Carrots

I wish I could say that the kids were bored and this was how they decided to entertain themselves.





But the truth is....they learned it from dad.



He sneezed and this is what happened.

- Posted from my iPhone

{ nursery }

I've been waiting to post these pictures until we get a glider to put in there, but I just can't wait any longer! I'm so excited about the way it turned out!

Special thanks to my Mom for coming up and spending the day with us and for all your help!

Love you!

{ look out Gene Kelly }

Ayden had a performance last night. His team is getting ready for a few competitions coming up in a couple of weeks. He is always very nervous before a performance, but he knows that once he gets out there and all those people are cheering for him, he'll be in heaven.

Excite Company

Sophie loves to watch him perform and it makes her excited for he turn to be on a team.

A very proud (and pregnant) mommy

I started to recording his dance, but (as you can tell) I just wanted to watch him and the camera got away from me. So here's just a little taste of 1 of his competition numbers . . .

"Forget about the Boy"

(how fitting)

{ My Valentine . . .}

Logan and I opted out of giving Valentine's gifts to each other this year, seeing as we just redecorated 2 rooms and are getting ready for the baby to come. (pictures of the nursery coming soon) But is wasn't for a lack of love and appreciation for one another.

I just wanted to jot down a few things that impress me so much about my husband. Reasons why after almost 8 years of marriage, he is still my favorite person in the whole world.

Logan has more motivation and dedication to succeed than anyone I've ever known. He works so hard. And when he is crazy busy with work, working on the weekends, and losing sleep, I know that every second he spends away from us is in fact for us. He feels such an overwhelming responsibility to provide well for his family. It is such a blessing to have a husband that is willing to work that hard to support the people he loves. And we feel his love. When the kids are sad because they have to go to bed before he gets home, we always try to remember that the reason he is gone is because he loves us so much. I'm grateful for a hard working husband.

Logan has 2 switches: work . . . and play! If he's not working, he's playing. And the kids know it! They know he has a weakness for games and fun, so they will try to enlist him in any activity that they can. I think as a mom, I am trying so hard to get things done in the day that I try to teach my kids to entertain themselves. But with dad, they know that he would rather play with them then get things done. Whether its building forts, dancing, playing Lego Star wars, chasing one child with the other on his shoulders, or any other game their little minds can come up with, they know that it will take minimal effort to get dad involved. He is an incredible father and I have no doubt in my mind that our children feel his love. In fact, they adore him.

Logan is a thinker. He is so great at looking at a situation and instead of jumping to the first, most obvious solution, he is willing to sit back and think about it. Not only is this good in family life, but it is an incredible gift to have in the world of business and it makes him of great value. He doesn't take the easy road, or do what is the fastest. He takes time to think about things, brainstorm. I used to find this annoying at first because I'm a quick fix girl. But over the years I've learned from his example that if you can be patient and step back for a second, you will almost always have a better outcome to any situation.

Logan proposed to me on Valentine's Day 8 years ago, and I can honestly say that saying yes to him that day is the best decision I have made in my life.

I love you babe, Happy Valentine's Day.

{Nesting. . . or necessity?}

We are in major project mode around here, and my neighbors keep teasing me that I'm nesting. But is it considered nesting if it is 1) something you would do anyway, and 2) a necessary preparation for the baby to come?

Because we only have 3 bedrooms upstairs and Ayden just isn't quite ready to move down stairs alone yet, we decided that he would be shackin up with is sis so the baby can have Sophie's room. She was oh so willing to share her room with the baby, but if you know Sophie, you know that in the baby's best interest, we best keep them as far apart as possible.

I have been planning to move them in together since September. First my goal was to have it done well before Christmas. Obviously that didn't happen, so since then I've been a little stressed about getting started.

We got an advertisement in the mail for a furniture store in Ogden that was having a sale, which was just the thing we needed to light the fire and get moving. Saturday we picked out their bunkbed and got a sweet deal on it. Monday I painted the whole room in preparation for the bed that night. And Tuesday I put the finishing touches on the room.

And I'm really happy with the result!

Nesting or Necessity. . . . you be the judge.