Family ~ how great they are!

I am so very thankful for such a wonderful family. We are so blessed to have the majority of our family living so close. I just have to give a big THANK YOU to my dad. He is the best dad! Today he took Braden with him to run some errands. Braden loves to spend time with his grandparents! It is amazing how much I got accomplished this morning with out him. I love him dearly, but he wants me to constantly play catch or trucks with him. I can only play with trucks so many hours per day you know ~ it's a tough job! So after I put Austin down for a nap I got the whole house picked up and dinner started and even a long, hot shower! It was fabulous. Then to top it off, my dad just called and Braden wanted to eat lunch and take a nap at Grandpa's house! I don' t know how my dad felt about that, but that is fine with me. I am so very thankful that Braden can grow up with both sets of grandparents and have a relationship with them. We are certainly lucky that we can visit them every Sunday. Braden sure has a special bond with them. We or should I say "I" am spoiled too, because Aaron's mom comes to my house to watch the kids while I go get my nails done every other week. He looks forward to that day as well and it is not unusual for him to ask me when I am going to go have them done. He likes to play with anyone who will be bossed around by him. But just wanted to share my thoughts quickly about how grateful I am for such wonderful parents and in-laws.

Our Little Musician!

Braden LOVES music and he is always singing. He actually carries a tune quite well. I was doing laundry today and he was singing the BYU fight song at the top of his lungs. It was so cute! I tried to get it on video but he freezes up when he sees any type of camera. So I had to bribe him to sing it for me on camera and it is a little hard to understand because he was being "forced" but it is the best I could do. Aaron would sing this song to him at night during their male bonding time (Braden would always invite me to leave the room) and there were some nights that all of a sudden I would hear Braden yelling at the top of his lungs, "Go cougars, come on cougars, touchdown!" So anyone who knows Aaron knows that Braden is following in his daddy's footsteps.