Overheard...

I am sitting in the basement and Jaxon and his friend are playing in the other room playing Candyland. I just heard Jaxon tell his friend, "If you lose, you can't sit there like that with your arms folded and that grumpy look on your face. You just have to be happy you are playing the game."

Wow...I wish he would take some of his own advice at times!

I am pretty sure...

That I am the only person in the world that doesn't really like watching movies. I don't know what it is, but I find it so hard to sit and do nothing but watch a movie or even tv for that matter. I have to be doing something else too...like something on the computer (scrapbooking) or something with my hands. Am I the only person like this because I sure feel like it!

I love my vehicle!

We have a huge vehicle...a Ford Excursion. I didn't like it when we first got it because I thought it was way too big. We've had it for about two years now and I like it fine now, and I started to like it ever more after tonight.

Jason's parents need to borrow our Excursion this weekend to pull a trailer up to Bear Lake, so that means we have Jason's dad's Nissan Murano. It's a nice car and I like it well enough, but tonight we drove to Costco in it and I was about to pull my hair out! In our Excursion, none of my kids are sitting close enough together to be able to touch each other (the beauty of an SUV that sits 8!). Well, in the Murano, they are all sitting very close to each other and can touch each other as they wish...not a good thing! We had to hear Brynn and Jaxon complain multiple times about getting hit, pinched, spit on, etc.

In our Excursion, Jaxon and Brynn are in the very back seat...far away from us, so the sound isn't quite as intense as it is when they are super close to us like they are in the Murano. I swore I was going to go deaf...seriously, it was like they were trying to pierce my eardrums!

So, that's what I am thankful for today...a car big enough that none of my kids can touch each other. It may be as big as a tank, but I like it!

Grr....

So, for the past three weeks I have been working out two hours a day...an hour in the morning and doing P90X for an hour at night and guess what...I have gained about 2 pounds. It is so frustrating! I know what everyone will say...it's because you're gaining muscle and muscle weighs more than fat, but I don't care...it still make me mad! That's it...just had to get that off my chest!

Brynn at Three...

I just wanted to write a few things about Brynn, so I remember them a few years down the road!

Brynn is such a sweet little girl...most of the time! She looks so sweet most all of the time, but sometimes she can be a little stinker, but she sure is cute!

Brynn loves to sing...all the time! She knows a lot of primary songs that she likes to sing over and over again. The music person in nursery said Brynn is the only person in her nursery class that sings and she sings loud! I love to hear that sweet little voice sing as loud as she can!

The last few weeks Brynn and Jaxon have started to be best buds. They have always gotten along pretty well, but the last few weeks it seems to be that they have been getting along better and it is so much fun to see them playing together and having fun and being good! She also loves Jordan, but she loves to bug him too!

She LOVES her babies! She is always carrying a baby, feeding it, burping it, putting it to sleep, etc. She just loves her babies! She loves to look at real babies too and loves to try to help whenever she can...which sometimes isn't as much help as she thinks...but she sure tries!

She is getting better at speaking...I worried for a while because she wasn't speaking very well when she turned two, but she has gotten a lot better and I am so proud of her!

She's been potty trained now since the first of January and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be! It is SO nice to have only one child in diapers...it has been a while since I have had only one in diapers!

She is still a thumb sucker...although we have been telling her that since she is now three that she is such a big girl that she doesn't need to suck her thumb anymore...we will see how that works! I went and checked on her after she fell asleep and she wasn't sucking her thumb, so maybe we're gaining ground!

Well...that's all my sleepy brain can think about right now, but Brynn is a sweet, beautiful, spirited child who we are so very blessed to have in our lives! We love you Brynners!

Happy 3rd Birthday Brynn!

Happy birthday Brynn! She turned three yesterday and reveled in the attention all day long! She woke up to her door being decorated (a little tradition we have), then she got to choose her breakfast (pancakes), then the best part...she opened her presents! She was in heaven with her new My Little Pony, her new baby, and a princess tea party set, and princess phone...we wanted to keep it simple this year...she already has way too many toys!

We had fun doing yardwork most of the afternoon, then when dinner time came around...we let Brynn choose where she wanted to go and she chose Old McDonalds...Brynn's name for McDonalds. The kids had a great time playing and eating. We got ice cream for dessert and she was in heaven!

After dinner we decided to go buy a trampoline. Let me clarify...this isn't for Brynn's birthday...we have been wanting to get one for a while, so we finally just bit the bullet and did it! We let the kids stay up until we finished putting it up...WAY past their bedtimes...but they had a great time jumping on it! I think it will be so nice to have that trampoline throughout the spring and summer...it seems to wear the kids out quickly :)

I think Brynn had a great birthday...I hope so anyway!

Okay...

So I hate the layout of blogger right now...I can't get the pictures and my text to line up with each other and it is driving me crazy! So sorry if the text doesn't go with the pictures...I dried!

Brynn's Birhtday Party

Brynn turned 3 yesterday! I can't believe she is already three..where does the time go?

For some reason, I decided to do friend birthday parties when my kids turned three...what was I thinking?!?

On Friday I decided to have a birthday party for Brynn with her cute playgroup friends. I had planned a bunch of fun things, but sadly, most of them didn't turn out quite as I had expected, so the party didn't go quite as expected either! Luckily the kids are only three, so they couldn't really care less as long as they get some cupcakes and a treat bag as they leave :)

Brynn all dressed up in her pretty princess dress! The crown lasted for about two minutes, but it was cute while it was on!

Brynn had to give everyone a hug after she opened their presents.







The one boy in Brynn's playgroup...he was her prince for the day! Such a handsome little man he is! We made wands for one of the activities and I decided he probably wouldn't enjoy it that much, so I bought this sword for him instead...he seemed to enjoy it


My first activity I had planned didn't work out too well, so I had the kids just dance around to princess music instead...they seemed to enjoy it...for five minutes at least :)

Look at that sweet smile...she was in heaven with all of the attention she was getting!

Some days..

You know how you have some days that are great...even just good? You know, you are patient, calm and loving with your children, you get a lot accomplished, you feel like you can do anything. I love those days...yesterday was one of those days. Today...definitely NOT one of those days. Sorry kiddos...I really do love you, I will try to be better when you wake up from your naps :)

I know I have been posting a lot of things that Jaxon has been saying, but he says some of the cutest things and I want to remember them.

A couple of Sunday's ago, we were sitting around waiting to go to church and Jaxon looked at me and told me he loved me. I told him I loved him more and he looked at me and said, "I love you a dillion to the priesthood power!"

Just a little background...when we were in Disneyland in February Jaxon had asked Jason what the biggest number was and Jason looked it up on his phone and it ended up being some weird number that ended in "ion" so now whenever Jaxon wants to compare something to a really big number he picks the word "dillion"...not sure where he got it from, but I think it's cute!

I can't pick up a house!

Here is a conversation I had with Jaxon this afternoon:

Jaxon: I can't buckle my seat belt!
Me: Keep trying...you can do anything.
Jaxon: Mom...I can't do anything! I can't pick up a house can I? I can't do anything!

So much for being a supportive, you can do anything mom...I tried though!

Melts my heart....

Today Jaxon has already (it's only 9:30) three times randomly said, "Mom...I love you!" It just makes me smile and I love it...especially when I am pretty sure after he says mom that he is going to ask for something or complain about something! I love my sweet little boy!

8 Years Ago...

I married the best man ever! I can't believe it's been 8 years...it doesn't seem like it has been that long (if you ask Jason he might disagree!) I feel so blessed to have such a great man in my life and I really appreciate all he does for our family...he really is amazing! I love you Jason...thanks for being so good to me, here's to MANY more years!

Who Wins the Bad Mom Award...

That would be me! This morning right after breakfast, the kids were heading downstairs to play while I was cleaning up our breakfast mess. I want to remind you...Jordan is now 16 months old...he can maneuver the stairs just fine and has been doing so since he was like 9 or 10 months old, so I don't feel the need to always watch him go down the stairs. Well, this morning I was standing by the sink doing dishes and at first I hear a panicked intake of breath from Jordan, then a big thump followed by a nice loud cry...I run as fast as I can down the stairs and I find Jordan at the bottom of the stairs with this beauty on his forehead! As he was falling down the 14 stairs to our basement (no landing), he hit his forehead on the edge of the runners/sideboards (not sure what they are called) of the stairs.

I tried to figure out how he would fall down the stairs, then I remembered a couple of weeks ago, on a Sunday afternoon, we were in the basement and I hadn't seen Jordan for a while...I asked Jason if he saw him and Jason looked up the stairs and there was Jordan practicing walking down the stairs...normally he slides down the stairs on his belly, but he was literally practicing walking down the stairs. I told him he needed to turn around and go down or he would get hurt. Every time I saw him trying to walk down the stairs I would tell him the same thing and he would listen. My best guess is that he was trying to be a big boy and walk down the stairs all by himself!

I'm not sure how many times today I had to remind him how he fell down the stairs earlier and he needed to turn around and go down...stubborn boy! Then, to top it all off...right before his nap, he and Brynn were playing and he bonked his head on a sharp corner of our end table...tough kid though...didn't cry too much and was fine for the rest of the day!

So yeah...I take the bad mom award today...we'll see what tomorrow brings...crossing my fingers for no repeat performances!

St. Patrick's Day

Let me start off by saying I am not a huge fan of St. Patrick's Day...I don't really have anything against it, but I just don't really get it. So, I was quite proud of myself this year for actually doing something fun for this useless holiday!

The day before St. Patrick's Day, Jaxon had school and they celebrated it a day early since they didn't have school on the actual day. Well, apparently those pesky leprechauns messed up his classroom and I had to hear about it for about 45 minutes after he got home from school. At first it was cute to hear him talk about it, but then I was about ready to pull off my ears (I know I am a mean mom!). He asked me if I thought the leprechauns would mess up our house like they did his school...I don't know, you'll have to see I said! So, that night, Jason and I messed up the living/dining rooms/kitchen area...chairs on the table, and turned over on the floor, cushions off the couches, the couch overturned...nothing too dramatic because I knew I would be the one to clean it all up! Of course I didn't take pictures of it...oh well!

St. Patrick's Day morning, Brynn and Jordan woke up first. I knew Brynn wouldn't be able to handle the chaos for long, so I had to wake up Jaxon so he could see what the naughty leprechauns did to our house! He thought it was so silly and I heard about leprechauns all through breakfast, while we were getting ready, and during our whole drive to the gym...he's a little obsessed! I was super festive and make green pancakes for breakfast...wahoo!

Well at the park after the gym, my friend Kate and I decided it would be fun to get together after dinner and have St. Patrick's Day desserts...no not Irish desserts, just desserts with enough green food coloring in them to alarm me just a little bit when I changed Jordan's diaper this morning! So, I made (well Jaxon helped too) green chocolate chip cookies and green caramel popcorn (Jason did that one!) and our friends brought green Sprite floats...it was super fun! Jason thought my cookies were awful, but it was just because they were green because every other person who tasted them thought they were great!

So, to sum it all up, I'm still not a huge fan of St. Patrick's Day, but it is quite fun to see my cute kids have so much fun with the silly things we do!

Jaxon's Mustache

About a month ago, we went to Jordan's 15 month well check appointment. Brynn was playing at a friend's house, so it was just the three of us. I had been telling Jaxon all day that we were going to take Jordan to the doctor later that day, his appointment wasn't until 4:30...well he was super excited because whenever he goes to the doctor's office, he gets a token and get to a piece of junk little toy that he plays with for about ten minutes and then looses interest in. Well, the last time he got a little army guy with a parachute and he loved it, but the parachute got all tangled in some toy car wheels so he was really looking forward to getting a new one.

We get finished with the appointment and he goes to get his token from the receptionist and he carefully weighs his options of what he could pick. Well, guess what he picks...that's right a fake mustache! Who would have guessed he would be interested in a fake mustache?!? On a side note, he wanted to make sure Brynn got a toy too since she wasn't with us, what a thoughtful brother...Jordan was the only one who didn't get anything from the doctors office, but shots!

We left and picked Brynn up then headed to Carl's Jr. for dinner...Jason was out of town and I hadn't had time to make dinner. A funny side note...when I Brynn saw the mustache she giggled and I told her it was a little bit silly, meaning the mustache looked a little bit silly, well that's what she called the mustache whenever she saw it, a little bit silly! So anyway...I go to get Jaxon out of the car and this is what I see! I laughed so hard! He loved his mustache and would not take it off until bedtime that night! Everybody in Carl's Jr. got quite a laugh out of it and Jaxon was super serious when people would ask what it is...he would simply tell them it was his mustache, like they were dumb for not knowing!

The next day he wore it around the house some more...but like every other dumb toy we get from the doctor's office, he lost interest in about a day and a half! He sure does make me smile!

Disneyland!

Can I just say I LOVE DISNEYLAND! We have been home two weeks now and I still miss it. Jaxon talks about Disneyland at least two or three times a day and he saves any little bit of money he finds and puts it in his Disneyland fund. He has informed me, the next time he goes to Disneyland he wants to go for 100 days! I told him he is going to have to save up A LOT of money to be able to stay at Disneyland for 100 days, but he's convinced he can do it...I wish I could do it!

So, our trip to Disneyland was wonderful! We stopped at my parents' house in St. George on Friday then headed to Anaheim on Saturday...as soon as we got there...we headed straight to Disneyland! We spent six wonderful days there (will part of one day spent at the beach) and totally could have easily spent 3 or 4 more days there. I know not everyone likes Disneyland this much, but we sure do!


Our kids had such a great time! Jaxon and Brynn are pretty good ages to enjoy Disneyland...Jordan had fun, but didn't really know what was going on. Jaxon went on every single ride he was able to. His favorites were Tower or Terror, Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, Mullholand Madness, Splash Mountain, Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story Mania, and Pirates of the Caribbean. He was really upset that he wasn't big enough to go on Indiana Jones, California Screamin' and the Maliboomer. The first time Jason took him on Tower of Terror I was worried he would hate it, but he came out and asked if I would go with him! He loved seeing all the characters. He even colored a special picture for Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye and gave it to Jessie when he saw her...it was so cute!

Brynn had fun too. She liked all the rides she went on too, but didn't have much of an opinion of what she wanted to go on...she was just along for the ride. It took her a little while to warm up to all the characters, but after the second or third day, she was okay with them. Her favorite part was meeting the princesses. They have a "princess walk" where you go in and meet three princesses. We went through that two days in a row and she was in heaven! She loved it! It was pretty cool because the second time we went through, the same Belle was there and she remembered Brynn from the day before and called her by her name. It was pretty cool! Brynn had a great time on her third trip to Disneyland!

Jordan had a great time too! He loved going on the rides and actually really like the rides that had small drops that he could go on...like Pirates and the Ferris Wheel in CA Adventure...you can get the "cages" that move or that don't move...we chose one that moved and I didn't enjoy it much, but Jordan sure thought it was great! I think he has a wonderful first trip to Disneyland!

We were lucky enough to be able to go with some friends or ours, so the first two days it was just us, then we met them there. It was lots of fun to go with some other super fun people!

We had a great time and are looking forward for our next trip...or maybe a Disney Cruise next year :)

Beach Fun!

While we were in California, we decided to drive about 20 minutes and head to Seal Beach. I am SO glad we did...the kids had a blast! It was the first time they had gone to the beach and couldn't get enough of it! Brynn was enthralled with the birds and couldn't stop talking about them. Jaxon was on a mission to find as many shells as he could. And Jordan just loved it all!

I hadn't really planned on us getting too wet, since it was pretty chilly and we got to the beach at around 9...not the best time for swimming. Well, the kids had other plans...well I guess I should say mostly Jordan had other plans. The others didn't get too terribly wet, but Jordan was soaked! He had such a great time playing in the sand and the water. He was so stinkin' cute! I couldn't get enough of him! there was a bit of a hill leading from the beach to the actual water...Jordan would get down on his belly, like he was going down the stairs to get down the hill...so cute!

We had a great time at the beach and hopefully we can go back another time when we can actually go swimming!

Big Girl Bed & Packing

We moved Brynn into her big girl bed last night and she's been doing awesome! I figured since she's potty trained now...I guess I better put her in a big bed so she can get out if she needs to so she can go potty. We had the bed in the garage for a while disassembled, waiting for a night Jason had free to set it up. Whenever we would go into the garage to get in the car, Brynn would sit on the edge of the bed and say, "Brynn's bed."

The night we set up the bed, the kids had fun playing on it and thought it was pretty cool. We kept the crib in her room, to use as a threat if she got out of the bed. Well, bedtime came around and I laid Brynn in her bed and she looked at me and said, "Brynn's bed outside," and pointed to her crib like she wanted to sleep in it. I explained to her that she's a big girl now so she gets to sleep in a big girl bed. She accepted that and went laid down and went to sleep. I expected a night full of her getting out of bed and crying and whining, but...she did SO well! She didn't come out at all, nor did she fall out of the bed. Today at nap time she even stayed in her bed and took an awesome nap! She can be such a sweet girl!
















I just thought I would throw these pictures up because they are so darn cute! I have been packing today to get ready to go to Disneyland tomorrow...well actually St. George tomorrow and Disneyland Saturday...Jordan thought it was so much fun to sit in the suitcase with his blanket...as long as he was entertained, I couldn't have cared less what he did! Such a sweet boy!

Naughty Girl!

We have been potty training Brynn for the past week...I HATE potty training! Anyway...tonight I was cleaning up after dinner and Jason and Jaxon were playing a card game on our bed and Brynn said she needed to go potty, so she took her potty into our bathroom and closed the door. Well about 10 minutes later Jason asked me if it was a bath night and I asked why. I walked into the bathroom to find this. She had taken Jason's gel and did her hair so pretty with it! She thought it was pretty fun. On the bright side...she did go potty!