Crazy Kids

Matt was bathing the kids tonight. He got Cole out first and got him dressed and ready for bed. They went back in to get Brooke and before Matt could stop him, Cole dove back in head first! He loves the tub!



Some pictures I took awhile back...

Loves his trucks -- he is ALL BOY!

She looks so nice and innocent... if only she really was :)

Her new thing is playing dog. She watches Milo and Otis at Mindy's and she and Sadie and Ryker are dogs and cats all day. Then she comes home and crawls around barking and insists on eating her dinner like a dog. Crazy little girl!

I have to share a funny story about her that happened the other day. I picked the kids up from the sitter one day after work and we were running home to get a few things because we had to go up to Logan. On the way home I was asking Brooke about her day and she told me that she needed some new panties because she didn't have any. I told yes you do, we put them on this morning and didn't give it another thought. When we got home, I made her come in and go potty and sure enough, she didn't have any panties on! I asked her where they had gone and she said, "I 'on't kno, I musta los 'em." So I text Mindy and asked her if she had any idea what had happened to them and she called me a few minutes later. She had no idea that Brooke was missing her panties, but she had found them in the bathroom upstairs. I still don't know why she took them off, I'm just glad she didn't flush them like she did at Paula's last year!!

Halloween

Painting Pumpkins

We had the missionaries over for dinner tonight and they stayed after for awhile and painted pumpkins with us. It was a lot of fun! Brooke and Cole adored them.

Elder Stewart, from Canada

Brookelyn's -- she says its Arthur, just use your imagination :)

Elder Nihipali - from Hawaii (he just came here from serving in Cache Valley -- he knew the Kidman's, the Hardy's and a bunch of people from Hyde Park)

Mine & Matt's (for those of you who don't know my husband, he tends to get away with his pumpkin skills... it was fun though :))

1 Year Old Pictures

10 Reasons I Love My Wife

As you have probably figured out from this title, and due to the fact that Bobbie doesn't have a wife, this is actually Matt attempting to make my first ever "post" on this blog. The reason I am doing this is because I have realized that recently I haven't done enough to show my wife how much I love her and really appreciate the things that she does for me and our family. Therefore, I decided to make a top 10 list of the reasons that I love her. Of course there are more than just 10 reasons, but here goes: (Note: these aren't necessarily in any particular order)

10: Patience - Even when I act like an idiot, lose my temper, or won't admit that I am wrong, she has the patience to look past my faults and live with me.

9: Cleanliness - I don't know of anyone who keeps a cleaner house (not car), even with two little monsters running around all the time.

8: Looks - I don't know if you have noticed (I know I have), but she does have quite the smokin' hot body. (I guess it helps when you run at least 5 miles a day)

7: Testimony - Bobbie has a very strong testimony that she often shares with others (usually not by word, but by action).

6: Cooking - More often than not, when I get home from work she has dinner ready for me and the kids. Sometimes I don't know how she finds the time (one of her best dishes is called "Pizza Factory"). She also cooks some pretty tasty meals.

5: Work - She is willing to work to help provide for her family. I would eventually like to not have this be necessary, but I still think she would go insane if she had to stay home everyday.

4: Mother - I can't think of a better mother for my kids (and I have been around some pretty good ones). Bobbie is so good at teaching our kids right from wrong and it is so easy to see how much they love her.

3: Generosity - Bobbie is almost always willing to set aside her needs for the needs of her family. With Bobbie, family comes first. (she even lets me decide what to watch on tv when we lay in bed...unless biggest loser, grey's anatomy, or private practice is on)

2: Intelligence - We always joke that Bobbie got dumber in college, but I know that isn't true. Bobbie is incredibly smart and capable of doing lots of things. Even though I'm the accountant, she is the one that manages our finances.

1: Wife - I know that I have the best wife I could possibly have. Bobbie compliments me in every way. I am so grateful that I have her. I am so glad she decided to go on that (blind) pity date with some recently returned missionary almost 4 1/2 years ago.

I love you Bobbie.

Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday Cole
My boy is 1 year old! It is a very bittersweet day. For some reason Brooke seemed so much bigger and older at one. I don't know if it is becaues I was already 3 months pregnant or just because she was my first. Anyhow... I can't believe Cole is already a year. It really seems like just yesterday he was a newborn. He is still my baby!!

Facts about Cole at 1 year:

• He started walking a couple days ago
• He says mama, dada, grandpa, grandma, bubble, baby, more, hi, bye-bye, Brody, Blair, and ball
• He taught himself how to go up and down stairs (or Mindy did, still not sure on that one -- but I think he learned just from watching the other kids)
• He clicks his tongue for a horse noise, barks like a dog, says quack-quack, makes truck noises, and 4-wheeler noises
• He LOVES any sort of food, I haven't found anything he doesn't like. Most of the time he out-eats Brooke. (and anything that is not food too -- like the dog food and rocks :))
• Even though all he does is eat, he only weighs about 19 lbs.
• He is a very cuddly baby, he loves to be rocked and sung to and give big, wet, slobbery kisses
• He loves to pull hair, especially Brooke's
• If Brooke is sleeping and he finds her, he will poke at her eyes until she wakes up or swats him
• He has big feet- he wears a size 5, soon to be a 6
• He has 4 teeth on top and 4 teeth on bottom
• He loves to dance in the car to Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood
• He loves dirt-- playing in it, eating it, whatever!
• He loves to throw rocks
• He gets into everything! One of his favorite things to do is open the cupboards and drawers and pull everything out.

We had a big party at our house with all his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins Sunday night. He really enjoyed being the center of attention for a change. The first present he opened was a ball and he had no interest in anything after that, even though he got LOTS of other fun things. As soon as he realized we weren't going to get mad at him for making a mess with his cake he was all over it! It was a great night.

House Pictures

Outside View

Kids' Playroom Downstairs

Master Bathroom & Bedroom

Kids' Rooms & Bathroom

Family Room/Dining Room/Kitchen

Front Living Room... someday I'll have furniture to put in here :)

Thats pretty much everything... we love it though!

Meet...

HURRICANE BROOKE!!!

The words "terrible two's" now have a whole new meaning. I thought she was into everthing when she was about 1, and that perhaps she was just going through her terrible two's early. Oh no!! I cannot keep up with this child and I don't know what I'm going to do with her! She has this new little attitude that she is the mother and she knows everything and can do anything. When I'm not paying enough attention of giving her what she wants, she shouts as loud as she can "MODER!!" (mother).

In the 3 hours since we have been home this afternoon this is what she has done:

• tore up some swingset catalog she found in the truck all over the living room floor
• found my Christmas decorations and got them all out. Gave them to Cole, who thought they were balls and threw and broke them
• Got the beef jerky out of food storage, opened it, ate one piece, gave one piece to Cole, and emptied the rest on the floor.
• Moved all of the food storage that she could lift all over the basement
• Took the lids off her markers and threw them on the floor
• Poured the dog's food in her water and then poured that on the floor
• found the easter baskets and pulled out all the grass
• opened a bottle of ranch and poured most of it on her dinner plate and the rest on Cole's tray and in the dog's food bowl
• gave Cole a piece of his own pizza which he tore up and threw on the floor
• poured several glasses of water on the floor and on Cole's head
• turned the bath water on scalding hot and screamed because it was burning her
• took her panties off and left them on the bathroom floor then took her pants off and left them on the living room floor
• used a whole roll of toilet paper to wipe and most of it ended up on the bathroom floor
• got out a bag of chips... which ended up on the floor (2 days ago she poured another bag of chips in her shopping basket)
• tried to put Cole in the toy box
• tried to give her golf club a ride on the treadmill...while I was running
• tried to brush the dog... with her toothbrush

Wow, I could go on and on. Where was her mother during all of this you ask? Most of this happened in the 15 minutes I was in the shower (Matt had to stay late at a KPMG thing tonight) and the rest was while I was on the treadmill. Seriously... it's 7:30 and she's going to bed because I can't take anymore! And bedtime... thats a story for another day. All I'm going to say is that she now has a lock on her bedroom door.