Go Fish

I taught Ty how to play Go Fish a couple of weeks ago and now we HAVE to have at least one game of Go Fish, nightly. He loves it! In this house we only have LPS or Princess Go Fish but he doesnt care. ...

Can you guess who won tonight...

TAGS!!!

This is Chase most of the day. At first glance you might think this is a pretty gross picture. But, let me assure he is not... Well, you know.

Chase has a thing for TAGS. He loves them. The second he puts on any piece of clothing he HAS to find the tag. He knows that if it isn't on the back, its on the side. And he HAS to feel it. He has even tackled Ty a few times to feel his tags. Most of the day you can find Chase with his hands down the back of his pants playing with his tag. I dont know what it is about them but...he cant get enough!!!

Happy Valentines Day!

I know some people hate this holiday but I get so excited over it. I love seeing the reds, pinks and purples all over!!! I love having a day (not that I don't try and let my family and friends know everyday) that we celebrate LOVE!!! I've heard that its just a Hallmark Holiday or it was made up by the candy company... But Im just glad there is something to look forward to in these long months of winter!!

Scott got me some pretty roses!



My neighbor has an awesome blog where she teaches cute hair do's. We tried one on Brinley and it was so stinking cute!! This was the end of the day when I got the picture so its a little messed up but you get the idea!


Usually we get the kids a treat and a stuffed animal. This year when I went to find the stuffed animals I thought they were all over priced. Cute ones were at least $15 a piece. So I thought, why not just let them go to Build A Bear and give them little certificates saying that they could spend $15 there. So after Scott got home we packed up the clan and made our way to Build a Bear (after a few errands). It was pretty busy but the kids had a great time picking out their bear. When you first get there you pick out a bear that hasn't been stuffed yet. Chase thought I was joking him when I gave him his unstuffed bear and he threw it back in the bin and gave me a scowl! Finally, I convinced him that I wasn't kidding and we proceeded on to where you can stuff the bear. Chase got all shy and wouldn't even look at the lady that was helping stuff. So I had to hold his foot on the pedal while he looked the other way. But Ty had no problem stuffing his!



Both the boys loved brushing the bear and blow drying the fur





I was proud of the kids for sticking to their budget and not complaining one bit about not getting to buy fun outfits that are way overpriced!!!

We then went to a "romantic" family dinner at the Sizzler. The kids were super happy! What better way to spend Valentines, I say!

Now Id like to introduce you to the newest members of our family...

Deb


Starz


Oliver


Woody

Oh Brothers!

I just wanted to write about how much I LOVE being home with these two little munchkins. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! I have two little buddies to go everywhere with me! They are so sweet and hardly ever fight with each other. (wresting and sitting on each other doesn't count as fighting, right). But seriously almost every single day I think about how lucky I am to be at home with them. I dread the first day of Kindergarten for each of them. They are my buddies!!! They say the cutest things to each other and I love listening to them pretend. I have stories about them everyday that I think..I should write that down, but I don't. I need to get better at that. Time is passing way too quickly. I wish I could have gotten a better pic of them today while they were watching TV but I grabbed Jentrys camera and it was out of batteries, so this is the best I got. They always sit like this and I love it.

One Happy Girl

Seriously, she could not be more happy.

Christmas 2010

We had a great Christmas!! My parents were able to come sleep over on Christmas Eve again. We started the night by going to my Grandmas for a Christmas Eve party with all of our extended family. We then came home and opened PJ's. The kids love that part!





(Mom and Todd showing off their new PJ's)



(Todd riling up the kids right before bed time)

Brinley read us a book (I Believe in Santa Claus) and then we read Luke 2. Then, the hard part happens...we try to get the kids to go to sleep. It isn't easy!!! I keep having to tell myself... "They are excited...its hard to sleep on Christmas Eve". Finally they fell asleep and Santa came!
Brinley was hoping for a hamster this year. I told her that Santa doesn't bring animals. But she kept hoping. She did tell me that she would not be disappointed if he didn't bring it because she knew she would love whatever she got for Christmas. Jentry had just had her birthday so she had no real wishes for Christmas. She did want a new pair of boots tho. Ty wanted a CARS Wii game and Chase wanted a Remote Control Monster Truck.

We got up at around 7 and the kids made their way down the stairs to this:

Jentry:


Brinley:




Ty and Chases:



The Family's:


As you can see Brinleys hamsters weren't there. I could tell she was looking around for them though. She even went over to Jentrys loot to make sure he didn't accidentally leave them there. She then went back to her stuff and started to see what she got. I asked her if she was disappointed and she said No. But you could tell she was. After a minute or two I said, "Oh yeah, Santa left a letter for you!" She read it and Santa talked about how he was sorry he couldn't bring her a hamster. He had given the last one to a girl in Boston but he hoped that she was excited with what he did bring her. Then PS go look down by the TV. She ran down there and gasped and oooooo'd and awwww'd. Santa had left her two guinea pigs. She couldn't have been more excited.


Heres one of the two guinea pigs


We then made breakfast and after a little mishap with the burned bacon... eh, I won't go into details about that...




My sister came over and we opened presents. We then went to my other grandmas and my other grandmas again. It was a busy day but that's how we like it!! The next day we went and celebrated up at Scotts parents but I forgot my camera. :(

We had a great Christmas and feel very blessed this year!

My Ty is FIVE!

They all just keep growing and growing.

Here's the famous "just got woke up to open presents" look. It cracks me up!



Here is one when he is a little more awake!



These are Ty's words about his birthday:

It was good. We went to Chuck E Cheese's and what else did we do? Uh, we got presents. I got to play my video game that I got from my brother in the morning. My Grandma and Grandpa came down. After Chuck E Cheeses we got to go to Sizza-wer. (Sizzler) And now Im almost six.

This years Christmas Card

I think it turned out pretty cute! Considering the second I went to take their picture Ty stepped in a big ol dog turd! *rolleyes*. And then none of those pictures ended up working so I had to get them all dressed again and go for round two. Luckily we got some pretty cute photos the second time around!

I have a tee... Jentry is a tee... I cant say it. Jentry had another birthday!

I cant believe it. But we have a teenager (there, I said it) in the house!!! Jentry celebrated her 13th Birthday in December! She had a pretty great day! It started like all birthdays do in this house... an early wake up call!!! We like to open presents before Scott goes to work which means waking the kids up dark and early! This year we got Jentry some boots, an outfit, and $50 towards her i-pod fund she has been saving up for.



During school I went and snuck some roses in her locker.



That night we went to Chuck-a-rama with my parents. We just happened to stop by Sams and they had a i-pod on sale. It was the display model and right in Jentrys price range! So she was able to get that. She was so excited!!

That Friday she had a party with her cousins and her BFF. They went and saw Tangled and then came back to our house for an ice cream bar. We had lots of fun toppings for their ice cream. But as you can see...they had more fun pouring it in their mouths then on their ice cream!



Her BFF got to stay for a late night and her cousins got to sleep over! I think she had a pretty fun Birthday!

Oh Christmas Tree (s)

This year I agreed to have a flocked tree. We have had a green one for the last couple of years and Ive loved it! Scotts sister and her husband go and cut us one down and it stays fresh the whole time! And I love it.... but... this year... we went with the flocked...and can I just say.....

NEVER AGAIN!

I hate those things! They are so messy and this one was dead as a door nail by the time Christmas was here. But they are pretty. And the kids did love it...

Here's a few cute pictures of the kids decorating. (I love how the Merry Christmas ornament happened to be right over Chase's head in that picture. So cute)





The kids also got their very own tree for downstairs to do as they pleased with. Brinley took it up to her room for Christmas Eve. She was very excited about that!

Thanksgiving '10

Im not doing too good at taking pics for the Holidays but I wanted to show everyone my cute little Indian Boys. We made these in preschool this year and the boys wore them to Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma Hendricksen's. Of course, they wouldnt look at the camera. But oh well.

Heres another cute picture of Chase and Ty churning butter. We do this every year. And it always makes me think...if I was a pilgrim.. I would be skinnier. Because we wouldnt have butter.

Gonna have a lot of fun this summer!!!

This year I got all of us "The Pass of All Passes". It includes Trafalga, Libertyland, Owlz Games, Utah Flash Games... and the reason I bought them.. a season pass to 7 peaks. We plan to do a lot of swimming this summer (We always do). The kids are super excited about this. We took advantage of Libertyland already and the kids had a great time!