Happy Birthday Eli!

Eli has turned 5!  My where has the time gone? Just yesterday, we took him home from the hospital and now he is building Legos, playing with action figures like Ironman and just plane loving life.  I made him an Ironman cake because he loves him.  After making the cake, I asked him how he liked it.  He told me "You didn't follow the instructions."  Oh, well, we ate a few minutes later and then opened presents, which were, you guessed it, Legos!  Happy Birthday Eli!

So Pretty!

Riley got a new dress and she loves it.  I dressed her for church and told her she was so pretty, so did Grandma, Nae-Nae and Daddy.  She knew she was so pretty, that she went into the bishop's office and told the bishopric, before church, that she was so pretty.  They were kind and agreed with her that she was so pretty.

Santa!

Eli and Riley got to see Santa at the ward Christmas Party.  Eli was excited because he knew this year that you ask Santa what you want for Christmas.  Of course, he asked for Legos. Riley was excited because Eli was excited and she wasn't afraid of him becuase he gives candy canes.  She didn't ask for anything in particular, except for the candy cane.

Side note: When Eli was two, he asked for socks and a donut.

Eli's an Angel?

I know what you are thinking.  Eli is an angel! Well he was in the Christmas pageant.  He may have looked like one, but he acted like a little boy who loves to be in front of everyone.  He danced on the stage when he was supposed to hold still (as seen in the picture), he kept waving at Mommy, stomping back and forth and walking too close to the edge of the stage.  He was entertaining to say the least.  Afterword, several member complimented him, holding a giggle.  One member said, when the Koyle's move, Grandma and Grandpa will have to find a way to keep Eli here because they enjoy watching him so much.
 

Baby Blessing for Carter

Our family got together at my brother's in-law's to celebrate the life of Carter, my nephew.  Our entire family minus Jared was there and so we had to take a picture.  I also had to take a few pictures of my kids.  Riley was done with pictures and I had to give her cheese to keep her interested.  As you can see, Eli was willing to force her.  He was ready to be done too and that is why his picture is blurry, but so cute and worth sharing. 

Flooded Out

Eli and Riley's room flooded from the washer hose coming unconnected. At first, we just had wet carpet and I when we told Eli about it, he had a great solution. "I know, you could get me rocket boots so that I could get across the wet carpet!"

Unfortunately, he won't be getting rocket boots and unfortunately, we had to rip out the carpet. We tried to make it fun for the kids, even though, their entire room is upside down. Eli got to sleep in a tent and Riley slept right next to him on her mattress. They took awhile to settle down because of the change, but eventually, they did settle down, right before Mommy and Daddy collapsed.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from the Koyle's!  Eli is a knight and Riley is a sheep.  She loves to watch a show called Shaun the Sheep and so we decided to make her a sheep for Halloween.  She learned to bleat pretty quick and when it was time to take it off, she didn't want to.  Of course, Eli adamantly refused to take his costume off, but we eventually did pry it off him.  The last picture below is the kids making faces and Eli laughing at Riley for her funny face.