What a smart little kid!

I am always amazed by how smart kids are. Logan surprises me all the time. Today he was coloring and showed me that he wrote his name on the top of the page. I thought he did such a good job that I wanted to share it with all of you! All he needs to learn now is to do the little line on the 'G' and he is all set! (by the way, still no camera cord, these were taken with my phone)

mildly amusing stories from my day to day life

I know that I have such an exciting life that you all want to hear every single detail, right? Well, here are a few stories, to try and help satiate your longing for more info about our little family. Many of you have probably heard at least one of them, but here goes anyway.

The other day Bronson was finishing his lunch and wanted to get down. He still had part of a cracker in his hand so I told him that he needed to put it on his tray if he wanted to go play. He promptly stuffed the entire cracker into his mouth (it was probably about 1/3 of a graham cracker.)

Logan knows that he is not allowed to yell in the house so when we go outside he likes to ask me if he can yell, I tell him (usually) that he can. He apparently can't think of anything in particular that he wants to yell so he says "YELL! YELL! YELL!"

Bronson is at a very OCD stage right now where he likes to line everything up. Currently his obsession is with matchbox cars, and he likes to line them up, evenly spaced, on top of either our entertainment center or our kitchen table. If the bench isn't pushed under enough he can't reach the table, at which point I hear angry cries coming from my kitchen.

Bronson also hates being poopy. When I come into check on him he likes to turn his back to me so that I will check his diaper and clean him up.

Another weird thing that Bronson does is hit his head on everything on PURPOSE. This I completely do not understand. He does it all the time. Happy, Frustrated, Craving Attention. I don't know. I know it hurts him, but he just keeps doing it.

Logan is potty-trained. At least he understands the concept enough, just doesn't always follow through. The other day he was supposed to be taking a nap and apparently had to go to the bathroom. Instead of telling me, he decided it would be a better idea to take off his pants and underwear, get a pull-up out of the closet and put it on and then go pee. He also proceeded to put his pants back on, on top of his pull-up and put his underwear away in the drawer.

Well, that is about all I've got for now. Hope you enjoyed my odd little stories. You didn't? Sorry. If you don't like hearing about my boys I guess you shouldn't read my blog anymore. Because they are the only stories I have!

p.s. CONGRATULATIONS to Jen and Ben! They are having a girl! I am so jealous.

Do you remember Me?

This is a fun idea. What do you remember about me?

1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember.

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll be sure to write one about you... either on your blog, in my comment box, or I will email you back!

3. If you can't say something nice, don't say nothin' at all ☺

4. Consider this a Tag: if you've read it, you have to do it!

Fishing and a Mino

This post won't be nearly as depressing as my last post, I promise!

Yesterday we took the boys fishing again, just like last year. It was so fun. My sister, Becca and her friend, Tate, came. So did Steve's Mom, four of his sisters, (Katie, Michelle, Genny, and Annie) and Steve's brother Chuck and his son Jonathon.

We weren't there very long before the fish started coming in, Logan, again, had a blast packing around the fish. Bronson wasn't as convinced. We were only there about an hour, that is about all we can handle trying to keep the boys out of trouble!
I took a bunch of pictures, but that doesn't do any good until I can find that elusive camera cord! This video was taken on our new Flip Video MINO. This was a gift from Steve's work. It is the coolest little camcorder ever! It is about the size of my cell phone and it has touch screen buttons. The coolest thing about it is that to download the video you flip open the top and a USB plug pops up, you just plug it in to a USB port. It has all the software on it already. You also charge it in the USB port. Well, I thought it was cool.

mixed emotions

I know that my posts are usually pretty silly and fluffy, this is not one of those posts. As most of you know, I have struggled for the last 10 years with Endometriosis. It has been probably the biggest trial I have had thus far in my life.
In the beginning I was only having episodes about every six months or so, it has now progressed to the point where I have more bad days than good. It seems to just keep building and building. The last few weeks or so have been especially difficult, with all my days being bad and only having a few good hours here and there. The added problem being when I do have a few good hours I try to get as much done as I can and end up completely wearing myself out for the rest of the day.
There is no cure for Endo and the only way to make it go away is to have a hysterectomy. Steve and I really want to have one more child first so we have decided to give it till the end of September to get pregnant and then- if I am not- go ahead and have the hysterectomy done before the end of the year. If I do get pregnant then wait till delivery and have the Dr. do one then.
I have very mixed emotions about all of this. It is so final. But at the same time, I do not want to keep living my life this way. I want to have the chance to feel better, to be able to play more with my crazy boys, to be a better wife. Right now, I feel like I am just surviving.

Silly Logan

Well, it has been two weeks since we moved in and I still can't find my camera-to-computer cord, among other things. Since I have no pictures to post I will share a few short stories with you.

We had a family reunion up at Bear Lake the last weekend of June. We picked up some chicken fingers for lunch on the way up and they were a big hit with the boys. It is a very long drive and we had tired boys, Logan however insisted that he was not tired. He was sitting there slowly munching on his chicken while falling asleep. His eyes were closed and his head kept bobbing forward, I kept asking him if he wanted a pillow so he could sleep more comfortably and he kept insisting to me that he wasn't sleepy. I think he fell asleep mid-chew. It was so cute.

Another Logan story. Just happened last night. In Logan's closet he has two rods, one high and one low. We have all his shirts on the bottom rod so he can get himself dressed. Sometimes his shirts fall off the hangers so he brings them to me and I put them back on the hangers and give them back to him to hang up. Well, last night he had two shirts fall off the hangers so he put them outside his door. He was supposed to be sleeping so I thought I would hang them back up for him. I opened his closet to find that he had turned EVERY SINGLE hanger around backwards, so that you would have to lift it up and back to get it out of the closet! No wonder he had so many shirts falling off the hanger! Crazy lil' weirdo!

Excuses Excuses

I know, I know, I have been a major blog slacker, and I apologize. We moved about two weeks ago, but we have only had internet for about a week AND we were out of town last weekend. Plus I have yet to find the camera cord so I can't upload any pictures. Wow, I am just full of excuses, aren't I!

The new place is great, we really love it. We found out too late that Steve got into the nursing program at Dixie, apparently the letter got lost in the mail and returned to Dixie so they called Steve, but we had already signed our lease here for 6 months. they then re-sent the letter and again we have yet to recieve it, so we are hoping they will let him defer until January. so that would be good. I am already sad at the thought of moving out of our new home in 6 months. Man, I hate moving.

By the way- all you girls out there I really want to organize a girls night so let me know what days work for you and we will try to get as many of us together as we can. I was thinking something simple, like dinner or something. anyway- let me know!