Happy Birthday, Griffyn!

Today Griifyn turns 1! Her first year has flown by. She is such a sweet little girl and has been such a blessing to our family! She is such a content child and so good at entertaining herself and just going with the flow of everyone else's craziness. I remember being the baby in my family always being told how spoiled I was. I never thought that...now watching Griffyn and seeing how much she has to put up with and how laid back she has to be because she is the baby,she will earn every bit of how much she will be spoiled. SO baby girl, HaPpY BitHdAy! We love you so much!

Keep Conan!!!!

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I have never been a faithful late night talk show viewer. I wasn't a huge fan of Jay Leno. I was not sad to see him "retire". When Conan Obrien took his place I wasn't sure what to expect. I have always found the man's hair a bit distracting...so hard to watch that wave flop around on top of his head. BUT and that is a HUGE BUT... I have grown to really, really, really, like this man! He has this WEIRD sense of humor that can totally crack me up! As I have watched him on the Tonight Show this week...which has been HyStErIcAl...I think NBC would be making a huge mistake if they moved him. I think that they should have NEVER EVER put Jay on at 9 (STUPID). That was like these athletes that retire and then decide to come out of retirement. I can't stand that. Be done while you are at the top of your game, right? I hope NBC can see that they need Conan right where he is!

Another year...

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Well...another year has come and gone. It amazes me how fast time goes by. We can't complain because 2009 treated us well! Can't wait to see what 2010 brings. The last decade went by in a hurry and in another 10 years I will have teenagers.(Strange to think about.)Our holidays were wonderful...we got to see so much of our family and spend time with those we love so much! I hope that everyone was as blessed as we were! May 2010 bring you happiness and many blessings!

Privavcy Please!

Ok...I am not sure if we are the only family on the planet like this, but I am hoping not! There is NO such thing as PRIVACY in our home. Our bathroom doors are rarely closed and if they are it's not for long. Any door for that matter. It's like my kids have a phobia of closed doors. I think I have bathed 2 times EVER without at least one child's company. Either crying, whining, telling a story or wondering where something is. When I have it's because I have locked and barricaded the doors. There are many mornings now that I have a little boy playing trucks on the bathroom floor while I bath. So this morning while I am showering Griffyn is constantly opening the shower curtain. UHHHH! So when I take 30 seconds to the bathroom I don't even bother shutting the door, because I know if I do it will be flung open. This has become a problem when we have little friends over.I go to go and remember then hurry and shut the door and hope it doesn't open magically. Yesterday morning I was getting dressed and Rob shut our bedroom door...you would have thought we set the house on fire! I think that we have created something irreversible. My family has always been pretty open with stuff like that and I think I turned out ok. Even when we go to Rob's parents he doesn't close the bathroom door...ha! Really...I think that could at least be the few times a day that I can get a few seconds to myself, but NOPE! I guess maybe I am always going 100 mph and so I just don't even bother to change things. Fisher says to me the other day as I am hurrying to get dressed... "I hate your boobs"...really? So I say back..."I hate them too!" WHAT TO DO?

You had a BiRtHdAy...

Heston turned 6! I think I say this every birthday about all my kids, but I seriously can't believe he is 6. I am so thankful that he was born Dec. 19th! People always say how awful it must be to have his birthday so close to Christmas, but I love it! (I am not sure how he feels about that or how he will feel about that in the future) I love that he was born when he was...it made that Christmas so special! Holding a brand new tiny one is so special, but getting to at Christmas made me think about how Mary must have felt holding the Savior. Heston's birthday is a special one!
On Friday he got to have his "best pal" Kestyn over to eat at McDonald's and stay the night. Heston missed Kestyn's birthday party while we were in Colorado so they got to open gifts to each other together. Saturday we went bowling and had cake and ice cream! I hope you had a fun couple of days, Buddie! We love you!

SO BIG!

I can't believe how fast she is growing up. Over the past week Griffyn has started walking, clapping, and saying "uh oh". It's so much fun to watch these things happen, but at the same time it's a little touch of reality...that she isn't going to be my little baby for too much longer:( She puts up with so much from Fisher and likes to be right in the middle of EVERYTHING! I can't imagine our family without our Shorty McShort Short!

Thanksgiving

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We got to spend Thanksgiving in Colorado this year! We spent 6 days away and we had such an awesome time! It was a long 8 hour (but ten hour for a family of 6)drive, but it went better than I had thought:) We spent the first part of out trip at my mom and step dad's and the last couple of days with my dad. The first day our boys got right into things by falling through the ice on the back yard pond... it was the stinkiest thing I have ever smelled! They had so much fun helping farm and riding four wheelers! Fisher was in heaven for sure. He loved paling around with my brother. My grandparents came for Thanksgiving and that was nice to spend some time with them. I hadn't seen them in over 2 years. It is hard sometimes to live so far away from my family, because I was always so close to them growing up. I guess it makes trips like this more special. The last couple of days we drove to my dad's and were able to spend time with him too. My kids always love hanging out with Papa JR:) The week went by way to fast, but we had such a great trip!