Life

So life goes on...time marches on. I rarely get many pictures with the boys, but I have gotten a few recently. I am calling these my mother's day pictures since I decided that I want pictures with my kids every mother's day.

They make me so tired some days, but they are so fun. Tate is starting to talk and he says some crazy stuff! I will have to blog about all his words one day. Funny.

I am trying to think about what I have been doing lately to fill my days. I found myself thinking the other day, "what am I going to do with the boys all summer?" and then I realized that I will probably do the same thing that I do all day during the winter, spring and fall.

I work at the hospital a day here or there every couple of weeks, and I have been trying to work out most days. There is this lady that does a "boot camp" thing at a church near our house a couple of days a week and it has been awesome. I like working out in a group setting like that. I push myself a little harder, I think. I am so competitive. I am getting muscle that I haven't had since high school. I like it. The first day I went she all of the sudden yelled "on the line!" And I thought, "is she serious?" Yes. She was. We had to run suicides. It was like deja vu from high school when i played volleyball or basketball. I have a love/hate relationship with this bootcamp thing.

I just keep thinking that it will be so worth it when I GO TO HAWAII next Wednesday! That is what my parents did for Christmas this past year. My brother Jordan got home from his mission in Jan, and prior to him being gone I had another brother on a mission. They overlapped about 6 months, so this is the BIG vacation now that the family is all together again. I am a little nervous about the whole experience (mainly worried about how Tate and Tanner will do) but I am so excited!

The beginning

Well, I also must post about the very first father and sons camping trip. I guess it was actually a father and son camping trip, since Tanner was not in attendence. ( next year ???) Tate adores Chris, and likes to do EVERYTHING that Chris does. He likes to wear a hat like him, he likes to listen to the ipod like him... basically if Chris is doing something, Tate thinks that he should be doing the same thing. I love how he is looking at Chris is this picture. I told you that he ADORES him!

Chris says that he took a fancy to the shovel all evening. I mean, who wouldn't?

My all-time favorite fathers and sons picture. Tate was so giddy and goofy as they were loading up the truck. He started trying to tease Chris by wiping boogers on him. He was cracking up, he thought that he was so funny.

As I write about their trip I find my self really appreciative of Chris. Tate is so young he didn't have to take him this year, but Chris genuinely enjoys being with Tate. I love that. They are so cute together. He is a REALLY good dad to Tate and Tanner. I have always loved seeing him around kids becuase he is so good with them, and the kids always, without fail, love him. BUT it is totally different seeing him with OUR kids. It just stirs stronger emotions, I guess. My boys are very lucky.

I had a life changing event occur a couple of weeks ago. Seriously. My friend and former room mate Brittney invited me to go to her salon one afternoon {Tantrum} because she needed to bring someone to a class that her boss was teaching, so that she could practice the technics that were going to be taught. So the class was on how to backcomb aka "rat" "tease" (or whatever you want to call it) your hair. So I was able to listen to the whole class and ever since then I have actually LOVED my hair almost every single day. This is a big deal. Ask Chris. Half the time I usually am not too pleased with my hair-do. I have MAJOR volume problems becuase my hair is so fine.Usually my hair looks like it is plastered to my head, which I hate. So you see, this really has changed my life in a very small way.

I thought that I knew how to backcomb before this class, but I came to the realization that I was actually totally in the dark. So with all of this being said, I am willing to offer what knowledge I now possess- for a small fee...just kidding. I love my new skill!!! Life changing, fo sure.

The menace

Here is a small glimpse of what Tanner goes through all day, everyday. He is such a good natured, chill baby! (Who, by the way, is now sleeping 8 hours at night!!!) As evidenced here, Tate LOVES bothering him! I loves these pictures, and how in a matter of 1 minute Tate bothers him in nearly every way imaginable!

This is Tate's personal favorite, "honking" Tanner's nose

Bless his heart! (Tanner's)

Tanner's blessing

We blessed Tanner on the last Sunday in March. Chris has done a fabulous job with both of the boys blessings. All the boys looked especially handsome in their suit coats! Tate would not take his jacket off the entire day, until he went to bed and we had to force him to take it off. It saddens me that this is the best family picture that we got! The family support. It stressed me out trying to get everyone to gather for the picture. Everyone came together fine, but then everyone wanted to be in charge about what way we needed to face so that there were no shadows on faces. We seriously changed the direction we were facing like 3 times! By that time I was done with trying to get more pictures, but now I wish that I had more! (This is why I don't have a better one of us 4)

Tanner was so cute. He is the absolute best baby. His suit was one that my mom made for Tate when he was blessed. It is totally 80's and I love it! Tanner is a few weeks older than Tate was when he wore it, so it was a bit of a struggle getting the pants on, but we did it!