The Mullet is Gone!

Will got his first haircut (besides his rat tail being cut off) this week. His hair didn't look very long but it was a little thick in the back and whenever his shirt would slide under his hair and push his hair up he had a bad mullet. We went to Cookie Cutters and he got a little boy's haircut. I was a little sad to see the baby chick puff on the top of his head go but he looks so much better. He was such a good boy. Meg got her hair trimmed and he watched her. They put him in the same little airplane and he was as happy guy. He tried to look at the clippers and that made it hard but he was a brave little boy. He got a balloon afterwards and was so happy. He looks so cute.

He ended up with a faux hawk and looked so handsome. This really is the best picture that I could get. He is VERY active right now.

Hangin' with the Jackster

This past weekend I had the privilege of being a mom of three as we took care of my cousin Jack while my aunt and uncle were out of town. I picked him up from school on Thursday and we hung out and went to a reception. Friday I had to take him to school. It really wasn't a big deal but it was SO much different having to get up and make sure someone else is ready, their tummy is full and is off to school on time. He is such a little angel and was a real pleasure to have around. Friday night Dave made him watch Nacho Libre. Saturday we went to the dinosaur pack in Ogden. It was a lot of fun and was really neat. Dave's little brother Rob had a CD release party that afternoon so we had to leave a lttle earlier then we would have liked, but I would totally go back again if anyone reading this wants to go. It was really weird but fun having three kids around. Probably because Jack is such a nice boy, plus the fact that he is eight years old doesn't hurt. Thanks for coming to stay with us Jack!

Easter Festivities

We had a really fun Easter Weekend this year. On Friday night we got hamburgers (or as Meg says Krabby Krabbies) and then bribed Meg to eat dinner with the prospect of dying Easter Eggs. She LOVED dying the eggs. She actually did a pretty good job too. Her hand turned "Incredible Hulk" Green. She was a little concerned that it was going to stay that way but we finally got it to come clean.


Saturday Dave had a meeting for the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house (he gets to be a tour guide for some of the General Authorities) and I took the kids to Riverton's Easter Egg Hunt. Sarah warned me that I would be in shock to see how competitive parents can get at those things. It was pretty crazy. The fire engine's siren went off and then the hunt was over in about 10 seconds. Meg only ended up with a couple of suckers and some tootsie rolls. She was happy though. We saw the Easter Bunny there too.


Sunday we went to my parent's house for dinner. They had a little egg hunt for Meg and she ended up getting a lot of stuff. Will crawled around and ate candy off the floor all night. The rest of the night he was VERY cranky. I think he might have felt a little sick from eating all of the candy that he did. It was a fun holiday!!

In this picture, Will is chowing down on candy. He couldn't get it in fast enough.

The Easter Bunny visited our house and brought a lot of fun books toys and a little candy.

Happy Easter!!!

Toddler with a Camera

As I was getting ready the other day, Meg found the camera and took some pretty funny pictures. In total she shot 61 pictures. It's funny to see what's important to a 2-year old.

Meg's most prized possession is her monkey.

She really likes My Little Ponies lately.

She loves her little brother and unfortunately had to wake him up to get this shot.

She has A LOT of the Cars Movie's cars. These are just a few.

She likes dinosaurs a lot now too. This is one that Will got for his birthday.
She keeps acting like it is hers and she rides it around. What a character!

Will Turns 1

On Friday, our sweet little guy turned one year old. We had a pizza party for him and had our family over to help us celebrate. After the party, Dave commented that he Will seemed to know that the party was for him. He was very happy and cute and just looked around at everyone looking at him. He was very spoiled and got lots of fun toys. We had a great time.


Will is such a sweet boy. He loves to be held and cuddled. Right now he is very cuddly and cries when you walk away from him. He loves his sister. He is starting to take her "stuff" and it is causing a little contention in our house but we are all learning to share. Will is crawling and cruising on everything, but still isn't walking. He can stand without holding on to anything, but doesn't usually do it if someone isn't standing close by or he is in the swimming pool. Lately he has been really into cars or anything that has wheels. He LOVES to put things in other people's mouths. Maybe it's the future dentist in him coming out or something. He loves to put his finger (just his pointer finger), binkie, toys, toothbrush in my mouth. He is so fun. He makes sounds now that I think mean Meg "Meh" and Mom "Ma". We love having him in our family. Will loves food and eats about twice as much as Meg but he is pretty small still and doesn't really have that buddah belly that most babies have. Happy Birthday Will, Gus, Baby Brother! We love you!!!!

He very much enjoyed his birthday cupcake...

Can you tell???

It's Already Happening...

Dave and I were trying to get out of the house the other day and Meg didn't want any part of it. You know how your kids arch their back and squirm as you are trying to buckle them in their carseat? You know how it makes you crazy? Dave was dealing with Meg and finally had to get mad at her and push her down in the seat. Meg was SOOOO mad at him. She screamed and cried and then said, "I can't love my dad!" To Meg the word "can't" means don't, won't or can't. She said it a couple of times. It was so funny. I told Dave that basically she was saying 'I hate you' in a two year old's language. He felt terrible and was trying to get back on her good side the rest of the night. Boy, we certainly have some interesting years ahead of us.

Sunny AZ

A couple of weekends ago I went to visit my brother and his wife in Arizona. My parents drove down and got there on Thursday and worked on my brother's new house. I flew in on Friday (I HATE roadtrips) and we worked on their house on Friday too. Their house is so cute. They painted it all themselves and did a great job. Saturday we met my aunt Diane and cousins Eric and Candice and Capri at the swap meet. My sister-in-law, Kara, put it best when she said, If you haven't seen your Grandparents lately and you are wondering where they are, they are at your local swap meet! It was crazy how many elderly people were there. There was a lot of interesting stuff to look at. My cousin bought these awesome sunglasses.

There was a little booth selling underwear and bras. My cousin thought that the swap meet was a big garage sell with everything used. I told her that I was pretty sure that the stuff was new, but after seeing this...

I wasn't so sure. Ewww! We shopped the outlets and went to a cactus farm. It was fun and was really great seeing Brian and Kara again. They were excellent hosts! I missed my family so much. I basically talked about Meg, Will and Dave the ENTIRE time. It probably got annoying, but oh well. When I came home Dave was extremely appreciative of me. Absence definitely makes the heart grow fonder. Thanks to Kellie and Tate for helping out with our kids on Friday and Dave for flying solo (even at church) so I could go.

Mom and Dad at the cactus farm.

The lovely hosts at Joe's Farm Grill.

My family eating lunch outside! It was awesome. I can't wait until spring/summer is finally here. It is snowing today so I guess I will have to put my flip flops away again.

Goodbye Rat Tail

We are still sick!!! This has been horrible. We are now at the coughing until you throw up stage of the sickness. On Saturday, Dave had to go around our neighborhood and get some things signed by our neighbors for the HOA. The kids and I have been cooped up for so long and even though it was pretty chilly we walked around with him. I put Will's winter hat on him and noticed the making of a mullet sticking out the back. We had to give our baby his first little hair cut and chopped the rat tail off. Now, when looking at the back of his head, he looks like a little boy and not a baby. He is almost one, but I still feel sad that he is so big now.

First Prayer

The other night Dave put Meg to bed and he went to say her prayers for her but she wanted to do it herself. This is what she said...

"Heavenly Father, thank you for this day. Thank you baby brother. Good day. Name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

She has said some more prayers since then and I can only catch a few words of them, but she is saying a lot. Only Heavenly Father really needs to know.

Sick Day(s)

This past week has been horrible in our house. We just got over sick noses and colds and I thought we were in the clear. Monday, my mom was coming to get the kids for special day. Will was acting especially clingy and I thought it was just because he wasn't getting enough attention. I thought that he would get plenty of TLC at my parent's house. He ended up with plenty of messy diapers to last us a month. Then, on Thursday, Meg and I woke up but Will was still asleep. We finally woke him up around 9:00 and he was so cranky. He drank his bottle and then layed there like a limp rag doll. He has NEVER done this. I felt so weird about it but he just wanted to lay and watch cartoons. I have been trying to get some things done for our New Beginnings coming up so I worked on some things and he eventually rolled over and fell asleep on the couch. Later that day he tried to crawl and just collapsed on his face. I tried to get him to stand up and he wouldn't put any pressure on his legs. I finally called the doctor and he looked at him. He said that he just has a virus. Poor little guy. He has been sick almost a week now. Meg has a horrible cold and cough and now Will is coughing too. We need to get out of the house. We are all miserable. Hopefully next week we are all better.

All week Meg has looked like this. Dave said, "Meg, you look like no one loves you." Poor thing.

Little Angel or Little Devil?

I thought this was pretty funny and meant to post on Sunday. Anyway, my friend subbed in Meg's nursery on Sunday. When we met up in Young Womens she told me that Meg was being so cute in nursery. She said that she started hanging around a littler girl and just kept saying, "You miss your Mommy?" and telling the leaders, "She misses her Mommy." She would follow the girl around and was kissing her (on the lips) and telling her, "It's okay." She was practically mauling the little girl and was patting/rubbing her. So, I felt good that even though she was invading someone's personal space, she was being nice.

Then, when Dave picked her up after church the leaders said that she slapped a boy in the face. I was in shock. How can someone go from a little angel to a devil in the same hour? She looks sweet though, doesn't she?

Happy Visit

I had an appointment to get my teeth cleaned this week and brought the kids with me. Dave has an operatory converted into a little kid land with toys and a tv and Meg loves to play in it whenever we go to the office. I figured she would be happy to stay in the playroom the whole time. On our way there she kept asking where we were going. I told her that we were going to Daddy's work so I could get my teeth fixed. She would say "Oh." and then would ask again. Finally she said that she wanted to get her teeth fixed too. When we got there Dave was working on someone else so I stocked some supplies that I brought. I went back to the front and Meg was already in the chair and had her mouth open so wide. She must have really wanted her teeth fixed because she made sure that it happened. She was so brave and let Dave scrape her teeth and poke around a little. She has NO CAVITIES!! I try really hard to brush her teeth twice a day and she is usually pretty good about it. Thank goodness!!! What a cutie though.

Children's Museum

We went to the Children's Museum with Sarah, Natalie and their kids the other day. I love it there. There are so many things to see and do. Will can finally cruise around by holding onto things so he was especially happy to be there. Meg only got lost a couple of times. Thankfully I had Nat and Sarah there to help me keep an eye out for her...she is so quick. It was another nice day and we played outside on the helicopter for a long time and soaked up some rays. Meg LOVES playing with her cousins. I can get her to do anything if the reward is seeing them. She says, "My Leia? My Ekkie Jo Jo (Nettie & Jo Jo)? My Yackie (Zach)? They are all so sweet to her too. We have a pass to the museum now if anyone wants to go.

Spring, anyone?

We are getting spring fever around here. It has been so nice the past week or so. I have busted out the capris and flip flops. It is still a little cold, but I don't care. I can't stand winter anymore. My kids have been loving playing outside. We went out the the park behind our house the other day. Usually there are tons of kids outside, but for some reason we were the only ones out this day. The kids had been playing with the camera and I didn't realize that the lens had Gussy's fingerprints all over it until after I uploaded these pictures. They're a little fuzzy, but still so cute.

Meg is not too keen on taking naps anymore. She really starts needing one every three days or so, but is pretty happy most days without one. The other day I knew she needed a nap so I told her that if she took one we would go to the park when she woke up. She ended up sleeping so long and finally at 5:00 I went in her room to see if she was okay. She was still very sleepy, but I wanted her to be tired when bed time rolled around so I tried to wake her up. She would not respond to me at all. Finally I said, "Meg, do you want to go and play at the park?" Her eyes quickly opened and she said "Yes!" and she was up. She kept saying "My friends." and "My kids." She is so funny. She loves playing around other kids (not so much with them, but she is getting better at that too). We were almost the last people in the park that night. It was getting dark and she didn't want to come home. Dear winter, please go away!