Jack-O-lanterns

While visiting the store yesterday Megan noticed that the pumpkins were only $1.98 so without hesitation she asked if her and Kaitlyn and Ty could buy their Halloween pumpkins. I told her yes, but that we would have to come back because we were running late and needed to get to their Aunt Brynn's house. After 6 hours of playing with cousins we made it back Wal-Mart where they all picked out a pumpkin.

So the next day Megan's first question out of her sweet little mouth was..."can we carve our pumpkins now?" I told her later and when later came she asked if she could get them out of the car in the pouring rain. With permission she headed out in the rain and brought all three pumpkins into the house. They then took a pen and drew their faces on the pumpkins. I came up stairs and started the process of cutting the pumpkins when Wayne (the pro) took over. I took pictures of all the fun keeping my hands nice and clean, until it came to gutting Ty's pumpkin.megan's jack o lanternKaitlyn's Jack o lantern Wayne cut the top off and we told Ty to start pulling out the seeds and stuff and he wouldn't go near it. He said it smelled bad and it was gross. We tried everything to get him to just try to pull some of it out, but he stuck to his guns and wouldn't do it. Ty's jack o lanternmmmmm yummyout of the pumpkin jack o lanternnot sure which of my kids took this pic, but it is super cuteAs I started gutting the pumpkins Wayne the pro carver started cutting out the faces the kids had drawn. All in all it was some fun family time.

My Baby turned 4!

Well my baby boy turned 4 on October 17th. Ty has become my sweet little buddy who is always by my side. This was the first year that Ty had a party close to all his family. He asked for a dirt bike birthday cake and well it isn't exactly easy to find a store that makes a dirt bike birthday cake, so I took matters into my own hands and made one from scrap. The day started with Ty waking up a little grumpy and not wanting to be messed with. After much persuasion I finally managed to get him into a happy mood. We had breakfast and began getting ready for church. At church Ty stayed by my side nearly the whole time. All day long he reminded me that he was the birthday boy. After church we came home had some dinner we broke out the birthday cake and ice cream. After ice cream and cake Ty was able to open his gifts with his family, cousins, and grandparents watching.

Some of my favorite things about Ty:

His smile

His baby blue eyes

His laugh

When he wakes me up in the middle of the night and crawls in bed with us

His love for his sisters

His love for anything dirt bike and Halo

His hugs and kisses

His need to get dressed as soon as he wakes up

When he calls me his booshe (the nickname he gave me, not sure what it means)

When he calls me baby

His Loves

I can't imagine my life without my baby boy. I look forward to watching him grow in to a wonderful man like his father. I am excited to see what the future brings in raising a boy, but for right now I am enjoying the heck out of my little guy.

Salon + Tutu's = A Happy Birthday!!!

On October 15th my sweet baby girl Kaitlyn turned 7! I told her this year she could choose between a regular friend and family birthday party or she could invite some friends and we would go get their hair done and go to lunch and get pictures taken. Like the smart girl she is she told me "I would like both" I told her one or the other. She picked the day out with friends. What most people don't know is that Kaitlyn has a twin! Okay not really, but pretty close. Kaitlyn has a cousin who was born the same day at the same hospital in the next room an hour and 20 minutes after her. Her name is Kayla Wright and so her mother and I decided to make this day a special day for both girls who haven't celebrated their birthday's together since they were 2 years old. The day started bright and early at 8:30 in the morning. Each girl had a tutu made to wear for the day, so with tutu's in hand we loaded up in the van and headed out to pick up Kayla, Audra and Myllie. With all five girls in the van the excitement was bursting at the seams. We ended up at the Aveda ( I think that is how it's spelled) hair school in Provo. Each girl was assigned at stylist and was taken in the back and the fun began. Each girl told the stylist how they wanted their hair and for the most part they sat and watched the stylist do their magic, except for my sweet niece Myllie who carried on a conversation with her stylist from start to finish.

After the hair was done the stylist took the girls to another room and painted their finger nails. But they didn't just paint their nails they painted flowers and added jewels too. Then it was off to another room where they got a little lip gloss, blush, and light eye shadow. To say the least the girls just ate it up and I am not just talking about Kaitlyn and her cousins.
After Aveda we went to get pics taken at Kiddie Kandids, but they were super busy and couldn't get us in for a few hours, so we went to Sears and again they couldn't get us in either. My sis in law Audra has a talented friend and with one phone call set up a time and place to get pictures taken. We then went to lunch a Pirate Island where the girls played and won tickets to get prizes. We munched on yummy (but super greasy pizza) and a birthday cake that I stayed up decorating til 1 in the morning. After pizza and cake the girls opened up their gifts and played some more. Next we headed to Salem pond where Jenny our photographer met us and took some adorable pics of the girls. I think over all it was a successful day!

Happy Birthday to my amazing, sweet, funny girl. Your dad and love you and are blessed to have you in our lives.

Trying something new

So I decided that I need to try something new, and since Kaitlyn and Ty's birthdays were coming up I thought I would try to make an actual cool cake with fondant and everything. I new that regular fondant is kind of... no really gross. So I searched on the Internet for any other kind of fondant and found a cool spider man cake and to my amazement the cake was made out of marshmallow fondant. I decided that I would do a practice run first and see if it was even possible. So here is my first and only attempt.


I think it turned out pretty good. I even played around with color. Unfortunately the kids did not like the taste of the marshmallow fondant either which is why it has been my one and only attempt. I did however learn something new yay me!

1st and 3rd here we come!!!

So Megan and Kaitlyn started school on the 24th of August. Megan is in 3rd grade this year and her teacher is Ms. Thurber and Kaitlyn is in 1st grade and her teacher is Mrs. Osbourn.
The morning started out with the girls waking up bright and early at 7:00 am (thirty minutes before they needed too.) They had picked out their outfits weeks before and looked so cute . They gave their first day of school hair do requests and picked out their breakfast. Because we live in the country the girls get to ride the bus to school, so I took pictures of the girls while waiting for the bus. This is a picture of the whole crew waiting for the bus to come. Left to right: Kaitlyn, Megan, Courtney, Carson and Lyndsay.Ty even got in on all the school action. He picked out his outfit on his own and even wore is new backpack just like the big kids. I think out of all my kids he is diffenently the most ready to start school. It's just to bad he has to wait one more year.

Going Private

Wayne and I have decided to make our family blog private. I will be making it private as of the 1st of August. If you would like an invite please leave me your email address in the comments.

Under the Hood

So this past Saturday I spent most of the day at work. Not the best way to spend the holiday weekend, but you do what you have to do. While I was workin Wayne took the kids to their cousins house in Sanatquin where they went four wheeling and drew crazy pictures on the drive way. They were lucky enough to eat bbq ribs and homemade ice cream. After a fun filled day of playin with cousins and work we all headed home. On the way home Wayne had stopped to wash his truck. When he opened up the hood of his truck to spray down the engine he found a most unusual surprise..... A Birds nest with 5 blue eggs. Needless to say he didn't spray down the engine and drove home where the nest of eggs are setting undisturbed.

School's out for Summer

So we are in the last week of school for Megan and Kaitlyn and the end of the year performances have been great! Megan had her 2nd grade performance a few weeks ago. They sang some cute songs and a they all said their favorite poem. Megan did a great job and she was smiling the whole time. She memorized her poem and under the advice of her grandmother spoke slow and clear. Kaitlyn had her kindergarten graduation today. It was really cute. They sang several songs about all the things they had learned through out the year. They even sang one song that I sung when I was in elementary school. We spent all night getting her graduation dress ready for today. After all the songs were sung and we were able to watch a cute slide show. Then they were able to do the kindergarten graduation walk. They received a certificate of completion with their graduate picture. Kaitlyn was lucky enough to graduate with her two cousins Ethan and Erik.

I can't believe that I will have a 3rd grader and now a 1st grader. Ty will also start preschool this year. I guess Wayne and I are now offically on our way to being empty nesters. Time is going by so fast!

So, finally an update

It has been since before Christmas that I have updated my blog and instead of doing many posts to catch up I am just going to do one BIG post.

We had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. I had a fabulous birthday where the kids took me to see The Lighting Thief (my treat). Wayne and I got back together in March and moved in with his family out in the glorious land of Goshen. Easter was also fantastic! The Easter Bunny was very nice this year. I am still working for Subway as a quality control manager and enjoying most of the time. Wayne is still currently looking for employment, but is thoroughly loving being a SAHD.

Megan was baptized on Feb. 6th. It was one of the best days of my life. She is the greatest big sister to Kaitlyn and Ty and an amazing friend to her cousins. She is loving being around her cousins, but is missing her Cedar friends. She often tells me stories of things she and her friends did in Cedar. She is enjoying achievement days and just had her first Daddy/daughter date and won 3rd place in the powder puff pine wood derby with her cousin Courtney.Kaitlyn is her usual happy silly self. She is doing great in school and is also loving being around her cousins. She too is missing her best buddies Easton and Cole and can't wait until our next trip down south. Kaitlyn just had a procedure called a nuclear sanitises this past week to see if her kidney reflux had heal over this past year. It took two hours, but she was sedated and doesn't remember a thing. The results of the procedure were a little surprising. We found out that not only has her left kidney reflux stayed the same, but that she also has reflux on the right side. Our next step is to visit Dr. White at Primary Children's to see if she will need surgery to fix it.

Ty is getting bigger and bigger it seems each day. He is loving all the time he has had with his dad. They have become nearly inseparable. He has become quite the little gamer and loves playing his spider man game. He has also enjoyed riding the horses and the 4 - wheelers. He recently had his tonsils and adnoid out and has been sleeping in until nearly 10:00 am every morning. He also has become a talker and says some of the cutest things I have ever heard. He lets me know every day that I am his and he is mine.
Just last night we took the kids to their first AMA Supercross race. We had pretty good seats and we had great stadium food and were nice and warm. Then the rain came. It rained from the start of the first race a got worse as the night progressed. The kids did great up until the last 15 min. We got to see our favorite rider Kevin Windham win the race. By the end of the night we were soaked to the bone and very cold, but it made for a great family memory that we will never forget.