Happy Birthday, Randy Dear!!!!!!!!!

Well, I have seen on other posts, where they have dedicated one whole post to their husband on his birthday or anniversary. Well, here goes nothing, I am going to give it a try. He turned 29 on March 21 and I know I am a day late (well, okay many days late) and a dollar short but I am still going to do it.

He has been so wonderful since the day that I met him that I am going to give 29 reasons why I love him sooooooooo much!!!!!!!!

1. He is a wonderful husband and father.
2. He is a great provider.
3. He makes me laugh with his great sense of humor.
4. He lets the boys jump on him like he is a jungle gym and plays hide and seek with them in the house, and also sometimes plays dead which makes Christopher go crazy when he won't answer him or wake up.
5. He is very good with music.
6. He was a wonderful missionary and served faithfully which shows me how much he loves the gospel.
7. He is a wonderful handyman and can fix just about anything.
8. He loves me and his boys unconditionally.
9. He loves animals and hates when others are mean to them.
10. He is from Massachusetts but doesn't have an accent at all.
11. He honors his calling and takes it very seriously.
12. He loves to cook and bakes great cookies and New York Style Cheesecake, YUMMY!!!!!!!!!
13. He cooks dinner often.
14. He also helps with the laundry.
15. He is my BFF.
16. He puts up with me and my nagging on a daily basis and still loves me at the end of the day.
17. He has 2 older brothers and a younger sister and I have two older sisters and a younger brother.
18. He has moved around just about as much as me growing up.
19. He talks in his sleep and has even gotten Christopher out of his bed in his sleep.
20. He loves to serve others when they are in need, he has a very kind heart.
21. I am so glad we are eternal companions!!!!!!!
22. I think that we were made for each other, we are always thinking the same things, weird but awesome!!!!!!!
23. He keeps me grounded and focused so I don't flip my lid!
24. He has really been focused on planting a garden this year and so far so good!
25. He is a great example to his family, he was the only one to serve a mission!
26. He and I are dying to work on our family history, it is such a wonderful feeling when the names get taken to the temple and the work gets done!
27. No matter what we do together or how we spend our time, we always have the best time when we are together as a family!!!!!!!
28. I am glad that we have spent the past almost 6 years together as husband and wife and mommy and daddy!!!!!!!!
29. This is harder than it looks, I hope he appreciates it and knows how much I love him!!!!!

Randy, sorry this is WAYYYYYY late but know that I love you forever!!!!!!!! I hope you had a wonderful birthday!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome the newest addition to our Family!!!!!!!!

March 21st was Randy's birthday and I had not gotten him anything because we had purchased a Wii and some other things in the past couple of months so he told me that would be for his birthday. Well we dropped Christopher off at a birthday party and had to go to Wal-mart to get some stuff and there was a lady out in front that had a box that said "free puppies". So we were intrigued and walked over to the box to see if she had anymore, she had one left and we snagged him right up. (Now, I am not sure why I agreed to get a puppy but I thought it would be a great gift for Randy and plus the puppy laid in the cart right on Bryson's lap and fell hard and fast asleep.) Well, we are now dealing with a 7 week old puppy as best as we can. The only I am SICK of is when he uses the bathroom in the house and nips at the kids but puppies do that. So I will be glad when he gets potty trained and stops nipping. Other than that he is a really great dog and the boys LOVE him. Well, why we were there a friend of mine, who's daughter takes art with my boys was there with her oldest selling girl scout cookies, she came over and saw us holding the puppy and she actually helped me name him. I was telling her about my parents new puppy and about how they wanted to name her Dora but my sister said no way, well, she said wouldn't that be cute--Dora and Diego. Well, I was hooked after that, I loved it, he is Diego even though my parents puppy will not be Dora. And in a funny way, with his coloring, he looks like Diego. My other sister calls him, Go Diego Go!!!!!!!

Puppies, Puppies, & More Puppies!!!!!!!!!

My sisters dog, Daisy, had 2 little puppies, I think they are both female. My parents are getting one and a friend of my nephew is getting the other one. My parents are naming their puppy, Dixie. All 4 of these pics were taken the day they were born, and they are now 7 weeks old.

March 1st--Snow Day!!!!!!!

We haven't had a really good snow storm in the Richmond area in years, and I think we were finally due for one, but in March, that was the only crazy think about it. The boys were a little sick and I didn't want them to go out and play in the snow but I couldn't hold back any longer and also a couple days later after repeatedly begging me, I caved.

Christopher all bundled up, and of course I don't have any snow gear for them because it doesn't snow enough, so we just made due with what we had.

Bryson actually walking in the snow, I don't think Christopher ventured out into. Bryson is more of a daredevil than his brother.

Posing for a pic!

He was looking at the moon.

This was taken from our back door, what a winter wonderland!