Abes new bike

Abe has been asking for a bike for a few months, so we finally got one today, he has been riding downhill only but has been able to do it with dad only next to him and not holding on! he is very very excited!

A BBQ at the park

Here are a few pictures of 2 saturdays ago when we went to the park up by our house to have a little BBQ and some fun, I guess the boys faces didnt get washed before they played! Zack is in the letterman jacket and Logan is in yellow.

nighttime fun

we were just getting ready for bed and the boys were very giggly, Zack often loves this headband and wears it like this for hours. these are pictures from a few weeks ago

Dude...I love sweet potatoes!

I had many sweet potatoes that would soon go bad so I baked them all up in the oven thinking I would make some muffins, Last night we had just gotten home from going swimming at the legacy center and Spencer decided it was a good idea to hand out sweet Potatoes for dinner. the clean kids loved them , but I stepped in and put them on a plate! they each ate 2 potatoes!

Pizza after a long day

well the day for spencer started about 5am, for those of you that dont know, spencer has taken up cycling, and he will ride anywhere on his bike, the other day he helped his brother move and rode his bike from work (down town salt lake) to Todd's in south Provo. he rides to work on all the nice days durring the week, it is 30 miles to work, so he rides quite far regularly.
on this day Spencer decided to do the alpine loop, starting from our house in saratoga springs
and riding to alpine summit through american fork canyon coming up and going down through Sundance and provo canyon, then back up home. needless to say it was a good ride. when he got home the rest of us were ready to start the day, so we went on the hike in my previous post and since there was alot of hunger we went for pizza in provo and Ice cream at the BYU creamery where Aunt Whitney was. um, our buys are not light eaters, i believe each of them ate 2 pieces and abe wanted a third, to give you some idea, our family finishes a costco pizza, and I usually eat 1 possibly 2 pieces if I am really hungry.

a few more hiking pictures!

Sorry I cant get these to turn

A hike up Rock Canyon

last Saturday was beautiful and the boys were all itching to get outside so we decided to take a hike up Rock Canyon! The little ones had a great time talking to passing people and dos as well as yelling at and throwing rocks into the creek. we stopped very often to throw rocks and pick at things with the sticks. all in all the boys had a great time! their hair is a little nasty even though they got a bath in the morning because we styled it with sunscreen!

Picture ID's

I forgot to explain the pictures of the messy boys, Logan is standing on the table (i don't know hoy they do it I took all the chairs out of the room) finishing a jar of jam, and the chocolate boy is Zack, Spencer was craving Éclairs so I made some mini ones (about the size of lady finger cookies ) and we all enjoyed them quite a lot ( they are much better chilled, if anyone is interested) the boys were asking for them for several days.

What a POOPY day!

WARNING: toddler Poop talk!
So we are on the potty training train with my 22 month old boys, we really only have been working on it the past week because of company and a busy schedule, Zack has been doing very well and now each time he sits on the potty he wees, sands up and exclaims " I go pee pee Yeay!! " and claps. I bought big stickers that turn into a smiley star or pig when peed on so they can see that they peed. Logan however believes weeing should be done standing up. so I find him standing next to his potty with his pants down swaying back and forth.... not peeing, but the other day (Friday) he finally pooped and peed on the potty!!! he was so very excited and we were all so happy for him I made brownies!! however he has not gone again on the potty, but he is talking much more about it. I know many are fascinated I am potty training so early , but I am so done with diapers for a long while! I will keep you updated on how it all goes.

My three Strappin Boys

Here are a few pictures of my ever so handsome boys Abram, Zachary and Logan, They are sure growing up! Zack and Logan are talking up a storm they are now 22 months old, when we head to the ward family reunion they will be 2! many people ask if my twins are identical and some ask if I have triplets, when you put Abe into the equation of looking alike you can easily realize that Zack and Logan are not Identical ad that the look as much like one another as they look like Abe, they just happen to be the same age at the same time :)

One Bussy Mama

Well each day there is a new mess and usually a bath that follows. I am a pretty laid back mama and probably most people think I am too laid back. I enjoy teaching my boys new things and having lots of fun with them, we like to cook things together, so I think they feel they have a right to the ingredients when I am not around..... this does not usually go over very well.

CHILD PROOFING.... OR SO THEY SAY!

Many of you are blessed with children who stay out of things :) I guess I was just blessed with boys who "just want to figure it out"
First we have door knobs... Abram who recently turned 3 learned to open doors when he was just over 1yo, basically if he could reach it he could open it. so naturally we put child proof locks on... it only took about 25 minutes to figure how to remove it! now what, well when he was 20 months we decided to take the door knobs off, because it is hard enough for an adult to open a door like that right? well about 3 weeks ago Abe figured it out, the only thing we can do is to lock the door from the other side which he has even opened a few times when he can find something small enough to get into the hole :) He is a very smart little boy

fridge locks, now they really need to improve on these.... well I will give them a little credit, It took my 18mo Abe an entire 3 days to figure it out and when he did he clapped his hands and said with a fat grin on his face "yea!! did it!!" it was a puzzle to him. since then I believe I have cleaned dozens of eggs off of the floor, including a few months ago when my 3 strappin boys dumped a dozen eggs out and drove their big trucks through them, I think I was scrubbing the egg spots off the carpet for a few hours before Spencer got home.

My boos truly need a huge mud puddle in which they could roll in in the morning just so they feel their day is full.

Sometimes it is really difficult and sometimes our house is clean for weeks at a time, but most of the time I vacuum 1-2x per day. I remember watching John and kate+8 a mother of twins and sixtupplets. she had to mop her floor 3-4x a day, I am glad I only have to do it twice :) luckly there is another mama in my ward who has a 4yo and 2yo twins, all boys, yesterday at enrichment people were saying we were supermoms, it is nice to have one person who understands no we are not supermoms just moms gone crazy, every mom is amazing and I don't know how anyone does it with a sane mind, but all of the fun, and joy in my boys eyes makes it all worth while.


Sorry for my babbling I get a little scatter brained sometimes.