It is the Japanese blood......

So Lane taught this little song to Dawson about a year and a half ago and he will RARELY sing it for others so I was amazed that I got it (mostly) on camera! I never learned it in grade school so when he get stuck and wants to know what is next and dad is at work..... we pretty much go back to singing twinkle twinkle! As you can tell he is trying to win the speed award.....

So I realized after I listened to this he did forget one....... can you guess which one it is?? Also, he has chewing gum in his mouth so for those of you that know him are probably wondering when he picked up that lisp...... just the gum, well except sometimes his L's are yu's. Like in Primary when they had them tell the teacher their family names to put on the Family tree and when he showed it to us after church it read.... brother=Cole, mom=Audrey, dad=Yang! Lane was like ("they think I am Chinese?!")

Naughty spot.... (with an english accent)

So I put Cole on time out today cuz he hit his brother (something I am trying to stop before he actually makes him cry cuz it hurts and not crying just to get him in trouble if ya know what I mean!) Anyways, I sent him to sit on this stool that we use for these situations and he wasn't there... so I looked a little longer and this is what I found.......
Must have saw it sitting there hopped in and zipper er up!

OK ok OK

I would like to apologize for taking a bit of a break from posting.... To be completely honest the main reason (aside from laziness and the holidays) is because there seems to be something wrong with our camera. It takes blotchy blurry pictures lately. Lane told me it could have something to do with I have been toting it around with us in my purse that could pass as a 72 hour emergency kit. He is pertaining to the goldfish and pretzel crumbs floating at the bottom. I did find a week old string cheese in there the other day, so maybe he isn't exaggerating. I finally dumped it and dejunked (which I try to do at least 2 times a month but haven't gotten around to it lately) when my sister Bobbi told me I need to vacuum out my purse....sick but true!
So Thanksgiving was great for us! We spent it with Lane's family in Utah. It was kinda strange not to have his parents there but it was still nice to all get together. Poor Kitty was sick with kidney infection and so they didn't have turkey that day. (I am not sure if they eat turkey on Thanksgiving in Japan... probably not since it is an American holiday?) Hope you feel better soon Kitty!
Let's see... oh I saw 2 movies this last weekend and LOOOVED Enchanted! Seriously, I know I am 30 years old..... but I secretly wanted to be her! The scene where they are all singing and dancing in New York City...LOVED! It is a good show for all to see I think. (It makes Mc Dreamy even MORE dreamy!) Dawson really liked it too. It is one I wanna buy when it hits Target shelves. (hope i didn't hype it so much that when you see it you are disappointed!) We also watched Chuck and Larry. Ok, I am going to deny saying this if you see this movie and think it is horrible but I thought it was hilarious!! Maybe it was late and the people we saw it with but I couldn't stop laughing! (don't watch this movie mom....you will HATE it!)
Well, that is enough hodge podge for now.... I will update about the boys when I am not so tired....
(Becca, i am back in action........ rad huh!)

Fam of 4!

So..... Kelly McCaleb, the girl that took these pics is amazing! She has a good eye and has great style! My only wish is that it wasn't the first day of the year to FREEZE and SNOW in October when we took these pics!!! That would explain bad hair (for me) and grumpy baby (for cole).
Other than that....here are a few of my faves....

uho.... terrible TWO's???

notice who is in charge in this pic.....
ok hopefully he can open this one with out any help.....from big D!
this was actually a really cute spider, then daws thought it should have more legs and whiskers....
hmmm fire......WOW... fire
i had to take a pic of him eating his cake cuz this kid NEVER eats cake!! (or cookies, or brownies, or donuts, or candy! he oddly enough prefers green peppers, lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, and mac and cheese!)

So Mr. Coley Monster turned 2 on Sunday the 11th. It kinda makes me sad he is growing up so fast! At the same time I love to see them grow, learn new things, have so much emotion, become themselves, say funny things, and ya just love them more everyday! We didn't get very many pics cuz the camera card is FULL. He had a fun day.... Gma and Gpa Simmons along with Geri and Jason came over to Gma Fern's for birthday dinner, cake, and pie. (i knew if i wanted my dad to come i had better make a pumpkin pie!) Then Toby, Becky, Zoey, and Jayce came over and gave him more gifts. Then Bobbi, Jared, Carter, and Rook came over with more! He thought he had died and gone to heaven with all these visitors and gifts JUST FOR HIM!

A few more....

pics to add to the last post........ after I wrote that I had a few of those days where I wasn't so grateful but luckily yesterday and today I don't want to pull out my hair (or theirs!) Things are good.... Daws has a bit of a cough and Cole has boogs but we can deal with that for sure!

Gratitude

I am posting these pictures of my boys because I LOVE having two boys together! It isn't cuz they never fight, or yell at each other, or hit each other, or tell on each other, or drive each other crazy cuz they definitely do that. It is cuz there are these little moments in the day that they hug each other, or laugh at each other, or look out for each other, or defend one another, or light up when they see each other. That is the reason I am grateful for these two little fella's. I am also grateful for my husband for being such a big part of "our family's" daily lives. No matter how hard I try I would never be able to wrestle like he does, or sword fight like he does, or make blanket forts like he does, or draw cool dinosaurs like he does! I am happy that we are where we are and the direction we are headed. Just a little thanks to my 3 amigo's!just woke up and waiting for breakfast

reading before bed (snow white, daws' fave)

spider man aka daws hugging little bro

one of our daily trips to our new house

My Stripling Warriors

So the other night (a week and a day ago) we decided to
teach the boys about the Stripling Warriors. Lane is such a good dad/teacher! He stopped on his way home and snagged a few crowns from Burger King and cut out of cardboard swords and shields and foiled them for our lesson and activity. The boys LOVE "family home leaving" (in dawsons words) I have shared some of their action shots...... Yesterday was my week..... we had a short lesson and went and got swirl cones! I will do better next time I promise!

2 kids fell in love........

I know most of you all know my baby sis is getting married to the COOLEST guy I know! (except MY husband of course!) What a handsome couple they are......
His name is Jason and he is from Rexburg Idaho. His family has been friends of my family for years... I mean YEARS! Strangely enough Geri and he had never met until after he came home off his mission. They met the first part of July and were on the fast track to love!
She says that she has never met anyone that makes her laugh so much. (which i think is soo important) He fits in with the fam like a champ and calls me A-Dog. (which is better than A-hog I guess) They are very in love and will be getting married December 27th for time and all eternity. Let's hear it for J-Dawg and Ger-bear!

Oh yeah, and her ring is a BEAUTY!

BORING

hmmm lets see. Where do I begin or what is worthy enough to share? This is why I think I have a hard time keeping a journal. I go in spurts... I write write write and then nothing for a long time, so then I don't know where to pick up.
Well, on Thursday I went to the allergist and got poked and pricked a zillion times! Ok, maybe only 88 times but it seems more like a million! So out of 88 tests I am allergic to EVERYTHING except feathers! Nice huh....feathers? Too bad I don't work on a chicken farm or something. I guess I shouldn't complain too much cuz I am not allergic to most foods. I am to corn, peas, apples, and nutts.Others too but those are my highest ones. I eat all 4 and haven't had a reaction so I will continue to do so.
Ok this is boring... wish I had a pic of my back with all the welts on it but I don't and you probably didn't want to see my bare back anyways.
I have to go get allergy shots 2 times a week. For any of you that know know me......SCARED too death!! Needles and I are NOT pals!
Ok gotta go visit with some people that came over but I will post more about our house and our fun night of Family Home Evening! lata gata