Bountiful Temple- Summer Garn 9/8/2020

Today was a special day.  Summer Garn took out her endowment at the Bountiful Temple and I was able to be there to participate.  I have missed the temple and it was so special to be back.  I was emotional as things stood out to be during the session and I thought about the Garden of Eden and earth now.  There are ways we are constantly trying to beautify this world whether it's through planting flowers/trees, etc or beautifying the earth through our interactions with one another.  I also was reminded of the welcome we will receive when we are welcomed back Home. 

Brooks Turns One! (9/5/2020)

I can't believe that Brooks turned one.  How has a year flown past?  I love having him in our family even if I have not slept through the night for this entire year.  

Lately we have really started to see Brooks's personality shine through.  He is a tease.  He can be found wandering around, climbing on things, putting everything in his mouth, throwing tantrums, getting into everything, splashing in the bath and "wrestling" his brothers.  He isn't much of a snuggler, but he will sometimes walk right into my open arms and let me embrace him.  Then he's done and he moves on.  He will say "bye-bye", wave and then slide himself down the stairs on his tummy.  He can say "da da", "bye bye" and "that".  And I'm pretty sure he tries to say "Jesus".  He loves when Porter's swings him around and plays a little rougher than I like.  I am still his favorite person, but who knows how long that will last.  He tries to jump and today I found him splashing in the toilet... YUCK.  He has little bruises all over his head. I assume these are from his tantrums where he throws him self forward on the ground or backward and then scoots until he hits something.  Or, maybe they are from his brothers.  Mason often hurts him when he doesn't mean to.  Brooks loves to be outside, does not sit still for his diaper to be changed.  I have to try and distract him and sometimes physically hold him down so I can change him.  Before bed I have to get him ready early so that it's easier and he isn't so fussy.

I love his big toothy grin.  He will throw his head back and laugh.  He walks and holds my hand if I put it out for him.  But, usually he just goes off on his own.  I get to push him around on the Radio Flyer scooter and he stand and holds on.  

It's amazing how much you can love your little boys.

Favorites (8/20/2020)

Porter's Favorites:

Color- yellowish-green

Season- winter

Place- beach

Hobby- video games, reading, sports

Food- cheese pizza

Treat- tropical sour patch kids

Fast Food- Red Robins

Team- Patriots

Book- Percy Jackson

Holiday- Christmas

Animal- Hydra (giant 9 headed snake)

Jonas's Favorties:

Color- gold

Season- winter

Place- Chuck e Cheese

Hobby- playing legos

Food- mac n cheese

Treat- food candy

Fast Food- McDonald's

Team- Ravens

Book- no favorite, but he loves to read and he has started reading Dr. Suess books on his own.  He read Fox in Socks all by himself for the first time a couple of weeks ago.

Holiday- Christmas

Animal- black panther

Mason's Favorites:

Color- blue

Season- winter

Place- Chuck e Cheese

Hobby- going swimming

Food- pepperoni pizza

Treat- donuts

Fast Food- Wendy's

Team- Raven's

Book- No David

Holiday- Christmas

Animal- cheetah

Brooks-

He loves to walk around and explore.  He loves throwing balls and getting into things.  He loves to be outside and will stand at the storm door looking out and banging.  He started walking all the time about 2 weeks ago and is a rock star walker now.  

Brooks Finally Rolled Over!! (4/2/2020)

Finally on Tuesday, March 31st, Brooks rolled over!!!  Yeah! He had to fight for it, but it happened.  And then I made him do it again.  He rolled from his stomach to his back.  I’ve been making him work on it everyday since.  He hates it. but one day it was almost as if he was teasing me.  He’d roll on his side and smile and look at me with mischievous eyes:).

April 24, 2020

David and I adore Mason.  Tonight we were watching a movie where a boy and girl kissed.  As they did, he said, “Ewe.”  I’ve never heard him say that before and it was so funny.
Then tonight at bedtime I told him I hoped he never got bigger.  I wanted to keep him just like he is.  David and I have both said this to him before.  Well, we’ve also told the boys that they need to go to bed so they can grow big and strong.  So his response to me, “I’m not going to bed.  If I go to bed then I’ll get bigger.” 
Way to use our own reasoning against us! 
I sure love him.

Last night the boys wanted to do a workout video with David and I. After it was done, then they all wanted to run on the treadmill.
This morning, the first thing Porter wanted to do was workout.  He ran 11:30 min on the treadmill, did 20 min of a work out video and then ran about 11 more min.  Jonas ran a total of 2 miles on the treadmill and Mason got on and ran a bit too.  I’ll admit, I love having them start out their day active.
This afternoon we headed up to H rock to do a nature scavenger hunt. It was a beautiful day and perfect to get out.  The boys and David hiked up and over the mountain.  Brooks and I waited at the bottom.  It was way to steep to hike in flip flops while holding carrying Brooks.  Someday I’ll join them.  They had so much fun.
I sure love all my boys.