Favorite Time of Day

I love many different times throughout the day but love bedtime. Not because I know I get a break but because I love the sound that comes from upstairs in the bathroom and bedroom. Brian usually puts the kids to bed each night. This is when he gets to take time with them. I am either cleaning up dinner, the house or just relaxing on the couch.

He sings songs with them while they brush their teeth, then gets them to go to the bedroom. I try reading stories to them throughout the day but I always hear "Do it like Daddy!" The boys love reading the same 3 animal books over and over while Brian does animal sounds to all of them. The boys laugh each time. He usually takes the time to teach them a Book of Mormon story as well. Peyton knows 3 Book of Mormon hero's. Lehi, Nephi and Alma the Younger. Lehi is anyone who has a beard (including Jesus). He usually refers to Jesus as the feet guy. He recognizes him as the man who washes the "owey feet" of "the guys" (the apostles). He also knows that Jesus has owes in his hands and feet but still calls him Lehi.

Even though I know the kids totally love Brian more, I'm fine with it. They look forward to bedtime when Daddy is home. It is fun and entertaining to them. I know they will remember bedtime with Daddy for as long as they live.

Friends and Family

I am starting a new price for friends and family for pictures. It is $50 and that includes a cd with a 45 minute to 1 hr session. For some that is a price increase and some it is a decrease! If you have a family member for friend that I don't know, it is open to them as well for the next couple of months. For those that live in St. George, I will be there at the end of June for 3 or 4 days.

I also run a special at this time of year for $300 for the wedding day. This includes 2 hours at one location and the cd.

The Frog and the Toad

Hannah invited us to go to "The Frog and the Toad" at the Scera Theater in Orem. It was a really cute play and kept Peyton's attention for at least 20 minutes. The other kids loved and watch the entire thing. The cast consisted of 5 main people that dressed up as multiple characters depending on what scene it was. I love that the kids didn't even catch that it was same people but discussed which animals they liked best and thought were the best actors. Most of the time they were agreeing on the same person but disagreeing because that person was in a

different animal suit.

Braxton and Hannah

William, Shawn, Nicole, Peyton, Luke

Happy Birthday James, Shawn and Luke

I gave my nieces and nephews the option of the dinosaur museum or a present for thier birthdays. They all picked the dinosaur museum. Since Mark and Linsey were already on their way to Mom's house we me them on their way down. We had Jordann and Nicole with us as well. The kids had a lot of fun and thanks to going on the same day as Mark and Linsey it was not that bad for the adults. Nicole, Shawn and Luke had a sleep over at my house after and we rented a movie, ate pizza and popped popcorn. They all had a lot of fun.

Shawn, Nicole, Luke, James, Braxton

James, Peyton, Braxton

The kids all on my bed watching "Horton Hears a Who"

Valentines Day

I thought I would catch up on blogging and post a couple of things from the past couple of months.

For Valentines Day we woke up and went to Denny's for breakfast. The kids love going out for breakfast. Usually Braxton does not eat more than 1 real meal a day, but when we go to breakfast he eats more than any of us.

I love this picture. It is probably the worst picture of both of them

Later that afternoon we went to a Monster Truck Rally with Matt and Andrea Peterson. It was our first experience at a Monster Truck Rally. I felt a little out of place and wished I would have worn my cut of jean skirt and tank top, poor Brian doesn't even own a fleece shirt. Needless to say we did not fit in! Not really. There were some pretty funny people making fun of of the "white trash" event by dressing up.

The kids really liked the first part of the show and loved the motocross free style. Once it was Monster Truck Free Style we had to leave because it was so loud that they were both pretty scared. I wanted to stay because it was the first time that Peyton had ever held on to me so tight.

Peyton a little concerned about the noise Braxton and Laura

Brian and Braxton. We had to trade kids several times depending on how scary they thought it was. If Peyton was really scared he wanted me. If Braxton was scared he wanted Brian.

I'm thinking next year we will try to go back to a more traditional type of Valentines date.

Going Private

Even though I don't want to do this I am going to go private. I have had someone trying to access my blog a couple of times now and have had to reset the password several times. I'm pretty sure I know who you are so please stop! Anyway, send me your email address if you would like to be invited!