We like Visitors !!

Justin and Brookie love their aunt Michelle(along with their other aunt and uncles). Michelle was nice enough to come over with her cute kids and bake some cookies with Justin. They sure turned out great!!!! You can tell by Justin's face......

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Need some advice

What should I do?

Justin is the new kid in our condo area. He is in that stage where what is mine is mine and what is yours is mine. When he goes outside to play the kids don't like to play with him because he takes their toys away and they will continue to tell him no and they will eventually hit him. They all play good together, but when Justin comes out I feel like heck brakes loose. Justin hates to be inside and wants to play outside all day so this has been tough for him......any advice?

Beach for a Week!

This past week was a blast! We stayed in Salvo, North Carolina in a beach house with Ben's family. It was beautiful, but humid!



The beginning of our trip Ben took Justin on a monster truck ride. Justin had a blast! He laughed the hole time and then he cried when it was time to get off. He is our little dare devil!



Life at the beach was fun. Justin had a great time playing with his dad and digging in the sand. Brookie chilled in her car seat for a little bit then conked out on mom.




I love lighthouses so we decided to go see the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Hurricane Bill was causing the waves to rise. Here is a picture from the top of the lighthouse.



Justin loved swimming this year. Ben taught him to swim around the pool by himself! We were so proud of him!


Justin kept wanting his dad to throw him up in the air so we took a picture of the three guys throwing the kids up! I think Justin had more fun than his dad!



Thursday we decided to go on the ferry to an island called Ocracoke. Even though we waited 2.5 hours to go on the ferry, Justin thought it was the greatest thing.


We definitely loved our trip!!! We hated to come home!

Another lessoned learned!

Never take two kids by myself to church!

I wanted to let Ben get some sleep because has been very busy this week........
Here how sacrament meeting went:

1. All bench seats were taken so I decided to sit in the first row of silver chairs (bad idea)
2. Brookie started fussing so i reached over to get her out of her carseat
3. Justin decided to Jump across the chairs making wee sounds.
4. Tried to grab him while holding Brookie and He starts throwing a fit
5. Lady behind us takes Justin to sit with her.
6. Justin screams louder for his mommie.
7. Take kids out to small room and they finally calm down.
8. Justin starts knocking chairs over in room and gets his finger pinched.
9. Finger starts bleeding and Justin starts freaking out.
10. take him to the bathroom to clean up finger and he screams louder.
11. Brookie gets scared and starts balling.
12. Now i have two kids crying their heads off down the hall.
13. i have to find someone to help me go back in sacrament meeting to get out stuff while holding to screaming kids... that takes a while
14. Finally found someone, got our stufff and LEFT!!!

Sorry sweetie for not getting a nap!

Not 1 but 5 months!!

Our little princess is 5 month!! She finally slept 7 1/2 hours straight but now she is getting her first tooth so she is up every 2 hours...Darn teeth

16 lbs 7 oz\
26 inches long
bottom front tooth coming up

Child's Prayer

Ben was showing Justin how to change the oil in his truck. After he was done he couldn't find his special tool to tighten the pan back on to the truck. ( I guess Ben had a sentimental attachment to this tool) For two hours we searched everywhere for it. He thought Justin played with it and lost it so he kept drilling him where he put it. The poor kid started crying and was so sad that he didn't know where the tool was. Ben gave up and left to go buy a new tool. In the meantime, I tucked Justin in his bed and we said his bedtime prayer. Justin prayed that daddie would find his tool. After he prayed, I heard my phone ringing. I went to answer it and it was Ben. He said while he was driving, he hit a bump and the tool fell out on to the road. It was big answer to a little two year old's prayer.