5 dollar foot longs

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No, this post is not about foot longs, I couldn't think of a title so I went with the song that was in my head from the commercial that was just on tv:) It's random, just like the random things we have been up to these past weeks.

Most random of all, have you ever wondered what a cow's tongue would look like not in it's mouth but frozen on your kitchen table? My in-laws butchered their cow and kindly gave us some of their meat (organic as it gets!). Casey's dad asked if we would like the tongue. Ha, I thought he was joking but nope he was not! Of course we would have NO use for it but Casey being the generous person that he his called up some of the mexicans from work because for sure they would take a free tongue any day. But only on stipulations that they invite us over for tongue burritos:) I was curious as to what it would look like so I made him open the package before he gave it away. Lane, what a goober. If only he understood how gross it is to have your face laying on top of frozen chopped-up cow parts.

Ok, that thing was HUGE! In person it was pretty disgusting. I couldn't look directly at it for a few seconds. You could see it's taste buds all frozen over. To think people eat this stuff...SICK!

For some reason Lane has to get all geared up to ride his bike. He cracks me up. When he turned the corner he was meaning serious business. All hunched over, peddling hard, starring only straight forward with such concentration... told you, such a stinking cute goober.

We participated in Disney's Give A Day, Get A Day! My aunt Jori has started an organization for her son with down syndrome called DSNetwork. For our Give A Day we went down to a church building where we had a beauty day for all the kids and their families. There were different stations where you could get beautified, get your picture taken, make a craft and play games. I was able to cut hair while Casey helped with the activities. We had fun serving others and can't wait until we GET A DAY!!! soon, soon!! I guess my aunt said Disney was only handing out one million tickets. The week after we did our event they hit their one million mark in only 3 months. That is just amazing, great idea Disney!

Little Rusteeze is still as cute as ever!!! I wish I knew how much he weighs but he is almost 16 weeks old. He LOVES bath time and is getting close to rolling over from his back to stomach. He loves for us to stick out our tongues and will copy-cat back. He is sleeping good and daddy's pillow is still his favorite spot to snooze.

We have been enjoying our awesome weather by going to Jefferson's baseball games. We are getting practice in for all the games I'm sure we will be attending for Lane and Rusty in the future.

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For an update on Casey and I, we are pretty much doing our normal routines. Casey has gone on a couple campouts with the young men in our ward recently. He is busy with work which is such a blessing and I tend to keep him extra busy with projects around the house. Basketball with the big boys (his friends) are also in his weekly mix. I think it's funny how boys and girls spend their time with friends so differently. Girls: shopping, play dates at the park with kids, going to lunch, craft/bead/candle parties etc. Boys: basketball, softball, quad riding...you get the picture:) As for me, I am hobbling around a lot due to some serious sore muscles. I am trying ever so desperatly to get back into my pre pregnant with your 2nd child body before swimsuit season hits. I am so desperate I went out and got a gym memership. It's been too long and my body doesnt know what to do with that kind of movement. I am hopping to see a light at the end of the tunnel SOON! I am absolutly loving being a mom to my 2 boys. Serioulsy loving it! Loving it so much I wish I was pregnant with a 3rd...wow now that's love! The other day I felt like the mom off of Cheaper By The Dozen when I layed down in my bed and I could feel something under my pillow. I reached underneath and pulled out a big green plastic snake and as I smiled I wondered what that boys intenstions were:) With no kids in real school, each day is so different from the next. I kind of like it that way, never a dull moment. Next up is Spring Break. We don't have anything exciting planned. Just happy to hear the word SPRING!

Somebody had a BIRTHDAY!

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Yesterday was a special day! Casey turned the big 28! Man, I never thought these days would come. 28, 29 then 30!! Aghh. It wasn't even my birthday and I am freaking out. We are supposed to stay young FOREVER! sigh. Non the less the boys and I made sure to spoil our favorite person as much as possible! It's pretty sad, Casey and I have never had bikes. I didn't want to get him one without his opinion so instead we got him a trailer for his soon to come beach cruiser!



That night Marcie came over so we could go to the White Chocolate Grill for dinner. I was looking forward to a night out with Casey, alone. We had figured out that the last time we went on a date with just the two of us was back in July for my birthday, pathetic!

Before we left we sang happy birthday so Marcie and Lane could eat the cake after their dinner. Poor guy, we made him blow out his candles 3 times so we could get a perfect picture!




getting a little appetizer before our meal:) Marcie said we looked like we were cutting into a wedding cake...


so we had to role play:)

I just love my birthday boy! He can always manage to make me laugh with his Casey personality. For instance we were getting a kick out of all the weird funny names on the internet that people name their dogs. Kotton and Kandy was one of them. I'm guessing they used K's instead of C's so that they wouldn't get mocked. Well we are not animal people so I jokingly asked what our dogs names would be and he said Twinkle and Star. I couldn't stop giggling for the longest time. The night before his birthday I asked him if he was starting to feel older and wiser. He said he couldn't get any wiser...typical answer! We hoped he felt special on his big day, he deeeserved it!

Snow Day

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A day adventure up to Christopher Creek was a dose of much needed fun for us! We had a blast yesterday with the Holmes playing in the snow. Can you tell we don't do this much? Poor Lane and his hodgepodge snow gear. I did have some waterproof clothes but of course he wouldn't let me put it on him. The kids loved the sled run Casey and Bryant rigged up which was pretty intense for those little kiddos. They definitely caught some good air flying down that hill!

Lane and Rando are the best cousin buddies! I think everybody deserves one of those:)

Don't mind Casey. He tends to grab my chest whenever he gets scared or maybe he was trying to tune into Tokyo:)

Rusty was a trooper, he actually loved it. I never heard a peep out of him the whole time.

We of course had to make a snowman!

snowball fight

Frosty was feeling a little left out so he took a turn going down on the sled!


Wish I could have been towed back to the car with a juice box!

It was fun and always remember, don't eat yellow snow!

Orange you going to be my Valentine?

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Besides Christmas, oranges are about the only other exciting thing about winter to me. One day I will live on an orange orchard... I promise! Yes, even if I live in a scorpion infested home because of all the orange trees, I don't care! Ok, maybe the scorpions would win but at least give me a tree or two, that's all I need!

Lane and I went pickin at my cousin Jill's house (which by the way is in orange tree heaven). Such big beautiful navels they were! Lane wore his best clothes for the occasion. I knew I should have never shown him those 2 dollar rain boots from Goodwill until we actually make it to the snow! Thanks Jill for sharing the love:)



After polishing off our first finds we made way to Grandma and Grandpa Kerby's backyard... another orange heaven on earth. Casey taught me something new that day. I never knew that navels had a hole in the bottom of them! Like the hole in your belly button or aka navels! I feel so smart now.

These next pictures are just what's been going on at our home. Lane has started a little pre-preschool group once a week. He LOVES going to miss Gina's every Tuesday. The first day he learned about the letter A. Since he was so excited about what he made in class we taped it on the fridge. It's funny because I SWORE I would never be one of those moms that saved "art" projects from school and had a Christmas tree full of homemade school ornaments. I guess I am just one proud mama:)

Little Rusty boy is still as cute as ever and is strong I might add. He already has developed a talent of rolling over from his stomach to his back. No joke! I wish it weren't true. The first time he did it I thought it was a fluke accident but nope, he does it all the time. He is always smiling up a storm and loves to watch Lane run around and play. He is 10 weeks old and at his doctors appointment last week he weighed 10lbs 8oz. Oh, and we can't forget to mention that we are sleeping through the night now!!!!!!

Valentines day has always been a favorite of mine. I hear a lot of people say how over rated this holiday is. How could you not love all the love that's in the air?! Every year I try to add to my V-day decor so I made this banner

I was also excited that Lane got to make valentines for his preschool friends. I remember how fun it was to exchange valentines in my school classes growing up. Going through the class list, giving the best ones to your close friends and making sure not to give the mushy ones to the nerdy boys so they wouldn't think that you liked them. Lane chose Car valentines... a good choice since he loves that movie.

I got the best Valentines gift ever this year. Her name was Graciela. Graciela came over for 5 1/2 hours and cleaned all my ceiling fans, blinds and bathrooms. I think this will be my Valentines day gift every year! I did feel a little guilty at the beginning sitting in a chair feeding Rusty and watching her clean when I am totally capable of doing it myself. It is so nice though knowing that I don't have to worry about that for a while. I originally had her come over for the fans and blinds since I haven't touched them since, well never. The bathrooms were an added bonus. She even cleaned the light bulbs! Bless you Graciela and bless you Casey for the most awesome gift! Since Valentines Day was on Sunday we spent the weekend doing the things we love most: bowling, eating corn dogs at the park, going out with friends Jenni and Jake, wedding receptions, making sugar cookies (twice:), all you can eat pizza buffet and watching the Olympics!

I was one spoiled girl with my 3 Valentines. That's the best part about having boys, I always have 3 cute dates I get to show off:)
I just love them!