Six Years!

We've been married SIX years as of yesterday! Anniversaries are so fun.

I decided I wanted a family tradition for our anniversary since technically it's a day we should all be grateful for! Also I needed a serious sugar fix because I'm oooooover my health challenge (3 more weeks to go). So when the boys woke up I showed them our short little wedding video, fed them a quick protein/veggie breakfast because I'm not THAT fun of a mom -- and then we headed out for donuts! I think a donut breakfast on our anniversary will be a fun little family tradition. We decided to just walk there together and walk the long way home, and it was a fun morning. I crack up when Bennett eats something sinfully delicious because he just looks at you like, "Why do we not eat this ALL THE TIME??" 

Oh to be young.

That night the boys got to play with Ashley (Westin looks forward to babysitters so much!) and Michael and I went out on a fun anniversary date. We went to Yosemite Ranch and I had the best mashed potatoes I've EVER eaten and the tallest steak I've ever seen. Michael loved his shrimp and ribs too, and it was fun to watch a little of the Jazz game while we ate. Then we went to A Quiet Place and it was stressful. But good because #Jim. We grabbed 30th Anniversary Cheesecake to take home and eat, and it was a happy little anniversary date! Six years. In about 5 days is the 8th anniversary of the day we met in the Salt Lake City airport, before our summer together in Jerusalem. Oh to be young.

Michael:

finished week one of his two-week radiology gig. It's supposedly the best two weeks of all of residency and we LOVED it. Basically he's been gone from 8am to 12pm with no call. Um, yes. This week he transferred all of our DVDs to digital that could do that, and is working on selling hard copies. He always does such good stuff when he has time! I love him for it. I just know that our laundry situation would be much improved if I worked and Michael was a stay-at-home dad. Sorry babe. Laundry has become my weakness because... who wants to do that when there's always other work to be done that you actually enjoy? That's the only downside of my newish side gigs that I love. He also did some major fixing of a new sink faucet that we sort of fell into, and I was so impressed with how he figures stuff out. It's a funny story, but definitely funnier now that the 2.5 weeks of sticking my garden hose through my kitchen window is over. (I love you, Emma.)

Maddie:

gave the boys haircuts on Monday and I gotta say I'm getting better each time we attempt that! When you don't know what you're doing AT ALL, there's no where to go but up. Bennett's got a few iffy spots but that's because he will not sit still, so it's quite an involved task. We went to the library together, and to the fish hatchery with our preschool group. Michael got The Greatest Showman for me for our anniversary and I'm excited to watch it again!

Westin:

is becoming an even more skilled Duplo builder and I love coming across his creations throughout the house. He's definitely becoming sweeter and sweeter as we approach 3.5 years old. He was so funny before our date night -- asking me all sorts of specific questions about what restaurant we were going to and what the movie was going to be about, and why he couldn't come. :) I just feel like he was just barely as unaware of all that as Bennett is, but they are both getting so big. Westin gives us a kiss on each cheek, then a "piggy kiss" on each cheek, then a hug while saying "A hug for thaaaat" every single night. It's so sweet. (A piggy kiss is something he randomly made up where he snorts while giving you a kiss and it cracks me up every time.) We're working on helping him treat Bennett with patience, and when they wrestle and laugh it is so fun to watch.

Bennett:

loves to close his eyes then open them with a surprised face to play peek-a-boo and it's so funny. It's like he thinks he's completely hiding when his eyes are closed, and he makes such a funny face when they're closed. He does it when I get him out of the car or when we're getting him ready for bed. He still won't go to nursery without Michael or me there, but he'll get the hang of it soon. We have amazing, AMAZING nursery leaders. We watched our favorite Rosie dog this weekend and Bennett was over the moon to see her when he woke up from his nap on Friday. He gave her a kiss the same way Rosie gives him kisses. Which I know is disgusting, but it was also really funny and cute. Bennett has the funniest deep laugh and such a joyful personality.

Donut run!

Tallest steak of my life. Should've gone medium-well rather than the usual medium here. But still amazing.

I love stumbling on Westin's lego creations, stashed in high places by him so that Bennett can't destroy them.

Checking on Mr. T from the window!

Blurry, but represents the party that Rosie brings to the house.

Michael and the ladies.

Bennett preferred his own couch for movie night on Friday.

We bought Coco and I am in love with that movie.
We haven't bought a movie in ages and this week we bought three great ones.
Keep making better movies, please!

You guys, running water in the kitchen. I was stoked.

Have you ever seen so many small children look at a camera at the same time before?
Thoroughly impressed with our preschool crew.

Westin lives for Fridays when he can play with Braelynn.

We bought daddy sunglasses (not these ones) and they were a flop. I'm terrible at shopping for Michael.
But I'm really good at shopping for small children and for myself :)
Anyone else have a husband that seemingly never wants or needs anything?? It's both admirable and super annoying!
Haha, love you babe.

Westin made a self-portrait at library story time. He looked at the face, added the eyebrows, then said, "There mom, does he look angry now?" Rolled my eyes so hard at that. We can't listen to anything from Taylor Swift's new album anymore because Westin relates too hard to the anger she's channeling, and I don't even know where he gets it. It's so funny except for when it's not. I just tell him every time I put him to bed that he is a kind and sweet boy. Because he is! He really is.

Post-haircut!

Pre-haircut. We put it off waaaay too long.