What a day!!

The other day on March 22nd, Jackson thought it would be funny to make his mom go crazy.  Well, he succeeded. I was doing housework this day & when I would come back to see what the boys were doing I would find some fun surprises around the corner.  You would think I would learn not to leave him alone say,  after the second time but no, it takes me a few time before I learn.  I guess that is how Jackson was that day too.  He really didn't care if he was in trouble or not.  He enjoyed all the time outs & more.  

Once he was out he would reek havoc again as soon as I was out of sight.   

The top picture is what he did to the floor & the cookie sprinkles.  He took my 5 sprinkle holder & shook it all out onto the floor.  The other picture of what he did, didn't turn out very well.  I had some cookies in a sandwich bag in the pantry & he got to them by pushing a stool over to the pantry..... climbing up onto the garbage can....... & then proceeded climbing up the shelfs to get to the cookies.  He then laid them out onto the pantry shelf, got the sugar shaker & poured it all over the cookies! 

The 3rd time he attacked was my cereal as you can see in the 3rd picture.  Yes, I eat Shredded wheat hot with butter on it.  It is inherited from my mom.  Jackson has seen me do this, so he decided to make himself a tasty snack.  When I found him this time he said "I have snack just like you."  

BREATHE, LINDSAY

4th attack......  I keep a box of alcohol swab amongst other things in a basket in his room & he dumped the box out & then proceeded to shove them into a bottle of lotion. 

The last & final straw when he decided he needed a drink.  A few hours had gone by with no attacks, but you have to go out with a bang, right?  He got in the fridge & got some juice in a glass bottle.  On the way out of the fridge it slipped out of his hand & this full bottle of juice & glass went all over the floor.  I couldn't believe at how many little pieces this glass broke into.  

By this time I'd had it, so I put myself in time out! I think that works better for me. 

I guess I needed to clean the floor anyway...so thanks for the help buddy! 

Can I just tell you how happy I was that day.....so happy.....joys of motherhood.  

Just a FYI : No one was harmed in the discipline process of this :)

Relief Society

I recently got called to the RS presidency....2nd counselor.  I was the Enrichment leader before so this is not too much of a change.  For our RS birthday party we decided to go up to This is the Place Heritage Park.  It was a nice day to be up there, a little cold but nice.  There was about 17 of us that went.  We went around to 4 different buildings there & they had little presentation about the women pioneers.  Then we got to go on a train ride around the park...which i enjoy train rides.  I never realized how much was up there.  I think I will go back again & take my family.  

Thanks girls for the fun time

Bunk beds

In March one day I decided it was time to get out the bunk beds.  Ethan has been asking if we can buy some bunk bed so he can sleep on the top & Jackson can sleep on the bottom.  I said lucky you we have some downstairs stored away.  I had this set in my room when I was at home, I loved it because it has a futon on the bottom.  My parents saved them for me...thanks ma & pa! The boys love it.  We have to move Jackson in the middle of the night back to his crib because he sleeps in later then Ethan & he would wake up when Ethan would get up.  Jackson seems to not mind, he hasn't said anything about waking up in a different bed.  Don't you love the Leopard print sheet??? Those were mine when I was a teenager.  I guess I need to go out & get them some boy looking ones.

GO JAZZ

Last Christmas some of my family went to the big Sing-A-Long down at the Delta Center.  I can never say ESA, I like Delta Center better. It was a fun time with lots of people! 

We rode the Trax down & people were packed in like sardines.  I would be telling my family "there is no way we can fit more people on this train" but, then the doors would open & 5 more people would pack in.  It was a little crazy but fun.  I felt bad for Ethan because he is at the level of everyone's bottom half....lovely.  There also was a lady that kept hold my waist, I kept pushing her hands away & then had to tell her to stop.  I know mean but it was making me fall over!

  That night they gave everyone a free ticket to a Jazz game.  The game we finally got tickets to was the to the Timberwolves game that was on St. Patrick's Day.  The boys & I went along with my mom, sister, brother & his 2 kids.  Kevin wasn't able to come, he had YMs that night :(   Needless to say he wasn't too excited to sit in the nosebleed section.  Who could blame him.  The boys have never been to a Jazz game so i was excited to take them.  It was fun, I painted the boys faces for the Jazz & St. Patrick's day.  The crowd was a bit rowdy that night.....it was awesome...I think it must have been a little to do with all the green beer.  The boys were great! Jackson got a little tired when there was about 4 mintues to go.  Luckly i got Jackson to look at me once, so i could take his picture.  I tried to take his picture another time as you can see & he was not too into it.  We probably go to one or two Jazz games a year & this year we have been to about 5.  I love going to the games, i love the watching most sport live.  

 You gotta love it baby!

The Miles Cabin

Once a year we get together with some of our friends that we have known since we were little.  We usually get invited to a cabin up at Brighton Ski Resort.  I absolutely love going to it !! It's a rustic 1960s cabin that you love.  I would love to have a cabin like that when we are older! It just has a cozy feel to it.  This year we were planning to go up but the pipes froze & broke, water was all over the bathroom area...so we were unable to go.  Lucky for us her husband's family just bought a house in Midway, so we re-routed our destination.  How lucky are they (and us!!) to have 2 vacation homes in the family.  This house was huge & very nice.  Kevin said his arm got tired running the vaccum it was so big.

 It was a lot of fun, i love going on vacation to escape. 

There were 4 couples that went up.  It was nice, we left our kids with sitters & 

spent the night up there.  

Poor Melissa worked a night shift & was really tired that day.  I know how that goes, it messes with you.

Kyle & Shilo brought their cute little girl Caroline with them.  She is SO cute.  Kyle was feeling a little ill, so he is not in any of these pictures :(  

Thanks Miles for the fun time & thanks to mom & dad for taking the kids.

Safe Kids Fair Zero "Catalities"

This shows you the power of radio.  I never really pay attention to the commericals on the radio.  Most of the time I flip through the stations when a commerical comes on to get to a song.  Ethan, on the other hand listens & pays attention to everything.  He kept telling me that we needed to go to the "Safe Kids Fair Zero Catalities."  He didn't know the word fatalities so,  he would say "catalities!" I figured what the heck it was free so why not go.  I thought it was pretty cool myself.  They had 3 different fire trucks there, lots of police vehicles, helicopters, bike races, games,......& many other things.  

There was a  SWAT vehicle they got to go inside.  I loved going in all the vehicles too.  Once I got to ride in a fire truck with my Grandpa while they were transporting him to the hospital & I got to sit in the front.  I was a little to giddy when the fireman asked me if i wanted to come in the truck.  I think i am still a kid at heart.  It's hard to admit i was excited when my grandpa wasn't doing too well :(

I noticed that I got a lot of pictures of Jackson.  Most of the pictures of Ethan were blurry.  They wanted to go from one thing to the next &Ii would have to hurry & take a picture before they found something else to do & i had too many things in my hands to take decent pictures.  I asked Ethan this year what sport he wanted to play & he said Golf.  He said because it is so easy...all you have to do is hit the ball.  I don't really think he get the whole idea that you have to get it in the hole! Needless to say he was excited when he saw that you could hit golf balls there.  It was fun to watch them.

The last thing we say was this HUGE snake.  I didn't see it at first & almost stepped on it! Now that would have been interesting.  I really not a fan of snakes but for the sake of my boys I stayed calm & told them to pet the snake.  The things you will do for you kids.  

It was fun to be there.  We will have to go again next year.  

Valentine's Day

This year Valentines was celebrated on the 17th.  I had to work on the 14th &15th since they were both holidays...i figured they were easy ones to get out of the way.  Now i don't have to work one until July.  

I love to make something for dinner that has to do with the holiday.  This year I made some heart jello jigglers, heart shaped bread sticks & a veggie pizza.  I really liked the veggie pizza! The boys did too.  It was fun, I got use my red glasses that I never use because I have children :(  I use to collect wine & champagne glasses for reasons I don't know, since i don't drink.  I just love the look of them.  Some day I will get a hutch so I can have them out to look at & use more.  

Riley's Birthday

Ethan & Jackson were invited to their friend, Riley's, birthday party.  It was fun!! When the invite came it was all he could talk about everyday when he would wake up.  They had the party at the Aquarium, the boys had fun!  They kept talking about it & wondering when we were going back.  I told them we would come back again now that they are putting penguins in there! I think they are so stinkin' cute!!

This is the birthday boy Riley & my Ethan

Here are some of the kids looking at all the cool stuff they have there.  I'm not to fond of the Anaconda & the octopus!  They are creatures i could do without. I asked the boys what they like....Ethan said everything was wicked.....He gets that saying from The Incredibles!  Jackson liked the glowy things.....Jelllyfish!

My cheesy boy

There is a room in the center that they had the party in....pizza & drinks.  

Riley had a Cars cake.  I can't believe he is 4 crazy. 

Thanks Scotty & Melissa for the fun party.  Thanks to Riley for inviting the boys they had a blast. 

Happy Birthday to my Kevin

I love birthdays! I love the fact that we get to celebrate the person who we love so much.  One of the things i did was make a cake for Kevin.  I must remind you that i'm not very good at making cakes.  I just made this one up by myself.....so no judgement.  I wanted to make a Kayaking cake, so i made a blue river, brown dirt & green grass.  Then i took a Twinkie & made it into a kayak.  Ethan wanted Lighting McQueen to be there.  He said "how did the kayak get there without a car, i know..... Lighting will take him."  

We started Kevin's birthday out by going to the Jazz game.  They played the Kings & won by 7.  Thanks for the tickets Scotty.....it was a great birthday present for Kevin!!

Our neighbors have season tickets & always go out to dinner before, so we called them up & went to dinner before the game.  It was fun! 

I love Jazz games.  I love to watch most sports in their arena.  

Our friend Scotty, that gave us the tickets, knows a guy who does the games in between the quarters.  Well, Scotty called & got Kevin signed up!! Kevin & I got to go to the tunnel where the Jazz dancers are & wait till the end of the 3rd quarter.  Kevin went out on the floor & was competing against another guy.  There were three barrels set up with different points assigned to each one.  He had 30 seconds to throw as many small balls into the barrels.  At the end they add up the points & who ever won got a year supply of coke products.......points were tallied & who won...........the other guy ! :( I bet you thought it was Kevin! Me too! I totally thought he won.  Oh well it was fun being out there.  I got picture of it on my phone, not a very good one, but it won't load :(  After that i put a small camera in my purse so i am ready for whatever!! 

The boys slept at my parent's that night, so the next morning we went to the Blue Plate Diner for breakfast.  We have only been there for lunch, but i heard it was one of the top places for breakfast.  It was also featured on Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives! I really like the atmosphere there, if you like that sort of thing.  It was fun.  After that we picked our boys up from my families house & took the boys swimming!  They love the water! It is fun to watch them play.  Thanks parents for watching the boys. 

Now to my Kevin~  I hope you had a fun birthday weekend.  Thanks for being a great husband!! 

I love all that you do for me & the boys.  I couldn't ask for anyone better! I am glad that i said yes to you when you asked me to marry you.  Life has only gotten better.  You are a hard worker, smart, love life, very happy, love the outdoors & a good husband & father.....i could go on & on but i just wanted to say 

I LOVE YOU!!!!

Our not so little Jackson

Normally our Jackson is a very happy boy.  Our family rarely gets sicks, we usually get our yearly cold & then we are done.  This year both my boys got pink eye...with ear infections & sore throat.  I hate seeing my boys sick.  I could tell Jackson was getting sick when at dinner he normally will eat almost everything & this time he just laid down on our bench & didn't want anything.  Then before Kevin & I went to bed I checked on him & he had a fever of 103, so i gave him some meds & then he said he was hungry

So... here is our sick boy in our bed eating toast.  Poor little guy.  He freaked me out for awhile because he was presenting all these symptoms of a disease.  I think being a nurse makes your mind always in diagnose mode! Anyways, he ended up not having what i thought.....the symptoms went away the next day.  Both the boys are great now.  Hopefully no more sickness...but that is highly unlikely.  I do love the fact that i get to cuddle him when he is.  Jackson is not a big cuddler but Ethan is....sick or not. 

Joys of getting ready for church

When we get the boys ready for church we have a hard time getting Ethan to wear a tie.  If we succeed it usually comes off after sacrament or he chews on it during primary.  Jackson on  the other hand will wear ties most of the time.  I think that they look so cute in their white shirts & ties.  It makes them look so grown-up, which by no means that i want, but it's fun.  This is one of the few times i got them both to wear them.  I think that they are very handsome.....a little bias i think.  Too bad i didn't get a picture of them with Kevin, the most handsome out of the bunch...sorry boys!

Game night

For Christmas the boys got a new game.  I decided to buy a classic... Candy land.  It helped make my decision when it was only $5.   They love to play games, but the whole idea of loosing a turn & having to go back does not sit well with them.  It's fun to play with them.  As you can see we have paint swatches on the wall.  Someday i'm going to re-paint our house again.  I am just waiting for a good day to do it.  I enjoy change & it makes me feel happy when i change my surrounding.  It's March now & i still haven't painted.  I am kind of waiting for Spring which is pretty much right now but i keep thinking that it is going to snow.  Maybe some day there will be before & after pictures on here.  

Moore SNOW

Our family loves snow days.  It's fun to be outside in the snow. The boys love to go sledding as you can see.  

Kevin likes to take the boys on rides down the street

It is fun having 2 boys, they are cute with each other most of the time.  Hopefully there is one good snow day & then spring can come.  

I'm more a summer girl, i like the winter but love to not wear socks, shoes & jackets.

We thought this year about taking the boys up free skiing now that they are getting older.  We'll see how that goes.  It would be fun to see how they do.  

Farmer Family Chirstmas

On Christmas night we went to my families house & had a sleepover.  My whole family was there.  We have done this a few years in a row where everyone sleeps over & then the next day we celebrate Christmas.  It's fun to have everyone together.  We didn't take too many pictures, I really need to get better at that.  I guess i was just too excited.  Well, as you can tell by Ethan's shirt my mom & sister are still trying to brainwash him anyway possible.  I realized the other day that it's working.  

My boy were playing in a kid area at a store the other day & there were 2 blue chairs & 1 red chair.  Ethan told Jackson "Let's sit on the BYU chairs! "  LOVELY

That just made me laugh.  Mom....if you are reading this i guess your brainwashing is working.  I thought you are suppose to let kids choose for them self, not instill bad thoughts in their head?   I still love you mom!

This is my cute Ethan getting a Transformers costume from his Grandparents.  Jackson got one too & they wear them almost everyday.  I am sure if i let them they would wear them to the store or anywhere for that matter.  Ethan & Jackson got new jammies the night before & i came to find out that Ethan & my brothers 3 boys had the same jammies too.  It looks like we are all matchy-matchy!

Jackson got Basketball jammies.  He is a very cute boy.  It was fun to watching him this year get so excited! In this picture he is going to give my mom a hug.  This was a very fun Christmas.  I can't believe how fast time goes.  Pretty soon i am going to be in my parents situation watching my kids with their families.  CRAZY.  

I guess i need to slow down & enjoy the ride.  

THANKS family for the fun Christmas.  It is awesome that we all get along so well.  

Our Christmas

Well, I'm finally up to Christmas.  I think i'm making some real progress here! Maybe i will get to the present day in a week?? We can only hope.  This year i was suppose to work but they called me off.  I think I have only worked one Christmas when i first started.  I remember it was when we were first married & Kevin came up to my work & gave me a gift.....a grapefruit cutter! It was WAY cute & i love grapefruit.  Kevin decided to spend the rest of Christmas with my family since he didn't want to be alone on Chirstmas.  
Well, ever since then i have some seniority, so i get called off.  

This is the night before.  After the Moore party we came home & they opened their new jammies.  They love them as you can see.  Then they wrote letters to Santa & set out cookies & carrots.  It was cute.  If you can see me I have a cute headband thingy on.  Kevin's sister gave it to me for Christmas, i love it! Thanks Stacie. 

Our Christmas morning started about 9:30.  It was great! I guess we wore them out the night before.  Santa left them new sleeping bags.....Cars for Jackson & Buzz for Ethan.  You can see Jackson's blue teddy bear in the picture.  He loves that bear a lot.  He wants to take it everywhere with him.  He got it from my aunt Shanna when he was a baby!  Santa also left a new car mat.  We use to have a small one but when Ethan was potty training he pooped on it, so i didn't want to deal with it so i threw it away!

 I think that we could have been done with Christmas by then because after that 

Ethan said "This is the best Christmas ever!" Made it all worth it :)  Our friends the Horsleys gave the boys gifts.  I think that was another highlight of the presents! They got some shotguns that shoot Nerf type bullets.  They love them & played with them all day & everyday after that....so THANKS Natalie & Carter!

Jackson got his much needed jacket for winter.  Ethan was a little jealous.  He kept saying, "Where is my new coat?"  I think he was wanting it because it was orange.  That is Ethan's favorite color.  Then we had breakfast after the presents & they watched a Christmas cartoon.  I found all the classics at Costco for $12, there are 9 movies.  They loved it & wanted to watch them all the time.  

I realized we didn't get any pictures of Kevin & I during Christmas.  It is all about the kids right? Next year we will have to be better at that.  Thanks for the fun Christmas my cute family!!

Merry Moore Christmas

We have Christmas with Kevin's family usually on Christmas Eve.  I love going.  My mother-in-law cooks dinner which is always good.  I love the way she takes the time to make the table & everything look just right. This year after dinner we had a talent show.  All the families sang a song.  It was pretty cute.  We had some tears & some stage fright but it was fun.  Our boys sang Rudolph, they did great at home but as soon as we did it there........ nothing! So the whole family sang it!  

After the talent show we go downstairs & have the grand opening of all the gifts.  It's a little chaotic but fun.  All the grandkids open their gifts together & then the adults give to whoever they picked previously.  

It's fun to see how much fun the kids have & just to be with family. 

 I love being around Kevin's family.  I don't know how i got so lucky.

This year thanks to Kyle & Shilo they had the idea of doing a book for Kevin's mom & dad.  It has pictures in it & we each wrote what we admire about them.  It was VERY cute.  I think they loved it a lot.  I know i would, but the person we have to THANK the most is my sister-in-law HOLLY!! She put many hours into putting the book together! She did any awesome job...as always.  Holly is very talented.  

THANKS HOLLY for all your hard work. 

Here is the party!! This year i totally forgot to bring their jammies.  Usually all the kids get in their new Christmas jammies & i forgot this year....not a big deal but as a mom i hate when i forget things.  

Thanks MOORE's for the great Christmas.