Grant Says...

Mostly for grandparents to hear -- I ask him to say this word a lot just because I think he says it so darn cute! Of course, I'm not biased or anything.... :)

By way of translation: he's asking to watch the movie "Pocahontas"

Drew Says...

Dinner time is sometimes {okay, a lot of times :) } interesting at our home-- seeing how many bites of food we can get our boys to eat is always a trick :) Andy's so good at the whole reverse psychology thing-- Drew falls for it pretty consistently ("Drew, don't eat those vegetables so I can be stronger than you when we wrestle!")


Well, tonight Andy was off helping Grant with something, so it was just me and Drew at the table. Drew wanted to be done (after only about 2 bites of food), and I said, "No, you need to eat your peas and chicken all gone, and then three bites of your rice if you want any family night treat" (that'll get him I thought)



To which Drew replies, "Man! You're one weird woman!"



Makes me laugh!!!

Things that bring a SMILE to my face lately--

These boys of mine sometimes make me crazy, but most of the time, they just make me SMILE :)

Grant is completely obsessed with Thomas the Train and Lightning McQueen. Neither of these obsessions are new, they just seem to be getting stronger as he gets older. This Thomas shirt is on my little Grant's body about 95% of the time. It's a sad, sad day (for him :) when I have to peel it off to wash it. He wouldn't even hold still long enough for me to get a picture because he wanted to see the picture of his Thomas shirt (that I hadn't taken yet :)

In fact, a couple of Sundays ago, I couldn't get it off of him before church. No problem, I just put his nice Sunday shirt and tie over the Thomas shirt. Fast forward three hours.... I go to pick him up from nursery and all the leaders say, "He was not himself today. He kept crying, rubbing his tummy, and pulling at his shirt- has he had a stomach ache?" Oh, no no. I assured them he was fine. I unbuttoned his church shirt, reavealing the hidden Thomas one, and voila-- one perfectly happy child. He makes me laugh!! :)

Drew recently had this awesome idea of pulling Grant around in the laundry basket with a rope. He put gloves on his hands, so they wouldn't get sore, and went to town.... or at least around the couch a couple of times. Grant was a happy camper-- he brought some books in with him, and sat and looked at them while he got his ride. So funny-- especially considering the fact that these two weigh pretty much the same amount-- Drew had a lot of weight to pull :)

Thanks to our awesome bro & sis (Steve & Kirsten- this is for you :), we were introduced to the movie Music and Lyrics. Have you seen it? The movie is okay, but the first 5 minutes are HILARIOUS! We love it! The song from there has become a family favorite, and the boys listen & dance to it often. Drew & Grant know a lot of the words-- they love to sing out "POP! Goes my heart..." Too cute.

It's even cuter when I can sneakily catch Drew dancing to it as he's watching himself in the mirror. So, my bed is unmade and messy, and Grant is playing with {you guessed it} Thomas right by the camera, but if you just focus on cute little Drew -- his moves and facial expressions -- I promise, a smile will come to your face :) :)

Family is the best

Our trip to UT a couple of weeks ago was so incredibly fun-- it's not often that we have both families so close together and get to see them both throughout the week.

My whole family was there for my sister's wedding, and half of Andy's family lives there, so we got to spend some quality time with everyone-- which was awesome!

Half of the Bham Fam-- two brothers live out of state and sister Chels wasn't here for this pic

Our boys were so confused when we'd leave G&G Bham's house and say, now we're going to see G&G Clayson-- they got a double dose of the loving grandparents, which they LOVED!The growing Clayson Fam :)

Whit gets Married!

My Favorite Picture: They are so in love!!!

What a beautiful day it was-- I'm so, so happy for them!

Adam and Whitney with her three nephews-- Adam's 3 nieces were at home in Australia.

My three handsome guys having fun at the reception party :)

As exciting as this marriage was, it's also very bittersweet-- now the lovely couple has made their way to and set up shop in Australia (Adam's home country). SO, the saving begins for a big trip out there sometime (hopefully!) SOON!

My Big guy-- DREW

He took that Ring-bearer job so seriously at my sister's wedding! So, so cute!

You made it without dropping the rings!! Way to go, bud!

Dust it off....

Drew pulled out my Pilates Ab workout video today-- we had to dust it off before he could use it-- and then went to town! He said, "Mom, I need to exercise so I can be strong!" Okay, buddy-- great plan! (can I have some of that enthusiasm about exercising?!?!)

Check him out: (don't mind Grant whining in the background :)

He's been going for about 15 minutes already, and to tell you the truth, he's still out in the living room working out while I'm being a bum on the computer.... Something is wrong with this picutre.... :)

Man, I love my boys!!!