What Part Of No Getting Wet Do 2yr Olds Not Understand?!

Of course I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a picture.

This is what two year olds think "Don't get wet" means.

On Monday, we decided to make robot heads for family night. The boys loved it. Thanks Megan for giving us the idea and joining in the fun.

Here is Brecken, Karsten, and Rueben in their robot heads.

Here is Tom enjoying in the fun.

For those of you wondering, no baby yet. We are hoping any day, even though I am not due for eleven days.

You may think I'm Crazy, I know I do!

After 3 days of Augmentin, Karsten's bum was burned to a crisp. I couldn't change any more diapers with Karsten screaming his head off. We decided the best thing to do was potty train him. He still had 7 days to go on the medicine. I know I am crazy. I am 37 weeks pregnant! But I didn't know what else to do. After the first day his bum was so much better. He has many accidents but I didn't have to deal with a screaming child because his bum hurt. Tomorrow it will be a week and he is doing pretty well. He still has 2-3 accidents but he will learn. He mostly tells me when he needs to go. I am glad that we decided to potty train him. We still may have many accidents to come but at least he is a happy boy.Last week, Tom took Brecken out skateboarding for the first time. Brecken loved it! So did Tom! Isn't he such a big boy. At my rate of posting, the next post will probably be pics of the new little baby. We can't wait for him to come.

Brecken

Brecken went to a birthday party the other day and brought me home this beautiful necklace! On Sunday morning, he brought it to me so I could wear it to church. I being a nice mother, decided I would wear it. He leaned over in sacrament and said, "You look beautiful with your necklace." He is so sweet. I wore the necklace the whole church. I am sure I had a few people wondering what I was wearing but I would do anything for my little Brecken. I did have a few people admire the necklace. A little eight year old girl stopped me in the hall at the end of church and said she loved my necklace! I was chuckling to myself and said thank you. I just wanted to let everyone know how thoughtful my little Brecken is. He is such a good boy.

Baby Name??

Well it has been a long time since I have posted. I am counting down the weeks to the new baby. I am finally in the single digits (8 weeks left). We are not completely ready for the baby to come. I need a few things and I need to organize all the baby clothes. We haven't figured out a name yet. I have some ideas and thought I would run them by you all. I have been feeling like he should be named after Tom's Great Grandpa. His name is Cully Fletcher. I am not sure if I like the name as just Cully because I want him to have a strong name and there are not many boys names that end in a y sound. Tom thought we should name the baby Cullen but I have had several comments on how that sounds. I don't know what to do. Does just Cully sound girly or does Cullen sound bad? I just thought you guys could give me an opinion.

New Year's Eve Dancing

Here is Brecken and his aunts dancing on New Year's Eve. Brecken was the dance master and his aunts had to follow his every move. He has some pretty good moves. I wish we had the whole video recorded. It was absolutely hilarious.

At the Bogle House . . .

We have 25 baby chicks!! Tom wanted baby chicks for his birthday so he could eventually sell the eggs. We ordered 30 but now only have 25. Three did not survive on the journey to our home and two died within the first three days. Of course the one Brecken picked for his pet died. We had to have a funeral and everything. He was very upset. He did even want to see the other chicks. Our little boy at four had to learn about chick heaven and want happens to our bodies when we die. He is all better now and enjoys the other 25 chicks. If all goes well, according to Tom, we will have 25 eggs a day in about six months!

We finally got to decorate our Christmas tree last night. We ordered a fresh Christmas tree from Bountiful Baskets and it arrived last Friday. Life being so busy, we finally decorated it last night. It is so fun to see how much the boys are growing up. I love this picture of Brecken because all his ornaments are in a row at the bottom of the tree. (We have our tree on a table to keep our little nephew from destroying the tree! We did this last year for Karsten.) Here is Brecken pointing out his new ornament. Of course it is a cowboy. Karsten even got in on the action. He was very good at putting the ornaments on the tree. We had to give him all the unbreakable ornaments because he either dropped them or they fell off the tree once he got them on.On Saturday, all the primary children got to have donuts with Santa. They were so excited. Karsten was very good and a little serious about the whole situation. The funny thing is he had no idea who Santa was and did not even care what Santa brought him. Now he tells me everyday he wants balls from Santa. He finally figured out what was going on.Do you recognize Santa? Brecken did! :( It is his Uncle Steve. The ward needed a Santa at the last minute and Steve volunteered. I wasn't sure if Brecken would notice or not. But he did. We had to explain that Santa can't be everywhere at once and Steve was Santa's helper. He wasn't so sure about that but I think we have him convinced.
I feel so bad Brecken has had to deal with the death of a pet and almost finding out about Santa. Oh well, I think we have taken care of it. This has been a wonderful Christmas season. The boys are getting so grown up. I can't wait for Christmas day.

Happy Anniversary!

So, for those of you who have a hard time turning your head slightly to the right and reading that little box right there, Natalie and I have been married for 7 years now. Actually, Nov. 24th was our anniversary (yes, I know I'm a few minutes late, but Dad had a cramp, so I was helping him). We actually celebrated on Saturday night by going out for dinner and gelato, while watching people trying to "ice skate" on a giant plastic cutting board. Oh, the stupid things we do in AZ to pretend we are like the rest of the country. Anyway, we had fun and you can actually read a little more about it on my Bogle Family Farms blog (also, see right; you don't even have to turn your head really, just your eyes). We did, however, go out for a romantic lunch today. Applebee's is great with two little boys! I know this sounds cheesy, but I am really glad to have my anniversary so close to Thankgiving, because the two events have so much in common. Not so much in how they are celebrated, but it what they mean. I am so grateful for and to my wife for so many reasons. I just hope I let her know that more often than I make her think otherwise.