Christmas Joy

Our ward did a fabulous Christmas party this year - we had breakfast. Everything went perfectly well until we lined up for Santa. Caleb was a little nervous but excited nontheless. I put Dax on Santa's lap because he is a baby and never cares who hold him. The sight of Dax on a strange Santa's lap freaked Caleb out and he immediately started screaming and crying, which led to Dax crying. I calmed Caleb down a little by telling him he didn't have to sit on Santa's lap. The picture was taken and a memory to talk about each year. The rest of the day Caleb referred to Santa as "Yucky, Yucky Santa."

Dax's Big Week

It truly is amazing how fast kids grow. Dax has become a big kid and I love it. I love watching him think and figure things out. This week Dax got his first tooth, climbed his first flight of stairs, and climbed up on the picnic bench and sat down and said his first word besides DaDa and MaMa...Bawa Bawa...aka Beowulf. He loves to be outside and will race you to the door when Beowulf needs to go outside. I remember thinking how great it would be when Dax and Caleb could really play together...that day has basically arrived.

The tooth...

He was a little cranky lately but nothing compared to the pain that tooth

has given him since he was four months old. Finally it has arrived.

Lovin' the backyard

Dax positioned himself like that and Caleb sat down after.
They were watching the airplanes fly over head.


Here is a front view of the boys just chillin'.

Dax truly has rhythm.
The flag call started (5:15 on the dot) and he was bouncing to the music.

This is video of Dax climbing.

I love being a mom! Some days it is hard to stay home and be self motivated but it is times like these that help me remember why I love my job.

The Royal Family

I love having a family theme to for Halloween. Luckily, our kids are young enough that they don't care and Dave is busy, therefore, I have complete control of our costumes.

King, Queen, Knight and Dragon

I made Caleb's costume -you can't really see it but there is armor and everything. He loved the sword. It is actually a Kungfu Panda sword that made awesome sounds. It was a hit! (Amazingly enough not really a hit)

Our little Dragon

Dax liked his costume as long as the head wasn't up.

Happy Halloween


"Please no pictures"


Our little knight
He got up on the stage and walked under the curtain letting it drag on his head.
He turned around and did it back the way he came.
It just so happens that the curtain falls off your head approximately
2 inches after the stage ends. You do the math.



Dax has become quite the little crawler.
He looks like he's gonna eat someone.

Caleb wasn't really interested in Trunk or Treating so I gave him a sucker and he watched me pass out the candy to all the kids. It also made him feel better about the falling incident.

Hangin' with the Pope

Your mom's the Pope. I mean, we were at Pope Air Force Base and we stopped at a playground to let the kids go crazy. The base was amazing. We needed a change of scenery and decided get out of Fort Bragg for a day.



Caleb really liked the airplanes - the main landing strip is across the street from the playground and we watched an airplane land while playing. Caleb wanted to be an airplane so bad that he ran down a ramp, biffed it, and did a face slide through the bark - the only regret is no video. It was awesome. After our excited faces and "you're awesome" comments he jumped up and ran off to play. Little did Caleb know that another parent was watching and trying not to laugh, without much success, because the slide was so incredible. The drive home was crazy exhausting but the trip was well worth it.

See the remnants from the face-plant?

Stay OUT!!

The other day I was busily doing something on the computer when I noticed that the house was really quiet. That is bad if you have a toddler and a crawler. I immediately glanced around and barely had time to grab the camera. The boys were simultaneously playing in dog food. The computer is situated in between the two places of dog food so I merely had to swivel around to catch the boys red handed. Little Stinkers!

5K Addiction

As I was running this morning, I was thinking about how sad it is that I didn't know until now at the age of 27 how much I love to run. I love the way running makes me feel - it is as if I can feel the blood flow through my body and give me life. Sounds crazy but it is true. As I pondered this fact, I wondered how many things will be like running and how long do I have to wait to discover them? I guess I will find out as life progresses. As for now or last Saturday to be more specific, I ran a 5K with my family and some friends in Southern Pines, NC. It was a blast. The weather was perfect and the scenery was even better. If we ever take the jump and move off post, we will probably buy a house in Southern Pines because it is so beautiful! I finished at about the same time as the last but I was not nearly as worn out. I run a pretty consistent 12 minute mile. Here we are:




I must give our sons props! They sat nicely in the stroller the entire time and Caleb even encouraged me by saying "faster mommy faster" and "good job mom".

Life is a Zoo

Is there a better place than the zoo? There are plenty of things to see and plenty of places for the kiddies to run around. Caleb has not been able to stop talking about the animals; he especially loved the Rhinos and the Lions. Dax was more interested in the Pretzels and watching the older kids freak out about all the animals.

Does he look scared to you? The Gorilla not Dax! Dax is the man!

Cute kids...crazy kids...did I mention Cute kids?

Caleb loved the Elephants and Rhinos

I love my boys!

I have never seen my boys more content than when playing with a machine of some sort.

Man it's fun to be a boy!

Did I mention that this is the Zebra that farted at me? I think he is a boy and he loves it!