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News in our life:

-We heard back on the house that we are interested in buying. It is a nice cute home that has an unfinished basement for Joe to work on. All the schools are good from elementary to high school. A few nice things about the house: central air, newer windows, newer roof, new kitchen cabinets (even if the kitchen is a small eat in type), and a super nice landscaped fully fenced backyard with large garden boxes. We had a few offers in, but this is the one we are planning on. It is in southeast Provo and has an awesome view of the mountains.

-Joseph is really big into playing the wii. He loves to spend so much time playing, that we have had to put time limits on him, otherwise he would sit in front of it ALL day long. At first we told him 2 hours was his limit, but he felt it was too short, so he asked for 144 minutes. We told him he could play 120 minutes and that made him happy. :)

-Samuel is a little chatterbox. He likes to talk and is formulating sentences like crazy. Not all of them include proper verbage, but he is putting things together. It is funny because the other day, Joseph wanted a snack. I told them we had popcorn and Joseph said that would be a good one. Samuel heard we were having popcorn and he started to say, "popcorn and pickles." Yep, he is his mother's son. :) He loves to snack on pickles, just like his mommy. Right now he is walking around saying, "piggy car. hide it?" He can't find his piggy car because he hid it. I don't know where it is either. His favorite songs are the "itsy bitsy spider", "the abc song", "the snowman song", and "twinkle, twinkle, little star." He sings along. I need to record the abc song because he only does certain letters and then kind of grunts for others.

-I have read a lot of books on my nook. Some are free samples and others were free books. I read one called "Fools Rush In." It is a cute story with very religious sentiments. I read the second in the series which I purchased. It was a little farfetched in my opinion, but I liked it. I decided not to purchase the 3rd book and am going to check it out at the library. Joe said I could spend more money getting books, but I like owning the hard copies of books for a library of my own. It is super nice to have because I can read it in the dark. Lately I have had to lay down in the room with Samuel so he can fall asleep. It helps him settle in easier and now that I can read, I don't get irritated with the time it takes. I have also set up a mommy decoy in the room. It is a bunch of blankets set on Joseph's bed to look like I am in the room sleeping. It has worked for the most part and he has started to sleep through the night again. I think he is starting to get afraid of the dark.

-Joe is working ridiculous hours at work. They are hiring someone else, so that will be nice for him. He will hopefully get to be home more often at night and on weekends. He is keeping himself busy doing things at home. Samuel likes to sit with his daddy and he usually falls asleep on him if it is nap time. Joseph loves to share his video game passion with his daddy. It has been quite the bonding experience for both of them. :)

I am trying to take more pictures. I need to learn how to not be afraid of my rebel. It is soooooo nice and the pictures that it takes are awesome.

Long time no blog...

Joseph at preschool during their Valentine's day lesson. He also got to make a magic 8 ball at the library. He was worried at first because he didn't want me to leave him, but he had a great time and is looking forward to going tomorrow again. They are making pancake people.

Samuel watching Joseph work in his maze book. He likes to do them.

Samuel playing with the toy that Aunt Amy gave the boys for Christmas. He was trying to get the car that went around and this was the face he would make when he would miss.

We are still trying to find the house that will suit our family best. Joe is working hard and long hours and I can't wait for him to have a little more free time. Joseph is excited to play with his daddy everyday on the wii. Joseph's favorite character on most games is Yoshi. Samuel likes to have a "troller" and he pretends to play too.

Our 8th anniversary was Monday. Amy and her friend Mike came over to watch the boys. Joe and I went to Thai Ruby for dinner. We got there early, so we didn't hit the Valentine's day traffic at the restaurant. We went to try and watch a movie, but there was nothing interesting enough for us to spend a lot of money on at the theater. We came home earlier than we anticipated and I got to put the boys to bed. Samuel is struggling with sleeping again and refuses to stay asleep if we try to lay him down on his own. We almost bought a washer and dryer but opted to wait till we have a house. I guess this is why I haven't really blogged, there is not much to say.