Engaged!

My BFF, Brittany, is engaged! Yeah!! The big day is April 17th...so excited for her.

Dennis the Menace

Glade from here on out will be known as Dennis the Menace

Just a taste of what he can do or destruct:

Dropped a Mt. Dew Code Red (yes, it's red) on the floor and it burst open saturating everything including the vaccuum

Threw his applesauce on mom's pants

Pulled a framed picture off the wall, scraping the wall, window ledge, and broke the frame including the glass all over his floor

This is all today, before 10 am. Uh oh, gotta go, "Dennis!"

Other exciting things...

1. London is a scout den mother to the Wolves/Bears group. She has four 8 year old scouts each week and loves doing fun activities with them: sorting trash & learning about recycling (even put in faux dirty diapers), energy saver house treasure hunt, & fieldtrip to the city building and courthouse. She is having a blast!
2. Greg is still swamped at work, as always. But, looks forward to traveling and getting a break. Upcoming booked trips: St. George in March, Japan in September, & a few odds and ends in between.
3. Glade is talking up a storm! "UP!" "Stuck" "Light" "Soft" "Nope" "Yep" "Gumpa" and many more. He can say 50 words. The pediatrician claims he will be giving the State of Union address in 30 years. Yeah right! That puts alot of pressure on mom. :) He loves his train table he got for Christmas & playing in his toyroom. He also thinks snow tastes pretty good. Twirling and dancing is also a favorite.

December/January Happenings

This is the picture Chantal sketched of Greg holding Glade. See its companion below...

The first two pictures posted are from our trip to Yellowstone the end of December. My sis in law, Chantal took these and all pictures. She is our family photographer. If she didn't come on the trip, we wouldn't have any pictures at all. The first shot is our family that went on the snowmobiling adventure. Greg's siblings and their families came. When we got home, many people asked "was it sooo fun?" My response: "It was me and my two 7 year old neices bawling." Which is true, I cried because I was so cold and just prayed for it to be over. I know, I'm a big time wuss. Good thing Glade didn't come because it was -18 degrees plus a -20 degree wind chill. Brrr! I am the far left of the photo and smiling by chance. Can you see I have on 3 coats???

Some of the scenery was pretty, when I wasn't shivering, I may have noticed.

Chantal is a very talented artist and photographer. She sketched this picture of me and Glade and gave it to me for Christmas. I loved it! It is hanging in the baby's nursery next to his picture with daddy. (above)

We had a lovely Christmas and spent it with family---we are blessed to have every family member within 10 miles of eachother. I surprised Greg's family with a scrapbook for each sibling & for his parents with pictures of their childhood and journaling by their mother. It was a wonderful gift! With some funny pictures. These past few holiday months have flown by. But, we've had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year's.

Book Club

I like to read. I like to recommend books to others to read. At work, in the grocery store, to my friends, neighbors, etc. It is a nice way to start a conversation. I like reading because it expands my vocabulary, lets me live in a fantasy world, and have a good laugh or cry. So...with all that in mind, I have decided to share a book I've recently read: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella. Its main character is cringe-worthy. I'd laugh and squeal in embarrassment for her. Because Halloween was not to long ago, I'd read it...because it is a ghost story. And a romance. Those are always my favorite. If you like to laugh and relate to someone's most embarrasing moments that are daring & romantic...read it. I just might recommend another book soon...but for now, I'm busy reading!

Glade's 1st Birthday

Happy Birthday to Glade! This time last year, I was still pregnant with my sweet boy! What a year we have had. I wouldn't change one second of it. These pics were taken by Tanya, a former neighbor getting into photography. Glade is in his chick costume, so I don't have to take any pics on Halloween, I can just enjoy. Motherhood is the best thing in the whole world! :)

Cousin pictures

Brittany surprised me with these pictures taken of her two boys: Kyle & Luke, with Glade. The cousins always have so much fun together. In fact, the first thing the boys ask when they see me is "where's Gladers?" It is really cute! These cousins love to play with eachother. For instance, this summer they have all been swimming in Bear Lake twice, Lava Hot Springs, and today played at the treehouse.