mothers day

yeah, yeah i'm WAY behind on blogging. so what better place to start.

mothers day was a nice relaxing day & the grandma's were all out of town or busy so we just got to spend time together as a family. my boys made me a wonderful breakfast, then church, lunch, then we just started driving. we headed for the mountains.

mosey had a nice nap:

solly enjoyed his DSi:

we got a somewhat decent family picture...

(if only i was a photo shop wizard!)

but, mosey and i got a great picture:
(i love this little boy)

a friend brought over they're gerbils for us to babysit for 2 weeks while they're out of town. and the boys are IN LOVE! they just sat and watched for a few hours:

along with all my beautiful handmade cards (& a carnation that solly found in the driveway) it was a pretty wonderful day! thanks boys, i love you all!


love, mama

aka

i'm baaaack!!!

alright, brace yourselves, this is going to be a long one. we're going WAY back to december 21st and then all the way back to today. (keep in mind. i put captions above my pictures)

dec. 21st.- the lovey brothers at their best. it might look like solly is squishing moses...but, really moses took brother down!
dec. 23.- we went out and enjoyed the christmas ship festival. it was cold but fun

as you can see. solly had fun:

moses & i just tried to stay warm:

dec. 24th- i grew up always getting stocking on christmas eve (mainly because we didn't believe in santa clause) so i have passed this onto my kids (and hubby).
dec. 25th- a full day of christmas for us! 3 christmas' in one day. starting with a nice quiet family, pj, present opening at home:
and then onto my parents. with about 18 of my family members.
and then we finished up our day with a trip up to jakes parents on whidby island where we spent the night. all in all the boys had an amazing christmas!
dec. 26th- we headed home. the view from the ferry dock:
jan. 1st- moses learned to take pictures of himself!! these are some of my favorite shots of him:

jake also learned how to use the camera :)
jan 2nd- one of my close friends had a baby shower...and of course i made cupcakes!!
the prettiest mama to-be that i know!!
jan. 3rd.-jake and i went to put the boys to bed...and we found them cuddled together in solly's bed reading books together!!
and it just kept getting cuter!
and once they were in bed rose, luke, jake & i played monopoly...i think rose is still confused!:
(we won't talk about who won...again!)
jan. 7th- i went to keep my pretty sister company while she was at work!!! isn't she adorable?!:
jan. 8th- my boys were invited to a friends birthday party today. it was during school so, being the cool mom that i am. i let solly skip. the boys had a GREAT time. it was at a gymnastics place so they got out a LOT of energy!

& they also had a blow up mega slide!!! moses is the blur at the end of the slide:
and there is solly as a blur!:
(i think it's time for a new camera)
poor solly did suffer a minor injury while at the party, there was a rope swing there and he walked right in front of a girl and got kicked in the neck...ouch!
we had a wonderful christmas break! but, i am happy to be a week back into our normal schedule!! and hopefully i can get back to my regular blogging...cause i know you've all missed my "exciting" life.

2010

so just a few hours ago it was moses half birthday...i kinda forgot :/ i know, i know. it's just a half birthday. but, i have been so diligent about celebrating them this (or last) year. oops.

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so, here's to 2010. i hate "resolutions" but, here are a few of mine anyways:

★ seek God more. everyday. He's so faithful to me, i just want to be more faithful to Him.

★ be a better friend. i feel like i have become a flaky friend over this past year and i WILL change that this year.

★ be healthier. i have so many things at my disposal to live a healthy life (including a brain that knows eating chocolate at 11 pm is a no, no!)

★ get organized. i used to be so good. but just the thought of the garage & hall closet (or any closet in my house for that matter) makes me nuts.

happy new year blogging world.

rollin with my homies

on monday i got to do something very rare. i went shopping with my sister, rachel, and my mom...without any kids. it was a strange yet fun experience. we went to the mall (a foreign place to me these days) and then to fred meyer (a little more familiar to me) and then we ate some yummy mexican food together.

me and my little/big

my mama
(who hates having her picture taken)

we had some fun...and i only wish i could get the picture i took on my sisters phone cause it was about the best laugh we had all day long. it's something we should do more often and with about 3 or 4 more hours....

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then later in the day the boys and i headed over to my moms house to play and do some crafts. (and so we could see her house all decorated for chirstmas) and let me tell you...my mama knows how to have fun with little kids. she just makes a huge mess and sits down right in the middle of it.
i don't any other grammy that gives horsey rides like my mom (at least not on hardwood floor...ouch, i'm not sure i'd even do that)
at the begining of summer we went to republic with jakes parents for a few days and the ground there was littered with beautiful pine cone. my mother-in-law had insisted we pick up a bunch and take them home so we could make crafts out of them for chirstmas. instead of coming over and doing the crafts with us she just bought some supplies and left us to figure out what to do with them. solomon was really interested in the whole process...for about 10 minutes and then i was left by myself. here are a few

our penguin ornament:
(my personal favorite)

& i made a few for my mom to hang in her window:

we have some others but their not quite done. we also have about 10-15 plain ones left that we plan on spreading peanut butter on and the roll in bird seed to make bird feeders (i'm sure those birds are about starving in the freakishly cold weather we've been having)

p.s. sorry it took so long little/big. and sorry it's so short. that's what happens when i wait 3 days to write about something. i forget everything i was going to write...cause i'm old and forgetful.
love you xoxo

lovey brothers!

solly discovered the other day that he can now give moses piggy back rides. which is both dangerous and fun! (sometimes moses refuses to let go) but they both love it!!
little mojo has been working to find his favorite place to sit to watch tv now that our living room is rearranged. it's been cute to watch.

trying out the couch:

and then the chair:
(upside down & kicking his feel to make the chair rock)

but, i think he likes having his brother by his side the best. they're so sweet they sat like this and watched a movie for about 20 minutes. i love that they love each other so much.

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oh, and i forgot to post a picture of my nativity all set up. this is only the 2nd (maybe 3rd) time that i have had a chance to set it up. i love it. it was a gift from my mother-in-law. i wish that i had a bigger space for it to be set up at...but maybe next year (or the next).
and the best part is moses is sure that one of the wise men is his papa (my dad) and every time he looks up there he says "ooo papa!" it's pretty cute!

O Tannenbaum

the dreaded day is here...christmas tree day. i'm pretty sure if i didn't have my boys i would not have this thing in my house right now, i'd be skipping christmas all together this year. but, alas the show must go on... so off we went today to find a tree.
we ended up going to a lot where an overly helpful girl helped us pick out a tree in 3.5 seconds, so i didn't have time to take pictures of the picking out process. but i did snap a picture before we hit the road (and might i say, it's a miracle that this tree stayed on the roof, jake and i are not what you would call "tie down experts")
i would like to know why i always get stick putting on the lights!?!? oh well, at least it looks fabulous now.

step 1: lights

grandma (jakes mama) was here to help today too!

step 2: candy canes

oh yes, grandpa was also here...although a little less helpful than grandma

step 3: ornaments
(or ottomans as solly keeps calling them)

all done. moses has been fighting every urge to pull everything off the tree (starting with the candy canes, of course) having his train under the tree helps distract him.

step 4: take a nap!

no presents, but we do have our train!

yeah, yeah its smells wonderful and it looks great! but in a few week i'll have to fight everything off the tree and back into boxes and then i'll have a tree carcass to deal with. i promise i really am getting into a chirstmasy mood...