Random Pics

These pictures are all from 2009 and they are some of my favorites. It has been a while since I was able to post, so I thought I would at least get some pictures on here. We have had a busy month with a lot of sickness in our family, but things are getting better.
I love the bottom pic. Caleb and Bart are both really asleep.
The boys are doing well. Max can say quite a few words now, and we all are loving his blossoming personality. Even Cubby gets a kick out of his new gibberish and antics at times. Max is a sweetheart and loves attention. He says "HI" to everyone who passes us in the grocery store. The people get surprised to see his little face staring at them and usually laugh and say "hi" back.

Caleb just absorbs everything around him and he always makes me laugh with some new idea or saying he has picked up on and then tries to use. I love my boys so much.

Bart has been very busy with work and school. He is doing a great job and I am proud of him for all of his hard work. The boys love him so much, and he really is a good dad.
Life is good for all of us, and I can't complain:) We do have a virus on our computer so I haven't been able to post for a long time. So this is a start... Hope you all are doing well!

Children's Museum

A couple of weeks ago, Bart had to go to Provo to help his cousin, so I met up with my sisters and their kids and we had a blast together at the children's museum in the Gateway Mall. Caleb and Max both loved it. Here are some highlights of the day.

brownie capers

Caleb LOVES brownies. The other day when I was watching my nieces, Grace and Katrina, Caleb and Grace snuck the brownies down from the counter, hid under the table, and ate the rest of the pan. They even let Max get in on the action, which he loved. I thought it was pretty funny and had to get a few shots.

Catch Up Time

Well, this may take me a few days to post everything, so be patient with me.

We had a wonderful Christmas break. We drove to Iowa to visit Bart's family and then we also were able to spend a few days with my brother, Darin, and his family down in Chicago. The drive was long and tiring with kids, but really, they actually did pretty well. We drove through blizzards, fog, rain, freezing ice, and sunshine and while we were out there, the temp. ranged from -12 to 45. Pretty Crazy.
It was great to see everyone again and fun for our boys to play with some of their cousins they don't get to see very often.
Here is a video of Max in the Hotel room. We had to stop because of bad weather in Nebraska on the way out. He watched us throw away our pudding cups and then crawled right over...

Got Tagged...

Rules:
1- Post the rules
2- Answer the 6 "8" items
3- Let each person know that they have been tagged


8 Favorite T.V. Shows
(in no particular order)
1- the office
2- mythbusters
3- time warp
4- prison break
5- lost
6- seinfeld
7- american idol (when it's on)
8- scrubs (sometimes)

8 Things I did yesterday
1- washed dishes
2- met Bart at his work
3- went to the library
4- went to Sam's
5- battled wills with a two year old
6- did step aerobics
7- gave and received snuggles from my baby
8- put rags under my feet and mopped the floor by walking around...

8 Favorite Restaurants
1- pf changs
2- cafe rio
3- olive garden
4- pei wei
5- red robin
6- chuck a rama (4 reals)
7- brick oven in provo
8- el torro viejo

8 things I am looking forward to
1- going to iowa for christmas
2- bart being done with school
3- max sleeping through the night
4- caleb being potty trained
5- building snowmen
6- starting the book i got at the library
7- watching my family open presents
8- this saturday's primary breakfast

8 things on my wish list
1- safe travel for friends and family
2- a good christmas
3- for my friends and family to have happiness
4- a new camera... mine is still broke and Nikon wont fix it...ugh!
5- sleep better at night
6- win publisher's clearing house
7- have all my laundry done and neatly put away
8- gas prices to keep dropping

(ummm, I just kept some of these from Melanie's post because I totally agree:) thanks!)

i'm tagging:
1- Brittney H.
2- Amanda M.
3- Sharon M.
4- Dianne N.
5- Anna D.
6- Emily M.
7- Stef P.

My Old Man

So Max has been doing this funny smile lately. It's like an old man with no teeth:)
I think it is my new favorite. He is so close to crawling now! He just turned 8 mos. and I can't believe how the time has flown by.

Family Pictures.

I can't tell you how hard it was to get this one picture with all of us looking! I think it is like the only one out of 77 shots!