Funny Things From 2022

January

**Bridger got a bunch of stop motion equipment for his birthday, awhile after he opened his gifts we had this conversation.

Bridger: "How much did you spend on the table?"

Me: "$$$$"

Bridger: "I thought my budget was $200. Now I know what it means by things being overpriced these days."

Then I realized this is the table he was asking about, NOT our dining room table we had just bought. His maturity about it, though. hahahah!

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Not funny, but ultra sweet...

Ander: "Can I talk to Jesus while you read a book?"
Then he says, "God is here. Cause He needs to help us out."

February

How homeschool goes with Benson...
Benson: "I'm a beaver." 

A little later he says, "My tooth helps me read faster."
It actually did. 

March

Benson: "You smell like flowers."
Me: "Aww, thank y..."
Benson: "But I don't like flowers. So you smell disgusting."
(Boys!! :l) haha. 

April

Roz: "I'm bored of my seatbelt..."

May

Benson: "Can I get in the bath?"
Jeremy: "Sure, get in."
Benson: "I can't."
Jeremy: "Why not?"
Benson: "Because Mommy said I can't and she's the REAL boss."
Jeremy: :l
hahaha, Benson's not wrong. ;)

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Bridger trying to cheer me up: "I don't like myself. But I still have to be me." *all compassionate and sweet*

haha, thanks. I think. 

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Anderson: "Butterflies poop and pee and fart. They do everything."

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Anderson *all serious*: "I listen to you sometimes." Sounding all pleased with himself.

June

Roz saw me painting my nails before church and wanted hers done, too. So as soon as we got home she chose out a color (pink, of course!) and then wanted "sprinkles" (sparkles) on top. She's so sweet. 

July

Roz singing all beautiful in the bath: "Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life's about a boat." 

Haha, so cute. 

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Beckham: "It smells good, like a fresh Hot Wheels car out of the box."

I didn't realize "fresh Hot Wheels car" was a smell descriptor until now, hahaha

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Jeremy to Roz: "Do you want jelly bread or yogurt?"

Roz: "Fruit snacks!"

Jeremy: "No, do you want jelly bread or yogurt?"

Roz: "Avocado!"

Hahaha

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Roz: "Follow the crophet."

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Ander: "Honey comes from honeybees. It sure tastes a little bit yummy."

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**Ander happily eating a bowl of cottage cheese next to Grandma at the table (later in the morning)

Grandma: "Did you guys eat breakfast?"

Ander: "Yes."

Grandma: "What did you eat?"

Ander: "Nothing! We were still hungry!" 

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**Roz singing: "Cuddles make you warm aaaaaaaaallllllllllllll ddddddddaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy llllllllllloooooonnnnnnnngggggggg." *In her tiny sing-song voice while we cuddled at bedtime. 

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*Roz sang to Ander while he sat on the toilet: "a, b, c, d, e, f, g, go poo!" Hahaha

August

**Roz after washing her butt in the shower: "Ok, Dad, time to wash your big butt!" Hahaha

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*Roz feeding Jeremy some food off her plate: "No, don't take a toy bite, take a REAL bite." Haha

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*Roz as Jeremy's Apple watch reset and showed the Apple logo: "Ew, someone ate that apple. That's yucky." Hahaha

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Anderson: "Can we buy a roller coaster and put it in our yard?" Haha

September

Roz: "Look at that, it's so cute. I love it."

**Pointing to the little fly that's been buzzing around. Haha, she's adorable. 

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Benson: "Whenever I'm by girls I hold my fart."

Me: "Ohh! That's GOOD!"

Benson: *smiles all bashful*

October

Me to Roz: "How old are you?"

Roz: **Throws her hands up in the air. "Twenty big!"

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Ander praying at dinner: "Heavenly Father. Thanks for this great food. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

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Roz reading a book: "I don't like cows. And I don't like piggies; they are rude to me."

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Ander: "Stop Benson, you're not the boss, Rozzie is."

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Ander: "I'm fast as LIGHTING!" **He runs down the hall. 

Roz, following after: "I'm fast as a UNICORN!"

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Ander: "Hurray means hhhhhhuuuuuuurrrrrraaaaaaayyyyyyy."

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**Roz follows Ander into the playroom. 

Ander: "Party up!!" 

**Ander starts some dance music on the Echo and turns off the lights and they end up having a dance party, haha. 

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**Benson and Beckham brought me breakfast in bed

Benson: "What kind of party do you want?"

Me: "A school party where everyone does their school so happy and good."

Benson: "No, like a different party." *Smiles all cute and uncomfortable

Hahaha

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*Roz frowning during cuddle time: "We don't put katchup on cake."

November

Me to Roz: "Why did you wake me up so many times in the night?" *Squeezing her tight.

Roz: "I need you to be me safe."

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Ander: "Answer your phone, I'm calling you. Brrring, brrring." 

Me: "Hello?"

Ander: "I've got a problem."

Me: "I've got a problem, too."

Ander: "What is it?"

Me: "My baby won't get his jammies on."

Ander: *thinks for a few seconds* "Are you talking about me?" *Looks all guilty and mischievous

Me: "Yes."

Ander: *Smiles all cute and then says he hung up. "I'm pressing X!"

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**Anderson backs up and I can tell he's going to run at me, so I brace myself. He runs and gives me a huge hug.

Me: "Thanks, baby."

Ander: "That's a hug attack for you."

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Benson: "When I get married I'll make a thousands of kids."

December

Jeremy to Roz: "Mmm, you smell like flowers."

Roz: "Yeah I do. Cuz I'm the flower bee!" *giggles

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Roz: "Jesus loves me to eat." *As she happily eats her apples and dinner. Haha

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Me to Ander: "You don't want to be sick. Being sick is not fun."

Ander: "Yes it is! Because you get tea. That's why being sick is fun!"

Random Pics from 2022

 I always have a bunch of pictures from our day to day things, that I want to add in before the end of the year. Here are a bunch! 

Just woke up from naps and I'll never get enough of sleepy, warm, baby cheeks.

Ice cream at the fair Montana State Fair!

Daddy and Ander getting ready for work. :)

One of his last semi-regular naps, glad I stayed for extra cuddle time. :)

Jeremy preaching at the chapel in December. :)

Benson finished Level K and started Level 1 this year!

The kids love working out with me, here's Rozzie doing a weighted wall seat! Strong girl. 

Just after naps. :)

Making one of his many machines, haha, I love him.

I also like to lay on the floor and watch a show like this.

Game time! Glad they play together so much.

Everyone loves the flight simulator!

These pics are from a field trip we took in spring to a recycling place, we watched a vehicle get destroyed and the kids loved it!

This was just a few weeks ago, the week before Christmas, haha. 

Watching a show halfway under the bed, haha.

Little handsome.

The older boys think it's SO funny to take these selfies, haha.

His mood having to get dressed.

Captain. :)

April Fool's Day.

Her bed hair is beautiful.

So cold. It got down to -50 with wind chill the week before Christmas. :l

Exercising!

Strength training progress photo! This is about three months after starting my new program.

Roasting "hot dogs." Those are bubbles on a fan, Ander created this, haha. 

Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve!! :)

 This year for Thanksgiving we stayed home again, the weather is just too unpredictable this time of year here in Montana to travel. I don't too much to say, but we started the morning off watching the Macy's Parade, as we always do! Then Jeremy and I prepped the turkey, and since I'd done a lot of the baking the day before, our day was relatively relaxing! We watched a movie together, relaxed for a bit, then ate dinner. Our dinner was delicious. Loved this day. 

I was relaxing/half napping and the kids built a fort around me, haha. 

I headed into the month of December feeling quite stressed. This is considered "busy season" for chaplains, and it truly is. I started Christmas shopping mid-November, then we headed into Thanksgiving and a few potlucks for different squadrons on base, we attended one as a family with Jeremy, the others he attends on his own. 

December started off with our ward Christmas party where the kids sang a Christmas song and we had a catered dinner, the next night I attended our ladies ward "sock party" which was also super fun but it was a really busy weekend, so I ended up quite worn out. After that it's a blur. We had two squadron Christmas parties and one combined security forces party, we went to two of them and ended up skipping the last one because we were just so burnt out! :l The first party was with the 741st and we sat with the Nazarino's, it was fun, it was a masquerade party and the 741st is one of Jeremy's favorite squadrons, they're fun. The second one was the combined security forces and was an 80's party. We sat with the Foster's and a couple other guys, Jeremy and I dressed up big time, haha. It was fun. We had Bridger and Beckham put the little ones to bed for the first time for these two squadron parties and they did awesome!! We didn't have to pay a babysitter!! Haha. 

Roz also had her first dance performances in December! The first weekend we went to an assisted living home to perform for the elderly people there, the second one was their big holiday program! She did amazing at both, we are SO proud of her!! 

Pretty much all of us got sick the last half of December, it was rough! But by Christmas we are all feeling a lot better. On Christmas Eve Jeremy, Bridger, and Beckham went to the Christmas Eve Program that the chapel team puts on every year, Jeremy played some piano and bass. They left after we opened Christmas PJ's from Grandma & Grandpa Brown (the kids love that tradition!), and then I put the little ones to bed and started wrapping presents. When Jeremy got home on Christmas Eve we got Bridger and Beckham to bed, turned on a movie, grabbed some snacks, and wrapped presents until almost 1 AM. I love that tradition, even though we always stay up too late. :)

Christmas morning we got up and we had already talked to the kids about how we were going to go to church and wait for Grandma and Grandpa Brown to get here before we opened presents. So, the kids got up and raced down to see the presents, then we got ready for church! We had Sacrament first, and I can honestly say that I LOVED starting Christmas Day with Sacrament. We didn't have classes, so we came home and changed and we let the kids open their sibling gifts to each other, then later a family gift to keep them busy until Grandma and Grandpa's flight got in. We picked them up and got home around 2 PM, then we finally got to do presents and it was so good. There was no rush, we'd all eaten, the kids were happy and we had a really wonderful time. I'm so glad we waited for Grandma and Grandpa to get here. :) I hope you can feel the literal and real joy we felt as you look at these pictures. Such a blessed day. They all loved their gifts so much, it makes the time it takes to shop so worth it to see their faces. They all have already built their LEGO sets and wear the sweaters and slippers everyday. They love their RC cars Grandma and Grandpa gave them, too. They love it all. I'm grateful for our family. :)

Cailin made this vase for me, so cool.

Benson stuck this sweet gift in my stocking, he's so thoughtful. Love him.

Her first jewelry box, she loves the ballerina and music so much.

Grandma and Grandpa Brown stayed from Christmas Day to January 4th before they flew home, so we got to play lots of games and spend time with them. They were here for Bridger's ordination to Deacon on January 1st, and we are so grateful because that was a special day. They also watched our four younger kids so we could take Bridger on a special overnight trip to Billings to go to the temple for his first time. I'll post more about that on his birthday post, since that's in the new year.

New Year's Eve was low key, we had a delicious ham dinner and then we played games and ate healthy snacks until midnight! Bridger and Beckham stayed up with us, and it was really fun to have them join us for games! We had sparkling cider in our fancy glasses and then did the countdown, it was fun! We all headed to bed straight after because we were so tired, haha. But it was a fun night! :)