Alot going on with us..

I got my wisdom teeth removed on the 6Th.. Thanks mom for watching the boys for me that weekend.. Well from Thursday to Saturday, so more than the weekend.. And I also wanted to thank my Grandma and Papa for watching me.. haha.. That was ready nice of them to drive to Logan to take me to my appointment.. So Joel could get to work on time!! May i add that the whole surgery and recovery was about 30 MINUTES!! Well in the offices.. It took me about the whole weekend to feel better.. Holy cow 30 minutes, that's FAST!!!



Oh yeah on the 5Th.. Brother Westwood asked me if i would speak in church on the 15Th.. I told him i had to talk with Debbie to make sure about when Conner's Farewell. Well his farewell was going to be on the 15Th so i had to cancel the talk on the 15Th.. So he gave us the 22Th. then shortly after Debbie called back to tell us that Conner's farewell has changed bcuz of a funeral.. Oh yeah Joel's great grandma died of old age.. She was like 94 or 95... Yes i typed it right.. 94 or 95!! She truly lived a long life!! Conner's farewell is this Sunday.. I'm excited to listen to him talk... It's always nice to hear missionaries talk before and after their missions..



Well so as some of you know.. Joel and I talked in church this past Sunday.. I invited my family and Joel's family, oh yeah and some friends.. And the sad thing was that our friends were the only ones to come.. Thanks ZaeJo's!! You guys are AWESOME!! I was really glad that i was able to touch other people when i wrote the talk for those that didn't get to make it.. Well i guess there is always next time!! I was glad that some people came up to me saying that my talk was one of the best talks that they have heard in Sacrament.. I'm really grateful that i was able to tell about the Resurrection.. It truly was a blessing..



Oh yeah my camera broke so that's one of the reasons why I've not posted.. It got fixed today.. YEAH!!



Enough serious.. how about some funnys!!



Madden was getting his jammies on (the ones that zip up in the front and are one whole jammie) and put his left leg in the right leg spot.. I wish i could have taken a picture of it.. But maybe i will reenact it for better description.. It was PRETTY funny to see...



i have started to wear sandals and Brakken saw my Pirate (skull and cross bones on them) shoes.. And said "where are my pirate shoes MOM!!!", "where mine at mom??"



And Enrichment was the last Wednesday.. it was so much fun!! We ate Olive Garden soup and salad with yummy bread sticks... Played some games.. It was a blast!!



The other day Brakken was teaching the colors to Madden.. It was so cute.. Big Brother helping his Little Brother.. Brakken would say.. What color is this Madden, and before Madden could say anything back he would say the color.. Thanks Brakken for helping out your brother..



This is GREAT NEWS!! Madden has gone 5 nights WITHOUT wetting the bed at night!! He is almost potty trained!! No more diapers for us!! Yea!!!



Another thing that happened on some past Friday was Madden was talking with Kay (my mom roommate's little girl) and she looked at Madden (thinking he said something to her) and said huh?? and Madden answered with a WHAT?? then back and forth.. Huh? What? Huh? What?.. It was really cute seeing them talking to each other about nothing..



Oh yeah... Twilight came out.. And I've watched it twice since Thursday!! Not much but enough for some.. I want Joel to buy it for me without me hinting.. But i might have to drop some hints soon.. Thanks Wendy for letting us (Elizabeth and i) come over to watch the movie at your house!! And your brownies were awesome!!



Well i hope this SNOW stops!! I was getting so used to the warm weather and then it snows again!! I'm glad spring is coming, well i hope soon!!

Things i HAD to share

Carlos came over to our house to play.. LeeAnne has told me that he loves watching Nacho Libre.. So this is what he showed me, he said "LOOK it's NACHO LIBRE!!" I took a picture of Carlos so Madden wanted the same attention!! Here is Madden with is ROBOT!!

Oh yeah, Madden is GETTING POTTY TRAINED!! He is so READY to be a BIG boy like his Brother!! We started on Monday!! Hopefully he'll be completely potty trained in another week.. Cross your fingers for me..

This is what i found in my hair the other day.. Well i found it like a few weeks ago..

But was so embarrassed to share it.. I FOUND A SILVER-Shimmery HAIR on my HEAD!! How i found it was that i thought i should part my hair on the opposite side to add volume.. And THIS is what i found!! I had to run around the house looking for my tweezers to pull it out!! My first thoughts through my mind were that i am NO LONGER youthful!! I'm not young anymore.. But when i talked to my mom and LeeAnne about it.. They both have gotten SILVER-Shimmery hairs early in their lives too.. So the thoughts of my loosing my youthfulness was starting to fade.. So now i feel i can share my Shimmery-SILVER hair with everyone.. But i think it's time to color my hair again!! Have any of you found any SILVER-Shimmery hairs on your head in your early 20s?? Let me know..

Busy, Busy, Busy...

So lately I've been busy with POTTY TRAINING!! And it's been going great... but today we missed church cuz we didn't want to mess up his groove. Brakken is doing great! And Madden wants to wear the COOL undies too.. he wears them over his diaper... It's really funny.. He wants to be just like his brother.

This is Brakken on Friday the 13th in his "COOL undies". He didn't want me to take a picture of him. So you can't see his handsome face!

I think we have waited long enough for him to be ready and now he is!! AWESOME
I think i made a BIG mistake by teaching him how to potty with out wearing pants (like have short or pants on over his undies). I thought that i would rather just change undies than undies and shorts!! But now he only wears his undies... He doesn't want to wear anything on them. I would rather have a kid that is potty trained with no shorts on than wearing a diaper and shorts??? I don't know.. But who cares Brakken's almost THREE, he is still a little tike.. Right??
Along side of the crazy potty training we have been hanging out with FAMILY!!! So we have been busy with that!

Oh yeah on Wednesday we played in the sun with the hose! The boys played while i laid... Sun bathed anyway! We had Leeanne, Baby Carlos, and Clari over to soak up the sun. We all had a blast. Thanks for coming over guys.. We all got some color... weather it be brown or red... or both.. We still had a great time talking while the little boys played..
This weekend we played with Aunt Jesie (Jesika, Joel sister that's a year younger than me) , Uncle Seth, (i don't take much pictures at their house cuz they don't want their pictures on the Internet!! Crazy but i have to obey their wishes!!) and Grandma Debbie!! We have so much fun playing with them!!

This is what we saw when we were getting ready to leave for O town on Saturday morning...

How cute is that!! Madden is truly and LITTLE ANGEL!! These are pictures that i took after prayer and hugs and kisses!! The times (or should i SAY BEDS) have changed!!

You're probably think "What??" what has changed!! Well, Madden jumped in Brakkie's bed and Brakken jumped in Maddie's.. How funny is that!! Madden is ready to get a BIG boy bed! We are getting him one soon.. It's time... I think? But Joel just thinks they won't ever sleep in their own beds by themselves.. They will SHARE a bed... cuz it'll always be like a sleep over. I totally agree with him on that!! They are the best of FRIENDS!! I hope it stays like that.

Potty TRAINING!!

Ok, We started AGAIN on FRIDAY!! Before noon he was going half and half (meaning half in his big boy pants and half in the toilet..). But after noon he was doing great!! Not accidents!! Great Job Brakken! But before noon we went through like 4 or 5 underpants!! But good thing i (JOEL) bought 2 packs of 3!
Wish us luck...

Potty Talk

So today I asked Brakken if he wanted to go potty on the potty. This is how the conversation went.
Me: Brakken do you want to potty like mommy?
Brakken: No, Mommy's potty (and pointed to the toilet) and Brakken's potty (pointed to his diaper)

So maybe he's lost his interest in going on the toilet? I'm so over this some days he'll go on the potty and others he wants nothing to do with it. What a roller coaster ride. And I'm not in the mood to ride. But I know, I signed up for it.

Hope it changes.