Christmas Vacation Begins!

It has been a while since I have posted because I have been crazy busy getting everything ready for Christmas. I leave today for NY with my mom to visit my sister and then to bring her back home for Christmas. Brad is being an amazing dad and watching the girls for me after working an all nighter last night. He is even going to drive 5 hours with them alone at one point. Hurray for Brad for letting me do this!
Just a note to all my friends in Boise, you must go see the christmas lights at 6211 W Parapet Ct in Boise. Stephanie Cooper told us about them and we went last night. The guy has three different light shows to music that rotate every night. So if you went three nights in a row you would see three different shows. It is really fun. You just pull up in your car and tune your radio to a certain radio station and listen and watch the show. My girls LOVED it. Especially Alex, she was dancing away. So anyway, check it out and let me know what you think. Just head down state st towards Boise and a few miles past home depot and winco turn left on Pierce Park (it is a light) and then right on parapet and go to the end of the culdesac. The shows starts at 7 and the last one starts at 10. I think it goes until 11 on weekends. It was about 15 minutes long.
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I can't wait to catch up on everyones Christmas vacation posts!

Ridin' Cowboy

I just had to share these pictures of Brad that a coworker took. As mentioned in a previous post, the other night at Brad's work party they had a mechanical bull riding contest and anyone could enter but Brad wouldn't do it. All the guys who entered couldn't stay on for more then a few seconds. When it was over Brad went and did it and he ROCKED. He stayed on a lot longer then everyone else and he actually looked like he knew what he was doing. It is kinda like the time three years after we were married and I learned that Brad can play the piano. Now seven years after we are married I learned he can ride a bull. I don't now why I wouldn't just expect that seeing as he is from Burley but there is always a surprise with Brad. Good thing I like surprises.

Some catch up

Well it has been a crazy past week. We have both been so overwhelmingly busy lately. On top of the usual stuff (motherhood, household duties, framing) I was also busy because I was in charge of enrichment on Tuesday and it was my week for preschool. It really would not have been that big of a deal except I was also playing catchup because last weekend I couldn't get anything done because felt like I was on my death bed with lower quadrant abdominal pain. I thought it was an appendicitis and so did the doctors but after spending all day at the ER on Sunday and after multiple tests (blood tests, CT scan pelvic exam) it turned out to be an ovarian cyst. Who would have thought one could be that painful. They sent me home and really didn't do anything for me. The funny thing is they told me if I had severe abdominal pain and a fever to come back. Hello! That is why I was there in the first place and you were sending me home that way so what good would it do to come back? Sometimes I get so peeved by doctors. So anyway It took a couple of days to recover and on top of that I never saw my husband. He was stressed with a crisis at work and worked 70 hours last week. Thanks to good friends I could cry a little to I got through it all. This week will probably be the same way. At least we were able to have a nice weekend and recoup a little before another crazy week begins.
Here are a couple of picture and stories from this past week-

Alex has been really funny lately. She has figured out that she really likes it when people laugh at her and she is figuring out her own sense of humor. It is fun to watch it develop. Most of you know this but to preface these pictures you have to understand that Ayden is usually seen with her fingers in her mouth and her blanket over her shoulder. Alex has a blanket too but she has a pacifier. Anyway, the other day she got a hold of Ayden's blanket (which is quite remarkable by itself) and then she was running around the house pretending she was Ayden with a huge smile on her face. You could just tell that she thought she was so funny.


Another little thing about Alex lately is she has discovered a love for Kix cereal. I know this is silly but I used to LOVE kix as a kid (probably because it was the closest to sugar cereal my mom would buy) and I remember a while back buying it for Ayden because I thought she would love it just like I did. But no. She didn't like kix at all and I was puzzled. Recently I introduced them to Alex and she is more estatic about them then you can imagine. When she see's the box she yells Yea! and giggles and claps and then when she gets her bowl she scarfs it down. It cracks me up.

Can you tell her moth is full of Kix an she is still smiling?

We went to our ward Christmas party yesterday so the girls could see Santa. Ayden was so excited to see him and could not wait to tell him that she wanted "three little dress ups." There was no fooling around with her. Once she got on his lap and started a very serious discussion about what she wanted.


Alex was not sure about him at all. She was very concerned the whole time we were waiting in line and then would not go near him. She held on to me for dear life leaving no way for me to place her on his lap.
See her concerned face.



Here are a few other pics waiting in line to see Santa.
Elizabeth, Devan and I. After partying until 1 am and making it to the ward party at 9 we all looked a little tired.

Nikki, Alex and I.

Bradly Lewis Terry

I was tagged again, this time by my friend Rachel, but this time it was about my husband so it was fun to do.

1. What is his name? Bradly Lewis Terry (that is right no “e” in Bradly).
2. How long have you been married? It was 6 years in August.
3. How long did you date? We dated for six months, engaged for four and we were married almost exactly a year after we first met.
4. Who eats more? Me. He can go a whole day and just forget to eat. It drives me crazy because I schedule my life around when I get to eat next. The other thing that drives me crazy is that he rarely thinks he is hungry. Once he starts eating he must realize that he was because he will eat a ton but since his meals are pretty far and few between I think overall I eat more. This has gotten better since when we first met but it is still a bit of an issue.
5. Who said I love you first? Honesty I don’t remember. I think he did on accident one time really early in our relationship while we were on the phone and it just came out at the end of the conversation but the real first “I love you,” I don’t know. I do know that I think we loved each other from the minute we met. There was just something that felt like we understood each other and that we were supposed to be together. I knew I was going to marry him the very first time I saw him (I just had to get rid of a serious boyfriend of two years first).
6. Who sings better? Brad most defiantly, hands down.
7. Who is taller? Brad by three or four inches.
8. Whose temper is worse? Brad would be really surprised to read this but I think it is almost even. Anyone who knows Brad would assume it would be Brad but his temper has cooled a lot and I think mine has just gotten worse.
9. Who does the laundry? Me, Brad hates laundry. It is the one thing he does not do. He will help me fold if I beg him and he will throw in a load of his jeans if he is desperate but other than that I do it.
10. Who does the dishes? Mostly me but Brad does them a lot.
11. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do. We have switched a couple of times in our marriage though. It isn’t stuck either way. My parents have slept on the same sides for thirty years. In the summer time I would say that we both sleep on the right side because Brad wants to keep his side cold so he squishes with me until he is about to fall asleep and then rolls over on his “cold space” and falls asleep.
12. Who does the cooking? That is totally shared. Brad is a great cook and is always willing to throw dinner together if he comes home and I have not done it yet. His specialty is breakfast food. He takes after his mom.
13. Who is more stubborn? That is probably even but Brad would say me.
14. Who proposed? Brad did after having the ring for three months, and let me tell you it was very original.
15. Who is more likely to admit when they are wrong? We are probably the same on this one too but once again Brad would say that he is.
16. Whose parents do you see the most? Probably mine.
17. Who pays the bills? I write the checks and mail them off but Brad’s job actually pays them.
18. Who wears the pants in the family? Me, sometimes I let Brad think he does.
19. Why do you love your husband? I love Brad because he is one amazing man. He is a self made man who against odds has made one amazing life for himself. Because he is the first in his family to graduate from college and he did it all by himself. Because he has a really good heart and really has a desire for good. Because he loves me and is committed to me. Because he is extremely smart and he is a very hard worker and I know he will always take care of the girls and me. Because he is a great father and the proof of that is how much our little girls adore him. And most importantly because he was the best mechanical bull rider at his work party tonight. Oh, so HOT!

I really wanted to tag everyone of my blogging friends who haven't already done it but I don't think anyone will do it unless I mention them individually so here is a list of some of you and it is open to anyone else too! My sister in laws Kayce, Laura and Amanda and I tag Elizabeth, Summer, Dede, Betsy, Lisa, Nicole P., Jo, Kim H., Leslie and Jami.

Star Sightings

Okay, I admit it, I am a huge dork for doing this. Especially on a Saterday afternoon. To my defense, it is yucky outside and Brad is at work. And yet I know there are still better things for me to do and that is what makes me a dork. Yesterday I heard on the news that Evil Knievel died and it reminded me of the time I worked at a phone center and was talking to someone named Robbie Knievel and I asked him if he was Evil Knievel. He told me that he was his son and I thought that was pretty cool. I also spoke with President George W. Bush's security guard and found a way to get a treadmill technician to an air force base so he could fix the Presidents treadmill before they took off overseas. That made me think about all the other encounters I have had with famous people so I thought it would be funny to document all of it. Here it goes in no particular order but just to warn you, some of them are pretty lame.

Margaret Thatcher- I met her at a grocery store and actually had a conversation with her about ice cream.
Dr. Phil Mcgraw- Brad and I had a long conversation with this dude.
Dr. Robert Rey- I met him at church in L.A while I was visiting my Brother. I was chasing my nephew Axel in the hallway and he was doing the same thing with his kids.

Steve Young-Once again, I met him at church. He had a house in Park City for a time and would come to our ward when he was in town. Once he called me a little sweety and gave me his autograph.

Jaleel White (Steve Urkel)- I met him at the grocery store by the butcher. He really wasn't that bad looking in person.

Tony Danza- I also met him at he grocery store on a couple of occasions actually. One time when I was younger and we were in line behind him and he made small talk with my mom and another time when I was there by myself once again behind him in line. (Man it seems like if you want to see someone go to the Albertson's or church in Park City).

Mitt Romney- Here it goes again, I met him at Church in Park City (my sister has baby sat for one of his grandkids too).

Air Supply- A kid I dated knew them and I met them at a beauty pageant they were playing in.

Robert Redford- I think I have met him a couple of times but one I remember is when we were hiking in Sundance and he passed us on the trail. He was polite and said hello to us.

Fabio- Brad and I saw him driving in a car next to us on the freeway in L.A.

Mrs. Fields- This one is kinda stupid but I grew up in Park City with Mrs. Fields kids and saw her on occasion before she moved. I have been in her closet and tried on her clothes from the 80's and 90's. My dad has done some architecture for her and her ex husband. Her daughter even called me the "B" word after she was eying Brad at a mutual friends wedding and found out he was my husband.

Cheech Marin- He MCed a couple of things at our high school.

Dennis Haskins- (principal Richard Belding on saved by the bell)- He was dating a friend of my parents and did an assembly at my high school. I shook his hand.

Karl Malone- He fell on me at a Jazz game once when we had front row seats.

Michael Jordan- I saw him golfing. I also saw the whole Bulls team (accept for Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman) get off a bus at a hotel in Park City.


Julianne Hough (dancing with the stars two time winner)- My sister would probably be annoyed I put her here but she is a star now. Her father and Step mom live in my parents ward, so I have seen her at church. (once again, church. I have also seen one of Donny Osmond's Brothers at church but I don't know which one).

Hilary Swank-Brad and I passed her while walking down Rodeo Drive.


One of the Olsen Twins- We saw one of them run into a car and drive off while paparazzi was chasing her in L.A.

So there you have it. If you made it through this, now I want to hear some of the stars you have sighted!

Christmas Tree

I just wanted to spread the word about a great place to buy your Christmas Tree this year to all my blogging friends in Meridian if you have not already done so. I noticed a tree lot really close to our house on Ten Mile across from Bridgetower's main entrance the other day when I was coming home from the store. I decided we should check it out since it was so close so we went there tonight for family home evening. It turned out to be a really great place to buy it because it is a fund raiser for the Make a Wish Foundation. It is just a family who decided they wanted to teach their son the true meaning of Christmas by starting this tradition. All of the trees were grown here in Idaho and were donated by Precision Plumbing (the company he owns or works for, I am not sure) so all of your money goes to the foundation. It turned into a really neat teaching opportunity for Ayden and so I just wanted to pass along the info. They have 8 ft and 7 ft trees for $45 and $55. I really can't remember what we paid last year for our tree, it might be a little bit more but it is for a great cause.

A Burley Thanksgiving

We had a great time in Burley for Thanksgiving. We loved spending time with family, having a great meal, skeet shooting, playing games, working on Travis and Becky's house, and fishing (for Brad). We arrived on Thursday to Dana and Lorrie's house right before the big meal and then played games and hung out that evening. On Friday Brad got up early for some fishing with his Mom, Mike and Jeff then we all headed back to Lorrie's for some skeet shooting which was a lot of fun (pictures to come in the future) and more games. Saterday everyone got together at Brad's brother Travis' house where we all worked really hard and helped them with their remodel (adding a whole second story to their house). No pictures were taken that day, but I sure wish I got some of Brad wearing the tool belt, oh my... anyway the girls did a lot of mudding and taping inside while the guys hung out on scaffolding applying tyvek and foam to the outside. It was great to all get together and work hard together. I always think it is a great bonding experience when a family works together. We headed back to Boise on Sunday morning just in time for some of our best friend's baby blessing which was beautiful and spent some time with them in the afternoon. Overall, it was a wonderful long weekend. Today I am just so grateful for good family and friends. I really think it is what makes life worth it and I am overwhelmed with the love I have for the people in our life. Our family is very blessed but, in this category I think we must have accidentally gotten a double dose of blessings, but I am not complaining!
(All of you reading this is included!)

Here are a few pictures from our Thanksgiving meal-

Amanda with Grandma and Grandpa Merrill

Brads Mom with her Mom and Husband, Mike.

Ayden and I waiting for some yummy grub.

(I have to say this is the ONLY picture with my eyes open (well almost open), there is something wrong with me and the flash. I always close my eyes, it is ridiculous! I don't know what to do about it, one day I should do a post with all the closed eyes pictures. It would be pretty funny.)

Ayden with some of her favorite uncles Travis and Jeff. Jeff making her laugh as always.

Just had to show some of the yummy food.

Alex waiting by the dessert table like a dog hoping some scraps will fall to her.

The kids table.

Ayden and her cousin Sydney playing with black olives.

Resting so our body can but all the energy into digesting all the food we just consumed (so we can go back for more of course).

See, back for some chips and salsa.

Brad played a lot of guitar hero, Ayden wanted to try it too. Maybe some day she will be a real guitar player like her dad. She looks pretty comfortable with that thing.

If there was ever a day to just stay home, today would have been it!

Even though there were signs everywhere telling me to just skip going to the gym this morning and stay home, I didn't listen. Sign number 1, it snowed last night. Boise drivers (California transplants) freak out at the sight of the year's first snow fall and drive like two year olds. Do I dare go out on the roads this morning? Sign number two, the girls have nasty runny noses accompanied with a little cough. I know shouldn't take them to the play center this way but then I tell myself that they probably got sick from the gym in the first place since that is then only place they go. Besides, if I didn't take them every time they had a runny nose I would NEVER go. Plus I have missed going the past 6 days because of their cold and I couldn't take it any longer. I need to go. For my sanity, I need to go. So I decided that kids with colds and a litle snow on the ground wasn't keeping me home, I was going.

As time came close for me to leave, Alex still wasn't awake. Here I go again, going against my intuition and decide to wake up my sleeping child, who is sick, and take her into the snowy weather. It's all for my sanity, it's ok. Feeling guilty, I get Alex dressed, make her some toast for on the way, stopped her from brushing her teeth with toilet water and loaded the kids in the car. I was on my way.

I turn the ignition and whammo, sign number three presents itself in the form of a little gas light. Of course Brad drove last and who knows how long the light has been on. I call Brad and he tells me that it wasn't on long and that I should make it the 8 miles to the gym and then get to a gas station. So I accepted the risk and drove to the gym. As I pull up to the gym Alex sneezes the juiciest, yellowiest, nastiest stuff from her nose. Oh boy, they are going to chew me out for bringing her but I wasn't turning back. I leave my kids in the play center and go to my class, feeling guilty the whole time, fearing that when I picked them up I would get an ear-full. Because of this my workout wasn't the rejuvenating experience I was hoping for. After the class I pick them up expecting to see snot oozing down Alex's face but instead found two happy, healthy looking girls. Phew, I got one break this morning. As we are walking to the car and just when I am thinking "oh, that didn't go so bad" I see it, the flattest tire you have ever seen. The thought of me sitting in an icy puddle, putting a spare on, with two screaming kids went through my head. No, I was not going to do that, not today. After calling Brad and being reminded of our tire warranty I called Les Schwab. They told me to put the spare on and bring it in, but I had already decided that was not an option. After playing the damsel in distress, I got the guy to agree sending someone out to me and putting air in the tire so I could drive it to Les Schwab. Twenty minutes waiting in the car is better than 20 minutes sitting in a puddle with freezing fingers changing the tire myself, right? After 20 some minutes of screaming, fighting kids and a torn up coloring book Mr. Les Schwab finally shows up, but not for long. He forgot a part he needed to put air in the tire so he was off again. Oh, so close. Another 10 minutes goes by and Mr. Les Schwab tire shows back up. After filling my tire with air I drove to the tire center hoping all the way that I would not run out of gas and add another fiasco on top of the one I was already dealing with.

At the tire center, we were in a waiting room with about 8 other people, all of them kid-less. Therefore, we became their entertainment as they watched the girls fighting over the few toys in the room and of course I feel like I am being judged because of my can't control-the kids-skills I was exhibiting. Don’t you just love that felling? The girls started getting really restless just as I noticed the complimentary popcorn. Yes, something to keep them happy. I got them each a bag and sat back down. Not much time had gone by before Alex decided to spill her whole bag on the floor and as I was self-consciously bending down trying to clean up the spilled popcorn with all the onlookers staring right at me I smelled something. Oh no, what is that? I did a quick smell of Alex’s diaper that only a mom would do and sure enough my suspicions were confirmed. This was not good because I didn't have a diaper with me. I thought I had one that I had brought to the gym in the car. The same car that was up on a lift getting the tire fixed in the farthest possible bay from the waiting room. I decided to wait and just let it be but the smell got stronger and stronger until it was unbearable. I don’t know if it was just because I was worried about it or not but it seemed that everyone had disgusted looks on their faces while they were holding their breath and shifting in their seats trying to block the smell from entering their nostrils. So I decided to try and get the diaper from the car. I grabbed Alex and asked the guy at the desk if there was any way I could grab a diaper from my car. He said sure and began walking me to the garage. As he took off, I looked at Ayden and she was busy coloring so I figured she wouldn’t even notice I was gone. So decided it would be better to leave her and not have to deal with two girls in the garage full of dangerous tools and pits in the floor. I got to the car of course I found nothing. As I turn to walk back to the waiting room I see Ayden in one of the stranger's arms crying at the glass door. Shoot, what kind of a mom am I? Luckily the stranger was just trying to comfort her and show her where I was, but that could have been a bad situation. Once again, that motherly guilt sweeps through me. We sit back down, but ahh that is one SMELLY diaper. I loaded all our stuff in my arms and took the girls to the bathroom. Maybe it is just one of those poops you can just plop into the toilet and then put the same diaper back on. I opened the diaper and as my luck was going it was diarrhea (from all those dang grapes I fed her yesterday)! So I did what I had to do and I closed the diaper back up. Gross! Poor Alex. I walked back to the waiting room and only a minute goes by and my name is called, YES, we can get out of here. I loaded the girls up in the car and took off. I was so anxious to get home that I forgot about my empty gas tank. I was only a few miles from the house when… I run out of gas! Just kidding, but that would have made the story even better if I had.

I think I will just stay home the rest of the day. :)

Ayden and Alex

As Thanksgiving is drawing near, there is nothing I am more grateful for then my family. I have been so blessed with a great husband, parents, siblings, in-laws and children. In regards to my children I feel like I need to be better about writing down the little things they do so that I can remember them. I have been wanting to do a blog about my girls for sometime now. So I am going to write down a few things about them before I forget; then I can start to do it regularly. As this entry covers my two daughters whole lives in a nutshell it might be long. Right now my mind is blank so hopefully things will start flowing. WARNING- this might be a bit of a bragging session. What Mom doesn't brag about her kids?

Ayden- 3 1/2

-Ayden was a very hard baby for the first 4 months. Hard in that she was very fussy and needy. It seemed like she was always in pain and that she wanted to be happy underneath all the crying but just couldn't. She hardly ever slept and cried a for a large portion of the day and night. It seemed only baths and car rides (with zero stopping) would sooth her. Ayden had multiple baths a day as a baby and we put a lot of late night miles on our car. There were times we would regularly put Ayden in the car and go on a two hour drive at 2 in the morning to keep our sanity. We would playBeethoven and Bach music loud enough to drown out her crying (to this day Brad hears crying in his head when he listens to Bach and Beethoven). We had the drive mastered; it would take the first hour for her to fall asleep and the second hour to allow her to fall in a deep enough slumber that when we stopped the car she wouldn't wake up and start crying all over again (fortunately Logan Canyon is long, has no stop signs and suprisingly zero traffic at 3 am (ideal for parents with grumpy babies). There were a few times we would get home, she would wake up and the drive would begin again. Once after two drives we were so tired and scared to wake her up, we slept in the car in our driveway. Our pediatrician said that she was the "fussiest baby [he had] ever seen". At four months I came into the office with a screaming baby and I told him I was done. He told me there was never a baby he couldn't sooth. I handed her to him and after swaddling her, turning the lights down, bouncing her, humming in her ear and switching to a bunch of positions with no luck he handed her back to me and walked out he room and came back with some medication. It turns out she had acid reflux and the acid would just go up and down her esophagus eating it away. Poor little baby. After a couple months of medication her esophagus healed and she turned into a very happy and engaging baby.

-Ayden is a smart little girl. She has always been ahead of the curve. I used to love reading about developmental milestones because Ayden was always way ahead of where she should have been. She came out of the womb holding her head up and made the top on another one of our pediatrician's lists as the "strongest baby [he had] ever seen". She was always very active and learned to crawl before she was 6 months (was army crawling before 5 months). Before walking she developed a weird crawl that we dubbed the "monkey crawl" where she would sit on her bum with her legs in the butterfly position and put one arms out in front of her and lift her legs up and swing them through to the other side. It was so funny and she was extremely fast which is probably why she didn't walk until 12 months (see video below).

She started talking at 9 months. She knew over 50 words when she was 15 months old and was putting sentences together at 18 months. She knew all her colors, shapes and body parts before she was 18 months old. At this same time she was a pro at animal sounds and when we would drive she loved for us to play the animal game with her. She would say "lets play animals," and we would name an animal and she would tell us the sound. She was SO fast and it amazed brad and I. We would often have competitions with her and she would win every time. Brad would say an animal and I would try to say the sound before Ayden did but could NOT beat her. She is still very smart and loves learning. She is the youngest one is the preschool co-op but you would never know it, (except maybe because she has a few more tantrums then the rest of the kids. At my house anyway). Ayden also pays special attention to detail. She remembers everything. Just this morning she was talking about a snack we had in preschool in September and she was telling me the color of fruit roll up everyone had. I am learning that if I can't find something in the house I just need to ask Ayden because she will know. She remembers what people wear, whose clothes is whose, the color of all of the Disney princess characters hair and dresses, etc.

Ayden is also very competitive. At the age of three she would rather not play a game because then she would risk loosing. She hates loosing more then she likes winning. For those of you who knew Brad when he was young (there are still hints of it now) then you know she got this from him. We don't know what to do about it except beat her at everything she does until she gets over it.

Alex- 20 months

-Alex was the best, sweetest little baby ever. I could not believe babies came the way she did. She was so cuddly and quiet and only cried (whimpered more like it) when she was hungry, tired or messy. The only thing she didn't like was baths. This baby came a COMPLETE opposite from her sister. It was a welcomed change. She only woke up every 4-6 hours at night in the morning and started sleeping through the night at 2 months. I thought she would always be really easy going and quiet but she is turning out to have a little personality of her own. She knows what she wants and as calm as she is, she and a Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet have something in common because they can both go from 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds. Another trait passed along from her Daddy. Alex is a thinker not a talker. She always has a little contemplative look on her face. She is soaking everything up and one day I think she will start talking up a storm. Sometimes she will go off talking a whole sentence like she knows exactly what she is saying but I have no clue what she has said and then say, Okay. She surprises us every now and then because she will say a word I had no clue she knew or point to a letter and tell me what it is. It's common when she is quietly playing by herself to hear her counting to three or something. She LOVES books. She would be very happy reading books all day long. She loves to read them to Brad and I also. She will point to something and say something we once again don't understand and then if we don't make a comment back she looks up at us and pulls our face down and says it again, until we respond. She has the sweetest little voice and my favorite thing she does is sing to herself. She seems to really like music. She has always loved when Brad plays the guitar and once music is on she starts dancing.

Both of my girls are so special in their own way. I am so grateful for their differences and that each one of them is their own little person. They are both so beautiful with their curly hair, big lips and beautiful eyes yet their beauty is very unique. Once again opposites, Ayden is small with blond hair and blue-green eyes, Alex is almost the size of Ayden with brown hair and brown eyes. I am so blessed to have these girls in my life and I am blessed to be able to raise them with my best friend, their Dad. I hope I can be the mom/wife my family deserves. It can be overwhelming because they are all so great and I feel like they deserve more but each day I strive to be better. Brad, Ayden and Alex, thanks for being mine.

Rollin' the Cookie Dough

Any one want to come over for cookies?
The other night we made some cookies and then I turned the rest of the cookie dough over to the girls to play with. I just had to let loose and let them have some fun. Alex was COVERED in flour. I was so proud of Ayden for sharing and letting Alex roll out the dough.

Jammin Alex

Alex wanted to listen to the I-pod but the head phones kept falling out so brad tied a bandanna around her head to hold them in and it turned out being super cute. It was adorable watching her walk around pushing buttons and dancing. What a cutie.