Jeremy takes pictures

Every night after we read scriptures with the kids then we put Tyler to bed and pair off and give the boys 10 minutes of special time.  Then we switch, read to them, and put them to bed.  This way they both get time alone with each parent every night.  On this particular night Jeremy wanted to play potato heads and then he wanted to take pictures himself.  When Jeremy has the camera this is what we get.

Riley's 6th Birthday

I know I know I'm posting this over a month late.  Better late than never.  Riley's birthday fell on a Monday, since his party wasn't until Saturday, we had a little family party.  I made this cake and the boys decorated it.  At this point Riley was still planning on having a lego party.  

The really sweet thing is that Riley wanted Jeremy have his own candles on the cake so he could blow some out too.

By the time I went to the party store Riley decided that he wanted a Ben 10 party instead so that's what we did.  We had the kids try to balance a balloon while they walked down the hall, trying to keep it from falling to the floor.  They loved it.

We played Bingo, 

colored Ben 10 pictures, 
ate cake, and opened presents.
Success!

catch up continued

The boys love to build forts in the house.  It makes a mess but they love it.

Lane was pulling the boys up and down the hall on this blanket.  It's a blast!

It has been way too long!

I haven't been blogging at all for some time.  I'm back.  So as to catch our family, that lives too far away, I will make up for lost time.

SWEET SUCCESS!!!

I waited until my roots needing bleaching to try something different to get the results that I wanted.  I did it!!  At last I got the color I was striving to achieve!!!  This is the color I use to have it and I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am that I finally got it right!!!

Blonde and Embarrassed

I use to have platinum blonde hair until sometime after I had Riley.  I decided to give it another whirl.  I use to have it done professionally but when my Auntie Susan couldn't get me in, my Mom would do it for me.  So I knew what product she had used.  The blonde I use to have was gorgeous!  I thought there wasn't much of a risk since I knew exactly what to use.  I headed to Sally Beauty supply got the stuff and had Lane do it.  I don't know if hormonal changes in my body from the last 2 babies I had, or if maybe my hair got darker, whatever the case it doesn't look the way I want it too.  I am so embarrassed.  It's a yellower honey blonde (unnatural) totally not the whiter blonde that I was shooting for.  I'm wishing now that I hadn't done it.  I've been wanting to go back to blonde for years, but having it done on a student budget is just not an option.  However $7 a month is doable.  I guess I should have just waited another 3 years until we were done with school and I could pay to have it done.  Oh well.  I'm stuck with it.  I"m not giving up trying to do better though.  I am waiting a week and going to try to tone it again, and hopefully that will work!  In the mean time, be warned that I have really yellow blonde hair and I"m oh so embarrassed!  I took a picture of myself on my computer.  For some reason when I take a picture, it looks WAY better than it does in real life.  The camera isn't picking up all of the yellow.  If my hair really looked like this picture, I would be happy but it doesn't.  Since I knew you would probably ask for a picture, here it is.  

Picture deleted to avoid further embarrassment!

Jeremy Stories

I realize in telling this story on our blog, the cutest part of it is lost, that is Jeremy's voice and the way he said it.  Jeremy is wearing the sweatsuit for the first time in the picture below. I am not a big fan of sweat pants, I was never aloud to wear them to school as a kid and to my surprise I am exactly the same way.  It was a hand-me-down that Riley only used for trips to the beach, camping, etc...  Anyone who knows Jeremy knows that he's very strong willed.  I have never pulled it out for him to wear for fear that he would insist on always wearing them.  But in desperation I pulled them out (I was behind on laundry and all of his pants were wet in the washer).  He lit up!  He loved them!  He ran down the stairs to show Riley.  Before he even got down he exclaims, 

"Niiiiiice lookin'!!!  Uuu?!!  Uuu?!!"

Story 2:

My very favorite pajamas are a set that my brother gave to me a very long time ago.  They are light blue with snow flakes on them.  Jeremy says to me,

"Mom?!  I like you because you have snowflake pants!!"

Nice!  That is great to know that he likes me for my pants!  : )

FHE

Last Monday, the Family Home Evening activity was making crowns.  The boys loved making them and wearing them!  

Can someone PLEAE make Tyler STOP growing!!!  I just want to keep him this age forever!

Christmas Eve

This Christmas Eve we did things in a different order than most years and we really loved the results.  We always read and talk about the Christmas story from Luke.  Usually we do that first thing after dinner, then we open one present and then go to bed.  The boys were wired all through dinner asking, way too many times, if they could open their present yet.  When the time came to read and tell the Christmas story, I didn't like that their thoughts were so preoccupied with the present that they would get to open.  So this year we opened one present first (our choice).  I had made Riley and Jeremy both photo albums full of pictures!  They LOVED it!  They couldn't have been more happy or appreciative!  After they had some time to look at them, we proceeded with the christmas songs and story!  It was great because I really felt like their thoughts were turned towards the real meaning of Christmas for the time.  

We have had snow and more snow.  We've been snowed in for almost 2 weeks.  I have quite liked it!  Church has even been cancelled for 2 weeks, which I have not been too excited about.  

If you ask me, we are beginning to have some cabin fever!

Like you've seen in previous posts, Tyler puts anything he can find on his head.  I loves it.  

We Made A Gingerbread House

Snow Day!

Today it snowed and the boys just loved it!  I wasn't surprised that it snowed but I was surprised that it kept snowing and didn't melt by noon.  The boys favorite part was the sledding we did.  They loved it all!  I have to say that I really hope it doesn't melt by morning.  I want another snow day.  I want the boys and Lane to stay home from school.

Just Kickin' Back!!  That is how Tyler sat while he ate his whole lunch!

I opened the fridge and this is what I saw.  Frosty!  I think one day I will miss finding these little things around the house in completely random places.  I suspect it was Jeremy and I'm betting he was just looking for some delicious morsel to eat and forgot about Frosty!  That or they are taking tips from the movie Frosty the Snowman 2 and they don't want him to melt.  Whatever the case it made me smile!

A Reason to Celebrate!!!

After 7 1/2 years of school (undergrad and dental school- it will be 8 come June), way too many days of not ever seeing Lane and at times feeling like a single Mom,  5 months of filling out the Ortho residency application, then Lane being gone for a month to attend his 9 interviews, and way to much much student loans to even talk about...

Not only did we MATCH, but we get to stay!!!!  I am beyond excited!!  So yeah we will have an additional 2 1/2 years of school, after June, for his residency but then he will be an Orthodontist!  Yahoo!