6 Years

Happy Anniversary

6 Years have brought us…

5 Date Nights since Kids:) Or so it seems!!
4 Times packing and moving

3 Silly Pets along the way
2 Amazing Kids
1 Beautiful Little Home

Not Bad. Looking forward to more exciting things to add to that list.

Despite the fact that life has its valleys and peaks I can honestly say that we have spent most of our time on top of those mountains. Thank You Justin!!!!!!!!

We Will Use These Against You Sometime

So as this is my only form of journaling, I wanted to remember some of the hilarious things that 3 year olds say…

Story One
Brin- “Daddy I love you soooo much, I love EVERYONE in the world MORE than you!!”

Justin: “Thanks Brin” he said, “I think I know what you meant.”

Story Two
The other morning Brin was begging for some scrambled egg the way Grandma Sage makes them.

Me: "I can’t make them just like Grandma they are always so much better. "

Brin: “Okay, but you can try”

After cooking them and as I am scooping them into her plate I hear loud cheering and energetic clapping.

Brin: “Yeah you did it mom, very good job. You tried and tried and you did make eggs. I knew you could do it.”

Cute but how many dozens of time have I done that before, I guess it was nice to be SOOO appreciated for cracking eggs and mixing them around on a stove.

A quick insert I found this picture as I was uploading the other one. Brinley LOVES LOVES to cook with Grandma. She enjoys cooking with me but not like with Grandma. If she sees a picture with food and writing on it she assumes it’s a recipe, it gets saved to be taken to Grandmas and made with her on a later date. On Sunday Brin begged Grandma to make cookies, unfortunately she had left her recipes at home. Not to worry Grandma assured her that she might just have a few to choose from:) They started to make two different kinds and as I snuck into the pantry and found that Grandma gives Brinley a handful of brown sugar while they are cooking. Apparently she loves to lick brown sugar, and that is the answer to the question “Why does Brinley like to cook with Grandma so much?”

Story Three

After a long day of cleaning up mess after mess, Brin thought it would be a great idea to smash all of her broccoli into her table. As I caught her smearing it around…

Me: “Brin what are you doing? Take your shoes, put them on the stairs and wait for me to talk to you.”

Brin: As she is walking to the stairs she takes a quick detour to her daddy who is doing work on the couch. She looks at him shrugs her shoulders and warns him “I think she get’n real mad now dad.” She nodded at him and walked to the stairs.

Story Four

Brin: "How come you don't like me to drink Diet Coke or soda all the time."

Mom: "Cause its not good for your body baby"

Brin: "Well, it must be good for Ma Maw Sage's body cause she drinks it all the time."

We Have Forward Movement

Owen update…

He is now mobile. On the same day he started crawling he started cruising. So we quickly were brought back to the reality of a crawler in the home, vacuuming 2-3 times a day, digging stuff (usually rubber bands) out of mouths, and constantly picking up small objects. I forgot how clean floors could really be, and how many things babies can find to put in their mouths on a seemingly spotless floor.

Owen may not be advanced when it comes to his mobility but he sure is advanced when it comes to eating and drinking. He is a pro!!! The very first time a straw hit his mouth he knew exactly what to do. He hasn’t met ANYTHING he wouldn’t eat and love. I say he eats all day long and until you witness it you wouldn’t believe it, ALL DAY LONG!!!

It looks like we may have a Cullen in the family, (for all those Twilight fans.) Owen has gotten 4 teeth. The lower bottom teeth like normal but the next two are the upper lateral incisors, or vampire teeth!!!! At least Vampires are totally IN right now. Hopefully I don’t get Vampire marks while feeding him:)

Grow, Grow, GROWNING

Our Garden Is Coming Along...

STRAWBERRIES

BELL PEPPERS

JALEPENOS

TOMATOES

Too Good To Pass Up

Thursday my mom and sister were over on this side of town so we did what all girls like to do SHOP. My plan was to not spend any money but my little sister wanted to go to Old Navy for a minute. Okay, that will be painless; I was there last week and didn’t find any great deals the sales were only okay. We walked around for about 10 minutes before I realized that the sales were an additional 50% off YEAH, and the kicker was that the sale was only a few hours old. I had the pick of the litter oh and did I pick.

I got Owen 1 outfit, 6 shirts, 2 pair of PJ’s, 1 pair of pants, and a jacket
I got Brinley 5 dresses, 1 cover up, 1 pair of sweat pants, and 10 shirts
28 ITEMS FOR UNDER $$$$ 60

Sew What...

I attemped to make a skirt for Brinley...

Almost done

I hope to get better as I practice. It was fun however and it only took me an hour (not bad.)

Confession

So, about 6 months ago I walk up the stair exited to tell my husband that I am going to go back to school to get my nursing degree, a bit overwhelmed he responded by saying, “lets just think about it, it may be too much for you.” Oh, Justin you know me better than that, you have just made this a challenge. So, it was on, I made all the phone calls, set up all the times, talked to all the people. I was ready to go I only needed one class, and to take the NET test and then I could apply. I was going to start my class in two weeks (actually on the 16th.)
BUT THEN, I was blessed to go to the temple to watch my dear friend Patty and her husband take out there endowments and I got my answer loud and clear (even though I wasn’t ask for it) being a mother is the MOST important job you can have. So there it is my answer when I wasn’t even asking for it. I know that I need to focus on the two I have and think about the others to come. I thought that I was doing a good thing, I even felt at times that I should be getting my nursing degree but I guess I talked myself into that because there defiantly was no question that I am not supposed to purse that right this moment. So, for now I can put that dream on the backburner while I live my dream of being a mother and a wife to two fabulous children and one patient hard working husband. I plan to still dabble in coaching and do hair so that should keep me busy enough RIGHT??!!