Garret is 5!

Garret had his birthday yesterday. Its hard to believe that my little baby is now 5 and will be starting school in the fall. We stayed pretty low key. We had family over for lunch on Saturday and did a joint party for the boys since Andrews b-day is in 2 weeks, we didn't want to have people have to drive up here twice in a couple weeks. Garret seemed to have a bunch of fun with his cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents, even a great grandma and great aunt here. Andrew was not so thrilled, but he was starting to teethe again, and we woke him from his nap. It was definitely nice to see everyone and celebrate the boys birthdays at the same time. For Garrets first birthday I made him his own cake to rip into. I wanted to do that for Andrew also to see if he would go after it like he does everything else. I made each boy their own little cake, Brent had the idea of making the cakes into their initials. Garret got a G cake and Andrew got an A cake.(Garret decorating his cake with "doughnut sprinkles") (Everyone singing to the boys, Andrew was totally confused during this part of the day) (Andrew didn't know what to do about the cake and candle so Garret helped him out a bit) We only gave Garret a piece of his though so he wouldn't get sick. I had to try and help Andrew get at his cake. He was hesitant and when I finally smashed his hand in it he got upset and wanted off the table and was whining. So I guess Andrew ended up having about the same reaction to the first birthday cake that Garret did. It was still fun watching him deal with his first cake.(He was not having a very good time)

We are having a pretty good time here in Logan. We wish traffic wasn't so bad and that we would have some nicer days, but its good for now. Its a little better since its the summer now and there aren't as many students in town.

My sister Georgette watched Andrew for me while I took Garret to a Doctors appointment. She took him swimming. Here are a couple of pics that she took: (So cute I don't know what to do with him) (Looks like he is modeling the swim diapers for a print ad or something :P)

My dad came out for a golf tournament that his uncle puts on every year in Preston, ID so all the guys went to that and the girls hung out at McDonald's for lunch. Andrew was posing while Garret was playing: (I've got one almost the same as this one of Garret)

Our ward is pretty good. Its a transition ward because we have 4 apartment complexes in the boundaries. We have people moving in and out every week so its hard to know who people are. I was called to be the primary secretary back in March. It has gone pretty well so far and I am enjoying it. It is kinda hard to keep up with all the families moving in and out though. We do have a lot of kids in our primary (about 100) and half of them either don't come or don't come very often. It is fun though because it falls right in with stuff I like to do. I like to be in primary and I like to keep track of things and keep things organized (well things that aren't mine :P).

Brent is enjoying his job at a law clerk at the courts here in Logan and in Brigham City. He has to go to Brigham City for 6 months of the year. They switch off every 3 months and his first rotation there will be done in a couple of weeks.

We will be heading to California for the 4th of July weekend because my sister Danell is having a baby soon (she's due tomorrow) and she is planning to bless the baby on July 3. I can't wait to get out there and visit with my family and friends that I haven't seen in a while.

I will try and update more often now that I can put pics on my computer again. And of course Andrews birthday is in a couple weeks so there will be a new post about his first year and everything.

Andrews latest

Alright here we go. I am using my phone to do this so hopefully it works. The last time I updated Andrew was only 4 months old. Now he is 7 months and is a really big boy. At his 6 month checkup he weighed 22 lbs 93rd %tile and was 28 inches or 97th %tile. He was only rolling from his tummy to his back. Now he will roll both ways. He has been getting up on his knees and rocked back and forth. He also would scoot backwards on his tummy. Finally on Sunday he crawled across the room. before he would move his arms and then lunge over an over till he got where he wanted to go. So he is crawling now and I think he likes it. We need to start Andrew proofing our house.

He is already learning what to do when he wants to be picked up. He just makes his way to me or Brent and whines and hits our feet or if we are on the ground he tries to climb on us. He is pretty funny. He is already getting into things he's not supposed to.

Since my last post I got a job. I started on November 1st as a temp at Ziplocal formerly PDCpages and Phone Directories Company. I worked there twice before. We were still living with Brents parents.

While I was at Ziplocal, Brent got a job as a Law Clerk for the 1st District Court in Logan, UT. He started on Dec 20th. He was making the 2 hr one way (4 hrs total) commute everyday. Finally we set a day to move to Logan. My last day of work was on Jan 14th and we moved on the 15th.

We found a really nice town home for a decent price. We have 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bathrooms. The boys get to have their own rooms which is good since Garret is a loud sleeper and Andrew still wakes up in the middle of the night sometimes. Their rooms aren't real big but they are big enough. We are enjoying being on our own again and really appreciate the sacrifices Ralph, Nancy and Dustin made for us to stay with them.

Well i think that is good for now. I can't post any pictures from holidays etc because we don't have our Internet hooked up yet.