Happy Birthday Logan!

Silly Logan just turned five!

Well, It's birthday month in our family and today was Logan's turn! He turned five years old, "goin' on six" he told me. I can't picture our lives with out Logan. He is such a happy, thoughtful and fun boy. He takes very good care of his little brothers and is almost always willing to share with them. Logan's favorite things are: pirates, dinosaurs, friends, animals and family home evening (especially when he's in charge of the lesson). Like I said, he's always very helpful. The other day I asked him to quickly run upstairs and grab a diaper for baby O; he zipped right up, shouting, "I'll be back in a Gypsie!" It took me a moment to figure out that he meant to say "Jiffy!" Logan loves to be with his Daddy. He loves using his imagination. We love him very much and thank our Father in Heaven every day that He was willing to let such a special boy be a part of our family!

When he was born, he was five weeks early, and as healthy as can be. When we took him home from the hospital, he weighed only 4 lb 12 oz. We used to call him our "little burrito" when he was wrapped up in his blankets, he was so tiny!

Happy and smiley from the start! Logan used to bounce so much when he was little, that I would have to pass him to someone else after a while. He would bounce for hours!

His first love, besides Mommy and Daddy, was trucks. Logan used to play with trucks all day long!
After a while, his love of trucks matured into a love for fire trucks. Here he is at his third birthday party. We had it at the local fire station. Logan was in heaven!

I'd say about three pictures out of five, show Logan with his tongue sticking out. He loves to have fun and play with his brothers! He is a sweet, silly boy. Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Dan!

Happy 30th Birthday Dan!

My friend Lisa had a"Tag" up on her blog to brag about her husband and I thought it was a good idea. Today is Dan's birthday, so I felt like it was the perfect time to brag about him!

What is his name?: Daniel Nicholas Kanigan
How long did you date?: Umm, not long. I'd say about six weeks?
How old is he?: 30 today!
How old are you?: 27
Who eats more sweets?: He'd say me, but he enjoys a good bowl of ice cream more than anyone I know!
Who said I love you first?: Me. How embarassing! He forced it out of me though.
Who is taller?: He is by about five inches.
Who can sing better?: he he he. Me. :) He's got pretty good pitch though!
Who is smarter?: That depends on who you ask, and how you define the word smart. I think he is smarter than me in a lot of ways. He'd beat me in a game of trivial pursuit hands down, but I think our "smarts" are in different areas.
Who does the laundry?: Me. Yuck.
Who does the dishes?: Most of the time I do, but Dan can pack those dishes into the washer as well as I can.
Who pays the bills?: That's me too. We used to share this responsibility, but it was too stressful. Dan's been much less stressed since I took over.
His guilty pleasure?: Ummm, Family Guy and Simpsons? I really don't know. We do almost everything together.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?: Dan, it's closest to the door.
Who mows the lawn?: Dan usually, but I don't mind doing it sometimes. I like to mow the lawn.
Besides you, who is his best friend?: His mom, his brothers, Davy and some other high school friends.
Who cooks dinner?: I do most of the time, but Dan pitches in a lot. Things are always much spicier when he cooks. :)
Who is more stubborn?: Dan, definitely Dan, and don't argue with me about it.
Who kissed who first?: He kissed me, I wasn't completely forward with him!
Who asked who out first?: I don't think we ever had a real first date. We were two busy college students who hung out after classes and work whenever we could until way to early in the morning!
What was your first date?: Our first "hang out" was at one of his secluded "thinking spots" over looking the island in Cache Valley. We talked for hours! (really.)
Who proposed?: Dan did. He completely surprised me too. It's a great/long story!
Who has more siblings?: I do. I am from a family of nine.

Who wears the pants?: Well, I've never seen Dan in a skirt, thank goodness, so I'd say he does. Really though, I think we're pretty even in that area.
What is your favorite thing about him?: My favorite thing about Dan is his devotion to his family. He is very good at loving people, and I have never met anyone who was a better father. His boys adore him! It's always amazed me that we are so different, yet so alike. He's more of a dreamer than I am, and he's always very thoughtful!


I tag anyone else who wants to brag about their man!

Hungry Lincoln

This past Saturday Dan and I did a bit of work in our yard. We pulled out some ugly bushes, (and when I say we, I mean Dan) cleaned out under our deck and hauled off some rotting wooden beams. I guess we were outside for a while with the boys because Lincoln became pretty hungry. He was good about it and didn't complain at all, in fact he quietly went inside and took matters into his own hands. I couldn't help but laugh when he came back outside. These pictures should explain why.

When he first came out, he looked nervous, like he wasn't sure if he were in trouble or not, but as soon as I laughed, he came right out, and laughed himself. How could I possibly be mad about this?

I'm glad at least, that he took his shirt off first!

This is real happiness!

When we pulled out the old beams, we woke up two sleeping lizards. I felt bad for the rude awakening, but Logan had a lot of fun playing with them for a while. He was nervous about touching them though, because they were pretty slimy.

Random Pics

Whenever I post pictures lately they seem to have a theme to them, which means that some really good pictures that don't fit into that theme get missed. I wanted to do a post to catch upon those photos that I love and that I'd like to share. Here they are!

Since the boys have been growing their hair out, we've seen some great morning bed-heads! Logan laughed at himself in the mirror when he saw this one, then he ran around the house crowing like a rooster for an hour.

I wish this picture had turned out more clear, it was dark in the room. This was at about 9:30 pm. Dan and I were about to start a movie and I went into the boys room to make sure they were covered with their blankets. They had a flashlight, and were quietly reading a pile of books on Logan's bed! I was so proud, but why is it that they finally get along when they are supposed to be sleeping?

This picture shows Owen's love for his two favorite things: his binki, and his Pooh Bear. He sleeps with his bear, and every night he laughs and snuggles into it. He's so happy to go to sleep with his little friend.

"Sweetie Pie" Lincoln in his new suit!

I love this handsome boy!

...boys will be boys.

Yesterday Linc had a slight accident that resulted in a trip to the emergency room to stitch up his bottom lip. It'd been one of those days, and think I subconsciously expected something to happen so I wasn't surprised at all when I saw the blood coming out of his mouth and knew it was a bad one. Logan, who happened to be the one to shove Lincoln, felt horrible that he had hurt his brother and that the doctor was going to hurt him again by stitching him up. It was tricky to balance taking care of Lincoln, and comforting a distraught Logan while making sure he understood that "this is why I've told you not to do that." Seeing Linc hurt was punishment enough for him though. I didn't feel like I had to say much.

Here are a few pics of the "Owie" after Dan spent three and a half hours with him in the "emergency" room. You don't want to see what it looked like before the hospital, trust me! (not that I had time to take any pictures, and I don't think Lincoln would have appreciated that anyway.)

The entire cut is from his nose to his chin, but not all of it is deep. It only took three stitches to fix him up.

This picture looks so much like Dan to me!

Linc's been so good about not touching it, and he'll have a cool scar we can tease Logan about when they're older.

Pictures for Abuelito

When Logan was a baby, his Abuelo, who is originally from Guatemala, gave him this sweet little outfit from his country. We have taken pictures of all the boy's in it. Here are a few we recently took of Owen. (Don't worry Buela y Buelo, we'll send all the real pics to you. Yay, snapfish!)