Jay had a break from school so we decided to take the boys to the Zoo. They loved the part where they got to pet the goats.

They were so friendly but leave it up to me to tell Jensen to hug the only one with a little bit of agression. I laugh eveytime I watch this.

We had to make sure Jensen was not afraid of the goats after the "attack" so we had him brush a few of them. I was so proud of both of them because they were so soft and cute with each of the goats.

This bear put on a great show for us. It stayed right by our window and would just pase back and forth and then come back up to the window again. Even though he was tame I was very grateful for that very thick piece of glass between us.

This picure is sure to make you smile. At COSI (the Columbus science center) they handed out these glasses for the all the kids to draw on. Lennix was so proud of his that he wore them most of the time.

Rub a dub dub two stripe Jammied boys in the tub. Lennix's hair is so long. This is the time that Jay would say that I need to cut it before he starts looking like a girl. In this picture, I kind of see his point. Sorry Lennix!

I have a few other pictures to post of this but in short, it was our week to watch all the kids for date night. Well, Jensen came around my back and fell onto the leg of the chair I was sitting on. he completely cut open his eye and my wonderful friend Tabbi took all of our kids we were watching (she was also watching kids for her date night!) and we cruised to the Children's Hospital. 5 hours later at almost 12:00 at night they just put some ointment and tape on his eye and sent us home. We are glad we went just to make sure he was okay but we hope we never have to do that again. Poor Jensen!
It just makes me laugh to see that most of these pictures that I am posting of Jensen looks like we torcher our child!! This one was completely Lennix's doing. I noticed that the bathroom door was shut and I came into Lennix dipping his entire hand into to Vaseline bottel and smothering Jensens head in it. This is what his hair looked like for about three days.

Jay Rocks

I might get in trouble for posting this but I don't care because I am so proud of Jay. I completely caught him reviewing his grade for one of his classes and had to take a picure of it. The reason for the picutre is because Jay has a teacher that prides himself on never giving perfect scores. . .

Well, this is Jay reluctantly showing me his PERFECT SCORE of 4.0. He was the only one is his entire class to get that grade. He's amazing!

Even though he got that awesome score there is always something else that needs to get done. I think they should give him a little time off to actually enjoy his grade :). Well, Jay needed a little bit more time on his preps so he brought some things home and used the kitchen as his dental lab. I thought it was great.

This was not quite finished but I thought it looked really good. Jay probably thinks I'm nuts that I want to take a picture of everthing but I'm sure he will one day thank me.

The OSU Dental School puts on an annual "Mandi-Ball" and it's a night to get to know everyone in the Dental program. It was held at the Gateway on OSU campus. I loved it because I got to meet a lot of people that Jay associates with everyday and now I have a faces to names. Everyone was so nice and friendly and it was fun getting all fancied up for an evening of friends, food and dancing. Every couple should do that every now and again!

I have to start this one out by saying that I promise I do not beat my child. Poor Jensen turned 1 year old and along with that came so many bumps and bruises that they are too many to count. We noticed one day that he had over eight cuts or bruises just on his face so we had to take a picture. I think this picture was taken just after he had bumped into something else. We are glad that he is starting to come out of this phase.

Jay was out fixing the car and Lennix could not stand that he was not out side with him. So we got him all bundled up and he loved "helping" jay fix the car.


Hopfully there will be many more bonding projects like this in the future. Such a great picture of Jay and Lennix.
Having a great time in the bath

Their hair is great. They go nuts with splashing, so now they know that they can't splash until I close the curtains and then all lets loose after that closes. I'm glad they enjoy taking a bath.

We decided to have a little fondue for Valentines day and it turned out really well . . .

Except for the Artichoke dip. It was discusting but we got a good laugh out of it.

My nephew Tyler sent us Flat Stanley so that we could take him on adventures and then write back and tell him about all the fun we had and send Flat S. back to him. It was really fun and here are a few pictures of places that we took him. Lennix thought it was so great.

This is one of the first adventures we took Flat Stanley on. Lennix had just received this fishing kit form GrandBarbie (my mom) in one of our wonderful "random" packages from her and my dad. Lennix could not wait to take Flat Stanley Fishing.

This is Greaters Ice Cream. I love that not only do they have great ice cream but they have this wonderful play area for the kids to hang out in.

Now that's a good picture!

Jensen loved the slide. He went down it over and over. Everytime we go, that's were I always find him.

As Lennix was playing at Greaters he tried to get over this little wall that keeps the basketballs in. Well, he slipped and fell right on his front teeth. There was a lot of blood and I thought for sure he was going to lose his bottom tooth. I called Jay and my dad and they told me that if it was at all possible, save the tooth. So I had him bite down on this paper towel and he was so good and he kept biting on it all the way home. He wanted to watch a movie so this is how he stayed for a good portion of it. The tooth stayed in and he healed so quickley.

Oh the things we make Jay do. In the book that we sent Tyler we told him that Flat Stanly had so many treats during his adventures here that he had a tooth ache and had to go see the dentist. It was only appropriate that we wrote Jay in as the Dentist :).
This was that same night of the tooth accident. As you can tell he bounced right back. Kids are so resiliant!

It was around Valentines day so our ward had a cookie decorating activity for the kids. They loved it and of course Flat Stanley came with us.

I love Jensen's Cheeks Lennix is so proud of his friend Flat Stanley
Jensen in Jay's ball cap. I can't believe that one day he will actually be big enough to fit into it. Such a happy little guy.

This was at the "Mandi-Ball" that Jay and I went to for the Dental School. We thought our Nephew Tyler would get a kick out of it. That has to be the most unappetizing cake I have seen :).

Enjoying the Winter

I love this picture of Jensen

Coming home from the holidays is a big adjustment. We went from seeing everyone all the time for a couple of weeks to knowing that we probably would not see family for a long time. I tried to make it really fun for the boys back here in Ohio so they wouldn't miss everyone too much. This is our first fort that we made in our front room. They loved it.

Lennix loves to be told stories. This is Jay telling him one about airplanes before he went to bed. The next day, Lennix was running around the house telling me the story and holding his hand the same way and flying his airplane around the house. They listen more than we think.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAY BABY! He does not like a big deal made out of his birthday. But I had to post at least one picture. That was such a good cake!

This is how I found Jensen when I came back into the room after just a few minutes. He was so zonked so I just wrapped him up in a blanket and let him take his nap right there.

The first real SNOW DAY. So we all bundled up and went outside to play. Oh, I can't get enough of that smile.

I love this video. It puts a smile on my face everytime I watch it.

I am so glad I capture a picture of this. They were absolutely enjoying the snow.

I felt bad. I did not have any smaller boots for Jensen. I decided to buy them a little bit bigger so that he could grow into them. Well, he couldn't even take one step. He actually stayed in that one spot the whole time we were making our snowman and throwing snowballs. As you can tell, he didn't even care. He was just enjoying his time outside.

Lennix was so proud of his snowman. The snow had no moisture in it so it was so difficult to pack. You might laugh at how small it is but we were pretty impressed that we built it up so high. All in perspective!! Plus, I think it's the cutest snowman I've seen. Good Job Lennix!

The perfect "eating snow" picture

If you are dressed for an Ohio winter, it is actually quite pleasant. Me and my little buddy.

I know I say that other pictures are my "favorites" but as my kids get older I have new favorites. I love this picture because there is nothing better than a clean happy boy running around in his diaper.

The Winter Sunrise out of our window

This picture will make my parents laugh! Jensen had a fetish with their garland. Every time Jensen was not in our sight and was not making any noise we knew where he was. He would climb up the stairs to the landing and sit there and eat my parents garland. By the time we left they just had to take it down because Jensen had destroyed it.

When we got back into Ohio, Jay had a couple of days before school started so he took us to the Dental school and gave us a tour. This is where the lectures are held. Not too bad.

His locker
The clinic. Looks like some people are getting a head start.

After the tour Jensen was out. Lennix just wanted to be like Jensen so if you look closely you can tell he's faking it. :)

One thing I love about my mom is that she always comes up with something so fun for the kids to do. Ash and Lennix really wanted to play outside in the snow so my mom brought the outside in. They had so much fun. Lennix just kept on eating anything he made.