how hard Sundays can be with Two ACTIVE little boys and being pregnant. I think I could write a good comedy story about it….someday when it is funny, I just might do that.

But with that said, I am grateful to have two active HEALTHY boys. I am grateful they TRY to be reverent, and TRY to remember not to run in the halls at church and the chapel, and TRY to remember not to climb over the pews into the elderly womans lap behind us. I am grateful I am HEALTHY enough to attend church and partake of the sacrament, even though the whole time is spend prompting and helping them be reverent. I am grateful for FAMILY who is close enough to see and to celebrate them. I am grateful for the OPPORTUNITY to serve my Savior. I am grateful to be a MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTERDAY SAINTS. I am grateful for HUGS and KISSES after the boys are naughty.

Lastly, I am most grateful for the reminder that my little boys are just that….LITTLE BOYS.

As always, I am amazed by my children. Here are some things they have said/done, that makes me wonder how their little brains work, but yet I can understand how they reached these conclusions. But they are interesting conclusion they’ve jumped too none the less…

Truman:

(Truman has been thinking a lot about good choices this past few weeks)
“If Tucker doesn’t start listening, Satan is going to be coming to our house…”
“When we make good choices, we get to go to heaven. When we get to go to heaven, we get to see Jesus, and that will be good, because we don’t know what Jesus looks like, cause we can’t see him. Ever.”
When discussing with Truman, the idea that we will have to purchase a new car after baby brother comes, because our car will be small and tight for three car seats, he says to me, “We’ll have to get a babysitter for Dad, Tucker and Baby Brother, because if not they’d be LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLYYYYYYY (Lonely) while you and me go pick out that car.”

Tucker:

We have a young man in our ward who is experiencing some major health problems. We’ve been praying for him and the boys made a card and we went to the store to get a little treat to give him. When we were at the store, Tucker wanted to get a treat to, but I told him not today, then we got back in the car to go deliver it, Tucker was throwing a major fit. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what was going on. I thought he didn’t want to give the candy away. Finally, he was so out of control I pulled the car over, and in a very stern voice said ‘Tucker you have so much halloween candy at home, this is ridiculous. You don’t need this candy, you are being silly. I don’t like this behavior, what is going on?’
Tucker then turned to me and with tears in his eyes said, ‘Mom, I’m afraid I will catch his germs and have to be in the hospital like him.’
Man Did I feel bad, we then had a discussion about how you can’t catch these germs, and then I felt horrible for the rest of the night that I was so shallow to think Tucker was that upset over a piece of candy.
Thank goodness for the children in our lives to keep us grounded, sane and a little bit crazy.

Does Tucker still like Robots?
Maybe these videos he took a few weeks ago will answer that question…


YEP !!!! (Especially these wooden robots, thanks again Grandma and Grandpa Phillips)!! And he is learning the fine art of making videos. (Which from what I understand from Toph is something he enjoyed doing too when he was little–)

It’s nothing to exciting, and may be boring to many people. It is just him playing robots. But it just makes my little heart jump to watch him. Seeing things like this makes it seem almost as if he’s growing up right before my eyes. (And you can hear Truman commenting/helping in the background too…)

And I love that he is at the age of entertaining himself for a few minutes, while I make some phone calls for church stuff–sorry you can hear me gabbing in the background

And just in case you want more robot goodness, here is another one, you got to love it.

Cat tagged me FOREVER ago, like I think in August, and I’m just now getting to it. Sorry Cat.

4 Jobs I’ve held
1. Momma/Wife/Homemaker/Cook/Chauffeur/Maid
2. Transcriptionist
3. Massachusetts Educational Finance Authority (MEFA) College Savings Plan Advisor
4. Study Abroad Office

4 Movies I Can Watch Over & Over
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Home videos of my boys
The other two are my boys favorites, that I do watch over and over, not because I can, but because they can
3. Planet Heroes, Ace in Space.
4. Robots with Rodney Copperbottom.

4 Places I Have Lived
1. PG, UT
2. Quincy, MA
3. Providence/Logan, UT
4. SLC, UT

4 T.V. Shows I Enjoy
1. Gilmore Girls
2. Eli Stone
3. Pushing Dasies
4. Chuck

4 Places I have Been on Vacation
1. Cal-i-for-nia
2. Europe: Italy, France and Albania
3. New York City
4. the Bahamas

4 Favorite Foods
1. Cheese, (Surprising I know)
And besides that, being pregnant, there are not a whole lot of other foods I can eat over and over and over again….. But normally… I love

1. Cheese
2. Spinach
3. Cherry Tomatoes
4. Chocolate

4 Websites I visit (pretty much daily)
1. Gmail
2. Google Reader
3. My Blog
4. my Work Website.

4 Places I Want to Visit
1. Back to Europe FOR SURE! I can just taste the Gelatto now.
2. OR Some place with a warm beautiful beach,
3. With my husband and Children,
4. And Room Service to feed us all!

Now I’m supposed to pick 4 other blog buddies to do this!
You’re supposed to copy this and tag 4 other people (Cathrine already tagged all of the sisters and I’m afraid I don’t know who else really looks at my BLOG, so whoever wants to do it, please do

We write to taste life twice, once in the moment, and once in retrospection.
-Anais Nin

I may be MILES behind in posting, and what I want to post, but when I see quotes like this, I remember why I do it. Hopefully they’ll be more posts soon.

to us all. Especially the brave men and women who have fought for our country, including my Grandpa Greene.

Love you Grandpa!

I love the community we live in. They have a lot to offer. Truman loves sports, and the community offers a class called “Itty-Bitty-Ball” for children who are 2 and 3, which Truman eagerly enrolled in. The class is over now, and he got to try 4 different sports during the class. He LOVED it. He is a natural athlete, and so naturally loved it all.
He even got a t-shirt, which he still wears, and was thrilled about:

They played Basketball:

Soccer:

T-ball/baseball (I forgot to send Toph with the camera that day!) and Lastly Football:

During Truman’s ‘practices’ Tucker would follow us to station to station and color pictures of robots… (I think it was good for Tucker to watch Truman this time around. Tucker would cheer for him, as well as encourage and help him. These brothers are so much fun.)

And a video of a few highlights:
Now Truman is gearing up for his next class…Track. Because he wants to be like Dash from The Incredibles. I’ve never seen a class for track, but we’ll be looking into it!
Until then, I am sure Truman will continue to run up and down the halls, practicing for his races, and reminding me the things he learned at Itty-bitty ball, like the proper way to throw a ball.

The only thing cuter than thinking about Tucker being a Sock Monkey, is thinking about him drawing this at class!

And the fact he didn’t know how to spell sock monkey, so just put the letter S.

We took a few pictures before the Ward Soup-Tacular, a fun church event where you bring your muffin tins and a crock pot of your favorite soup, and taste a little bit of lots of peoples! It was so much fun!

TRUMAN (Hercules):

Tucker (Sock Monkey):

Truman’s Preschool Program and carnival
Took this before we left, Love these Hercules Muscles:

Truman was glad Grams was able to come(and so was I, it is always nice to be with my momma):

They always have so many fun games:

The classic Cake Walk:

Blow up toys

Cotton Candy

And of course, buckets and buckets of CANDY!

And honestly, I love the program they put on.

They do the cutest things, you can watch a few clips below!

Tuckers school party and parade
This is how he went to school, with his banana butt hanging out of his bag:

And wanted to take a picture like this, because this is how sock monkeys sit:

I was able to go the class party, what a good teacher Tucker has, and how fun to be in the classroom, we played Bingo, did an art project, Halloween Freeze, and ghost bowling.
Class Photshoot (can you see the girl in the top left corner? Yeah, she’s Rainbow Bright. Wicked Awesome!)

And the classroom parade:

and a great song tucker started singing in the garage, adn I couldn’t get him to sing again later, sorry about the bad quality!

Visiting the Great Grandparents, Greenes, and Ikey, Belle, and Eleanor
Great Grandpa Greene, look at how handsome he is, and that big smile. I love this man.

And the Great Hunsakers, who we are happy they are almost moved into the Condo, so we’ll get to see them more! While we were there, I noticed Grandma had a plaque, that said, “There’s no place like home, unless it’s Grandma’s.” So True, So True.

On the way home, we picked up Toph, and he took this picture of Tucker, while I was driving. He was trying to scare people. I don’t think sock monkeys are scary, do you?


Trick or treating
More pictures coming later
And yes, the shirt Truman LOVES (and wears practically year round), has been worn now on Halloween, and can finally be put up in the box for when baby brother gets to be a bit bigger.

A great Halloween season again comes to an end!

It takes a village to raise a child, and in addition to raising a child, it also takes a village to help sew a Halloween Costume.

Evidence found below…
**Search for and go shopping for material in Logan with Cat, Grandma Phillips, and Grandpa Phillips.

**Once the material has been found and purchased, use a pattern from my childhood, and with the help of Grams, (and Gramps watching the children) cut out pattern stretchy material.

**At cabin, get help from Aunt Rosemary and Great Grandma Hunsaker in sewing a zipper, learning about a stretch stitch, stretchy material, interfacing, and more. (Again, the children being watched by Toph and the Hunsaker Girls)

**Calling my mom again, about putting elastics in, and many other trivial sewing questions (and my husbands patience with sewing stuff all over the place)…

But the end result, one awesome looking Banana Butt, or as it is known to the majority of the world a Sock Monkey Costume.



Tucker was thrilled with the end result, and honestly I think he looked adorable, thanks again to the village for rallying around us, we love you all.