Before I Forget......

I'm not going to lie........Brayden is such a cute little Man:).

Last night I was sitting in front of Brayden while he was watching Dora and I was cutting coupons. It was peaceful and I thought things were great until Brayd says,

"Mom, move you(r) head, It's Big!"

He is such a cute little man.

While I was in Salt Lake this weekend without my babies I picked them up a little surprise. This surprise was a sweet Tie-Dye shirt kit! I thought it was awesome and my babies were going to love it. I'm too scared to attempt stuff like this on my own so we waited to do it tonight for Family Night. As we were getting ready to do the shirts Brayd says..

"Are we making Tie-Downs?"

Can you tell he's a boy and he's around these sorts of thing alot?

Pictures are to come of the making of the shirts and the final result. I'm crossing my fingers they turn out good and most importantly the kids like them!

9 Years With My Baby!

9 years ago I was the happiest girl on earth!! I knew my life was perfect. I was marrying the man I love-barely knew, but loved.

This year our anniversary was pretty low-key. Aaron has been busy with work so our anniversary and Valentine's Day were put on the back burner.

That is O.K. though. Sometimes the stress isn't worth it.

For our Anniversary we went to lunch with Ry and Brayd to "The Upper Crust". It may be the nicest restaurant in town that isn't a steak house. It was most delicious and the kids were good for us.

On the way in I realized that with all the long hours Aaron has been putting in for work, my little boys have missed their dad just as much as I have.

Ry always gets this pouty face when he needs attention from Aaron.

You can see it in this picture.

Every time I have the camera Brayd needs a picture.

He's so cute!

I think the magic is still there and now I know I married the right boy!

I love you Baby!

Happy Anniversary.

Better Than Riding Motorcycles?

I didn't ever think I would hear "This is better than riding motorcycles" come out of Porter's mouth. I guess skiing tops it.

Aaron and Grandpa Smith took Porter skiing for his first time. Grandma and Grandpa live about 5 minutes away from Powder Mountain in Liberty so it was perfect. When we first came over the mountain we showed Porter what he was going to ski down. He was pretty nervous. Aaron said he got over that pretty quick though.

Grandpa, Aaron and Porter all ready to go!

Grandpa use to be a ski instructor so Porter had the perfect teacher.

With Aaron helping too I'm sure.

Porter loved riding on the "magic carpet". It takes skiers to the top of the bunny hill.

From what I hear-I didn't go of course, BRRRRRRR! Porter lasted about 2 or 3 runs on the bunny hill and he was ready for bigger and better things.

Not Surprising at all.

Here they are going up to the real slopes.

I don't think Porter could of been happier.

I have known for a while that as long as we keep Porter busy he can be the best kid ever. The only problem is the busy stuff can't be shopping. WHAT? He has to be doing something outdoors. Ya'll know outdoors is just not me. It's perfect though because Aaron and Porter can spend this time together!

Aaron couldn't stop talking about how well Porter did and how much he loved it. I am so glad they were able to go and have a good time!

GOOD JOB PORTER!!

Brayd got a hold of the camera after the boys got home with the camera.....

Just hangin'.

Brayd Posing while laying down. I guess he wanted a picture too.

A Taste Of Life In Burley....

Occasionally I look through the pictures on my camera and I find this.....

I love my boys and I love the surprises they leave for me.

Porter is definitely the comedian in our family.

The kids were upstairs playing and Madi came down and asked if she could pretend it was summer. Sure, you have to let them have imaginations right?

She lasted about 5 minutes until she was cold.

She ended up putting her foot on the warm oven.

And Brayd? Well, he is my big helper when it comes to cooking.

Is this safe?

Probably not but it made for a cute picture.

I didn't actually let him take the pan out.

Please don't report me.

Being Domestic?

This morning I though I would bust out my domestic side! Ry, Brayd and I decided to make cinnamon rolls from scratch! Yes, you heard me right, I raised the dough and everything:). My plan was to have it all done and have the dough raising by the time we took lunch to the "workers". I even put the dough on the heaters upstairs so it would raise nicely(hoping Ossie Baby didn't discover it and eat the dough like he did to the rolls yesterday). He didn't.

We took Aaron, Russ and Nicole lunch and everything was going smoothly until I bit a carrot and my crown broke loose from my tooth. That sucks!

I called the dentist in my ward and he was able to get me in.

I now look like this......

Yep, a Freakin' Hillbilly. I even got it pulled in HEYBURN.

To make a long story a little shorter they couldn't save my tooth, so they did the next best thing right? PULLED IT. They say I will be able to put the implant in as soon as it heals. Meanwhile they can put something there so I can feel good about myself. I will have a consultation with the different dentist next week.

Well, 5 hours later, my overgrown dough and almost fainting in the dentist chair I made it home and continued making my cinnamon rolls.....

This is alot of cinnamon rolls!

They turned out good and I may cook with yeast again after this!!

They even did very good at rising the second time. Due to my unplanned event in the middle of the day, Kris cooked them while I was on a "hot" date.

Thanks Kris!!

While I was recovering from my "surgery" Madi was playing next to me and said, "look Mom!"

I looked.....

Seriously, is there a better dog on this whole planet?

I was a little surprised that Madi did this. The difference between her and the boys doing this is she was ALOT more careful in the process.

I AM SURE OF IT!

We love Ossie Baby!

Today was busy. I'm glad it's over. However, things turned out:)

I'm Raising Monkeys!

I was doing laundry while Aaron was playing with the kids

and I turned my head to see this........

I then had Aaron run to get the camera.

While he was gone all the kids ended up like this.....

Brayd couldn't figure out why there were all falling.

I'm guessing it was the two boys in the middle......

What do you think?

Can you imagine Madi's frustrations?

Yes, Brayd stood on his head this whole time!

He even got up by himself.

I can't believe how big my BABY is getting:(

The first picture was actually taken last.

Yes, they did get up again!

My Big Helper!

Brayden is for sure my little helper! He is always the one right there with me helping me cook. He really likes to be in on the action. I think I may let him do too much. Is it bad to let your 2 year old help you put meatballs in the hot pan? Well, I did and I probably will again.

He put all these in and was mad that I took a picture, then of course he wanted to look at it!

Then he got used to me taking pictures and just did his thing!

Thanks for help Brayd!