From Point A to Point B

Who needs to crawl? This is Zaden's thing. He just scoots on his back wherever he wants to go. It's so funny and he gets really excited about it. He's like an upside-down catapillar! I'm going to try to get a video of Zaric's moves in the next couple of days too. These boys crack me up.

Family Game Night

After dinner last night, we took care of boy-baths got in some pj's and held a little family game night.



We started out with a few rounds of Hungry-Hungry hippos where Mom was the champ. Then it was onto a few times of Elefun. Caleb won Elefun but he kinda cheats and walks around picking up all the butterflies that we missed in our nets off the floor and puts them in his.

After Elefun, we played a round of classic Memory. I won that one, not that it was too hard. Then we did 2 games of Diego 1,2,3 where Dad and Caleb both won a round. My "Walkers" just didn't show up to the party I guess.

And lastly, we played a round of Pass the Pigs which Aunt Tracey gave us for Christmas. Caleb loved and ended up kicking our butts! We had fun and I tried to declare that we would have family game night at least once a month here, we'll see if that sticks.

Happy Birthday Scott!

Dear Scott,

Seems like just yesterday I got "stuck" with you, Kyle and Cody in a group for Mr. Moss's Jr. High science class. Who would have guessed that we would still be such good friends today? Where does the time and the mullet go?
Although we never hung out as much in HS as we should have, I always knew that you were a great friend and person. (By the way, thanks again for letting me cheat off of you in geometry and trig). And here we are today still clowning around together!

Look at us now. One of us is a Mommy, one of us is a Daddy. One of us is an engineer, one of us is unemployed! I'm so glad that we are still friends and that we get to see each other so often and share our families with each other.

So Happy Birthday! You're the best!!!!!!! And no, paybacks aren't accepted :)

Love ya,

Becca

End to End-Bargain Day

Yesterday was a whole lot of driving. I started out by heading to one end of the valley. Caleb had left his beloved Leapster at our friends house in Lehi over the weekend, so we had to go get that. Since we were heading that way, she and I decided to take a small trip down to the Provo Craft outlet in Lindon. I had never been there before. It was much smaller than I thought and not sure I'll make that drive often, but I did find some good deals on some scrapbook stuff and only spent a whopping $7. There was a Kid 2 Kid right next door too so I decided to go in and have a look. I found the cutest pair of jammies for the babies. They look practically new and I couldn't ignore the $3 price tag. Score!!!!! Then it was back to home for a while.

I had decided that I was going to get the babies a new toy box for their first birthday coming up in April and had started looking around. I was going to get them one just like Caleb's that was big and plastic. We love his. Problem is, seems like the prices of those have soared. The cheapest I could find was $65. Well I was just going to bite the bullet and pay it, then it dawned on me yesterday morning to check our local KSL classified ads online. And low and behold, I found this gem.

This thing is huge. It's 5x3x2! And it's solid wood. I sent the link to Mike who actually liked it. Problem was, it resided in Ogden! So that meant another hour drive north of us to pick it up. But Mike thought it would be worth it if it were in good shape. So I contacted the owner and made arrangements to go pick it up. We walked into her house and said "whoa, that is huge" I guess it's hard to picture just by hearing the dimensions. It has a few dings and scuffs and the normal wear and tear from her 5 year old, so we will eventually be giving it a new coat of paint. Sadly they are moving away to graduate school and have to move into a tiny appt which this won't fit in. So they were reluctantly selling off a bunch of stuff including this. Sad for them, bonus for me!
The next issue was that it was too big to fit in the back of the Durango correctly. So we had to make it to the local grocery store to buy some bungee cords to tie down the hatch. We took care of that but then because the hatch was ajar, the dome lights were on and I was a nervous wreck about it falling out the whole hour long ride home. But it made it perfectly fine.

So we got it in the house and put just a couple toys inside. I will be cleaning it up good today then putting the rest in there. I can't believe how much bigger it is than Caleb's and wooden for the lovely price tag of $40. Who could resist? The kitty even likes it and is so glad that we brought her home a new perch to lounge on. So I guess it's dual purpose.

So a great day despite the 4 hours of driving with the boys from one end of the valley to the other (literally). All of that and I spent $50 the entire day, I'll take it!

Hallelujah...... A Small Sermon

Brothers and Sisters, thank you for coming to the sermon today. Do you believe in miracles? Well I do. Yesterday these two baby boys finally did what their parents had been praying for. They started holding their own bottles. Can I get an Amen? They did this very skill, not for one feeding......No, no!Not for two.... No!But for 3 feedings in a day. The clouds parted and I know I could hear the angels singing Hallelujah! Please take the time today to praise God, Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Mickey Mouse or whoever you believe in. And thank them for our many blessings.

P.S. A note from mom- don't mind the messy faces in the pics they had also just finished of their spring vegetables dinner. Yumm-y.

Shake n Bake

I'm a sucker for old commercial slogans and songs. So every time we shake and bake chicken around here, I'm always saying "It's shake n bake and I helped!" Well that's what we did for dinner last night and I let Caleb do the shaking. He thought it was fun. Mike, of course, thinks I have lost my mind for taking a picture of such a thing. I can't help it, it was Shake n bake and He helped!!!!

Back in the Swing of Things

Today Caleb finally goes back to preschool after a 2 1/2 week break. I think I'm a little excited. I was up, showered and had my hair curled all before 7 am. That's probably normal for some of you working-type folks but not for me since I quit my job. Now I am sitting here just waiting for him to get up. Do I wake him?.....no, but I am a little worried that it will be a struggle getting him to get ready after he's had so many days to lounge around in the mornings. And to think in less than a year he'll be doing this 5 times a week for Kindergarten instead of just 3. What will I do then?

First Weekend of the New Year

We had a busy weekend here again. Early in the morning on Friday Caleb tried out his new skates with the help of Dad. He loved them but was very unsteady on them. Those pads and a hemlet will be making their way out of the garage when it's warm enough to take them outside.

Friday night, Allison and Reva came over to get in some scrapbooking. My most wonderful husband watched the boys so I could indulge and get a little more caught up. I intended to take some pics to share but that didn't happen. After the boys all went to bed, Mike got to enjoy some time playing his new Nintendo DS he got for Christmas.

On Saturday Mike got up with a cold. He wasn't feeling well at all. So we just did some housework. Then we ran a couple of errands and then headed home skipping our last errand so he could rest. We spent the night just watching TV and hanging out. Mike did manage to have a twinkie and then share it with Zaden who loved it! So I was sure to get the first twinkie pics. He's his Dad's boy for sure where they are concerned.

To wrap up the weekend, on Sunday we were able to go down to our friend's house in Lehi and I got a hair cut (finally). Then she and I played with our cricut's. I got a couple of tiles made and she got a couple of projects made so it was productive. Thanks again to Mike and Scott who watched all the boys to include their 2. We had dinner with them and headed home for some more R&R.

A good weekend overall and a good way to start the new year with lots of friends over the past few days, roller skates, twinkies and scrapbooking. What more could I ask for?

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year to everyone!!! I know I technically should have said that in the last post but I didn't and today isn't over so I've still got time. We rung in the new year by sleeping in the bed....that's right...not one of us stayed up. But this morning we got up and Mike made his cinnamon rolls that he missed out on Christmas day due to being out of town. So he was happy. Then we spent the morning cleaning. This afternoon some friends came over and we ate some pizza, watched the end of the Nebraska football game (they actually won....BIG shocker!) and then played a little Wii. We played some Mario Kart, some Rayman-Raving Rabbids and then a few rounds of Tetris. It's always so fun to hang out with them and Caleb LOVES their kids. During their visit, our house got volunteered for the Superbowl party, so I'll be gearing up for that over the next few weeks.

I posted my New Year's resolutions that I finally sat down and thought about this morning on a list in the sidebar. I thought that maybe if I looked at them every time I view my blog it might help me stay motivated......... that's a big MAYBE though. Crossing my fingers!

New Year's Eve

This is Sarah. She's my "Mentor Mom" from the Salt Lake Mother's of Twins club that I joined over the summer. We've been having a good time emailing back and forth and sharing our adventures with our twins. She has a 3 year old boy and then boy-girl twins who are over a year. She's been a great help and so much fun to talk to and call my friend. She's just as goofy as I am so we totally hit it off right from the start. She was nice enough to invite us along to the Gateway last night to do the kids activities that were going on there as part of the First Night celebration that SLC holds every year, so we finally got to meet in person.

At Discovery Gateway they had a couple of booths set up for the kids to make crafts. Caleb made a homemade maraca and then this stylin mask. He wore it all over walking around. We walked over to Clark too since they were supposed to be having activities there too but it was more like just walk around and look at the exhibits and the kids seems bored after just a couple of things so we left there shortly.

At 6 'oclock there was a little parade and some activities going on in the Grand Hall where they had a fake countdown and little laser show going on. We stood in line for over an hour to get a silly balloon animal. This is Caleb's fish on a fishing pole he got. It was so cute. Then as soon as we left Mike accidentally popped part of it getting in the car. So after an hour in line, it lasted all of about 20 minutes.

We had a good time and hope to get together with her and her family again soon. Such cute kids and fun people. Thanks again Sarah for the invite!