Mothers Day

May 2010

Some how it always ends up that Tim works graves the weekend of mothers day. I think maybe he plans it this way??? Either way Ian and I had a wonderful day and Tim did teach Ian to say Happy Mothers Day -which I enjoyed hearing him say over and over again!
The day before daddy and Ian left me take an extra long nap -which is always much needed. When I finally woke up about 4 hours later they brought me home flowers and some of my favorite treats. Plus Ian (with some help from daddy on the front) made me a beautiful mothers day card. Tim decided it would be best to give me the flowers early since last year Ian walked me downstairs to show me the flowers daddy had bought (they were hidden in the shower) without daddy being there.

On Sunday after daddy came home and went to bed Ian and I played outside in our pajamas! It was a beautiful day and the sun was finally shining.
While trying to get ready for church and be quiet so daddy could sleep. Ian thought it was hilarious to put on my church shoes and stomp around on the floor. Which was super loud!
It was a beautiful day!

Wheeler Farm

A couple of weekends ago we headed down to Salt Lake to visit Amy and Jimmer. Ian loves his aunt and uncle and was very excited to go. While we were down there we decided to walk around Wheeler Farm. It is kind of odd that living in logan we decided to go visit a farm but it was a beautiful place and had tons of room to run -too bad it was a little muddy in places from the rain.
Ian loves animals and knows about as many animals as I can name and their sounds. His favorite thing to do while there was to chase the rooster (on the bottom right) all around. The rooster finally realized that Ian couldn't not get it inside the fence area. Ian did try his very best to climb over the fence, and when that did not work he tried to climb through it. Luckily the rooster got away.

The Boys (Jimmer, Ian, & Tim)

The baby goat (kid) was very friendly and would jump right up to you.
Mostly it enjoyed trying to eat Jimmer's jacket.

Tim looking as white trash as ever. What is funny about this picture is what is directly to the left of it -million dollar mansions built right on top of each other. Crazy!
We had a wonderful time visiting -thanks for letting us stay!

Crazy Weather

April 14th, 2010

The weather here in Logan has been absolutely crazy. It will go from being a blizzard one day to in the high 60's and low 70's the next. Ian is not too sure about this weather either. He has loved it getting warmer and running around outside but then it starts snowing and no one really wants to go outside anymore.

The other day it started hailing and they were pretty good size Ian of course wanted to go outside so we just threw on his jacket and opened the back door and let the snow come to us. He loved throwing the little snowballs back outside and thought it was pretty funny. Then they started to melt and he did not like his feet being cold.
Don't worry it looks like a mess but you just pick up the rug and dump it all back outside.

Literally the next day it was nice and warm so we went and played Frisbee golf then got snow cones. I think that a snow cone is Ian's new favorite treat!

Ian has also started mimicking people. Whenever I eat I always have either one or two legs pulled up. Now Ian thinks that when eating lunch or dinner you are supposed to put your leg up. Oops!Here is to hoping we do not see anymore snow!

Twin Boys

April 13, 2010

While we were in Houston, Brian, Erin, and Ellie were on their way home to Logan with their 3 month old Twin Boys. We were super jealous that Tim would be able to meet them before us, but were definitely having fun in Houston. For those of you who don't know Erin is just like Ian's second mom and Ian also believes Ellie is his sister. Their family has taken care of Ian while Tim has been in school and I have been working and we all absolutely adore them. I hope they don't mind me posting or borrowing a picture, all of our extending family is absolutely tickled for them as well.

These boys are darling and fit into there family perfectly. Ellie will be an amazing big sister.

Due to the quick arrival of these boys when we got home we pulled down Ian's baby clothes started shorting them out. Ian must have thought we were playing dress up because he wanted to try on the clothes as well. This is a 3-6 month outfit but what you can't see is the shirt has only on button done up in the back enough to just hold it on, and the shorts well you can tell they are too tight. Ian kept this outfit on the rest of the day because he thought it was funny.

When we go over to visit their family Ian is always super excited and says that they are his babies. Maybe one day he'll realize that Ellie is not actually his sister and that the babies are not really his??? Either way it is very sweet and he still loves seeing all of them! We are so happy for them and know that these boys will truly be loved!

Ian's nightly prayer just like he says it..."Dear Heavenly Father, bless Mark, Tricia, and babies, baby Brock, and baby Brock (with a reminder he then says) baby Issac, Brian, Ellie, Ellie, Ellie (we have to stop him or he'll just keep saying Ellie), Erin (then he starts the list over a few times), thank you for Jesus, and prophets, and mommy, and daddy, and pike (and anyone else he decides to add), bless good night sleep, name Jesus Christ, Amen.

Spring Break 2010

Houston, Texas

For my spring break I have always stayed home and relaxed around the house. This year I was determined to do something or go somewhere. So Ian and I packed up and headed out of the snow blizzard in Utah to warm weather in Houston, Texas (Tim stayed home and went to school)! One of my best friends lives there so we decided it had been too long and we needed to visit. You would never know that all of us had not seen each other in over a year. From the moment they picked us up at the airport it was just like we were lounging on the couch with the babies playing and Lisa, Ella, and I watching something silly on TV like American Idol. We pulled into their home and normally Ian is a little bashful at first but not this time, he was super excited and ready to play with the kids as if he were right at home!

Their favorite activity -playing basketball and running back and forth.
Cavin, Ella, and Ian. Ian loved playing with the kids morning and night.

Definitely having fun!
Ian and Cavin posing for a picture.
Ian and Cavin are just 6 weeks apart and each have their own personalities. Ian is a little ball of energy and loves to play rough with little to no fear. Cavin is a little more tender/sensitive and does not like to play quite so rough. Even so they still got along well, Ian just had to be sure not to look at Cavin in the wrong way :)

Ella did not mind playing rough she though it was pretty fun unless Ian got too hyped up.

Giving hugs -both of them a little too tightly!
Partners in crime. Really they would stand at the door and the race off to the couch or around to the back door at least 10 times.

Relaxing on the couch.
Playing with the trains.
Playing Play-doh
Besides library time, playing at the park, and running around outside and inside, we even went to the Houston Zoo. Ian loves animals and one of his favorite things to do is go to the zoo. It was much bigger than the Logan Zoo -although I am not sure what isn't bigger than the Logan Zoo.

Looking at the Giraffes

The McNair Elephants -random but quite funny
One late night Lisa and I ventured out like silly teenagers into the Ghetto of Houston. Don't worry we left the kids asleep at home with Ragnar -well almost asleep :) Thanks Ragnar. We headed to the ghetto to see the movie "The Last Song" and had quite the experience. About 20 minutes to go in the movie we heard this "gun" shot. There were only 5 other ladies in the audience and after they talked about what it could have been we all sat very low in our seats and finished the movie anyway. We don't know what it was -we just made sure we were not the first or the last people to stand up and leave. Definitely the ghetto :)
We all had a blast and if it were not for the hot hot summers in Houston I would be right back in June! Thanks for letting us stay with you and making us feel like we were right at home! Thanks Ragnar for letting me steal Lisa away from you for the week too! We'll miss you but hopefully we'll see you soon!

Had to leave with a video of the kids dancing around.
You can really tell that they loved being together.

Easter

April 4, 2010

For Easter this year we headed out to my parents house. As usual we waited until after Ian's nap to commence in the Easter activities. Ian loved looking for the Easter egg's hidden around the house and was happy to find a basket full of play-doh toys.

After a snack for lunch and just before naptime we colored Easter Eggs. It was not exactly the best activity with a very independent boy but we still had fun. He loved putting the eggs in the bowls, trying to help stir, and putting stickers everywhere. We later discovered that crayons color on egg shells really well, so we had fun coloring pictures too.

Ian trying to be patient and let mommy help him.

Ian helping dunk the eggs. He looks like he is being soft but he just drops it from there and stirs a little too fast.

Ian putting the stickers on his nose.

Another Easter tradition is we each have a color of yarn and another person strings it all over the house. At the end of the string is your Easter gift. I am not sure why we still do this we are not exactly loving -we tend to try and make the path as difficult to accomplish as possible. This year we did not even do gifts at the end of the string because we put them out with Ian's. Ian however loved running through the string. He would go over it, then under it, and occasionally try and run straight through it. I am sure we'll do it again next year!

March 21, 2010

Tim's 25th Birthday!

Last month I turned 25, this month Tim turned 25.
Yes I am the older and wiser one in the family :)

I would like to add to this post but the truth is I have no idea what we did all day or what Tim got for his birthday. Note to self: do not blog about things months later. The only things I would even remember with or without pictures is the cake. My mom makes this cake for Tim every year for his birthday it is a "Better than anything cake." Have to keep it g-rated people this blog is public. It is Tim's favorite and apparently due to the picture below Ian doesn't mind the taste of it either.