You Know Your Boy's a "BOY" when...

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You know your son has truly reached boyhood when you find 3 little dried worms on his night stand....2 little dried potato bug on the kitchen counter...and one very large pet snail who's missing from his make shift home by the sink....ugh!!!...but kinda adorable!

Date Night....hmmm

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Last night Mike and I had the fantastic opportunity to go out on a date! We laid the kids down...and took off! We were given a gift card to Chiles...and had been trying to use it for months now! Anyway...Monday night...it was great...empty...great food...hilarious waiter...she messed up on all our food...but kept us laughing...and discounted our meal big time because of it! She asked if we wanted dessert...Mike said..."I feel like I'm going to pop...if I eat anymore...you'll have to roll me out of here!" Get it! Ga-fa!!! Anyway...we ate and well...rolled out of there. By that time it was 10:30pm we decided we'd go get a movie and some ice cream and take it back home to enjoy. We pulled into the Wal-mart parking lot...front stall. We were both so full and tired...we curled up and fell asleep. Yes...we took a 45 minute nap in the Walmart parking lot. When we woke up...all interest a movie was lost. We drove home and fell fast asleep!

So...to sum it up...for our date night we went to Chiles for dinner...then to the Walmart parking lot for a nap!! I'm not sure Walmart parking lot is the best place for a nap...we'll have to try K-mart next!

...A Glimmer of Hope.

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

If this is what can be done with the heart...why not the spinal chord? This video is in fact a glimmer of hope!

You Know Your 2 Year Old Loves You When...

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Exhausted from working early one morning...I came out to the living room...laid down on the couch...just to rest my eyes for a minute. Jocelyn...nearly 2...came running across the room wanting to sit by me. She had just woken up for the day and had not yet been changed of her soggy diaper. I could feel her making the steep climb up the couch...but I was so tired...I hadn't focused on her task...as I drifted off...I suddenly felt a heavy, squishy, stinky, soggy bum...on my face!!! It was...well all those things...squishy, stinky, soggy...and heavy. I guess she really does love me! I'm not sure we've ever been quite that close! ...I'm sure we'll find better ways of expressing our love in the future! In the mean time...we love you Jocelyn... & your soggy bum!!

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In Loving Memory...Barbara M. Kemp

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I feel very humbled tonight...I cannot put to words the feelings in our hearts. What an incredible legacy left behind. A woman of pure selflessness...never complaining...lifting everyone around her...loving whole heartily...a wife who sang and danced with smiles and laughter...a mother cheering and supporting all the days of her life...a grandmother full of empathy and understanding...and never afraid to get a little dirt under her fingernails...a great grandmother...tenderly coddling sweet newborns...yet spunky enough to chase 10 giggling toddlers at a time...a rock...a spiritual giant! And while she is greatly missed here on earth...what a celebration there must be in Heaven! You are loved and missed, Grandma...I only hope...we can continue the legacy you began.

Family Pics!!!

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Has it really been 2 months since I last blogged!!! OK...well...here's to a new chapter...and new family pics!

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It's a lot harder being on this end of the camera...total stress!!! But so worth it...we love you Emery!!! Thank you so much for doing this for us!!!

Brody's 4 years old...and a month :)

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And Jocelyn...she'll be 2 years the beginning of next year! But I didn't want to leave her out!

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The other morning while visiting family in Wyoming...Jocelyn woke up bright and early...I brought her out with the rest of the family. She sleepily rubbed her eyes...looked around...and was trying to gather being awake. All of the sudden I could feel her little body start to tighten and curl...just then a sweet little bubbly noise (AKA gas) came whistling from underneath...she scrunched up her face with a little laugh and said rather loudly "POOPIES!" and giggled!

Home Sweet Home...Thank You...

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I'm really not sure there's a way to express...just how amazing this feels...

But we...have a HOME!!! An actual...solid...real life HOME!!! And it's WONDERFUL!!!

Something I wasn't sure was ever going to happen...

And...something...with out all of you...would never have happened...

It's better then I EVER thought possible!

Thank you EVERYONE...for everything...from the very beginning and still today...we have been lifted by you.

Love, Michael, Michelle, Brody & Jocelyn

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Numbers???

So today Brody was watching Shrek...and I told him we needed to turn it off...he was very upset at this proposition...

Me: "OK, lets make a deal...you can watch 10 more minutes, and then we need to turn it off."

Brody: "No Mom! Please, please 5 minutes!"

Me: "OK"

Brody: "YES!!!"

Apparently 5 is a very important number to Brody...and even more apparently...we've got some work a head of us on the rest of the numbers!!!