Adams Family

Christmas

2012-02-10T05:33:00.001-08:00

Christmas came and went so fast...we had my sister Amy come with her husband and daughter and we went to Tuachan for the Nativity and rides and as usual it was so pretty out there. Christmas Eve we did our tradition of opening up Jammies for the kids. This year they got jammies that had matching jammies for there babies, so that was fun. Also we started the tradition of Elf on the Shelf and our girls LOVED it, so much fun. I wish I knew about it a few years ago. Tayler got roller blades, Naomi got a scooter, and Camden got a car that converted into a walker. We really wanted to get the kids a trampoline but we could not get our act together this year. We didn't even start shopping for our kids until 3 days before Christmas. The gym has been so busy that Rodger didn't have any time and of course I couldn't go with my kids so it got really difficult. My brother and his family also surprised us from Arizona and showed up which was exciting because they had just had there 4th kid and nobody had seen her yet so in the corner of the picture is my new little niece Corrinna...so cute. We had a good Christmas this year, lots of fun!!!!!

Family Pictures

2012-02-02T08:11:00.001-08:00

I LOVE my Family...I am one LUCKY Girl!!!!

Camden

2012-02-02T08:04:00.001-08:00

Everytime we have a kid I take a billion pictures of them because everyday is a new, fun and exciting day...I LOVE IT! Here is just a few of my favorite...Such a cute Boy!

Thanksgiving

2012-02-02T07:57:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving this year was really kind of sad...I miss having BIG Thanksgivings with tons of family. This year my brother and his wife and two kids came which was always lots of fun and then we had my mom and her boyfriend and our family. It's hard for my family to all get together because we are so spread out, it makes me wish we lived in Washington with Rodgers family sometimes. That and Holidays always bring out the drama in my family when my parents are bringing there boyfriend or girlfriend...Oh well, what do you do! I did take pictures with my phone but haven't figured out how to rotate them yet.

Halloween

2012-02-02T07:43:00.001-08:00

Rodger and I went to a Halloween Party this year. Our costumes weren't exactly in sinc with each other but it worked. Everyone thought that patch on the back was a tattoo but it's supposed to be his hairy plumber crack...Yuck!

Our little Lion...so cute!

Our butterfly, Lion, and witch

Swiss Days Parade

2011-09-29T13:48:00.000-07:00

This is our Anytime Fitness crew. We were in the swiss days parade last weekend and the kids had so much fun throwing candy... I know, I know... Anytime Fitness and Candy??? We got that a lot but we wanted to get our kids involved and that's what they wanted to do, besides eating the candy is what brings the people in right...they gotta work it off! The family in this picture is the ones who bought our old business partner Steve out and I am so grateful they did. They are so much fun and we get along so well so the partnership meshes really good.

The Adams'

Best Buds- Tayler and Mya

Tayler and Naomi all decked out in there T-shirts and Running Man Tattoos

Camden at his first parade

Tayler's HOLE-Y mouth

2011-09-15T09:06:00.000-07:00

Tayler lost 2 teeth in two days and has 2 more that are loose....the toothfairy is going to go broke on this kid. These fell out the day before picture day at school and she was so excited. Tayler told me that this is how she smiled for the picture so it oughta be good. I can't believe how fast she is growing...my big first grader that talks as though she is in high school already, boy do we have our hands full but we sure do love our miss Tayler!!!

GRATEFUL!

2011-09-01T09:14:00.000-07:00

Today I am reflecting on how blessed I am! I had a scary experience happen and am feeling so lucky it wasn't worse then it was. Naomi wanted to watch a movie a couple days ago and I told her that if she helped me put her laundry away that she could watch whatever movie she wanted. I was in the Living Room seperating piles of stuff she could put away. First she put shorts and skirts in the bottom drawer of her dresser and then I handed her some socks and panties for Tayler's top drawer. I don't know how many times I have told her not to step in that bottom drawer because the dresser could tip over. We had this big Turtle tank on top of there dresser.... "had"! I all of the sudden heard this CRASH and I knew that it wasn't good. I run in there and the tank is in a billion pieces, clothes everywhere. Naomi's hair is dripping from all the water...I asked her if she was ok and of course at this point she is only screaming, I pulled the dresser back up and looked over at Naomi and the only thing I could see was BLOOD splattered all of the wall and onto the carpet. I grab her and put her in the bath and stripped down all her clothes so I could find out where she was bleeding only to find that it was just her finger. She split it pretty good, not enough to need stitches but plenty of blood. I don't know how she did not get crushed by the dresser and the tank, for her to be standing in that drawer and having it come over...I have no idea how she got so lucky!

So besides a HUGE mess and $75 worth of carpet cleaning I am feeling so blessed my little girl came out of that ok. I didn't even take a picture because I think I was in shock, I wish I would of because Rodger didn't even see it. As for our turtles, they are still alive and kicking. I found one under a drawer and the other under a rock and they are both fine....I don't know how that happened either.

I am truly blessed and grateful for my husband and kids and for the ability to face everyday challenges knowing that I have my savior by my side!

Camden

2011-08-22T09:57:00.000-07:00

I can't believe our little guy is almost 4 months already, he is growing so fast. Right now he is smiling all the time, almost rolling over (so close) and he likes to make noises with his lips and cheeks. We were looking at pictures of our girls when they were this age and all of our babies look the exact same...it's crazy! I will have to post pictures of the kids all at this age next time. Camden has so much personality already and I'm excited to see what he will do next. We Love "BABY CAMDEN" !

THE FAIR

2011-08-22T09:51:00.001-07:00

We skipped out on the fair last year because neither of us wanted to go, Tayler was UPSET so we heard about it for a year, so we knew we couldn't miss out on it this year. The girls had a blast! They got there faces painted, snow cones, etc. It's so fun to see smiles on our girls faces....Pure Enjoyment!!!

Tayler's first day of 1st Grade

2011-08-22T09:26:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Tayler is in 1st grade....she looks so grown up! Now that she is gone all day long I am trying to figure out how to keep Naomi busy on the days she doesn't have school, the poor girl lost her friend. Tayler was really excited and has already made some new friends. I worried about her where as we moved into our new house and started her in a new school away from all of her friends, but she is adjusting really well. We are so proud of her and love her so much. Good Job Tayler!!!

Updated!

2011-08-13T11:29:00.000-07:00

I just did 6 posts in one morning, I am feeling pretty proud of myself and I am all caught up. The posts are out of order but there all on there and that's all that matters. Now hopefully I don't wait another 3 months before I post again!!!

Our 3 beautiful, healthy kids!!!

2011-08-13T11:11:00.000-07:00

These pictures were taken a while ago and I never posted them....these are only a few of my favorites but my friend Natasha did an awesome job as usual!!!

Naomi's 4

2011-08-13T11:05:00.000-07:00

I can't belive she is 4, she has grown so fast. I have got these posts all jumbled up. I have waited so long to update that I have got my newer stuff toward the bottom...Oh well, as long as there on here somewhere. Naomi got all sorts of fun toys and a piniata. My dad's birthday is the day after her's so we celebrated them together. Such a cute, fun Kid...love you Nomers!!!

Camden's blessing

2011-08-13T10:44:00.001-07:00

We have recen'ty moved into a new house so we didn't bless Camden until he was 2 1/2 months old. We debated whether to bless him in our old ward but figured we may as well do it in our new one. Rodger's family came from Washington and honestly this was a day I don't think I will ever forget.
During sacrament Camden was screaming so I left during the opening prayer thinking that they will do the blessing after the sacrament was blessed and passed so I had plenty of time to take him out and feed him. I was in the Mother's lounge when my friend Lyndsey came in and said they were looking for the baby. How Humiliating!!!! I walk in and of course everyone is looking at me which I hate and I was so nervous that I couldn't write down the blessing. The weird thing is, is that I had a dream the night before that we had slept in and missed the blessing which if you think about it almost happened, so that was eventful.
After the blessing we came back to our house and had a luncheon with my family and Rodger's. My little sister has epilepsy and has started blacking out a lot and just falling to the ground. She had gotten a ride with my brother and his wife and was walking to the door when they heard a SMACK on the concrete...Mindy had fallen flat on her face and was gushing blood everywhere. The cement was covered...it looked like a gory movie and we had no idea where the blood was coming from so we grabbed wet towels and started cleaning her face to find out that she had only split open her chin...boy was she lucky. Mindy had to get 13 stiches and broke a couple of teeth but was very lucky it wasn't worse. Anyway, that pretty much sums up the blessing day...we are so grateful Camden has joined our family and that my sister is ok!!!

CANCER FREE!!!

2011-08-13T10:11:00.001-07:00

My dad has been battling Cancer for the past 5 months and is down to about 150 lbs and lost his hair. This has been really hard to grasp and it is hard watching him go through this. While I was in Washington he had a test done that tells him whether the Cemo has been working or not. I have been on pins and needles about it because he had told Rodger one day that if the Cemo wasn't working he was basically going to give up and let it kill him , I think he told him so he wouldn't have to tell me....so this whole process has been very emotionally draining. I was out school shopping in Washington with all Rodger's sister and my mother-in-law when I got his call telling me the Cancer was gone. I couldn't believe it and I was so happy that I started bawling in the middle of the store.

I love my Dad and I am so glad he's going to be around for a while!

Washington Trip

2011-08-13T09:41:00.000-07:00

I didn't take very many pictures of this trip because we spent most of it being sick. After being there 2 days we were getting ready to eat dinner at our friends new house and she was due to have a baby any day and Naomi threw up all over there carpet upstairs about 4 times so after cleaning that up we went home and about 6 ours later it hit Tayler, then 6 hours later it hit me and 8 hours later it hit Rodger...it was awful and it makes it worse not being home. I think it might have been food poisning because 12 hours later we were all fine... or so we thought. Thursday was a good day, we were all feeling good, went school shopping etc, then we had this camp trip planned for friday at a really pretty spot by the lake and we got canoo's, we ate dinner and put the kids to bed. I went back to check on the kids and Naomi had thrown up again all over her sleeping bag, in her hair, jammies were soaked but she was sleeping in it. Never cried for me, nothing at all which was weird so we woke her up and cleaned it up the best we could when it's pitch black outside and your in the wilderness. That morning she was completely fine so after we get back from camping we had dinner planned with some friends and left the kids home with Grandma and Grandpa, well when we get back Tayler had thrown up and was feeling sick....WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!!! We were leaving the next morning for our 14 hour drive back to Utah so we were just praying that our kids were going to be better for the trip. The next morning they were fine so we headed home and they weren't sick at all, Thank goodness! I am so confused because we were the only ones getting sick so I could only come up with food poison bacause Camden didn't get sick at all, but we were eating the same stuff his family was eating so I am at a loss...maybe we are more sensitive, I don't know. Anyways, it was good to see the family but it is definately I trip I would hope we never repeated again ....Oh ya, I almost forgot that we had also hauled our huge trailer with our 2 4-wheelers on it to go riding at the dunes while we were there and for some reason they weren't working right so we never got to ride them. Oh well, what do you do!

Naomi's first day of Pre-School

2011-08-13T09:38:00.001-07:00

Naomi's first day was on August 8th and she was so excited, she looks so grown up in this pictures. Her teacher is the same teacher I had when I went to pre-school and she doesn't look like she has aged a bit. Miss Gwen is a spunky cute lady and Naomi loves her!

INTRODUCING......

2011-05-21T09:10:00.001-07:00

Camden Dusty Adams

9 lbs. 13 oz. 21.5 inches long

Born May 10th, 2011....He was a BIG Boy, no wonder why I was so worn out, tired, and couldn't sleep. This was one of the toughest pregnancies, but he is an amazing baby. I got induced a week before because my blood platelet level dropped to 103 and they were nervous about it dropping lower so they took him sooner which was good because they said if we would have waited for my due date he would have been up over 10 lbs. They started me at 9:30 am and he arrived at 3:22 pm. I am so glad he is here and healthy and there were no major complications. This pregnancy made me nervous so I feel very relieved and grateful for a healthy baby boy. I will post more pictures and write more later, I just wanted to get him on here really quick and let people know he arrived here safely.

Zoo, Easter, and Pregnancy Update!

2011-05-04T09:00:00.000-07:00

This last month has been very busy that I haven't had a chance to catch up- so here I go..... We decided to take the girls to the zoo one weekend and I had noticed Vegas had one, never had heard anything about but we thought it would be something fun to do as a family. It was the WORST zoo that I had ever been to, we paid $40 to see a bunch of birds flying around. There was a half dead Tiger and Alligator and a few monkeys. I was expecting the Hogle Zoo that had giraffes, elephants, Lions, etc. So if any of you are ever wondering about the Las Vegas Zoo just take my advice and not go, but here is a few pictures!

Tayler had fun, which is the biggest reason we went so that's all that matters!

Easter was like Christmas for my girls...they were on a countdown and couldn't wait for the day to come. I love the holidays. Rodger isn't that excited about all the little in between holidays, but I love them so I made him buck up and do the shopping with me and it was a lot of fun and the girls had a blast. We left a note for the Easter bunny that let him know to hide our eggs at Grandma's house so later that day we went there and had an easter egg hunt.

PREGNANCY UPDATE.....I had my appointment yesterday and the doctor has been checking my blood platelet levels and my blood count my entire pregnancy and it has been a rollercoaster the entire time so they checked it yesterday and my count went from 168 to 121 to 103 and they get nervous if it drops below 100 so they decided to induce me on the 10th so they could hopefully avoid it dropping to much lower so 6 days from today we are havin a baby and I'm so excited. I am definately ready to meet this little guy...all of us are. The girls have been pretty good about waiting but is so excited to meet there new little brother. I would post a picture but I had Tayler take it and it looks a little scary. My friend Tasha just took some cute pictures yesterday so when I get those back I will post them.

Rodger's 30th Birthday Bash!!!

2011-04-14T08:10:00.000-07:00

I took no pictures of Rodger's Birthday bash and I have no clue why but it was a blast and wanted to share anyways!

Tuesday night Rodger gets home from work to find parchute guys hanging from the ceiling, my mom there to pick up the girls for the night and our bags pack. I surprised him with Skydiving for his big 30th birthday in Vegas, we went with a couple of our friends and spent the night there in the Orleans hotel which they gave us upgraded rooms that were huge and so nice, had dinner at the Cheesecake factory and relaxed with no kids....it was wonderful!!! The guys left at 7 am to jump and Sara and I didn't go because they had to catch a shuttle and drive 40 min. to the spot so we just stayed in our rooms and relaxed. I was kind of a nervous wreck watching Rodger leave because I was realizing I'm 8 months pregnant and just sent my husband to jump out of a plane. I thought I was crazy but he had a blast. The guy that he was strapped to was a military guy who swore throughout his whole video, it was hilarious, I tried to download some of his video and it didn't work. After the guys jumped we went and had breakfast and just headed home to relieve our babysitters. That night I had set up for all our friends to have dinner, cake and ice cream at our house. It was a lot of fun , he kept teasing that the only reason I sent him skydiving is because we had just upgraded our life insurance policy and he was worth more dead then alive. It was a good day, I just wish I would have been better about taking pictures!!!

Sudden Passing of Grandma Brown

2011-03-24T20:40:00.001-07:00

This is one amazing lady! This picture was taken a couple years ago and it was the only one I have with the two of us. I found out 3 weeks ago that my Grandma (mom's mom) was very sick, she hated seeing a doctor but when she got really bad my mom and her sister's took her in for some tests. They found that she had breast cancer two days later, so I went and saw her on a Thursday and she was able to talk to me and my girls, she understood and knew who we were. By Saturday she had no idea who anyone was and couldn't communicate and then a couple hours later she was gone, just like that. So from the time I found out she was sick to the time she died it was literally just days. I was very grateful that I went and saw her when I did and give her a hug and let her know I love her. It's sad to let anyone go but I was glad she didn't have to suffer long. We were all planning to celebrate her 90th birthday on April 5th with the entire family so it was tough to celebrate her life instead. I was so blessed to have her in my life and I love and miss her very much!

Goodbye Grandpa Bob!

2011-02-22T11:46:00.000-08:00

The beginning of January Rodger's Grandpa died, it was all the sudden and unexpected. They lived in Kettle Falls Washington so I only saw him a few times but enough to know he was a great guy. The stories that were told at the funeral were amazing about the life he lead and the great example he was. Rodger's Grandma has been in a nursing home for awhile and doesn't remember a whole lot....who anyone is, where she is at, or the fact that her husband had just died. It was a really draining 3 day trip and the flight there and back were miserable but we wouldn't have missed it. I really miss Washinton, we have so many family and friends, nieces and nephews, cousins, etc. The girls had so much fun and didn't want to come home. Rodger and I are both defenitely blessed with great families! After the funeral we went to visit his Grandma and sung her the songs that we sang at the funeral!

Grandma Lois at the nursing home...such a cute lady!

Tayler is 6

2011-02-08T04:18:00.001-08:00

I can't believe Tayler is 6, where did the time go...she looks so grown up. Tayler could hardly wait for this day to get here, she begged me back in October to hand out invitations for her birthday party so if you could imagine then until the end of January was a very long wait. I was so close a few times just having her party so we didn't have to hear about it everyday but she is to smart...I couldn't pull that off. We got her a scooter for her Birthday and she LOVES it, our entire neighborhood has one of these so she just didn't fit in riding her bike (she would tell me) Now I can't keep her inside which is good because the weather here right now is awesome!

Tayler of course woke up at around 7 a.m which is not like her at all. Anyone that knows this little girl knows that she usually sleeps until around 10 because she hates the mornings...she was so excited she could hardly stand herself

PRESENTS...she made a haul on gifts, I think she got enough for 3 birthdays!

There were so many little girls in my house, Tayler just wanted a princess party with girls only...she didn't even want her dad there. Later she told him that he could come as the prince as long as I dressed up in my wedding dress and was the Queen. Ya...I'm 6 months pregnant...not going to happen. Even if I wasn't it was definately more fun watching all these little girls dress up and have fun. Naomi isn't in any of these pictures because she woke up this day and started throwing up and had diarea, it was so sad. I sent her to Grandma's house and had to Clorox my whole house before kids showed up. Naomi really wanted to be there and she would have had so much fun. Now that Tayler is 6 I am officially feeling old...especially when I think of being married for 8 years, Naomi is almost 4 and our 3rd one is one the way. Crazy Feeling! I love being a mom and my girls are amazing. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Happy Birthday Tayler!

IT'S A BOY!!!!

2011-01-14T15:55:00.001-08:00

We found out on the 21st of December that we are expecting a little boy to join our family on the 18th of May. Rodger and the girls kept telling me that it was a boy but after having 2 girls in a row I wasn't going to get too excited. I am still in shock and I find myself getting anxiety once in a while because I don't know the first thing about having a boy but I am excited for the challenge!
As for the pregnancy it has been really challenging compared to both my girls. The day I found out it was a boy they also told my I have placenta previa. The doctor seemed to think I will grow out of it so we are praying for the best. I also have really bad circulation in both my legs so I asked my doctor about it and they ran tests and they came back saying the bad circulation was coming from my heart and could be life threatening which scared me to death...I was in a state of panic and frustration and scared for our baby in hopes that he was ok. So I was sent to a Cardiologist who did more tests and they came back good, thank goodness. Then I was taken to the ER because there was a lump on the back of my right knee that was swollen and red and very painful so I was worried of a blood clot. I have phlembitous which is a clot in the superficial veins which has lead me to a lot of time on the couch elevating my legs...so if any of you know some good movies, send them my way. I feel like my list goes on, but I am staying really positive about it so I can get myself through these next 4 months without going crazy.
Despite everything we are sooo excited to be having another one and can't wait to meet him!!!

CHRISTMAS TIME!!!

2011-01-14T15:36:00.000-08:00

I skipped Thanksgiving and went right to Christmas because our experience with Thanksgiving was pretty miserable. We tried to go to Washington and hit a huge blizzard getting us trapped in a town that had nothing and had to stay overnight and then the next morning our truck was so frozen we couldn't even start it for 4 hours...then the weather continued to be bad and was going to stay that was so we drove the 6 hours back home to have Thanksgiving with my mom bless her heart. We were all pretty disappointed.

Anyways, Christmas was so much fun, we had my sister and her husband and daughter come here and we had a blast, seeing all three girls wake up that morning was so fun. I remember being that way when I was little but as a parent I just sat back and watched there excitment grow as they continued to open more presents. There is something really special about watching your kids smile that makes the day all worth it. The girls really wanted baby turtles for Christmas so Rodger and I set them up...they are really smelly and dirty but it's better then a dog or a cat for our place and they love them. I forgot to even get a picture of them...that's wierd. Anyways then we got them these digital camera's that are water and brake proof which they love so between those two and all the fun toys in between the girls came out pretty good!

Halloween and trip to AZ!

2010-11-03T11:47:00.000-07:00

This year for Halloween the girls wanted to be fairies....go figure! They love being fairies, but that's okay because they are two of the cutest fairies ever! Naomi wanted to be Tinkerbell for about 3 months and my friend already had this cutest dress so that made things easy but Tayler was on the hunt for the perfect fairy dress, she had about 3 she was trying to decide and picked this one and it turned out so cute. We were in charge of the wards trunk or treat so we had a hot dog dinner and the girls love trick or treating whether it's a house or a car. Then, the next night we carved our pumpkins which turned into a 4 hour process because we used the patterns which took forever and Tayler insisted she carved her own and that took forever....I'm just glad she didn't take off a finger. The next night we went to Hurricane to see my mom and dad and go to a neighborhood that is always completely decorated with lights and all sorts of fun stuff. Naomi was not enjoying it much this year because she was so scared of everything and this guy jumped out at her and scared her with a mask....who scares a 3 year old like that! We still had fun but I'm glad it's over because I love the fall and am ready for the fun holidays!

My mom was going to Arizona to help my brother and his wife because they were expecting a baby, and Rodger has been so busy that I hardly even see him anymore so I decided to hop in the car with my girls and go on a road trip. Both of my brothers live there so it was really good to see them and my nieces and nephews and welcome new baby Jayda into the world. The girls had so much fun being around tons of friends and entertainment and of course a new baby....I knew it couldn't go wrong. We painted pumpkins and went swimming, had a halloween party and decorated cookies, met a new baby girl and Tayler lost her first tooth. My sister-in-law is very artsy and creative so she helped me type up a letter from the toothfairy, leave rhinestones, and of course a dollar bill...she was so excited. Since then she has 3 more loose teeth so I need to act fast on my fall family pictures before my little girl is toothless. Anyway, the trip was a blast and the girls had tons of fun.

Crazy, Intense Hike through Zion!

2010-10-06T10:02:00.000-07:00

I was invited to Hike the Narrows with my friend Sara and a group of friends she knew. Rodger had to work so he couldn't come. I am extremely afraid of heights and heard there was a repelling section that was small so I agreed to go because they said it was tiny and not a big deal. They tricked me into going because as soon as we arrived, the repelling section was off a 100 foot cliff off this lip of a mountain, I was hyperventalating(spelling??) and almost ready to cry and the only thing I could think about was how crazy I must be to do it pregnant with my hubby and kids at home because if I kill myself out here...they are not going to be the last ones I see. I did it though and as soon as I hit the bottom I was so relieved but it changed quick when I said, " that was the only one right?" They laughed and said there were 8 more sections and at this point I couldn't turn around. We left at 6 a.m that morning and they told me it was an 8 mile hike which really was a 16 mile hike, I didn't call Rodger that night until 8 and by then he was wondering what had taken so long because I told him it was only 8 miles. As scared as I was to be repelling off cliffs, I was so glad that I didn't know what it was going to be like because I would have missed out on what I thought was the most amazing, gorgeous hike I have ever been on., I just was wishing Rodger could have been there to enjoy it with me

I'M.........

2010-09-29T12:29:00.001-07:00

Baby #3 is on it's way at the Adams household and we are really excited....now if I could just skip the icky sick feeling then things would be great! The girls are really excited and are already calling it a brother and has his name all picked out. #3 is a big jump, there are some days I can't believe we are there and are actually taking the leap but my girls are going to be a huge help and be such good big sisters to this new little one.

TAYLER'S IN KINDERGARTEN!!

2010-08-18T16:47:00.000-07:00

She's looks so cute and grown up I can't believe it. This day was full of excitment, anticipation, and anxiety....1-because she hasn't been able to sleep for the past 3 days waiting for this day to come so it has been a long week, 2-because everyone told me I would cry like a baby, but having her be so excited and asking me CONSTANTLY how much longer, I was ready at that point just to get her out of the house, and 3- I have been a nervous wreck trying to decide if she should take the bus or if I would just go pick her up. In my mind I felt like she is way to young to be riding the bus, but as she informed me..."I'm old enough mom and I can do it if I want to," (REALLY, am I there already...my 5 year old is basically telling me she is old enough to make her own decisions. So....I decided to be a brave, un-paranoid, nervous parent and let her do it. Getting through this first day of school has been great, everything worked out and I feel so much better and of course she LOVES it, I knew she would and Tayler is so smart, she is going to do great!

Aquatic Center and Forts!!!

2010-08-10T06:44:00.001-07:00

Lately our new summer thing has been the AQUATIC CENTER, I may as well get a pass there. Tayler asks me if we can come here about 5 times a week, she loves the slides and she is getting pretty good at swimming too. We met up with our friends Jeremy and Lindsey with there cute little boy Zander, we had a lot of fun. Naomi is getting better and better everytime in the water but still gets really scared...soon we will brake her and she will LOVE the water.

The girls really wanted a fort the other day so I brought 6 chairs upstairs to Naomi's room with a ton of blankets and made them a fort, they LOVED it...we let them watch a movie in there and once it was over we gave them flashlights and turned off all the lights and they played for quite a while. They both wanted to sleep in it so I got them all set up, read them a book and HOPED they would go to sleep. Tayler surprisingly was the first one asleep and Naomi decided that she wanted to sleep in her bed but didn't want the fort or Tayler in her room. I moved her to my room thinking she would fall asleep in my bed and then I could move her but she wouldn't do that, so I set her up in Tayler's bedroom and she wouldn't do that, so then I brought her downstairs to watch a movie with Rodger and I thinking she would fall asleep in my arms....NOPE! It was going on 1 am and I was tired of her. Finally Rodger put her up in her room and told her she had to stay and she finally fell asleep. What is it with the kids listening to Dad the second he says anything but when Mom does it they don't want to listen. I'm sure it's the deep, you know your in trouble voice that I don't have. Needless to say I will not be doing anymore forts for bedtime eventhough Tayler loved it, not such a good idea!

NATIONAL DANCE DAY!

2010-08-05T07:14:00.000-07:00

ZUMBA!!! I have been taking this class at the Warehouse for about 3 months now and it is such a good workout and I love it! July 31st was National Dance Day and the show So You Think You Can Dance invited everyone across the country to celebrate it. There is about 4 or 5 people that teach this in the St. George area so we got all of them together and everyone parked there cars in a circle at the Wal-Mart parking lot and turned on the lights and danced for almost two hours. The above pictures aren't even half of the class, each teacher got on stage and did two or three songs so half the time I felt like I sat there because I didn't know what I was doing, but it was still fun and the girls are awesome. It's definately my thing that gets me away from my house and takes my mind off of the mom scene for a bit and I just get to do something for myself. The camera's were rolling so we may be on TV tonight....but even if we are it would be for a brief second and I will just be a speck, but I still had a good time!!!

Summer Fun!!!!

2010-08-02T07:28:00.000-07:00

This summer we have taken two seperate lake trips, one to Powell and the other to Lake Nacimiento in California. We had so much fun and the combination of sun and water is always good with me. At Lake Powell we got invited to stay on our friends house boat which was a blast, they brought there ski boat as well so we got to tour around the lake, go cliff jumping (which I did, I was so proud I actually did it) and we did a lot of wake boarding and skiing and every night we played poker which I am horrible at but it was fun. Then we got invited to our friends cabin in California at Lake Nacimiento and we had so much fun! We boated through this spot called the narrows where the water was like glass, so pretty. Then we did a lot of boating and I finally got up on the wake board, Rodger of course caught on so fast and was doing awesome, and Tayler got up on the kids board and boated around the lake for about 2 minutes, she did so good and loved every minute of it. Naomi on the other hand hated every minute of it and thought we were terrible for making her try it, she is so scared of the water that isn't her bath and we are trying to brake her of it. The other pictures of the girls smeared against the glass are of them having a water fight in the backyard in there clothes and they were having so much fun. These trips came at perfect times for us, because we just needed to get away and get our mind off of things so thanks to Brad and Sara and Adam and Lisa for making our summer one to remember.

We had a BLAST!!!!!

Memories of Amber Lee

2010-07-21T15:05:00.000-07:00

Today and yesterday have been a rough day for me thinking about Amber and wondering where and what she would be doing, married, kids, etc. I still have a hard time trying to figure out why God would take such a young, beautiful, happy person and I reflect back on what my friend had told me the day we all found out she died, he just hugged me and told me the reason why is because God needs kind spirits who bring happiness and love to those around them and it has just kind of stuck with me because I had never met anyone who is as positive, energetic, and always happy as Amber was.

Amber and I were roomates and we shared a room right before she died and we had so much fun together. We would stay up until 3 and 4 in the morning eating cereal and looking at bridal magazines picking out our favorite flowers, dresses, decorations, etc. and we had always said that we would be neighbors and our kids would grow up together. We had so much fun being goofy and we always got along. I also remember when we were about 13 and we had a big sleepover party and we each (Darcy, Sophie, Amber, and I) brought a garbage sack of our clothes and we did photo shoots wearing each others clothes and having fashion shows. We would also have numerous amounts of bake sales to save our money to go swimming at the innertubes. Only naming a few of my favorite memories, the list could go on. Reflecting back to the last day we all saw Amber we all went Country Line Dancing for hours and we had so much fun. There was a balcony at top where we all posed and took tons of pictures and then Amber was meeting her boyfriend in Mesquite so she left and the group of guys she was with decided to take there truck down a dirt road and "rally" it. Amber always hated wearing her seat belt so she would always pretend to put it on and then slowly put it back. The driver of the truck ( 16 year old who just met her that night) hit a dirt ramp and the truck flipped and rolled causing Amber to be ejected from the truck. Everyone else came out fine but they couldn't find Amber so as they were looking they realized the truck landed on her and they had to lift it off of her. The guys not realizing exactly where they were had a hard time explaining to the ambulance how to get there, it took them an hour and it was obviously to late.

I woke up the next morning with Amber not there but she spent the night in Mesquite a lot so I didn't think anything of it. I went to work and was there a full 8 hours before anyone called me to say I needed to get home as soon as I could. I remember entering the house with about 10 people crying and neither of them could pull it together to tell me. Heather just gave me a hug and told me that Amber was in an accident....me hoping for the best asked if she was okay and then she said no she didn't make it. I instantly fell to my knees in shock that I couldn't even cry. It has been 9 years ago today since she died but I can't help but get really sad every year at this time because she was such a good friend. There is a reason for everything, that is the only answer that makes sense. Miss You Amber!!!

4th of July Festivities!

2010-07-13T06:50:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe we are in July already, I'm starting to see Christmas stuff already....are we really there again so soon? This year with the 4th landing on Sunday we did a couple of things, Saturday I took the girls to the park and did the festivities and rides there and met up with my friend Jen. I forgot my camera that day, but the girls got there faces painted and had a blast. That night we watched the fireworks at the sunbowl which was really good this year because we weren't stuck next to any smokers which was a huge bonus. Monday the 5th, Hurricane did there festivities and I was going to my mom's this day so I decided to take the girls to the park there as well, it was so much better then the one in st. george. They played games and earned tickets, got prizes, and then they had a potatoe gun that they stuffed a bunch of candy in and launched it out in this field for all the kids to pick up, they had so much fun! I love all the holidays, I am just suprised how fast they are sneeking up on us. Tayler will be starting Kindergarten within weeks and Naomi is going to pre-school I can't believe it. Holidays always make me go back and reflect on how lucky I am to have such an amazing husband and how blessed we are to have our two beautiful healthy little girls......there the best!!!

Naomi's 3

2010-06-24T15:27:00.000-07:00

I am very behind on this considering she has been 3 now for almost a month, but better late then never. Naomi's Birthday was so much fun because we had my entire family down so we got to celebrate it all together and all the kids got to do a pinata and they loved it. I can't believe she is three...that went so fast and she is talking so much, nonstop! Lucky for me she hasn't figured out how to open a door which seems weird at 3 years old but it's nice because she is so rambunctious and crazy that she would be flying out the front door any chance she got.
We have definately enjoyed her so much and it is so fun to see our girls play and laugh together...not all the time which is expected with siblings but they are fun and we love them so much! It is interesting to look back at the day they were born and replay in your head how the day went leading up to delivery, the excitment and anticipation not knowing what to expect, and I definately wasn't expecting a loud crying child for 3 weeks straight and nothing could please her. I remember wishing I could just give her away and try again because Tayler was such a quiet and sweet little baby and I didn't know how to deal with her sister. Naomi pooped about 12 times a day so GAS was NOT what I expected it to be but once I gave her those drops she was a brand new baby....even though she is still our more loud and abnoxious kid she has the smile, laugh, and personality that makes anybody fall in love with her. Naomi has been such a blessing in our little family and we are so happy to have her with us. Happy Birthday!!!

Tayler's Pre-school Graduation

2010-05-22T07:11:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Tayler is finished with pre-school and on to Kindergarten. Everyone always says to enjoy your kids when they are young because in a blink of an eye they will be gone and out of your house. It always made me laugh because I picture them being this age forever, but if it goes as fast as it has gone then I am in trouble. Tayler is only going to Kindergarten but it is hard to believe that we are in that stage already. It is going to be a long summer because she asks me everyday how many days until she can go and I have to tell her around 90, which she doesn't know exactly how long that is but she just knows the number is a high one so maybe she'll stop asking me everyday. On the day of her graduation they had a bounce house and a "magic" carpet that sat in the front that the siblings could sit on. Naomi wants to go to school so bad so she felt pretty proud that she was able to sit up there with the big kids. Tayler got a CD with pictures on it throughout the year a pillow case with all the kids hands on it, her certificate that showed how she wrote her name the day she started compared to the way she wrote it when she finished and then every month Mrs. Leavitt would trace her hand and ask a question and it was funny to hear the things she would say....(example) "Why do the leaves fall on the ground? because we do this ( wiggle, wiggle, wiggle) I just laughed....Rodger and I are very proud parents of our girls, it is amazing to see the new things they accomplish and how they interperet things. Tayler is going to be a giant sponge in Kindergarten and completely soak everything in, she loves to learn. I always pictured myself crying her first day of Kindergarten, but seeing how excited she is to be there only makes me excited for her to go.

I meant to post this on my last one but I forgot. My mom took our girls the night before Mother's Day because we had gone to Vegas and her boyfriend had done this for me for Mother's Day. Tayler's hand is on the left and Naomi's is on the right. This took him a couple of hours to do but he did an amazing job and I would have to say he won some points with me this day. I loved it!

Love my Mom!!!

2010-05-10T08:36:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day to the greatest mom ever! I love this day especially having kids of my own now. I don't think you truly appreciate your Mother until you have kids of your own, being a mom is really tough some days. I look back and realize my mom was my rock all growing up. My dad wasn't around much when I was younger and he quit going to church when I was Tayler's age so for years she got all 5 kids up, got them dressed and took us to church. That is a lot of work but she was always so passionate about the gospel and wanted it to be a part of our lives and for that I am truly grateful because I don't know where I would be without it. I don't know how she got through the stuff she did when I was younger, but out of all of her good traits I would hope I could have her STRENGTH. In times of trial she has always been there, and she loves loves loves being a Grandma and she is amazing my kids love there Grandma Roo (LaRue). Your the greatest Mom....I love you so much!

Love Birthdays....

2010-05-08T07:02:00.000-07:00

It is awesome to have great family and friends. The 6th was my Birthday and that morning Rodger got up and made me breakfast which was so good, he made pistachio choclate chunk muffins with strawberry jam in the middle. They sound wierd but they were amazing, and it took him about an hour because he made them from scratch. I was very impressed and the girls had fun helping. That night he got home from work and picked me up and a bunch of our friends met us at the park and Rodger brought pizza, cake, and ice cream and had a party. It was so fun to get together with everyone. When everyone has kids it is so hard to get together. Rodger got me a 3 month membership to Zumba (love it!!!) I don't know if any of you have tried Zumba, but if you love to dance it is perfect for you and you get a workout while doing it so you hit two birds with one stone. Sara and her husband gave me a trip to Vegas, dinner for two @ P.F Changs (awesome restaurant) and two supercross tickets with the man of my choice. I wonder who that would be. My best friend Lisa (miss her) gave me a certificate for a pedicure which I will be using today before we go to Vegas. I'm really excited to go play today and my mom is taking the girls overnight....Happy Mother's Day to me. Rodger and I are making her dinner and me and the girls made her something special. I love my mom, she is the greatest!!!

My Girls!

2010-04-30T15:15:00.000-07:00

I love dressing up my girls in the same outfits and taking pictures. I know they will hate it later so I better get in as many pictures as I can, and they have fun doing it so we all win!

Camping Trip...it's about time!

2010-04-29T14:10:00.000-07:00

We haven't been camping forever and we have been so excited to go, so last weekend we decided last minute to throw our stuff in the car and head to Zion. It was a beautiful day, perfect for hiking and camping. We hiked the Zion Canyon Overlook trail and camped out. There was no wind at all thank goodness just sunshine and much needed family time. When we reached the top of the Trail, we had packed ourselves a lunch so we ate and took some pictures and started heading down. I am a horrible person when it comes to heights...I didn't used to be that way, I think it is from having kids. The girls had a blast and it is so good to see that your kids are happy and we are spending that time there as a family. After our hike we found the perfect camp site that wasn't by anyone and we were down by the river. We set up our tent, gathered fire wood and then played down by the river. I would have to say, that was the best part of the whole trip because Naomi kept getting her clothes wet so she had me taking them off until she was Naked, and she swam in that water for about 1/2 hour and that water was freezing. Tayler is more like me in that sense where we hate the feel of cold water on our skin so she was definately more cautious around the river, but she still had fun. We made hobo dinners and you can't forget smores (best part) which I think Tayler would say was her favorite part, I think she ate three. I love my family so much! We never get to see or spend much time together, but the time we do get together is the best!

Happy Birthday to my Hubby!

2010-04-14T12:14:00.000-07:00

Rodger turned 29 yesterday....you know your getting old when you can't get away with buying just one box of candles anymore. We didn't give him anything to exciting, mostly just stuff he really needed like socks and shorts. You can tell the girls helped me out because they really wanted to wrap his presents with Princess wrapping, and then we made him a 4-Layer cake that was really good. I love my husband so much, he is such a great guy who is always so supportive....he is an amazing Dad with our girls and an excellent husband, I am so blessed. I couldn't ask for more. I love you babe!

They earned it!

2010-04-12T14:16:00.001-07:00

I love the look on my girls faces when they get something at the store they worked and saved there money for. Tayler and Naomi have been wanting a kite for a while and the easter bunny forgot about it, so they worked really hard at cleaning there rooms and helping me around the house. When we got up to the counter I'm sure the girl hated me because we paid for each of them in nickels and dimes because that is what they had. I love teaching my girls that if they want something they need to work for it, and it works really well when we look in the toy isle and they are wanting everything....I just say "You need to save your money" and they have no melt downs, no panic attacks, just excitment to save there money for something else they want and then they are more willing to help me around the house. I love my girls!

Tayler's many many Questions!

2010-04-06T12:40:00.000-07:00

Lately Tayler has been fasinated with babies...has been for a while, but has recently been obsessed. This was our conversation today....

Tayler: "Mom, how do you get pregnant?"

Mom: It happens when you find somebody special you want to marry

Tayler: "How many times do you get married?"

Mom: Only once!

Tayler: So were you pregnant with Naomi and I at the same time

Mom: Well....no

Tayler: Then how did Naomi get here

Mom: Lol....It 's just something special that happens when mommies and daddies spend time together...(Gulp)

Tayler: " Oh....I get it mom (laughing),

Oh ya, after that she asks me about a baby brother and that Camdon is going to be his name.
What a little character. I dread these conversations because she is so curious, and I know you are supposed to tell your child enough without being graphic obviously but how do you explain this? I have ran out of things to say. Hopefully she is done asking me for a while because this conversation wore me out.

Easter!

2010-04-05T14:26:00.001-07:00

I love Easter! My girls get so excited for any holiday which is fun for us, because I love being Santa, Cupid, Easter Bunny, Tooth fairy, ect. I'm trying to get Rodger more excited about it because I am always going to love it and will want to go all out while he is more laid back. This year we went to the Vernon Worthen park for the egg hunt, no prizes won just smiles which makes it worth it. Then we rollerbladed down to the park and played football and soccer and played on the playground. That night we colored eggs and went to bed so the Easter bunny could come. The next morning the girls woke up at 7:30 and they were so excited. Tayler got a piggy bank which is what she has wanted so she can save her money and she was so excited. On our way bringing it up to her room so it wouldn't brake she dropped it and it shattered....it was a sad morning after that, but tomorrow I told her we would check all the stores and try and find the one the easter bunny went to. Naomi has been wanting one of those GIANT chocolate easter bunnies for weeks, everytime we go into wal-mart she points one out. We didn't get it for her go figure but they got a little chocolate bunny, a stuffed pink bunny a game and some bubbles.

In the middle was another basket that was filled with candy and eggs with a CD and a picture of Christ. General Conference was great and it reminds us all the reason we celebrate Easter.

Washington!

2010-03-23T14:46:00.000-07:00

We just got back from Washington....I guess it has already been a week now and it was so good to finally see our family and friends again. Rodger and I are just so caught up in St. George and it's everyday craziness that it was so nice to get away. We went there because Rodger's brother Greg was going on a mission so we went to his farewell and setting apart, and then we actually drop him off at the MTC on our way home to St. George. Luckily we were also fortunate enough to be there to see our new baby nephew the night before we left. All of our Neices and Nephews but the two baby's eating dinner. This group of kids were so busy and entertained the entire week. They all played really good together.

Rodger and Nathan helped the kids build a fort in the backyard
My girls and I out at Grandma Fae's house

We last visited in August and since then my girls begged me daily to take them horseback riding at Grandma Fae's....they were so excited to finally get the chance after so many months of waiting.

Russell Adam Thornock born the night before we left at home as planned, healthy, happy, and adorable!

This was our seating arrangment on the way to Provo to take Greg to the MTC. I sat in between my girls car seats for 11 hours. It took us that long because it was during the day and with little kids it's impossible not to take forever. This day was honestly the longest day I have ever experienced but I got some good playing time, song singing, and book reading in with my girls.

Elder Greg Adams is called to serve in the Tempe Arizona mission. I don't know if any of you have been to the MTC lately or knew what it was like before but we literally pulled up to a curb and the had us pop our trunk, they unloaded his luggage and took off with him. We had to run him down to get one last picture and a hug. We were only there about 3 minutes tops...it was crazy. Before they invited all the family for a devotional, talks, music and a last good-bye with hugs and tears. They have done away with that now which I guess makes it easier on the missionaries and families.

Rodger and all of his boys from High School...

Lucky for me all of there wives are the greatest and a lot of fun....Chadd's wife Tami is not in here, I think she stepped out and we missed her. Earlier this day I had lunch with some good friends from when we lived here before. Jenilynn, Kimberly, and Lacey and I was kicking myself that I didn't get any pictures taken with them. This whole week was a lot of fun and all these people make me want to move back there so bad. Good Times....and hopefully we will see everyone sooner then every 8-9 months.

Indoor Fun VS. Outdoor Fun!

2010-02-27T13:51:00.001-08:00

This past week has been nothing but rainy, overcast and cold and it was a rough week trying to find things to entertain two kids besides movies.
This day I banned movies all day and just tried to get creative. I have these long white strips of paper and I remembered when I was in Kindergarten that we did our footprints and handprints in paint, so I decided to try it. I put paint on plates and the three of us dipped our hands in it and made our handprints with it and at first I was just going to do it for something fun but after we were done I thought it would be really neat to put in my hope chest with our names by our handprints. Now, the footprints were a little more difficult and definately more messy but the girls had a blast. I was cleaning up paint off the tile and I had to put them straight in the tub, but it was easy cleanup and it kept us busy where as we couldn't go outside. After we did this we decided to make sugar cookie cutters with sprinkles, fruitloop necklaces, and read stories. I am very much an outdoors person so for a week of trying to find projects, I was running out of ideas.

Finally, the sun broke through and we had a beautiful sunny day which was much needed. The girls and I could have stayed at this park all day because it was such a nice day. Now that the holidays are over I am ready for some nice weather. When is spring going to be here for good? The thing with that is that it stays spring for about 2-3 weeks and then it gets HOT, but at this point I will take anything but dark dreary days.

Anyways, with that being said...we had fun even though we couldn't go outside for most of the week but it looks like we are going to have another week of stormy weather so if any of you have any ideas let me know!

7th year Anniversary!

2010-02-05T12:52:00.000-08:00

Rodger and I just had our 7th year anniversary, Where does the time go! I had no idea when I married this man how much my life would change and it has been all for the good.
We got married February 1st, 2003 in the St. George LDS Temple which was such a blessing. We moved in those 7 years about 10 times ( 2 different areas just different houses) We spent our first 2 1/2 years in Washington State to be closer to Rodger's family which was really good because I felt like I could get a chance to get to know them more and his family was great, I was so glad for that opportunity to be there and meet some really good friends. After we had our first daughter in January of 2005 I was really missing my home town of St. George Utah so we moved back. Rodger worked as a trainer at a gym for a little bit but had always wanted to start up a gym of his own, so that was going to be our next venture....but before we got that going we welcomed another sweet spirit into our home June of 2007 and our girls have been such a blessing. That year we got our location purchased and opened Anytime Fitness in February of 2008, two years later we now have 740 members and counting. The gym is doing so good but our partnership has not so it has been a long bumpy 2 year long road, but Rodger and I have learned so much and we realized that if we can make it through this then we can make it through anything....it has strengthened us so much individually and as a couple. I am truly blessed with an amazing husband and two beautiful, healthy little girls. I am excited to see what life brings us next. I love you Rodger!!!

Tayler's the "BIG 5"

2010-02-04T09:40:00.000-08:00

I can't believe I have a 5 year old, that time buzzed by so fast it's crazy. For Tayler's birthday she wanted a princess party so for her cake I tried to make a princess cake and it turned out okay but nothing what I wanted it to. Anyways, Tayler started out the morning opening her present from Rodger and I before he had to leave for work. We got her a Karaoke Machine because she loves loves loves to sing, she would probably do really good in a musical because there are sometimes when I ask her something that she sings me back the answer. Right now she is mostly just singing songs without words or else her own words so she got some CD's that will teach her some songs to sing, she was so excited. Then that night we invited her friends to Jumpin Jacks inflatable bounce house for a party, pizza, cake, and ice cream. They had a lot of fun...it was interesting keeping track of all the kiddos but we survived. Naomi didn't want to go at first because she was scared but eventually warmed up and when she finally went down the slide I didn't have my camera. After we let the kids bounce out most of there energy we went upstairs where they had pizza delivered for us and then we did cake, ice cream and presents. It never fails when we get the candles lit and we start singing Happy Birthday that someone turns off the lights so the pictures I got of her with her cake are all blury...I just need to have my camera set on night vision so I am prepared next time. Tayler made a hit on Barbies, I think she got 5 and she was stoked, she also got the movie "Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs" that as you can see she was way excited about. I love this little girl, she is so good and I am so proud of the big girl that she has grown up to be.

Well, that pretty much sums it up. Now that we have Christmas and Tayler's birthday out of the

way, I feel like I can settle back down into day to day stuff.

Vegas/Phoenix Trip!

2010-01-18T09:35:00.000-08:00

We arrived in Vegas Thursday night and picked up my friend Sara's friends from Idaho Falls from the airport. Rodger and I didn't know any of them but we got along with them very well. Friday we ate some breakfast and split up with the guys and us girls went shopping and to the "M" spa and got a massage and a facial which was much needed. We spent 5 hours there because they had a hot tub with showers and stuff to get ready. We had tickets to the Blue man group which was a good show but not a great show for $100, then we ate dinner. Saturday morning we rented Harley's and headed to Phoenix (5 hours away) to go see the Supercross, which was fun but I wouldn't recommend the distance in January. We stopped at Hoover Dam and got to see the new bridge they are in the process of building which was really cool to see. We got there an hour late but we still got to see most of it. I love watching that kind of stuff as long as it's not Nascar, by the time that Supercross was over and we got some dinner it was 12:30 and our friends flight left the next day at 5:15 so we just went to bed and had to get up at 6 a.m and hit the road again and we were so TIRED!!! When we made it back to our hotel the girls jumped in the hot tub while the guys took the bikes back. It was so nice ( as much as I love my girls) having a vacation without them, and we had so much fun....Now back to the grind!!

Christmas 2009

2009-12-27T10:43:00.000-08:00

I can't believe Christmas has already come and gone...we had a blast and now it is time to get geared up and ready for the new year.

Christmas Eve was really low key we spent most of the day just relaxing because we already had Santa's cookies made and the presents were all wrapped and from staying up until 5:30 a.m making sure everything was going to work so we didn't have to worry about it Christmas Eve, we were pretty exhausted....well Rodger and I were. Tayler and Naomi were both bouncing beans all day long full of excitment for Santa to come. We went to our friends house and went hot tubbing and had pizza and then we came home and opened up Christmas Jammies and was going to look at Christmas lights but Tayler wanted to get to bed so Santa could come which worked out really good because we were able to get Christmas all set up before mid-night.Tayler's teacher from school gave her a magic Santa key that had a poem attached to it saying "No Chimney, No Problem" it was his magic key that we hung on the outside of our door so santa could get in and then we had reindeer dust which was gold glitter that you put in the palm of your hand and threw it in the air so the reindeer would know they haven't been to our house yet, Tayler thought it was the greatest thing. I LOVE CHRISTMAS....I could not sleep that night because I was so excited for the girls to see what Santa had brought them. Tayler has been needing a new bike because she already out grew her little one so we were going to fix up Tayler's old bike for Naomi by repainting it and getting new decals for it, new tires and then when I got to the store and started pricing things out it would have costed around $45 and a brand new bike was $38 so we skipped fixing up the old one and got the girls each a bike with some shelves and bins for all there toys. They were so EXCITED! After we had our Christmas we went to my mom's house to have Christmas with her and we took the girls bikes so they could ride them around and not 5 minutes later Naomi wrecked and landed flat on her face and got a fat lip, we felt so bad, but she is tough. After this we had a third Christmas with my Dad and his wife....our girls got so spoiled and by the end of the day we were all exhausted. We had a great Christmas and are excited to see what the new year will bring.

Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Update!!!

2009-12-09T09:00:00.000-08:00

Now that Christmas is about here, I felt like I should finally update my blog since it has been awhile. Thanksgiving was great this year...all my family went to Arizona this year and Rodger and I couldn't go because Costco wouldn't let me get work off so it ended up being just my little family, we had a blast!!! One of the members of our gym has a condo in Brian Head Resort and offered it to us so as soon as I got off work the night before Thanksgiving we drove an hour and spent the night there. Our room had a great view of the snow and the mountains and it was so pretty. We woke up and made breakfast and played in the snow, and then there was an indoor pool and jacuzzi hot tub that we played in for about an hour. Then we went back out and played in the snow once we dried off and we found a hill for Rodger to snowboard and I was his shuttle. I was going to go but the snow wasn't the greatest and I hadn't been snowboarding in 3 years so I was a little nervous to do it, but Rodger had fun and the girls and I video taped it and watch him crash a couple of times. Then we thought we would go back and make out Thanksgiving dinner which consisted of Ribs, potatoes with gravy and corn, but instead of doing that we thought we would just go make the mess at our house instead so we cleaned up the room and drove home and made our dinner about 6 p.m. It was definately a different Thanksgiving and it would have been nice to see family but we had a lot of fun. My camera died so the only pictures I got from it are on my new phone and I haven't figured out how to get the pictures off of it yet.

Recently I have quit my job at Costco which has been such a blessing. Rodger and I got to the point that we were always working and our girls didn't get to see us all together, it was either time with me..switch...then to the sitter...switch...then time with there Dad and so on and so on...I couldn't take it anymore, it was really hard to watch our kids cry when we left and have them constantly saying they don't want me to work anymore. So, Rodger and I decided that Costco was out of the picture...I have only been done there for three days and I couldn't feel better about our decision, and I love being a mom...it is my calling in life, and I'm done leaving it to someone else. Anyways, what better time to quit then right before Christmas. I am so excited this year and Tayler is stoked.

We went and saw santa the other day and Naomi loved him which was surprising because as you can see the year before she was scared to death of him. I love CHRISTMAS!!!

Halloween!

2009-11-01T09:56:00.000-08:00

This was the day before Halloween...Rodger and I have been so busy this week that we didn't even get to carve our pumpkins until Friday. We didn't have any special kits so we just carved some faces out. Tayler took hers to Preschool on Tuesday and they decorated theirs with stickers and pins. This night was one of the first nights in a long time that just the four of us got together. I made Chinese for dinner and we went and bought a pumpkin cheescake. Yum! Yum! The girls had a blast.

Naomi was so proud of her pumpkin...She wanted to bring it to bed with her. Every time I put it outside she would go out there and bring it back into the house.

Here are our fairy princesses...Tayler had the purple one to begin with but Naomi loved it and it actually fit her better so I went to Big Lots and found Tayler's for $9, all the costumes were 30% off. I waited until Wednesday to buy costumes because I knew they would want to wear them everyday and I didn't want them to get ruined.

This is our wards Trunk-or-Treat....Rodger and I are on the activities commity so we were in charge of getting all the hot dogs, buns, etc. All my decorations fell down by the time I got this picture. Tayler loved being the one to sit up there and pass out the candy, she is such a good little helper. I can't believe Halloween has already come and gone....I love the holiday's seeing how excited my girls get about everything. After here we went Trick-or-Treating in Hurricane down this really neat neighborhood, they went all out on the scary stuff and decorations. Both my girls are scared of everything so they didn't go to quite a few of the houses but they still had fun.

Car Accident

2009-10-16T11:23:00.000-07:00

I didn't get a good picture of the damage on my car as it was being towed away, from this picture nothing even looks wrong with my car, but I was in an accident on Tuesday the 13th that was not my fault. I had just taken a right at a light and was going straight and my left lane was stopped but the light ahead was green so I was just going through as I should be when this car darted out in front of me leaving me no time to do anything but hit my brakes. The left lane was signaling this kid to take a left not knowing what my lane was doing and I hit him putting a hole in my fender, the grill thing on the front broken, a dent on the passanger side, my head light was completely popped out, damage to the hood, and of course plenty of scratches. His car however you could not even tell it was hit...he was driving a 96 ford mustang, it was a young kid and as soon as he got out of the car he started to fan his face and started to cry. I had both my girls in the car and they didn't even know what happened and didn't understand why I was stopped so long. I felt fine when I left the accident and my car drove fine, but as soon as I got home I got dizzy and nauseous and my neck and back were hurting...I went to the Chiropractor and it wasn't anything serious which I didn't think it was because it wasn't a severe accident. The next morning my car wouldn't start so they had to tow it away...I had my phone on me and took this picture but I didn't take any of the car when I got home... Accidents happen and nobody was hurt thank goodness, but they are not fun!!!

Tayler Earned It!!!

2009-10-07T15:25:00.000-07:00

Tayler saw this Ariel barbie doll in the store about a month and a half ago and wanted it so bad....she has this long laundry list of toys that she has to have. I told her if she saved her money that she could come back and buy it, so we went home and made her a chart for chores....She had to clean her room and make her bed everyday and on the 5th day she got a dollar and then we made a quarter, nickle, dime, and penny chart with bonus spots of 50 cents so when I asked her to do something for me or help me out with something she got to put the coin or coins in her piggy bank. Tayler has worked really hard for six weeks and saved enough money for her doll. We get to the store and of course she wants everything in sight and has $10.64 to work with so when she saw this repunzel doll she decided that that is what she wanted and it was $10, so we took it up to the counter and she pulled out her little purse and it came to $10.63 so she had just enough money with a penny to spare....I was so proud of her, she has worked really hard and it paid off and there is something about seeing your kid so happy that makes your day!!!

Photography Giveaway!

2009-09-25T07:27:00.000-07:00

Photography a la Mode is doing a Fall Giveaway and you need to ENTER by the 30th of September so any of you who are interested better be quick because you are running out of time...Go to www.photographyalamode.blogspot.com

HOW TO......

2009-09-25T06:36:00.000-07:00

My sister-in-law told me about this website on how to make bows, tutus, beanies, bow holders, etc. and I just barely checked it out and it gives you step by step instructions on how to make cute things for your girls. If anyone knows any other websites on any of this stuff let me know. The website is http://www.girlythingsbow.com/

My sweet little girls!

2009-08-19T14:20:00.000-07:00

I always try really hard to take my own pictures so I can avoid the cost of getting them done and of course you can never get both of them to smile there cute smiles at the same time. The single shots of them worked the best but I was really shooting for a good picture of the both of them. This one was probably the best of the two of them which is cute, but Naomi has the cutest smile when she shows those teeth....Anyways, I had fun editing them and adding new features and yet again I posted these both on facebook and on here but I love pictures, I really think it would be fun to take a photography class and really learn how to capture the right photo. I also would love to become a nutritionist which would be another fun class to take. Why I decided that these things would be good to do now when life if so crazy busy and I have two kids.....I don't know, but It's never to late to start Right!?

These were the other ones I took that I just had fun with!!

Rodger and I are are truly blessed to have such sweet little girls. Tayler and Naomi are really great kids, not to say that they are never bad ...every kid has there good and bad days, but for the most part I consider myself very lucky!

Mindy's Wedding!

2009-07-29T14:10:00.000-07:00

My little sister Mindy got married on Saturday the 25th and it was a really good wedding and ceremony. She has epilepsy so she blacks out and has seizures quite often so we were all a little on edge through the whole ceremony hoping she would just atleast make it through that without any problems and she did so good. Mindy has been through a lot so she deserved to have her wedding day perfect and it was. Tayler was one of the flower girls and Rodger and I were also part of the wedding party.

This is my whole side of the family with there spouses and kids!

My sisters Amy and Mindy!

It's weird when you look at the three of us and think how much we hated each other growing up, but now that we have grown up, we have moved on from being siblings to friends and it is so crazy to think that we would ever look at each other as friends...Anytime I see Tayler and Naomi fight, I always think about how someday they will realize how much they love each other. Families are the greatest!

Dancing Girls!

2009-07-06T15:08:00.000-07:00

4th of July

2009-07-06T14:56:00.000-07:00

For the fourth we went to our friends house for dinner and then went to the Sun Bowl down by Vernon Worthen park for fireworks. Tayler and Naomi loved them, I thought Naomi would be nervous about them but she got pretty excited. There was a dog down there that I think she was a little more excited about, she wouldn't leave it alone...The guy was really nice about her being around his dog but after she went back multiple times he got up and left. I felt bad but it was nice not to have to chase her down and bring her back. Tayler, Naomi and our friends little girl Sadie were dancing to the music and having so much fun. I'm glad I got the video to work, I have never downloaded a video before.

Camping in Kolob

2009-07-06T14:24:00.000-07:00

I told myself I wasn't going to post the same picture on here as I did on Facebook, but seeing as how I am so behind on here, I really needed to update.

We were planning on going to Kennewick Washington for the 4th of July weekend but got so caught up in the gym that we couldn't get away so we decided to go Camping which is something we have not done forever. We camped out in Kolob right next to the lake so it was so pretty, right after we set up our tent it rained like crazy for about 20 min. and then quit. We were meeting some friends there so when they showed up the sun was out, there was a rainbow and it was so pretty. Then, they got there tents set up and it started raining again. It was coming down so hard that it didn't look like it was going to stop. We just sat in our tent hoping for it to pass and then our tent started leaking and our blankets were getting wet. I told Rodger that I was ready to go because the last thing I wanted to do was freeze in 30 degree weather with wet stuff, but he was determined it was going to pass and he didn't want to leave. By then our friends packed up and left because it was still raining and Rodger wanted to hold out for 10 more minutes, so we did. Right then, the rain quite and the moon and stars came out and it was such a pretty night. He was even lucky enough to get a fire going so we could roast marshmellows and make dinner. The girls slept clear through the night, we all slept really warm and it was a beautiful day the next morning that we were able to go for a hike and feed the ducks. Rodger really had to fight to keep me there but I was glad he did because our family really needed an opportunity to do something fun together since our trip to Washington fell through.

Our friends little girl Avery with Tayler and Naomi eating there yogurt!

This was the how pretty it was right before we got hit with all that rain!

I LOVE CAMPING!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Naomi

2009-06-04T08:20:00.001-07:00

Naomi is now officially two years old and I am completely shocked at how fast that two years went. This was the start of her day, I took a picture of her just waking up and we made pancakes because that is seriously her favorite thing in the whole world.....SHE LOVES HER PANCAKES!!!!!!!!

I got the girls ready and we went shopping for all the birthday stuff because we invited some of our friends over for dinner and cake and ice cream, so she had a couple of her little friends there.

It was such a nice day out that day, we should have been out playing in it but I left all of this stuff to the last minute, so we spent the day shopping which with two little kids isn't the funnest, most enjoyable thing to do.

The girls have been begging Rodger and I for a fish so we decided to get them a fish. I didn't even take a picture of it, but we got a red Betta fish that Tayler calls Kiara. It's an interesting name for a fish but it's theres so whatever she wanted to name it was fine with me.

This is Naomi with her new bike, it's kind of hard to even see the bike but it is a little Radio Flyer trike and she loves it. Naomi has been riding around this little car and she has loved it but doesn't even notice it's there anymore with this in the picture. I can't believe how grown up she looks, where did the time go.

Naomi was having a tough time trying to blow these candles out, right before she started to spit Rodger blew them out, she thought she did it all by herself so she clapped her hands and said, "Ya, I Did It!!" It was really cute.

Now that she is two I told myself I would really crack down on the potty training which I HATE. Tayler seemed to just get it and catch on and Naomi just has no clue yet. She loves to sit on the toilet but it is just so she can shove a ton of toilet paper in there, flush it and say Bye Bye. I figured with her being able to watch Tayler that potty training a second one would be easier but it just sounds so exhausting.

Sand Hollow

2009-06-04T07:32:00.001-07:00

My sister came to visit over Memorial and we had so much fun. We went to Sand Hollow and went swimming, it was a lot of fun and Tayler actually got in the water which was shocking because she has always been so afraid of big water. We had never gotten her water wings before and she loved them. Amy spent a week in a half here and we had so much fun, she has a 3 year old daughter named Ionie so we had a tuff time keeping Naomi and Ionie straight. I couldn't imagine having three girls that close in age, they fought a lot but had a lot of fun together also. My younger sister is getting married so my mom, two sisters and I had fun helping my sister plan her wedding, we forgot how much work it is to plan a wedding.

This is my Dad and my sister Amy posing for a picture. I am the only one who lives here out of all of my siblings so when any of my brothers or sisters come visit we line up a bunch of stuff to keep us busy.

I thought this picture turned out really neat. Naomi was loving the dirt and hating the water, she is definately my dirty girl. Tayler hates to get dirty and Naomi can't get dirty enough. I always say she should have been a boy because she is so adventurous, loud, and into everything. Naomi is so cute and fun though, everyone falls in love with her cute little personality.

I felt like I got to finally escape all the craziness this day. I just got

to sit back and enjoy this day with my family. I am so blessed to have such a great husband, two beautiful healthy little girls and a family that is so close.

Here Ducky Ducky!

2009-05-11T15:50:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went for a walk on this trail by our house and found this pond with a bunch of ducks and fish in it. So, today we brought some bread to feed them. It is hard to see what is in this picture but after we had feed the big ducks about 10 little ducks bolted out of those trees and wanted to eat so I took a picture because they were swimming so fast. I can never get a picture of the three of us without Naomi looking down, it's so frustrating. She loves to say cheese, so it is just the matter of snapping the picture at the right time.
This area is really neat because the trail goes forever and it passes right through a park for the kids to play and then we found this pond, so today we got lunch and had a picnic, went for a walk, fed the ducks and came back home and went swimming, it was a lot of fun. We just made a day out of it. Now, the kids are exhausted and so am I. The heat here is already getting unbearable and the summer has just began.

Bonfire

2009-05-11T15:27:00.000-07:00

Our friend Ben graduated from college last week and we did kind of an all day play day and this was the only time that I remembered to bring my camera. We had a barbeque at the park and went to the graduation and then after that we went out to the sand dunes and had a bonfire, roasted marshmellows and went sand boarding, it was a lot of fun. It's wierd to think that we are old enough to graduate college. I think I am in denial how fast time is really going. I still cannot believe my baby is almost 2 years old, I swear I just had her.

Things are going really good here, we are just staying busy, busy, busy. Once in awhile we will find some free time to go on a date or to even hang out with some friends but right now life is going 100 miles an hour and I am ready for it to slow down.

I am reminded everyday how grateful I am to have such a hard working husband. Rodger works like crazy keeping Anytime Fitness and Red Rock Fitness going and is doing very well at it. We are definately ready for a vacation which is coming up in July

to Washington to visit family and we are so excited. We haven't been back there since Naomi was about 3 months old so we are excited, we were glad when Rodger's sister Brooke and her family came to visit, it was so nice to have them around for a week and let our kids remember who each other are.

Tayler sleeping!!

2009-04-16T14:32:00.000-07:00

I had to post this picture!!! I put Tayler to bed the other night and wanted to check on her one last time before going to sleep and this is what I found, she had fallen asleep in her doll house. Every night we put her to bed she stays up and plays with her doll house, so I expected to find her on the floor or possibly in her bed, but obviously she found a more suitable spot for herself and I thought it was so funny. I had to take this picture before moving her to her bed.

Happy Birthday Rodger!

2009-04-13T11:39:00.000-07:00

Today is Rodger's Birthday the big 28. We just had cake and ice cream at my moms house, but today we are going out to dinner and then I got him supercross tickets on the 25th in Salt Lake, he is going to be so excited. SHHH, don't tell!

Girls Easter Dresses

2009-04-13T11:32:00.000-07:00

These are the girls in there Easter dresses, they looked so cute. I love matching my girls, it's so fun. This was Easter Sunday at my mom's house, this day was a busy day. We woke up and went to my Dad's in Central which is about 30 minutes from our house and had breakfast and had an Easter egg hunt, then we went home and had church at 1:00. Tayler had the scripture in Primary so I helped her with it and she did so good. We worked with her on it before church and she almost had he whole thing memorized before we got there, I was so proud of her. After church we went to my mom's in Hurricane which is 30 minutes the other direction and had dinner and a Birthday party for Rodger. His birthday is today but since we were all there on Sunday, we celebrated it then. We had a lot of fun and Holidays with kids are so much fun.

Easter!

2009-04-13T11:04:00.000-07:00

Easter Egg hunting at the Hurricane Ball Fields, we go here every year!

We colored Easter Eggs at my mom's house and the girls did an egg with there name on it and Naomi wouldn't hold hers up to see so Rodger was holding it for her.
This was Easter morning before the girls came downstairs

Tayler and Naomi all smiles! (Love these girls)

Hunting for more Easter eggs at my dad's house in Central Utah!

Doll House

2009-04-13T10:46:00.000-07:00

For Easter I fixed up my old doll house from when I was a kid for Tayler. This house isn't anything glamorous but it was mine and I loved it when I was Tayler's age. This was the before and after pictures. I decided to do this about 4 days before Easter so I didn't have enough time to do all the things Iwanted to it. This has been in storage the past ten years so it needed a lot of work. I wanted to get curtains and more furniture, but I ran out of time so it will be something Tayler and I can do together.

This used to have a bed, kitchen table and more chairs but who knows where they ended up. The furniture was white along with the house and had old wallpaper that was from the 80's but it was all chipping away so I repainted everthing. My mom works at Carpets plus so she got me a bunch of free carpet. I wanted to put pink carpet in there to match the curtains in Tayler's room, but my mom only had one little square. The top carpet is the old stuff that was in there before, she didn't have one long enough to fit this section so that is something I will eventually change too.
Tayler loved it and I had a lot of fun fixing it up for her!

Red Cliffs

2009-04-06T09:36:00.000-07:00

Rodger's sister Brooke and family came to visit us in St. George so on Saturdy we took them hiking. The last time they were here was when Rodger and I got married, and nobody had time to go and see anything so while they were here we took them to the Black Hills which overlooks all of St. George, the Dinosaur tracks, Red Cliffs and the Temple to the visitors center. We had six kids under the age of six all at my house which sounds hectic but the kids played so good together the whole time. I didn't even hardly see my girls that entire time they were here. It was so good to see some of Rodger's family because with the Gym and life itself we have not been able to make it up to Washington.

CUTE GIRLS!!!

2009-03-03T13:55:00.000-08:00

I can't leave my camera alone, I think I take about 5 pictures a day of my girls. We are so so busy that we never get to do anything fun or excititng so here is just an updated picture or our girls with there cute smiles on.

6th year anniversary!!

2009-02-02T23:03:00.000-08:00

Rodger and I had our 6th year wedding anniversary on the 1st of February, but with it being Sunday and trying to work around our busy schedules we celebrated it Monday night. I brought the camera because Rodger and I never have any pictures of us together, but he thought it was hilarious that I brought it and didn't want his picture taken, HE HATES PICTURES!!! I took one anyways and this is what I got. He looks like he is so bored but we had a lot of fun together and it was so nice not to have the kids with us. This honestly was probably our first date since we have gotten Anytime Fitness started which by the way is doing soooo good, it's keeping us busy busy busy!!

Happy 4th Birthday Tayler!

2009-01-30T14:12:00.000-08:00

Tayler just turned 4 years old and I cannot believe it, Where did the time go. She had a little Birthday party with a few of her friends and had a blast. Rodger and I have been so busy that we have had no time to even let her play with a friend or go to the park so she had so much fun playing with some friends. Every year it gets more fun with kids because they understand a little more about the whole present thing and the excitment of decorating the cake. Tayler was sooooo excited for about three days, I could not get her to talk about anything else, she is pretty proud to say she is a 4 year old!

Tayler for the past two months has been playing doctor with anything she can find so we got her this doctor kit and she has been playing with it non-stop. I found this at Costco from the after Christmas sales for $2.88, and it was probably the best $2.88 I have ever spent.

SHE LOVES IT!

Lil Diva Tutu's

2009-01-22T09:55:00.001-08:00

This lady that makes tutu's needed some little girls to advertise them and I know the photographer so she asked me if Tayler and Naomi would be in it. The girls had so much fun and they turned out so cute!

2009-01-21T14:56:00.000-08:00

Crazy Kids!!!!

2009-01-21T14:51:00.000-08:00

This is just a few of the cousins that came down for the funeral, they had all eaten blue candy besides Naomi and then I took them outside to work off there energy.

Rodger put up the basketball hoop and it was set so high the kids could hardly even shoot the ball, but they had fun chasing each other around. Tayler had a blast with cousin Mina because she painted her nails and they put on make-up. She loves playing with Naomi but there was something about doing the more grown up stuff that she just loved. I still can't belive she is almost 4, where did that time go?

Farewell to Grandpa Brown!

2009-01-21T14:37:00.000-08:00

My Grandpa died on the 13th of this month and it was a relieve to everyone, he had a stroke about 6 years ago and has not been the same since. He didn't know who hardly anyone was anymore and he has been wanting to die for a long long time. I loved my grandpa but it was hard to be sad on this day when we all knew that this is what he had been waiting for.

Black Eye

2009-01-21T14:30:00.001-08:00

Tayler and Rodger were wrestling around and Tayler's eye socket hit Rodger's forehead. It doesn't look that bad in the picture because this was about 3 weeks ago, but if anyone asked her what happened she would tell people that my daddy hit me, which in this day and age if somebody really believed that they would be reporting us to social services. It was fun for a laugh though and she was tough about the whole thing.

Christmas 2008

2009-01-05T06:58:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was a lot of fun. All of my
family was gone and we couldn't get away from
our busy schedules to go to Washington to visit
Rodger's family so it was just the four of us.
The girls were so much fun this year, Tayler especially

because she was into the whole Santa thing.
Christmas Eve we made a nice dinner, then went to the
Temple to see the lights and listen to the Nativity. It was

rainy and cold so we didn't last to long out there but it

was really pretty. Then we went and looked at the

Christmas lights, there was a really cool house

that you had to turn to a radio station to listen to the

lights dance to the music, it was really neat.

After that we came home and opened jammies and we

read them "The Night Before Christmas." Then we left

Santa a plate of cookies with milk and carrots for his

reindeer.

After we put them to bed Rodger and I put together the Kitchen set that we got the girls and got the presents and stockings all ready. I of course couldn't sleep thatnight because I was so excited. Christmas morning we got up at about 8:30 when Naomi got up and brought the girls downstairs. The look on Tayler's face was priceless, she couldn't believe what she was seeing. Naomi however wasn't to happy about the whole present thing because is all she wanted to do was eat.

Rodger pulled a bad one on Christmas morning. Right after we got done opening presents he was opening a doll Tayler had gotten for Christmas. We couldn't find the scissors so he grabbed a knife, he started cutting a zip tie off of the back and as soon as the knife broke it, the knife stabbed him right in between the thumb and pointer finger. He ran into the Kitchen and there was blood everywhere. I wiped it down and it was a huge gaping hole. His whole face went white including his lips and he about fainted. I wrapped it with a towel and grabbed my shoes and keys because I thought I was going to have to take him in to get stitches. After he sat down for a while he felt fine and it ended up not being as bad as it looked, but it was scary. Christmas is the best when you have a story.

MEAN SANTA!!

2009-01-04T16:37:00.001-08:00

Tayler could not wait to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what she wanted for Christmas. I could tell as soon as I walked up to him that Naomi did not want anything to do with him, but crying or not I wanted a picture of both of them on Santa's lap. Naomi looks like she will be tramatized from seeing Santa for the rest of her life, but it was a cute picture anyways!

IT SNOWED!!!!!

2009-01-03T07:20:00.001-08:00

Of course it snows the week before Christmas. I still to this day have never had a white Christmas and I probably never will living in Southern Utah, but to be this close was so frustrating.

My girls loved the snow. Tayler has played in it before but I didn't know if Naomi would like it, she mostly just sat there and ate it. This is the snow man Tayler and I built. It could have been bigger but I got there and realized I forgot the rocks and the carrot for his nose so I used dirt for his eyes and my chapstick for his nose.

We did not last long out there before it was time to come home, my girls do not own any winter gear besides gloves and a beanie. Nexr year hooefully we get our girls into some snowboarding, sleding or something and then we will have a reason to get them some winter clothes.
Being cold did not stop these girls from having fun!

FAMILY PICTURES!

2008-12-01T13:42:00.001-08:00

We tried to get family pictures done when we went up to Centeral where my dad lives. When we got there it was windy and then we didn't quite pick the best time to take pictures because the sun would randomly get us in the face and then of course to get two little one to cooperate and smile at the same time is always a chore. This picture will do for now but I hope to get another one before the season ends.

MORE.....

2008-12-01T13:33:00.000-08:00

I could not get Naomi to look at the camera in this one, she is tough
Naomi only wants to do things if she wants to do them. Right now we are trying to get her off of that bottle and boy, it has been a struggle.

Tayler's picture would have been cute if the wind wasn't blowing in her face. She loves getting her picture done so she usually cooperates pretty good.

The Beast of a Turkey

2008-12-01T13:12:00.000-08:00

Amy and I got up at 7 a.m to tame this beast. This thing weighs 25 lbs and we were having a heck of a time getting it in the oven, and then after all that we over cooked it. If any of you have seen Christmas Vacation you will know what this reminds you of. The overcooked turkey that you go to cut and it pops open hollow with a puff of steam. It luckily had a lot of meat on the bottom, enough to have leftovers for a week, it was disappointing but good for a laugh.

Thanksgiving!!!

2008-12-01T13:02:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving was really nice this year, we had most of my family come to st. george but my brother Jason was not able to come. The picture of the girls from the left you got my sister Amy, Mom, Me, my sister Mindy and my sister in law Jesika. It's typical having a picture with the girls in the kitchen and the guys parking it on the couch watching football. From the left with the guys you have my Dad, Billy ( Mindy's fiance ) my brother Chris, Hubby, and my brother in law Brian and then you got Tayler's face popping in at the last minute.

We had really hoped to get out and do something with everyone but it rained for two days so on Saturday we went up to Centeral where my Dad lives and hiked around and took family pictures, and then that night we went to dinner at my moms and made christmas rings that count down the days until christmas. we figured this would be a fun activity for the three year olds but they were more interested in taking scissors and chopping up lots of paper into itty bitty pieces which, I don't blame them.

Swimming with the Girls!!

2008-09-08T17:18:00.000-07:00

We went swimming over at my friend Lisa's house. If you give Tayler a tube, she will float around the water forever and she loves it. Naomi however, does okay for a little bit and then she wants to get out and eat. She is quite the eater. She will eat anything and everything, which has been nice because Tayler was such a picky eater. For the most part, my girls love the water!! It has definately been different having two. I think If Naomi was my first kid, I probably wouldn't have had anymore kids. Tayler is so soft spoken and sweet and Naomi is so loud and abnoxious. I love her to death, but she has kept me on my toes.

Camping!!!

2008-09-08T16:16:00.001-07:00

We went camping!! Ever since we have started the gym we have not been able to go anywhere. We only drove about 40 minutes from our house, we had a lot of fun and the girls loved it.Tayler loved staying up and roasting marshmellows on the fire and hiking and sleeping in one big bed with Rodger and I. Naomi slept clear through the night which was a huge relief and slept until about 8:30 the next morning so she was in a pretty good mood.

This is Labor Day weekend and we went with some friends just overnight. I didn't get there until about 9:00 at night because I had to work but we stayed up late (of course ) and went hiking the next day, Tayler was so excited to go hiking until she learned that she was walking and Naomi was in the pack, she also came home with a hole in her shoe from getting to close to the fire. It was a good break for us with all the crap that is going on with the gym. We Needed It!!!

Update

2008-07-08T16:50:00.000-07:00

Rodger and I are doing great, we never have any pictures of us because we spend so much time taking pictures of our two crazy little ones. Right now we are happy to say that we are getting a place of our own. The gym costed us so much money that we had to move in with my mom for a little bit, but it was worth it because we were able to catch up. We are definitely ready for a vacation. We haven't been anywhere since August, not even camping. Hopefully in the next month or so we can atleast go visit Rodger's family in Washington State.

4TH of JULY

2008-07-08T16:09:00.000-07:00

The 4th was mine and Rodger's first day off together since we got the gym going four months ago so it was nice. In the morning we took the girls to the park and they did the races and won a price and then we went shopping and swimming. Then we had a barbeque with our friends Lisa and Adam. By then both of our girls were so exhausted but we couldn't do that on the 4th and call it a night so we went down to the sunbowl and watched fire works. Tayler thought that they were going to burn her, she kept ducking her head down to stay away from it. Naomi didn't know what to think about them, is all I know is that it took her two days to recover from that day because she was so exhausted.

NAOMI'S 1

2008-07-08T15:46:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my baby is one already. Where did the time go! I guess with how crazy and busy things are right now it shouldn't surprise me. Naomi loved ripping the wrapping paper and when we gave her a cupcake she got so excited. Tayler thought that whole day that it was her birthday so we went out and got her a present also, which may have been a bad thing but they both had a blast. Ever since Naomi turned one it seems like she went staight into being a toddler. She is into EVERYTHING!!! I don't remember Tayler being that adventurous, I can't even go outside without her putting a rock in her mouth. I love it though, it keeps me on my toes. She is at a very tough age but also a very good age. Tayler and her are starting to play a lot together which makes it easier on me not to have to entertain all day. My favorite is when they start chasing each other around the house and they are both laughing histerically at each other. It is so cute! I don't know what I would do without them. I LOVE BEING A MOM!!