Tuesday, June 30, 2009

My Sleepy Man

As I was blogstalking, Madison says to me....Mom, Brayden's sleeping!
This was at 5:30 in the evening. So, I walked over to this....

In case you can't see well enough....

My poor man was Worn Out!

Don't worry, I woke him up quickly and within 5 minutes he was back at his food again.

I think the summer is wearing Brayd out! Lately he has asked me to leave his door open when he goes to sleep. So, I think the combination of more light coming into his room in the morning and long hours at the pool is draining him of all his energy.

I think Brayd is ready for school to start and for our lives to slow down a bit.
Almost half way there baby. Hang in there!

Monday, June 29, 2009

55 Years Old for my Papa!

So, my daddy turned the big 55!
My dad is quite the guy. He is the one and only person I know that will do ANYTHING for ANYONE. I remember so many times growing up that he would be out doing things for other people. It wasn't long after I left my dad's house that I figured out that not everyone is like that.
For my dad's birthday all he wanted was to have a baseball game and a BBQ with his kids. So, we granted his wish. Everyone headed over to our house and we had a good time.
We all got our food and sat down to eat. As I looked outside I saw this....
All the grandkids had gathered together outside to eat their meal together
Well, all the ones that could walk, Hailee and Brenden were missing.

All the grandkids had a can of silly string and they attacked Grandpa. He is such a good sport about that kind of stuff. Notice his shirt? No. 1 Grandpa!

Grandpa even got Ry's silly string to work, then he let him spray him.
Then we played some water balloon games.
And kept playing games

Uncle Russ got a little excited and the water balloons apparently weren't popping fast enough so he started throwing them at the grandkids.

Ry and his sly smile. I wonder what he is thinking....

Ry is just little so he kept getting attacked, but he took it all in stride.

It's a good thing Brayd's hair acts as an umbrella or he may have been a little unhappy.

Now it's Ry's turn for attack.

Dad and Mom with Ry and dad's presents. He got a saw-I think- or maybe it was a sander. I don't really know. Then some random gifts cards for the movies and yummy places to eat.
We had an excellent little party.

Happy Birthday Grandpa!
We Love You!


Thursday, June 25, 2009

Our First House in St. George

When Aaron got hired on as the Sales Manager after being at Stephen Wade for about 4 hours we decided we had probably buy a house in St. George instead of living with my parents. Let me back up.....In 2003 about 3 months after Porter was born we were getting a little antsy and needed a change in life. We had been living in North Ogden and Liberty since we had gotten married about 2 1/2 years earlier. After a couple of different jobs Aaron decided he would try out Stephen Wade Powersports. So, here we were in St. George with a good job but not really anywhere to live. We looked all over the area, but we kept coming back to the Santa Clara area. Specifically Country Lane. There was one house in there that Aaron and I really, really liked. The price on it was about 329,000. I remember Aaron specifically telling me to not tell anyone we were thinking of spending that much on a house! We were a little embarrassed. We found out this house was under contract, but we kept coming back to look at it. One of the times we were looking at it some dude showed up and said his house was about the same size and it was for sale across the street for less money. The people had only lived in the house for 9 months and they had bought it new. So, we went over and looked at it. Aaron thought it was a good deal, especially because it had shutters, a hot tub and the yard was all put in, unlike this other house. Well, thanks to Aaron's MAD negotiating skills, we ended up buying it for 298,000.
We lived in this house for just shy of 2 years and sold it for 400,000. Those were the days! Well, we found out this house was on the market again. It is a short sale and they are asking 329,000! Come to find out the house was vacant so we thought it would be fun to walk through the house with Madison and Porter. We figured Madison MIGHT remember a few things, but Porter wouldn't. They both said they remembered some stuff, but I don't know how much of that is us talking about it or actually remembering.

This was the top of the staircase. I loved that staircase!

Aaron really liked the garage so I thought I would take a picture of it for him. I remember being really excited about this water softener. I also painted a toy box I have for the kids in this garage. I would paint while Madison and Porter took their naps.

This was our kitchen. We didn't LOVE the kitchen, but going back I thought it was pretty cute. The granite is a little out of control.

We took some family pictures with the Smith family by this fireplace. So, I thought I might re-inact that.

Ry was kind enough to take this picture for us. Ry lived in my tummy in this house but we moved 2 more times before he was born. When we moved from this house Madison and Porter were about Ry and Brayd's age. Wow, time sure does fly!

I really could still live here and be happy. It was so fun to go back and reminisce a little about past times. Brayden and Ryan seemed to enjoy it just as much as we did.
Oh the days!

Summertime Fun!

First of all, it turns out this cat has now found our home to be the happenin' place. My kids say it's name is Fluffy, but I'm not sure if that is it's real name or if they just made it up. I do have to admit this is pretty much as "perfect" as a cat can get-I'm not a cat lover-. This cat is so patient with my kids. They pull on it, tug it, hold it and do whatever else a 6, 3 and 2 year old can think of to do to a cat!

Ry usually holds the cat by it's back legs and the poor thing just hangs there.

Brayd just likes to sit next to it and touch it's fluffiness.

Second part of the day.....My poor baby Brayd got 4 shots yesterday. He was so cute, I just held him down while the nurses attacked. After the shots were over, and he was crying, the nice nurse gave him a sucker and through his sobs he said, "Thank you." He is such a sweet boy.

Here he is showing off his band-aids from the nasty shots. I'm not quite sure why he looks tired, he got 14 hours of sleep last night. Apparently he fell asleep at the dinner table while the baby-sitter was here. That may have had something to do with the medicine I gave the poor boy for his shots. I probably would have made him tuff it out, but between Aaron and I going out, and the fact that he would come up to me and point to his band-aids and say, "mom, this hurts." I gave in and may have given him a little extra.

Now for the last part of the day...Porter's job for the last year or so has been to take the garbages out to the curb before garbage day. Ry has been joining him lately because we have realized that he is perfectly capable also. And, since there is 2 garbage cans it works out nicely. Well, turns out our boys are pretty dang smart! Apparently Porter is done with the whole walking the garbage out.

He will now hook it to his bike and ride it out!
Smart little dude I am raising.

Of course that is how Ry wanted to do it also. So, the good big brother that Porter is helped Ry hook the garbage can to his bike and Ry headed to the street.

Like Bud said, there may be a little more of Aaron in Porter than we all think. If he has to do something he might as well do it quick and have fun while doing it!

Summer is so much fun and I really am happy that I get to spend everyday with them right now. I know I will look back and cherish these days:)

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Father's Day For My Baby!

I hope this year's Father's Day was as enjoyable for Aaron as it was for me....
After we got home from Church all the kids showed him the cute things they made for him.

Right as I was about to take the picture Aaron yelled "pose!" I don't know why he thinks this is so funny but he does. So, I took a picture.

Then we got a cute one.

"Sisser Garn" used our camera to take the kids pictures in her class, so I got double of Ry. I think he is a handsome little fella!

I have to admit, I wasn't a very good wife on Father's Day this year. Aaron had to do some scouting stuff on the computer so I went to my room and fell asleep-whoops! I guess we did it a little backwards this year. I did wake up to him calling for me to help him with some Family Research stuff. So, I got out of bed.
We went to my parents for dinner and Aaron did get in a 2 hour nap there so I didn't feel too guilty by the time the day was over.

Aaron asked the kids to come out and help him with the tree.
I love when they all work together1

I did make Oreo Pie for dessert for Aaron which is his VERY favorite!

Madison and Porter made it over to the pie first and were trying very hard to let daddy have the first bite.

Brayd wanted to be in the picture with Aaron and I, and Aaron's pie!

THEY LOVE IT!

Madison's bite

Porter's bite

Ry's bite

And Brayd's bite.

They all got more than one bite, but they each complained when it wasn't there turn. My babies sure do love Oreo Pie!

I'm so glad when daddy comes home,
glad as I can be.
Clap my hands and shout for joy
and climb upon his knee.
Put my arms around his neck,
Hug him tight like this.
Pat his cheeks and give him what?
A great, big kiss!
MMMWWWWAAA!

This song was sang many times throughout the day and the kids never got tired of singing and Aaron never got tired of listening.

Giving dad a Great Big Hug,

And a Great Big Kiss!

This may look familiar, this is because the kids love it when they all get to ride on a bike together.

Then I took Brayd for a ride in the shopping cart with his cereals.
Cute Man!

Sorry about the blurry picture, but Ry took a picture of me and my baby and I thought it was the perfect way to end this post.
I'm so thankful for Aaron and the good daddy he is. The boys have lots and lots of fun with him while riding and doing boy stuff. While he makes sure he doesn't leave Madison out and knits with her. He is SO good at everything he does and I love, Love, LOVE that about him!
Happy Father's Day Baby!

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Father's Day Weekend

Aaron has always loved to go riding, me? Not so much. I'm not lovin' the dirt, dust, sweatiness and all the other nasty stuff that comes along with it. It looks like I'd better get used to it because I have 4 boys that LOVE it! We went with some friends and took out 2 Rhino's and 2 ATV's. I'm sad to say that this was my last ride on my present I got when Aaron and Russ sold Cedar Ridge 16 months ago. -Don't feel too bad for me, it only had 33 miles on it.- But still!
Back to our riding!


For some reason Brayd was saying, "mom" during this picture but the other boys were very happy. In their book there is nothing better than going riding! Well, maybe the lake.

Here is one Rhino full!
And the last picture in the Rhino:(

Same Rhino, different people

The other Rhino has a backseat, but this one didn't. So, Aaron strapped some carseats in the back. Jordan supervised, and Adley drove.

Brayd just wondering around in the dirt. Just what 2 year olds do.

Josh took Porter with him....Aaron was pretty nervous, he refers to Porter as a high-maintenance passenger. It's because he always wants to drive or push random buttons. I think he did a good job though.
Thanks Josh!

No kidding, after about 30 minutes of getting everything ready we were finally ready to Head-Out!

We drove out to Sand Hollow Reservoir. It was very warm and dusty on the way out so we let all the kids put their feet in the water, Well, that is what we told them they could put in the water. Do you think they listened?

They did at first....

Then clothes started coming off...

And, they ended up swimming in their underwears.

Except the big girls.

Cute, Cute Girls.

Ry was gettting pretty brave and swimming out very far. He might be getting a little too used to the water.

Brayd pretty much didn't want anything to do with the water. So, he borrowed some toys that were there and played in the sand.

Maybe Madison does need a little sister. She was so cute to take care of Taylor on the ride home. Thanks for getting us back safely DeAnna! You are an awesome Rhino driver. Especially up those hills!


That night the girls took their sugar daddy's out for some Benja's and to see "The Proposal".

Dinner was delicious,

The movie was cute,


The best was the entertainment while waiting in line for the movie. Heather had a head-ache and was on some intense pain medication. She started swaying, so the sweet man that my husband is went and tracked down a chair for the sick pregnant lady.

I know this may surprise ALOT of people, but I just thought it was SO cute that Aaron was SO worried and Heather was SO appreciative of Aaron for getting her a chair.

We had alot of fun and I hope Aaron enjoyed his Father's Day Eve!
I love you Baby!