Pillows

When we went to Island Park a few months ago us girls came up with the idea to make pillows while the boys were out snowmobiling! We had such a great time and who knew it was so easy. The first few were a trick but after that we got it down to an art and I just LOVE how they turned out! Goes perfect with my spring decor. Thanks LeeAnn for teaching me and giving me the confidence of sewing. Hopefully more projects will spark my interest.

40 mins of FREEDOM!

Note to self: hide an extra key because 18 month olds know how to lock the doors! (Not just turn the knob lock...deadbolt lock!)

Yes, its true. Dane locked me out of the house yesterday. I went out to the garage to throw some trash away and I closed the door behind me because I was going to be a second. Well I tried to go back in and he had dead bolted the door! AWESOME...and every other door was locked too. Luckily it was 5:30 so I knew Brent would be heading home soon. I was down stairs just a few mins earlier and have opened the window and I didn't think that I had locked it...WRONG! I found that it was locked. I went over to my neighbors to see if the hubby was home because he works search and rescue and he was at work. His daughter came and helped me check to see if all the windows were locked and what not. (Mean while Dane was sitting on the couch drinking his juice and watching Mega Mind.) Well, Mac had her activity card with her and had got the front doors bottom lock unlocked and Dane was standing at the window watching the whole time. She was kind of playing a game with him because she would stick her card in and he would try to pull on it. He would look at us through the window and put his hands in the air like "Why are you out there? I don't know what to do." After a few minutes of convincing Dane to unlock the deadbolt he did it! I can't believe that he did it! My smart little monkey! Then Brent showed up 2 mins after that. Haha to say the least we learned our lesson. Just glad that Brent wasn't out of town. Thanks to our nice neighbors for their help!!

Uncle Clinto

Last week Uncle Clint got to come see us for an evening and we were SOOOO excited! It had been 6 months since we have seen him so I was curious how fast Dane would warm up. Well he surprised us all and he LOVED him! We went to dinner and Dane was so dang cute I just loved it. Made me wish we lived closer to them. Dane enjoyed being chased after and wrestled around with. Thanks for the quick visit and can't wait to see you guys soon!!! Love--Daners

18 Months

Weight: 28.7 Lbs. (92%)

Height: 35 1/2 Inches Tall (99th%)

Dane is such a ROCK STAR and I'm so proud of him! We took him to his 18 month check up and he had to only get 1 shot (thank goodness) and he only cried for 2 seconds! The doctor couldn't believe how tall and big Dane is. He asked if Brent was tall and my respond was well he is average but I think he is going to take place after his Uncle Clint!!

I just love him more and more every day. He is getting to the fun stage where he is constantly making us laugh! One funny story that happened the other day--I made some cookies and I caught him reaching his little paw up on the counter and reaching around until he found the plate of cookies then helped himself! I laughed it off. Well the next day we get up and he had his breakfast and then goes into the living room and then came back into the kitchen with a cookie in his hand. Apparently he had a stash of cookies under the couch because we clean the living room before his bed time! Little cookie monster!! He is getting so tall that I have to make sure things are pushed back far on the counter.

A few things that Dane loves--

Cars (the movie)

Van Halen's song - Jump

ride and drive Brent's pickup

M&M's & Maple Bars

Orange Gatorade

doing EVERYTHING himself

being with kids his age

brings me books to read them to him

ELMO

music

constantly jabbering to me...working on words

watching cartoons in mom & dad's bed (a kid after my own heart)

Island Park

A few weeks ago we got to escape off to Island Park with Brent's family! We had such a good time and Brent was able to take a few extra days off.

We made sure to bring the movies and LOTS of treats since it was a 6 hour trip! (We didn't have to turn on the movie until we were about 3 hours into the trip. Which was better than what I expected. Dane is a really good traveler. Next trip we need to plan is PASCO!!) We stopped in Idaho Falls for a few hours to have lunch with Ry & Barb (which was so good to see them ) and let Dane get his wiggles out!

Dane was the only grand kid up there so he got a lot of attention from everyone. His favorite was to go into Grandma and Grandpa's room and turn on tv and watch it in their bed! We also went swimming, played ping pong & racquetball. We also made sure to get lots of game time, sewing pillows & good food in too.

Dane had such a fun time playing in the snow. My sis in law Joni got him a sled for Christmas so we finally got to use it. It was really his first time playing in the snow and LOVED it! He would drag his hand in the snow and then eat the snow off his glove.

Valentines

My mom is simply the best! She always sends the grand kids a package for the holidays. Dane was SO excited to open his Valentines package!

His favorite movie for the past 4 months has been Despicable Me. We have watched it so much that I was worried we were going to wear it out. So thank goodness Gram came to the rescue and got us another copy just in case something happens! Along with some yummy chocolates and some pup pup stickers! We had such a great Valentines. It was pretty low key but to say the least we got to have pink waffles for dinner and played some good 'ol Mario on the Wii! (That was Brent's present).

**Happy Birthday Brent**

We got to celebrate Brent's Birthday on Ground Hogs Day! We had such a fun day. We had a surprise visit from his parents and so Brent worked half a day and we went shopping and out to dinner! The weekend before we met up with my mom and Steve in Brigham City and had lunch. That was a blast!

We LOVE Cheese Cake Factorys White Chocolate Wild Blueberry cheese cake. So I got on line to see if I could find the recipe. Well to much success it was a hit! It was so yummy and I will for sure be making it again!

Hope you had a Happy Birthday Brent! We are so happy that we got to spend the day with you!!