What I love about you! (and Bling!)

Saturday was Brent's birthday. He turned 28. We went down to his parent's house in Mesa and had fun hanging out. It's always fun to spend time with them.
This is the only recent picture I could find of Brent that didn't have dead animals in it. :)

Anyway, for the record... I love him so much! He is such a wonderful husband and father. I love that after six and a half years, and two kids he still tells me I'm sexy. (I really don't feel like it, but I'm glad he thinks so.) I love our little inside jokes. What the hell, I mean really! We still have so much fun together, and he is my most favorite person to spend time with in the whole world. It is my greatest blessing in life to be married to my best friend. I love that he will stay awake at night talking to me (or mostly listening to me talk). I love that he makes me laugh, lets me cry on his shoulder, and puts up with my insanity. I'm so thankful for all the support and help he gives me during the craziest times in my life. (Namely, school.) I love that he is working to achieve his dreams. I love that he is crazy about our kids, and he frequently says that we have have the best kids ever. I love that he loves to spend time with Kaden doing the outdoorsy stuff and that Kate is his little princess. He is such a great dad. I love that he supports and encourages my hopes and dreams. I love that he thinks I'm a good mom and he tells me so. (I have my own doubts about that sometimes too. :) I love that he loves me, despite all my shortcomings. I really think we are perfect for eachother. I love you so much, Brentus! Always and forever, no matter what! Happy Birthday!

I thought this picture of Kaden was cute. He's so fun!


Also, guess what else I did on Saturday?! Here's a little hint... See if you can spot it!

The Kids!

I had a funny conversation with Kaden the other day. He walked in to my bathroom and saw me putting some Proactive repairing lotion on my face.

Kaden: What are you doing Mom?

Me: Getting ready.

K: Is that lotion?

M: Yeah, I guess.

K:(looking very closely at the bottle) Is that Pernactive???

M: Yes, it is Proactive.

K: Oh. Did you order now???

M: Yes, I ordered it.

K: Is it going to clear acne fast?

M: I hope so!

K: Mom, what is acne?

I told him it was the red polkadots on mommy's face. He is such a funny boy. A few months ago he saw someone in an electric wheelchair on the sidewalk. He said "Oh, MOM!!! Look, it's a POWERCHAIR! Mom, can I get a powerchair?" That kid is living proof that advertising works.


On another exciting note, Kate is.....

POTTYTRAINED!!!!!!

Well, for the most part anyway. She's gone the last three days without any accidents. (Except for today, she pooped a little bit on the bathroom floor while she was trying to climb up onto the tiolet. But, she was attempting to get on the toilet and at least she didn't go in her panties.) She still wears a diaper at night, and while we're away from home. Maybe I'll get brave enough today to let her leave the house with panties on, because she's come home dry for the last several days whenever we go anywhere. I've been working with her for the last few weeks. I wanted to get it mostly done before I started school again. She's 23 months old. I'm so proud of her!

Let the insanity begin!

Or begin again, I should say.


I start school again today! Yuck! I know I said that after that awful Chemistry class last semester (which, by the way, I got an A in, YAY!) I was going to just take one easier class this semester, but... I changed my mind! :) I'm taking English, Nutrition, and Psychology. The first two are online, and the Psych class is on campus. It doesn't actually start until the beninning of Feb and is a six week class on Friday nights and Saturdays all day. Brent and I decided that we want me to get through nursing school asap. We have big plans for post-nursing school, which Brent has forbidden me from disclosing yet. As soon as he'll let me tell anyone about it, I will. I'm so excited about it I can hardly keep it bottled up. He won't even let me tell his parents.

So, I'll apologize in advance for not being around much this semester. Between three classes, three part time jobs, being a full-time mom and wife, I have a feeling I may be spread pretty thin. Maybe it's time to cut back on a few more things, huh? :)

The Little Dictator- Junior!

When Brent was little he was known as The Little Dictator. Yeah, he was a take-charge kind of kid. Well, I have a feeling his spawn will have a similar nickname.

Today, in the middle of sacrament meeting Kate was sitting on my lap coloring. All of a sudden, she looked up at the guy bearing his testimony at the pulpit and yelled "HUSH!". Then she went right back to her coloring. The people sitting around me all started laughing. I couldn't help but laugh a little bit too.

A few days ago Kate was sitting at the table eating. Kaden was in the living room playing and Kate was watching him. Then she starts telling him "Hush Bru-er (translation Brother)! So much trouble!" While shaking her finger at him.

She's become quite bossy in the last few weeks. It's actually quite funny. She's more bossy than I would expect a not-quite-two year old to be. Silly girl!

Christmas and New Years!

We've had a great Christmas and New Years. My family came for Christmas on Christmas Eve. Everyone came except for Megan and Chance. They spent Christmas with his family. We really missed having them here! We had a great time opening presents. Kaden got Rockband for Wii and Kate got a kitchen. We've all had a lot of fun playing Rockband. Kaden asked for a guitar for christmas because he wants to be a rockstar when he grows up. So cute!

For new years, we got a babysitter and went out to dinner with our friends Jared and Katie Meredith, and with my sister Heidi and her husband Devin. Yay, it was so much fun, going on a date without the kids. We had dinner at Chili's then picked up the kids and came back to our house and played rockband. We were in bed by 10:00 though, because Brent was getting up early to go hunting. He didn't get anything yet. He saw a few deer but he's holding out for the big one.

We've been potty training Kate for the last few days and she's doing pretty good. She will tell me when she needs to go pee. She's almost filled up her sticker potty chart. She hasn't pooped on the toilet yet though. I think that will take a bit more time. I'm hoping we'll have that mastered by the time she turns two in one month.