Purcell Family

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Great to be Eight!

Dallin had a lot of fun on his 8th birthday. We had a lego party. It was some wild fun!

Dallin was sooo excited for this whip cream game. A lego mini figure was burried in the whip cream which they had to retreive with mouths. I was surprised he wanted to include it because getting messy drives him nuts. It was hillarious to watch him!

While others dug in, Dallin carefully licked his way to the lego guy.

Ben was the first to find his.

Cole enjoyed the mess

Better grab a napkin Dallin, you have a little something on your chin!

The boys did a scavenger hunt around the neighborhood, collecting lego pieces at each stop. It ended with instructions on how to build a lego racer. They had a blast.

In all the madness I forgot to get a picture of them racing their newly built cars down a ramp I created - thanks to Sams Club

Thanks for all the fun gifts!

Dallin and Joseph

Logan, Dallin, and Kyle

A fun lego ceiling down the stair case

Family Party

He got to go to cub scouts on his birthday. He had so much fun, and is LOVING scouts! Thanks Grandma Jeanne for the shirt!

A neat baptism book from aunt Heidi!

Dallin, you are such a fun part of our family. We are so happy to have you! Happy Birthday big guy! We love you!

Sunday, March 13, 2011

"ON"

I think I've said before, Jared loves putting things on. He is always bringing me things and saying, "on, on." Although, he has gotten pretty good at putting some things on himself. I decided to start taking pictures of all that he puts on!

He's always asking to go outside. I'm never quick enough to get him dressed up.

All decked out to play with playdough!

Isaac's shoes, mom's shoes.

Hats and headbands

He had to cowboy up to brush his teeth.

When Jared put this hat on Landen said, "Look mom Jared looks like Grandpa King!"

He fished his old burb cloths out of his dresser and wanted to put it "on."

Monday, February 14, 2011

You know you live in Michigan if...

You are excited for the following week when the weather will warm up to 32 degrees

You consider calling 911 when the furnace isn't working to its full potential

You're eventually forced to just love the snow

(Landen last February)

Your 6 year old is an expert snow cave builder (sorry no picture available).

Your 8 year old asks if he can sleep in it! Noting that it's probably the same temperature as the sheets in his bed...since the funace isn't working.
Your baby's first words are "cold" and "snow"

(My video of Jared would not upload...I'll try to get one soon)

Every February you find yourself researching job openings in Arizona.

Happy Valentines Day!

This picture pretty much sums up how we have spent winter. Including Valentines Day. Sorry, no Xs and Os from us!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Our Finished Basement!

We have been loving life with our new basement. I didn't get pictures of what it looked liked when we moved in so you'll have to use your imagination. Basically it was a big cement block with a stair case in the middle. The windows were tiny and black - couldn't see out of them.

I took this picture when we were getting excited...just about to hang the dry wall. This is the soon to be family room with a partial wall in the middle to separate a toy room. And new windows!

The frames to two rooms: laundry and toy room

The family room and toy room

Here, I'm standing in the family room looking back at the stairs. The door at the end of the stairs is an unfinished storage room. The door to the right is the unfinished laundry room.