Merry Christmas!

Okay, so these pictures aren't the best pics of Santa and the boys, but it's what I have for now :) This was at our ward Christmas party last Friday.

Brayden wouldn't say a word and Tyson was scared. Tyson also spilled a cup of water down him right before.

Family Update

Hello friends and family! Here's a little bit about us and what we've been up to:

Brent, works at RR Donnelley, a printing press company. He has been there for about 6 yrs. He runs the machines there. He doesn't absolutely love it, but it pays the bills :) He is busy working 12 hr. shifts, graveyard, but will be switching to 8 hr. shifts next year. He will still be on a graveyard shift, but hopefully he will get more sleep! He also watches the kids in the morning while I go to work. He is a very supportive husband and father, and I love him so much!
He loves to play basketball, and is looking forward to church ball when he can play more.

Kara, works part-time at Spring Creek, as a special ed. aide. This is my 5th yr. here, and I absolutely love it! I enjoy seeing the student's progress over the school year, and it is so fun to get to know them :) I also am very busy with two little boys, and try to keep up with church callings, blogging, scrapbooking and the daily chores and errands. I am on the Enrichment committee, and in charge of Activity Days with the 8-12 yr. old girls in my ward. I also love to read, and wish I had more time to do so.

Brayden, is turning 3 in less than a week! He learned to be potty trained this year, and is now sleeping without a pull-up! He kept waking up dry for 3 weeks straight, so we decided to go for it, and he is doing really well. Only one accident, in the past two weeks. He knows all his letters and is still learning colors and shapes. He loves the t.v shows: Super Why, Word World, Clifford and Curious George, and now he can't get enough of Thomas the Train. He loves playing computer games on PBS Kids, and would all day if I let him.

Tyson, is just over a yr. old and is walking around! He says a few words: momma, dadda, no, uh oh, please and thank you. He loves to mimic sounds and loves music. If he hears any on the t.v. or radio he will start swaying back and forth. He will even dance to the commercials :) He loves his brother and wants to be wherever he is. He is such a sweet little boy and is growing so fast!

We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. Merry Christmas and have a very happy new year!

Birthday Weekend!

I officially turned 25 on Saturday! I know, I'm old. A quarter of a century! (When I put it like that, I sound really old.) I had a pretty good day. Friday, I went out with some work friends for lunch at Village Inn and got free pie. Yummy!
Saturday I worked at Sports Academy in the morning, then we got my parents to watch the kids later. We did the traditional dinner and a movie. We were going to eat at Hamiltons, but it was a 2 hr. wait, so we ate at Wingers. Then we went to the movie "Momma Mia" Brent told me I could choose, and I was thinking Twilight, but knew Brent wouldn't have liked it. I had no idea he would hate Momma Mia. He has seen musicals before and hasn't minded them, but this one, of course, was different. He even told me he would have rather seen Twilight! He said he liked Moulin Rouge much better than Momma Mia, and he didn't even like Moulin Rouge! I loved the music, but the movie wasn't that great. Owell, it was fun anyway, being together and laughing about how dumb the movie was throughout it.

Twilight and Thanksgiving!

Hello my friends. So what did everybody think of Twilight? Just curious :) I went to see it with a group of friends and sister-in-laws, Saturday the day after it opened. It was a lot of fun! I was so excited I couldn't sleep good Friday night! It felt like Christmas! I know I'm weird. A few of us even took a picture by the poster outside. It was awesome! I will have to post it when I get it from my friend.
The movie was good and all but it wasn't great. I thought the acting wasn't very good and Jake was cuter in my mind than he was in the movie and his "friends" (wolf bros) too. Edward was also cuter in my mind, but they did an okay job with him and Bella. I just feel like Bella didn't show alot of emotion, she seemed boring, but I guess that is how she is?
Well, the next movies should be better, now that they will be working with a company, instead of doing it independent. I just love the books! I can't handle it! I swear these are the best books I have ever read! She could totally expand and write another one. If she doesn't then I will!
In my book I would have a fight between Jake and Nahuel for Renesme, then somehow the Volturi decides to fight them and it would be a close one, but the Cullens would win and kill the Volturi totally off, and they would be the new followers and they would take care of the Vampires that break the rules. How cool would that be? okay sorry if you haven't read all the books and I gave too much info! I just can't stop talking about it!

Okay, Thanksgiving! we really didn't have much of a Thanksgiving this year. Brayden woke up with a high fever so I stayed home with him :( Brent and Tyson went over to be with his family and brought us back food. The next morning he still had a fever, but then went down by the afternoon. Everyone at Brent's still wanted us to come over so we went and ate food and played games. So at least we did that :) Then the next day Tyson was throwing up and had a fever too! So it has been a fun week! Now they both just have the cough and stuffy, runny noses. They also have a hard time sleeping. Last night was the first night I didn't have to wake up to take care of one of them! yeah! I am suprized I haven't got sick yet. My immune system rocks! Brent started getting a cold yesterday, bummer.
So Thanksgiving has past, even though I didn't have a blast. I look forward to next year when we will hopefully be there! :) (I felt like rhyming)
To end, I just want everyone to know how thankful I am to have such good friends as you! I am so thankful for a wonderful husband who puts up with my craziness, and for two beautiful little boys who add to the craziness :)

Brayden's Top 10 Funnies

I was looking back at Brayden's journal and thought I'd write about a few of his funny sayings.

1. Last year when we were at stake conference there was this little boy with a pirate's of the carribean action figure. Brayden pointed at the beard and said "Ho, Ho. Ho" He thought anyone with a beard was Santa Clause, even if their beard wasn't white!
2. Brayden has a Spiderman placemat and he dropped food on it and said, "Get choo, maman"
3. He used to say the letter 'W' "Ubbledew"
4. He used to call Tysons bottle, "a bottom"
5. One time I was helping him pull up his pants after going to the bathroom and he pointed at my shirt and said, "A shirt, a bum" because he saw down my shirt and thought it looked like a bum! Ha Ha (this one is one of my favorites! He probably saw a little bum, that's all I can say!)
6. Now, whenever he goes poo in the toilet he looks at it and says, "Snakes in there!" (another one of my favorites :))
7. There was a time when Brayden and Tyson kept screaming back and forth. I kept telling them to stop! finally I went over to them and gave each of them a 'flick' on the mouth. Tyson just pouted and let out a small cry. Brayden got really mad and screamed at me, then he went over to Tyson and said, "Mommy hurt you, I'm sorry" and gave him a hug. I just had to laugh.
8. Speaking of 'flicks': One time I was telling Brayden something that he didn't want to do and he came up to me and asked, "Wanna flick?" and came at me with his fingers. (Smart Alec!)
9. Brayden is a teaser, and does anything for a laugh. whenever he put on his Bee costume for Halloween he said, "Oh no, bee get you, bee on me, oh no!"
10. Lastly, one time Brayden farted and said, "a burp in there" pointing at his bum.

If you want to play the game, try to name 10 things your child/children or any other member of your family has done or said, just for laughs :)

Halloween Party

We had a Halloween party with our neighbors last Wednesday. The kids loved trying to eat a donut from a string, and mostly loved playing. They could care less about the games :)

Trying to get a group picture :)

Halloween!

We had a Halloween party with some friends a week before Halloween. I was suppose to be Lois Lane, but it didn't really work out because Brent didn't want to dress up as Clark Kent. I even got him glasses that he wouldn't wear (party pooper!) I also cut and dyed my hair. Mainly because I wanted a change, but I thought Halloween would be a perfect excuse :)

Halloween day I took the kids to the mall to trick or treat at the stores with some neighbors and friends. Then we went over to Adam and Joanns' (Brent's brother and wife) and took the kids trick or treating. Brayden was so funny. When he saw the pumpkin that looked like it was throwing up he said "uh oh, coughing" I guess he doesn't know the word throw up yet :)

There was this house that had a strobe light, and Brayden said, "No, not that one!" (He was scared of the lights). There was a bowl of candy on the porch so I said I would go get him one. I started walking up to the house and Brayden said, "No, Mommy, No!" I told him it was okay, and I even did a little dance in the light. When we were walking away, Brayden pointed at the strobe light and said, "My Mommy!" Like he was telling it off, and like the strobe light got me :) We just laughed.

Lastly, we celebrated the boys' B-days. Tyson is 5 days older than his cousin Jake. They had a fun time, especially with the cake!

Halloween in the past

last year, Brayden was Superman. I was a pumpkin. (I thought that was perfect, because I had that extra weight!) I just bought a cheap mask for Brent, since he hates to dress up, and Tyson was .............. Can you guess? Drum roll ............, a deer hunter. He was only a week old! I had no idea when he would be born. His due date was Nov. 6th, So I didn't know if we would have him for Halloween. I went to Wallmart a couple days before Halloween and couldn't find anything! Not even those cute halloween onsies. All I found was a new born camoflauge sweater, and I thought, okay a hunter :)

The big round pumpkin and the cute deer hunter :)

Superman!

Our cute little Tyson

I can't believe he was that small! they grow so fast!

He says, "Hi"

Two years ago Brayden was a Lion and I was Dorthy

Cute little Lion!

Happy Birthday Tyson!

I can't believe Tyson is a year old! That year went by fast! His birthday was yesterday. We just celebrated with our little family. I made stuffed french bread pizza for dinner. Then we had Tyson open his present. It wasn't really wrapped, but He had fun playing on it. It is a bigger car seat! wa hoo! Then we sang Happy Birthday and had cake and ice cream :) Of course, he loved the cake!
We are having a Halloween part Monday with my family, so we will celebrate then with them, and we are going to My in-laws for Halloween. Tyson has a cousin that was born 5 days after him, so my sister in-law is going to get a cake with both of there names on it. So we will have another little part then :) I bet we will always have a Halloween/Birthday Party in one, since his birthday is so close to Halloween.

What we've been up to

Top of Utah 5k run

Running to the finish line!

Water show in Salt Lake, at the Gateway Mall

Family Pics

It rained so much last week that there was a

huge puddle in our parking lot. The kids loved

riding through it. That drain needs to be fixed!

It's a bugger in the winter

Uh Oh, who's got mommy's lip gloss?

Coming home from a long walk. Me and my friend

Katie, have been going for walks to lose those extra pounds!

Also just for fun :)

I watched my friend Delia's boy, Owen, While she was having

her baby! We went for a walk and they both crashed

Tyson cheesin' it. Always so happy after a nap.

Brayden got stung twice by a wasp, in August!

It stung him on the leg first and then flew up his shorts and

got his bum! He was so sad. Thanks to the neighbors

that helped!

Back shot

Now that Brayden doesn't like Bees (wasps) he thinks it's fun to hit them with sticks. I tell him over and over not to hit them with sticks! Just Wednesday, him and his friend Chloe ran to us screaming! I knew right away he got stung. When I got to him, there was one sitting on the top of his head, and 3 that were on his back! I started swatting at them, to get them off, and then was ripping his clothes off. I noticed he got stung 5x! Chloe got stung twice and so did Katie, (Chloe's mom) She ran away with Chloe and the wasps followed. I'm suprised they didn't get me, because I was hitting the crap out of them! Stupid Wasps! I actually got stung this summer too and it hurts like you know what! The land lords better get rid of that nest or I'm going to freak out! Oh, wait I already am freaking out :)


Tyson loves Daddy's wiskers

Little stinker's about ready to walk.

Brayden loves the computer! (just like his dad) He will play on PBS Kids for hours. I love those times when I can get stuff done :)

Tyson got stuck under the kitchen chair. He was trying to

crawl through it. I had to take a picture before I helped him.

Family Pictures

Last Saturday we took pictures at my in-laws. Brent complained and had asked me if we were going to take a family picture every season for this blog, and I said "yep". He hates pictures, but is willing to do it, if that's what makes me happy :)

5 yrs. and 2 kids later, and we still

look happy :)

Cute little boys!

You want me to smile, what?

There we go Tys

This picture was funny. Tyson was trying to get

away, and Brayden was looking at the rain

Weekend in Salt Lake

We actually got to stay last weekend in Salt Lake without the kids! We haven't done that in forever! (Before Tyson was born and he is almost a year!)

On our way down friday, we stopped in Ogden and shopped at Target (love that place) I always find good stuff there.

We stayed at the Radisson Hotel and ate lots of good food from their restaurant.

We shopped at the Gateway. I love the water show! I could sit there for hours and watch it, especially when they play the music with it. After a while Brent was getting bored. I also loved watching the kids play in it, and I thought 'Brayden would love this!' We will have to go with him next time.

We went to the Imax theatre, that was so cool! I haven't seen a 3D movie since I was a little kid. I even tried to grab stuff just for fun. We had a good time.

5k Run!

I ran the Top of Utah 5k run this morning! It was only 3 miles, but still hard. I ran it in 28 min. and 14 sec. On the tredmill I can run it in 26 min. This run had a couple hills. The first woman ran it in 18 min. and the last was almost an hour! So I think I did pretty good :)
I hope I can make this a regular challenge every fall. I guess it depends on when we have more kids, but I still want to try.
There was this woman that ran it and she looked about 6 months pregnant! I don't think I could do that!
My Mom, Dad and Trish came to support me, and Brent came with the kids. He did take a couple pictures, so I will have to post those later, unless I look too freaky! Brayden thought it was pretty cool that I ran. He kept saying, "mommy run".
When we watched the olympic runners on T.V. he would say "get em, get em, get em, run run run!" So I wonder if he said that, I will have to ask Brent :)

Memories

I have seen this on other blogs and thought it would be fun:

1. As a comment, write one memory you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or alot. Anything you remember.
2. Re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's really fun to see the responses!
3. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll write a memory on your blog :) If you don't have a blog, I'll write a memory about you through e-mail or Facebook.

Hope you play! Happy memories!

Family Fun

• We had a family get together for my side of the family, at the end of August. My sister had taken pictures, so I was waiting for them, but then I decided I would write about it and post pictures later :)
• The plan was to stay the weekend at my parents' and sleep in the backyard in tents. Since we live so close, we had the option of going home to sleep in our own beds :)
• Thursday night Brayden slept in a tent with Grandpa and Brayden's cousin, Ike. Brayden was scared at first, because it was "gark" outside. Once he was in the tent, he loved it! Brent had to work, and I went home with Tyson. My dad said it took them a while to fall asleep, but then they slept the whole night and woke up at 6:30 am. (Early for Brayden, but they had fun)
• Friday the kids enjoyed playing outside in the water. My mom got a tarp and nailed it down a grassy hill in the backyard. The kids loved it! Brayden mostly liked to spray the hose. he was scared to go down the hill. I tried it, but it wasn't that fun for me. My big thigh got stuck on the tarp and chafed it! (I didn't go down a second time) I also threw Brayden and Tyson down. They didn't like that too much either (Okay, not threw, but pushed them down) :)
• Friday night we watched 'The Bee Movie' outside on a projector, on the back of the house. My brother in-law made a screen with a sheet. (Good job Troy!) It turned out really good :) That was so fun!
• That night Brent and Bryce (brother in-law) Went to see the midnight showing of 'The Dark Night' (Batman) we have already seen it, but Brent loves it. He said he wants to go a few times before it's out of the theatres. Me and Alisha (sister) went back to our place to sleep with the kids. My other sisters and their husbands, and kids slept outside in the tents, at my parents'.
• Saturday we all went to the Aquatic Center and swam. It was alot of fun. Brayden loved going down the slide and Tyson splashed in the shallow end.
• That night we had a dutch oven dinner and desert. we played fun games with the kids, and played ultimate frisbie with the adults. The guys enjoyed shooting arrows from a bow, and hitting a target. (thanks Bryce)
• We had a fun weekend. My mom said this will start a family tradition, but we will see. We always say we are going to plan family traditions, but it never happens. I hope it follows through and becomes one! :)

Fun up the Canyon

This was the time we went up the canyon

and roasted marshmellows with Adam and Joann,

and Brayden got pushed in the river!

Brayden, Tyson, Jake and Dylan

Cousins!

Dylan and Brayden Chillin' around the fire.

Notice the babies in the background :)

Jake and Tyson hanging out. The play pen
was such a good idea, so they wouldn't get all dirty and
eat the dirt!

Getting a little too close to the river Brayden!

The Kids had a really good time.
They loved throwing rocks in the river. I hope
we can go camping soon, before summer is over!

Mom to the Resque!

Okay, I decided I will write more often, even if I don't have the pictures to show right away. I will post those later, when I get them :)
Last Sunday we went up the canyon and roasted marshmellows with Adam and Joann, and their kids. (Brent's Brother) Brayden was scared at first, because there was a shooting range close by. He didn't like the loud noises of the guns. Once that was over he started to play. He and his cousin Dylan liked throwing rocks in the river. The babies played in the play pen.
The river kind of scared me, because the kids would get pretty close. Brayden was being very cautious. He bent over to pick up a rock, and Dylan pushed him in! Dylan is younger, about 8 months younger than Brayden. We were all standing pretty close, I was the closest, and I was holding Tyson at the time. I could see it happen before it happened! I got to him as soon as I could, and as he was going in I grabbed his free arm before he went all the way under! That was a close one! I can't beleive I grabbed him with one arm, as I was holding Tyson! I still don't know how I did that, I just did it. When your child's safety is at risk it just happens. I guess I have good reflexes :) We got him into dry clothes and we sat by the fire. He was freezing, but warmed up quickly. That was a crazy experience!

5 yr. Anniversary!

We have been married 5 years yesterday! 5 years later and two kids :) We were planning to go away this weekend, but every hotel was booked. We will celebrate in a couple weeks. Brent came home with a half a dozen roses! He doesn't do that very often, so that was nice. Brayden kept wanting to smell them. "mmm yummy" He would say :) We enjoyed hanging out with our little family, pizza and a movie.

Bear Lake

We went to Bear Lake for the day, Saturday July 19th. We share a cabin up there with my Dad's side of the family. My parents came with Trish, and My sister, Angela came with her kids. We had a really good time. The kids loved to play in the sand and water. We got alot of sun! Brent kept telling me I needed to put on sunscreen and that I shouldn't lay out for very long. I got perfect sun, but guess who came back burnt? Brent! Ha Ha

Summer Fun!

Taking Friends, Owen and Chloe for a ride.

Brayden and Owen enjoyed flicking water from a bucket!

This was at the end of May, first time playing outside with water.

It was still a little chilly.

Having a BBQ with neighbors, for the 4th of July

Brayden thinks he is so cool on his motorcyle. It was actually left from a former neighbor, who never came to pick it up! The landlord said we could have it, so all we had to buy was a $30 charger! Brayden is doing better at driving. He used to run into cars and the bushes, but now he is getting the hang of it.

Hanging out before the fireworks started.

We live only a few blocks away from the Stadium,

so we enjoyed watching them from the parking lot.

Brayden enjoying a snack!

We roasted hotdogs and made S'mores a few weeks ago

with friends. This was Brayden's first campfire of the year.

He was kind of scared, can you tell? :)

Brayden and Hallee playing some ball, before the campfire

Cute kids!

Tyson is on the move! He started crawling

a few weeks ago :)

Tayson, Tyson, Elli and Matix

We went to the park a couple weeks ago with friends.

We have 4 babies all about the same age! It was fun watching them play.

Roll over! :)

Brayden and the girls,

Brynlee and Kaylee

Summer hair cuts! I decided to shave it all off!
I tried to convince Brent into shaving his, but he wouldn't let me.

24th of July Parade.

Get the candy Brayden or mommy will!

Treasure Hunt at Grandma's for the 24th