Poor Daddy never gets a break, but hooray it's paid off... well kinda. Chad got invited for an interview in Colorado for Dental School- his interview took place Saturday morning and he thinks it went well so we'll have to see. So... maybe our plans of attending Creighton in Omaha will get set aside and we could move to Colorado. =)
We went to the Zoo with a few friends in our ward and it was a perfect February day here in Arizona. Both my kids had a blast and did super well looking at the animals. Amy kept pointing at all the animals in awe and Laine would proudly annouce what the animal was and the noise it should make :-) The Phoenix Zoo has changed a bit over the years, but certainly for the better. They have all kinds of animals to see and really nice playgrounds/parks around for the kids. Super Fun! Poor Chad had to go to school... Thanks Daddy we Love and Appreciate You!
Two Elephant bums? Yup and then a view from the side... Laine loves to take pictures. Most the time we delete them and move on cause most are of toys, but these I thought he took pretty well. Chad and I don't look to great in the pictures (the Christiansen Family just left our house and we said goodbye to John for the next two years- needless to say we're a little emotional), but Laine actually got us in there every time. Among his favorites to take pictures of is the "outdoors" we commonly find pictures of the window :-) Great work Laine!
My Parents were able to come and visit us for a quick week and it was so fun to have them here. Unfortunately it did rain a few days while they were here... so much for leaving Seattle area eh? One day while they were here we went to a "Jungle Jill" show and she brought in all these different animals. Laine was a little unsure about touching the animals and having them so close when Amy can't wait to touch them. We also had lots of fun going hot tubing lots :-) Here are some ducks in our pool... Thanks Mom and Dad for coming it was so much fun!
Mess= My everyday :-) Laine and Amy love snacks, but I'm not sure why snacks at the table is not thought of as awesome...? In the first pictures I was talking with Laine about how fun it is that he can have a table his size to eat at. I then went to put Amy down for her nap and came back out and he had set up a whole "party" for himself. He found a burp cloth spread it out underneath his food so he could keep his cool, Laine size table clean. I then asked him "why all the spoons?" and he told me that the handle's kept getting dirty so he kept having to replace them. What a NEAT boy! =) Then later as you can see he forgets about how clean is cool and he and Amy go crazy. Why is it that a mess just can't handle staying in one spot? As soon as it's in one room it's basically in all the rooms because of how Amy scoots across the floor, but what about the places I know she hasn't been? Today while I was in the shower Laine came in and told me he had spilt his drink and needed to know how to help his "mess." I told him where the paper-towels were and told him to just take a few. I walked out of the shower to find... he was trying to clean the whole place with paper-towels. Funny thing about kids is they have such good intentions sometimes, but it just looks so different from the parent that has to clean it up :-) These last few pictures are of a new poop-mat I made so I can at least try and avoid all "poop-messes." In the End Though You Just Can't Help, but LOVE those hoodlums. 
