Pictures

We don't have much going on right now so I thought I would post some pictures just to put something new up!

In the monkey pen:

Emily's reaction to green beans

Anthony stuck under the chair

Two mischievous kids:

Fun with Grandma & Grandpa M

My parents were here for the weekend and the kids had so much fun playing with them (and receiving unlimited attention:D)! I can't believe how big they are getting...Emily now has 4 teeth (2 top, 2 bottom), and Anthony finally has 2 on bottom. Anthony crawls everywhere, especially where he shouldn't, and Emily has finally decided that crawling is fun as well. Anthony can also stand by himself for several seconds (I really don't want him to walk yet!) I hadn't posted for awhile so I just wanted to put this up and will post again soon!

Going for a walk:

Our pretty girl:

Emily looks mad but she is really telling daddy to come out here!

Our Silly Sally

Emily has decided that she is going to pursue comedy as her life's ambition, I know this because she told me, ha, ha! Yesterday when Ben had her in Priesthood, a little girl, about one years old, was toddling around and then fell down. Emily apparently decided that this was the funniest thing ever and was laughing like a crazy woman. Emily has a very contagious laugh and so she had all the men around laughing except this poor little girl that had to be taken out because she was screaming. When Ben told his mother this story (according to him) she said, "oh, she takes after her mother, laughing at the misfortune of others". I took offense, of course, until today when I realized it was true! Emily had been playing with the diaper bag and tipped it over. She then decided to crawl over it and it tipped back up, dumping her on her head. She was stuck in this position and I was laughing and laughing until Ben came and rescued her. Later, we were at the store looking for a Halloween costume and Emily started laughing at this girl standing next to us. The girl wasn't doing anything but standing there but apparently Emily thought she was hilarious. Anyways, she has become a "Silly Sally" and it makes my heart happy to know that she can find such joy in life, now if only her brother would laugh a little more.....

A Great Visit

We have had a great visit with Ben's parents this week, the babies have had lots of fun playing with them and so have we! They sent us out to dinner last night and gave the kids a bath and put them to bed. When we got home an hour and a half later, they asked us why we were home so early (we have no life apparently) and told us we needed to be gone longer to make all their hard work worth it. I guess things didn't go quite as expected with bedtime but Anthony and Emily are used to dad or mom putting them down. Tonight they took us to one of my favorite places to eat which just opened yesterday in Meridian. It was Souper!Salad and is a salad, soup, and pasta bar. They had a few in Albuquerque so while we were trying to get pregnant and after I was pregnant we would go there after many of my appointments. If you come to Meridian you simply must eat there! We are sad to see Milt and Sandy leave but hope that they have had fun and we can't wait to see them in Texas at Christmas!

A New Me

Okay, so lately I have been feeling homely, dowdy, and just plain ugly with a capital U-G-L-Y! I think part of the reason is I'm carrying around extra weight and part of the reason was I was having bad, bad hair! I don't know about you but if I am having bad hair then I feel like crap! So today I went and got my haircut from this guy in Boise that my aunt had recommended to me, Tim Carrey. I had someone pictured and when I got there he was not at all what I pictured! He is over 6 ft tall and built like a football player, he's a big guy! He sat me down and we talked and then he said, we are going to make you feel like a sexy mama...I loved him already!!! He totally made me feel attractive and it didn't feel totally insincere and like he was just saying it because I was paying him. By the time he was done with me, I felt like a million bucks! I don't know that I'm going to be able to get my hair as good as he did but I feel like it is something that will work for me even if I leave it curly. I asked him when I need to come back and he said the minute I feel undesirable (his exact words) that I was to call him and he would get me right in! So I'm going to post a couple of pics which aren't the best because I took them myself but hopefully you'll get the idea. If anyone wants to come to Boise and get treated like a million bucks, let me know and I'll hook you up!!! :D

What A Weekend

All I can say is what a crazy weekend! Ben's parents came to stay with us for a few days this last week, they got here on Wednesday and then went to Utah on Friday but are coming back for a few more days today. It's great that they could come because they haven't seen the babies since they were itty bitty and the kids are having so much fun with them! Anthony, Emily, and I watched conference on Saturday, well as much as two 8 month olds can, and played while daddy was out running around. He came home and told me that he had found this Honda Pilot that seemed like a good deal and was waiting to hear what they would give for his truck as a trade-in. They gave us the call and a great deal for a trade-in so we packed the kids up at 5:30 and went to look at the car. At 8:30 we left for home with a new car!! Yep, we got a new car. We have been talking about it for awhile because the Camry just really doesn't have enough room but I didn't think we would be doing anything this soon. It's a really nice Pilot though, it's silver, has about 40,000 miles on it, cargo room, and should last us for several years to come! If you would have told me on Sat morning that I would be going home in a new car that day, I would have said you are crazy but it happened! We watched all the sessions of conference on Sunday and what a great. uplifting day. I think they were all talking to me. It is still kind of weird to not see President Hinkley there, I kept expecting him to get up and address the Saints. Well, I'll post more later, better go spend some time with the fam!