Scary urinals

Much to our excitement, last night Dawson used a public restroom intead of wetting his pants! (Hooray! He's getting it!!) Ryan took him into the Men's Room and after a minute of confusion and gawking at the urinals, Ryan asked Dawson if he wanted to use that. Dawson told him, "Nope, I'll probably fall in." and resorted to a regular toliet. I guess that you'd just have to be there, but it was a cute moment!

Trip to Grandma and Papa's house

The kids and I ran up to Hayden, stayed overnight and ate really good food. This morning we ran over to Spokane Airport and picked up a stray passenger claiming to be my sister! We picked her up, headed back to Hayden, getting lost and backtracked,(kids are such a distraction in the car!) and eventually finding our way back to Hayden. Then after yet another delicious meal, we took a little snooze and then packed up the car and headed back down to our house! Nearly 300 miles later, we're home and my sister is here for the week! So excited to have her here!

Ryanna ADORES her baby doll that she gets to play with at their house! She named her 'Bobetta' and sleeps with her and carries her around everywhere she goes.
I named this baby 'Eric' when I WAS A KID and now my kids are playing with them! Dawson and Eric played together too.

They're precious when they're sleeping and NOT making messes. Dawson playing with toys that I remember playing with when I was a kid.
Carter and Great-Grandma Velta.
Ryanna reading to everyone.

Everyone listening to Ryanna reading in the "Gym."

Aimee and Carter! He was taken with her! (and his binky)

Baby Eric and Baby Carter! They're the same size.
My favorite boys: Dawson, Papa and Carter. (sorry for the blurred picture)


Aimee and the wonderful Grandparents.

Randomness

Ryanna still in her jammies after she woke up one morning. She arose smiling! (Yes, she woke up LOOKING like this! It so isn't fair!)


Not sure what THIS look is for, what's going on in that little brain of his?




My latest splurge! I saved up my pennies and bought Mika. It's a good CD! (not sure why exactly I took a picture of it?? Me neither. The kids love it just as much as I do.)

Carter was smiling and then just HAD to cough right when I snapped this! Hilarious timing.

How we get ready for church...

We shave.




We read Junie B. Jones books.


And we get dressed for Sunbeams, then fight some bad guys with our light saber.


How about you?

Fingers crossed...

Fun milestones on Dawson:
*Yesterday he took a nap WITHOUT wetting his bed!!!
*This morning is the FIRST TIME going poop in the potty!!

Hopefully THIS time will work, I've been training him for 8 straight weeks, and I'm praying that this is the time that will finally stick! Hooray for Dawson! He's so proud of himself. We are trying to get him into preschool and they won't accept him until after he's trained, so that's his biggest motivator right now. It's working.......

Aimee -- hurry up!

My sister just younger than me is flying up here next week and I'm so excited to see her!! Yipee! (She's the one on the right. The other cutie-pie is my youngest sister that doesn't get to come play with us this time) Hopefully all three of us girls will be able to get together and play for a retreat!

**(This is an old picture, she has been home from her mission for a year and a half! This is the most recent picture that I have....yikes. I'd better take some next week when she's here) This weekend better fly!

Remington Steele

Something fun that I thought that I'd share is that this is a fun series! Remington Steele is filmed in the early 80's and has a little drama, a little fun, a little humor and lots of detective work. Ryan enjoys watching the episodes with me because it has Pierce Brosnan before his 'Bond' days. My friend turned me onto it and we are enjoying it! (Thanks, Tiffany!) It doesn't go as fast as most modern shows, and has cheesey one-liners; but it's still fun to jump into their little short stories. I don't remember from my childhood, but a few of my friends do!

How to get out of a chair

"I'm a beeeg boy!" (That's how you get out of a chair bigger than yourself!)

Tag! I'm it!

Rules:
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post THE RULES on your blog.
3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

Thanks, Jaimee, for tagging me! Here are seven random facts about me:

1) I ADORE Erasure and am dying to go to a concert!! The closest I got was last summer when they came to play in Seattle, (only like 5 hours away!!) but Carter was just a few weeks old and I couldn't go! How much does a round trip ticket to England or Scotland cost during June? I hope hope hope that they come to Seattle again. The ONLY concert I have gone to was Donny Osmond when I was eight years old! Ohhh, I remember him singing "Sacred Emotion."

2) My favorite restaurant in the whole wide world is in Rexburg, Idaho. It's Fong's Chinese food and I love love love it. The reasons why: Ryan and I ate there as newlyweds and it was very inexpensive when I was going to school there. Maybe it's changed since then, but I sure have fond memories of it!

3) I hate flying, especially over water. But I'm sure I'll get over it quickly if I go visit my parents in Shanghai this year...maybe.
4) I love General Conference! The memories that I have growing up about listening/watching the Prophet is so close to my heart. We have traditions that I did as a kid. We play Conference Bingo with tic-tacs and Skittles. We color in our coloring books, purchased just for this weekend. We color with brand new crayons and markers. I can't wait!

5) I sleep talk. If I'm in a conversation and I'm sleepy, I'll fall asleep and keep talking. My sentences don't make sense if you're awake, but they make sense to me! One time during my senior year of high school, I had just finished a math test and put my head on my desk. Not realizing that I was asleep, I shared what I was craving with my classmates. The room was completely silent and I blurted out, "I want ICE CREAM!" and woke myself up. I was giggling and I actually blushed and my teacher told me to NEVER fall asleep in her class again.

6) I enjoy playing games with Ryan and we play a lot of Boggle! I never knew that a bunch of letters initiate such fun for hours. My best word? N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L. Cool eh? He has yet to beat my eight letter word.

7) Speaking of sleep: when I get too tired, I'll fall asleep sitting up. I was on a date when I was in college and we were watching a movie. (can't recall which movie) All I remember is sitting down and starting the movie, and then waking back up just before the credits. I started a conversation as quickly as I could, pretending that I enjoyed the plot and the characters...all he said was, "You snore." and LEFT! No wonder he never called me again. And come to think of it, I don't remember WHO HE WAS!
(P.S. I don't snore.)


Okay, I tag Aimee, Ashley, Mom and Jeni.

a hat, a camera and a cutie

We were bored tonight and put Dawson's hat on Carter's head, he immediately started to giggle and we instantly had a candid photoshoot with two teeth, rosy cheeks and his gorgeous eyelashes!

3-year-old's Sleepover

Our little buddy spent the night last night because his little brother was being born! (Congrats Michelley!) He was so good and my kids just adore him. These were just a few pictures that I captured right before bed. He kept talking all about his new baby "brudder" and could hardly sleep because he was too excited! We made a banner that says congratulations, we colored his new baby pictures and just enjoyed being together. He has such good manners and we just adore him! So glad that our little buddy could come over to play! Ryanna read the boys books and wrestled and we all had a very fun time.

BEEEEG YAWN! Carter was so tired, but he wasn't too worn out to play!