Not So Sweet & Innocent!

OK, so that sweet little boy is becoming a 2 year old in every sense of the idea. He does things just to get under your skin...lol..but oh we sure do love him!

His new thing is to strip down at night and "weedle" all over his bed. He thinks it's a riot! Then, he cries and cries until I go in and see what's wrong. It is exhausting!!! I have washed sheets, blankets, and pillows every day this week and I am pretty sure I will have more to wash tonight.

Another of his new pasttimes is throwing spoons down the heat vent. AGH!! What is with that?!?!? I hate unscrewing the vents every day to get silverware out.

He is the grand master of mommy testing. He knows that it will get my attention and once it does, he looks surprised that I am upset with him and not laughing at his antics.

The biggest problem is that he is just so darn cute! That giant smile would melt anyone's heart..lol

Oh Gavin, we love you! In 10 years when you read this, remember, no "weedling" in your bed!!

A Few Good Adventures!

I am not sure why is it surprising to me how busy my life is. I do have three children, a grandmother, and a husband to take care of. I am a full-time student and busy with two big callings at church. However, my life is wonderful and I enjoy every minute of it.

Here are a few of the happenings at our house the past few weeks:

We took care of a friend from church for a week while he was on spring break and his dad was working. Tanner and Evan had a great time playing together and got along fantastically! They especially loved playing in the water fountain downtown!

Tanner has also been attending soccer camp the past 5 weeks (Aunt Heather would be proud!) and truly enjoying himself. He now starts T-ball camp tomorrow and cannot wait :)

Also, I have found myself crafting quite a bit this last week. Mostly stuff for Primary but I found the time to make something for my house. I am not quite finished with it yet but take a look at my project:

This is the before....a cupboard door I found at a second hand store for $2:

And the project as of tonight...I still have to add the hooks and the tags, but you get the idea:

Busy Little Bees!

My goodness, I cannot believe how crazy things have been at our house! Being busy without having a thing to post about is nuts..lol

In the past few weeks we have been spring cleaning, watching Tanner play soccer, attending baptisms, feeding the missionaries, and preparing for Grandma Keele and cousin Paige to come visit us. Now that everything has calmed down a bit I can actually post.

We had a great visit with my mom and Paige. We took them to Great Wolf Lodge for a few days, the Zoo, the Mall, the Childrens Museum, and we laughed alot...

We also had our family pictures retaken last week. I really like them. We had alot taken so here are a few of my favorite:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACH!

I am not too sure if this year had flown by or if it took forever. It feels like just yesterday that we brought him home but everything else (Baby Blessing, Nana coming, Easter) was soooooooo long ago.

Today is Zach's 1st birthday. He is such a sweetheart and we are all so happy that he is a part of our family. he loves to laugh and thinks that his big brothers are very cool. He follows them everywhere :) and is very sad when they go off to do their own thing. He isn't walking yet but that is not a surprise to us because we are used to the preemie delays. He does pull himself up and walk around things, much sooner than either brother did.

Zachman loves crackers and milk and anything that is edible as long as it isn't cold or green.

Happy Birthday Stink! We love you!!

A Fabulous Vacation!!

It is about time for a new post and I have a great one :) Vacation! We got home on Monday from 4 days at Great Wolf Lodge in North Carolina. It was so wonderful and worth every penny. The kids had a great time, the parents had a great time, and the grandmothers had a great time.

We had the opportunity to take a 4 generation picture and I am glad we did. Michael's mom flew down from New Jersey and we all had so much fun with her! Come back any time Grandma Carol!!! The kids had such a fun time with her and Tanner was so happy that Grandma Carol went down the big slide with him :)

I took lots of pictures of the indoor water park at the hotel. We were fish and spent lots of time in the water. Grandma June even took her wheel chair in the wave pool..lol. Many people approached us and told us how thrilled they were to see her in the water and getting drenched by the 1000 gallon bucket of water that falls every 5 minutes.



Besides the water park, Tanner's favorite place was the arcade. He got over 6000 tickets, thanks to mom and dad..lol, and was able to get a DVD Frogger game, a stuffed wolf, a slinky, a yoyo, and lots of strawberry tootsie rolls. He also enjoyed magiquest and using his magic wand to slay the dragon and free the princess.

We enjoyed ourselves so much, we are going back next month with my mom and cousin Paige. We cannot wait!!

Very Cold Weather, Valentine's & A New Van

I hate to say that I kinda like when life is crazy and busy, but it is the truth. I like feeling needed. We have had quite a few exciting things happen at our house this past week, yes, all this in one week.

1st: We live in South Carolina. We love the warm weather, the beaches, the fact that "cold" is 50 degrees..hehe..but this winter has been especially cold (20's & 30's) and on Saturday morning we felt like we had awakened in Utah:

It was so exciting. Tanner was up and dressed at 8 am ready to experience the cold stuff.

2nd: On Saturday night we celebrated Valentine's Day. I have wonderful memories of Love Day. It was always so exciting to come home from school and see that my mom had decorated the table and left us each a little gift all wrapped up and sitting on our plates. I decided that I want my children to have the same memories and know that their mommy loves them. I was so into Valentine's this year and this is what our table looked like.

I made Chicken Parmesean (red & white), red jello, pink lemonade, and garlic bread. For dessert we had Valentine's donuts. It was very yummy and we had a wonderful evening together as a family. The boys were all very excited to find a balloon with a giant hershey kiss on their plates, and a little personal gift next to their place setting. I thoroughly enjoyed spending the time to show my family how much I love them.

3rd: OK, now on to the good stuff (hehe)! After some crazy experiences during the process of buying a new van, I finally have a beautiful new auto mobile in my driveway.

It is a 2005 Buick Terazza. I am sure that someone out there is thinking, "Buick makes a van?" well, they did from 2005-2007. It is very pretty. It is slate blue with tan leather. It has a DVD player which my children are very excited about. There are fancy little buttons that when pushed are going to make for a fun ride :) Here are all the pictures:

This is a picture of the color, though it does not do it justice.

And Tanner's favorite feature :)

We are very excited to take our new van on a mini vacation this weekend to North Carolina. Great Wolf Lodge has been on our list of vacations for quite a while now. It is a resort with an indoor water park just for the guests. 4 days of 84 degree water fun, a spa, an arcade, story time each night at the clock tower, and a visit with Grandma Carol will be great! Pictures will come next week :)

Our Little King

What is there to say about this picture?? Gavin is such a nut. Imagine, if you will, one of those shape sorters that are red on one side and yellow on the other. Yeah. Gavin's crown is a broken shape sorter. He has been wearing this on his head for at least 6 months. It has changed shape and molded to the little dudes head. You can even see the white stretch marks on the "crown". It will not successfully stay on any other head in our house. He sleeps with it, eats with it, and even bathes with it. Oh, and if I took a close enough picture of him without it, you would be able to see that his hair has the shape sorter shape. It indents in the front where the crown sits.

Well, what do you do when your sweet little man wants to be a king? You let him, because they are only little once and it makes for fantastic photo ops..hehe