When the kids are quiet.

Sometimes when the kids are quiet, it's a good thing. Brenner will often go outside and play in the sandbox. He never tells me and I usually have a hard time finding him. But, he's playing quietly by himself. Joren was outside by himself yesterday playing and being quiet. He was riding the turtle and playing in the dirt and with the leaves. I love it when they can entertain themselves.

My baby loves babies!!!

My baby boy loves babies. Whenever we are at nursery or girl friends' houses or cousins' houses or where ever there is a baby doll he finds it. He loves to hold them and feed them and wrap them up in blankets. And of course, he loves baby Legacy the most. He loves to hold her and kiss her. Mommy thinks Santa should bring him a doll for Christmas, but Daddy disagrees. The thing is that Brenner doesn't like dolls and this would be one toy that they wouldn't fight over. Maybe Grandma or someone else could risk the wrath of Daddy and get Joren a doll with accessories for Christmas.

Class Leader

Brenner got to be the class leader at Miss Amee's yesterday. He got to be the helper with a lot of stuff like weather bear and calendar and shapes and colors and ABC's and he got to bring snacks. We were supposed to bring a healthy snack that was pink so we brought yogurt. Here he is with the treat bucket.

Touting my own Horn

I'm not usually one to tout my own horn, but I worked hard for this. I saved one pair of my fat pants. I hope to never need these ever again, but they are a good reminder and will be fun to put on once in a while. I bought these when I was first pregnant with Joren and I needed drawstring pants.



So, here I am now and I hope to stay this way for a long time. (Pictures taken by Brenner)



Sadly, though, I still see myself as overweight, but can not believe that I was ever that big. I think our eyes deceive us sometimes.

Halloween Portraits!!!

It's amazing that my kids can be so cute. They drove me crazy trying to get these taken, but they look great!!!

21 month old

This is also what happens when you leave a 21 month old unsupervised!!! Does anyone want to borrow a 21 month old?

When the kids are being quiet!!!

Last night when Ryan and I were still eating dinner, the kids had gone into Brenner's room and it was really quiet. So, we asked ourselves..."What are they up to?" Trying to decide if we should go see what mess they were making or just enjoy a few minutes of peace and quiet, we finished up our dinner. It turns out they were hiding in the closet waiting for us to come and find them. Kind of sad in a way that their parents never came looking for them. However, this morning, Joren wanted some popcorn (and of course he had to eat it in the family room). So, I sent him downstairs and stayed upstairs to pack for St. George. It was once again... quiet. I thought to myself... "he's just down there eating the popcorn and watching tv." This is what happens when a 21 month old is left alone with popcorn.



Most of the time when they are quiet they are making a mess. So, now I have to vacuum the family room, still pack, keep washing puked on clothes and sheets (yes, Joren kept me up sick all night last night... but seems perfectly fine and quite hyper this morning), clean up the house, keep the kids from killing each other, etc. etc. before we go to St. George today.

Pumpkin Patch

It's our favorite time of year. We love fall!!! Brenner has been wanting to go to the pumpkin patch. We tried to go last week but it wasn't open yet. Then we tried to go on Saturday, but it was raining. So, we went last night (before the rain came). Brenner picked out a big pumpkin and we came home and poked Mr. Potato head pieces into it to decorate it. They had a little corn maze. They also had tractors the kids could sit on. It was really fun. We could have stayed all night, but it was getting dark and starting to rain.

Bowling!!!

Ryan went bowling for an Elder's Quorum party this past week. Apparantly he got some great scores!!! So, since it was rainy and snowy all day on Saturday, we thought we would go bowling with the kids. Despite the fact that it cost our little family of 4 $27 to bowl, we had a lot of fun. They have a fun ramp that the kids can push the ball down. They looked so cute in their bowling shoes.

Sticky Tongue!!

We had a field trip to Thanksgiving Point Farm for Brenner's preschool. He loves to buy the corn to feed to the ducks and the goats. He actually let the goats lick the corn out of his hand this time!!! It looks like it took a lot of concentration!!!