Pretty Boy

I always knew Cole was handsome. But he has found a new love today and has truly become a pretty boy.

And then he became my screaming, tantrum boy.

Pre-Dinner Entertainment

Last night while I was making dinner, it was very quiet. I knew the boys were up to something, but I didn't care. I knew they were having fun and I was getting dinner made without any interuptions. Jace then came up to me and said, "Mo-om, I have a SURPRISE for you!" I said to him, "I think I know what it is! Is it a huge mess?" Then jumping up and down and smiling ever so big he yelled, "YEP!!" I truly loved seeing what he was so excited to show me.

Jace's Rough Week

My poor little dude. I posted last week about his scratch, well on Thursday night he added another injury to his sweet little face. He was climbing up on a bar stool and slipped off of the bottom rung and the top of the stool flipped back and hit him in the middle of his forehead. He immediately had a huge bruise and a rather large hematoma on his forehead. And to top it off, he had preschool pictures the next day! What a great way to document his injuries. His scratch is healing so well and the big lump has gone down. Now the bruising is just spreading and he has a small black eye.

HOLLA!!

Okay. So I had a proud "me" moment on Saturday. I changed my very first flat tire! I slept over at my mom and dad's house Friday night so that I could go to the gym early Saturday morning with my friend. Well, when I went out to the car, I had a flat tire. I took my mom's car to the gym instead and then came home and then got down and dirty. I would like to say that I did it 100% on my own, but I can't. My dad had to step in and loosen the lugnuts for me. But....I did do everything else ON MY OWN! I had my camera with me and so I told my mom to take a picture so I could document it. Big moment in my life. Now I'm not scared at the thought of having to fix a flat on my own if I'm stuck somewhere by myself. HOLLA!!


And here's a little shout out to my little brother, Dallin, and his wife, Joslyn, who had their first baby on Friday. They had a little boy named Jaiden Randall Turner. He was 6 lbs 14 oz. and 19 in. long. Very cute. He has blonde fuzzy hair that is oh so cute. He really is adorable and I'm just so excited to have another baby in the family. Oh how it makes me baby hungry. Congrats guys, and I love you! Holla!!

The Evolution of Scripture Characters

As most of you probably know, Jace has called himself Nephi in the past.

He has been watching the Living Scriptures version of Ammon and the Lamanites quite a bit latetly. The other day Jace found my headbands again and this time he told me that he was Nephi and Cole was Ammon.

Well...tonight Jace has become a Lamanite. He was scratched by his cousin (who shall remain nameless) and received quite the wound. In an effort to forget about the pain and the trauma of it, I told him he looked like a Lamanite on the Ammon movie. He then told me he wasn't a Lamanite, he was King Lamoni! (On the Living Scriptures movie all of the Lamanites and the King wear "war paint" on the faces.) So here's to our new scripture character, King Lamoni.

Finger Paintin' Fun

Yesterday I babysat my nieces and nephew while their parents went to the BYU football game. We had a great time and I took some finger paints to do a fun little activity to pass some time. The kids loved it, but more than painting pictures they loved painting their hands and arms. Crew painted his hands AND arms and said that he was Incredible Hulk. I have some pretty darn cute nieces and nephews.

Fun Activities

This post really is for me. I just wanted to post pictures of some of the fun things we've done lately - even though they are over a week (or two) old. The reason being, I often feel or get in the mind set that we don't get out there and do a lot of fun things - when really we do. I think it's just forgetfulness on my part and also when I see and hear of things that other people do, I'm always like, "Why don't we ever do anything like that?" In reality, we do. So here it is to serve as a personal reminder when I get in my little funks of boredom and nothingness.

We went to the state fair with Bryan's family. Oh what fun and Oh, what a rip off! I couldn't believe that cost of rides and other attractions. Thanks Pam and Gene for spoiling us; we had a great time!






Then, later that week we went to Provo for a tailgate party. All of Bryan's family and my family have season tickets. We have done this in the past and it is so much fun. We meet there and throw on some hot dogs and brauts and cook it up. This time I wasn't going to the game but Bryan was and so I took the boys down and we had the tailgate party with everyone else and then the plan was to go home. Well, Jace ended up getting someone's extra ticket and he went and sat with his Mimi and Papa and even got to shake Cosmo's hand. So, since it was just Cole and I, we went shopping and ran all over creation. (It's amazing how much easier it is to shop with one child versus two!) We had a great time socializing, eating, and throwing the football around. (Once again Jace refused to have his picture taken, thus the reason why the are no pictures of him.)