Wash the dishes...

My dishwasher does not work, so I have to wash my dishes by hand (hence the stacks of dishes!) this is not my favorite thing to do, but just because I don't like it doesn't mean Bo doesn't! In fact, I think it's his FAVORITE thing! As soon as the sink is full of soapy water, Bo is looking all over the house for the "perfect" things to put in the sink!

I am not kidding, his selection is a serious business! He picks things up, inspects them, and then either tosses them back in the toy bin, or runs into the kitchen to throw it in the sink! Of course, I tell him no, so now, when he's ready to throw something in, he turns me away from the sink, and pushes me all the way out of the kitchen then runs fast to hurry and throw his toy in the sink before I can stop him. The first time he did it, I had no idea what he was doing, it didn't take long to catch on to the not-so-sneaky little bugger, but he just makes me laugh, so I snuck around the other side of the kitchen, and took a picture of him in the act!

Hurrying to throw his toy in!

This one made him laugh out loud, like he was playing the BEST trick! Who would notice a Big Red Ball in the sink!?

I tried to get a close up of all the toys that have been thrown in. You can't see them very well with all the bubbles, but my sink was seriously full of toys!

Since this first time, he has actually gotten better at sneaking, and better at picking what he throws in so as not to let me know until it's time to rinse! So when I'm rinsing my dishes, I pull out mini dinosaurs, teenage mutant ninja turtle weapons, marbles, farm animals, and lately I'm finding screws and pennies! (I have no idea where those are coming from, but I have been looking for his stash!)

This kid just keeps me laughing. He is so naughty, but so cute it's hard to punish him for it! I love my little trickster!

Randoms...

I borrowed a camera from my Mother-in-law, as well as my own mother (because mine is broken), and I was pleasantly surprised to see pictures I had forgotten about. I wanted to document a few so I wouldn't forget! So here we go...

Memory #1

I was making pumpkin rolls one Sunday night for dessert, and while I was distracted somewhere else, this is what happened!

Cody climbed up to the counter where the powder sugar was, and started making his own creation! If you'll notice the bottle of Cinnamon next to the powdered sugar...

I didn't realize it at the time, when I was cleaning up the mess, but Cody had dumped the whole bottle of cinnamon in the powdered sugar and mixed it up himself! When did we realize this?

The next time we decided to bake something that called for powdered sugar, we kept thinking something tasted different! Hmmm. Cinnamon-ie in something that shouldn't have had cinnamon in it! Then it dawned on us! REMEMBER when Cody did this???? Oh Yeah!

Memory #2

Last summer, my mom and I went to visit my sister in Park City to get a little "Hair Therapy", behind her salon is the coolest little park, so I took my boys to let them play while Sally took care of us. My poor little Bo was just having an "off" day! He tripped and hurt himself more than once, so when we got back in the car, it looked as though this poor child had been through the war! So Sad!

Notice the gigantic goose egg on the forehead, along with all the blood! He got a bloody nose before the Goose egg! I really was watching him, and I was standing right there when all of these boo-boos happened, but sometimes, you just can't save them from themselves! I'm sorry Bo Baby!

Memory #3

Oh this makes me laugh right out loud! This kid is seriously hilarious! Cody has some pants that sometimes he can't get undone by himself, so he needs some help. If you help him anywhere but the bathroom, this is what happens. He rips his pants down to his ankles, right where you are, and then he will proceed to "HOP" to the bathroom to go potty! I don't know why, but it makes me laugh every time he does it!

So there we are, some of our forgotten memories. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!

Betrayed.

I feel like my body has betrayed me. Yesterday I was sad, but today, I'm just ticked off!

I know I have two beautiful, healthy children, and I know I am blessed. I feel blessed. But today, right now, I'm just mad that this body of mine for some reason will not let me carry another healthy child! I know we will figure it out. And, if we can not have any more children, I will be thankful for what we do have, but I will still be pissed.

Also, I love my husband. I don't know how he does it. I am crazy, and he loves me anyway!

I love you Cor!

Just for Me...

My camera is still broken, but there are so many things going on that I don't want to forget, so these random things are just for my family and me, to remember...

*Cody is talking more and more everyday. He is going from this really shy child, to this loud outgoing Boy! It has been so fun to watch. We're still waiting to get into speech, but while we're waiting, he's certainly getting better and better!

*I laugh every time Cody goes "poot" and yells at me to "Come wipe me bum!"

*Bo sings 'Old MacDonald everyday, ALL day! His animal sounds are hilarious! Especially the pig! (He got a pig from his Grandma Jill that makes noise, the only problem is, the battery is dying, so it sounds more like a growling sick pig. So when you tell Bo to say what the piggy says, he sounds like the sick pig instead of the real pig!)

*Bo has been watching Cody and I work on writing his name, so now, Bo gets a pen and paper, and writes his Name! A (drag out the A sound) O (Draw out the O sound) What? That's not his name?! I know! But those are the letters he always wants to use!

*Bo points out EVERY Cow, Horse, and Sheep we see wherever we go, in any form! As long as it looks like one to Bo, he'll yell it out!

*Cody loves numbers! He'll point out every number he finds. He can count to 20 by himself, and he counts to 10 in Spanish (courtesy of Go Diego Go!)

*Both my boys love animals. We are waiting patiently for this weather to warm up so we can start spending our time outside again.

*Both my boys are jumpin' fools! Tramps, Beds, it doesn't matter! They'll even just jump on the floor wherever we go!

*We spend A LOT of time in the Tub! These two are water dogs. It's not unusual for my boys to take 2 or 3 baths in one day! Bo likes to lie down in the water on his back ALL THE WAY UNDER WATER! It's creepy to watch him look at you from under the water! I don't dare leave him in the tub alone for even 1 second, so I am getting a lot of reading in.

*Last but not least, I'm pregnant again! Yep! We're trying again! I just barely took a test day before yesterday, so I'm not very far along. I'm having so many mixed emotions about it, so I wanted to write them down. Just for me. I know with my history, I shouldn't be telling anyone, but that just isn't how I do things. I gotta jump in with both feet and just hope and pray, and pray, and pray for the best. So far, I've been tired, and super Grouchy! My Doctor is awesome, and I'm doing everything I can to make this a healthy pregnancy, so we'll just wait and see what happens! I am terrified for everything! Every pain, every symptom, every everything! If all goes well (fingers crossed) this baby will be here the end of October!

Happy Love Month!

**Revised-2/11/10**I guess it wasn't in the cards for us. Back to the doctor to figure out what is going on with this body of mine! I don't know if I can go through this again.

Just Another Manic Monday...

This day has been one for the history books, and it all went down before Noon!

I had to take Cody to school this morning, just like every other Monday, but that's where it all stopped being "Normal". When I got in the car this morning to take Cody to school, I noticed my gas light was on. I figured it can't have been on that long, so I would take Cody to school and then head over to the gas station. We made it to school without any problems, but when I started up the road towards the nearest gas station, my car started surging, and feeling like it was losing power. Oh my Heck! I was running out of Gas! I have never ever ever ever in my entire life run out of gas! I was praying like crazy to just let me get to the gas station so I wasn't stranded in the cold with my two year old. Seriously, we coasted into Maverick on fumes. I put my car in park and reached for my wallet. WHAT THE CRAP! WHAT WALLET????

Yep. No Gas, No Money!

I started counting out all the change I could find in my car (under seats and everything!) when this nice man came over to see if I needed help. I explained that I had left my wallet at home, but didn't have enough gas to get home to get it, and then make it back to the gas station! The nice guy gave me two bucks and said it should be enough to make it home and back. So with my $1.35 in change, and his two bucks, I had enough to run home.

Okay. Crisis #1 averted, kind of, but there's more!!

My wallet was at my mom's house, not mine, so I ran over to her house. I left Bo in the car with the car running because I just had to run in, grab my wallet, and run out again! It should have only taken 30 seconds tops! I ran in, grabbed my wallet, ran back out...

WHAT THE CRAP! MY CAR IS RUNNING! MY BABY IS IN IT! AND EVERY DOOR IS LOCKED!!! I didn't know car doors would lock with the keys in the ignition.

I have never ever ever ever in my life locked my keys in the car!

So there I am looking at Bo, and he's looking at me, and I'm thinking "Don't let him see you panic!" So I just start smiling at him and talking to him through the window.

I panicked. I called 911! I didn't know what else to do. I explained the situation to them and they said they would send someone right over.

I waited.

Bo started crying.

15 minutes later the cop shows up. I ask him to open my door, when he informs me he doesn't have a 'lock kit' but he can brake my window!

WHAT!?!

I CAN BRAKE MY OWN WINDOW! I CALLED YOU FOR HELP!

So, I called a locksmith. In the middle of telling the locksmith how to get to my mom's house, my.phone.dies.

If the cop hadn't been standing right there, I would have chucked that stupid thing as far as I could along with letting out a stream of curses that would make a sailor blush.

Instead, I made a little sound of desperation and asked the cop if I could use his phone.

I called the locksmith back, he told me he'd be there in 5-8 minutes. I think he made it in three! He was so kind, and opened my door and let me grab my kid and run in the house.

When I came out again, the locksmith was gone. He said he didn't charge when kids were involved. How great is he?

The cop had to write it up. I didn't get a ticket or anything. (I wouldn't have blamed him if I did) but he did have to fill out a report on the situation. Bo was pretty upset, but we held each other for a while and he finally fell asleep. My poor baby!

So yeah, today has been pretty bad so far.

I need a nap!

Camera Drama

My Camera is broken.

Who wants to take bets on how long it takes me to get if fixed or buy a new one?

Christmas Morning, and bringin' in the New Year!

I was so excited for Christmas this year because Cody totally got it, and Bo was just as excited!

We kicked off Christmas the same way we do every year by meeting Cory's family at the cemetery on Christmas Eve to sing 'Silent Night' to his older sister Jamie who passed away. This is a tradition his family has had since they lost her, and I have always loved it, but this year it meant even more to me since we lost our own sweet baby girl. After all the hustle and bustle of the holiday's it is nice to be able to meet at a sacred place together and remember the sacrifice our savior made for us. It is a sweet reminder that we will all be together again because of that sacrifice, and brings the spirit back to Christmas that sometimes gets lost in all the chaos. As always it was a beautiful way to welcome Christmas.

After the cemetery, we all went our separate ways to celebrate with our own families. I had my family over to our house for dinner this year, I was so nervous and so anxious because this is the first time I've cooked an "important" meal! (As Sally reminded me when she called to ask if she should eat before coming over!) I made my first Christmas Ham, and I have to say, it was a smashing success!! Dinner was yummy, and it was so fun to have all of us together! (Robbie, Heather, & Karlee were here for the holidays as well.) My mom made the grand kids these darling " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas" Books, and gave everyone the traditional Christmas jammies. We played games, and had fun just being together.

Yep. That's my boy playing with the Hair Salon aunt Sally gave to Karlee!! I didn't know Cody paid attention to me when I did my hair, but apparently he does, since he knew exactly what to do with that blow dryer and comb! It was so funny!

...and made his dad oh. so. proud!

Christmas morning, we threw our kids in the car and headed over to my mom's house to see what Santa brought! It was so fun to open the door and see all the presents under her cute tree, and to see the kids go straight for the gifts that were meant for them. (a relief after the Salon fiasco!)

Cody got an Imaginex Pirate Ship that thrilled him,

and Bo got the Pirate Island that went with it. He hasn't stopped playing with it!

Cody had to check out every inch of his ship! It has missiles that shoot out the side that were met with total enthusiasm!

So check out Bo's Christmas Jammies! They made me laugh the whole time he was wearing them because they looked like a unitard! Cute Bo baby!! (mommies sorry!)

And there it is! What Christmas is all about! He was one happy little boy! (and you will notice Cody is NOT in Christmas jammies! He is going through this phase that he will NOT wear any new clothes! No new undies! No new Nothin'! If it's "Not Cody's" it will NOT Do!)

Yes, mom got right in there with the boys and there toys!

Bo and Karlee play so well together and love to share. Karlee and Cody however, are another story! They fight like a brother and sister! It's a love-hate relationship! So funny!

Another cute pic of Bo in his jams. Still laughing! Sorry Bo!

All the kids were so into there toys they didn't even really have any interest in opening any other gifts. It was so fun to watch them and it made all the hard work totally worth it!

I did get a little worried when Bo kept going back to Karlee's princess castle, instead of playing with his pirates, but in his defense, he just liked the horses that went with the princesses!

Our "Christmas Story" moment. So Ralphy! Cody got a play rifle! It cocks, and shoots, and takes play bullets. It came with some binoculars, so now Cody thinks he's got a set just like dads! I think it was definitely his favorite present!

With Cody enthralled with his gun, it opened the Pirate Ship up for the little brother! Bo loves to play with big boy toys, but sometimes the older brother isn't so nice...

Thank goodness for distractions!

Happy. Happy. Happy!

And Hello Golf Set!! What a smart Santa! Maybe next year, you can remember to give the boys there OWN sets! Fighting is not so fun on Christmas! :)

Maybe the next Tiger Woods? Hmmm. Maybe. Not.

I think this one will have to stick to baseball. He kept trying to use the golf club as a bat, and the golf ball as a baseball.

I know I didn't get a lot of pictures of Karlee, but she was so cute! She loved her Castle, and her princesses, and all her girly things. I think she may have glanced at the boys stuff, but she is girl through and through!

Another present! What is it!? What is it!?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!!! "Oh My Cow!"

And the Turtle Van!!!

(While Cody checked out his van, you'll notice Bo in the background having his Christmas Poop!)

After we opened our presents we headed over to see Cory's family, and to exchange gifts with the Huntsman's. I feel so bad that I didn't take my camera! We got to see the Grandparents, and Cathy & Mike, along with Cory's siblings. I love that we live so close to our families and are able to go back and forth between them on holidays!

I wish I would have gotten a picture of Jaxson meeting us at the door right when we got there shouting, "We got a present for Cody! What did you get me???" followed by, "Is it dinosaur stuff?????" I love that kid!

We loved Christmas this year, and I am sad to see it go. Thank you to our families for making Christmas so wonderful, and making us feel so loved, and so thankful for all you do for us!

Originally, we were going to leave the day after Christmas for Bear Lake. We spend every New Year's there and love being able to get away, and look forward to it, unfortunately, this year our trip was postponed a few days. Cory's cousin Dan and his sweet wife Nanette lost their 10 yr. old son, Jake, to a tragic accident while playing. My heart aches for there little family and once again, I am so grateful for the knowledge that families can be together forever.

We made it up to Bear Lake and I don't know who was happier, my little boys, or the hubs! Cory took his hounds, and spent most of his time out hunting, so he was a happy camper, and Cody asks every day if we can go to Bear Lake, so when we pulled up to the cabin, he was absolutely thrilled! Every time we wanted to go somewhere he would yell that he didn't want to leave Bear Lake. Finally, I pointed out the lake and tried to tell him we were still in Bear Lake, he looked at me and said, "No mom! That's water lake! I want to go to Bear Lake!" Can't argue with that!

This boy cracks me up! He emptied out the toy bucket and climbed on in. He seriously sat in there playing for at least an hour.

Bo is happiest when he can just be in his own little world!

Two peas in a pod!

Cory built a fire for us one night so we had to get all bundled up to go out. This red coat has been a traumatic thing for this boy! Last year Cory bought him an ugly camo coat that I've hated, so I was really glad when it was getting too small for Cody this year (it probably would have been fine, but I told myself it was too small so I could buy him a new one.) Cody has refused to put it on, and he screams for his green coat! We had to hide it at Cory's mom's house so he couldn't find it. He finally puts this coat on without screaming, but he still asks for his green coat!

I just think Bo looks so darling, but I keep thinking if he could talk he would sound just like Randy, "Mom! I can't put my arms down!"

I don't know if you know this, but Camo is dead sexy! Especially with hat hair! I just think my kidlets look so cute! Bo may be a little miffed about not having a plug, and when Cody takes a picture, he drags out "Cheeeeeeeese" until the flash goes off! But at least we captured the moment!

And here are my three muskateers! Totally in their element!

And here is our attempt at a family Picture!

Yep. Cory and Cody look cute, but Bo looks ticked, and I look like a camo michelin man!

This is why we don't have any family pictures!

So that is the end of our year in a nutshell. We had a lot of ups and downs in 2009, but I like to think we've grown a lot, a lot closer to each other, a lot closer to our families, and a lot closer to our Father in Heaven. We look forward to 2010 with great expectations and are excited to see what this next year will bring!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!