Show Time

We took the kids to their first movie at the theater.  We saw...

We went to the $1 theater because we weren't sure how they would do, so we didn't want to spend a lot of money, just in case we had to walk out.  Turns out, they LOVED it!!

 Probably because they got to eat popcorn and nachos for lunch :o) They really enjoyed the show itself and got into it, laughing at the appropriate times and not talking too much during the whole thing.  We were so proud of them!

As we were walking out, Braison asked when we got to go to another show :o)

Friday Funnies

Braison - Grandad, want to see my new Toy Story toys?
Grandad - Sure, where are they?
Braison - They are displayed on my armoire in my bedroom.
Grandad - What did you say?  I didn't even know what an armoire was until I was fifty!

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Mommy - Lilian, you need to get in the shower.
Lilian - (running around naked) NOOOOO!!! I am just going to have to run away from this place!

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Braison - Can I call Gandma and tell her about inertia?
Mommy - What do you want to tell her about it?
Braison - That she needs to wear her seat belt to keep her safe.  When grandmas were little they didn't have seat belts. Do you know that mommy?
Mommy - You are so smart Braison!
Braison - I know.

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Lilian - (sitting at the table, eating lunch)What's that smell?
Braison - I don't know.
Lilian - Did you toot Braison?
Braison - No.
Lilian - Did I toot? I didn't hear anything.

Wordless Wednesday

 Dec 2007

Friday Funnies

Braison - Daddy, can you draw me a bath? My back hurts.

Lilian - I'm thirsty.
Me - I am mommy, it is nice to meet you, Thirsty.
Lilian - No mommy, I am not a real cup!

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Happy New Year!

Well, we had a very rough New Year's Eve and we were afraid that was a sign of an impending bad year.

Here is how it all went down (we did not get any photos of our bad day) -

We had made the decision to go to my mother's work for dinner on New Year's Eve (she was working that night), we were going to take her birthday cards and her gift, seems how we would not see her on New Year's Day (her actual birthday).  So, off to the mall we went.  We first went to the Hallmark store to pick out the perfect cards.  While in the store, I was busy looking at cards, and Ron and the kids were dutifully following me around.  The kids wanted to be picked up, so Ron grabbed each of them by one arm and was lifting them up when Lilian's arm "popped" and she comensed to screaming and crying.  So, after some deliberations in the mall, when Lilian stated that she was unable to move her wrist (or entire arm for that matter), we decided to take her into the urgent care, just to be safe.  For the next hour, we had x-rays and exams by the doctors and nurses (Lilian did SO SO well, she answered their questions and held super still for the x-rays).  The doctor poured over the x-rays, but couldn't see any obvious breaks.  But, there is a catch when a child is as young as Lilian - the bones that are in her wrist are still mostly cartilage right now and because of the low density in her other bones, sometimes you can't see a break or fracture for a couple of weeks.  So, they decided to put her into a splint and wait until the radiologist could read the x-ray, just to make sure they didn't miss anything.

Now, back to the mall we went to grab the gift and cards (Lilian was doing well, but balked every time we even breathed on her arm).  Then, we headed out to have dinner, a little later than we had planned.

Dinner was wonderful, but we were all beat, so we headed home for what we hoped would be a nice quite evening.  Wrong, again.

Ron fell asleep on the couch around 11, I had been helping Lilian about every hour (she couldn't turn over or anything by herself, she just cried out).  At about 2am, Ron heard her cry out and got up to help her.  He then came into the bedroom to go to bed.  I was laying in bed already and talking to him about Lilian (this was REALLY breaking his heart) when I saw headlights passing in front of our house, they were going pretty slow.  Now, let me tell any of you who might not know, most everyone drives about 40mph in front of our house, in our subdivision, so I thought "WOW! Finally, somebody with some respect is coming through the neighborhood!" Wrong, again.

Ron looked out our bedroom window right about then and saw a pickup parked in the middle of the road, right in front of our house.  He then saw a young man get out of said pickup with a tiny flashlight.  Then, that said young man walked up to Ron's pickup and commenced to try and pick the lock on the toolbox that sits in the bed of the pickup.  Mind you, I am still laying in bed and have no idea what is going on at this point.  Ron opens the blinds and window and starts yelling at this said young man, who promptly hops back in the waiting pickup and they take off. 

Well, Ron flies downstairs, grabs his shoes and coat and heads out after them.  When they took off, they turned onto the next street, which happens to dead-end behind our house, so we thought we were pretty safe in catching them.  Wrong, again.

They actually drive up a sidewalk walkway at the end of the cul-de-sac and get back out onto the main road, probably passing right by the police officers that were on their way to come get them.  So, Ron spent the next half hour (3am, temperatures dipping to low single digits) unloading all of his tools out of the toolbox and into the garage.  Ugh.

New Year's morning, we wake up, everyone aside from Braison is in a bad mood due to lack of sleep, irritation of our fellow humans, or a combination of the two.  So, we decided to go get some pancakes and then run the errands that we needed to get done for the day.  Towards the end of our breakfast, a lady (probably 60ish) came up to our table while her and her husband were on their way out and complimented on how well behaved our children were and how it was always refreshing for her to see a young family that knows how to act out in public.  What a wonderful way to start our day! It is always nice to hear such kind words from a stranger.  We found out, just after they had left, that they had also taken care of our bill.

So, to the kind people that bought our breakfast, had you known the evening we had just endured and the frustration that we were feeling, you would know that that your kind words were more than we could have ever hoped for.  But, your generosity on top of that was unsurpassed.  We are so grateful to be reminded that there are still good, honest, loving people in this world. We couldn't thank you enough for making our day!

I think it is going to be a wonderful year...

~Ashley

December Update

** Just a fair warning that this post might be a photo overload **

I am behind, as usual.  I had gotten really good at updating the blog regulary, then the Christmas season decended upon us and I lost track of all time.  We have been busy around here.

We got dressed up to take photos for our Christmas cards.

We made cookies and other goodies.  Mostly we made messes and licked lots of beaters.

Lilian got her first bloody nose.  During a rousing wrestling match with her brother and daddy, she accidently got a knee to the face.

We decorated the house and wrapped lots of gifts.

Lilian got new glasses, finally!

Braison pouted, as usual :o)

We jumped around in a stocking.

The kids decorated gingerbread houses, all by themselves!!

New Christmas pajamas, of course.

We opened lots of exciting gifts!

 Braison picked out these two shirts to give to Lilian, all by himself.  She loved them!

 And, Lilian picked out these "shooters" for Braison.  He was thrilled!

 Santa came and left Braison a Thomas the Train set and Lilian a doll house.

Here we are, too early on Christmas morning :o)
Then, we invited the family over for brunch:

Braison giving Nana loves.

 Grandma & Grandad opening gifs, Braison & Uncle Tyler watching.

 Grandma Barbara opening her gift, she was happy, even though this photo doesn't portray that :o)

 Papa with his new BSU shirt.

 The kids with Aunt Jen and Josh, Braison did NOT want to be anywhere near Josh (he later gave him a hug goodbye).

 The kids with their Uncle Tyler.

Christmas evening we went to my dad's for dinner and another gift exchange.  We had a wonderful time, the kids got their own "computer" and all kinds of fishing equipment from their Grandpa and Grandma Sue.  My dad took photos of the evening, but I don't have them yet.

Then, the day after Christmas we went to my mom's to celebrate with her, John, BJ, Krista, Chloee, and Peyton.  We had a wonderful prime rib dinner and lots of fun spending time with each other.  And, my mom took photos of this evening, but I don't have those yet either.

Then, we celebrated Ron & my mom's birthdays.  Ron turned 32 on December 29th and my mom will turn 51 on January 1st.  We first went to dinner at the Sand Bar in Marsing...

 Then we enjoyed cake at my mom's house.

I couldn't get the photo of Ron to rotate, so maybe I will add it later.

So, there is our December in a nutshell!

~Ashley

December 7th

Today is the 69th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941. Please take a moment to pay reverence.



On a side note, in addition to remembering Peal Harbor on this day, we also remember this day for another reason in our house.  Three years ago today we got one of the best phone calls we will ever recieve; the nurse that was on the other end of the line let us know that we could take our babies home from the NICU that evening. 21 days old and finally going home!

Christmas Cookies

We had some fun making Christmas cookies on Sunday:

And, our finished products:

We had so much fun and the kids were so proud of the final outcome!  We delivered some to Grandma Barbara and some to Grandma and Grandad.  It was a wonderful way to spend the cold day, inside :o)

Snow Day

We got a foot or so of snow last night and when the kids got up this morning they were extatic!! They were so excited, in fact, that they wanted to go out and play even before having breakfast.  So, while I shoveled the drive (again) they played in the back yard.  

They were not pleased to have to come inside for breakfast, but I fixed that by promising hot chocolate to go with it :o)

What a wonderful day of snow angels, snow balls, sledding, and shoveling!  Now, it can go away anytime! :o)

~Ashley