My Loving Little Boy

Garen is such a funny kid lately! He loves joking around. He'll me that I'm daddy or that I have a bug on my head, or that our house is walking away. He thinks he's pretty funny. He loves to help me wash the dishes and switch the laundry. He is so full of hugs and 'I Love yous.' He is such a sweet little boy.

When I take him to the store with me he just walks nicely right next the cart. He doesn't run off and he never asks for candy (He is so opposite of Maddie). He loves to get up close to Sophie and have her touch is face. In the afternoons while Maddie is at school and Sophie is napping I love to cuddle up on the couch with Garen and watch Sesame Street or Backyardagains.
Sometimes when we are somewhere and Garen get bored we entertain him by taking pictures and letting him see his funny faces.-

Sometimes my happy little boy gets cranky and tired in the afternoon and he either falls asleep or is just plain grumpy!

My sweet little girl

These are just some random pictures of my little Sophie. She is still struggling to sleep very long at night. Even though I'm tired I still cherish my time holding her close and rocking her.

She is so much fun and very smiley. She can roll now but only does it occasionally and she spins in circles. I always find her facing a different direction then where I saw her last. She is such a precious little baby and love her so much!

picture taken by Maddie-

Recent Events

Things have stayed pretty busy lately. Some of our recent events included:
-the ward talent show (we didn't join in on the talents this time, but I did bring food)

Garen and the other little kids loved to sit right up in front of the stage to get a closer look

-A birthday dinner with friends followed by book club (or talk about a book for 5 minutes and then chat with friends)
-Jann and Boyd came for the weekend and got to come to Maddie's gym meet.
-Andy and I got to go to the adult session of stake conference because his parents were willing to babysit
-Sunday stake conference with three crazy kids and I got to see some old friends from Burley there. (Alisha Southern and Mr. Ogden)

-After Stake conference we went to our neighbors house for baby Rogan's 1st birthday party.

-We got home just in time to make a quick Mexican dessert and head over to another friends house for a Cinco de mio (sp?) party-which was great!

-Now we're back to Monday again, Andy's back at work, I made it back to the gym after a few days off, and I'm babysitting my neighbor all day, Maddie's got girl scouts, and swimming lessons and so on...

Maddie's Gymnastics Meet

Saturday was Maddie's Gymnastics meet. It was so fun to watch her, she did wonderful. It was cute to see her twirl her hair everytime she got nervous or forgot what came next. She was so excited to get her medal and her new Rock Springs Gymnastics shirt that says: "I run like a girl, I jump like a girl, I tumble like a girl. I do it all on a 4 inch wide plank up in the air...Just Like A Girl."

This is what Sophie did for most of the meet-

And this is what Garen did (he was kinda grumpy)-

Here are some videos of her events (I miss filming her on the uneven bars-oops)

Vault (watch her twirl her hair-I think all those people right above her in the balcony was making her shy)-

beam-

Floor-

New Calling

I thought when the member of the bishopric came over, that Andy was for sure getting a calling. But nope, it was me.
I got called to be the secretary in the Primary Presidency. I'm excited! And I think this will work out much better than teaching Sunbeams because of Sophie. She is always crying during Primary time and that is hard to deal with on top on 6 Sunbeams. I will miss teching my sweet little 3 year olds but it's always exciting to start something new.

Also, today I am proud to say that I made it to 9AM church early by myself with all three kids. Andy had to work, but we even made it through Sacrament meeting without being to disruptive. And I did sharing time in Primary (While Nicole held crying Sophie).
I am very tired from no sleep and from getting 3 kids up and ready for church, but I am so glad I did. The testimonies today brought in the spirit and motivation I needed and pushed away my desire to go home and sleep.

First Solid Food

Sophie tried rice cereal tonight for the first time. I think she liked it. We'll have to keep practicing.

Field Trip to the Animal Hospital

I got to go with Maddie and her class to the animal hospital today. Thanks again Sarah for watching my kids so I could go!!!
Maddie loves animals so much so she really enjoyed it. They got to see some dogs washed and dried, see the animal hotel, see some animal x-rays, see the surgery room and much more.
Apparently it was pretty stinky in there-

Random Stuff

It's been about 10 months since Garen has taken a nap-and he has never fallen asleep anywhere but his bed. so this must have been one tired boy to fall asleep during dinner!

Silly boy-don't eat the fish from the fishing game-

We had a couple girls over to play and we headed to the park to enjoy the sunshine-

rolling down the hill-

And Andy finished the deck stairs!!! The weather finally cooperated. Just some sanding and staining left to do. Just in time to, the building inspector is coming in the morning to pass everything off for the preschool-

I left Sophie with Garen for a minute to get the phone and I came back and found that Garen had put the fishing pole in her hand so she could play with him. He was helping her catch a fish.