So I was wrong...

Mike with too much cake....................Super Josh

The boys @ 6 months

It seems that I may have now be illiterate when it comes to using the internet, or maybe just technology in general. I guess just too much time singing along with Elmo, playing with paint, glitter and glue. I really do love doing it all though. Life is definetly proving to be a little different than I could have ever expected, but I guess that's why the new plan in our household has become, "plan to be surprised."

So since I have yet be able to attach our slide show or get the link to appear with our post here is the address where you can view it:

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I hope it works! ;)

Family update

We don't get to do this as often as we would like and by the time we get to it so much has happened it's hard to catch up. So we have left a slide show of a few pictures from the past months.
The boys' birthday has passed now and we had a great time just kind of having a quiet day. Since they are 3 (wow! that went fast) they now are in preschool two days a week to help them with their speech and spd (sensory processing disorder). We also go down to Blackfoot for other therapy once a week... so we keep very busy! Life has been really good to us this year so far and we've enjoyed the adventures we've taken so far. The most recent for our house was redoing the main bathroom. It was suppose to be a new kitched floor, but we found mold in the bathroom and there was a lot more than we thought!!!! But Steve did a great job and we have some great neighbors, family, and friends who helped us out with demo and putting it all back together. The boys enjoyed it a lot because we had boxes of all sized and we had to go to Grandma's house to shower and take a bath each day. We hope that the rest of the year continues to go well! Just click on the link we're still trying to figure out why it won't let us put the slide show on.

Christmas here and gone

Well it's already 2008 and more than month since we have updated. Like everyone else life gets away from you and you get busy.
Our Christmas was wonderful! We weren't able to do all the fun things the seasons brings, but we were able to enjoy time together, on occassion. The boys let us sleep in!(sort of) Santa came a little early and we got to see what he left for us before Steve and I went to bed. On Christmas Eve we spent time with our families and took time to just relax... not something we get to do very often. That night we decided to give the boys an adventure (sort of) and took a sleigh ride to Grandma and Grandpa Hansen's house. The boys loved riding in the sled, but I think more... they loved being big boys and helping dad shovel the snow before we left.
We had Grandma and Grandpa Hansen and Aunt Mel and her roommate, Mickey, over for breakfast which was hectic as always, but fun! One thing we've learned is that we need to take pictures! All of our Christmas morning with Larry, Susan, Mel and Mickey are on their cameras!!!, so those aren't posted. We all had a good time and then we went to Grandma and Grandpa Woolstenhulme's house. The boys' got to see all their cousins and play with uncle Aaron and Aunt Megan... that doesn't get to happen a lot so it was really neat. We all got a good laugh at Becky for trying on Cordell's moon boots and almost biffing it into Steve!
What a laugh! We had a great Christmas and wish that the day could have been longer! We missed being able to see any of the 7 grandparents that day, but hoped that they knew we were thinking of them and love them very much!
We have had a very blessed year and hope this coming one will be just as good!

Thanksgiving has past...

Thanksgiving has come and gone... flown by really and Christmas is upon us very shortly. I just wanted to post the things that we have been thankful for in the past years together. I know that I can speak for Steven and I in this post when I say how thankful we are for the wonderful life we have been given. Obviously life isn't always sugar and spice, but we have been so blessed by the Lord. As of late we are especially thankful for the power and peace that prayer brings to each of us. We are thankful for our families and friends who have been willing to help us in the most random circumstances, willing to love us despite all of our short comings, and who have patience with us when we do idiotic things. I can't express how thankful and blessed we are for the opportunity to have two of the most wonderful children! Mike and Josh make our life so adventurous and full. It's hard to imagine adding another one someday, but that will come. I am so thankful for how gentle Mike is and how kind he is to Josh. Even when I give them both equal amounts of a snack... Mike offers some of his to Josh. And my little fly weight Josh is always so willing to give cuddles and kisses if he sees you sad. I know they were sent together for some reason beyond what I see. Sometimes we have a hard time dealing with two tantrums at once and having to buy more diapers than I want to ever see again, but the Lord has definitely sent us a bounty of blessings that we never would have received otherwise. What a glorious thing it is to be part of a family, extended family and especially a member of this wonderful gospel. WE are grateful for the help that Aunt Mel has given us in the past month... with so many meetings for our callings, Steve trying to help our neighbors, and me working at night it gets hectic... she has blessed us so much!
The last two thing I want to add is more personal, but seems not to get said enough. I have been given the privilege of having the most wonderful husband I could have ever asked for. He brings so much more of me than I thought I had. His generous spirit to those around us has brought so much to our family. He is working hard at teaching our children well and I love him soooo much! What things I ever did to deserve a man like him... I don't know.
The last thing I want to write before this becomes a church testimony meeting, is how thankful I am for our SAvior. I am so indebted for the sacrifice he made personally for me and still what I don't know if I will ever comprehend is the willingness he performed that great act with. He has paved our way and gives us a choice and for that I am eternally grateful.
We hope that as Christmas comes near, you will be able to have the joy, peace, and love you need. WE LOVE YOU ALL AND ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU!

In the Beginning....

In the beginning was the Steve. And Mindy was with Steve. And Mindy and Steve were with each other. Then came there in the house two beings of male origin. One named Michael and the other named Joshua. And there were many diapers, tantrums, learnings, and teachings. (and if no one can tell this is Steven typing not me) (Me being Mindy)

Then there were blogs. And we liked the blogs. So we created a blog. And THIS... is our blog. Enjoy. Over to Mindy....

After trying to find some time for quite awhile... it finally happened! We are now officially bloggers... I know it's not all that exciting, but with how things run in our house sometimes.. it doesn't seem like we can ever get a minute to ourselves. And yes, we love the (...) thing.


This year has been wonderful! We had a great garden (I think I still have onions growing), we even had three pumpkins... the vine grew longer than our house, but it was fun. Our sunflowers did really well too and brought us lots of birds and bugs... bleh.



Anyway, Halloween was a blast! The boys had play group the day before and they went trick or treating to all the offices in the building. Needless to say they received too much candy for our own good. This year they both dressed up like rodeo clowns! It was really fun. The boys stood on our vanity and put make-up on me while I put their faces on. On Halloween we went to Idaho Falls and visited Grandma Woolstenhulme and Grandpa at his office. Although they were good while we were there... they decided they didn't want what was in the candy bowl and took a chocolate doughnut out of the conference room. :) Later on we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Hansen's house, but only for a minute to see them and Aunt Mel. All in all we had a great Halloween and the extra candy from our surrogate grandpas (Brother Drollinger and Ivan Hibbert) didn't hurt us one bit.
We also just wanted to drop in some other pictures of our family that just makes us smile. We hope that all is well with everyone.