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Potty Training - Take 5

A few months ago, Blake was so excited to potty train. He did fabulous, until the novelty wore off and he realized I wanted him to use the potty exclusively. He had a change of heart and refused. I debated using force, but, instead I used gentle persuasion, aka candy. After several attempts, it seems to have worked. He is now doing number 1 in the potty now! He still asks for a diaper for number 2, but I can handle that. Now, with a little more candy and a monster truck for bribery maybe we can say goodbye to diapers all the way around.

Ice Cream Man

The musical truck cannot pass by our house without Kyle knowing. Even through all the playful screaming, video games and movies, his ears are tuned in and ready.


In the last week, we have made three purchases. Guess I better figure it into next months budget. :)

This Week

Cute Kyle at Tee Ball.


Team work. Thanks little brother.

The good news for me...

We got a truck. This is good news for me for 2 reasons. First, because I will no longer be without a vehicle when Brian goes out of town. Second, because all things that we have to haul occasionally, like yard waste, can be dealt with.

And Brian's good news:

An amazing snowmobile. Since he sold the Jeep, he got himself a "beel." He is so happy that he has literally teared up. "I can't believe I got a rev," he says.

It has been a good week.

Tee Ball

One of the perks to being 5 is that you can play on the local tee ball team! We have been telling Kyle that he can start playing, and he has been excited, up until yesterday. He told me he wasn't going to go. He was just feeling a little shy. So, I let him watch some other teams, Brian got him a mit and they practiced in the backyard. I still wasn't sure if he was really going to do it, but he did great!



He swung...


He hit it!!
He made it all the way around the bases, and ran to home plate. It was so fun to watch! This for me was one of those things that I have been looking forward to for a long time. Maybe it is silly, but it was a happy moment.


Of course, being in the outfield is not as exciting as being up to bat.

Most of the other kids were exactly like Kyle, just learning to play. It was so fun to watch 7 kids all run for the ball and how no one quite knew what base they should be on. Kyle even ran towards home from 1st plate. But there was such a scramble for the other team to grab the ball that he still made it to 2nd before the ball did.

He did great. Most importantly, he had fun.

A Day in Wyoming

Wyoming is definately good for two things, motorcycles and fishing.


Kyle caught his first fish! And he did it all by himself, casting and everything. We got permission to go on some private property to some small ponds that were planted with fish. The fish were biting like crazy so it was perfect for the kids.



Blake caught his first fish too!



Of course we had the traditional motorcyle ride. What more could two little boys, well three if you count Brian, ask for?



It is definately beautiful there. We love visiting.

Budding Artist

Kyle drew himself. Notice the smile he has, so I take it he is a happy kid. You'd think he would hear me better with those big ears of his.

I need these little cute things because the boys have both been not so easy lately. Yesterday, Blake woke up at 2:30 am crying for popcorn. He threw a fit about that for 30 minutes. Finally, he gave up and went back to sleep. When he woke up, he dumped out the garbage all over the floor, ripped the trampoline net down, and poured water out on our upstairs bathroom floor. Of course big brother Kyle encouraged this behavior by giggling. Then Blake climbed up on the counter and got into the treats. He was standing on the counter, naked as the day he was born, with SIX sticky lollipops in his hand. When I saw him, all he had to say for himself was, "Hi Mom." Kyle plugged the sink in the bathroom with who knows what. Then both of them took all of my very important papers and shoved them behind the refrigerator. Little partners in crime.

Needless to say, I had a snickers bar before bed last night.

6th Picture, 6th Folder

This was a fun tag. Depending on how I count, in Picasa or in My Pictures, here are the pictures from the 6th folder.


Oh! It is baby Kyle. He was only about 3 months old here, and as you can see he used to sleep in his car seat. He was so chubby! Can't believe it.

The other 6th picture is from last June.

Brian was building a fence to enclose our backyard completely. I love how handy he is. Brian can do anything. And Blake was only one! How time flies.

Yard Day

We spent our Saturday cleaning up our messy yard. There was a lot of work to be done. Most things around here were overgrown from before we even moved in.
Things got worse before they got better.




As we were digging we found a bunch of cute little fuzzy caterpillars.


Of course Blake was instantly in love.



He giggled when the caterpillar would crawl on him. Soft, fuzzy, snuggly bugs. Who knew. Things couldn't have been more amazing for Blake.




And here is the final result. A full day of hard work, but it was worth it.

Women's Conference 2009

I got to go to womens conference! My sister in law Melissa and I had three days and two nights with no kids, no car seats, no tantrums or sippy cups. I needed the break because this being a mom business is really hard. The classes were inspired and spiritually filling. We were reminded of how to live in the world and not of the world, parenting lessons in the book of mormon and spreading the gospel . Also we heard Elder L. Tom Perry speak which was awesome.

Though I was so grateful for the break, I missed my boys, even Blake's wet kisses. It was great to come home.

Thanks a million to Aunt Sue and Susanna for watching my boys while I was gone. And thank you Brian for being so willing to let me go have a break. He is super dad.

Uplifted and refreshed, I think I can handle motherhood for another year. Well, at least I'm goint to give it a shot. :)