Weekend fun

Friday after work I met my sister and we traded cars so I could take the twins and Noah with me to our parents house. My sister and her husband were getting much needed rest and time together and we were getting time with the twins & Noah. Win, win. After getting Noah from daycare we headed to Weston. Of course Noah had to to work on "his" farm with grandpa. I took the twins and we went to visit my grandparents and their great grandparents. We had fun playing with the girls. After that it was back to my parents house where we took the girls for a walk so they'd nap, Noah loves to push their stroller even if he is a dangerous driver because he can't see over the handle. We had a yummy dinner with my parents and my brother and his wife. I just love my family. Getting 3 kids to bed was a task. One of my favorite things is to watch my dad with his grandkids, he is so loving and proud to be their grandpa. Noah did pretty well with the twins only asking me to not hold them once or twice.
Saturday Jessie and Mike came up we decided to walk to the farm. Noah is such a little farm boy. He'd spend all day with those cows & tractors if he could. He avoided nap time and ended up falling asleep on my lap during lunch.
Sunday we came home so I could teach primary and we could attend church with our ward. Noah did so well in Sacrament meeting he didn't even ask for treats, I was shocked. Following church Noah again avoided nap time and fell asleep on the couch, he just gets so tired he falls asleep wherever. We had a yummy dinner with granddad, grandma, aunt Marianne and uncle Bryce and aunt Laurie. It's always fun to see family and catch up, especially over a yummy meal. After dinner Noah and I ventured outside for a bit. The wind made it a but cold but the sun felt nice. We drew with chalk and enjoyed the park. Noah is getting more brave and instructed me to just watch him as he went down slide. We have spring fever at our house terribly!

Wednesday

At my office only one doctor works on Wednesday, this can cause lots of stress for many reasons. I won't bore you with details. This week was especially bad, I sent a text venting to Mark. Pretty soon out of the corner of my eye I saw my two handsome guys the little one carrying a big bouquet of bright colored daisies. It was the sweetest thing. A simple gesture that brought a big smile to my face & heart. Noah went on his usual walk around the office telling the other staff and doctor hello, this kid is not afraid of visiting doctors. You can't help but smile when his big blue eyes look at you and he waves hi and says "HI". It was just what we all needed that day. Now a few days later I am sitting home enjoying the colors of spring, with to much snow still outside. I sure am blessed to have my two wonderful guys around!

Progress.

Noah is finally making progress with his twin cousins being around. Since they aren't allowed out on public right now due to RSV season and their prematurity. So when Jessie needed to run some errands we got to play with them for a few hours. Noah wanted to hold them and anytime they cried he wanted to figure out how to make them happy. He sure is growing up. Noah also decided to play photographer with my camera and the twins. He did pretty good, the singles of the girls he took.
Before the girls came over we took Noah for a haircut, it was getting boarder line mullet in back. He did so good the entire hair cut holding still and moving his head like he was instructed to. She kept it long enough that he still has some curls but he looks very grown up now.

Noah got a white shirt for Christmas and this past week we found a nice tie for him. Today he wore it to church. I just can't believe how frown up he looks!

3-0

Mark is turning 30 on Sunday. Sadly we are really adults and work schedules won't allow us to celebrate that day so we had an early party tonight. Mark requested homemade Chicago deep dish pizza and a chocolate/fudgey dessert. We gathered at his parents house and used their kitchen to create some pretty dang good pizza if I do say so myself. Followed by lots of visiting as both our families were able to come. His mom nailed the dessert request! It was a very fun evening. We are so happy we have families that get along so well and took the evening to celebrate with us. I am so thankful my husband was born (almost) 30 years ago and that 6.5 years ago he came to town and swept this country girl of her feet. I am blessed every day to have him in my life. Happy Birthday!
Side note-Noah decided he didn't need a shirt anymore so he took it off before we had cake, crazy toddler!

Fresh air

Last night we had a small amount of snow fall in the valley, just enough to clean out the inversion and cover the driveway. Apparently others got 1-2 feet but not us and I am okay with that :)
Noah loves any chance to go outside and since the air was clear and it was in then high teen's we couldn't miss today's opportunity.
We had fun clearing the little bit of snow off our driveway, Noah likes to crash things with his snow shovel. He spent tried to eat the snow off the driveway we had to have a discussion about how the brown snow was yucky. He found white snow to eat, still probably not sanitary but oh we'll he is alive still, the entire time saying "brown snow is yucky".
We are so blessed to live In this beautiful valley and have such a wonderful home to come warm up in after fun in the snow.

Growing up

Noah is growing up so quickly these days. The last 2 days he's had to have a shower instead of a bath. The fact we have a hand held shower head makes it less scary I think. When asked if he wants a bath he responds "shower, take my clothes off" ands run for the bathroom. Now if we could get him this excited about using the potty.