Nothing like talking on the phone naked!

We've been wanting to build a sandbox for a while and Brody's birthday was a good excuse.

It was really hard to dig up the grass.  I don't know why, our grass isn't really all that great anyways.  Once we finally got started it got a little easier.

After no time at all, they got to enjoy all their hard work.

And since the sand was actually mud, this is how we cleaned up :)

Missionaries

After a little discussion with Chase about how you don't get to pick where you go on your mission, we got him talking about where he thought Heavenly Father might want him to go someday. 

"I think probably Alontros (sounds similiar to cilantro and refers to Cafe Rio.)"
We further encouraged by telling him that usually missionaries are called to go far away from their homes.  We asked where somewhere far away was.
"Oh!  I know!  It must be at the Target store because that's far away.  Right?"

What babysittters are for...

"I just waved to my friend Ashley (A YW neighbor we have had babysit a few times).  Do you remember when she was here, 'betecting' me from the robbers?"

Rewards

"Mom, you can have my balloon because you were so good while I was at the dentist."

"We need to have chickens on our lands so we can have chicken eggs!" -Chase

This kid LOVES boiled eggs!

Brody

 This kid has so much personality wrapped up into that little body.

He is constantly laughing, fake laughing, and making us laugh.

He LOVES being outside like any little boy but HATES being inside.  When anyone leaves without him he screams for a while.  

He still talk all.the.time!  He is picking up more words all the time and even many sentances, but even if he doesn't know the words to say he talks in jibberish fully expecting you to understand him.

He is always one step right behind Chase.  Usually yelling "Vait Shess! Vait!" 

We love our little Brody.