tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80984961446606146202024-03-14T00:46:48.042-07:00Draper FamilyNikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-45825706484791568432013-02-19T18:49:00.000-08:002013-02-19T18:49:26.950-08:00July 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This last July was quite eventful. After getting back from our trip to Utah we headed down to the Lakehouse in Chandler Texas for our annual Poyfair reunion. Before doing that though, some of us were able to go to the temple together as a family. This was the first time that I was able to attend the temple with several of my family members. It was a very special experience for me and I don't think I'll ever forget it. I am so grateful for a loving family. I only wish that everyone could have had the means to join us on that special day. The covenants we make in the temple bring us closer to our Father in Heaven and allow us to be together as a family eternally. I am still to this days striving to attain a full appreciation and knowledge of the blessings I have received from the temple ordinances and covenants I have made.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shawn, Janet, Mom, Dad, Grandma, Dane, Jason, Sara, Me, Josh at the Temple in Plano Texas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isabella and Celeste really connected this visit. They were best buds through and through.</td></tr>
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-27878450246258308402012-08-28T13:31:00.000-07:002012-08-28T13:47:27.628-07:00Summer Trip to UtahWhat a big adventure it was to go visit family in Utah. The journey there was quite eventful. I don't quite remember it because I haven't posted in a million years, but here are the posts I put on facebook about the car ride portions....<br />
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<i><span class="userContent">Woohoo! we finally made it to Utah. We left
at 2:30am from Texas and arrived a little after 11pm Utah time. It was
the worst trip ever!! We had 3 leaky diaper accidents which went
through outfits and car seats. We also had a puke accident about 3
minutes before arrival. All of the kids were in car seats, so if they
needed anything We had to crawl from the front seat to the back (you can
imagine how often we had to do this). Ugh!....So glad it's over. I'm
really scared for the return trip because I now know what to expect!</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="userContent"> </span><span class="userContent">Whew! We made it back from Utah. I think I'll
be okay with not taking that road tip again for a while. We do it all
in one shot and let me just say, it's brutal. We had a great time in
Utah. Half way home Isabella would not stop complaining about going
back to Texas. she wanted to stay in Utah forever. Luke chimed in on
these comments as well. I had to start threatening to take away
privileges from Bella because she wouldn't stop crying about it all.
Anyway, that's just a little sneak peak about how our ride home went.
I'm SO glad that that drive is OVER!</span></i><br />
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Well, the car trip wasn't the best, but we had an awesome time while we were there. It was so great to see everyone and catch up with what has been going on in their lives since we've been away. For the most part, everyone seems to be progressing and finding more success in their lives. This has brought much happiness to our family. We hope this pattern continues.<br />
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While we were there the kids were able to play out in the backyard on what has been dubbed, "Grandma and Grandpa's park". We also were able to have a couple of family get togethers, enjoy a baby blessing for Caleb Jr. and a baptism for Shaylee. There was so much love and support shown for these special events/ordinance. It was so fun to see these choices being made and to see the happiness that occurred as a result of striving to be closer to our Savior. What special memories were created during this visit.<br />
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We spent one day going to visit Aunt Ida and Uncle Fred. The kids had a great time getting a ride on their ATV, looking at the cows and horses as well as exploring the property. Before leaving we enjoyed a super yummy lunch. I'll tell you what, Aunt Ida can cook. Mmmmm! So good, I couldn't get enough! Well, until my stomach told me I couldn't.... Later, on the way home, mom showed us around her old stomping grounds as a child. It was fun to see where she grew up and to hear her stories and experiences. AND we had the most HUGE-ONGOUS ice cream cone on the way home (yes I managed to pack even more food down my gullet). So good!<br />
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I particularly enjoyed visiting with my good friend, Aubrey Harris whom I've known since I was a little tike. I was looking forward to visiting with my other good friend, Erin Housley (Cureton), but she got held up at work. I hope next time to see her. Aubrey and I had a great time visiting and, as always, the time flew by way too quickly.<br />
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I also enjoyed having Cameron take some pictures of our whole family. I had a friend take some pictures a couple of months back, but there weren't any of all of us, and they were mostly taken of Isabella. I know Cameron was very busy and I'm just so happy that he took the time to do this for us. Everyone was so great and so helpful.<br />
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We loved going to the Mt. Timpanogos Temple (where Josh and I were
married) and being able to take some family pictures there too. We've been meaning
to do that for years. It's so nice to have those pictures. Those pictures will forever be
treasures to me.<br />
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Jody was great helping out with the kids. It means so much to me to see her care and show love toward my children. She was entertaining them non-stop it seemed. Such an amazing sister! Isabella had such a great time spending the night at her house and loved spending time with the entire VanAusdale clan. <br />
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Wow, it looks like I'm writing a novel. I guess I should share pictures now. Thanks everyone for such a great time. We really enjoyed ourselves and enjoyed the company! I know that the kids had <i>so</i> much fun. They didn't want to leave (trust me).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella, Great Grandma Draper, Luke</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke giggled and giggled with Great Grandma as they played, "This Little Piggie"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunt Hazel with me and the kids.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Caleb's blessing. So sweet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visit with Aubrey Harris.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dominic Pushes Bella on the swing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shaylee taking a break from pushing Libby.</td></tr>
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Luke the Alligator!<br />
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-49379387831250140492012-08-28T11:13:00.000-07:002012-08-28T11:13:27.305-07:00Car seat Upgrade and Cheese! Libby graduated from her car seat carrier to a front facing, big chair. She was so happy to be able to see out the windows and be like the big kids.<br />
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Elizabeth has started to say, "Cheese" when people take pictures. She also loves playing with my pots and pans. So cute I thought I'd share...<br />
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-31069321790965756762012-08-28T11:03:00.000-07:002012-08-28T11:03:34.381-07:00Summer Fun at the LakeThe kids decided to set up a tent and tell scary stories while we were at the lake. My cousin Dianne started out my saying something like, "There once was a finger...." That was enough for Bella. she got scared and had to come inside. My sweet little girl with <i>so</i> many anxieties. I hope she always stays this pure.<br />
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It was on this little excursion outdoors that I suspect Isabella received a nasty bug bite. It kept growing. I hadn't seen anything like it before. At first I thought that maybe a brown recluse spider had bitten her. After a doctor checked her out, it turned out that it was some other kind of bug (who knows what kind).<br />
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-36401270518671858352012-08-28T10:22:00.000-07:002012-08-28T10:22:31.959-07:00Isabella's Preschool GraduationIt's so hard to remember what went on this day. I'll try to remember and add descriptions as I post pictures.<br />
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-86462505142926746532012-08-28T09:43:00.001-07:002012-08-28T09:43:22.229-07:00Luke's 3rd BirthdayI can't believe Luke is 3!! He is growing up so fast. I love to watch him play and feel his zest for life. It's really cute to watch him when he starts to get tired after a long day. When this happens he'll perk right up and start running laps around the downstairs, all while making super hero fighting and web slinging (spiderman) sounds.<br />
He started potty training on the 5th of June and officially was trained on the 11th of July. He's been my fastest and easiest trainee thus far. Let's hope that Elizabeth and the new little one on the way will be just as easy.....Now, if only I could get him to stop making messes!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The, "Lotion" mess. Ugh! That was not fun to clean. At least he smelled good after. It could have been a lot worse. It could have been Desitin instead of the lotion.</td></tr>
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I didn't plan an "official" birthday party for Luke. After having Isabella's party we thought that we'd hold off on doing birthday parties until Luke actually asks for one. Oh yeah, and we'll be downsizing our parties too. Bella's party was way too much.<br />
Fortunately, my good friend Emily asked to stop by with some goodies. I was so glad because she brought her kids over with her and we were at least able to have some semblance of a party. It was a good thing too, because Isabella kept talking to Luke about parties and presents. He was <i>ready</i> for a party by the time they got there. I guess we'll have to put the parties back "on" again. There still will be downsizing though...<br />
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<br />Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-80270382529295611402012-08-28T08:34:00.000-07:002012-08-28T09:45:05.083-07:00Photo Shoot With Michiyo ClarkOur friend Michiyo Clark took some pictures for us that I wanted to share. She is so talented and did it all for free! Isabella held still the longest, so she got the most pictures. There is NO favoritism hear I swear! I love these pictures and I'm so thankful to Michiyo for doing this for us. We haven't had family photos taken for about 3 years.<br />
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<br />Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-17379846886982417642012-05-22T10:31:00.001-07:002012-05-22T10:31:28.866-07:00Happy Mother's Day to Me!This Mother's Day didn't turn out the way I had envisioned it. My kids were crazy at church and it seemed like pretty much every aspect of the day was a huge struggle. I was super glad when it was all over. I felt more like an incompetent mother than anything else. I have to admit though, I usually get down on myself on Mother's Day. There is just so much more that I feel like I <i>should</i> be doing as a mother and just don't have the time to do it all. Also, having patience and not yelling is a hardship. I feel like I'm getting (slightly) better at those things. I guess I need to just be more accepting of myself. Anywhoooo, Josh did get me a yummy jar of chocolate covered raisins from Costco. Also, and this is my favorite thing, he improved the look of our backyard! He painted our white picked fence, ripped out some old plants that we were a little underwhelmed about, resoiled, put ground cloth down, mulched, and planted 4 very beautiful plants that I absolutely love. They're called, "hardy hibiscus". I love and enjoy their daily blooms. Looking back on my Mother's Day I just have to laugh. Sometimes, you just have to go with what the day gives you. Kids will be kids and I'll have to think about the many other special moments that they give me on a regular basis. Children are a joy and I am grateful to have this wonderful and awesome responsibility given to me by our Father in Heaven.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viola! The finished product. Yay! My husband is amazing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isabella was so excited to show me my Mother's Day gift in the morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My sweet baby Elizabeth. She's so smiley and starting to develop quite the personality. </td></tr>
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My dogs are getting so old. I love them, they're so sweet. </div>
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Luke, our boy being silly.<br />
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Excite Gymnastics has been promoting their gym at Old Settlers Elementary. Here is Bella showing off some of the stuff she learned while spending a P.E. session with them. I love her joy. Kids are so fun in that way (always happy and joyful - well, most of the time).<br />
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Elizabeth blows a kiss, waves and shows off her little personality.<br />
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I posted a love song for grandmothers that Isabella and Luke sang on facebook for Mother's Day. Here is one of the versions that perhaps you may not have seen. Enjoy!<br />
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Last video, I promise. The kids playing...</div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-71259347188478951462012-05-01T10:30:00.000-07:002012-05-01T10:30:04.909-07:00My Messy BoyLuke sure know how to make a mess and it's driving me <i>insane!</i> Here's the story: Last Friday, "Fun Friday" as we now call it thanks to the Dane and Christie clan, I had about 2 moms and 9 kids total at the house to play for a couple of hours. I like to do this because it brings the kids so much joy and I get to visit with <i>real</i> adults at the same time!! Regardless to say the house wasn't looking at its best when Josh came home. He had had a hard day at work and I could tell he was not too happy with the state the house was in. He gave me a hint to his displeasure when he stated, "I wasn't expecting to come home to a house where it looks like a bomb just went off." Yeah, that didn't make me feel very good, but it was true. The house was in complete disarray. Later in the evening Josh had to go to an Awards banquet for work. I wasn't feeling very well, but I was also feeling guilty for not having things put together. So, I decided to clean the bathrooms. Upon finishing my labors I entered my bedroom to find Luke with .... lotion. Oh, joy.<br />
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Another thing about Luke: We are in the beginning stages of potty training (another joy that I don't think I could <i>ever</i> live without). We bought him some big boy Spiderman underwear and after giving him a bath the other day I told him that he could wear them if he didn't have accidents in his diaper anymore. Of course, I don't know if he fully understood this concept, but I thought it was worth a try. I towel dried him of and let him try on a pair. He had a lot of fun looking at himself in the mirror while making web-slinging sounds. After the fun was over I got him dressed normally (with a diaper). I then proceeded to get the baby dressed. While I was fixing her hair, Luke came up next to us and snatched the new underwear off the bathroom counter. After I finished with the baby I went to look for him and found that he had put the underwear over his diaper and shorts. I'm really hoping that this whole big boy underwear plan works well. Wish me luck!<br />
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Here are some other picture's we've taken recently. The first two were taken by Josh as our friend Michiyo Clark was taking "real" photographs for us. Michiyo really has an eye for how to take a great picture. She's so talented. You'll get to see some of her photos further down the page.<br />
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Luke plays with...Lotion!</div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-54861105422308576692012-04-25T10:13:00.000-07:002012-08-28T09:48:21.180-07:00Special visit, Bubbles, Birthday, Holidays, Parties and a Special Announcement!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Grandma and Grandpa Draper came to visit us! It was a lot of fun. The kids had such a great time playing/wrestling with grandpa, baking with grandma. We enjoyed their company so much and are very appreciative for all of the hard work they did for us. Thank you! Below are some pictures of everything Josh and Lloyd added to the house. note: about 90% of all of this work was done by dad - he works SO hard (I'm sure Josh would've liked to have helped more, but alas, his normal job kept him from doing so).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Window Sills! Elizabeth will no more be chewing off the drywall. Hooray!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Storage for the garage!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Computer Desk! Yay, the printer will not shake this desk around. It's totally stable!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Laundry Room!!! I'm mostly excited for this because I don't have to lug all of the clothes up and down the stairs anymore!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're definitely going to need child locks for this desk.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandpa wrestling with the kids (almost a non-stop activity).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth was very shy with grandma and grandpa. Here is the first time she approached grandma and reached her arms out to be held.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baking with grandma.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baking with grandma.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke snuggling with grandma. They all really enjoyed sharing loves with her. Isabella made sure that grandma sat and snuggled on the couch with her every morning. It was very sweet to watch.</td></tr>
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Old Settlers Elementary School went to Interskate for a fun filled night of rollerskating. Isabella had a blast! She was exhausted by the end of the night (and so were mommies feet and back).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy helps Bella put on her skates.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Momma and Bella a ready to go!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This device is probably the best invention EVER created! It made things so much easier - definitely worth the $3 rental.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella won a raffle prize! She chose a pen with a big hand on top. She was SO excited about it. What a fun night.</td></tr>
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Bella celebrated her 5th birthday in March! We were supposed to have her party at Kids Kastle Park in Highland Village (Outside). Unfotunately, the weather was awful. We moved the party to our house which was an adventure in itself. I can't remember how many kids there were (probably 20 or so). We had dancing, a pinata, cupcakes, presents, and some games. I hope everyone had a good time, I know we did.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This cute lalaloopsy hat was made by Janet (so talented!). Isabella LOVES it!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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St. Patrick's Day was a lot of fun. Our ward had a pancake breakfast in the morning for us. The pancakes were even green! So much fun. The kids had a blast.<br />
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Helping Daddy out in the yard. Luke will now get very upset if I don't let him go mow the lawn with daddy.<br />
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Easter was magical as usual. Our friends the Phillips had a fun little get-together the Saturday before to celebrate the occasion. The kids got a cup of wheat grass to take home. They all drew pictures and faces on their cups to make it look like their drawing was growing hair. They also enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, drawing with chalk, going on an egg hunt and eating a yummy potluck lunch.<br />
On Easter morning the kids were full of joy. They loved their baskets, and finding candy/eggs that the Easter Bunny had hidden too. I enjoyed asking them about the true meaning of Easter. Bella was really the only one old enough to grasp the concept of Jesus suffering and dying for our sins and raising from the dead to live again. They are learning and growing in the gospel which is a fun thing to watch.<br />
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Recently, Isabella has fallen in love with the, "Fancy Nancy" books from the library. She was particularly enamored with the book about Tea Party's. So on Fun Friday we decided to have our own Fancy Nancy Tea Party. We got many ideas from the book which includes options for different recipes, crafts and games. It was a huge success and I have a feeling we'll be doing something like this in the future.<br />
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Okay, you made it this far in the blog. It's time for the biggest news of all. Drum roll please......Josh and I are surprisingly AND unexpectedly going to be welcoming our 4th child into our family this year. At least I think it will be this year. The due date is somewhat an unknown at this time, but we're thinking that maybe this new bundle of joy will arrive sometime in December of this year. We're in a state of shock at the moment, but....it's a very GOOD state of shock.<br />
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The story: This last week I've been feeling a <i>tiny</i> bit nauseous, really tired and also somewhat irritable. I didn't think anything of it because the symptoms were very tame and also our whole household has been sick. I figured it was my turn to go through the whole sick thing.<br />
So, this past Friday we went to the temple and on the way Josh and I started talking about Isabella. For the past month Isabella has been asking about when the new baby is coming. I've had to tell her repeatedly that there is NO baby coming (at least not for a <i>very </i>long time). She brushed off my reply with, "Okay, but if it's a girl we'll call her, "Rosa" and if it's a boy, "Dilly"." I then started telling Josh how week I've been at the gym lately and how I was really disappointed with my level of performance. Josh in response said, "Well, ya know, you do have a pregnancy test just sitting in the linen closet. It's only a dollar. You could take it to ease your mind." What?!? I didn't need to have my mind put at ease. I <i>knew</i> that I was fine! I was just a little sick, and irritable, and tired, and weak and.....well.. lets just say that I thought the rest of the evening about his comment and thought, "Well the test <i>is</i> only a dollar. I guess I <i>could</i> take it in the morning. If not just to ease Josh's mind about it all. So, the next morning I took it. Almost immediately after the test began I started to see a line appearing to show that the test was indeed positive. I don't know how many times I started repeating the words, "Oh my gosh!" But it was a lot!! Total and utter shock. Josh was getting ready for work at the time and could obviously hear me freaking out. He asked if I was pregnant and of course I said yes. He replied, "I'm not surprised." He was very happy and voiced how it may have taken him a while but that he is at peace with whatever the Lord has in store for us (even if it doesn't happen to fit our immediate plans or agenda). I also have to add that whenever I take a pregnancy test I have admit that I <i>secretly</i> hope it's a positive result every time. Hooray! We're Pregnant!!<br />
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Elizabeth Waves and Blows Kisses.</div>
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Happy Birthday Bella!<br />
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Luke cleaning the church after the St. Patrick's Day breakfast with Brother Chase.<br />
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Bubbles!!<br />
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Flying Kites.<br />
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Silly String.<br />
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Libby plays on the patio while the family plays with kites.<br />
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Luke's nail polish and Libby's roar. Just so you know, Luke got into the nail polish earlier in the day. Yeah, he was standing about 2 feet away from me at the time. He got it on himself, the baby's clothes and the bathroom floor (which I still haven't cleaned up yet). I'm totally blind - I know.<br />
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I was preparing my Mother's Day lesson for singing time and was surprised to find that I was not the only one preparing a song. <br />
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-87404106835430926312012-02-18T19:28:00.000-08:002012-02-22T09:27:13.698-08:00Happy Birthday & Happy Valenitine's Day<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Isabella has really been enjoying primary. She is now a Sunbeam....NO, she's a CTR 4!! I can't believe it. What's happening to all of my babies?! They're all growing up way too fast. Well, at the start of this year I decided to have what I call, "A Secret Child of God" every week for singing time in primary. What is a secret child of God you ask? It's a video recording that I make every week of people in our ward singing our new song for the year, "As a Child of God." At the beginning of singing time I play the recording so that they can hear (only) to whomever is singing. Once they think they know who the voice is I play it again and let them see as well as hear the recording. It's my tricky way of teaching them the new song. The more they hear it, the more they remember it. Repetition my friends, repetition. Below, there is a video of Isabella singing as our secret child of God for the week. Enjoy!<br />
On February 4th we all celebrated Elizabeth's 1st birthday! We did this by making the traditional cake that is specifically made to be destroyed as well as a cake for everyone to eat. I wish I would have researched online a little before attempting the, "dolly-dress cake." I <i>still</i> don't know how to properly make/form/whatever this cake. At least this was the cake that was made in particular for destruction. Oh, and I knew this before hand, but let me just remind all of you once again that it is impossible to make red frosting with food coloring. If anyone has the answer to this predicament of mine I'm all ears.<br />
The cake that was made for eating was <i>much</i> better. Chocolate frosting is a whole lot better than powder sugar frosting that has been overly-treated with red food coloring (yuck!). Yes, the chocolate, chocolate cake was very good indeed.<br />
Libby received a toy phone that she enjoys quite a bit from her parents. She also got the <i>most</i> adorable hat ever from her Aunt Janet. Janet crocheted an oh-so-cute owl hat with tassels. I LUV IT! It's the perfect fit. I hope it lasts all winter. Thank you Aunt Janet! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Valentine's Everyone! For Valentine's Day this year we stole a tradition from Uncle Jason and Aunt Sarah. It was too good not to steal. I never did take a picture of it, but we decorated a, "Love Box" so to speak. This box was made during the first week of February. For the next two weeks we placed love notes in the box to everyone in our little family. On Valentine's Day we had goodies and coloring books to go with our box of love. Actually, we forgot to open the notes until today (18th). Oh well, maybe next year we'll get it completely right. I really like this tradition and I think we're going to be sticking with it. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wish I would have thought of taking this picture when I first saw the mess. This is half-way cleaned up. There used to be cups and some other stuff strewn about as well. Happy Valentine's to me...love Lukey-boy.</td></tr>
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Libby and her balloon...<br />
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth!<br />
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Time to get messy. Moma will show ya how it's done...<br />
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Libby and more cake...<br />
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Okay, so on a happier note, here are some pictures of the kids before the bugs. We had a really fun family home evening the other night. We spoke about choosing the right. The highlight of the evening was making, "CTR" pretzels. The kids had such a fun time.<br />
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</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1H1E-_EASxduVHf_zz1HeUhGxcs_tgCzOpXgk-0-KUK_nA5O1s6BeHroVlVDLe8nbnb_tpO1APv4A0d6B12beTgIGxZsPQQnxO6Th8mMzHHCPy2nazwXpTieDhiiPGMKzG6L-4pn0uCvN/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-53967115381738157302012-01-05T15:27:00.000-08:002012-01-05T15:29:45.894-08:00It happened....again.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't think that I would be seeing Luke produce so many messes in so little time. I tell you what, this boy has been biiii-zay! Over the last week he has shown a fascination with soap. He often times will be caught in the bathroom washing his hands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, this desire to have clean hands has been taken one step further. He not only likes to wash his hands now. He like to wash the counters and the mirrors. In my last post I was able to document this new found "hobby" of his through the use of air freshener. He also enjoys brushing his teeth (a lot), coloring (on walls too now) and of course, playing with multiply ingredients that can be found in the fridge like, hmmm, I don't know ...EGGS - need I say more? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, in one day Luke has managed to make bigger messes than the last two weeks combined. Unfortunately for you, the reader, I only have one video to share for that wonderful, blessed day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On this particular day I was helping out a friend by watching two of her kids. This made my day a little more busy, but nothing too bad. Luke seemed to develop the ability to accomplish a whole lot of mischief while I was otherwise occupied (be it changing diapers, making lunch for everyone, looking for binkies, etc.) During the course of the day I found two minor soap messes which led to soap in the eyes. I also found a BIG soap mess for which there are still remnants that need tending to. He also is the author (or so I believe) of a major refrigerator mess. Within this mess there was sprawled about the floor parmesan cheese (my arch nemesis), the entire box of baking powder, salad dressing, cottage cheese, brown rice and a sippy cup of milk. I am quite fortunate that the cheese and baking powder where the only items that were found in a dusty scatter all over the floor. It actually could have been a lot worse.....there could have been eggs involved.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Luke is loving his spiderman stuff. I find it funny that he was a better spiderman before he had the costume. I might have to have either me or Josh train him in the ways of super hero combat posing. I have a funny feeling that this job, if it were to be done would fall on my shoulders. So, we'll see what happens. I guess it depends on whether I'm feeling outgoing or not. We'll see...</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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She was being so cute the other day. I kept placing her on her new rocking horse from Christmas. At one moment she was giggly and happy. The next, she was sad and crying. She either has an extreme love/hate relationship with this horse, or else she was just really tired. I happen to know for a fact that she was just really tired.<br />
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</tbody></table>I couldn't finish this post without mentioning a little bit about Isabella. Last week at church we learned about the gift of agency and that there are consequences for the good and bad choices that we make. While we were at Costco one morning she asked me, "Mama, when is grandpa coming to visit?" I told her that he'd be here in a couple of weeks, but that he would be really busy with work and may not be able to stop for a visit. She then replied, "Grandpa is going to stay at the lake and not see us. That is a bad choice." Ha! I thought that was so funny.<br />
On the same say I was taking her to school. I can't remember what we were talking about (we're always talking about something make no mistake) when out of the blue she stated, "I love my grandma." I thought that was very sweet. I then asked her why she loved her grandma so much. She said, "Because she reads me stories." This was also very sweet. <br />
There was also a funny thing she said today. We were driving home from school this time. I had looked in her bag and found two fliers. One was promoting a children's play/theatre group and the other was for flag football. They both cost over $100 to join. When she asked me when we were going to go and do those wonderfully fun things I said that I didn't know if we could. Her response was something along the lines of, "Oh no, but we've already been invited mom!" I'm hoping that this is coming across as funny because it sure was at the time. I was laughing out loud. I wish I could remember every amusing thing that my children do, but I just don't remember that well. I guess that's what videos are for.<br />
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So, without further ado, I give you, your videos:<br />
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Bella chases Libby.<br />
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Luke's fridge mess...</div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-17155204466825989532012-01-01T16:27:00.000-08:002012-01-01T16:27:41.578-08:00Gotta love the mess!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went to the park! This happens very rarely, so I always make sure to bring my camera to document it all. I need this documentation so I can show my kids later that, yes indeed I took them to the park. I then can show them my blog where on display will be pictures from all of our many exciting adventures (which are actually very few and far between. Below are some of our favorite moments at the park. Luke loves the swings best. He <i>rarely</i> wanted to go do anything else. I'm not quite sure what Bella's favorite park activity was. She seemed to like a variety of things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4_F_T-phj_A/TwDsn47PVYI/AAAAAAAAA4I/sMDEVOpvCK0/s320/002.JPG" width="320" /></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EAFrvGLKGzo/TwDss-9zgGI/AAAAAAAAA4o/PbdE0dQuXqM/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EAFrvGLKGzo/TwDss-9zgGI/AAAAAAAAA4o/PbdE0dQuXqM/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Isabella received a Hello Kitty scrapbook for Christmas. She absolutely <i>loves</i> working on it. She is learning to be very patient because she can only complete 2 pages at a time (per day). Waiting for glue to dry can be very hard on a 4 year old. Mommy, however, loves the fact that we have to wait for glue to dry. <br />
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</tbody></table>Luke has been into <i>everything</i> these last couple of days. I have to watch him like a hawk or else....I'll be paying for it later. The latest messes he has created have been caused by crayons, markers, toys, air freshener and eggs. I've attached a few videos so you can better understand the way things have been lately.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw6064dGqa_sK7G90bBhDNX2lEHlS4mcS8fWGsPjJXD6jLtBCgon_QVqx2pkfIS-8RG2sQcumRImLEiMgfGeQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Eggs!</div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-822595792127748972011-12-30T19:39:00.000-08:002011-12-30T20:47:27.605-08:00Christmas 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This has been a Christmas season unlike any other. The biggest difference was the lack of family gatherings and no grandparents to share in the festivities. We were kind of at a loss as to how to properly celebrate. We did spend Christmas Eve with Josh's cousin (Carrie Hansen) and her family. We cooked/baked and played games all day. They were a huge help to us after the game playing as well. Santa and his two little elves had been slacking <i>bigtime</i> and needed help finishing everything in his workshop (if you get my drift). They stayed and helped until it was all done. Bless their hearts. Thank you Carrie and David! Santa didn't get to our house until probably 2am. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also were able to get together at Shawn and Janet's house on Christmas Day. Janet made Santa hats for everyone (so cute). We had a yummy dinner and fun visiting with each other. Besides these two get-togethers, we didn't do much else with anyone. We are grateful for the time with our family that we were able to have. Oh - and I forgot to bring the family calendar for Shawn and Janet. I remembered that I had forgotten it about half way to their house. By the way, the calendar was much easier to do this year. This was mainly because Costco did it. I did spend some time putting it together, but for the most part it was much simpler for me than prior years. The important thing is....It's Done! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A funny thing happened this year with Santa's treats. Usually Isabella will help me or Grandma Poyfair make cookies for him on his big night. This year Isabella thought that Santa might be bored with always eating cookies at everyone's houses. So, she wanted to make him a peanut butter and honey sandwich to go with the cookies. And so we did, only we used a gingerbread man cookie cutter to make the sandwich fun. We also added mini m&m's for eyes, mouth, and buttons. She was so excited to see the crumbs on his plate the next day. Oh, the magic of Christmas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also wrote letters to Santa and sent them in our magical mailbox. You should have seen her face when she opened it to find that yes the elves had indeed delivered her letter to Santa up in the North Pole! Oh! And another really cute thing about this year - Isabella and Luke received an emailed video from Santa himself! Unfortunately, a malicious cookie virus-r-other was attached to it. It's a good thing we have security on our computer (<i>dad</i>)<i>.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The favorite gifts this year were for Isabella: a lalaloopsy silly hair doll, and for Luke: spiderman toys (of all sorts), and a hot wheels crash track. Elizabeth doesn't care yet, but I'd say her favorite thing was the musical light up radio thingy that Tucker gave her. If you've forgotten, Tucker is the little boy I babysit. His mother, Michelle, is Isabella's preschool teacher. She absolutely went overboard on us for Christmas! I'm grateful, but I feel guilty excepting so much. Especially when I didn't provide Tucker with anything near to what she gave my kids. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Story of the Silly Hair Lalaloopsy Doll: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a dark and stormy night (well, maybe not so stormy...okay, it wasn't stormy at all, but it was dark). I had no idea how hot an item this silly hair doll would be. I remember seeing the commercials about a month ago for the doll. Isabella had said she wanted it. I thought it was cute and thought to myself, "I'll have to keep that doll in mind this Christmas." <i>If only I had been more proactive!!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, like I said it was a dark night (around 9pm). All the kids were in bed. Josh had been shopping earlier that day and had purchased a lalaloopsy doll (not silly hair) from Costco. As soon as I saw it I knew it wouldn't work. We had been searching ALL over EVERYWHERE for the silly hair variety with no luck. I was resigned to have a generic run of the mill lalaloopsy doll. I had resigned myself to this fact and was finally at peace with it all - <i>or so I thought.</i> After looking at the newly purchased prize I soon realized that it was completely and positively aweful. Josh had managed to find the only doll with weird glue smeared all over the doll's face. I looked at him with a questioning look and he blankly stared back saying, "What?" <i>What?!?!</i> The doll looked like it's face was camouflaged with glue! I decided right then and there that I was going to <i>out</i> and <i>find</i> the doll myself. I went to Walmart first. There was only one girl doll and one boy doll left. I grabbed the girl doll. The girl doll I grabbed just happened to be one that Isabella had said she preferred when comparing against other dolls that were no longer in stock. There were a bunch of boxes on the floor and on crates. I waited around for a while for one of the workers to see if maybe on of the elusive silly hair varieties of the doll might be found within the new shipment....<i>no go</i>...So off to 2 other Walmart's, a Target and a Toys "R" us.......<i>no go</i>. Everyone was receiveing shipments that night , but were not allowed or were incapable of disclosing what contents might lye within those precious shipment boxes!!! I would have to wait till the morning and call. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While I was in the Target a worker told me of 2 other Target's that actually had one silly hair variety left!! I was so excited, but just in case I bought another doll at Target (which was the right doll (Jewel Sparkles), wrong variety (non-silly hair). That's right. We now owned 3 dolls. The camouflaged Costco doll, the blue-haired Walmart doll and the Jewel Sparkles non-silly hair Target doll. I almost drove out to the Frisco Target store where one of the silly hair varieties was supposedly located. It was getting close to midnight at this point, I had a small idea of how to get to Frisco, but finding a particular Target store within Frisco was seemingly bleak and without a cell phone as well, I decided it might be better to wait until morning. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I got home I did more research on the internet for once again I was in search of the slippery silly hair doll. I checked my maps, store locations, hours, and stock available. I was ready for the next day so I went to bed. I was so anxious, it took me forever to get to sleep. I'm sure I must have had at least one freaky weirdo dream about lalaloopsy silly hair dolls and hunting them down. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day I found that the target store which held the silly hair dolls were located very close to Josh's cousin, Carrie. So, I gave here a call and asked her if she would be willing to pick up one of the dolls for me. She is totally sweet and said, "yes"!! I called the Target stores to see if I could put them on hold until she came to pick them up. Sadly, it was all false and untrue. They in fact had <i>no</i> silly hair lalaloopsy dolls. They informed me that the available dolls that were shown to be instock online were most likely stolen because they didn't have any. I called back Carrie and cancelled the once exciting idea and continued on with my search. I called every Target/Walmart store within an hours drive of my house....<i>no go.</i> I resigned myself to failure. I even got to the point where I no longer cared if Isabella knew what I was doing. At first, I hid myself in the garage as I made my phone calls. Toward the end of my search I let her see/ hear anything I was doing if she was so interested in doing so.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A week or so passed and Josh and I were lucky enough to get the Parma's to babysit our kids so that we could go clothes shopping. We went to Ross and had a great time blowing all of our money. It was getting late and we still had to get a few last minute/secret things at Walmart, as well as some baby food. We walked around the store and as we were passing the toy section you would not believe the beautiful, new, delightful, splendid display of SILLY HAIR LALALOOPSY DOLLS!!!! They were just sitting there innocently on a shelf. AAAHHHH!!! I souldn't believe it. I was so enthused I didn't know what to do with myself!!! I 'll tell you what I did with myself.....I bought 2!! On for Isabella and On for Elizabeth. Oh, I know Libby doesn't know what's going on this Christmas, but <i>who cares???? </i>I found them!! That's all that really mattered! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, at one point in time we had 5 dolls. I eventually got around to returning the other 3. Ahhhh, it was so nice. I love thinking about that moment. Thank you Parma's!!! Without your service I would never have attained this glorious prize and completed my quest!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And so, if you can imagine, our Christmas was <i>quite </i>magical for the kids....and for mommy too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're <i>almost</i> all wearing those magnificent Santa hats. Luke is saying, "Ho, ho, ho Merry Christmas!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke really didn't want to wear that hat. I think he might have been scared of it. He'll change his mind, next Christmas....I hope.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For singing time before Christmas I wrapped up Isabella to look like a Christmas tree. I hung ornaments on her with a song to sing taped on each one. The kids <i>loved</i> it....and so did Isabella!<br />
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Okay, so before leaving for Arkansas (as we now do every year) to stay with Dane and Christie, Isabella just <i>had </i>to make a scarecrow. Aunt Janet took all of the kids on a little nature walk last time we were all out at the lake. Isabella brought home a bag of pine nettles and pine cones that she wanted to make a craft with. By the way, my subconscious thanks you Janet for this wonderful gift. It helped me to explore and develop the creativity (or lack thereof) that I currently possess. So, we made a scarecrow and this is how it turned out: <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Occasionally I'll find Libby conked out somewhere in the house. Josh found her on this occasion. I just love this little girl - so sweet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke's new favorite spot to sleep; that's right, under the bunk bed. No matter how tired he is when we put him to bed, we always find him here when we come to check on the kids at night. What a funny little guy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke's new fascination is super heroes. He likes to run around the house doing his very best imitations. Here he is now striking a pose. Spiderman is his favorite (if you were wondering).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teague's Blessing Day with Mommy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What an angel. I love Teague's smile.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family Photo to commemorate Tyler's baptism and Teague's baby blessing. This family <i>knows</i> how to take pictures - totally photogenic!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making Thanksgiving table toppers with Christie. They made these cute little turkeys where they wrote the things they were thankful for on the turkey feathers. My sisters are SO creative! The kids had a blast with this.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Josh and I had a couple of scares during our visit. Elizabeth had two really bad falls. Before the first fall, we were all sitting around the table to eat dinner. We heard a loud, "Thunk" after which I got up to see what happened. Elizabeth slipped and fell on the tile whil attempting to grab stuff out of the garbage. I went to go pick her up and when I did her eyes rolled back in her head and she went completely limp. Her color started to change and she may or may not have stopped breathing (I was way to nervous/beside myself to really remember). I started freaking out and Dane and Josh were to quick to come over and administer a blessing to her (heavy sigh). She started to come to during the blessing and we did our best to keep her awake for as long as possible. It happened in the evening and we were successful in keeping her awake for 5 hours (I was going for 8, but that's pretty good considering it was already close to her bedtime). We kept her awake with a bath and sweets. <br />
The second fall resulted from her shimmy-shaking her bumbo off of the kitchen counter while I was in the restroom helping Luke. From all reports she landed face first on the hard tile (again...second day in a row too). When I picked her up her eyes were shifting from normal to cross-eyed. Poor little girl. I feel so guilty even as I write this. I feel like such a horrible parent for allowing such things happen.<br />
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Don't worry though, she's doing fine now...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After first fall, bath and red licorice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just prior to second fall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That bit of handy work you see on Teague's head is a cute little owl hat that Aunt Janet made. She is SO amazingly gifted in ALL things arts & crafts & DIY!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke played himself into the ground every day. All of the kids had such a great time. We can't wait to go for another visit soon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh and Christie on the yearly DIY project. This year: Touching up cabinets that needed sanded and stained.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm sure Isabella will treasure this memory of Garrett for many years to come. She LOVES Garrett! He is so good to be aware of the younger kids and spend time with them. It makes them feel so special and loved. Garrett, is you're reading this I just want you to know that I think you are an extraordinary young man. Thank you for all you do in striving to be a good man in the future - an amazing example to us all. Love you!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't remember if this was staged or for real. Let everyone know that this scripture study, journal write, scrapbooking party thingy is for REAL! These boys really do all of this stuff. The best kids ever I tell you!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The annual Twilight saga party. Opening night for the first installment of, "Breaking Dawn". I can't believe that there's only one more movie left...crazy. Another thing that's crazy is that I actually go to these things. I can't stop now though, it's tradition. I have to say that these movie are so cheesy and dumb, yet I can't seem to draw myself away from it all. I'm hooked I tell you! From left to right: Leah Bartlet, Emily Parma, Lani Taumoli, Kelsie Sherrill and me.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-50057366006654881702011-12-30T14:56:00.000-08:002011-12-30T14:56:56.505-08:00Halloween 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Happy Birthday and Happy Halloween. This day is always busy. Two holidays in one is <i>always</i> fun. It's too bad Josh doesn't enjoy dressing up. He could really add some <i>pizzaz</i> to his birthday and no one would think twice about it. So over 6 years of marriage I have learned a few things, "No dressing up, and No surprises". <i>What?!?</i> Oh well, I have to say that I am so lucky to have Josh. He is such a wonderful husband and father. I suppose it will be okay if I can't surprise him ever or enjoy him dressing up on Halloween (we aren't kids anymore after all)....well I can still do those things. I'm not grown up yet. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh's favorite birthday dessert, "Robert Redford" as he likes to call it. Take out the vanilla pudding and it's what my family likes to call, "Nutty Torte"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The witching hour has arrived. Heading out the door for trick or treating. This lasted 2 hours by the way in which we went around our block once. It will be great when the little tikes grow up a bit. Then we can go <i>faster</i> and really take in a good haul (insert maniacal laugh here).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Homecoming parade. I think the theme was circus or clowns or something. It was fun, but they didn't throw candy this year. Some older kids came around passing it out. It was nice not getting beaned in the head this year, although we didn't gather as much candy as last time. I like the trade off though. Getting beaned in the head with candy really doesn't feel well, ask Luke, he knows.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> This September Dane and Christie came to town. It was a lot of fun (though truthfully I don't remember it that well seeing how it's now the eve of New Years Eve). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One thing that I do remember is going to "The Robot Park". It was the greatest park ever! It had so many fun toys, slides, ducks, obstacle courses and everything. One thing that I didn't particularly enjoy was driving there. Christie was following me and we could NOT find this park. It took us 2 hours to get there (but really should have taken us one). It was a great memory and the kids had a great time. Will I be going again in the near future?? Probably not.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this picture of Kian - so joyous. Let me just say that this kid <i>loves </i>to play!</td></tr>
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We did have fun visiting and playing games with family. Oh! And BYU won!! Woohoo! Bt beyond that, I feel like our presence made mostly everyone miserable. So sorry everyone!<br />
On Monday morning we got all packed up and headed home. I know it sounds crazy, but I swear when we reached almost the exact spot of Luke's "incident" Isabella decided to put her two cents in as well. Puke everywhere!! At least I was driving this time, so Josh cleaned this one up. I'll spare you the details, but I must say he had a MUCH easier job than I did with Luke's. This point in our journey will forever be known as, Puke Point". And so ends our tale of our Labor Day weekend vacation.<br />
Before Labor Day rolled around things were great. Mom and Kimberly (along with RuthAnne and Katlynn) came into town for a few days. We had such a great time with you. Thanks for the storytelling, playing toys with the kids, and going to the waterpark. It would have been much more difficult without you (especially the water park bit). I could have done without that. I had a great time seeing both of you. Thanks for the visit!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth's hair is finally long enough to braid. Hooray!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My sweet little girls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love it when Grandma Poyfair plays "toys" with Bella - Huge Help. Thank you!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella and Ruthie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katie-bug prior to a sneeze. She actually had a great time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mason blowing out the candles for our family party (celebrating Kimberly and her girls stay here in Texas, Janet, Dad Poyfair, Shawn and Mason's Birthday AND Mom and Dad Poyfair's 40th Wedding Anniversary!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shawn took a turn to wrestle and play with several children at our little get-together. They absolutely loved it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making cupcakes at the lake with Grandma Poyfair.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isabella has been a little "obsessed" with the movie, "Annie" lately (It's actually playing in the background behind me at this very moment). While looking at Grandma Poyfair's jewelry Isabella came across this heart locket. She was so happy when Grandma helped "fill" the locket with one-of-a-kind renditions of her loved ones. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the Look on Luke's face for most of the weekend. I'll tell you what, sick kids are NO fun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isabella was a different story. She was absolutely <i>thrilled</i> to be alive this weekend. Everything was a joy and an adventure. (Thanks to all of her wonderful Aunts, cousins, and Grandparents!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my cousin Diane. She recently married to a wonderful guy (Dan). They both decided to come down to the lake from Arkansas (they're in the same ward as Dane and Christie) for a few hours to watch the BYU game and spend time with us. I haven't seen Diane since we were little tikes . I've always had such a great time with her. I'm so glad that she decided to stop by for a visit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first family picture in what seems like ages!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-54771703642677037142011-08-10T12:43:00.000-07:002011-08-10T12:44:40.259-07:00Summer sum-up<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr align="left"><td>I can't believe that this is the last week of summer. That's right, starting next week teachers go back to work for LISD. That means I start babysitting kids again. Isabella still has another week to wait before she starts up school again.<br />
She is so excited to be going to school EVERY day instead of only two days a week. I have to say that I am a little excited about it too. I know it's still preschool (only 3 hours a day), but those 3 hours will will help both of us for the better. I feel bad that I can't set her aside and focus on teaching her things. With Luke and Elizabeth in the mix, It's a wonder I have time to teach her anything at all. So, yes, I am very happy for her to start learning again (aside from what I can do for her).<br />
Yesterday we were all upstairs in the playroom and Luke gave me a scare. We were cleaning up the dolls when somehow he slipped and fell (bum first) into the doll bin. Normally this wouldn't have caused a fright, but it was his face smacking into the wooden coffee table on the way down that had me worried. His nose was bleeding and was starting to swell. Also, there was a bruised area underneath his left eye. I thought for sure that he had broken his nose. He wouldn't let me put ice on it, wouldn't let me put him down, Isabella kept asking questions, I was conversing with Josh on the phone about it all the while the baby was screaming her head off !!! Life is so exciting sometimes. Eventually I was able to get Luke to calm down enough for me to put the baby down to sleep. Josh left work a little early to come and help and of course by the time he got home everything was peaceful once again. It's a good thing I like roller coasters because lately it seems that everyday I've been on one!<br />
This summer has been really fun all in all. It's been nice staying home with my kids ONLY! We've been able to get out to the library a couple of times, go to the gym often (which gives the kids some time to play with others), and we even got to go to the lake for a while. Brandon and Sharee were there for a while. I'm glad we were able to spend some extra time with them before the moved back to Utah. We also were able to invite some of our good friends to come down to the lake for a couple of days. Thanks mom and dad! We all had such a great time. I can't wait for our next visit. <br />
I think that pretty much sums up our summer. It's been so hot outside that we've rarely gone outside. There's been a lot of playing with toys, puzzles, playdough, movies, and playing on our favorite website http://lds.org/friend<br />
The kids have been able to swim at some of their friends houses, but that pretty much the only outside playtime they've had.<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Oh - Luke's nose is fine by the way. He smashed it pretty good, but it's just a little bruise. You can barely </div>tell that anything has happened now. Boys.....Sheesh!<br />
<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Picture Time (watch out, there's quite a few): </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx__PMKPDTjVnbd-yc3CEjw4p8MqvPk7MksEtO-OKvlSyGh9K5qfNTNLo-m9Fil1ZHjsieeFXKa3cCBeC2iXjbHwMO5ga_-8c73zWL7jD4wYqh4v14GgUpOPvpGZRYzSsq3TZ1caZnOBcY/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx__PMKPDTjVnbd-yc3CEjw4p8MqvPk7MksEtO-OKvlSyGh9K5qfNTNLo-m9Fil1ZHjsieeFXKa3cCBeC2iXjbHwMO5ga_-8c73zWL7jD4wYqh4v14GgUpOPvpGZRYzSsq3TZ1caZnOBcY/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Get a load of all of these floatation devices. Isabella has some major water anxieties. Heaven knows why.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before our hair cut.....and no, I don't have an after picture. You'll just have to imagine Bella with layers and me with hair chopped to my chin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The only water we could get Bella to go in. All of the kids loved the pool and the best part is....less parent supervision!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kash just cracks me up in this photo. Josh really got the kids excited - very fun to watch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our last day with Kyla and Kash before they moved to Utah. It was such a fun family party. We were sad to leave early, but our kids were going nutzo on us. It was inevitable, we had to leave. We miss you Skeeter and Sharee (kiddos too)!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exersaucers are so amazing!! Seriously, I've acquired a couple of baby items with Elizabeth that I don't know how I did without in the past. The other major big help item was and still is the Bjorn carrier by the way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had Mike and his boys come over to play games one night. Isabella couldn't make it to the end. Totally out on the couch</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rTVe7FdwzTRWpWT3HpsP3ov5HYeiBmvN1nx7bZx1oetn1apzsOJ-iBV9ZGXvG9W0cyub8G_n9L4NfEZ46qCpHsJ5tbu3RRHlEUlpB8tcI1zwa5QdTqJfgcAA-wRJyBYFGpUDz2xdbpOy/s1600/075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-58467488999216518232011-07-07T14:56:00.000-07:002011-07-07T14:56:25.942-07:00Summer Fun, Ward Camp-out, Father's Day and more....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I don't really know what to make of this summer. It has just begun, but it's the first time that I won't be babysitting any kids (besides my own) since I don't remember when. It's probably been about 4 or 5 years since it's been just me with my own kids. So far.....I love it. It's true that they drive me crazy sometimes, but that's nothing new. I think everyone's kids do that to their parents every now and again right? and it's true that I get asked, "Mom, will you play with me?" more often. I love to play with my kids, but I DON'T love playing with barbie's as much as I did when I was a kid.<br />
Aside from the crazy moments and all of the playing with dolls, I've really enjoyed the freedom of going anywhere I want for as long as I want, not having to be ready to report all of the day's activities to someone (except to Josh of course), sleeping in (sort of...well, not really I guess). I suppose I don't really know what it is. I love the family time, and I love that Josh get's home from work sometimes early, and also get's some time off!<br />
So, the first activity we did this summer was going over to Tucker's house to play with water toys/pool. Tucker is a boy that I have been babysitting since March. It was a fun day and the kids had a great time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella and Luke play in a pool at Tucker's house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella and Libby (Elizabeth's nickname that we're trying out) at Tucker's house.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tucker's mom, Michelle gave us this really cool slip n' slide. We were so excited to get it all set up and try it out. There were a couple of problems: My backyard slopes to the side, and turning the slip n' slide the other direction made it a tight fit between the cement porch and the wooden gate. So, there wasn't much space to take a running start, and once you reached the end you better had been praying you were going slow because otherwise you would crash into the gate. Another problem: Isabella doesn't do well with water (especially in her face). The poor thing wanted to play so badly. You could see how conflicted she was; Wanting to have fun, yet scared of getting sprayed. Eventually I unhooked the water and played helicopter with the hose, and also made little waterfalls/tunnels, limbo for the kids to run under. they had a lot more fun with just the plain old hose.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke and Slip-n'-slide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke is a big fan of water. He is squinting because of the sun, but he is actually really enjoying himself.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isabella is not such a big fan of water. She wants to play and have fun, but the water makes her slightly timid.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After getting water in her eye the show is over. No more slip-n'-slide for Bella. She looks so pitiful. Poor thing.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>We went to our ward campout at the end of June. We decided not to stay the night, but came mainly to visit and make smores. Isabella and Luke had such a great time. Bella wanted to cook anything she could find over the fire. Unfortunately everything she cooked wound up having ash and dirt all over it as well. Luke kept trying to get into the lake. We forgot bathing suits, so swimming in the lake was a no-no. Luke didn't understand this and kept trying to get in the water... to no avail. Actually, I lied, he did get in the water once but he didn't make it very far. I only have myself to blame because I showed him where the access to the lake was. What was I thinking?! I obviously wasn't. I'll know better next time I guess.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella at Ward camp-out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay, so we actually didn't spend the night. We just took this picture next to someone else's tent. It was a REALLY hot day and so we just went to make smores. We look the part though....right??</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella couldn't wait to give daddy his Father's Day gift (a cozy for his soda's).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought these glasses at the dollar store to use as part of my "scientist" costume for singing time in primary. Isabella played "scientist" for the rest of the day when we got home. Too cute!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am constantly telling this boy to get off his sister! He loves her so much, but needs to work on how to show affection appropriately.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check out this "crashy hair"!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sneak peak at our cabinet remodel. Eventually the whole kitchen will have dark stain on the cabinets.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-8680372037171764222011-06-09T19:34:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:57:28.775-07:00Happy Birthday Luke!Luke is 2 years old today! We went to the store this morning to get some helium balloons. On the way home Luke was crying really hard. I think he was afraid of his balloon?? It wasn't until after we got home and I took it off his wrist that he stopped crying. That's so weird. He hasn't acted like he's scared of them since. What a funny little guy....<br />
This last weekend we all went as a family to help clean mom and dad's rental house in Lake Dallas. Isabella said the cutest thing while we were there. She was helping me clean the mirror in one of the bathrooms when she turned to me and said, "Momma I feel like Jesus is in my heart." Isn't that so cute?! Don't we all feel wonderful when we have an opportunity to serve others? I always know what to do when I'm feeling a little down and not too good about myself. It ALWAYS helps to Help someone else! I still think that that is such a wacky remedy for feeling down and out. Who would have ever thought that by helping others you are actually helping yourself at the same time. What a great deal!<br />
This was the last week of school for us. Last week Isabella had her class party, and yesterday her class had another party. Instead of calling it a "Class party" they decided to call it "Splash Day" (so now it's different?? They can't fool me. I think it's just another excuse to party - fine by me). So, I didn't try Isabella's bathing suit on until we got to school. It was WAY too small. It was a total "hutchie" suit! I think her entire bum cheeks were showing and it kept coming down in the front too! Ahh! How embarrassing. Well, there was nothing I could do. She had been talking about this splash day thing for at least a week or two. So, she was a hutchie at school for one hour. It looked like a lot of fun. They had a kiddie pool, a fun sprinkler hose with minnie hoses attached to it that would flip water around. They also had squirt bottles, bubbles, sidewalk chalk and bikes. They all had such a good time.<br />
This summer is going to be so strange. This will be the first summer where I will not be babysitting anyone. Just my own kids. I don't even know what to do with myself. I don't want to spend a lot of money (none if I can help it) and the only activities I can think of so far is going to the library and the community pool. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears.<br />
Okay, now brace yourselves, I have a lot of pictures. Here it goes: <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke, blowing out his candle. I guess I should have put 2 candles in the cupcake, oh well, too late now I guess.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke did not appreciate Isabella's help with blowing out the candle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tucker was the only one who really even enjoyed the cupcakes. We wound up giving them all to him. This boy can eat, I'll tell you what!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The birthday presents: a firetruck and a pillow pet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke loves his firetruck from Grammy and Papa Poyfair. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A quick snapshot before Grammy and Papa had to leave. Thanks for the visit!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isabella is so cute. She was trying to make Elizabeth comfortable by sharing her stuffed animals.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isabella's ready for her last day of school this year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to take a picture of this hairstyle. I really like how it turned out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little boy totally soaked me good. I was fine with it at first, but then I started wishing that I had a really big squirt gun thingy of my own to get him all wet too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella's favorite part of splash day - the trikes. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke liked the tricycles too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">arriving home after the "balloon pick-up" at the store.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I do not like this balloon momma. Stop taking pictures and get this thing off already!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Balloon fright continued.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uh oh, I guess Bella should remember to put her jewelry away. I hope this doesn't become a habit with Luke....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, here's a better fashion statement. A ripped up puzzle board around the waist and the brush from the kitchen sink. What is this kid thinking?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke loves Elizabeth. He snuggles with her a lot. Sometimes a little too much on the "I'm going to squish and suffocate my little sister" side, but still, it's sweet to know he cares.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The very first taste of something other than mommy's milk - yummm, pear.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having fun while mommy makes hair bows.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aside from her princess bike and scooter, roller skates are "IT". Now, if only she could use them without holding on to something and falling every 5 seconds. She's learning and having a lot of fun with them though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guess what time it is?! Time to squish my little sister time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bless their little pea pickin' hearts. They're completely unaware that Elizabeth is NOT enjoying herself with their displays of affection.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth's first meal - rice cereal. She kept thrusting her tongue out. Needless to say, not much food was successfully ingested.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella's Class Party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I heard it start to rain outside so I went out to retrieve the boys from their outside play. It's amazing how quickly you can become wet here in Texas. With Tucker's gray shirt you can really tell how wet they got.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isabella got to stay up late, only long enough for me to put sponge rollers in her hair. This was her first time trying out the sponge rollers. She was so excited.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Normally, Bella's hair goes at least down to her mid-back. This is what it looked like when I took out the rollers in the morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is what the curls looked like after styling. Way cute, and it lasted all day! </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-7209362847408910642011-05-20T07:14:00.000-07:002011-05-20T07:14:16.604-07:00Dogs, Bikes and Thumb SuckingLuke has a new place that he loves to play. I have a feeling that playing in the dog kennel is going to be one of those stages in life that all my children will go through. What's the allure? That fabulous dog aroma? The dog hair carpet? Who knows, but Bella and now Luke have at one point in their lives loved the doggie kennels. Go figure. As long as they are safe and having a good time I say more power to them!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke has this funny fascination with the princess bike helmet. I know, it's totally girly and not masculine at all. But, he loves wearing it. I figure I'll let him enjoy it before he figures out about how boys shouldn't be wearing girly stuff like that. He wears it ALL the time!</td></tr>
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We decided to take him to Care Now to have them took a look at it. Well, it turns out that Luke was bitten by some kind of bug, just not a brown recluse. The doctor informed me that if it had been a brown recluse spider that had bitten him, there would have been a blackish brownish color to the bubble. I felt like an idiot because once she said it, I could remember the picture in my health book showing exactly what a brown recluse spider bite looked like. So anyway, Luke was having an allergic reaction to the bite. I was prescribed some cream to put on his ear along with some Benedril. He's doing much better now. I wish I would have taken a photo of his ear earlier, because this photo doesn't do it justice. This photo is after an entire day of treatment. I swear he looked like the elephant man before the doctors visit.<br />
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</div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14651348743378162154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098496144660614620.post-62388392294263394382011-05-02T10:53:00.000-07:002011-05-02T18:16:38.486-07:00Trouble with Luke<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I should have waited to watch my Celebrity Apprentice recording until nap, but I didn't. I watched it in my room and had a great time doing so. It wasn't until it was over and I began the decent down the stairs that I knew that something was wrong. Something in the air smelled awful. What could it be? Did one of the dogs throw up? What is that white stuff on the stairs? Nope, not throw-up. Hmm... I guess I'll follow the trail. The trail took me to the kitchen. This is what I found. Lots and LOTS of Parmesan cheese ALL OVER!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When catastrophes such as this occur I always try to think, "What would Christie do?" (Christie is my sister-law). She's so sweet and loving. I was not feeling like being sweet or loving at the moment. Then, it hit me. Christie would take a picture! So I did, and do you know what? It did help. It gave me a little extra time to calm down and put my emotions in check. So here's the damage:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo26vg018uE1NVWEA0UfZ3gkGgcrm0i_jjMw9FM3ooUY4JZam0c9egYFSdNkm3NwLQrOQZzNe4Hab4Ukh_wvWlgewpVfJiUTUYQbJ8OZ6oDg1z1LCx4flHKxr4m-UHQrs4I2UKgO0mKCsy/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo26vg018uE1NVWEA0UfZ3gkGgcrm0i_jjMw9FM3ooUY4JZam0c9egYFSdNkm3NwLQrOQZzNe4Hab4Ukh_wvWlgewpVfJiUTUYQbJ8OZ6oDg1z1LCx4flHKxr4m-UHQrs4I2UKgO0mKCsy/s320/002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>While cleaning up Luke's cheese mess, he was able to get himself into more trouble. I separated the hard floor attachment from the vacuum so that I could vacuum the carpet. I set the attachment to the side and almost immediately Luke reached for it. Ah,ah,ah, no you don't. I snatched it away and as I did Elizabeth (whom I was carrying in the baby bjorn) smacked her head into the corner of the wall. Poor thing. She's okay now, but it wasn't pretty, and she didn't like it one bit.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEcE7WJ-102YScTZTWisk7etNVw_CZ77jpSD_DySYYuaVUdqDOz_VEOP0v6M7qUFsL6PsQT8ELpxGaHIyECJWjJUZUoxuz0fVEHgY3EjpvO_mAN9u0NdgnMhtYBnaFeADENsHk63tyDH9/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEcE7WJ-102YScTZTWisk7etNVw_CZ77jpSD_DySYYuaVUdqDOz_VEOP0v6M7qUFsL6PsQT8ELpxGaHIyECJWjJUZUoxuz0fVEHgY3EjpvO_mAN9u0NdgnMhtYBnaFeADENsHk63tyDH9/s320/004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>So, I finally finished cleaning everything. I look over at Luke and he has the dog toothbrush in his mouth! EUWW, YUCK, DISGUSTING! I immediately retrieved it from his mouth and went to put it away. As I was putting it away I could hear him fiddling around in the bathroom. I hurried and pulled him out before he had a chance to make a mess with water (which he also likes to do a lot). Why does he have to know how to open doors? I would just put a child's lock on the bathroom, but then I would constantly be having to open the bathroom door for the other kids I watch. Lets face it, I'm lazy. So, I deal with water messes occasionally instead.<br />
After pulling Luke out of the bathroom he immediately starts tearing the back cushion off of our gliding chair. I grabbed his hand and moved him away from the chair. Well, I guess I "moved" him a little too forcefully because he fell back and hit his head on the base board of the wall. Now I have baby and Luke crying. Ahh!! I'm going insane and it's still 20 minutes before our designated nap time. You know what? I say, "Hooey" to designated nap times for the day! So with that, both Luke and Tucker were sent to bed.<br />
I finally have some semblance of peace....sigh<br />
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