The Babcock Family

Slacker YES!!

2011-03-15T12:28:00.005-05:00

Yep that's me, I can't believe I have let my blog slack that much but I do have a pretty good excuse, our computer screen cracked and then really cracked with the help of J and M trying to stop him and made the crack much bigger and harder to see the screen. But that was only a few months ago so from June 2010 -Nov 2010 I have no excuse except busy with kids and what not.

Anyways we finally were able to get a new computer and have high hopes of getting our old one fixed so the kids have a computer to play on and hopefully that will keep ours nicer longer. But until then we will share :)

TJ is still liking his job and is still really involved with the fire department. When he is hope and a call comes in i can pretty much guarantee that he will be going and sometimes have no idea how long he is going to be gone. They just had their annual banquet and it was so nice to be able to spend an evening together without kids and honor all the hard work these men do to keep out town safe and help those in need. TJ was awarded Probationary Fire Fighter of the year for 201o and listed all the classes he has complete so far. He has I think 1-2 more classes to finish to be taken off probationary and then will be able to change the frontal cover of his helmet from Orange to Black. He is excited to be able to do this. If you would like to see some of what they do visit http://www.annvilefire.com/ He is currently the Gospel Principles teacher and for the most part enjoys teaching. So you can tell he is busy most of the time.

Makena: Oh what a funny girl she is, She is still loving 1st grade, and is doing a pretty good job so far with her writing, reading, and such. She has had a hard time adjusting to a substitute teacher since hers went on maternity leave the the end of January but she has finally come around and is adjusting better now. She is still loving ballet and we all really enjoy that hour we are out of the house visiting with others while Makena is up with her class. She is such a fun big sister and helps so much with her younger brothers, but she tells me at least a couple of times a week how she wants us to have another girl so she can have someone to dress up and play with other then her brothers. At least for now Jake thinks its pretty funny when she dresses him up in her dress up dresses, but dad not so much LOL.

Tanner: Oh tanner is such a spunky boy and is in love with going to the fire house and playing PS3 with his dad. He is getting ready to start kindergarten this fall and at times I think he is really excited to go and at the really nervous at the same time. He is still going to speech therapy and will transfer to the schools program when he starts in August. He is a good helper at home and I'm going to miss that when he is in school but it will be nice for him to be away for a few hours gaining some independence.

Jake: Jake is such a funny little boy, he thinks he is bigger then he really is and I have had to resort to tipping my chairs on their side and pushing them under the table or he things its fair game to use them to climb onto the table. In the last few weeks he has become more vocal and loves to babble. He to loves being at the firehouse and doesn't mind being inside the fire trucks and loves just to be out in the bay where they are.

Emily: Not much has really change in my live since my last update, I was released as the pianist for the choir and called as an assistant to the nursery leader so Jake and I spend time together in nursery till TJ is done with his class and takes him for the last hour most of the time. ummm not really much to report lol

Such a slacker

2010-06-21T12:39:00.002-05:00

I have been such a slacker about blogging since Jake was born. We have been super busy since he was born and lots of things have happened and to many to blog about and get caught up. So I'll try and summarize as best as I can about what has gone on the last 4 months. I'll post a few bigger events with pictures and what not.

So basically we have been busy with 3 kids and tyring to keep up with everyone. Makena completed kindergarten with flying colors and is so excited to enter first grade and I am looking forward to her being gone all day. She is still a bundle of energy and would rather be out and about running here and there then be home and enjoying being quiet LOL. We took Her in for her well child check and she weighed in at 43.3 lbs and 45 1/2 inches tall.

Tanner is quite the little explorer, he finally enjoys going to the firehouse and checking out the firetrucks and playing on the computers they have there. There are a few guys there that really enjoy Tanner and Tanner really loves them, in fact he is always asking to go to the firehouse so he can see "so and so" Thank heavens his dad loves to go so he gets to go quite often. Tanner has been going to speech therapy and really thriving, he loves his therapist and really looks forward to Friday so he can go to speech. We took Tanner in for his 4 year check up and he weighs 35lbs and was 40 inches tall.

Jake is growing like a weed, he is rolling over and loves to get up on his side and scoot his knees under him then roll back over. He is very pleasant and really only cries when he is hungry or poopy! He loves to talk and do his version of blowing raspberry's. He loves his toes and is getting ready to start solids. I love that he is a cuddly boy and that he wants him mommy. We go in for his 4 month appointment at the end of the month so I'll update his weight and such then.

TJ is still loving his job at Farmers Pride and as well as working at the fire department. He is teaching the 14-18 year old youth in our church and they love him. Just hope one of the girls will be willing to babysit one of these days hee hee.

I am doing good, just doing the same old thing keeping kids at bay and doing what I can to keep a happy home.

Now that we have been in PA for a year I love it even more then when we first got here. its been nice living closer to family and the area is just beautiful. I love living close to many different places to go and explore. We have been to DC and Baltimore, and have plans to go to Philadelphia and New York City.

Well I'll get working on some posts with pictures and such to try and bring us up to speed as to where we are and what we have been doing!!

Our new little bundle of Joy!

2010-02-19T15:55:00.004-06:00

We are happy to announce the birth of our third child Gery Jacob Babcock! We will be calling him Jacob. Gery is my fathers name and Jacob comes from the Babcock side. Anyways he weighed in at 7 lb 10 oz and 19 1/2 inches long he is my biggest and and almost a pound bigger then Tanner who weighted 6 lb 15 oz and he was also an inch longer then both the other 2. I feel great for being 2 weeks post delivery and I tack that to having a good nights sleep the night before the induction and only having to push a total of 9 minutes yep I said 9 minutes. Anyways here are some pictures from his birthday.

The birth story.

I went in to see the doctor on Monday Feb 8th because I had been in labor for 3 days and knew my body or mind could not make it much longer. Anyways while there she stripped my membranes again and I found out that I was 4 cm and 70% so I had progressed some during all of this but still wasn't having consistent contractions. So we set up the induction for the next morning at 6am. I started having stronger contractions Monday night but still they were not getting any closer and I was able to get some sleep Monday night. We woke up early Tuesday morning and called the hospital to make sure we were still ok to come in. They ended up calling us back like 5 mins later saying come in an hour later. We get to the hospital, check in and they get me all hooked up and the anesthesiologist came in and did his thing so I could get my epidural (cool side note the anesthesiologist was LDS and grew up in North Logan). So after receiving my epidural they broke my water about 9 am, but because he was so far engaged no fluid came out so they had a hard time even telling if they had broken the bag of water. They let me labor like this for 2 hrs and after that my contractions were still 2-5 mins apart and I had only dilated 1 cm. So around 11 am they gave me the smallest dose of Pit they could to help get the contractions more consistent. For some reason my right side had a harder time staying numb then my left so I rolled on to my right side to have gravity help the epidural move to my right side. Well after an hour or so they wanted to empty my bladder so I rolled back over and nurse did her thing and when she was finished I was like oh there is a lot of pressure and so she went and got the doc, she checked me and I was complete and +1 and its maybe 12:45 ish by this time. We decided to labor for a little bit to see if he would move down on his own and shortly after another doc came in with the resident and wanted to see if i could push him down some. So with the next contraction I pushed and he was like "OK" and he was out the door to get the other doc that would be helping the resident and my OB deliver the baby. So by this time its about 1:00 ish and she wanted to see how I did pushing so again with the next contraction I pushed and she said stop and told the others to break down the bed and got dressed. I started pushing at 1:02 and he was born at 1:11pm it was maybe a total of 6 or so pushes and he was out. They put him up on my tummy and TJ got to cut the cord. After that they did the normal baby stuff and weighted him and they even gave him his bath right their in our delivery room which I thought was very cool since that is always the part I missed with them going to the nursery. He weighted in at 7 lbs and 10 oz and was 19.5 inches. He latched right on and has been such a great nurser. Over all he has been the quickest delivery but by far the longest labor

Weight

First bath!

My superman!!

All clean

Our first family photo!!

Makena and Jake

Getting ready to come home! This was the first outfit that we picked up for him.

My three beautiful children

My boys!!

Tanners Birthday

2010-01-18T19:17:00.010-06:00

It has been a wild and fun 4 years with this little boy, Starting off life with a week stay at 17 days old with RSV, then a move to Oklahoma where we spend 3 years and now here we are in PA. You have grown up so much, achieved so much and are constantly on the go,

until your little body says "I need sleep." You are such a joy to our family and we could not be complete without having you with us. We love you and are excited that you are going to be a big brother and what a wonderful big brother you are going to be!!

We asked him what kind of cake he wanted and he always said a race car cake so this is what we came up with! Thanks for Grandma who did the decorating of this cake!!

He was so excited for his cake and couldn't wait for Grandpa and Great Grandm

a and Great Grandpa to show up so we could open presents and eat cake.

Such a cutie

Still waiting for Grandpa to show up

She was so happy to help celebrate his birthday

Finally its time to blow out the candles!

Opening presents

His cool woody video game

He had found one of TJ's old airplanes and loved taking it everywhere he went, so we found him some airplanes he could take home and play with.

This has to be his favorite present, Its like the fishing game but with the aliens from Toy Story. He has played that thing so much i'm surprised the batteries are not dead yet.

The beautiful quilt he got from Great Grandma and Great Grandpa.

Getting ready for cake and ice cream

Great Grandpa and Great Grandma watching Tanner open presents

Grandpa enjoying his grandson opening his presents

The kids playing with his fishing alien game

here is a video of us singing to tanner and him blowing out his candles, (don't forget to turn off the music)

New Years

2010-01-18T19:02:00.004-06:00

New Years was fun this year!! We went over to a members home and played games, ate food and just enjoyed each other's company.

The kids playing

The adults playing a game

Shortly before midnight Tanner crashed so this is how he rang in the new year!

Makena after midnight

Watching what ever was on after the ball dropped.

Us ladies visiting waiting for the boys to finish their game

This is where the boys mostly were. Enjoying the new TV while playing PS3

I love that the girls had to be right in the middle while they were playing.

Sledding!

2010-01-18T18:37:00.008-06:00

We had so much fun sledding while in NY for Christmas. Here are just a few pictures and videos of the kids going down the hill.

Climbing up to come down. It was slippery and they had to pretty much crawl on their hands and knees to get up to the top!! WTG Dad for trekking up with them.

Makena getting ready to head down.

Crash!!!

This is probably the only picture I got of Tanner, He was so fast and was either facing away from me or walking back up the hill but I did some video of him.

TJ wanted to join in the fun so he went down but didn't get his feet up enough and was covered in snow

Tanner chasing after his runaway sled

Another Crash

Pure joy!!

Grandpa hitching a ride with Tanner

Makena riding with TJ

Just us

The kids getting pulled to the Tahoe so we could go get some donuts and head home to warm up!

We had so much fun and I even went down just a little part of the hill with each of the kids and it was so much fun. I can't wait to go sledding again with them and hear them laugh and not care about rolling or crashing into the snow!!

Turn the music off so you can hear them laughing.

Christmas

2010-01-06T15:46:00.010-06:00

We had a fantastic Christmas this year. We went to the in laws house and spent a week and a half relaxing, playing in the snow, and just enjoying being with family and friends. We left on the 23rd and I am so glad we left as early as we did because we had snow pretty much from the NY/PA boarder all the way to his parents home. And we left early Sunday morning because of the snow that was still falling and its a good thing because it was slow and go for a while but I'm glad to be home, now its time to get ready for this baby to join our family!!!

Christmas Eve the kids helped grandma make the gingerbread house. They had so much fun frosting the roof and adding all the goodies to the outside.

I think he was just happy to be playing in so much candy LOL.

The final product!! They did a fantastic job and it tasted just as yummy when we finally broke it apart to munch on.

Later that night we were all getting ready for bed and let the kids open their one present which was new pj's. But Tanner wanted a picture before we started. he is such a funny boy.

Opening their presents

Tanner is so in to Toy Story, and Makena loves monkeys so they were so excited!!

My beautiful children!!!

After the kids went to bed "Santa" came to visit. The kids got spoiled like every Christmas, Makena has been asking for a doll house for a while and we were able to find this cute one off of craigslist and she has had so much fun with it!!

Tanner has been asking for Buzz and Woody, he has really taken to Toy Story this year and I'm sure we will be taking him to see Toy Story 3 when it comes out this summer. He has even slept with woody and buzz, not sure how comfortable it was but he has been one happy camper.

The kids didn't get up till 7:30!!! I was so happy that they were not up earlier then that. Here they are walking in to the family room to see what Santa left.

Checking out their goods!!

He is one happy camper.

Opening their other presents

Grandma was so excited to get a new paper cutter which I'm sure will get used often for seminary. LOL

Uncle Adam and Grandma opening some of their presents

Tanner showing off his new towel, he is a monster, and Makena's is a butterfly. They are so cute and I am going to keep my eyes open for one for the new baby, plus they are super soft.

I have no idea why she has this face on her, maybe it was the fact that i would not let her open up her brothers pop up tent. But her outfit is soo cute!!!

Not sure if these next few pictures were taken later in the afternoon on Christmas day or another day, But Tanner was looking so cute sitting up on the top bunk of his uncles bed watching the boys play on the PS3.

I will be posting more from our vacation in the next few days. I have a fun sledding post, new years eve party we went to and just some random pictures that was taken while we were there.

Snow and Christmas program

2009-12-21T12:02:00.006-06:00

We were so excited when we heard that we were getting a snow storm, We had plans to go to D.C. this past weekend to see the lights at the temple and spend some time with TJ's uncle. But his uncle wasn't going to be home and when we heard about how much snow they were suppose to get we decided to stay home and spend the weekend letting the kids play. Plus Tanner ended up running a low grade fever Friday night and most of Saturday so I'm glad we stayed home. We got a total of about 6-8 inches which is much less then D.C. which I heard had about 2 feet so ya we made the right choice in staying put.

The kids in their snowsuits!!

The first thing Makena did was went and made a snow angel. She really wanted me to make one with her but I knew it would be hard getting up out of the snow being almost 9 months pregnant.

Tanner wasn't quite sure about it but once he got out there he LOVED it!!

TJ shoveling our driveway and the neighbors since it was his shovel he was using.

This morning was Makena's Christmas program at school, she had so much fun singing and was so cute as she danced with the music. She kept telling me how she was going to have such stage fright, and how nervous she was going to be. I knew it was mostly at act because she showed no sign of either as she was singing. The lighting was crap and most of the pictures didn't turn out at all and were grainy. But at least there were a few that were ok.

Waiting to start.

After she saw where we were sitting she was trying to say something to us but I have no idea what LOL.

I love you to baby girl!!

Just a little bit of her dancing while shaking the maraca and singing about a snowsuit! (don't forget to turn off the mucic at the bottom so you can hear them singing So cute!!!)

Christmas Decorating!!

2009-12-16T19:35:00.006-06:00

We had fun decorating our tree and front room this year. The kids had a blast and the kids have the lights on tree on all day because they enjoy it so much. They have rearranged the ornaments a few times and the 24 candy canes that were put on have dwindled down as we keep eating them LOL. Even though we are not spending Christmas at our place we can't wait till we head to grandma and grandpa's house we have enjoyed our decorations and the happiness it brings.

Our tree

The stockings and wall hanging that great grandma made for us one year.

The advent calender that Grandma made, Its counting down to the day we leave for Grandma and Grandpa's house. Only 7 more days!!!

Close up of the stockings

Close up of the wall hanging. (I have since fixed it so its not funky looking.)

We received a turkey from work so we decided to cook it and TJ was just so excited with how it turned how he made me take some pictures of his perfect turkey.

Tanners face just makes me laugh

Decorating the tree.

My kiddo's in front of our finished tree. Lace doesn't Tanners face remind you of R's?? Too funny

Tanner being cute!!

Both kids really wanted to lay with dad and so he kindly let them and both went to sleep!! Love these pictures.

Thanksgiving

2009-12-04T13:18:00.003-06:00

We had a great Thanksgiving, we spend almost a week at the in laws house and had a great time. The kids loved every minuet of the time we spend their. We went to the movies, shopping, and had a great feast on Thanksgiving day.

Makena and Grandpa playing a game.

This is pretty much where you could find these 2 almost the whole time.

Grandpa still helping Makena with a game

And this is where you could find Tanner, helping grandma cook. Today consisted of making rolls for our Thanksgiving dinner. Tanner was having so much fun helping grab the dough to form the balls. He thought he was in heaven.

Unfortunately these are all the pictures I took while we were there. I'm sad I didn't get a picture of our feast and all those that joined us that day. We had 12 adults and 4 children and 1 little baby. We had so much fun visiting, eating, and getting to know a few more members of their ward. At least I got what I got right?!?

Halloween

2009-11-16T17:14:00.003-06:00

Yep I know its about time I posted something new, We its been a crazy last few months and I don't see it getting any better in the next few months LOL. Anyways here is our halloween pictures, I have the cutiest witch and superman ever!!!

Heading to the ward's halloween party

All the primary children that showed up!

The kids parading around showing off their costumes

Tanner and our neighbor getting ready to head out trick or treating.

Makena and her friend.

A few of the houses that were all done up!!

A new adventure

2009-10-20T07:58:00.005-05:00

TJ has started a new adventure in his life and I guess you could say all of ours. He told me one day that he wanted to join the local volunteer firedepartment. I told him whatever, and really didn't think much of it till the next day after I had gotten back from a meeting he informed me that he went and joined. I was kinda thrown for a loop as I really didn't think he would do it, but its been a good thing for him and he has really enjoyed it. It has taken me some time to get used to him up and running out the door when the pager goes off, all the classes he will be taking this Nov. and coming spring, and being gone every tues morning for training. Tanner was excited the first time we went untill we walked in to see the firetrucks and he for some reason was so scared that all he wanted to do was go home. He has gotten better the more we go but still doesn't like to go down in to the truck bay. Infact his favorite things to do there is play on the computer and get a rootbeer. Makena on the other hand LOVES going!!

TJ's locker before he had all his turnout gear and name written on the name plate.

Tanner the first time going to the firehouse, He was so scared it was like torture to get him in the truck even with dad holding him.
A week or so ago they had fire prevention week and on Friday they had all the truckes in the area meet at the mall and had a few demoitrations, as well as Life Lion (life flight) come in and land for the crowd. This is Makena and our neighbor friend infront of Engine 5 from our station here in Annville. This is the only way Tanner was going to be near the fire trucks.

They were going to show them cutting the car apart but we didn't stay that long. Kids were hungry and it seemed to be taking forever to get things moving.

They started a dumpster on fire and then showed how they put it out.

Life Lion coming in to land.

Makena's 6th Birthday

2009-10-20T07:36:00.003-05:00

I can not believe that its been 6 years since Makena was born, and how much we have gone through since then. She had a fantastic birthday and despite my best efforts of getting her to skip her birthday and staying 5 forever she had other plans, LOL.

Starting to open presents!

opening her present from grandma and grandpa Babcock

Such a cute outfit!! I totally forgot to get a picture of her wearing it on Sunday.

Opening more presents

One of her new and i must say favorite shirts, the front has a monkey on it and says I love my Attitude

Her brother helping open the present he got for her, A new boy Ken!!

We asked her what kind of cake she wanted and she chose an ice cream cake, so the night before her, Tanner and Dad make the cake and oh it was so yummy!!!

At our neighbors house singing and sharing ice cream cake.

We love you so much Makena and can't wait to see what the next 6 years will bring!!

Fixing the van

2009-09-28T14:55:00.004-05:00

When we took the van in to get inspected so we could get the new plates the guys were saying that the breaks and the swaybar and something else needed to be fixed soon and they wouldn't be able to do the tire alignment untill they were fixed. Anyways the other day he went and got new break pads and the sway bar and he and our neighbor set out this morning to change the breaks and the bar thingy on the passenger side of the van. Oh and i could not pass up the moment to take pictures of them.

The funny thing about this picture is I didn't say anything to them I just walked up and started taking pictures and they both looked to see what I was doing.

And of course Tanner wanted to be a part of all the action and a few times i had to remind him that he needed to back away and not get to close.

Playing with the socket set

he is so funny, just wanting to be a big kid

How many men does it take to change brakes and a swaybar?? so funny

Motorcycle ride

2009-09-28T14:42:00.004-05:00

Tanner has been wanting to go for a ride on our neighbors bike for the longest time. Well the other day he had his bike going as he had just got home from getting his wife at work so the kids were super excited to and talked him into taking them all for a ride. Well Tanner was first and oh he was excited, got his helmet on and climbed on the bike and then he freaked out and once it started he was done. He was so scared that he didn't go but he sure looked stinkin cute in that helmet.

was ok then our neighbor climbed on and that was the end of it.

Makena was soo excited too and since Tanner didn't go she was more then willing to take his spot. She had so much fun riding that after they got back from going around the block she was jumping up and down wanting to go again, and being the loving neighbor he is took her for a second ride!!!

not the best photo but its them coming back from their first ride.

We will try again with Tanner as I know he would love it but I think he was just to scared because of the bike being so loud.

Its a.....

2009-09-17T19:52:00.003-05:00

Most people know already but since this is pretty much turned in to a journal for myself I figured it was about time to add it to the blog that we will be adding another boy to our family come February. At first I wasn't to excited about another boy but I'm so glad that Tanner will have a little brother to play with and Makena has been such a great big sis I know she will love this baby just as much as she loved Tanner when he was born. Its hard to believe that I am almost half way done with this pregnancy and its only taken 19 weeks to finally feel human again and not so sick in the mornings. And I think TJ is finally glad that I'm feeling better because now maybe the house will stay cleaner then for a day or two. We really haven't decided on a name yet but know what the middle name will be, we have a few options and maybe I'll share when we get closer to having this little one. And as soon as I figure out how to get the pictures off the CD they gave us I'll add some of our boy.

The time as come!

2009-09-02T18:59:00.005-05:00

To update our blog, Yes I know its been a while but we have been enjoying the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year!! The beginning of Aug. we had the chance to go up and enjoy the "farewell" of TJ's brother Seth. It was so great to go back up and spend one last weekend with him before he headed out on his mission to Brazil, we have already received a few letters from him and he is having such a great time and has learned so much in just a few short weeks. We are so happy for him and know that he will make an amazing missionary.

Seth with those that ordained him an Elder. (TJ, Stake Pres., Seth, Dad)

Those of us that were there minus me I took the pic LOL
The family minus Adam he took the picture

Seth and his mom!!

We also started another big adventure the end of August, Makena started Kindergarten. She is in the Am session and I am so greatful that she is as once the baby is born I won't be out much and since TJ is home in the mornings he will be able to get her to and from school!! Also a big step for me is letting her ride the bus to and from school, but the thing is we still have to take her to another elem school to catch the bus to her school, I know crazy. Anyways she loves being able to ride the bus and so far has LOVED school I just hope it lasts all year.

This is how she was before I told her to smile LOL

And then it was all I could do to get her to just take a picture where she wasn't being silly

Oh yes she is a total diva LOL

Showing off her new backpack

And of course Tanner had to get in on the silly action

lol showing some love

and yes this is a normal day for us, they both are so silly

The picture by the door, I remember doing this as a kid on our first days of school and so far have done it with Makena,

Trying to get one of Tanner but all he would do was be silly,

Yep still can't get one of him just standing up smiling

Getting off the bus after her first day of school!

Our Vacation

2009-08-03T13:44:00.009-05:00

Since moving to PA we had the chance to go up to NY to visit the in-laws and this year it started out with just the kids and I going and then TJ joined us later. We left on the 10th of July and got to spend some quality time with Grandma, Grandpa, and 2 uncles. The week of the 20th all the children in the Babcock family minus 1 had the opportunity to come home and spend some time together before the second youngest leaves on his mission to Brazil. Its really sad but the first few days I only pulled out my camera once and that was because I was heading from one cottage to the other and caught sight of the sunset and had to get a pic so I did.

The kids spend many days down on the beach. Thank heavens there is a hammock to lay in, its so peaceful even during the day when all the kids are out playing in the water. T was finished with the water and wanted to lay down so I bundled him in his towel and layed him down in the hammock

while his sister continued to play in the water.

But T did get out and continued to play while I took some pictures of them playing. One thing I love about the beach is that i'm out that far in shorts and they were not getting wet!!!

A couple of the older kids there were catching minos, and putting them in a bucket. T thought that was the coolest thing ever and kept coming back to the bucket to watch them. I even caught him putting his hand in a few times.

During our visit Grandma and Grandpa had a visitor come and stay with them while his wife went up north for work. This gentlemen happens to be the guy that baptized my inlaws 30+ years ago while serving his mission in Watertown, NY. They have kept in contact all these years so it was really neat to meet him and for my kids to meet him as well. Plus I love how these pictures turned out.

Grandma, Grandpa and their missionary!!!

The boys wanted to get the jet ski out so that one of the BIL's could try wakeboarding, it was funny to watch because he had never done it before but he sure gave it his best shot and got up a few times!!!

While the others were wakeboarding TJ was enjoying the open water and the beautiful sunset!

A look back toward the beach and the Cottages.

While there all the adults went to a concert at the Ice Arena. The only group I had heard of was Three Dog Night, but it was fun to go and listen to them all and enjoy a night away from the kiddo's.

The Buckinghams

The Buckinghams base player

Gary Puckett and his band singing their last song.

Three Dog Night

One of the last evenings before the kids and I headed home G.Grandma and G.Grandpa came and G.G. came bringing gifts to all the Great Grandchildren. They had so much fun with the bubbles and were making quite a mess but thats what kids do best right?!?!?
This is Little E. he is the funniest kid and was always making me laugh. This was his smile for me!

M, Don't ask me how they way she is sitting is comfortable but she was totally content.

M and E. They are almost a year apart in age but are about the same size. They played well together unless in involved Barbies and M was on her own LOL.

All the grandchildren that were able to make it. We missed Aunt K and baby E, and we hope that we can all get together soon.

I thought it would be fun to get some pictures of Grandma with her grandchildren and since Grandpa wasn't there we added G. Grandma (not sure where G. Grandpa was). I love T's face in this pic.

Little E's dad was trying to get them to smile and so he went in for the steal of the treat, They all thought that was pretty funny and the boys wanted him to do it again and again.

M is always a poser, every time the camera is out she is posing or wanting me to take a video of her being silly.

Well E. thought it was fun and so she joined in on the being silly

We had a great visit with everyone and can't wait till we ALL can get together and play games, watch the children play and just enjoy each other's company.

Our Peanut

2009-07-09T18:22:00.002-05:00

Well as most people now know we are expecting #3! My due date is Feb 12th but i'm sure I will go early as I have never made it to my due date with either of my other children. We are super excited to add another child to our family and I just hope that soon the morning sickness will pass and I can start to really enjoy my pregnancy. Anyways here is our babies first picture.

Happy 4th of July!!

2009-07-05T15:36:00.005-05:00

We had a great 4th of July and we spent the day with our neighbors and the kids had a blast. We ended up going to a place called Memorial Lake for our BBQ and the kids got to play in the sandbox, swing on the swings, and even sweet talk the guys in to letting them fly their kite. After our BBQ we went home and got ready for the fireworks. We went over to Hershey and sat on the hill next to the Hershey Gardens which was the best place to sit as they launch the fireworks from below and they pretty much are right on top of ya. Tanner was so tired from not taking a nap that he fell asleep after the first few fireworks went off silly boy. Anyways here are some pics from our fun filled day!!

We went to walmart the day before to pick up the things we needed and they had some tents set up outside to help raise money for The Children's Miracle Network and they had a lady there doing face painting. Makena really wanted it done so we let her, she chose to have a mermaid on her arm and it was so cute!!

The boys at the BBQ

Kena flying the kite

The sunset driving over to Hershey

Looking down at Hersheypark

Tanner having fun before falling asleep

The fireworks!!

Cocoa Castle

2009-06-22T19:58:00.003-05:00

We took the kids to Cocoa Castle in Hershey on Friday since TJ was working a Sun-Thurs we knew we wanted to do something fun. I remember seeing an episode of Jon and Kate plus 8 of them going to this place but it wasn't till our neighbors were telling us about it that I remembered watching the show and thinking that would be so cool to go and let the kids play. Well anyways we went and the kids had a BLAST! We will for sure be going back again.

Here are a few pics of the kids playing

We are here!!!!

2009-06-22T17:31:00.007-05:00

We have finally made it, well have been here for about 2 weeks and I am now just finally updating our blog, Ya I know no excuses LOL. Anyways we had quite the drive here thank goodness we had TJ's mom with us to help drive or I don't think we would have made it as fast as we did. The drive was LONG and boring but we made it from OK to PA in 2 1/2 days with only a few minor incidents. The car carrier had a few problems but nothing that TJ couldn't fix and at one pit stop he accidental locked the keys in the moving truck so we had a little bit of a wait while we waited for a locksmith to come and unlock the door. At least we were able to give the kids a break and eat a push-up and get some energy out before we got back on the road.

I wish I would have taken pictures along the road but I was so busy driving or sleeping that I didn't. The kids bounced back and forth between the van and the moving truck but mostly they road in the truck because it was so cool being with dad and sitting up so high they could see everything.

We made it to our new home in Annville, PA Wednesday (we left monday night) and got the Tahoe unloaded and backed the truck up to the townhouse and started to unload a few things, I decided to vacuum the house because it looked like it hadn't been done and by the time I was finished we had about 10-15 people helping unload all our stuff. I was shocked to see the turnout from our new ward here to help us. It was fantastic and honestly TJ didn't do much of the unloading as we had to move the washer and dryer that were in the house down to the basement so with doing that everyone else helped unload. So we get it all put in and away from the walls as they were still going to paint and headed up to the grandparents house to take TJ's mom home and spend the rest of the week having a little vaycay.

We came back on Sat and went to our new ward on Sun got TJ ready for his first day of work!! So after a few days we took the kids to Chocolate World to enjoy a night out and to explore our new surrounds.

Tanner asleep amidst all the packing

The moving truck with the Tahoe on back.

The only picture I took while we were at the grandparents house.

Our trip to Chocolate World! It was so much fun

TJ and Tanner at the beginning of the ride

He was so excited lol

Me and Kena,

So cute, he was totally mesmorised by it all

Kena was super super excited lol

The cute cows they had through out the ride.

After the ride and eating our free piece of chocolate which by the way was soooooooo good! we took them over to the kisses workshop. They got to be workers at the kisses factory for the day. They took a picture of them in their hats

gave them these little gear looking holders to hold their kisses and they got to push the green button to start the machine to get the kisses to fall in there holders.

After they got their kisses they turned around and shook up their kisses to make sure they were in there with love.

We had a blast and can't wait to take them back again. If anyone is heading this way let us know and we have the room for visitors.

Memorial Day

2009-05-26T19:51:00.003-05:00

We had a good Memorial weekend we didn't do much, we did get some cleaning done but for the most part it was a normal weekend for us. TJ had to work so ya not much went on. I am so thankful for my Aunt and Uncle that were able to go up and visit my daddies grave site, I have been feeling really guilty that I live so far away had haven't been back since he passed almost 5 years ago now. So I love all the pictures I can get of his headstone!!

Here is my daddies headstone!!!

My dad is buried next to my grandparents and I'm glad that my Aunt sent me a picture of their headstone as it now has my grandmothers name added. Its so beautiful!

And just because I love and miss my Niece and Nephew here is a recent picture that my sis texted me!! They sure are not my little babies anymore they have grown so much since I saw them last at my brothers wedding back in 2007. Sorry about the sideways photo, just turn your head to see how cute he is.

YEAH!!!

2009-05-21T11:30:00.002-05:00

I'm so excited to finally blog about this. We are officially (finally) moving to PA!! I could not be more excited to be closer to family and for our kids to get to know their other grandparents. We are looking at moving to the Lebanon or surrounding area of PA. I am excited to take my kids to Hershey, To see all the historical sites there in PA as well as going to DC. I can't wait!!! I'm sad to leave here as I have made so many great friends and have finally started to like living here well minus the heat and humidity. I will miss our Church friends and all the kids that I have gotten the opportunity to work with in Primary. Makena is going to miss all her friends from school, but she is such a likable child that she is going to make so many friends no matter where we are so she will be just fine. I'll post exactly where we end up once I know but for now I know that we are going to spend some time up in Watertown, NY at the in laws while TJ looks for us a place.

Track Meet

2009-05-17T23:43:00.010-05:00

We had so much fun at Makena's track meet, the weather was great and didn't rain us out and all the kids had a blast! Makena did super in all the events and was just happy about getting a ribbon and didn't matter what place she finished. She ended up with a 4th place, 5th place, 1st place, and 3rd place. It was fun to see what she has been doing during P.E. and to finally see all the hard work she has put in to each thing. Here are a few pictures as well as a video of the scooter race that she took 1st place in.

Getting ready to do the long jump!

Showing some sisterly love to her little brother
Showing off her ribbon from the long jump

Doing the jump rope

Having a snack while the other kids finish the jump rope

Getting ready to race on the scooters

I love her expression as she was handed her blue ribbon!

Getting ready to run the 50 yd dash

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Easter

2009-04-15T12:45:00.019-05:00

We had a fantastic Easter this year! The weather was great and the kids really enjoyed themselves. On Saturday we went up to Beavers Bend State Park for their annual Easter egg hunt and the kids were in heaven. They had over 6000 eggs out for the kids in 4 different age groups and had a few eggs with slips of paper in for prizes. They had also hidden 2 hard boiled eggs for the parents to search for after the kids were done. It was a blast and we really enjoyed running and collecting the eggs.

Makena waiting for them to finish announcements.

Tanner waiting

Tanner gathering up the eggs he could get to.

Makena searching for eggs

This is us searching for one of the 2 other eggs that they had hidden away from the children's area, We knew it was a long shot at finding that egg but we sure had fun walking and the kids loved searching for it.

After a while the kids were ready to go and play at the playground so TJ went off to continue searching and I stayed with the kids so they could play.

They also had a small petting zoo with a few bunnies, a goat and the cutiest little dog, and I can't remember what brand it was but it was one I have never heard of.

Later that night we got the eggs out and the kids had fun dying them and Tanner thought it would be fun to smash a few of them before we had the change to decorate them, oh well at least there were some that we got to decorate some and the kids had a blast.

Here are there Easter baskets, Makena got a new dolly that is dressed up as a ballerina and Tanner got a new monster truck, they both got bubbles an egg with a few packets of pop rocks and a chocolate bunny.

Just after waking up and running out to see what the Easter bunny brought them. They were both so excited!!

Dressed up for Church, It just worked out that both of their outfits matched, I didn't plan that at all but am glad that they match!!

My beautiful children all ready for church!!

Big news

2009-04-01T13:54:00.002-05:00

Well for our house it is such a big accomplishment I figured I would share my joy with everyone!!! Tanner is officially weaned and potty trained!!! I know I know most people look at me crazy for nursing him so long but it was so right for us, I am glad to be done though. As for potty training we have worked on that for a while now and just this week he has finally figured it out. He has been doing so well at telling us when he has to go and really enjoys flushing his poop down. So March was a huge month of accomplishments for for Tanner. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Poncho

2009-03-29T16:10:00.003-05:00

Here is the ponco I knitted for Makena! I think it turned out pretty cute.

This kids this morning before heading to church, they are growing up so fast.

Hoe Down

2009-03-13T12:13:00.013-05:00

Makena's school held a Hoe Down last night and we had a blast!! Makena really wanted to dress as a cowgirl but I didn't have the boots or hat to fully dress her up, so my brain went to work and I remembered I hadn't packed away a pair of Tanners old overalls that don't fit anymore and knew that they would be perfect! We did her hair up in pigtails and I used some of my brown eyeliner to give her some freckles. She was so excited about this and was just as giddy as ever. They had games and a live band, at the end they all sang the songs they have been learning as well as performed a square dance. I took tons of pictures so enjoy!!

Hillbilly Makena!! (its been cold here and i wanted to get a pic of her real fast before jumping in the van)

Tanner wanted to get in on the picture as well.

They had this really cool bathtub set up so I had the kids get in so I could take there pic!

They had 8 different stations set up so that the kid could play games. They had pin the tail on the cow, makena almost hit the x, The bathtub picture, a duck pond, beanbag toss, sack races, story telling, fish pond, and find the needle in the haystack.

Makena pinning the tail on the cow!

Another pic in the tub this time with "bubbles" surrounding her

A picture of the band that was there playing. The Welch Mountain Boys is their name.

The story telling station! Makenas face just says it all

After we went to the stations we met back up with dad and Tanner and the kids did some dancin' and enjoying some snacks.

Makena and Tanner with some friends from Church

Makena and S. dancing with Mr. Stricker (the principle). This wasn't the first time I saw him grab a few of the students and dance with them.

Makena sitting in her group singing their songs they have learned during music. After they were done singing they had them all turn so the parents could get some pictures of there children, Makena was excited and wanted to make sure I knew where she was.

Getting ready for the square dance
Square dancing away!! She was so good and listened to Mr. Stricker calling out the next part, and at one point she was dragging her partner around so he would be in the right spot LOL

Makena's version of Bowing to her partner, she is such a character.

This is Bacon, and she was the proud winner of a few kisses at the end of the night. They had a fundraiser as well, and had 3 different jars set up so the students could put money in and who ever got the most money would have to kiss the pig. They had the principle Mr Stricker, Mr, Minor and Mr. Camp. In the end they all won and all had the pleasure of kiss miss Bacon.

Makena and Bacon in the background.

Mr. Stricker and Bacon!

Mr. Minor and Bacon

Mr. Camp and Bacon!

We had a blast and am looking forward to Spring Break now!!

Hide and Seek or sleeping?

2009-03-13T11:53:00.005-05:00

Tanner was leaning on the laundry basket and for while I thought he was just playing with his V-motion remote but then after looking carefully he was sound asleep. This kid will sleep in the oddest places and none of them ever look comfortable.

As I was heading to bed one night I found them like this.

Lacie's kids!!

2009-03-03T19:31:00.001-06:00

Time for change

2009-03-01T16:02:00.001-06:00

I figured I have had that background for sometime now. Its starting to be spring here and many of the trees have started to bloom!!! The daffodils are out and looking very lovely. I figured this was cute and it might change again soon but who knows.!! Happy Spring everyone!! (yes i know its not officially spring yet but it has started here in OK)

Valentines party!

2009-02-14T23:07:00.014-06:00

We had a great Valentines day!! I guess the last year or so the Elem school has put on a Sweethearts ball for the kids to attend, but this year decided no to do it and to do something else instead. So my friend decided to do one for the kids. We got all dressed up and went to dance, play with toys, and just enjoy each others company. Makena told me on many occasions that this was the "BESTEST DAY EVER!!" and I have to totally agree with her. There were 5 girls and 2 boys, but they all had such a great time that I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

I love this picture of Tanner, Its all blurry around him but he is clear

Makena posing
She is such a sweet child!!

He is such a ham, he didn't want to stand still long enough for me to get a picture of him

Waiting for the other girls to show up, they danced and danced

I love these next 2 pictures, I was taking a picture of Tanner and didn't notice the girls dancing in the background till i put them on the computer

Makena's face is priceless in this picture.

I love how these pictures turned out!

such a free spirit!

A few of the moms dancing with the kids, I think we had just as much fun laughing, dancing, and enjoying other mom company.

I wish I could say that he was kissing me but he was trying to get away from me, LOL

She had such a fun time
The girls!!!

The girls and the lonely 2 boys LOL,

Tanners Face says it all, he was not happy with us taking pictures, he wanted to be up and running

Or taking pictures with us LOL,

Just having fun
Girls with attitude LOL
They are all good friends!

Me and my wonderful children!!

Then it was time to some of the energy out, They all jumped and ran and played outside.

2009 Goal!

2009-02-01T15:57:00.003-06:00

I have seen many friends last year set this goal for themselves, and so this year I have taken it upon myself to set this goal. I am going to try and read 10,000 pages this year. I love to read and I know it should be an easy thing to accomplish. I am going to try and keep my blog up to date and try and keep a picture of the book that I am currently reading on the sidebar of my blog. So we shall see how this goes!!

Tanners 3rd Birthday!!

2009-01-25T19:16:00.008-06:00

I can't believe that the month of January is almost over and I havn't blogged about Tanners birthday!! What kind of mother am I?? A crappy one at that. We had a great day! I finally got pictures of the kids in there christmas outfits and We gave Tanner his gift just before we headed out to church. It wasn't much but he is the happiest boy I know!!! We got him some mega blocks and he has had a blast building with them!! I asked him if he wanted a cake or cup cakes and he said "upcakes" so the Betty Crocker in me came out and I made homemade cupcakes with a chocolate buttercream frosting!! It was a big hit and he was in "upcake" heaven!!

My big happy 3 year old!!

After we put the blocks in the house I had them stand up so I could get some pictures of them in there Christmas outfits!! Yes I know Christmas has pasted but we ran out of time the last time they wore them

Our handsome son!!

Our beautiful daughter!! She is also growing up way to fast for me.

Showing off the dress under the coat! She is such a doll!

Our funny children. They crack me up!

We did cupcakes the next weekend. Here he is trying to blow out the candles even though they are not lit!Kisses from his big sis!

us singing to him!! he was so excited to blow out those candles!I love this picture!! after blowing out 2 candles one still stayed lit, love the smoke from the candles.

Happy Birthday big guy!! I hope you had a great day and still to this day you have told everyone that its your birthday!! You have grown up so much in this last year, you are talking more and more each day and have the funniest laugh that I love to hear. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

2008-12-31T11:09:00.018-06:00

We had a fantastic christmas this year. The kids were excited with everything they got and have played nonstop with them.

TJ was just as excited about christmas that he told the kids that they could open one present the beginning of the week of Christmas and said that it was something that he did with his family. They were excited to just finally be able to open one .

Tanner and his Donkey Kong Monster Truck!!

TJ and his new Pats hat

Makena opening her new Hannah Montana barbie

TJ got me a new watch!! I have yet to get it resized so I can wear it.

We also got to see Santa again this year, The local back hosts Santa and the kids were so excited to go and see him. This is how excited Tanner was this year, he went running in and jumped in to Santa's lap.

Kena and Santa

All of us with Santa! and TJ showing off his other christmas present a Pats coat!

On the 23rd of Dec we made a few little treats to have at our party we were having Christmas eve with the Missionaries and another family from our branch. TJ made fudge and we dipped pretzels with the kids. They turned out good and the kids had a blast shaking the stuff on top.

Christmas Eve we had a great time, We had our missionaries over as well as another family to celeberate Christmas Eve with. This is us after dinner relaxing while we gave the missionaries a gift. When TJ was younger his parents would always have the missionaries over and she would have there family send their presents to her home and they would be there to open their gifts. Well one of the gifts that she would give them was new Ties, So this year I figured that would be a good thing for my kids to do and we had a great time picking out the ties that we thought would match them.

Our Handsome Missionaries

The kids giving them their gifts

Then they had a tie tieing contest, It was so funny to watch

The kids opening there Christmas Jammies Tanner had gotten to his before I could stop him and had toput them up on the fridge till after dinner. He was so excited.

After they opened them we went and changed so they could wear there jammies and new slippers.

Their stuff from Santa
Running out to see what Santa brought them (the night before Makena was taking her medican and well she didn't like it and ended up throwing up and so that is why she is in a different top)

Checking out what was in their stockings. Makena got makeup and Tanner got a kid shaving kit

Trying his new razor. LOL now he can be just like daddy when he his shaving.

Makena finally got a barbie car, and ohh how happy she was!!

Grandma B put together a dress up box for Tanner that had a bunch of stuff in it, here he is in his knight outfit!

Kena playing with her new barbies and car

TJ also got a new driver.

Tanner playing with his Hot Wheels City.

I realised that I have no pictures of myself this christmas and all my wonderful gifts I received. I received my watch, a pearl neckless to match the pearl earrings I received a few christmases ago. An opal neckless and a new purse from TJ. Christmas Day we ended up going back to the Branch Presidents home and had dinner with him and his family and a couple of other families as well as the missionaries. It was great and we had such a good time.

Christmas Parties and Sleeping kids

2008-12-31T10:12:00.005-06:00

I had the greatest opportunity to spend the afternoon with Makena and her class while they had there Christmas party!

She was so excited to see me!! They were each given a gingerbread man cookie and some frosting and things to decorate it with, She had so much fun.

Their class won 3rd in the door decorating for Drug Free week and so they won a sprite for the whole class. Makena was super excited to have her sprite!

Her class

Makena with her Teacher (one on the left) and the teachers aide.
I have found T sleeping in the most funny places and positions, here are a few that I got pictures of.

This is how I found T when Sis and I got home from school.

He is super cute sleeping!!!

Grandma B gave us this super cute Nativity, Its a little People one and the kids have had the best time playing with it.

Helping

2008-12-18T15:33:00.002-06:00

I had the best day so far!! I picked up the last book in the series of books I have been reading on Tuesday while at the library for story time and just finished!! It was wonderful. Also 2 weeks ago I received a call from Makena's school asking if I would like to come in and help in her class while all the teachers went for a Christmas dinner. I gladly excepted and enjoyed going to help today. I got there and her Teacher talked me through what I was to do and it couldn't have been any easier. Since they are in school all day they have a "nap" time or as I like to call it quiet time each day where the kids get to lay down for about an hour or so and just be quiet and yes some of them do sleep. So I was in charge of getting them to all lay down and keeping the quiet till she returned. Even though it was nap time I totally enjoyed being with Makena in her class and I'm excited that tomorrow they are having there Christmas party in class and I am going to go and be with her as well!!! Its been a great last few days and A great way to start off the Christmas break!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

Oh Christmas Tree!!

2008-12-03T08:13:00.004-06:00

We put up our Christmas tree this past weekend and it feels so good to have it up and to hear Makena singing christmas carols. We also hung our stockings and our advent calander for the kids to count down the days till christmas. We didn't put up to may decorations again this year and I love it. The kids had a blast and really did a great job hanging the ornaments.

Our beautiful Tree

I tried to get Tanner to sit still long enough to get a picture of the kids in front of the tree but he was everywhere. At least I got a good one with Makena.

This is really the only picture that I have with both kids and its not even a great picture LOL

This is the smile I got when I asked her to smile, Silly child.

TJ was playing with the camera while I was helping the kids put the candy together for the advent calander. I love this picture that he took.

We were just messing around with the features on the camera, thought they were interesting.

Christmas edition of getting to know you!!

2008-11-24T17:28:00.003-06:00

I saw this on a message board that I visit and thought it would make a fun blog post. Feel free to copy and put on your blog so we can all get to know each other during this Christmas holiday!!

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know you. Okay, here's what you do, and don't be a SCROOGE :O) Copy this and paste it below. Change my answers so that they apply to you.....Tis' the Season!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper, its fun to watch the kids rip it apart!!

2. Real tree or Artificial? Although I love real trees, I'm glad that we have a fake one and I don't have to worry about pine needles all over the floor

3. When do you put up the tree? Shortly after Thanksgiving

4. When do you take the tree down? Sometime after New Years.

5. Do you like eggnog? Yep

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Anything to do with my barbies,

7. Hardest person to buy for? Would have to be my hubby, he doesn't really need anything so finding him something can be quite difficult

8. Easiest person to buy for? The kids!

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, quite a few, I've come to collect them.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I really can't think of any

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? I love A Christmas Carol, Any cartoon, and A Christmas Story

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? We try to start as soon as possible, We usually don't start till the beginning of Dec.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yep but only with my sister and mom, and it happens to be body glitter. Who gets it this year??? LOL

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? umm anything I don't have to make!?! I love every treat at the holidays

16. Lights on the tree? Yep we have a colorful mix

17. Favorite Christmas songs? I love ALL Christmas music but really love Mannheim Steamroller!!.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? I wish we were closer to family, if we were we would probably split it up.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yeppers

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? We have an Angel holding stars, My family always had an angel and Hubbys had a Star so my wonderful MIL found an Angel holding Stars so we get the best of both families!!

21. Open the presents on Christmas? We open one gift on Christmas Eve, (new pj's for us all) and open the rest Christmas morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? How crowded the stores get,

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I have lots that hang on our tree but I think the most most favorite is the Christopher Radko's

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? We usually do Ham with Pineapple gravy, mashed potatoes, and some type of veggie

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? A new sewing machine, and a new flat iron. And for my family to happy and healthy

26.Your first Christmas as an adult? Was great, we spent it as a family and my Mom and Step-dad surprised us. It was also Makena's first Christmas although she wasn't old enough to remember it it was great having all our family at home.

Ohhh where to begin

2008-11-16T18:46:00.005-06:00

It all started last Sunday as I was in the shower I had stepped out to shut the door and as I as stepping back in I slipped and fell bruising my right hip, ribs and under my breast, OH the pain. Then Tanner had a bad day in nursery and with out having TJ there to keep him he had to join me in Primary and we were practicing our program so one of the other ladies took him to the back of the Chapel and kept him entertained while I played the piano. Monday was actually a pretty good day minus the fact that we still didn't have heat and only had a small window unit and a space heater that kept the front room warm. Tuesday started off OK and the by noon all hell broke loose. I had that urge to do a load of laundry so I got stuff put in and started and thought for a moment that it felt warm but didn't think much of it as we have a front load washer and I had the flap open to add the soap and thought it was just the hot water. Finished up and went to read my book while Tanner was taking a nap, Well I kept hearing things and just thought it was the washer making noises and didn't think much of it, when all of a sudden I heard a huge rush of water. I rushed to turn on the hall light to see water coming from the ceiling and thought OH NO the roof has caved in and all the water from the rain we got is coming in. So I run to the bedroom and wake up TJ and he comes rushing out as I am rushing to get the trash can to catch all the water. He opens up the toy room and sees water rushing down from the vent and from the light, so I go to the spare room and dump clothes out of totes and he hurries and puts it under the water to catch it. He then gets on the phone to the landlord and his handyman. I went out back to see if the roof had caved in and it hadn't but I could see smoke coming up from one of the vents and rush back in to tell TJ. He calls someone back and they call the fire Department. Well the handy man gets there and shuts off the main water source and that stops all the water from rushing in, and then shortly after that the firetruck showes up and I show them the vent that is smoking and they get there stuff and climb up one of the attic openings. He was able to see that a junction box had caught fire and melted the water hose. They then raked out all the insulation that was hot to make sure there were no other hot spots and then told us that they were going to be calling the power company to come pull the meter as it was unsafe to live there. On a side note Tanner was so excited to see the firetruck and firemen that he found his firemen hat from his Halloween costume and put it on and went out and saw the firetruck.

We were so luck as we only lost toys in the toy room as the ceiling collapsed and we had pretty much moved all the toys anyways so we were able to get most of what was in that room. I can not say how lucky we were that we were home and it wasn't in the middle of the night that the junction box caught fire because it would have been a WHOLE lot worse. Plus our landlord had a home open just 5 houses down and was ready to be moved in to.

We were able to spend 2 days with a wonderful family in our branch and there were many who came to help TJ get all of the heavy things and get them moved to the new house. I am so thankful for all the help we have received from our branch for the help, the dinners, the support, the relief society for coming and helping unpack and sort and put things away. We still have a lot to do as we lost a room for storage (old house had 4 bedrooms new house 3). We have had to get a storage unit for things but its a small price to pay for having all our stuff safe.

So far this week has started off wonderfully, we had our primary program today and it went WONDERFULLY!!! I'm so glad that its over and we can finally focus on other things, but our kids did a fantastic job.

I didn't get a picture of the day that the ceiling collapsed but it went from the door to the window. I think i'll walk up there Tomorrow and get a picture of the ceiling just to show how much collapsed because of all the water damage.

The firetruck drove past our house and had to back up.

Tanner and his firemen hat

Walking out to see the truck as they are waiting for the power company to come and remove the meter.

Tanner and the firetruck!!

The ceiling the day after.

8 x 8

2008-11-10T13:43:00.004-06:00

1. 8 TV shows I watch

a. CSI
b. ER (sad this the last season)
c. Law & Order SVU and CI
d. Survivor
e. Amazing Race
f. Dirty Jobs
g. The Biggest Loser
h. Ghost Hunters

2. 8 Favorite Restaurants.

a. Papa Pableno's
b. Red Lobster
c. Costa Vida
d. Olive Garden
e. Wendys
f. Beto's
g.
h.

3. 8 Things That Happened Yesterday

a. I fell in the shower
b. went to church
c. practiced for our Primary Program
d. cried a lot
e. Talked to a friend on the phone
f. talked to my sister
g. Looked at blogs
h. spent some quiet time with TJ while the kids were asleep

4. 8 Things I'm Looking Forward To

a. Our 7th Anniversary
c. Thanksgiving
b. Christmas
d. My sister and her kids coming to visit!!! (still coming lace?)
e. the Primary Program to be finished!!!!
f. Celebrating Tanners 3rd birthday
g. Celebrating TJ's Birthday
h. Kena's break from school

5. 8 Things on My Wish list.

a. New flatiron
b. Getting my hair done
c. Getting pregnant again
d. a new sewing machine
e. new jewelry
f. Tanner being potty trained
g. The Work and The Glory Books
h. To go to Utah to visit family and friends

6. 8 Things I Love

a. My Family
b. The Gospel
c. The Temple
d. Reading
e. playing with my children
f. spending quality time with my hubby
g. hearing from old friends
h. the ladies in our branch!!

7. 8 I can't Stand

a. Dishonestly
b. shallow people
c. 2 faced people
d. Confrontation
e. living so far way from family
f.
g.
h.

8. 8 People I Tag.

a. Lacie
b. Aubrey
c. Jannah
d. Kamee
e. Joanna
f. Karen
g. Aunt Terry
h.

Mr. Clean

2008-11-01T20:42:00.004-05:00

Today we went and got the kids hair cut and the person that normally cuts TJ's hair was closed so he made the choice to have someone else do it. The problem is he told her exactly how to cut it and where to go before fading to the top and she followed his instructions but TJ really didn't know quite where he needed it to go so after she got done and they both realised that it wasn't going to work out he just said to shave it all off..........LOL my husband is BALD!!! It was so funny to see and i'm still getting used to him having no hair. I like it but I think I like him better with more on top. LOL but he got his wish he has been wanted to see what he looks like with no hair and he got his wish LOL LOL LOL HAHAHAHAHA. LOVE you babe

So here he is in all his baldness!! :)

My beautiful family!!

He wanted to see the top of his head.

Our Halloween

2008-11-01T19:48:00.006-05:00

We had a blast this year for halloween and the kids got lucky enough to go trick or treating 3 times. 1st was our branches truck or treat 2nd was the cities safe & sane and 3rd was halloween night and we went around town. Makena was a Ballerina Fairy and Tanner was a Fireman!

The Safe & Sane, is something the city does that helps kids get to play games and get candy with out having to go from house to house. They close off about 2 blocks on main street and the next street up and all the stores have tables set up with games and candy to pass out.

My super sweet kids before we headed out to the Trunk or Treat. I only took picutures this night because I really didn't want to drag my camera around with us but I wish I had it the night of the Safe and Sane as the fire station was passing out candy and it would have been cool to get a picture of Tanner next to the big firetruck.

I had a great time with Makena's hair. I pulled it up to a half pony and then took small sections and twisted and secured with bobby pins. It was super cute and something that was done on me by my sister while I lived with her at Snow college. FUN times

My handsome fireman

My beautiful ballerina fairy!!

A look at all the fun!

They had a few games to play and my kids love the fishing game!!

The Primary's trunk

The Relief Society's trunk, They had a few more but I got busy and didn't take any pictures of them.

These kids are just the cutiest and Makena had a great time hanging out the T. She and him were best buddies.
This is how Makena's hair looked after we got home and took her pony out and burshed it out. It was super cute. Does it bring back some fun memories Lace??

Church Dedication!

2008-10-25T10:50:00.012-05:00

Last sunday they Dedicated our new church!! It is beautiful and i'm so excited to finally have our own primary room!! Here are a few pictures of the inside of the new addition and once they get the grounds finished i'll get some pictures of that!

Looking down the hall that used to be the main entrance

Looking up to the Branch Presidents office. The kitchen is the first door on the left. This is where the Family History room was.

The other hallway looking up to the Young Womens room (on top left). This was were the clerks office used to be.

Back of the chaple looking to the front.
The back of the chaple. You can see our chairs we get to use.

This is the new foyer.

I wanted to do something fun with Makena's hair and I remembered seeing this "headband" made with puff braids and thought what the heck, it was getting about the time to leave and I think I did it in about 10 mins or so. It turned out pretty cool.

Front view
Top View.

Side view

Back view

And my boys! Tanner was having a big fit because I made him wear his church shoes and not his car shoes, he wasn't happy at all.

Super easy Dinners

2008-10-16T20:08:00.003-05:00

So I went on a search this morning to find an easy chicken crock pot and I found one and it turned out SO yummy!!!!

So here it is

I doubled everything and it made enough for us plus enough to have leftovers for TJ to take to work if he wanted or for me to split between the kids for lunch one tomorrow.

Its called Cheryl's Chicken Crock Pot Recipe but I think I'll rename it to Yummy Chicken!! :)

3 full, boneless, skinless chicken breasts (I didn't count how many I added)
1 8oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 pkg. Good Season's dry Italian salad dressing mix
1 can cream of chicken soup

Put chicken in crock pot.
Mix rest of ingredients with hand mixer. Pour over chicken. Cook all day long on Low setting. Serve over rice or noodles. Easy, Fast and Good! Cooks while you are out all day enjoying your favorite activity. :)

I used the ribbon noodles or wide egg noodles if you prefer. But I was talking with my mom telling her she had to make it for them and said that it would be just as good over rice and she said it would be good over mashed potatoes, so next time we make it we will try it over something else!!!

So try it and let me know what you think!!! ENJOY!!!

Another recipe that we have tried is an Alfredo pizza its super easy and the kids love it

Chicken Alfredo Pizza
2 boxes of Jiffy pizza crust (if making on a cookie sheet)
Alfredo sauce
minced garlic
mozzarella cheese
shredded chicken

Cook chicken and shred or dice depending on your mood.
Then make pizza crust according to box instructions
spread in pan and cover with Alfredo sauce, minced garlic, thin layer of cheese, shredded chicken, then top with more cheese. Bake according to instructions on Jiffy box and VIOLA!! super easy chicken Alfredo Pizza!!!

Would love to hear if you try either of these recipes.

ENJOY!!!

Makena's Birthday

2008-10-15T12:54:00.011-05:00

I realised I haven't talked about what we did for Makena's birthday, so I figured now would be as good as time as ever. We decided not to have a party for her since I ended up having a Primary Leadership meeting at the stake center 2 hrs away and it would take up my whole day driving to and from. So we thought we would do it on Friday the 10th but that ended up being Homecoming week as well and the football game was Friday, and there were to many other problems so we just bagged the whole idea.

So on Friday the 3rd Makena helped me make cupcakes to take to her class for her birthday. We had some fun decorating them and it was a surprise for Makena as she only knew that she was getting cupcakes with chocolate frosting!! I kept thinking that I needed to add something to them to make them cute so I thought since it was Halloween soon something Halloweenie would be cute so we got the Autumn mix of candy corn and pumpkins would be good. So TJ frosted the cupcakes for me and then started adding the stuff on top and got really creative with them!! This is how they turned out!! Makena was so excited and had a great time sitting and eating her cupcakes!! Her classmates thought they were so cool!!!

The Cupcakes

Makena's Pre-K class

Makena loving her cupcake!!

After we got done eating our cupcakes outside we headed back in to finish up the day. Her teacher gave her the choice to stay or leave, We asked her and she wanted to stay and finish out the day which would only 20 or so mins. After we got home we let her open up her presents from TJ and I and then we made dinner and just had a great time!!

Makena at her table
She got 2 new shirts, a 3d viewfinder

And a cute baby doll that came with its own carrier and sleeping bag.

Opening her present from Grandma and Grandpa Babcock, She received a super cute Cinderella dress with matching dress for her doll.

She loved the dress so much she had to try it on right away.

And this is how she looked on Sunday! Super cute!!

My handsome little boy, and his car shoes, oh those shoes will be the death of me if we ever loose them and not to mention what am I going to do when they become to small. He had his church shoes on and from the time I went to brush my hair to the time I walked back to the living room he had changed shoes, and I had even tried to hide the shoes. Oh well at least he was happy right??!?

And if you made it this far!! YEAH!! We are dedicating our new add-on to our branch this Sunday so i'll have that to post about!! I am going to take pictues when I go tonight to help with Activity days.!! It looks so great and i'm so excited to be in the new chaple next sunday!!

Handbag Contest!!

2008-10-14T09:08:00.002-05:00

How would you like to win a FREE handbag?!?!? I know I do, Check out http://www.HandbagPlanet.com to enter. They are going to be giving a handbag away ever hour for 24 hours.

Happy Happy Birthday Makena!!

2008-10-03T16:52:00.003-05:00

I am so happy for you Makena!! You are such a wonderful girl and we could not be more proud of you!! You are such a wonderful member of our family and I can't think of a day that I don't laugh because of something you say or do. You are such a shinning light and we love you so much!! Its still hard to believe that 5 years has already gone by and you have grown so much. Thank you for being a part of your family and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you!!

Your hospital pictures!

Its hard to believe you went from such a little thing at 6 lbs to such a big girl.

You last year on your birthday!! How much you have changed in just a year!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH PRINCESS!!!!!

BB Football

2008-09-27T09:41:00.009-05:00

So we fianally took the kids to there first football game here in Broken Bow, We had a BLAST!!! Tanner is such a sports kid that if TJ is flipping channels and sees a game on Tanner will get mad if he changes it to something else, so funny. Anyways We had a great time, we went to the tailgate party before the game for food and a big bouncy slide for the kids then walked over to the stadium. They won the game in double overtime 28-27.

Having dinner at the tailgate party!!

The kids climbing the big slide, The helper at the top and to come and help Tanner up to the top but at least he made it up half way by himself.

And Tanner going down, Makena was on the other side so I didn't get her picture and we didn't have time to do it again as we had to walk over to the stadium. They had these cool temp tatoo's and the kids wanted one so Makena got hers on her cheek, Tanner had his on his forearm and I had one on my hand. TJ opted out.
They have this really cool inflatible helmet that the team come out of!!

The beginning of the spirit line! You can see their helmets (they are gold).
More of the spirit line, the line came out as far as the 50 yard line it was pretty cool.
Kick off!! Our team is Black and Gold!
A few plays.Tanner checking out the game during overtime, and also looking pretty cool in dad's hat!

Makena playing around.

The team celebrating the win!

The final score

Parent/Teacher Conference

2008-09-18T11:48:00.003-05:00

Tonight we have Parent/Teacher Conference and I'm hoping it all goes well. Makena is loving school so I know it won't be to bad, we just need to keep her in her seat and not talking when she is suppose to be working on her letters and such, ahh well. She has learned so much and is currently working on the letter B and is writing them very well as well as A. She is writing her name and its so cute to watch her do it and to see how she lights up each time she shows us. I'll update later tonight after we get back!!

A good thing

2008-09-10T10:21:00.007-05:00

Well I just received an email from my sister-in-law is haveing a great sale. She and her husband have a vinyl business and have done really well and with them moving, they have deceided to have a 20% off sale on everything excluding graphics!! We have many things from them and have loved how they make our home more homey!! So head on over to Little Whittle Lettering and check out there gallery and then all the fonts and colors they have to offer!! Whats nice is that you can apply them directly to your walls or a board.

Here are a few examples of that they offer.

FHE boards

Quote with overlay applied directly to the wallTiles
Board with overlay

Will it ever end??

2008-09-07T09:33:00.002-05:00

So here we go again, Makena woke up with another tummy ache and started throwing up again. UGGG plus on top of that Tanner is sick, ya its been a great time at our house lately. Hopefully its just a little bug that will go away and she can feel better, I hate having sick kids.

Fun Post

2008-08-27T17:17:00.009-05:00

I saw this on my friends blog and have seen it other places too, so I thought I would join and do it. The rules are you look up your answers on Google images and see what comes up, using the first page only. It was crazy to see some of the images that came up.

My Age:

My Favorite Color:

Favorite Vacation Spot:

(Sackets Harbor, NY)

Where I live:

A picture from the Broken Bow lake

Where I grew up:

A map of Redmond, UT
A view of Parowan, UT they didn't have anything for Summit, Ut and Parowan is the closest.

Where I want to Travel:

Would love to go to Hawaii someday.

Favorite Food:

Favorite Treat:

Favorite Animal:

(calico cats)

Past Love:

First Name:

Middle Name:

Last Name:

Newest obsession

2008-08-27T12:31:00.004-05:00

So while we were on vacation I would watch my mother in law do Sudoku puzzles out of the newspaper and thought Oh that looks so boring, how could anyone want to something like that. LOL Well one day TJ was saying that he was really in to Sudoku now and said that You would totally enjoy it. I just laughed and and thought to myself, Ya right. Well we went to Wall-Mart and found him a Sudoku book to take to work so he would have something to do when he wasn't busy, well you guessed it, I picked up the book and started to figure them out and now I am addictive to Sudoku, and have my own book of them and TJ just laughs. In fact I was blog surfing and came across a blog where a lady had made a quilt using the sudoku "pattern" it turned out really cute so maybe one day I'll get brave and make one.

A visitor

2008-08-25T15:50:00.004-05:00

I had to run out to the van and saw this guy on the driveway, it isn't the first time I have had to watch where I walk when going outside. But he seems to be the biggest that I've seen lately.

Makena's 1st day!

2008-08-13T09:21:00.007-05:00

Well the day has finally come and Makena is at her first day of Pre-K. She has been so excited for a while now and when I woke her up this morning and told her that day was the day, she was so excited. We got her up and we snuggled in the chair for about 15 mins before we got her dressed and her hair done. We left and met dad at the school, we walked her to the gym where all the kids meet before heading to class. She sat with her class and didn't even bat and eyelash when it was time for us to leave and her to head to her classroom. I know that she will have a good time and I'm so excited to see her after she is done and to hear about all that went on today.

All ready to walk out the door

Her posing for me!! Showing off her new backpack!! (her school is required to have clear backpacks, I know crazy)
Her grin shows how excited she was.
We snuck in to the school so we could get a picture of her by her classroom.
Makena standing next to her Teacher

Me and Makena
She is so cute!!

Sitting waiting for class to start.
Tanner giving dad his million dollar smile as we are walking back to the car.

Our New York Trip!!

2008-08-09T20:34:00.021-05:00

We had so much fun on our trip and i'm sorry it has taken me so long to get pictures up. But here they are at last, Check older posts to make sure you see them all.

This is a restroom in Kentucky, It was the first time I pulled out my camera as it was in the back of the van and I didn't really think about putting it up closer so I could take more pictures. But we needed to make a pit stop so I took avantage of the stop and grabbed the camera, I love how green it was. In fact the on in the picture is the one we stopped at on the way home.

The kids all smushed. I have no idea why she wanted such a huge pillow behind her head but it make her sit almost straight up. She must have been comfortable because she never complained.

Her thoughts on mom taking a picture of her.

Tanner being cute!

As we were continueing our drive through Kentucky we came upon this!! The Rascal Flatts semi!! I am not a huge fan on country music but I do know who they are and so I had to make sure I got a picture of it!
We finally made it to our half way point!!! We met some of the Babcock family friends at a Home Town Buffett for a nice refreshing break from the car. The T family brought there granddaughter with them and she and Makena had such a great time with each other, running and getting all there wiggles out so we could get back in the car. (11hrs in the car so far)

Tanner chasing the girls

These two would be such a fun combo, they are so much like each other that if they were left to themselves who knows what we would find.

TJ with the T family!!

Lacie this is just for you!!!! The last time I was in this area of the country I was 12-14 (can't really remember what year other then its the same time of year that the Mississippi river flooded) we were on a trip with my Grandma and Grandpa visiting an Aunt in Ohio!! So Lace does this bring back any fond memories?!?
Finally made it to the Cottage at 4am so we really didn't to much till later that afternoon so Grandma and I took the kids playing at the park.

Makena being the true monkey that she is!
Grandma enjoying a nice swing.

A look at the grassy area just down the sidewalk from the cottage we were staying in.

Lake Ontario

Just looking down the shore line at one of the docks

The beginning of a very beautiful sunset! One of many we got to enjoy while we were there.

I loved the look of this shot, with the sun setting and the woman setting on the bench enjoying the moment.

And its going,

going,

gone. So beaufitul,

I had walked up from the beach to get something from the cottage and looked and saw this most beautiful pink sky and setting sun, so I grabbed the camera so I could caputure it.

As I was taking pictures I happend to take the picture right at the right time and caught this skier enjoying the sunset.

The sky was so pink it was amazing

A day at the beach.

This is Campbell's Point

Grandma working her magic making a mermaid. I just wish I had gotten a picture of it when she was finished, It was pretty cool.

I had walked out in the water to get some pictures this is what I saw, Makena's head sticking out of the sand,
And found this, Some of the other kids had started digging a hole and so Makena got in and started to cover herself in sand,

With help from Mom and Dad she was covered except her floaty and that was just to much to cover.

And then she was done, so we wiggled herself out.

Tanner in the water filling up the watering can so he can,

Water the beach!!!

We had so much fun that I can't wait till we can go back.

French Fesitvel

2008-08-07T15:02:00.013-05:00

We went a few times to visit Great Grandpa Babcock and the last time we were there he had some presents for the kids!! It was so cute and the kids totally ate up the attention from him.

G.G. giving the kids there presents. He gave Makena one of those doodle bears, She has had so much fun coloring on it. Tanner got a John Deere truck and trailer, which if you know Tanner he is in love with cars.

Great Grandpa Babcock, TJ, Tanner and Makena, only one we are missing is TJ's dad.

We then went over to Grandma's house to get some things so I took a picture of it!

The first weekend we were there we went to Cape Vincent for the French Festivel, It was pretty cool, and very hot. Uncle Adam working one of the food venders!!

It was so hot and even with putting sunscreen on the kids I could tell they needed something else to protect their faces so we found this cute Dora hat that also came with a matching bag, and Tanner we found a cute floppy "fishin" hat.

Tanner had the best seat in the house. Taking a ride on Grandpa's shoulders.

Grandpa and Tanner walking down to the water.

The men waiting for the parade to start.

The kids waiting for the parade. This shows off their new hats and Kena's matching bag.

The flag bearers were people from the Watertown Correctional facility where TJ's dad works.

Just some really cute little ponies.

Their were about 4-5 bagpipe bands, They were so awesome to listen to, I have a few video's but it takes to long to load maybe one day I'll get them loaded.

The Shriners! Then we took a drive to the light house, it was super cool
A home displaying the Canada, USA and French flag, I thought it was cool to see, Not to mention that its a very nice house.

The kids getting their exercise. They have watching grandma on her Gazelle and had to try it out!

Seth reading the Twilight Saga

Hill Curmora

2008-08-04T10:33:00.011-05:00

We also had the chance to go to Pagant while we were there and it was so awesome!! While we were in Palmyra we got some pictures of us by the Temple as the last time we were there it was when we got married 6 1/2 years ago and it was February and COLD so we didn't get any pictures of us outside before or after we were married. It doesn't help that it was at 6 pm in the evening either.

Us in front of one of the many beautiful flower beds

Tanner looking out to the Sacred Grove. They have the tops of the trees cut so you can see it from the Temple.

Us in front of the windows of the Celestial Room. If I remember correctly there is a couch in front of the windows and that is where TJ and I sat waiting to go to the sealing room to get married.

The kids sitting on the rock wall.

I didn't even notice how much it looks like a fake picture!! I took this as we were getting in the van to leave.

As you walk up the steps there is this most beautiful garden that I had to get a picture of Makena in front of. She looks so cute!

Uncle Adam taking in the beauty of the temple grounds, or he is just catching his breath from chasing after the kids.

My hunk of a husband!!
So after we went to the temple we went to get our seats for the pagaent. This is the view we got from our seats!!! Uncle Seth is up at the top of the hill doing security and had asked us to bring him a bottle of water so we gathered up the kids and off we went to the top.

The side of the stage as we were talking to the top

Looking through the trees to the audience!

Adam practially ran up the hill, he is like super human or something.
A look from the top down.

And a close up of Kelly setting in our seats!

The statue of Moroni at the top of the hill.We deceided to go down the other side of the hill to the visitor's center and i'm so glad that we did because it was so beautiful!

The Christus a the visitor's center. The missionary was super cute and didn't mind the kids sitting at the base.

This family is from the Watertown ward and were part of the show. He was one of 3 Lehi's, if anyone went this year he was the Lehi on the ship, and in the wilderness. Anyways this is his lovely family minus 2, his older girls were off visiting with other people that were hear to see the show

While we were waiting it started to rain and boy did it rain. Thankgoodness Kelly thought to bring umbrella's because they sure came in handy. You can see how wet TJ got if you look at his pant leg

We got a double rainbow after it had stopped which was pretty cool.

These girls were soo cute!!! They had come by earlier and then shortly after it stopped raining they found us again and it just happened that Tanner was really fussy and once he saw them and they started playing with him he was a happy camper!! They were the best!!
And the the show began. I did get a few pictures but most were really grainy because I wasn't using my flash. But nontheless they turned out pretty good.

This is the beginning of the show

They have the whole cast up and down the isles and then they all march on to state and this is the best shot I could get of them all on stage!!
Makena was so funny, after the show was over and we were gathering all our stuff up Makena layed down on the chairs and "pretended" to fall asleep, but the sad thing was she was still wide awake and was really faking it well. She is such a funny girl. Although Tanner was out for the count!.
The stage after the show was really cool so I had to get a picture.

Our visit with the G Grandparents

2008-08-03T16:46:00.008-05:00

Our visit with TJ's grandparents was very nice. She gave us another quilt for our bed and gave one to Makena as well. I havn't taken pictures yet but will soon. Well this trip TJ's grandpa brought out some of his guns. Those boys were in heaven even Tanner. ***ALL GUNS HAD THERE SAFETY ON AND NO BULLETS IN THEM AT ALL***

Tanner had so much fun looking at the guns and wanted to hold this one, So TJ turned on the laser and helped Tanner shine it on the wall for him to see.

This Colt is something that TJ's Grandpa had from his father so Its really cool to see such a beautiful gun in such good condition.

Uncle Seth and the kids!!

As we were all sitting around the table playing the dice game this car started driving around the circle, It is such a beautiful car so I had to get some pictures of it. He was also yelling something out the window but I didn't understand what he was saying untill he got back around to the othe side of the circle and then this happened...........
He gave us flames!!!!!! It was totally awesome and as he was making is way around the circle again he kept doing it
He had just done it before he came by me so I didn't get a really good photo of it, but at least I got what I got.

His last one and off we went in to the sunset.

While everyone was together I made them get together so I could get some generation pictures because I don't know when we will be with everyone again. So the only way I could get a picture of Makena smiling was for me to be in the picture.
This is what she was doing after the picture, she wanted to play with the noodle. She was saying it was her horn on her head. And Tanner has his in the wash bowl that we clean our feet off after being at the beach.

Then it was Makena's turn to play in it.

The last day :(

2008-08-01T17:59:00.020-05:00

So our last day consisted of heading to Boldt Castle and Alex Bay, We had so much fun driving to the little cape towns and seeing all that they have to offer.

Driving to Boldt Castle, Tanner was listening to Seths music with him All that music put him to sleepThe sign for the Bridge Authority, just thought it was cool.
1000 Island Bridge

The view from going over the bridge looking out over the St. Lawerance, You are also able to walk across this bridge but due to time we didn't do it. We will add it to our list of things to do next time we are there. And most if not all of the islands there have summer homes on them.2 boats racing along the river.

Boldt Castle

The Babcocks have friends of theirs from there ward that live right next to Boldt castle and that is where I am at taking these pictures. We had plans to go the monday but he ended up having to go to work so we wern't able to go play on his boat and stuff or we would have gotten better closeup pictures of the Castle

The Boat house for Boldt Castle, infact TJ's Great Great Grandfather was in charge of building the boat house!!

Just some pictures from the dock at our friends home, You can see that the islands have homes on them.

This home is literlly on a rock in the middle of the water,

The other side of the house, Its so crazy to see this home on its own little island.

This butterfly was so kind to let me get a nice shot of it!!

Another home out in the middle of the water on its own island Next we went over to Alex bay to get some pictures of the other side of Boldt Castle,As we were driving in to Alex Bay I looked down and saw a Piriate Ship, I was totally stoaked so we stoped so we could walk down the pier and get some pictures. So Remi these are for you buddy!!! Every year they have Piriate days.

More of Boldt Castle, I have put that on our list of things to do next time we go. This place is jsut huge I do hope that we can make it next time we go there.

Here is the best shot I could get of the span of the 1000 island bridge. It was pretty impressive.

Tanner somehow got Seth to give him both earphones, he was in music heaven!!

After all this we went back to the cottage to go swimming and spend a few hours playing at the beach before we left. I didn't get any more pictures because I was trying to just enjoy the last few hours with family and trying not to be to sad we had to come back, (didn't work very well, i'm still really sad its over)

We had such a great time, thanks for letting us have such a great time and much needed vacation!!

Problems

2008-07-29T17:00:00.003-05:00

I have no idea what is wrong with our computer but it won't allow me to view any blogs even myown. So I have yet to put up pictures from our vacation, so hopefully we can figure out what is going on so I can see all our blogs again. The weird thing is that it worked before going to NY while in NY but once I got home it quit working, If anyone has any ideas of what to try please let me know. (it shows a page can not be displayed) Well to top it all off Tanner has another ear infection as well as a very sore throat, plus I have been busy getting my house back in order and getting our laundry done.

Just a few previews of the sunset!!!

New York!!!

2008-07-15T17:22:00.003-05:00

We made it here at around 4 am Thursday the 10th and have had a blast ever since. We have had so much fun playing at the beach and watching the sunsets! We are going to go to Hill Cumorah Pageant tomorrow if it is not raining. We have had a few days where its rained in the morning but by afternoon was beautiful! I have a few pictures on this computer but all our other pictures are on our laptop so i'll post those pictures when we get back!!

Looking for our porch to the beach. (the Yellow Cottage on the left is my Mother-in-laws sisters) The blue one we are staying in is her Uncles.

The Beach from the porch

More of Lake Ontario

And we are off!!

2008-07-08T22:08:00.002-05:00

The day has finally come and we are heading to NY for a very much needed vacation!!!! We are going to spend 2 weeks at the cottage on Lake Ontario visiting the in-laws! I"m so excited to see them and to spend some quality time with them. TJ and his dad have plans to play lots of golf, and us girls are going to spend lots of time on the beach and shopping!!!. I'll do my best to keep my blog updated but there is no guarantee that it will happen!! TJ will be getting home around 3am and we will finish packing the van and the we will be off to the races!!! So I hope you all are having a great summer!!!

My little thinker!

2008-07-08T14:19:00.005-05:00

Tanner sure has some silly positions he likes to sleep in, well this day was no different. He must have had something serious to think about LOL. What a cutie!!

Maybe there is hope?!?! He wanted to go pee so he climbed up on the toilet but he wanted the book to and wasn't happy till I got him the book, Well 2 seconds after I snaped the last picture the book took a fall and Tanner followed quickly after, Guess we should look in to some smaller books for him to do his business with LOL!!!

It happened to be the last Harry Potter book too

Our 4th of July

2008-07-07T11:00:00.012-05:00

We had such a great 4th that I am now just getting around to posting about it. We ended up at some friends house to have a BBQ, ride horses, games and enjoy fireworks. The kids all get along really well so there was not fighting and lots of laughs. The families home that we went to, they have the most cutiest kids and I love watching our kids play together. I got lots of pictures of the kids riding horses and wish that I was able to take some firework pictures but I was busy lighting off the little ones to keep the kids entertained while TJ was further away doing the really big ones.

Walking out to ride the horses!

T. Juming on the trampoline, this is the only pic that I got of him, he was always on the go and didn't stop long enough to let me take more of him!

Tanner on the horse he LOVED it!!

Makena and K. playing I have no idea what K is looking at but it must have been interesting!!

Makena was so scared to get on and didn't want to but once she was on she had so much fun!!

If you look closely you can see her face, she was so scared till he started walking around

K. is very good when she gets up on the horse. The Horse kept trying to eat grass so her dad ended up leading her around.
E. wasn't to happy to be up there by herself but once her daddy climbed up she did great!!

All of us watching Makena ride the horse!

Miss K. She is so stinkin cute!!!

And Miss E. She is such a ham!! I coudn't get her to smile but she doesn't have to smile to be soo cute!!
The yummy cupcakes the other family that joined us brought, They were sooo good!!

Thanks so much B family!!!! We had so much fun and Im sure we will be getting together again soon.

Happy 4th of July!

2008-07-04T12:26:00.002-05:00

Happy 4th everyone!!! I hope everyone has a safe and fun day!! Enjoy time with family and charish every moment with them. I would also like to express my THANKS to all our soldier's and there family for all that they have done for our country. WE THANK YOU!!

(this is from last years fireworks in D.C.)

Never leave your kids alone with dad LOL

2008-06-27T22:57:00.002-05:00

While I went to a Presidency meeting tonight the kids stayed home with dad, which was all good until I got home LOL. Well I got home and the kids were playing and I smelled this wonderful smell of Nail polish. Yep while TJ was in the bathroom the kids climbed up on there craft table and got the nail polish that I had sitting on top of the T.V. and thought it would be a great idea to paint nails. Well as you can imagine it was all over there fingers and Makena got a few places on her dress, now if it was a play dress I wouldn't be so upset but its one of her nicer dresses. Oh I'm so frustrated. So now the nail polish has been put even higher, so if anyone has any ideas on how to get nail polish out of clothes I would love to know. I didn't get any pictures all though maybe I should have LOL.

We also did a few fireworks, Tanner was scared to death and ended up sitting up by the door as far away from them as possible and Makena was down with us enjoying them. I'll try and get some pictures next time we do them.

Things I Learned Living in the South

2008-06-25T16:58:00.003-05:00

We have this paper that comes out once a month and the whole thing is jokes, its great. Well they had a great one this month and well I thought I would share with you and I hope you get a laugh out of it.

A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Oklahoma.
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in Oklahoma, plus a couple no one's seen before.
Ifit grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls It'll bite ya.
"Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
It is not a shopping car its a buggy. (And people have asked if I wanted a buggy and I had no idea what they were talking about at first)
"Jaw-P" means "Did ya'll go to the bathroom?"
People actually grow and eat Okra.
"Fixinto" is one word. Example "I'm Fixinto go to the lake."
There is no such thing as Lunch. There is only dinner and then there is supper.
Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar.
Backwards and forwards means "I know everything about you."
The work "jeet" is actually a phrase meaning "Did ya eat."
You don't have to wear a watch, becaue it doesn't matter what time it is, you work unil youi're done or it's too dark to see.
You don't push buttons. you MASH EM.
"No, Jew" is a common responce to the question "Did you bring any beer?"
You measure distance in minuets.
you switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
you know what a "DAWG" is.
You carry jumper cables in your car for your OWN car.
You only own fice spices: Salt, Pepper,, Head counry , Tabasco and Ketchup.
The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for ocal gossip and motorsports.
you think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit a bit warm.
you know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still sumer and Christmas.
Going to Wal-Mart is a faborite past time know as Goin Wal-martin' or Off to Wally-World.
You describe the first cool snap ( below 70 degrees) as good chili weather.
Fried Catfish is the other white meat.
We Don't need no dange drivers ed. If our mama says we can drive then we can... besides that, we've been driving since the age of 8.

I hope you all enjoy and if I find any other good ones i'll post them!!!

Sad

2008-06-23T12:14:00.004-05:00

It wasn't been the best weekend for use that's for sure. Tanner is sick again and ended up having a fever all weekend and still seems to not be feeling well though is not running a fever now, so hopefully whatever it is, is gone and he will start to feel better, ( although I'm afraid its another ear infection).

This morning when I got up TJ was still awake and was telling me that from the time he got home somewhere around 8ish and 9ish when I got up our doggies got out and "Bob" was hit by a car. Our neighbor came over and was holding Corkey and said that the other was in the street and that Corkey kept nudging him trying to get him up. So TJ went and put Corkey back in the back yard and went and checked Bob and he was no longer with us, So He took care of him, so no one would have to see it, (we have lots a little kids in our neighborhood). So we are down one dog and Corkey is really sad. TJ told Makena what happened and she seems to be handling the news ok but was happy to hear that Corkey was still alive.

Tanner and Bob the day we brought them home.

Another Do

2008-06-10T13:02:00.005-05:00

I somehow talked Makena in to letting me do her hair on Sunday and here are the results!

Oh MY

2008-06-08T21:28:00.003-05:00

So I was talking to Makena about getting stuff for School while we are in New York in July as they start school the 8th of August, and then it hit me OH MY GOSH my baby is going to be starting school in 2 months........ She still doesn't seem like she is that old but she is and she is super excited about it!!! Just today I was looking at pictures of her growing up and it was so crazy to see her so little. I'm afraid I don't know what I'm going to do with just Tanner and I at home.