JJ: What is your favorite food? Why? What food will you never eat? Why?

My favorite food is easily lasagna. But not just any lasagna. Only my mom's recipe. I have become a bit of a lasagna snob; having been spoiled by my mom for so many years. It is beyond delicious! 

My second favorite is Tim's red enchilada's. That man can cook! And, really, it's a good thing or my kids would live on spaghetti, mac & cheese, and baked goods.

And anyone that knows me at all knows the food I will never eat. Mayo! It is dis.gust.ing! I really can't stand it. If it is on a sandwich or burger then I just can't eat it. And I don't like anything it's in either. Potato salad, ranch dressing, fry sauce, you get the picture. It is nasty, nasty stuff.

Cookies With Grandma

Every year sometime before Christmas we get together with my mom and sister and make cookies. It has become a tradition and it's one that I love.

All the kids get a turn to stir, roll, and cut out cookies. Plus, we also make hand shaped cookies for each child. I did this as a kid also. Here are some of my favorite pics.

Beckett used the cookie cutter to make his cookie and then got VERY upset that he didn't get to eat it right then. In the end we just gave him the star shaped dough to eat. He was just as happy with that as he would have been with the cookie.

Making hand shaped cookies. My kids really look forward to this part.

Santa Pics

And the best part? It's Tim in the Santa suit! Priceless.

JJ: Who are you closest to in your immediate family? How did your relationship grow?

I am easily closest to my sister, Becky. It wasn't always this way, but I've always looked up to her. I remember being fairly young (tween?) and staying up late one night while she told me all about the birds and the bees. She has no recollection of this ever happening, but I assure you, it did.

Becky is also the first person (other than Jon) that I told that I was pregnant. She took me to Planned Parenthood to confirm it and told me she would support me in any decision I made. We then had a while where we just weren't as close. Honestly, I'm not even sure what happened to bring us back together. Maybe it was her watching Holden when I went back to work after he was born? No matter what it was, it happened. She is my rock and my best friend. I talk to her about everything and anything. She can make me laugh and she can make me cry. If I go more than two days without talking to her I feel like something is missing.

I'm so thankful that my sister is also my best friend.

More Pics of the Cutest Boys in the World!

We won a photo shoot from Fotofly and had the boys pictures taken. We were their first ever outside photo shoot! I think the boys had fun running around outdoors, but they were definitely sick of pictures at the end. It's a good thing they can be so easily bought by fruit snacks.

All About Holden: Age 5!!!

1. What do you want to be when you grow up?
A- An Army guy and a Ninja if I lose that job.

2. What makes you happy?
A- Something funny

3. What makes you sad?
A- A yell that's mean

4. What makes you laugh?
A-Tickles

5. What is your favorite color?
A- Red

6. What is your favorite toy?
A- Optimus Prime

7. How tall are you?
A- 5 tall

8. How much do you weigh?
A- 41.4 (he weighs himself all the time)

9. What’s your favorite thing to do?
A- Play Transformers

10. Where is your favorite place to go?
A- McDonald's (ugh)

11. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
A- California

12. What are you really good at?
A- Being funny

13. What are you not so good at?
A- Waiting

14. What is your favorite thing about school?
A- Playing toys

15. What is your favorite food?
A-Peanut butter & jelly

16. What food don't you like?
A- Normal mac & cheese

17. Are you a morning person or a night person?
A- Morning

18. What makes you proud of yourself?
A- Being a winner

19. If you were a cartoon character, who would you be?
A- Freddy (from Scooby Doo)

20. What‘s your favorite TV show?
A- Transformers Prime

21. What is your favorite movie?
A- Normal Transformers

22. What is your favorite book?
A- Book of Mormon

23. Who are your friends?
A- Landon, Sofia, Shelby, Peytyn, Karsten, Garrett B, Colton, Lexi, Ellie, & baby Blake

24. Who is your best friend?
A- Sofia

25. What do you like most about your dad?
A- Wrestling

26. What do you like most about your mom?
A- Giving hugs

27. What do you like most about Beckett?
A- Playing with him


28. What do you like most about yourself?
A- Being proud

Family Pics 2011

I was amazed that I could talk Tim into getting family pictures taken again this year. But I'm happy that I did and I'm happy with the results. Check out some of my favorites.

 One of my favorite pics of Tim and I ever.