Camping... Kind of

Ok, so Noah really wanted to go camping, but at night, outside... way too cold. So we threw up the little pop-up play tent that we have and threw it up in the living room. Noah was so excited. He insisted that Justin sleep with him... even though there is no room at all! Before it was time to sleep I convinced Noah that Justin didn't need to sleep in there with him and we moved the tent to our room where Noah had so much fun sleeping the night away in his tent... all by himself. :)

Snow Trip

We went with the Phillips up to the snow. After trips like this, we know why we only VISIT the snow. After about an hour and a half we were ready to come home. :) Becky and Dennis brought hot chocolate for afterward, which really hit the spot.

Eli loved the snow, however the boys were ready to be done and ready to go home... we got our snow fix, and that was good enough.Becky and Dennis made this little snow man... It didn't last too long with Eli sitting there.My Boys!

Practice Pays Off

Ok, make sure to read the previous post and watch its video so that you are ready of this one. Elijah's practice has payed off! Instead of jumping in his bed, now he's jumping off the small table. :) Yeah... we definitely let boys be boys... they are great climbers and jumpers... which is bad for us now... but we're ok with that. :) Elijah was only 16 months old when this was taken... Noah is such a great example for him! lol.

Practice Practice

Elijah asked to be put in his bed... I actually caught him free-climbing from the outside and then he asked me to get in. So I put him in and he just started jumping all around... I guess this was just practice for his next stunt. Oh, and Erin told me that he wasn't saying "up" but rather "help." And since this I've heard both... and this is definitely "help." :)

Christmas Time... And a Special Tree

Because of "Trouble #2," and his wonderful ability to get into anything and everything... like markers; we decided to do something different for Christmas.
An Upside Down Christmas Tree! This sucker is impossible to water and a bit tricky to put presents under... Yeah, I'm just kidding... It is fake... no real tree for us this year... Which is kind of sad because we usually go up to Apple Hill to cut one down. So no apple fritters or apple pies or cider from Apple Hill yet! We'll have to make a trip here pretty soon so that we can get our yearly fix. Erin made a tree skirt and wired all the branches not to fold. Yep, those fake trees when held upside down love to fold... so we had to get creative to keep them all out.

Noah did a fantastic job decorating the tree. He's standing on the stool so that he can reach up high. Eli can only reach the bottom 2-3 ornaments, so we'll see how this goes!

We wish all of our friends and family the best for this Christmas season!! Merry Christmas!

Love, The Nartker's (Justin, Erin, Noah, and Elijah)

Leaves Are Falling

The leaves are falling, and our trees are growing big enough that we have to rake up leaves... And what else do you do with a big pile of leave? That is right... so after a bunch of jumping in the leafs, Noah dragged mom into the pile with him.

"The Tagging Obsession Continues"... But ends with Justin

(from Jenni Springer's Blog)
My sister Jenni “Tagged” me… but I’m doing this because Jenni wants me too… I really don’t have time for this… but here it goes.

Jenni’s Rules (I’m not going to change them):
1) Post rules on your blog
2)Answer the six "8" items
3)Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving them a comment – NOPE, it dies with me, I hope the rest of your people keep it going, cause it’s done with me. :) Sorry, but this one is for you Jenni…

8 Favorite TV shows:
-Modern Marvels
-The Office
-Hogan’s Heroes
-Erin and I would sit down and watch Grey’s Anatomy before what’s her name “experimented,” we’re both done with that one now.
-SWAT Cats with Noah
-ESPN News (1 hour of it before I hit the hay)
-Seinfeld
-Can’t beat the Justice League Unlimited

8 Things I did yesterday:
-Worked at Placer County Recycles Day
-Helped clean the Lincoln Chapel
-Worked on my group project for CE 101
-Ran around Fry’s with Erin, Becky and cousin Dennis
-Shared an appetizer platter at Mel’s with Erin
-I drove... a lot
-Found out that the Mexico City Temple was being rededicated
-Wished that I was done with school

8 Things I look forward to:
-Being done with school
-Date night with my cutie
-Reading books with Noah and Elijah
-Sleeping
-Escaping on a bike ride with Josh, Jason and Dad or Noah
-Going to Italy with Erin, Becky, and cousin Dennis
-Working for the City of Rocklin (scary, but true, I love my job)
-Catching up with friends

8 Favorite Restaurants:
- PF Chang’s
-In & Out (gotta go “animal style”)
-Carmelita’s
-Carver’s (went out of buisness!!!! AHHHHH!)
-This little mom & pop shop in Cero Navia, Chile… completos & churazcos!
-Claim Jumper
-Peppers (in Pacific Grove, CA… I love that place!)
-There is a new restaurant in Rocklin, an Italian restaurant… on the corner of Pacific Street and… Cedar Street? I think it is called Rubino’s

8 Things on my wish list:
-I’d like to get a couple of acres and build
-Return to Chile (last time I went with Erin for a week… WAY not long enough)
-Get done with school… scary enough, I’ll probably go and get my masters degree
-Have time to bike across the great old US of A with my brothers
-Learn to Salsa… Erin wants to go soo bad… but I’m pretty horrible
-Have time to go on a bunch of field trips with my kids when they are in school
-A Nintendo Wii (seriously should just turn in my gym membership and get one! :)
-My boss has this great idea about doing a century bike ride each month for a year… I think that I’d like to do that with him… sounds fun.

8 people to tag:
-Pretty sure that I’m not passing this along… well, I might throw this at Erin’s family… Nah… I’m done… Back to family stuff, pretty sure people come to this blog-thing to check up on the kids and see what Erin’s up to… I’m definitely the minority guy blogger around when it comes to family blogs.

I promise that the next blog will be about something other than me! :)