This little guy...

CRACKS. US. UP.

I love the things he says and does.
While driving home from St. George yesterday, we passed a refinery and he yelled "what dat mell?"
He says that anytime he smells something - good or bad. It it the cutest thing ever!

He loves to jump on things, climb, do flips (out-of-control somersaults), play football with his big brother, and he loves treats. Especially ice cream and chocolate. There's no doubt he's mine!

Love this kid!

Speaking of Benjamin...

Brody told my Mom recently about his friend "Ben". He told her that his last name was "ja-min". Ben-jamin. He kills me! I love the way kids think!

Love them!

These boys make me smile. Gavin (left), Ben (center), Brody (right). Benjamin lives across the street from us and the boys love to play together. This picture was taken on my front porch. What's better than cute boys eating popsicles together on a warm Saturday afternoon? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Facebook Status

I find my facebook status' to be like a "journal in a nutshell". I love how I can explain something so cute, important, memorable, etc. in just a few words. I want to copy and paste my status' occasionally, just so I can remember the "little" things that make my day!

This post is from yesterday:

Tonight, as I drove the babysitter home, she told me that gavin kept asking where she buys her hair. she had to explain over and over again to him that she does not "buy" her hair, it "just grows". Apparently I make things confusing for the little guy. I wish my hair would "just grow"!

Where to start?

I guess I will update a little of what's been going on with us and throughout the next 50 years I'll update on the the last year I missed out on. I'm so bummed. I wish I never stopped - I think that's why I never updated. I wanted to, I just felt like I was so far gone and had so much to do. Oh-well. I can always get caught up. This is like my journal, after all, so I really need to get this thing going again!! Here we go!

Within the last year, we...

- bought a new home
- rented out our previous home
- Bobby began the last year of his MBA program (approx. 8 weeks to go!)
- Gavin turned 2 (almost 6 months ago)
- Brody turned 4 (7 months ago)
- My Brother left on a mission to Michigan
- Enjoyed our summer!
- Went on 2 vacations to Disneyland
- celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary!
- etc. I'll think of some more!

I'll start with this list - plus some!

i'm back!

Before I hit the one year mark of being MIA, I decided to start posting again. Welcome!! I have so much that I want to remember about this last year and I love blogs just for that reason! So, get ready to get personal with me again!! Here we go....

SLACKER!

I am so behind on my blog that I don't even know where to begin....

My boys are so stinkin' adorable and are keeping me extremely busy! LOVE THEM!

Gavin has 11 teeth - he is missing a tooth on the bottom, which is why he doesn't have an even number of teeth yet! He's running around everywhere and loves his daddy! HE is a Daddy's boy- that's for sure! He is talking more and more everyday.

Some of our favorite things he says:

Hallelujah - and he says it pretty darn well... sounds like Ah-yay-you-ya (Bobby always belts out the Hallelujah song. Brody loves it! So, now Brody belts it out as well, which, naturally results in Gavin following their example! It's not too common to hear an 18 month old baby sing the song) :)

No-no
uh-huh! (this is how he says yes, and it's so darn cute!)
cookie - gogo, gokie
ball
footbal - buball
golf - gol
golfball - golgol
brody
mama
dadda
nana
grandma - mah-ma
grandpa - gampa
drink - gwee
juice
eat
... the list goes on, but I think that's a good start for catching myself up on the blog!

Brody goes to preschool now and loves it!
He goes twice a week for 2 hours. When I drop him off he gives me a kiss and asks what I'm going to do while he's at school. I usually tell him I'm going to take Gavin home to take a nap- and that's what we do for those 2 hours!
When I pick him up he tells me what he did at school that day. I don't know why, but I'm pretty shocked at how much he learns each day. I know he's a smart kid, but I must not realize how big he actually is. He is still my baby, but he's my baby who can tell me about Christopher Columbus and Jack and Jill... things I can hardly remember!
BTW- he told me that Christopher Columbus came over on a boat and found pineapple and popcorn... I didn't remember that, but I don't doubt him one bit :) I'm in for a rude awakening when he's coming home with actual homework!

Bobby just finished his first year of his MBA. I'm so proud of him. He has quite the schedule and it's pretty exhausting. He will be done, FOR GOOD, next December. The countdown begins!!
It will be so nice to have him come home from work and not have to worry about school. He works full time and goes to school 2 nights a week, BUSY, BUSY!!

As for me, I am enjoying staying at home with my kiddies! They are so much fun! I've been selling essential oils and they've been so interesting to learn about. I love telling people about them. My website is on the side bar if you're interested in them. I took the boys on a walk a while ago and Brody said "we're going on a walk to your friends house to talk about oils?!"
Bobby said it was time for the boys to be with Daddy more!