And it all comes to an end...

These pictures are a little out of sync-but here is my Wyatt and his FAVORITE toy that he got for Christmas.

Here's Wyatt right before bed-apparently he likes to play the guitar with his foot-whatever works.

Here is Bridger with a marked look of concentration on his face. He has been waiting for Lego Star Wars for forever. Finally, Santa came through.

When the action gets really good, he gets inches away from the TV and plays-We keep moving him back, but eventually he ends up right in front again.

And this is seriously the best $15.00 I ever spent. I should have picked up more batteries for him, they will be dying any minute now, but he LOVES, LOVES, LOVES this. He hasn't let go of it for a minute. When he wakes up, he runs and stands by it and yells "BUT" meaning button. Then he pushes it on and smiles the biggest smile you have ever seen. I just hope he still feels the same when he gets to use the real vacuum on the house when he gets older.

So, it all comes to an end. Christmas of 2008, what a way to end a year. We have partied ourselves silly. Beautiful white snow lays across the ground creating the setting for an approaching new year full of wonderful surprises!

Hubby Tag

1. Where did you meet your husband? Young Single Adults-that's right-the church does have very inspired programs!
2. How long did you date? We went on our first date in July of 99-then were married in December of 99-You do the math.
3. How long have you been married? 9 years.
4. What does he do that surprises you? Make all sorts of interesting comments. You never know what will come out of his mouth-Hence I've been surprised most of our marriage.
5. What is your favorite feature of his? His blue, blue eyes and his yummy deep voice!!
6. What is his best quality? He does the dishes-that's right-every single day and he is a GREAT chef.
7. Does he have a nick name for you? Anything that has to do with food-sugarlips, honey, sweetie, ect.
8. What is his favorite food? Anything rolling in butter, cream or any other fat-he always says fat is flavor and any animal product as long as fish has not touched or been cooked in the same kitchen.
9. What is his favorite sport? Kissing tag-other than that we don't do the sports watching thing at our house.
10. When and where was your first kiss? After we went to Lagoon, we came home ate apple pie from Jackson Hole and sat in the hot tub-all that amusement and yummy pie and then dessert-UMMMMMMMMMMMMM
11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Watch PBS-yes we are nerds.
12. Do you have children? Two boys
13. Does he have hidden talents? This is the part where I think that most hidden talents are hidden for a reason, but he can talk in several accents and does several voices-he can always make me laugh with them.
14. How old is he? 32 (I know, I robbed the cradle).
15. Who said I love you first? After we decided to get married, we hurried and said "I Love You" as a technicality-
16. His favorite music? Anything the young kids listen to-he tries VERY hard to stay hip.
17. What do you admire most about him? That he is a good dad to our kids and he lets me change my mind all the time.
18. What is his favorite color? Blue
19. Will he read this? Yes.
20. Who do you tag? Stacey, Linsey, Jenica, Jen and Nikki

We Love the Snow!!

How could you not just LOVE this face. Wyatt Loved playing outside in the snow!

Wyatt LOVES his daddy. I appreciate all of the time Darin spends with the kids. He is very good about playing and having a great time with them. He is my nominee for father of the year.

And then, well, we love our Bridger. He is our 7 year old teenager! Paybacks are sweet. :-)! He is one of a kind I can tell you that!

Now entering the terribly terrific twos!

Let's explore the twos shall we-while some find them terrible, Wyatt sure seems to think they are TERRIFIC! Here he stands soo proud-you'll find out why in a minute!

He can get his own water-isn't that GREAT-especially with hardwood floors-

I must say that it probably does taste better than the water I get for him-he even says AHHHHH after drinking it. And now-see why nothing is safe anymore...(I probably shouldn't be encouraging his behavior-oh well!)

Just another week...

So it's been another week...During this week, we've had some downs,

LOTS of ups!

Some good play time.

Some sweet snuggle time.

A few "NOs" and "I hate you mom!"

A few firsts-Breakfast prepared for me by Bridger-I thought the lid over it was an especially nice touch!

LOTS of learning,

Discoveries, Wyatt LOVES whole wheat bread!

So, while it may have been "just" another week, there is something extraordinary tucked in the middle. Sometimes you just have to look in the common, everyday things to find it!