Henry & Evan

Sydney wanted a couple pictures of her boys and I always could use some practice with the camera, so we had a mini shoot. Here are a few of the shots. Henry is three, and Evan is almost 4 months old.

What a kid.

So for one of our art projects we made an alligator and I had Aidan glue some sequins on it....apparently that didn't fly because he then picked all or most of them off. So I asked him if he'd rather paint it (he's really into water-coloring right now) so he did that instead.

Looks like the alligator killed and ate something. ☺

We have a spare room and we have the guest bed in there all nice and cramped cozy like, but we have one of our extra chairs in there next to the bed. So Cary puts Aidan to bed last night and we watched the Jazz come back from being behind in the game, to beat the Suns (Go Jazz!) We were getting ready for bed when Cary went to check on Aidan and he wasn't in his bed.

He was found all snuggled up in the guest bed.

Urrrg. (Atleast my kids are cute)

I just got done grocery shopping and I would like to go on a rant for a moment. It seems like everytime I read an article in a magazine they are telling you something new not to eat, turn around read a different article that says TO eat what I was just told NOT to eat. Example.

Canola oil vs. Vegetable oil. I've read or heard either way. Maybe I should just use olive oil for everything and see how it goes. :o)

Another example: Canned tomato products. In one magazine it said to stay away from all canned tomato products because of the reaction the tomatoes have with the cans creates something that causes cancer, blah, blah, blah.... so I resolve to more fresh tomatoes. Only to read another article that says TO eat canned tomato stuff because the Lycopene and all that is higher concentrated than eating fresh tomatoes, yada yada.

Sooooo I'm back to square one, which is where I should learn to stay: Everything in moderation.

Moving on. Cary is the best husband ever. Thanks to him it was the only reason my house ever looked clean this week. (I did clean today though, bonus points for me!) He's also such a sport playing with the kids. Alan and Sandy sent Aidan a toy that has a suction cup that you are supposed to stick on the side of the bathtub, etc...so they can play with it in the bath. Well, Cary thought he would be funny and stick it on his forehead. (yeah, he's a smart guy) So he and Aidan were having fun with that for a little while, and when they were done he realized he was going to have a giant bruise right in the middle of his forehead.

So just an FYI. Don't stick the suction cups to your body unless you want it to look like you have a giant hickey there.

And yes, Cary had a "bulls-eye" there on his forehead for awhile and I would burst out laughing every time he walked in the door. (I was nice and didn't take a picture)

I did take more pictures of these guys though! ;o)

Mom and Kenneth came in this last week and so the kids and I got to hang out with them for a bit. We always like to have people come and visit/ stay with us.  :o)  Ken and I went to Honeyville Grain and that just may be one of my new favorite places...is that weird?

Seven months!

Seven months already? How did that happen?

Ella is working on two more new teeth, this time on top, and she decided that the pacifier is a cool thing to chew on... Pretty close to crawling at this point, but then discovered that she can roll to where ever she needs.

Here are the photos and once again she just does NOT want to smile for my camera.

Playing

Staying Sane....sort of.

It's that time of year when getting outside is hard and Aidan and I are pretty tired of each other by the time Cary gets home. :o) The cooping up is really getting to Aidan and I can't really blame him, so I've been making more of an effort to get him doing a project during the day. Right now, I'm picking a letter a day and doing something with that. We'll see how it goes!

This weekend was probably Cary's first glimpse of how obsessive I can be when I start a project. I'm one of those that just wants to FINISH it right away. (thanks mom!) None of this working on something everyday for years. (Aidan's blanket doesn't count since I haven't actually worked on it other than buying material and knowing the pattern. Heh.) I just hate having the mess. I guess I need a house where I have a room specifically for that and can close the door and hide the mess.

OR I could just learn to be more organized. Pfffttt.

Another day in paradise

SLC is having major inversion issues and we're really needing a storm to get some air moving, but in the meantime the nasty air is giving me some major headaches and sleep issues. Fun.

These pictures Aidan is like "really, do you have to keep taking pictures of me?"

Even Ella didn't want her picture taken, but I was trying to work on a photo assignment, gosh.

In other news, I'm up to my ears in craft projects so the blogging has fallen the wayside. One of my projects being the quilt I started back when I was pregnant with Aidan (for Aidan. HA.) maybe I'll have it done by the time he is a teenager and then he won't want it. :-)