L.A. Trip

Last weekend Kjell and I loaded the kids up and drove to L.A. My brother and his wife live there but soon both will be graduating from UCLA. Robbie from Law School and Laynie with her Nurse Practitioners degree. We thought we would go and visit while we still had a free place to stay. We had so much fun going to their places to eat, we usually have our own agendas. This time we tried 2 new places the Stand by UCLA and The Counter. One was hot dogs so we went without our usual trip to Pink's, and the other burgers. My kids loved the sweet potato fries which was a real surprise because they won't eat them here in Fresno.

Friday Laynie had to work and Robbie needed to study so we took off and went to Will Rodgers state beach. I don't have a camera that works at the moment so I took pictures on my cell but have no idea how to get those to my computer. We also ate at Rosco's Chicken and Waffles, Kjell loves this place. I thought it was better this time, my waffle was so good! The kids enjoyed their waffles as well. Later we walked around 3rd Street Promenade and I looked at the shops while Kjell and the kids enjoyed the street performers. It was a warm beautiful day.

One of Drew's good friends had a birthday party on Saturday so we drove out to Hesperia to catch up and party with them. We had so much fun seeing the Bradshaws, I miss them. Luckily Angie posted some pics of the party on her blog so I stole some to post here.

I am sad I won't be able to go to Robbie's graduation because it's days before I will have the baby but I sure loved visiting them and hope we can go again before they move. Thanks for everything guys we had so much fun and Robbie even made everyone breakfast Sunday morning, what a nice guy!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

We had fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day this year. I am teaching Drew's co-op preschool this week so we made four-leaf clover sugar cookies and green punch for snack. I also had some green apples and celery with peanut butter, I don't solely feed children sugar I promise. Then this evening we went over to my parents and hunted for Leprechaun's but had no luck. We did find some candy that they left behind though so the boys were happy about that, as was Kjell who can be seen eating their candy shortly after the hunt. And for Kirsten here's a pregnancy photo. I have less than 8 weeks to go, one of the nice things about having a c-section is being able to schedule it. More on that to come.

Temples

ok so I know it has been forever and I have a lot I want to post but I just received this link in an email and thought I might post it for those that may have questions about our Temples.

http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/03/12/church-video-on-purpose-of-temples/ It's a short video about 3 minutes describing the purpose of our temples.

February

Here are the boys in their Heart Breaker T-shirts my sister gave them (Thanks Becky) all dressed up for Valentine's Day. Drew was very good about sharing his candy with Chaz, and me, from his school party. They are sitting on our new couch at our house that we moved into on Valentine's day. That first week there was pretty crazy but I have finally got things under control. I can find clothes and shoes. There is still a lot of little things I want to do and I haven't started the baby's room or office but I will get there. The boys have adjusted better than I thought they would. Drew has no problem sleeping in his bunk bed, he likes to go back and forth from the top to the bottom, and Chaz is fighting his naps but that's nothing new. Kjell loves it he's busy everyday after work in the yard for now who knows what will be next.

Happy Anniversary!

Today is our sixth Wedding Anniversary. I feel like it has been much longer than six years even though the time has flown by! I remember that first year after getting married everyone would ask how long we had been married and then how it was. I loved being married to Kjell and would say so. The most common response was oh just wait 3 months is the worst. Well 3 months came and passed and nothing happened. Then one women said oh you're still in the honeymoon stage just wait til 6 months. 6 months came and went no problem. I loved that first year and still look back on it as some of our happiest times. We had some big adjustments when Drew arrived that second year but any bumps in our road have brought us closer and I am grateful to married to this man forever.

New Years and Utah Trip

So the day before the rest of my family is leaving to go to Utah for a week without us to spend New Years there Kjell tells my parents, who couldn't decide if they should drive or fly, that if they drive the kids and I could go with them. Kjell and I had decided not to go so we could save the money and because we were trying to move into our house. Also January First is a very busy day for Kjell at work so he wouldn't be able to take time off. When I looked at him shocked he was like well if you all go I could get a lot done at the new house and I wouldn't feel bad not spending the time with you. I was concerned about New Years and not being able to celebrate together and he pointed out that we have spent at least half our New Year's together apart. So I packed up my kids and we went. Drew was very happy to spend the extra time with all of his cousins from my side. When we are all together I hardly see him.

We went sledding up at Soldier Hollow and the older kids loved it. My dad took Chaz as I couldn't sled and he hated it! He loved to play in the snow though and like the hotdogs we ate for lunch afterwards even more!

There was lots of snow this trip and the kids loved building snowmen. We also celebrated my dad's birthday on the second. I had fun relaxing as I got lots of help with the kids.

Hope Everyone is enjoying their New Year and a month how are those resolutions coming?

Christmas

I know I am a little behind but I want to turn my blog into a scrapbook someday so I have to play catch-up. We had a great Christmas. It was really fun watching Chaz open presents. I felt bad because he is so young and doesn't ask for presents so we didn't get him much. I was out on Christmas Eve at the store trying to decide what to get him because I had nothing yet. It ended up that the toy I picked he loved and didn't even want to open anything else after that. He did enjoy sitting in the presents though. His vocabulary seamed to take off as well. He was saying Santa, tree, pretty, lights, all these new words. At Christmas dinner he was playing with my grandma. We call her grandma Nancy and he was flirting with her. Drew had a Transformer Christmas. Almost every present was a transformer or at least had the logo on it. He was so excited each time he opened one. Nana and Papa sent him one of his favorites he won't let Chaz touch it. Kjell and I got stuff and gifts certificates for the house, which is almost ready for us to move to. I will post pictures on that soon. We enjoyed reading all the Christmas cards and I enjoyed being in the kitchen with my mom and the kids. Now that it's over it seams like it went by to fast.