Mark is the Greatest

I just have to give a little shout out to Mark and say what a great guy he is. For our anniversary Mark gave me coupons for one pedicure a month. So last night I used my first coupon. Mark was so great. He did all the dinner dishes while I soaked my feet in my foot spa. Then he did all the scrubbing, buffing, and filing, and painted my toe nails all without any complaining. He is amazing!

Zoo Day

On Wednesday last week it was free Zoo Day again. This time I was feeling up to going. I sent Mark to the grocery store before he went to work to get some lunch meat so I could pack lunches. Mark of course came home with tons more and decided he was coming with us. Jake went to the store with him and was asking him if he was going to come to the zoo. Mark said "no" Then Jake told him that he could look at all the animals with him and then Mark changed his mind. It was so fun to have him along! This is what Ryan looked like with every animal he saw. He was so fun to take.

I just think this is such a cute picture of Mark and the boys. He is such a great dad.

AS we walked past the carousel Mark asked me if I was going on it. I said no. He said he didn't want to go on it. I thought we were just going to tell Jake that we were going to pass on the carousel this time. The next thing I know Mark was buying two tickets and getting on the elephant. He is such a softy.

One of my friends met me at the zoo. This is Jake and Kaden, whom he calls "K" or "K-K" I don't know where he comes up with these nick names. They had a lot of fun together too.

Engaged!

My sister Emily got engaged on Friday night we are so excited. We love Matthew. I have tried to move these pictures but for some reason I can't get them in a different order today. So these are obviously of her ring! As she says so "pretty and sparkly" we just can't stop looking at it.

Here she is after I begged her to cancel her meeting last night so she could stop by my house on her way back from Rexburg.

I stole this picture off of Alyse's blog. This is a little bit of a funny story. Alyse posted this picture on her blog Saturday morning stating that one of these couples got engaged last night. Well Saturday night the other couple had gotten engaged too. Congrats to Matthew and Emily and Bob and Alyse. We are excited for both weddings!

Emily will be getting married on April 14 in the Mesa Temple.

Alyse will be getting married on May 22 in the Salt Lake Temple.

Sister Lunch

My sister Emily and I have lunch together once a week. She is going to beauty school at Dallas Roberts.We used to go to a park near her school during her lunch hour. Now that it is cold we just meet at the University Mall. Today I brought my camera. Emily called me around 12:15 and said she hadn't left her school yet. She apparently had some psycho client that had many demands and she had to cut and style his hair during her lunch hour. I left the Mall around 1. My kids had gotten their energy out at the tree house Dino area. Here is Ryan at the Water Ball thing. He loves it. Last week he got soaking wet so this week I just took his clothes off. I think the other people there thought I was a little crazy. He really enjoys it though.
This is Jake in the Dino. He had so much fun today. He made a new friend whom he played with the entire time.

We went to Mark's work afterwards. Emily was finally finished with the nightmare client so she met us there. It is always fun to visit with her. My boys are so happy at Mark's office.

Here's Jake playing Nintendo in Mark's game room. Do you think Mark actually works at work?

Free Zoo Day

I just got an email that said the Hogle Zoo is free on Wednesday January 28! So anyone willing to brave the cold can go to the zoo and get in free!

Utah's Hogle Zoo offers free admission all day to thank voters for supporting the Zoo Arts and Parks (ZAP) fund.801.582.1631http://www.hoglezoo.org
1/28/09
Ages: All Ages
Time: 9am-4pm
Cost: Free

Way to Go!

We just got Ethan's progress report back from his school. Ethan got 4 out of 4 on almost everything. He got a 3 on matching the letters with their sounds. We couldn't be more excited. He is doing so well. Mark and I were just wondering how he was doing the night before it was sent home. It is really common for deaf kids to repeat kindergarten. We are hoping that Ethan won't have to. If he keeps doing this well it looks like he can be mainstreamed for all of first grade. Currently Ethan goes to a mainstream AM kindergarten class and then PM he is at the school for the deaf. The progress report was for his AM class.

Crazy Boys!

So I know I haven't blogged in a really long time. I am feeling a little overwhelmed trying to catch up on all the holidays. So I am just going to be brief and say we loved them all. We went to AZ on the 26. ON the 27 Mark and I went to Rocky Point, Mexico with out kids! Thanks mom and dad. We spent about 3 days in AZ after that. We had lots of fun playing games and doing whatever else my parents had planned. We also got to spend time with some college friends. I was also able to meet one of my high school friends at the park with our kids. It was so nice!

Here is a video of Ryan. He lately feels the need to pose for all pictures. I have two really quick clips so I will just post them both.

Funny Story about Ethan! Yesterday as I was waiting to go into sharing time for primary with my class I saw Ethan sitting with his class and he had his arm around a girl?! I talked to the girl's mom to see if she saw and she hadn't but she saw them holding hands on the way to thier primary class! After church I asked Ethan about this girl. I asked him her name. He said I don't know. Then he said. She's kinda pretty and cute.

Haha I hope he learns the girl's name before he gets any more action. True Hemingway, a little charmer :)