BEAST

 My husband is a beast....literally. :)  On December 8th, Brock went to Glen Rose, TX along with other family and friends to participate in a Spartan Beast race.  It was over 13 miles long with about 30 obstacles. Apparently there are 3 races total, and these guys chose the hardest one to start with!  Brock loved it, and I'm pretty sure they are all planning another one for the summer!  Here are some fun pics from the race for you to enjoy...

Daniel, Clint and Brock

These guys stuck together

The whole Spartan crew

Michael, Daniel, Nephi, Christopher, Andrew, Jason

Clint, Brock

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Spirited Wishes Christmas Card

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Luke's 1st Haircut

Luke has been my hairiest baby so far.  And I know that sounds bad, but it's a good thing in this family!!  He had quite a bit of hair to start with and actually kept it!  The other two started out with hair but then lost it and it took FOREVER for them to grow any!  I knew his hair was getting really long, but I just couldn't bring myself to cut it.  I knew he would look like a toddler and not my little baby anymore!

(Before)

This is his actual birthday.  I tried to find a pic that showed just how long his hair had gotten. 

11/18/12 

Please excuse the boxes in the background.  One day we will finally be moved in completely. 

Brock is the barber in our family.  He does a good job, don't ya think?

(After)

Now I can see those beautiful blue eyes!

Also, we took Luke to the doctor for his year checkup.  He is 24 lbs and 32" tall.

Happy 1st Birthday, Luke!

Luke turned one on November 1st!  We waited for Nana to be here to celebrate his birthday.  We just had a small family cupcake party.  It was fun, and I think Luke really enjoyed his cupcake and animals.

We love this cute little smiley boy!  He is becoming very adventuresome and loves to get into the pantry!  Any time he sees the front or back door open he runs to it and tries to escape outside.  He loves being outside.  He climbs on everything.  I have to make sure the kitchen chairs are tucked under the table or I find Luke has climbed on to them on to the table.  Happy birthday, Luke!

Happy Halloween!!!

Family Home Evening "Jack-a-lan"

For Family Home Evening on Monday night we carved a jack-o-lantern!  I bought the pumpkin on Saturday night and all up until Monday night Brek asked and asked and asked when we were going to cut the "jack-a-lan!"  I caught her a few times with her own knife trying to carve it herself...

Here is Daddy and the kids drawing the "silly" face for the pumpkin...

Luke was so good all night just climbing all over the couches while the kids helped with the pumpkin.

Somehow (Brek) during all of this Tyce got the idea that a witch was going to fly out of the pumpkin and come get them!  He was so scared to put his hand in it!  But he finally did!

Finished product!

After all of the Halloween and witches talk, Brek ended up sleeping with us that night!  I thought for sure it would have been Tyce!  I guess Brek scared herself!

Football Season

It's football season once again, but oh so different in the Payne family this year!  No Friday night high school football games and husbands who don't get to come home until 10 PM!  That part I love!!!!!  But I have to admit, I really miss seeing Coach Payne down on the sidelines coaching.  Now we get to watch college football at friends' houses and hang out with Daddy all of the time!  We love it!  Here are my football players!