Kool Kevans

Thank you pinterest

2012-02-15T18:07:00.000-08:00

I love pinterest...probably spend too much of my time on that site pinning lots of great ideas. That is where I found this awesome project!

It is just 4 pillows in an envelope type pillowcase that I sewed. It was so easy and fast. I love it. And the kids love them too!

They can lounge and watch a movie or read books on them...but this is how they are used most of the time in our house:

An instant house. So fun. The kids love them! You should have seen me at walmart trying to carry 8 pillows with three kids in the cart. There were pillows stuffed in the cart, under the cart and I was carrying like three. And Emery was crying. So funny. Oh well...I survived.

Speaking of Emery...she is as cute as can be. Here is a picture of her in the famous bear suit!

Quite possibly

2012-02-12T19:08:00.001-08:00

This could quite possibly be my favorite picture of Emery that I have taken so far...right after bath time. Nice.

Why I haven't been blogging

2012-02-12T18:56:00.000-08:00

We have had a couple of sick kids this last week. Sadie just had the normal cough...it is pretty sad that I just think it is normal now for her to have a nasty cough. Zac got a fever last Sunday and it was 103 and 104 for three days! He had a little ear infection so the doctor gave him a prescription and he is doing better now, but for those three days, he was a pretty sad little man.

And Sadie was a little stinker too...probably because between nursing Emery and caring for Zac, she was a little left out .

I just thought this picture was funny...he wouldn't eat anything except sweets. And when he did a lot of the time he was crying. But he would not let that yummy chocolate or whatever he was eating out of his mouth. :)

This was last Sunday morning...I found them like this on the couch. Let's take a closer look...

Poor little Zac...the only thing that would keep him from crying was his pacifier, so we let him have it while he was sick.

Daddy and Emery catching up on some sleep. ha ha. SO cute!

Anyway, both kids are healthy just in time for Sadie's birthday tomorrow! So hopefully we will have a few days of healthy and happy kids. And Hopefully, I will have the energy to blog in the evenings again!

Sadie's Best Friend

2012-02-03T13:42:00.000-08:00

This is Jake. He lives across the street. Sadie loves to play with him. But her favorite thing is to go over to their house for lunch. I don't know why their sandwiches are so much better than mine, but apparently they are! :) She loves to do everything with Jake. We aren't looking forward to when they move away, but right now our plan is to keep them here as long as we can! :)

I think they are a little mixed up!

2012-02-03T13:37:00.000-08:00

The kids were playing dress up the other day...Sadie chose this:

And Zac chose this:

Nice....Sadie...I think that is a little too small!

Yeah...she stuffed her skirt and shorts into that outfit. Ha ha.

Many faces of Emery

2012-02-03T13:30:00.000-08:00

Emery is 2 months old! Hooray! I visited a friend the other day and she was like "it seems like 2 weeks ago you were still pregnant!" and she is totally right! Time just flies by. But we love our little Emery so much. Sadie tells me all the time that Emery is her most favorite in the family. ha ha. She had her 2 month check up yesterday and she is in the 75th percentile for weight and height. Nice. Here are some pictures....A lot of them.

Isn't she a cutie!? I just realized that most of the pictures of Emery that I have are of her in that little bouncer chair. It's funny because she spends hardly any time in there...but when she is in there i have both hands free and I don't have to worry about the other kids jumping an her or anything like that, so I take the opportunity to take pictures. Ha. We sure do love her!

Car Track

2012-01-29T13:54:00.002-08:00

The other day we went upstairs and I promptly cleaned the floor and vacuumed. I decided that since the kids were already asking me what we could do that was fun (and it was only 8 am) that I would get out the masking tape and make a car track for them to play on. They liked it and we left it on the floor for three days. I think I originally saw this idea on Pinterest.

Our friends Jake and Andrew came over to play too. They had a lot of fun with this!

The whole thing....the part that went onto the couch was the airport and the buildings (squares) were the library, the post office and houses.

Maybe next week we will make a different car track! It was a lot of fun. And even better, the kids loved helping me clean up the tape and peel it off the floor. Nice.

My little snow bunnies

2012-01-25T18:54:00.000-08:00

I love watching these two play in the snow. And they love the snow. I hope we get more of it this year so they can go sledding. I think Zac will love that!

Beauty pageants here we come!

2012-01-25T18:38:00.001-08:00

So I have recently watched a few episodes of Toddlers and Tiaras (thank you netflix). That show is just ridiculous if you ask me...I can't believe that 7 month old girls compete in beauty pageants. Anyway, I love Wednesdays because Sadie has dance class. I love taking her to dance class, but I also love it when her friend's mom takes her because she usually invites Sadie over to play after class. And Sadie LOVES it.

So today was one of those days. At around 4:15, I saw that Sadie was walking up to the door and went out to greet her. My friend said "You're never going to let her come over again!" ha ha. This is what I saw:

Let's get a closer look shall we??

Nice huh? My friend has 4 daughters and they also had a few friends over so the older girls put makeup and nail polish on Sadie. Sadie loved every minute of it. She didn't even want to take a bath tonight because she didn't want her makeup to come off. ha ha.

Thanks LeeAnn for letting Sadie come over and play. She loves it!

Anyway, I love Sadie. Here is a video for you all to enjoy. (I love how she keeps her lips very still while she talks so she doesn't mess up her lipstick. So funny!)

Smiles

2012-01-22T09:25:00.005-08:00

Emery has started smiling more and more. She is so adorable, but even more adorable when she smiles. I didn't get a great picture, but here are a few half smiles. Enjoy!

Check out her right dimple! So cute!

New Jammies

2012-01-19T13:00:00.000-08:00

I think kids always look really cute in their jammies. We got new ones the other day at Old Navy, so i just had to take a picture.

By the way, Rob wants to start a clothing store called New Army...get it? Old Navy, New Army. What do you guys think?

Projects

2012-01-19T12:44:00.001-08:00

For a while after I had Emery, I didn't want to do projects with the kids mostly because I didn't want to have to clean up the mess. But we have started making things and doing crafts again and it is a lot of fun. As long as I am not focusing on the mess that is being made! :)

We made these crowns the other day. Sadie loves to do projects...and Zac loves to do everything she does, so it works out. I just have to tell myself to not worry about the mess. Ha ha. Anyway, here is how they turned out.

First they decorated them with markers, then we added glue and glitter. I looked away for two seconds and when I looked back at Zac, I realized he had been dipping his fingers in the wet glue and glitter and eating it! Ew! I'm sure I will be seeing some sparkly diapers soon!

Finished! Zac's crown lasted about 10 minutes before he ripped it in half. Sadie's is still going strong after two days! Nice.

Then today while we were walking upstairs (we have to go outside to get upstairs) Sadie was looking really sad. I asked her what was wrong and she said that she was just really sad because the weatherman said it was going to snow and it is still not snowing. Ha ha. It was cute. So we decided to make our own snowflakes to hang up in our house since there isn't any snow outside. We made them out os popsicle sticks. I got the idea from my sister in law's preschool blog. Check it out...it is awesome.

I think this one is my favorite. Sadie made it.

All of the snowflakes ready to be hung. And let me just say that there is glitter everywhere in my house now! Especially in the kitchen.

I glued them all to a piece of ribbon and hung them on our wall. I love how they turned out. And it was really fun.

Reading

2012-01-19T12:29:00.000-08:00

I love that my kids love to read these days. A lot of times when we are downstairs (where we keep most of the books) and I am feeding Emery or busy with something else, I will find the kids in their room reading. It is adorable. I love it. And I love how Sadie is such a good big sister and sends Zac to get more books and reads them to him. I will never get tired of finding my kids like this:

Reading books in the shower.

Reading on Sadie's bed.

This is how we find them a lot when we are having video calls with the grandparents. So if we are talking to you, and the kids aren't there...this is probably what they are doing.

I think it is adorable.

And usually I don't even mind the mess!

Like this one...

And this one. Notice how the bookshelf is half empty. Yeah..the books are scattered all over the house!

Little photo session

2012-01-15T18:51:00.000-08:00

I actually put Emery in a dress today, so I figured I would take some pictures of her and the kids before church today. And since I was actually dressed and ready, I had Rob take a couple of me and the kiddos too. Here is a sampling of what I got:

Zac kept puttin his hand on Emery's head. So funny.

6 Weeks

2012-01-14T13:40:00.000-08:00

I wish I could take a picture right now...Rob, Emery and Sadie are all asleep on our bed. It is adorable. But I don't want to wake them up...so I won't.

Anyway, Emery turned six weeks old last Thursday. Can you believe it? Crazy because it seems like she has been with us forever, but not at the same time. She is such a good little baby. She sleeps great as long as you are holding her, but is getting better at sleeping in her bed...especially at night. Apparently she laughed today. Figures she would do that after I handed her over to Rob...I missed it, but Rob said she was smiling and making laughing noises. So cute!

She is almost grown out of her 0-3 month clothes (newborns no longer fit!) so I had to get some 3-6 month clothes out for her. THey are in the washer right now...but most of them are just onsies...I may have to invest in some pants and some more footed jammies since that is ALL she wears. I did put her in a dress once, but it is too much of a hassle.

We love her so much and Sadie and Zac are such great older siblings.

I don't have hardly any pictures of Emery by herself. I need to work on that! But here is older sister Sadie holding her...she loves to hold Emery!

Emery wide awake.

I love this outfit. She looks like a candy cane!

Zac's smile.

2012-01-13T18:30:00.001-08:00

A while ago we taught Zac how to smile...he obviously already knew how to smile, but now when we ask him to smile, this is what we get:

Doesn't it just melt your heart??

I love it. He probably gets tired of me asking him to smile, but hey...who can resist this face?

First snow of the year

2012-01-13T18:12:00.000-08:00

This actually happened last Saturday, but I am just getting around to blogging about it. We woke up to snow last Saturday. It was great. The kids were so excited, so we went upstairs, ate breakfast and got our snow clothes on right away so the snow wouldn't melt before we had the chance to play in it. It was great packing snow and it wasn't very cold outside so it was a lot of fun. We stayed out for a while and the kids and I had a blast! Here are some pictures.

Zac showing me the snow...and he tried to throw it at me too but it mostly stuck to his mittens.

A big snowball that we made in the backyard. And by we I mean I made it and it was really tiring!

Cute Sadie. She is at such a fun age when it comes to playing in the snow.

Our snowman. It lasted about 10 seconds after I took this picture. The kids knocked it over. Ha.

Sick kids

2012-01-06T20:10:00.000-08:00

It seems like my kids can't go one week without having a runny nose or a cough or a stomach bug. Seriously. Sigh...I guess it is part of being a parent, but I hate seeing my kids suffer. Anyway.

Last night I didn't have anything to do (I didn't want to do anything) and it was only 8. Rob told me to go to sleep...but I felt silly going to sleep that early. So I played around on the computer for a while and after about 45 minutes I decided I might as well go to sleep since I was just wasting time anyway. So I went to sleep, and I am glad that I did, because the only good sleep I got was from about 9 to 11:30.

At 11:30 Sadie woke up with a crazy barking cough and she couldn't catch her breath. Rob was holding a sleeping Emery, so I ran in there and tried to calm her down, but nothing I did would help. I brought her to the bathroom and opened the window for her to breath the cold air. That didn't help. I turned the shower on to steam up the bathroom, but that didn't help. At this point, I am starting to freak out a little because Sadie can't really breath and she keeps coughing. She coughed so much that she made herself throw up. Finally after about 10 minutes, she calmed down. She went back to sleep and I sat with her for a while. She slept the rest of the night.

When I got back to bed, Emery was ready to eat. So i fed her and help her the rest of the night while I dozed every now and then. She is a little bit sick too, so she didn't want to sleep in her bed. I am really praying that her and Zac don't get what Sadie had which the doctor said sounded like Croup. So we got a prescription for her and hopefully things go well tonight!

I just thought this was funny...both of my kids sitting on chairs reading little pamphlets while waiting for the doctor. The funny thing was how interested the seemed in these little booklets. They each chose to read the one titled "Puberty in girls". I tried to persuade them to read about asthma or allergies, but this was the one they wanted. Not that I told them that was what it was called, but I just thought it was funny.

And here was Emery waiting patiently in the front pack. Such a cutie!

It's always fun when Grandpa comes

2012-01-04T18:36:00.000-08:00

The kids have loved having grandpa around this week. Zac keeps tabs on where he is all the time and loves to do things with him. Today, they cleaned out my dad's truck. It was pretty cute so I had to go take a picture.

Also, my dad spent a lot of time holding Emery while she slept, so I got to hang out with the older two. We went outside because it was so warm outside. It was fun to be outside, and I got to clear a bunch of cardboard boxes out of the garage to be thrown away. Then the kids came over and decided to make a "house".

Pretty creative.

Sadie rode on the turtle.

Zac "rode" on Sadie's bike. Notice he isn't even wearing a jacket. Crazy!

Zac helping grandpa. He looks pretty good in a truck huh?

My view from the window. So cute!

Three kids

2012-01-04T18:29:00.000-08:00

So far, I have been living the life. I haven't really had to take care of three kids "by myself" for longer than a few hours because my mom was here, then Rob had some days off of work, then My dad came. But he leaves tomorrow... so tomorrow is the first day completely on my own with three kids. I am excited and nervous. Emery has been sleeping really well these past few days, but that is only because someone has been holding her while she has been sleeping. :) Let's just say I have been extremely grateful for all the help!

Anyway, lets hope that tomorrow and the weeks to come will go well!

My three adorable kiddos. Doesn't Zac look huge??

Cute little Emery with my handsome husband!

First post of 2012...

2012-01-02T19:22:00.000-08:00

I haven't really made my New Year's resolutions yet, but I know that one is to blog more often. I am going to start printing these blogs into books at the end of every year to keep for a family journal type thing, so I need to start taking more pictures and blogging more. Here are some random pictures from the past couple weeks.

This is a shirt that I made for Rob for Christmas. Every day when he comes home from work, he lays down on his back and the kids run and jump on him like he is playground equipment. Then he turns over on his tummy and they do the same thing to his back. Now, they can play cars on his back and give him a little massage while he gets some rest. Win win. Check out my pinterest board to see where I got the tutorial.

It's a hit!!

I got this brand new, never used front pack at a garage sale over the summer for one dollar. Emery loves to hang out in it and I love it because I can get stuff done!

Zac in his Christmas jammies. So funny and cute! He looks like a little candy cane!

This is what Emery did while we opened gifts on Christmas. She is such a good little baby.

On a completely unrelated note...we went and fed the ducks today. It was such a nice day...I can't believe the weather. We haven't really had any snow this winter yet. And the other day it got up to 60 degrees. I'm not complaining though! :)

More Emery

2011-12-28T19:14:00.001-08:00

Here are some pictures of Emery. She is about three weeks old in these pictures. I can't believe it has been that long. She will be 4 weeks old tomorrow. Wow. She is such a good baby and she's really cute too!

Hanging out on the floor after bath time.

Daddy and Emery taking a snooze on the couch.

I didn't rotate this pictures...sorry. But I love her face in it. SO cute!

Sushi

2011-12-28T19:03:00.000-08:00

For Christmas I got Rob all kinds of stuff to make sushi at home. Ever since his co-workers invited him out for sushi he has been obsessed with it! He loves to go out to sushi and it is not cheap! So I decided if he learned how to make it himself, we could save some money.

So he opened his gift on Sunday, and on Monday night, we ate some homemade sushi. It was really yummy. We made one with avocado and cucumber in the middle and another with spam and pineapple. They were both good.

Here's to many more nights of homemade sushi!

The last week

2011-12-23T19:05:00.000-08:00

I have been very spoiled. Mostly because my mom has been here for the past three weeks helping with the kids. But also because my family is awesome and I have a great husband who helps me with anything I need him to. Anyway, my mom left today and I am a little nervous about handling these three kiddos on my own! When I would feed Emery, my mom would play with the other kids. When I was done feeding her, she would take her an burp her while I played with the other kids. So we will see what the next weeks bring. I hope I survive!!!

Here are some pictures from the last week or so.

Grandma with the three Kevan grandkids. They sure do love her and we will miss her tons!

Our first real family picture with Emery. We will need that updated ASAP when I slim down a bit and actually put makeup on. :)

A sister moment.

Cute Emery.

I love this picture because it shows her dimple. So adorable!

Sadie all dressed up to go to her dance recital. (See next post for the video)

Mom spent her birthday here in Utah with us and my dad sent her a cake in the mail. YUM!

Us waiting in line for a free carriage ride. It was fun, but really cold!

The kids in their cute hats. Emery has a matching owl hat that I made for her, but she doesn't really like to wear it. So no picture yet!

Dance recital

2011-12-23T18:53:00.000-08:00

Sadie has been in a dance class for a few months now and her first recital was last Tuesday. It was so cute. SHe was sooooo excited about it and her new costume and everything. She did great. Here is a video of one of her dances.

Sadie is the one in the very middle...so cute.

Happy Birthday!

2011-12-14T19:39:00.000-08:00

Mom talking to dad on video chat while opening her presents.

So Monday was my mom's birthday. She was here with us in Utah, so we got up and I made her some yummy eggs with ham and veggies and potatoes for breakfast. The kids kinda had a rough day that morning so I put them down for an early nap. The plan was to have roast and potatoes for dinner with my brother and his family at our house around 5. Then we were going to have a fun treasure hunt that my brother had thought up and at the end my mom would find some fun gifts that my dad left up here for her.

So remember how I said my kids (just Sadie and Zac. Emery was great!) were having a hard morning.? Well, they had an even harder afternoon. When they woke up from their nap, they were both really grumpy, which is weird for Sadie to be grumpy after she has a good nap. Anyway, I walked over to my neighbors house to give her a clue as part of the treasure hunt that my mom was going to do later, and about one minute after we got home, Sadie threw up. Nice.

So we threw the kids in the bath, and my mom took over because I had to go feed Emery. Of course, this is when Evan and Shanna show up so we told them that Sadie had just gotten sick and they didn't want to get sick so they never even came inside. My mom got the kids out of the bath and went to talk to Evan and Shanna outside for about 5 minutes. I told her that Zac would be ok for that long without a diaper. Well...guess what?? About 2 minutes after my mom wnet outside, Zac pooped on the floor!!! AHHHHH!

So I had to put Emery down for a while while I got a diaper on him and cleaned the floor. Then Rob got home and announced he wasn't feeling too great either. So my mom, Zac and I sat down and ate roast and potatoes. It was yummy, but there was a ton of it because we had planned on company. Then it was time for cupcakes. I told Zac he needed to take one more bite of his meat in order to have a cupcake because he hadn't eaten anything. This made him very angry and he SCREAMED and threw the biggest tantrum EVER. Seriously he was crying for about an hour or so until Rob finally calmed him down.

sigh. Despite all of that...I hope my mom had a happy birthday. We love you mom!

Just a few to tide you over

2011-12-04T13:39:00.000-08:00

Here are just a few pictures to tide everyone over until I can make a real post about our little girl Emery.

Enjoy!

The nurse made this cute little sign to go on her bed while she was in the hospital. So cute.

Awake!

Right after her bath. They put a bow in her hair and gave her a mohawk. So funny...and adorable!

Calm.

Our last family picture as a family of four. Now we need someone to take a picture of our family of five! :)

Emery Catherine Kevan

2011-12-02T16:37:00.001-08:00

Last night we were surprised by the early arrival of our little baby GIRL! We named her Emery Catherine Kevan. She is beautiful and has a head full of dark hair. She was 8 lbs 1 oz. It is a good thing she came 2 weeks early or else she would have ended up being like 10 pounds! Yikes. We love her and can't wait to bring her home tomorrow. And then I can post some pictures.

My Dress

2011-11-20T16:39:00.000-08:00

My grandma made me this dress when I was little. My mom brought it to Utah a few years ago and it finally fits Sadie. The amazing thing is, I just hung it in her closet and she picked it out one Sunday and said she wanted to wear it to church. Awesome. And I think she looks really cute in it! Thanks Grandma!

I seriously love these two!

2011-11-19T20:01:00.000-08:00

This is the second post in one night! I am on a roll...

This is just some funny things that the kids have been doing lately.

Calvin got to come over one day while his parents went to the temple. It was a blast! He played with pretty much every toy we have I think. ha ha. And the kids loved having a friend over to play with. This is Zac and Calvin playing with the fireman hats.

Pretty cute firemen I must say!

All of the kids in our little cardboard house having fun.

We finally said goodbye to the cardboard house. We had it for a long time and set it up and took it down lots. But it was so used that it was breaking, so I let the kids demolish it. They had a lot of fun crawling through this window.

Zac even got in on the action. I was surprised he could make it through the window, but he did and this kept the kids busy for at least 20 minutes.

I got a rug and put it by the kitchen sink. The kids think it is their blanket apparently.

They like to lay on the floor and pull it on top of them, and drag it to the living room and roll it up and unroll it. Pretty silly. What is really funny was when I showed Rob this picture on the camera, he asked me who that third person was under the rug. I had to explain that it was just Care Bear. ha ha. In his defense, the screen on the camera is really small.

The kids have been playing together so well lately. I love it. It is so fun to see them interact well with each other. They definitely have their moments of hair pulling and pushing and tears, but I love seeing them actually having fun together. Sadie is such a sweet big sister and Zac wants to copy everything she does. It is cute. I love these two. Can't wait to see how Zac is as a big brother!

Hide and Seek

2011-11-19T19:52:00.000-08:00

I have a great husband. He is amazing with the kids and plays with them tons when he gets home from work. As an added bonus, he is extremely funny. He has me laughing all the time. Anyway, yesterday he made me laugh so hard that I cried, so I thought I would let everyone in on his hilarious comment.

He had gotten home from work and was playing hide and seek with the kids. Sadie would run and hide and Zac would kinda wander and Rob would go find them. This was going on for about 10 minutes while I was in the kitchen. Then I went to find them and it was Sadie's turn to hide. She ran off and Rob turned to me and said "the balloon is going to be a dead giveaway..." in a really funny voice. It was so funny. Let me show you why. Take a look at all of her hiding places.

Thinking about it now still makes me laugh, but last night it was so funny. I could not stop laughing. She had no clue that the balloon gave away where she was hiding EVERY time. Actually in the picture where the balloon is barely sticking above the bed I thought she had caught on because as I was trying to take a picture the balloon kept getting lower and lower. So I thought she was pulling it down so Rob couldn't find her. By the time I couldn't see the balloon anymore, I looked down and Sadie was under the bed by my feet. So the balloon had just followed her under the bed. So funny! I love my kids. They are great.

Homemade Ice cream

2011-11-14T18:06:00.000-08:00

We borrowed somebody's ice cream maker last week while we were learning about the letter I in preschool. We made 2 batches of homemade ice cream and boy were they yummy! The first batch was strawberry because I had bought 8 pounds of strawberries from the store (for only 6.99!) and so we needed to use those up. The second batch was really yummy because it was cookie dough. So good! If anyone wants to get me an ice cream maker for Christmas, I wouldn't be opposed to the idea. The great thing about this machine was that it didn't need any ice or salt, and the ice cream was done in 30 minutes. So I started the ice cream right before we sat down for dinner, and by the time the dinner mess was cleaned up, there was fresh yummy ice cream waiting for us to eat!

This is just a funny picture of Sadie. She is sitting inside a light box thing that I use sometimes to take pictures of the earrings that I sell in my etsy shop.

The kids were so intrigued by the ice cream maker. They wanted front row seats.

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It was pretty cute!

I think it was done now...that is why they look so happy! :)

Raking leaves

2011-11-11T05:15:00.000-08:00

The other day I was inside fixing dinner and Rob ran in and said "come out here with the camera when you get the chance." Now he usually doesn't think about taking pictures very often so I thought this must be good. So I grabbed the camera and headed out to the backyard. This is what I found :

The kids were helping Rob rake the leaves in our backyard. Apparently Zac saw Rob get the two rakes out and headed over to the garage and picked out that huge shovel for himself and dragged it all the way over to where they were raking. By that time, Sadie was done helping so Rob gave him the other rake. Funny.

The other funny thing is that about 2 hours later, we had a huge wind storm that lasted pretty much all night. The leaves are now everywhere. But at least they had a good time.

Happy Halloween

2011-10-31T18:54:00.000-07:00

The kids went out with Rob this year for some trick or treating. I guess Zac loved ringing the doorbells and Sadie was the one who said "trick or treat". That is a good system I guess. They got some good loot and it looked like they had a fun time. And since they went to bed I haven't heard a peep...so I guess it wore them out.

Last Thursday we had our ward Halloween party. The primary was in charge of it so I was kinda stressed out that week. But it turned out great. Everything went smoothly and the decorations turned out pretty good.

As always, the pictures are out of order!

Crys and Alan came by on Halloween to show off their costumes and check out Sadie and Zac's. They were Angry Birds.

Sadie and her good friend Jake at the ward Halloween party. They didn't want their picture taken. But check out that lion costume. Jake's grandma made that for him! Pretty awesome!

I love this picture because you can see the little tail sticking out! So cute! I call it a dinosaur costume, but Sadie says it is a dragon. Either way, it is cute!

And our little pegacorn.

Before they left for trick or treating.

And here is a family shot. Rob and I didn't dress up this year. But the cuteness of our kids makes up for it I think!

These are just pictures of the set up for the ward Halloween party. This is where all of the food got put.

I made these for table runners. Pretty cute I think! And cheap cheap cheap!

And these were our awards for costumes and pumpkins. They were also cheap and easy.

This was our little photo booth where families could get their pictures taken.

And this was the kids favorite part. The homemade rootbeer. No. They didn't drink any, but they loved watching it being made. All that dry ice. Pretty cool.

Anyway our Halloween weekend was pretty good...how was yours?

Pinewood Derby

2011-10-26T09:20:00.000-07:00

Well, Rob and I made it through the pinewood derby last night. Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera, so there aren't any pictures. Everything went well I think...except that the track that our stake has STINKS! We had to re-run a ton of races because the cars kept jumping off of the tracks. The kids seemed to be having fun though. There were quite a few people there. There were 14 boys competing, but there were about 65 people there. There were only 72 cupcakes...so next year we will plan on more refreshments.

Rob did a great job as cubmaster. We didn't have a microphone which would have been helpful, but it went well enough. The end was fun too because the boys could race their cars and any kids or adults that made a car. Sadie was so excited about this because Rob made a car and she was allowed to race it. The problem was that it didn't have any weight on it. So when they put it down the track it didn't make it to the end...it just glided to a stop about 3 feet before the end. Sadie didn't notice though. She was looking for her car under the stoppers at the end. It was funny.

Anyway, now we just have to get through the ward Halloween party tomorrow night and we will be done with our busy week!

Sadie's new bed and the Bean museum

2011-10-18T18:47:00.000-07:00

We went to the Bean museum with some friends this week. It was pretty fun, but Zac is a little handful these days! We had a good time looking at the animals, but of course, the little toy room was the kids favorite part! :)

And of course, we had to stop at McDonald's for lunch on the way home!

Chillin with Ronald.

Here are the kids' Bear faces. Ha ha.

This was the best picture I got of them. They stood still for about half a second so I am surprised that I even got one this good!

Zac...what a silly head!

And in other news, we finally got Sadie a bed. She has been sleeping on a crib mattress on the floor because we didn't have much space, but since our neighbors are moving out downstairs, we will have more room. So we decided it was time to get her an actual bed. It isn't very big, but it is perfect for her. Gotta love Ikea!

Rob trying to put it together in the living room...the thing is, we thought this would fit her crib mattress, but it was about a foot and a half too long. So Rob had to go back to Ikea the next day after work and get a mattress and sheets. Good thing he drives past it every day or else I would have been kinda upset!

The kids were great helpers! ha ha

How we entertained ourselves during conference

2011-10-17T20:23:00.001-07:00

This is a little late, but I just watched this video and was laughing out loud, so I thought I would post it on here. This is what the kids did during some of conference to keep entertained.

Zac is so funny in this video...he just keeps wobbling all over the place and falling down. Sadie is funny too. I love it!

Pumpkin patch

2011-10-17T19:58:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to the pumpkin patch a week ago or so and it was as fun as ever. It is so fun to see Sadie and Zac grow up and have more and more fun doing things like this. There were lots of people there, but it was really muddy because it had been raining all day before we went. Zac loved the animals...they even had a kangaroo there to pet. So fun. The corn pit was a big hit as well and of course, Sadie had to pick out a really big pumpkin. It was so fun and I already took Sadie back again with a friend last Saturday. We will probably go at least one more time before Halloween. So fun!

Feeding the animals some hay.

In the corn pit.

Zac loved it.

This is what Sadie did the whole time we were there...she would climb onto that taller hay and jump off. She was having a blast!

Zac trying to hug the little goat. I stayed at the animals with Zac for a good ten minutes before we went anywhere else. Rob and Sadie were doing the maze, but Zac just wanted to look at the animals.

The llama. I was kinda afraid this guy was going to bite zac's little fingers...but luckily, that didn't happen.

Kinda random

2011-10-01T18:13:00.000-07:00

These are just a few fun pictures of what we have been up to lately at our house. Nothing huge.

This is Sadie with one of her best friends Amanda. She lives downstairs and lets Sadie come down and play all the time. We will sure miss them when they move! But this is when Amanda invited Sadie to go to the BYU football fireside one night. Sadie picked out her BYU dress to wear and everything. I thought she looked really cute, so I took a picture!

This was just a random stop at the temple because we were in Provo. It was on the same day as the BYU-Utah football game...luckily we missed most of that traffic. Unfortunately we had to cut this trip at the temple short because I had to go to the bathroom. Thankfully, Evan and Shanna live about 5 minutes away and let me use theirs. Thanks guys!

These are from our garden. Don't they look lovely?? I made stuffed peppers for dinner that night and they were delicious!

Some zucchini that a neighbor shared with us. They are HUGE! The kids had fun playing with it...Now I need to turn it into zucchini bread.

I was trying to take a picture of this new dress that I made for Sadie and Zac wanted in on the picture too. I thought their outfits matched really well!

This is how I found Zac one day when he was being too quiet. He was playing with the wireless internet thingy. That little stinker!

The kids wanted me to wrap them up like babies...so I did. Sometimes I don't think these things through all the way, because the rest of the day Zac brought me his blanket and yelled "BABY!" It was a long day. :)

Fun night

2011-09-30T12:15:00.000-07:00

I have been doing preschool with Sadie for about 4 weeks now. I love it. And I pretty much get all of my ideas from my sister in law over at Preschool Alphabet. All of the ideas on her blog are awesome. Anyway, so this week was D week and we did a lot with the letter D. We learned about dinosaurs, doctors, and dice...etc. One day I bought donuts so when Rob got home from work we could hang them from the ceiling and try to eat them without our hands. I wasn't quite sure the kids would get it...I thought they would just pull them off the ceiling and eat them with their hands. Well, it was a big hit! They loved it. Check it out!

So fun. We were all laughing for a while.

My cute kids

2011-09-15T19:32:00.000-07:00

I guess this is why I will never become a photographer. I just can't get any decent shots of the kids, but I love these pictures anyway!

Zac's cheese face. And Sadie's too.

Looking at bugs I think. Zac loves to point them out and then blow on them.

One of the better ones.

I think this is my favorite of the day. So cute.

Sadie look at the camera!!

Sadie is always trying to get Zac to look at the camera, so she is always looking at him. So funny.

Grandma and Grandpa Selin

2011-09-14T05:19:00.001-07:00

My parents came to town again. We love it when they are here. This was a short visit but we still had a great time and miss them tons. We did a lot of fun things like swimming, picnic at the park and eating cupcakes at our house with the fam. So fun. Here are some pictures.

Sorry Rob for cutting your head off, but that is a nice smile. ha ha. Zac really went after that cupcake. Sadie managed to stay pretty clean eating hers.

What a handsome set of boys. :)

This was at the pool. There were clouds that day and I think it even rained a bit, but we still went to the pool and had a blast. The kids would go down the slide over and over. It was great.

Me and Sadie drying off. Once we got out it was pretty chilly. So we had to wrap up in out towels.

Uncle Isaac was here for the morning before my parents had to drive back home. It was good to see him and the kids of course loved it.

Picture with the grandparents. Next time we will have to take some pictures on Sunday when the kids are dressed up. This was early in the morning...and don't you just love Sadie's face??

We love you and miss you grandma and grandpa!

My two chickens

2011-09-14T05:13:00.000-07:00

The kiddos have been so funny lately. They usually get along too which is great. They definitely have their moments of pulling hair and taking toys from each other, but they also love to play together.

And this is what happens when I tell them to make a silly face. Ha ha.

Crazy Hair

2011-09-11T19:37:00.001-07:00

The last time we went to the park I was so glad that I brought my camera so I could capture this:

My brother Isaac might start calling her "Crazy Hair McGee"

Berry Pickin

2011-09-11T06:54:00.000-07:00

We went to the berry farm in Mapleton yesterday to pick some raspberries. Wow. They are a great crop this year. We will probably go back next week and get some blackberries because we just skipped over them this time, but on our way out, I found one that was HUGE and looked delicious. So maybe next time we will get raspberries.

We picked about 6 pounds worth of berries. So far I have made raspberry crepes for breakfast and I have some of these in the oven drying right now. Hope they turn out good. And I froze some of them for smoothies. Yum.

Right as we were leaving, I noticed a wasp just sitting on Sadie's hand. So I calmly took the bucket of berries from her and told her to shake her hand. Big mistake. She didn't shake her hand. She turned it over and saw the wasp and then tried to get it off with her other hand. She told me calmly "It stunged me". And then the screaming came. She was very brave and the nice farmer guy had some cream for her to put on it. Even though it ended kinda bad, I was still a blast.

Zac actually picked quite a few berries, but not very many of them ended up in the buckets. Can you guess where they went?? ha ha

Our little dancer

2011-09-10T13:21:00.000-07:00

I signed Sadie up for a dance class. The first time she went in regular clothes and everyone else was in pink tutus and dance clothes. :) She wanted some of her own, so we went out and got her some. She was so excited to wear them to dance. She didn't take them off all day long, and she danced all around the house and outside!

Her friend Jake came over for a little while. They are good buddies. I love that they live right across the street from us!

She looks so grown up. And she LOVES her dance class. Can't wait for their recital in December.

Camping

2011-09-10T12:57:00.000-07:00

I just like this picture because if you look close, you can see the rock that Zac just threw.

We decided to take the kids camping on Labor Day weekend. Mostly because if we don't take them now, it will probably be about 2 years that we would even think about trying it again. ha ha. So when our friends invited us to go with them, we said of course! We went out on Friday evening around 4:30 and we were home on Saturday morning by 9:30. Now that is what I call a camping trip. Short and sweet.

When we got there, we noticed our campsite was RIGHT next to a little river. We thought it would be a big problem with the kids always wanting to get in, especially Zac and Andrew (the one year olds). So first thing we did after setting up our tents was strip them down and let them in the water with the dads. They loved it. Sadie and her friend Jake joined in for a little while. But they had the most fun just running around and getting dirty in the dirt. They seriously had a blast. It was fun.

We roasted hot dogs for dinner and then made s'mores and by that time, it was time to try to get some sleep. Big problem though...I forgot to bring Zac's pacifier. Yikes. So we tried for about an hour to get him to sleep, but he just cried and cried. We waited a bit longer but then I told Rob he would have to take him home and come back in the morning. So Rob put his shoes on and was opening the tent door to leave when I picked Zac up and his body just went limp in my arms. He was practically asleep! ha ha! So We all got situated again and Zac and Sadie slept through the whole night. It was amazing. I on the other hand had a hard time sleeping on the hard ground, but it was still fun.

So all in all, it was a successful camping trip. We had a blast and more importantly, the kids had a great time. And it was really fun going with friends!

Sadie and Jake trying to make their way down to the water.

Cuties. Thanks Rob for going in with them! :)

The little guys liked to take the rocks out of the dam and throw them downstream. ha ha.

Lounging around the campfire!

This is just proof that I was there...I did a lot of sitting around. :)

Best buddies. They had a blast exploring...especially when it got dark and they needed to use their flashlights. so fun.

The next morning.

I don't know why I am doing crazy eyes...or why Sadie is so excited. But it was fun to hang out in the tent.

Sadie's big girl bike

2011-08-30T18:58:00.001-07:00

Sadie got a new bike. Well, new to her...someone was nice enough to give it to us for free, so I bought her a helmet at a garage sale for one dollar and she was off. She loves it. And now Zac can kinda ride Sadie's old bike...well, he mostly just sits on it. But he likes it.

We rode over to the church so Sadie could practice turning in the parking lot. Zac just wanted to play in this gross puddle.

She was very good at dodging Zac.

Big boy riding Sadie's old bike. (she actually rides this bike a lot faster than her new bike because she is kinda scared of falling down on the bigger bike. kinda funny)

She looks so old here.

Rob being a good dad and helping Sadie turn around.

In action..she did very well.

Then when they were all done riding, we went to Walmart. The kids just relaxed in their seats and drank their water. When she took her helmet off, she told me "my hair is all sweaty!" It was pretty cute.

A new game

2011-08-30T18:35:00.000-07:00

Zac made this game up this morning. So funny. He played it for a long time. :)

Funny stuff

2011-08-24T19:43:00.000-07:00

The kids have been sick again, so these past few days have been hard. But they sure are cute. Here are a few of the things they have been up to.

When I can't hear them, I usually find them together. Sometimes getting into trouble, but sometimes just sitting in the chair reading books. So cute.

Zac tries so hard to be grown up like Sadie.

Funny kids.

Then the other day when Sadie had to go to time out for something, Zac wandered into the room with her. When I came in, this is what I found:

Ha ha. It was so cute that I had to take a picture. Zac just can't leave that girl alone even when she is in time out. Of course Sadie was happy that I was taking her picture when she was supposed to be in trouble.

Then Zac joined in on the "cheese".

The kids like to sit in these stuffed animal storage bins that I recently got at Ikea. It is pretty funny.

This is a picture of Sadie putting makeup on Zac. ha ha. He just let her do it too. She got a toy cell phone at the dollar store from daddy and I had no idea it had makeup in it until she got home. She loves it.

I made the kids a tent in the living room. They played in it for a long time. Fun. And I really like this picture.

The full tent. Pretty cool!

Color festival

2011-08-24T19:36:00.000-07:00

I don't think I ever blogged about this, but I just came across these pictures on the computer. So I thought I would post them for fun. Rob and his brothers and Heidi went to the festival of colors this last year. I can't even remember what month it was, but basically it is some religious ceremony where people throw colors (aka chalk dust) at each other. Sorry I really don't have any more information about it than that. I stayed home with the kiddos. It looked very messy but fun. Apparently though, there were a TON of people there...kinda glad I didn't go because I probably would have felt very claustrophobic.

My handsome hubby all colored up.

The three stooges...I mean brothers.

Sup.

Daniel and Heidi.

Slugs and garden stuff

2011-08-22T12:51:00.000-07:00

We have a problem in our garden:

Snails like to come and eat our tomatoes. I didn't even really know they had mouths...but whatever. This is photographic evidence that they do in fact eat our tomatoes. While my mom was here a couple weeks ago, we went out in the garden one morning to go on a snail hunt. We must have found over one hundred snails in our garden and right near by. It was crazy. Every day we would go out bright and early and we would find at least 20 but more like 50 or 60 a day. Now we find about 10 to 20 when we go out (we go out every other day or so). The kids are really good at helping me find them.

Occasionally we find a slug or two. These things are nasty. I have to use a spoon to pick them up because they are so gross. Even typing about them right now is giving me the goose bumps. Ew. So the last time I was out I took some pictures. We happened to find two on this particular day.

This picture doesn't do it justice. It was longer than my pointer finger. So gross.

When you try to move them, they get all short and fat. Bleh.

And this is why it is hard to spot them. They blend in with our nice weed collection we have going. This one was trying to make its way to a hideout, but I got it just in time.

Anyway, our garden is doing well...we have picked tons of tomatoes, a few bell peppers, a few really bitter cucumbers, and lots of green beans.

Main Street in Springville

2011-08-18T19:22:00.000-07:00

All ready to go for a long walk.

Yesterday I decided that the kids and I needed to get out of the house. So I loaded them up into the double stroller and we went for a walk to main street. I have been wanting to go to a few stores on main street since we moved here but because I haven't had a car, I haven't gone. But both kids are now old enough to last that long on a walk and it was really fun.

We went to funfinity which was really fun for the kids because they had a train table set up for them to play on and other kinds of toys to look at and play with. Also, they had some good educational workbooks and stuff for Sadie, but they were very overpriced. Oh well. I bought one. Then we loaded up into the stroller and walked down to SOS Drugs. I have never really known what was in there, but I heard there was ice cream for a buck so we checked it out. Yes...I let my kids eat ice cream at 11:55 before they had any lunch. :)

We had to eat our ice cream on the run because Zac had a poopy diaper and I forgot to stick one in my bag. So we walked home and ate lunch. It was a fun outing. There are more stores that I would like to check out further down main street, so maybe before I get too big we will check them out!

The train table...I kinda wish we hadn't seen this until we looked around the store a little bit, because it was really hard to tear them away from it!

SOS Drugs. Different than I thought it would be, but we will probably go again!

Sadie was so good about sharing with Zac. Whenever he wants a bite of something, he just opens his mouth really big and yells "AH AH AH AH AH" until you put something in it. It is pretty funny.

Grandma and grandpa came!

2011-08-17T19:36:00.000-07:00

This post is about 2 weeks late, but my parents came to town for a little visit a couple weeks ago. Of course, the kids loved it. Well...Sadie did. Zac decided to get really sick the day that they got here and we had to bring him to the emergency room and spend the next day in the hospital. After that, he was really clingy to me, but by the time they left, I think he was warmed up to them.

We had a great time while they were here...and we can't wait to see them again! I just realized that I hardly took any pictures of the kids with grandma...and none with grandpa. Sheesh. I need to do better at that!

I just like this picture because it looks like Zac is standing there giving a thumbs up. But he is looking at ducks in the distance and eating a sucker. ha ha.

Grandma and Sadie peeling the delicious corn that we bought at the roadside stand!

The kids showing off their new super jammies! They love them! And I think they are adorable.

A nice picture with scuncle scott.

We took a walk to the sno cone stand. Yum!

Sadie with her pretty braids that grandma did for her. Oh yeah, and there is Scott doing what he does best...LOUNGING AROUND! ha ha

Our little adventure...

2011-08-13T19:07:00.000-07:00

This is a long post, but I wanted to record it so I remember it.

Yesterday, I had the idea to drive Rob to work. Not such a bad idea except that his work is 45 minutes away. The reason that I had this idea was because we needed to look at a house about 5 minutes away from his office to see if we wanted to make an offer on it. The morning drive went well, the kids were great and I made it back safe even though I was really stressed because of all of the construction on the freeway and the fact that I didn't have my phone with me. But it went well.

On the way to pick him up after work, everything was fine...there was a lot of traffic, but I made it all the way there and the kids were awesome again. Sadie fell asleep actually so that was good. We picked Rob up and proceeded to drive over to look at the house. On the way there we saw the UP house. We didn't drive very close to it, but it was cool because there were a ton of balloons sticking out of the chimney. We were going to drive right by it on the way home, but we forgot.

Anyway, we got back on the freeway and headed home with Rob at the wheel. We made it to Thanksgiving Point (almost-about 1 mile away) when Rob noticed the car completely lost power. Great. We were in the carpool lane in the middle of rush hour traffic. So I told him to get over quick before we lost momentum. He was a pro and got over to the shoulder and we slowed to a stop. It wasn't a very big shoulder but it would have to do. We proceeded to call my mom and have her look up tow truck companies in the area so we could get towed because our car would not even start. We sat in the car for about 25 minutes and the kids were just being so great sitting in their car seats when finally someone said they would be there in 20 minutes. I didn't think the kids would last that long, so we got out and proceeded to walk down a dirt embankment (in my flip flops...now I know why my dad always told me to wear shoes!) and across a construction zone to a gas station across a street. Now, getting across the construction zone is a story all on it's own (I was carrying Zac, holding Sadie's hand and trying to figure out how to get across this huge trench while about 20 construction workers just watched. Finally a guy in a tractor hopped out and escorted us across!), but we made it to the gas station. From there, my brother picked us up and drove us home after we waited there for about an hour and a half.

Anyway, that night when we got home I was just pretty frustrated about the whole thing and why it had to happen. Especially when we remembered that we had left the kids blankets that they sleep with every night in the car at the shop. So annoying! Then I woke up in the middle of the night and wasn't able to sleep because I could not stop thinking about how blessed we were to have it happen how it did:

-We could have broken down that morning when I was alone with the kids without my phone. That would have been terrible.

-We could have broken down in a construction zone where there was no shoulder to pull over on or even where the lanes on the freeway split.(you know what I'm talking about if you have driven on the I-15 recently) In that case we would have caused a whole backup of the freeway.

-We could have broken down where the kids and I weren't able to get out of the car.

- Evan was able to come pick us up...even though him and his wife had plans to go out to eat that night. He came anyway and probably drove an hour total to get us home. Thanks! (Sorry Shanna!)

-Rob was able to get us all the way across four lanes of traffic during rush hour within seconds. It was amazing. I am so glad he was driving!

-My mom was home and able to help us look up numbers of tow trucks.

Now when I think about it, it is a little annoying not having a car right now, but it couldn't have happened any better. Kinda weird. Anyway, thanks to everyone who helped us get home last night. We won't find out how much it costs to fix our car until Monday. :)

And here is a picture of my little troopers. Sadie was a HUGE help at the gas station because Zac was being really wiggly and a nuisance. I love my kiddos!

Somebody is learning how to use scissors!

2011-08-12T06:38:00.000-07:00

And she makes funny faces when she does it too. Ha ha. Reminds me of my dad who used to open and close his mouth when using scissors.

So funny!

Did I do that???

2011-08-11T21:08:00.000-07:00

It was my fault really...I heard the crinkling sound that only the opened bag of Cocoa Roos sitting on our table could make. It took only 3 seconds for my to realize that was what the sound was and I came running out to the kitchen to see this...

"Am I in trouble??"

Fortunately, I thought it was funny. And it was very fortunate that we had already eaten half of the bag...so it didn't ALL go to waste! :)

I did it...

2011-07-31T14:33:00.000-07:00

I didn't find out the gender! The ultrasound went great and the baby looked healthy and was the right size and everything. The ultrasound guy was really good and didn't give the gender away and told me not to look when he thought that I might see.

My family is in town so I probably won't post very often for the next week or so, but I thought I would just let you all know I stayed strong and didn't find out the gender. :)

The Big Question

2011-07-26T12:19:00.000-07:00

So tomorrow I have my 20 week ultrasound...I have been planning all along since I found out I was pregnant to not find out the gender this time around. I already have one boy and one girl, so it would be ok not to know until d-day.

Then just in the past day or two I have been on the fence about it...I want to make some baby stuff, but if I don't know the gender, I will either have to guess, or make a boy and a girl one of whatever I'm making.

What do you guys think? Should I find out?

Family pictures

2011-07-22T12:11:00.000-07:00

My friend Amanda took some family pictures for us a few days ago and I love them! The kids were not very cooperative but she still managed to get some awesome shots. Here are a few of my faves.

Like I said...these are just a FEW of my favorites. I love all of the ones she gave me so far. They are awesome.

And on a completely unrelated note...I passed the 100th sale mark on my etsy shop! Hooray. Time to restock the shop. :)

Guess who found their belly button??

2011-07-20T21:09:00.000-07:00

He learned this about a week ago...I have been trying for weeks to teach him where his nose is...and he learned belly button after I showed him once. Figures!

Dress up

2011-07-17T18:32:00.000-07:00

Sadie brought out her dress up box this morning. We hadn't had it out in a while because we keep it under Zac's crib...so it gets forgotten about. But this morning she pulled it out and we were playing dress up. Let's see what happened!

Sadie discovered care bears and there was this huge one at our drop and swap activity so she got to bring it home. Lucky us...ha ha. But we had some fun dressing her up!

No...we didn't force him to wear this. He would get mad if we wouldn't put it on him. He always chooses to wear the yellow skirt. So funny.

He would put an accessory on like a hat or sunglasses and then go sit by Sadie for another picture. It was funny.

Cheese.

The pink handkerchief is also another of his favorites.

Sadie looking cute.

Zac just loves his sister. And he loves dress up. I guess it is time to get some boy dress up stuff. :)

PS. This is my 300th post. I feel like I should celebrate of something. Hooray!

Some videos

2011-07-11T19:02:00.000-07:00

Zac knows three signs. Please, thank you and more. He mostly just says please for everything, but I did get all of the signs on video. Have a look.

Zac has also learned how to give hugs. And he loves to do it when he is in a good mood. And Sadie loves it too.

And this is why we love to get packages from the UPS man. My most favorite part about this video is how she counts every time before she tries to pop the air packaging. ha ha

I just wanted to remember this.

2011-07-07T17:58:00.000-07:00

This is Zac eating a sucker. So funny.

Day at the water park

2011-07-04T19:04:00.000-07:00

About a week ago while Rob was out of town, I needed to find something to do on Saturday to keep all of us occupied. So I called Evan to see if him and his family wanted to come to the water park with us. They said yes and so we all went. It was tons of fun. The kids had a blast running through the water, or just standing there and hitting it every time it came out of the ground. :) it was a really fun outing and we even went back to the park the next week. So fun. And the best part is, IT IS FREE!!!

Here are some pictures...Sorry they are always out of order.

The kids getting all dried off.

Zac was all smiles.

Sadie...you couldn't wipe that smile off of her face. Oh wait, yes I could. All I had to say was "time to go!" ha ha

She was non stop. She ran all around and loved every minute of it.

This picture really shows how happy she was!

I think Zac got a squirt in the face...when the water went down, he would squat down and look for it. Then it would come back up and hit him. That happened to Calvin a lot too. They both took it very well!

Cousins playing together!

At first, Zac was a little skeptical. He had just woken up from his nap...but after a while he warmed up to it and loved it.

Calvin loved to just hit the water with his hand. It was so cute.

Thanks guys for going with me! Next time we will have to go to the one in Highland!

Fourth of July

2011-07-04T18:40:00.001-07:00

Today is the fourth of July, but we really celebrated our holiday here on Saturday. We started off the day by going to see the hot air balloons launch off in Provo. It is really neat. You go to this big field and can walk around right next to all of the balloons as they are filling up and then you get to watch them all launch into the sky. Sadie and Zac really enjoyed it and so did we. Zac just kept saying "ball ball ball" it was pretty cute. Then we get to wait for the balloons to come back and try to throw a bean bag at a target on the ground and try to pop balloons with a big spear thing. Unfortunately, we only saw two or three balloons come back...I guess the air wasn't cooperating! ha ha. But it was really cool and I am sure we will do this again.

While we were sitting on our blankets eating muffins, Shanna said something about the fireworks show which we thought was on the actual fourth of July. She said "you know the fireworks are tonight right??" Um. We didn't. So then we had to plan our day around that. We made sure the kids got good naps and around their bedtime, we left to go see the fireworks. It was tons of fun, but I could tell Sadie was getting really tired. I asked her if she was tired and she said "yes, I want to go home and sleep in my bed." It was only about 8:45. Still an hour and fifteen minutes away from the fireworks. Oh boy. So I made a little bed for her on our blankets and she promptly went to sleep. When she would wake up occasionally, I would ask her if she wanted me to wake her up for the fireworks. She said no because they were too loud. So she slept through the whole show. Zac saw them though. It was fun to be with friends for the evening.

Our group right before it got dark outside.

Family picture. Yikes...didn't realize I looked so terrible...remember people, I got up at 5:30 that morning!

Balloons!

I thought I had to document Darth Vador in the air. He got up and flew over the power lines and then landed across the street in a field. That was it for him. ha ha

I think I like the pig the best. I don't know why...just because.

Just chillin. Eating muffins.

The kids looking at the balloons. So cute.

I just think this picture is funny because of the smokey bear balloon in the background. His nose is very saggy. Oh and Sadie is cute too!

Daddy and the kids.

Mommy and the kids right when we got there...it was so fun to see them fill up the balloons.

Anyway, it was a very fun day so today we kind of took it easy and just hung out at home. I am so grateful to live in this country where I can be free. I am grateful to those serving in the military. Happy Fourth of July!

Sadie's gymnastics class

2011-06-24T18:09:00.000-07:00

So last Saturday, we signed Sadie up for a free one time gymnastics class in Orem. It was awesome. She seriously loved it. She had no hesitations and loved being around all the little kids her age. And of course, she loved running and jumping around, and hanging on bars etc. We really need to sign her up for something like this because she LOVES it. She is so social.

Trying out the parallel bars.

Sit ups. ha ha.

The bar. She is so flexible she would be hanging by her arms on the bar and she could bring her feet up and curl her toes around the bar while still holding on with her arms without a problem. Sheesh.

Her with the other kids and the teacher.

This class was an hour long, but she loved every minute of it. I think if we had a second car, I would sign her up for this class because the instructor was so good with the kids. Anyway, we will see.

Art City Days

2011-06-20T20:32:00.000-07:00

We did a few of the activities during art city days this year. We went to the parade, went to the children's art festival(which we won't do again...it was sooooooo crowded and stressful!) and we went to the carnival. It was really fun. Sadie loved the carnival and the parade. Zac was just along for the ride. ha ha.

Zac loves balls.

Zac got to meet Cosmo at the parade...he even gave Sadie and Zac a high five! They must be really cute or something!

Cute.

Zac and mommy chowing down during the parade.

Watching...notice Sadie covering her ears...this was when the fire engines were going past. Ha ha.

At the carnival. Sadie was in heaven. Yes, we spoiled her by buying 10 tickets which meant she got to go on 4 different rides. Lucky girl. She is lucky that it almost costs the same to buy 4 tickets that it does to buy 10...or else we would have just bought enough to go on the merry go round.

On the train ride.

On the flying ride...she is one brave cookie. I thought she would get scared, but she loved it. And this ride seriously went on forever..there were no other kids on the ride and none in line. So the guy just let it run forever.

On the merry go round. Zac didn't really like it, but Sadie loved it

Getaway

2011-06-14T13:39:00.000-07:00

Rob and I got to go to Salt Lake for two nights on a little getaway thanks to our awesome neighbors and friends for watching our kids for us! It was so fun to just be able to have a whole day where we could be spontaneous and see two movies and ride the trax and eat out. It was great. But I think if it were to have lasted any longer, I would have gone crazy. ha ha. Too much free time! :)

Anyway, I didn't take too many pictures, but I did want to document about when I tried sushi. Rob really wanted to take me out to this sushi restaurant he had been to before. So we started walking from our hotel...we walked...and walked...and walked in big circles it seemed before we finally found it. The funny part is, it was right next door to the Melting Pot which is where we had walked and ate the night before. ha ha.

So Rob had told me that there were lots of "American" choices on the menu...but when I looked at the menu, I realized that my idea of American choices and his idea were completely different. So we decided to stay and I would let him eat there and then I would find something to eat later. Then I looked at the menu and saw that they had a Zen roll. It was sushi, minus the raw fish. ha ha. It had avocados, tomatoes, and asparagus in it. I went ahead and ordered one and it was alright...not my favorite, but I did manage to eat three pieces of it. :) And then I didn't feel so bad about making Rob eat in front of me.

Doesn't it look good! Yummy veggies wrapped in rice. I think I would have liked it even better if it didn't smell like fish in the restaurant!

Proof that I actually ate it!

Before I decided to order myself the Zen roll, I would take some of Rob's yucky sushi and put it on my plate so the waitress didn't know that Rob was the only one eating. Ha ha. Tricky!

Rob was in heaven! :)

We had a blast! But one of the best parts was coming home and seeing how excited the kids were to see us! :)

Picnic

2011-06-14T13:24:00.000-07:00

The other day I packed a picnic lunch and decided to take the kids to the park to play and then eat. It was a great plan...

When we got to the park it was a beautiful sunny day. I remember thinking to myself "wow, this is the warmest it has been in a loooooooong time!". There was a daycare group at the park already eating their sack lunches. So we just played on the playground and the swings for a long time. Then the teachers let the kids loose and they all came over and swarmed around us and started asking us all sorts of questions. It was pretty funny actually. After about 15 minutes, I decided it was time for us to have our picnic. Sadie was done playing anyway and was just sitting by me on the bench.

So we went over and found a nice spot of grass to spread our blanket on. Not two minutes after I got all of our lunch stuff out (leftover pizza, grapes and cheese sticks) some crazy clouds rolled in. It was so crazy. So I told the kids to eat fast...of course, with a three year old and a one year old, that doesn't really mean anything. Then the thunder came. Sadie hates thunder. She would cover her ears and close her eyes. So cute.

So when we finished our lunch I told Sadie we would eat our dessert at home(brownies). We hurried home and made it just in time to close the door and watch the rain poor down. We didn't get wet at all. It was a miracle! Crazy weather. So we decided to finish our picnic in the living room. I think the kids liked it and we will probably be doing picnics at the park a lot this summer.

Brrr...she was cold. It got pretty chilly when the clouds and the wind came.

Zac doesn't care about the weather, he just cares about taking big bites of his pizza.

Getting comfy on the picnic blanket. The kids from the daycare kept coming over and saying "hey you have pizza! Yum!" it was funny.

I just thought this was cute...some of the daycare kids were crowding around Zac so Sadie took his hand and led him over to me. Such a good big sister.

Eating dessert at home. It was a good day.

This was a video I took of our picnic. Sadie doesn't want to hear the thunder if you can't tell...

Sadie and Zac have something to say...

2011-06-03T13:28:00.000-07:00

Baby Kevan coming December 14, 2011. (Hopefully before then though!)

Day with Thomas the Train

2011-05-30T13:24:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, we got to take the kids to see Thomas the Train in Heber Utah. It was pretty fun. There were lots of people and lots of activities to do. Sadie got to go mini golfing, get a Thomas tattoo, play with bubbles and take a ride on Thomas the train. That was definitely the best part! We went on Saturday morning and fortunately, the rain had stopped long enough for us to have a fun day in Heber.

This was Zac's favorite part. He loved splashing in this little puddle.

Sadie and Thomas!

On our way home...we stopped for another quick picture. Her balloon sword lasted about as long as it took us to put on her seat belt in the car and then it basically deflated. sad.

Golfing. She would hit the ball and then pick it up with her hand and put it right next to the hole. Good strategy!

This was Rob's favorite part. He golfed two of the holes I think. :) Sadie is so generous!

The tattoo parlor...I mean tent. She still has that thing on her arm...thanks goodness I didn't let her put it on her face!

On the train! Zac did pretty well, but got pretty wiggly after about 15 minutes.

Handsome boy.

Cute! They handed out these certificates to all the kids on the train.

I just love Sadie's face! She was so excited the whole time we were there. She had a blast!

Finally some sun...

2011-05-29T19:13:00.000-07:00

Last week there were a few hours when the sun came out. Literally. Sadie would watch out the window and when the sun came out from behind the clouds, she would yell "it's warm!" and she would put her shoes on and we would play outside until the clouds came again. It was pretty funny. But there were two days when the kids were brave enough to get in the pool. It was freezing both days, but they still had a blast!

They went from the pool to the garden and back to the pool. It was a muddy mess by the time they were done swimming.

brrrr...

Playing in the garden...thank goodness for washing machines!

Sadie and Zac playing in the pool.

Zac loved it except that he kept slipping all over the place. The next time I put him in the pool, I left his socks on and it was much better!

And here are some funny videos I have taken this last week. Sadie and Zac have been playing together more often and it is so fun to see how they interact with each other.

This one is them dancing. I love how Zac turns in circles. So funny.

This one is just them playing with the little cardboard house that we set up sometimes. Zac will go look in the window and then run away laughing. Sometimes he doesn't even look in the window...the anticipation of seeing her in there are enough to make him laugh and run away. SO funny. (sorry it is so long...but it was just so funny)

Grandma

2011-05-26T18:42:00.001-07:00

My grandma came to town last week for a quick visit. It is always great to see her...and Sadie loves it when we have visitors. Unfortunately I only took one picture the whole time she was here. Sheesh. But it turned out pretty good huh?

And here is a random video from when she took us out to eat...Zac was really entertained by the family eating behind us. I think Calvin was too. But here he is just playing with a napkin. ha ha

More pictures

2011-05-22T13:35:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we really needed to go grocery shopping and our awesome neighbors watched the kids for us while we ran to the store. It was so nice. Anyway, when I got home Amanda told me she had taken some pictures of the kiddos with her nice camera and she put them all on my computer. So here are some of my favorites.

Thanks Amanda!

Photo shoot...well kinda

2011-05-18T19:40:00.000-07:00

I tried to get some good pictures of the kids the other day while we were playing outside and let me tell you. It. was. hard. Those two just don't like to stand still! I guess maybe it would have helped to have candy or something to bribe them with, but I didn't want to go all the way back inside just for that. So here are a few of the pictures I got.

Zac loves to carry this little thing of bubbles around.

In the stroller...he is such a trooper to put up with Sadie. ha ha.

They love to go for walks in the BIG stroller!

On the swingset. This is actually kinda stressful for me because Zac is always trying to walk in front of Sadie while she is swinging. Oh well...they both love to play outside!

On the swing at the park.

Siblings

"Sadie give Zac a hug"..."I can't...he keeps walking!" ha ha

This was the best one I got. I love it. Their faces are so funny.

I love being a mom. It is great. It is so rewarding and my kids are the best. They make me smile every day (and sometimes they make me want to rip my hair out! :) ) But mostly they just make me happy and I love it!

First Hair Cut

2011-05-18T19:31:00.000-07:00

I cut Zac's hair. Finally. It was getting pretty long in the back. It took me a while to get used to his new bald look, but I like it now.

The back was getting really long...

Here is a side view.

And a front view. He did really well. He didn't cry and was smiling almost the whole time the buzzers were on.

The new and improved back of head.

My baldy! He is adorable even without hair!

Our trip...part 1

2011-05-15T18:15:00.000-07:00

Sorry it has taken me a while to write about the first half of our trip to Oregon. I have been lazy!

So the first day we got there, Ben and Lindsy and kids came to pick us up from the airport. Sadie was so excited about seeing her cousins. Right before we landed we had a LOT of turbulence on our flight so I wasn't feeling so well...it took me about 30 minutes to get feeling normal again. We went to a golf course in the area and the kids played a round of miniature golf because they had gotten free coupons somehow. It was fun...the kids just ran from hole to hole hitting their ball at their own pace. They loved it. It was kinda cold and windy though. So we finished up, went out to eat and then we went to our hotel and checked in and went to bed.

The next day was Zac's birthday. He was pretty fussy about it too. He was starting to get sick...so I don't blame him. But we had the cousins over to the hotel and we all went swimming. That was pretty fun except when Sadie fell off of the pool stair and was drowning for like 5 seconds. That scared her a little bit but when Rob came back over and carried her around again she was all smiles. Then that evening we went to Ben and Lindsy's house and they made us dinner and they made birthday cake for Zac. He didn't really eat any...which surprised me. I think he was thrown off by the frosting...it got all over his hands and he couldn't get it off. ha ha.

On Wednesday we went to the aquarium and saw lots of cool fish and stuff. Sadie loved it. Zac was still feeling yucky, so Rob carried him around all day while he slept a lot and I pushed around an empty stroller while trying to keep up with Sadie. After that, we went to the coast...but it was really windy and cold. I took over holding Zac while Rob watched Sadie dig in the sand and he took her up close to the water. She was pretty cold after that. But it was a fun day.

That was pretty much the first half of our trip. Here are some pictures to prove we had a lot of fun. (these pictures are out of order...)

Thea and Sadie looking at the fish under their feet!

Sadie at the beach. It was cold!

This picture is blurry but I loved the jellyfish. They looked so cool!

And the sea otters. We saw them get fed. It was really neat.

Zac's birthday cake.

Sadie and Wyatt trying to help blow the candles out.

Thea was such a good helper. She was always helping us feed Zac. ha ha. She is going to be a great big sister!

Swimming

Sadie at Target. She wanted to try the helmet on.

We took the kids to a nearby mall to get out of the hotel. And of course, we had to ride on the cars.

Zac opened his birthday present at the hotel. He really liked it.

Mini golfing...this was on the 18th hole.

Those kids had so much fun...Thanks so much to the Kevan's who let us borrow their car and GPS and fed us food and entertained us the whole time we were there. Sadie misses her cousins already!

Our vacation-second half

2011-05-04T18:27:00.000-07:00

We had an awesome time last week visiting cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents. Unfortunately we didn't get to see the grandparents for longer than a few hours because Zac had another episode that landed him in the hospital in Portland for a few days. But at least we got to see Crystal's actual sealing and be in some of the pictures at the temple.

This post is going to be about the second half of our vacation...and tomorrow hopefully I will post about the first half. Warning-lots of pictures!

In the hotel, the cooler is what kept Zac occupied most of the time. He was getting sick and so he was pretty fussy (what's new??) so this was a life saver. He would run over and turn it on, and then run away smiling. So funny. And I love his hair in this picture. I think he needs a haircut soon!

This is what we did while Crystal and Alan were getting married in the temple. I stayed out with the kids because I was so worried about Zac, and they all sat and watched a movie. Toy Story 3. Sadie's favorite movie. Matt and her were soooo funny. They would say "this is the funny part" and laugh together. So funny.

Our attempt at a family picture.

Sadie was the first person to run up to the newlyweds. She chatted for a while and gave hugs while everyone else came over to see them.

The cute kids.

They got a jelly bean every time they sat still for pictures. I think it is funny that Andrew always got a treat too. He wasn't even in the pictures. Ha ha.

Zac is missing from this picture, but I love this one.

Here is one with great grandma. I think Thea was a little tired of taking pictures. Ha ha.

After the pictures were done, we took off to urgent care...who sent us to another urgent care, who sent us to the ER where Zac was admitted to the hospital. His oxygen was really low so they needed to put him on oxygen and x-ray his lungs. He had ear infections and pneumonia which must have come on really fast because Ben (Rob's brother who is a PA) had been checking his ears and listening to his lungs the previous days. It really is amazing how fast he can go downhill! Anyway, they discovered that he probably has asthma and he is on medication for that now, so hopefully no more hospital visits!

They used this weird tape that didn't hardly stick at all to hold the oxygen on. It was all over his face, so when he smiled it looked so funny.

It was really hard to get him to go to sleep at the hospital...and when we did get him to sleep, his oxygen would go low again, so they would have to come wake him up to put oxygen on again. It was a vicious cycle...but when I did get him to sleep...he just looked so cute!

They finally brought in some toys and that made him happy.

When Sadie came to visit she loved to play with Zac. But she mostly liked to play in his bed. One time she climbed in and covered up and said "look mommy, I'm sick like Zac" It was pretty funny. She even made a pretty good sick face. :)

Finally they let us go on Sunday morning and Rob got to carry Zac out of the hospital while riding in a wheelchair. Fun stuff. We got to the place where we were staying (thanks so much sanchez family!!!) and quickly changed our flight and made it back to SLC by the end of the day.

Easter

2011-05-04T18:16:00.001-07:00

This is way late, but I guess I better post pictures so I can remember what we did for Easter this year! We didn't really have a huge celebration since we were going on vacation the next day, but the Easter bunny did come and hide eggs and suckers for the kids to find in our backyard. We did teach Sadie about Jesus and the resurrection for FHE the previous Monday so that she knew why we celebrate Easter.

This picture is just for fun. Grandma Kevan sent this fun costume for Sadie. She loves it!

Uncle Luke found this deer antler in our backyard...it was way in the back behind a huge pile of sticks so who knows how long it has been there. But we thought it was pretty cool anyway.

Zac was very good at finding the suckers. He would pick it up, have us open it, then find another one and spit the previous one onto the ground...etc. So funny.

Getting the sucker!

He found quite a few...

So did Sadie.

Here is Sadie's basket after all the eggs were found.

And here is Zac's. Haha. So funny.

It was a pretty fun Easter this year.

Fun

2011-04-25T06:58:00.000-07:00

The other night the kids were soooo pleasant right before bedtime. That doesn't happen. Like ever. Sadie is usually pretty good, but Zac is just super fussy especially right before bedtime. So it was such a nice thing for them to both be enjoying themselves so much at that time of day. Check it out!

Siblings

2011-04-18T18:27:00.000-07:00

I must say that Zac and Sadie are pretty much the two cutest kids around. They make me smile all the time, and they really are getting to be good friends. They are also beginning to treat each other like siblings. They do things that they both know will bother the other one. And Zac is really catching on when he is being left out of a fun activity. That is why we MUST do preschool stuff while he is sleeping! :)

Anyway, here are some fun pictures.

Zac and daddy outside! It was a beautiful day. We flew a kite and Zac loved it!

This was Rob and the kids making breakfast one morning. So cute...and yes, I am spoiled!

Taking a bath. Apparently Zac stuck his face in the water and this is how it came out. So funny.

We found this set of cookie cutters at DI for 2 dollars. There must have been 100 in that bag. I sent about half of them right back to DI, but these babies have provided a few hours of entertainment already...and we haven't even made cookies yet!

Here is Zac enjoying his very first sucker. Well, the first one of his own that is. Sadie has shared a few licks of hers in the past, but Zac was so cute holding his own little dum dum pop.

Eating suckers.

Zac flying a kite

Zac laughing

2011-04-08T18:13:00.000-07:00

Here is that laughing video of Zac I was telling you about. Enjoy. I have watched it about 20 times.

My life these days

2011-04-08T05:44:00.000-07:00

It has been a rough few months over here because of sicknesses and having to stay inside because of weather (and having no car). So we have had to come up with new things to keep us busy. The other day, Sadie wanted to be rolled up like a burrito.

So I rolled her up like a burrito and proceeded to tickle her since she couldn't get her arms out. I know...I'm mean. But she was having a blast!

The other morning Rob got up with the kids and let me sleep in. I know, he is awesome. So when I got out of bed, he was in the bathroom and I came to the living room to see this. Both kids just chillin there with their bowls of cereal watching a movie. So funny.

Zac loves to climb on things.

I am trying to get Zac to drink soymilk ever since we found out he is allergic to milk and eggs. I don't know if it is that he doesn't like the taste or what, but he doesn't really drink it. This day he actually took a few sips. I was so happy. But he went back to not drinking it anymore.

So cute!

This is a video of something that Zac does every day. He loves to push Sadie around in the chair, but when she doesn't cooperate, he let's us all know. Typical Zac.

THe other day, Rob pointed out a little tiny bug crawling around on the floor. We showed Zac and he loved it. He was playing with it and poking at it. Well, we thought he loved it.

Here is a video of Sadie laughing. I love hearing my kids laugh. I have a great video of Zac laughing...I will post it tomorrow because it is still on the camera.

Sadie got her nails done!

2011-04-07T12:08:00.000-07:00

So we have awesome tenants. We never want them to move away. We have become great friends with them...and Sadie thinks they are just the best! She goes downstairs all the time to hang out with them. She talks through the vent to them sometimes. She loves them.

Yesterday, Amanda's whole family was in town and they all went to get pedicures. She invited me to come along with Sadie and Zac, but it was right during Zac's naptime so I decided I better stay home. But she was so nice and brought Sadie along with her even though I didn't go. Sadie had so much fun. When she got home, she was so happy and told us all about how she chose her own colors and how they painted her toes and fingers. So cute.

I added these pictures just because I thought they were funny. I hemmed Garlan's pants (downstairs neighbor), and Sadie wanted to try them on. So funny.

I think they are just a little bit too big! :)

Here are pictures of her fingers and toes. Her fingers were yellow with white polka dots.

There's a better picture.

And her toes were blue with white polka dots. So cute!

Not an hour after she got home, I noticed that one of her fingernails was completely bare. I didn't bring any attention to it, but then when I noticed another one had the nailpolish off, I mentioned it to Rob. He was vacuuming at the time and messing around with the kids and he said "uh oh...I think the vacuum sucked the nail polish off of your fingers". When she saw her two bare fingernails, the tears started rolling down her cheeks. So sad. But then this morning, she peeled all of the nail polish off of her fingers. That stuff just didn't want to stick on her little fingers. But her toes still look great. :)

Conference weekend!

2011-04-06T21:08:00.000-07:00

So the day before general conference started, the weather was so nice. Then on Saturday the clouds started rolling in. Rob wanted to wash the car before my brother and his girlfriend came by for dinner so we all went outside. Zac immediately went to play in the puddles of water and eventually we all ended up in the backyard on the swing set. Let's just say, the kids were MESSY!

Then Isaac and Kristina (spelling?) got here along with Evan and Shanna and Calvin and we ate dinner. Then the next morning we woke up to SNOW! And lots of it! It was crazy. Sadie and Rob went out to play in the snow before the first session started and it is a good thing they did because the snow melted pretty fast. Anyway, here are some pictures of the weekend.

Good picture with Uncle Isaac and Kristina

Silly Faces!

Sadie jumping outside.

Zac playing in the puddle. His diaper was sooooo full of water when we finally got him changed!

Mr. Wet Bum.

He loved this bucket.

Trying to see what is inside!

Rob took Zac out for a few minutes in the snow...I love Sadie in the background! She is so funny! I'm glad she likes to play in the snow now.

Our cute little Sadie. She is such a sweetheart!

Chocolate chip pancakes

2011-04-04T12:15:00.000-07:00

I used to always make pancakes from scratch just because it was so fast and easy, but for Christmas my grandma got me some pancake mix for my food storage. I love this mix! So yummy...and even faster than making them from scratch! So we enjoy pancakes around here about once a week. Nice. Anyway the other day I made pancakes and added some chocolate chips. They were delicious, but very messy. See for yourself!

I was taking pictures of Zac and she did not want to be left out. She does have a little bit of chocolate on her face. :)

Yikes...so messy!

All over everything. But he really loved eating them!

Then it was straight to the bathtub for those two! We love pancakes!

What a day

2011-03-31T11:28:00.000-07:00

Wow...it has been a day. First, Zac didn't take his morning nap. He had been in his room whining for about 30 minutes, but he had been quiet for about 10 so I figured he was asleep. Nope. He was just sitting up in his crib being really quiet. So I decided to just get him out and take a walk to the post office because I had some things I needed to send out. When we got home, Zac got his little finger completely shut in the door. Yikes. I ran to his rescue and Sadie learned why it is important to be careful with doors around Zac. Sigh. Then at lunch time, I was trying to wheel my chair over by Sadie, and it completely tipped and I whacked my head on Sadie's chair on the way down. She was very concerned about me...it was cute. But now the kids are down and I am about to go lay down too to get rid of my headache!

Anyway, on a happier note...my zumba group did the halftime show at a "minor league" (that's not what it is called, but you get the point...not NBA!) basketball game. It was pretty fun. If you want to watch it go here. You can't see me the whole time, but at some parts you can...but you will have to find me yourself because I'm not going to tell you where I am! :)

2011-03-27T15:31:00.000-07:00

This is a video I took last week. Sadie was watching Jake play outside across the street and she was so sad that she couldn't go play with him because she was sick.

Poor Sadie! Let's hope this week we can all get healthy!

My new shop!

2011-03-24T20:26:00.000-07:00

I don't know if you guys noticed, but on the side of my blog, there is a link to my new etsy shop! right now, I have only posted the earrings I have been making, but hopefully soon I will add some of the other stuff I have been working on. You should check it out...especially because the first 10 orders get free shipping...and I have had 9 orders. So if you want to get in on this deal go HERE!

Today's preschool activity

2011-03-23T10:47:00.000-07:00

This week we are working on the letter B. I just happen to look at one of my favorite blogs MADE and she had done this activity with her kids. So I decided it would be a fun thing to do with Sadie. Perfect for B week too. Butterflies!

I cute out the bodies and she decorated them with markers, crayons, glue, paper, and paint. It was really fun and we did it during Zac's entire nap. So about an hour and fifteen minutes. Nice.

Working hard.

This orange tablecloth is our "preschool tablecloth" If I forget to put it on the table before we start an activity, she will say "UH OH! We forgot the preschool tablecloth!!!" So funny.

Then we hung them on the wall. She made sure I did them high enough so Zac couldn't reach them.

Nice.

And this picture is just because I thought it was cute. She is holding her bear's hand while she plays games on starfall.com. ha ha.

Sadie and me

2011-03-21T18:45:00.000-07:00

Like I said in the last post, the kids have been sick around here for a while. So we haven't done much of anything except playing inside and on the occasional warm day we play outside (which both kids LOVE). So we get a little bored in the house. The other day we were playing with the new camera. Sadie wanted to take silly face pictures. Here is what we got. (just don't pay attention to my face...Sadie's are really funny.)

And this is what else we have been doing...making funny videos. Enjoy.

Poor Zac

2011-03-21T18:36:00.000-07:00

So we have discovered that Zac is allergic to Milk. He was eating some Kraft mac and cheese and he got hives all up his arms and his lip swelled up a little bit. So...no more milk for him I guess. We are most likely going to take him to see a allergy specialist to see if he is allergic to anything else. The poor kid has been sick since November. Well, a couple weeks ago we enjoyed about a week where both kids were healthy and happy and sleeping. But they both came down with a little stomach bug and now a nasty cold/cough this week. Last night was TERRIBLE. Zac didn't sleep much. So we took him to the doctor today and he said he probably has a sinus infection so the kid is on amoxacillan again! Poor guy...well he loves it. But I feel bad for him.

Anyway...here's to spring and healthy kids!

His poor lip and runny nose. Sorry...I guess I should have wiped his nose before I took this picture. :)

I don't know how well you can see it, but his forearms were covered in hives all the way to his elbows.

Another shot.

New Camera

2011-03-16T19:21:00.000-07:00

We finally got a new camera!!! YAY! Our old one was so slow to take pictures that I always missed Zac's smiles. Seriously. I was beginning to feel like a bad mom for not having any pictures or Zac smiling. I have hundreds of Sadie when she was a baby. I guess our camera wore down in the two years before Zac came around. :)

ANyway, I haven't had much time to use it yet, but so far I like what I see...

Zac laughing! Hooray!

Mr. Blue eyes.

Sadie is brilliant at making crazy faces...but she happens to be brilliant at everything she does. :)

These were the first two pictures taken with our new camera. YAY for new cameras!

Preschool

2011-03-15T21:05:00.000-07:00

I started "preschool" today. It only took about 20 minutes, but we are starting with the letter A and we will move our way through the alphabet. We will see how it goes. It gives me more one on one time with Sadie, so I am excited about it.

Today I taught her how to write the letter A and we practiced with paint. Then, I was planning on making apple prints by cutting an apple in half, dipping it in paint and putting it on paper. That didn't turn out too well, so I cut a stamp out of the apple and we printed the paint on a piece of fabric (since all I have is fabric paint ha ha). Sadie wanted a circle stamp so I carved a circle out of the apple. When it dried I sewed up the sides and let her help me stuff it with polyfil and now she has a fun little pillow that she made.

Now, I just need to come up with more ideas for the rest of the week for letter A. Any suggestions?

Making her apple prints.

We also made some ants on the paper at the bottom of this picture. Sadie is so afraid of bugs though, so we only ended up making 2.

I think her A's turned out really good!

So grown up!

Birthday Balloons

2011-03-06T18:41:00.000-08:00

My awesome friend Laurel brought me some yummy ice cream and some birthday balloons on my birthday. I loved them and the kids loved them even more. They literally played with them all day long, and when they floated to the ceiling, Zac would just stare at them. So funny. Here is a little video for your viewing pleasure...