My Silly Kids

Words cannot describe how much I love these two children of mine.  They make me so happy and I feel grateful everyday that they call me Mommy.

Every morning I get snuggles from this little one. It is a great way to start the day.

I don't get to rock Drake to sleep very often and so when I do I take full advantage of that and hold him like that in my arms for a long time!

I think she totally looks like Josh in this picture and I love that little ring around her mouth from her binky.

My view while shopping.

My kids adore their Uncle James.  I am so grateful they are living in Logan right now and get to be influential people in my kids lives.

Happy Girl.

Drake secretly still wants to be a baby.  He isn't so sure he likes all of the attention Stella is getting and that he has to do things for big boys.  When he acts like this I just let him do it because he snaps out of it pretty quickly.

Drake and I love getting Drinks at Sonic Happy Hour!

Addi and Stella. The cutest little friends!

Lauren was sitting in this recliner and felt something hard in her back.  She lifted the cushion to find a bunch of Drake's toys hidden under there. When we showed Drake he said, "Oh Yeah!!"  You could see that light bulb turn on when he saw them.

Drake loves his dog Ike.  He sleeps on him, brings him down stairs every morning with him and makes me feed him breakfast.  And I am OK with it because the dog is a cute stuffed one!

Drake loves bath time and could literally play in their for hours.  He loves to have really warm (almost too hot) water and likes it to be really full.

Shopping with Mommy.

Drake feeding Stella some of her treats.  He really is a good big brother, and like I have said before she lights up every time he is around. It is really sweet.

One afternoon I was feeding Stella a bottle so I could put her down for a nap.  Drake came upstairs with a diet coke in hand and said, "Here ya go Mom, I love you!"  It was so sweet and I just burst into tears.  I guess it just got me at the right time and it made me really emotional.  I love that darling boy!

Drake is the world's best negotiator.  He has an idea and a plan for everything. Whatever the reason was, he got the cupcake that he had wanted all day.

Don't call the cops on me, but I may or may not have let Drake sit on my lap and drive a VERY short distance to our house.  I remember doing this on my Dad's lap to the church and back.  I seriously thought it was the coolest thing ever and I also thought my Dad was the coolest thing ever because of that.  Well I want my kids to feel that way and get that same rush of excitement that I did!

Stella and I watching "Pretty Little Liars" on Netflix.  Seriously, one of the best shows ever!

Because of these silly kids of mine, I have a lot of laundry to do.  Laundry is the only house hold duty that I absolutely hate.  It is also the one thing that I really let get backed up!

She is so silly!

I have realized that being a mom means you have NO privacy EVER!!  

Drake and I did a "whirlwind" to pick up the toys and anything else that Drake had got out.  This was his idea of picking up.... I guess he did get it off of the floor!

We are so happy that we have a Chik Fil-A.  The food is great and the shakes are even better.  We even love to go there just so Drake can play at the play place and I can have a diet coke.

These two are the best little buddies!

Drake with his bear Dot.  Grandma Lisa made it for him and he loves it!

Stella is always happy and always has a smile on her face.  I hope she will continue to be this way.

There is something about sleeping kids that makes my heart skip a beat!  I love these two so much and really am so grateful they are mine!

When Josh is out of town for work, Drake and I tend to get out and do some fun things together.  We go to McDonald's so that Drake can play at the play land...

And we get shakes from Chick Fil-A

1st Annual Sister's Shopping Trip

My mom and her sister Holly have always gone together to do their Christmas shopping in Salt Lake.  They started by just going for the day and then that led to them staying one night and now they go and stay two nights and get all of their Christmas shopping done.  I know that they love doing it and have so much fun together and I have just been waiting for the day that I could do this with my sister.  Well this was the first year that we did it and we will be doing it every year from here on out.  We had a blast and got all of our Christmas shopping done.  We had to take Stella with us, but she was great the whole time! 

Lauren was goofy all day long and made me laugh so hard that seriously that night my stomach hurt from laughing so much.  She also was a great help with Stella while I got some shopping done for my kids.  

The Nutcracker

A couple weeks ago we had a girls night and went to the Nutcracker.  Robin and Emmy invited me to go with them and then Lauren came as well.  We went to eat first at the Bluebird and then walked over to the performance. It was really good and fun to see. This was actually the first time I had ever seen it.  It was fun to spend time with Robin and Emmy and to get a night out.  Also, it was a great way to bring in the Christmas spirit!

The Killers Concert

A couple weekends ago Josh and I got to go to The Killers concert.  Josh's boss gave him a goal to hit and he did it so we went with his boss and his wife to dinner and the concert all paid for by Josh's work.  It was so much fun.  By far the very best concert I have ever been to!  Josh is and has always been a huge fan of The Killers and knows all of their songs.  Me on the other hand knew a few of their songs but didn't listen to them very much.  Well after seeing their concert I am a huge fan and have listened to their cd non stop.  

Josh and me getting ready for the concert to start.  The couple we went with were awesome.  We had so much fun with them. It was good to meet them and spend time with them and get to know them in a different setting than work.

So this concert was good for a few reasons. All of the lights, lasers and fireworks made it really fun to watch.   But, the most amazing thing to me was Brandon Flower's voice!  Seriously that guy can sing, and when he sings he can belt it!  It was amazing to me that he sang that loud for such a long time and it sounded awesome!!  He was a great entertainer and put on a fabulous show! After the concert Josh and I were talking on our way home and both said this was in the top 2 of our favorite date nights we have ever had!!  

Thanksgiving 2012

This Thanksgiving wasn't the best I have ever had.  Drake got really sick the Tuesday before and I threw up all night and Wednesday morning.  So when Thursday came around I still felt pretty yucky and didn't have much of an appetite.  Drake was stick all the way to Saturday.  I have never done so much laundry and changing of sheets in my life.  Stella and Josh never got it, so their thanksgiving was great!

I am thankful for this little girl! She is so happy all of the time.  She likes to cuddle and be held which I absolutely love!

I am grateful for my sister.  She is my best friend and I love her so much!

Drake and Kyler eating some fruit loops thanksgiving night.  

Even though Drake was sick he still managed to smile and be as happy as possible.

The day after thanksgiving the girls went to the November Fest.  They didn't have very many cute things, but Grandma got a really cute hat for Stella!

Stella fell asleep with Aunt Lauren

Poor Drake in the bathtub for the 5th time that day!!  I am glad that flu bug is behind us!  I hope we never get it again!

Drake is 3!!!

I seriously cannot believe that Drake is 3 years old.  That time has gone really fast!  He is seriously the funniest kid I have ever been around.  He is the most strong willed, stubborn child I know.  Along with that he is also very sweet and tender hearted. Because of his stubbornness he has been having a lot of fits and won't stop until he gets what he wants... which he doesn't always get his way, so he throws fits that sometimes last a really long time.  I am just glad that he is cute and funny because it makes up for his naughty behavior.  I asked Drake what he wanted to do for his birthday this year and he said he just wanted to play with his friends at Chick Fil-A and have football cupcakes.  So, that is what we did.  All of the kids played while the moms chatted, it was great!  

I was trying to get a picture of the birthday boy when he woke up and he told me, "All I want for my birthday today is NO PICTURES!"

Drake wanted a robot and play food for his birthday.  I had him show me at the store what robot he wanted and sure enough he knew exactly where it was and walked right to it.  Funny kid had been eyeing it down for a while.  Well, a robot is what he got.  We also got him a cash register.

After Chick Fil-A we went to the mall so that he could play on the toys. 

My Mom and Dad gave him play food. They have an awesome set of play food at their house that he loves to play with so they got him a set of his own.  He was so excited and has played with it every day since.

We sang Happy Birthday to him and let him blow out a candle and have another cupcake.

A couple of days later we went to the Spectrum to watch the Aggie football on the jumbo tron.  After that we went to Pizza Pie Cafe with family  to once again celebrate Drake's Birthday!!

Drake and Grace are the cutest friends and are always so silly and funny together. I love these two so much and grateful that they are such great friends.

Boston, Cooper and Drake at Pizza Pie Cafe

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRAKE!  WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!