So Brogan has some news to share......he gets to go to
Kindergarten this year! Yea! In the process of getting
him ready to register for Kindergarten, we found out
he was going to need glasses. My first thoughts as his
mother were "Oh No!"---Sorry Brogan, I guess you got
your parents bad genes. Brogan was not sorry at all. In
fact he was so excited he wouldn't let me forget to make
him an appointment to see the eye doctor. Then when I
made the appt. he kept asking all day, "When are we
going?" Then as we were driving to the eye doctor, he
called them on his pretend cell phone to let them know we
were on our way! He got to pick out two pairs of glasses
( with help from his parents of course). Throughout the
next week or so Brogan asked every day if his glasses
had come in so we could pick them up. Needless to say,
Brogan loves his glasses and is so excited to have them!
I must say he looks absolutely adorable in his new specs
as you can see from the pictures below!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Brogan and Gavin. St. Patrick's
Day isn't a huge holiday, but a holiday is a holiday--anything
to give us a reason to celebrate right? Besides wearing green,
we decided to eat green things for lunch. Yum!

"Fast" Sunday

I needed to write this down real quick before I forget. I love the funny things my kids say and don't write them down very often, which is really sad because I forget a lot of what they say. Anyway, here is my story. My kids are still young and since I am taking them to church on my own most of the time, I still pack a snack to help keep them occupied through sacrament meeting! On fast Sunday I don't take a snack though! Also on fast Sunday the bishop hands out stickers instead of treats for passing off Articles of Faith. So this has introduced Brogan to fast Sunday a little bit. So tonight I was in the middle of ironing shirts for church tomorrow and my oldest, Brogan, says to me, "Mom, is it fast Sunday or slow Sunday?" I had to stop and giggle to myself. I guess I haven't done a very good job of explaining what '"fast" Sunday is and why we have it.

Don't you just love pictures like this!

Valentine's Day

Brogan had a Valentine's Party at preschool!
He had fun decorating his Valentine bag.

Mommy helped him make his Valentine's for his
friends. This year we made Valentine butterflies
with and Airhead treat inside.

Gavin was invited to join the Valentine preschool
party! He was very excited.

Mommy helped Gavin make his Valentine's too!
We made Valentine caterpillar's attached to
Airhead treats.

They had a lot of fun at the party! They made
a Valentine craft, played a game, passed out
Valentine's, and had a treat!
Gramsie came the weekend of Valenetine's to
visit and get her hair done. It was fun to have
her here. She offered to watch all the grandkids,
who live here, while their parents went out. We
had already planned to have a family Valentine's
dinner. So we invited her to join us. I had fun
decorating the table with heart shaped plates,
napkins and candies! I made a special dinner of
pasta, salad, heart shaped bread sticks, chocolate
covered strawberries, and punch. It was so nice
and fun and I don't even have proof. I completely
forgot to take pictures. Dang it! After dinner, we
took Gramsie up on her offer to watch the kids,
and Seth and I went to the movies!

Well it seems like I'm always
playing catch up. Oh well, that
is how life goes!
A couple of weekends ago, my
boys had a sleepover. We invited
their cousin, Alex, to spend the
night. They seemed to really
enjoy themselves. I took the
boys to McDonalds for dinner
and to play and get some energy
out. Then we rented a few
movies. Here they all are,
crowded in the top bunk, ready
to watch "Horton Hears a Who"!
Which they really didn't get into
too much, so they decided to....

have a pillow fight! They sure
had fun! I'm glad they play together
so well!

Bedtime.....hmmm, well that's not exactly what happens
at night when we kiss our kids goodnight and turn out the
lights. This is a time when we hear our boys become the
best of friends. It turns into a slumber party. Even
though we expect them to close their eyes and go to sleep,
we sure enjoy hearing them laugh up a storm as they talk
and play together before they get tired enough to fall asleep.
Lately, they have been into knock knock jokes. It's hilarious!
Brogan's favorite--Brogan: "Knock Knock"Gavin:"Who's there?"
Brogan:"Pizza" Gavin:"Pizza Who?" Brogan:"Pizza Banana Split"
Then they bust up laughing. Don't you just love" little kid jokes"!
Anyway, once things have quieted down, we go in to check on
them. We have found Gavin asleep under the car rug, under the
bed, curled up next to the door, and this time curled up next to
his big brother in the top bunk. We decided to take a picture. It
was too cute to pass up!