Okay, so I have been looking at my friend Jamie's blog and I realized I better post a more recent picture of me now that I have been working out. The only problem is they messed the name up. It totally looks more like me then Debra Messing...whoever that is. Hee hee hee Seriously now. This is what I want to look like by the end of this year. I was somewhat slim and trim when I came home from my mission but as soon as I got married that completely went out the window. With late nights, eating out, getting to buy your own food (in a family of 12, cold cereal was a Christmas Day special) but after your married it can me an ALL DAY special. Oh, and don't foreget the infamous weight gain on the pill. Then you throw in school and work. Oh and don't forget having two children less then 15 months apart. And there you have it. All my excuses on why I am a little more rounder these days. On March 27th I turn 30 and I have decided that there is now way that I'm going to be a size 18-20 when I'm 30. So, last month I joined Performax Gym (wonderful and it comes with a really cool Kids Club). I go 3-4 times a week and as of yesterday I have already lost 13 lbs!!!! Yeah!!!! I haven't quite got the dieting part done. It is totally a mental thing for me. As soon as I say those words "I'm on a diet", I crave anything and everything under the sun. I would really love to hear any tidbits, hints, success stories, anything that I can do that actually works so I can be even closer to getting back down to a size 12 or 14. And then maybe...just maybe my dream of being a the first "Real" redhead model for Victoria Secret will come true. LOL

Okay...so the other day we were watching "The Little Mermaid". It's one of Abigail's latest favorite movies. She has officially hit the princess stage and only wants to watch princess like movies. Anyways, she was holding the dvd case and pointing out all of the characters for me; the Sea Witch, King Triton, Flounder, Crab and then Ariel. It was really cute to hear her pronounce their names. After she pointed to Ariel, she stopped squinted her eyebrows in deep thought and askes, as she points to Ariel's chest... "what's this?". Just to clarify what she was pointing at, I asked, "what's what?" Once again she points to her chest and asks, "whats this?". The first thing that came to my mind was to just say, "Seashells". "Ohhhh...she replies". Then she points to my chest and says, "Mommy....Seashells!". I just laughed...I am not sure I am ready for this phase in motherhood.

HALLELUJAH!!!! HALLELUJAH!!! I finally found a way to get the comment feature back on my blog!!!!! I have had a ton of people ask me why I wasn't allowing comments on my blog. I wanted comments but for some reason when I changed templates last year it blocked out the comment feature. Anyhow, I have been trying for months now to get it to work but had no progress. So....this morning I set up a new blog and then imported my old one and then I had to redo all of my extra gadgets on the side and blah...blah...blah. It's been a lot of work but I finally have the comment line up and it's ready to be used. Now you can all comment to your hearts content.

Some days my kids seem more like "Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb", and on those really special days they are seem more like "Bonnie and Clyde"! Even though they are 15 months apart, they act like "Two Peas in a Pod". Okay, enough of the quotes. At first when I found out that I was expecting again when Abigail was only 6 months old, I have to admit that I was not the least bit excited. I had a hard time dealing with being sick again especially when I had just felt like I received my body back from the first pregnancy. But...now that they are together I wouldn't have it any other way. I am so lucky to have both of them. Aaron adds so much excitement to my life. Having to deal with his craniofacial surgery at only 9 months, has helped me to rely more on my faith, my family, my friends and neighbors and especially on my Savior. He truly is a miracle child and I am so grateful to be his mother.

Preston thought it was so cute to find Abigail and I looking through the ad's for Christmas.

Aren't they the most adorable kids you have ever seen! I know I am their mother, so of course they are the cutest to me, but still, you have to admit they are adorable.

Abigail and Aaron love to play in the snow. So much so, that Abigail will put on her boots and her snowsuit all by herself and grab my keys to let her out back to play. Aaron on the other hand, loves the snow until he falls and then he is pretty much done after that. These pictures were taken after the first snowfall of the 2008 year. I have been wanting to take more now that we have 3-4 feet out back, but it's too darn cold!!!!

Well, it's been a long time since I've updated the family blog. I have been very busy. It's alreayd hard to find time to update this thing when you have two darling kids who love to do whatever Mom is doing. Then there's the laundry, the housecleaning, the meals, the shopping blah...blah...blah.... J/k I love it but I overwhelmed myself this past month by also taking on the planning of my Ward Christmas Party, the 1st Annual Barlow Relatives Glow-in-the-Dark Dodgeball Game, and to top it all off, I volunteered to watch my sister's 7 kids for a week over Thanksgiving while she went on vacation. Somehow I think I got the short end of that stick. Oh well. I like to help out when I can. So, now that you have the rundown of the latest and the greatest....let's get onto the best part of any blogs...the pictures!!

Preston suprised us with tickets to this year's Disney On Ice show for an early Christmas Gift. We all had a lot of fun. Aaron loved the Finding Nemo part and Abigail was thrilled to see all of the Disney Princess's. My favorite was the Genie from Alladin and the songs from Mulan.

I just have to say to all of you "Team Down South Fans".....GO UTES!!!!!!!! Preston and I are practically the only Ute Fans on both sides of our family. At least the only "vocal" fans on both sides. And each year we watch the "Big Game" at my brother Greg's house. If you can picture the Primary story of "Daniel in the Lions Den", that's pretty much how it is. Our little family all in Red in a sea of Blue. So once again I say, ...."Go Utes" for pulling off the win this year!!

I just have to say, "Isn't he the cutest kid you've ever seen!!!!"

We had a fun time going to the Syracuse City Pumpkin Walk with our friends the Pabst's. The children loved finding all of the Disney theme pumpkins. I wish we could have gotton some pictures of Aaron but he was so busy ooohhing and awwwhing at all of the pumpkins. This will definitely be a must for next year.

I'm not sure what it is with Davis Boys and Peanut Butter. But Aaron is definetely like his father. Preston would seriously put peanutbutter on practically anything if I'd let him. I always knew I married a "NUT"!!!!

The children really love making chalk drawings on the driveway. This year was really nice since it stayed pretty warm outside all the way into November.

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Check out Preston on YouTube!!! We we're just in charge of our Ward Christmas Party and we put together this funny skit for the ward.