I love Brooklyn singing. Twinkle Twinkle is her favorite and she sings it over and over like a broken record. PS: Caution: She may make you dizzy PSS: I LOVE her bouncy curls. Where did my girls get it?

Twinkle Twinkle

Brooklyn turns 2!

Zoo Day

Here are a couple of pictures of a preschool party we had. We had a magician come and the kids loved it. I have lots of pictures to post but our card reader on the computer isn't working. Stay tuned for more pictures. Tomorrow is Brooklyn's birthday so we'll have lots to share on Sunday :)

Costco... our love hate relationship

Well for me it is mainly a love relationship but for Aaron I'm not so sure. Whenever we go to costco Aaron always threatens that we are not going to renew our costco membership when it expires. To which I say, "Of coarse we are going to renew." Aaron's beef is that we can sometimes only get 4 things and we are already at $50. Sometimes that is true but you get such a great price on things. You also get so much that it lasts a long time; how can you go wrong. I swear that if we weren't so poor I could drop $500 dollars each time we go. This week our delema was an eliptical machine. I have wanted one for a long time. I really like... I mean need to work out. We have a little gym here at our complex but it just isn't practical. Aaron works a lot and I don't really like to work out at night and whenever I go, there is always someone on the machine I want. It would just be so much more practical to have something at home. So back to Costco, when we were there last we saw they had one in stock for a great price. Yeah! All we needed to do was wait for our tax return and voula, it would be ours. The problem is with costco is that if you don't buy something when you see it, it will be gone. I'm not sure if this sense of urgency is created on purpose by costco to force more impulse buys, but it worked!!! We bought it and love it. Three days later I was back for a few things and saw they were completly gone. Phew!!



A big thanks to our friend Ben. We asked him to come over to help us lift it out of the back of Aarons truck ( it weighed like 500 LBS) and he stayed for 2 1/2 hours to help us put it together. Thanks Ben!

Zoo Day

On Monday we had a nice day.... not raining and in the 40's, so we decided to go to the Zoo with our friend Michelle and her little boy Eli. It was still a little chilly but it was so nice to get out of the house for a change. We bought a pass so when the weathe is better on a more continual basis we can go whenever we want. Brooklyn still gets a little scared of the the larger animals. I don't think she quite gets that the glass is there. Anna loves everything though. It is fun to see them get so excited! Here are some of my favorite pics.

Build a bear

Anna with her class.




This week we went to Build a bear with the girls for Anna's pre-school field trip. We have never been so I was excited for the girls. Brooklyn ended up getting very attached to a small cat so she didn't end up "stuffing" a bear, but Anna chose a cute bear and I think enjoyed the process. She gets very shy so we mainly watched.



When we got home Anna liked the box more than the bear. Go figure!

Bath time!

Here are a few pictures of the girls in the bath last night. They love to play together and splash in the water. Brooklyn is going through a phase where she likes to suck on her toes. Pretty gross if you ask me.

Watch out for that first step......

Yesterday we had a primary activity for our ward. I needed to go because I teach and it was Anna's first activity for Sunbeams. We have been having very awful weather as well so it was very cold and rainy when we were leaving. Anna didn't want to hold my hand to the car so I told her to hurry to the car so we wouldn't get rained on. I went out before her when I slipped and "WHAM!!!!!" I hit the ground so hard. There was freezing rain and I went down hard. I felt the worst pain I have felt in a long time. I had dis-located my shoulder and I suddenly started to panic. In my mind I saw my self in the emergency room with some nurse trying to get my shoulder back in its socket. Anyhow, luckily I was able to get it to pop back in place and I crawled back to our door in tears. Neadless to say, I am really really sore today and hoping that it gets feeling better. I joke that I lived in Rexburg for 5 years and never fell once, and now I slip on some "rain" and bust my shoulder. It could have been so much worse. I was just glad I wasn't holding Brooklyn or something.


Anna today watched me straighten my hair and asked if I would do that to hers. I didn't think that she would sit still but she did a great job and I thought she looked so cute. She looked like a different little girl to me. She kept saying, "Mommy my hair so so long and soft." By the time church was over the curl was creeping back in but it was just fun to see what she would look like.






I also had to post a picture of my new mirror. I love it and am so glad that Aaron let me splurg. It makes our room look so much bigger as well. If you look close you can see Anna in the kitchen on a chair.

Pick the Gender of your baby?

Today I ran across this Chinese Lunar Calendar that claims it is 99% accurate for determining a baby's gender. It is based on the mother age at the time of conception and the month of conception. It was acurate with my girls and I was wondering if it was true for you guys. Check it out at Chinese Lunar Calendar

Watch us Grow!

Below are pictures that I took of the girls while the temple was being built. Whenever we were in Rexburg we would make a trip to track the growth of the girls... and the beautiful temple.

Watch us Grow!

Snow Fun in Idaho

Daddy daughter time

Thanks to Aunt Michelle and Uncle Judson for the girls new 3-D Barbi movie that they got for Christmas. I thought this picture was priceless. Dad sure needs a boy!

Christmas 2007

Rexburg Temple slideshow

Thought everyone might enjoy!

Love this crazy life!

This week has been a crazy one. Aaron worked so so much. His latest night was 3 am. Yes, you read that right. Other nights were 11 pm. It is really sad when 8pm is early. I am so grateful though that he works so hard. We were able to go out on Friday night to his work party. It was at the Portland Art museum and was beautiful. The food was great and I think everyone else was enjoying the free alcohol a little much. We actually left to pick up the girls before it got to crazy. Maybe next year we'll stay to watch everyone become more inhibited! We were grateful to our friends the Rowe's for watching the girls for us. We've actually started to trade off baby-sitting every other weekend so that we can have dates. It has been wonderful.

Brooklyn has come down with a cold so that has been a bummer. Friday night I had to go into her room I swear, a dozen times. Three of those were because she wanted a song. Her favorite is "I love to see the temple." My rendition at 3am isn't that enthusiastic though. The other times she wanted a different Binky and some orange juice. I don't know if I am creating a high maintenance girl or if I was just feeling sorry for her because she didn't feel well. Last night she slept all night so hopefully we won't make a habit of it. I teach preschool this week so things should be busy.



I came into Anna's room the other morning to find her dressed, if you can call it that. She informed me that she was going to the store to do some shopping and that she had gotten dressed all by herself. I loved the cowboy boots with the too-too


We are looking forward to going to Rexburg for Christmas. It has been fun to recieve cards in the mail seeing everyone's beautiful families. I love this time of year remembering the birth of our Savior.

This cartoon made me think of my mom. She loves snowmen and in-turn I love them. It made me smile & I hope it makes you smile as well.

I've been tagged

The rules:

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

Habit: I completly nag Aaron to death when he drives. Telling him when to speed up and slow down, when to go through a yellow light and reminding him that be forgot his blinker. I have to say in my defense I have on two occasions recently saved the lives of some pedestrians that he almost ran over. :) We were late to some things and in new neighbrohoods though. He really is a good driver!

Fact: I don't have any cavities

Habit: I am really punctual. To be early is to be on time is my mantra. I think that I turn into a general in the army on Sunday Mornings trying to get everyone up and out the door to get to church by 9am. I hate to be late

Fact: I love sweets. I try to keep them out of my house because I have no self-control. :) It has been a huge problem having a krispi Kreme so close. Because if there are donuts in the house, or anything else sweet for that matter, it is like they are calling my name all day.

Fact: I love to cook. Before we had kids I would spend all day making a new recipi. Now that things are a bit more hectic I still enjoy it I just have to spend a little more time preparing so that I have time to get dinner on. Anna and Brooklyn love to help so things are a bit more slow, but more satisfying because they are so proud of themselves when they help.

Habit: I have to make my bed everyday. That may seem so odd to some people but growing up I didn't make my bed ever, unless my mom was hounding me about it. Them after I got married and discovered flylady (www.flylady.com) who trasformed the way that I keep my house (check it out :)) it became a habit that I can't break. The bed is the first thing I do when I get up in the morning.

Ok, I know that wasn't too interesting but thanks anyhow to Amy E. for tagging me. Tag to Tiffany B., Michelle M, Jill R, Adrianna C, Lori R, Megan C.