You Nork, You Nork... I spent last week in New York City, or as Charlie calls it, You Nork...It was really cool to experience many of the places I had only ever seen on TV. The Statue of Liberty of course, the subway, Central Park, and Broadway!


Turns out there ARE huge rats in NYC...This one also apparently has a serious case of gingivitis!




I like this shot because it reminds me of a similar type photo of Michael Jackson, back in his glory days....Lately I've been thinking a lot about him...Weird huh????



We got up earlier then I EVER thought I would on vacation to go be one of the screaming, cheering wavers at the Today Show! Turns out it was pretty cool, we got to see No Doubt in their first concert together since, geez, I don't know, the 90's? Well, we mostly heard them but we did see a little bit...Course also the today show crew was there.





My first Broadway play (we saw Chicago), my fist time seeing our lady of Liberty, and EVERYTHING was great. I really loved Central Park. It better be a great park since it's all they have over there. It's definitely a different lifestyle!

Central Park:

Joni, Andrea, Brooke (lives inNYC) and me in the park..


Joni lives in Conneticut and I also thought it was very charming and loved all the trees. Isn't this a cool park they have over there? These are all covered in rose bushes and will soon be even more glorious!
One of my favorite pictures I took there...


All in all it was a wonderful experience...I have to give HUGE props to my amazing husband Ben for being Mr. Stud-Muffin of the world here. (I'm sure he's so flattered by that nickname! Ha!) He not only took 3 days off work to be home with our boys, he also had the house spanking clean when I returned! He is amazing and I love him so much. The boys really had a fun time with their Dad. Thanks sweetie! I was also super glad to get back home to my great kids and husby, these "wide open spaces" and friendly people who smile and wave at total strangers...Ah, Tooele...Thank you for being kind to me!

A listening ear...ears....


There sometimes isn't any better way to spend a warm Sunday afternoon then sitting in the sun having a nice chat. Horses are apparently very good listeners and although I'm not sure what was said, Charlie had a very nice conversation, complete with hand gestures, which cracked me up! Gotta love that kid!

I'm So Glad when Daddy comes home!!!
Posted by one very lucky wife and Mommy!

Mother Nature's idea of an April Fool's Day Joke.

I'm not laughing.

Brotherly Love!

Charlie was born to be a big brother, in more ways then the obvious fact that he was born first! He is SO good to Andy day after day!

These two play together so well! It makes me so happy to see them enjoy each others company so much.



Charlie is such a help to me, I cleaned my entire house today and he played with Andy and kept Andy out of the way for me for hours. Not to mention he cleans his own room and puts away his own laundry (with a little coaxing)...One less room for me to do!

Andy really is a very good baby. We've had a bit of a rough time as you know, with him being sick for so long. Turns out his ears weren't infected again, and his eye is fine today so I think it was just a little scratch that made it goo up but not infected! What a relief! I was prepping for the worst!

They are this Mommy's dream kids!

My mood matches the weather today!!!

So after a glorious warm sunny week, this is what we have today! Yes, those are snowflakes you can barely see...Grrr!!!!

Now most of you know how easily I get cold..But I had SUCH a good attitude about winter this year! The snow was lovely, the sky was lovely, and I was happy. We had gorgeous days like this that made me enjoy the season..



However, I am now OFFICIALLY over winter and this weather is bringing me down!
So this week Andy threw up a little Tuesday, was fine Wednesday, had a little diarrheah on Thursday, and then a lot of ear tugging on Saturday, and literally minutes before we all headed to church today he threw up again! So soon I will be taking him to yet ANOTHER PM pediatrics visit to see if he has this 3rd ear infection in 3 months...It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that he has been sick for 90% of these last 2 months...I am also scared that this is a new trend of monthly ear infections...I thought I was fine but then at church today I was telling my neighbor and I started to tear up! It is very frustrating! Soon though good weather will be here to stay and we'll figure all this out and he'll be back to normal..The sun will come out, tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow....There'll be suunn!!! ha ha ha! Now you all have that song in your head..You are welcome. :)

Abra Cadabra!

Charlie has the cutest preschool! Every week they do some darling craft or costume item. The letter this week is W so he is a Wizard..Betcha can't guess which wizard?