took first place for our ward on the stake track so he qualified to race in the stake finals. And...

He won first place for the whole stake! Way to go Aiden! It was a great finish for his Pine Wood Derby career.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Parks turns eight!

Parks had a Harry Potter party with his friend Trey Little for his eighth birthday. Trey's mom Rachel and I had fun creating Hogwart's and coming up with fun ideas for the party.

This is the invitation. It looks just like the one Harry got from Hogwarts.

I made the invitations. I think they turned out pretty good.

The amazing cake. Rachel did an awesome job on the cake.

The guests. It was a boys only party and there were over twenty of them!

The "Quiditch Match". It was really more like broom hockey, but the boys loved it. The kids in the background at the table are at "Potions Class".

The presents.

The Birthday Wish.

The Birthday Boys.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Big Boy Beds

Drew and Garrett finally got their bunk beds!

Easter 2010

Garrett

Drew

Garrett on an egg hunt

Grandma and Drew

Let's go Daddy!

Aiden

Parks

Garrett

A tall Easter Bunny hid eggs at Grandma Noble's

Cort, Jaclyn and Gabrielle came for Easter

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Aiden meets an author!

Aiden and I are big fans of a book series called Fablehaven. The author is Brandon Mull and he was at the Deseret Book yesterday signing books. We waited 2 1/2 hours outside in the slightly chilly air and it was totally worth it. Can you see how happy Aiden was? I don't think I've ever seen him more excited. We recommend the Fablehaven series to everyone. They're awesome!

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Snow Day

Garrett and Drew are in a craft club. The moms take turns having playdates at our homes and we make crafts. In January we had so much snow that we decided to take the kids up on the mountain to play in it.

The boys had a great time rolling snowballs down a really steep hill. The snow was so sticky that you could see the snowballs getting bigger as they rolled down and they made tracks in the snow.

We made a cute snowman with a funny hairdo. It was fun to see all the snow people as we drove up the mountain. We even saw some snow bears.

Of course, you can't play in the snow without hot chocolate. It was such a beautiful day that we really didn't get cold. It was a perfect snow day.

The Nobles