Weather is nuts

Last week we were doing this!! Yes a water balloon fight. Nathan wouldn't let me throw them at him but he loved to throw them at me.


Today this is what we found when we woke up what the heck!!!!

Moment

I'm sure that most of you moms reading this have had those moments when you fall more in love with your kids. Well the other day we were just eating dinner like normal. I'm sure I yelled at the boys more than once while cooking and eating. We were having sausage gravy and biscuits (one of nate's favorite and the first time ben had tried it). As we were trying to convince nate to eat the rest of his dinner I looked over at Ben and he had the cutest smile and I looked him and said "Hi Ben". He screamed with happiness and clapped his grubby, chubby little hands together. I just melted. He was so so so cute. At that moment I fell more in love with that crazy little man. Even when he was covered in gravy which I knew someone was going to have to clean up. That's all, I just wanted to remember that little moment.

Mother's Day

So today was Mother's day. When we were trying to have a baby I was always so sad on Mother's day. I was Jealous of all the moms that got to see their kids sing in sacrament meeting and the cute mother's day things that they made in primary. This was my first Mother's Day with Nate being in primary. I was so excited to see him sing and get my little gift. Well it didn't happen quite like I pictured. Nate had to be coaxed into going up to sing and instead of singing he played in the curtains (We have some construction going on and have sacrament meeting in the gym). I ended up making my own craft because Nate would have nothing to do it with it. He was screaming and being kind of a mean boy in primary. He wouldn't sit in his seat all he wanted to do was follow me or lay on the floor because he needed a "rest". I had to help him fill out this cute questionnaire they do every year in primary for the moms and here is what he said:
1)My mom is 3 years old.
2)My mother likes to play wii.
3)The most fun or funniest I ever saw my mom do was play wii
4)I like it when my mom plays at Chuck E Cheese
5)My mom's favorite food is pizza
6)My mom is as beautiful as Princess Peach
7)If I could give my mom anything , I'd give her some blobs
8)I think my mom would like to go to Chuck E Cheese
9)My mom dislikes the wii
10)The thing I hear my mom say most is SHHHHH
11)My mom is smart! She even knows how to play wii
12)When my mom wakes up she plays wii
13)I love my mom because I'm your mom

Can you tell what's on this boys mind all the time :) I'm pretty sure the only reason Chuck E Cheese is thrown in a few times was because we went there yesterday for his cousin's birthday :)These answers made my day. Even though the day wasn't going how I pictured it it was still perfect I love being a mom and I love my boys. Happy Mother's Day!!!

Feeding the boys

Ok so I need some suggestions. One of the daily tasks that I find the hardest is to figure out what to feed the boys. It's sort of overwhelming to know that I have to make 3 meals a day and snacks that are not only good for them but that they will actually eat. Sure I could feed Nathan and Ben noodles for every meal and that would make them happy but not me. So my request is if you have any meals that your kids will eat that are good for them let me know cause I can use all the help I can get :)

I can't win :)

This is what I found when I got out of the bathroom the other day. Yes that is Ben balancing on tator's potty stool to try and play wii. He's starting early. I can't win.



Can I just say that this swingset has been the best money we have spent in a long time. Now instead of saying mom can I play wii first thing in the morning Nate runs outside before I'm even out of bed to play :) So fun!!Yes, Nate is in his underwear and his famous "Mario" shirt. White trash I know but still cute.

Easter Finally :)

We had a really good Easter this year. My brother Shane and his family came and they got us tickets to the Saturday morning session of conference. My mom and Melanie were nice enough to watch all the boys while we went. Heather and her family came on Saturday.The crazy kids colored some Easter Eggs. 12 dozen to be exact :) I didn't get any pic of that but it was a lot of eggs. We had some yummy food and had an Easter egg hunt. Here is Nathan blowing some bubbles for Ryan and Brandon on Easter morning. It was fun to get to know these little cuties. They are at such and cute age and it's fun to see twins interact with each other. I love them!!!


So Nathan thinks he gets to ask the easter bunny for things like it's Christmas. He had to have this wii steering wheel and if you notice he is wearing a mario shirt too. I don't know why I thought it was a good idea to buy him that shirt but he loves it. He doesn't even trust me to put it in the washer he has to do it. It's a bit to big for him and one of the first day he had it he went up to Kevin and said hey dad do you like my mario dress? Ha Ha Ha.
Here is Benner and his first Easter. He sure did like watching everyone look for eggs and finding a few stray jelly beans on the floor. Yum floor food.

Seattle

I took a trip to Seattle with 4 of my sisters, my mom and my Aunt Barbara. Kevin was nice enough to take time of work just to watch the boys. I was a little scared about leaving them for that long. Not that Kevin wouldn't do an awesome job but because I would miss them so much. I did fine and the boys had tons of fun with their dad. We did lots of stuff that we hadn't ever done before and got to hang out with just the girls. This is me at the Space Needle. I would not recommend this to anyone. Sure go to it and look at it from the ground but don't pay the 17 bucks to go up to the top.

Here is mom, Kim and Heather at the top. We only spent about 15 minutes up at the top and we could have left in like 3. Anyway...


This was our last adventure right before we had to leave to come home. Melanie found this place where they "help" you do glass blowing. I think this was most of the girls favorite thing. This is a pic of me trying to keep the blog of glass on the end of the pipe. Our teacher had been doing this for 13 years. His name was Shane. We also had another guy helping some of us named Jake.
Here are Jana, Heather, and Kim waiting their turn don't they look excited.


My favorite thing about Seattle is Pike Place. It's so fun just to sit back and watch people and everything is so pretty. Look at all these fresh veggies they always look so beautiful.

At the market they have these huge bunches of flowers for 5 bucks. Jana bought these and brought them back to our hotel to enjoy while we were there.
This is a little gross but interesting at the same time. This whole wall is covered in gum. It's right outside of Pike Place. If you look at Kim's face in this pic she looks totally grossed out. She was trying to smile but I don't think she could get past the grossness of the gum.
It didn't seem to bother me or Jana.
So we started out with a "Duck Tour". This is where you ride around in this vehicle that can drive on the road and then goes right in to the water. It was really fun. We got to see Seattle and act stupid. It was freezing cold but I think it was totally worth it.


Thanks Kevin for letting me go. You are the bestest ever :)