The family picture that almost was

It is so difficult to get a good family picture!! On sunday Debbie tried to get a good picture of all of us together. Almost impossible, we did manage to get one! It was on her camera so i couldn't get it on here. It takes some major skill and patience to get everyone looking and smiling in the same direction! We haven't had our family pictures taken ever!! I'm not sure why. I was so excited that Deb got one of us. Love ya so much deb!!

so photogenic

I could take pictures of brock all day long and he would never, ever get sick of it! He'll even pose for them. I tried taking some of just jax but brock couldn't take it. He loves being in front of that camera! I'll keep trying to get a good one of jax. I love to develope pitures of my boys, it makes my day! And I usually can't wait to scrapbook them, but mostly that has to wait until they're sleeping because they are both so helpful!! Every day when i drive over these train tracks i've wanted to stop and take pictures there, but it's so scary. If a train were to come we'd have to jump and roll. just like in the old movies when they roll down the hill as the train races by. Scary scary.

party on!

I look forward to our family halloween party every year! It is so fun to see everyone dressed up! We have such an amazing family! We have so much fun together and love being together! I wish i could have gotten a picture of everyone dressed up. The outfits were great this year! I'm already excited for next year!

Best Friends

Brock and Jaxon have the cutest best friends ever!! Brock goes to preschool with Andy Decker, and they get along so well! He has learned so much from andy. they were the cutest woody and buzz for halloween! We carpool with andy for preschool and they love to talk about all the fun things they do at school, and the silly girls there. Andy's little brother is only 2 weeks older than jaxon and his name is jack. They are so cute together too. when we went to the park they were so good to just sit on their blankets and watch the big boys! We love being friends with the Deckers!

halloween

This halloween was so much fun!! jaxon was the cutest cow, and brock couldn't have been more excited to be buzz lightyear! We have to thank bobbie jo for the buzz costume! He loved it so much that we wore it the every day the whole week before halloween! And Vanessa thank you so much for the cow costume!! We gathered so much candy that we didn't know what to do with it! Brock went trick or treating at pre-school, our ward had a trunk or treat, and we trick or treated around our block! They were tired boys by the time we got home! At our family halloween party we had such a fun time dressing up. Ryan was brock's sherrif woody. It was so cute! We have the best family!! We are so blessed.

qUiRkS

I've been tagged...Quirks!

Here are the rules: list 6 quirks about yourself. Tag 6 more people, tell who tagged you!! Jessie Golightly tagged me! So, here are my quirks...

1) I hate it when my food touches! i can't even stand it if the juices mix!! It makes me gag! I'd rather starve than eat it. Like the gravy mixing with anything other than the potatos, i can't handle it. I know it makes me such a waster but i just can't do it. I love those elementary school lunch trays that separate everything, i use them more for myself than my 3 year old!

2)I don't like folding laundry, or ironing it. Well, the ironing thing is just a matter of skill. It's hard. Every time i iron something it ends up looking worse than it did when i started. Folding laundry takes me so long to do because i fold it like department stores. When ryan folds he just kinda rolls things into neat little balls, that drives me nuts!! But at least he tries to help me.

3) My towels have to be folded a certain way. And placed facing a certain way in the closet. If Ryan has helped me fold the laundry i have to go behind him and refold the towels. I know thats anal but i just can't help it. When we lived with my parents i use to pull all of their towels out of the closet and refold them. My mom finally started to just leave the clean towels in the laundry basket and wait for me to fold them.

4) Candy! (sugar) i am always eating candy! Growing up I use to sneak into the pantry and eat spoonfuls of powdered sugar! My mom couldn't figure out why i was always bouncing off the walls, or why her powdered sugar was always gone. When i was pregnant and so sick, candy was the only thing that made me feel better. With brock i think he was grown with skittles. After i eat a meal i have to have something sweet or i can't digest. As soon as i taste something sweet it makes me feel so much better!

5) I'm easily excited! I'm like a little kid! If i'm doing something fun the next day i won't be able to sleep the night before. ya know kinda like christmas eve when you were like 5. I swear i don't have ADD, but if you get me excited about something, look out! It doesn't even have to be anything too great either. Like when i get a new toe nail polish or if i take a good pic of the boys, even when random little kids do good at muttin bustin! ( Don't laugh jess and kod) Little things make me so excited!!

6) Last, i love to fill out paperwork. Weird, i know. I love to do insurance forms, questionaires,even writing the address on envelopes when we pay our bills, and i love to do Ryan's employees W2's. I get so excited everytime tax season comes around. I should have some sort of job doing this, i should get paid for this weird quirk shouldn't I?

I tagg... Heidi, Jayna, Tina, Becky, Missy and Steph.