Randomness...

Crazy cute girl manages to get her hands on an oreo and attempts to shove the whole thing in her mouth all at once, then looks at you like, "What Mom?". Can't help but take a picture of that.


She seriously pillages through the laundry basket and brings me articles of clothing throughout the day and repeatedly hands them to you until you put them on her. By the end of the day she often looks something like this:


The kids are starting to really miss Daddy and on the rare occasion he gets home before their bedtime they crave his attention and insist he reads them their bedtime books. Precious moment for Mom.

Bee's Game

On Friday we went to the SUU Alumni night at the Bee's home opener game. It was surprisingly fun to run into old friends and hang out together as a family watching the game. They had a nice picnic set up on the balcony for everyone from SUU and we all got seats together.


Luckily we ended up on the end of the alumni section and more in the start of the loud student section, because Corbin insisted on chanting, "Go Bees, Go Bees!" nearly the entire time. And thoroughly enjoyed 'The Wave' and other super-fan, student-lead cheers.


Cute moment: Thor came over to say hi to Corbin and I wish I'd had a video camera, but try to picture him offering Corbin a high five and then right as Bean put his hand up he switched to give him knuckles at the last second and Corbin would try to correct, just as he switched back, repeatedly.


Makelle would absolutely NOT sit still, but that ended up being okay because there were a bunch of young college girls on the row in front of us that seemed to like playing with her more than watching baseball anyway.


It was actually a good game to watch... ended up tied and going into 10 innings, where we lost to a killer home run hit from the other team. Then since it was their home opener they had a fireworks show after wards. Corbin was actually a little scared at first, but I told him to toughen up and he then decided to enjoy it, just like that. Makelle would alternate between starting in awe and burying her head in Caleb's shoulder.

It was the first time we have done anything on a weeknight with Caleb in months, so I think we all really needed and enjoyed the time together. Thanks alumni office!

You know your a Mormon Mom when...

...you have your child pose for a picture and blog about his first time giving the prayer in Primary.

We snuck in to listen to him and were able to hear him say the whole thing on his own (I did have to help him remember to wrap things up after the second round of thanks for Makelly-Belly). His entire prayer was one of gratitude thanking Heavenly Father for his mom and dad and sister and Primary and church and everyone in the whole world and Sister Gale and Jesus, among other things.

He has such a sweet little spirit, I just love that kid. Also, every week (or maybe once a month, I don't know) they tell the kids that if they did something to try and be like Jesus that week they can put a "warm fuzzy" in the jar. I got to see Corbin raise his little hand and put a warm fuzzy in for eating all his green beans.

Cute that he was so proud of himself for that, because I really did fight with him for nearly an hour to get him to finish his required three bites. I am glad he recognizes the significance of accomplishing that and obeying in the end, despite how clearly difficult it was for him.

Easter Sunday

This morning Corbin woke up and wandered groggily into the living room, then immediately turns and runs into our room exclaiming loudly that the Easter Bunny had hid the eggs and we needed to come quickly.










We had a fun morning watching the kids find Easter eggs and eat their treats and then we made our traditional Conference morning breakfast of strawberry and whip cream topped pancakes. Yummy!


After wards we tried desperately, to no avail, to get the sugar-induced, hyperactive kids to sit still and listen to conference. -- Let's just say, they did really well yesterday at being reverent and listening for key words from the speakers while playing Bingo.

But then, today for some odd reason they just wanted to play with their goodies. I think sometimes Corbin is so good that I start to expect it, rather than praise it as exemplary behavior. They are both such well behaved kids, I sometimes need to remind myself how young they are, and adjust my expectations accordingly.

Easter Party

Between conference sessions today we had an indoor BBQ with the Lloyds. After lunch Grandma and Grandpa spoiled the kids with some Easter presents. Makelle definitely liked her little sunglasses far more than one would have guessed.

Dyeing Eggs

Girly-Girl

Makelle is SUCH a girl. At barely one-year-old she is already far more feminine than Corbin ever was. She frequently digs around in our laundry bin and brings us random articles of clothing (most frequently sweaters and jackets that have buttons going up the front)then squawks until we put in on her. As we are buttoning it up, she looks down, smiles and toddles off happily. She also bring us shoes, Mr. Potato Head accessories, and whenever she finds something with a string she tries to wrap it around her head like a headband or drape it over her shoulders to act as a necklace. Very cute, but slightly concerning... we may need help in about 12 years.