30th Bday pics!

My friend brought over a CD of my bday pics today :) If you missed the post you can find it here.

Nevermind what he's wearing (church shirt and basketball shorts lol)....just look at his form!!

First Tonka truck! (upgraded the church shirt for football jersey...)

He is loving "Choo-choos"!

Tonight (his actual bday) we heading to Cold Stone. He's very good at blowing out candles. We didn't even have to practice!

Make sure you get enough in your mouth!! Yum!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Little Man!

Trey turns 2 today! Seriously? 2? Time has gone by soooo fast! This "little" guy has been SUCH a joy! He has such a fun personality, and a really onery side too. Thankfully it only rears it's ugly head once in a while :)

We had a little family party at our house last night. Kept it pretty low key since I'm not sure he gets the concept of "birthday" yet anyways. Just did burgers and hot dogs and hung out. It was super fun though! One fun thing that I want to remember is that at one point while we were getting dinner ready, I realized I had not seen him in a while. So, I asked everyone if they had seen him and my sister says she thinks he went toward the garage and never saw he come back. So, I open the garage door and there he is playing with his new basketball hoop. Chris had set it up, but we hadn't given it to him yet! So he totally found it! It was really funny!

Here's a few fun things about Trey at 2...

He LOVES his sister

He LOVES balls and is very coordinated dribbling a soccer ball, shooting hoops, playing catch etc. You MUST see him in action sometime :)

He is recently loving everything trains

He still doesn't talk a whole lot, but says a few fun phrases over and over and over. Like, "Ah, man!", "Ah, nuts!", "Awesome!"

He STILL loves his warm bottle of milk (needing to kick this one!)

He STILL loves his blanket and stuffed puppy "Bubba"s.

He loves corndogs. Even wakes up from his nap saying "Dah-dog"

He always asks for a drink 3 times in a row "A dee, a dee, a deeeeee"

He loves watching Yo-Gabba Gabba (and other shows/cartoons)

He loves wearing comfy shorts (ie: boardshorts, basketball shorts) with no shirt.

He loves to be sung to.


Happy Birthday, Trey!! Hope you had a fun day :) We love you!

Halloween 2009

This Halloween was crrrrrazy! For starters, I was in charge of the ward Carnival/Trunk-or-Treat the night before. We had bought almost 550 hotdogs and they were all gone (if that gives you an idea of the turn out!) But everything went well and I had a lot of help that I really appreciated!!

On Halloween day I spent most of the day cleaning since I had left a lot undone during to week due to planning the previously mentioned craziness...That evening we had invites to 3 different places but were only able to make short appearances to 2, then it was off to trick-or-treat. Since the kids already had a bunch of candy from the previous night, we cut it pretty short. Trey was being pretty uncooperative too, so that didn't help.

Of course, I think my kids were absolutely darling! Meegan was a queen (and NOT a princess as she would tell you). And Trey was a samurai. He did not like it one bit. Oh, well.

Sometimes I wish "The holidays" were spread out a little bit more so that packing up my Halloween decorations, just to turn around and unpack my Christmas decorations wasn't such a pain.

30 years, and all is well

My 30th birthday was on October 21. However, on October 16th I was duped and Chris threw me the most amazing surprise party! (pictures to come...my friend who took all the pics just had a baby this week, I'll let it go ;)) So, here's how it all went down. The week before the party a friend of mine told me that her mother wanted me to start making aprons for the home boutiques she does.. So, she invited me to check one out to see if I was interested. We roll up to her mom's house, go in the back/kitchen door and I am completely confused for a good 10 seconds. A row of people wearing all black and crazy masks welcomes me and they are singing something weird. Then I start to recognize the people behind the masks and also the song; a somber version of "Happy Birthday, to you". My friend, Kelly grabs me and dresses me in angel wings and halo and I start looking for Chris. I find him and he leads me to my tombstone birthday cake. So, obviously it was a funeral themed birthday party and it was AMAZING! All my close friends and some family members were there. And they got me. Big time!

So, knowing for a long time that this "big day" was coming I've had a lot of time to reflect on my life in these past 3 decades. And I really have to say, "All is well". I have been truely blessed with amazing family and friends. Health. Children. The list is long, so I will spare you. But honestly, I've had it pretty good (minus a few years of challenges that I brought upon myself and am lucky to have found my way out of...but wouldn't change either). I can't help but count my blessings, give thanks to a merciful and loving Heavenly Father and also to so many beautiful people that have crossed my path. Here, at 30, I am happy. No, joyous!

Squeegee and a dustpan

I've been able to share this trick with a few friends, but only after it was too late! So I thought I'd share....If ever you have a gooey liquid mess on hard flooring (something thicker than water) grab the squeegee out of your shower and scoop the mess into a dustpan. This trick will even help with pukies (that's what we call it) on the carpet. Meegan dropped an egg on the floor today so I was able to use this trick and was reminded to share! Hope it comes in handy for you someday.

I LOVE Fall!!

What's not to love?!? The weather is amazing. The holidays are on the horizon. And we get to make amazing recipes like this. Chocolate and pumpkin is one of my all-time fav's!!

We have been outside literally every day this week. My kids come home absolutely filthy, but they absolutley love it. I'll take the filthiness if it means getting outside in the awesome weather!!

Here's a few things we have to look forward to in the upcoming months...

A friend's 30th b-day
A friend's baby deing due
MY 30th b-day
A huge Halloween bash that I am in charge of
My sister's baby shower
Trey's 2nd b-day
Our 7th anniversary (which includes seeing Phantom!)
New Moon release!
Thanksgiving
My sister's baby being due
Christmas

Crazy, huh? But I LOVE it!!