My camera is still broken so here are some pictures off of my phone. Hopefully I will get a new camera soon... (hint hint Mom!)

Happy birthday Jace!

Today is Jace's 2nd birthday! We all went to Chick-fil-A for lunch. It was a lot of fun until a million other kids came and took over the play area!

Lacey's 26th Birthday!

I'm a little late on blogging about this, but it's better late than never, right? My sister had her 26th birthday on Tuesday... Yes, her age does round up to 30! (You're welcome, Lacey)

Lacey wanted me to babysit so she could go to Home Depot to pick out paint for her living room. I told her that I would only babysit if she wore a Home Depot hat and apron and took a picture with an associate. She agreed. She ended up getting a picture as instructed but she forgot her apron! I guess she was embarrassed enough just asking the gentleman to pose for a picture so I'll let her off the hook for forgetting the apron!

After her photo shoot at Home Depot, she returned to my house to a child (Jace) who had a 104 degree fever. Poor little guy had an ear infection and didn't feel well! We cancelled our dinner plans and she headed home to be with her sick baby. Birthdays aren't quite the same when you are ALMOST 30... are they Lacey?

I was a good sister and I made her a lemon birthday cake. She requested that specific cake and I was skeptical because I'm not a fan of lemon. The cake turned out really well. I am actually making another one tonight because I liked it so much!

I hope you had a good NEARLY 30th birthday Lacey! Aren't you glad that I keep pointing out that 26 rounds up to 30?

Halloween

These are the best pictures I got from Halloween! I accidentally dropped my camera and it no longer works. These are the only pictures I got before it died! Oops! I will hopefully be getting a new camera soon!

The joys of boys!

I got lucky with this little guy! He is such a happy and easy baby! He loves to eat and talk to his mom these days! I can't believe he is already 10 weeks old! Time flies when your 3 year old is driving you nuts! Oops, I mean time flies when you're having fun!


Logan is testing me lately. His new favorite thing to do is to use Aidens swing as a urinal. I put Aiden into his urine filled swing 2 times and then discovered the pee! Sorry, Aiden!

I asked Logan about peeing in the swing and this is how it went:

Me: "Logan, did you pee pee in your brothers swing again?"
Logan: "Yeah, it's naughty!"
Me: "Why did you do that?"
Logan: "Because mom. I tooted"

Good reason! I'm glad that he was able to clarify that for me!

Pumpkin Baby

This was the first try... he was NOT a happy camper!

The second try was much better!

Santa Baby

This is what happens when you let a nearly 3 year old pick out an outfit for his brother! Logan must be in the Christmas mood!

Another zoo trip!

Teresa, Steve Jr., and Steve Sr all came down from Prescott to go to the zoo with the boys. Aiden slept through the whole thing again. Logan didn't miss anything though! He went on 2 camel rides with his grandma, and 4 or 5 carousel rides too! I think we saw just about every animal there.

By the end of the day I was convinced that every path at the zoo was uphill! (I may have threatened to kill my father in law if he picked one more path that was uphill!) Pushing that double stroller around the zoo for several hours is a great workout!

Logan is still talking about the stinky camels that he rode with Grandma! He can't wait until he gets to ride the camel with Grandpa on our next trip!

Painting

Teresa bought some paint for Logan to make a mess with! I thought it would be a much more fun mess if Bradon and Jace got to paint with Logan! Jace is quite the little artist. He decided that he didn't want to limit himself to painting on paper so he recruited his big brother to be a human canvas. Jace made quite the pretty picture on Bradons back! Thanks for the fun paint Teresa! Grandmas always buy the fun messy stuff that moms wont!

We LOVE Prescott

The boys and I headed up to Prescott on Monday to spend a few days with their grandparents. My mother and father in law were nice enough to entertain us Monday-Wednesday and we all had a great time- Thanks Teresa & Steve!

It was a little chilly outside in the morning so I was able to dress the boys in their cute winter outfits! I may or may not have had my AC in the room set at 60 degrees... I like to see the boys bundled up!

Teresa and I took the boys swimming. Aiden wasn't a big fan of the water so he took a nap in his carseat and I headed to the jacuzzi! Teresa took Logan swimming and then they joined me in the jacuzzi. Logan had so much fun swimming!

I love it up there and I was so sad to come back to Mesa. I wish I lived up north... the weather is so much nicer there! I love seeing green landscape other than an ugly cactus! Maybe one day I'll live somewhere with better scenery and cooler weather than Mesa has to offer!

Logan is still talking about all of his adventures with Grandma and Grandpa and he can't wait until they come down to go to the zoo!

Zoo Trip

Amie and I took the boys to the zoo today... it was Aiden's 1st trip and he slept through the entire thing! However, Logan had enough fun for both of the boys!

There is a new exhibit where you can feed the giraffes and Logan loved that! After that, I took him for a camel ride.... those are smelly animals! We carried that scent with us for the rest of the day!

We had a lot of fun and I can't wait for the weather to get even cooler so we can go back!

Halloween costume

Here is Logan's Halloween costume. Aiden is going to be a fire hydrant and I'm working on my sister to make her boys a dalmation and another fireman!

Constitution Week Celebration

Each year Gilbert does a constitution celebration. There was a big carnival type celebration on Saturday. It was complete with the bouncy house things, food, lots of people, and fireworks. Logan loved being outside and he thought the fireworks were the coolest thing ever! Thankfully there was a nice breeze and the weather wasn't too hot- we all know how I handle being in the heat!

Big helper

My mom and Mike are always telling Logan that he is a big helper. Well, yesterday Logan decided that he needed an outfit that held all of his tools. This is what he and my mom came up with! Logan and I went on an ice cream date and he wanted to wear this on our outing! He even kept the goggles on!

Logan was giving me a lesson on how to properly lick a sucker... "Like this, mom. Tongue... Lick. No bite" Thanks for the lesson, Logan! I'd be lost without him!

So Sleepy...

How does this child fall asleep in such uncomfortable positions?

Cousins

Little Miss Ellie came from California to visit! She is a few weeks older than Aiden and she seems so much bigger! Logan loved holding both of the babies!

1st stroller ride

I took the boys out to go for a walk around the block. Logan doesn't typically like to sit in a stroller so it surprised me when he refused to get out! We went for a walk and then we returned home so I could feed Aiden and Logan refused to get out of the stroller. He sat there begging to go on another walk the whole time I was feeding Aiden. I went to put Aiden back in the stroller and I noticed Logan was fast asleep. I let him nap there for a little bit and then we all went to bed!

We love bath time!

As you can tell, the boys love to take baths together! Well, Logan loves to take a bath with his brother... Aiden isn't such a fan of it!

Logan's Fort

Logan's newest discovery is building forts out of couch cushions and sheets. Each afternoon he rips the couch apart and asks me to make a fort. I'm not the best at constructing these, but he doesn't know that!