Farewell

So Mr. Seth is off on his mission. Wierd. Who is going to play games with us at Wunderland for FHE and now who are the boys going to climb all over when we come to visit?

Anyways, it is exciting to see someone head off on such an amazing, life changing journey and we are very excited for him.

Him along with some of the Huskey clan. A whole bunch of awesomeness all in one room.

Going Bananas

Our little cousin Abby turned one a while back and we got to attend her banana themed birthday party. The boys were both pretty excited and decided they needed to bring as many of their stuffed monkeys as they could carry. Abby was cool with it.

She's sure got a great family and we're lucky to be part of it!

Max loved hanging out with Sophie and we even got to have her over for a sleepover while she was here. They were very cute together.

Max likes to be helpful....

I love these cake pictures with Abby (or Abby Abby as Max calls her)

Yum, ice cream.

Chef Max

Max is pretty much always by anyone's side if they are in the kitchen cooking, but ESPECIALLY if it's anything sweet in which he is more than happy to help out. This time Jason was trying out an old chocolate chip cookie recipe which Max completely tested and approved which doesn't happen very often.

Getting it all Out

So I have a ton of other pictures and stories to post and am doing what I can in the 'free' time I have. But I feel like if I get it at least some of it out it's all ok and at least it's somewhat taken care of. Makes sense right?

- Life has been kind of crazy lately not because anything more has been added to my plate (besides t-ball) but I have been knock out exhausted the past month and a half/two months. I mean waking up after 8-10 hours of sleep and still wanting to just sleep all day. Even after naps and long rests all I've wanted to do was sleep and I've found myself going to bed at crazy early (for me) hours at 10 or so. Normally it's 1 or 2 am for me. It's been frustrating because while I usually don't feel like I get what I want accomplished in a day, I really wasn't getting much more done than the bare necessities. That and I haven't wanted to eat much of anything and the smell of cooking meat makes me want to vomit. Ahh pregnancy, I forgot what those cute little leeches do to me the first couple months. Luckily I have been feeling a bit more refreshed when I wake up and am able to get more done in the day and 2nd trimester is almost here, yea!

- Speaking of babies, the boys love to see how far along I am. I have an app on my phone which has a picture and tells how big baby is and learning about how it is growing. Max is still extremely insistent it's a girl. "Heavenly Father knows, and Jesus knows and the angels know and I know." He tells me that a lot. Levi is thinking it's a boy. I'm fine with whatever and everyone wants a girl for me but to be honest it is kind of intimidating because I don't have any real experience with little girls. I've watched a few a couple of times but not long. They are just so different from boys, who I kind of feel like I know a little bit about, I mean I've lived and breathed little boys for 5 1/2 years. But again I can totally see the plus sides of a girl. Time will tell I suppose.

- A month or so ago I was extended a calling and I turned it down. Never in my life did I think I would turn down a calling and I always told myself I would always be willing but when I sat there and it was given to me I was completely tongue tied and couldn't physically get the words 'yes' out. Normally, despite my hesitations about a given calling and weather I felt up for it, I was always able to say yes then felt good about it but with this one I just couldn't do it and it didn't feel right. Even after thinking about it all week I tried to pin point why. Maybe it was because I really liked my new calling as a teacher, which is something I have never done before as a calling and have always, with the exception of a year in the primary presidency, done either something activities or music related (the calling they were giving me would be music related), maybe it was partly because I felt completely out of my league musically. I think people think I'm more gifted with music than I actually am. Don't get me wrong, I love it and can sing pretty well naturally but I don't have much other skills as far as music goes. Also there were other personal reasons which I won't delve into. After thinking and thinking I just couldn't pin point why, it felt completely wrong and I couldn't say yes to it so I didn't. I now am trying not to feel guilty feeling like I've let someone down in some way but it is what it is and I'm moving on.

- I'm getting excited for summer, we'll see if I'm changing my tune after a couple weeks of all day long with two super busy boys and being prego. At least is the second trimester which is my easiest. But we have lots of things planned and I can't wait for the sun to shine.

- This year is friend birthday party years for both boys so we have been working on party planning for far too long. As I plan I know I am going overboard and suspect I am kind of crazy. On the day of I know I've gone overboard and afterwards thinking about it and looking at pictures I am convinced that I am a lunatic and who in their right mind would spend that much time on a kids party. The answer is me. I like organizing things and doing fun things for kids and they always have such fond memories of them. And the way I figure it at the most I can only do 9 or so of these for each kid and then they're gone and that's assuming they'll let me do it when they get older. So this year it's a Lego party for Max and Wild Kratts for Levi and we are all pretty excited about it. Hey, at least I know I'm crazy. One day I'll seek professional help.

- Mothers are natural worriers and I'm no exception. As the school year finishes I am wondering what to do with Levi next year, it's a heavily debated topic in the house between Jason and I. Part of the reason I worry is because out of all his classmates (I know I shouldn't compare) his handwriting and fine motor skills are honestly at the very very bottom. Also it is SO hard for him to sit still for any amount of time. Heck he can hardly stand still for any amount of time he's just an excited boy all the time and loves to be moving and talking all the time so it makes me very nervous to have him go from 2 1/2 hours of school to 6 1/2. He is the youngest in his class and if he had been born 3 days later he wouldn't even be in kindergarten until next year so while he is physically the size of some first or second graders he is still probably the youngest kid in school. It just makes me very worried and nervous about everything. But again, it could just be me, I really good about worrying things unnecessarily.

There it all is. Well at least some of it is out of my head so now on to other things......

Promoted 2

I took these with my phone on our walk. The boys both decided they NEEDED a shoulder ride at the same time. While I would just make them take turns Jason decided to show off and carry both at once. They loved it.

I tried to get a picture from the front. Almost got it...

....not quite yet......

....there!

Promoted

I think one of the most exciting things for me when I found out I was pregnant was that I would get to tell the boys they were going to be big brothers. I mean I wasn't surprising Jason because it was planned and my family kind of knew it was coming but the boys didn't know at all. They have actually talked about having a baby a number of times on their own so I knew they would be excited.

So we (ok, really I) decided to take them on a long walk and then tell them. We told them we had a surprise for them and they were quite excited, plus they love nature-y stuff.

I even got some matching shirts to celebrate.

Hey look a squirrel!

Levi was very dutiful in letting me take pictures but Max was not quite so compliant (Notice the big streak of boogers on Max's sleeve? I kept trying to get to him before he would wipe but he can be sneaky. Just keeping it real).

I have the funniest video of them and their reaction to us telling them about it. First it took a bit of explaining what being promoted meant. Then Max was extremely insistent that he was having a baby sister followed by them asking about what the real surprise was. It was priceless and very typical of my boys.

They preferred the poses where they got to show of their 'guns'.

Other attempts of trying to capture some cuteness. Max was trying really hard on this one.

Another squirrel! Wait, just daddy.

Taekwando

At Levi's school they announced that they are doing a 4 week (one day a week for half hour each) classes in Taekwando and Levi said he'd like to try. I was totally for it because it was actually very reasonabally priced for what it was, all money went to the school and it wasn't a huge commitment but Levi would be able to check it out.

So far he's loved it. Since it is right after school he can go himself but since he's young and I'm a worrier at times I make sure he gets to class ok. Check him out in his new t-ball hat, he loves it.

I made him stand still for a shot or two outside with better light after class....

He was obviously not amused and wanted to get playing as fast as he could.