Western Idaho Fair

On Saturday we went to the Western Idaho Fair held here in Boise. It's been awhile since I've been to a fair but I think that the East Idaho Fair is better (at least I remember it that way). It didn't seem like there was really that much here, definitely not enough food choices. Anyways, we walked around for a couple of hours and the kids were really not that impressed with it. We tried to take in one of the little traveling shows they had and A cried through most of it, grrr. I did get to have a funnel cake and an ice cream potato but that is really all I had, I know kinda lame. We took the kids to the petting zoo but they didn't even really like that either, silly kids. We were going to take them on the carousel but at $3.00 a ticket we decided the risk that they wouldn't like it was too high so they didn't even get to do that. There was one thing they loved though...the food and lemonade!

Wordless Wednesday

Oldies but goodies!

Sooo Big!

I haven't done any good updates on the kids for awhile so here goes! We finally had our 18 month checkup a couple of days ago (they are 19 months tomorrow) and they are getting so big! Anthony now weighs 24 lbs (25th%), is 32 1/4" tall (50th%), and his head is in the 40th%. Emily weighs 24 lbs 5 ozs (45th%), is 32 1/2" tall (50th%), and her head is in the 10th%. Everyone always comments about how much bigger A is than E but as you can see that's not true, I think it's the head that makes the difference! They are growing so fast I can hardly keep up with them. They are also very different personality wise. We were recently able to put them in the Nursery at our church (hallelujah) and the people in there always comment about how calm E is and how she just plays whereas A has to be held most of the time and won't play. I guess I need to find someone and get in a playgroup to help acclimate him to other kids and adults. A loves to help out with everything, he throws the diapers away and helps unload the dishwasher and dryer. E loves to dance, any time we have music going she is just dancing away. They have both started singing along to songs, a couple of their favorites is the alphabet song and Old McDonald. They are much more aware of each other and have started fighting if the other has a toy or something that they want. E has also started giving hugs to A whenever he gets upset (which is all the time). A has got quite the temper and stomps his feet and bangs his head on the wall (which the doctor says is normal) so the Dr suggested we start teaching him words like anger and mad to help him verbally express himself. E is very low key and rarely gets upset. They both "talk" (babble) a lot but neither one of them says a lot of words. The Dr told us not to worry about this since twins don't necessarily follow the guidelines of when to talk, they have their own little way of communicating so hopefully we'll catch on soon. I'm not sure what else to put down so let me know if you want to know anything specific. I posted a couple of pics of them that aren't the best but since I lost most of them it's what I have for now. I will try and be diligent in taking lots of pics and will post some good ones soon!

A Hard Lesson Learned

Last Friday a horrible thing happened...our computer crashed! Now I know that seems like such a minor thing in life but for me it was awful. How could I blog, how could I keep up with friends, how could I pay my bills (yeah, I pay everything online). I called around on Saturday and found a guy that charged a flat rate instead of by the hour and he also came that day. He was here for about 2 1/2 hours then ended up taking the computer with him. We had gotten a worm/virus which was systematically destroying files and programs. They were able to restore the computer to factory settings which means we basically have a new (6 year old) computer. All the programs we had would have to be put back on, all the documents we had stored were gone, all the music we've purchased is gone, and worst of all....all the pics and videos of the kids are gone. Luckily I had backed up pics and vids through about 13 months so we still have some but 6 months are gone. I still need to go through my blog and copy the pics and vids back to the desktop so we will have some but the reminders of so many important moments are gone.

So......here is the hard lesson learned: back up your files!!!!! Oh, and another lesson I learned: I depend way too much on technology!

Play, Play, Play

The babies love to play outside so I found this toy on Craigslist that they have just loved!

10 Years Ago...

two people fell in love! Well, okay so maybe we fell in love longer than 10 years ago but August 6th marked our 10 year anniversary. I know I'm a little late with posting but better late than never! I really can't believe it's been 10 years, time has gone by so fast. I remember being a kid and thinking that time was soooo slow and things never could happen fast enough but now I wish I could slow things down. I'll just give a quick history of Ben and I for those who may not know it. Ben and I started dating in November of 1998 and it didn't take more than a couple of dates before we were exclusive. At the time we were both working at Wal-Mart but he quit just after we got serious since I was technically considered a supervisor. We got engaged in February of 1999 and in April I finally met his parents who traveled from Dallas to Rexburg to meet their youngest son's fiance. We had originally planned a July wedding but decided to push it back to August since I had so much going on at work (I know seems silly now but it worked). We were married in the Idaho Falls Temple and had a reception in Rexburg with an open house planned but never executed in Dallas. Ben has been a great husband and now is an awesome daddy, I appreciate all he is willing to do for us!

This us us on our wedding day (oh, how I wish I still looked like that!!):

Us now: