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Dance Recital Winter 2010

2010-12-03T18:00:00.000-08:00

Makayla and Ethan had their Dance recital Last night. It was Awesome and so fun to watch what they have learned.

Ethan and good friend Jackson.

Makayla was so happy! She had the biggest smile the whole time.

Hunter wanted his picture taken too. This is his new smile isn't it funny.

I love this picture! Ethan loves being the tough guy! Makyala is the little angel!

Zack loved watching the girls and boys Dance. I am so glad that our favorite neighbors came. We love the Rifkins! They are the best neighbors!

Halloween 2010

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Ethan is such a big helper! He loves to help with Zack. He is always keeping a watchful eye out and making sure Zack isn't getting in too much trouble..

Hunter started soccer again and he moved up into the next level. So that means they get to play goalie. He likes it but he would rather be out in front running and kicking it in the goal.

Go lighting! That is their team name this year!

This is one of Zack favorite things to do. Lucky my computer is password protected so he doesn't usually do any damage. I love to see the excitement when he is doing something wrong>>> i don't think that is a good sign.

I don't know why theses are side ways I turned them before I put them in. Anyways, Makayla is defiantly my girl I know I have a couple of pictures pulling a face while cleaning out a pumpkin.

Zack seemed to like it too. He keep looking at me like "what do you want me to do with this?" It was so funny. My cute baby is growing up. Ahhhhh

Makayla with are awesome neighbor! We love have such good neighbors!

Ethan is such a trooper. He had to wait till after football practice and after dinner. But the time he got outside to clean his out the crickets were out. So he had them jumping on him and he still pulled through and did it. Crickets are terrible here!

This is Hunter with his pre-school teacher. Mrs. Moss. Hunter is a nut and won't smile for me!

Zack is defiantly a toddler and does not want any help eating. He make a wonderful mess every meal but we don't have any tantrums so I guess it is worth the clean up. But sometimes I wonder if he ever eats anything or if it is all over the floor and the dogs have eaten it!

My parents surprised us and came down for Halloween! It was so much fun having Grandparents here. I am really bummed that I didn't get any picture of Makayla and Ethan by themselves but at least I got a group one right.

I was a zoo keeper if you can't read my name tag. I love Monkey's so I thought it would be perfect for Zack to dress up like a monkey. He loved the trunk or treat especially after he got a sucker. He was content the rest of the time.

Isn't he adorable?
Our pumpkin's: A witch, Zack's happy face, A vampire and a kitty w/ a moon.
Ethan did candy graphing at school, so he thought it would be a good idea to do it with his candy. Which do you think won?
Hunter just sorted it into pile then he practiced counting. He did an awesome job.
Makayla my little poser! She is growing up....... Oh I want to stop time and make sure I enjoy this time with her. She likes me right now and I hope that I can cling to that in a couple of years when she doesn't think I am cool anymore.

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2010-11-01T22:23:00.000-07:00

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What been going on in our lives... this will catch you up till the end of Aug.

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Zach has discover the cupboards he loves to empty them, climb in them, and hide in them. He and Carson had a lot of fun rearranging the lids and playing with the mixing bowls.
This is the kids last year compared to the begining of this year. I can't believe the changes!

Zack climbed on top of Makayla at the water park. He thought it was so fun!

The boys playing in their fort. Makayla had hers up too.

This was a common practice this summer.

Hanging out with grandpa North. Turns out that Zack loves the four wheeler as much as his brother.

Swimming with all my kiddos. Loving it!

All the Mason kids! at East canyon

Zack at East Canyon

The parade in Fairview.

This is what Zack did during the Derby.

The 24th of July in Fairview.

Fourth of July!!!!! In Prescott. It was fun they had a nice parade and it was cooler than staying in Surprise. The Fire works were alright. We watched them from the side of the road because it there was so many people at the park it was crazy.

JUNE

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Look how big my baby is!!!! He is 10 months old and into everything! If it is something he shouldn't play with then he loves it. The dog food is his favorite, the toilet is a close second, and the stairs are no longer a challenge. He has taken a few step but why try and walk when he has a power crawl. He has a power crawl that he does when he sees an opportunity to get into something he should be into. But we love him to pieces and he gives the best kisses.

My other kiddos are growing like weeds and are learning new things everyday. They all are enjoying their summer.

This is what happens when you jump off a house boat and land on rock. The DR. says that I have a deep tissue contusion and that it will take 4 weeks to be able to walk on. But It has been 3 weeks and it seem to be getting better.

This is the crazy Mason crew. The kids have loved having Aunt Lacey here and she will be
missed.

Hunter turned four! Yeah Happy Birthday you little monster

Swimming with the kiddos, Cody and Ash and Carson came down to play. We love having them close by. So who is next to move down here? Josh and Em are here and Ash and Cody are now in Prescott. We love having family close by and would love some more!!!!!!

Aunt Lacey came to Pheonix for three weeks. We love it and it was a blessing to have her here with my foot.

Zack loves to chew on shoes.

The boys had a ton of fun with their cousin Preston. He lives in Chicago so they don't get to see him much.

We went to Lake Powell for a week. This was Zacks first trip there and he loved to eat sand and splash in the water. I have forgotten how hard it is to have a baby on a house boat. It was alot of work and I think it will be a few more years before we go again.

Start of Summer!!!!!

2010-05-11T09:18:00.000-07:00

We went to Utah in May for Amanda and Greg's wedding. The kids got a chance to beat up Uncle Gordon, lucky he survived. My boys love that they can be as rough as possible with him and he can take it. Wow they are crazy!

This is their wedding cake.

This is the arch I made out of curly willow.

Makayla loved the Dancing. She was so tired. She danced for about 6 hours!

This is at the church. It was at a Greek Orthodox church.

Makayla and Claire were the flower girls. They were so cute.

This is Aunt Lacey and Uncle Andrew and my little girl who is growing up too fast.

Isn't she Pretty?

Here is my fam.

The outside fun has began..... swimming almost everyday and the hot tub the others. If we just could get some grass and trees that would be nice.

Zack is a little monster right now. AHHHH he is into everything and does not want anything to do with baby toys. He would rather be playing in the dog food or the dishwasher. The other day I found him trying to climb in the washer. He can crawl so fast and is very determined. He doesn't like to take naps. He finally sleeps thought the night most of the time. We love having him in our family. He is one busy boy and I just can't wait to see what kind of trouble walking will bring! :)

Hunter loves being a big brother and try's to show him what to do.

Me and my boys!

Catching Up......

2010-03-18T09:12:00.000-07:00

Makayla won an award of charter in Feb. Sorry I am so behind it has been a crazy few weeks.

Zack is a cutie pie and loves to eat and make a mess. :)

Hunter is always near by and is always willing to try the baby food first to make sure it is ok for Zacky. But he won't try the green stuff!

I am one of the leaders for Activity girls and we took them to the Temple. It was a lot of fun!

This was Zack's first time on grass, he loved it and was trying to pull it out and eat it. :) Silly boy he was very entertained with the girls all making faces at him. As you can see one of the girls put a flower behind his ear!

Ethan and Makayla have been a big help by learning how to feed Zack. It is so nice.....

Makayla got her a tooth pulled and some crowns on :( They had to put her to sleep it took most of the day for her to come out of it. It was on st. Patricks day that is why she has the crazy socks on.

This is Zack crawling he is a very determined little man!

Jan 2010

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Ethan is 7! He can be such a good help and make me want to pull my hair out in the same hour. But we love him and our amazed how smart he is.

Ethan loves to take pictures, I will find my camera and it will always have a few pictures that I didn't take. The headband that Makayla is wearing I made.:)

Zack has discovered his toes and loves to eat them any chance he gets.

This is a bad picture but this is the Field next to us and it was almost full from the rain.

Zack had cereal this week. He liked it but couldn't get it fast enough and would scream at me when I took the spoon away to get more food. But he has since gotten a little better.

Makayla is now a green belt in Karate! HI YEAH Ethan started Karate this week and loves it. I think Hunter will start when he is four. Maybe MOM and DAD should start too.

This is us at the Rank advancement. My, I have some good looking kiddos. The mom on the other hand she need some work !!!! HAHAHA

End Of the Year!!!! Better late then Never right?

2010-01-14T14:01:00.000-08:00

STOP BEFORE YOU READ SCROLL ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE POST AND START THERE! I KNOW I AM RETARDED I DID IT BACKWARDS. OH WELL! WHAT A GOOD WAY TO END 2009!

Home at last! Zack and Hunter played in Zack's crib the day we got home. Home sweet Home!

Makayla and Ethan Snowman! Thank Aunt Emily for helping! We had alot of fun in Utah, we got to ride the four wheelers. I even got in the back and rode with the kids. We had family pictures taken on the North side and the Mason side. I will post them when I get them. We went and saw Avatar and The princess and the frog. Loved them both! We loved to see the family and friends but I don't miss the cold weather. I love it here in Phoenix! Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a happy New Year. Oh we also ate a wonderful dinner at Jarred's moms and then played rock band on news year eve.

This is my niece Claire and she loves babies. She loved to hold Zack and give him his Binky, she would take it out of his mouth just so she could put it back.

You can see the development differences.

This is the Triplets! Zack at 4 Months, Carson at 9 months, and Conner at 6 months. There are 10 weeks apart. It will be fun to see them grow!

Great Grandma and and Grandpa North

No I am not pregnant that is where Zack took refuge and he sleep and sweated the whole time. Don't you love Jarred scarf? ( It is a baby blanket, but Zack and I were warm enough.)

We decided it would be fun to go to Temple square. HA it was only like 20 or something. Just a little cold for our Phoenix blood. But we survived because we dressed like mummy's!

We left for Utah the day after Christmas, all of my Family was there. We loved seeing all the cousins and catching up!

The chaos began and it didn't end till we got home from Utah on Jan. 5th.

Christmas morning

We got our house all dressed up too! Thanks Jarred for making all the light work since I just put them on with out thinking how they need to Go. HEHEHE

Christmas eve P.J's , As you can see jarred didn't get his present wrapped this year. I know I am a slacker.

We had Christmas Eve at the Hunsakers. It was alot of fun! The kids enjoyed doing the Nativity.

Taking our plates around- I decided trying and decorating our 80 gingerbread cookies takes the fun out of it! Next year no gingerbread cookies:(

The last Sunday before Christmas, I had been trying to get a picture of them all together in church. You would think it would easy since church was at 2. But we always seemed to run out of time.

I thought this was so cute. I love my kiddo's!

On the kids last day of school we had a picnic at the park! Only in Phoenix !!!!

Dec.

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Hunter doesn't think he needs naps anymore. What do you think? :)

Zack is such a joy!!!

Zack is strong enough to sit in his bouncer, he loves it for small amounts of time.

Look at this cute stocking hanger I got!!! I love it.

This is at our ward party it was alot of fun.

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-12-01T19:33:00.000-08:00

We decorated our Christmas Tree and this is what Zack did. He is such a happy baby! Always smiling if so one is talking to him.

They kids had so much fun decorating the tree. Jarred was dealing with a gas leak in our garage it was a small leak and the gas guy fixed it quick I am just glad we found it before we went to bed. :)

Grandma and Grandpa Rigby came by to see Zack and visit. It was fun to have them and catch up.

This is what the boys and Janelle did on Saturday for the BYU and Utah Football game. I would say it was a full house!

Makayla eating pumpkin pie. She need to start practicing singing "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" or she may not get them.

Hunter and Ethan eating Pie. We had 3 Thanksgiving meals I don't think I ate anything at the last one I was so full. The kids thought it was great food all day long!

Zackary met his aunt Amanda . Wow Zack look like Ethan in this picture!!!

He also met his Uncle Andrew, I told Andrew that he had to hold him the rest of the day. I think he was a little nervous.

His Aunt Lacey loves to hold Zack.

Hunter is my cooking buddy, I think he just wants to lick the spoon?!?! What do you think?

Zack and Carson! ( Carson is 20 weeks older)

Hunter's Fieldtrip

2009-11-23T16:14:00.000-08:00

We went to a farm. It was alot of fun and Hunter loved petting the goats!

He did not like the pig and said he was pokie and scary!!!

But he did like the baby pigs! they were very cute and when they squealed Hunter thought it was funny.

We are lost in the corn maze!!!

Riding on the ladybug train.

picking some radishes.

Grandpa North and my boys!

Jarred and I Celebrated our 10 year anniversary.( we were supposed to go the Hawaii but Zack kinda messed up that plan) Oh well we had a fun night out!

We have found that Zack likes stuffed animals. he likes to hold on to something while he sleeps it is so cute.

Halloween

2009-11-02T13:38:00.000-08:00

We had some scary vampires and their baby bat at our house this Hallloween.

Baptism and Blessing

2009-10-15T15:05:00.000-07:00

Makayla was baptized on the Oct.10th. We are so happy that most of our family was able to come. It was a very busy day. Ethan had a football game at 8:00 and then the baptism was at 10:30.

Jarred was excited to baptized his first born. What a neat experience.

After her baptism, she was so happy.

Zack's Blessing

This is a picture of everyone that came except James, Janelle, and Devin. Thank you for all the family that came and we missed all the family that wasn't able too.

Field Trip To the Frys!!

2009-10-04T16:06:00.000-07:00

We went on a Field trip with Hunter's preschool. Ethan came with us.

This is how Zack traveled, he sleep the whole time.

Zack Love to be in his sling. If he is upset this will calm him in a matter of mins.

Hunter loves to get dressed himself. backwards and inside out is usual.

Makayla is 8 :)

2009-09-22T11:53:00.000-07:00

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We had a Jungle party. This is the kids versions of a tarzan yell. It was a lot of fun. We are so glad Makayla is in our family. She is so creative I am shocked with some of the things she comes up with. She is my little angel and I am glad to have her as my little girl.

Some pictures......

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Sleeping on dad !
Hanging out with mom!

Watching everyone.

I pooped through my outfit at the dr's office and all we had was one of Hunter's shirts. Hunter kept telling me it was way to big but he could wear it.

Grandma North me a nice blanket.

Grandpa North came to see Zackery.

While he was here he hung curtains for us so know are neighbors can't see us walking across the hall.

1st time in the car seat.

ZackeryJarred Mason 8/27/09

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This is my last picture ever being pregnant.Ohhh so sad ,,,,,not.

Daddy in his muscle shirt, I was laughing so hard. the nurses had to cut it off. They gave him a bigger size so he would be be more comfortable.

Daddy cutting the umbilical cord.
He was 7lbs 15 oz.

20 1/2 inches long

His first picture.What a stud!

Makayla was so excited even though it was a boy she was still holding out that he would come out a girl.

Ethan holding him.

Hunters first time holding him by him self.

All of his hair.. I hope it is curly!!!!

A smile!

Hunter and Ethan watching him sleep.

I love the frog leg stage this is my favorite I really get sad when they stop doing this.

He loves to sleep and is a great sleeper!

He loves his tongue, he sticks it out all the time.

Zack loves to be wrapped up as tight as possible, he looks like a little bean with a head it is so funny.

Hunter loves to hold his little brother. Every morning he has to hold him. It is so cute!

Getting Ready>>>> Vote for your favorite name?

2009-08-25T15:11:00.000-07:00

We will be having baby # 4 on Thursday @ 5:00pm! We are very excited and the days are not going fast enough. We have not decided on his name so I thought I would put it up for vote. Just to see what everyone else thinks. Our names are....

Jaram ( this is a mixture of jarred and Amanda)
Kelson Jarred - This is my fav.
Zackery- This is the kids fav.
Kaden- This jarred fav of the day! he switches.

So tell me which one you like in the comments!!!!!

This is what the kids did the first day after school . Veg in front of T.V I thought it was so funny, they didn't even realize that I took a picture.

This is Hunter favorite thing to do, licking anything that is made in the mixer.

We had to buy a car seat and a stroller for the baby. The boxes are always the best part. They had so much fun playing with them.

We started a new program at the house because timeouts didn't seem to be working and I was sick and tired of yelling. So we now have mason bucks! They get five a day and they can earn more for good behavior and loss them for bad behavior. They also have to pay to play the Wii or watch T.V. or play computer. It was so nice the first couple of days the T.V. didn't even go on. It was really nice and they came home from school and asked what jobs the could do to earn more bucks. So last night for FHE we made Bulletin boards for their bucks and a spot for them to put their stuff. I thought it turned out really nice. I hope that this program will work for a while. They can also turn their bucks in for bigger prizes.

1st day of riding the bus! * backwards

2009-08-11T16:06:00.000-07:00

The kids getting off. Ethan did not like the bus driver because he yells at the big kids. But they seem to be getting use to it. It is great not driving to the school twice a day. I might start taking them to school just so the don't have to wake up so early. But really it is only about 10 mins different. So we will see.................

While the kid were at school, I made covers for the baby cradle. They turned out really cute. Hunter had fun handing me pins, he was very disappointed that he didn't have school.

They are in the mess of the kids. I had a perfect picture then all these kids crowded in. AHHHH

Waiting for the bus, we got there about 10 mins early. Ethan was really nervous, Makayla was excited. One of the other moms says that this driver is a yeller. So we will see how it goes......

Comparing.......

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Hunter was 8.5.Lbs.

(Make some guesses in the comments)

1st Day of School..... Etc.

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This is what I look like.... everyone I run into Asks " When are you due? I think I am Huge! Jarred called me a Umpa lumpa! Yesterday! ( not sure on the spelling)

Makayla 1st day of Second Grade! She had a great day and really likes her teacher.

All three of my cutie pies!

Hunter was so excited to go to preschool. He wanted to go at the same time the other kids did. He loves to get going in the more and hates to wait. ( Just like any three year old.)

Ethan's 1st day of 1st grade. He got Mrs. Tropea, Makayla's teacher from last year. He is so independent he got in her line and was like bye mom. He says there is a lot of girls in his class and he doesn't know any of the boys. He always has a lot of girl friends more than boys anyways.

Hunter falling asleep at lunch. I should make a collage of all of these. Ethan falling asleep in dads chair after he had just told me he wasn't tired.

Makayla lounging with the dogs. The dogs are going to go through withdrawals with the kids gone.

So while we were in Utah our salt water pump broke and the algae took over the pool. You couldn't see the bottom it was so gross. So jarred and the boys cleaned it out and now we have a swimable pool again. Thanks goodness because it helps get rid of Ethan's energy after school.

Trip to Utah again!!!!!!

2009-07-30T08:40:00.000-07:00

This is how are trip started out. Isn't it beautiful! I had to take a picture of this beautiful sunset on our way to vegas.

This is the bridge by Hoover Dam. It is amazing! I am a little scared to drive on it but it won't be done for a year or so. Maybe I work up my nerves by then. :)

We got to hang out with our friends and cousins in vegas at the water park.

This is Hunters girlfriend Chloe. This picture will be in their wedding video. HAHAHAHA J/K

This is my new Nephew Conner. I loved holding him if i wasn't pregnant I would have been really baby hungry after this week. Good thing my baby will be here in just a few weeks. I should enjoy no dipers but I miss how he snuggled into your chest.

This is John David my sisters other boy. Hunter called him his little brother, it was so cute. They played none stop.

Hunter has become quite the story teller. He is telling Aunt Joane and Uncle Gordon a story about something and it was so funny because he was so serious.

Tubing with Grandpa!

Uncle Gordon brought over a big trackter to do something in the back yard at grandpa's. The kids were so excited about it.

Going to the water park with my friend Emily and her son Luke. It was so fun but a little crowded. Utah needs to get more water parks but they are doing better than Arizona. Henderson is still the best for water parks.

Hunter loves the to hold Conner. But dropped him after I took the picture because he wanted to see the picture. So we have a few things to work on before the baby comes...

Playing Basketball with Uncle gordan.

Riding Fourwhellers with Grandpa and Uncle gordan. Hunter and Ethan would live on these things if they had a chance. Ethan thinks he is big enough to drive, and Hunter wants to go fast but not be scared.

Makayla is my little artist and made this bird out of playdough.

This is their boat they were in it all the time.

We went to Fairview for the 24th. It was a great weekend. The kids loved the parade.

It was a little hot but not to bad escipally compared to Arizona

Makayla loves to get into the spirit of things !

This was so funny Hunter is extremly shy. When these girls came by he hid his head. It was hilarious!

This is the derby, I should have took some pictures before it got dark.

This was our first year without Great Grandma. So they were going though alot of her stuff. This is an old baby carriage that she had, I was fascinated with it.

The kid helping Grandpa paint. The day before we left.

We extending our trip because Jarred's Grandpa Soelberg passed away while we were down there. He was such sweet old man but we are so glad he in a better place. He had Altimzers and it was so sad to see him like that. We were glad that we could attend his funeral. We are glad to be home. We will not be taking any more trips to Utah because everytime we do it seems someone dies. At least Until after Christmas>>>>>>

Thing to do when you are bored....

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Put ponytail in Hunters hair.
Take a bath with the dogs.
( Not a good idea he had hives 5 mins after the dogs were in)

Swimming with dad.

Shoting darts at the ceiling!

Singing and running around to music.

Stitches.............

2009-07-08T07:53:00.000-07:00

Hunter got his first set of stitches on Monday. I should say stitch it was only one but the small gash was to deep for glue. It was five layers deep all the way to the bone. How did it happen you might wonder. Makayla was playing with a light saber and he walked into the her line of fire. She must have hit him pretty hard. She felt really bad. I figured he would have a bruise or some thing when he came into the room holding his eye with blood allover it I was shocked. Jarred took him to the Dr. because I was watching 2 extra kids. I was glad he was home. It was his turn anyways I took the other two kids to get their stitches. But Hunter was cake compared to Ethan, Hunter even felt the pain of the stitch and he still sat still. Well other than not being able to swim for a few days. Which is a huge deal at our house! He seems to be healing fast.

Some of you asked what I will be going to school for I want to be a sonographer. Which is a ultrasound tech. I want to specialize in fetal Ultrasounds. I should be able to finish school at the same time as this baby is entering 1st grade. Hopefully!

4th of July.

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We went to Surprise pool for the 4th of July. It was alot of fun! We went with our friends Coreen and DJ and their kids Lauren and Jake. It was so nice to cool off and play in the water all afternoon. The fireworks were ok but we had picked a spot right behind the water slide so our view was alittle obstructed. The kids had a blast and Makayla and Ethan went off the diving board. Hunter really wanted to go too but they wouldn't let him with a lifejacket.

It is has been a year....

2009-07-03T09:05:00.000-07:00

We have been in Arizona for a year now. We love it here. I was hoping to have a few more improvements on our house. But time and MONEY is always a problem. But I wanted to make some kind of record what we did get done in the first year. We added on to the back porch. Which our hot tub now sits on. We love the Hot tub and it has really helped with relaxing all my sore muscles from this pregnancy.I am sorry to say this is the only room I have painted. I can't decide what I want in the other rooms. But I have had a paint sample up in my kitchen for a year now and I still like it so I guess I should do it. My room I know what I want but Jarred isn't so sure he will like it. So maybe after the baby get here I will just do it.

This is a picture of our house it doesn't look any different except without the Halloween stuff and with some flowers out front. Hopefully by next year I will have a lovely backyard to show you. I was going to take a picture of the back yard. But everyone has seen weeds and dirt .

We are very glad that we moved here. We feel like it is home here. We miss all our Vegas friends and Utah family and friends. We have made some good friends here. I love the schools and the teachers that my kids have gotten. I excited for another year here..... it should be an fun one. With a new baby coming in 8 weeks or less! Hunter starting preschool, Ethan in first grade and Makayla in second. Jarred really busy with work and me trying to balance the house and another kid. I would also like to have at least one wedding a month, and I hope to start school in the spring.

Hunter is 3!!!!!

2009-06-23T13:33:00.000-07:00

We are Back.....

2009-06-15T16:26:00.001-07:00

We have been in Utah for two weeks. We got to see our new cousin/ Nephew Carson. All the kids held him and practiced for their new brother. Ethan held him only once..

Hunter on the other hand loved to hold Carson he asked every chance he got. I hope this is a good sign.

The kids went fishing with Grandpa North, Uncle James and their Dad.

They did a great job and caught 8 fish!! They all loved the worms but Makayla would not touch them. Ethan and Hunter loved to play with the worms.

It rain almost everyday and it Hailed three times, so Makayla and Ethan had a hail fight.

This is Makayla first friend Olivia we try and see them at least once a year. The have been friends since they we're one.

This is what my kids did everyday rain or shine. Hunter woke up at 6:30 every morning to ride with Grandpa. I don't have any pictures of that because I was still in bed!

We went the Zoo. Hunter loved to push Ethan in the stroller.

This is everyone but me. It was a fun day but a little disappointing because some of the animals were missing!

We went to Layton Surf and swim. It was fun but the waves were a little to hard for me.

Makayla loved to hold Carson. She is going to be such a big help!

My kids with their cousins. After the water fight!

Water Fight!!!

Ethan getting Aunt Ashley with the baby. So I took the baby so she could get him back.

We went to a bees game it was a lot of fun but it....

Started to rain at least we had good seats and getting get all wet. I really enjoyed the baseball game and explaining it to Ethan. Maybe we should go more often since we live so close to it!!! (In Arizona)

Hanging out! Ethan loves having Preston around!

This is one of the other reasons we went to Utah. I did the flowers for my sisters friends wedding. It was a lot of fun and the bride was so easy to work with I am glad that everything turned out great!

This is her cake It was very pretty I loved decorating it. But It would have been fun watching the cake delivery guy do it!

Last day of school!

2009-05-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

WOW- look at the difference from the beginning of the year to the end of Year. He has grown so much it is amazing to me.

Makayla doesn't look much different to me. Except she has grown taller and she has grown out of a lot of her clothes that she has worn for 2 years, so she must be getting bigger!

They are so cute!

Ethan got an award for being respectful! He got a pin and had a small assembly. We found out he doesn't really like surprises. He didn't know about the award! So jarred and I and Hunter and Makayla were waiting in the Cafeteria and he walks in looks around sees us and comes over and sits down. He doesn't say anything . So I said "So what are you doing here?" He says "My teacher told me to come down here." He was so confused, it was so funny. I told him to go over and sit with the other kids and you will find out in a minute why you are here. He accepted the award and still looked confused. He wasn't smiling in the pictures that the school took. When He was done. The first question out of he asked is "Why didn't Makayla get one?" What a sweet heart he was worried about Makayla. Then he said "Can I go back to class?" He then just left without even saying good bye. I couldn't ask for a better student.

Click on the picture to see what his teacher wrote about him.

Ethan's Kindergarten Graduation....

2009-05-19T14:18:00.000-07:00

We had Ethan's Kindergarten Graduation today! It was a Cowboy Picnic. We had a lot of fun, Ethan was so cute. He sang every song and did all the actions. He is to be such a big boy!

These are most of the kids in our ward that graduated also; Jackson, El, Lauren, Shea and Ethan. Shea and Lauren are in Ethan's class.

Eating his cowboy Lunch.

The end of Football & Karate! The Start of the Water Park

2009-05-17T08:24:00.000-07:00

We had camera problems at Makayla's karate, Sorry for the poor quality.

Mothers day and dad and sons Camp Out!

2009-05-12T13:23:00.000-07:00

Jarred and the kids made me waffles with fruit on them and I got to sleep in. It was a very nice day.

He also surprised me with a Kitchen aid mixer! It is so awesome and easy to use I don't know how I got along without it.

This is for after I have the baby! This is supposed to help with those c-section muscles that have been cut. Usually you have to buy this online and order so many DVDs but he found it and I really wanted after I had Hunter. He thought because I took a picture of it I was going to give him crap on buying me exercise equipment. But I was the one that asked for it.

The boys had a fun camping and they all three came home filthy. Ethan was so excited because dad let him stay up till dads bed time. Hunter crashed at his regular bed time and sleep through the night. ( he has had a cough) Jarred realized that it is a lot of work to take two boys camping but had fun.

Weekend pics

2009-05-07T15:43:00.001-07:00

This is a GRASSHOPPER that loves our window. This is the biggest one I have every seen. He was a least 3 inches long!! * I told my bug guy about this grasshopper and he informed me that it is a locus!!! Gross

This is one of our lizards that is eating our yucky bugs around the house. I might have to put one in the house if we get crickets like last year. Just kidding.

Waving good bye to grandpa. My dad came down for the weekend, it was great to have him. Hunter was super sick and it was nice to have extra hands to help. Hunter has a special connection to Grandpa so he would even let him hold him when I couldn't.

WOW - you can sure tell they are related. I didn't even plan the colors of shirts!

Having fun in the Hot tub with Grandpa. They went swimming too. Thanks Dad for coming down for a visit. Hopefully next time everyone will be healthy!

Random Pics

2009-04-30T10:27:00.000-07:00

Hunter hanging with dad! He loves to be with Dad and help out(aka getting in dads way!) But He is the Cutest dang kid. He makes me laugh even when I am mad. I love my little Hunter!
Makayla pretending to sleep at Ethan's Game. She is really becoming a big helper. She is excited for the baby to come so she can help out with him!

Ethan plays the Center. He is so focused during games!

Hunter loves to make himself a bed anywhere lately. Then he pretends to go to sleep, or he really does fall asleep.

Makalya had an Animal Report this week, she choose Snow Leopard. So we made he a poster and a shirt to wear. The back says Save the Snow Leopards. We had fun making it. I even let her stay up late one night to help make it. She was so funny she keep saying I should tell the boys I feel like I am lying to them. She is a very good girl and is always asking questions about right and wrong. She is preparing for her Baptism. Which will be the end of September or October if any of you would like to come! The baby will be blessed at the same time.

Is it cold?

2009-04-21T14:31:00.000-07:00

Makayla was so insisted that it was warm enough to swim on Saturday. ( If I sound annoyed I was !) She didn't stay in for long and then sat on the porch with her towel warming up in the sun. Funny Girl! Ethan Also decided to get in but it took him a really long time to get in. But once he did he swam for about an hour and tried to talk Hunter in too. But Hunter only put his feet in!

The only baby picture I got I decide to it for his profile picture. They didn't have any DVDs so we didn't get a DVD of our last kid. Oh well I haven' t ever watched the boys one 's again. Makayla I did because I was fascinated with it! We are excited to have this little one join our family. His name is going to be Brigham. Middle name is either Maxwell, Leroy or Mitchell. These are all family names. So we are excited that he will have genealogy to go along with his name.

It's a .......................

2009-04-20T19:51:00.001-07:00

Girl!!!!

Just Kidding it is a BOY! I will post some pictures later.

Kids Guesses!

2009-04-20T08:51:00.000-07:00

Hunter wants a Boy!

Ethan wants a Boy!

Makayla wants a girl!

We find out on Monday..... Girl or boy????

2009-04-17T16:27:00.000-07:00

Please Vote!!! ( on the right side of the screen) Info to come on Monday!!!

Easter Weekend

2009-04-13T14:33:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful Easter weekend. Jarreds family came in town from Utah. It was a full house! We had our annual Easter egg hunt which turned out great except for some unwanted wind. I love doing this but I am sure glad it is over. ( I missed all the Vegas friends)

The Greenbelt next to our house was perfect and so close.

I look forward to next Year!!

Conference Weekend!

2009-04-06T21:43:00.000-07:00

This is my first digital scrap booking page. What do you think?

The kids did really well this year. Makayla ever wrote what three of the speakers talked on.

Of course Makayla did my hair, you can't see it very well but there is one small pony tail with about 20 barrettes around it.( I was trying to look at the camera and still have it in the picture)

If only they could play this nice all the time it would be Heaven in my house.

Makayla does Karate! Ethan plays football!

2009-04-05T14:01:00.000-07:00

Makayla started karate last friday. She loves it! It is very entertaining to watch her.

This Ethan playing football. He loves it and is getting better every game!

He is Center.

He is so cute!

New cousin! Baby Carson Mcdaniel

2009-04-02T16:13:00.000-07:00

My Youngest sister Ashley and her husband Cody had their 1st baby!

He was 7.7Lb and 19inches long! Born on his due date!
He is a thumb sucker which is super cute!!!!!

New porch!!!!

2009-03-28T20:31:00.000-07:00

Whoops I posted it backwards! This is Hunter falling asleep at lunch! It was so funny!

This is our Hot tub that will go on the new porch. So come and visit us!!!!!

This is the finished project. The hot tub wil go on the right. Then we can start organizing all the junk that is on the porch. We look like white trash with all that stuff on our porch. Oh well!

Before the project began!

Utah Trip....Cousins.....mud.....4wheelers...

2009-03-11T07:57:00.000-07:00

Cousins Hanging out on Grandmas bed!
Mud is wonderful!

We had so much fun riding in the sled, Grandpa was laughing so hard, this is the only picture where he is looking at the camera. Makayla told him that he was going to be in big trouble!

She had MUD caked in her hair and down her down her back.

No More Binky! Potty training next.....

2009-02-26T08:49:00.000-08:00

We finally took away his Binky! We have been really procrastinating this but decided that we should have it done before the baby comes. He has gone two days with out it and hasn't found one yet! He has sleep two night without it but nap time did not go well yesterday! He kept asking for his Binky and I didn't give in even though I was so tired! So no nap! I am hopping he will take one today because he looks so tired today. Next is potty training! End of August is our deadline for that! One in diapers would be nice!

2009-02-23T14:05:00.000-08:00

We had our First ultrasound today. It was so fun to see the baby and see it's little heart pumping! The baby is perfect and growing great . We will find out in six weeks if it is a boy or girl. Makayla and I want a girl! But we will be happy with a health baby!

Hunter helping me make Valentine cookies.

Hunter put clips in Busters hair, he kept saying "you look so pretty"

We are working on putting in our garden!

We didn't know clearing weeds is so much fun!

I miss Valentines....... the way it used to be.

2009-02-17T09:57:00.000-08:00

This is my friend Miae. She has her own floral shop in Utah. When I go to Utah and need to make flowers she always lets me use her shop. She is the best! I wish I was there to help her out for the holiday.

Valentines changes it meaning when you are a florist. Anyone who has worked for a florist during this time would know what I am taking about. 100 hr weeks, cleaning thousand of roses, dealing with stressed out husbands and boyfriends trying to be creative and get the perfect Valentine, Craziness. But after the first year of shock you start to like it and get excited for the day to come. I do miss this craziness. This year I wanted to do some rose orders for some people. But I couldn't compete with grocery stores prices and didn't feel it would be worth it. Fry's had roses for $17.99. I think it is sad for florist that they have to compete with the them. The grocery store always had roses but they used to be such poor quality that it wouldn't cause to much of a problem. But now the quality is just as good, it would be hard to compete!

Enough of my rambling, Jarred and I don't really celebrate Vday. Because we just got used to working and it was to much of a hassle. Jarred would rather get me roses as a surprise then on Vday. I hope that all the florist had a great Vday and to the rest of you enjoy your flowers!

9 weeks..... is this normal?

2009-02-06T17:51:00.001-08:00

This how Hunter fell asleep today at 11:30. He decided he was tired and went to upstairs and this is how I found him. Isn't he the cutest thing! I am very lucky that he loves naps because this pregnancy has made me more tired and sick than any of the others!

Ok so am I so huge! I am only 9 weeks is this seriously normal? I am going to be a enormous by the time this little one gets here!

Deep thoughts!!

2009-01-25T15:01:00.000-08:00

Wow -Have we had a crazy end of the month. I have been really thinking about the cycle of life these passed few weeks. We are born, we live, and we die. Sometime I think we might feel that people die when it isn't their time. And it doesn't seem fair! Morgan Palmer is one of these special spirits that was returned to her Heavenly Father earlier than everyone hoped. She was only 7. We just got home from her funeral. It was hard even though I knew it was her time to go. She was our step niece, we didn't know her that well. But she was a very cute girl. She had a brain tumor that was inoperable and dealt with that for a year before she passed. I think the saddest thing for me was watching her older sister say goodbye. I could not stop crying! Imagine a 9 year old saying good bye to her sister and best friend! It was heart breaking. My prayers are with her family.

We now have a funeral of Jarred's Great Grandma. She is the last great great grandma that my kids have. She is 94 and has been ready to go for a while. Well heavenly Father has called her home on Tuesday. I think of this woman as such a trooper. She was always busy doing something and so stubborn that she could do it her self. I remember her saying that she would cut down this huge pine tree all by her self and that was just a few years ago. She was an amazing Woman. We love her and will miss her! But we are happy that she is with her Husband after all these years.

Back to the cycle of life. It is amazing to me that we are always saying goodbye to some spirits and getting to meet new spirits. We will be adding a new spirit to our family in August! We are very excited. This will complete our family. I have always felt that the people that pass before us are taking care of our children in heaven. I don't know how it all works but that is how I have felt since Jarred lost his Grandma and Grandpa Mason. We had been married for a little less than a year and we were taking about starting a family. We were at the funeral and I was feeling a little sad that none of our kids will get to meet them. As soon as I thought it- the thought came that they would take care of my kids until they came to me. It is amazing how the Holy Ghost works.

Thanks for letting me share my thought with you I am so gratful that I have such wonderful friends and family to support me through this Life!

(Ps- This is the most I have ever wrote so I am good till next year.)

Jarred fixing the car!

2009-01-20T14:43:00.001-08:00

Hunter has found a new love of doing hair. Jarred is always a volunteer! I don't mind sometimes but you always end up with a few less hairs.

Hunter also loves Makayla room. He put on her swim suit all by himself. Good blackmail pic for later in life.

We have had a funny noise in our vent for a few weeks. It was a big pain in the butt all the way to Utah. So he decided to fix it, he didn't realize he was going to stand on his head to get it fixed. But now it doesn't make a awful noise when you turn it on. Yeah! Hunter and Ethan were his helper handing him tools when he needed them.

Hunter making sure he was OK!

Help!!!!!!

2009-01-20T09:29:00.000-08:00

I don't know what has happened . But when i click on the links to look at others blogs, It say you must subscribe to this feed. So then I subscribe but I view it a different format then it used to be. I didn't change anything... does anyone know how to fix this?
I think I fixed it I had to refresh my saved options!

Ethan's birthday party!

2009-01-11T09:02:00.000-08:00

This is them on an asteroid Hunt.( toys wrapped in tin foil)
We tried a cupcake cake. It was alright if you can wipe off more than half the frosting.

Decorations!!!

This is our Meteor shower! The kids were so excited, all of the balloons have toys and candy in them. I got a blister from tying so many balloons. At least we had a pump to blow them up!

This is the group missing one that had to leave early. I think some of the kids will have frosting lipstick for a couple of days. One of the kids got it up his nose! It was so funny!

Some of the other games they played were storm trooper bowling, pass the death star, and pin the controller on Darth Vader. I think over all it was great, a little crazy at times!

If you don't like the sound of popping ballons, you may want to turn the sound down!

Funniest thing ever!

2008-12-30T07:01:00.000-08:00

So it is cold in Utah compared to phoenix! My dogs thought so too. So I wanted them to be comfortable so I bought them jackets( first time i have bought them any kind of clothes). Then the were limp after going outside I think because the salt in her toes on their feet so I thought little booty's would be cute. I had know idea that it we be hilariously entertaining. Thanks to a lady at the store that said have your camera ready! I haven't returned them yet just in case Jarred want to see it live! I know I am mean aren't I!!! The joys of laughter.

Merry Christmas!!!!

2008-12-28T11:02:00.000-08:00

Ethan and Dadddy got sockem poppers the boys thought these were awesome. They had fun beating grandpa up.

This is our Christmas morning in all the crazy present opening. Ethan holds the world record on opening presents the fastest.

So we had a wonderful Christmas! My parents surprise me and the kids and came down on the 23rd. It was so wonderful to have them. I felt so bad that they were going to be home by themselfs. I was kinda mad at my sister because she was going down to her inlaws again! She thought this was funny because she knew all along.

Ethans Christmas performance!

2008-12-13T14:22:00.000-08:00

He wanted to make sure I got a picture of him. He couldn't see us very well.
This is one of his special friends- girlfriend her name is Taylor( ahhh first crushes)

This is his teacher Mrs. Nesse Ethan really likes her and so do I.

Hunter had Mommy and me and we make snowmen cupcakes. He keep saying can I eat it now... he didn't even eat the cupcake. He ate the snowmans head and said no more snowman.

This is his part for the performance he memorized it really fast. He is so smart.

Family Pictures!!! Bloopers

2008-12-07T16:39:00.000-08:00

Hunter did not want to sit where we wanted him to. So we would get one picture and then he would move. Busy Busy Busy Boy!

I think I have some super cute kids!

CUTIE PIE

Makayla and her funny smile. She is usually very photogenic but I think she was trying to hard.

Ethan was our best smiler this time. We gave him the talk the whole way there about smiling normal. Next time we will tell Kayla that.

This is the best picture that Hunter has and it fits his personality perfectly I think it says I am so cute and very mischievous.

Cray smile girl!!! I was so frustrated the photographer thought that was her normal smile. HAHAHA

These are the pictures that you don't buy but are always fun to look at... and laugh at! Makayla kept making this funny smile.

Hunter putting his arm in weird positions.

Weird smile again!!!!!

You gotta love my smile. It is so hard to smile all the time in hopes that you will get a good picture with three kids. Any one with kids knows how it is.

Sentence maker- Jarred's is the best!!!!

2008-11-24T14:08:00.000-08:00

Mine- I loved Chuck Norris because I am NOT crazy!
Jarred- I danced with a surfer because I am sexy and I do what I want. LOL
Makayla- I danced with a stuffed animal because I am NOT crazy. She does this all the time.
Ethan- I kicked a gangster because I think I need some serious help.
Hunter- I smelled Chuck Norris because the voices told me to.

Make sure to leave a comment telling us what your sentence for the day is!Pick the month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March--------I karate chopped
April----------I licked
May----------I jumped on
June----------I smelled
July-----------I did the Macarena With
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over
Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a bird bath
2----- --a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7---- ---my mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbor
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19------ - a smurf
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an iPod
29-------a surfer
30-------a homeless guy
31-------a llama
Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White----because I'm cool like that
Black-----because that's how I roll.
Pink-----because I'm NOT crazy.
Red------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green----because I think I need some serious help.
Purple----because I'm AWESOME!
Gray-----because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow---because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange---because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown----because I can.
Other-----because I'm 66a Ninja!
None------because I can't control myself!
Can't wait to see all the fun sentences!

Park day

2008-11-09T15:48:00.000-08:00

We love the park. We have two parks within walking distance of our house. Makayla has now mastered swing on her own. Ethan was trying hard but couldn't quite get it. Hunter has discovered so other fun things to do with motorcycle and everyone ride it even MOM! It is super fun and we try to go a couple times a week. The weather is so nice here. We have become accumulated to Phoenix we are freezing in the morning when it only 78 or so. I know we are wimps and I used to laugh at Jarred's cousins when they would wear jacket when it was 70 outside. ( They are from Arizona) I am already planning on freezing when we go to Utah this Christmas. Oh well at least I know I am a wimp right?

Our House... ready for the holiday!!!!!

2008-10-30T14:45:00.001-07:00

This is our Mummy we made! He isn't perfect but he is kinda scary looking. Jarred is looking for an old chain saw for next year.....

The kids had red ribbon week and this is their dress like 80's. Hunter has to be a part of the action. I thought they looked great we dance to 80's music on the way to school.

This is crazy hair day Ethan had polka dots and purple strips. Makayla had all sorts of stuff and colors I guess I should take better pics.

Trunk Or Treat ....

2008-10-30T13:50:00.000-07:00

This was our wards trunk or treat! Hunter and his friend were both Yoda. Everyone thought they were twins. Ethan and His friend were both Darth Maul. Makayla was the only Queen Amidala though. I made a Turkey chili which was good, not bad for the first time from scratch. They had fun games and lots of candy! Which is good I might have to use it if we run out at home everyone has been saying we get lots of trick or treaters around here!

Our Yoda!!

Queen Amidala

Darth Maul

Leelou Giveaways!

2008-10-28T22:15:00.000-07:00

You should go here and enter her giveaways. They are all super cute!

BEACH- I love the beach!

2008-10-26T16:37:00.000-07:00

Disneyland

2008-10-26T16:29:00.000-07:00

Seaworld-We loved seaworld!!!!!!

2008-10-25T22:26:00.000-07:00

Sea World

2008-10-25T22:22:00.000-07:00

Hunter helping out and Our tour on USS Midway!

2008-10-25T22:20:00.000-07:00

Ride to Cal. and Wild Animal Park

2008-10-25T22:08:00.000-07:00

This is our ride to CAl and Wild animal park. Hunter had to beon the leash because he liked to run away and if you chased him he would run faster. I didn't want him to get lost or hurt so the leash it was. I like wild Animal park but it was a little expensive. ( but what isn't in CA.)

Update on the game!!!

2008-10-25T21:47:00.000-07:00

Ok I know you are all dying in suspense. Ok on the first one I spent $5.00. On the second I got it for free if you count the money I have to use for my next visit at CVS. Awesome! Well this is through couponsense. Sometimes it really frustrates me because it takes some time. But I think it is turning into a hobby because I love to see how much I can get for free. When I first started it was very frustrating but I think I am starting to see some pay offs now. If you interested let me know I will help you get started.

Jarred is the best!

2008-10-22T20:47:00.000-07:00

I don't get flowers very often especially since I usually have them around more than most. but sometimes my husband surprise me for no reason. Like yesterday I was having a rough afternoon feeling like nothing every gets done and my house is always dirty even though I had cleaned all day. So I was trying to get to the grocery store and it was getting later. I was so frustrated and the kids wanted to eat. So we decided to get take out. Jarred went to get get it and came home with these for me and a cute note. I love him so much and he is so good to me. It seems like some days all we do is argue but we are always best friends.

re. Ethan Allergies

2008-10-22T15:08:00.000-07:00

So he did not have and allergic reaction he had fifths disease. Miss Makayla now has it. It isn't a big deal as long as you are not pregnant.( which we are not) So if any of your kids looked like they have been slapped and the the next day have this rash most likely it is fifth disease. But by this time it is not contagious. Fun childhood diseases!!!!

Game time!!!

2008-10-22T14:36:00.000-07:00

How much would you pay for all this? 7 boxes of cereal, goldfish, triscuits, fabrezze freshener, marshmallows, Kleenex, 2 hand towels, 7 play dough and a net for stuffed animals. Maybe this will help!

Give me two answers. First and Second . I will put the correct amounts on later this week.

Random thoughts....

2008-10-10T19:30:00.000-07:00

Conference hair do's...
Hunter wanted his done too.
Ethan didn't get lucky and got his mom's gene's. Poor kid he had an allergic reaction to something. We have know idea what it is . So he may have to have his allergies tested.

Doesn't look like fun. But he is doing much better know.
We are headed to California for a week we are so excited.So look for some fun post to come!

No more Allergies.....

2008-10-05T21:15:00.000-07:00

Ok so you know how Hunter got his Allergies tested..... I thought why not get mine tested as well. I had it done when I was 12 and wondered if it had changed. This is my back within 5 mins we were sure they were going to tell us this was nuts. But nope this is all the grasses and plant pollens. My nuts actually come out negative which is weird. Maybe the liver cleanse is working! I have to do blood work to make sure and then I might try a nut with benadryl by my side just in case.

My bathroom...

2008-10-02T20:42:00.000-07:00

Before.........
Inspiration...
Finished project!!!!!
What do you think?

Ethan went to a birthday party.......

2008-09-28T17:49:00.000-07:00

So this is what was there lots of snakes!!!!!
A little scary the guys name was bud and he showed us bite marks from this snake. Huge bruises and little marks from his teeth. Bud said he thought he was food. I think I wouldn't want to be by this snake if it was hungry.
The two boys in the end got pooped on -nasty.

Ethan loved it! this one his was holding tried to climb up his shirt that is the only time I saw him get a little nervous.
This is a 2 week old baby boa. He will grow up to be bigger than the one he was holding before.

This is an 85lb boa. This snake went the bathroom on the two big boys on the end it was really gross luckily Ethan was in the middle so he didn't get an on him. Thank goodness.

Makayla lost her first tooth!!!!

2008-09-26T09:27:00.000-07:00

She was so excited but was crying because of the blood. It was so funny she would sob and the giggle. Then the silly toothfairy forgot..... whoops. Anywas he made it up the next day and now she has a tooth box to put all her teeth in for next time.

She has made her tongue sore from putting it in the hole. Her teacher even wrote a note about how excited she was to loose her tooth. Fun the little things that make us happy for the moment.

Makayla Is 7!!!!

2008-09-20T11:40:00.000-07:00

Makayla turned 7 on last Sunday and I have been trying to get this slide show put up for almost a week. Makayla brings such a joy to our house. She is my little angel. She is usually such a big helper but she has her days. She loves it when everyone is happy and loves to be the center of attention. She love water and snow and is already asking when it is going to snow. She is very sad that we won't get any here. She loves her brothers and keeps asking when her sister is going to come.( no future plans on that) She can draw for hours and has a passion for science. She says when she grows up she is going to be a zoologist so she can play with tigers. We love how she is always pretending and we never know which imaginary friends are with us. I hope that she always keeps her imagination. We love her and and are so glad that she picked our family.

Close Scare.....

2008-09-14T22:35:00.000-07:00

So pools are very scary. We know this and we have very strict rules about the pool. But sometimes things happen. Saturday, Makayla had a friend over to play for her birthday. They went swimming with the boys. Hunter didn't swim long ( he always wears a life jacket) so neither did dad. He stayed outside though to watch the kids. I was canning Salsa so I stayed inside. I went out to give Jarred a towel and visit for a minute. Hunter was playing in the backyard with the bikes and stuff. Jarred and and I was talking when all of a sudden Jarred says why is Hunter in the Pool? I have know idea what happened next except I was grabbing Hunter out of Jarreds arms and he was choking. He coughed a couple of times and then was crying hysterically. I was amazed how quickly all of this happened. Jarred has very quick reflex's I think it took him about 1 sec to get into the pool to get him. Jarred is very shook up about the whole thing and says he will be haunted by Hunters panicked look on his face. We are both very glad that Jarred was prompted to look into the pool because who knows what would have happened in a minute longer.... We have know idea how he got in with out us hearing him and how long he was in there.We are hoping that this scares him a little because he had know fear before now. He didn't talk for a while after all this happened but seems to be doing fine.
Hunter has had a rough month. We took him to an Allergist.( He had a reaction to a granola bar when we lived in Vegas) We found out that he is severely allergic to Cashews and almonds. So we are know are supposed to carry an epipen with us at all times. Which this is crazy to me because I have had a nut allergy for years and I just know how to stay away from them . But that is hard for a two year old to understand. So we are waiting for some blood work to come back to see if we turn into crazy protective parents. The blood work we tell us how severe it is. Hunter also had surgery on Tuesday. Hopefully know more ear infections!!! Jarred and I are looking forward to reclaiming our bed without Hunter in the middle. But now he seems to have started having nightmares. I think he just loves sleeping in our bed because now he wants to take naps in there also.

Dress up fun!!!

2008-09-03T21:50:00.000-07:00

Hunter has been working on dressing himself. This is his 1st attempt.
Makayla and Ethan love to dress up. Little does Ethan know that this will be great black mail when he gets older. But he sure thinks it is fun.

Hunter had to get in on the fun, they are so precious. I love it when they play together. It makes life wonderful.

WildLife Zoo

2008-09-03T20:48:00.000-07:00

They were putting on a show for us..... Madagascar style

These are my favorite Monkeys and they even let Jarred and I take them home.
Have you ever fed a giraffe? Well I can now scratch that off my bucket list.

How close have you been to a tiger? We were so close we could have stuck our hands thru the fence and pet him. He was taking a bath and drinking the water. Makayla said that is gross! At least my daughter has learned that you don't drink bath water. HINT HINT -boys
The bats were eating- you had to turn the light on and then snap the picture. I think this was one of the kids favorites.
You can't see them very well but Makayla had to have a picture- There is two baby tigers.
This is my favorite monkey I called him Einstein monkey because of his hair. This guy was harassing the others if was very fun to watch.
This is a meerkat he came right up to Hunter.

Hunter and some pics

2008-08-27T14:35:00.001-07:00

Thanks Mom and Dad!!!

2008-08-25T22:22:00.000-07:00

So we had to talk in church and my parents came down for moral support and to watch Kiddo's. Which the talks went well ( at least that's what everyone said). If you haven't read or heard presidents Monson talk on Three goals to guide you.... you should read it.

We went to olive garden, what would we do with out crayons and coloring pages.

We love our pool I think mom even liked it. So she could cool down. Write it down -Ohhh I just did hahhah. To bad a didn't get a picture of her I think she planned it that way. I will have to get her next time.

POOR HUNTER and ETHAN...

2008-08-25T22:13:00.000-07:00

So this is what Hunter does everyday. Poor kid - We leave his backpack in the car so we have it every morning and every afternoon. He love to pick them up. Today he grabbed Makayla Backpack when she got home and wore it all around the house. It is almost as big as him. It is so good to see how much they love each other. Why is it that we fight with the ones we love so much?????

Isn't this a priceless photo except for Ethan sad face. He almost made me cry tonight because he says he doesn't have any friends. He really misses Dakota and Dustin. Hope fully he will start making some good friends in his class.

Hunter.....church......etc.....

2008-08-22T12:43:00.000-07:00

So Hunter will be having tubes put in sometime in the near future. He has had three ear infections since we have moved. I think that the first one just never went away because he has been on antibiotics for a week and the ENT said that it was still there. So surgery for my baby. The Dr. said that he has scar tissue on his left ear so it could affect his hearing. I really didn't want tubes but I don't want him to be deaf because of me.

So we get to talk in church this Sunday. Lucky us huh, I know you are all jealous. Luckily my parents are able to come down to sit with the kids. Thanks MOM and DAD.

I have also decided to keep doing flowers and have my first wedding in NOV. I am excited.

Thanks for all your help with the blogging thing... the digital scrap booking that is another story..... i think i need a handicap verson for me, or maybe my computer is just slow or something. We will go will the second.
So Ethan loves to swim but only with his life jacket. He loves to jump off the ladder. Makayla is my little water girl and now can swim with out a life jacket and thinks it is so fun to pick stuff off the bottom of the pool. We are getting in a habit of going for a swim almost every night after dinner. Hunter has mastered swimming on his own with a life jacket and he loves to put his face in just like Makayla.

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2008-08-20T12:37:00.000-07:00

Makayla Assignment!

Makayla had to decorate a doll for her class. She wanted to make a bride. Her teacher is getting married in Nov. So we went to Micheal's and spent way to much money but she got a bunch of stuff to make her bride. This is how it turned out. ( I thought it looked really good so I thought I would share.) Yes I did help but she did all the decorating. She also did all the face by herself. Aw my little artist in the making!!

2008-08-18T15:15:00.000-07:00

Trying to update!!!!!! Help......

2008-08-17T10:05:00.000-07:00

So I am trying to learn how to do this better. I have been on some of your blogs and I am embarrassed how mine looks. Thanks to Liz's blog I figured how to download a new template that I love. Know I just need to figure out how to add all the other stuff. If anyone has helpful hints please email or call me. Thanks for your help!!

Water sports with Gordon!!!

2008-08-14T13:58:00.000-07:00

We love to tube with Uncle Gordon- He always is so much fun. expically when he throws us in>>>

Papou's yard!!

2008-08-14T13:57:00.000-07:00

This is my old friend- don't I look like a male model?
We are fishing in Papou's pond do you think they like Apples?

I guess not!!

Trip to Utah!! 08

2008-08-14T13:56:00.001-07:00

We went to the Gateway with grandma and granpa North. We got to see a horse and run thru the water park.

Do we look wet- we were so wet we had to buy new outfits so we sould ride the tracks home.

Hunter is My little buddy!

2008-08-14T13:56:00.000-07:00

Now that it is just Hunter and me he has been my little shadow he is always makeing me laugh. It will be so weird when they all will be in school hopefully I will be in school too when that comes.

Do you want some?

who wants a KISS?

Aren't I cute? I know I am!!!!

The first week of school!!

2008-08-14T13:55:00.000-07:00

This is the first day of school and their backpacks were so heavy so that is why the weird faces.
This is Makayla desk she loves her new teacher Miss Logan. I didn't get one of Ethan because his class was settling down and I didn't want to disturb them.
This is a better picture!! She is loving her teacher, I think she will do awesome this year.
Ethan is such a tough kid he is so easy going at school but he always comes home and teases his little heart out.

2008-08-14T13:33:00.000-07:00

Two wonderful cooks they learned from the best- their mom!

Swimming is always fun- Makayla can almost swim by her self and Ethan is trying really hard and Hunter has no fear that you will catch him all the time.

What happens when you give a two year old cotton candy?

And this is what happens to grandma!!!!

2008-08-14T13:32:00.000-07:00

Check out Devins shoes???????

Swinging on a 50 year old swing!

Hanging with lacey in always fun.!!!!

2008-08-14T13:31:00.001-07:00

The Fairview Parade!!

I love my uncle Devin but his hair doesn't taste very good!!!hahahaha

Fairview 2008

2008-08-14T13:31:00.000-07:00

Hunter and Ethan always ready for a ride. Espically Hunter if you couldn't find him look for the "cycle". That is what he would call it! We had to bribe him if you eat two bites of dinner you can go on a cycle ride.

This is Makayla and Ethan attempting to catch grasshoppers.

My handsome boys!!!

2008-07-20T10:47:00.000-07:00

2008-07-20T10:35:00.000-07:00

This is a some sibling fun when you don't have any friends to play with.

2008-07-20T10:33:00.001-07:00

This is Makayla Room see wants everthing to be HOT PINK and wants her room to be magical!!!!

This is our master bathroom it is know cleaned and mostly unpacked.

This is our master bedroom we have so much space in here we just don't know what to do.

This is our pool so if you come and visit you will have a place to cool down.