Now I am only about a year behind for Brynn now! This is progress!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
I've been busy!
So, for Labor Day we headed down to St. George and had a great time...more to come on that later! I am so excited because I was able to get a lot of my scrapbooking done...yay! I had to drive down to St. George because on Wednesday Jason wasn't feeling well, but he drove home yesterday and I got SO much done while in the car and it made the time go by so fast, it was great! So, here is what I got done...I'm sure I could have gotten more done, but I had to find time for swimmning, going to the park, shopping, and all that other fun stuff :)
Friday, August 28, 2009
Look What I'm Finally Doing Again!
Okay, so I realize it has been FOREVER since I have done any scrapbooking, but we got a new computer last night (a good one that I can do this stuff on!) and I have been restoring all of my scrapbooking stuff from the remote backup site we use...it's taking forever! I finally got this done tonight and I am excited to get back in the groove of scrapbooking again...hopefully I will have some time to...the kids tend to take up a lot of my time...imagine that! These pictures are pretty old...Brynn is barely one and now she is two and a half...I have a lot of catching up to do! Anyway...hopefully I will be posting these more frequently, I'll try my best at least!
Saturday, August 15, 2009
County Fair
We went to the Salt Lake County fair last weekend and let me tell you...one thing I learned is that the fair attracts ALL different kinds of people...like the lady who we sat down right next to us while eating, even though there were like 500 other spots to sit (okay, maybe not 500, but plenty other spots to sit)...Jaxon's foot touched her leg, she grumpily told him not to kick her, I proceeded to scoot Jaxon away from her and closer to me and she looked at me and very snottily said, "well he was kicking me!" Both Jason and I were very proud of ourselves for not causing a big scene because there were many not nice things that wanted to come out of my mouth that were directed at this lady...one of which was, "seriously, he's four and his foot BARELY touched you...surely you've got to be kidding me!" but I was good and didn't say one word!
We were walking around inside looking at all the booths they had set up trying to sell you stuff...I don't know why we feel it necessary to walk through them, there usually isn't anything there that we couldn't live without! We happened upon this lady painting faces though and there was no line...we though it was too good to be true, but it was real! So we asked Jaxon if he wanted to do it and of course he said yes. I was a little worried if he would actually sit still and let her work her magic, but he did awesome! He chose to have a Spider Man face and it turned out really cute!
Then we asked Brynn if she wanted to have her face painted too and she said she did, but I was even more nervous about her letting the lady paint it, so I had her sit on my lap and the lady did her magic pretty quickly and the finished product was...well I'm not sure what it was, it just looked like crazy paint on her face, but the lady called it a princess face and Brynn loved it, and I thought it was cute!
They have like a little petting zoo area that has goats, llamas, tortoises, and some other kinds of animals in there that you can pet and feed and roam with. The year before last this was a lot of fun...this year not so much! It was crazy busy inside that I was worried someone was going to swoop up my kids and take them away without my knowing, even though I was constantly watching them (just a little nightmare I have). Jaxon had a great time feeding and petting the animals. Check out this turtle...he was huge!
This is the expression Brynn had on her face the whole time we were in the petting zoo...she really didn't want much of anything to do with the animals...she would look at them, but if one came close to her, she was not happy at all!
You know...last year we went to the state fair...told myself it was fun, but I wasn't sure if I would do it again...this year we went to the county fair and I am telling myself I'm not sure if I will do it again! It was fun, but I'm not sure it was fun enough to go back. Really all we did was look at the stupid booths, looked at some animals they had caged up, ate some nasty food, looked at the rides that they charge and arm and a leg for...decided they could in fact cut off our arms and legs while riding them and chose not to ride any of them, went to the crazy petting zoo thing and left. The bright side of the fair was that the kids had fun getting their faces painted and as we were leaving, Jason got some delicious roasted corn on the cob that ALMOST made going to the fair worth it!
We were walking around inside looking at all the booths they had set up trying to sell you stuff...I don't know why we feel it necessary to walk through them, there usually isn't anything there that we couldn't live without! We happened upon this lady painting faces though and there was no line...we though it was too good to be true, but it was real! So we asked Jaxon if he wanted to do it and of course he said yes. I was a little worried if he would actually sit still and let her work her magic, but he did awesome! He chose to have a Spider Man face and it turned out really cute!
Then we asked Brynn if she wanted to have her face painted too and she said she did, but I was even more nervous about her letting the lady paint it, so I had her sit on my lap and the lady did her magic pretty quickly and the finished product was...well I'm not sure what it was, it just looked like crazy paint on her face, but the lady called it a princess face and Brynn loved it, and I thought it was cute!
They have like a little petting zoo area that has goats, llamas, tortoises, and some other kinds of animals in there that you can pet and feed and roam with. The year before last this was a lot of fun...this year not so much! It was crazy busy inside that I was worried someone was going to swoop up my kids and take them away without my knowing, even though I was constantly watching them (just a little nightmare I have). Jaxon had a great time feeding and petting the animals. Check out this turtle...he was huge!
This is the expression Brynn had on her face the whole time we were in the petting zoo...she really didn't want much of anything to do with the animals...she would look at them, but if one came close to her, she was not happy at all!
You know...last year we went to the state fair...told myself it was fun, but I wasn't sure if I would do it again...this year we went to the county fair and I am telling myself I'm not sure if I will do it again! It was fun, but I'm not sure it was fun enough to go back. Really all we did was look at the stupid booths, looked at some animals they had caged up, ate some nasty food, looked at the rides that they charge and arm and a leg for...decided they could in fact cut off our arms and legs while riding them and chose not to ride any of them, went to the crazy petting zoo thing and left. The bright side of the fair was that the kids had fun getting their faces painted and as we were leaving, Jason got some delicious roasted corn on the cob that ALMOST made going to the fair worth it!
Petting Zoo!
We went to the Thanksgiving Point Petting Zoo in July...we went with our good friends Annelise and Kate and their cute kids. It was a lot of fun...I like the petting zoo since it's little, my kids can run around and I'm not too worried about them, they can touch the animals, it's not expensive and we are only there for like an hour and a half...perfect for us!
One thing that Jaxon loves to do there is ride the ponies. He was so big and did it all by himself and I didn't even need to be by him at all...which is good because Brynn wouldn't let me leave her side...or let me take my hands off of her for that matter!
This was Brynn's first experience with the ponies and she wasn't too sure of it. It could have been the fact that she was one of the littlest kids riding the ponies and she got the biggest pony there was! It was fun...she warmed up to it just as the ride was ending, but I think she liked it!
I always take a picture of my kids on this little sheep...I think it's cute!
Brynn was a little nervous of all the animlas at first...she's kind of funny about stuff like that...but she really warmed up the this miniature horse and her baby...they were so cute and Brynn kept going back to them to look at them and every now and them she was brave enough to pet them, but not too much!
When we were paying for our tickets, the lady working there told us that a colt had been born about twenty minutes earlier, so I was super excited to get outside and see the baby. It was so cute! This is the baby about a half an hour after birth...doesn't it look like his mom is giving him a little kiss?
We got to see the baby take its first steps also...I think the worker there told us that if the colt isn't up and walking within an hour and a half (I think!) then they start to worry...crazy huh! It was so fun to watch this little guy try so hard just to stand up...he was so wobbly, but he did it!
One thing that Jaxon loves to do there is ride the ponies. He was so big and did it all by himself and I didn't even need to be by him at all...which is good because Brynn wouldn't let me leave her side...or let me take my hands off of her for that matter!
This was Brynn's first experience with the ponies and she wasn't too sure of it. It could have been the fact that she was one of the littlest kids riding the ponies and she got the biggest pony there was! It was fun...she warmed up to it just as the ride was ending, but I think she liked it!
I always take a picture of my kids on this little sheep...I think it's cute!
Brynn was a little nervous of all the animlas at first...she's kind of funny about stuff like that...but she really warmed up the this miniature horse and her baby...they were so cute and Brynn kept going back to them to look at them and every now and them she was brave enough to pet them, but not too much!
When we were paying for our tickets, the lady working there told us that a colt had been born about twenty minutes earlier, so I was super excited to get outside and see the baby. It was so cute! This is the baby about a half an hour after birth...doesn't it look like his mom is giving him a little kiss? 
We got to see the baby take its first steps also...I think the worker there told us that if the colt isn't up and walking within an hour and a half (I think!) then they start to worry...crazy huh! It was so fun to watch this little guy try so hard just to stand up...he was so wobbly, but he did it!
Hiking at Silver Lake
In the middle of July, our fun friends the Dickman's asked us if we wanted to go hiking with them, so of course we said YES! We went up Big Cottonwood Canyon to Silver Lake and went on a nice hike up there. Between the two families we had three kids in backpack carriers, one baby in a front pack carrier and one four year old walking/whining! It was quite a sight!
Jaxon was whining that he didn't want to walk anymore, mind you this happened for the first time like 15 minutes into the hike...so after a while Jason, who was carrying Brynn in the backpack carrier, put Jaxon on his shoulders and carried him up the trail also. I tried to take a picture of it, but Jason didn't really want to stop, so this was the best I got, you can't ever tell he has Brynn on his back too!
Isn't it beautiful! We were almost there...but stopped to take a water break!
Going back down...it was a lot easier coming down then going up...crazy how that works!
When we finally got to the lake at the top of the trail, the kids decided it would be fun to feed the squirrels. They thought it was pretty cool to watch them and I think if the squirrels would have let the kids pet them, they would have!
This was the beautiful lake that was awaiting us after our long journey! It was well worth the hike!
Jaxon was whining that he didn't want to walk anymore, mind you this happened for the first time like 15 minutes into the hike...so after a while Jason, who was carrying Brynn in the backpack carrier, put Jaxon on his shoulders and carried him up the trail also. I tried to take a picture of it, but Jason didn't really want to stop, so this was the best I got, you can't ever tell he has Brynn on his back too!
Isn't it beautiful! We were almost there...but stopped to take a water break!
Going back down...it was a lot easier coming down then going up...crazy how that works!
When we finally got to the lake at the top of the trail, the kids decided it would be fun to feed the squirrels. They thought it was pretty cool to watch them and I think if the squirrels would have let the kids pet them, they would have!
This was the beautiful lake that was awaiting us after our long journey! It was well worth the hike!
Friday, August 14, 2009
OCD
Okay...I'm the first to admit I am a LITTLE bit OCD. I like my house in order and it stresses me out a bit (okay, more than a bit) if it is not as clean and orderly as I think it should be, call that OCD if you'd like, I like to call it having a nice clean, orderly home.
Well, my sweet little Brynn as developed some habits that make me wonder if she isn't a bit OCD. Whenever she is going to bed, be it for a nap or at bed time, there are certain things that she has to do.
1. She has to close her closet doors (this started about 4 months ago)
2. There cannot be anything on her floor, if there is something on her floor she (if I try to do it, she freaks out) has to pick it up and drop it right outside her bedroom door.
3. There cannot be anything other than her pillow and her blanket in her bed with her. Today right before nap time, she had me swaddle her baby doll and she was telling me her baby was sleepy so I asked if she wanted the baby to take a nap with her, to which she replied yes. Well, after her story and song, I put the baby in the crib then went to put Brynn in the crib...big mistake! You would have thought I was trying to kill her by the screams that we coming out of her mouth. So I asked if she wanted the baby to sleep on the floor next to the crib and put the baby on the floor...another big mistake, she wasn't happy until the baby was placed outside of her room!
4. Tess (our dog) cannot be anywhere near her room when she is getting ready to go to sleep...if she comes in, it's like the world has come to an end! She has to either be put outside or I have to shut Brynn's door so she can't come in. I have no idea where this came from since she generally really likes Tess, apparently just not in her room!
5. She cannot have a clip or anything other than an elastic in her hair. Today I put her down for her nap, then put Jordan down and then was making myself some lunch when she starts sobbing hysterically. I went in her room and she was standing in her crib holding her clip out for me to take...as soon as I took it she laid right down and went to sleep.
Seriously...where did this girl come from. She is such a cute little girl...sweet sometimes...cute always! I really hope you outgrows this behavior, I'm not sure I can handle this forever!
Well, my sweet little Brynn as developed some habits that make me wonder if she isn't a bit OCD. Whenever she is going to bed, be it for a nap or at bed time, there are certain things that she has to do.
1. She has to close her closet doors (this started about 4 months ago)
2. There cannot be anything on her floor, if there is something on her floor she (if I try to do it, she freaks out) has to pick it up and drop it right outside her bedroom door.
3. There cannot be anything other than her pillow and her blanket in her bed with her. Today right before nap time, she had me swaddle her baby doll and she was telling me her baby was sleepy so I asked if she wanted the baby to take a nap with her, to which she replied yes. Well, after her story and song, I put the baby in the crib then went to put Brynn in the crib...big mistake! You would have thought I was trying to kill her by the screams that we coming out of her mouth. So I asked if she wanted the baby to sleep on the floor next to the crib and put the baby on the floor...another big mistake, she wasn't happy until the baby was placed outside of her room!
4. Tess (our dog) cannot be anywhere near her room when she is getting ready to go to sleep...if she comes in, it's like the world has come to an end! She has to either be put outside or I have to shut Brynn's door so she can't come in. I have no idea where this came from since she generally really likes Tess, apparently just not in her room!
5. She cannot have a clip or anything other than an elastic in her hair. Today I put her down for her nap, then put Jordan down and then was making myself some lunch when she starts sobbing hysterically. I went in her room and she was standing in her crib holding her clip out for me to take...as soon as I took it she laid right down and went to sleep.
Seriously...where did this girl come from. She is such a cute little girl...sweet sometimes...cute always! I really hope you outgrows this behavior, I'm not sure I can handle this forever!
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Happy 4th Birthday Jaxon!
On July 8th, we celebrated Jaxon's 4th birthday! I can't believe my little guy is getting so old! It's a tradition to decorate the bedroom door of the person having the birthday...Jason did it for me the day before for my birthday and this is what we did to Jaxon's door. He was so excited when he came upstairs, it was cute!
As soon as he came upstairs into our bedroom, he spotted his pile of presents. Luckily, Jason hadn't left for work yet, so he got to open them first thing in the morning! Notice the pink flower and Christmas wrapping paper? When I went to wrap his presents at 11:00 the night before, I realized this was the only wrapping paper we had, so we wrapped the presents white side out, it worked pretty well, I don't think he really noticed...I hope not anyway!
That evening, we went to Jumpin' Jacks. Luckily Grandma Wallace was visiting and she volunteered to stay home with Jordan, it was nice to just have the two kids and be able to play on the slides and stuff with them, not that we don't love Jordan, but it was just easier! The kids had a great time! Brynn was a little hesitant at first, but by the end, she was climbing up the biggest slide by herself and going down by herself, it was amazing!
Here is Jaxon going down the big slide and if you look closely, Brynn is at the top getting ready to go all by herself!
Brynn had a system for getting up those steps and it was amazing...she could get up there pretty quickly...Jaxon always beat her, but it was still impressive that she could do it by herself!
This is when we first got there and she wasn't too sure about it, but she loosened up and loved it! Jaxon had a great time too and didn't want to leave, but we convinced him to leave by telling him we were going to Coldstone to get some ice cream...really who could resist that? I don't have pictures of the ice cream, but afterwards we went to an arcade next to Coldstone and the kids played around for a little while. It was fun!
I think Jaxon had a great birthday! I asked him if he would stop growing and stay little forever...he thought about it for a minute and said he couldn't because he has to keep growing so he can get big like mom and dad...darn, I was hoping maybe it would work!
Today we had a party with Jaxon's friends, 15 of them to be exact! We had planned on doing the same thing we did last year, setting up a big inflatable water slide and letting the kids wear themselves out on that for an hour, then have pizza, do presents, and do cake and ice cream, and send the kids on their way with their goody bags. Well, apparently we can't always plan on nice sunny, warm days in July!
The party started at 11, so when everyone came, we headed outside and everyone started sliding down the slide and playing in the pool. That lasted all of about a half hour until everyone started complaining they were cold, do inside ALL of us went! All I have to say it it's a good thing we have a finished basement! We tried to play duck, duck, goose and hide and seek, but they didn't last long, so we resorted to opening presents early. That, of course, was Jaxon's favorite part.
Then we headed back outside for pizza and cake and ice cream (for the simple reason that I didn't want 15 kids eating that messy food in my house!). By that time, most everyone had dried off and it wasn't quite as cold. After we ate, some kids chose to go inside and play and some decided to stay out and play on the water slide. Finally, the last 15 minutes it got nice and warm and the sun came out...of course it had to be the last 15 minutes...ugh!
Brynn really enjoyed the pizza and cupcakes and her face showed it!
Jaxon blowing out the candles on his cupcake.
Jaxon had a good time at his birthday party...he is exhasuted now and I am sure glad I have a whole year until the next birthday party...it's fun, but it's sure a lot of work!
Happy birthday Jaxon, we love you big much and are so glad you are our little man!
As soon as he came upstairs into our bedroom, he spotted his pile of presents. Luckily, Jason hadn't left for work yet, so he got to open them first thing in the morning! Notice the pink flower and Christmas wrapping paper? When I went to wrap his presents at 11:00 the night before, I realized this was the only wrapping paper we had, so we wrapped the presents white side out, it worked pretty well, I don't think he really noticed...I hope not anyway!
That evening, we went to Jumpin' Jacks. Luckily Grandma Wallace was visiting and she volunteered to stay home with Jordan, it was nice to just have the two kids and be able to play on the slides and stuff with them, not that we don't love Jordan, but it was just easier! The kids had a great time! Brynn was a little hesitant at first, but by the end, she was climbing up the biggest slide by herself and going down by herself, it was amazing!
Here is Jaxon going down the big slide and if you look closely, Brynn is at the top getting ready to go all by herself!
Brynn had a system for getting up those steps and it was amazing...she could get up there pretty quickly...Jaxon always beat her, but it was still impressive that she could do it by herself!
This is when we first got there and she wasn't too sure about it, but she loosened up and loved it! Jaxon had a great time too and didn't want to leave, but we convinced him to leave by telling him we were going to Coldstone to get some ice cream...really who could resist that? I don't have pictures of the ice cream, but afterwards we went to an arcade next to Coldstone and the kids played around for a little while. It was fun!
I think Jaxon had a great birthday! I asked him if he would stop growing and stay little forever...he thought about it for a minute and said he couldn't because he has to keep growing so he can get big like mom and dad...darn, I was hoping maybe it would work! Today we had a party with Jaxon's friends, 15 of them to be exact! We had planned on doing the same thing we did last year, setting up a big inflatable water slide and letting the kids wear themselves out on that for an hour, then have pizza, do presents, and do cake and ice cream, and send the kids on their way with their goody bags. Well, apparently we can't always plan on nice sunny, warm days in July!
The party started at 11, so when everyone came, we headed outside and everyone started sliding down the slide and playing in the pool. That lasted all of about a half hour until everyone started complaining they were cold, do inside ALL of us went! All I have to say it it's a good thing we have a finished basement! We tried to play duck, duck, goose and hide and seek, but they didn't last long, so we resorted to opening presents early. That, of course, was Jaxon's favorite part.
Then we headed back outside for pizza and cake and ice cream (for the simple reason that I didn't want 15 kids eating that messy food in my house!). By that time, most everyone had dried off and it wasn't quite as cold. After we ate, some kids chose to go inside and play and some decided to stay out and play on the water slide. Finally, the last 15 minutes it got nice and warm and the sun came out...of course it had to be the last 15 minutes...ugh!
Brynn really enjoyed the pizza and cupcakes and her face showed it!
Jaxon blowing out the candles on his cupcake.Jaxon had a good time at his birthday party...he is exhasuted now and I am sure glad I have a whole year until the next birthday party...it's fun, but it's sure a lot of work!
Happy birthday Jaxon, we love you big much and are so glad you are our little man!
Fourth of July Fun
This year for the 4th of July, we headed up to the cabin in Bear Lake with Jason's family...it was so nice to have a long weekend where we didn't have to do anything we didn't want to do! The first day we were there after I took a run in the morning (which ended up being 7.5 miles...why, oh why did I do that?!) , we headed down to the lake. My kids had the best time. They had a blast playing in the sand, and the water...mostly the sand (the water was cold!) They had fun playing with their cousins and just hanging out!
Jordan liked to have the waves come up and get him wet, he also liked eating the sand...again! Do you like his swim shirt? I got it and it was "supposed" to be his size, but I'm thinking it was miss labeled...or he's just got a big belly!?
Brynn really enjoyed the licorice, in fact, I'm pretty sure she never went long than about 3 minutes without some kind of food in her hand...I don't know where she puts that food, she's such a skinny thing!
Isn't he sweet? Again, do you like the swim shirt?
Jaxon had a blast playing in the sand with his cousins, I'm pretty sure he could have stayed there all day.
Jaxon had a blast playing in the sand with his cousins, I'm pretty sure he could have stayed there all day.
Jason took Jaxon fishing to a little pond by the cabin and they caught this fish! Jaxon was so excited and he even touched it...this is a big improvement over last year when he wouldn't come close to it unless it was in a Ziploc bag!
We set off some pretty lame fireworks (I have a hard time spending a lot of money on fireworks, it's literally burning your money). The kids thought they were pretty cool. This was Brynn's first year watching them, last year she was in bed, and she thought they were okay...she didn't have much of a reaction to them.
Before we did fireworks, we had a campfire and made s'mores. Well, Jason and I had s'mores, the kids chose not to (where did these kids come from?). Brynn did have a marshmellow she held in her hand for about a half hour straight until she was a sticky mess and I took it away from her, I'm pretty sure she never did actually eat a marshmellow. And Jaxon was quite irritated that he couldn't just leave his marshmellow roaster in the fire with a marshmellow on it and come back and have it perfectly roasted, so guess who go that job...that's right, me!
We had a great 4th of July and I am so thankful to live in this country and to enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy. I am thankful for the brave men and women who fight, have fought, and will fight to keep our country safe!
Jordan liked to have the waves come up and get him wet, he also liked eating the sand...again! Do you like his swim shirt? I got it and it was "supposed" to be his size, but I'm thinking it was miss labeled...or he's just got a big belly!?
Brynn really enjoyed the licorice, in fact, I'm pretty sure she never went long than about 3 minutes without some kind of food in her hand...I don't know where she puts that food, she's such a skinny thing!
Isn't he sweet? Again, do you like the swim shirt?
Jaxon had a blast playing in the sand with his cousins, I'm pretty sure he could have stayed there all day.
Jaxon had a blast playing in the sand with his cousins, I'm pretty sure he could have stayed there all day.
Jason took Jaxon fishing to a little pond by the cabin and they caught this fish! Jaxon was so excited and he even touched it...this is a big improvement over last year when he wouldn't come close to it unless it was in a Ziploc bag!
We set off some pretty lame fireworks (I have a hard time spending a lot of money on fireworks, it's literally burning your money). The kids thought they were pretty cool. This was Brynn's first year watching them, last year she was in bed, and she thought they were okay...she didn't have much of a reaction to them.
Before we did fireworks, we had a campfire and made s'mores. Well, Jason and I had s'mores, the kids chose not to (where did these kids come from?). Brynn did have a marshmellow she held in her hand for about a half hour straight until she was a sticky mess and I took it away from her, I'm pretty sure she never did actually eat a marshmellow. And Jaxon was quite irritated that he couldn't just leave his marshmellow roaster in the fire with a marshmellow on it and come back and have it perfectly roasted, so guess who go that job...that's right, me!We had a great 4th of July and I am so thankful to live in this country and to enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy. I am thankful for the brave men and women who fight, have fought, and will fight to keep our country safe!
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