Mr. B - The little stud muffin! Ü

Bryson's teacher asked for a picture of him for her lesson today and we didn't really have any recent one of him so we decided to take some, and I like them so much I thought I would post them here, so you can see how handsome he is! Ü Ya ok, so I'm prejudice! But aren't these cute?!

This is the smile of a kid who just got his report card and once again managed to get straight A's! Whooo hooo! Way to go Mr. B

Whoa! You should have seen the HUGE stump they removed from someones yard Saturday for a service project! What a stud! I'm thinking he is half super hero after seeing THAT big thing! Ü He is soooo good to go help with stuff like that! His favorite thing to do is to go help people move! Can you say future EQP! Ü

This is usually the look I get when I try to ring his bell signaling the start of school!! Ü But hey If YOU had a chair like THAT to sit in at school wouldn't YOU want to go?!? Ü He is wearing his favorite hoodie that Brock and Aryann gave him for Christmas! He Loves that thing!

This is the look of the New Councilor in the Teachers Quorum! Which he got called to today! Ü CHA! He loves going to those meetings! But hey, when there are only three kids in your class, you are bound to have to go to meetings sometime right?! Ü

Awwww, just a boy and his dawg! Look they kinda got the same sticking up hair and the same goofy grin on their face! It IS true that owners start looking like their pets!! Ü Ü Ü

Look at those gorgeous green eyes and all those sun kissed freckles! I think I'll keep him! Ü

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!

Once again John's Sisters spoiled him for his birthday! They always think of the funnest and most thoughtful gifts, and this year was no different! WOW!

As you know, John's dad passed away when he was only two years old, his mom used to tell me that he was just like him though--So all I can say is that he must have been a wonderful person, cuz that is what John is! Anyway, this year for John's birthday his Sister Carm gave up something very precious to her to pass it along to John, and that was and old stapler, a calendar, and a hole punch that used to belong to his father! He used them and had then on HIS desk for years! Now that John has a desk of his own, His sisters thought those would be a good thing to pass down to him! OH MY! What sweethearts! They really do love their brother! That was the most thoughtful gift and we were both soooo touched by it! I confess, I already knew they were coming because Carm had told me to watch for them, and the minute John started opening the box I got tears in my eyes, knowing how precious those things would be to HIM too! I felt like his dad came right out of that box with those things and gave John a big Birthday hug! I know that he is proud of him and that his dad AND his mom are on the other side always watching over him! Anyway, those things are now sitting proudly on John's desk and bring sweet memories of his dad every time he looks at them! What a wonderful gift!


Here is John reading his birthday cards, his sisters also gave him money to go towards book shelves that we will also put in his office..........


....And they gave him the DVD of Glenn Beck's where he is telling his story, about the Christmas Sweater! Oh my, that was soooooo good! We are BOTH excited to get that! Ü Here, he is just reading about it because they had to order it and it is still going to take two months! That's ok, it's worth the wait! Ü

I just realized.....what an appropriate Shirt John is wearing for this occasion! Cuz everything WAS "WAY COOL"!!! Ü What a Great Birthday! I love you John, and hope that we get to celebrate 50 MORE birthdays together! Ü

Have you ever seen a ONE hole paper punch? Well you are seeing one now! Is this cool or what?!


Here are all three of tools Carm sent to John, the stapler, the Calendar, and the hole punch!

This is sooo cool! I am not sure how old they are but I am guessing at LEAST 70 years, maybe more! This reminds me of an old flat iron that you have to put in fire to heat up! I LOVE this little thing it's so cute!

And here is the perpetual calendar set on John's birthday! Happy Birthday John, Love Dad! Ü Isn't this the coolest!?!? Yes! It still works, perfectly!

Here is the stapler! This WOULD work if we could find staples for it, but it seems to be to narrow for the staples they make today! Bummer! It still looks cool though, it reminds me of the staplers my teachers used to have on their desks! Dang am I THAT old!?!

The extra bedroom goes "Office Space"!

Well here is a project we have been working on for a LONG time! But over the Christmas Break John had some time off also, soooooo we got to painting our extra bedroom to turn it into an office for John! Yipee!!! I get my dinning room back!!! Boy is THAT ever nice! So check out the new room!

No there is NOT a blue stripe around the middle! That is painters tape protecting the chair rail! UGH painting ceilings is the worst! good thing John is tall enough that he doesn't need a ladder! The ceilings were ALL his!! Ü

As usually Zoe has to be right in the middle of everything, poor little thing thinks she is helping! UGH! How do we break it to her!?! Ü She is so sweet though, we welcome the help she gives, MOST of the time! Ü

Now Mr. B on the other hand---we welcome his help ANY and ALL times we can get it! Which is not that often! But when he does help he always does a good job! Notice he got dressed in his best tuxedo to do the job right! Ü gotta love that T-shirt! Ü

And here is the office, the paint job all done, the desk in, and the CEO is in! Ü I really need to see about getting him some better clothes! He might have a hard time getting ANYONE to listen to him in those old things!! Ü Course that is MY favorite thing to see him in! His REAL work clothes!! HAAA HAA!! Ü

Christmas 2008!

We had a great Christmas this year! We kept it simple and tried to keep it stress free, It worked pretty much and we just had a good time doing things together! We had a BLAST doing the 12 days of Christmas for Three families in our ward! That had to be the highlight of our Christmas! It is always funner to do something for someone else, and we enjoyed every minute of that! Bryson is the master at the "Ring and Run"!! Even when it is snowing and got pretty slick, he managed to hang on and hightail it outta there before he ever got caught! It was sooo fun! We will definitely have to do that again!

Ahhhh, the anticipation of Christmas morning, we always make Bryson wait on the stairs while we go turn on the Christmas music and lights and it about kills him! Ü Hee hee, Sweet torture!!

He got a radio controlled Monster Truck! Monster trucks are what he is into these days, so he LOVED it! Can ya tell by that goofy grin? Ü

Johns sisters spoil us rotten, we got this really cool ice-cream maker that does not even use salt! It is all electric and you just freeze the bowl before you start! How cool is that! We also got a gift certificate that we were able to go get some things that we have been needing, OH AND! We got this REALLY cool 1830's replica of the Book of Mormon! It has no chapter and verse! It is fabulous! We loved All our gifts! We have some wonderful family! They are all so good to us!

The Nelson's Gave Bryson some way cool, old times games that are really fun! (The old ones always are!) this set has "Pick up Sticks", "Domino's", and "Jax's" I used to play those all the time as a kid so it was fun for me to show him how to do all that!

Bryson LOVES pocket knifes and the Hendricks gave him these cool ones that have wolves on them, he LOVED them!! Such a spoiled kid! Ü

By the time Hunter got to our house he was pretty much an expert at opening presents!

It was so fun watching him and the expressions he would get! Just watching him gives this grandma a lot of joy! Ü He is just too cute!

Awwwww, They boy DOES love cars!! Yup! he is ALL boy! I LOVE to watch him stand at the couch and drive his little cars all over it, My brother Steven, used to do that for HOURS! I think every boy must do that! Ü

Hunter is trying his hand at one of our new games! "Say it" It's really fun! I think Hunter just liked the lights and sounds it made! Ü

Here are the kids playing another new game we got, "Cosmic Catch", that is fun too! You wear a colored wrist band and somehow the ball knows who is holding it! It gives out commands and you have to do what it says or you're out! Hunter is cheering them on, and notice who has to be RIGHT in the middle of everything! Ya! The short fluffy one! Ü It was so much fun having the kids over, we just enjoy every moment we get to spend with them! We had a Great Christmas! We are so blessed!

Mr. B is Bored!

YES! Mr. B is board! School is out for Christmas break and he is looking for something to do, Read on.............

..............As some of you know, we lost our beloved Gilda Goose a few years back! She was our watchdog goose that stood vigil on our porch for many years, but due to an unfortunate accident she lost her head in a violent windstorm AND she got a big hole in her left wing when she skidded across the cement! It was awful and we mourned her something awful! But I have to tell you she was THEE best dressed goose this side of the Mississippi and she always seemed proud to stand her post! But ever since her accident we have just not been able to bring ourselves to get rid of her pimped out wardrobe! WELL, Mr. B found those clothes in a closet he was cleaning out, (That will teach him never to tell ME he is board! Ü) and he gets this bright idea that they will look great on Zoe! I mean she IS about the same size as our Gilda was! Soooo, the resulting pictures are Mr. B's hay day with Zoe's fashion show debut! Ü I wish I had a movie of her running around in these outfits cuz THAT was hysterical!! She did have a few problems with some of the outfits because it seems that our little Zoe has a MUCH bigger head than our Gilda did, so getting some of the outfits over her head were impossible! An I took mercy on the poor girl and only took pictures of these two outfits, but oh my!!! Check it out.......

Zoe in a swimsuit! Her little boobies are actually a bit lower, and she has SIX of them but this is an ok cover up! Ü To bad the matching inner tube wouldn't fit over her head!

Doncha, love the hat?!? Ü Oh boy! Doesn't she look happy!

Here she is all dressed up for the holidays! The hat looks like it was made for a pin head--oh ya, Gilda pretty much DID have a pin head! but it still looks cute on her! Ü

Zoe didn't mind this one so much, she was pretty cozy in Mr. B's Santa hat! She'd pretty much had it with the fashion show!

SNOW! In vegas!! NO REALLY!!

Yes! We actually had Snow here in December! Some places like Henderson got a LOT of snow, they actually had to Shovel snow out of there driveways and stuff! We just got a little on our end of town, but it was enough to stick! Mr. B's snowball was pretty weak but it was a genuine snowball none the less!! Ü That silly boy thought he was going to throw it at me! HA! I got him first! To bad it was so dark, (Well it WAS nighttime!) we could have gotten some good pictures! But as you will see in the next batch of pictures, the nighttime is the ONLY time the snow stayed at our house! *big sigh*

HAA HAA!! YES! This IS a snowman! A short one, but it IS a snowman made from the snow on the trampoline! I know all you Utah and Idaho people are thinking this is a pretty pathetic snowman but it was quite the deal for us! Ü

As you can see the trampoline didn't quite get covered all the way, it was a very wet snow so right in the middle it was more of a puddle, or as you can see in the next picture..........

...Mr. B named it the Black hole!! Ü Very fitting indeed!

Zoe was absolutely LOVING the snow! It was stinking freezing outside and she was running through it like.....well, like a pup in the snow! Ü Silly dog! She HATES to go out in the cold to go potty but she was running and playing in the snow like she had just got a bone for Christmas! It was so funny to watch her! Ü

Where'd The Snow Go?

And this is what it looked like the next day! The sun was shining and the snow was all gone! WHAAA! But it was fun while it lasted!

My What big eyes you have!! Ü

Hunter and Zoe had a blast playing on the Warm mat of the trampoline! I think Zoe is dancing! Ü

Graduation day is FINALLY here! Ü

Before Graduation began, I actually got all the Aird men in one spot! What handsome little devils! Ü

Brock and Aryann before the ceremonies begin! OH the anticipation of goal well done! Ü

Hunter is checking everything out before it starts, and is wondering why his mom and dad are sitting so far away! He likes Grandpa Campbell though, and as long as he has his blanket everything is cool! Ü

And here they are.....the 2008 Graduating Class of Las Vegas' Newest RN's! Whooo hoooo!! Ü Brock is the first one on the front row, far left, sitting down behind the podium!

How Cool was this that Brock got nominated by his peers to be the Master of Ceremonies! He did a GREAT job! I guess having leadership positions on your mission helps with this kind of stuff! Ü It seemed like a piece of cake for him! Ü Way to go Son!

The Pinning!

What and exciting moment to be able to be rewarded for all your hard work, and to have the love of your life be able to walk with you is even better!


Getting a moment to relish in the accomplishment as they say a few thank you's! What a fun night!



Finally The pinning! I think Aryann endured just as much as Brock did going through school, she is the one that held down the fort and supported him every step of the way! It was very fitting that she be the one to get to do the Pinning! She really takes care of Brock! They BOTH worked hard and justly deserve this moment of recognition! As you can see by Aryann's tummy, Hope is starting to make her appearance! (Finally Ü) Lucky girl she got to walk with her daddy too! I think Hunter was a little jealous! Ü