So I am still recovering from a few weeks ago. It was Charlie's Birthday. Then the next day I had a friend, Kelli, and her two kids come and stay with us for a few days. The day they left my brother and his family flew in from Ohio. The next day Charlie got really sick and then I got really sick. My Aunt Carolyn passed away, which hit me pretty hard. My brother and family from Salt Lake came into town. I was so sick I didn't even really get to enjoy my family from out of town. It was just a lot to happen all in the same week. So we are finally recovered (mostly) and getting back into the groove of things. But I wanted to post a few pics. from Kelli's visit and sadly I didn't take any from my family visiting cause I was home in bed most of the time. While Kelli was here we had a great time as usual. We laughed, talked, she cooked me some great food, we took the kids to the dinosaur museum, the library, the park, stayed up late visiting and much much more.


Must be intense.


The museum


Charlie enjoying his food... as usual.

Kelli and her two kids

This is scarily accurate.... On some parts, I wouldn't say on all of it! Some of the paragraphs describe me better than I can describe myself. Try it for yourself!!

What Erin Massey Means

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun. You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long. You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated. You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want. You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way! You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong. You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know. You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do. You are a free spirit, and you resent anyone who tries to fence you in. You are unpredictable, adventurous, and always a little surprising. You may miss out by not settling down, but you're too busy having fun to care.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Happy Anniversary Bryan

Today is our anniversary, May 1st. We have been married for four years now! Four years and two babies later, we are still going strong. I can't believe it has been that long. The years have flown by. I love Bryan so much. He has been such a great husband and father. We have been through so much in the short four years we have been married. But all together we have been extremely blessed. So this post is going to be all about him. First off I am going to start with how it all began.... I have known Bryan for a long time. His sister Brittany and I were friends when we were younger and I always had a little crush on him. We even held hands when I believe I was in 5th grade. So when I moved home from New Jersey I went to the singles ward with my cousin, Jodi. Bryan happened to be there and I sort of purposely ignored him. (have to play hard to get ya know!) Well it worked because before I could even make it home he had called and left a message for me to call him. I did and we set up a date not really thinking much would come out of it. We ended up going golfing, with his brother Jared, which I had never done before so he had to give me a lot of help. It was fun but I still wasn't sure anything was going to come out of it. A few days later he invited me over to his house and it was over... from that day on we were together every minute we could be. We have always been able to have so much fun together and be our goofy selves. I have always been so comfortable around Bryan and love how easy going he is. He always knows how to calm me down when I start getting a little uptight. He is such a hard worker and I have always admired that about him. I love that we can tease each other and not get offended by it. When we were dating I liked the fact that he wanted to have kids and I just knew he would be great at it, I was right! I love that he spends time playing with his boys and that he loves them so much. He is such a great help with them. As much as he wrestles with them they are going to be pretty tough! He is a pretty easy guy to please and is always grateful for the things that I do for him. He shows it by providing for and working hard for our family. One thing Bryan isn't is lazy. He always wants to be working on something. He even cooks me breakfast most weekends.... I think he gave up on me being a morning person like he is! So Bryan Happy Anniversary, I love you. I am excited for many more years and great memories to be shared with you!

I don't have many pictures from when we were dating on our computer... but here is one.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLIE!

(I'm only about a couple weeks slow on this one)



Charlie turned one on April 20th. We had some family over and had some food and of course.... cake and ice cream.
He really liked the cake. He had it so far up his nose he kept sneezing.

Oh, and don't for get about the presents.



I cannot believe that he is already a year old, the year has flown by. He has grown and changed so much... it is truly amazing to have been able to watch him. I love Birthdays so much, especially now that I have the births of my own kids to celebrate. I love celebrating the day they were born and another year older. I feel so blessed to be able to have two amazing little boys.

Little Builder

Every other Saturday, at Lowes, they have an activity for kids. Makade has gone a couple of times and really had fun. They give them an apron, goggles, and a project to build. Last Saturday he built an ant farm. He thinks he is quite the little builder and fix it guy. Ever since he was just tiny he would crawl around with his tools pretending to fix things like his dad does. He loves to go work with Bryan and do whatever he is doing. I'm so glad Bryan is such a good dad and spends so much time playing and working with his boys! He is the best!

New "Tricks"

Charlie has learned how to do a few new things recently. He loves to get into anything and everything. He opens up any drawers or cupboards and rips everything out. It normally isn't a problem. In the places he can get into are things like Tupperware, towells, pans, all the things he loves to get into and play with. But he just realized he can open the refrigerator and the dishwasher.... which I don't want him messing around in. The first time I caught him in the fridge I heard a loud crash, I came running in the kitchen and he had pulled the bar that holds all of the stuff in the door out and it had all came crashing down. Then I had been in a hurry and hadn't shut the dishwasher all the way and he had opened that and was throwing dishes out faster than I could count. He is a funny boy always moving and doing something. With him and Makade I'm always entertained. I definitely can't even me mad for a second, after he does anything he looks at me with his innocent little face and big blue eyes and I just melt!!

EXHIBIT A


EXHIBIT B

Funny Boys

A couple of weeks ago I was getting Charles his breakfast. I noticed it was pretty quiet (which isn't very often the case in my house.) So I went running around the house looking for Makade. I found him in the bathroom in his batman costume calmly putting my makeup on like he really knew what he was doing. He even had it in all the right places just not very well.






I better explain how I could have gotten so distracted that I wouldn't have a clue what my 3 year old was doing. Charlie is the messiest eater I have ever seen. He won't let me feed him very often. He usually will only feed himself. Most of the time I completely strip him down to feed him cause he will not wear a bib. Afterward I usually have to give him a bath and scrub him down. Here are a few sample pictures.








*I hope people don't think that I just think my kids are bad all the time. Although I may be a little upset in the moment occasionally. I mostly just think the things they do are pretty funny and I want to remember all of them!