happy birthday little brother

It's Spaghetti Day!

It's just a little reminder I get each year to honor my brother's birthday. I look forward to it every year... even though spaghetti is not my favorite meal... it was definitely Andrew's favorite! I had the opportunity to go to the temple with Jason last night, which is something I always try to do the week of February 26. The temple reminds me that even though he passed away almost 16 years ago, he will always be my brother and death did not change that.

I am so grateful for temples and the opportunity we have to perform ordinances there that seal families. I love my family so much and I am so grateful they will always be mine to keep!

I'm sure he would be thrilled with me for posting this picture! (Can't believe I am... don't my glasses make me look amazing!) Happy Birthday Andrew!

Even though we lost last night.....

We still had a blast!

Jason got some amazing tickets from work. We were in the 4th row. (You can actually see the back of Gail Miller's head in the picture.) They were VIP tickets, so we had sweet parking and they provided dinner for us before the game and snacks at half time. (Just to give you an idea of how sweet they were... the price was over $550... per ticket!!)

A.W.E.S.O.M.E!!!

I really am shocked we lost. Atlanta has a great team, but we have a really good home record. And Atlanta hasn't won in Salt Lake City since February 1993! Why they had to ruin that awesome streak on the night we were there is a mystery!! But considering we had 2 of our best players out... I guess I can see why we lost.

But we still had lots of fun!
Thanks Jason for a great date! And thanks Omniture for having awesome tickets! And then giving them to us! And thanks Megan for watching our kids!!

we made a match

I guess it's pretty obvious these two are related.

or mini him?

As was requested, here is a 1 year old picture of Jason.
Also Sam's 1 year picture on the left.

Who looks like who?

mini me?

Do you think she's mine?


Vote yes or no. Or mostly, or not that much. Or whatever.

what child is this?

Livia likes to take things at her own pace. She is very stubborn and attitudinal when she wants to be. She has never shown much interest in standing up by herself, and definitely hasn't been too responsive to walking.
Last night as I was getting Livia ready for bed, she stood up really good, so I put her on the floor to see if she would be interested in taking a few steps. Well, let's just say she surprised the heck out of us.
This video was about 20 minutes after I got curious:



(Please ignore the nudity issue... we took Sam's shirt off to put on some temporary tattoos earlier and Livia was getting ready for bed.)




I think that's pretty good for a first time!

who likes shrimp?

Well at least one of them liked it.