Found it!

I promise, we looked EVERYWHERE this morning. It just turned up it Brett's office, I guess we are really bad lookers!

Brett and the boys had a blast at Fathers and Sons on friday night. I think this is the last year they will get away with leaving Sam at home. Brett said it was great, the boys ran wild and the Dad's had fun too!

Carter got the game ball this weekend at baseball. He hit two doubles and after telling me a few weeks ago that he would NEVER get the game ball, he got it. It was hard having Jacob win it first, but this week was Carter's turn! Brett is growing the beard out for me because it's Mothers Day weekend so I get to call all the shots. Now his hair just needs to grow back a little faster.

Where oh where did Sam put it.....

So I sat down today to blog some pictures of the father/son outing and baseball this weekend, but could not find the memory card adapter that downloads the pictures to the computer. After some unsuccessful looking Brett informed me that he found two other computer adapters that were in the same drawer with the camera adapter in the back yard behind the lawn mower. I wonder who could have put them there????What is it about a mischievous two year old and stealing things? This kid is killing me! I remember one time when Jacob was this age we lost the keys to my car. After hours of searching we found them in Brett's recycling bin....I hope the picture adapter hasn't found the same fate by the hand of Sam. It may be in the land fill by now and long gone. SAM!!!! As John Parmley put it, It's a good thing he's so cute or we would have hit him with a bat by now! We wouldn't have blamed John for hitting him either, Sam was wondering around their house with a bat hitting various objects and people along the way. He is so much trouble!

I'm Back!

I know it's been a while, and I don't have any pictures to post because I forgot my camera over spring break. I considered giving up blogging all together for various reasons; it takes a lot of time, it's a little superfluous to my scrap booking, I don't know if I want random people looking in on my life etc...But my friend Michelle told me she found a way to save my blog to my desktop so I'll have it forever, so I figured it was worth continuing. I want my blog to have as a journal of sort and now I see it can be that. Hooray!
We had a great spring break in Vegas with my sister Wendy and her kids and then at Disneyland with my sister Stephanie and her kids. The kids ran wild, played hard, stayed up late and enjoyed every moment of their week off school. I enjoyed myself as well and it made me excited for summer. I discovered Red Mango while in Vegas and my sister and I went everyday. We managed to make it to Golden Spoon or Red Mango at least once a day (yes there were days when we went more than once). For those of you who haven't tried Red Mango it's a delicious tart frozen yogurt with many topping choices. My favorite was granola, coconut, strawberry, almond. But be ware, I spent $18 one afternoon on yogurt for my sister and me. Ouch! Grantid we got larges with four toppings, but still! Lucky for me my sister has kids of babysitting age so we were able to take some time to go to the mall, out to lunch etc... It was a great trip! Disneyland was as fun as ever too. Thanks for the fun week everyone!
Last night for family home evening we went to the park and played baseball. It was seriously SO MUCH FUN! I wish I had brought my camera. Brett is coaching Jacob and Carter in T-ball this season, it is so great to have them on the same team. I told Brett last night that is exactly why I want one more boy, we were having the best time playing with the boys. We do boys, we have fun with boys, what would I do with a girl? He thinks it would be great to have a girl, either way is great, but I am totally set on a fourth boy. (Just so everyone knows, this is not an announcement, I just know we are going to have a fourth, I am not pregnant or anything.) I know I'll be perfectly happy if we were to have a girl, but I am glad that I know I would be thrilled to have another boy too. Growing up I never would have thought I would become a boy mom, but that's what I am a total boy mom!
I'll get more pictures soon, hopefully I'll remember my camera for our baseball game on Saturday. I love the boys in their uniforms!

Happy Easter

Everything was going great with Easter until it was time to take a family picture. Suddenly Carter was mad because the sun was too bright, Sam was running away from us (as always), and our neighbors cat wouldn't leave us alone. All I wanted for Easter was one picture with my family in our Easter clothes-is that so much to ask? I don't think so.
The kids had fun as always coloring eggs and hunting for the ones the bunny hid. I don't know how many more years Jacob will believe in the Easter Bunny, but I am savoring every moment. They are so serious about it as they leave carrots and lettuce for him, write him a note of thanks and Easter wishes, and go to sleep early as to not disrupt the bunny. I wish I could freeze Jacob and Carter and not let them get any older. Notice I didn't mention I want to freeze Sam? I love the kid but he's killing me! I want him to hurry and be four!
Happy Easter everyone! Next to Christmas this has got to be my favorite holiday. Maybe it's the robin eggs and peanut butter eggs or maybe it's the fact that we celebrate our Savior on these two holidays. Let's go with the latter, it makes me seem like a deeper person!

Sam is TWO!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMMY! Our baby is two!











Sam got everything he ever could wish for on his second birthday! A wagon, baseball machine, caterpillar bike, cake and cupcakes.....it's good to be two. I took him to get his two year old pictures taken and they told us there was an hour wait. So we went to shop around Target next door and of course Sam ran right into an end cap and got a HUGE red bruise on his forehead. I thought about postponing the pictures, but then figured it would give a more accurate description of Sam for him to have a bruise then not have a bruise, so we went ahead with the pictures. He cried during most of them, I think he just likes to frustrate me, but we did get one cute one. We love you Sammy. We love the way you speak about yourself in third person, the way you think you can do everything your older brothers can do, the way you love Lightning and Mader, Thomas and balls, we love your determination even if it drives us crazy, and we love your laugh. Thanks for spicing up our lives!

Cabo

Hanging out at Lovers Beach was a huge highlight on our trip. Notice John sneaking into our picture. He did this to everyone, even random groups of people we didn't know. Can we see the Johnny Cash robot again John? Thanks for keeping us laughing!

Cruisin

We just got back from a four day cruise with great friends! I don't think we could have had a better time. Karaoke, dancing the night away, 24 hour ice cream machine, Cabo, Lovers Beach, Scum, laying in the sun, time to read, chat, rest....the fun didn't end.













Brett was a little sick the first night we got on the boat, so we all congregated in our room and had a little fun with him while he was napping. Chicken laid down with him for a quick snooze before heading back out to party. How sweet! We were all laughing so hard when Laura pretended to stick her tongue in Brett's ear! Thanks for the laughs!

















Heading out for dinner. The best part about dinner on a cruise is you don't have to choose what to order, you can order it all! Notice we got Brett in a suit, yes it's true for the first time in 10 years Brett wore a suit.

Thanks to Ashley for keeping the kids happy and well at home! They had a great time too!