A Good Week

Just a few minutes ago as I was enjoying a boogie session with no music with Ian as he eats his breakfast in the high chair I was reflecting and remembering that we have had a few good days this week and that I love my kids.

Not that the other days were bad but, like my sister, I have definitely been feeling like we are stuck in a funk. But this week we did some things we don't usually do and they were fun. Maybe a I took a page out of your book, ur, blog, Elise.

Ian has been struggling with the whole 1 nap or 2 nap dilemma. He is a not a super great napper anyway (he goes down easy but they never last quite long enough) so losing a nap is definitely hard on all of us. I decided that if we were going to skip the nap we should enjoy all the opportunities that the week had to offer that we have been passing on since Ian got attached to his bed.

Tuesday was Moms and Tots at Malone's Gym. We had a great time playing and visiting.
Thursday we went to Imagination Station. They are closing and there were some scheduling mix ups or something so we got to go for free. Repeat the playing and visiting.
Friday we had coupons for free subs as Quiznos so the boys and I picked up Chris and took him to lunch. Afterwards, we hit the play place at the mall, pitiful as it may be. Repeat the playing and visiting.

Of course, while I managed to get us where we needed to go when we needed to be there (a great feat for me!) I didn't manage to get us there with the camera.

It was great to get out of the house and do something different. What am I going to do for next week?

Tickets!!

We got our tickets!! Utah here we come!!

Ok, not for awhile yet (July). But it is something I am really looking forward too. (Not the flying with two kids part but the vacation with family part.) My whole family is gathering for the every-other-year-reunion of parents, siblings, spouses and kids. My wish to live like the Backyardigans is improbable so this is as good as it gets for us.

We are spread over the country and oddly enough, none of us live in Utah. But come July we will be invading the valley and I can't wait!

View From the Pew

So, last week one of the topics for the talks in sacrament meeting was 'Spiritual Self-reliance'. My first thought was, "isn't that an oxymoron?" I was wondering what thoughts, feelings or experiences anyone had on this topic.

PS I did ponder on this further (past the oxymoron stage:) and was aided in my efforts by the February issues of the Ensign.

Catch up with Ian

It seems amazing to me that it was just a couple of short months ago when I went to get Ian from his nap and found him like this for the first time.

Once upon a time, he only had two teeth that showed when he smiled.
And we just last week we went from this:
to this:



Pretty soon, I will really be playing catch up-all the time!

Noah's First Snowman

We got some more snow so Chris took Noah out to build a snowman.They made the balls for the body by rolling them around the yard. It looks pretty manageable, right?

It was about here, though, that Chris said "This is really heavy, I don't know if I can lift it."Never fear, he underestimated himself.

With a few embellishments it was done! And you know those pliers were an essential tool in the crafting of this snowman!