Not too much been going on around here. Just day to day life!


Need a tissue? You'll know where to find one when you do!


Case diggin



boys swingin'. Cooper's friend Cole finally was able to come over and play. We used to live a couple doors away from Cole when the boys were younger. I am really miss them living so close now that the boys are older and could play all day with each other! Their preschool schedules don't work out and so the boys hardly ever get to play with each other. They basically were together all day on Friday and had a blast. Cason loves Cole just as much as Cooper and does not want to be left out!

Big boy going to church!

Modeling his fabulous purple boots!

My boys watching Madagascar

Happy Birthday MOM!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

We hope you have a fabulous day and know that we are thinking of you! Can't wait until next year when you are home and we can celebrate with you!!!

You all know that I think my mom is amazing. Here are a couple things I love about her.

- She is the most selfless person I know. I am not just saying that because she is my mom.

- She would give the shirt off her back to help someone out.

- She is constantly giving endless hours of service. (Even before her mission!)

- She never complains, no matter how bad the situation is.

- She never sits down on the couch and watches T.V. She literally is working from the time she wakes up in the morning, until the time she goes to bed at night.

- She will drop everything and be there in a minute for you.

- When she was home she had more phone calls than anyone I know.

- Countless people call her their best friend.

- She was never released as R.S. President. (Well okay, I never thought she was, because she never stopped serving the women of her ward.)

- She has a firm testimony of the gospel and always has put the Lord first in her life.

-She has always taught me how important it is to serve my husband and be the best wife and mother, even when it is hard.

-She always had dinner ready. She taught us if the men are out working all day, then you have dinner ready when they get home.

-She always has sustained my dad in his church callings. Ironing his shirt and making sure all his clothes were laid out for him to run in take a shower and go! Funny story: One evening mom was ironing dad's shirt, so he could go to his church meeting. As she was ironing the phone rang. She picked up the hot iron and put it to her ear!! Yes, she had a nice burn!

-She is the laundry queen. She can do laundry faster than anyone I know. She does not like clothes in the laundry basket. I have to admit when we lived with them a couple of summers ago, she did all my kids laundry and some of my own too. I didn't ask she just did it! When she wakes up at 5:30am the first thing she does is put a load of laundry in and the last thing she does before she goes to bed is fold another load of laundry!! So, most of the laundry was done before I even woke up! A couple summers ago Chase wore the same shirt three days in a row. I told my mom how gross that was and she replied,"It was clean every morning."

My mom is amazing and I am eternally grateful for her and the wonderful example she is to me in my life. Brenden even thinks she is the best. When he asks me to do something and I don't want to do it he says, "Berniel would do it." That is enough to make me feel guilty, that I usually go and do whatever he was asking me to do. I am so greatful for the example her and my dad are setting by serving a mission right now. They are amazing to stop their normally daily lives and serve the Lord. We love you!

Crazy, Scary Dream!!

Okay, just had to document how SCARY my dream was last night. Never before have I had a dream that I am in labor! Never! Do people have those often? Well, last night I was in full blown labor and did not even know I was pregnant! I was sooo mad at myself because I had waited too long and was affraid I was not going to make it to the hospital! My water had broke and those darn contractions hurt bad!!! It was a darn good thing that dream was not true, but I know who I would have called if it was true! That's right Tami your phone would have been ringing!! My yelling would of probably woke you up before the phone rang!!

Boring blog

Sorry for the boring blog lately. Here are my excuses:

-Love to read everyone else's blogs, but hate posting my own.
-So much time to read, so little time to post.
-boring life
-You can only take so many pictures of my kids making messes and wrestling.
-Too many unfinished projects.
-Free time (after kids go to bed) has been watching T.V.. Way too many good shows on right now!
- My camera is crappy. It takes only blurry pictures.

So what I am really asking is what kind of camera should I buy. I am so non techie it is not even funny. Brenden and I know nothing about electronics, nor do I wish too. I would rather someone else do the research and just tell me what is the best one, best bang for your buck, to buy. All I want is a good point and shoot, throw in your purse kinda camera. The camera does not have to be top of the line, because lets face it Brenden would say, "Don't even think about it." I need one that is durable and easy to run and figure out! It has to be able to with stand the family of two crazy little boys and their crazy momma. I currently have a Sony and I basically have just become some what comfortable with it. It only took me four years!

O'l Yellerstone

Every year Presidents day weekend Brenden's family goes to Yellowstone snowmobiling. A lot of driving and work for a couple of days, but it is so much fun! The boys had a ton of fun and were one year older and easier than last year! Cooper loooved swimming with Derek and Janelle, but who wouldn't with an audience like them to cheer him on as he jumped, over and over again into the pool.




One afternoon I took the boys to the Grizzly Bear and wolf discovery center and and I max movie. They really like the bears, but did not care too much about the wolves. There just dogs, didn't you know?

Grizzly bears do not hibernate when they are in captivity. And I also learned there that bears don't actually hibernate. They are just in some kind of dormancy. Is that a word? Anyways they say they wake up frequently and are not in that deep of a sleep. Never knew that.

The boys loove going on the snowmobile. The first night we got there Cason threw the biggest fit, because no one would take him out on the snowmobile. We were there and we were supposed to go snowmobiling! He wore his helmet all the way to the pool and would not take it off. He finally gave in and realized swimming would be fun!

Thanks to everyone who helped out with my kids so much. It is always so much fun to be with family. We hope everyone who couldn't come this year can come next!

Cason's surgery

Cason had Strabismus Surgery yesterday to realign his eyes. His Doctor said everything went as planned. He had a hard time wanting to wake up. They say it is better for them to wake up on their own. After over an hour, and not making a move, the nurse started to wake him up. I have never wanted one of my kids to wake up from a nap so bad! I think he could of slept for a lot longer. His nurse would take his temp and he wouldn't even flinch. Here he is all wrapped up after surgery.



On the way home. The inner part of his eyes are blood shot. Today they are worse, which is normal. They don't look too bad in these pictures. He won't sit still long enough for me to take a good one of his freaky bloody eyes. Brenden says he feel so bad doing this to his son. I on the other hand tell him, how can you even say that, the kid will definitely thank you when he gets older!

His eyes have stayed pretty straight today. Great sign! We were told that his eyes may not appear aligned for up to two weeks. I

He's 4!!!

That's right Cooper is 4! I can't hardly believe it has been four years since I welcomed him into the world! I was so excited for Cooper to be born. I have always loved kids and could not wait to have one of my own! I thought I knew everything there was to know about newborns, but boy was I wrong! Cooper's personality has shinned through since he was born always letting me know whether he liked what we were doing or not! I am so grateful for this little boy. He has taught me so much in four years and is still constantly teaching me PATIENCE everyday!!!! On Sunday we had a family birthday party. He was so excited for all his cousins to come over.





He is in love with Scooby, so it was only fitting for a Scooby cake. Dawn at Cake Personality in Prosser does an awesome job. I could not have imagined a better Scooby Cake. Cooper was just in awe!




Blowing out or rather spitting out the candles!

Funny story. The next morning I was in the shower (AGAIN) and I had the cake covered in saran wrap on the counter. Case comes in when I got out of the shower and says, " Mom, Scooby cake all gone, Scooby cake all gone!" Picture him with frosting and cake all over his face, hands, and shirt. I went out to check out the damage and the little rug rat had pushed a chair up to the counter and then got a knife out of the sink and ate all the frosting off the cake and cut up the rest of the cake into little pieces! Scooby cake was all gone!