Another night at the temple...

We decided to go to the temple again tonight (it is a great way to pass time until bed time!) We had so many great lessons at church today about the temple, so it was nice to be there for a bit. One thing that was suggested was to take a picture of your family/kids at the temple and put it where the kids can see it every day in your house. So we decided to try to get one of the boys there.

Along the way, Jordan asked if there were rooms inside, so Mike stopped to explain what happens in different rooms in the temple. And, of course, they were excited to run and see the water, as usual!

While we were there we met a nice Australian family and we took turns taking pictures for each other:

and I learned a valuable lesson in not sticking your hips out for a picture, even if you are holding a child!

The boys ran up to the temple doors while we were there and were knocking, hoping to get in. I'm glad they are excited to go into the temple some day!

A wonderful moment... and some others

Mike and I made a parking lot for the boys to play with their cars on, and they love it.  Yesterday I pulled it out and they played happily with it for 10 minutes while I sat and read.  It was absolutely wonderful.  I imagined what it would be like to have kids that just played on their own happily.  I think it may have been the best ten minutes of my week!  Here they are playing with their parking lot:

While Mike and I were cleaning up after dinner, the boys apparently decided to rub their fruit salad all over their faces and hair.  That's more like them...:

Jordan always wants to take a book with him to bed now to read while he falls asleep.  When we checked on him, this is what we found:

Now, I just have to get him to sit and read books on his own while he is awake!  As I am writing this, the boys were sitting on Jordan's bed looking at these books... but just for a moment until they started throwing them across the room.  Oh, boys!

The best and worst of friends...

The boys are at a point where they play all day together. I am amazed still at how quickly it can go from happy, to mad, to happy in seconds each time.

to



.....to happy again!

They play so well in the tub, making a huge mess most of the time. Then something like this inevitably happens...

(edited, of course!)

In other news, Jordan is sleeping without rails now because he broke his. But he is doing such a good job! He fell off the first night, but hasn't fallen since! (We have a pile of pillows and blankets at the bottom just in case...)

We can't resist looking in on them every night before we go to bed, even though it often disturbs them. They are always so happy, though, if they see us in their room. Last night Evan woke a bit and saw Mike and (literally) squealed, "Daddy!" and then fell right back to sleep. Jordan, if he sees us, sits up and smiles and then lays back down to go to sleep. I love those moments!

Trouble a-brewin'

Overheard from Jordan's conversation with Evan while I did dishes tonight:

"Let's go outside. Hurry, Daddy isn't looking!"
(this as they ran into the kitchen and sat 5 feet away from me putting their shoes on)

"We're so excited to do something naughty!"

Ugh... Jordan kept trying to figure how to remove the bar that blocks the sliding door. He said "this isn't working!"

Also, Evan cracked me up tonight when he walked into the kitchen to get a new diaper, brought it to the living room, and laid on his back so I would change him.

Book of Mormon Stories

We have been reading from the Book of Mormon stories book for kids to the boys before bed, and last week Mike started singing the Book of Mormon stories song with them to get ready. Jordan loves singing the song and learned really quick. His voice is so high and cute!

An unconventional shower

My boys are so cute.  Did I mention that before?  Jordan and Evan were playing in this basket and Jordan kept saying that they were taking a shower. 

Evan has become the "icky" patrol.  Anything that is on the floor is icky and we have to pick it up and throw it away.  I'm thinking this is going to cut back my vacuuming responsibilities a bit!

I forgot to mention on here that Mike passed (with a really good score) his comprehensive exam and has almost finished his dissertation proposal.  All in all he has probably written 90 or so pages in the past month.  He is amazing.