It's finally coming!!!!

Yes!!!! The new U2 album will be here shortly (March 3) - but you can now listen to the first single online. While I'm not a super fan of the song, I am really excited for some new U2 music, and I'm especially excited for a new tour (hopefully with a stop in Salt Lake)!

If you're interested, you can listen to the song here

Randomness

Here are some more pictures to sum up what has been going on around here for the last little while.

I know that Christmas is long gone, but Sam's face is so funny in this picture.

Here's Isaac and our cute neighbor, Taylor, out sledding in the back yard.

Have you ever seen that movie "A Christmas Story" where the kid is so bundled up in his snow clothes that when he falls down he can't get back up? Well, that's Sam, except this picture is pre-Christmas, before he had any mittens to keep his hands warm. Even though he can hardly move in his snow clothes, he loves to play outside!We went to the Living Planet Aquarium and this is Isaac and his friend, Payton, driving the boat. Isn't Isaac so handsome!!!

Here's all the boys loving the fish tank.

This is my new favorite picture of the boys! They are getting to be best friends...and best enemies, but they are so much fun and I love being their mom!

2 Supermen!

So this picture sums up some of why I have been absent from my blog for so long. I tried to do a lot of home-made christmas gifts this year. It was fun, but it was just as stressful if not more stressful than shopping. I spent a lot of time working on gifts, and even more time feeling guilty because I knew I should be working on them.

Long story short...here are the boys in their superman capes I made them. I got the design from some capes that my mom had made for her kids 30 years ago. It is fun because they are a little bit of a nostalgic item for me, because I had a pink one just like these growing up. I even personalized them for the boys. If you look hard you can see the "I" on Isaac's belt.

Here's a video of Isaac flying, complete with sound effects.

And for those of you who have known me in the past....yes...I do crafts and sew now. It just goes to show...never say never!

I am still alive!

I'm just posting to let you all know (hopefully somebody out there even cares) that I am still alive...I just don't have anything fun and interesting to write about!

Today I wish I was a vampire!

And not because I'm in love with Edward Cullen...but because I am so unbelievably tired from staying out until 3:15am last night! (Everyone knows I like Jacob more than Edward). If I was a vampire, I wouldn't need to sleep! The movie was a lot of fun, I'm glad I went, I'm way happy that I got to go with my roomies (Marie was there in spirit, and literally there...just 300 miles away in St. George). Even now, I'm having to think really hard about typing just to keep my eyes open. I'm having a hard time spelling words. It just reinforces in my mind that I am getting old! In college we used to stay up until 4am and then get up at 6 or 7 not just every once in a while, but every night. Now I can't function without at least 6 hours of sleep. Ohhhhh to be young again!

BTW - I liked the movie - I thought the characters were good. Bella was a little more assertive than I imagined her being in the book, but I liked her that way. My only issues were with Edward. That guy is just not cute enough to play Edward! Plus it bothered me that his accent kept slipping in and out. I know I'm picky, but that's my opinion! Plus - the pale make-up was a little much, especially on Carlisle!

Thanks Keara for getting the tickets! And thanks to Missy and Lane for coming along and making it such a fun night!

Isaac's slice of Heaven

Friday our playgroup went the the Firefighter Museum - and it was great! There are some neat things on display, but mostly the museum consists of a giant warehouse of old firetrucks. They gave the kids their own fire hats and then let them go to town climbing in, on, and around all the fire trucks. Isaac had such a great time! Jes's sister, Sunshine and her kids came to the playgroup, too - which was great because it gave Isaac a friend that could climb all over with him. (Isaac is the oldest in our playgroup by more than a year). Sam even had a great time. Here's a few pictures of the fun.

My Favorite!!!

Besides all the holiday stuff, this is my favorite time of year simply for this reason...

I love clemintines!!!! My friend Tami (she's actually my old boss, but she's more of a friend) turned me on to these while I was still working. I used to take 2 or 3 to work with me every day!!! Now, my family can polish off a whole bag/box in a week!

We bought our first bag at Costco yesterday....and I have fallen in love all over again!