The other day I heard my children laughing SO hard with each other.  I said to my mom and sister, "There is no children's sound better than that!"  And my sister said, "Maybe besides them sleeping."  Which I loved.  And I did have to weigh the two out.  I still choose the laughing but watching our children peacefully slumber is one of my favorite things and always gives me a warm, glittering feeling I wish I could capture and keep forever. 

PLUS I'm hugely pregnant at the moment and not sleeping well at all so maybe that's why I'm posting pictures of the kiddos sleeping lately. 

I LOVE this picture because it looks like Cairo the lion's hair (Daddy's hand me down stuffed animal and thus treasured by Sammy) is actually a goatee.  HA HA HA.  So funny to think of.  Makes Sam look like a troll or mountain elf or something.  This is Cairo's preferred sleeping position.  

I have to limit the number of things Mims is allowed to sleep with.  She would honestly sleep with 50 different animals and toys, even hard uncomfortable ones. 



Maybe I'm too halloweenish right now but don't the baby and Woody look like they come alive at night and plot against us in our sleep?

Sweaty snuggly sleeping guy. LOVE IT. 

Important parenting rule: If your kids fall asleep in an uncomfortable/torturous position, do NOT move them. They might wake up (enough said) AND you won't be able to take pictures of said position. 

Brotherly love.

one way to utilize the scriptures

For real.  Righteousness can be exhausting.

Jeremiah 31:26

26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

a picture is worth a thousand words

Learning to ride without training wheels.

REALLY fun.

We went to Park City to spend some time with my Aunt Vicki for her birthday. It was lovely.  We ate a yummy breakfast at what used to be Mt. Air Cafe and is now Red Rock Brewery.  I was happy Miranda didn't know the word Brewery because she was absolutely flabbergasted, offended, and deeply concerned when we went to family event at a restaurant called Salsa y Beer in California. So pure. I'm hoping we can keep that spirit alive.  Today she told me she doesn't plan to date until she's 18. NICE!!!

After breakfast we went to the alpine slide, of course!  I'm sure a prego mom could have ridden but I would have cost 12 dolla and Miniman did NOT want to go so I stayed below with my mom and Gma Howell. 

These guys went sliding!

And the Birthday Girl!  

And Pa!

I stayed behind and tortued Mateo.  HONESTLY he asked to go on the up'n'down...what he calls the merry-go-round, even though it looks here like I force him to be entertained.  I usually wait until their 2 to do that...

Everybody riding up to the slide:

By the way we could have won $10,000 on AFV if we would have captured Sammy climbing up this thing below and losing his pants.  So funny.  I was glad to see he just laughed about it too.  Good sense of humor that one.