Sisters.

These are my sisters. They mean the world to me and I cannot imagine my life without them.

In and Out.

Chris and I have a great love for In and Out. We normally only get this treat when we go to Vegas to visit the fam but not anymore. Good ole SLC has finally gone big time. There have been 3 In and Outs opened in the last month and we took our boys there today for the first time. Usually they get McDonalds or some other form of fast food while we bask in the joys of fresh burgers and fries but we introduced them to the deliciousness that we hold near and dear and thank goodness they too, LOVED the whole experience. I guess we will keep them around a while.

Brothers.

As much arguing and fighting that these 2 brothers do, they always come back to each other. Built in best friends...I love it.

Chubby Bunny.

Have you ever heard of the "Chubby Bunny"? It's when you try to shove as many marshmellows in your mouth as you can and still be able to say "Chubby Bunny". Chris fit 11 full size marshmellows in. That's ELEVEN! I would say that is definitely a selling feature! Any offers?

New York Yankee in the making.

Sam was on his first Coach pitch baseball team. He did really well. Didn't have to hit off the Tee his whole season. He is so dang cute. He has the best facial expressions ever when he runs by anyone he knows at his games. Total ham.

Gardner Village.

It Witch season at the Village. The boys ran amuck and created Chaos and made me tired. What else is new. It was fun!

Zach.

It takes alot of hard work to get Zachs hair looking this good. It's a good thing he has a system set up. This is what I saw when I went into the bathroom. He is too cute for words.

First day back.

Zach started 3rd grade today. I was SO happy that he had 2 different friends in his class. It takes away all of my first day anxieties that I had for him. He said that it was a "pretty good" day. He is not much for words sometimes.

Newest Do.

My Bro-in-Law has always been loved by all but recently he has become a semi-obsession in our home. We love Gareth to pieces and there is no greater flattery then trying to be just like him. This is a cross between a mohawk and a mullet. I think Sam looks pretty good.

Ode to Gareth.

B - is for Brothers

I - I thought we were

T - Too short

C - Curtis

H - How could I have fallen for that!?!


LOVE YOU GARETH!

Camping, Belchlo style.

We haven't made it anywhere camping this year so we decided to go camping in our own backyard. It has been really fun to last minute "go camping" and still have a clean bathroom. Maybe one day we will make it into the great outdoors but until then I have a perfectly good backyard! Plus it's a great excuse to make a Smore!

If you know Samson at all.

After sleepovers at aunt Shelleys house and visiting aunt Farahs house, I have been told that Sam is ALWAYS in the kitchen trying to find something to eat. I just thought he was a growing child but it seems as though I am mistaken. He just likes to eat. ALOT!

Another tooth gone.

Zach lost his tooth last night at a sleepover at Aunt Shelleys house. Since the toothfairy didn't know he was sleeping at Shelley's house, he put it in a bag and brought it home to put under the pillow tonight. This is the note he prepared by himself for the toothfairy. I think She is going to go broke soon.

Mom's here.

My mom came into town today. This means that right now my tummy is too full to move because the first meal we had was lunch at ASTRO BURGER! If any of you know my mom she has to eat there at least once when she comes to Utah. Of course it was so good that I overate and 10 hours later I am still uncomfortably full. (This in no way is caused by the 6" Subway sandwich I ate for dinner) I am going to blame it on the yummy lunch we had.

Bee's Game.

My sweet friend Amber took us to a Bee's game Friday night. It was lots of fun and the boys actually did pretty good and didn't seem to get bored for about 3 hours. Once the excitement wore off it went downhill pretty fast. I think that they liked all the crap that they got to eat way more then the game itself.

My Grateful for Tuesday.

Just look at him. Need I say more.

This is just funny.

This is Chris's version of an Easter egg. He is warped.

Legos.

Most of the time when the boys need something done, like building lego toys, I quickly refer them to their dad. Not this time. I completed this bulldozer all by myself. If I can create life I damn well better be able to build a simple lego toy ages 4-7. I have to say I was pretty proud of myself. I even was a little bugged at Chris when he walked by a table it was on and knocked it off and some of the pieces fell off. Oh well. Another day, another toy destroyed.

This is what I want.

I want SPRING! Not rain, not snow, and certainly not the cold. I am done with it. Shouldn't it be over by now?

Utah Grizzly Game.

My friends husband listens to the radio all of the time and wins things. Trips, tickets to games, product, you name it, ANYTHING! He won some tickets to the Grizzly game last Friday and gave them to us. It was fun. It entertained the boys better then the Real Soccer game did and it was free. Thanks Mark. Of course, much to the boys dismay, anytime we go somewhere I feel the need to self portrait. I can't help it. It is a sickness.

Aren't my boys so cute!

Absolutely Beautiful.

Today was absolutely beautiful outside. That is my grateful. :)

My Grateful for Friday.

Vacation pay, sick pay, I love it all. Zach has not been feeling well so I stayed home with him from school/work today. It is so nice to wake up late, make boys pancakes and sit and drink some coffee and know you are getting paid for it. I love "stolen" days. I only wish it was nice outside so I could work in the yard. Oh well. I can relax and find some new crockpot recipes to try and enjoy my 3 day weekend. How could I not be grateful for that!

Real Salt Lake Soccer Game.

Yummy.

Growing up my mom would make us Strawberry Shortcake. Here is my attempt. It is good stuff.

New Shoes.

Last Saturday we took Zach to get some new shoes. Of course Samson found some that he really really liked. I said let's put them on hold and see what you have at home and go from there. Well Saturday afternoon Samson got some gooey stuff all over his carpet (which is now a beautiful shade of mauve) and for sure he was not getting any shoes. On Sunday he woke up and said "dad, can I get my shoes now? I'm not naughty today". I still said no. Well now its Tuesday and Chris finally broke. I knew he would when on Sunday he came home from work and said he had thought about it all day. I'm just surprised that it took this long for him to break.


Samson could not be any happier then right now. He is definetely his fathers child. A shoe whore till the end.

My Grateful for the day.

When I came home today, I noticed that there were some Crocus blooming in my yard. I seriously threw the car in park and ran to get my camera. I am so excited for Spring to arrive. So today I am posting pictures of my cute little Crocus flowers. This is my Grateful for today. Just the beautiful things!

Same to Same.

Samson has such a funny way of communicating his thoughts. After his mohawk that lasted 5 minutes, he had Chris shave his head. Chris had been growing his hair out so Sam had asked him to shave his head so they could be "same to same". Chris did shave his head the next day and now they are same to same.