Happy Valentine's Day

The boys loved making their valentines. I found this idea on the web and showed Damon...he loved it. Damon cut out all his capes, drew the eyes on the masks, and wrote his name and all his classmate's names. I cut out the masks and wrote on the front of the cape: You are a "SUPER" Friend!

Tommy drew the eyes on his guys...and even put eyebrows on some:) He loved flying his around the house.

We wish we could have sent them to all our family (hopefully they make it to the grandparents)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Some Catch Up

A few weekends ago we went to the temple, then met up with my cousin and her family at the Natural History Museum, then went back to her house to eat, then went over to Nathan's so the big boys could watch BYU basketball together. We had to get up super early to make it home to get ready for church (Barrett had to give a talk). It was a wild day, but really fun and totally worth it.

Tommy found this little "passage-way" in the Visitor's Center at the temple.

The boys wouldn't eat dinner at my cousin's house (except for bread), but devoured bowls of Trix at Nathan's while watching tv.

Nathan gave up his bed and room for our family. The boys were super cozy:)


We've been having strange winter weather. A few days will be cold, then it will get warm, then it gets a little cold or rainy, then warm. So unpredictable. We've been trying to take advantage of the warm days and play outside. I think this particular day, we stayed outside for over 2 hours. We even played with neighborhood kids. The boys needed both hats and sunglasses to keep the sun out of their eyes.




Damon also had his first dentist appointment. We knew he had some molars with decay,but he complained a few days before the appointment that his tooth hurt. I was worried that he would be screaming throughout his appointment, so had Barrett meet me there to take care of Tommy. Damon did awesome. He did exactly what they asked him to do and was really brave. The hygenist was explaining the x-ray machine to him and told him it was a camera to take a picture of his teeth. She pointed it at him and he smiled really big:) I told him he didn't need to smile for this kind of camera. Well, one of Damon's teeth was abscessed (I don't know how I didn't see it before and no wonder he complained!). The dentist said it needed to be extracted and he had time right then. So, Barrett went back to work and Tommy and I stayed while poor little Damon had to get a tooth pulled plus a cavity filled on his very first dentist appointment!! Barrett and I felt like such bad parents. It was the worst feeling. I felt like I needed to buy Damon new Legos, new shoes, new coloring book, anything to make up for having to put him through that. I refrained, but praised him all night on how brave he had been. They gave us his tooth, so he put it under his pillow for the tooth fairy. He received one dollar bill and loved it! He calls it paper money.

Tommy had his 3 year check up recently too. He is average in his growth. We do have to get some blood work done to make sure everything is back to normal from his scary health problems in December (and I never had his 1 year screening done...bad mom). He snores so loud and the doctor suggested we try claritin...we haven't tried this one yet.

A Few Stories

Damon's been practicing his whistling skills. Today at lunch he whistled at me to get him something or just get my attention then says: Mom, I'm just going to whistle at you when I need something.
Me: No, just talk to me.
Damon: But people whistle at dogs to get them to do something, why can't I just whistle at you?
Me: Because I'm not a dog, I'm your mom!


We went to the Natural History Museum in DC last weekend. While we were walking along the sidewalk and seeing a half-eaten brown banana Tommy says: Hmmm... a banana, there must be monkeys here!

After meeting up with my cousin and her family at the museum, then eating dinner with them, we went to see Nathan. The boys were beyond excited.(I should have dropped the boys off with him so I could chat with my cousin! Next time) Nathan took us to see a few cool sites at night so of course the boys fell asleep on the way home. We laid them on the bed and Tommy woke up saying: Nathan's house, we're at Nathan's house! And he got really excited! Good thing he fell back asleep, it could have ruined the boys' BYU basketball game watching!

Damon had his first dentist appointment last week. The hygenist was explaining the camera and x-rays to him. She told him it was going to take pictures of his mouth. She pointed it at him and he did a big smile. I then told him he didn't need to smile for this kind of camera:)

Whenever we talk about the story of Abinadi and King Noah, the boys always say, "King Noah fired Abinadi." OR "Abinadi got fired." It never gets old:)

We have lots of friends having babies. Most of the boys' friends are having baby sisters. After buying some presents for baby showers, the boys had a great conversation in the car. It went kinda like this:
Damon: We need a baby sister.
Tommy: Moms grow them in their tummies.
Damon: Ok mom, how do you start to grow one?
Me: Well..............sometimes when you want something, you ask Heavenly Father for it. So, maybe you can pray for one.
Damon: Ok, well then, why don't you then...right now...say it in your prayers...

We recently read a book from the library about a little boy making a valentine for a girl that he likes. When I was done reading I asked Tommy if he wanted a girlfriend. His reply while shaking his hands in front of him: NO WAY!

After dropping off Damon at school one morning and getting back in the car, Tommy says: I just want to be a dad!
Me: You do? Why?
Tommy: Because I want to get married!
Me: You want to get married?! To who?!
Tommy: YOU!
Me: You can't marry me, I'm already married to dad.
Tommy: What?! Aw man!!