The computer started it

No, really, it wasn't my fault. I tried to tell it that I wanted to change a blog address and it gets all huffy and goes off and deletes my entire collection of blogs entitled "friends." Then it says to me, "If I can't be your friend, nobody can." What?! Do I really have to take this from my computer? Will someone help me undo this evil done by my innocent looking computer? I tried to add a gadget, but apparantly my computer is real chummy with blogger, because I can't find what I need! Help, please! And, if you look on the side bar and don't see a link to your blog, will you leave me a comment so that I can find your blog and add it back when my computer calms down and realizes how silly it is being? sniff. Thanks.

Happy Belated Birthday!

Yesterday was my sis-in-law, Gwen's birthday, and I didn't get on the computer to post a Happy Birthday message to her! I am sorry for the tardiness, but I really hope you had a super great day, Gwen! I really wanted to be with you in Arizona to celebrate, and not just because it was snowing here. :) Gwen is the nicest, most giving, loving, understanding person I know! I have really enjoyed being able to claim a relationship to her. I only wish she were closer so her goodness could rub off on me. It has been too long since I went down to visit her, and I'm itching to go very soon!

Happy Birthday!

A quick and very sincere Happy Birthday to my brother in law, Jonathan. We hope you had a fabulous day with the family in California. We hope to be seeing you and your cute family again soon!

Fun with Friends

Just before we left for our fabulous trip to Cali, we had a chance to spend some time with our wonderful friends. Scott and Amme and their family moved in August 2007 and it about tore me apart! Amme and I had just finally become super good friends and then she up and leaves for the hurricane lands! What is that all about anyway? No, really, I've moved on. I'm ok. At long last she and her family made the trek out to see us! Ok, who am I kidding? They have family here and I was fortunate enough to steal some of their time. It was so wonderful! A big thank you to Jessica for letting us party at her house! I had so much fun visiting and eating and laughing with my friends and their cute kids. I finally got to see Spencer, now that he is practically walking! He gave me the biggest smile when they got to my house and I almost cried! Thanks for coming to see me, Amme! I know, I know, it's my turn now. :) I can taste those Danish pastries already!

He was especially fond of these jelly beans!

Carter was so funny! He took so many pictures and movies of everything that night. He cracks me up!

Yay for friends! (And yay for tall ones hee hee!) Thanks Jess!

Carter is so funny! I miss that kid!

I love these pics of Charles and Spencer. He just loves babies!

Why does this do this? Cute anyway.

I love those faces!


I can't believe how grown up Carly is now!

Isn't he so cute!!!

Kids Create Food

No, really. I have decided. Haven't you ever noticed that you start out with a dab of this and a smidge of that on a dinner plater for your little one. By the end of mealtime, there is enough food spread on the table, floor, clothes, you, to feed an army! And that doesn't account for what you know made it into their mouth! Here are pictures of my proof. I was finally able to do something nice for my wonderful friend who saves my life every other minute at the drop of a hat. I sent Amber and Chris to Bear Lake to enjoy a kid-free night, since their anniversary was spent apart due to work and traveling conflicts. I am happy to report that despite some bed time tears and trauma, both boys have come back to my house! :) And yes, this did take place before Thanksgiving, I'm trying ok?

Before:

Best Friends
So Happy! Looks clean enough, yes?
BTW isn't he just the cutest thing? Melted my heart from his first hours on Earth.

No! The culprit! Cute though he may be.

The evidence:
The picture really doesn't do this justice. I was amazed by the amount of food strewn across this portion of my kitchen! Plus what I washed off him!

Please note all the food left on the plate. Yeah, it began as one tablespoon of eggs, one half slice of bacon, and one muffin. There is more food there than I started with!

And my dust pan was full after sweeping up just under his chair and brushing off the high chair. Well, if the economy doesn't pick up soon and we all have to break out our food storage, I'm adopting Simon and any other small children I can get my hands on. They create food!!!

Our Christmas

We had a super great Christmas. It was a little crazy, nothing planned, but it made it really nice. We were so thrilled to have Tressa, Jake, and baby Eric come and spend their first night out of the hospital with us! I especially enjoyed sitting up with Eric in the wee hours of the morning. He is so cute! We tried our best to keep things simple this year. We were still very spoiled by loving family and friends. Thanks to all! My favorite suprise gift was from Louis. He bought me tickets to go see the Nutcracker the day after Christmas! It was so wonderful! I was so surprised. I have been dreaming of going on a date to the Nutcracker since I was a child! Thankfully the storm had ended, but the roads were a mess! We luckily made it there in time for the performance.

I love primary

After surviving a bit of a rough day at church, I came home to ask Charles what he learned in Primary. I sure would love to be a fly on the wall because half the time I have no clue what he is talking about. I'm half tempted to call his teachers, the music leader, and the Primary president to get the real story. I was following along pretty well today, when he tells me, "and I learned that Jesus is frozen." Huh? As I searched for an explanation I finally figured out that it is a song. Charles has been learning "I Lived in Heaven." After the first week of Sunbeams he could sing the entire first verse himself. It's pretty cute. Well, apparantly they are learning the third verse which begins, "Jesus was chosen." Well, try to tell that to my three year old son. "No, Jesus is FROZEN!!!" I sure hope he figures it out before the primary program!

Oh So Cute

Isn't he the cutest thing you've ever seen? My little nephew. My kids saw this picture and after gushing over how cute he is they both asked, "What's wrong with his back?" Charles thought he had cuts all over him! I had to explain that he is just so tiny he has extra skin everywhere and it makes cute little wrinkles. So Charles says, "His back is ok, it's just sprinkled."

Thanksgiving Update Continued...

I know it's long past, and I am soooo slow, but there are two more days of pictures from our trip that I want to add. They are my favorite because I have some great shots of Louis and his brothers playing.

The Five Koberstein Brothers
sounds like a good title of a children's book.... Danielle....

Sweet catch by my hubby.

And another, man is he good!
And pulling out all the stops to try and continue that winning streak!

Sweet moves, Karla! She was a good sport and gave everyone a run for their money!

Jon and Danielle suggested getting outside for some exercise! It was great. They played a hilarious game on the toys. They try and see if they can use each toy in a completely opposite way of how it was intended to be used.

Aren't they so cute? I have a cute picture of them both in sunglasses, and when Charles got this shirt I had to get another of them together. Grandpa Terry is often sporting a Hawaiian shirt!Charles thinks he is pretty lucky to be "Terry" like his grandpa. They are good buddies!

I had a lot of fun taking over Dawna's hair. She is so cute and she'd sit so still while I played with her hair. Thanks for letting me barge in and steal your daughter, Danielle!




Grandma and Grandpa have a tradition of gift giving to the grandkids. Grandpa finds "science gifts" to instill in the children a desire to be geniuses. Grandma gives a special Christmas story to the grandkids to help them love reading! yay for cool grandparents!






Louis and Dawna share a birthday, this is them showing their ages for this year (three and thirty!)

Cute couple!

What a great family!