Spring Snow

I am so ready for spring! But, Mother Nature had different plans I guess. We got a lovely snow storm in the first week of March. Of course Stockton loved every second of it... while it lasted that is.

Taking a ride on the snow shovel!


Falling in the snow.


Mowing the snow.


Trying to throw snowballs at the airplanes in the sky.

Just Goofin' Off

Here's several random photos explaining what we've been up to lately... it looks like we've just been goofin' off!


Found daddy's sun glasses!



What a stud!



CHEEEEESE!



Finger-lickin' good Valentine's cookies.

Beautiful PINK roses from Brady for Valentine's Day. It only took several very subtle reminders to remind Brady that pink roses are my favorites. He should know by now, don't you think?

Watching videos of Anellina, in heels of course.


Crashing while watching shows has become a regular occurrence.

Obsessed much with stickers? He did this to himself.

Then took them off his face and placed them on my pants.

He asked me to take one more pic of him. Oh, looks like one sticker is there to stay.

Crawling in the laundry basket is always fun.

Almost as cool as chilling in G-ma and G-pa Orgill's fridge!


Celebrating my b-day at the parents' house.


Stockton loved playing with his cousins and thought he was a big kid!

February... time to re-evaluate

So February is here, which I can't believe. This is the wonderful month where we start our new years resolutions over again because we didn't do so great in January! And that's exactly what I plan to do. So I wanted to re-evaluate my goals and start again.

My Uncle Joel, who passed away last July used to set goals in five different areas in his life: personal, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and financial. He said that's how my grandpa used to do it. So that's what I've done.

So here are my goals for 2011 and how I've been doing on them:

PERSONAL

One deep cleaning or organization chore each week- this has been awesome! When I just focus on one thing a week it seems so much more manageable. And I feel like I've been able to get a lot done. I've cleaned out the pantry and the fridge, deep cleaned the bathrooms, and organized our kitchen desk. This week I've started to organize Stockton's baby clothes and put them away in storage.

Date night twice a month- this has more than exceeded my expectations. We've actually gone on a date once a week and it's been amazing!

Complain less, compliment more- I'm doing pretty well on the compliment part, but not so well on the complaining part

Write more thank you notes - I've done okay

Finish Stockton's scrapbook through 2 years, Finish first two years of family scrapbook - Oh man, I haven't done anything on this. Maybe I need to set more short term goals, like one page a week. Okay that's my new goal, do one scrapbook page a week!

PHYSICAL

Exercise 2-3 times a week- I've done pretty good, it didn't help that I hurt my back for a week.

Eat less sweets and pop, eat healthier snacks - I've done pretty good on this. Having clementines and yogurt on hand has really decreased my chocolate intake.

INTELLECTUAL

Continue listening to books on CD- Check. I this goal last year too and I listened to tons of books in the car. And I've loved it! Right now I'm listening to Anna Karenina.

Draw a picture of Stockton- Oh, geez. Haven't started on this one.

SPIRITUAL

Scriptures and prayers daily- Okay, maybe I don't want to talk about this one. I'm still in 1 Nephi Ch. 1... don't hate.

Temple attendance once a month- CHECK!

Have more charity- I'm not so sure about this one. How do I really measure it? One minute I feel so charitable, the next minute I need to work on the whole "not easily provoked" thing.

Work on Personal Progress - needs improvement.

FINANCIAL

Continue to price match at Wal-mart and clip coupons - I've definitely been doing this and I've saved quite a bit!

It's amazing how much happier I am when I accomplish these goals. It's like a weight being lifted off my shoulders when I can check one thing off my list. So I will continue to work on them and improve myself. Here's to successful February!

Puppy Bus

The other day Stockton put all his stuffed animals in the laundry basket and was pushing them around. He told me it was his "Puppy Bus." I guess he chose that name because the biggest stuffed animal was a blue puppy. And he loves busses these days.

Then he decided he wanted to get in the bus. He scooted to one side and told me to get in, too. I stood in there with him, but he wanted me to sit down.

I tried to squat down and I lost my balance and fell back and caught this pic on the way down.

Stockton thought it was the funniest thing ever. So he tried to fall out, too. (Sound familiar, Sharon? It must be genetic... trying to fall.)

He could not stop laughing. It was such a sweet moment with my cutie little boy!

In other Stockton news. He loves putting mommy and daddy's shoes. He looks pretty glum in this picture, but he really was excited to be wearing Daddy's basketball shoes.

And here he's got on daddy's earmuffs.

I love this kid! Never a dull moment!

Christmas 2010

We had a wonderful Christmas holiday. It was so much fun to see Stockton experience Christmas at this age . He doesn't quite understand what is going on yet, but he loves it anyway! We spent Christmas Eve with my family. We had wonderful food, a "concert", and exchanged gifts.

Stockton was fascinated, but slightly frightened, by Grandpa's choo choo train.


Stockton got a toy helecopter, or "hele-ca-ca" as he says it. He LOVES that thing. He pulled it all around the house.


Then he discovered there are balls that you can push down into it, and that occupied him for a while.


Stock and Brock... two handsome boys! (Can you tell which one has a father that is 6' 3" and which one has a father that is 5' 8"?)


Alex got a Beatles poster. He was so amazed by it, he just sat and stared at it all night. He is a HUGE Beatles fan if you couldn't tell!


It was such a fun night with my family.


We then headed to the Haiders' house, where the kids opened their Christmas pajamas.


Jordan holding brand new Baby Carsten, who was dressed for the occasion.

We all then headed over to our house to open our big gift from Brady's parents. A new BBQ!! And Stockton got one of his own, too! This gift was sitting in a box in our garage for a few weeks, with a blanket covering it and instructions not to peek. We guessed it was everything BUT a BBQ! Brady's Dad and brother set it up while we were at my family's house on C-mas Eve. What a great surprise!

Then it was off to bed. Reading "Night Before Christmas." Or as Stockton calls it "anta book." That's right... anta, with no S. So we tried to get him to say "Sssssanta." He thought we were telling him to say it quietly, so now he says "Shhhhh .... anta" in a whisper. So cute!

Well Santa did not disappoint this year! Stockton got spoiled rotten! He got a toy cleaning kit with a toy broom, dust pan, and dust buster. He vacuumed Grandma's carpet for a good hour!

He got a plush Buzz. He got tons of Toy Story things, include the movie, clothes, and underwear. He also got a lot of Cars things, including clothes, vitamins, and a sippy cup.

He got a Tickle me Elmo, and loves it! He also got Elmo books, stickers, and potty training chart.

This was just a sampling of what Stockton got. Some of his other favorites are his "apples" (play food), toy fishing kit (homemade by RoShawn and darling!), his "Anna Book" (a photo book with tons of pictures of him and Anellina) and a basket ball hoop from Uncle Jordan!

Grandma Haider's special gift was copies of Stockton and Anellina's scrapbooks. RoShawn and I have been working on them digitally and finally got them printed. They turned out so cute!

Later that night we talked to some of Brady's family in CA on the iPhone. Brady's Uncle asked Stockton what he got for Christmas. Stockton knew exactly what he had asked and rattled off, "Buzz and Woo-ya (Woody), Cars, Elmo." So cute!

Stockton had such a fun day. And was worn out from it all, but still was so excited to play with all his new toys.

We put him to bed, but at two in the morning he woke up asking for his toys. He would not settle down until he got to play. So, Brady took him out to the family room and turned on Toy Story and Stockton played with his "cooker." I guess he likes his gifts!

It was such a fun Christmas and we did get spoiled rotten. But, the best part was being with family and reflecting upon the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. It makes me so happy that Stockton can recognize the baby Jesus just as much as he can recognize Santa.

Let it Snow!

Last week Anellina stayed with Grandma Haider for a few days after her baby brother Carsten was born. One night she came over to play with Stockton. It had just snowed a few inches so we decided to go out and play!

Brady took them for a ride on the four wheeler.

Then he pulled us on the sled behind the four wheeler.

Then we decided to build a snowman! Here's the bottom layer of the snowman.

The snow was so wet and heavy that Brady collapsed after lifting the second snowball up unto the base of the snowman.

Anellina helping to roll the snowman's head.

The finished product! That's one tall snowman! We didn't get a chance to put a face on him or anything because of a much needed potty break. But, we had snow much fun!

Food, Friends, Fun!

We got together for a much needed group date with my high school friends. We met at Texas Roadhouse and had a blast. I don't think we've all gotten together with our spouses for about 3 years. We were only missing Julie and Joe, but I guess we'll give them a break, since they live in Florida. It was a lot of fun to catch up. Loff you guys!

P.S. Yes I am standing up in this picture... stop laughing.