So we were downstairs playing while I was on the computer. I noticed that I couldn't hear Brooklyn anymore so I went to find her. The little trickster pushed the chair over to the counter and grabbed the Rice Krispie box that was there, almost empty. The rest is self-explanatory:
While I was later cleaning the kitchen I put on Elmo for a few minutes before Brooklyn was going to take a nap. I walked in and found her like this. Apparently she was pretty tired:
I'll try not to go crazy with pics from all of Brayden's soccer games. He's doing really well, and most of the time plays without crying...although we've had two games where he didn't want to play and just cried for part of it. For 3-4 year olds, they don't have goalies but Brayden had other plans. Here he is being goalie, of course he's standing in the wrong goal and tried to block it from his teammates. They still scored :)
Running hard:
I hate to admit that I've only made cookies maybe once or twice since we've been married. We just aren't big cookie people. Well a couple of months ago I bought all the ingredients for oatmeal raisin cookies, but never made them. So when Brayden out of the blue asked if we could make cookies, I had no reasons to say no. I put Brooklyn down for a nap then found a healthy recipe online and we started! Here's Brayden mixing in his Home Depot apron:
And enjoying the cookies fresh from the oven!
Although the kids are still in the pj's, I've learned that when your kids say, "Mom! Take our picture!" you just do it. So here they are thinking they are funny b/c they're sitting on the diapers:
Why we didn't do this last year I'll never know...I was surprised how much easier it was than I thought. We were always told we'd have to till the whole thing and rake it out, which is hard to do when we don't have a tiller or a truck to go rent one. But by putting the house up for sale we knew we had to get it done. I got a couple of bids and one guy said that he could power rake it instead of till it, which cut the cost in half! I called IFA and they agreed that that is just fine to do before laying sod. They power raked it in about 2 1/2 hours! My aunt cut out a bunch of sod, so we were able to lay 1/4 of the yard with that, then I found a guy selling some on KSL for a good price that filled in the rest of the yard. My kids haven't stopped playing on it. It's so fun to see them running around and rolling on it, without tracking dirt inside. It's great!!!
We had a very busy, yet enjoyable Mother's Day. I had to teach Relief Society, so our morning was quite rushed. But we all made it to church on time and my lesson went well. Brayden was SO cute everytime he saw me in church. He would come up, give me a big hug, and say "Happy Mother's Day!" I melted everytime. Here's what he made for me in his primary class:
During sacrament meeting, we weren't sure if Brayden would actually go up and sing with the primary or not. To our surprise he did! He walked up there and found a spot right in the front. And of course he saw us and waved...so cute! He sang most of the words and actions to both songs and I couldn't help but be emotional watching my little boy up there singing to me. (He did see his little friend inbetween songs, wave, and say, "Hi Boston!" Everyone chuckled and thought it was cute." Thanks Brayden for absolutely making my day SO special!
After church we went straight to my parent's to visit them before they left for church. It's kinda becoming a tradition for my kids to give roses to each grandma and their birthdays and Mother's day. Here they are giving my mom some roses:
Our kids with my mom:
Brooklyn and my mom:
After a quick visit we headed down to Orem to visit my brother and sister-in-law in the hospital. They had their twins the day before. Congrats you guys! Here's Josh with Meg:
Here I am with Ty:
Ty & Meg:
Afterwards we headed home so the kids could get a quick nap. For dinner we went to Josh's aunt's house to meet up with his extended family having a bbq. Here is Brooklyn at the little girl's table with Aubree and Jacie:
Our kids with Josh's mom:
How grateful I am to be the mother to these two precious kids. I love being at home with them everyday and feel so blessed that they are a part of our lives. Thanks for a great Mother's Day!
Brayden got a couple of the magnet fridge toys for Christmas. I put this one away while we learned his single letters with the other one he got. I finally pulled it out this past week and we've started learning how to form words. He absolutely loves learning new words and practicing them. He will find the letters, put them in, push each of them, then he stands back while folding his arms to wait for it to repeat the word back to him. Here he is putting in the letters:
And here he is waiting for it to say the word:
My uncle works for a Limo company, and while they are remodeling my aunt and uncle are storing 2 limos at their house. I was talking to my aunt trying to plan lunch for my mom on her birthday, when they had the great idea of going to lunch in the limo! It was awesome!!! My sister, Celeste, my grandma, and my mom all met at my aunt's house to surprise my mom with the Hummer Limo. It was SO much fun. Here's my mom being chauffered by my uncle:
Here we are inside chillin' away:
Hope you had a happy birthday mom! Thanks for letting us share your day with you! 
