Toysoda

As some of you know, we got a new car the other day. It's a Sequoia. I really like it right now. Hopefully that won't change. We use to call our other car "The Mazda" since that's what it was. So I thought we could just call this one "The Toyota". Teagan has other plans though. It's not a ToyOTA. It's a ToySoda! Cutie guy.

Brayden Comes Home!!

To all of our extended family and friends out there, Pete and Genica's son Brayden is going home today. He's spent 48(?) days in the hospital and is finally well enough to go home. I don't have any pictures of him yet. I guess we'll have to plan on seeing him as soon as we can!

It's amazing what the Hand of God can do. I know the prayers, fasting, and faith of everyone has helped to heal him and prepare him to go home. I'm so grateful for modern medicine!

For the love of Spider-man

The other night we watched Spider-man. We hadn't seen it for a while, so I don't know if Teagan remembers any of it. After the movie I started singing the song. Teage told me to stop so he could sing it. It was so cute. I love it when kids sing songs their way. But of course, while I was recording him, he got distracted by Tyler coming into the room and trying to sing it with him.

He also loves to sing his ABC's, Twinkle, Twinkle and some primary songs. I gotta record him more often. Especially with the way that he pronounces some stuff. With him (hopefully) going into preschool next year to help with his speech, I won't have that many more opportunities. Maybe you'll see more soon.

Going Private

I'm going to take the family blog private in just a few days. If you still want to be able to read it, just let me know. Leave a comment or send me an email. You'll have to log in with your Google account (or whatever you use to leave a comment).

All friends and family are welcome to continue to follow us. :)

Bowling for Spring

Whoever named the vacation "Spring Break" has never lived in or even visited Divide while this break is going on. There is nothing "Springish" about it. Snow, snow, snow was what we had. And with that, there wasn't much that the boys and I could do for it that was not going to kill us by freezing to death. So, I took them bowling for the first time. They loved it!

It was really fun. We were only able to do one game because it was really close to nap time and Teagan was letting us know that, but he still did pretty good.

The boys posed as bowling balls. See their mouths are even round like the thumb hole. I'm really glad I was able to take them and do this. Tyler has been bugging us for a long time wanting to go bowling. Next stop is roller skating.

What A Laugh

Does anyone remember when I carried around my planner and kept comic clippings in it to pull out and read when I was bored? I'm still not sure if I was a nerd or brilliant.

Anyway, I came across them the other day and thought I'd share some of the ones that pertain more to my current phase of life:
Motherhood.

And I think each of us have been in this situation at one time or another (either as the parent or the kid):

Of course, I can't upload comics without posting something from Calvin and Hobbes, the greatest comic strip ever. This one is one of my favorites:

I thought I'd just share these. Hopefully they made you laugh. If nothing else, they gave you something new to read.

Our newest addition

Meet Pixie!!! She's our newest addition. We just got her yesterday after church. A family from church had puppies. Actually it was one of my young women. (I am now recently in Cub scouts.)She is a malti-poo. Maltese and poodle. I've been wanting a dog for a while now. And was having a hard time finding a little one that Ty was not allergic to. He seems to be just fine with her. YAY!!

We are also trying to kennel train her. I'm definitely no pro at that. So I hope we're doing it right. She does have some tear stains, but we are giving her food that does not have red dye in it to see if it helps clear it up. I just gotta get rid of the hair that's already stained.

She's just so cute and loveable. Her favorite toy right now is a pink and white tug of war. I think it's her favorite cause it's the only one she can fit in her mouth. Her food and water are over by the kitchen sink. But she wouldn't go in the kitchen. The floor is too slippery. So I had to put my kitchen rugs as a runner so she can get there. Some minor adjustments for a cute little friend.

The boys love her. Teagan wants to carry her around everywhere. I have to constantly ask him to put her down. These last few weeks, if you asked him anything, he would answer that he's getting a "drill" puppy. That's girl puppy in Teagan talk. He was so excited!

Trenton wrote her a note. It says " Dear Pixie you are one funny puppy." "Dear Pixie you are cute." "Dear Pixie you are one loveubl puppy." Dear Pixie I love you." Then you flip the paper over and he drew a picture of him and Pixie. It has hearts and swirls all over it. That's why there's so many "Dear Pixie"s.

Small 5

Brett has to constantly compare himself to his closest cousin in age and location: Matt. He loves to wear Matt's old clothes and shoes and will constantly say how Matt's sandals make him fast. Jabon and I tell him they are his sandals now, but there is no convincing this boy. I had to give Brett a 'Matt' haircut. And now, with them both having heart doctors, it just adds fuel to Brett's fire.

Matt is 5 and so is Brett. Brett is a good 2 inches shorter than Matt. Each phone call he got on his birthday, you would hear him say, "I'm 5. Matt is a big 5, I'm a small 5." If he could see you, he would then stand up on his tippie toes and say this is him as a big 5.

I think he fully expected to be as tall as Matt the instant he woke up on his birthday. The kid is crazy.

Thanks for his birthday wishes!

Happy 5th Birthday, Brett!!

Happy birthday (yesterday) to Brett. Can you believe he was ever this small, Tara? Even if he is just a Small 5. (I'll let you tell that story, Tara.)

Announcements

Just in case anyone needed reminding....

Peter and Genica are having their baby soon. Genica will be induced February 24. HOORAY!!!

If we are still in this ward in June, Abby will be baptized June 19th. We'll let you know if the date changes.

Heather and James are getting married in Glacier Park on August 19th.

I'm just putting these dates out there. Everyone is welcome to come hang out with us in June. We'll let you sleep on the floor.

I do think it's funny that each of these events happen around other special events: Our new nephew will be born just after JC's birthday. Abby will be baptized on Pete and Genica's anniversary. Heather and James are getting married on Lori's birthday.

I guess some dates are special all the time, for lots of reasons. Josh just guesses some dates just come around once every year.