Our Flammily

When I put my work-out clothes on in the morning, to Daniel-that means Dancing. He also likes to put on his shoes so that he can do his dance with me. I love that he gets excited to work out with me-even though he never makes it more than about 5 minutes at a time.
He quite frequently will get down and stretch when the work-out is over too. It is fun that we can do it together! This is him ready to work out. He has a can that he uses for his weight for lifting. I use cans of spaghetti sauce, since I don't have any weights, and this is the one he picked out. He went to the closet and got it before I even got mine! I saw that he came out with it, and realized he had seen the video and knew that he needed his weight!

Often we have a snack in the morning, and we have a cheese stick and pretzels. I like to wrap a piece of cheese around the pretzel. Every time I give him one he says "Thank-you Pretzel Cheese". I love it. I have to say "Your welcome Pretzel Cheese", not just "your welcome" or he will keep saying his line.

Two favorites around the house, cars and the jumperoo.

Here are a few recent happenings...

As I was getting dressed this morning, I asked Daniel to go get a toy and play with Joshua who was laying on the ground. I came back and found Daniel with a toy that Josh really likes, and Daniel was showing it to him and letting the music play to keep him happy.

He Loves the jumperoo!

I didn't even ask him to, the other night Daniel went and found a book, and started showing every page to Josh. He also tried to help him do the touch and feel part of it too.

Every time Daniel uses the potty, he gets a dum dum sucker. This time he tried to share with Joshua.

It wore him out.

While we were in Virginia, we were able to bless Joshua with everyone there. It was neat to have all of Jason's family involved. His grandparents were able to come too. Jason's Dad, his brothers (except Ryan), and his grandpa were able to be in the circle as Jason gave Joshua a beautiful blessing.
There are a few pictures that I can't find, so there are more to come!

So, I completely neglected to post ANYTHING about our wonderful trip to Virginia over Christmas-I totally forgot. We had AN AMAZINGLY fun time!! The cousins had so much fun together! I am so glad that Daniel got to play with some little boys of his age. He had a ton of fun playing non-stop. I don't think that anyone got the sleep they needed that week, but we all sure had a great time!
All of Jason's siblings were there, except Ryan who is serving a mission. I think there were 16 of us staying at his parents house. Although it was a bit crazy, we had a lot of fun with everyone there!
While we were there, we had some really great food. It was great to have other people cook for me!
We did lots of fun things. We went and rode the trains, saw the train yard, played outside, went for a walk, played games, talked lots and lots, went shopping, went to the temple, went on a date, and much more. It was great to have time to hang out with everyone!

This last weekend, my dad was able to come for a visit. This was the first time for him seeing Joshua, and I am so glad that he came! We had so much fun, I really didn't want him to leave. Grandpa was Daniel's best friend while he was here, and Daniel hardly let him do anything but play with him. Grandpa took Daniel swimming (probably a highlight for Daniel), we went out to dinner, went on walks, ate doughnuts, played games, read books, did puzzles, played with the bear on the couch, and played with cars.
Daniel woke up early almost every morning, and played with Grandpa until anyone else woke up. He had lots of fun having Grandpa sleep in his room.
I had fun talking to my dad, and hanging out with him. We were able to hang out just the two of us while kids were taking naps. It was great to see him, and I am excited to see him again!

Last week I spent time in Mississippi with Cheryl, Kirk, and Cade. We had a great time together. It was fun to get together and just have fun and hang out. We the kids had fun too.

We spent a lot of time getting pictures with all three of them!