AnD tHe BeAt GoeS ON!

I just wanted to wish my brother Wes a very happy birthday.

We have been through A LOT together, as many siblings have. We've had fights, arguments, beat downs, and some really good times. But to sum it all up, he has been a wonderful brother and I wouldn't change anything about our fun/crazy/ridiculous adventures!

I was always the one getting into trouble, and I took full advantage of his innocent, tender personality. He always did everything that I told him to do, no matter how dangerous, or ridiculous it was. It was hysterical, well to me, my parents had a hard time seeing the humor in it.

Duct tape him under the bed...put him in the dryer...tip him over in the toy car...bury him in stuffed animals...and my favorite, duct tape him in a box on top of my wagon and push him down the driveway.

Don't worry it was all done out of love!!!

Each summer we would go to Lake Powell. We always had a great time. Even though we were semi-enemies/typical brother and sister, we were/are good buddies.

Happy Birthday Wes, hope you had a great day! Love you tonzzzzzzzzz! I will miss you (more than I care to admit), when you go to Arizona for school this summer. I hope that we can still get together, meet half way, more than not.

And remember, beating you up was my right as your older sister. That's probably why you got all the brains...I would have used them to my devious advantage...bwhahaha!

CoOKiEs

"Logan, no cookies till after dinner bud!"

TRANSLATION:

"Eat as many cookies as you can before mom catches you..."

He was SO sneaky, and SO proud of himself!

He kept laughing after every bite he took!

How can I get mad at that face?

FAmiLieS are Like FuDgE...

You know what they say:

Families are like Fudge, mostly SWeeT with a few NuTs

One thing that I LOVE about my family is that we are still close to my extended family. We have tonz of crazy parties, and honestly we get together if not monthly every-other month. It's awesome, and hysterical! Uncles, Aunts, Cousins...and now that we're older and some are married, we have kids, and our kids play together...it's a blast!

My Dad, I LOVE my Dad. I don't know why, but Dad's are just the best. There is just something about them that make them great automatically. I always laugh at my dad's jokes, we have similar personalities. I will say something and just start laughing, at myself, because I'm the funniest person I know :) Andy will just roll his eyes and say, "That's a Grant joke!"

Then I HAD to post this picture of Zurik. I don't know where this wig came from, but Z was wearing it, and that face...oh says it all! I love this guy!
My sister Jac, and my cousin Chandell. They are 2 peas in a pod. They can get each other laughing so hard, to the point of pant wetting.

Grandpa with his 2 grandsons.

PLaY DaTe

We had a ton of fun this weekend, we desperatly had to make up for the crappy week. All of us were sick:Logan: 2 ear infections = 1 antibiotic

Jessica: 1 ear infection + sinus infection= 3 antibiotics

Andy: Cough = hard working dad that had to take care of all of us!

Tuesday I could hardly get out of bed, THANK YOU MOM, for taking Logan for the day so that I could get some rest. I begged Andy to take the day off work Wednesday because I just couldn't do the mom and sick in bed and work at home thing. So he got to play Mr. Mom. He cleaned, like really cleaned, the whole house. He did laundry, took care of Logan, did some grocery shopping, even bought me some breathtaking roses...he truly is the

BEST HUSBAND EVER!!!!

Since we were all feeling a little better we had to live it up!

So we went to the park, and Logan LOVED it!!!
Playing Peek-A-Boo with Dad
Oh I love this face!!!

All done and ready to head home.

One of the things that I appreciate so much about being a mom is that it doesn't matter how much money Andy and I make, what we wear, or how much we weigh. It's the little, simple things in life that make it wonderful. Just a few minutes at a park meant the world to all of us, just being together and laughing. That's what life is all about.

Thank you Logan for the daily reminders that life is good!

Trouble = FUN!!!

So it's been a challenge (to say the least) the older that Logan gets, for me to work at home. Although I appreciate the opportunity to be able to do so and a boss that is so willing to let me, it gets harder and harder every week. When I am home Logan just wants to play, and I want to play, but sometimes I have to do more work than play. If I block him in upstairs with me and close the doors he's safe. Not having fun, but safe. So yesterday when he was quite I was happy and didn't question anything...until I heard the clapping and giggling gibber gabber. Then my mom-dar went "WHOOO-WHOOO!" So I snuck to see what was up. Usually when he's quite I don't worry...it's when I hear the clapping that I worry. Because he is so proud of himself for something, and that something is usually never something that I am going to be proud of. LOL This is Logan's masterpiece. He's taken some of Uncle Jake's snowboarding decals, that daddy has so carefully hoarded away, and stuck them ever so strategically on his bedroom wall.

Check out his face do you think he knew he was in trouble? See Oakley, his partner in crime? He's learned when to run, he was out of the room when he heard me coming down the hall. Oh I love this kid!

So I stuck him in his bouncer so I could finish a few things. He LOVES listening to my iPod with these headphones. He will try and sing along, but it sounds more like a scream/giggle/yell.

We call him DJ Little-Cheeks
One day, we will be able to have more play than work. 'One day' I cross my fingers is just around the corner, and not down the street, across the bridge, and over in the next town ;)

Fingers crossed!