Moments

There are moments in life when all is right with the world. When your not worried about the dishes or the fact you haven't mowed the lawn in over a week or even the mortgage. I experienced one such moment yesterday morning. The boys and I had just gotten back from our morning jog and I was doing the dishes as the boys were quietly playing in the front room. When I hear one of my favorite sounds, giggling. I peek around the corner to find that Penn has knocked Logan over and is on top of him wrestling. Penn is even pretending to eat Logan's "baby back ribs". Logan thinks it's the funniest thing in the world and is laughing right along with Penn. I'm so grateful for these little buddies.

Conversely, sometimes we have moments in life when we are frightened so much everything becomes surprisingly clear and the adrenaline gets pumping. As I was basking in yesterdays high their morning nap ended and I hear Logan crying for me to come and get him. I walked in the nursery to find Penn is not in his crib! Somehow he got out of his crib (that's a long fall for one so little) and is sleeping on the floor curled up in a ball with his binki in his mouth. We've never even seen him pull himself up to a stand. I have no idea how he managed to get out. Penn is fine, there isn't a bump or bruise on him. He just scared his mom, who made his dad lower the mattress the second he got home.

Yesterday was full of moments I'm sure I'll remember for a very long time. As a side note the dishes got done, the lawn is mowed and the mortgage is paid ... but I don't think I'll remember those moments.

Brothers

Logan and Penn may not look that much a like but they are brothers. They do so much together. People often ask how they interact. The last few days we've chronicled a few examples.

Just going for a ride in our new bike/jogger stroller

Reading a book together

"You've got something in your eye, I'll get it!"

Learning how to share

For better or worst we've taught them how to head butt. What were we thinking?

New Jobs

Spencer and I recently got new jobs. Spencer moonlights as a barber now. The boys received their first haircut this week, and traumatic doesn't even begin to describe it. These were the best pictures we could get.


I got a new job as a Betty. That's right Betty Crocker. My sister Monica did a very dangerous thing and gave my husband homemade strawberry freezer jam. He convinced me to give it a shot. I've never done anything like that before but why not? 30 jars later I'd say I make a pretty good Betty.
Just a few problems. Where are we going to put all of these jars? We don't have a deep freeze. Plus Spencer is the only one that likes strawberry jam, these jars aren't going anywhere fast.

Good Taste

So the other day Mary Elizabeth, the boys, and I were out running some errands.  The boys were starting to get alittle cranky and we had one more stop.  We didn't want to pack up the boys again so I decided to run in and leave the rest of the family in the car.  The boys were whinny so I thought some oldies might sooth their nerves.  I flipped on the radio just in time for some Pink Floyd.  The boys stopped whinning immediatley and listened intently.  After I got back "All Along the Watchtower", a personal favorite, came on and the boys started to sing along.  Ok, mabye they weren't singing along, but they were making happy noises.  I am happy to see that at least the boys have picked up my good taste in music.

Day at the Zoo

This week Mom took us to the zoo. It was great! We went with Aunt Monica, cousin Ayden and Grandpa Gudmundson. Mom made us wear these funny hats and must have put half the bottle of 50 SPF sunscreen on us.

We saw all sorts of animals. The most interesting ones to look at were the people. They came in all sorts of sizes and the sound they most often made was "Oh look twins!" I guess we also saw giraffes, tigers and elephants. Here are a few pics of our day at the zoo.

It was a great day at the zoo and Penn and I are excited to go back some day.... Logan

Growing Babies

Just Rolling Through

Stop means roll ... right?? Today a cop pulled Spencer over and he received a "Failure to Yield" ticket. We weren't too upset until we found out how much the ticket was! The boys and I thought with a little practice at home we could remedy the problem. So we put up a few signs around the house. Spencer has been a great sport. Love you Spencer!