Weekend full of fun!

I don't know what has gotten into me lately, but I haven't blogged in a while. We've been pretty busy. Doing what? Well...

This last Thursday night we went to see a Sneak Peak of Wall-E. It was so cute. Brooklyn loved it and Gavin, believe it or not, sat pretty well through the whole thing. He was getting tired towards the end. I wish I had a camera when the theatre went dark and the first preview came on the screen. His eyes were huge. He even jumped a little cause it surprised him. I don't think he had even noticed the big white thing in front of us until it started. It was so fun to see his excitement.

Saturday was crazy busy! I did a little service project in the morning, ran a billion errands in the afternoon and then Brian and I got to go to a Twins game that evening. The were on a 10 game winning streak. I hate to say it, but we might have been the bad luck charm. Anyway we got AWESOME seats from a guy that Brian works with. We were in the 1st row on the 3rd base line. Just next to the dugouts! It was such a fun game. One of the funnest Date nights we've had in a while. Love you sweetie!

Well, another fun and busy week coming up.
Blog ya later!

It was a close one

"Don't panic," I told myself when I saw him... I had to think, where in the world did he find the marker, and what else has he written on? This happens to everyone once in their life I assume, but usually it's with permanent marker. Our situation, was with a white board marker. It came right off! It was a close one. Needless to say, he is no longer allowed to be in Mommy and Daddies room unsupervised.

We are going to see a the premier of "WALL-E" tonight. It doesn't open until tomorrow, but a guy that Brian works with invited our family to go see a sneak peak of the movie because his wife works at one of the local theatre's and they are having a friends and family party. It was so nice of them to think of us. We are really looking forward to it. It will be Gavin's first movie theatre experience. Cross your fingers that everything goes okay.

Lesson Learned:

Lesson learned: Do not give your husband the password to the family blog the day before your birthday. I don't know what I was thinking. Thank you to all the kind words and phone calls. I was quite busy on Wednesday with Young Women events and meetings, etc. and didn't have a lot of time yesterday to post anything as well. So, although I thought I have to approve everything going out for the world to see, my dear sweet husband got one by me.



Fortunetely for me, I get to approve the pictures that go out. If I don't like it, you don't see it. The kids were not in the best mood Wednesday by the time Brian got home to take my Birthday picture and they did not turn out. So, even though I do not like this picture, I will post it. I better get only positive feedback people!




All in all, I had a very nice Birthday. My mom took Brooklyn and I out to lunch (while Gavin went to his buddies house) to my favorite restaraunt; Red Lobster. I even had leftovers for dinner! Wednesday evening we had a Youth Summer BBQ to thank the Youth for all the service they have done this year. (If some of you are not aware, I am the Secretary for the Young Women in our Ward)

Happy Birthday Mia!!!

Happy birthday honey. I want the readers to know what a wonderful wife and mother you are. Thanks for all you do for the kids and myself. I love how sweet you are with the kids when I'm at my wits end with them. They see your gentleness and kindness. Thanks for all the laughter and smiles you have brought to the family. I hope you have a great day today.

I love you,
Brian

Happy Fathers Day

I couldn't let one of the most important dates of the year pass by without bragging about the Father of my children.

My Brian, so sweet, loving, dedicated, caring, honest, faithful, lovable, handsome, kind, compasionate, understanding, valiant priesthood holder of a man! My Brian.



He didn't know that I heard him talking to his father tonight, and telling him what a wonderful father that he was to him and the only memories of his childhood are positive and even now, his Father means more to him than before. I too need to Thank Grant. He has raised and taught his son the most divine principles that every young man should have. He raised a righteous priesthood holder that loves his wife and kids, provides for them, and builds a home with the spirit. I am so lucky to have my Brian as an example to our children. I know that they will be happy and loved their whole life. They have a Daddy that will always be there for them. A Daddy who is patient. A Daddy who loves the Gospel of Jesus Christ and strives to live it.



I love you so much Brian.



Story:

So, this morning, I had gotten Brian's breakfast all set up. We bought him a donut the night before and I had set it out on the plate then got distracted with Brooklyn, so I left the kitchen. A minute later Gavin walks in with his face like this...




I said, "Oh boy," and walked into the kitchen to find this...



He has his two little finger marks in it.
Can you blame the little sweetheart? It looks pretty good doesn't it?!
(The poster board card is what Brooklyn made from out Ward Primary Activity)

Did you actually think I wasn't going to say something about my own Dad? I have to pause a minute and wipe away my tears. I can't not cry when I think of my Dad. He is just something so special to me. You could definetely call me a Daddy's girl. I loved growing up helping my dad in the garage, or going to work with him on a Saturday morning, or going out for Phosphates on Thursday nights. When I look back at my childhood, my Dad did everything to make sure I was provided for, healthy, and happy. When I think of the joy on my childrens face when they are with Grandpa, brings back great memories of my own childhood. I love him and I am so thankful for his support in my life. Hugs and Kisses Dad

Scrapbook Layouts

I don't know what has gotten into me lately, but I have just been bloggin away, haven't I?!

Anyway, I thought I would post a few pages that I have been working on for Brooklyn's album. I'm trying to get caught up, but I'm still working on some of 2006 and 2007. As the mother, I get to smile and reflect upon the memories of each of these pages. Hope you enjoy too! Click on them to enlarge them.


2008

2007

2007

2007

2006

2006

Sweet little story

Brooklyn is spending a few days with her cousin Adi and my moms house this week. I called this morning to see how it's going, and if they were going to get out of the house and go to a park today (the weather has been horrible and we have a little sun this morning before the storms roll in again). Brooklyn told my mom (Grami'mi) she didn't want to go out today she just wanted to play inside. Adi told her that if the clouds come they will just leave the park and go home. Brooklyn didn't want to.

Grami'mi; "We'll say a little prayer"
Brooklyn; "What if it doesn't work?"
Grami'mi; "It always works"
Brooklyn; "But it doesn't always work, cause my mom prays for Gavin to be a good boy, and he's still naughty!"

Doesn't that just melt your heart. Truth is, Brooklyn is very tramatized with storms. We've had enough of them, but a few weeks ago, Brian took Brooklyn out Geo-caching (treasure hunting) in the woods and they walked up to the tornado siren pole. She asked what that was, and he told her "It's to warn you when a storm is coming, and you need to get inside quickly to be safe." Well, not 3 seconds later, and 10 feet away, the siren starts to go off. Those things are peircing loud, and it freaked her like non-other. She ran to the car so fast, Brian said. He's never seen that much speed in a little girl before. To make matters worst, it happened 4 days later to all of us walking out of a store, another pole was only 20 yards away, just as loud. Then, just a week ago, we were at a friends garage sale, and Brooklyn was playing her their back yard as I was talking in the garage with my friends. The first Wednesday of every month (all year long) at 1 p.m the sirens go off for practice. They went off and the fear came running through the door in complete hysterics. My heart just dropped for my little girl. I couldn't calm her down enough to let her know there wasn't a storm coming. She still wanted to go home at that point.

As a mother, you just want to comfort your children in any way possible. I felt useless at that moment. I think Brian and I decided the more information she knows about storms and emergency preparedness, the better it might be. Can anyone guess what our FHE this next Monday is going to be?

Joy of Townhouse living - WARNING may be PG-13 viewing

The joy of living in a townhouse, means you have to put up with the people you live next to and the people who visit the common grounds. Here is just a few fustrating issues I have...


1- Next door neighbors, Nice, fun couple ( I knew him from High School ) but not on the ball like they should be. Big dog, never goes for a walk, barks everytime it's let out to do business, never cleans up after it, and they smoke like crazy. We look out our living room window to see dog doodoo everywhere. Kinda makes it hard to keep your kids away from it as they play out back.

2- Neighbor across the back yard. Sweet little lady, sits on her deck in the evening with her rollers in her hairs enjoying the weather. Tuesday are laundry day for her. How do I know that, because every Tuesday I open our blind to look at this...



Why me?



3- The worst yet. The phone guy comes to this box out front of our house almost weekly, and this is the same view I get every single time he comes. NO JOKE! Anyone have a Nickel?



If anything, I hope this Blog will make you all smile. We all need it from time to time.

Naughty Boy

Ever wonder what happens to the toys that little 2 year old throw? Well, in Gavin's case, they go up on top of the fridge for the rest of the day. He gets them back the next morning. This new phase started about a week ago. He gets upset and he throws whatever he's holding. Too bad for him, because he is always holding his favorite toy of the day. Walks around with it everywhere. Sometimes he has 5 things in his arms. Believe it or not, this is working. He will get upset and then he walks over to the fridge to see what's up there before he gets any more mad. Occasionally, things do end up up there, but not too often. Here's what went up there today so far...

It's been a week since my last blog update, and I feel really bad. We've been very busy and I have to think really hard at what we've been doing. Oh yes...

I've had the Scrapbooking Bug hit me. I've unloaded some of my stuff onto our family dinner table and have been trying to get caught up a little. That was about 5 days ago, and my poor family has had to eat all our meals on a fold out table in the middle of our living room. They are so understanding. Although, I have tried to make it look like a fun new way to eat. "Let's take out a blanket and eat burritos on the floor," mommy says. I must be crazy. Anyway, here is a picture of my work area. Someday I'll look back and smile.

We also went to my neice, Adisyn's very first Dance Recital! She looked adorable, and the dancing was priceless! Just Brooklyn and I went with my parents, cause we were not about to take a 2 year old to an auditorium with tutu's and a 4 hour program. He had a Daddy's day out instead. Here's a couple shots of Adi.

Isn't she sweet?

She's the one to the left of the little boy. Does anyone else see a major resemblence to Nick in this picture? Enlarge it to get a better look!

What else is new... Oh, they are re-paving our driveway this week, so we have to park out in the street until Sunday. Kind of a bummer! It will look real nice though. Gavin is in HEAVEN! He just wanted to stare out the window all day today and watch all the different trucks and equipment their using. Tomorrow should be interesting. We wanted to go stay at my moms this week because of this, but they need us to keep the garage open for them, and we think it would be best if we were here while that was happening. So, I have to put up with all the noise, and smell of new tar. Blaaaahhh.

I think I'm going to do a photo shoot of the kids tomorrow. We need some updated shots. I'll post them later.

Yup, We Finally Got IT!!!!

Okay, So I guess that makes me a major hypocrite. I am not a video game fan, but ever since some friends introduced us to Wii in June last year, I have wanted one so bad. It's not really even a video game. Everybody has one these days. We were even able to talk my dad into getting one so we wouldn't have to. But, the stimulis check haunted us into buying it. It's also birthday season coming up and anniversary and Father's day. We also decided if we were going to get it, then we would also get the Wii Fit. Of course everyone is sold out. I called hundreds (well it seemed like hundreds) of places and nobody had it. Well, for Family Home Evening tonight, we decided to check out Best Buy to see what game selection they have. What did our wandering eyes see? No, not sugar plum fairies, but a lovely box of Wii Fit staring at us. The employee said it just came in the truck tonight. Well, everything is coming up HEADS! We left happy and content. Brian and I set it up tonight, and it is AWESOME. We are so excited, motivated, and energize to begin our "Gettin Fit" time in life.

If anyone wants to come over and learn more, you are welcome. Give us a call.

We might have sneaked in some Guitar Hero III too. That is sooooo fun. Duel anyone?