Love ya

This morning as Bryce was leaving Jared and I were telling him "love ya" when Conner came into the room and started saying "love ya" then he turned to Jared and started blowing kisses. I was so excited to hear Conner say more words because he doesn't talk very much. He must get that from Bryce because I love to talk!!!

Valentines Day

Bryce sent me flowers to work. I was shocked, he never sends me flowers so it was a real treat. I am so grateful for all Bryce does for me and the family. He is such a great husband and dad. I know that I am not the easiest person to live with. Today Bryce and I met at home depot to buy paint then went to Tommy Burger for dinner since he wanted to get the bathroom painted and I needed to study. The boys spent time at Grandmas house. They had a lot of fun. It was a great day!!!

Basketball

I wanted to get Jared out of the house and be active. So I signed him up for basketball. It is a class were the parents go with the kids. The first day Bryce and I took him. Jared had a hard time listening and following directions. He isn't the best at basketball but he is getting better. I took him on Saturday they were teaching the kids how to dribble from one hand to the next. The coach told me to just practice dribbling instead of switching hands I asked the coach if he thought my son was crappy he didn't know what to say and I told him I was teasing. It is fun seeing him get excited when he makes a basket or when he can dribble the ball.

On Saturday they had team pictures and when they were standing to take the picture Jared kept yelling say Mac and Cheese. Everyone was laughing. Then all the kids started yelling it too.

Bomb Suit

Bryce is on the bomb squad with three other guys from Provo Police. He had to go to Alabama for six weeks and then he goes back every three years to get his recertification. One of the suits expired so they got a new one and Bryce brought it home to hook it up. Conner was scared of Bryce.

This is a video of Bryce rolling then standing up. The bomb suit weighs 90 lbs. The helmet weighs 15 lbs. He wore the suit for only 15 minutes and he was already sweaty.

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This weekend it finally warmed up enough that we were about to play outside. It is about time time!!! Jared loved to have me back him up between the fence and the snow bank. We want to go camping so bad. We keep saying we can't wait for the end of March so we can start going. Over spring break we are talking about going to Cherry Creek.

Valentines

Jared is pretending to talk to Bryce, he was telling him about his new scooter and bouncy ball. Jared is talking so much.
This is Jared calling Dad. On the way to work I taught him his phone number. He loves to call Bryce. Everyday he ask if he can call his number. Right now we are working on his address. I love the fact that I get to drive the kids with me to Salem. It is a great time to talk and teach them. Half the time I have to bribe Jared, if he gets dressed he can use my phone and call his number.

We gave the boys their Valentines today. We gave them a scooter. Jared got a lighting mcqueen cell phone and bouncy ball. Conner got a mickey mouse bouncy ball. Jared kept asking where Conner's mickey mouse cell phone and scooter was at. The scooter is red which is Jared's favorite color because it is the same color as lighting mcqueen.

I gave Bryce two new shirts for work, a T-shirt, two pair of pants and beef jerky. Bryce claims he has my present but I have to wait til tomorrow.

Both Bryce and I are in need of new clothes that is why he got such a boring present from me. I went shopping on Tuesday with my mom. I bought 7 pairs of pants, 1 shirt and 4 cookbooks for $96.

Bathroom

We are redoing our front bathroom finally. It was a bathroom with carpet and wallpaper. Bryce tore off the wallpaper and carpet. When he took out the tub and toilet the floor wasn't even. So my dad, Uncle Bill and Bryce fixed the flooring. Last Friday Bryce and I took a half day to go look at tile and counters. We went the Saturday before but most place were closed. We found tile we liked and took it to find counters to go with it. Holy cow redoing bathrooms are pricey and take so much time. We are saving a lot of money with Bryce doing all the labor thank goodness we know people that will help us with everything but the counter top. Bryce, Uncle Bill and Cory are putting in the tub. When Bryce picked up the tub he didn't get the tub I wanted and I gave him a hard time not getting the one I wanted. Jared and Conner had fun playing in the box the tub came in. I found Conner standing up in it but didn't get my camera fast enough. Bryce and our friend Brian puttied and textured the walls over three days time. We are ready to start painting.