55 posts from 2008

Found out today that I'm having ANOTHER BOY !!!! I really wanted a Girl !!!! But I knew my chances were slim. Lee would always tell me not to get my hopes up, the chances were not in my favor. I just thought by the way my body was changing and how sick I was in the first couple months It had to be a Girl. NOPE !!!!

Caden was a little confused, he thought I was having a Girl too. Mason didn't know what was going on. I knew right away when she went down to the legs I saw an extra one in between.

Well I still kept all the boys baby clothes so I wont have to buy anything new, the only thing I think I need is a Crib. The crib I had was a hand me down from my sister Melanie, then down to Caden, then down to Mason, and finally it took its toll. I guess I can get excited about that then !!!!!

No names picked out.I had a tough time with picking Mason's Name.The Quest will begin. Any cute names, let me know !!!!!

 

Do you have an extremely messy eater in your house ????

Does this person get food all over the table, chair,floor,clothes and hair ????

Do you hate cleaning after this person after meals ????

 

Well this person in my family is MASON

He looks harmless and Cute, But let me tell you when he has food in front of him, he is the Messy Monster!!!!!

 

I should of known from his first Birthday that he was going to be my messy eater

We now have a nickname for him when he eats

Messy Mason !!!!!

Mason is so messy when we go out to dinner, we have to leave a large tip because we feel bad for who ever has to clean after him.

I hope this stage of messiness goes away, my arms are getting tired of scrubbing down everything when he is finished with his meals.

So who is your messy eater in your family ????

It could be a Child or maybe your Husband, but I would like to know, so I don't feel like the only one here that has an extremely messy eater in my house that I have to clean after.

Caden was so excited to go back to Preschool and see all of his friends. This year Caden's friend Parker is in his class. Caden was thrilled to see Parker. Parker was a little nervous but Caden showed his all of his friends and played with him. I think Caden is one of the most popular kids in his class. Everyone was so excited to see him too. They all were screaming his name. Too bad Caden is a little shy still and has to warm up to all the attention. Caden also noticed one of his " Girlfriends" Larsen was there too. She is a really cute girl. Last year they told us they were married. CUTE !!!!

 

 

Caden also learned how to spell out his name before going back to school. When he first ran into the class he ran up to Miss Louise and spelled out his name for her, She was so proud of him.

 

Mason had a hard time leaving Caden and the toys. I can't wait until next year when he gets to go to preschool too.

Mason was excited to go. He had Caden's old backpack on, and he thought he was like the older boys and was ready for school.

Mason and I get to have a little one on one time during preschool hours. This week we checked out the new Library and checked out some Diego DVD's.

 

 

I can't believe how big my boys are getting. They are tons of Fun, and I love how they are the best of friends.

This weekend I went to the Breaking Dawn Party at Barnes and Nobel. The Party started at 10pm ( way past my bedtime, but it was worth the wait) and bunch of my friends from the Ward came. It was alot of Fun. I thought we were crazy to go, but there were so many other crazy people like us there too. We played Trivia Games, Which my friend Lisa won. Her prize was a Free book, Gift Card, and a Tee-Shirt. Plus she got to purchase her books first. I knew she was going to win, she is a crazy fanatic with these books, Then we took Personality Quiz's to see what Character we were most like in the book, of course I was Alice. Then we took another Quiz that matched the characteristics of our Man, and compared them to the guys in the book. Lee was matched up with Jasper. Which doesn't surprise me, because If I was compared to Alice, then Jasper was her perfect match. I just wish Lee had the powers Jasper has to change peoples moods. That would be Awesome. Maybe he would take advantage of that ability too to his beniffits.

Anyways, the night was full of activities while we waited until 12:00am. I got my book at 12:10 am and we were home before 1:00am. Now me being pregnant and all had to crash. Unlike my friends who stayed up all night reading. Then the next morning I had so much to do, that I couldn't even touch the book until 2:00 in the afternoon and could only read for one hour. UGH !!!!  I just want to know what's going to happen. But yesterday after church I got to lock myself in my room for another hour to read. So I did get a little Taste of what is going on and I love it so far !!!!

Here are some pictures from the Party:

 

Me with my Cool tee-shirt on, Thanks Chris Again !!!

 

Our group of Girls !!!! See I'm not the only one who is crazy in love with these books.

 

Cheese !!!! Taking the Trivia Quiz. I didn't do so good !!!! I'm horrible at quizes.

 

My Friend Lisa winning the Trivia.

 

Whoo Hoo I bought my book, now it's time for Bed !!!!

Overall it was such a fun night with the girls. Now we need a get together to discuss the book !!!!

I can't wait until Breaking Dawn comes out !!!!!

Tomorrow a bunch of Girls are going to Barnes and Noble to go to a Breaking Dawn Party !!! It's going to be tons of fun. We are staying until 12am to get our books !!!

We also decided to make tee shirts with references to the books to wear. Of course I'm not very creative, so I called my very creative SIL Chris in Vegas to make a Tee Shirt up for me.

This is how they turned out !!!!!

 

This one is my favorite, I wish I remembered to cut the extra Transfer paper off before ironing it on. OH WELL

 

Thanks Chris again for the Pictures, They came out so good !!!!

We decided to do our Family Vacation early this year since I'm pregnant. I didn't want to go with the kids to Disneyland when I'm 6 months pregnant.

We went to Disneyland for 3 Days, a Day at the Beach, and a Day at Legoland ( Lame O Land)

We first hit the Beach :

OHHH our good friends in St. George came with us too !!!! They have 3 kids. Treyson who is 4 1/2, Crue 2, and Macey 3 months. The kids loved playing with each other

Thanks Hammons for the Fun Trip !!!!!

We decided to do a Picnic with Sandwiches and each on the sand, Not a good idea with kids, but it was a fun experience !!!!

 

Racing the waves

 

Digging to China

Running with Dad. BRRRR Cold water !!!!

OUCH !!!! A Crab

Surfs up dude !!!!

Andi always posing for pictures

Lets bury Andi in the Sand !!!!

This Sand is fun !!!!

Mom I need a napkin, Paper towel, or a paper plate. OOPS we forgot them. Have fun with those sandwiches. CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH !!!!!

 

OFF TO DISNEYLAND

 

Lets have some Fun !!!!

 

The Kids

 

Mason and Crue on the Tea Cups, We didn't go fast because the kept on pulling on opposite directions.

 

All of us on Dumbo

 

WHEEEEE

 

Speak up louder !!!!! This lady was really in character !!!!

 

Please don't let her steal me !!!!

Mickey !!!! Sorry I don't know how to flip it the right way

 

Auntie I want Zig Zag hair tomorrow can you braid my hair tonight ????

 

A for Andi

 

Fireworks !!!! except we had really bad seats and couldn't see them over the trees !!!!

 

Then we were off to Legoland AKA Lame O Land

Legoland had tons of cool things to see, but the rides were LAME !!!! And everything took way too long.

Thank goodness they had a play area for the little ones. Crue, Mason, Macey, Caden, Haley and I stayed here the whole time with the kids.

 

Look mom I'm taking mason for a bath

CHOO CHOO

Driving the Fire Truck

ROAR !!!!

ROAR !!!!

VIVA LAS VEGAS !!!!!

 

 

 

Overall we had a Fun trip !!!! It was so nice to go with another family. I wish Caden was a little bit braver at Disneyland, and wouldn't cry on every ride . Hopefully in a couple more years he will grow out of it.

This Vacation was a BLAST !!!! Tons of Memories with good Friends !!!!!

Thanks Again Hammons !!!!! We already Miss you guys !!!!!

Having Caden and Andi now is Great !!!! They play so good with each other.

This afternoon they were getting kind of bored of playing with toys so I decided to bust out the Arts and Craft book. Caden was never interested in it before because I had to do all the cutting and putting together. But since Andi is here, Andi Cuts everything out and Caden tapes it together. They were busy all afternoon long making different Crafts.

Here is a picture of them with their masks on.

 

Andi is a Cat, and Caden is a Raccoon.

 

This is a picture of them taking a Poop like a Cat and a Raccoon.

I'm not joking they were playing around and Andi was telling Caden this is how Cat's Poop and Caden hunched down and said well this is how Racoon's poop too. Why are kids so fascinated with pooping ????

After nap they did more Crafts, and Andi taught Caden how to use the Scissors and he started cutting out things too.

Andi also had a little mistake by not putting her hair in a Pony Tail and Accidently snipped off some hair, OOPS. I told Andi that's our new rule, She has to put her hair in a pony tail before using scissors.

I'm so happy Caden and Andi are having such a fun time making memories with each other.

 

Here are some pictures of the Caves we looked at on Saturday with the Family.

I had to take these off the Internet because you can't take pictures inside.

These Caves are not that old, the two guys who discovered them went to U of A back in the early 70's and discovered them in the late 70's early 80's and kept it a secret for years. They opened up the caves with tour guides in 1999.

The other awesome part about these caves are they are Alive and still growing, There are actually Two big Rooms, we didn't go into the other room because the Bat have their babies and they re-open it during the Winter.

COOL STUFF !!!!

The kids loved it, Caden called it the Bat Cave. Andi thought it was so cool, and she loved the " Cave Bacon" ( I don't have a picture of it, but it's so cool looking, it seriously looks like Bacon hanging down off the rock.)

If you are ever in Tucson You need to check this place out.

AMAZING !!!!

This is 60 Feet Tall, you can see the guy at the bottom of the cave in the Orange suit on.

CRAZY !!!!

Actually before we went to the Caves we went down to Tombstone, since the tours were all booked up until the afternoon, and Tombstone is only 15 min. away.

I totally forgot to get my camera out :(

But my mom had a couple cute shots of the kids playing around.

Mason loved the people riding on the horses.

Tombstone is a cool little town. It has so much history and cool stories. My Brother Jared was with us and he has never heard of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp,Doc Holliday and all those cool cowboy stories Or even the O.K. Corral.

What ever happened to The WILD WEST HISTORY ???? Why don't they teach it anymore in schools????

I told Jared that they use to have shoot outs all the time in the Middle of the Streets. If they had a problem they would take it outside in the middle of everything.

Crazy Stories !!!!

Well as soon as my mom gets home I'll have her send me over the pictures.

I'm inviting everyone to come down to Tucson and check out some cool things here in town !!!!

 

 

A couple of days ago I was talking to my Sister Melanie about things going on at home, and I decided that Andi her daughter should get a well deserved Vacation at Auntie Melissa's house here in Tucson. I was going to drive up to Vegas Yesterday and go pick up Andi, but my parents decided to come down instead and bring Andi with them. WHOO HOO !!!! Saves me a 6 hour trip with my two boys in the backseat trying to win over my attention and fighting over what movie they want to watch. Plus I'm excited that my parents are actually coming to visit me. They haven't been down since I first moved to Tucson. They have been quite busy at home.

I hope the weather clears up a little so I can take my parents to Tombstone and the Kurtchner Caves. Those two spots are my favorite places to visit when we have visitors. I would go to the Zoo also except it's so Darn hot and Humid.

Mason is really excited for Papa !!!! He has been asking every 10 min. " Is papa coming ???"  Caden cant wait to see Andi. They are Two peas in a pod when they are together.

I will post pictures and hopefully our Trip to Tombstone in a couple of days.

Sorry about the Pictures on the 4th of July, I forgot my Camera. I hate when that happens. :(