She loves to read

This is what I saw last night about 40 minutes after we put Claire to bed. Every (and I mean every) book from her bookshelf was on her bed and she was laying on top of them reading. She loves to pull her books off the shelf and I have to pick them up on a daily basis but they are usually just on the floor next to the shelf. When I cleaned up the books I found both of her purses, her new lipstick, 3 watches and 3 of her princess wands under the books.

We are trying to potty train her again and got her the potty watch so yesterday the music went off so I had her go sit on the potty then I got distracted and forgot she was back there (mom of the year) I walked back there after about 15 minutes and she was sitting on the potty reading books happy as could be...and of course didn't go.

OK one more book story....this morning after breakfast she went back to her room (usually she goes back to play with her vanity) but when I walked by her room she was laying in bed reading a book. A girl after my own heart. I would have loved to crawl back in bed today to read.

P.S. She obviously can't really read...she just looks at the pictures :)

Flashback Friday

Todd and Tayson - 2002

Here is what I LOVE about this picture:

• Todd is on the exercise ball - the only way to keep Tayson happy
• Tayson looks like he actually knows what's going on
• Those two are so alike it cracks me up
  
• Check out that sweet monitor - talk about old school
• There is a table cloth on the card table his computer is on (why? I don't know)
• Look at the rows of CD's against the wall...all those times ten now fit on Todd's thumb drive
  

Luke's Prayers

I just tucked in the boys and I wanted to write down Luke's typical nightly prayer because it cracks me up.

Dear HF
thankyouforthisday (yep all one word)
please bless Mark on his mission
please bless Mark to be safe on his mission
please bless the food tomorrow morning that it will make us healthy and strong
bless me to sleep good and have good dreams
bless that no bad guys, monsters, snakes, crabs or goats....ghotsts....GHOSTS from any planet will come (until about a week ago it was only the ghosts from Jupiter)
nameofjesuschrist (one word again)
amen

Today I slept in

It was a long night last night. Sophie got me up twice, Claire once and Luke twice so when the alarm went off at 5:40 this morning I decided to sleep in. I am really bad about working out later in the day if I miss my morning workout. There is just never time and I don't like working out during lunch because then my hair looks bad and I worry that I smell the rest of the day at work. But tonight when I got home from work I hurried and got dinner ready and had a half hour until it would be done cooking so I went running. It was a great chance to use the shuffle Todd gave me for Christmas and I loaded it up with a bunch of great running music today.

I hate running alone. I missed my girls. I was bored to tears with nothing to do but run and listen to my iPod. I'll admit I ran faster today than normal just so I could be done sooner. It was not worth the extra hour of sleep. Next time I think I'm just too tired to workout I'll remember how much I hated running by myself today!

The Shoes

Last week Tayson came home with these shoes. Notice anything funny?
(hint...they are both the left foot)

Two days later he found the match to his shoe at school

A few days after that he brought home the other match...

If these are yours let me know. We have no idea how he ended up with 2 pair of the exact same shoes and what poor kid kept going home from school missing 1 shoe at a time!

Flashback Friday - Grandma Jo

With all that has gone on with sweet baby Josephine I have been thinking a lot about my grandma Jo who she is named after. So this is the perfect week to post some pictures of Grandma Jo.

Grandma is on the right.
I have no idea where she is in this picture or who she is with - but I love this picture

Check out that fish. Go Grandma!

Great-Grandpa George and Grandma
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that she has her hair in curlers in this picture. Classic


Grandma and my dad.
I think grandma looks so fancy in this picture and my dad looks so young!

This picture is hilarious to me.
She doesn't look happy at all and she isn't dressed for tropical weather.
Oh how I love and miss you grandma.

This is my dad's "motorcycle".
I found a sweet picture of my mom and dad on it....coming later.

Happy Valentines Day

Oh how I love this man!

Thank you for making

me a better person and

for loving me

in spite of all my flaws.

This was the only smooching picture I could find