St. George getaway, grass FINALLY, and friends.

Last weekend we decided to take the kids and go to St. George for a change of scenery. We left Thursday afternoon and stayed until Sunday. We had a great time- we went swimming three times, went to the movie Up (highly recommend it), and went for a short hike. We also went to a few nurseries and got some plants and pots to put in the yard.

AWWW- Look how much my kids love each other- how sweet they're hugging.

Or. . . . they're fighting and Camryn just won.

After living in our house for two and a half years the neighbors decided that the grace period was over and it was time we finish our front yard. So about a month ago Jeremy and I got working on it one Saturday. After a couple hours of pushing dirt around and being frustrated I came in and started calling landscapers (I know I'm a wimp). We found a local guy (well he's from Monticello but we forgave him for that) and by the end of the day we had gone from the original plan of just putting sod down and watering by hand to doing sprinklers, a courtyard, sod and some plants and trees. I am so glad now that we did it the right way. Our landscaper, Jeff Frost, was awesome and I would recommend him to anyone. He had lots of great ideas and our yard is so much better thanks to him. Last night we layed sod. We asked a couple family members to come help and many other neighbors and friends drove by and saw us laying it and stopped to help- we live in the best place ever and are so grateful for our friends and family. Now I just want to stay outside and look at it, our house looks a million times better.

When we got home Sunday night my old friend Britta stopped by (and when I say old I mean it's been a long time since I've seen her not that she's actually old cause she's my age and I'm not old so she can't be either :) Her kids immediately became best friends with mine and played for a while that night. Then they came over again yesterday and now my kids aren't sure how they will live without them. Carter and Kolton played Xbox and Wii the whole time while Camryn Kaler and Ellie played with the lambs, rode the horses, played tag and just had a great time. Logan and Bailey tagged along with the big kids too. It was great to see Britta again and get to know her kids, her daughter Ellie kept making faces that I would have sworn I was looking at my best friend Britta twenty years ago.

Kaler and Ellie (and that would be a classic "Britta" face that she's making with her huge cheese grin.)

Kaler and Kolton

Bailey and Camryn

kids say the darndest things

Logan has been going through a "stage" of trying to push me and see where the limits are and what he can get away with. We are battling a lot. As I write this he is picking up dog poop in the backyard as his punishment for not helping take care of the shoes this morning (I know I'm the meanest).

Between the fighting and whining, though, he says some of the funniest things so I still love the kid to death. Yesterday at church he was standing in front of me and out of the corner of my eye I noticed him put something in his mouth. Here's the conversation that followed:

"What are you eating?"

"A pretzel I found."

"Logan you don't eat things that you don't know where they came from"

"Oh don't worry I know where it came from, it came from right here" and he pointed to the hymn book holder.

As the sacrament came to us he was playing and I nudged him to take some bread. He excitedly stuck both hands in and got a peice in each I looked at him with the "you know better than that" look and he said "Dangit I thought it was popcorn." He then ate both peices and grabbed one more handful as it passed back by.

Logan,

Whoever said that age two was "terrible" didn't know you. Two was wonderful, you did what you were told (most of the time), you only whined a little, you gave more luvs then anyone I know. THEN YOU TURNED THREE- I am hoping that you grow out of the terrible threes before your next birthday, BUT if the funny cute little things that keep us laughing are part of the terrible threes then I'll take all of the terrible stuff cause you keep my smiling. I love you bud.

Mom