Vintage Dress

This is my "new" vintage dress.  I think it's late 40s early 50s - and in great condition for being 60+
years old!  I bought it at Decades in Salt Lake and it fits like a glove.

Heart rhinestone buttons.

 Cute matching belt.

Darling button detail down the front opening.  I wore the dress to church yesterday with my back seam nylons and my American Eagle shoes (that look like they're from the 40s) and  I was complemented for looking like I just stepped out of a magazine :)

Growth Charts

I took Ashton and Reagan to their wellness check ups today.  Ashton 44in tall, a 2in growth since October and only 41 lbs, a 2 lb loss - I know, no wonder he is sooo skinny.  Reagan is 33in tall - a 3in growth since October!  They said that was a big growth spurt for her.  She weighs 23.9 lbs thats almost 4 lb gain too!

Camera tragedy

Aaron is so awesome and usually fixes everything........but this camera was beyond help despite his valiant efforts, Aaron is my hero.

"Daddy can fix anything, He's like Handy Manny!"

The lens wouldn't open because Aaron got dust in it. Something a simple can of air was supposed to fix turned into complete destruction of my camera. Soon an old roll of film was used to force the dirt out, until said film broke off and got stuck in the zoom lens. Then the whole thing had to come apart. Fixed... and then in the process of putting it all back together a part was broken= unrepairable... I was laughing till I was almost crying. It wouldn't be such a big deal if my transmission didn't just go out on my car, the fence wasn't trashed yesterday, the boys didn't kick a hole in the door, broke the napkin holder (which Aaron did fix), and broke my spoon holder on the stove...oh joy.

"I broke the fence!"

Aaron let the boys have a ride on their motorcycle yesterday.  I came running out when I heard Colten crying.  He drove the bike straight into the fence.  He was completely fine just startled and worried about getting into trouble.  He did bust the bottom support beam right in half though.  He told his grandpa that he broke the fence and his dad was mad - really it was his mom!

To those I love

They Say

Mom: Please don't leave the bread open, it will get hard and yucky and stale
Colten: Like my toes?

While at Uncle Scott's house:

Ashton: Can we play video games?
Scott: I don't know if your mom wants you too, you might be addicted.
Ashton: Let's just do it. What's addicted anyway?
Scott: When you can't live without it.
Ashton: Don't worry I'm only addicted to Scooby Doo.  I love that cute little guy!

Reagan's new phrases are "no way" (ash says she sounds like an old woman when she says it, because of a little vibrato) and "Oooh" when she doesn't get what she wants. 
The other night it was time for her to go to bed and she started to say "daddy, daddy" to have Aaron come rescue her.  He gave her a kiss and I laid her down.  She was quiet but he lasted 30 min before he came and got her out again.  She definitely knows how to pull on his heart strings!
She loves to play with my hair, she always brushes it so it hangs over my face and then says "pretty!"

So Cute

This hat belonged to Aaron's great uncle Reid - it's from the 1920s or 30s!

Winterfest

We went down to winterfest a few weeks ago and watched the snowmobile races. It was freezing!

 The boys built bird houses at the Home Depot booth.  We brought them home and painted them.  They are hanging in our tree in our backyard waiting for spring!

Congrats to Ashton

Ashton got accepted to Ogden Preparatory Academy!  It's a charter school that offers a dual language program (English/Spanish) for students to become bi-literate.  We're really excited and happy that he got into the school we wanted.  I can't believe he's old enough though!