Fun times

Our trip to Hogle Zoo - free day. We love our new double stroller. We had a double jogger and it has so big and kind of a hassle to put together that we rarely used it. This double stroller folds up so small and each of the seats recline individually. We've only had it a few weeks and its already gotten a lot of use.

This picture is in from of some rhinos. The other day we were eating breakfast and there was a noise outside and Jacob said: "The rinofurus are going to eat us!" It made me laugh.

Our two cute boys after church

Celebrating Grandpa's birthday

Jacob and Joshua playing trains

I love this one

Joshua crawls and crawls and crawls and he is now taking his first steps : )

Playing hide and seek

going fishing

Jacob's Birthday

Here are pictures from Jacob's birthday. I can't believe he is 3 years old already, I wouldn't trade the last three years with my two cute little boys (and wonderful husband) for anything in the world. These pictures were loaded in backward so here we go:

Ivan and Jacob playing with Jacob's new train
Jacob giving Joshua a big hug (we told him the train was from Joshua)

Happy Birthday to Jacob!

My twin nephews Jackson and Daxton at our house for the birthday party

The swimming part of the birthday party with 4 out of the 5 grandkids.

I took Jacob and Joshua to Discovery Gateway Children's Museum on Friday to celebrate Jacob's birthday. Joshua loved this little bee toy.


Jacob and Joshua playing at the mueum

Jacob playing in the water area

Jacob loved riding the trax down town.

Happy Birthday Jacob we love you so much!

Christmas 2010

Christmas was wonderful! Our greatest blessing is that we have two HEALTHY, HAPPY children. We are so grateful that everything went well with Joshua's second surgery, it was very minor but it is a relief to have it over with. What a miracle modern medicine is! Here's a few snap shots of us this Christmas season:

after church at Grandma and Grandpa C's.

Jacob sleeping with his new Buzz and Woody (he loves these guys!)

Joshua - having fun opening anything wrapped in paper

Jacob with his Mr. Potatoe Head from grandma C

Two cute boys in their Christmas snowman jammies on Christmas Eve (Aunt Cami is in the background she is due in less that two months yeah!)

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and were able to spend time with those you love!

grateful

I was reading a friend's blog today who lost her baby just a few months before our baby Joshua was born. She has been through a lot, and she is an amazingly strong person. It made me realize how very grateful I am for our little family. They each bring me so much joy. Yes, life has it's difficult moments and sometimes things are hard. But, there are so many more good times than hard times. There is so much to be grateful for. I love my children and I am SO grateful that they are healthy, and happy and so much fun to be with. I love it when Joshua opens his mouth really wide and gives me a big open mouth kiss on my cheek. I love it when out of the blue Jacob comes and gives me big bear hugs for no reason in particular and says "I love you mommy!" Then I say I love you too! and he always responds with I love you too! LIFE IS WONDERFUL!

November

Here are some fun pictures from the month of November:
First one that I don't have a picture of was celebrating our 4 year anniversary at the Roof restaurant. - Thanks mom for the gift certificate and thanks to mom and dad for babysitting : )

Jacob and Joshua playing a "duet"

taught Jacob how to make Snow angels


We got a new kitchen table for our anniversary (yeah for having a husband who works for Deseret Manufacturing - the Church's furniture making department)

spent many fun hours playing with Jacob and Joshua I love my boys!

made a girafe with Jacob and Joshua out of blocks. We made lots of other animals too but this was Jacob's favorite

Went to Ivan's citizenship ceremony. If any of you think you know a lot about American history, I can almost assure you that Ivan knows more than most Americans after studying for the citizenship test. It is really difficult. I only know about 1/2 the answers on the study guide.

new family pictures

I found a new photographer on KSL classifieds who was offering to do family pictures for free. We needed a new family picture so I e-mailed her we got together at Wheeler Farm, and a week later we had a CD with over a 150 pictures of our family. We were amazed by how fast she got the pictures back to us, and we were grateful for the free pictures since we will be having some big medical bills arriving in our mailbox shortly. Here are some of the pictures she took. If your interested in her doing pictures for your family she is currently doing them for just $20! You can see her blog at http://www.jbphotography09.blogspot.com/

hospital stay

Before surgery

the day after surgery, and still smiling

Things went much better than expected at the hosptial. First of all we had been today that Joshua would have a tube coming out his back to drain his kidneys and the tube would remain in place for about 4-5 weeks. Well the pediatric urologist came to see us after the surgery was over and told us that they had put in an internal cathader instead and that he didn't have a tube in his back. The tubes will have to be removed in 4-6 weeks, but it will be a quick procedure. That was a huge relief. They had previously told us that Joshua would be here for 3-5 days. Then last night one of the doctors who works with the pediatric urologist said that if things go well he can go home tomorrow (which would be today). Joshua is doing really well. They have removed all of the tubes and machines that he was hooked up to. Joshua has also done very well with managing his pain. He was been nursing more frequently, but that has helped to lessen the pain he was feeling. Several of the pain medications that had been ordered for him they decided not to give to him because he was doing so well. He's mostly just been on Motrin, or Tylenol. We are so grateful to the medical staff for there expertise, to our friends and family who fasted and prayed for our little boy, and most of all we are grateful to our Heavenly Father for his watchful care.