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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

Just a quick post for Nicholas.   Monday was Theodore Seuss Geisel's birthday and also crazy sock day at Nick's school.   I actually forgot until the morning off and Nick really does not have ANY crazy socks.   His craziest sock is white with a small green stripe across the top of the toe.    So we dug through my sock drawer and came up with these.

He came home pretty excited and said that he definitely had the craziest socks!  I need to take a lesson from him to get this excited about the little things in my life.   

Valentine Decorating

Another rowdy gathering of the Weeks family.   

Marbles

Just bragging about one of my talented relatives.   My niece Kaia won first place in a regional competition for this painting.   She has had lots of offers from interested buyers.   Way to go, Kaia.

Zach's Tag Fettish

Those of you who know about Zachary's obsession with clothing tags need no explanation, but for the rest of you:  I was so sick of trying to find a tag for him to hold while driving, or waking up during the night or even just to calm him down, so I made this:

Weird, kind-of cute, kind-of ugly.   But it has made both of our lives easier.

Happy Birthday Zachary

It is hard to believe that Zach turned ONE on Sunday.   

We love this kid and are so glad that we were entrusted with his care.   He has brought such a happy spirit into our home.    Grandpa Berge was right on when he said there is nothing as good as having a baby around.  They boys love him and are so sweet with him.  Although soon they will realize that all of their toys are in danger.   (That is if he decides to move around a bit more.)

We celebrated his birthday in Park City with my sisters, their families and my mom.   It was a pretty low key affair that included a cake and a few presents.   I had visions of beautiful cakes and what we got was pretty disappointing.   I had pretty much destroyed the cake and Erik saved it a bit.   At least so we had something to get a picture of.   Zach improved the cake by making us laugh while he ate it.  He just leaned right in and took a few bites.   He received some sippy cups and a drum to play from us and Grandma and Grandpa Weeks and a great quiet book and finger puppets from Grandma Berge.  He even got wishes and gifts from the Berge and Harrison families who are far away!   Thanks Everyone!  I will try to get Erik to post a video clip.

I love you Erik!

 Yes it is quite late, but I still wanted to acknowledge Erik's birthday.   He became another year older on December 30.  Here are some of the things, I love about him:

He is very talented.

He is handsome

He is athletic

He supports me (and even indulges me)

He is fun

He loves ME

He is a hardworker

He has a strong testimony

He wrestles with the boys

He is kind

He takes out the garbage

He can do anything he sets his mind to

He respects his parents and mine

He teaches our children great things

He always tries to do what is right

He is always willing to help others