Happy Birthday Tanner

Tanner turned 3 this year. I still feel like he's my little baby. I find myself carrying him around everywhere and I have to remind myself he isn't a baby anymore...where has all the time gone?!?

We started the day off with some smiley face pancakes. Which for a lot of kids isn't anything great, but I rarely fix anything other than cereal for breakfast, so this is a big treat for the boys!


Tanner loves Handy Manny and I got a great deal after halloween on the costume and the day after thanksgiving sale for the doll.


Here's the birthday boy and Daddy at Chuck E Cheeses.


Grandma Chieko and Jackson


Grandpa Michael having some fun of his own.


Sharidee and Jerrin and fam also joined us but I somehow didn't get any pictures of them. Thanks for joining us and making Tanner's b-day party AWESOME! And thanks Grandma and Grandpa Astle for grinning and bearing it through all the noise and sticky kids :)

Discovery Gateway

I decided to get an annual pass at the Gateway since paying for the family to go one time covered half the cost, it seemed worth it.

Jackson is very proud to be able to climb to the top of the wall. He's getting sooo big and independant!!


Tanner's favorite place to play is the water. He loves to gather as many balls as possible...even if it is out of a ten year old's hand and it leaves the ten year old crying. I don't know where this kid comes from sometimes.


This is Jared's favorite place to hang out. He is mesmerized by the magnets. I'm glad all the boys are able to find some fun!

Superbowl 2009

I am not the biggest fan of football but I do love a party with fun people, food, and funny commercials. We spent the superbowl with Jared's family at Jerrin and Sharidee's house this year.

Here's Jared rubbing my lovely feet (that's one more perk I forgot to mention about watching football w/ Jared)

Jonny

Shan and Shay

Jer and Shar (the rockin hosts)

A little 3D just to kick it up a notch.

Planetarium

We went to the planetarium a few weeks ago with my parents up at the gateway, and for those of you who've never been, it's pretty fun and FREE!

Jackson is really starting to love learning about the planets and the moon. He really thought this place was cool.

It really doesn't matter to Tanner where he is as long as he's free to run around.

This is their re-creation of Mars (or maybe this one was the moon). Tanner has learned well from his older brother and his cousin Spencer that where there are rocks, there is a perfect place to pee. It turned out it was hard to get mad at him for marking his spot on Mars when he was so proud of not peeing his pants for once. Way to go Tanman (and sorry planetarium people)!

Procrastinating Again.

You ever find something better to do than what you feel like you really should be doing? Well, I've been procrastinating doing my blog from Christmas and now I got tagged by Jamie so I'm going to go ahead and do that before I put it off.


7 Things I can Do Well

1-Clean.

2-Exercise.

3-Listen.

4-Play the violin (at least I like to think I still can).

5-Find humor in most things.

6-Hike.

7-Stay busy.

7 Things I Can't Do

1- Stay caught up with laundry.

2- Keep closets organized.

3- Feel comfortable in large groups.

4- Resist eating treats.

5- Get anywhere on time.

6- Return Redbox movies in a day.

7- Get to bed before midnight.


7 Things that attracted me to my husband

1- His smile.

2- His goatee thingy.

3- His scrubs.

4- His laugh.

5- How he'd always tell me why he liked me.

6- He made me feel very comfortable with myself.

7- How we always laughed at the same things.


7 Things I always say

1- Stop it!

2- Where's your dad?!?

3- You're lucky you have a brother. You need to be nice to him.

4- I don't know.

5- Pause the movie for a sec. What's going on?

6- You guys are so silly.

7- I'm just surrounded by too many boys all the time.


7 Things I love to eat

1-Crab

2-Shakes

3-Milk Chocolate

4-Blue Cheese

5-Asparagus

6-Red meat

7-Tons of veggies

Careful what you listen to when there's a four year old in the room!

Today Jackson has been very intuitive.
First, after hearing "Last Christmas I gave you my heart" he said "That guy is wrong. He can't give his heart away because it's deep inside his chest." Earlier today I apparently didn't change the station fast enough when he asked me "what does gonna give you hell mean?" woops. Then after bath I was telling Jackson and Tanner they are too crazy and he said "I just really hope I can have a little sister so she can help us not be such crazy boys." Me too Jackson. Me too.

Jamie says my blog is fabulous...and what Jamie says goes. I've learned the hard way.

The coveted "Your Blog is Fabulous!" award.

Thank you Jamie, for awarding me this most highly esteemed award. I feel special. And a little guilty for copying your exact blog post.

Ok, here are the rules about this award:

Firstly - I must list 5 of my fabulous addictions:
1. Working out-Mainly cardio type things.
2. Reading-Mainly buying them first, which makes Jared mad.
3. Making Jared mad-Mainly for buying books all the time.
4. Sweets-Mainly chocolate.
5. Biggest Loser-I really can't believe it. I could look at everyone's before and after pictures every day and feel totally inspired every time.

Secondly - I must pass this award on to 5 other fabulous blogs:
I am awarding this to people who I find inspiring, entertaining, or just flat out hilarious.

Brian - It's inspiring that someone in Brian's mental state can formulate so many words together to almost make sense. Plus Jared secretly has a man crush on Brian. But don't worry Brian, he's read your blog and knows where you stand.

Katie and Joey - I like to see Luke, he's a funny little boy, just like his mom and dad. Plus Jared openly has a huge man crush on Joey.

Tiffany Simmons - Tiffany is VERY on top of things and I'm pretty sure she has a camera glued to her wrist.

Lindsey H - I like Lindsey's art. It's really amazing.

John and Misa - It's always an adventure...kinda like watching E.R. but in real life...and a bit more cat drama.

Congratulations, one and all!

Thirdly - I must post the rules:
The rules of this award are:
1. You have to pass it on to 5 other fabulous blogs in a post.
2. You have to list 5 of your fabulous addictions in the post.
3. You must copy and paste the rules and the instructions below in the post.

Instructions(good luck understanding this): On your post of receiving this award, make sure you include the person that gave you the award and link it back to them. When you post your five winners, make sure you link them as well. To add the award to your post, simply right-click, save image, then "add image" it in your post as a picture so your winners can save it as well. To add it to your sidebar, add the "picture" gadget. Also, don't forget to let your winners know they won an award from you by emailing them or leaving a comment on their blog.