shut it.

Today I was walking with my friend Bonnie and some old guy walked out of his house to throw something in his garbage bin and shook his head in disapproval of something. So I said "Good morning" to him. In response he said, "You are endangering your children's lives." I said, "Thanks for the advice." I had stopped on the side of the street to give the boys a drink of water out of my water bottle, but apparently I was not far enough off to the side and was endangering my kids' lives. There hadn't been a car drive on that particular street for the past 30 minutes!

2 days ago I went to Toys R Us and had both boys in the stroller. In order to put Bentley in the car I parked the stroller, with Gaige in it, behind the car because there wasn't enough room to park it between cars as my stroller is a double wide. Some lady said to me, "You should probably move him over on the side of the car." I told her "Thanks, but I'm not really worried about it."

Last week some lady in Rite Aid came over to talk to Bonnie and I about our kids. She decided to tell me that she was glad they were mine and not hers even though the boys were being super good.

So here is the question...Why do people feel like they have the right to say something like that? They don't know me, they don't know my kids, they don't know what my life is like? So next time my response to any of these comments will be, "What makes you think you can say something like that to me?"

It is ridiculous how many people gawk at me and the boys, how many people stop me to talk to me, make comments while they walk by, stop to talk to the boys, ask if they are twins....I am so sick of people! Even if they are nice I am sick of talking to complete strangers about my kids. So please don't even look in my general direction and keep your freaking comments to your stupid self!

Thanks for letting me vent. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

seriously.

Today in Sacrament meeting Bentley picked his nose and wiped his boogers on me. Matt gave him a high five.

jerry and heather's wedding.

We spent this weekend in Santa Barbara with Matt's family for his brother Jerry's wedding. On Thursday Ranae, Richard, Celeste, Alayna, Emily and Sofia came to spend the night. We spent the day shopping for food and cooking for the rehearsal dinner. Then we packed up and left Friday morning for Santa Barbara. The whole family rented a vacation home, a very beautiful vacation home. It was perfect, equipped with everything and an awesome place for the family to stay.

On Friday we cooked all day again for the rehearsal dinner once we got there. We made 7 batches of pasta, 2 ginormous salads, 2 gargantuan coconut cakes, and lots of appetizers. I decorated with candles and vases filled with purple flowers and greenery. It turned out beautiful, but man it was a lot of work. This is probably my first and last rehearsal dinner!

On Saturday Matt spent some of the day with the wedding party since he was a groomsman. He went over and got ready in his tux, rode in the limo and had lots of pictures taken. I kind of felt like he was going to prom without me! I stayed with the girls and did hair and make up and primped for the wedding. The boys thankfully took a very long nap to make this possible! We went to the Natural History Museum around 5:30 pm for the wedding. I won't lie, I don't know if the ceremony was nice or not. The boys were keeping me busy. Bentley brushed his teeth and used almost a whole tube of toothpaste the whole time. Thankfully Celeste helped me out a ton. Gaige wouldn't let anybody hold him except for me, whatta momma's boy. This pretty much sums up how he was the entire weekend.

Bentley, Gaige and I were able to meet Matt's dad for the first time. He came with Alicia and Bridgit, 2 of Matt's half sisters. It's really crazy how much Bentley and Gaige look like him because Matt looks so much like his dad and they look just like Matt. All four of them have the same eyes. We had a great time getting to know them. I just wonder how Matt ended up with so many pretty sisters, they all make it hard for me to keep up with them, and now there are 2 more to keep up with!

Bentley and Gaige loved hanging out with all of their cousins and especially their Grandpa Richard and Uncle Rob. They really loved looking for frogs in the stream that ran through the wedding site.

After a very busy and fun weekend we came to the same conclusion as always, there is no such thing as a vacation with 2 small boys! But we are so glad to have them in our lives. They make everything so much more meaningful and memorable. And we wouldn't have it any other way, even if people do think we are weird for actually doing what Heavenly Father intended us to do (have a family). The boys help us keep our priorities straight and definitely know how to keep us humble! And even though they drive us crazy we can't help but kiss them all over! They are too cute for words and we are grateful to be blessed with their sweet spirits.

Bentley can now put his velcro vans on by himself, and even gets them on the right feet. He can now say his name: "Bentey", and loves to squeal the word "NO". He also likes to play copycat with me. He'll stick out his tongue, make funny faces, click his tongue, put his finger up his nose, smile and lots of other things for me to copy. He thinks it is so hilarious. We play for at least 5 minutes straight.

Gaige adores his stuffed monkey, still shoves everything in his mouth (he'll have a cracker in one hand and shove rocks in his mouth with the other), blows kisses, loves to sing "Popcorn Popping" and can do the motion for popcorn, loves peek-a-boo and follows his brother everywhere.

Ashley and Gaige

Matt and Bentley

Me and my baby

Me and Celeste

Rob and Madison

Ashley, Kaylee, Alayna, Madison, Emily, Sofia

Grandpa and Gaige

Bridgit, Alicia, Jerry, Ron, Matt, Bentley

Gaige and Alicia

Mother's Day 2009

Bryn's Baby Shower - Michelle, Bryn, Jaime, Emily

finally.

Finally, a good week. The boys are no longer sick, Gaige can walk around (no more crawling), it's sunny at the beach, midterms are over, and I got my new stroller!

Gaige is so cute! He just walks around everywhere with a little bit of wobbling. He shoves everything in his mouth...everything. We're talking trash, rocks, mud, dirt, leaves, and anything else on the ground. This is driving me mad! He loves to follow Bentley around and run away from me, just like brother. And he even can sit at the big boy table to eat his food, with some help from Mom. He likes to give me cuddles and kisses.

Bentley hasn't thrown as many tantrums this week, hasn't whined as much, and likes to sit on my lap. Last week was rough, but he seems to be over his craziness for the next few minutes. He loves to water our flowers, blow bubbles, and watch movies.

And my new stroller....The Mesa Orange Bob Revolution Duallie. Why did I ever buy any other stroller? This thing is awesome, and it isn't even hard for me to pull up and down the stairs. Lesson learned: Don't waste your money on any other stroller. I wish I bought this one in the beginning, you can buy the carseat adapter bar. Anyone working on their second kid, get this stroller.

Here's what we've been up to...

As soon as Bentley woke up from his nap and saw this big box sitting by the front door he ran into his bedroom and grabbed his tool box. Then he busted out his tools and started using them to try and open the box. What a smart kid!

We cut Gaige's hair! His hair is way longer on top than on the sides. Though it is the ideal hair for a mohawk, everyday hair is looking kind of nerdy. And he has this cowlick in the back that sticks straight up in the air about 3 inches. So first I trimmed the cowlick and a couple of days later I trimmed the rest of the top. Here's a picture of his crazy hair before I trimmed it.


Our friend Shea had his 4th birthday party Pirate style. Bentley searched for treasure, ate pirate ship cake, and posed as a pirate. It was tons of fun!

The boys love to look out the window with Daddy. They talk about the cars, the trees, and everything else they see out in the parking lot. Gaige now says, "huh, huh, dudoodoo." This means, "Huh, Huh, where did he go?" It is so cute to hear him talk about stuff. He also points things out and talks about them.

This week Bentley was really into his skateboard and helmet. So he insisted that he and Gaige wear them around the house. Check out his sweet robot shirt from his friend Ezra's birthday party.