Discovery Gateway

This last weekend we went to the children's museum at the gateway. I've never been before and thought it was so much fun! Drake loved it and could've played all night. Anyone who knows Drake, knows how much he loves being outside and running... so this was a great place to be since it's so cold outside!
The other really fun part of the night was after the museum we had lunch with Grant since his office is at the gateway. And by lunch I really mean dinner because his lunch is at 9:00 pm. It was a really fun night. And by-the-way... this post is pretty sad to write because my sister Whitney was in town and she went back to Florida last night :( waaa! Miss you already !

Here's Whit, Grant and Drake, me and Shelby. Grant was on a break and walked with us down to the museum

Drake with a lawn mower

Me and Whitty

Shel, me and Whit

Logan on the big horse, yee haw!

Drake shopping for one of his favorite foods... APPLES! And he did try to eat one of the plastic apples

Playin' in the water area. He always loves playing in the sink at home so he totally loved this.

Aunt Whitty and Logan

Officer Handsome

Well it seems like the blogging world has died a little and everyone is facebooking for the moment. I am still figuring out facebook but everytime I login, it seems like I am on there forever and then I completely neglect my blog! But it doesn't help that there hasn't been much to post about with us. Grant posted that we put our house up for sale and I don't think I've mentioned it. But that has been keeping us busy because we are constantly cleaning in case anyone comes by to look at the house. And it's even harder with Drake on the loose because he's a little mess-maker. And my sister Whitney is in town and we have been having so much fun together. But we've been pretty low-key. Just hanging out, watchin' movies and talking and the babies keep us busy. I'm going to be so sad when she goes home next week :( Hopefully I will stop being lame and post some pics soon!

An Update on Us

Everyone has been so concerned for Drakey so I just wanted to say that he is great. He hasn't let his first major injury slow him down at all. After the first few days the swelling went down a lot and then the actual bruising got darker. He is still busy and always on the move. And as my mom says, this is probably the first of many toddler-age battle wounds.

Grant and Drake are snuggle buddies:)


These next pics are from the last month that I've been wanting to post. Am I the only one that dislikes loading pics from the camera?? I'm so impatient...
Ha, this is the two Wolverines


These are the markers that Drake got for Christmas. It was so funny because Grant just kept saying over and over, "He is too young for markers" And I kept telling Grant "He needs to express his creativity" (as Drake keeps putting the markers in his mouth and sucking on them) As you can see it is much much more fun to color on skin than on paper... Good thing they wash off so easy

I have to credit this awesome idea to my friend, Dianne. Saw it on her blog and thought "Why

didn't I think of that??" Now I can get ready in peace

Bathtime! Nothing cuter than a baby bathin' in the kitchen sink

Cutie Pie

Poor Baaaby!!!

One of Drake's favorite things to do is RUN. Sometimes he just runs back and forth over and over again. Well tonight we were at Grant's parents' house and he was running between couches and then tripped into the hard part of the couch. And that's how Drake got his first black eye...

Christmas Time

I feel like the last few weeks have been a total blur! We have been having so much fun and I haven't had a chance to post any of it. So it's time to catch up :)

First is when we went to the zoo lights. It was so much fun even though is was so cold.

Granty G

Baby Logan peepin' out from his stroller

Drake had so much fun on the carousel

Grant with the boys

Hey Whit and Tomm, check out this gator!!

Me and Kin

Drake and Mom

Drake loved these cats, they were the only animals we saw. He said "kitty"

Then Grant has had to work every holiday... Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and Day. So I spent a lot of time with my family at my mom's house. On Christmas Eve we had a party and dinner. And we were having a contest who could make the ugliest holiday sweater and we all wore them to the party. We ate and played games, it was really fun.

Joyce with Logan and my grandma

UGLY sweater time

The winner of the ugly sweater contest, Trevor

Then we had our Christmas morning at 4 am when Grant got home from work. So we woke up Drake and Logan didn't want to miss out cuz he woke up too. Me and Grant had so much fun watching Drake open his presents. We didn't take many pics but took LOTS of video. So I'll post some video later.

Our stockings

Santa came!!

Baby Logan

How my brother Trevor broke his legs.

This is Grant's post: You can see Trevor didn't break his legs... but it looks bad. I had to put this on Natalie's blog because it deserves at least 6 views and my blog only has one person watching it...Natalie!

Logan's Blessing

Yesterday was Logan's blessing. Logan's Uncle Jarell gave him his blessing and it was beautiful and meant so much to us. Then everyone came to our house for some lunch. We ate "garbage", an awesome idea given to me by my sister, Shelby. You put some Fritos or Doritos in a ziploc along with taco meat, chili, cheese, sour cream, lettuce and anything else you like then you crunch it all up and eat it out of the bag! It was a good time when the house started clearing out and I looked in to find NO DISHES.


Here's Logan in the morning after his bath. He was relaxing until it was time to get in his outfit
This is Drake helping Grant with some last minute cleaning before the party

All dressed up and sooo handsome

Immediately after church trying to strip out of his church clothes... Hm wonder where he gets that from... Honestly when we got home from church, within minutes Grant was in jeans and Drake and Logan were crying until they were in comfy clothes!

We love Logan so much and are so happy he got sent to our family. Happy blessing day baby!!

And the Winner Is...

KINDER is the winner of my drawing for a free lash tint! Yay Kin :)

Who needs a Roomba?

Here's Drake Vacuuming up his mess.

I LOVE My Hubby

Okay I HAVE to make a post for Grant real quick. He is an amazing man. I feel like I never say enough how much I appreciate him. He works so hard for our family and he is such a provider. And he is such a fun dad to Drake and Logan. On top of everything he is really sweet. Sometimes I complain that he isn't romantic and doesn't say sweet, mushy things. Then I remember that's not at all how he shows he loves me or anyone. He shows it by DOING. He fixes things, hangs stuff, works hard at his job, does overtime, etc. And I have been feeling so spoiled lately. For my birthday last month Grant got me a Canon Rebel, I've been wanting that camera for a long time. It was so much more than I expected. So I was so SHOCKED when he told me he went shopping on Black Friday and bought me a Cricut machine. I can see him fighting off all the women to get his hands on one! I'm so excited about it!! Thanks for all you do, you big sexy man!! I LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU

Thanksgiving Weekend

This has been the busiest weekend ever! I'm completely exhausted but had soo much fun. Grant had to work on Thanksgiving so I decided to go to Idaho and have Thanksgiving at my Grandma's with my family. My grandma was so thrilled to see the boys. We had an amazing dinner and it was so fun to spend time together. My only complaint was that my grandma's house has lots of little knick knacks and keepsakes... all within Drake's reach! So it was so tiring following him around and making sure he didn't break anything.

Then on Friday we hung around the house until my dad got off work and then he had us all come down for a train ride and he taught me and Shel to work the controls and we actually got to drive the train, it was really exciting. I was so nervous I would crash into another train that was parked on the track. And then my dad let Drake push the horn and he went crazy pushing that button, it was so funny. After the train ride we went to the Thanksgiving Parade. We were all freezing and wouldn't have watched as much as we did but Drake LOVED it so we stayed almost until the end. After the parade we went to dinner and got warmed up. After all of that it would have been fun to go right to bed but we hit the road and drove back home. We had to be home by Saturday because all of the kids were getting together to do some painting at my mom's house. We wanted to suprise her for a Christmas present and my dad was in on it and keeping her up in Idaho so that we could work. So Saturday we painted into the night. I left at 1am but everyone else stayed up until 4. I would have pulled an all-nighter if not for the babies! It was lots of work but honestly we haven't hung out all together for such a long time and it was so fun. We were all teasing eachother and kept getting hyper from cokes and dr pepper then we would have a crash, then more hyperness. It was so fun to see her face when she got home on Sunday night. We love her so much and she deserved it! I hope everyone had a fun Thanksgiving! (sorry for the looon post)