MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!

We hope you all had a merry Christmas with happy memories and loving moments!!! We had a great Christmas and it was one of my favorite. The boy's had a great time and really could not wait for it to get here. It keeps getting more and more fun with each year that the boys get older, I truly enjoy my kids being the ages that they are now. Here are a few photos of our Christmas morning.....

Molly knows what presents are hers.

Gage got the DS he has been asking for.

Garrett leaves no time for opening a box....he rips right through it!

Gage watches as Garrett attempts to open the gift that he wrapped for him - Good job Gage....How many rolls of tape did that take??? Oh well at least he was not going to be able to peek in that one :)


Dad and Garrett love the new jumbo remote.

Garrett loved his new Quicksilver jacket, he needed one so bad. He wore the last one with a broken zipper and the thumb oles where tore and tied back together :) He is a little hard on his clothes to say the least!!!


Matt got Gage and himself new Boston hat's and Gage absolutely LOVES his.

We started off the morning opening gifts an then had a breakfast casserole with Robbie and Bonnie (Matt's parents) and his sister Andie and her two kids. We ate and then attacked the Wii! We got the wii fit and three new games so we had a lot of breaking into do. We had a great laugh at watching everyone take there turns to try to get the best score. I would have to say that I am pretty competitive :) I love that thing!!! Shortly after that we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Larsen's to sit and chat for a bit. We then went over to Robbie and Bonnie's for Christmas Dinner - YUMMY!!! We also played Snorta for a few hours and I know that is why my stomach muscles are so sore!!! I have never laughed so hard in my life. If you have never played it then you need to it is so much fun!!! We hope you and all of you loved ones had a great day. I know that I am very thankful for family and friends, I love them all so much. Thanks to all of you that are a part of our lives...WE LOVE YOU!!!

Happy 11th Birthday Gage

How crazy is it that my kid is 11!!! How is this possible? It feels like yesterday when he would ask for his BG (blanket) and want me to rock him to sleep! I love so much about this boy and I am so lucky to have him as my son. We went to Nickelcade with some friends and went to Chilli's with the family and Grandma and Grandpa Robbie. Gage ate a full plate of ribs and was still hungry...why is that no longer surprising to me??? He is now the same height as me and that is so wrong! He asked for a rip stick for his birthday means that I ran the last one over on Halloween :( He has not left anything out since....at least he learns from my mistakes. Well Gage, I love you more then you can imagine and I am so proud of the person who you are thanks for being you and such a great son, I love you - love Mom

Blowing out his candles on his German pancakes on his Birthday breakfast. This is Gage's most favorite breakfast food. Him and Garrett will eat a whole 9x13 pan by themselves!!!

Gage now has his dad's crazy addiction for baseball cards!!! He got this cool binder with some card inserts and some packs of cards from Grandma and grandpa Robbie. He was in heaven and could not wait to open them up. He has a few good ones...so I hear :)

Crazy boy!!!

HIP-HOP

Garrett had his winter hip-hop concert on December 4Th at Springville High. He has really gotten good and enjoys it a lot. I think he likes it more now because it is an all boy class and they feel like it is NOT a dance class because there are no girls :) One of my BFF's Sara Mower teaches it as well as a bunch of other kids, she is awesome. Garrett is the best at the worm and the robot he is really quite good at all of it!! Good job Garrett, you did awesome and we are so proud of you. Keeping having fun and living life!! We love you so much!!

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Thanks....Giving

I feel that Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for what we have and have been given in this great lifetime. I know we should be thankful all of the time but it is always that easy. I know that I am thankful for so much but usually think of the things in life that I don't have or want....human nature is never satisfied! Here are a few thought of mine....
Thank you for allowing me to be me.
For letting me shine when I have earned that right.
For patting me on the back when I have done good.
For putting me in check when I was overly cocky.
For appreciating that I’d do just about anything to help anyone ~
For not taking advantage of that fact!
Thank you for being you.
For coming through with help when you know I’m to stubborn to ask for it.
For building my confidence by recognizing what I do accomplish.
For keeping me humble – without hurting my confidence.
For not judging me too harshly, because I really am only human.
For forgetting those judgments – because that’s what friends do.
For realizing as my friend, you are on a pedestal
For understanding that I of course expect superhuman traits (like reading my mind) from you.
For forgiving me when I have been too hard on you.
For knowing that when I’m hard on you it’s usually because I’m disappointed in myself.
For knowing I’d never intentionally hurt you or your feelings.
For making me laugh when I wanted to cry.
For lending your shoulder when I needed to cry, without making me feel like a wimp.
For knowing I’m one of the guys, who’s still a girl and even sometimes a lady.
So this Thanksgiving – remember I am thankful for you.Your individuality. Your uniqueness. Just plain ole YOU! Your unconditional love of someone just like me, who love’s you unconditionally for being in my life.
I have been so grateful for my parents who sacrificed so much for me to have never let me go with-out anything!
my husband who puts up with me...and somehow still seems to love me through it all, for all he does as a husband and a father, all of his hard work, love and laughs.
For my awesome boys who put meaning into my everyday and make me so happy to be a mom.
For my family....they have helped to make me the person I am today (like it or not :) I am grateful to have come from a large family and to have multiple siblings who are also my friends.

Thanks to everyone who is in or has passed through my life, all of my life experiences have made my who I am and I am grateful that you are in my life. Thanks for being part of the ride and I hope we have a long and happy road ahead!!!

Love,

Britt

Missing the sunshine...Already!

I am already missing Summer!!! I love the fall and spring but I hate the winter and the snow. I am just going to post some pictures to remind me of the hot sunny days. This summer was a lot of fun and we created some tradition's that will stick with us for sure :) I am hoping Matt will get me some snow shoes for Christmas (now if that is not a hint I don't know what is!!!) so we can go snow shoeing again. We went last winter and it was one of the funnest times of our winter it will defiantly be something I do in the winter. Just for your information you can rent snow shoes for $15.00 at out n back in Orem.Garrett got to ride in a VIPER for his birthday from the Meyer family, he had a great time and went 140 mph (i was not to happy about that)

I love Summer and all the fun we have!!! I sure hope Winter goes quick!!!

Chip n Dale - WENDOVER

So me and some of my girlfriends went out to Wendover to the Chip-n-Dale dancers. Can I just say it was not as bad as I though it was going to be at all, it was such a great laugh!! We had a great time but how could we not we where all with great company. I love my friends dearly and they play a huge part of my life. Friends are so important to me and I love them so much. Thanks so much to all of my friends who are a part of my life, I truly do love and appreciate you. Here are a few of the pictures from Wendover. I still think one of the best parts was the flat tire we got....great picture moments :) Oh, no one even stopped to help - what do you think??? Four girls in a black Lexus on the side of the road 10 minutes out of wendover.....would you have stopped??? you better have said yes! We did not need anyone to stop we had it all under control - Ha,Ha,Ha!

Halloween 2008

Halloween this year was a lot of fun!!! The boys un-invited us to go trick or treating with them and told us we could just stay home and watch TV, yeah-right! If we where smart we would have went to a movie but we sat out on the porch and handed out candy and talked to all of the neighbors who came by. It was a lot of fun and the boys had a great time out on their own. Here are some pictures of the night.
Garrett makes a really cute girl!! So this is what our daughter would have looked like if we had one :) Odds of being blond is slim though.

Gage was a gangster.....He sure looks old with facial hair :) He wanted to be a clown but nothing was scary enough for him so we changed our costume all together.

Another one of Garretta :)

This is mom at the trunk-or-treat on Wednesday night. Not sure who I am it was just something I threw together at the last minute.

HELP!!! he has a gun and that cute little girl is in danger!!!


WOW- I have no comments for this picture........

Awe......that is a once in a lifetime moment!!!

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE!!!!

Gage and Mom - it is so hard to get a nice picture when you cant tell them to quite making faces!!!

Me and my daughter-don't we look a lot alike????

We found a stranger in our yard....but I took care of him!!!

Matt made me take this picture, thanks honey!!