Goodbye Brian & Pam

I just wanted to wish Brian & Pam good luck in Alaska. We have had lots of good times and we will see you when you get back. Don't forget to bring Rockband back with you though, because you are all so talented as everyone can now see.

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

I just wanted to pay tribute to one of the most influential women in my life - my mom. Mom, you have been through a lot in the last 50 years:
Hairstyles -


and Homes-

you have a Wonderful Husband

5 Beautiful Children

and 5 Cute Grandchildren

You are a beautiful example and inspiration to us all and we love you. I hope you have another 50 years left in you (as long as you don't go crazy) because there is so much more ahead for you.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Happy 4th of July everyone!!! I hope everyone had a fun day. We went to the zoo on saturday and had lots of fun. Xander is at a great age for the zoo because he actually knows what is going on. He knows what tigers and bears and monkeys are, but I am afraid that he doesn't know what a cow and chicken are. Although when we saw the monkeys he said, "mom look at the monkey, or maybe it's a cat". I guess they both have fur so that's all that matters. You will notice Xander's girly blue hat. We let him pick out a hat because it was really hot and he wanted the girly blue hat. Luke tried so hard to convince him to get a different more many hat, but he would not let us get anyother hat. At least it's not pink, I guess.

Caitlyn also discovered corn dogs and popsicles and she really enjoyed them.

New Place

The day you all have been waiting for has arrived - pictures of our new place!!! wOOhOO!!! It was built in the 70's so it has a lot of character and we love that.
There is Caitlyn rolling/army crawling around on the floor in upstairs family room equiped with those wonderful green curtains that were custom made for this home!!

Lucky for us the kitchen came with the pencil sharpener, old school first aid kit and a couple of yard sticks!!!

One of the best features is the huge backyard that has a volleyball net and a fire pit.
















Of course I saved the best for last - - One of the two bathrooms came with this beautiful gold, metallic floor!!! The picture doesn't quite do the sparkly floor justice, but just imagine what a glorious sight it would be. SCORE!!!

All joking aside we love the new place it everything we need for our family to grow up. Xander turned 3 a week ago and got a Nintendo DS for his birthday which he loves. He plays super mario and thinks it is hilarious when he dies.

Caitlyn has started crawling too. She has two teeth now and does this army crawl where she pulls herself with her arms and pushes with her toes.

They are getting so big and this summer has been so fun with all the swimming and going to the park. I love being a mom.

My little girls is growing up - Caitlyn got her first tooth!!! Yay for her - ouch for mom.

I haven't posted in so long because I wanted to put up pictures of our new place, but I can't for the life of me find the battery charger for the camera - its lost somewhere between here and Springville. So until the one we just bought off ebay arrives you all will have to wait. We love it here though. We have an awesome ward, a huge backyard and just so much space. i mean my parent's place is nice and we so appreciated them for letting us stay there for so long, but it feels great to have our own space.

We love you all and thanks to everyone for the support - I hope we can return the favors someday.

Its been a while

Well it has been a while since my last post. Lots has happened - our first annual Mothers Day Weekend; we ate, talked and shopped. We all decided our night away was not long enough. But we did do quite a bit of damage at the outlets. Not all of those bags are mine - we all had our fair share.

We also took Xander to A Day out with Thomas. It was a lot of fun besides the horrible wind and the crowds. He really enjoyed it.

I also want to thank Lindsey for arranging the Modbe party/SYTYCD party. It was a lot of fun and we tried on some really cute swimsiuts (although not as cute on the body).

Not that anyone is interested in what my kids are doing but jusst an update - Caitlyn is rolling everywhere and Xander is addicted to Super Mario Brothers on Nintendo DS (he is horrible at it and thinks it is hilarious when mario dies).

Also, we are moving to Orem on June 1st and we are really excited. We have loved living with my parents and Xander is going to have a hard time without my mom right upstairs, but it is time to move on and do our own thing now.

Caitlyn rolled over!!! Last night Cailtyn rolled over for the first time. As exciting as these steps are, I can't help but think it is the beginning of the end - once they roll over they never go back to simply immobile. Its still exciting though. Go Caitlyn!!

While we were all oohing and aahing at Caitlyn, Xander decided to give us show too and mooned us. He has never done that before and hopefully he won't make a habit of it. (He probably learned that from his uncle Tyson)
My kids definitely keep my life interesting thats for sure.