Super Post!

This is a Super Post! Only because it's been one eventful month with a lot of lack of blogging :) During our move we lost the USB cord to upload the photos from our camera to the computer. Our new camera we got decided not to charge so we returned it and we're using our old one, the one that has a scratched lens and takes horrible indoor photos! Okay so enough excuses already... enjoy these pics from the last month!!!

Spokane got over 5 feet of snow in December alone, and even more in January. We had fun shoveling it several times a day while on vacation and it just kept on snowing. It was way fun to play in! Brooklynn just couldn't get enough of it, she would be outside for a few hours, gloves soaked through, face frozen and would still scream and cry when it was time to come in because she wanted to keep on playing in the snow!

Papa Randy spoiled Logan with cookies!

Every time Brooklynn put the Santa hat on she had to say "HO, HO, HO"!

We all buried each other in the snow bank, even Brooklynn joined in!

I'm not sure who's more excited about Mr. Potato Head

Grandma Ronda and Logan having fun!

These pics are very mixed up... this is after our trip, time to unpack!

And this is before our trip, we got creative and designed and painted these name thinks for the kids rooms. Brooklynn was a lot of help, she loves painting.

I think they turned out pretty cute, they are really big though.

We also took a quick trip to Salt Lake and Brooklynn fell asleep watching and listening to her movie. Gone are the days of counting power poles and fence posts :)

We visited Aunt Martha and her family and got to have lunch with Cousin Shannon and her baby Riley, it was way fun to catch up!

Daddy's girl through and through

Phoenix takes a lot from the kids, but he does have a pretty cushy life

Logan playing Peek-A-Boo in the Tee Pee they got from Grandpa and Grandpa Jones!

Now back to Christmas... Brooklynn found this tie and had to get it for Daddy, she kept telling him what she got him before Christmas, she was so excited!

Santa brought Logan blocks, they must taste good, he's not picky!

Santa brought Brooklynn an art desk, all I can say is good thing for washable paints!

The handsome boys

Brooklynn in her Christmas dress from Grandma and Grandpa Lybbert

Going for a box ride with cousin Carter

These 2 will be best of friends before we know it, well maybe after they learn about sharing!

It's been a great month with lots of traveling and visiting! Time to get back to real life... Patrick started school and has a full schedule. Logan is finally starting to stand up to furniture, yay! Brooklynn is still learning the meaning of 'be quiet' and both kids are stuggling with sharing. I'm just trying to keep up with the laundry (we all got the stomach flu a week ago, except for Logan, thank goodness), the dishes need to learn how to do themselves and the blog is finally updated!!! Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years!

Thanksgiving Weekend

After a long move and lots of unpacking with Mom and Jessica's help the kids and I went to Spokane for a week. It just happened to be Thanksgiving, how convenient! We went to Moses Lake and had dinner with the Lybbert's. Grandpa Rick and Grandma Ronda came to visit us in Spokane, we had lunch together and played at the mall playplace and did a little shopping. 

We went out in the freezing cold and visited Duke and Scampy with Grandma Mary and Grandpa Randy. Both Logan and Brooklynn got to sit on Duke, it was too cold to do any riding.

This is Brooklynn trying to make Great Grandpa Lybbert's lawnmower go! She thought it was pretty neat. We had Thanksgiving dinner in Grandpa's garage with all the Lybbert's. And we did get to see a few Black Widows while cleaning it out first! 

Logan didn't seem to mind his first time on a horse!

The Byington girls taught Brooklynn how to play Mancala, it entertained her for a long time. She just loves playing with the big girls and always seems to gravitate to any big girl!

Yes, this is Logan licking a toy (at the mall), I know ewe. This is why I like the pacifier kept in his mouth. He does have a pretty good immune system though, wonder why?!

Cousin's having fun together!

Brooklynn will take hours (no exaggeration) to eat what she calls a "lollipop". She licks it until I get so annoyed that I tell her to chew it or I'll take it away. Logan just loves the camera, he always smiles for it, I love that! He is almost 11 months now and is getting to be so fun. We're now working on getting him less attached to me, he can't seem to have me out of his sight. I love it though, he a Momma's boy and Brooklynn undoubtedly is a Daddy's girl, she can't seem to have him out of her sight!

Quick Update

So we're all moved in to our townhouse in Rexburg. It is way cute and already feels like home! Thanks to my Mom and Jessy (and Carter) almost everything is unpacked and put away! The kids and I hitched a ride back to Spokane for a week and had a nice visit with everyone. We had a nice Thanksgiving dinner in Moses Lake at Grandma and Grandpa Lybbert's. Patrick has been working in Cardston the past few weeks so he hopped a train and visited us in Spokane for the weekend. He is now back in Cardston for 1 more week. Randy dropped the kids and I off at our new place in Rexburg on his way to work in Wyoming. So now we're home and back to reality. I'm going to get some decorating for my favorite season done!!! It's been a crazy few weeks (thus the lack of posts) but as soon as I find that camera somewhere around here, there will be another post!!

First Haircut

This is Brooklynn's first haircut. I've waited for this day her whole life. Her hair was getting really long and straggly looking because the ends we're so thin so I decided to cut it. I thought I'd do it when it was wet, and cut a little to much off, oops. When it dried it bounced up and looked lots shorter than I intended, thus her cute curls are gone :( At least it's straight despite her being full of the wiggles. She didn't even care that I was cutting it, in all it only took me a couple minutes, I only did the back. I took some cute video footage of the haircut, but lately I haven't been able to upload videos to my blog, so you get the only 2 pictures we took!

GOING PRIVATE...

Come December 1st, this blogs going private. I guess with all the creepies in the world today, I would just feel safer. So if you would like to view this blog I am going to need your e-mail to invite you. Post your e-mail as a comment to this or send it to chrystalbluaj@yahoo.com. I love viewing others blogs as well, so if you blog too, please share your blog address or invite me to see yours! Thanks everyone!

This is my new favorite thing, and yes, I made it. It's kinda like the Moby Wrap. Logan loves it, he loves being carried. He's 20 lbs now and my shoulders kill when I carry him around. I tried the Bjorn, the sling and this one I love and thanks to my mother in-law it was free! I just wish I had made one when Brooklynn was born! My creative ideas are endless, I'm just waiting to have moving behind me so I can get started!!!

Halloween

This is Brooklynn showing off the Amazing Pumpkin, she drew the face and I carved it. It all took about 5 minutes from start to finish due to the softness of the pumpkin and the size. That's my kind of Pumpkin! This pic was taken before putting on her costume, she was so cooperative!

And this pic is after the costumes were on, not so cooperative. This is the best of about 10 pictures... then Logan fell of the step. 

I searched everywhere for Logan's hat, and as we we're trick or treating we we're informed that is got left at the church. The funny thing about trick or treating in Cardston on the East hill is that you see your whole ward in one night, either trick or treating or at their homes.

After a long time of trick or treating, I was surprised that Logan never fell asleep. Brooklynn shocked me by how far she walked, I think she liked seeing all her friends from church more than the candy itself!

But it didn't take long for her to dig in, her favorite was the white candy sticks, (the ones that look like cigarettes). It's almost all gone, not that she ate much of it. She takes a bite and hands it to me because she doesn't like it. She definitely doesn't have a sweet tooth, unlike her cousin Carter!