Egg-citing Adventures

Easter is pretty eventful. We colored eggs, ate candy, hunted for eggs, Averi told us the story of Jesus being resurrected, devoured yummy food(aka ham from heaven, scones, chocolate covered strawberries, smoothies, and potatoes.), had a visit from a bunny, received cute baskets, ate more candy,watched conference, wore matching outfits, played savages, ate some more candy, laughed a lot and then went to bed. When asked Averi told us that her favorite part of Easter was "That bunny that gave me stuff." Sienna's favorite was the colored grass on the bottom of the Easter basket. I loved spending time with family. My girls are both growing up so quickly and I try so hard to enjoy moments with them. Michael said that he loved seeing the girls enjoying all off the Easter fun, and his tape egg. It was a fun and memorable holiday.

Movers and Shakers

Well Just so everyone knows I haven't fell off the face of the earth. We are moving and it is consuming all of my time. So I will post some pics of the house when we move in and some of the empty apartment when we move out. It's been interesting moving with a 4 year old and a 6 month old. Averi thinks that every time i pack something of hers that it is never coming back. And then there is Sienna who's favorite game is "if you set me down I will cry". Ps I remember when i was pregers I would always wish for a cuddly baby because Averi was not. Well i got my wish and now I think, what was I thinking? I hope this updates everyone well enough for a while because who knows when the next time I will have a minute to blog.

So the end of the movie is cut off but what Averi says is that they have to come with us "because we are little girls!" By the way it's weird that my daughters look nothing alike, hehehe.

Sista, Sista!

Ever since Sienna was born, Averi and her have had an unbreakable bond. I kept waiting for the jealousy to set in but it has never came. They just love each other so much and I am so thankful for that. Averi is so patient and kind to Sienna and wants to always help take care of her. Sienna lights up whenever Averi dances or sings or talks to her. Sienna doesn't laugh for just anyone and Averi can get her to giggle at the drop of a hat. They are just the cutest sisters. Some people think that since they are 4 years apart that they would want nothing to do with one another, but I have a feeling that they will be bestos for a long time. There is no better friend then a sister and I am so happy they have each other.

All Growed Up

A long time running joke in my family is that my brother has always been 7 years old. We would be recalling a time when we went on vacation or when we moved to a new house and we would wonder how old Jared was and we would just say "He was 7". With that being said it was hard to accept the fact that he was graduating high school or going on a mission. So when he got a serious girlfriend my mind went back to the default age of 7 and I thought that he was definitely not old enough for that. So when he called and told me that he was going to ask her to marry him it came as a shock. But it finally happened, my little brother got engaged to a lovely lady named Jenni Bingham. They met and fell in love at Utah State. The are planning on tying the knot on May 21, 2010. I am so excited to get a new family member of the adult kind. They are a super cute couple, and I'm sure that they will be so happy together. Here is a sneak peak of them, I will post their engagement pictures sometime next week.

One of the 1st's

Sienna just turned 4 monthes old and so when we visited the doctor I asked if i could start her on cereal because if anyone knows this girl they know she is always hungry. So i was very excited to get to start her on food. I thought that she would just devour the food from the beginning but that wasn't the case. I would be surprised if any of the food actually made it to her tummy. She made the funniest faces that we all laughed at. We keep working on it every day and i'm sure she will start loving it in no time. Here for your viewing pleasure are just some of the priceless faces she pulled.

P. S. the laugh track was provided by Averi free of charge

La Cog Family pics '09

Well these are pretty self explanatory. Here we are ending the year with two beautiful girls, lotsa laughs and wonderful memories. Just keep in mind that we are a crazy family with some problems all smiling at the same time, well except for me I always smile perfectly(hehehe). Just a a little warning though I have about 50lbs of excess baby weight, Michael blinks a lot, Averi is a poser with a short attention span and Sienna drools but other then that we looked pretty cute. Enjoy!







Photos by Nate Evans @ uziorange.blogspot.com

Toe pick

For anyone who doesn't know I grew up in Colorado. It is a cold state and so one would think that i would have gone ice skating before, but that is not the case. Year after year winter would come and go and i would still forget to ice skate. Until this year, Michael finally took Averi and me ice skating. The night we went was freezing of course, so we all bundled up in our warm winter clothes and laced up our boots and gave it a go. Averi loves doing anything active so right off the bat she was loving it. The only problem is she is in this "I can do it my self" faze so she insisted on going around the rink all by herself while holding on to the railing. It was slow going but she was definitely doing it. And then there was me, I automatically thought i was going to do really embarrassing things like flail about and fall flat on my rump. But to my surprise in I didn't fall and only flailed a little. Michael had been before so as he so humbly put it he was "a born ice skater". We all had a couple of turns around the rink and eventually were frozen so we decided to trade in our skates and grab hot cups of cocoa that warmed us right up. As we were leaving Averi said that she would never do that again because "Now my feet aren't working right. They keep trying to slide but they won't anymore. They are so confused!" I have to say that after all these years of waiting to go ice skating it might not have been all i was dreaming of but it was pretty fun and it made for a wonderful memory.