Friends Forever

Garrett has sure been loving friends lately. He constantly talks about, "What's Garrett's friends' names?" He then lists off all of his friends including kids in the neighborhood, kids in nursery, cousins, and sometimes he even mentions mommy or daddy too! He thinks it is great to list off Mommy's friends and Daddy's friends also (which are usually the parents of his buddies!) He is three and still has a hard time sharing toys and taking turns, but he loves when a friend comes to play or he can go to friend's house. We have some books from my teaching collection that we read often that talk about what a good friend is and I hope that he can learn to treat others with respect and kindness and have lots of good friends! I am grateful for the friendships I have and I know how important those relationships are to me! I hope that Garrett can also value these close bonds and surround himself with good people in his life to help him make good decisions and that he can also be a good example to others to choose the right!


Here are two of his favorite people! I wish I had pictures of all his buddies and could include them all on here!

Brinley comes to play once a week while her Mom is at work. These two are like brother and sister. They fight and love each other so much! Here is a sweet moment when they are cuddled on the couch watching a movie! Brinley doesn't look too happy, but it sure is cute to see Garrett's arm around her to comfort her!
Will and Garrett! These two are like cousins! His mommy and I are really close and I am so glad that our sons can be close too! We are sad that they don't live as close to us anymore, but feel blessed that they are only 20 minutes away and we get to see them at least twice a month for our babysitting co-op! These two have bonded for life with their love of Woody, Buzz, and Lightning McQueen! :)

Silly kid

Garrett has had so much fun lately dressing up and using his imagination! Here are just a few examples of the cute things he comes up with!

He has his "fraphron" on and is fishing from his "boat" with his "army hat" on!

I found some fun hats at the party store to use for dress ups and this is his "motorcycle hat!" He loves pretending to race around the house like he is on motorcycle and it is only fitting that he has his "Lightning Queen" jammies on to help him go even faster! (The fist is him revving up the engine!)

His other favorite thing to do is wear his Lightning Queen backpack everywhere we go to! He thinks it is a part of his motorcycle outfit too because he sees people wear them while they are riding around the streets. He can spot a motorcycle a mile away and always says, "Mommy, I hear something really loud! There's a motorcycle right there! Hurry, hurry, go faster like them!"

Here he is one morning at breakfast. He insisted that I line up all his dinosaurs and share one cheerio with all of them! Too cute!

Last, but certainly not least, Garrett loves to put on my jewelry. He found some that I wore for my princess costume last Halloween and wanted to "look pretty and smell good" (wear perfume)!

Spring Training

Garrett got this awesome t-ball stand from his cousins for his birthday back in January. He has wanted to play with it SOOOOO bad and I kept telling him he had to wait until it was warmer outside and there was no snow on the ground. He didn't want to wait for that and not too long after his birthday, he found the box and while I was on the phone put the whole thing together and starting swinging inside the house!! I must say I was pretty impressed with the skills he had to figure out how the stand put together, but I wasn't thrilled that baseballs (even though they were plastic) were flying around hitting walls and people (me...yes, ME!) I don't think I even need to mention the fun he had with just swinging the bat at anything...he didn't need a ball, just something to swat weather it was the couch, his toys, the dog, and his own mother!!! So, he was MORE than excited when we took it outside a few weeks ago and he got to have some real fun! He sure loves sports and I know he will enjoy this toy for a very long time!

Once there was a ..... snow-cowboy?

One Saturday, not too long ago, a perfect amount of snow fell for Garrett and I to make a snowman. Garrett was as excited as he could be as we spent the morning in the front yard rolling big mounds of snow and forming them in a snowman. He wasn't content with just an ordinary snowman, so we put a cowboy hat on its head, oreos for eyes and mouth, and carrot stick for a nose, and we called him a "snow-cowboy." We continued to roll the snow and make a cow (because that is what Garrett thinks COWboys ride on) and a Buzz Lightyear....but we didn't get pictures of them.

March Madness

We have had a busy March and are looking forward to warmer weather with Spring here!

Here are a few photos of our little leprechaun on St. Patty's day!

Birthday Boy!

Garrett is now three! We had a lot of fun celebrating this year! We had been counting down the days for months and whenever anyone else had a birthday he would get excited and say (with a little hesitation), "I'm going to have a birthday too"?! ...He wanted to make sure his was still coming and that we wouldn't forget it! One of his favorite things to say now is, "I'm a big boy! I'm three!" Then he holds up his three fingers to show everyone!

We started off the day with a surprise in his room...BALLOONS! They had to be green....his favorite color!

We felt lucky that Daddy could come home from his church meetings and have lunch with us and open a few presents before church started. Birthday lunch was one of his favorites: spaghetti and corn on the cob!

There are a lot of things that this kid loves, but books is probably in his top five! He got a lot of new fun ones to read including this one all about trucks!

Garrett has visited the doctor a few times himself and has gone with me to a few of my appointments. He loves to pretend to be the doctor and help us feel better!

This boy loves sports! He got two new soccer shirts and was soooo excited to get a tee ball set from his cousins!

He loves back hoes, dump trucks, front loaders, steam rollers, cranes, bulldozers, tractors, big rigs and anything else that has to do with dirt, rocks, and building something! Perfect theme for his birthday this year!

Some of his favorites are:
Color: Green and Pink (Yes! He loves pink because with food it means it is strawberry flavored!)
Phrase: "How about you do it?" - This is his response when we ask him to do something.
Food: Noodles with cheese or tomato sauce, all fruit (especially strawberries like his mom!)
Sport: Football and Soccer
Song: Nephi's Courage, Ole Song (Real Salt Lake Soccer), "Song of a Bird" (Heavenly Father Loves Me)
Story: "Once upon a time there was a boy named, Garrett....." (this is what he asks for everyday. We talk about what he did that day and he fills in the blanks to make his own story!) It is also fun to hear him tell the story about a girl named Mommy and a Daddy named BOY!!!! ha ha ha
Movie: Curious George, Toy Story 1 and 2 but especially #3!!!
Toys: Garbage truck, Gary the garbage man, C3PO and R2D2, army guys and army tanks, Buzz Lightyear, tools, dinosaurs
Favorite things to do with Mommy: Cuddle, make dinner, go to story time, go to friends' houses, sing songs, go on walks
Favorite things to do with Daddy: Wrestle, play football, watch sports, dance, play games and toys, ride in daddy's car.


Everyone has heard of the "terrible twos" but what is the phrase for when they turn three?!!! I know...the "THRILLING 3's"!!! He definitely wants to do it by himself, wants everything right now, and can throw a pretty hysterical fit when he doesn't get his way. It makes it all worth it for moments like today after he was totally exhausted from crying and his tantrum that he looked at me and said, "Let's cuddle, Mom!"

WE LOVE YOU and are so grateful that you are a part of our family!