As a mother there have been moments in my life that my heart has swelled with pride. Last Saturday we had one such moment. Joe recently took the training wheels off Aaliyah's bike, however every time we tried to get her to ride the bike she wouldn't do it. This last Saturday she decided she was going to do it. She got on her bike, tried it and did it! When she came in the house yelling "Mom come see me ride my bike!" I thought I was going to cry. As I was watching my baby girl ride down the street without training wheels I felt like she was going off to college. I cant believe she is growing up so quickly. And even though in some ways it makes me wish I could keep her little, I am also so proud of what a good job she is doing growing up.

a true mom geek story.

So I was thinking the other day about all my mom geek stories and this one I am preaty sure takes the cake because not only does it tell what a mom geek I am but also what little geeks I am raising. :) My kids are huge into the Star Wars Legos game on the WII and they play as often as I let them. One paticular time Aaliyah kept whining because Dallin was using the force to move her instead of the blocks just to irritate her. Without thinking I said "Dallin quit using the Force on your sister". As soon as the words left my mouth I knew that we are a "special family". I would however like to personaly thank Joseph for starting the Star Wars obsession in our home.

Museum Of Natural History

Recently I took Dallin and Charmaine to the Museum of natural History. Their cousins also came along. It was alot of fun. Dallin loved the dinosaurs.We took trax down cause the kids always love riding the train. When we got off the train Charmaine kept saying bye bye train, bye bye train, over and over all the way to the car.

For Andrea

so after reading andrea's blog about bieng a mom geek i had to post my own mom geek story. and although I would love to be able to pin down the exact moment I realized that i was no longer "cool"; im not sure i really can..... (was i ever cool to begin with?) Any way looking back on the last 6 years of motherhood I have come to realize that the signs were there, I just wasn't looking for them. From belting out Barbie's princess and the pauper songs in the car to not caring if my shirt got spit up or poop all over it, from not wearing makeup for about 4 days in a row, to talking to the telemarketer just to have an adult conversation. from bieng happy that nobody walked in on me while using the restroom to laughing hysterically at other "mom geek stories" because they ring so true. So thank you Andrea for helping me to realize how much of a mom geek I am. :0)

Any parent will tell you that if you turn your back for even a moment anything can happen. Aaliyah loves two things right now Art, and Makeup. Today Charmaine tried to follow her big sisters footsteps and combined the two. She found the markers and expiremented with them. The best part is she not only made herself look "pretty", but also used Joe to practice on. One day Joe will have his revenge.......

Kisses From Sister

So Charmaine loves her brother. She loves him so much that she is always kissing him. 9 times out of 10 she gets slober or snot or in this case chocolate all over him. This little picture captured so well how much Baby Joe does not appreciate the little stuff she leaves behind when she kisses him.

Hanging out with Chow and Russ.

Recently Chow and Russ came to visit from Texas. It was alot of fun for the kids to spend time with them. We did fun things like put up the Christmas tree, go to temple square, go to both Aaliyah's and Dallins school performance, and just spend time with them. I think Baby charmaine really bonded with Aunty Chow. All the kids really loved having them here. Thanks for coming guys!!!