Family Pictures

Here's the most recent picture of our family- only a few more months until we add our little girl!

Movie Night

On Saturday Daniel and I painted the hallway. We had to finish it after we went out to dinner for Grandma's birthday so we put a movie on for the boys. Ryan has been wanting a tv for his room and Daniel came up with a great idea. He put our portable tvs on the bunk bed and they had their own little theater. They loved it and sat there pretty well, we were able to finish painting.

Happy Valentine's Day

Traditionally I make dinner for Valentine's dinner, but this year we went to the Elder's Quorum Dinner at church. I decided to do breakfast instead, which I think will be our new tradition. I set everything up and made waffles with strawberries. I still put the candy on the table, so the boys pretty much had candy for breakfast. They loved it and they loved that they got little presents too. I was so lucky to have three Valentine's! Daniel asked me, "Do you mind if I don't wrap your present fancy?" I told him I didn't mind and expected a gift bag or something, but that was just too fancy so he used paper grocery bags- very classy. We had a great Valentine's.

We love to see the temple...

The next week after our zoo trip we decided to go to with Daniel to work and then visit the temple in Oakland. Funny, but his appointment cancelled again. We had to make a couple stops at some schools for Daniel and then we visited the temple. That was quite an experience. That day it was pouring! Walking around did not seem to be on the agenda. We all got out of the car and went inside the visitors center. I was holding Dylan, and although it was pouring down rain I thought it was interesting that his pants were wet. Well, we had a blow out diaper! I had to change him but it was not your usual diaper change. All of his clothes were stained and he had to get his bum washed in the sink (isn't motherhood glamorous?). We had to leave and go get him some new clothes so Dylan walked out of their in a diaper and sweatshirt. We were quite a group! Ryan was being crazy too so they must have thought we were crazy. So, $50 later at Baby Gap (the closest store to the temple) we returned and had a great experience there. They had a nice exhibit on families and it made me feel so grateful for my sweet little family. I'm so happy that I get to be with them forever! After walking around the visitor's center the rain subsided and we went and walked around for a few minutes. All in all I would say it was a great trip, definitely memorable.

The Oakland Zoo

Since the beginning of the year Daniel's been working in the bay area. One day we decided to go with him and visit the Oakland Zoo. It worked out nice because his appointment cancelled so we got to spend the whole day with him. The boys LOVED the zoo. The last time we were there Dylan was just a baby and Ryan was about Dylan's age. The enjoyed all of the animals. Their favorite exhibit was the penguins. Daniel and I enjoyed them too. It was fun to watch them race in the water and then they would jump up. It had all of us laughing.

Things Ryan does instead of going to bed...

We are having quite a time getting Ryan to bed at night. He usually falls asleep around 10 or 11 every night. We don't know what happened to him, he used to go to bed at 7 or 8. We have tried everything! Here are some pictures of what Ryan does instead of sleeping. Coloring is one of his favorite things to do. We finally took out his desk because it was such a temptation.