Brogan's Birthday!

This is the invitation I did for Brogan's Birthday!

My Lil' Brothas'!

I didn't want to be behind everyone so I figured I should Share my Halloween pictures! Well, Sat was our Ward Trunk or treat and I figured the boys probably should not wear their Gangster outfits, so I put them in some boring costumes that just annoyed the heck out of them. Even though I lost Vance a couple times, we still had a lot of fun. It was a lot easier trunk or treating rather than making Vance walk house to house. As for last night, I finally got to dress my boys how I wanted to! The looked so CUTE! (and funny). We went to Dan and Ashleys and let Vance roam the neighborhood. Everyone loved the costumes. I found magnetic earings at the Icing, and du-rags at Sallys and I pretty much had everything else! For those who don't know, Ben is form Georgia, so Vance just had to wear his Atlanta jersey! He loved it until his head became too itchy from the du rag! I had so much fun just enjoying my boys and getting spend time with friends and family! Oh yah... and Vance Face planted on the tile ! (in case you are wondrering why he has such a fat lip!)

This is not a joke!

Vance Loves Lotion! I really don't know why, but for some reason he thinks that it goes in his hair?????? We try to hide all of it, but occasionally he gets a hold of a left out bottle. He has really bad Excema so I know he likes it on his skin because it feels good. oh well... just one more thing to clean up right?

Pumpkin Carving!

I am guessing everyone has to post their pumpkin carving experience! We had Dan & Ashley over and we had a totally fun night. Ashley, (being the little miss Relief society that she is) brought over a pumpkin bread recipe so we decided to bake it. It was actually delicious. The men were into their pumpkins WAY too much. Vance had a lot of fun, Even though he was scared of all the pulp that we pulled out of the pumpkins. He is kind of a weird child. Vance loves to have company over! I think he thinks it is time when he can get away with a lot more! He also likes to show off all of his new tricks!

Dan giving Bro a treatment! ( he was done after about 2 minutes)

I just have to share these!

This cute little boy belongs Heidi Buckmister, I took blessing pictures of him at the temple and they turned out so stinkin' cute! I just love this one in the tree!

Man oh man, my boys are really keeping me busy! They are really starting to fight with each other and it is driving me crazy! Any time Bro cries, Vance starts crying and When ever Vance starts, then Bro starts! They are totally learning how to feed off each other! I am happy that I have cute pictures like this to look at and remind me how much I love them! They really are my pride and joy and I could never imagine my life with out them!

my Obsession!

I know, I know! Everyone must be thinking that all I do is take pictures of my kids! Well.... your right! If I am not taking pictures of other people's kids then, Yes, I am taking pictures of my own! I did this picture for my mom and I thought it turned out pretty cute!

You gotta love the Scooter!

So I have been taking the boys to the park every day and I just let Vance ride his scooter the whole way because it tires him out! He goes really fast along the side walk, but every time he hears a dog barking, he stops and tells it to "Shhhhh". It is pretty funny! He is a good little sport because some times we walk to the really far park and he just scooters the whole way while I push Bro in the stroller! We normally only last a couple minutes at the park before Vance throws sand at some one or gets in trouble for being mean to Brogan, but other that that, it is a nice little walk!

Bro Bro!

So Brogan decided he would skip pulling up on things and just stand right up! It is funny because Vance didn't do this until way after he was walking! It looks really cute because he is so little! He has taken a couple steps but he is pretty lazy!He thinks he is so cool! I love it. (sorry that he's in a diaper!)

Our California Trip!

We decided to take a short trip to California this week. It was a total Blast! First we went to Sea World and the kids loved it! I think that it is the best theme park to take little kids to! It was nice and empty because it was a week say so it really wasn't that stressful! Amy and her whole family were there too so it was fun seeing them! We stayed at my aunts beach house the first two night and it was so relaxing! She was so nice and made sure were fed all the time! She is an awesome cook so we were really spoiled. Then we drove up to LA and spent some time with Ben's sister Jennifer. It was really fun getting to spend time with her and her daughter Bella. Over all, it was a really nice get away! The boys were actually really well behaved, and also loved every minute of it!

Vance was deathly afraid of this penguin!

SADDEST THING EVER!

My sister in law was working out at Lifetime fitness and one or the daycare people came and got her to tell her that her daughter Emma had fallen and hit her mouth! As they were walking back to get Emma, The lady asked, "she was all ready missing her tooth right?" UM..... Hello, she just turned 3! Of coarse she wasn't all ready missing a tooth! Poor Emma girl knocked out her front tooth! Luckily she is so stinking' cute! She is so funny! I don't even think she realizes she is missing it! I guess we are all just going to have to wait a couple years for it to come in. She still knows how to work it! Tooth or no tooth! You just gotta love her!

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew it wouldn't be long! Last winter Brogan was hospitalized 3 times for RSV and Pneumonia. The Doctors told us that he would probably have problems with his breathing for his whole life because of what it did to his system! Well, we enjoyed a summer with a healthy baby, but now that winter is coming, Bro is having a really hard time! We have all ready been in for steroids and he was on the breathing machine every 2 to 3 hours! It is not exactly easy giving an 11 month old breathing treatments! He hates them! He is doing better now, but I know it is going to be a long winter having to deal with this! Hopefully we can keep him out of the hospital this year! It is the hardest thing in the whole world to see your child so sick and not being able to breathe!

Working on a back dive!

We are trying to teach Vance the correct way to dive! This was probably the last time we will be swimming so I figured I would post his progress! He is amazing! He is not even 2 1/2!

Enjoying the cool weather!

I am so happy that we can enjoy the park now with out sweating to death! The weather has been so beautiful! I have been taking the boys
for a walk everyday and I am really proud of myself for it! I used to hate walking but it is getting easier and easier! Vance just love to follow along with his scooter I took brogan out tonight to get a good picture for is one year old announcement , but of course no luck! Either way they had a fun time! it is way better than keeping them inside my house only to destroy it! Vance just needs to learn how to leave

Bro alone! He won't let Brogan play
with anything he wants to! It gets really old!

My Vancie Pants!

Okay, I really don't mean for this to be a big dumb t brag post, But lately, I have been completely amazed by Vance! I know he is only 2 1/2 but I just feel like the time is going by too fast! There are plenty of times where I feel like I might be just a little fed up with him, But he never fails to Keep me smiling! I can't even believe the things that he does and says to keep me on my toes! He is so smart! I know every mother feels the same way about their own kids, but I just thought that I would write mine out for Vance's sake later! I love his little smile next to his huge dimples! I think that I don't stop and admire him enough through out the day! I just love him so dang much! The older he gets, the better life gets! I can't imagine my life with out either one of my kids! Here are some cute pictures of Vance at grammie's house!He thinks he can ride Ruby! ( my parents dog)