Happy Mother's Day!

We had a fun afternoon eating dinner together as a family.

Anna made me handprints in primary

All the girls (well most!)

Best Friends, but we miss Ashley!

Blake and Maia

Eatin' dinner together and causing trouble

Someday we will have room enough for everyone to sit at a table

Family dinner is not complete without a good old game of hockey!

Talab"anna"!

For those of you who do not know my daughter Anna, one thing you should know about her is her amazing personality. Now I say amazing because she, on a daily basis, makes me irritated, frustrated, upset, and often wondering what I got myself into. Over the past two weeks she has tried my patience and made me cry numerous times. We do chore charts, preschool, bead system, rewards, time out, yet nothing works. How do I get through to her? She already has weird quirks (hence the Talab"anna" nickname), routines, and loves to do her own thing. She is very smart and logical, but loves to antagonize and innately do the opposite of everything I ask. Now the amazing comes out. In my quite moments when I look at her sleeping, I see the amazing girl that she is. My mom wisely reminded me that Heavenly Father sent her to me, not anyone else but me. She is my little girl. So I think about some of the irritating things she does and I realize that she is stronger and more confident than I ever was. It is my job to channel her energy and teach her all I know and I hope that her feisty, sassy pants attitude will make her one great women. She is a true Saturdays Warrior saved for these last days.

So one of her quirks is her love of long hair, but the poor girl has no hair. So she resorted to putting pants on her head to mimic pigtails (now called her Talabanna). Oh, ya she also has to sit in Blake's high chair in the middle of the kitchen so that she will actually finish a meal.

At three, although not allowed she will still find a binky (Blake's) and love to suck on it. I guess it is her Dr. Pepper.

Now that DeeDee has found a hair piece she is loving life and wearing it everywhere. She is a diva!

A Beautiful Day.....

There are not many days like today. So we thought we would enjoy it outside.

Blake enjoying the wagon.

Anna getting better on her bike.

Blake would only stay on the blanket, he didn't like the grass.

Learning to ride.

Making cookies after riding.

My Favorite Mom "Must Haves"

I love this because it keeps my seats clean and has come in handy when Anna had the flu.

I always clip a passy holder on the shoulder strap so that I can reach and find it when I am driving.

I am not big into nursing, but at least you can do it in style with the hooter hider.

I just got this a couple of weeks ago. I think that everyone needs a good umbrella stroller. It is super light weight and super cute!

So I will be the first to say that I NEVER wanted to own a van. I made Michael promise me that we would never get one. Now that I have kids, it is so nice to have (no glamour at all). But, the automatic side door openers are stinking awesome. So yes, I am a minivan mom!

April 20, 2008

So as you can see I figured out how to work the slide show ( and that is it!) We had a great weekend with family campout's, princess parties, and such! Anna got a hair piece (from Dee Dee) and she thinks she has died and gone to heaven. She now has long hair!

Blake Austin

Anna Lauren