Happy Valentine's Day!

I love my Valentine's...all of them. I used to not enjoy Valentine's Day...until I wasn't single anymore and I get to spend this holiday with my sweetheart... Who brings me home these...

And I get to be with these great Valentine's...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

A box car and overalls

Adam came up with this idea to build a car out of cardboard, so after days of begging and doing his own research on "google search" Ryan helped him build a car. After it was done, it needed to be decorated....
Jenna coloring her assigned side to decorate... Logan doing his share, but I think he got colored more than the car did.

Adam is very serious about getting his side colored.

Playing in the car...

Lately, I have been feeling like a broken record, saying the same thing over and over again, day after day. "Logan keep your clothes on!" "Logan, where are you clothes?" "Logan don't run around naked when other people are here!" So I finally put him in overalls, so far he can't get them off by himself.

Jenna's surgery day

Today Jenna had to go be at the hospital by 5:30AM to get prepped for surgery at 7:30. She had ear tubes put in and her adenoids taken out without any problems. She was scared coming out of the anesthesia, but eventually did fine. After she stopped throwing up, we were able to take her home.
I took some good pictures of her, but accidentally erased them before I put them onto my computer, (that's what I get when I'm easily distracted)...so imagine...
Jenna blowing bubbles while wearing her gown that is 100 times too big for her. Bubbles seemed to help pass time while we were waiting.
Then imagine Jenna walking down the hall with her underwear showing because the gowns just can't cover everything, pulling a wagon with the nurse with her new teddy inside the wagon. They wanted the separation between Jenna and I to go smooth, so they brought out a wagon so see if Jenna would ride in it, but instead she insisted that her teddy (that they gave her) be put into it and she pull the wagon. She waved to me and off she went into surgery.
The nurses gave her bubbles, several stickers of princesses, and a new teddy bear, what more could a girl want? (Well, she wanted her dad, who was soon by her side.) She did great and we are proud of her. The hope now is that she'll caught up in her speech, fine motor skills, self help skills, etc. etc. I hear that it takes just a matter of months before she's right where she should be!

Yep, He's TWO!!!

Logan's two...I know, I'm still trying to believe it myself. How does time go by so fast and is it just me or does it go by faster and faster?
Logan seemed to have a great day. When I went in to get him this morning, I told him "Happy Birthday" and he asked with his hands out, "balloons?" He was very excited to see balloons and a birthday sign up for his special day!
Logan amazes me every day with things he learns, says and does. He says just about anything we ask him to say, he can count to ten will little help and he does his best with keeping up with his big brother and big sister, who adore him even still.
Today he started out the day with having peanut butter out of the jar for breakfast...
Playing in a toy box with his sister...

Having a party with family and cuddling up in his new blanket...

Blowing out his candle several times before the "Happy Birthday" song was over...

And playing with his new toys...

We love you Logan, very much and so grateful to have you in our family.

Happy Birthday!!!

Ringing in 2011

I know I say this every year and this year is no exception..."Where did this last year go? It went by so fast!!"

This year, we rang in the New Year with some great food, yummy snacks, fun games, too many movies for the kids and great company. And I must say, I started the year out EXHAUSTED! With school out, Ryan off work for a week (yippee!!) and lots of treats, much less sleep than usual, no wonder I'm tired! And the only thing I would change is having even more fun with the family.

Ryan and I took the two older kids to see their first movie at a theater. (Tangled...very cute show!) They had a great time and Jenna mostly wondered if she could have more popcorn.

We also cleaned up the garage. (Ryan got into watching "Hoarders" on Netflix and the next day was cleaning up different things.)

We went bowling on the first day of the year...so much fun. Logan hasn't really been before, and thought maybe it was a ball you should kick down the lane. Jenna's ball sometimes took a little while to get down the lane, but would eventually make it! :) Adam did great and Ryan and I both had a great time with the kids.

Ryan was a good sport and hung some things for me while he was on vacation. Our house is finally starting to feel like home. Thanks babe!And last, but certainly not least, we have a Sunbeam. Our little Jenna went to Primary today and loved it. I think she's going to miss Nursery very much, but she's very excited about being in Primary like her brother, Adam.

Christmas came again! :)

It has been a very good Christmas season. The kids had a great time all month long. We had "Jingle" the elf at our house looking down on the kids most of the month, we went to parties, saw Christmas lights, spent time with family, had a secret Santa for the 12 Days of Christmas, and many more things.
Of course, you can't go a season without acting out the Nativity...we did it three times this year. Mary and Joseph were very cute! So was the wise men...

And here are a few favorite things...

New pajamas are the best!!! (Thanks Grammy!)

And next year we might just empty boxes for the kids...they like them just as much as what comes in the boxes.

We had to take out our tree because it was causing some allergy problems, so the kids and I made some paper trees. Christmas wasn't the same without a real tree in the home, so I had Ryan bring the tree back in before Christmas and we took it out the Monday after. He's a trooper for doing all of that for us!

We love Christmas! Adam didn't go to bed until very late Christmas night because he just didn't want the day to end. I had to agree with him, I love Christmas and didn't want it to end either, but there is always next year to look forward to! :)

Jenna's New Do

Jenna got her first real hair cut. Since she doens't have much hair, she's only had one other cut and that was by her dad. Today she got the real deal and loved sitting on a big chair, getting her hair cut and done, then getting a treat afterwards. I think it turned out pretty good and makes her look older!