YUM.....peanut butter

I was in the office paying bills and came out to find Bennett sitting on the counter content. :)

YAY!!!! I LOVE peanut butter!

In the shower you go....thanks goodness he's cute.

Ogden Loves

Mindy told me about an awesome Groupon deal. Ogden's Dinopark year family pass for $28. I'd never been there, but figured for $28 if we went 2 times I'd beyond pay for itself. We met up with Mike and Mindy on Friday and it was AWESOME. Bennett was in LOVE. He loves dinosaurs and his favorite show is dinosaur train. He walked around pointing at everything in AWE.



This kiddos. Matt was with my parents and Tanner was wandering on his own. We pretty much had the park to ourselves.

This was the best picture I got of this part inside. Bennett loved it and we spent almost 30 minutes here.

Speaking of Ogden loves. My niece and nephew live in Ogden and now that they are teenagers we don't see them as often as we'd like. My nephew Seth came down for a visit and he got to meet Warren for the first time. Too bad he was getting sick so this is as good as is got.

Jr Jazz

Tanner loves basketball and is always asking to play Jr Jazz. He usedc to play, but it's been a few years, so we signed him up again. I got to go to one of his games and it was fun to watch him. He's improving a lot.

Happy 1/11/11

This morning my Mom came over and organized chores with the kids so I could spend most of the morning doing laundry and feeding Warren...thanks mom!! Results were clean rooms, clean laundry in drawers (not baskets on my floor) and a happy WaWa. The afternoon was spent chillin'. The kids played Wii upstairs and Benno sat in his favorite chair eating popcorn and watching tv. This boy is funny. The other morning about 3 am we heard a little knock on our bedroom door. Benno was there for his "snuggle" with Daddy. He's in his big boy bed so he has the ability to come when he needs to. He is super good about going to bed and staying for the most part. We still have a few late night snuggle calls. He's starting to talk better. He says pop for popcorn, mama (I am super happy about this one) football, the rest are just balls. Yah, Doh (he must get that from homer, but his "n"s are still coming.) Davis' Dad says he says Grandpa, but I have yet to hear it....sorry Gordon. He LOVES WaWa and makes sure he is taken care of. He is more than happy to give him kisses, his binkie or anything else he thinks he needs. I've been putting Warren on a blanket for a little while and Bennett makes sure WaWa has a car (on his chest) to play with and Bennett "vroom vrooms" all over him. It's pretty cute! He gets concerned if he cries and won't have it. He will push him in his swing, put the vibration/music on in the bouncy, gives him a binkie and if that doesn't work he comes and finds Mom. He is a great helper and a good listener. He's super obedient but Davis said all our kids were at this age.....I have forgotten if they were...all I know is they aren't very good now.



I thought this was pretty cute! I want to frame it for my wall. When asked if I could put Warren in the picture Matt said, "NO!" Oh well, maybe next time.

Resolutions

I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of resolutions...mainly because I'm not very good at them. :) I still have last years resolutions hanging in my kitchen...let's just say I might as well keep them up another year or two.

BUT, I am a little bit discouraged right now. Davis gave me an ipod for Christmas and he put the Lose It app on it. He's determined to use it and since I want to be super supportive and lose weight too, I decided we would do it together. Let's just say that today was the first day and it's super frustrating. I know I am a poor eater, I love love love sugar and other unhealthy foods. I tried super hard not to snack today and to eat a fairly good breakfast and lunch (I'm too bummed to go make dinner.) and I was seriously out of calories after the peanut butter cookies we made for a snack. I only ate 5 (seriously this is amazing for me.) But I didn't eat/snack all day, I tried to be super good, but I realized that this SUCKS! I guess I could totally throw in the towel and rationalize the fact that I am nursing a baby...had a baby 4 weeks ago and I can technically fit into my pre-baby pants all ready. I am down to my pre pregnancy weight (give or take 5-7 lbs, but I blame that on the "twins" I use to feed him, they are never this heavy. :) LOL) But I also came to the conclusion that I am 15 lbs heavier than I should've been when I got pregnant and I'm super not healthy. So, I am going to use this challenge in 2011 to be more aware of what I eat (doesn't mean I won't eat it) but I am going to be more aware. I am going to try to eat better and eat less sugar. I am going to feed my husband better. Yes I make my kids eat things for dinner that Davis and I don't eat...mainly vegetables. I have some I hate and some I love. For some reason the ones I hate are the only ones Davis likes. That and I can be totally lazy by the time dinner rolls around that I hurry and scarf the main dish, go feed Warren and then graze on sugar the rest of the night. This I am determined to STOP! I also need to excercise, I hate to excercise.....We'll see how it goes. I'm sure no one will notice a change but me, but that's okay, I want to be healthier, not neccessarily skinnier. But if I can fit into smaller pants, I won't complain.
So here's to a healthier Year 2011. I'm sure that I have other things I need to work on, but those will come too. Maybe consuming less sugar will give me more energy to play with my kids and excercising will help me from getting so frustrated!!!!

On a side note: Warren was born at 6 lbs 10 oz; left the hospital at 6 lbs 7 oz. Weighed in at his 2 week checkup at 7 lbs 1 oz. then turned around 2 days later for his circumcision (merry christmas buddy) and weighed 7 lbs 5 oz. I weighed him on the home scale (I know not too accurate) and he's over 8 lbs now. Can I say this boy LOVES to eat. I spend all day nursing and I have a love hate relationship with it. When he's not eating he wants to be held so unless Ady is willing, he cries while I switch laundry. I wait until Davis is home to make dinner and fold it. Oh well, this time will go FAST!

Hello 2011

I haven't been very good at taking pictures...I get so busy talking and enjoying the company that I forget. So I took a few off my mom's camera. For New Years Eve, I took the kids to my Aunts church (around 10 am)to meet the CUZS. Two of my cousins drove in from CA with their families. It was so nice to see them, expecially the one that I hadn't seen since Bennett was a week old. Yes, I know I have a new baby now and I told her we needed to make a better schedule of seeing each other.

Basically the kids and adults played tons of games. Not sure what Tanner and Ady are doing.

This would be the shark game again. My kids love it, especially Ady.

Good Luck Sharky...I think Roque out weighs you by 100+ pounds. :)

My Cousin Tam.

Dodgeball...I wasn't playing but there were many times I had to dodge the ball and protect myself and Warren.

My cute tired boy!!!

My cousins little girl is a bit older than Bennett and she was so fascinated and in love with Warren (her 11 yr old daughter was too, but Ididn't get a picture.)

After playing for hours at the church I took me kids home for a break and then we headed to my cousins house when Davis got home. We had a fabulous dinner and the company was exceptional. I could've sat and talked all night...but that wasn't the plan. We dragged our kiddos to the Provo Towne Center for FUN!!! Let's just say that the lines were way too long for my kiddos, but what they got to do they loved. I think they would've stayed much longer. The first thing we did was the bouncy slide. I think they would've done this for hours, but we dragged them away to stand in lines. :) LOL

Ady and my Mom stood in one line....Tanner, Matt and I stood in another and Davis walked the mall with the double stroller trying to contain Benno and keep Warren from screaming. I got through my like first and the boys all got balloon swords (sorry no pics). Then we hopped lines with my mom for face painting. This is what Bennos looked like the second he jumped down....oh well.

Pretty cool Matthew.

That's Davis' boy!!!!!

Cute Ady. I got Ady a balloon hat flower thing that she loved and I wasn't going to wait in another line.

Right after this we left. The kids weren't thrilled but it was almost 10 and Davis and Tanner were getting up at 5 am to go ice fishing with our neighbors, so we went home.