Hike to the Hot Pots!!

You will never believe what we did!! We (Jana, Me, Kevin, Tator, and Ben) went on a 5 mile hike. I know for most people that would be no big deal but for me and my fat butt it was like running a marathon. This was the best hike to go on because the reward at the end was being able to sit in the hot springs. It felt so nice to soak our tired legs in the hot water. At first I was trying to keep Ben out of the water because there was no where to lay him down but then Kevin said just strip him down and get him in. So I did. He loved it I think he's so cute with his winter hat and his diaper :) Tator was so cute when we were getting ready to hike back down he said "thanks for taking me to the outside bath dad."

Here is Kevin and Nate on the bridge. Kevin carried him the whole way he did such a good job.
Here is Jana, Nate, Ben and me relaxing in the water it was so nice.
Here is Jana and Ben on the Bridge. Jana carried Ben most of the way up the mountain. Good thing she came or I would have turned back.
This is Ben and me on the trail. It was so pretty. My friend Natalie said when your on a hike "don't forget to look up." I kept thinking that and I'm glad I did.
Here is the wildlife we saw. Jana almost got pooped on as we were passing these cows ha ha ha.
Here is some more wildlife. Some weirdo BYU students decided to bring llamas up to pack all their stuff. The funny part is that when we passed them on the way back down the trail some kid was packing all the stuff and the llamas were just along for the ride. When we got back down the trail they were trying to convince these poor llamas to get in a van, not a horse trailer or something logical like that but just a regular old van.

No more binks and other random stuff

Lately I have felt like a not so good mom. Here are a few examples of why. Nathan is almost 3 and he still had his binkis until yesterday bad mom move number 1. We decided it was time to get rid of them. It hurt my heart to think of taking them away because he loves them so much but it was time. As I'm sitting here blogging about them he's begging his dad for one :(
We told Tator that he could have anything he wanted ( within reason) if he paid for them with his binks( bad mom move number 2 ). He decided he wanted fish so that's what he got. We gathered all his binks up and put them in a baggie and headed to petco. Nathan picked out a sweet looking black moor goldfish. We decided we would name him Frank. We walked up to the register and I gave Nate his baggie full of binks and said here you go pay for them with your binks he handed them right over while I whispered to the lady behind the register just throw them away when we leave. She smiled and took them like they were gold. So far so good right??? Frank has a sweet tank that changes colors Nate likes to ask us "which one you want?" then he will change the color accordingly. We decided Frank needed a girlfriend so we went and got a orange goldfish named Shirley to keep him company. Later on that night my sister came over with her family and they asked him what the names of the fish were and he insisted that the black one was Toph and the orange one was Toke so I guess Frank and Shirley have been renamed :) So that night Tator was crying and screaming for a binki so I told him sorry Tator you bought Toph and Toke with your binks we don't have them anymore. He said to me "take them back I want my binki". I laid with him til he cried himself to sleep. Sad :( Today was good he only asked for them 2 times until it was bedtime and he's upstairs in bed right now crying for them. My heart is breaking.
Here is a pic of bad mom move number 3. This happened while I was on the computer.
This is just a cute picture of my boys in their Halloween pajamas. I love Halloween.

Nate is growing up so fast it makes me sad. He is super smart he already knows all his letters and the sound each one makes. He can find and name 7 of the states on a map. He's very sweet and kind. The other day some older ladies from my ward came over to our house to bring Ben a blanket. I could hear Nate in the kitchen getting in the fridge. He came out with two bottled waters and gave them to the ladies it was so cute it melted my heart and made me laugh a little. I don't want him to grow up anymore. I want to freeze him at this age. I just hope that all my bad mom moments don't screw him up too much.

Curly Mullet and the Gang

This is a super funny picture I found the other day. This is Me (the one in front with the sweet curly mullet), my cousin Emily who I know reads my blog and I hope this pic will brighten her day, my cousin Holly who I think also reads it sometimes, my cousin Darcy and my cousin Bree. I'm not sure who the girl in the red shirt is but I remember her being around alot. We were all around the same age and we had really good fashion sense don't you think.

Another guess who's who

When I remember I try and take pictures of the Ben when he is wearing something I know I have a picture of Nate wearing the same thing. So here's another who's who game. I think it's getting easier to tell them apart but maybe it's just cause I'm their mom.

Baby Blessing

Sunday was Ben's big day. My mom and I went to pick out his blessing outfit and we got it home and I tried it on him and it wouldn't fit over his big melon. Both my boys have very cute but very giant heads. Ben ended up wearing Nathans which was totally fine with me. It made me realize how much they really do look alike. Kevin gave Ben a wonderful blessing. I was a little stressed about the lunch but it turned out really good. Thanks for coming everyone and thanks for helping out. I couldn't have done it without you.

Thanksgiving Point

I have been a lot more active after having Ben than I was with Nathan. I think it's because I have a toddler that needs to get out of the house. The other day we went to Thanksgiving Point to the animal farm. The Kids loved it. Here is Nathan, Macie and Ellie looking at chicks and riding a plastic cow very funny don't you think? I always wonder if Nathan will still be friends with these cute girls when he is in High school :) I also wonder if they will still call him Tator. We got to go on a wagon ride. I was pointing things out for Tator to look at while on the ride and all he wanted look at was the poopie horse. He kept saying look mom a poopie horse. Whatever makes him happy right???

SO TIRED

Lately I have been so tired I can barely move. Ok not that bad but pretty bad. Having 2 kids has done me in. I don't know how people have tons of kids. My mom had 8 and I cry just thinking about how tired that would make a person. I keep telling myself that it's just sleep and it's not that important but I just love sleep. If you were to ask me what my favorite pass time is my answer would be sleep. I sometimes wake up in the morning planning when I can go to sleep next. This does not really work with a 2 year old and a new borns schedule. Nathan decided to stop taking his 3 hour naps as soon as Ben was born, sad huh. It's not like Ben is even a bad baby. He's not sleeping through the night but sometimes he sleeps for 6-7 hours at a time and then he will go right back to sleep. I have this worrying problem. I wake up about a million times a night to make sure he's breathing and to check on Nathan. Kevin says I make up stuff to worry about. Sometimes I think he's right. This does not help in the sleep department. I lay awake at night thinking about the dumbest things like what I would say if someone this to me or what I should have said in a conversation. I look at the clock every few minutes thinking if I could just fall asleep now I would get this much sleep and then do the same thing 30 minutes later silly me. Sometimes I wish I could just shut my brain off. I have even tried working out the last few days thinking that will make me so tired I will just fall right to sleep no such luck. I have had this love for sleep ever since I can remember. When I was younger I could sleep all day wake up eat and go back to sleep for the night. Boy do I miss those days sometimes. Ok I'll stop. This is probably making whoever reads my blog tired. Happy sleeping!!