Building a Forever Family

Monday, November 9, 2009

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

(Three new posts just so you know!...keep reading!)

Happy Halloween! Fall is my favorite time of year, such perfect weather and so many fun fall activities for families around here. We made it out to Thanksgiving Point this year and went to their famous "Cornbelly's corn maze." They had so many fun activities for the kids there, it was actually pretty amazing. Slides, blow up jumping things, hay rides, etc..my kids loved it and when it was to go they were kicking and screaming.
We had so much fun this year and am so sad that it's already over! This year my sweet Brooklyn was a dancer girl off of High School Musical, Austin was Bumblebee the Transformer, and Talon was a lion. They were the cutest kidos ever and had so much fun. We went to our wards trunk or treat and got more candy then you can imagine! My family was so nice and come up to spend it with us. My mom, dad, sister Kyli, and my other sister Taucia and her fiance' Ryan. During that day we went wedding dress shopping for Taucia and she found the dress of her dreams! Then we came home, went to the trunk or treat, came back home, ate pizza and the Oreo dirt cake and spider cupcakes I made, then watched a scary movie to end the night. Thanks to my family for coming and spending some time with us (especially to my 16 yr old sister Kyli, I know you had to have given up some sweet Halloween parties. I really appreciate it! Oh, and I just have to brag real quick about Kyli, she's a freshman and just made the varsity basketball team! Good job Kyli, I'll be coming home to watch many a games! Love you all, see you in a few weeks for Thanksgiving!

My little lion

Daddy and his boy

The famous dirt cake...it was soooo good if I do say so myself

Taucia and Ryan, so cute!

My spider cupcakes

I thought this was such a cool chair...Talon thought otherwise as you can see!

"one day my prince will come..."such a little princess

Loves from my girl

They had such cute things at this place!

Austin was all smiles the whole time

Me and my baby

They went down this slide probably 50 times

cheese!

We aren't really brave enough around here to attempt carving pumpkins yet so we pain them. These are our final products

Ben is seriously awesome. We have probably been through three vacuums since we've lived here. Ben took back our other vacuum about a month ago and when he left I told him not to come home with some cheepo one again or I would scream! He called me and told me that he bought one on sale for $75 and all I said was, "If this one breaks in the next year I'm buying a Dyson." He just laughed and said ok. That night he walked in the door with a Dyson...oh I love him! Thanks for spoiling me babe. Our carpet has never been so clean, I vacuum every day now..it's my favorite chore!

This is Brooklyn's favorite part about Halloween, she LOVES painting the pumpkins, and every year she chooses blue.

Such an artist

My little pumpkin

LAKE POWELL BABY!!

Yes, that is right ladies and gentleman, I found my new favorite place on earth! Ben and his family have been talking Lake Powell up for YEARS. I never having been, knew it would be fun, but never imagined I would fall in love! Ben and I were invited with some friends of ours to go to Lake Powell the beginning of September and we had an absolute blast! We left the kids home with my little Sister for the weekend, so that made it even better! I loved spending some much needed time with my husband and getting to know 'us' again. The weather was perfect, in the 80's-90's and nights were gorgeous. We skiied, wakeboarded, watched the stars, played games, ate lots of food, swam, etc..It was a dream. I decided I love Lake Powell so much because of the peacness of it. It was so beautiful, serisously breath taking. All of the red rock and beautiful scenery was seriusly amazing. We slept in a tent, (which I love), layed out, read books, slept, it was fun. (I want to go back!) Even though i missed my kids, it was a much needed vacation and hope to do it again in the near future. Thanks friends, we had a blast!

Love you babe

Alot of horseshoe competitions between the husbands..you all know mine is VERY competitive, so I won't say out loud who won. (Good job Matt!)

Awww

I asked Ben to paint my toenails thinking he would just laugh, but much to my suprise he did it! And actually did a pretty good job! Husband of the year award.. I'm pretty sure!

Jill Riley and the gorgeous red rock

Smile!

Can you see us? Ben and I climbed this little Mountain and are sitting by that big rock and green bush. We dove out of the boat, swam over to it and climbed, then just did some scenery watching.

Our humble abode

Wishing this was our abode...someday honey, someday..

Kisses

our campsite

My talented husband. You put a pair of skiis on this man (water or snow) and he flys! He seriously is so good at it, it's so fun to watch.

The girls

Got up! My first try on the wakboard and I got up! How long I stayed up...now that's another story.

Jill and John

Swimming

My dare devil of a husband. For some reason he gets a thrill of diving off of very high cliffs...I beg him every swmming trip we go on not to, doesn't do much if you can't tell.

After much pursuasion he talked me into jumping off. I know it doesn't look that high but when you are up there it's way higher I swear!!

Us at the top

Aubrey and Matt

The happy couple

Skiing!

END OF SUMMER UPDATE

So sweet of my cute husband..awhile back I was telling him how being a stay at home mom we are on different pages sometimes. After a hard day of work, he wants to come home, relax, just be around me and the kids, watch some tv (and sports of course)..and then there is me who stays home all day, does daycare twice a week so when my days are done, I'm ready to get out, be social, around him and friends. Don't get me wrong, there are definite days and nights where I want nothing more then to just stay home and do nothing, but sometimes I think everyone needs a little change of pace for sure. SOOOO, Ben works with a friend of his named Dennis. Dennis is always telling Ben about his elk hunting when it's that time of year and Ben has been saying for a long time how it would be fun to go and watch him scout some out sometime. After work one night he called me and told me to meet him out at his work in hiking clothes. We got in his truck and in climbed Dennis. He drove us up the canyon and we followed him for miles and miles as we called for Elk and anything else we could find. It was so beautiful and fun. We didn't see any Elk but did spot a Mouse but only for a few short seconds. It rained towards then end, but it was still so fun, and as you can see we came across an amazing rainbow half way through. Thanks to my creative husband for caring enough about me to do cute things like that here and there. Thanks to Dennis too, we had a blast!
The rest of these pictures are of my adorable ballerina! Brooklyn not only started preschool this year, but also joined her first dance class! She has been asking me for over a year now to put her in dance, so I finally did and boy does she love it! Her first day she was a little nervous but after that she was hooked! She dances around the house all day and tells everyone that she's in dance. I'm so happy to have such a sweet little girl, she is at such a fun age and makes me laugh every day! It's so fun to dress up, paint nails and go to dance! Love her so much

This is Dennis calling in the Elk

Aww

New Tinkerbell back pack we found for preschool!

My little Ballerina

First day class

All smiles

There's my little dancer, of course the tallest in her class...

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Look who turned one!

That's right! Last Saturday my sweet little baby boy turned one year old! I can't believe how fast time has flown. Talon has seriously been a dream from the day he was born. I love all of my kids the same of course...but I have always called him my golden baby. He made his entrance into our lives august 22nd 2008 at 6pm. He was 7 lbs. 14 ounces and 22 1/2 inches long..yes I have long babies! From the second they put him in my arms I was in love and haven't stopped feeling that way this whole year. Through all the restless nights, the crying, the feedings, the ear infections, the teething, etc...there hasn't been a day that has gone by that he hasn't melted my heart. You can ask anyone, Talon is the most smiley little boy there is, and when you do get one of the precious smiles, he lights up the whole room and makes my day!
Here are some of Talons likes/dislikes at one:
Loves: Brooklyn and Austin..follows them around all day! He loves to say bye bye..and wave at every person even if it's just someone passing them in the grocery store. He loves to cuddle with mom and dad. He loves his Binky and his bottle. He loves jerky...I know, but it's great for teething! He loves his naps...he dives for his crib when I take him in his room. He loves to play around outside and get dirty. And he LOVES ice cream..if its' around, beware! He loves his blue star blanket!
Dislikes: He HATES getting his diaper changed...it is a serious ordeal around here these days. He's soooo super strong and I can't pin him down half of the time! He hates taking Medicine. He hates the doctor...cries already as soon as he walks in the door!

Talon, thank you for being such the perfect baby. I love you more then you will ever know and hope I have many many years to be able to show you. Sweet dreams baby boy, can't wait for the smiles in the morning.