Happy Birthday James!

Yesterday was James' birthday. I was singing Happy Birthday to him all day and he kept telling me "no, Benji". For some reason he thought it should be Benji's birthday and not his. I kept trying to get him to tell me he's 2 but he wasn't interested. We're celebrating his birthday with the family on Saturday but Ryan, Benji, James, and I went to Jumping Jacks in Springville for his birthday last night (Alyssa's in California with Nanny). The boys loved going down the slides and they didn't want to leave after we'd already been there 1 1/2 hours. It was fun to watch them play. I can't believe James is already 2 years old. Time sure flies by when you're having fun!

Happy Birthday James! We love you!

Random Things Tag

Ok. So I'm apparently not a very good friend. Ryan keeps yelling at me because apparently Stephanie has tagged me 4 times and I haven't posted it yet. Sorry Stephanie. Honestly, if I can just get through the day, I'm doing good anymore. Anyway, here it goes.

4 random things I like about my husband

1. He gets stuck with the kids an awful lot because of Young Womens and other activities that I have going on at night but he hasn't complained about it once.
2. The way he plays with the kids even when he's absolutely exhausted.
3. When the kids and I spend the night away from home he doesn't sleep because he misses us.
4. When I stress out he's always right there telling me everything is going to work out.

4 movies I could watch more than once

1. Kate & Leopold
2. National Treasure
3. You've Got Mail
4. Back to the Future

4 tv shows I watch

1. House (the reruns at 10:00 with Ryan)
2. What's tv again?

4 places I've been

1. Honolulu
2. Guam
3. Cape Cod
4. Louisiana

4 favorite foods

1. Steak
2. Mexican
3. Italian
4. Taco Soup

4 places I would like to visit

1. Italy
2. Sacred Grove
3. France
4. Jerusalem

4 things I am looking forward to next year

1. New baby
2. Alyssa being in kindergarten
3. James potty training
4. Spending another year with my family

Sam's Birthday Surprise!

Well we finally let the cat out of the bag that we are expecting another baby in May. The due date is May 5th to be exact. Everyone was pretty much surprised as they thought we were done, including us! But as we tell everyone, you can't be sad about a baby. Stressed, yes, but not sad. Benji was originally asking for a girl but has now decided he wants a boy. I think that's because Alyssa wants a girl. Alyssa is convinced it's a girl so we've had to tell her that it will be ok if it's a boy. She tells us no it won't because we already have 2 boys and she's the only girl. So everybody better pray that it's a girl for Alyssa's sake or I think we'll be paying for it! James is too young to understand and is oblivious to everything. I'm not sure how prepared we are for another one but hopefully the Lord will give us both the strength and the patience we need to add to our caous. At any rate, we are thankful for whatever the Lord blesses us with and we just pray that everything goes smoothly.

My birthday was great. It was nice and relaxing. Ryan had a real bad cold so we didn't feel like going out to dinner. So we did the next best thing. Mom gave us a gift certificate to Olive Garden for our anniversary that we didn't use so we used it for my birthday and Ryan brought Olive Garden home for dinner. It worked out great. I didn't have to cook and we didn't have to chase the kids all over the restaurant! Sometimes that is more of a chore than it's worth. All in all, I had a great day.