Riding a Bike!

So, we don't actually have a video camera, but we tried out the video feature on our camera, and it works pretty well. Today the boys tried to learn how to ride their bikes they got for Christmas today. Well, Bradley succeeded. Connor decided it wasn't worth the effort.

We tried a few different methods with Bradley, and what ended up working was taping his feet to the pedals with electrical tape. Funny, huh? So, I can't decide which one to post, and I'm not sure if these will work, but I'm going to post all three :). Wes didn't know the camera recorded sound or he would have been saying more.

We had a very productive weekend. The kids are all three sick so we didn't go out and do anything, but we accomplished something we have been wanting to do for oh, let's see, about five years. Yah, we actually went through all the junk we have been moving from place to place. In every house or apartment we have lived in we have had a "junk room." It's basically the place we throw everything that we don't know what to do with. Anyway, so yesterday and today we went through all those things and, as my dad says, "We put it away, threw it away, or put it in a box to give away." Cool, huh? We are so proud of ourselves. Our storage room is organized and so are all the other rooms in the house.

Everyone give us a pat on our backs! :)

By the way . . .

Ok, so it is now 11:54 pm. Wes came in to sit with me about a half hour ago, and he has to get up at 4:00 am!!! He is such a sweetheart.
My new goal is to post pictures EVERY Sunday night so I don't end up going through a thousand pictures and posting so much. I know you're all going to get bored! Speaking of which, there really are about a hundred more cute pictures I could have posted. I think my kids are probably the cutest kids in the world! :)
So there, I accomplished my goal and kept my promise. It is 11:57 pm - not Monday yet!
Love to all!

Wes & Me

Wes and I are doing really well. We are very happy to be together. It's so weird to think back and realize that we were apart for so long. Wes is doing really well in school. He keeps saying he could be doing much better if he would study more. He basically just does the homework every night, but he is still getting in the 90's on all his tests and quizzes. He just got called to be the 2nd counselor in the YM presidency, and I know that's going to take more of his time, but he will do fine! I am very proud of him. I could not ask for a better husband!

I am having lots of fun meeting new people! In fact, I have met so many people we are having a hard time deciding when we can invite all of them over for dinner sometime. Every week we go to the park on Wednesday morning. It's called Park Day, and all the moms just sit around and talk while the kids play. It's awesome! I just got called to teach relief society which should be challenging and very exciting.

Also, I have undertaken a new passion. I have decided we are truly going to eat healthier. I found a website - zonya.com - that has lots of healthy and easy recipe ideas. I found one of her cookbooks on ebay for $5. So, on Saturday I went shopping and got a bunch of essentials and food for the week! I am excited to try out some healthy recipes. Wes and I both really want to lose weight and eat better. I am still keeping up with exercising, but I don't think it's enough to shed any pounds. We'll let you know how it goes. I am most concerned about if the boys will eat any of it, but we shall see . . .

I am actually very happy here. I miss Utah and all the people there A LOT, but this is a wonderful place full of amazing people!

Halley

Halley changes every day. She is so much more aware and alert now. She almost always smiles when she wakes up and right after she eats. She has also laughed a couple times. We have tried to get some good pictures of her smiling, but they never work out. Wes says that when she smiles she uses all the energy in her whole body- and it's true! You can really feel her happiness. It's amazing.
When my parents and grandma were here we all decided it's very possible that she could be a red head. Her hair has really changed. I, of course, wouldn't mind if it ended up red! :)

She is a very special little girl. She has been such a blessing. She is sleeping eight hours already, and we finally got her bedroom all cleaned out yesterday so I think we'll be putting her in the crib soon. She has been sleeping in a laundry basket on the floor by our bed. :) She is really scrunched in there, but I am having a hard time letting her grow up so it'll probably be at least a couple more days before I'm ready for that.

Her big brothers love to give her hugs and kisses and soft pats. They are very good to help with getting her binky and finding diapers and clothes for her. All of us absolutely adore her!

Connor

Connor is also growing fast. He is only a couple inches shorter than Bradley and weighs about a pound and half less. Every time we go out in public I get asked if they are twins. It's a bummer because there are no more hand-me-downs for him. We're having to buy doubles of everything!

Connor loves books and numbers. He also loves to do anything and everything Bradley does. He really misses everyone out in Utah. He talks about everyone out there all the time. He tells me all the time that he wants to go back and live at Mamo and Grumpy's house - that's what the boys call Wes' parents.

Connor has gotten a lot closer to Wes the past few weeks. He even asked us to sing the "Happy Family" song with Daddy and Connor the other night. That means that Daddy is definitely on his "A" list.

Every week when we ask Connor what he learned about in nursery he says, "Snacks." I think that must be the most important thing he does in there. :)

Connor has so much energy. He has been waking up at 6:15 am every morning, and he just goes all day long. He definitely keeps us on our toes.

Bradley

Bradley is starting to read. He loves to get letters from family back home. He is a sponge. He soaks up everything we and others teach him, but he never gets rung out - he retains all of it. Oh, here is a funny story. He loves to type on the computer, and he was playing around and typed a bunch of commas. I told him what they were, and a little while later he said to me, "Mom, I typed some commissaries." Now, for those of you who don't know - the commissary is the grocery store for military personnel and their families. He couldn't remember the word for comma, and he has heard us talking about the commissary a lot so that's what he called them. Anyway, it was funny! He is a wonderful little boy, and we just love to watch him learn. He is saying the prayer in primary next Sunday, and that is a little emotional for me. I cannot believe he is growing up so fast. Wes asked if we can come listen to his prayer, and he said, "No, I only want my primary teachers and the primary kids there!" Ahhh . . . I guess I'll have to stand at the door.

I can follow through - and I do procrastinate!

So, I made that promise forgetting that we actually had a lot of stuff going on this weekend. But, I am still going to keep my promise - even though it is after 10 on Sunday night! We had a birthday party for one of the boys' new little friends yesterday, and tonight we had a family over who just moved here from Utah. Wes knew Mark from his unit before he left for basic training. Needless to say, we spent a lot of time this weekend getting ready for that.

As I type my computer is downloading over 250 photos for me to go through! Yikes. This is going to be a long night . . . good thing Wes has lots of studying to do. :) This picture is of him buried in the sand up to his knees.

We had a lot of fun with my parents and Grandma here. Mostly we just hung out which was awesome because normally we just eat dinner with our families and leave, but we got to spend all day with everyone and eat all our meals together. We did go to the beach on Memorial Day. We played in the sand and flew kites and had a blast! Connor and Bradley got in the water! It was so much fun to have some of my family here. It made me really miss all the other people we love!

We also celebrated my mom's um . . . 29th birthday. (Look at Bradley's hands if you want to really know how old she is. :)