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Cookie Dough Monsters...

2012-01-30T15:12:00.000-08:00

Nick has created two little cookie dough monsters! Nick loves to make chocolate chip cookies...and I love that he does. The boys love to help their dad make the cookies and then they love to eat the batter. Which, call me weird...I don't love so much... I have just heard how we shouldn't eat raw eggs, so I always say "just a little", "okay no more", "let's wait until the cookies are done!" Nick came up with a solution that makes us all happy... cookie dough minus the eggs. Instead of putting eggs in he adds a little bit of milk. Then we all can eat it batter to our hearts content! The boys love it, and so do I. More often then not Trevor will just ask to make the cookie dough, not cookies!

Nick making cookie dough with Jake and Trev. Jake is eating the beater and Trevor is licking it off his hands.

Trevor eating the cookie dough!

After we got our cookie dough, we played an intense game of chutes and ladders.

Trevor beat us all! Trev and I both got the long ladder, but then on my next turn I got the long slide...Trev just cruised on to victory! Let's just say Nick had a rough game.

It was such a fun Saturday night and I just love our little cookie dough monsters!

Baby Shower

2012-01-30T15:09:00.000-08:00

At the beginning of January my mother-in-law and I threw a baby shower for my cousin (her niece.) I was in charge of the decorations and the theme of the food, so I decided to do a hot cocoa bar and cinnamon rolls. And here is how it turned out....

My favorite thing was the bunting flags...I just loved them, and they made me so happy. I hadn't ever made them before and I love the finishing touches it gave. This was also a party I put together in a day (I had bought everything over a few days, but actually putting it together was one), and I couldn't have done it without Jeana! Thanks Jeana.

And here is a picture of the mom to be! We are so excited for her and her husband and this new adventure! They are going to be the best parents!

Happy Birthday Jacob!

2012-01-15T19:42:00.001-08:00

We celebrated Jacob's 2nd birthday yesterday. And there are a lot of pictures because I wanted to show my mom/family who couldn't make it. We had a great time. We love having Jacob in our family and we can't believe that he is 2! He loves Elmo a lot so I decided to do a Sesame Street party. I didn't start working on it until Friday morning (actually working on it, I had been thinking about it for about a week)...I really need to learn how to not procrastinate :). Jeana was my right hand lady and I couldn't have pulled the party off without her. Thanks for ALL your help! We had a small friends & cousins party to start the afternoon off with the Miles, Murphys, Birds, and Williams. Following that we had a family dinner with Papa Kim, Grandma Cyndi, Grandpa Brad, Shawn & Jackson, Heath, Brittiani, Rob, Jeana, Brooke, Kate, and Halle (I am lacking in pictures with everyone.)

Uncle Heath loves Utah, and is starting Jacob out early on the right track. We will have to remedy that before to long :).
(Just kidding, I think Utah is great...as well as BYU.)

Here is a picture of Jacob blowing out his candles. Jeana and I attempted our first fondant cake...and this is what we ended up with! (It was really fun to work with marshmallow fondant...we need a lot more practice but it turned out so-so...nothing like the picture I had that we were trying to mimic (I had really high expectations for us) ...but it was okay.)

All the cousins...(minus Halle)

Kate and Jake eating the marshmallow fondant circles. These two are such good buddies.

A family picture.

Jacob opening up his presents with his brother's help.
A group shot of the friends & cousins party!
All the kids playing with balloons at the very end of the party.

The following pictures are of the decorations. It was a lot of fun making these things. If you are ever in the need for some Sesame Street themed decorations let me know, I have some :).
A picture of the cake table.

I made some Elmo and Cookie Monster cupcakes. I loved how they turned out! I should have just made these and forgone the cake :).
Nick was such a trooper...he colored the posters that are on this back wall. They turned out fantastic! A lot of people might not know this, but Nick is great at coloring.
We played 4 different games around the characters...
Cookie Monster--We helped him find all of his cookies (like an Easter egg hunt, and then the kids could eat the cookies.)

Elmo--We pinned the nose on Elmo.
And I just deleted a picture of Big Bird...Big Bird was sitting on a bunch of pillows and we played musical chairs with all his pillows (feathers). I foresaw this going one of two ways...perfect or kids running into each other and getting hurt. It went more of the later way).
And last but not least we threw trash at Oscar...(like a bean bag toss.)
Here is a sign that you saw as you came in to our house. The poster on the adjacent wall said "this party was sponsored by the letter "J" and the number "2".
We brought the characters upstairs for the dinner.
The taco bar...
And this awesome Elmo veggie platter (thanks Jeana for making it.) Jacob wasn't feeling well until about 7 pm...but it was such a fun night, thanks for everyone coming!
Here are a couple things about Jacob --
* He loves Elmo.
* He loves Thomas the train
* He won't sit down at the table, he always is standing up to eat. This is something we are working on.
* He is a very independent boy...he favorite phrase is "I got it!" (he says it in such a cute way.)
*He loves his older brother, Trevor. They are such good friends! (for the most part.)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2011-12-30T09:23:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Oh wait, is Christmas over?!
I didn't get Christmas cards out this year (I didn't do it last year either, I see a trend!) I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas...

and has a happy, awesome, amazing, wonderful 2012!

Love, The Williams

Better Late then Never Part 3...

2011-12-30T07:12:00.001-08:00

And finally what we have been up to this month, December...

Dave Ramsey--I was introduced to Dave Ramsey at the beginning of this last year...I had never heard of him, nor what he taught. Then a book club that I am in, decided to read his book, and that is where it all started. My sister told me that she was going to do his 13 week course called "Financial Peace University" and I wanted to do it as well. I signed up and then spent the next 13 Fridays learning how to get financial peace. I loved every minute of it!

When I heard this class was going to be taught, I told a friend in my ward about it. She loves him, and she has always wanted to take his class, so she signed up as well. And if you ever have any questions about Dave Ramsey or what he is teaching, just ask her...it is almost as good as talking to Dave himself!
I just love what Dave Ramsey teaches because it isn't anything new, he jut takes good solid financial principles and puts them into easy baby steps! (The pictures were taking from this blog...thanks Kristy.)

My sister Jeana did an advent calender where she had a different activity for each day in December. One of the activities was a tea party and she invited us. We got spiffed up and headed over to her house for a delightful time!

Trevor and Brooke

Jacob

On December 2nd this year, I got a huge surprise... Here is the set-up..Kristy and I carpooled to Financial Peace University every Friday. On this particular Friday, she was driving. On the way home from the class she wondered if we could stop by a friends house and see some of their home improvements...I said sure, that would be great (I just loved seeing their new wood floors.) We got to their door and I knocked, when the door was opened we just kind of stood their and then I heard "surprise!" It was a surprise birthday party for me! I was 100% surprised, I had no idea! As I stood there shocked, amazing, overwhelmed...I got another surprise--

this toy kitchen!!!! I was screaming, amazed, in awe, shocked...I had talked about this toy kitchen for a couple of years, about how I always wanted it--and there it was!!! It was such a fun night of surprises, talking, and fondue! It will be a birthday I always remember!

And the birthday surprises didn't end there...on my actual birthday Jeana came over for dinner and about 5 minutes after they had got there we heard this knock on the door, and when Jeana and I went to get it, this is who was there....

My parents!!! Nick and Rob surprised Jeana and I by flying them into town for dinner! It was such a wonderful surprise to have them here. I hadn't celebrated a birthday with them in over 10 years (I think)!

Here are Jeana and I getting ready to blow out our candles! It is great to be 30!

A couple of days before Christmas we had a kids Christmas party with the Miles and the Murphys! We had such a fun time, we exchanged presents, colored ornaments, and played! Thanks for coming over!

On Christmas Eve morning Papa Kim was visiting and he had to head back to Burley early (he threw out his back) so we opened gifts. He got the boys some sleds...they love them! Now all we need is snow.

He is a picture Christmas morning!

We had a wonderful Christmas. My brother Josh came up from Provo Christmas Eve. And then we had a roast for dinner, read the Christmas story in Luke, and Trevor and Jake got to open one present, a book. Then off to bed it was. Then Christmas morning we woke up, opened presents, had breakfast (monkey bread), went to church, then headed to Provo to spend time with Nick's Family. (The only thing that we couldn't do this year was have Christmas morning breakfast with the Bird's, Jeana had the stomach flu.) I love this time of year and for what the true meaning of Christmas is all about.

Here are two projects I accomplished this December...in about a week (I hate that I procrastinate!) I made Jeana a t-shirt quilt for her birthday (and Christmas).

and I painted these wood pieces for my mom for her Christmas present. The funny story is that I had these in my basement for two years thinking I would do them for myself. Then I decided to give them to my mom for Christmas and I did them in three days...funny what a little motivation can do for a person!

Better Late then Never Part 2....

2011-12-30T06:56:00.000-08:00

More posts (still in no particle order, and from very long ago.)

Here is a picture of me headed out the door to go run at Wheeler Farm in the "Kiss Me Dirty" running series...I was excited to go run.

Here is my return picture...I am not that dirty! I was in the first heat and there wasn't much mud yet. I had a friend that was in a later heat and she was covered. I actually tired to get dirty, but this was it!

At the beginning of July, I had a couple of my nieces come to our house for a few days. (Their parents were on trek at Martin's Cove.) We had such a great time, we went to the Church History Museum and then went to a park for a picnic, went to a splash pad, the "Up" house, the aquarium, and had a sleepover in our basement! It was a fun packed couple of days.

We signed Trevor up for his first soccer season this fall! He had a great time, the first game he was following the ball and was really into it. Then he got a little more wandering the next few games, but he still loved every minute and he was on a team with his buddy Max, and one of Jeana's neighbors was his coach. He is looking forward to next time. This is a picture after his first game.

And last, but not least, his first day of preschool picture. He has Ms. Jennifer again, and he loves it!

Better Late then Never...

2011-12-30T06:34:00.001-08:00

Here is a blog post, in no particle order, of what we have been up to the last few months....

In October, I took the boys and went up to Idaho for a week. We had a lot of fun hanging out with the cousins. Here we are at a movie, we saw Cars 2. (Well, they did, Jake and I hung out in the foyer.)

We went to a jump house also. With four boys ,who have lots of energy, this place was perfect!

At the end of October, we raked a few leaves in our backyard. Funny story, we didn't have a yard rake so I went to Lowe's to buy one, I came home with 3! I text my sister Jeana (that I bought three) and she replied, you only have one tree! I took two back! I just love this picture of Trev and Jake.

Happy Halloween! This year, we all dressed up as super heroes. It was fun to make these costumes. As I was making them my sewing machine wasn't cooperating so I went to the trusty glue gun (it worked perfectly and was so much faster.) Our shoes/socks are the work of duck tape...you can use it for anything (which you can't see in this picture)!

At the very beginning of December all of my siblings(with some of their spouses) got together at the Twin Falls temple. It was such a neat experience being there with all my family!

Home for Sale in West Jordan...(but not mine.)

2011-08-10T21:03:00.000-07:00

My sister who also lives in West Jordan has put her house up for sale. So if anyone knows of someone looking for a great house in a great location tell them to look up this website for more information www.westjordanutahhome.blogspot.com

Family Picture Time!!!

2011-07-27T07:40:00.000-07:00

We had family pictures taken last weekend. It was such a fun time. We went up to the mountains, played in the dirt, and roasted marshmallows! Jeana my sister took them! See does such a great job, and I love the pictures she took! Head over to her website to check them out http://www.jeanabirdphotography-blog.com/ . I am also sporting a new hairdo; I cut off about 14 inches a month ago!

Time for an Update...

2011-06-22T19:36:00.000-07:00

So much has happened in the last three months...so here is a quick update in no particular order...
The tree I am standing next to, is a tree I have had since I was a freshman in college (it was so small when I bought it), a few months ago I decided it was time to sell it. This is a picture I took right before I sold it. I loved the tree, but with two kids, it was time to let it go to another home... And yep, I sold it on KSL.

He had a birthday! We celebrated Trev's birthday a couple of weeks ago. It was a superhero themed party. He LOVES super hero's right now. Trevor is an amazing little boy with such a sweet heart! He loves milk! He loves to help me cook in the kitchen. He loves playing with his cousin Brooke, and he loves to color. He is also still very tall for his age.

For his birthday he got a Boot Scoot...it is a bike that doesn't have pedals. They say once they figure out how to balance with it, they don't need training wheels to ride a bike, they just know how. We will have to see if that is the case for Trev.
Here is Jacob at Trevor's party. He is growing up so fast!
At the end of May we took a family trip up to Idaho to visit my family. My brother was coming home from his mission. We had a great time with family and it was so fun to see Josh! On the way home from the trip we stopped at Shoshone Falls...the flow of the water was incredible!

Here is a picture of Elder Wadsworth (Josh) with my mom and dad. Half of the family was late in getting to the airport to pick him up. I decided to sign Trev up for swim lessons this month. The first day of swim lessons he didn't want to get in and stayed on the edge of the pool most of class, but by the end of the week he was blowing bubbles, putting his head in the water. He did great and loved it by Thursday! His favorite activity was to go and find dive sticks in the water. Trevor is the second boy from the left.

Last day of swim lessons picture...he was freezing!!

Trevor had a preschool graduation at the end of May. It was so fun to go see him sing all the songs they learned throughout the year and to see him be with all of his buddies! Miss Jennifer is an amazing teacher.

Last but not least, a picture of Jake riding his bike. It is so fun to go outside and play with Trevor and Jake...they would play outside all day long if I let them.

Updates...oh my!

2011-03-03T19:13:00.001-08:00

Here are a few updates...in no particular order...

Trevor loves playing on the computer, and one night after I finished cooking dinner I came upstairs to check on him, and this is what I found....he had a hard day!

Just this last weekend...2-26-11 Nick took the boys outside to play in the snow (and I tagged along). Trevor and Jacob both had a great time.

Trevor proudly showing off his snowman that he and Nick built!

Just starting out!

Nick was kind enough to pull us on the slide!

Oh, Jacob! Jacob loves to get into everything! With Trevor I didn't have to worry because I could follow him around but with two it is a little harder. Jacob loves to open the cupboards and pull all the stuff out (you think to solve this problem I would childproof...maybe one day). Doesn't he look like he knows he isn't suppose to do this...

Here is a sample of all the things Trevor has been doing at preschool! (I decided to take a picture of all the work instead of keep it...is that bad? What do you do? I just can't save everything can I?) He is learning his shapes right now. If you look there are circles, squares, and triangles. Trevor loves to go to school!

They had a Valentine's party at preschool and all his friends brought Valentine's to exchange...it was so cute! I was able to go and help out with the party, it was a lot of fun to see Trevor at school with all his preschool buddies, singing and playing games, and Miss Jennifer is amazing!

At the end of January there was a model train show at Thanksgiving Point. We took the two boys down and Grandma Cyndi and Papa Brad met up with us. It was a lot of fun and the Lego train was amazing!!!

One day I decided to let the boys finger paint...Trevor loved it, Jacob not so much (but you couldn't tell from this picture).

Last, but not least, the boys both got new car seats...Trevor got a booster and Jacob got Trevor's old forward facing car seat. It is so nice to have Jacob forward facing (sorry, I couldn't wait until he was two...)

Party Time...

2011-01-16T18:14:00.001-08:00

We celebrated Jacob's birthday yesterday. Here are a lot of pictures (for my family who couldn't make it) of the party.

The birthday sign

The food--we did soup

The cupcakes

Jacob's one year canvas my sister designed and created. I LOVE it! I actually just got one done for Trevor at the same time - it only took me 2 1/2 years to finish. But Jacob's was done before he was even one.

After we ate we had an indoor snowball fight. Jacob's theme for his birthday was "it is 'snow' fun that Jacob is turning one!" so I thought it would be fitting to play in the snow. The kids had a blast! (as well as the adults)

Jacob all covered in snow

Trevor and Jacob playing

Cupcake time...getting the cupcake...

Trevor helping blow out the candle (big brothers are great)...

trying the cupcake...

loving the cupcake!

Happy Birthday Jacob!

2011-01-16T18:02:00.001-08:00

He went from this...

...to this!

Jacob celebrated his first birthday on 1.15.11. This last year went by so fast! We love having Jacob in our family! He is such a good natured, happy kid and always has a smile (even if he doesn't sleep through the night).

Here are some facts about Jacob:

* He started walking a little over 11 months

* He loves to say "go" "uh-oh" "down" and "up"

* He loves to take baths

* His favorite foods are cheese and Ritz crackers

* And he loves following his brother around and taking his toys.

Random Pictures...

2010-12-28T21:03:00.001-08:00

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! I haven't posted in a long time so I decided to post a few random pictures, so here goes...

In August my Dad graduated from BYU! Way to go Dad! Now he is working towards his Masters degree.

Here is a pic from Labor Day weekend. We went to Bear Lake with Nick's family and this is a hike we went on.

We went up to Idaho for Thanksgiving and this is how much snow we had when we got home.

Trevor painting his pumpkin for Halloween 2010.

Our ward Halloween Party. Jake was a dragon, Trev a knight, Nick a king, and I was a Queen.

My birthday. I celebrated my birthday in December. It was a great day.

Jake, Trev, and I went to the Festival of Trees this year. It was amazing! The trees were beautiful.

Preschool...

2010-09-07T09:31:00.001-07:00

Here is Trevor this morning! It was his first day of preschool!

He was so excited to go to Ms. Jennifer's!

Here's his backpack! He picked it out all by himself...he loves it!! (and because he loves it, I love it!)

Quick Update...

2010-07-18T17:29:00.000-07:00

I hope to post more soon, but here is a couple of pictures.

In June, Trevor turned 3! Happy Birthday Trevor!

For the 4th of July we went to Grandma Cyndi's house. We had a hotdog roast and sleep in her backyard. Trevor did great sleeping in the tent! It was so much fun. (Jacob and I slept inside)
We did some fireworks!

Jacob and Trevor! Jacob just turned 6 months old! We love our two boys!

4 months old...

2010-06-25T16:25:00.000-07:00

I am not the best blogger right now, but if you go to www.jeanabirdphotography-blog.com you can see 4 month old pictures of Jacob! Jeana (my sister) did a wonderful job. Thanks Jeana!

Caught in the act...

2010-04-08T20:09:00.002-07:00

It was so cute...the othe day (2.17.10) while I was working on the computer, I looked in on Trevor playing in his room and this is what I found...

I caught him reading (okay looking at pictures). It made me so happy!

Setting the Table

2010-04-08T20:09:00.001-07:00

Trevor is such a great helper...the other night Nick was making dinner and Trevor decided he wanted to set the table. Here is the outcome...mustard and forks for everyone!

Trevor also figured out how to pull his pants "way high" so that they are high waters. He thinks it is pretty funny.

Bath Time...

2010-04-08T19:46:00.000-07:00

I wish this could have been caught on tape...the second time we were giving Jacob a bath I was giving him a pep talk about pooping. Jacob had jaundice and he hadn't poop very much this day so I was telling him to poop and how important it was. Well, Nick was taking his diaper off and had his legs up while he was talking it off. I am in the background chanting poop, poop, poop...and guess what Jacob did...he had a huge projectile poop that got all over Nick's shirt. The poop probably shot out 2 feet. It was so funny. We laughed and laughed. Jacob thanks for listening to mom!

Home Sweet Home...

2010-04-08T19:41:00.000-07:00

After 2 days in the hospital we could take Jacob home.
Here I am getting Jacob ready to go into his car seat. I am giving him the you are going to meet your brother today and you guys will be the best of friends and never fight, argue or cry!

In his car seat...not loving it.

Dad found the binky.

Jacob's welcome home sign.

Trevor was so excited to meet Jacob. It was so cute to see Trevor want to look at him and touch him "soft"--that is what Trevor would say every time he touched him, I trained him well. He wanted to hold him right away so we let him, but after he held him for about 2 seconds he was done. Trevor loves Jacob and is very concerned about him. I can't wait to see these two brothers grow up together!

(This picture was taken a couple of days after Jacob got home.)

Funny story about Trevor: every time he saw Jacob's umbilical cord he was so concerned because he thought it was poop. It was pretty funny. He would say "Jacob's poop, Jacob's poop."

Jacob's Story...

2010-03-24T12:56:00.000-07:00

Three weeks before Jacob was born I had a doctors appointment. The doctor checked me and said he wouldn't be surprised if I had an 09' baby. Well, I left that appointment nervous and excited: nervous because I didn't have everything ready yet (I am a last minute kind of gal) and excited to finally meet this little guy. Well, three weeks later I was still pregnant. The doctor scheduled me to be induced. I was induced with Trevor and it went great so it didn't bother me to be induced with this baby. I actually prefer it rather then having a baby on the side of the road (my labors go pretty fast once my water breaks). We, (Nick, my mom, and myself) arrived at the hospital at 5 AM Friday morning. I got checked in and was started on the lowest dose of Pitocin at 6 AM. When the nurse was checking me in she asked "did you have a little breakfast before you came?" I said "no", she said "you should have because it could be a really long day and I can't give you anything to eat."...she was shocked, because, it wasn't a long day. Nick's mom Cyndi arrived at about 6:45 AM. My doctor came in at 7 AM and broke my water. By 7:30AM I was ready for the epidural (I was dilated to an eight). The epidural was painful this time for me (with Trevor it wasn't), he had to go through a ligament trying to get the drugs in the right spot and he had to try twice. Also, labor went quickly so I needed another dose of medicine for my epidural because it didn't kick in fast enough. Jacob Henry made his arrival at 8:21 AM. He was a healthy baby boy. He weighed 8 lbs. 8 ounces and was 21 inches long. The first time I held him in my arms it was a very sweet moment. He is such an amazing, special little boy. We stayed at the hospital 2 days. While in the hospital this time around with Jacob, I didn't have all the anxiety and break downs I had with Trevor (the only time I cried in the hospital was over a toilet!) We had some visitors and just enjoyed our new addition. Because of the H1N1 Trevor wasn't allowed to come to the hospital to see/meet Jacob. My mom watched Trevor the first day and Cyndi watched Trevor the second day. Thanks so much for your help.

Me, getting checked in...

My first time holding Jacob

Jacob getting weighed

Nick holding Jacob after he was all cleaned up.

Grandma Wadsworth
Grandma Cyndi

Jeana and I with Jacob in my hospital room.

Uncle Shawn

Aunt Britiany and Uncle Heath

(Other visitor's that came, but forgot to get pictures...Grandpa Brad, Liz, Holli, Chris and Lacy. Grandpa Kim wasn't able to make it to the hospital, but he came the day we brought Jacob home.)Grandpa Kim

The final belly picture

2010-03-24T09:19:00.002-07:00

I didn't do very many belly pictures with this pregnancy so I decided to take a picture on the last day of me being pregnant.

Here I am...

Trevor and Mom...this is Trevor's last day of being an only child. (I love the smile. This is what Trevor does when you tell him to say cheese or smile. It is pretty funny.)

(It is funny, I am posting this a few months late, obviously, but I really don't remember being pregnant or just having Trevor (okay, I do) but it just feels like Jacob has always been a member of our family.)

Let it Snow (December 2009)

2010-03-24T09:08:00.000-07:00

Nick had the chance to take Trevor out in the snow a couple of times in December. Trevor just LOVED it! I stayed inside because I was feeling rather pregnant. If Trevor could have stayed outside all day he would have!

Nick and Trevor all bundled up and ready to go.

Headed outside.

Playing in the snow.

Loving being outside!

The next time they went outside to play in the snow Nick pulled Trevor around in the sled. Trevor loved that as well.

Christmas 2009

2010-03-23T12:53:00.000-07:00

Christmas 2009:

I had on my to do list for December lots of things to make and do for Christmas. Well, as the month went quickly many of those things dropped off my list. I did get the chance to make the advent calendar you see in the picture. I got the idea off a friend's blog (thanks Kristy). You make it with a mini muffin tin and then on Christmas morning you make muffins. I love how it turned out and can't wait till next year when i can use it for the whole time.

Christmas Eve:

On Christmas Eve we invited Nick's Dad, and his brother Shawn and his son Jackson to come over for dinner. It was a nice evening.

Jackson and Trevor playing the piano.

Trevor and Jackson opened a couple gifts on Christmas Eve. One gift they received Nick had picked out: it was hot wheels monster trucks-- the boys loved them. (All the boys loved them! Nick, Shawn, and Kim probably played with them as much as Trevor and Jackson did.) I had wanted to make the boys a Cars quilt for Christmas but it was one of the things I dropped off my list. So Nick said he would go pick out a toy for them. I am sure glad he did (my quilt would have been boring compared to those trucks) Jackson and Trevor just raced back and forth all night with these trucks, it was really cute.

Trevor with Grandpa Kim Christmas Eve. Notice Trevor has his trucks with him!

Christmas:

I still have the great pleasure of making cinnamon rolls Christmas morning so I woke up bright and early to start making them. Also, I didn't get a chance to watch Little Women Christmas Eve because we went to bed really late so while the dough was rising I watched it (in fast forward). At about 8:30 AM the house was awake and we started opening gifts. It was fun! Trevor loved opening gifts this year much more then last year.

Trevor opening a gift with Grandpa Kim

Trevor wearing his apron he got from Grandma Wadsworth (I am on the phone coordinating breakfast with Jeana). My mom made all the grandkids aprons this year. They turned out so cute!

After gifts: Jeana, Rob, and Brooke came over for our annual Christmas breakfast. This year Kim, Heath, and Britiani joined us. It was so fun. We had lots of great food! After the food we went downstairs to play the Wii.

Here we are in our Christmas PJ's. I started this last year (where I make each of us pajamas bottoms that match) and I really wanted to keep it going so I made sure this stayed on the to do list.

After Christmas breakfast we headed down to Provo for dinner at Grandma's house. It was fun to spend the afternoon with Grandma Cyndi and Grandpa Brad. We enjoyed each other company and watched some movies. Trevor loved watching Tarzan!

Trevor with Grandma Cyndi and Grandpa Brad

Our family Christmas day!

Merry Christmas!

Santa Claus 2009

2010-03-23T12:21:00.000-07:00

Trevor had the chance to meet Santa Claus twice this year.

The first time was we went as a family to a Polar Express Night at the Kauri Sue Hamilton School. It was a lot of fun. There were different activities Trevor could do (he had to do at least 3) and then he got to meet Mr. and Mrs. Claus. The activity he loved the best was the music class. The teacher got all the kids to sing jingle bells, while shaking bells, and then she read The Polar Express, which Trevor loved! He was so excited to meet Santa. (You wouldn't think so from the picture, but he was in awe!)

The second time was when we went with his cousin Jackson to the South Towne Mall. Laurel was running a little late, so it was a little crazy trying to entertain Trevor and let people pass me in line, and right when Laurel and Jackson got there Trevor had to go to the bathroom. So I had to leave and ran as fast as I could, being 8 months pregnant, to get Trevor to a bathroom. While Laurel stayed in line and let people pass her. We found a bathroom, and returned with no potty accident. We saw Santa. Trevor loved it again. Jackson was a little scared, but the picture turned out cute (I don't have a scanned copy to post). We have done this every year since the boys were born. It is fun tradition. We then went out to lunch together.

Gingerbread House (December 2009)

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Nick and I decorated a gingerbread house with Trevor. All the grandkids did it on December 6th at Grandma Wadsworth's house (my mom) but we couldn't go up to Idaho to do it so my mom sent all the stuff to make one back with Jeana and Rob. It was so fun putting it together with Trevor. He loved putting the candy on the house.

Trevor and I putting candy on...look at our concentration!

Trevor and dad decorating the house.
The finished product! Great job Trevor! (Good job helping mom and dad...maybe next year I will just let Trevor decorate it himself. We will see.)
Can't wait till next year. Thanks mom for sending the stuff.

Also this Christmas season Trevor loved watching the Polar Express. He would watch it over and over again. He loved the Hot Cocoa song. He would sing "Ha cho cho!" It was so cute. He loved drinking it as well, he would get a huge chocolate mustache on his face.

Cool Whip Art (December 2009)

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In the middle of December I was trying to think what I could do with Trevor that would be fun. Well, in the back of my mind I remember Jeana telling me about an art project where you use cool whip to paint on a window. I had some extra cool whip and thought it would be fun.

Trevor painting with cool whip

What a work of art!

All finished! What a mess we have to clean up!
I thought this would be easy to clean up. I was wrong. It took a lot of elbow grease and hot water to get the sugar off the window. So I called Jeana to tell her that I tried the cool whip project but it was hard to clean up and why would anyone do this (unless you were planning to take 45 minutes and clean your window anyways...then it is a great idea). She said that you weren't suppose to do it on a window, but in the bathtub! Oh, my mistake, at least I have a clean window now and Trevor had a great time drawing on the window. Next time though I think I will try the bathtub.

My 28th Birthday!

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I turned 28 in December! I had a great birthday. I woke up and thought it was just going to be another day, but...Nick surprised me and stayed home from work so he could watch Trevor. I had no idea that he was going to stay home. Nick got up like he does every morning and left for work. I work up a little later and he had sent me a text on my phone, it said go look at the computer. I had accidentally closed the program he had open so I had to call him and he told me how to open it. It was Nick and Trevor singing Happy Birthday to me. It was so cute I teared up. I thought so sweet thanks for making this a great day and then I got another text that said go open the front door. I thought oh he left me a present. So I went downstairs and opened the door to find my present...it was him! I screamed! It was such a fun surprise. He had gone shopping that morning and was just waiting till I woke up to come home. It was such a fun day. Jeana and Rob were coming back from Idaho on this day so they come over after they got home and we had Cafe Rio, had cake, and opened our gifts.

Here we are with our tree cake. Every year we have a tree cake and this year was no different. Thanks Nick for making them. Nick was also so sweet because he made me a sugar free jello tree cake because I couldn't have cake this year (I had gestational diabetes). Nick is so thoughtful.

Blowing out the candles with help from Trevor and Brooke.

Opening up presents.
Here are Jeana and I...28 years later. I love Jeana and I am so happy I have had the chance to share a birthday all these years! She is the best twin sister.

Thanksgiving 2009

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Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. We went down to Cyndi's house. It was yummy food and great company. After dinner we were just hanging out when Trevor wanted to put the chairs in a line and sing the wheels on the bus. Nick and Cyndi did most of the singing, but it was pretty cute.

On Saturday we were able to have lunch and dinner with Nick's dad and all his brothers. Heath came for lunch and Shawn came for dinner. Trevor was able to paint with Grandpa. He had a lot of fun!

It was a great Thanksgiving weekend. I was even able to do some Black Friday shopping. I had to go by myself because Jeana was out of town so I did not get up early, but I still got most things that I wanted and not so much of the crowds. Big plus!

Trip to Idaho November 2009

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The first part of November, my sister in law's mom passed away from a 18 month battle with breast cancer. She was such a amazing wife, mother and friend. Our family loved Sheryl ! Jeana and I were able to go to Idaho for the graveside service. Jeana took pictures during the service and I watched Brooke and Trevor (my dad helped me, thanks dad). Brooke and Trevor did okay...the only problem is they thought the headstones were things to climb all over, and they wanted to run around everywhere (other then that they were perfect). After the service we went over with my family; Jon, Lisa, my dad, my mom, and my grandma to my grandpa's grave (and my aunt's) to feed the squirrels and the birds.

Here we are getting ready to feed the birds and the squirrels.

Trevor getting bird seeds from Grandma Jean

Trevor and Grandma Jean throwing corn off the hillside to the squirrels.

Brooke and Trevor feeding the birds.

It was nice to go home and visit with family.

Julie...

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...if you have forgotten what she looks like. This is Julie's sister Jeana (you should never give your password out to people you don't trust :)). Julie is an amazing mom, sister, and friend...however not the most consistent blogger so I thought I would help out. Julie and Jacob around 3-4 weeks (isn't she gorgeous and just look how beautiful Jacob is...he is one lucky boy and so is Trevor).

I am a big kid now...

2010-03-02T09:40:00.000-08:00

Trevor has accomplished three great things since October...

#1: He no longer has a binky!

#2: He is potty trained!!

#3: He sleeps in a big boy bed!!!

(I didn't take any pictures in the moment so these were reenacted or from when he was little)

When I found out I was pregnant I wanted to do these three things with Trevor before the baby was born: take away the binky, potty train, and switch to a bed.
So the beginning of October we took away his binky. I had heard a couple of different ways to do this and decided to cut the binky and throw it away because it was "broken". I picked this one because, Trevor understood when something was broken that you threw it away. So each time we put Trevor to bed we would cut a slice in one binky (we had about 6 of them) so Trevor couldn't suck it anymore. He then put it in the trash and then he and Dad would take it outside to the big trash. I was so worried this was going to be so hard, but Trevor surprised me! He did great. He was sad for a couple of days after all the binkies were "broken and in the trash", but he only cried for about 5 minutes total once they were all gone...once that night for 3 minutes and for about 2 minutes at his nap the next day and that was it. He did go around for the next month or so saying "Binky broke...Dad big trash...Binky all gone!" but that was it.
So, one down and two to go...
The first part of November I decided to potty train. Just one day I decided to do it. I found some stickers and made a chart and we started. I put him in underwear from the start and we just watched movies and ate lots of junk food and pop and he would say pee pee and we would go to the bathroom and sit on the potty and read books or if it ran down his legs we would run to the potty. I made a very detailed chart that I used to chart his progress (it was the teacher coming out in me) day one he had lots of accidents, day two he had about half as many and by day three he had even less and I think he had it by day four (I will have to see if I can find my chart :))!!! I still was really nervous so we stayed home for a couple of weeks. He also used a pull up for nap and bed time (I was still cautious so he wore them for about a month). For Trevor, potty training went great...he was just ready. Brooke, his cousin, had been doing it for awhile and I think Trevor just wanted to do it as well! Now, he has to see every bathroom at every store and he uses the bathroom at church a number of times every week, and he still has his occisional accidents and we have to help him in the bathroom, but he is off to a great start.
Two down, and one to go..
So the first part of December came the big boy bed. I was so worried he would not stay in his bed and would get up every 5 minutes but it wasn't that bad. We had to take his crib down so he thought it was broken, but then he slept in his bed. He got up a couple of times at the start. And we thought wow, easy! But a few weeks in he started getting out of bed again. We tried a couple of different things leaving the door open, but if he got up we shut it (then he would cry and we would open it again), reading him stories, singing songs, leaving lights on, anything to get him to stay in bed and go to sleep, finally after a couple of weeks we worked out a system that worked for both him and us. Now he stays in bed (that is once we get him there. He is great at stalling.)

Big News...

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So it has been awhile since my last post and the biggest news to report is that we welcomed a new member to our family...Jacob Henry. He weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces and was 21 inches long. My sister took some amazing pictures of him and posted a preview on her photography blog. If you wanted to check them out go to jeanabirdphotography-blog.com. I hope to post more soon.

Trick or Treat

2009-11-07T14:23:00.003-08:00

On Halloween we had Jeana, Rob, and Brooke over for dinner. After dinner we went trick or treating together. Trevor and Brooke loved it! Trevor loved it so much more this year than last year. He would actually knock on the door and when it opened usually say "...treeeat" and "than you!" (he had to be prompted, but he said it.) It was so cute. Brooke was Cinderella and Trevor was a monkey! Here they are ready to go...

Here we are (mom, dad and Trevor) ready to go. I really love this picture! Nick is acting like a monkey which is very fitting because for the last few weeks he and I would always ask Trevor "what does a monkey say" and we would look like Nick in this picture. Trevor did get pretty good at acting like a monkey .

Brooke and Trevor in action!

After we got done trick or treating, Trevor helped dad light the pumpkins...

...and mom hand out the candy!

Here he is looking over all the goodies he got. He can't wait for next year!

Pumpkins

2009-11-07T14:23:00.001-08:00

The Monday evening before Halloween (October 26) Nick, Trevor and I decided we should go get pumpkins from the pumpkin patch by our house for our family home evening activity. So did a lot of other people. It was pretty busy and a little chilly but Trevor helped us pick out some great pumpkins.

Here he is amid all the pumpkins...oh so many choices...whichever one will he choose?

Mom and Trevor
Dad and Trevor
And the winning pumpkin is ...
This is the pumpkin Trevor came to love and carry all around the house for the next 5 days--

This pumpkin was just his size. He loved it.

That same week, on Friday night, we decided that we should carve our pumpkins. We actually got Trevor a little bigger pumpkin to carve but I decided to let him paint it instead. He loved it.
Look at the concentration on his face! After he painted his pumpkin he helped Nick and I carve ours. He wasn't really sure about what to think about gutting the pumpkin at first. He put his hand in my pumpkin and said "yew" but by the end I think he liked it enough.

But from this picture with Nick you wouldn't think so.

Trevor and Mom with all the finished products!
After we got all done we lit the two bigger pumpkins so Trevor could see what it looked like. He loved that part he went around the house and turned off all the lights. And after we looked at them he loved blowing the candles out!

Wee Witches at Gardner Village

2009-11-07T14:21:00.003-08:00

On October 1 Jeana and Brooke decided to take Grandma Bird (Beverlee and Randy were in town visiting) to Gardner Village to Wee Witches Weekend. They invited Trevor and I to come along. Since it was spur of the moment for Trevor and I, Trevor isn't in his costume. We still had a lot of fun! Thanks for inviting us! Brooke and Trevor ready to go. They had a lot of different things the kids could do. One was dancing up on the stage. Brooke took Trevor by the hand and pulled him up there. She knew what to do, she is one great little dancing. Thanks for helping him out Brooke and showing him the ropes.

Brooke taking Trevor up to the Stage

Brooke and Trevor dancing.

Trevor wondering "What am I doing up here?" I love this picture

The kids could go on a witch hunt to find all the witches there. Trevor and I just got are picture with one of them. Maybe next year we will go on the witches hunt!

They had a hay bale maze. Brooke and Trevor loved it.
Here is Trevor in the maze trying to see if he can find his way out!

Trevor loving the maze!

Here we are...we found the exit!

They also had a bean bag toss. Trevor made it into the basket and got a sucker. Great Job!
We had a great time. We look forward to next year!

Heath's Wedding

2009-11-07T14:21:00.001-08:00

On October 13th Nick's brother Heath got married. It was fun to be with family and to celebrate this day with them. Everything was beautiful: the bride, the reception, and even the weather.

The happy couple.

Our happy family outside the temple waiting for pictures to start.
Trevor in front of the fountain outside the temple. He LOVED this fountain. He ran around it, sat by it, and tried to play in it. You couldn't pull him away from it and if you did he wasn't happy! I just love Trevor in his tie and suspenders! What a cutie!

August Update...

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August Update: Here are some things that we did this August, they are out of order...but enjoy!

Trevor loves his stuffed animals. One afternoon at the end of August, we spent a good 30 minutes just lining up his animals on the stairs it was so cute!

Also, at the end of August or beginning of September I can't remember exactly Nick and I took Trevor up to Tible Fork in American Fork Canyon and went fishing. We had a great time. Trevor fished a little, played in the dirt and threw rocks in the water. We were there probably about 2 hours and we were getting near the time to go and still hadn't caught a fish...but then Nick cast his line in and hooked one, Trevor helped reel it in. It made the trip worth it (okay it was still fun, but catching the fish made it that more fun)!!! We don't have a picture of the fish, but we got it on video. We told Trevor to touch the fish and he tried but chickened out. It was a great Saturday afternoon.

Trevor playing in the dirt.
Mom and Trevor throwing rocks in the water.

Dad and Trevor right after the big catch. Way to go Dad and Trevor!!

Mom and Trevor just hanging out watching dad fishing.

Dad and Trevor fishing. I love this picture.

August 23rd was Nick's 30th Birthday!!! I had planned a surprise fishing trip with just he and I on Saturday but as we were on are way to Provo to have Cyndi and Brad watch Trevor, Nick had a kidney stone attack. Happy Birthday to him. We stayed at Cyndi's house the whole day while Nick slept, threw up and was in pain. I am sure this will be a birthday he will not forget. But on Sunday he felt a lot better so we had family over for dinner (lasagna his favorite, his mom made it--thanks Cyndi) and cake and ice cream and opening presents. (Nick passed the kidney stone about a week later! Yeah!!)

Nick and Trevor blowing out the candles!

Trevor, Nick and Jackson opening up presents! Happy 30th Birthday Nick!

Middle of August...Nick and I got Raging Water passes this year. It was a lot of fun! Jeana and Rob got ones as well! So Jeana and I would take Brooke and Trevor doing the day with a lunch and we would spend the morning... and they loved it! A couple of times Nick and I went and these pictures are of the last time we went before it closed. I wasn't able to go on any of the slides because I am pregnant, but Nick could take Trevor on two of them and he loved it!

Here is Trevor ready to go!

Here are the two slides Nick could take Trevor on! Yep that is Nick and Trevor at the bottom!

Mom and Trevor

Trevor going down the slide in the kids section! He fell in the water, but he loved going on this one as well. He loves getting water splashed in his face. We hung out in this section the most. Trevor also loved the lazy river and the splash pad. He just loved running under the water and getting wet.

Dad and Trevor ready for the water!

August 12th--My Mom and Dad came into town to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary! They were sweet enough to hang out with Jeana, Brooke, Trevor and I for the afternoon. We went to Liberty Park and had lunch and played in the water and rode some carnival rides. It was a great afternoon. (side story...when Trevor gets really upset and has a cough he will throw up. Well, this afternoon was no different on the way to Liberty Park he throw up in my car. It was gross. I am pregnant and had to clean up the mess so I throw up as well. It was a pretty funny sight to see. My car smelt like throw up all day. Oh the memories)

My Mom and Dad...35th years of happiness.
Brooke and Trevor playing in the water at Liberty Park.
Liberty Park has a few carnival rides that Brooke and Trevor got to ride. Thanks Mom and Dad for taking them. Trevor on the carousel.
Trevor riding the airplanes. We also rode the Ferris wheel. It was so fun to see my Mom and Dad. Thanks for a wonderful afternoon.

The Zoo and Jumping Jacks

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We were able to go to the zoo a couple of times this summer. Thanks Liz for letting Trevor and I go with you and Macey this time (September 27). It was so fun to see the baby elephant. Trevor loved that the baby elephant was playing with a ball.

Trevor and Macey at the Elephant Encounters.

Trevor and Macey looking at the crocodile.

Trevor watching the rabbits.

Trevor loves the zoo. His favorite things to do are the train ride and the carousel. He LOVES the carousel. We can't wait to go back next summer.

Trevor was also able to go to Jumping Jacks with Macey and Camden. Jumping Jacks has inflatable blow ups that the kids just bounce/jump on. Liz found this great coupon that got them in for free. Thanks Liz for inviting us. Trevor loved it. I got a little nervous when he wanted to do the huge blow ups...but he did great I think he only got hurt/cried once. We had a great time and look forward to going back.

Liz thanks for a couple of these pictures!

Jenn's Wedding

2009-11-07T14:18:00.000-08:00

On September 12, 2009 my sister Jennifer got married to Rockne.

(All these pictures are from jeanabirdphotography)

Here is a picture of Jenn and Rockne on their wedding day!

Here are Jenn and Rockne and all the Wadsworth's nieces and newphes.

Here is the Wadsworth Family

Here is a sister's picture.
Trevor and I went down with Jeana and Brooke at the beginning of the week to help with the wedding plans. The Monday we got there it was Labor Day so we went to George and Sharon's house for a BBQ. It was great to see everyone. All of the counsin's kids played so well together it was fun seeing them running and playing outside. The rest of the week we did wedding plans.
Rob and Nick come down on Friday because they had to work all week. On Friday we were able to meet Rockne's family at a picnic at the park. Then Jenn and Rockne got married on Saturday. It was a busy filled week. Everyone did so much to make this wedding turn out beautiful. This is a wedding day we will never forget. Jenn got married in Milich's back yard and it was amazing. Nick and Trevor just stayed for a few pictures and the wedding and then went back to Grandma's house to rest.

Trevor got really sick on Tuesday while we were there visiting and was sick for the next 10+ days. He was a trooper. He had a fever, couldn't breathe very well, throw up, coughed...you name it he probably had it. He didn't do much expect lay around and watch movies with mom and dad. We were nervous we wouldn't be able to come back on Sunday but Sunday morning we woke up and we thought his fever was gone. It was gone just long enough for the car ride and then it came back for about another 6 days. He was on really sick little guy.

Here is a picture of Mom, Dad and Trevor. Just look at the picture, Trevor was so sick.

It's a boy!

2009-09-24T13:58:00.001-07:00

We found out a few weeks ago, so most of you know by now, but for those who haven't heard...we are having a boy! Nick and I are very excited (as I am sure Trevor is as well). Everything looked good and I am feeling great. The only thing we have to do now is come up with a name. Any suggestions?

Trevor has an announcement...

2009-08-10T12:08:00.001-07:00

I will let the shirt do the talking...

Trevor will be a big brother around the end of January! Nick and I are very excited! (I am sure Trevor is as well!) I am 16 weeks, and so far my pregnancy has gone well. I have just been really tired and not very productive--because I take lots of naps and don't want to do much. It is getting better though! We will find out in a few weeks what the baby will be: boy or girl. (Last time with Trevor, we let it be a surprise, but this time we will find out.) I keep asking Trevor what it will be, a brother or sister and for the longest time he would say "brother" but now he says "sister" so we will have to wait and see. (and no there can't be one of each in there, I am just having one!)

Sidenote: Story behind the shirt. A friend, Tracy, a few months ago told he husband with a shirt like this when she found out she was pregnant with her second one as well. I thought it was the cutest idea. So when I found this shirt at Carter's I bought it so I could use that idea. I saved it for a few months with the purpose of using it. Well, the weekend I was going to tell Nick with the shirt my sister and I were having a conversation and she asked me if I was pregnant...well, Nick was sitting at the table and heard our whole conversation--so, I didn't get to use the shirt. And then I was going to use it a couple of more times, but it never worked out. So, I finally got to use it when I posted on the blog.

5 years...

2009-08-10T12:07:00.006-07:00

The end of July, Nick and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary! In February we went to Disneyland to celebrate it (that is where the picture is from, I don't have any wedding pictures on my computer), so when it actually came around in July we went to dinner and a movie. It has been a wonderful 5 years. Nick is a great husband and father. Here are a few facts about us...
How we meet: a student ward at BYU
First date: We went to the Rocky Mountain Revue
How he asked me to marry him: We played a game of horse--I was in Idaho and he was suppose to be in Utah and we would play this game over the phone. Well, he surprised me and was in Idaho. It was so cute.
It has been a great 5 years and I can't wait to see what the next 70 years hold for us.

Trevor's Two Year Pictures

2009-08-10T12:07:00.005-07:00

A while back, about the beginning of July. My sister Jeana did two year pictures of Trevor. They turned out so great. She does such a wonderful job. Here are just a couple, if you want to check out some more, go to her website: http://www.jeanabirdphotographyblog.com/ and scroll down. Thanks Jeana for doing them--I love them. If you notice Trevor has two different hairstyles, but the pictures were taken on the same day. We took some in the morning and the evening so in between I cut his hair. I can't decide which way I like better. He is growing up so fast.

Jones Family Reunion July 30 and 31

2009-08-10T12:07:00.003-07:00

Every 2 years we have a Jones Family Reunion. My mom has 4 brothers plus herself (see picture below). My mom's closest brother is 13 years older then her. She kind of grew up as an only child. As a result of her being the youngest by so much I use to dread these reunions because most of my cousins on my mom's side were "old". Okay not that old, but their kids were our age. But as I have gotten older I really enjoy these reunions. This year was great. How they decide who is in charge of the reunion is they rotate every time and this year was my mom's turn. She did such an awesome job. It was pretty low key...we went to Lions park and hung out, played soccer, played on the playground, played basketball, played board games, played kickball, swam in the pool, ate good food and enjoyed each other company. On the last night we had a small program were everyone told how they were doing. It was great to have on update! Trevor and I playing with a basketball.

Jeff and Mallory playing catch.Jeana and Brooke hanging out watching the program.
The kids hanging out together.
People hanging out together...

...watching/listening to the program.

It was fun to be home and help my mom with all the preparation and to help carry out the reunion plans! Nick wasn't able to make it because he had to go to Flaming George. While I was at my parent's house I get this call from Nick telling me he is in the hospital in Rock Springs. Here is what happened... he was on the boat and he had this awful pain that wouldn't go away and it was getting worse. So they (he and his co workers) docked the boat and called the ambulance. The paramedics drugged him up and went to the hospital. Once at the hospital they figured out he had a kidney stone. So nick stayed in the hospital for a few hours and then went to a hotel. I wasn't able to go to Rock Springs to pick him up so his mom did. Thanks so much Cyndi for your help. The doctors said he would just have to watch to see if he could pass it by himself. So Nick is just waiting hoping it passes sooner then later.

Spudman Triathlon

2009-08-10T12:07:00.001-07:00

Nick's Mom has done the Burley Triathlon for a couple of years now. This year we went and watched her compete, it was on July 26. She did a great job. Watching her made me want to try it next year. We will have to see if I do or not. Here is everyone right after Cyndi got done!

Cyndi took Trevor through the water to cool off.

Here is a picture of everyone as we are about to leave. I am the one taking the picture. Cyndi did so well and she didn't even have time to train for it this year. Way to go Cyndi.

This weekend we stayed with Nick's Dad in Burley. We not only had the spudman to watch but Nick's aunt was receiving her endowments at the Twin Falls Temple so we were able to go to that as well. While we went to Twin, Kim watched Trevor and Trevor got to go on Kim's 4 wheeler. Trevor loved it. Kim thanks for watching him! On Sunday we went to church with Cyndi and Brad in Twin Falls and we meet Brad's mom and dad. Then Nick took Trevor and I to Jerome where my dad came and picked up Trevor and I to go on to Nampa and Nick head back to West Jordan. Trevor and I went to Nampa because we had the Jones Family Reunion the next weekend. Read the next post.

24th of July Parade Floats

2009-08-10T12:06:00.002-07:00

Nick and I didn't go to the 24th of July Parade this year, but Jeana and I did the next best thing... (it might even be better then the parade) we went to the South Towne Expo Center and saw all the floats in one place. It was a lot of fun. Brooke and Trevor had a great time. Parking was a little crazy because they decided to redo half the parking lot that day.

This year my stake, Mountain Shadows Stake, was asked to do a float. Brooke and Trevor are standing in front of my stake's float. I really wanted to help build it, work on it, but I only made it to one night and they worked on this float for months and months. It turned out amazing. The night I did go to help I put contact paper on the letter blocks. The picture below is the float that I voted for. It was so impressive. All the floats were great.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House

2009-08-10T12:06:00.001-07:00

Jeana and I decided to take Brooke and Trevor to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House the end of July. We took these two to the Draper Temple Open House in January and we were there for 2+ hours and the kids were tired and the wait was long. So we decided to do this one during the day and hopefully it would go quicker...and it did. The kids were great and it was a neat experience to take them though the temple.

Here are Trevor and I outside the temple.

Whose kids are those? Didn't anyone teach them not to stand on the furniture?

Here are Trevor and Brooke enjoy the refreshments. They loved the cookies. By the time we got here (even though they were good walking through the temple), it was time to get going...it was nap time.

I think the best part for Trevor and Brooke was in the tent where the refreshments were being served they had huge fans blowing in cold air and Trevor and Brooke just loved standing there letting it blow on them. It was funny to watch them.

Here are Trevor and I as we are about to leave. Once we left we had to walk to the farthest parking lot and a nice man with a golf cart saw us walking and asked if we needed a ride. It was so sweet of him to ask and of course we said yes.

I am so grateful for temples and what they mean to me in my life. I am so glad families can be together forever!

Zoo with Trevor

2009-08-10T12:05:00.008-07:00

In the beginning of July, Trevor and I needed to get out of the house. So, I decided he and I would go to the zoo. We had a great time just the two of us walking around and looking at the animals.

Here's Trevor playing at the park at the zoo. This was his favorite part.

My favorite part was the bird show. I had heard it was great, so I made sure Trevor and I went. I didn't know how Trevor would do so I bought him an icee to drink at the show. I didn't time it very well because he drank most of it before the show even started. He got a little restless, but did pretty good. And the show was amazing.

Yard Sale

2009-08-10T12:05:00.007-07:00

Jeana and I participated in our first yard sale. Macey's was having a community yard sale in July so Jeana and I thought it would be fun to sign up for a booth. We had never had a yard sale and always talked about it, so we did it. It was a good experience and now I can say I have done a yard sale, but I don't know if I would do it again.

Here is the experience. We got up really early so we could get our stuff set up in the parking lot. We started setting up in the wrong spot so we had to move everything to the right spot. We were a little frazzled at the beginning. Nick was on a camping trip and I had to find a babysitter in a hurry because Nick hadn't made it back yet, but he did right as soon as I had one coming over. He thought he had lost his phone in the mountains, that is why I couldn't get a hold of him to see what time he would be home, but his phone was actually in his backpack. It was so hot outside and we were sitting in a asphalt parking lot and we didn't bring a canopy for shade, but the lady in the booth next to ours shared hers otherwise we would have fried! But we made a little money and had a great time.

The only pictures we took of this experience... here I am

here is Jeana!

First family camping trip

2009-08-10T12:05:00.005-07:00

New tent means one things...

...first family camping trip. Our ward had a camp out and we thought it would be fun to take Trevor. It was at the Willows in Lehi. I loved that we didn't have to go to far so if it didn't work out we could just come home. Also, no ticks was a huge plus. We had a great time and look forward to next year!
Trevor's favorite thing to do while we were there...throwing grass on Dad and

playing with the rocks! What a little boy!
Mom and Trevor inside the tent Saturday morning. We took Trevor's pack and play and he slept great in it.

Funny side story...during the night, I woke up to some funny noises outside, I was so scared. I thought what could be lurking outside the tent (remember we were in Lehi so not too many wild animals, but my mind was going crazy with what I thought it could be...maybe a bear, a crazy person, a snake, the possibilities were endless!) I woke Nick up and said did you hear that he said yes and tried to reassure me it was nothing. Well, I kept hearing it and I told Nick get your flashlight and find out what it is so he opened the window and shined his flashlight out and guess what it was...a cow. There was a field right by our tent and he was eating a midnight snack. It was so funny! I still chuckle about it.

4th of July

2009-08-10T12:05:00.001-07:00

For the 4th of July this year we had some friends over for dinner, fireworks, and candy poker. It was a great night. I love to play candy poker but I have such a bad poker face. If I have a good hand everyone knows it because I can't stop smiling. I would never do well in Vegas.

I am so grateful for this country we live in and for the men and women who serve/served to allow us to have the freedoms we enjoy each and everyday.

Here is Trevor sweeping our driveway as we prepare for the fireworks.

Here is Trevor putting our flag up.

Here we are waiting/watching the fireworks. Mike thanks for lighting them. Trevor loved the fireworks, he got the biggest smile on his face each time a firework was lit, and after each firework was over he would clap. It was so cute.

Trevor and Mom watching the fireworks!

Trevor and Dad watching the fireworks.

Girls Camp

2009-08-10T12:04:00.002-07:00

I had the chance to go to Girls Camp this year with my ward. I was able to go the whole week! Thanks Nick and Jeana for your help watching Trevor! It was so much fun. There is nothing like girls camp to fill the spirit. The food was amazing, the weather was pretty good (it only rained a couple times) and the company was great. I even did the zip line they have. (side note: last year I did the zip line and screamed my head off and couldn't get down off the ladder, I was so scared I think I was in shock. It was pretty funny to watch me if you were there.) This year the zip line didn't scare me at all. Also, I did my fashion statement for the year by wearing my socks over my pants and my shirt tucked in to help avoid getting a tick and once again this system didn't fail me...no ticks!

Some highlights of camp...ninja destruction, team competitions: cup game (holding a cup between your head and your partners), don't drop the bucket (people filled your bucket up with water and if it got to heavy and you popped the balloon you were out), tug of war: the rope broke the first try, Frisbee golf, shooting a bow and arrow, singing camp songs, filling the spirit, and Bishop's night aka testimony night. Camp was wonderful

Father's Day

2009-08-10T12:04:00.001-07:00

Father's Day weekend Nick had a camp out with the scouts. So on Friday morning Trevor and I went with him to reserve a spot. It was fun to walk around, Trevor loved the water. We also stopped at the Quarry to walk around. Nick is an amazing Dad! Nick loves spending time with Trevor! Trevor loves him so much. Right now, if Trevor gets hurt we have to call Nick to tell him what happened--it is the only thing that can calm Trevor down. It is so cute!

We had a nice Father's Day. We went down to Cyndi's house and got to spend time with Nick's family and had dinner with them.

He turned 2!

2009-06-15T13:39:00.001-07:00

He went from this...

To this...

Today Trevor went in for his 2 year well baby check up. I can't believe it has been 2 years. He is getting so big. He is 38.5 inches tall and 29.15 lbs. He is in the 95% for height and 75% for weight. What a growing boy.

So his birthday was on Friday, Nick was able to take the day off and we got to hang out and have a great time. Here is what we did. We woke up and watched 101 Dalmatians. He loves 101 Dalmatians. Then we had a breakfast of champions...donuts and juice. Chocolate Dunford Donuts--nothing beats them.

Then we got ready for the day and went to the Living Plant Aquarium. Trevor loves fish and sharks he had a great time.

Then we headed over to the mall for lunch and Trevor got to ride on the carousel.

Next we went to Dimple Dell to go swimming. Trevor liked it a lot. I wished we could have taken him on the big water slide (sitting on our laps of course) but he was to little. But he did go on this kid slide all by himself. He liked it, but I wasn't a big fan because he went so fast down it.

On the way home for nap time, Trevor fell asleep he had a long morning.

That night we had family over for a party. We made one of Trevor's favorite meals, chicken and broccoli. He loved it. It was fun to have family over-- Trevor's cousins Brooke and Jackson came, Trevor loves Brooke and Jackson!

The theme, was 101 Dalmatians. Trevor can watch that movie over and over--if I let him!

He loved opening his presents this year! This wrapping paper was tricky though.

Trevor blowing out the candles. He loved the ice cream not so much the cake.

Trevor got a lot of great gifts! One gift that he got was a train set. Thanks Jenn. He loves it. For the last 3 days all I hear is "train, train, train". He loves playing with it. Actually so do Nick and I. Nick has already configured it into at least 4 different railways. It is so fun.

Trevor is getting so big and we love having him in our family. Just wanted to write down a few things that he loves or does right now--the words in quotation are what he says. He loves the "park" to go "swing". He also loves to "draw" color. Loves "toons" watching cartoons. He loves to eat broccoli and pirates booty. He can say "love you!" His first double word combination that he actually said on his 2nd birthday. He has a pretty big vocabulary but he usually only says the first syllable or sound of each word when he talks, so understanding him takes practice. I do a pretty good job at it. He absolutely loves "mi" his word for milk. He would drink it all day long. He likes "juice" or in other words soda pop. He loves finding pictures of "Jes" or Jesus. If you ask him what color something is it will either be "blue" or "green!" He is so much fun to have around--he teaches me so much! We love you Trevor.

Memorial Day...

2009-06-15T11:47:00.001-07:00

On Memorial Day Nick and I took Trevor to some cemeteries...I have family buried at the Murray and Salt Lake City Cemetery and Nick has family buried in the Farmington Cemetery. We took Trevor last year and it was raining so there weren't very many people. This year it was beautiful and there were a lot of people at the cemeteries. It was neat to see all the loved ones.

Here Trevor is at my great-great grandparents graves.

Here Trevor and I are at another set of great-great grandparents. This great-great grandpa was actually the sexton at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Here are Nick and Trevor at Nick's grandparents graves.

Here is Trevor sitting by his great grandpa's grave (Nick's grandpa) this is actually who his middle name is after, "Grandpa Wally".

Wheeler Farm...

2009-06-15T11:46:00.002-07:00

Jeana and I took Brooke and Trevor to Wheeler Farm after we got back from Idaho. I missed it when our Moms and Tots group went so Jeana was kind enough to come along with me! It was a lot of fun. Here are just some pictures from that day.

Here is a picture of Trevor eating bread. He decided that he needed to eat the bread instead of feeding it to the ducks...

We did the tractor ride around the farm--wasn't what I was imagining--won't have to do that again anytime soon.

Idaho Trip

2009-06-15T11:46:00.001-07:00

In the middle of May, Jeana and I headed to Idaho for a trip to see my family... It was so much fun! My brother Josh was getting ready to leave on his mission and so this was the last time we would all be together for two years. We just hung out together, but I loved every minute of it. We went to the YMCA and went swimming, had a couple of family dinners where Trevor got to play with his cousins, got a family picture, and went to TCBY--oh the memories... I few of these pictures in this post were taken from my sister Jeana's photography blog. Go check out her work. She does an amazing job! www.jeanabirdphotographyblog.com
This one was done by Jeana.

This one was done by Jeana, the cousins picture. Trevor is the only one not looking. I wished he would have been but he wanted nothing to do with it. Oh well! It is such a cute picture!

Then a week later my Mom and Dad brought Josh down with Jon and Jenn and took him to the MTC. Jeana and I were able to go with them. It was so neat to go there to see my brother off. He is going to be the best missionary. In the picture below Josh and I look like we are glowing (we are not, it was just my camera...) It was so funny as we were going to drop Trevor off at the babysitters he throw up! She was so kind to let me still go down to Provo. She is an amazing babysitter!

This one was also done by my sister Jeana!

Race for the Cure and Mother's Day...

2009-06-15T11:45:00.007-07:00

Mother's Day weekend my sisters Jenn and Janessa and my Mom came into town to do the Race for the Cure. It was on May 9. It was a lot of fun. My Mother in law did it as well. My sister Jeana got a team together and we met at her house then went down to the Gateway. You don't do this race to set any personal records, you do it because you are supporting a great cause. There were thousands and thousands of people running this race. It was so neat to see everyone there for the same reason to find a cure for breast cancer!

Then for Mother's Day Nick made a wonderful dinner. We had a BBQ! We had Nick's family over and had a great time hanging out. For dessert we had Oreo truffles--delicious. Also, my gift for Mother's Day was a bookcase I had been wanting it for sometime. I love it. It was so much fun putting my books on it and I still have room for more--Yeah!!

Family Home Evening...

2009-06-15T11:45:00.005-07:00

One monday night in May for Family Home Evening we talked about being obedient. The lesson was entitled, "I Will Obey". Nick and I use the nursery manual "Behold Your Little Ones" for our lessons most weeks. This manual is great and the lessons are perfect for toddlers. The object activity for this lesson was putting items on that protect us and talking about how they protect us and that if we obey our parents they will keep us safe and protect us. Trevor looks well protected!!

Juggling...

2009-06-15T11:45:00.003-07:00

Nick knows how to juggle and will do it sometimes when he has three objects, balls around. Trevor has been watching him and now knows how to juggle! Okay, not really but it is Trevor's form of juggling and it is pretty cute! He takes a ball in each hand waves his arms around and then throws the balls in the air. Take a look...

Singing in the Rain...

2009-06-15T11:45:00.001-07:00

I love the rain, Trevor not so much! He is getting better about it, but at first he acted like he was going to melt if the rain hit him. It was pretty funny! The other day, (okay it was over a month ago, but it could have been just yesterday) it was starting to rain so I gave Trevor an umbrella and we went outside to play. It actually didn't do more then sprinkle, but it was still fun. He really likes using an umbrella, now I just need to invest in a rain jacket and some galoshes and we could be outside all day.

Tulip Festival

2009-06-15T11:43:00.000-07:00

Every year Thanksgiving Point has a Tulip Festival. Last year I went and there were no tulips--this year--it was amazing, there were tulips everywhere and they were beautiful! I just love tulips, they just make me smile. Trevor and I went with some friends on May 1 and we had a great time. Thanks Holli for the pictures, I am glad your camera worked!

Trevor loves the water. He could have stayed here all day.

Doesn't Trevor look happy?

Eating a Snow Cone...

2009-04-22T19:23:00.000-07:00

Today Trevor and I went and picked up Nick from the bus stop! I love that Nick's bus stop is right by a snow shack. It was our first snow cones of the year. Trevor loved it. I will let the pictures speak for themselves--

Can you guess what I am doing in the last picture to make Trevor so mad??

( I took the snow cone away to throw it in the trash!)

Happy Earth Day...

2009-04-22T19:21:00.001-07:00

Today, April 22 is Earth Day! So while Trevor was taking a nap I made...can you guess??

Plastic containers...

Case full of strawberries...
Yep, strawberry freezer jam. I have never made this before, so I don't really know if it turned out right or wrong but I made it and it is now in my freezer!!

Also today, Trevor and I planted some flowers. We will see if and how they grow over the next couple of weeks. It was a beautiful day and Trevor had a great time playing in the dirt and water. By the time we came in he needed a bath because he kept throwing dirt in the air and it landed all over him, in his hair, shoes, shirts and then he added water to make mud. It was a great afternoon: mud and all!

KSL classifieds...it is a small world after all!

2009-04-22T19:20:00.000-07:00

As many of you know I love looking on KSL at the classifieds . The other day I found this children's couch and chair... (this is the couch, the chair is the same just half the size!). Jeana got the couch and I took the chair. I have two examples of how when using KSL classifieds the world can become a much smaller place.

Example #1: When I first met the lady I was buying this couch and chair from we both looked at each other like we knew each other. It only took me a couple of seconds to figure it out; this was a sister-in-law of two of my roommates in college. Who I haven't been roommates with for over 5 years and I probably only met this lady at the most twice. Small world!

Example #2: Nick and I went to go buy a computer armoire and we needed Rob to go with us because he has the truck. He was kind enough to help us out--thanks Rob! Well Nick and I decided we wanted it so I left to take Trevor home and Rob and Nick stayed to load it up. When Rob went inside to help load it he saw the man we were buying it from. Nick said that they looked at each other for about 10 seconds and then the guy asked, "Do you speak Spanish?" Rob does, so he said "yes." Come to find it they served in the same mission! Small World!

Easter Weekend...

2009-04-22T19:19:00.000-07:00

We had a great Easter weekend.
On Friday, Jeana came over with Brooke and we made Easter cards and bird's nest. I saw the idea of how to make the cards on a blog and growing up my mom use to make the birds nests.

On Saturday we went to Jeana's house, and had a great dinner. Then we decorated eggs... Trevor loved it. And then Brooke and Trevor went on a Easter egg hunt. They had a blast! It was so fun to watch them look for all the eggs.

It was also a great day because Grandpa Kim came to town. Sunday moring the Easter Bunny came.

Sunday night we went to Grandma Cyndi's for Easter Dinner. It was great to spend time with Nick's family. Trevor loves seeing Grandma's dogs!

Happy Easter!!!

Playing Catch Up...

2009-04-22T19:17:00.001-07:00

I am a little behind in my blogging, so I decided I would sit down tonight and try to catch up a little bit..(I took the pictures and some of the text from my sister, thanks Jeana). So here goes--

January...

At the end of January my Mom and Dad came into town. My dad had some things to do at the Family History Library during the day but in the evening we hung out and played games and ate Cafe Rio...delicious! During the day, we hung out with my mom. We went DIing (which I love and I bought books!) and shopping and out to eat at the best cafe in SLC...it is called Cafe de Normandie in Holladay. They have great food. Funny story about eating there this time: While we were getting ready to pay at the checkout counter, my mom said should would stand in line while Jeana and I put the kids in the car. One of the waitresses thought we were skipping out on the bill and ran after us!!! We laughed so hard!

We also had the chance to go to the Draper Temple open house with my Mom and Dad. It was such a neat experience. It was a little stressful because it took about 2 1/2 hrs. and Trevor was getting tired and they wanted you to be quiet, but it was so amazing! He and Brooke loved the cookies and water that they had at the church at the end--as did I.

It was great having Grandma and Grandpa come!

Brooke split water all over this chair. It was pretty funny!

Also this same weekend my friend from high school was in Salt Lake for a business trip and Jeana and I had the chance to meet up with her for a few minutes and chat. It was so great seeing her again, we hadn't seen her since my wedding.

March...
The first weekend in March Jeana and I took a quick trip to Rexberg, Idaho. We stopped at Maddox Drive-In in Brigham City (they have the best raspberry shakes and Lime Sodas) and got some yummy food and headed on to Rexburg. We hung out with Nessa and her roomies for awhile (while Josh watched Donkey Basketball...it is fairly sad that donkeys were cooler than us-j/k) and then went to Fongs with both of them (the basketball had ended) and then to Frontier Pies for dessert. At Frontier Pies we laughed so hard they thought we were drunk and Nessa had the hiccups (enough said if you know her) and it was HILARIOUS!!! It was a great night. The next day we went to Idaho Falls and saw some of our roommates from college. It was so nice to see them and just talk and laugh. We went to the Olive Garden and had the soup/salad combo and just caught up on each other's lives. It was so great to see everyone.

On March 18, it was a nice day outside so Jeana and I decided to take Brooke and Trevor to Murray park to feed the ducks. We only had a few slices of bread and some English Muffins. The ducks were not a huge fan of the English Muffins. It was a lot of fun and Trevor and Brooke had a great time!

At the end of March Jeana and Rob at the chance to go to Hawaii! They had a great time. I also had a great time because my Mom came into town to watch Brooke while they were gone. It was so much fun hanging out with her. Trevor loves her so much...he let her do a lot of things for him because I had to help Brooke. Anytime my mom went to help her, she always said Julie do it! (Unless I wasn't around then my mom could help her)! It was nice to see Trevor warm up to my mom. I love you mom.
So while Jeana and Rob were getting "Lost" in Hawaii (they film some of Lost at a place that they went...)

We did some fun and exciting things...were rode the carousel at the mall, went to the aquarium and saw the fish, and went to Ikea (my Mom had never been there)!! Thanks for coming Mom it was so fun to have you here! (Here is Trevor at the aquarium from a different time, just thought I would post it.)

Hair cut...just a trim...

2009-03-17T22:06:00.001-07:00

I decided I wanted my hair trimmed a week ago thanks to some inspiration from my sister Jeana (she had just got hers cut--I didn't want mine cut though, just a trim). So I called Angie to see if she could do it. She said next Tuesday. So today I went over to her house and this is what happened (see picture). It turned out to be a little more than a trim. I got to her house and she said, "so just a trim right?"--but all week I had wanted to try something besides a trim (but I get really nervous about cutting my hair because I usually just pull it back into a ponytail or a messy bun). So I was sitting in the chair and I was humming and thinking and Angie was so patient and had great input and this is how it turned out! I love it--thanks Angie! It is perfect!!!

How to eat an Oreo...

2009-03-15T19:40:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, Nick taught Trevor how to eat an Oreo!

First you dip it into milk, second you bite it: dip and bite, dip and bite until the Oreo is all gone. Trevor loved it! He would even say "Dip...bite, dip...bite!"

Here is Trevor dipping it...and biting it!
Until it was all gone...almost!

Oh, the weather outside is beautiful...

2009-03-15T19:23:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful Saturday! I just loved the weather yesterday! Trevor and I went to the park and we went for a walk! Trevor was so excited to do the slide over and over again! I just love spring time: the weather, flowers blooming, grass getting greener, the list could go on and on... and I got to go for a run. I don't know if you could call it a run, but I was attempting. You probably could walk faster than I was running! So lets call it a jog. It was great. It has been way to long since I jogged last! Hopefully jogging will be a regular occurrence for me-- but, no promises! It was sure nice to get out and enjoy the weather--loved it

(Side note: Nick, Trevor, and I went for a walk today and Nick and I were having a math discussion about miles per hour...A huge light bulb went off for me I have no idea why it hadn't dawned on me before now, but it didn't, it should have, but didn't! He said that he and the scouts did 2 miles an hour. That means there speed was 2mph! Huge moment for me!)

I hope they call me on a mission...

2009-03-04T20:12:00.001-08:00

A few of you might know my little brother Josh. He is so great(as are all of my siblings)! He is turing 19 in May and he has decided to serve a mission! It was really neat last Thursday night we, my family, were all gathered on cell phones waiting to hear where he was going on his mission, and the answer is...Oakland, California: spanish speaking. How awesome! He is going to be a great missionary! I am so excited for you Josh! Sorry about the picture it is only one of the few I could find. (This is about two years old, Josh is the one in the middle.)

Jackson and Trevor--good buddies!

2009-03-04T19:49:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture with Trevor and his cousin Jackson! While I was watching Jackson the other day, they were so cute--for about 10 minutes they were just mimicking each other. Jackson clapped, Trevor clapped. Trevor stood up, Jackson stood up! Trevor and Jackson get along great (most of the time)! I just had to get the camera out!

This picture doesn't have anything to do with Jackson and Trevor, but I just wanted to post it--Trevor loves to vaccuum and he hates it when I help him. It takes a lot longer, but it is cute(most of the time, unless he is throwing a fit because I tell him it is my turn so I can get more of the carpet vaccuumed instead of just the same spot over and over). Maybe if I start him at a young age, he will always love to clean (wishful thinking!)

Disneyland--Where all your dreams come true!

2009-02-23T12:48:00.001-08:00

Last weekend, Nick and I had the chance to go to Disneyland. We went to celebrate our 5 year anniversary--which isn't until July, but we didn't want to go in the summer--so we celebrated a little early! We went with some great friends of ours Dan and Liz. It was so much fun. The weather was perfect and the park wasn't too crowded. Nick had never been there and I had been there once when I was about six. I loved it. Thank you Jeana and Cyndi for watching Trevor! It was nice to get away and be a kid again for a few days. Here are nine things that I loved about Disneyland in no particular order.

#1. The lines! I can't get over the lines. You think you are about to get on the ride and no, the line turns the other way. They fit as many people as they can in a very tiny space, I am sure some engineer had to figure out all the different ways to fit people in. It was very impressive. Also, fast passes--I love them!

#2. Splash mountain! It was a great ride one of my favorites. As we were getting on the ride for the first time Liz saw people in ponchos and said "why do they need those, you don't get very wet?!" Well, Liz got wet that time. It was pretty funny! (This is a picture of Brer Bear one of the characters in Splash Mountain)

#3. The car we rented! It was red--I love red cars! It also was only a two door, but it worked out! We drove it to Disneyland and parked it and then three days later drove it back to the airport. We flew into Long Beach, that is a very small airport!

#4. Toy Story! They opened a ride in California Adventure about Toy Story 2. It was so much fun . It was 4D--so you wore 3D glasses and then got to shoot things. It felt like you were playing a video game. It was a neat ride. As you were waiting in line Mr. Potato head was there talking to you. It was fun because he actually interacted with some of the people in line!

#5. The Tower of Terror! As many of you know, I am not much of a thrill seeker! On rides at Lagoon in order for me to go on them, I have to shut my eyes. Well, I decided that I needed to keep them open because how many times would I make it back to Disneyland. So I did--I keep them open on all of them. The Tower of Terror was great. I thought we would go to the top and then just drop down, nope! It was awesome! (The Tower of Terror is in the background.)

#6. It Is A Small World! This is a classic ride that they have at Disneyland. I loved it! I am still singing the song! They changed the ride a little and put in a lot of the Disney characters! Oh, to be a Disney imagineer!

#7. Walking! My legs got pretty tired walking around, but I loved walking so much because then I felt like I could eat whatever I wanted. I also loved trying to walk faster then the people ahead of me, because that meant less people standing in front of you in line. Standing and waiting in lines was a different story. Here is a picture of some kid that we saw, he was tired!

#8. Tea Cups! Nick was kind enough not to spin them too much. This is one of the few rides I remembered (from pictures) going on at Disneyland the first time I went so it was fun to do it again. As we were getting off the ride you feel pretty dizzy and one of the girls getting off fell down she was really dizzy, she was okay, and it was funny!

#9. Fantasmic! There wasn't a parade or fireworks at night this time of year, but they did do a show called "Fantasmic" it was so neat. It was a laser, fireworks, water show that was so impressive! At the end all of the characters come out on a boat and waved, it was great to see them all! I loved this show!

Disneyland was great! They do a wonderful job making sure your experience their is amazing. I loved a lot of the rides, Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, Pirates, Indiana Jones to name just a few. But I also loved the smaller rides, Peter Pan, Snow White etc...there just isn't anything like Disneyland (okay, maybe Disney World)--it was a great couple of days! Dan and Liz thanks for being such great tour guides and for showing us the ropes, Nick and I would have been lost without you!
(Here is a picture of all of us on Indiana Jones!)

Brooke and Trevor

2009-02-23T12:42:00.000-08:00

Last Monday we invited Jeana, Brooke and Rob over for dinner--nothing beats chicken nuggets and french fries. While we were making dinner, we let Brooke and Trevor play in the water. They had a great time. They got very wet, but it was fun to see them laughing and playing. They are great friends (most of the time). Trevor would fill up his cup with water and then just throw it at his face. It was so cute!

Valentine's Day...

2009-02-23T12:33:00.001-08:00

Nick and I had a great Valentine's Day! Nick's family always has a ski trip weekend on President's Weekend. It just happened to work out that Valentine's Day was that Saturday. So we went skiing. It was so much fun, we went up to Brighton! I don't go skiing a lot, I have only been about 4 times, but I had a great time! Thank you Jeana for watching Trevor. We will take him in a couple more years. The skiing was great--we had powder and it snowed almost all day. It was great hanging out with Nick's family. Here is a picture of Nick and I in the lodge.

Tagged...

2009-02-12T20:25:00.000-08:00

Post the sixth picture from your sixth folder, blog about it and then tag six other people...

Here it is...

Here is a picture of Trevor on his blessing day! This was a wonderful day! All of my family was able to be here and so was Nick's. The funny story about his outfit is that it didn't actually fit. Trevor grew so fast the first few months--we even bought it a couple of days before the blessing, but I was shopping with my mom and we were deciding what size to get: the 0-3 month or 3-6 months. We thought the 0-3 would fit. We should have tried it on him. The outfit worked out for the day and he looked very handsome, but it was a little too small! Here he is just relaxing. The blanket in the picture is actually Nick's blessing blanket that his mom made for him years ago. It was neat that Trevor now has it.

Now I tag...Jeana, Jaymee, Emily M., Emily O., Brianne, and Wendy --have fun!

Where is your head?

2009-02-01T20:22:00.001-08:00

The other night after dinner I asked Trevor a couple of questions.

The following pictures are his answers.

Here is a picture of Trevor preparing for the questions-

Trevor where is your mouth?
Trevor where are your ears?
Where is your nose?
(It looks like he is about to pick it, sometimes he does!)
Where is your head?

Great job Trevor!

Throw Up Anyone...

2009-01-29T20:35:00.000-08:00

I wrote this a couple of weeks ago and did not post it because I didn't have a picture. I still don't have a picture, but I decided to post it anyways so I can remember this story!
Trevor hasn't been feeling good the last few days so I took him to the doctor Wednesday, January 28 (that was an interesting experience) and he prescribed an antibiotic and an asthma inhaler (I left not really knowing why...). I don't think anything is seriously wrong with him, just a cold/flu bug. Well, Wednesday night at around 7:30 PM I gave him the antibiotic. Guess what he did--he threw up. No big deal, wasn't a ton. It got all over him and I, but I cleaned it up and Trevor got a bath out of it which he loved. He splashed and splashed and got water everywhere--but he loved it. It was great to see him laughing. So Thursday night I go to give him his medicine, thinking Wednesday night wouldn't repeat itself, would it? It was around the same time, 7:30 PM and guess what he did...yep, he throw up again. This time it was about twice as much. I had him positioned close to the sink in the kitchen, but only part of it got in there, most got on the floor and the cupboards and some on us. He got another bath out of it and he loved it again. Needless to say, I called the doctors office on Friday. They had such a crazy day that the doctor didn't call me back until 6 PM and I didn't talk to him he left a message. He told me that I should try the third dose and then bring Trevor in on Saturday. I was not looking forward to giving him the antibiotic Friday night, guess what--he did not throw up, it was great. We took Trevor in on Saturday. I left the doctors office feeling a lot better about the situation; and, no I don't think Trevor has asthma. Tonight Trevor is doing much better, he actually ate something besides drinking his milk which is all he has done for the last 6 days. On a positive note Trevor was the most cuddliest he has been since he was a baby--I miss those days!

A post out of order...

2009-01-15T22:54:00.000-08:00

Below you will find a number of posts that I did--they are in no particular order--sorry for the randomness. They are just of what has been happening the last couple of weeks.

So to start it off a funny story about a clock--
I don't think I can write this story and convey how funny I thought it really was, but I am going to try: Those who know me, know that I love a good find/bargain so I love to look on KSL. For the last couple of months I have wanted a big clock for my kitchen. So about everyday I would go on KSL and see if I could find one. Well, on this Saturday, January 3, 2009 I found one--I didn't know for sure if I loved it, but the price was great and the size was perfect. So I called on it. She lives in Highland but says she is going to Clearfield so she could meet me off the freeway on 72nd. Perfect. I tell Nick the great news. His response "Do we really need a clock?" My response "Yes!" So I go and meet her. The clock is still in the box that it came in. I didn't want to waste this ladies time so I just buy the clock. I don't open it to look at it, I see the picture on the outside and it looks cute so I just buy it. I was so excited it was going to be perfect. Well, I get home and take it out of the box (it had never been opened) and put a battery in it. The ticker doesn't work. Okay no big deal, I will just have to buy a new one. This clock is still going to be great. So I decide I want to see what it looks like hanging up-- see if I like the size of it. So as I am hanging it up on the wall--guess what I do... I dropped it!!! Yep, that is right, I dropped it on the floor. I thought I had it on the screw but apparently not because the next thing I know it is on the floor--and broken! It was so funny I couldn't help but laugh. Nick got home that day and asked "Where is the clock?" My response "Funny story about the clock!" It was so funny. I couldn't stop laughing to tell Nick. Right now I still am laughing. So no clock.
Moral of the story: "Do we really need the clock?" "Yes", I will try again another day to find the perfect clock, only this time, I will have Nick hang it up!

Gingerbread house pictures...

2009-01-15T22:49:00.000-08:00

I posted earlier on my blog about making a ginerbread house in December. Well, before I threw it away I took a couple of pictures and here it is.

Moms and tots...

2009-01-15T22:42:00.000-08:00

I get together with some moms in my neighborhood once a month for a moms and tots playgroup. It just started in November, but I love going and having something to do with Trevor and getting together with all the other moms and their kids.

Here are a couple of crafts we did for December and January. In December they made macaroni wreaths and did a sewing activity.

In January the theme was Snowmen.

Trevor colored the picture and I helped him make the foam snowman.

A new car...

2009-01-15T22:17:00.000-08:00

On Saturday, December 13, 2009 our car died. Okay not really but, we were driving to Provo for Cyndi's wedding and our car started to smell-- bad. It was the worst smell ever and it was only getting worse. Well, come to find out Monday when I take it in that it needed a lot of work to get fixed, because it had other issues as well. The smell was because gear oil had leaked. Long story short we decided the time had come to buy another car. Not my idea of a good time. We spent the next couple of weeks looking. (I really wanted to find one because we were going to visit my family in Idaho the week after Christmas!). Well, we found one and the guy we bought our car from even let us trade in our pathfinder. Don't ask me why he wanted it we told him everything that was wrong with it, but he took it and now we are driving...

A Chevy Impala! This is just a picture I took of the internet, but our car looks a lot like it without the spoiler on the back.

Not exactly the car I was looking for, but I like it and am grateful we have a car that will hopefully run for a long time!

We found the car in time to go to Idaho, but Trevor got pretty sick that week so we just decided to stay home. Driving 6 hours in a car with a little boy who is sick wasn't our idea of a good time. So we had a quiet New Year's Eve at home. Jeana and Rob came over because Brooke had already had it and we had dinner and played the Wii. They left around 8:45 PM and I was in bed and asleep by 10:30 PM. We live a crazy life. We hope that everyone had a wonderful 2008 and that 2009 will be the greatest ever!

Merry Christmas to all...okay it is a little late...

2009-01-15T21:34:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas. We stayed here and spent time with Nick's family. It was so fun.

On Christmas Eve we had a small dinner with Nick's mom (Cyndi), Brad, and Nick's dad (Kim). We just had sandwiches and salad, easy, but good. Then we played some games as soon as Trevor was in bed.

Picture of Trevor with Grandpa Kim on Christmas Eve!

Picture of Trevor with Grandma Cyndi on Christmas Eve!
After everyone left or settled down for the night I turned on Little Women to watch. It is a Wadsworth girls family tradition that was started at least 10 years ago. All the girls would stay up and watch it. We even assigned each sister a character--guess who I am? Beth! So once everyone started to move away we all got a copy, so we could still watch it no matter where we were. Everyone still does it. Sometimes I do fall asleep, but not this year. I watched the whole thing--Nick didn't think I would, but I did and I still cry every time Beth dies.

Then Christmas morning I awoke bright and early 6 AM, no not in anticipation of what was under the tree--but, for some reason I have been given the lucky task of making cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning for the last couple of years. I don't mind, but it does require I get up early. Then about 9 AM we woke Trevor up (yep, he slept in really late). And we opened gifts with Nick's dad and brother Heath. It was so fun this year to watch Trevor open the presents. He loved it.

After we opened gifts we headed over to Jeana's house for breakfast. We have done this the last couple of years. It was fun because we got to wear our Christmas Eve pajama's over to their house. I decided to make pj's for Nick, Trevor and I this year. A few people that I know do this and I loved the idea so I decided to do it. The pj's turned out--only after I decided that I needed a pattern and help from my mom on the phone. For some reason I think I am this amazing seamstress (but I am not) and I didn't think I needed a pattern for Trevor's. Well, after I had made his without a pattern I tried them on him and they wouldn't go over his diaper, I didn't allow for a bum (my mistake). So I went and got a pattern and more fabric and they turned out.

After Jeana's house we came home and got ready to go to Cyndi's house. She lives in Provo. It snowed a ton on Christmas Eve and Christmas day so I kept asking Nick if he really wanted to drive all the way down there--he said yes. So we did and it was a wonderful day. We rode some snowmoblies on her street for a few mintues.

We had Nick's favorite dinner, lasagna. Cyndi makes the best lasagna, so I don't even like to try. I was glad she made it because now I won't have to for awhile. It was great to be with Nick's family and spend the day hanging out. Here is a Christmas day picture of us.

Here is a picture of Trevor the day after Christmas playing with his toys. He is such a cutie! He got a tool set from my mom--he is wearing the saftey goggles!

We had a wonderful Christmas season. It is the best time of year. I love all the memories we made and the traditions we started. We hope everyone had a great Christmas season as well.

Sledding...

2009-01-15T21:14:00.000-08:00

We took Trevor sledding on Saturday, January 3, 2009. He had a great time. We just went over to a junior high that is close to us and went down a small hill. The perfect size for Trevor. He loved it. Here are a few pictures.

Trevor and I all bundled up! Here we are pulling Trevor over to the school.

Trevor getting ready to go with Mom!
Trevor and Dad just finishing up a run!

We had a great time, and because we live so close we only stayed outside for about half and hour because it was so cold-- it was the perfect amount of time!

Great Job Microsoft!

2009-01-01T07:24:00.000-08:00

They fixed it! Okay you didn't have to do anything more then let your Zune battery die and recharge it the next day, but it works!! Happy New Year everyone!

Y2K9--Zune Style

2008-12-31T11:16:00.000-08:00

Setting up the story...
I got a Zune about a year and a half ago and for Christmas this year Nick got me a Zune speaker dock (he returned the Celine Dion tickets and got me this instead. He said I could listen to Celine whenever I wanted).
Today's story...
Well, this morning Nick went to go turn on the speaker and it didn't work. He pulled off the Zune and the screen was frozen with the zune loading screen. We thought that was strange so he went downstairs to Google it to see if there was something we could do and he found out this...
That sometime early this morning on Dec. 31, 2008 first time generation Zune owners with 30 gb crashed. My mom has 3 at her house and all 3 did the same thing. Microsoft has a post up saying they are aware of the problem and are trying to work on a solution. On the web someone says you can take the Zune completely apart and disconnect the battery--I don't really want to try that so I think I will just wait until Microsoft comes up with the solution. There are a few out there that might not be having this problem, but if you have attached it to a computer and had the updates you most likely have a Zune right now that doesn't work.
Crazy--Microsoft has a big glitch on their hands... it happened to a lot of people!
Ending of the story...
Hopefully my Zune will be working in a couple of days (if not it is okay, I just find it funny that I got speakers for it). It has been a good product so I hope they can fix it.

Santa Claus is coming to town...

2008-12-23T11:48:00.000-08:00

In great anticipation for Christmas which is less than two days away-last Friday, my sister-in-law and I took our kids (I took Trevor and my niece Brooke) to see Santa. It was a crazy couple of moments. First, I wanted to get it done as soon as possible because it was suppose to snow, and we all know how much I love driving in the snow. So, we decided to go a little earlier: We got to Santa's at about 12:40 PM (When we got to the mall, I had to wake both Brooke and Trevor up because they fell asleep in the car) and there was a sign that said Santa was feeding his reindeer until 1:45 PM. (But he was still there finishing up the line) Well, I didn't want to wait an hour because Brooke and Trevor needed a nap and lunch, and Santa's helper said we should stay in line because if we left and came back at 1:45 PM there would be a long line waiting. So what to do... I decided to stand in line and guess what? There were about 7 extra minutes before Santa was supposed to go to lunch so they let us go. Yeah! One small problem, my sister in law was above Santa (on the second level) waiting to go in the elevator to come down and the elevator wasn't working so she had to carry her son in his stroller down the stairs. Some nice person helped carry the stroller down. And yes, we could have done it a different time, or day--but it worked out! So just a reminder for everyone who wants to go see Santa he feeds his reindeer at 1:00 PM and they stop taking people to finish up the line at 12:30 PM. Merry Christmas everyone!

How to bake a cake...by Trevor

2008-12-19T15:53:00.001-08:00

Trevor baking a cake in 5 easy steps.

Step 1: Get the cake mix out.

Step 2: Mix the cake batter

Step 3: Put chocolate chips in the cake batter and bake the cake

Step 4: Take the cakes out of the oven and let cool

Step 5: Frost the cake and enjoy!!

Nick was out of town in October and Trevor and I needed something to do so we baked a cake. It was a lot of fun and Trevor was a great help and the cake was delicious.

High speed internet=huge post...

2008-12-19T14:53:00.000-08:00

I am so excited...Nick and I finally have high speed internet and it is great. We have had dial-up for the last 4 1/2 years and now --it is amazing, just amazing. So as a result I am going to have a huge post of some random things over the past couple of months in no particular order. Enjoy! I finally finished my nativity before Christmas was even over. Trevor loves to play with it. A sister in my ward asked a few of us if we wanted to make one of these. I said sure thinking it wouldn't be that hard. It took a little more time and skill then I had originally thought it would, but it is done and I am glad I did it. I loved getting together and working on it.

So yesterday December 18, I finally did it-- I tied my chairs together so Brooke and Trevor would stop climbing up on the table. Does anyone else have a better idea? They think it is a game because all day long I have to go around taking them off the table. I tell them no, don't get up on the table, but they just laugh at me --it is pretty funny unless I am trying to get something else done. (Super Nanny would not be impressed with my follow through skills!) Well, yesterday I decided okay they can sit on the table no big deal (I was in the kitchen making dinner) , I was going to pick my battles what was it hurting. Well, they wouldn't just sit there, they would stand up and shake the table. So I got them down and tied the chairs together. It worked great. Except when dinner time came I had to untie the rope. Problem solved, until they learn how to untie the knot...

Aren't these the cutest pumpkins ever? I live in a townhouse but we have a little strip of dirt that we can plant things in. Well, I really wanted my own pumpkins to carve. So here they are. They started growing too late in the season, and they were still green when I picked them, and were still green at Halloween. But this is what they looked like at Thanksgiving. So we didn't get to carve them, but I loved having them by my front door as a decoration. I will try again next year.

My birthday was on December 8th and I turned the big "27". It was a great day. Here is Jeana and I blowing out the birthday cake. Nick and Rob made this amazing three dimensional tree cake. Every year my mom would make Jeana and I a tree cake so Nick and Rob know they have to and this year they out did themselves...What will they do next year???

My little sister Janessa and my older sister Jenn, came into town the week before Thanksgiving. It was so fun to have them here. We went to Gardner Village to see the Elves with Janessa.

Here is a picture of Nick and his mom on Thanksgiving. We went down to Cyndi's house (Nick's mom) and had Thanksgiving with her in Provo. It was so fun. We played a game of flag football before dinner and I scored 3 touchdowns!!!

In November, Trevor, Nick and I created our own snow storm inside. It was a lot of fun. We took a roll of toilet paper and ripped it to pieces and then threw it. Trevor loved it. Now we don't have to make our own snow there is plenty outside!

In September on the way to my sister's wedding in Nampa we stopped at Nick's Dad's house in Burley and stayed the night. On Saturday we went with him to Twin Falls and Shoshone Falls. Don't go to Shoshone Falls in September it wasn't more than a trickle, still very pretty. We will have to go in the spring next year.
My sister's husband had a birthday in October and Jeana decided to throw him a surprise birthday party. Well, part of that surprise was a life size guitar cake. Have you ever watched Ace of Cakes? That show was our inspiration. The cake was amazing. Jeana had all the ideas I was just her gopher. It took 6 cake mixes to make. After a crazy day, the party was a huge success!

Random story--Celine Dion...

2008-11-18T22:23:00.000-08:00

For about a year I have had Celine Dion tickets. My husband and son got them for me last Christmas. I was so excited. I had given my husband hints that we should go to Las Vegas and see her, but we never made it. So when I saw on a commercial about a year ago that she was coming to Salt Lake on a Friday I told my husband I would love to go. So he got them for me and yes was even willing to go with me (he loves me that much).
I lined up a babysitter a couple of weeks ago and we were going to go out to dinner and it was going to be great, just great. Well, on Saturday a friend of mine told me that she had read in the paper that day that Celine had postponed her concert till February. I said "no!" (I hadn't heard anything about it so she must have been mistaken--my friend even did the "cha cha" text to see and they still had the date as November 21,2008). Well later that night she called and sure enough Celine Dion changed it to February which is okay-- so a couple more months no big deal. Well she changed it to February 22--Sunday February 22! Looks like I won't get to see her in Salt Lake either. Oh well, my heart will go on... (picture taken from google image "Celine Dion")

Boy meets girl tag...

2008-11-18T22:14:00.000-08:00

This tag is called "How I meet___."
This tag is going to require a lot of memory that I am not sure if I have—I will try my best and I may have to change some of the answers if Nick reads it and says I got some things wrong—his memory is better than mine…

1. Where did you meet?
In a student ward at BYU.

2. What was the first thought that went through your head when you met?
He seemed like a nice guy. He started to talk to me at an FHE group. I was sitting on the floor and he was trying to let me have his seat. I said no. It was a good conversation—I wasn’t really looking to date anyone at the time.

3. Do you remember what he was wearing?
No, if I would guess I would say jeans and a t-shirt.

4. Where was the first time you kissed this person?
We kissed on Valentine’s day at my apartment.

5. Where did you go for your first date?
On our first date we went to the Rocky Mountain Review at SLCC. It was a lot of fun. How we keep going on dates was we would have bets. So on this date we bet to see which team would win. Loser took the winner out for icecream. Nick was pretty cleaver.

6. How long did you know this person before you were a couple?
About 6+ months.

7. How did he ask you out?
He was swimming in the apartment complex pool and I was walking back to my apartment. He asked me if I was busy on Friday I said no and then he asked me if I wanted to go to the RMR. I said sure. I remember going up to my apartment and I being so excited!

8. Has this person ever purposed to you?
Yes, on my parents basketball court in Nampa, Idaho. We were dating long distance so some nights we would play horse over the phone. I thought this is what we were doing but he surprised me by running to the court and getting down on one knee. It was really sweet. (Side Note: I would actually beat him sometimes in horse.)

9. Do you and this person have kids together?
Yes, 1—he is the cutest little boy ever.

10. Have you ever broken the law with this person?
Nope—not even a speeding ticket.

11. When was the first time you realized you liked this person?
He came to a surprise birthday party that my roommates threw for me. After it was over I walked him out to his car and we hugged. I thought to myself—I think I like him.

12. Do you get along with his family?
Yep, he has a great family.

13. Do you trust this person?
Yes!!! He is amazing.

14. Do you see him as your partner in the future?
Yes, forever, for always and no matter what!

15. What is the best gift he gave you?
The best gift I can think of that he gave me is that he was willing to marry me!

16. What is one thing he does that gets on your nerves?
I can’t think of any, but I am sure he could think of a few for me.

17. Where do you see each other 15 years from now?
Living in Utah with 3-5 kids and having the time of our life!

18. What causes the most arguments?
Me wanting to watch Little House on the Prairie--just kidding, we don’t argue too much. I can’t remember what we argue about so it probably isn’t that important.

19. How long have you been together?
We have been married for 4 ½ years.

20. Are you married?
Yep, July 2004.

21. Who do you tag?
Anyone that wants to and Jeana, Emily Murdock and Jaymee England.

Halloween

2008-11-02T16:14:00.000-08:00

So my sister's (jeana) husband's company goes all out for Halloween and this year I was dragged (somewhat willingly) into the whole process. Jeana had wanted to make Monster's Inc. costumes for a while but wanted until Tuesday of this week to officially start and that is where I came in. I did all the sewing. It was a lot of fun but really messy. The blue fuzzy fabric got all over everything. It was like we had an animal living with us. All in all they turned out pretty great (after a few minor adjustments here and there) and boy am I grateful for duct tape!On Halloween night, Trevor and I went over to Rob and Jeana's house for dinner and then did a little trick-or-treating around their neighborhood. We then came back to our neighborhood and hit a few houses. It was a great night and the weather was perfect.
Trevor and Brooke wanting to eat their candy.

Trevor and I doing the trick-or-treating thing!

Family Photo...

2008-10-25T09:16:00.000-07:00

Last night, my sister Jeana took pictures of Nick, Trevor and I. It was a lot of fun and Trevor did pretty good. The fall colors were amazing and it was a great night to take pictures! Jeana thanks for taking them, you do such a great job. You can go to jeanabirdphotography.blogspot.com to see more--here is one of my favorites... Trevor looks so happy!

6 quirky things about me...

2008-10-12T20:34:00.000-07:00

I was tagged to come up with 6 quirky things about myself... here goes
1. I have a blanket that I have had since I was born that I still sleep with. It is pretty much a see-through, hole ridden piece of fabric, and should have been thrown away about 15 years ago, but I love it. Maybe one day I will be brave enough to throw it away.
2. I love pepper. I don't usually put salt on my food, just pepper and a lot of it. Sometimes I put a little too much in when I cook.
3. My fashion of choice is: I love wearing athletic shorts or sweats and a t-shirt (if it is cold outside throw on a hoodie) and put my hair back in a messy bun. I think I would make a great candidate for "What Not to Wear." My sister says she should send in a tape of me.
4. I can't stand mushy, soggy bread. I hate when sandwiches get soggy spots or if I have to put bread down the disposal with the water running. Yuck! One time I ordered a French onion soup and I had no idea it comes with a piece of bread at the bottom of the soup-- I couldn't eat it. Okay this might be a little exaggerated…but you get the picture.
5. I have to sleep with a fan on at night. If I don't have one I can't sleep. (There are times I don't need one if I am away on vacation, but if I am home--I need one-- funny huh!) I have concluded that it is the humming sound it makes--it helps me turn my brain off at night otherwise I just think and think about everything I need to do.
6. I love to power nap. The only problem is that my power naps come at bedtime. It takes all of 5 minutes to get ready for bed, but I need that power nap so I can do it. I even did this when I was growing up, I would tell my mom I need 10 minutes--I will get ready for bed in 10 minutes. I would fall asleep for a couple of hours! (I don't need a power nap every night, but the nights that I do, Nick has to let me or else I get pretty grouchy!) Sometimes I fall asleep for 2-3 hours when all I wanted was a little power nap!!

It was fun to think up some things--it made me realize I am a pretty quirky person (there are plenty I haven’t listed)--I guess that is what makes me—me, for good or for bad!!

I am going to tag: whoever wants to do this and Jeana, Emily Eyre, and Emily Holm

Trip to Idaho

2008-09-27T08:49:00.001-07:00

My little sister, Jaymee, just got married the week of Sept. 18th. Nick, Trevor and I were able to go down all week to hang out and just have fun. We played a lot of tennis and Nick was able to go fishing with my brother. Below are a couple of photos from Jaymee's wedding. The whole family was able to get together for a photo. It was after a really long day (just look at Trevor...but he was a trooper) but great day.
Jaymee and Jason on their wedding day.

Thanksgiving Point in August

2008-09-09T14:33:00.000-07:00

In August, Thanksgiving Point had a special where every Tuesday was $2.00 for each attraction you wanted to go and do. So we went to the Farm Country and the Children's Garden and it was only $4.00--Trevor was free because he was under 2. (Sidenote the line for the Dinosaur Museum reminded me of a line the day after Thanksgiving, needless to say we didn't wait in that line). Here are just a few pictures:

Trevor riding a pony. He loved it--notice the concentration on his face. The horse isn't even moving!!
Trevor and I standing by the pigs. Trevor what does a pig say? Okay he doesn't know that yet, but we are working on it.
Trevor and I in the Children's Garden. It was so pretty. Next time we need to remember to take swimming clothes I had no idea that Noah's Ark turned into a water fountain. It was really fun to see all of the kids playing in the water.
Here are all the kids watching the animals. They even had a chance to feed them. It was so cute seeing their reactions when the goats would come up and take the food out of their hands. It was a fun day.

4th of July Weekend...

2008-07-09T10:57:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple of photos to go with the text below. Here is my sister, Jaymee in one of her bridals.Here is a photo of my beautiful nieces...Kaiden, Abby, Mallory and baby Brinley.

I had a great 4th of July weekend! I was able to go home and visit my family in Idaho. (Nick stayed home with Trevor so that wasn't so great, but they had a great time in Utah.) My sister, Jeana, and I drove down with a friend Thursday night and came back Sunday afternoon. So it was a fast trip--but it was fun to see everyone. My sister Jeana took bridals of my sister Jaymee who is getting married in September, and my sister-in-law Melissa had a baby girl the Thursday we came up. It was fun to get to see her. She was so tiny and cute!!! I also had the chance to play tennis a couple of times and go bowling with some of my family members. I do have pictures to prove it--but I beat everyone there with an almost all time high score of 174--my highest is 175. I had two chances to get a turkey and messed up each time--the pressure got to me. Just kidding. I don't really bowl all that well. The game before I got a 102. Let just say I had some luck on my side. My family also had a BBQ. It was fun to see everyone.

I missed Nick and Trevor a lot, but they had a great weekend. Friday afternoon Nick and Trevor went down to Provo for a BBQ with his mom and family. Before they did that though Trevor got to play in a swimming pool. Nick said he liked it, but that it was a little cold. Then Nick went with family to the Stadium of Fire and Trevor got to stay and play with his cousin Jackson and his Grandma Cyndi and Brad. Then Saturday morning they drove up to Rupert, Idaho with family for a baptism and then drove back Saturday night with Nick's
dad who was flying out Sunday morning from the Salt Lake Airport.

It was a great weekend! We were able to spend time with family! I am so grateful for this country and for all of the freedoms that we enjoy and for all the men and women who make it possible.

This last week...

2008-06-16T11:19:00.000-07:00

This last week I had the chance to go up to Girl's Camp with the young women in my ward. It was so much fun. It was cold (at night), but it was a blast. I have always loved girl's camp, so it was fun to go up and get to participate in it again. It was so well organized by the camp director and her assistance that I just got to go up and have fun. Nick stayed home from work a couple of days and my sister Jeana watched Trevor for one day so that I could go. Thanks for doing that. I came home with a few funny stories that I should write in my journal. One though was my great fashion sense to keep the ticks away--putting my socks over my pants. I always did it when I was at girl's camp so I decided to do it again. I did look pretty funny--but the good news--No ticks!!!

Girl's Camp was a wonderful experience--I love how you get to be away from all of the hustle and bustle of the world for a few days to concentrate on what really matters.

I got back on Saturday morning just in time to clean up and get in the car to drive for 4 hours to Idaho Falls. Nick, Trevor and I got to spend time with family friends--Mike and Kerri--as they just adopted a little girl, named Taylor. It was so neat to spend time with them. Then we went up to Burley, Idaho to spend the night with Nick's dad. That night we went to a truck pull. If you have never been to a truck pull--you are missing out...

Then Sunday morning we went back down to Pocatello, Idaho so we could go to church with Mike and Kerri. It was a little bit of driving, but I am so glad that we could go and spend time with family and friends--it was a wonderful weekend. And Trevor did awesome in the car so that was really helpful.

It was a great week...