Page Family

Animal project

2011-04-12T18:26:00.000-07:00

Aubrey had to do an animal research project in first grade. Just another project that the parents have to do. I thought that this turned out cute. Our next door neighbor has a 90 lb tortoise, 2 chickens, 3 dogs, and 2 rabbits and one kid. This is one reason we will miss Austin.

And the winner is...

2011-04-03T19:31:00.000-07:00

We are finally almost done with school for the rest of our lives. Jeremy will be graduating this May and we will be going to...Brigham Young University. I never thought that I would be so excited to move to Provo, but we can't wait to get there. He will be teaching finance at the Marriott business school. If you are out that way we would love to see you!

The rains came down and the floods came up

2010-09-22T18:34:00.000-07:00

One of the reasons we bought our house is this beautiful creek that runs through the back of our propriety. It is a dream for little kids. They can play, get dirty, and find reptiles. Then I make then stand out side, strip down, and run for the bath. Well, two weeks ago the creek wasn't so awesome. About 12:15 am Jeremy was sitting at the table working on his dissertation(the one time it has paid off to work 15 hours days). All of the sudden his feet felt wet. He thought that a pipe in the house had broken, but no such luck. He looked around and noticed water was coming in through most of the walls in the house. I was awakened by Jeremy calling up stairs saying "the house is flooding." I got up and did the only logical thing I could think of at 12:15 am, get some towels to soak up the water. I arranged them by the door thinking I had resolved the problem. In about 2 minutes the towels were floating in an inch of water. The fire department came to evaluate this situation. They were afraid that they might have to evacuate the neighborhood. After about 20 minutes the waters receded and we think that the creek got dammed up some where. We called our dear friends who let us sleep at their house helped vacuum out water, and rip carpets out. After sleeping for 3 hours we came home and found the damage was not as bad as we imagined. We ran ripped off baseboards, ran fans and dehumidifiers for 72 hours. Yesterday we got new carpet and baseboards installed. Through this I am amazed at peoples kindness and concern. Several people from church were at our house first thing in the morning. We also had FEMA and someone from the Governors office stop by to see the damage. Thank you to all of our friends how helped, called, cooked, and opened their houses to us. This is a picture of the kids room. I will post updated pictures soon.

First Day of school

2010-09-01T18:58:00.000-07:00

Aubrey started 1st grade and Isaac started a prek program at the school. I can't believe that she is in 1st grade. She actually has homework and spelling words. Isaac goes to school everyday in the mornings. A bus comes and picks him up from our drive way. I was a little nervous for him to go all by himself, but he assured me it was fine. Now that I have gotten used to him riding the bus it is like a dream to have one less person to run around.

A scare

2010-05-15T09:09:00.000-07:00

A couple of nights ago I put the kids to bed and Isaac got out of bed a couple of times, which is pretty normal. After telling him not to get out of bed again I left the room(Aubrey was sound a sleep at this point). About a 1/2 hour later I went to check on him. I found nothing in his bed. The pillow had been thrown on the floor, the blankets and sheets were also on the floor and there was no little boy in that bed. At this point I started to panic. I went all over the house looking for him and couldn't find him. Then it occurred to me where he was. I love to see things like this!

Texas Wildflowers

2010-05-08T18:19:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite times in Texas is the spring. We have beautiful wildflowers that grow everywhere. Often times you can see people pulling over on the side of the freeway to take pictures. This is only one of the many things I will miss about Texas. One of our talented friends took pictures of our family.

One year older and wiser too!

2010-04-25T19:14:00.000-07:00

Between March and April 4 out of the 5 people in our family have a birthday.We felt like we were eating cake for a whole month. Isaac kicked it off with a pirate party. I can't believe he is 4 already. I brought some treats into class for Isaac's birthday and the class sang to him. When his real birthday came he was insistent that he already had his birthday and he was not going to have another one until after Christmas. He was so determined it wasn't his birthday that he wouldn't even smile when they sang to him at Texas Roadhouse. We should have played along and saved his presents for next year=) Isaac is one of the giggliest kids I have ever met. He giggles at just about anything. He brings lots of fun into our home.

Round two

2010-02-18T18:12:00.000-08:00

We had our second round of concussions followed by emergency room visits on Monday night. I feel like I am a veteran at the emergency room. While we were at Sam's club Isaac feel out of the shopping cart and landed on his head. He feel pretty hard and could not stay awake. We took him home and he started throwing up(This is the number one sign that you need to go to the emergency room. Just in case you every have this lovely experience) Isaac performed nicely when we walked in. He couldn't stay awake so I brought this lump of a child in my arms to the front desk. After telling them the problem, I woke him up and he started spewing all over. They quickly got him a wheel chair and a room. it was kind of scary when 5 nurses surrounded him and start poking him and hooking him up to all kinds of machines. After 1 cat scan, 1 x-ray of his spine to make sure it was not broken and 4 hours we were cleared to go home. As we were leaving Isaac said,"I love this place. They have the tastiest blue Gatorade. Can we come back?" To which I told him that I would buy him blue Gatorade and we don't need to go to the hospital for it. As an added bonus Isaac also pick up the stomach flu while we were at the hospital.

Thanks for our dear friends who came over and put Aubrey to bed and stayed at our house until we got home!!!

For those of you who don't know Aubrey feel off the monkey bars at school in November and landed on her head. This was our first concussion experience. Aubrey said that she passed her concussion on to Isaac who is going to pass it on to me and then Jeremy and Nathaniel. I hope that she is wrong.

Rock Star day

2010-02-04T18:13:00.000-08:00

Aubrey had rock star day at school so we tried on some different wigs to see what would be best.

PhD program

2010-01-31T18:23:00.000-08:00

When people find out that we are in a PhD program with three kids they look at us kind of strange. For the first two years we kind of thought that we were crazy for trying to do it. There have been a couple of time when we felt like throwing in the towel. But, my husband is a hard determined worker. He stays up till all hours of the night and morning working(some times we will it indentured service.) All of his hard work is starting to pay off. He has co-authored a couple of papers. One of his papers made it in the New York times business section. Check out the link.

Christmas pictures

2010-01-31T17:44:00.001-08:00

As we were taking down our Christmas decorations I knocked our camera down and broke it. Now that we have a new one I was able to download our Christmas pictures. Perfect timing now that Valentine's day is only two weeks away. This year for Christmas we went to Maryland to spend time with G&G Page. We had a blast getting snowed in the day after we got there. We have turned into Texans and didn't remember what it feels like to be cold. The kids have never seen snow like that and thought that it was pretty great. We also went to the Air and Space Museum, The Museum of Natural History(Aubrey loved the Hope diamond) and the White house.

G&G Page also got us tickets to "Ice" at the Gaylord hotel. It was amazing. They had this tent, which they keep at 9 degrees, with these beautifully carved ice sculptures. The ice sculptures were carved by a team of 40 people from China. Here are some pictures.

Favorite?

2010-01-19T17:17:00.000-08:00

We have loved living in Austin. We have made great friends and watched some of them go. We have traveled around Texas...something that I never imaged that I would do. Now that our time is coming to an end...okay we still have 18 months but I know that it is going to go by fast. We are making a list of things that we want to do or see before we leave here. So, for those of you who have lived in Austin I want to know your favorite place, restaurant or thing to do in the Austin area.

2010-01-15T18:51:00.000-08:00

My sister-in-law told me that I need to update my blog. This is for you Erica! This summer we got some really great pictures of our family taken and I have just received electronic copies of them.

Changes

2010-01-15T18:45:00.000-08:00

Some of you know that I have had a calling which has been time consuming the last couple of years. Well, this Sunday I was released from my calling. It was a bit bitter sweet. I have loved being in primary and with the kids. I have seen many blessings in my life from serving. We have been able to get through almost 4 years of a PhD program(yes, we will be done in 18 months). So, now that I have lots of extra time on my hands, I am going to try and blog more. I can't make any promises though.

Kids

2009-10-25T18:23:00.001-07:00

It has been a while since I posted any thing. Here are some pictures of the kids.

First day of School

2009-09-21T18:42:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures of Aubrey and Isaac's first day of school. Isaac insisted that I take a picture of his Bumble Bee backpack. On his first day of school he shot out of bed and told me that this was the best day of his whole life. I hope that he stays excited about school. Aubrey loves kindergarten. In fact, today she asked if she could just call me Miss. Moody. I told her that she could keep calling me Mom.

Norway

2009-09-03T08:37:00.000-07:00

Jeremy just got back from a trip to Norway. He was presenting a paper to the European Finance association. He said that it was beautiful. Here are some pictures.

Mowhawk or Combover?

2009-08-13T13:41:00.000-07:00

I can't decide what is a better hair style for Nathaniel. Mohawk or comb over.

Going private

2009-08-08T18:44:00.000-07:00

I have noticed that some of my favorite blogs have gone private and I can't read them. So, if you are one of those people, please add me. My gmail account is signsensation@gmail.com I will be posting summer pictures soon!

Nathaniel's Blessing

2009-06-25T18:52:00.000-07:00

As I was going through pictures I realized that I never posted pictures of Nathaniel's blessing. It was a beautiful day and we are grateful for our families for being there. Jeremy gave our sweet Nathaniel a beautiful blessing. Nathaniel has been a joy to have in our family.

California, Here we come baby!

2009-06-21T19:20:00.000-07:00

Isaac and Aubrey said this for a week before we went and then a week after we got home. Two weeks ago, Jeremy's youngest brother got married in the Oakland temple. He married a wonderful girl and we were grateful to be there. Here are some of the highlights:

Lombard Street in a 12 passenger Van. We didn't even damage the van.(I didn't take this picture. I was in the back of the van)

Seeing the Golden Gate bridge, absolutely amazing.

The carousel at pier 39. The Oakland temple. Can you believe that we got all five of us looking at the camera?
Jeremy and Aubrey dancing at the reception
Nathaniel got to bond with his new cousin Ben.

The down side: Traveling home with one baby who had thrush, one case of the stomach flu (displayed three times on the airplane), and one sore throat with a fever(Aubrey said it felt like the bones were coming out of her neck, but I think that it was a sore throat).

Preschool Graduation

2009-05-25T18:48:00.000-07:00

Aubrey had preschool graduation on Wednesday. I have to admit that I was the mom in the back of the classroom crying. I can't believe that she is going to be in kindergarten. Here are some pictures of it.

He's Here

2009-04-22T10:58:00.000-07:00

Nathaniel Andrews Page was born on Wednesday April 8th. I went in to the hospital at 6:00 am to be induced and he was born at 2:00 pm. He was 8 lbs and 12 ounces. I took him to the doctors today and he is already 9lbs 4 ounces. He is a sweet, happy baby that sleeps well. Aubrey and Isaac have adjusted well to him. Aubrey wants to hold him all of the time. I found Isaac reading his airplane book to him the other day. We can't imagine what life would be like with out him.

Rodeo

2009-03-31T18:54:00.000-07:00

My parents were in town last week and we went to the rodeo. The kids had so much fun. There were pig races, motorcycle stunts, cow milking, a petting zoo, and a gun show.

Update

2009-03-31T18:49:00.000-07:00

I love how everyone feels like they need to make comments on the size of your stomach when you are pregnant. As if I already don't feel extremely large. My favorite so far was about 2 weeks ago when a lady said, "When were you due, Yesterday?" No still 3 more weeks. So, I am feeling quite large now. I have about a week to go (hopefully a little sooner). We will keep you updated with his arrival.

BCGs

2009-03-28T18:37:00.001-07:00

When Jeremy was going through basic training a long time ago they issued him these stylish glasses. They are called BCG which stands for birth control glasses. The military figures that when wearing these no one will be attracted to you. The kids thought that they were pretty cool and wanted to wear them all day.

I can't believe that he is 3

2009-03-23T19:27:00.000-07:00

Isaac had a birthday a couple of weeks ago. He was so excited about it. Every day for about 2 weeks he would wake up and ask me if it was his birthday. Here are some pictures.

The Wikini

2009-02-23T18:43:00.000-08:00

The other day on the way to preschool I had this conversation with Aubrey and Isaac
Aubrey: Mom, what are those swim suites that show your tummy?
Mom: Bikinis
Aubrey: Can I get a Wikini to play dress-up in at home
Mom: No. We are not going to buy any bikinis
Isaac: Mom, can I get a wikini for Optimu Prime?
Mom: No, Optimus prime does not need a bikini.

Air Force Bowl Game

2009-02-11T18:08:00.000-08:00

On New Years Eve we drove up to Fort Worth to watch Air Force play in the bowl game. It was a disappointing ending, but we still had fun. We were able to see my Aunt and Uncle, our good friends the Schellhous' and the Johnson's. Aubrey thought that the best part was the cheerleaders. She got to meet them and get their autographs. Isaac liked the football players. Here are some pictures of the game. Notice Aubrey's fingers? She thinks that the "Hook em horns" is a common used symbol by all cheerleaders.

Yes...we are still alive

2009-02-08T18:37:00.000-08:00

I keep telling myself that I am going to do a better job of blogging after I am over my morning sickness or after I have the primary program written, or after I have everything done with my calling. Well, all of these excuses have come and gone and I am still doing a terrible job at blogging. So, the truth be know...I am not a very good blogger.

So, with that said I thought that I would keep you updated from the past 2 months. We stayed here for Thanksgiving and Jeremy's parents came into town. It was really fun to have them here. I especially loved the fact that I hardly had to cook for Thanksgiving.

We celebrate another Christmas in Texas. We went to our friends house to have dinner and act out the birth of Jesus. I got to be Mary this year thanks to my ever increasing stomach size. We have kept with the tradition of "Christmas Performances." In Jeremy's family you have to play or sing a Christmas song to "earn" a present on Christmas eve. Aubrey was disappointed that there was no stage.

Here are some pictures of our Christmas. If you are wondering Aubrey is sporting a lovely black eye that she kept for 4 weeks. Just when the first one went away she fell again and got another one. I am sure that people thought that I was a terrible mom.

The results

2008-11-11T12:09:00.001-08:00

We had our ultrasound yesterday and we are having a little boy. The baby looks healthy and quite active. Aubrey handled the news pretty well. Isaac said, "it's not a gill." I am not sure he really understands, he just knows that he won an argument with Aubrey.

Is she pregnant or has halloween been really good at the Pages house

2008-11-09T18:17:00.000-08:00

It seems like every time we are around friends their eyes seem to drift to my ever increasing midsection. Everyone has been afraid to ask if I have been eating to much Halloween candy(which I probably have been doing) or if I am pregnant. We are expecting our third baby on the 10Th of April. Who knows maybe it will be the third one in our family to be born on April 3rd. We find out tomorrow what the gender of the baby is. Aubrey is convinced that it is going to be a little girl and I am afraid that there are going to be some tears if it is not. The kids have picked out some names. The list of names includes King Triton, Thomas, or Prince Charming if it is a boy and if it is a girl Aubrey wants it to be Ariel, Tinker Bell or Aurora.

Halloween

2008-11-09T17:36:00.001-08:00

Here are some pictures of the kids. Aubrey was Sleeping Beauty and Isaac was Buz lightyear. Every year we forget to buy "Texas" costumes. Isaac was like a wrestler in a sweat suit. Every time we went some where in his costume he always asked to take it off soon after. He was all sweaty after we took it off.

Hook 'em horns

2008-10-19T19:35:00.001-07:00

A couple of weeks ago one of Jeremy's professors had tickets to the UT-Arkansas(sorry for those of you Arkansas fans, Matt) game that he gave to us. We went and had a blast. Here is my list of things that I have learned about UT football games.

1. You must wear burnt orange. I was surprised to see the diversity of burnt orange clothes. Who know that they made burnt orange tube top dresses?

2. If you sit in the student section, don't plan to actually sit for the whole game.

3. Don't bring your kids to the student section. We decided that we would go to a game first by ourselves and then take the kids later. We don't plan on taking our kids to a UT football game any time soon!

4. Everything is bigger in Texas. They were selling foot long corn dogs.

Here is a picture of Jeremy and I after sitting in the hot sun for 3 hours.

Sharing a bedroom

2008-10-05T18:50:00.000-07:00

Sleeping, or should I say the lack of, has been a big issue in our house since Aubrey was born. For about a year we have finally gotten our kids to sleep through the night. In May we decided to have them share rooms. For the last five months one of us has been laying on their floor until they go to sleep. So, we finally put a stop to that. We had family home evening and talk to them about it. We even went into the bedroom and had them practice. The whole FHE totally bombed. They didn't want to listen to any of it. We were pleasantly surprised to find them like this when we went to check on them.

It was one of those moments that makes you love being parents.

Preschool

2008-09-22T18:48:00.000-07:00

Aubrey started preschool a couple of weeks ago. She was a little nervous becasue two of her best friends moved. Once she got there she was really excited to start. I can't believe that she will be starting kindergarten in just one year. Scary!

More summer pictures

2008-08-10T19:35:00.000-07:00

My Mom recently told me that I need to update my blog with pictures from our trip. So here are some pictures for Colorado.

We went horse back riding while we were in there. This is as close as Aubrey came to riding the horse. She would rather walk the horse around the arena.
Isaac rode around the arena a couple of times and then decided that he would rather throw dirt then ride a horse.

Staple Head

2008-08-09T19:32:00.000-07:00

Well..it finally happened. We are grateful that we have been able to get through two boy years without a trip to the ER. Yesterday Isaac was at the park and another kid threw a rock and hit him in the head. I took him to the ER and they put two staples in his head. I am afraid that the worst is yet to come...removal of the staples. They told me to come back in a week to get them removed. Isaac is doing well now, he acts like nothing has happened. Thanks everyone for your thought and concern!

What I have learned:

1. Head wound bleed A LOT!

2. You only have to call an ambulance if they pass out. Isaac started to pass out and I got freaked out, but calmed down before I called 911.

3. Little boys are tough. I think that I would have screamed if I saw a doctor coming at me with staples in hand.

Here is a picture of the wound.

Better late than never

2008-07-13T14:24:00.001-07:00

I feel like this is the story of my life. Here are the happenings from the Pages in the past two months.

-Aubrey had her end of the year preschool party. They learned jokes to tell in front of the parents. She is constentely telling jokes. Isacc thinks that they are the funniest things. They usually go something like this. "What did the crab say to the hair." Before you have a chance to answer she says,"I'll pinch you"

-Jeremy had his 30th birthday. I can't believe that we are getting that old. We had a surprise birthday party that him Mom came to from Maryland. He had no idea that she was even in town. You should have seen the look on his face.

-Jeremy studied, slept and ate occasionally and then studied more.

-We had our Mom's in town for a total of 3 weeks. While Jeremy was studying for the comprehensive exams we played.

-Said goodbye to our friends who graduated and took jobs. Good Luck!

-We took a week to recover from company

-Went to Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, and St. George.

Here is the first batch of pictures.

This is what Isaac thought about the party. He threw himself down on the ground and cried. Isn't it great to be 2.

The Verdict

2008-06-12T19:46:00.000-07:00

Jeremy found out yesterday that he passed his comprehensive exam. He is now officially a PhD candidate. 2 years down 3 to go.

The Comps

2008-06-04T19:56:00.000-07:00

Jeremy took the comprehensive exam today. This test reviews all of the material they have covered while he has been at school here. He felt like they went well and we should find out in a week if he is officially a PhD student. We'll keep you posted. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers today!

Stinkiest Cities of the U.S.

2008-05-19T19:08:00.000-07:00

When we first moved to Austin 2 years ago Jeremy read a study produced by Old Spice to determine the stinkiest cities. This study was based on how much people in the city sweat. Austin came in at #9 and we were smelling it today. Here is a link to the study in case you are curious http://www.digihitch.com/usa389.html So to prevent from adding to the stink we went swimming. Here is a picture of Isaac and the first time he wore goggles. Happy Summer!

Mother's Day

2008-05-18T19:51:00.000-07:00

I know that I am a little behind on this, but Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms. Here are some pictures that we took of our kids. I feel truly blessed to have two wonderful, healthy kids!

Life doesn't get much better than...

2008-05-06T20:22:00.001-07:00

A day at the lake. We spent Saturday at the lake swimming, playing volleyball and playing little mermaid (Aubrey and her friends were the only one who played little mermaid).

Hook 'em horns

2008-04-05T19:38:00.000-07:00

You know you are becoming a Texans if:
1. You own a burnt orange piece of clothing. Who would normally wear this color?
2. You know the words to the Texas anthem...I never knew there was such a thing
3. You teach your kids to do the "hook em horns" with their fingers. It is almost a natural movement for Aubrey's fingers now.
4. You start to say Y'all
5. Your kids know what a long horn looks like.

Last weekend we went a Longhorn preseason game. We are going to get season tickets this season so if anyone wants to come to a game just let us know!

Herd Ball

2008-04-05T19:32:00.001-07:00

Aubrey started soccer last Saturday. All of the kids ran around in a herd kicking each other. It was pretty cute. Aubrey didn't that that it was very fun.

This is how she spent most of the game...having one of us hold her.
After we got her on the field she scowled at us most of the time to let us know that she was not happy about playing soccer. The ball rolled past her a couple of times and she didn't even try to kick it. We bribed her with a treat so hopefully she will like it more next time.

Thank you

2008-04-05T19:22:00.000-07:00

Thank you everyone who called us, gave us treats and gifts, and emailed us for our birthday. Aubrey and I had a great birthday. She truly was the best birthday gift I have ever had.

A birthday would not be complete with out dress ups!

Happy Birthday Aubrey

2008-03-31T14:50:00.000-07:00

We had Aubrey's birthday party last weekend. She had a pajama princess party...I love that everything has to be princess at this stage. All of the kids wore their PJ's and I made her a barbie princess cake.

Happy Easter

2008-03-28T19:24:00.000-07:00

We hope you had a Happy Easter. Here is a picture of our kids right before church.

Camping

2008-03-17T18:36:00.000-07:00

For spring break we went camping. It has been 5 years and 2 kids since I have been camping. I have to admit that I was terrified to take my kids camping. Many of you know that my kids are not great sleeper and I was afraid what would happen when we all had to sleep in the same tent. Well, we didn't get 8 hours of sleep, but we had a fabulous time. We went with 3 other families...there was a total of 9 kids. This is us at the end of our camping excursion.

I wish that my kids would clean like this at home!

One of our friends brought a teather ball game. Isaac thought that this we pretty cool.

Happy birthday Isaac

2008-03-09T19:53:00.003-07:00

Isaac turned two on Wednesday. Here are a couple of pictures from his party.

Aubrey had the hardest time watching Isaac opening the presents. I think that she probably opened 1/2 of the presents. yes...if you are wondering if that is a big metal wall in the background you are right. Only in Texas would someone do this to their house. Some day when Jeremy is not writing papers or providing slave labor for his professors we are going to take it down.

I asked Isaac what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday and he said a Pizza cake. So, here is my attempt to make a pizza cake.

This is Isaac and Aubrey after cake, Ice Cream and lots of candy...to much sugar for Aubrey.

Grandpa's visit

2008-02-19T06:20:00.000-08:00

Jeremy's Dad was able to come visit for a weekend. Here are some pictures of his visit.

We took the kids to the Children's Museum.

I think that Jeremy had the most fun at the museum.

Valentine's Day

2008-02-17T19:22:00.000-08:00

Aubrey's friend invited her over for a Valentine's tea party. All of the girls dressed up in their dress ups, painted their fingernails and drank pink lemonade. Aubrey was in heaven. I have to admit that it was pretty cute. Poor Isaac was the only boy there. He entertained himself by playing basketball.

Yoghurt

2008-02-17T19:07:00.000-08:00

What do you get when you leave your two year old at the table with yoghurt while you talk on the phone?

Bag Tag

2008-02-17T19:01:00.000-08:00

Tagged by Cami forever ago!

Wallet

Diapers, Wipes, changing pad

Oriential Trading magazine(trying to get ideas for Aubrey's party)

Goggles...swim lessons

Valentine that Aubrey made.

Smashed up crackers of all varieites.

I tag Sarah, Kelsey, and Jenn

Sorry to be so boring.

Picture

2008-02-10T19:17:00.000-08:00

For some reason I couldn't get the picture uploaded.

Sleeping

2008-02-10T19:11:00.000-08:00

Many of you know that my kids are not great sleepers. I have not figured out yet, but they don't sleep great at night. BUT, there favorite game to play during the day is pretending to sleep.

I've been tagged

2008-02-09T11:29:00.000-08:00

Okay...I love reading everyone's blog, but I don't add things to my blog enough. Cami, you bag tag will be my next post.

Here it is. . everything you ever wanted to know about my Hubby!
What is his name? Jeremy Page
How long have you been together? Married for almost 6 years, together for 8.
How long did you date? for 7 months, enganged for 10-5 of which Jeremy was in Spain

How old is he? The big 30 in June
Who eats more? Jeremy. I have a rule except when I am pregnant that he has to eat more then me.
Who said I love you first? Jeremy
Who is taller? Jeremy
Who can sing better? Jeremy. He used to sing in the cadet choir at the Air Force Acadmey and did a concet with them in the Tabernacle.
Who is smarter? Jeremy has the book smarts....I have the street smarts
Who does the laundry? Me I went out of town for a week and Jeremy called me and asked me how to work the washing maching. He will not live that one down.
Who pays the bills? Me
Who sleeps on the right side? Jeremy
Who mows the lawn? It depends on how busy Jeremy is with school. I have done it lots this past summer.
Who cooks dinner? Me, mostly. Jeremy is a great cook when he gets the time.
Who drives? Jeremy
Who is more stubborn? ME, and I have passed that on to my daughter
Who kissed who first? He kissed me first.
Who asked who out first? Jeremy came up to Fort Collins where I was going to school and took me out.
Who proposed? Jeremy
Who is more sensitive? Depends on the day
Who has more siblings? Jeremy
Who wears the pants? Depends on the situation, but mostly me.
I tag Cami, Mel and Hillary

10:30 Chruch is a beautiful thing

2008-01-20T20:04:00.000-08:00

We went from 8:30 chruch to 10:30...need I say more? We had a couple of minutes to take a quick picture of our kids today.

Better late then never

2008-01-20T19:59:00.000-08:00

Jeremy's parents came out to visit around New Year's eve. We went to the Texas State history museum...Texans are proud of their past. While we were there we saw a 3-D imax. The kids love and are still talking about it. Here are some pictures of the dorky classes.

Dancing with the Stars

2008-01-07T17:34:00.000-08:00

Sorry to take so long posting Isaac's. Maybe Isaac will be on Dancing with the Stars with his moves.

Next American Idol

2008-01-04T18:10:00.001-08:00

Jeremy's family always has their kids earn their Christmas eve present by singing a song. We decided to continue this tradition. Here is some footage of Aubrey's song. In case you couldn't tell she is Away in a Manger. Isaac's will follow.

Christmas Eve

2008-01-01T18:48:00.000-08:00

This was our first year spending Christmas all by ourselves and we had a great time. On Christmas eve we went to some friends house and had dinner and acted out the nativity. Aubrey, Isaac and Grant(our friends little boy) were shepard's. Jeremy and I were Mary and Joseph.

Pre-Christmas

2008-01-01T18:41:00.000-08:00

We have been so busy with the holidays that I have not updated our blog. So here are some pictures of us.

The city puts on a really nice light display so we went and saw that. We had to park in a parking lot and ride a city busy over there. I think the kids had more fun riding "Daddy's busy" then the lights.

The Crib

2007-12-20T19:04:00.000-08:00

It seems like our sweet easy going Isaac is now turning into a mischievous toddler. Over the past week we have had to remove our dishwasher to get utensils which Isaac shoved between it and the counter, and remove the air intake for the furnace to get puzzle pieces. Today has been my favorite though. Isaac learned how to climb out of his crib. I put him down for a nap and about 10 minutes later I heard a thud and there was Isaac. I tried to get him to take a nap again and he just crawled out again. Maybe he will get a crib tent for Christmas.

Pre-school Christmas Party

2007-12-16T18:39:00.000-08:00

Aubrey was the star of her pre-school Christmas show. Look at her shake those jingle bells!

The Diaper

2007-12-12T18:03:00.001-08:00

We had an eventful day today. I put Isaac down for his nap like I usually do. I heard him jumping in his bed so I went in and told him that he needed to go to sleep. About 10 minutes later I heard him calling for me. I finally went in and he had taken off his pants and diaper. So, I thought that I would out smart him and duck tape the top of his diaper. I let him play for a little bit and tried the whole routine again. The same thing happened. After 30 minutes of quite he started calling for me again. Somehow he had pulled his diaper off leaving the duck tape around his waist. How he did this I don't know. So, I think that I am going to try oneszies tomorrow.

Santa

2007-12-10T18:32:00.000-08:00

Isn't it funny that Santa is for kids, but most kids are scared to death of him. Well, it is no different for my kids. We saw Santa this weekend and neither one of my kids would talk to him. We finally talked Aubrey into sitting on his lap at the Christmas party, but Isaac would have nothing to do with him.

Bethlehem

2007-12-10T18:15:00.000-08:00

The other night we went to a friend's church which was set up like Bethlehem. Isaac didn't take a nap that day so he was pretty cranky, but Aubrey had fun.

Turkey

2007-11-28T19:15:00.000-08:00

Everything that my husband cooks always turns out wonderful...it is getting to the end that is some times tricky. Well, this was true for Thanksgiving. Jeremy wanted to cook the and I was a little skeptical, but let him. He also wanted to play football in the morning so I told him that I would stay home and put the turkey in the oven. The recipe said to cook the turkey for 30 minutes at 500. So I put the turkey in and after about 10 minutes the house started to fill up with smoke. After another 5 minutes the fire alarm started to go off. While the fire alarm was going off Shera, who was coming over for dinner, called. I couldn't find the phone so I had to answer the speaker phone. So, in the background she hears the fire alarm going off and she asks if there is anything that I need her to get at the store. I am sure that she wanted to buy a pre-cooked turkey just in case. Well, we finally got the house cleared out and the fire alarm off. And Jeremy's turkey turned out wonderful. We hope that you had a happy and uneventful Thanksgiving!

Leaves

2007-11-23T10:55:00.000-08:00

Do you remember how fun it was to rake leaves? Well, I am learning that it is not so much fun when you are an adult. We spent hours last Saturday raking leaves only to have the lawn look about the same that evening. At least the kids had fun.

Happy Halloween

2007-11-01T19:18:00.000-07:00

After what seemed like a week of Trick or treating and two gallon size Ziploc bags full of candy we are finally done. Isaac would not put any candy in his bag, he insisted on holding every piece of candy. After a couple of house he would look in the candy basket and if they had something better he would trade them for one of the candies in his hand. Not sure it is the most efficient system, but when you are 18 months you have to fight for your candy. After we got home from trick or treating Aubrey spent the next 10 minutes running circles in our drive way yelling "To infinity and beyond." I think that she had a little to much candy. Here are some pictures of the kids. I think that the kids had the most fun having their Maryland Grandma here.

We love Austin in the Fall

2007-10-21T18:45:00.000-07:00

I love seeing every one's pictures of their kids bundled up. While the rest of you are turning on your heaters we have our air conditioner blowing. Here in Austin it was 95 today. Aubrey and Isaac enjoyed some bike riding time yesterday. In all honest, I do miss the New England falls. By the way...Go Sox!

Carnival

2007-10-14T18:52:00.000-07:00

This weekend we went to a carnival at what Aubrey calls her "Kindergarten School." The kids had lots of fun. Isaac won the cake walk...he was not really sure what that meant, but was happy to get a cookie out of it. They got to fish. We are now the lucky winners of two erasers. I am not sure why they gave an 18 month old an eraser. Isaac immediately tried to eat his. Maybe they gave it to him so he can help clean the pencil off the walls.

Interpretation: "Mom, I am in the middle of jumping. Please don't bug me."

Chuck E. Cheese

2007-10-07T18:24:00.000-07:00

On Friday night we took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese. Isaac's favorite ride was the truck...he is 100% boy. Aubrey loved the virtual roller coaster.

Sunday

2007-10-04T11:25:00.001-07:00

Looks can be deceiving. By these pictures, you would think that we have very well behaved children at church.

Art class 101

2007-10-03T11:20:00.001-07:00

Aubrey is offering art classes for any interested. All you need is a marker (dark colors work the best).

After scrubbing her face multiple times (which only seemed to smear the marker all over her face) we decided to take her to the pool. After an hour of swimming it came off.

The Pages

2007-10-03T11:03:00.000-07:00

Well, everyone is doing this so I thought that I better get on the band wagon. I just found out what a blog was so we'll see how this goes. Hope you enjoy hearing about our family.