My nice moment with Ryan this morning...

This morning, I was trying to get the boys ready to take them over to my friends house so she could babysit them. I needed to get to my physical therapist so I could get my knee worked on. I wasn't having the best morning because I just woke up from having a bad dream. It was a stupid dream but it was one that was dragging me down and making me depressed.

Before I left, I decided to kneel down and say a quick little prayer and ask for some comfort. Right when I was about to start my prayer, Ryan walked in my room. I asked him if he would like to pray with me to Heavenly Father. After he consented by jumping on my bed to be beside me, we started the prayer. Ryan repeated everything I said from thanking Him for the pretty flowers outside to blessing daddy at work today. I then asked that 'Mommy will feel better.' Ryan repeated me and then looked at me. He then said, "Need a bandaid?" I just had to stop and laugh. I sure do love that kid.

Happy Mother's Day!

Look what Troy got me for Mother's Day!

I really like it! It's nice and shiny. It takes pictures and video. The video also records in HD! Cool huh?! I'm really glad that Troy got this camera for me. I had a camera a year ago and I broke it. I was shooting a video of Benjamin walking for the first time and I threw the camera at Troy so he could take another video and it broke! Note to self... don't throw cameras. They break.

Here is one of the pictures I took since yesterday...

Ryan likes to water Grandma's flowers. He's such a good helper!

I wanted to say Happy Mother's Day to 2 very specials mothers...

First, I love you mom! I really do! I'm sad that I don't really get to see you because you live down there in the promised land. I'm really happy though that I get to call you and talk. Thanks for all of your help and support through all stages of my life. Especially through high school and then when I became a mother myself. Whenever there was something really hard for me to live through, I could always count on your help. I love you!

Second, I wanted to say Happy Mother's Day to my MIL, Marianne! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! What a huge help and support you are to us! You always seem to go out of your way for us and I really do appreciate it. Thank you for babysitting for us and helping Ryan with all of his struggles. I am truly blessed to have such a great mother close to me!

Today is April 30th!

29 years ago in Frankfurt, Germany, I was born into this world. I know that my mother was so blessed to have me because I am such a wonderful person! Happy Birthday to me!!

Happy Birthday to all 3 of us!

Ryan's birthday was the 23rd, Ben's birthday was the 26th, and my birthday is the 30th. We celebrated yesterday with a nice dinner at Troy's parents. We had presents, chocolate pie, and ding dongs for the boys!

Ryan is 4!

This was the best picture I could get of him in the morning. On Ryan's birthday, he didn't have school so I took Ryan and Ben to the Lehi indoor pool. It's a really cool place with lots of slides and other fun stuff to play with. Unfortunately, Ryan didn't like the pool at all! It took me about 5 minutes to get him out of the lobby area and drag him to the pool area. It was not fun but eventually he warmed up a little to it. He didn't even try half of the fun slides or play area though. He just played with some little fountains that were on the sides of the pool. Oh well! I guess we need to go to the pool more often right?!

Benjamin is 2!

Well, for Ben's birthday... we stayed home from church. Ben is a little sick with a cold. On Friday, Ben gave it to me so I tried to get as much sleep as I could! It was kind of miserable!

Here is a picture of Ben and my toes...


In the evening, we went over to have a birthday party!!!

Ryan and Ben both got some McQueen and Thomas the Tank Engine plate, bowl, cup, and a cup with a straw...

And, look what I got??!!


I am going to have a good workout this summer! I'm really excited to get started!

I also got an incredible bag from Marianne and Whitney! Whitney actually made the bag for me!! Isn't it SO awesome??!! I love it!!

( Please excuse the way I look in this picture... I'm really sick and I feel like crap! )

While I was busy investigating my WiiFit and my new bag, Benjamin was caught by someone getting his hands into the cookies!!

Sneaky little boy...

And, there we are singing Happy Birthday to them and Benjamin dug right in!

NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED!!

Last Thursday, April 23rd, I finally got to get away from being a mommy and go downtown SLC to see the wonderful musical WICKED!! All I can say is OH. MY. WORD! I absolutely loved it! It was SO good!!

Some of the songs that I really liked were: The Wizard and I, What Is This Feeling?, Popular, Defying Gravity, For Good, and the finale of No One Mourns the Wicked!

And... I have something to confess...

I found out more passionately than before... I totally IDOLIZE ELPHABA!!!!! My one true dream of mine is to sing the song Defying Gravity just like her. And when I say her... I mean like the girl who I saw singing it which is Donna Vivino. She is SOOOO good!!!!!

I really did enjoy Katie Rose Clarke who played Glinda. She was very animated and she played the part very well! She kept the audience laughing.

There was something else that was pretty cool at the play. I saw President Monson there! I saw him getting out of his car and going into a side entrance. He was shaking hands with some people and then started to walk away. I, of course, yelled after him. I called him and said, "President Monson, we love you!" Yeah... it gets worse. I actually startled the poor prophet! As Lindsey puts it, "Great Bethany! Give him a heart attack!" You know, after I did that, it got me thinking. That poor man. He can't go anywhere without calling attention to himself. I feel bad now. I should probably call the church office building and tell them to apologize to him for me. Do you think they would really do that for me? Yeah... I didn't think so. Now I get to live with that guilt for the rest of my life. Well, when I catch up with him in the after life, I can apologize and say to him, "Remember that one time where that crazy annoying little girl scared you when you went to go see Wicked? Yeah... that was ME. Sorry about that!"

ANYWAY! BACK TO WICKED!

So, I have the soundtrack and I'm starting to listen to it more and I'm sure I'll have it memorized by next week. We'll see!

More Pictures to SHARE!

Yesterday after dinner at Troy's parents, we went outside for a little fun. Ryan got on his 'Gator' and rode it around the yard. Ben loved to go out there to swing.


Here, Ryan was telling us something that was on his mind...


Ben wasn't getting his way and was throwing one of his tantrums. He arches his back when he's not happy.......


Oh wait... he found a ball and is happy now!


Ben loves to ride in his little car.....


Last but not least, here is one of many self portraits of Ryan...


We'll have more pictures and maybe some videos to share this week since it's BIRTHDAY week!

Take a look at this totally awesome video done by the most amazing person...

Jon Schmidt!

Oh. My. Word... Are you kidding me??!!

4 more inches of snow last night... that makes 6 total!


I am SOOOOO ready for Spring people! At least Monday's forecast is in the 70's!! Come on Monday!

My NEW plans!!

Since Jessica asked me how my running was going, I thought I'd let everyone in on my good news. My knee is finally feeling better! Thank heavens! I thought I was never going to run again!

As of right now, I am going to my physical therapist 3 times a week. I have to do various exercises with my quads and I also run 1 mile. That's all I've been told to do... only 1 mile a day. I am really grateful that my knee is holding up well.

Since my knee is feeling better, I have already planned 2 races for August. I am going to run a 1/2 marathon at the beginning of August and then there is a triathlon I want to do at the end of August! All I have to say is... my knee better hold up because I'm not going to quit!! I am going to run a 1/2 marathon in my lifetime before it kills me, dang it!

In other news...

Troy is doing well at his new job. He's been working for the company for about a month now. When Lindsey came into town for the 1/2 marathon that I didn't get to run in, Troy had a huge problem at his work. He had to stay up for about 48 hours to work on this problem. He tried to get as much sleep as he could. Luckily, he didn't have to stay at his office. He could do all of his work here from home. That scored some big points with his new boss so I guess we're off to a good start.

Well, here are some other pictures from our Easter...

Ryan and Benjamin before church

Benjamin LOVES to swiiiiing!

We will be posting some more pictures in the next couple of weeks. Ryan, Benjamin, and my birthday are coming up here soon. Ryan's birthday is the 23rd, Ben's is the 26th, and mine is the 30th! Happy Birthday to us!!!

Last but not least...

It's April 15th right??!! Look what I"m dealing with today...


Crazy right?! I thought it was "April SHOWERS bring May flowers." Not April SNOW!!

Happy Easter!

Here are our boys on Easter morning!

Ryan


Benjamin