Happy place

Cerealaholic

Brock's happy place is the cereal aisle. Everytime we go down the cereal aisle he gets out to pick a box of cereal. He would eat cereal all day if i would let him. He loves it!

The other day Brock was laying by me on the couch and we were watching TV. I kept smelling something gross and was thinking something had been spilled on the couch and had gone sour and I never noticed. After smelling and looking I decided the couch was ok. Then I was worried I stunk! Then Brock fell asleep and I noticed his feet hanging out of the bottom of his blanket. I lowered my nose down to it. Mystery solved! Doran's happy place is Target. He asks to go there every day. Sometimes he asks every minute. He has a one tracked mind. I have no idea where he gets it...

Yesterday Doran asked me when he is going to throw up (which meant grow up). I told him he is growing bigger every day and is growing up every day. Then he asked when he will get little again. I told him you never get little again, once someone is big they stay big. He started sobbing! "I don't want to throw up! I want to stay little! I don't like being big!" It was such a hard moment! I was trying to comfort him and let him know it was ok without him seeing or hearing that I was laughing. Today he has been talking about it some more. He has decided that maybe when he is seven he will be ok with throwing up. I should have taught him the correct word, but I didn't.

Bed time

Every night at bed time we read scriptures and say a prayer. Doran always says the prayer. He always says 'ME!' when Seth asks who wants to. Last night he jumped in bed and then told us, "Jesus Christ wants us to read scriptures and say a prayer." We thought it was pretty cute. He sure does keep Seth and I in line! The other day Seth started speeding and Doran yelled, "Dad! Don't break the law!" Perhaps a future police officer?
My mom has raynauds, which makes her hands really, really red. Brock saw them yesterday and was very concerned. He said, "Your hands are on fire, huh? They got burned, huh? They are really hot, huh?" He was very interested in why his grandma's hands were bright red.

6 YEARS!

Today is our wedding's sixth birthday! It is crazy how fast time flies! I remember the whole day perfectly! It was perfect and I was so happy. I woke up really early and my friend Erica came over and did my hair while I did my makeup. Jen and Emily came over to drop Jayce off with my Mom while they went and got their hair done. Jayce had the worst allergies that day and her eyes were boogered shut. Then Granny and Poppy came and picked me up and we drove up to Salt Lake together. Granny was my escort and Poppy was a witness. We got there about 40 minutes before we were even supposed to be there (and they have you get there an hour and a half before the ceremony)! So we waited in the foyer for Seth to get there. He was on time, on the dot. Then we both got ready so fast that we got to sit together in the Celestial Room for about half an hour. It was wonderful! Then we got married! We couldn't stop kissing, which shouldn't be suprising! We took pictures outside. It was a nice day except for a little breeze. We stood in front of the fountain forever waiting for it go off, but it never did that day. We found out later it was because it was to windy. Then we drove down to Granny's house together where we had our wedding lunch/Easter egg hunt. Granny was so sweet and put it on for us. It was a blast! We stayed at Granny's until we had to be to the reception center. We got there early and found out that the flower place forgot to send my bouque. I took Gaygay and Sammi's bouque's and put them together until mine got there. Before the reception started I made a fool of myself trying to sing 'Grow old with you' to Seth. He then sang to me and I cried. The reception was awesome and fun! Once it ended we went and cleaned Seth's expedition, which had gotten trashed! (We had left my car parked in my Mom's garage so no one would get it. When we got it Blake had put a note on it and package of oreos that he didn't have the heart to waste by sticking them on a car!) We had a room at the reception center so once the Expedition was clean we went back! In the middle of the night Seth and I were both starving so Seth went and got us Del Taco! It was a great day! The perfect day for starting our lives together!

Great idea!

I love it when the boys have funny little sayings that they think of on their own. I love it even more when they both say it. Doran will always tell me what he wants to do, i.e. "I want to go to Target today and look at the toys, just look though." Then he will end his thoughts with, "That is a great idea!" He thinks he is just full of great ideas! Last night Brock was telling me all that he wanted to do instead of going to bed and then he said, "That is a great idea, huh Mama?" Huh Mama. I can not even begin to count how many times a day I hear that. I also can't say how much I love it!

Toes

Brock's second toe on each foot has always curved in. We have never thought anything of it and have always just thought it was so cute. The last few weeks he has been crying when I put on his socks and shoes and telling me that it hurts. They usually rest on top of his third toe. I am starting to worry that maybe the toes aren't just cute and are causing him pain. Poor little guy. I still think they are cute though!

St. Paddy's Day!

Today is the one year anniversary of Brock picking green as his favorite color! They think it is much funner this year. They both went to bed wearing green so they could be certain they wouldn't be pinched in the morning. They were both very happy when they realized Seth had gone to bed this morning without any green on at all! They kept running in and pinching him. He was so tired from working all night I don't think he even felt them. They kept pinching him until we left for Doran's fieldtrip. When we got home Doran had a change of heart and decided he didn't want to pinch his Daddy while he slept anymore. What a sweety!

Doran's preschool had a fieldtrip this morning to the Lehi Fire Station. We met at Miss Julie's house and had a yummy breakfast. Miss Julie made scones with green butter and cinnamon and sugar. There were also green smoothies and bananas. At the table all the leprechaun traps they had made were set up. They didn't catch a leprechaun, but he left them each a piece of gold!

The boys loved the fire station. We got to watch a movie about fire safety in the house. Doran has been crawling around the house since we got home to avoid the smoke...

Doran has the cutest little girl in his preschool. She told her mom the other day that she has dumped all of her boyfriends except Doran. Her mom told me they can see the temple from their house and while her daughter was looking out at it she said, "I am going to take Doran there." Who knows!? Maybe instead of highschool sweethearts they can be preschool sweethearts!

Last night Doran had on the Power Rangers (like normal) and Sammi and Katie came over. Sammi was saying that the boys on it are hot and Doran said, "Boys aren't hot. Only girls are hot." Seth was in heaven when I told him.

Tomorrow

Is today tomorrow? That is the question I have been asked several times a day the last month. It is the question I woke up to this morning. It is the question he asked as he was getting tucked into bed tonight. At first I would try to explain to Doran, today is today. Tomorrow is tomorrow. Yesterday today was tomorrow. It is so hard to explain to him and he just doesn't get it. I usually don't even know what he is asking in reference to. I knew this morning though. I knew he was trying to ask if it was Sunday, church day, and also the day that the new Power Rangers episode would be on TV. So I knew that today was tomorrow today... We are trying to teach him the days of the week, I think that would make it so much easier than trying to figure out if today is tomorrow.

Brock ate a chocolate pudding at Granny's house the other day. Both him and Doran asked her for one. Brock got some around his mouth and wiped it off with his sleeve. He then yelled at Granny for putting mud on his shirt! He was very upset with her for putting mud on his shirt EXACTLY where he wiped his chocolate pudding off. The nerve of her! ;)

My boys hate church. Usually on Sunday morning they both have several things wrong with their health. Stomach aches, coughs, random body pains, and just being sick. Doran has been going without crying for almost a year. He does occassionally get sad still though. Brock has been crying since even before I was released from nursery. He got really clingy to me before I was released. If I held another child, Brock had to be in my other arm. He hasn't gone without crying at all since I got released... Until today! A month ago I finally decided just to see what would happen if I didn't baby my baby. He cried himself to sleep that day. He was sleeping under the table when I picked him up. The next Sunday the leader tore him out of my arms as he was screaming hysterically. He calmed down in about ten minutes. Last Sunday I went in at the beginning because he was crying. After about 5 minutes he got off my lap to play and I snuck out. He didn't cry after that. Today we walked up to the door, he let go of my hand, walked straight to the toys, and never once cried! I was so proud of him. I was also incredibly sad. My babies are getting so big!

The Engman family yard finishing project of 2011 has officially started! Let us hope we have more progress than the last two years of the same project! I have a good feeling about this year though.

New comforter

Seth and I got a new comforter and bedding the other day. It is so soft and comfortable! I have been sleeping so good! I love it so much. I woke up this morning and Brock was coloring on it with a blue crayon! I couldn't believe it! I guess it will be going to the dry cleaner even sooner then I thought.

There was a huge earthquake and tsunami in Japan this morning. The earthquake was a magnitude 8.9. It is so sad to look through the pictures and see the devastation to houses, cars, roads, and people's lives. I feel so bad for the all the people who were effected. I always feel so nervous about earthquakes. We are near a pretty big fault line so there is always a risk here too.

Time off!!!

Seth had his first days off in so long this week! I am pretty sure he worked all but one day in February. It was pretty hard for the boys. They get pretty cranky when they go to long without some quality Daddy time. We tried to squeeze in as much fun time as possible the last few days.

We went to the mall and let them play at the play area.

Then we went to Trafalga and played on the new miniature golf course. Doran loved it because it had a lot of sharks on the walls.

Seth and Doran rock climbed. Brock was to little. If he was allowed to do it I think he would have loved it!

We also went and saw Tangled at the dollar theater. I think I was the only one that liked it. I asked Doran if he liked it and he didn't even hesitate before he said no. I think the only thing he and Brock even liked about the movie was the horse and that is just because the horse is like a dog. We had a fun few days off with Daddy! He is back to work today and we sure do miss him!

Sad

I don't even know how to express how I am feeling right now. Seth, the boys, and I just got home from Jen's house in Orem. It is now completely empty. I keep trying so hard not to cry, but occassionally I can't control it. I am so sad and am going to miss Blake, Jen, Jayce, and Claire so incredibly much. It hurts to even think about it. I also feel selfish that I feel so sad. I know that they are so excited to finally be going after waiting for so long. I know Blake is going to do so well as an air traffic control man. I wish them the best... And I also wish to visit and be visited often! I am just so grateful that I have Seth. He has been so sweet and helpful today. He is MORE incredible than Mr. Incredible!

Quotes

Today I had the best Relief Society lesson. I was actually able to listen and be there for all of it too! (Brock went to nursery without shedding a tear. It was wonderful!) It was a lesson about the divine calling of a woman. I love knowing that I have little ones to nurture and a husband to love. I love my role as a mother, wife, and woman! She used a few quotes (not necessarily the ones listed below) in her lesson from Gordon B. Hinckley and they were so amazing. He was such a wise man. No matter what he was talking about, he would say it perfectly and hit dead on. I loved him and miss him, but I love President Monson so much too. He is a wonderful story teller. :) Here are a few quotes from President Hinckley that I love...

"Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in the goodness of those you love, in the testimony you carry in your heart concerning things divine." -Gordon B. Hinckley

"True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion." -Gordon B. Hinckley

"Life is to be enjoyed, not endured." -Gordon B. Hinckley

"There is something wonderful about a book. We can pick it up. We can heft it. We can set it down. We can think of what we have read. It does something for us. We can share great minds, great actions, and great undertakings in the pages of a book." -Gordon B. Hinckley

Feelins'

Brock has developed a darling new phrase over the last couple weeks that I love! If he gets hurt or gets in trouble he will start crying and say, "You hurt me feelins mommy!" No matter what it is, the phrase is always the same. Just a little bit ago I told him he couldn't have a lollipop and took it away from and he started crying and told me 'You hurt me feelins mommy'. I love how he says it.

Seth and I signed up for our first 5K of the year. This will be the first 5K we have done together and I am really excited. When I was training for my half last year he ran with me a couple times and I really loved it. I am a little nervous because I haven't ran since last September when I got IT band syndrome. I am hoping it doesn't take me too long to get back to where I was before the long break. I also kind of want to beat Seth.... Haha!

Tucanos party

Jayce's birthday is going to be just a couple days after the big move, sniff sniff. Jen decided to have a going away/birthday party at Tucanos to make sure they got to see everyone one last time. The boys are not getting that they are not going to be having sleep overs with Jayce anymore. It makes me so sad. I took this picture of the boys giving Jayce a hug and got a little teary eyed. However, when I took the picture of her being tortured in a birthday headband I laughed, so I guess it is even. I sure am going to miss those Yaks!

Favorite song?

I used to have a favorite song, then I would fall in love with another one and have a new favorite for a few months. I think there is just way to much music that I love to have just one favorite anymore! And with that.... I finish the 30 day challenge! (What a lame note to end on!)

Day 29

In the past month what have I learned? I have learned that I want to make my blog more personal and make it more like a journal. I want it to be a record for my boys and I want them to make sure they know how much their parents love them.

10, 5, today

Today is day 28 of the challenge! Almost done! I am posting a picture from 10 years ago, five years ago, and today and saying what has changed from then to today. 10 years ago I was a junior in high school. I worked at Albertson's in the bakery, babysat my little brother Brooks, and was hanging out with Jolynne and Nicole. I lived at home, obviously, and my mom was single and working full time. Jen and Ryan had both gotten married the summer before.
Five years ago I was pregnant with Doran! Seth and I had almost been married for a year and were living in the basement of my mom's house while house hunting. (We did that for almost 4 years.) That year in February Jen, Jayce, Seth, and I went down to Las Vegas and Seth and I went to the Coldplay concert. I was super sick because of my pregnancy and threwup almost the whole way down. When we got to the casino Jayce was trying to figure out what the smell was (alcohol, cigarettes, and coffee all combined) and kept saying, "It smell wike.... It smell wike... It smell wike...." She couldn't figure out what the smell was, but I don't think Seth or I will forget how funny that was!

Today I have two awesome sons! The world's best (and best looking) husband! And a house! I am the happiest I have ever been. (I will be sad next week though, when Jen and her family move to Pueblo, Colorado.) I love life and am so grateful for what have.

Please come spring!

I got a new phone so the quality of my pictures has improved. I can't decide if they are as good as my old camera or if I still need to get a camera. Yesterday was such a nice beautiful day! We went to the park and had a lot of fun! It was hard to get the boys out of there! They loved swinging the most, but it was all fun!

Claire and Jen came as well. Claire was not sure whether she liked the park or not. At first on the swing she was yelling and scared, but once she calmed down she liked it. On the slides she would start out smiling, but as soon as she started going the smile was gone and replaced with a look of concern!

Doran had the time of his life! He was going back and forth from swings to slides. Before we left he decided he wanted to ride his big wheel all the way around the park. It was so nice to get out and get some sun and fresh air.

I looked at the weather forecast yesterday and it said today would be sunny and even warmer then yesterday, so Jen and I decided we would go to Farm Country and the Dinosaur Museum. The weather was wrong. It was chilly at the petting zoo, so we rushed through and went to the dinosaur museum. The boys always have so much fun. Plus, I am trying to squeeze in as much quality time with the Yaks before they move as possible.

Why?

Why am I doing the 30 day challenge? I love blogging. I am not a scrap booker and I unfortunately haven't been keeping a journal. I feel like the blog is kind of like both of those things for me. I did the challenge because I was only blogging a few times a month and I wanted to try to get into the habbit of blogging more frequently and more personally.