The difference between a mom and a dad...

One of the differences between a mom and a dad (I have found), is that somehow kids know that a mom never really goes off duty. Case in point: Last night I snuck away to have a shower while Jed and the kids were playing in the front room. After about 5 minutes, Avery came walking in to the bathroom, making cute little faces at me through the glass. Then she decides she wants to come in. So now she is standing fully clothed in the shower, and loving it. I would have just taken her clothes off and let her experience it all, but there is one problem - she has a dirty diaper. Luckily Jed came to the rescue and changed her, then she came in for a real shower - her first one ever. She made it look so fun that after a few minutes Oliver was in there too. (Now mind you, dads can take showers whenever they want without visitors - how does that work?) So my alone time turned into the family shower! And you know what - it was so funny and cute that I didn't mind at all. I love being a mom, and alone time is overrated!

Happy Birthday Jed!!

My wonderful husband had a birthday this week, and we celebrated with homemade pizza and brownie sundaes. Oliver helped him blow out the candles and made the whole evening very exciting. It was low key for the most part, but very enjoyable.

Then on Saturday we had a birthday picnic with all of Jed's family to celebrate his birthday as well as Carrera's. It was SO fun - we all stayed for about 4 hours! The kids we absolutely in heaven being outside for so long. They had great entertainment with Garrison and Kade's rocket and then the yellow bee airplane, as well as the playground. The food was great - was a wonderful inauguration to the springtime season. Next time, all I would change is the wind - kept it just a little chilly.

Avery's new look

Avery has recently developed the best crusty look I have ever seen a one-year-old have. Boy does she have attitude! I tried to capture it with the camera - it doesn't quite do it justice but it is close! P.S. The second pic is also a funny face that Avery makes, totally unrelated to the mad crusty look though.

Let's go fly a kite...

We have been enjoying the barren landscape around our house with model airplane flights and kite flying. Ollie got really into it this weekend, and loved to hold the kite string as well as launch the kite. It took a while for us to remember exactly how the kite was supposed to be put together, but we finally got it, and eventually got it to stay in the air. It was a little rocky for the first few go-arounds - the kite would dive after only a few seconds in the air, and it almost hit me more than once.

Where does he come up with this stuff?

So Oliver is in an inquistive/contemplative stage of his life right now. He is asking the most amazingly adorable, smart, and down right funny questions and making comments left and right. Some of his today were:

*Isn't it amazing that when you move your shadow moves too without you even knowing?

*Isn't is amazing your body grows and you don't even think it is?

*Mom, is that whole wheat milk you are giving to Avery?

Here is a new and adorable picture of him, with Carrera's new pup. One day, after Carrera brought the little guy over, I asked him if he liked the dog, and he got a sad face and said, "I miss him." Kids are the best thing in the world.

Wonderful Weekend

We have finally gotten some of the new-home projects done that we needed to, and were able to use our time for fun stuff this weekend. On Friday night, Carrera and AJ were so nice and came over for a late night babysitting trip so Jed and I could go see Trevin's band play. It takes a truly wonderful neice and nephew to babysit from 11 PM to 2 AM, so THANK YOU so much! You guys are the best! We had a wonderful time, and Trevin rocked the house. 7:30 AM came a little early the next morning when our kids were waking up though!

Valentines Day was equally enjoyable, with Oliver and Avery enjoying their treats in the morning, pinata making and breaking in the afternoon, and then a romantic evening with Jed after the kiddies went to bed. He had rose petals in the tub, champagne, candles everywhere, and chocolate covered strawberries to boot. I seriously have the best husband! I love you Jed!!!

Sunday was great too, with sledding at Mount Ogden Park with Grandpa Curt and Grandma Cathy and then all my family over for dinner. Grandpa Curt turned out to be quite daring on the tube - he definitely won the speed and distance contests on the hill! I must say, Ollie and Ave were quite daring too.

I'm Back!!!

After a long disappearance from the blogging world, I am back, with lots of pictures!! We are finally moved into our house (about a month ago) and now settled in (by no means completely unpacked), and getting back to our regular life. We are LOVING our new house, and want to share it with everyone, so please visit!