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I just can't make myself do a real update. So I've decided to just do little ones whenever I'm up to it. Sorry folks but that is all you get. These pictures are a couple months old because my wire to get my pics from my camera to the computer is ruined. I now there are other ways but they take way to much effort and for now I'm just not up to it.

Jackson built these and I loved them because they are almost perfect opposites. Maybe its the cheer coach in me but I thought it was a really big deal! (:

These are Jackson's robots/guys that he built with his big blocks. They are daddy, Jackson, Dutch, and the neighbor boy Chewy(no mom). Jackson wrote his first letter about a month ago. It was a J and it was really exciting. He loves letters. He sees them everywhere. He got so excited when he found an L in the stucco on the outside of our building. He is also starting to draw really well. I have pictures of his pictures but they are still on my camera. Jackson is also a Star Wars expert. It is really funny. He is Definitely Ben's son. Someday when he gets to watch the actual Star Wars movies he is going to be one happy boy!

Dutch started clapping and waving about a month and a half ago. A week ago she started really crawling and she is fast. She is super fun and funny!!!


This is my nephew Adam.
My sister Jenny and her two kids came and visited in the beginning of August. It was fun and our kids loved each other.


This Phoebe and Jackson brushing there teeth.

5 YEARS!!!!!!!!

August 16th was our 5 year anniversary!!!! It has been the best 5 so far. We have two beautiful and sweet kids. We have a whole lot of school behind us and a whole lot more to go. We have become part of each others big families and have made our own little family.

Ben is the best decision that I have ever made! I love him soooooo much! He is a GREAT husband and an awesome dad. He provides for us, goes to school for our future, and does everything he can to make our life happy!! Even though he works full time and goes to school full time when he is home he is down playing with his kids and giving me a break. Jackson and Dutch adore him. Jackson calls him my best friend daddy. Dutch stares and smiles at him when ever he is around. He was the first to make her laugh and will always be the best at it. Kids are drawn to him because he is and always will be one of them. Not just because he is soooo good at playing but because he is happy and good inside. He is hard working, intelligent, talented, trustworthy, funny, and is a worthy priesthood holder. And he is dang hot! I LOVE HIM and appreciate him. He treats me like I am the best thing that ever happened and makes me feel so special all of the time.

THANK YOU BEN FOR BEING THE BEST HUSBAND EVER!!!

We celebrated on Friday night. My sister Kallie watched the kids and we spent a night out in Salt Lake. We went to the Melting Pot (our first time) and then stayed the night in the Radisson Hotel. It was soooooooo great. We had such a fun night! The Melting Pot was unbelievable! If you have never been I highly recommend it. We were both mostly excited about the cheese but oh man, the meats were sooooooo good and the strawberries dipped in chocolate were to die for. The Hotel was nice and we ended up with free breakfast because they made a little mistake with our room. Before breakfast Ben had to run and buy me some flip flops because in my excitement for my new heels I forgot to bring other shoes. It was a perfect night and the perfect way to celebrate 5 YEARS!

All ready to go

I rolled up my pant leg to better show off my new shoes


At the Melting Pot

The yummy dessert plate

It was prettier when it came out but we dug in a little before the picture

6 months

length- 28 inches- 98.79%

weight-17.15 lbs- 73.40%

Head- 17 inches- 71.43%

She is a big little bugger!!!

Dutch is the sweetest little thing that I have ever been around. I have a hard time believing that she is real and that I get her! I feel so blessed. She truly is a little angel!!!!!

I do have to say that when she gets ticked she sure lets you know, but that isn't very often and she usually isn't ticked at me. So its cool.

She has started sitting up all by herself!

She is rolling all over the place and she really wants to crawl so I think that we are going to have to baby proof the house soon.

She smiles so easily and she loves to laugh!

She is super patient when all of the little boys around including her brother want to hold her forever.

She LOVES Jackson sooooooo much!

She is a great sleeper and a great eater.

She really loves the water.

Dutch is the very best foot clapper that I have ever seen!!!

She loves me but she is a daddy's girl and he is in love with her!

And if I do say so myself she is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

catch up

I love to look at other peoples blogs and I feel great after I post a new one. BUT........... the thought of sitting down and posting is too over whelming. Especially when it has been so long and I have so many things that I meant to post about and that I don't want to skip. So here is a very short catch up.

I was going to dedicate a couple of posts to my wonderful husband on fathers day and his birthday because HE IS AMAZING! Life was too crazy and now our anniversary is coming up so check back later to here about my super man.

We also took a trip to Oregon where both of our families were in town. It was great!!! Crazy crazy crazy but really GREAT! There definitely was not enough time to do everything. It was a little stressful because to fit in both families I had to be missing something else going on at one place or another. I also was choreographing for The Thurston Cheerleaders again. It went really well. I love doing it. All in all seeing everyone and getting my kids with all of there cousins at once was just a super good time. We got Andrus family pictures that I will post as soon as I can get my hands on them. I took some random pictures of my own but not many sooooo I will post one.

Dutch and Ava

I will try to be better at updating because its something that I want to do but no promises. :)

Oh yeah Happy 22 to my sister Kallie and a late Happy 28 to Ben!!!! I love you both!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKSON!!!!!!

Our little Jackson turned 3 yesterday!!!!! Ben had to work so we celebrated on Friday. We went to Chuck E Cheeses for lunch. Jackson LOVES it there. He calls it Chuck E Cheeses house and asks to go there all of the time. We had a great time and played lots and lots of games. Then later in the evening we tried to have a BBQ but it didn't work out so we cooked hamburgers and hotdogs inside. Chris and Mona and Jacksons cousins came over. So did his friend Sammy along with his parents Stacy and Steve. The kids all ran around like crazy. Jackson loved it! He loves his cousins and Sammy!!!! Ben decorated the cake and everything was Spiderman themed. We got Jackson a shiny, new, red bike and he thinks its great! All in all it was a pretty darn good day! I can't believe my baby boy is 3. CRAZY! He is the sweetest little boy and we love him sooooo sooo much!

PROUD MOMMY AND WIFE!

BEN GOT EXCEPTED INTO BYU!!!!!! We are super happy and he can't wait to be in school again. I am so proud of him! Life is good! He made me the BEST card for mothers day and got me some chick flicks. He is such an amazing husband and dad.

Dutch finally rolled over for the first time yesterday! Woohooo. She could have actually rolled over a couple of weeks ago but it happened while I was out of the room and Jackson claims that it was him. So we will count yesterday as her first. She is a DREAM! We put her to bed between 8 and 9 when Jackson goes down. We put her in her own crib in Jacksons room awake and she falls asleep and doesn't get up until around 5:30. She gets up eats and then goes back down until Jackson gets up around 8am. I am super proud of her! Jackson plays in his bed and yells for us and gets up to go to the bathroom every night and she just sleeps through it. All I have to say is we are soooooo blessed! She is so happy all of the time. It is super easy to make her smile and coo. She loves to talk really loud and she loves to give kisses!

Jackson is the best big brother ever! He loves Dutch so much. He would hold her all day if we would let him. If only he was big enough to do it all by himself that would help me a lot. :) He is such a smart, polite boy! Anything with a rhythm he picks up so fast! He is amazing at singing songs and counting(he can count forward and backwards and in Spanish). He can sing Hey Jude and it is sooo cute. He puts his own dishes in the sink when he is finished eating.......which gets a little dangerous because he throws them in. He is definitely almost 3 and can be a little terd but he knows how to turn it on and be soooooo sweet especially when he wants something! He calls Ben his best friend daddy. I love it! He does big boy puzzles with me almost everyday and he is soooo good at them. I do the edges while he does the recognizable faces and bodies and then we fill in the rest together. He plays computer games like a pro. He knows his way around playhousedisney.com like nobodies business. He can go to the bathroom all by himself though we usually have to help him put his pants back on. Sometimes we just find him in the bathroom on the potty. He is such a big boy and tells us so all of the time.

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