Sick Boy

Brayden was really sick all week (May 11-15.) He threw up for 3 days, then had diarrhea for 2. Not fun. Luckily none of us caught what he had. He always wanted to be where I was. Here he is laying on the counter while I was making lunch.
At some point Brayden found my deoderant. I came into the room while he was trying to put it on. It was really cute.

I wasn't able to get Brayden to eat anything the first 3 days. Finally on days 4 and 5 he would eat Mac & Cheese. When he was ready to eat the leftovers from when I made it, he decided he wanted to eat it cold. So I gave it to him and went to get Brooklyn. Here is what I came back to.Since he was sick, I thought it was cute and let him play with it as long as he was eating it. I kept taking pictures, and of course this was bound to happen.

What a Project!

We've gotten 2 notices from the city that we needed to cut our lawn by May 7. They stopped by on the 5th and noticed we had started working on it, so they extended it until the 14th. I wish it was grass, but the entire yard is weeds. As soon as the inside of the house is done and put away, we will be starting on the outside. I bought an awesome lawn mower on KSL a couple of weeks ago for only $100! It did an awesome job. It took me a long time, but we finally got it done. I forgot to take pictures of it before I started cutting it, so just imagine the whole yard looking like this:
Josh and Steve spent one evening until midnight using sickles to cut down part of the weeds. I had to rake it all up then mow over it. They sickled about 1/4 of the yard.Here is the area they sickled after I raked and mowed. Almost the finished project. I didn't take pics after I was done b/c it was late at night. I mowed the edges to the fence, then a neighbor came over with a trimmer and finished it for us. Looks great, but too bad it's not grass.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is always such an enjoyable Sunday. After a wonderful morning with Josh and the kids, church, and naps we headed out to visit my mom. It is great to live so close to them now. My mom is truly a blessing in my life. She is an example to me of what it takes to be a great mom. We have a relationship that I cherish and love to be able to say she is my best friend.
After visiting with my parents we headed over to the Ericson's where we had a bbq with my mother-in-law's family. It was fun to see everyone and spend time with Josh's mom. I am so grateful for the relationship we have and for the help she continues to give us. I'm also grateful that she raised such a wonderful son to take care of our family. We love you, Kay, and hope you know how special you are to our family.

I am so grateful and humbled for the opportunity I have to be a mother to two beautiful children. I love spending time with them and teaching them all that I can. There are no words to describe the love I have for Brayden and Brooklyn. I am often overwhelmed with the feelings of inadequacy, but continue to do my best for these kids. Thanks, Josh, for making my day special and for everyday making me feel loved and appreciated.

Bowling!

For Ryan Tucker's birthday, Trianna invited us all to go bowling with them. We have been SO excited to take Brayden bowling for the first time. He watches Curious George go bowling all the time and also is always asking to bowl on the Wii. Here is Brooklyn as we were getting ready to leave. Isn't she the cutest?!
Is he really big enough to carry an 8 pound ball? I love the picture as Brayden waited to see how many pins got knocked down.
Anxiously waiting for his turn again.
The girls:
The boys. Brayden was a little worn out by the end and wanted to go. Of course as soon as got in the car he wanted to bowl again.
I'm not sure what it is, but every good picture with the two kids always has both of them with their hands in their mouths.

First Tub

It is SO nice to finally have a tub again. In our condo our tub was full of storage, so we haven't used it in years. The kids love taking tubs together and never want to get out. We are waiting on a part for the shower, so until it comes, Josh and I also have to take tubs. I am definitely converted. It's so nice to relax with the jets going.

We're In!!!!!

The day finally came. Friday night we stayed at the house really late cleaning, grouting, and making the final preparations to move in. May 2nd we made the big move. We had a lot of help from our ward to load up our U haul and had a lot of help from the new ward to unload it. I can't believe how much stuff we have. We were able to load the Uhaul, a huge van, and 4 cars and we aren't close to being done. (Close enough, though to get the rest later.) It was a lot of fun directing everyone where to put everything, although the rain made it challenging. We had half the guys inside with shoes off and the other half outside handing stuff off. It seems surreal that we are actually in and get to sleep here. I can FINALLY get the kids on a normal schedule again. We've been driving back and forth so much and getting home so late that the kids are all messed up. Here are the pictures before we moved in:

Here are the pictures after we moved in. Our bedroom, although this picture makes it look really small, is mcuh bigger:
Brooklyn's room:
Family room downstairs:
Living room upstairs:

Computer room downstairs:
We finally get a toy room!!! After everyone left Josh went back to the condo to get another load. So I decided to take the kids on our first walk around the neighborhood. It was awesome to be in a neighborhood and not on a busy street. I think we'll have lots of walks this summer.
The tub wasn't clean yet, so we had a great tub in the sink. The kids loved it, and it is much better in this sink than in the condo b/c here they each get their own side.

Carpet!

One of these days I'll update our house blog again. It's so close to being done. Well...the work will continue for months, but we are almost ready to move in. Today our carpet was put in the basement. It is amazing the difference it makes to have carpet. The kids had a blast. Upstairs it has been so dirty we've had to hold Brooklyn continuously and Brayden is completely bored of being upstairs not able to do anything. When I took the kids downstairs for the first time I couldn't believe how much fun they had. They've never had this much room to play in, even at the condo. It was fun to see the two of them start playing together. Brayden thought it was so fun to tackle Brooklyn. He would first push her over so she was laying down then he would snuggle her and give her hugs. I didn't take pictures of the bedrooms, but here are pictures of the family room and stairs.
If only we could keep it without any furniture. Then we could play soccer all day long!
Brooklyn liked to eat all the fuzzies, of course.