dynamite from jackie bateman on Vimeo.

um yeah- no real reason/excuse that i haven't been blogging. life is just kind of busy and i haven't felt like it. not sure if i am going to catch up or just keep going. here is a funny video to get it started.

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*eli's sweet moves
*abe looking at himself dancing in the mirror
*ez making a lego strom trooper bust a move

i won tickets to park city through a blog this summer!  we went the last weekend it was open+ uea weekend and it ended up being really crowded. karma, emily and amy came with us. the weather was perfect and the leaves were gorgeous. the coaster was the fav ride by far!

some pictures were stolen from emily's blog. she rocks!

abe was so tired he fell asleep eating

eating all day was a favorite part of the trip

eli fell asleep every afternoon from pure exhaustion. he even slept through the fireworks. we wer right under them too. they were loud! ezra was trying to put his head in the bag before i took the picture.

i'm a bad blogger. so what do i do? catch up with everything i missed or start with right now???

the boys got pillow pets. thanks to grandma sue of course!

they brought them to disneyland.

they loved small world

ahhh boney clavicle alert!

ezra has had these mickey ears since he was 6 months old!

waiting for the gates to open

hey friends! just wanted to let everyone know that we are selling our phil and teds sport stroller. let me know if you're interested.

just bust a move

i love eli's dance moves.

every july grandma bateman has a week-long camping trip at granite flats, up american fork canyon. this is the first year we have stayed more than one night. we had a blast. the boys loved it and  so did james and i. it's funny how even things like camping become so much more fun with these amazing kids of ours.

granite flats part one::

this is what happens when the boys get a hold of my camera...

and there are many many more.


love these crazies!

making rice crispies at grandmas

wellness challenge

starting up a wellness challenge. if you want to join in find more info here.  spread the word. the more the merrier, and the greater the motivation. because of what happened last time i did something like this ( bad check that bounced, girls never sent a new one and winner was out $20) i'm thinking it is going to have to be a cash only entering fee.

eli's knock knock joke-
knock knock.
who's there?
tooth fairy
tooth fairy who?
tooth fairy BUM!

ezra's-
knock knock
who's there?
toilet
toilet who?
i'm a toilet and i eat your bum bum.oops i mean i eat your poop...

i love my boys and all their silly potty humor.it was funny because they were laughing so hard. abe was even laughing so hard he had tears.

eli at mcdonalds the other yesterday. he didn't even realize he had chocolate on his face. the best part is when margo said so sweetly "eli you have some chocolate on your face" as she brushed her cheek.

 fun times.

started a new wight loss support group. if you want to do body for life with me here is the info on my new blog.

i'm a week late but...

happy birthday to my favorite 5 year old! wait-how in the world do we have a 5 year old?

and why are you growing up so fast?

we sure love you!



ezra had a super fun filled birthday extravaganza. we went to lunch at McDonald's with jess and the girls so the kids could play. and i'm not going to lie, also to get the dragon toys we have somehow started collecting. then we saw how to train your dragon with family. it was such a great movie and the boys had fun hanging out and eating popcorn. then we had a birthday bbq on ezra's birthday. we had alot of people show up and it just happened to rain. rad- try fitting 20+ people in an itty bitty house. ezra got some really great gifts.

thanks to my mom and dad for saving the day with the bug catcher vacuum that had disappeared from our costco.

then another april family birthday party at grandma sue's house. we are so lucky to have so much family around to love our boys.

right now ezra loves-
*army guys
*spiderman
*star wars
*robots
*reading
*going to DI
*helping with yard work! ( how did i get so lucky?)
*playing with his brothers,cousins,friends
*tv. really that boy will watch anything
*learning- ezra is so smart. he is constantly surprising me with his fun little facts and trivia.
*being outside
*riding his scooter and bike ( although he is a bit rusty on the bike)
* planning our summer. almost every day he asks if we can go to cherry hill yet, if we can go to bear lake, when and what picnics we will go on, camping plans,etc...
*primary. ezra loves primary and has alot of very intense questions about the gospel and chirst. i love to hear him talk about it
* questions in general. all. day. long.
*pizza,turkey sammies,pb sammies, apples, cinnamon toast,watermelon,popsicles, mac and cheese. ezra is finally agreeing to trying most food. he doesn't love alot of veggies but he is really good at eating at least one bite. maybe one day?!
love you sweet, handsome boy!

are you kidding me? this is what i woke up to this morning. i am so depressed it isn't funny. i'm going to hang out at my sisters new home and get a haircut, maybe that will cheer me up. barf. i am so sick of the snow.