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!!

17 month funnies

Dane is just so dang cute I can't get over it!! He is always doing something to make us laugh...in fact today I was mopping the floor in the kitchen, well he likes to help sometimes a little too much so I went and put him in his room to play for a bit. Well he cried at first then it was quiet. I knew he was up to something...I opened the door and he had yellow chunks of something on his mouth and on the floor. Then I saw his foam golf club had a big chunk taken out of it!! Haha I just had to laugh...he was getting back at me for putting him in his room. We might have to get another one of those clubs when he is out of the "Puppy dog stage"! (Scott & Amber that has been the best gift ever...he is always playing with it and hitting the golf balls!)

My mom got him some cute Carhart overalls for Christmas! He is all ready to go and work on the farm this summer with his Grandpa Turpin!

My sis in law Joni got him a sled for Christmas, well we don't have much snow so it has become his chill-laxing chair to watch his movies in. We pull him around in it in the house...which he LOVES! Thanks Joni!

He has an obsession with having sock on his hands...he thinks its pretty funny!!

He must get this from me...I ALWAYS have my feet up when I'm eating, ridding in the car etc. Well he thinks he needs to put his foot up on the table and chill while he eats his dinner!

I have the cutest pup pup EVER!!

Get-a-way!!

We thought that since it was our 5 Year Anniversary we had better do something exciting! My mom and Steve came and stayed with Dane while we got away to Salt Lake. It was weird driving away and not having Dane. It was the first time for me leaving him for 2 nights. It was very nice to get away and do our own thing. We went to the Mt. Timpanogas Temple and did sealings...since that was where we got married. That was really fun! Then we headed off to Salt Lake for a weekend full of shopping, chillaxing, eating out and and enjoying our time together!

Brent always talked about going to the Church Building and riding the elevator. He said he used to do it all the time when he was a kid. It was fun...went up like 32 floors in 26 seconds. (I can't remember how many floors there was but more floors than seconds) I felt it more so when we were coming down. My belly was in my throat! We got to look out on the top and see all of Salt Lake. That was really fun!!

Oh yes, Dane did just fine!! I knew he would...in fact he was mad at me for leaving him and wouldn't have anything to do with me until later that night when we got back! Haha thanks mom and Steve for watching him!!

Thanks Brent for being such a great husband and Dad!! Love ya!!!

Christmas 2011

We had such an awesome Christmas and New Years. Brent didn't have to work the week between Christmas and New Years so we packed our bags for 10 days and headed off to Idaho! We had such a great time. Lots of parties, being with family & friends, eating, game playing, laughing, sleeping in, etc! Dane had such a blast...he would more so get excited with the one toy that he opened and didn't really want to open any more. We had Christmas with just our little family the night before we left and that was a blast! Thought that was a good idea since I wouldn't be able to hide Brent's BBQ grill that he got!! Thanks family for such a wonderful time of the year! Can't wait to do it again next!

This is my favorite picture...Dane & Red on Christmas Night! I wish we lived closer because these two would be best buddy's!! It took a second for Dane to warm up but by the end of the night they were so funny to watch!!

*5 Year Anniversary!*

Happy 5 years to my best friend Brent!! I just love him more and more every day!

(Aren't we just so cute...this is a picture of us when we were dating!)