and they live happily ever after

REpeNt

2011-09-01T13:11:00.000-06:00

So I made it to March for my New Years goal to post on my blog at least once a month. So I am repenting now and hopefully can try and do better at blogging. I have a lot of catch up work to do so hopefully if your following my blog you won't get tired of my post.

Pioneer Day

2011-07-25T17:49:00.003-06:00

On July 23th our ward had a float in the Pioneer Day Parade. This year July 24th landed on Sunday so Hurricane City observed Pioneer Day on Saturday the 23rd. Olivia and Mason were so thrilled to part of it. They rode on a horse drawn wagon sitting on bales of hay. It was so fun to see our kids enjoying themselves in the Parade.

After the Parade we went to the Community Center and the City had all sorts of activites for the kids. Olivia, Mason, and Gracie all had fun on the huge slide. Gracie didn't like the idea of having to wait in a line everytime she got off the slide. She couldn't figure out why she couldn't go to the front of the line everytime.

Hurricane Fire

2011-07-22T17:30:00.002-06:00

On July 21st the Hurricane hill about a 1/2 mile up the road from us was ignited in flames. The fire came down to the backyard of many homes. One of our friends homes was only about 50 feet from the fire at one point, it was really scarry for all the homeowners there i'm sure. One of the things that saved a lot of these homes was a homeowner (who's backyard is the hill side) installed gravel rock and a spinkling system behind his home and the homes surrounding him. As soon as the fire broke out he turned the sprinkling system on to help keep the fire from taking there homes. The Hurricane, LaVerkin, Virgin, Colorado City, and Washington City firefighters were awesome at controlling the fire. By the next morning it was 100% contained without any injuries or damage. It was started by some kids playing with some illegal fireworks unsupervised.

Cruise to Mexico

2011-07-17T15:55:00.000-06:00

Me and Burton had the opportunity to go on a Cruise to Catalina Island, and Ensenada Mexico with our Best Friends Craig and Heather. We were on our ship from July 11-15. We had the most amazing time while on our Cruise. We had the best service while on and off of our Cruise.

Every night we ate dinner at the Elation dining room with the same people every night. We shared our table with a really nice couple from Vietnam. They have lived in North Hollywood for 20 years though. Our waiter was so much fun, his name is Po and he is from Taiwan. He loved to tease Heather so much, it was funny. Both him and his wife work on the the same cruise ship.

Driving in Catalina Island (Avalon, CA)

Our first port we stopped at was Catalina Island. We was a very cute little town. All of the people who live there get around on golf carts.
We rented a gold cart for 1 hour and toured the town. It is a beautiful clean place tucked into the mountain side. The town people were really proud of there town. While we were driving around we saw a Golf Cart Tow Truck, it was so funny. It was the same size as all the other golf carts only it had a tow cable on the back of it. We also saw a Fed Ex Golf Cart.

We went on a Glass Bottom Boat also and saw a lot of fish through the bottom of the boat. We bought fish food and fed the fish. It was fun to see them swarm to us as soon as the food was dropped.

La Bufadora Ensenada Mexico

Our second port we went to was Ensenda Mexico. It was a really interesting place to visit. You could tell it was more poverty stricken. We rented a car and drove about 45 mintues to see a blow whole. There aren't very many of them throughout the united states. It is called the LaBufadora. It was really neat to see how the water builds up and shoots up.

On our way to the LaBufadora there was this flea market with locals running these shops. It was crazy. They took advantage of us tourist and how much they wanted to charge for there items. I found that the best price was the price they gave you and your walking away. While there I bought Olivia and Gracie a cute mexican dress, Olivia a purse that said Ensenada, Mason a shirt with the LaBufadora on it, and an Ensenda Magnet. The restroom situation there was interesting. If you need to go you either paid to use the semi sanitary restroom and held it in.

Craig enjoying a drink out of a cantelope in Ensenada Mexico

The Cruise ship people warned us not to drink the water, we truned around and Craig was drinking a drink out of a cantelope. I reminded him about the Mexican water and he said it wasn't made with water. I said is it made of ice, he said YES.

This is our last night on the ship getting to watch the last Cruise Paradise Dancers. They were incredible entertainers. Every night the show was something different, and it was really good.

We had the best time on the cruise and can't wait until we can go again. Craig and Heather were a lot of fun to go with. I highly recommend going on a cruise if you have never been. Next time we go we will make sure we take walkie talkie's with us though. Thanks to Ashlee Stout and My mom for watching and taking good care of my kids while we were gone. We couldn't have done it without Ashlee's help. THANK YOU!!!

Fourth of July

2011-07-05T09:48:00.000-06:00

On the Fourth of July we drove to Cedar City and celebrated with the Chandler Family. We had a BBQ, the kids played, rode horses and then we did fireworks. It was a lot of fun for everyone.

Last Day of Kindergarten

2011-05-24T23:37:00.001-06:00

This is Olivia's last day of Kindergarten. She had the best kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Fjermstad. We really enjoyed watching Olivia progress in kindergarten. She made a lot of knew friends and loved her teacher. Three Falls Elementary is really a great school and I am so glad she had such a great experience.

Head Start Graduation

2011-05-10T15:47:00.000-06:00

Mason graduated from SUU Head Start. His teachers were Mrs. Larson and Mrs. Erickson. Mason had a really fun time at Head Start. He made some really good friends, and his cousin Ben was in his same class. It was the same night and same time as Olivia's kindergarten graduation. Burton and Gracie went to Mason's graduation while me and Grandma Butler and Grandma Sant went to Olivia's graduation.

Mason 5th Birthday

2011-05-01T16:13:00.001-06:00

Well Mason turned 5 on April 30th. We had a fun party with our family and friends. I decided I would try doing a Birthday BBQ for the first time. It was a lot of fun, and not too stressful. I think we will have to try it again for the other kids. We had hot dogs, potato salad, jello salad, chips, deviled eggs, and birthday cake. We had Grandfather and Grandma Sant, Humphries Children, Corry and Ashlee Stout and family, Rich and Michelle Monk and family, Craig and Heather Chandler and family. Mason had a great birthday and it was fun to celebrate it with so many.

College Graduate

2011-05-01T15:31:00.000-06:00

After 10 years of a hard long road of attening Dixie State College Burton graduated with his Bachelors Degree in Computer Science. When we started this journey we had no kids, and when it was finished we had 3 kids and 2 dogs. It was a crazy ride but together we got Burton graduated. I am so very proud of Burton for achieving his goal. He had some very long nights out in his office when he would have rather been doing other things. We love you and are so proud.

EaSTer

2011-04-24T23:41:00.000-06:00

The Easter Bunny came later this year. He didn't come until after church he was so busy. One thing he left this year that was different was money in some of the plastic Easter Eggs. Olivia and Mason were thrilled. Gracie's favorite thing was the Easter bubbles. She couldn't wait to get them open to pop them, it was cute. Olivia and Mason got kites, Easter coloring kit, and Candy. Olivia got her first Diary with a lock and key, and Mason got a nerf gun with suction cups on the end. It was a fun Easter for all.

Coloring Easter Eggs

2011-04-23T23:11:00.001-06:00

We had a really fun time coloring Easter Eggs with the kids this year. Gracie was really into coloring eggs. We had to watch her really close because she was dropping eggs like crazy into the dye. Olivia was very good at detail on her eggs and making them personalized. Mason liked mixing his eggs in all the different colors to see how it would turn out.

Spring Break Day 2

2011-03-15T14:46:00.002-06:00

Spring Break Day 2- We went to lunch at our favorite Lin's Deli. The kids love eating there so much not only for the good food but to get the chance to see Grandma. While we were eating Mason asked "Does Grandma own Lin's?" It was so cute.

After we had lunch we went to the Hurricane City Park. These kids really had a fun time. We couldn't have asked for better weather, it was perfect.

We went to the Park by the Hurricane Middle School, and the Park at Three Falls Elementary. We didn't get any pictures there though because Gracie fell asleep after we left so Me and Gracie stayed in the truck while Olivia and Mason enjoyed the other two parks.

Spring Break Day 1

2011-03-14T12:11:00.001-06:00

Day 1 of Spring Break. We drove to St. George and had lunch atLarsen's Frost Top. After lunch we met Burton at Vernon Werthen City Park, we all had a lot of fun. The kids swang, went down slides, and fire poles. It was beautiful weather.

Volunteer at Head Start

2011-03-07T00:05:00.002-07:00

I had the opportunity to volunteer at Head Start in Mason's class. We really had a great time, there are some really good kids in his class. It rained all day long that day so play time outside was a little different. All the kids had a wonderful time creating there own things. We had kids builing troughs, sand piles, and mixing sand and water.

Mini Dounuts

2011-03-06T22:38:00.000-07:00

On Sunday evening we broke out the mini- donut maker that we got for Christmas. We had fun making them and deciding how many different ways we could decorate them.

New Member to the Family

2011-03-01T15:02:00.003-07:00

So we have purchased a new vehicle. We are very thrilled about it, the kids are so excited for it to get here. We should have it on Friday Night. Our sweet friends are driving it here from Mesa, AZ for us.

2 Front Teeth

2011-02-25T15:48:00.000-07:00

Olivia's front teeth were not getting loose. As we were keeping an eye on them her permanent teeth started coming in behind her primary teeth, I couldn't beleive it. I had to take her to the dentist and have her front teeth pulled.

Olivia was so brave, this was her first experience other than having her teeth cleaned. She layed back and watch the movie "Bolt" and before she knew it both of her teeth were out. A huge thanks to Dr. Brett Christensen for doing such a great job.

The tooth fairy visited after Olivia went to sleep and left her $2.00 and let her keep her teeth. Olivia really didn't want the tooth fairy to take her teeth from her. :)

Before and After

2011-02-24T22:54:00.007-07:00

We went and walked through a house that use to be owned by us. We lived in this house when we first moved to Hurricane, it was a cute little house at one time. We turned into a rental and moved to the north side of town. Unfortunatley the renters did a lot of damage on the place. We were lucky enough to sell it while it was being rented. The new owners tore down all but 2 walls and rebuilt the house. So here are some before pictures. (reminder these were not taken while we lived there)

And here is the after. This is a beautiful house, I couldn't believe the difference in the home. The fireplace was removed, the bedrooms all have there own bathroom. Each bathroom is huge, the closets are all walk in closets.

The kitchen is beautiful. All custom built kitchen cabinets with granite countertops.

Ice Cream Driver

2011-02-24T16:07:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend Olivia and Mason were gone camping with Granfather and Grandma Sant and the Humphries family. So I decided I would take avantage and go to the mall. While we were there I took Gracie to the little rides, she had so much fun.

Hair Strightening

2011-02-12T21:07:00.000-07:00

So Olivia talked me into straightening her hair last Sunday afternoon. It took me 2 hours to straighten her hair, but she loved it. I can't believe how much older it makes her look. Olivia is such a good sport about it, she sat right there and patiently waited for it too all be done. I just wish it would last more than a few days. If anyone knows of any hair product do use to keep the curls straight longer let me know.

Before

DURING

AFTER

Sick Baby

2011-02-05T00:14:00.003-07:00

Poor little Gracie is so sick right now, she has a bad case of Bronchitis. The doctor and I were so worried that she might have pneumonia. To listen to her the doctor said it sounded just like pneumonia, so we had an x-ray of her to find out. I was very relieved when the x-ray came back clear. Hopefully we will be able to get her better without being put in the hospital. We have to do breathing treatments all day, so hopefully with the antibiotics and breathing treatments we can get her better. I took a picture of her x-ray on the computer at the doctors office, so here it is.

New Year Resolution

2011-01-30T00:37:00.002-07:00

So one of my New Year Resolutions this year is to make at least one post a month on my blog!!! I am so bad at posting on my blog, I can't believe that it was 1 year ago that I put anything on here. I hope that I can keep this updated and be able to journal on what our family will be doing this coming year. I hope you will keep coming back to see any boring or exciting things we are up to.

New Pictures

2010-02-15T22:13:00.004-07:00

It has been so long since I have posted anything here. So for now I will just post our newest pictures of our kids. These pictures turned out so cute, I am very happy with them.

Christmas Morning

2010-01-02T20:40:00.002-07:00

We had one of the funnest Christmas Mornings. The kids were so excited to see what Santa brought them. Mom was so excited that she forgot to take pictures with the still camera of the kids seeing the Santa presents.

Gracie's new crib music player.

New slippers for Dad from the kids.

Olivia's Barbie and the 3 Musketeer dress.

New kids game Uno Moo.

Barbie and the 3 Musketeer Doll.

Thomas Hero of the Rails DVD.

Christmas Eve

2010-01-02T01:18:00.002-07:00

On Christmas Eve the kids got to open 2 presents before going to bed. The first was there Christmas Pajamas.

The second present they opened was new blankets "I" the mom made. They were really happy to have new blankets and pajamas before going to bed.

I forgot to get a picture of Gracie with her Christmas Pajamas and Blanket so I will have to sneak in a picture of her at a later time. Ooops!!

Head Start Christmas Program

2010-01-02T01:15:00.001-07:00

Birthday Pony Rides

2010-01-01T23:34:00.004-07:00

For part of Olivia's Princess Party we went to Richard Hirschi's and the girls and Mason got to ride a pony. Olivia was on cloud nine, she couldn't have been any happier.

In the tree house watching the pony's baby run arround. (Mason in background, Tania, Alyssa LeBaron, Nizhoni, and Olivia

Olivia 5 year old Family Party

2009-12-19T17:07:00.006-07:00

Olivia turns 5

2009-12-17T09:04:00.003-07:00

Olivia seeing her bike on her birthday for the first time.

1st Christmas Present

2009-12-17T08:36:00.003-07:00

Gracie opened her first Christmas Present. Aunt Amy sent her a Christmas Dress so it needed to be opened before Christmas.

It is such a darling little dress.

Raking Leaves

2009-12-17T08:13:00.003-07:00

This is Olivia and Mason helping Daddy rake the leaves. They sure had a lot of fun jumping in all of the big piles. I think when they were finished there was something like 15 bags of leaves.

JUBILEE OF TREES

2009-12-02T16:37:00.002-07:00

Every year we always go to the Jubliee of Trees in St. George on Monday night for Family Night. We always get to Santa and the kids get their picture taken with him. This year they decided to have free admission after 6pm on Monday night. There were so many people there you couldn't even walk around to enjoy all the trees. We did get the picture with Santa ate a homemade caramel apple "yum yum", and the kids got to see the Life Flight Helicopter.

Every year the Jubliee of Trees raises money for the Dixie Regional Medical Center. This year it was to raise money for DRMC to have their own Life Flight Helicopter. It was pretty neat to see one up close. I was really surprised how small the inside of one of those helicopters are.

Next year if they do free admission on family night we will have to change our visit to another night. Admission is only $3 for adults and $1 for kids 3 and older so it's not like it costs a lot of money to go. After all 100% of the proceeds goes for a worthy cost.

Trick or Treat

2009-11-03T14:22:00.002-07:00

We sure had a lot of fun on Halloween. The kids were so excited to get out and start there trick or treating.

Olivia as Princess Ariel

Mason as Buzz Lightyear

Gracie as cheetah cub.

Birth Announcement

2009-10-28T19:08:00.002-06:00

6 weeks old

2009-10-28T18:40:00.004-06:00

A friend of mine just opened a portrait studio in St. George called Smile Creations. She is the photogopher that use to be at Sear's Portrait. If you would like to schedule an appt with her you can reach her by calling 688-9363. I love how these pictures turned out of Gracie.

What Women Want

2009-10-27T16:30:00.003-06:00

Gracie and I went to the What Women Want Expo in St. George on Saturday. We really enjoyed ourselves. There were a lot of fun things. I got a lot of very cute ideas on bow making and jewlery making. There was a lady there taking free pictures. She took a cute picture of Gracie and posted it on her blog. This girl was very talented in getting Gracie to stay on this stool, I was very impressed.

6 weeks old

2009-10-26T14:58:00.002-06:00

Today Gracie is 6 weeks old. I can't even believe how much she has changed since we picked her up. We have been having a great time with her. Olivia and Mason love her so much. She smiles at us and is a very happy baby. I will post more pictures when I get a chance.

Court Hearing

2009-10-09T14:21:00.002-06:00

Our birthmom went to court yesterday to sign her birth rights away of Gracie. We are so glad that everything went well. I have so much love for our birthmom and the sacrafices she has made so that we may have these 3 beautiful children in our home. What a blessing she has been in our lives.

2009-10-09T14:09:00.002-06:00

Yesterday I took Gracie to Rachel Wilson's to have her pictures done. She has posted a few on her blog at www.lifeisbeautifulphoto.com if you visit there make sure you visit the blog and not the website. She has a few posted that she took, we will get the rest of them on a cd. We had a fun time.

Snapshots in Michigan

2009-10-04T18:26:00.002-06:00

Here are some fun snapshots I took with my phone.

Hospital Sanpshots

2009-10-04T15:14:00.003-06:00

These are some pictures I took of Gracie while visiting her in the hospital.

Meeting with Birthmom

2009-09-28T19:06:00.002-06:00

We had a nice little meeting with Valorie our birthmom the day before Gracie was released from the hopital. It was so nice to see her again. We gave her a beautiful basket of pampering gifts, she really like it. She couldn't believe how big Olivia and Mason were. We love Valorie so much for all that she has given us.

It's A Girl

2009-09-15T00:23:00.006-06:00

Gracie Rae was born on September 12th. She weighed in at 6 lbs. 2 oz. and 19 1/2" long. She is doing very well for being born a few weeks early. She will be released from the hospital on the 21st, we are all leaving on the 20th to go pick her up. Burton and I and the kids are very excited to get to see her and hold her. We will be able to bring her home within 7-10 days after she is discharged from the hospital. I am looking forward to getting to pick her up from the hospital. Olivia and Mason was picked up at the foster home they were placed in so it will be fun to pick Gracie up at the hospital. I can't stand the wait any longer so I hope this next week goes by fast. Gracie we will be there soon to scoop you up and bring you home, we love you allready and haven't even seen you.

Baby On The Way

2009-09-05T15:36:00.003-06:00

We recieved a phone call on Thursday Night about 10:00 that Olivia and Mason's Birthmom is pregnant and wanted us to adopt the baby. We are so excited it's hard to believe. She is due on October 1st. Because Mason was born 6 weeks early and Olivia was born 3 weeks early it really could happen anytime. We hope to be able to find out what the baby is before it is born. Alot to prepare for in a short amount of time. Both of the kids are very excited.

Disneyland Trip

2009-05-05T09:48:00.003-06:00

We had the best time in Disneyland. Olivia was able to meet all of the Princess' and Mason has found a new friend named Buzz Lightyear. The kids had a blast, it was so much fun to see them light up when meeting the characters.

On Saturday afternoon we had lunch at Ariel's Grato with the Princess'. Olivia loved every minute of it. She had her picture taken with all of the Princess', danced and had the best time.

Saturday evening we had dinner at Goofy's Kitchen. What a fun place to take your family too. There were so many character's there. We met Pluto, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Chip and Dale. and Jasmine. The atmosphere was great. The kids helped Goofy bake a cake, danced, and all of the Charcters visited our table numerous times. We celebrated Mason's Birthday that night so they came and sang happy birthday. I would recommend a Character meal to anyone. It was worth every penny. (Thanks Grandma!!!)

TaGgEd

2009-02-21T22:44:00.003-07:00

I'm just trying to conform so please oblige me.
Here are the rules: 1) Post rules on your blog 2) Answer the six '8' items 3) Let each person know by leaving them a comment.

8 favorite TV shows:
1. The Bachelor

2. American Idol

3. ER

4. Dancing with the Star's
5. Good Things Utah
6. CSI Miami
7. Two and 1/2 Men
8. Don't forget the Lyrics

8 Things I did yesterday:
1. Grocery Shopping

2. Took Mason to the Doctor (ENT)
3. Took more papers to the Adoption Agency
4. Played Games with family
5. took Olivia to play with her friend

6. Made Dinner

7. re-organized pantry
8. put kids to bed

8 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. Mason being potty trained

2. Spring

3. Disneyland
4. Hoping we can get a new baby

5.my new cooktop being installed
6. Disneyland
7. Scrapbooking More
8. Disneyland

8 favorite restaurants:
1. The Palm Restraunt
2. Texas Roadhouse

3. Red Lobster
4. Olive Garden

5. Applebee's
6. Cafe Rio'

7. Jimmy Johns
8. Grandma Tobler's Bakery

8 Things on my wish list:
1. Paint/Decorate Bedrooms
2. Baby

3. Organization
4. A reward system that works
5. New book case
6. Scrapbooking More
7. New Kitchen Table

8. Bar Stools

8 people I tag:
1. Amanda

2. Amy

3. Becky T.

4. Wendi

5. Maren

6. Michelle
7. Sara
8. Danielle

Family Pictures

2009-02-16T00:59:00.005-07:00

So on Friday we went and had family pictures taken. What a chore that is. I thought I would share with you the results.

Shopping with Mason

2009-02-11T23:55:00.004-07:00

So Mason and I were shopping today and I found a good deal on pull-ups. We have been talking to Mason about starting potty training, after all he will be 3 years old on April 30th. We have bought the cars toilet seat, potty watch, and car's underwear. So I was showing Mason the pull-ups and telling him "Look Mason, CARS". He thought they were really cool. I said we could buy these but you have to go potty on the toilet if you use these. He thought for a second......NO PUT THEM BACK. I just had to laugh. I don't know about my kids and some of the things they come up with.

Kids say the darndest Things

2009-02-08T21:35:00.002-07:00

I can't resist posting this on my blog. Today in primary during sharing time Sister Hirschi was asking the kids if they knew what "Righteousness" meant. Olivia raised her hand and said it meant...............DON'T MESS WITH YOUR MAMA. I have not laughed that hard in church for a long time. All of the leaders were laughing.

What a Deal

2009-01-09T15:09:00.003-07:00

I am so very excitied to share this information with you. I just started doing a shopping program called Grocery Smarts (its free). I went shopping at Albertson's this morning bright and early and bought all these products you see in this picture for $6.24. A Pampers mega pack, 2 Pampers Super Pack, 6 boxes toaster strudel, 2 Bisquick Mixes, 2 Trix Cereal, 4 Fruit Gusher/Fruit Snacks, 5 lb bag potatoes, 2- 1lb box butter, and Green Giant Vegetable steamer. What a bargin, I couldn't believe it. I would HIGHLY recommend doing this, just don't go to the Albertson's I go to, I don't want to have share the products with anymore people than I allready do......hehehe.

CHRISTMAS

2009-01-05T16:58:00.007-07:00

We really had a wonderful Christmas. The kids make Christmas so much fun, they were very excited to see what Santa had brought for them. Mom woke everyone up at 7 am so the kids would have time to play with their toys before going to the Grandparents house.

Olivia and Mason both really like their gifts from Santa. Olivia loved her Doll House and the fact that it is a lot taller than her. It also came with all of the doll furniture and an elevator. Mason couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the train table, he was so excited. Olivia was ready to go open presents when Mason just wanted to stay and play with his train table. We had to bribe him to go into the family room to open presents. In between opening his presents he would run off and go play with the train table. I think Santa was a big pleaser for Olivia and Mason this year.

Olivia got all of the High School Musical Dolls, and Mason got a huge fire truck.We really downgraded with the presents this year. It was nice not to be overwhelmed.
Santa was kind and brought our family a Ninteno Wii and 3 games. It has been really fun.We hope you had a wonderful Christmas also.

Gingerbread House

2009-01-03T00:41:00.003-07:00

So this is our first year doing a Gingerbread House. It was a lot of fun putting one together. Olivia and Mason would have had all of the candy gone before it got put on the house if I would have let them.

It was kind of funny putting the Gingerbread house together. We were having a great time getting the icing on, and then all of the candy when all of the sudden the roof starting sliding off. We all started laughing. We sure had a good time doing this for a family home evening activity. Sorry I don't have a picture of the finished house.

Olivia 4 Year Old Birthday

2009-01-01T22:32:00.011-07:00

On December 15th we celebrated Olivia's 4th Birthday. It is so crazy that she is now 4 years old, I can't even believe how grown up she is getting. In the afternoon 7 of Olivia's friends came to her house for a Princess Party. Everyone was all dressed up. We had a lot of fun playing games, making flower necklaces, having a dance party, and crowning each girl as a princess for the day.

We then had a Princess Dance Party. The girls all had a lot of fun doing the dance party. They danced to an assortment of princess music. This is one of Olivia's favorite things to do.

After the dance party all of the Princess' were pretty much ready for a break. So we let them sing Happy Birthday to Olivia. They then had birthday cupcakes. After that they all sat around the TV and watched Barbie: A Christmas Carol.

Olivia had a lot of fun opening all of her presents that her friends gave her.
They all enjoyed watching her open her presents.

Later that evening we had family over for another party. Olivia was in 7th heaven. She couldn't believe she was having 2 parties in one day. We really had a fun day with Olivia.

Olivia we love you very much and couldn't imagine our family without you in it. Thank you for bringing so much JOY and happiness into our family.

JUBILEE OF TREES

2008-11-24T22:33:00.003-07:00

MY 3 FAVORITE PEOPLE

JUBILEE OF TREES

2008-11-24T22:09:00.004-07:00

JUST A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE TREES

Santa 2008

2008-11-24T22:07:00.003-07:00

Santa I would like a:

Olivia- Pop up Playhouse

Mason- Train/Car

HOLIDAY BOTIQUE

2008-11-18T19:23:00.005-07:00

I am hosting a Holiday Botique at my House this Saturday. I hope that all of you that live near by can make it. We are going to be having a lot of fun with really incredible deals.

I hope to see you there.

BRAIDS

2008-10-23T19:19:00.005-06:00

Today I took Olivia over to Washington and had her hair braided. There is a African American women that does hair braiding for a living. Olivia hates getting her hair done every morning, so I decided to have it braided to see how she likes it. It took 2 1/2 hours for the lady to braid Olivia's hair. She was so good to sit and get her hair done. I told Olivia if she was good I would buy her a Barbie of her choice.

So after she was all done I took her to Wal*Mart and she picked out this cute Sleeping Beauty barbie. Bribery works every time, haha. We shouldn't have to do Olivia's hair now for one month. YEAH!!!

Mr. Cupcake

2008-10-02T13:03:00.002-06:00

We were sitting around the table eating cupcakes one evening and we look over at Mason. All we could do was start laughing. It was so funny, Mason had cupcake from head to toe. I quickly went to get the camera. Mason really gets into his food sometimes.

Dr. Olivia

2008-10-02T12:54:00.003-06:00

I swear Olivia is going to grow up and be a doctor. She is always wanting to take care of us if we have an "owie". On this particular day she climbed up on her dad with a little Halloween flashlight I just bought for her and Mason. I was sitting at my desk when I looked up and saw Olivia looking in her dad's ear's and nose. I just started laughing, it was so funny. I grabbed the camera and started taking pictures.

New Outfit

2008-10-02T09:30:00.004-06:00

I just couldn't resist taking a picture of Olivia in this cute outfit. I bought it a few weeks ago for her to have something fun to wear to preschool. She was so excited to get to wear it today. I thought she looked darling.

Followers

2008-09-23T10:49:00.002-06:00

I have added a "Followers Widget" on my side bar. I would love for you to sign up and you will be kept updated when I add new things to my blog. It is a great way for us to keep in touch. I hope you have been enjoying my blog. Thanks for the comments.

Jumping Jacks

2008-09-06T23:33:00.012-06:00

Today we took our kids to a place called Jumping Jacks. We all had a great time. Jumping Jacks is in a huge warehouse where there are 15 feet high inflatables. It is a really fun place for all ages of kids. By the time we left Burton and the kids were worn out. These inflatables will even allow for adults to play on, so the kids get a real kick out of their parents playing on the inflatables with them.

Knocking Knees

2008-09-01T22:50:00.004-06:00

Burton and I had the privelage of speaking in sacrament yesterday. I am so glad to have it over with. You might would be surprized at how much I like to talk that it scares me to death to speak in public. I would rather go to the dentist and have a root canal rather than talk in public. Our talks went really well, thankfully there were a lot of talks on lds.org to help me out. In Burton's talk he metioned Brian Chandler (our old Bishop), who is now in the Stake Presidency. Anyway he came to scrament meeting in our ward yesterday, we were really thrilled to see him there. Our kids were really good during sacrament meeting yesterday, which never happens. Olivia sat with my mom, and Mason sat with our friends and neighbor Cory and Ashlee Stout. It was really noisy until we started to speak, I have been told that our talks were awesome and brought tears to peoples eyes. It is hard for us to speak about our family without metioning our 2 angels Johnathan and Kamille. Talking about them always brings a tear to our eyes, and for that reason I think that is why it was pretty quite during our talk. I am glad our talks are over now, and hopefully the people in our ward know a little bit more about our family.

2008-08-19T20:05:00.002-06:00

Today was Olivia's first day of Preschool. She has been looking forward to this day, she woke up at 6:30 a.m. so excited for preschool saying "it's preschool day". She even had the outfit that she would be wearing set out the night before, and her back pack allready. It's so exciting for Olivia to be going to preschool. I think she will do really well. Olivia is very smart, she knows her alphabet and the sounds.

Washington County Fair

2008-08-09T00:08:00.005-06:00

On Thursday, August 7th we took our kids to the Washington County Fair. We went to a Motocross show while we were there. The kids really enjoyed watching it, especially Mason. My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach when the kid took the first jump, his poor mother. Mason couldn't wait for him to jump again. I told Mason he couldn't ever do anything like that. After the motocross show we took them to the petting zoo. The kids had fun with the animals, they would have really enjoyed it if they could have taken one of them home. Both Olivia and Mason really like animals. Of course we ended the fair with the Carnival. The price of ticket rides were outrageous so they didn't get to go on as many rides as they wanted. Mason was excited that there was a train ride there. It was a fun evening out with the kids. Olivia was still talking about the Carnival the next day and how nice it was that her Dad and Mom took her to the Carnival.

WELCOME

2008-07-30T15:56:00.001-06:00

GREETINGS,
I decided to start a blogspot to help our family that doesn't live close to us get to see and read about the different things we are doing. There will be a lot of updating until I get this figured out, so bear with me. I hope you will enjoy it.