Valentines Day

I never posted about Vday. Dave and I went to the stake dance and out to dinner. We had a great time. I loved dancing with my honey. And the icing on the cake was that my mom threw my boys a Valentine's party complete with cookie decorating and balloons, so we had a free night out together. Does it get much better than that? It was probably my best Valentine's in a long time!

Spent a lovely afternoon

with the woman who adopted Mari's baby. Her name is Charity. She brought that cute little baby, I wanted to munch on him. He's so sweet. He still looks so much like Mari. We only spent a few hours together, but probably could have spent a lot longer if our lives permitted. We connected. We understood each other. It's funny because we went to high school together and even hung out with some of the same people, but never even spoke to each other. It's amazing the people you miss out on, when you brush shoulders with them daily. But the wonderful world of adoption brought us together 10 years after graduation, and now we have a forever bond. I am so thrilled with the family this little baby went to. He is so lucky, Charity is just so amazing, she handles her life with grace, even during hard times. She is a fantastic mom. And a great friend. I feel so blessed to have spent the afternoon with her, and hope we will get together in the future.

And a picture of the little munchkin. Isn't he scrumptious?

Kung fu

Oh yeah, our kids are so talented.

Baby-hen

I've called him Baby-Hen for quite some time now, but for awhile he fought me and would say, "I not Baby Hen!" in his funny little voice. He's okay with me calling him that now.

Yesterday I was talking with him about when he was a baby. I told him that he was in my tummy. He said, "And you said, where's Hemy?" I laughed really hard, and then assured him that I knew where he was.

Today, I reminded him of our conversation yesterday and today's version included him saying, "Let me OUT, Mom. And then I comed out." Maybe that's how it happened?

He's a funny, quirky, little guy, and I love him.

Christmas Pictures. In no particular order

I love this one. Henry was in Heaven!


Dave didn't think G would like Buzz, but as soon as he woke up he said, "Mine!" He now calls him Buzz, but for awhile he was "an-eey-on!" (To Infinity and beyond)

Isaac and his beard beanie


The happy boy with his Bakugan. Which broke an hour later. And officially made it the worst Christmas ever according to Isaac. (He woke up at 3:00 am, so he was predisposed to be grumpy on Christmas)




Pickleville Christmas Show, the Santa looked so real Isaac was convinced he was the "real" Santa.


Dave bought the boys all matching hats/pants/sweaters/pea coats/scarfs/umbrellas/and jingle bells. Henry is sporting part of the outfit in this pic



And Baby G.


The Biada's on Christmas Eve at Beehive grill


My mom and me


The classic jammers shot on Christmas Eve. The best shot out of 20. Gratefully in digital, otherwise we would have used a whole roll of film with no good pictures!

We have a 135 inch movie theater in the basement......

But sometimes these little boys just want to crowd around a laptop. (Dave's laptop....I don't share mine)