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Broc turns 6

2011-08-25T14:28:00.001-07:00

Wow May was the last post I made. Guess I really have been busy. So much to catch up on that I will try to space things out. I want to share so much with all of you, guess I shouldn't have waited so long huh.

May
Broc turned 6! He is such a big kid, tall for his age and handsome as ever! This year we took 8 of Broc's friends to go see Kong Fu Panda 2 in 3D. It was a little crazy! This is how it all turned out. I roped my sister Kristin into helping me because, well she has a bus for a car! It ended up that I had two I think with me. We left and were on our way. Well I arrived at the movies and ten minutes later she still wasn't there. She had gone to North Point theaters instead of Mega Plex. Guess I left out that minor detail on which theater we were going to. And she had all ready had most of the kids out of the car at the other theater. They ended only being a few minutes late. Then once we got in someone was sitting in our seat! This lady with her two kids were not going to move either. So luckily there were a couple seats right below where we were sitting. Oh yeah, we went on opening day! They all had a good time eating their snack and one actually fell asleep.

Better late than Never

2011-05-04T12:00:00.001-07:00

1. Behind again! I will start with the past and move forward.
In March Broc and I did IFly. This was the first time I had ever done it, and the third time for Broc. He is becoming a pro and me, well I liked it but couldn't breath very well and this may be embarrassing but I had my mouth open because I was smiling and spit came out. So word to wise if you are going to do IFly KEEP YOUR MOUTH CLOSED. Otherwise the instructor may get spit in his face!
2. Easter- Broc usually gets an outfit to wear on Easter Sunday and when we went to go look around we walked into Crazy 8's and he pointed to this outfit and said, "mom that will do, I will look like a little man in that. I want that one." And we were done! The quickest clothes shopping adventure ever! And he did look like a little handsome man! This year we went to the city Easter Egg hunt and he scored big as usual. Of course it isnt hard to get a ton of candy when it is just thrown all over the baseball fields. On Sunday we went over to Kris's sisters for a BBQ and Easter egg hunt. Normally there are 16 grand kids but only Broc and my sister in laws daughter were there, so they each had over 65 eggs full of candy. I think we will be taking it over to our Bishop so he can put it in his candy jar!
3. I got a new calling, I am now the Relief Society President. I know what you are thinking, holy crap you are too young. I thought so too! I told the Bishop I shouldn't because sometimes I do my laundry on Sunday and I still drink Dr. Pepper. But that wasn't a good enough excuse. I really enjoy serving so far and have felt overwhelmed at times, but have truly been blessed with amazing counselors, support from my husband and most importantly my Heavenly Father.
4. In April we went to St. George, it was perfect weather! The weather at home was cold and rainy, but down there it was 88 one day and 92 the next! Broc wanted his cousin Taylor to come, which was nice because we get a little boring sometimes to play with apparently. We went and played mini golf, raced cars and bumper boats, then spent the rest of the time in the pool. We even got sunburned. Kris taught Broc and Taylor to dive after rings, they still haven't mastered it but got pretty good at it. By the time we came home it was raining and very cold. I was ready to turn around and head back!
5. Broc finally had a field trip for school. They walked to the fire department. Three weeks before they went they practiced walking around the school for exercise to get them used to walking the distance. They did really well walking that far. They got to see the inside of all the fire trucks and wear the firefighter jacket and watched them slide down the poll, they also went outside to watch how far they can shoot the water. Thanks to the fire department for letting them come.
6. T-Ball started. Kris is the coach again with the help of one of Broc's friends dad. I told him I didn't want to do it again because I wanted to watch. Their first game was Monday and it was hard for me to sit and not try to help. Something I need to learn. This year they want to start them coach pitching, I was a little nervous about that but Broc did really well. I think it is in a movie where the kid is trying so hard to hit the ball without the T and he ends up having to use the T. He gets made fun of and is traumatized his entire life because of that. I think of that every time. LOL it cracks me up.
7. This Saturday I am running the Susan G. Koman race for the cure for the third time. I love this run! To see the sea of pink that goes on for miles is an amazing sight. This year my dad is running it with me, he has become quite the runner. I am so excited to share this experience with him. I want to thank the couple people who have sponsored me and given of their funds and love on my behalf! I also have a 5K I am running with Kristin and the Ogden 5K in two weeks. I am going to all warn out! If that is possible. Hopefully my knees can hold up!
8. Kris is going to Scotland here soon to go golfing with his brothers and dad. What an amazing opportunity! I was going to go but well it is pretty pricey! So Broc and I will just have to go to Disneyland. That is much cheaper. We are looking for anyone who wants to go with us! And trust me when I say I am the best person to go to Disneyland with. If you are wanting to go call me and I will tell you when!
7. Cant wait for school to be out, mostly so I dont have to wake up to early! JK wait no i am not, I can sleep in till 7:30 or run at 7 and be ready for the day by 9. That would be great. And not to mention I am so ready for warmer weather! I think we all are.
I know many of you dont like to watch those silly little slide shows but it takes to long to download all the pics on here, and it messes up my writing. Hope everyone is doing well and having a great year so far.

Catch Up

2011-03-08T11:59:00.000-08:00

Wow am I behind. Guess it is because not much has been going on. We have been doing a few things but nothing to excitting. Here is a re-cap. Back in Febraury Broc and I went with Kristin and her two kids to a Utah Gymnastics competition. It was amazing. Those girls are extreamly talented.
Kris and I celebrated our 12 year of marriage! Cant believe it, ya me neither. But all is well and we couldnt be happier.

We went to Layton Surf and Swim for our nieces birthday. Broc loved every minute of it and it was pretty cool to go swimming while it was raining and snowing outside and 30 degree weather. Cant beat that!

Last weekend we went up to Island Park with some great friends to go snowmobling. There is 6ft of snow up there! Couldnt believe it, Broc was as tall as a Stop sign. We had a great time snowmobiling and digging caves and tunnels in the snow. It all ended way to soon and we had to come back. But it was sure fun while it lasted. There are quite a few pics I want to share with you while we were there so here is a slide show for you.

Hope eveyone is enjoying this crapy cold weather, I know I cant wait for SPRING!!!! HURRY UP AND GET HERE!

First Kindergarden Field Trip

2011-01-13T15:08:00.000-08:00

Last week Broc came home from school and as usual I open his backpack to see if there are any papers. I pulled out one that said "our first field trip...Ogden Nature Center...only allowed two volunteers per class, first two to call can go." I grabbed the phone and called the school and left a message that I wanted to go. His teacher probably thought I was a nerd for calling right after school. She didnt call me back till Friday night, and told me I was able to go. I think I was more excited about being one of the parents then Broc was about going.
Monday came and they had a wonderful time. They taught them what the proper word to use for animal POOP, "SKAT" they thought that was pretty funny. Some kids were blindfolded and then given something and they had to guess what it was. They got to make animals tracks on paper, then the best part was they got to put on snow shoes and walk on a trail where we saw a doe, and some turkeys. It was pretty funny watching a bunch of little kids trying to walk in snow shoes. They kept walking on the back part of their snow show with their other foot. That was the best part! (just a little side note, while typing this I am drinking hot choco and just burned my tongue! OUCH) I think I want to take Broc back in the summer time to see more animals, it was a pretty cool thing they have going on there.

Last couple months

2011-01-09T16:49:00.001-08:00

Recap of the past month of what has been going on with us!

1. For the past two years my brothers mother in law has invited us over to decorate Ginger Bread houses. She spends tons of time baking these and making the frosting stuff as well. We all bring over as much candy as we can and go to town making our beautiful houses.

2. Kris and I went to a Dallas Cowboys game December 18th. We arrived Saturday night and left on Tuesday. We thought it would be cheaper to just take a Taxi around, well its not. They always got lost and didn't know where they were going and didn't speak good English. Thank goodness for the GPS we have on our phone so we could tell them how to get to most of the places we wanted to visit. I was in awe of the stadium. I have heard mention it takes at least a thousand people to help run the stadium. And the best part of the whole thing was they sold DR. PEPPER. Most stadiums or games you go to they sell coke. So I was a very happy camper. Our seats weren't bad but not the best, however they have a huge TV so I pretty much watched that, and this one guy at the bottom of our section doing some kind of dance every time the Redskins scored. I was more interested in watching the people in the stadium then watching the game. Monday we went to Dallas and looked around, then took my sister in law and her friend to the airport. Then headed to the Stock Yards. It is a place that used to be a stock yard and they have turned it into a shopping place with place to dine. They still have rodeos held there too. Tuesday we couldn't do much because of the time we had to be at the airport so we took our time in the morning and then waited at the airport. Thanks to Aunt Cami and Uncle Cole for taking care of Broc for us. He had a great time with both of you guys.

3. Christmas Eve

Hopefully one of these days all my siblings will be able to be together for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. This year we missed two families, Tara and her family and Erik and his family. Tara still in New Mexico so it is hard for her to be here, and Erik, it was the in laws turn to have them. But we had a full house thanks to Kristin and her family. They make up the bulk of the crowd that night. Again as tradition has it we ate Mexican food (thanks to the Kendricks for the yummy salsa, it was perfect for our meal) and opened PJ's. We also played Taboo, that was pretty fun! I am the best at the game, because I am a fast thinker!!
After they all left Broc spread out some magic dust for the reindeer so they could find our house. It sparkled in the night making it easy to find our house from the sky. It is a good thing he put that out because we forgot to leave cookies and milk out for Santa. But since Broc was a good boy this year I wasn't too concerned he would be upset that we forgot.

4. Happy Birthday Kris, Merry Christmas
Well my hubby hit the big 34. Of course he didn't care but we sure did. I am so proud of him and all he has accomplished and for being the best Dad. Happy Birthday! (ps the Cowboys game was his bday present)

Christmas morning Broc woke up around 8 and came into our room like he always does, we asked him if Santa came and he ran out and looked and came back all disappointed

Broc-"No he didn't come"

Mom-"Are you sure? Go look again and this time look at the tags and look for Santa's name on the tag"

Broc"He did mom come out and look"

He had a great Christmas and having him around makes Christmas so much better!
After we had a yummy breakfast we went to Kris's parents and had some lunch and opened presents with all the rest of the grand kids. Craziness as usual but so much fun. After that we went to my parents house and did the same thing. Our parents sure do spoil our kids, and they love it.

On our way home Kris says what is for dinner? Um if you wanted dinner maybe we should have stayed at one of our parents house because I didn't make anything! Once we got home we called three different pizza places to see if they were open. I am glad they were closed so they could enjoy the holiday with their families, but come on not a single pizza place was open. So we busted out the Pillsbury and made our own crappy pizza. Yeah it wasn't very good. But oh well. Next year we will have to at least stay long enough at one of our parents houses to eat some yummy dinner.
Another wonderful year has passed and I am so grateful that we have all been healthy and blessed. We have had our fair share of struggles but recognize the blessings we have in our life. I hope everyone had a great 2010 and hope 2011 is even better

Go Cowboys

2010-12-21T12:11:00.000-08:00

Does anyone even look?

2010-12-16T12:29:00.000-08:00

It has been a while and sometimes I wonder if anyone even checks out blogs anymore. I know I do! I havent posted anything in a while simply because nothing has been going on. Not to worry my freinds, the next couple weeks I will be taking pics and by New Years will have plenty on my blog for you to check out.
But just in case you cant wait that long here are a couple pics.
We just got our family pics done and if you are not my friend on FB then you havent seen them. So here they are freinds.

Halloween 2010

2010-11-12T18:22:00.000-08:00

Since Halloween was on a Sunday this year, it felt like it was a week long party!

We had school parties, church parties and family parties. Since he couldnt wear his mask to any of those things, we painted his face a couple times, by the time Saturday came he didnt want to paint his face or wear his mask. So he pretty much just looked like a kid asking for candy! But most people didnt know who or what he was with his face painted or the mask anyway. This year he wanted to be Swampfire. It is a alien from Ben 10 (a cartoon on Cartoon Network). Kids in his class knew who he was but that is about it.

Saturday morning we headed up to Grandma C for a halloween breakfast. Afterwards the kids played and then sang a very sad sounding 12 days of halloween. It was pretty sad, but the kids had a great time. Later that night after it finally stopped raining we went trick or treating. I am not one for dressing up or playing jokes but one of the neighbors sat on his porch which was really dark, he was wearing all black and kind of looked like a statue, so I didnt think much of it I thought it was fake. Once Broc walked up to the door and the guys face followed Broc, Broc wouldnt take his eyes off this guy. He was pretty scared until he offered him candy. We had a good time watching him trick or treat and all though it was cold it was fun.

2010-11-11T18:21:00.001-08:00

Okay I am a dork, I put down twice that we went to NM, sorry everyone!

New Mexico

2010-11-09T17:57:00.000-08:00

A couple weeks ago Broc and I went to New Mexico, my niece had a volleyball tournament and my brother in law was being put in as a Bishop. Broc and I flew out and then rode back with my parents.
It was volleyball games Friday and Saturday, I really missed those days of playing in VB tournaments. My niece is getting pretty darn good at and with more practice she is going to be the best! The boys stayed home and played and also wrestled a lot with Grandpa.
On the way home we stopped at the Hole in the Rock and climbed up. Broc thought that was pretty cool and wanted to slide down the back side. We didnt of course but it was a fun little hike!

Cant wait to visit again!

2010-11-09T17:42:00.000-08:00

School Walk A Thon

Black Island Farms

Catching Up

2010-10-23T10:43:00.000-07:00

I suppose I have been a little bit of a slacker, but not as much as some of my family and friends!!!
Lots of fun things going on lately but nothing too exciting. Kris and I went to the dunes a couple weeks ago with some of his friends. We asked Broc if he wanted to go but his Nana all ready asked him to go to her cabin with her family. I thought for sure once we told him we were going to the dunes he would forget about the cabin and come with us, NOPE. We got tossed aside and he said he would rather go to the "Cabinet with Nana, Bart-Bart and his sister KJ" I was a little sad but so happy that he loves to go with some of his favorite people in his life and have a great time. He really enjoyed going and told me about the deer he saw and how he told Blake (Nana's son in law) that they need to go shoot some deer. Thanks to the Lindseys for letting him be a part of your guys life. He sure loves you guys a lot.
Kris and I had a great time at the dunes, I was able to ride everywhere they went and it felt great! All though I found myself being more careful and not going in some of the bigger bowls and scarier places because I didn't want to get hurt due to BROC. One time I did turn my four wheeler to sharp while going fast and started to tip so I jumped off, but all is well. We rode all day long and had a great time, I hope that as Broc gets older this will something he enjoys. All though if the offer for the sand dunes or the "Cabinet"comes up I am sure he will still pick the "Cabinet"

On the 23rd they had a walk a thon for Broc's school. It was a pledge thing, so his first stop was Kris's work JACKPOT, they were so generous and nice to Broc. I couldn't believe everyone was so nice in pledging him. Thanks to those at C21 that pledged him. Next his Grandmas and Grandpas, aunts and of course our wonderful neighbors Mike and Sueann. He ended winning in his grade with the most pledges, he was rewarded with a $30.00 gift card to spend where-ever he wanted, he also gets a t-shirt, hoodie, water bottle, and a fleece blanket all with the schools mascot and logo on it. He was just aiming for the blanket! Over achiever!

Kris hired a trainer for me (4 sessions) because I told him I wanted to tone up a bit. So the first session we talked about what I wanted to achieve and about what type of exercise I have done and of course what I ate. I felt like I was in a bishops interview. He never judged me but you could tell he was like "YOU EAT LIKE CRAP!" but of course he didn't say that, just said he wanted me to try to eat these things and handed me a list of things to eat for breakfast lunch and dinner. So here is some of the things he wanted me to eat...
Chicken (no problem there)
Spinach (YUCK YUCK YUCK)
Salad with raspberry vignette dressing with almonds and maybe some berries in it (YUCK AGAIN, I am a ranch girl! If and when I eat salad)
Turkey breast with sweet potatoes (NO!)
Grilled Salmon (I only like it battered)
Whey Protein (nasty)
(If your interested in the meal plan he wrote out for me let me know and I will send it to you)

I had to keep a weeks worth of what I ate. When I gave it to him the only thing he circled that was good was that I drank water and had a bowl of oatmeal one morning and an apple for a snack. The rest of the stuff he just shook his head and said "I cant believe you dont weight more than you do" I took that as a complement. Well I learned a lot and really enjoyed the workout routines he gave me and hope to find more time so that I can put them to good use. The eating thing...well I tried! I like my white bread, candy corn, sugary cereal and dr. pepper too much.

Over UEA Broc and I went to New Mexico to visit my sister. This time instead of UEA standing for Utahans Entering Anaheim it was Us Entering Albuquerque lol I am so funny.
My Niece Shelby had started playing volleyball this year and her team was in the championship, it was so much fun to watch her and her team play. She has so much potential and has great team spirit. Which I think she got the team spirit from me because I was cheering so loud that I think my sister wanted to move away from me and pretend she didnt know me. However lucky for her we look too much alike for people to not know we are related. She is so lucky! Her team ended up in second place, but did an amazing job. Reminds me of my old volleyball days my freshman and Jr year of high school. We had so much fun, remember those days, Janelle, Katie, Lori, gosh so many of you guys, it was a blast wasn't it.
Another reason why we went was my brother in law was being put in as a bishop, he is going to do a wonderful job and Tara is such a wonderful example to so many people.
Broc and I flew out on Thursday, but since my parents were coming as well so we drove home with them. Lets just say it was a long drive and somewhere in that trip there was some major Christmas music going on. Sorry mom, but it is only October. The great thing was we ate at In-N-Out on the way home. So worth the Christmas music.

This Sunday is the primary program at church in which Broc has to sing the first article of faith. The weather is finally turning, I am some what excited about the change in weather but all ready miss the the warm sunshine. Have a great Halloween everyone.
Pics will follow soon!

2010-09-22T21:13:00.000-07:00

Where did September go? I cant believe it is almost over. Oh well that is okay, next month is a very important month!!!
Recap of the past couple weeks;

I keep forgetting about early out! I haven't missed picking him up but came very close.
A cow wondered through our backyard twice, leaving a nice size COW PIE behind
Went to play "Alligator golf" (Toads indoor golf)
Broc had his "Special Day" at school. They spot lighted him and he was able to invite who ever he wanted. This is who came, Grandma & Grandpa, Papa, and Nana. I forgot to grab his "Me" book and he almost broke down in tears, but he survived and he loved being the center of attention. SURPRISE?
My pots look terrific for it being Fall.
We went to the Sand Dunes. We have taken Broc before but this time he had his own bike and I have one to now. He loved riding his own and only almost tipped over once. Huge crocodile tears filled his goggles and he then said "I just want to ride with you now mom" and walked away from his bike leaving it in the middle of the sand. I told him he had to get back on and ride it back to camp. He went for a couple more rides by himself, but loved riding with me because we could go up big dunes and do little jumps. There is a little lake there and he loved playing in that as well. I took a couple pics but didn't want to bring my new camera out while riding for fear I would lose or break it, so i didn't get very many pics. I was super proud of Broc and how well he rode.
It was Homecoming for Morgan High so Grandma invited Broc to come and help paint the street. He loved painting and wants to know when they are going to do it again. Not soon enough according to him.
I got my hair permed, YEAH!
I am now the 2nd counselor in Relief Society. I know scary huh, I am good at buying crafts but not thinking of them or making them, and I oversee enrichment. I am so sorry for all the wonderful ladies in our ward. However I do have an excellent enrichment leader!
Ran a 5K with my dad in Layton and did pretty good. Knees did great just had a hard time breathing this time. Could have been that it was pretty darn cold in the morning or the fact that I drank Dr. Pepper the night before. Hum what do you think. Time 29.22 (dad has all the pics)

Hope everyone is doing great and all Brocs friends are enjoying Kindergarten. Bring on October!

Kindergarden Here I Come!

2010-09-01T23:31:00.000-07:00

We made it! Or should I say I made it through the day! We didn't get Broc to bed as early as I hoped on Tuesday night so I was worried if it was going to be a battle getting him up. But at 7 I went into his room gave him a kiss and he sat right up and said "Mom what time is it? I need to get dressed so I can go to school, I don't want to miss the bus!" I have never seen him get dressed so fast, even for the times we went to Disneyland.
He didn't even argue when I told him it was time to do his hair. I had planned on making him a nice breakfast and even woke up early as to make sure I had time, but I looked in the fridge and noticed no eggs! His favorite breakfast is French Toast. Ya cant make that with out eggs. So I will try another day, but he was great for having his favorite Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal. Breakfast of champions. While I was doing my hair I overheard Broc ask Kris for a blessing for his first day of school. I got all teary eyed when he asked and while Kris gave him the blessing. I told him after that he was ready to head off to school.

Of course we had to take pics before we left and he told me to "hurry mom, you take too many pics." Then he laughed at me as I followed Kris and him as they walked down to the bus stop and me in my car with my camera out the window take snap shots of them. (I am not crazy for following them in the car, I had to bring his list of stuff to the school so after the bus left I followed it to the school). We arrived at the bus stop like ten minutes early, but he didn't mind. It was funny because everyone that was early were all the parents with their kindergartners. Once the bus arrived the kids stood in a line to get on and I stood in line with him and reached for his hand and he pulled it away and said "not now mom" and put them in his pockets. I was heart broken, my little guy was too cool to hold his mommies hand. But he did give me a hug before he got on. I thought maybe he would sit in the front but nope, he had to check out all the seats. Finally he settled for a seat in the middle.

Once the bus left there was like 8 cars behind the bus, all parents following it to the school to make sure their kids got off and to their classes. Which I must say that is the one thing I was disappointed with the school about. There was no teacher or any staff their to help the kindergartners to get to their class. So once they got off the bus if they didn't have a sibling or a friend they didn't really know what to do once they got off. I was glad I was being an over protective parent, because the last thing I would want for Broc is to get upset because he didn't know where to go.

We found his class, and once their he knew exactly where to go to hang up his sweater and backpack and found his seat right away. I gave him another hug and relunctly left the room. Kris just hung back and laughed at me the whole time and just waved to Broc. I bet that is what Broc wished I would have done.

After I made sure he was off and good to go I went down to Kris's work to get some thing taken care of and while talking to Nana she said, "isn't today short day?" Oh CRAP! I had completely forgotten that Wednesday was their short day and it was 9:50 and they get done at 10:25. So I bee lined it out the door and drove as fast as I legally could to make sure I got home in time, the last thing I wanted was for him to get off the bus and me not be there, especially when I told him I would. Thankfully the bus was running a little behind and I made it in time.
When I asked him how his day was he said GREAT, and asked if he got to go back tomorrow. I then asked him what he learned or did and he said, "we learned how to push our chairs in, the pledge of allegiance, which I all ready knew, and colored and played tag and hopscotch" sounds like a fun day buddy! I hope tomorrow is as good as today!

Here I was thinking I didn't know what I was going to do with this extra time without him and it went by so fast I really didn't get to get anything done at all. Oh well there is always tomorrow.

Hair time!

2010-09-01T21:56:00.000-07:00

Seriously mom Stop with the PICS

Totally a Kris look!

New BEN 10 Backpack

Finding his coat hanger

Ready to Learn!

Finally he's home!

Night before school starts!

2010-08-31T21:15:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the big day! Broc starts Kindergarten!!!! He is so thrilled, he has talked about it all week and giggles every time someone askes him if he is ready for school. I told him I wanted to drive him to school the first day and he said, "come on mom, I want to ride the bus, you can take pictures at the bus stop!" So I guess he is riding the bus, but you can count on my following the bus all the way to the school to make sure he gets off the bus okay and finds his classroom. He rides the bus with all the older kids and I dont want him to get lost or scared when they all get off the bus. So dont worry more pics will be posted tomorrow, you wont want to miss them!

Colorado or Bust

2010-08-31T20:40:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we joined our friends Sharkie (Meridth) and her husband T-Rex (Rex) for a quick road trip to Denver. In a couple weeks it is T-Rex's b-day and for his b-day Sharkie wanted to take him to a Steelers football game. It just so happened that they were playing the Denver Bronco's for one of their pre-season games.
So without him knowing we picked the two of them up and she told him we were going on a trip. Well Kris wanted to add to the fun of the surprise and the whole time we were driving their he kept telling him we were going to a ballet and also going to be staying on a reservation in a Tpee. Oh and after we passed a sign that said "State Penatenurey" he said we were going their to teach the inmates! Of course he didn't buy the state pen thing or the Tpee thing but I think he really thought we were going to a play or ballet.
After what seemed like the longest drive ever we arrived at our hotel in a city called Estes Park. It is a beautiful place, kind of like park city but much better and prettier! Sunday morning Sharkie made us a yummy breakfast and we walked around town for a while then headed into Denver for the game.
Our seats were only one section away from them and one row up. 14th row baby, great seats! Since I am not a huge football fan I thought I would cheer for the Steelers to support our friends. But after the first quarter I switched sides and cheered for the Bronco's. Kris doesnt care for either team so he didnt really cheer. For those of you who know Kris I am sure it is hard to believe that he just sat there and watched the game and didnt really cheer! lol
It started to rain after the first quater but only for about five minutes then it was a beautiful night. The game finally ended with the score being Bronco's 27 and Steelers 16.
The next morning when I woke up the first thing I wanted to do was look out the window to see the river right next to our room and guess what I saw? A very large Elk that was less then ten feet away. Of course my camera was in the car from the night before so all I had was my cell phone. So if you want to see pics check out my facebook page. It was so awesome to be that close to an Elk. It was so big and it was just chomping away on the grass and the trees. So COOL! Then when we were leaving the same one was by some cars. It looked like his antlers were going to scratch the car!
It was so hard leaving Broc! We didn't leave till Saturday but on Friday he had a date night planned with his favorite Nascar Buddy Lori and her nephew Kaden. So we dropped him off Friday night to stay the night with them (which they petted Donkeys and played x-Box and ate popcorn and stayed up till midnight). The next morning she made him Mickey Mouse pancakes then was taking him to a birthday party for us since we were leaving and weren't going to be able to take him. Well I couldn't stand the fact that I wasnt going to be able to see him till Monday so I went over to Lori's at ten and spent some time with him before we left town. (she thought I was crazy)
After the b-day party Lori took Broc up to my mom's where he stayed till Monday.
He went to Church with them on Sunday and that night he was sad and said he missed his mommy and daddy and wanted us to come home. My mom had him call us but we were at the game and so I didn't have my phone. The next morning (Monday)he called us and this was his message (hi mom its me Broc, call me....and get me a DS game, bye) It was such a funny message.
On Monday they went to Temple Square and then played indoor golf (it glowed, it was Broc said) and a couple arcade games. When we got home Kris had to go do a couple things for work so I went over to pick him up and Broc was waiting on the front porch for me, when I pulled up he had the biggest smile and just ran to the car. I couldn't help it I got all choked up! I was so happy to get the biggest hug and lots of kisses from him! I thought he would miss us but not that much! So I was so happy that he did miss us and he said, "mom I don't care if you and daddy go on a vacation again, just don't go for so long. I really missed you!" I missed him too!

Thanks to Mom and Lori for taking such great care of our boy and keeping him entertained and loved while we were gone. And thanks to Sharkie and T-Rex for a great weekend.

6 Hours in the yard

2010-08-26T09:07:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I worked in the yard all day long, okay I braked for lunch and a Popsicle with Broc. Kris's dad came and took Broc in the morning to go minni golfing so I was able to get a lot done. It had been two weeks since I weed whacked and pulled weeds and it really needed to be done.
Thank goodness for Ipods. That kept me rocking all day! I had a couple people ask to see pics, so here are the pics. Enjoy

Meeting Broc's Teacher

2010-08-26T08:53:00.000-07:00

Monday we went over for Back to School Night. Broc was so excited to meet his teacher (again) and see his classroom. He even painted a cute picture for her. We found out where he was sitting, played on his play ground, found the bathroom, libaray, lunch room and office. All though he knew where most of it was, it was still fun to see the excitment in him as he pretty much showed us eveything. I am so glad he went to pre-school there so he is familiar with the school. He meet a few kids that will be in his class and talked with them for a few. Next Wednesday is the big day. He is so excited he asks every day how many more days till he starts school and when he gets to ride the bus. It is an exciting time for him and for us, but I must admit I am sad to see my baby growing up so quickly.

Mowing Lawn

2010-08-19T09:41:00.000-07:00

While I was mowing last night I looked up and saw Broc just standing on the deck looking board. I thought "This is a great teaching opportunity!"

I asked him if he wanted to mow and he said yes. So the first two rows I helped him then I let him do it all on his own. I was very impressed with his willingness to help me out and actually do it. It was however a little bit hard for me to watch as my straight lines had now become not so straight. But I looked past that for at least four rows and let him do his thing. He never complained once but said "This is hard work mom" When it came time to turn around, it wasnt quite a sharp turn more like a huge oval like turn. But still very funny.

He may be mowing on his own here in the next two years! All though I have to teach him how it looks really nice when your lines straight! LOL

Family Fun

2010-08-19T09:23:00.000-07:00

Two weeks ago my sister and her family came to town for a short visit. We also finally were able to take family pics with everyone there! We haven't done that in probably 8 years. I am anxious to see how those turned out and cant wait to put one up in the house of our whole family.

While they were here we went to Willard Bay to do some boating. It started out great in the beginning, crappy in the middle and wonderful in the end. Why you ask...
The kids all got a chance to go out on the tube and what ever else they wanted to do, the last people who went out was me, my brother, my oldest sister, my dad and four of my nieces. We were having a great time when we looked up and noticed some dark clouds had creeped up on us very quickly! So we loaded up the boat and headed back to the picnic site we had. Still doing okay weather wise. We started eating lunch, and all the sudden the wind and rain started coming down like crazy. So we shoved what food we could and tried to catch our plates as they flew away with what was left of our food and got in the car and headed back to Grandma's to try to finish eating.

Once there we set up tables in the garage because we wanted to be outside but not in the rain finished eating and visited. Ten minutes later the rain stopped and it was a gorgeous night. We played Grandpa's home made game of gosh I don't know what it is called but people are spending a lot of money to play it and he made it out of PVC pipe. Fun times.

I really wish my brother in law would look for a job that would bring him closer here, but don't blame for not looking when he has a job. But sure would love it if he would KEVIN!!!!

Miss and Love you guys!

Last YARD SALE

2010-08-11T21:28:00.001-07:00

Okay everyone, I am having my very last yard sale (This would be the second one I have ever done) this weekend. I still have baby clothes, baby toys, strollers, car seats and some clothes of mine, home decore and many other things. This is your final chance to get a piece of what used to be BROC's! (haha) Also a big incentive is several families in my neighborhood are doing it as well, so it would be worth the drive to the "STICKS" to come check it out. I am not going to post my address because my blog is not private. However most of you know where I live and if not call me or ask a the friend who you found my blog on by blog hopping! Any questions call me!

THIS SATURDAY 7AM

NO EARLY BIRDS, THEY WILL BE SHOT!

West Yellow Stone & Jackson Hole

2010-08-01T13:45:00.000-07:00

July 24th weekend we wanted to get out of town, we left Saturday and went to West Yellowstone. The weather was probably perfect for most of you but for me it was a little chilly. We had bufflo burgers for dinner and ice cream for dessert and went swimming. Sunday morning we drove through the park and saw a Bear and Bufflo and a herd of Elk. Some people are so dumb though, this one kid was probably a couple yards away from this bison and kept getting closer! Dumb kid! We saw Old Faithful and she is still as faithful as ever, Broc said "that was neat can we go?" We then drove up to Jackson Hole and enjoyed the shops there and ate at this great pizza place. Then headed home through Bear Lake where we enjoyed a Raspberry shake. Yummy, but loaded with sugar. Most will say it was dumb to drive so far for such a short amount of time, but we enjoyed our visit in the car and walking around enjoying what we have been blessed with, beautiful scenery and animals.

First Trip to Zoo 2010

2010-07-30T11:31:00.000-07:00

We finally made it to the zoo this year. Usually by now we have been quite a few times, but haven't had a chance to do it. My mom and Broc's friend Carson came along to join in the fun. The animals were pretty active this time around. We saw the cute baby elephant Suri and she is so cute. The zoo keeper was walking on the outside of the cage and Suri chased after her, it was so funny to watch her run along side the cage. When we saw the monkeys they were howling away, and then they would stop. We started making howling noises and the next thing we knew they were copying us. If we howled twice they would howl twice. It was so cute. On to the Tigers, they were huge and eating some meat. Then one came down right next to the glass to drink some water. WAY COOL! Glad for the glass though. After leaving there we went to In-N-Out! So yummy. And just for those who dont know they just opened one in West Valley right off the freeway. A lot closer! I think they are opening one in Centerville sometime and that will be one I wouldn't mind visiting at least once every two weeks!

Family Reunion

2010-07-29T11:03:00.000-07:00

Summer Time...Sun, fun, pools, bike rides, ice creams, and of course FAMILY REUNIONS!

July 8th through the 11th we had Kris's family reunion. This year we stayed in a house in Park City. The weather was great and the kids had a great time. However for Kris and I it was a crazy weekend. Kris had to finish up the parade of homes and I had planned a yard sale that weekend as well. So this is how our crazy schedule went. Thursday Broc and I meet Kris's mom and sister in law in Morgan to travel on to park city. While they were following me their car over heated or shall I say it was lacking in some major oil. We made it to a gas station put some oil in it and away we went. We had a nice eventful evening. Two of the nieces got into Grandmas make up and went to town with it.

The next morning we all went over to the Olympic Park. Kris and I had been there before but only to look at so I didnt think they had much there. However they have a ton of things to do. They have the ski jumps where as right now the people and kids as well go down and land in a pool. That was fun to watch, they actually have classes for little kids. I wish I lived closer i would love to get Broc into something like that. They have two different zip lines and alpine slide. You can also watch the luge (i think that is what it is called) We went on the alpine slides and Broc loved that as well as the other kids, but then it started getting dark and the thunder clouds came in, so we went home. I had to get back Friday night because I was having my sale on Saturday morning, I left around 4 and Kris came up around 7 so we missed each other but at least he was up there with Broc. Saturday I had my sale (which went very well, and I still have a ton of stuff and will be having another sale to get rid of more stuff August 14th) Kris stayed up there till about 2 then headed home to do the parade of homes again, then came back up late that night for the last night with us. I headed back up around 4. The kids had spent the day boating and swimming in the pool. Sunday we packed up our crap and headed home. It was a fun weekend filled with a lot of kids but we all had a great time! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for the place to stay and thanks to April for planning it, you did great as usual! Cant wait for next year.

2010-07-28T13:34:00.000-07:00

He looks like a fish out of water. Splashing everywhere, but by the end of his swim lessons he did really well. He loves to play and swim and complains that his eyes hurt from the water, so I told him to shut his eyes and he says "well how am I going to see then mom?" Funny funny

Just Hanging Out

2010-07-28T13:27:00.000-07:00

Kris took off early last week to take us to the movies, we went and saw Despicable Me. It was really cute. Afterwards Kris had to go back to work so Broc, Jadie and I went to get pizza.

Summer Fun

Our City Days Events

2010-07-26T19:43:00.000-07:00

After the race that day I met Kristin and her family over across town to check out what things they had. I must say I know we are a small town, but their wasnt much. They had some bouncey things for kids but kids were running them, and they had food, and some things for the older kids like 3 on 3 basketball, atv polo durby, mud volleyball. But still the kids had a great time on the bouncy stuff. Unfortantly Kris had to work, it was the parade of homes that week and he had to sit at the Still Creek homes. Poor guy!

2010-07-26T19:21:00.000-07:00

Yet Another 5K

2010-07-26T15:11:00.000-07:00

All though my knees have still been bothering me from running the half in January I really wanted to run the city's 4th of July Milk Run this year. I missed last years due to well ya know, so I was very determined to do it. As I said it was on the 4th of July and I think this was the coldest 4th of July I have ever experienced. The race started at 7 and I bet it was 48 degrees out side. I KID YOU NOT. Here I was in a tank top and Capri's. CRAZY! It felt like the longest 5K ever because I was familiar with the area and so I knew how far the finish line was. Unlike the Ogden one I didn't know where it was so I did great. But holy cow it was tough. However I finished and Broc and Kris meet me at the finish line. Unfortunate Kris keeps giving Broc the camera to take pics so I have a bunch of pics of the ground and other people. But that is okay. This year my neighbor ran it as well, so it was nice to run with a good friend and neighbor. Great job Meredith. I don't know what my time was because I was so sore afterwards that I just plumped down on the sidewalk, but my guess would be under 30 mins. Yeah!

Splash Pad

2010-07-25T14:59:00.000-07:00

They just built a new splash pad in Riverdale, much to the residents in that towns dismay! But very glad they did it! We have been there on a couple occoisos, sometimes with freinds and sometimes with family. I love this place because 1. It is free 2. It has a ton a shade 3. It also has a fun park there as well. Broc enjoys going there but really likes to go to the swimming pool instead, so we alternate between the two.

SUMMER FUN!!!

Bike Riding

2010-07-23T14:51:00.000-07:00

Many of you know of the bike and walk trail by Rainbow Gardens in Odgen. It is a shady trail that runs right along the river. That is where the Ogden 5K started this year as well, anyway one Saturday morning we decided to go on that trail just the three of us. We had a wonderful time and the weather was perfect, there was a slight breeze blowing and it kept us cool. They have really done a lot with this trail, it goes down to 20th street and from there they are currently working on connecting it to the one in Riverdale off 31st street. I highly recommend this trail it is easy for kids and fun for the family!

Summer Fun

2010-07-22T14:33:00.000-07:00

I am going to play catch up. I am a bit behind on updating my blog, so here it goes...

July 8th we went with my sister Kristin to some fireworks out where she lives. We played cards, went for a walk, and the kids threw rocks in the pond.

The fireworks were at one of the parks out there which was very nice. However the mesquitos where thicker then they are at my house. I had bought one of those electronic replent things, yeah well they dont work!!! Dont buy if you are thinking of buying one. When I saw it advertised I thought, "this will be great for when I mow of go for bike rides or for Broc as well" SUCKER they totally saw me coming! Anyway the kids didnt seem to mind the dumb bugs and had a great time.

Yard/Baby Sale

2010-07-06T10:18:00.001-07:00

I have held on to Broc's baby clothes and toys since he was born, I am to the point where I am pretty sure we aren't having another baby so I need to part with these things, it is tougher than I thought but they do no good sitting in a tote, so...

I am attempting to do a yard sale/baby sale this Saturday July 10th from 7am-11am. It will be at my mom's house in Pleasant View.

Address is

390 West Elberta Drive

This is two blocks below the seminary building at Weber High.

I have ton of BOY clothes that are in excellent condition as well as some brand new, tags still on them.
Here is a small list of things that will be for sale:
Clothes (TONS OF CLOTHES)
Bibs
Burbs
Blankets
Sheets
Socks
Hats
Shoes (baby and kids)
Toys, toys, toys (most can be used for boy or girl)
House hold items
Decorations
Women's shoes
Women's Clothes
Men's Clothes
Yard Tools

You all know I take very good care of Broc's clothes, most of his clothes (even infant) were hang dried and ironed. Crazy I know! No early birds allowed, you may start rummaging at 7 am! NO SOONER.
If anyone would like to bring things to sale at this yard sale please let me know and make sure it is clearly marked so we know it is yours!

CASH ONLY

2010-06-15T22:48:00.000-07:00

Disneyland!

2010-06-15T21:43:00.000-07:00

Last Tuesday Broc, Kris's mom and I took off to Disneyland for a couple days. Christine (Kris's mom) hadn't been in years and was excited to go. Probably still not as much as me, but it sure was fun to go with her.

We left Tuesday morning and arrived in Long Beach by 10:30, rented our car and didnt know what to do next. While driving out of the airport we saw the sign for Knotts Berry Farm. I havent been there since I was knee high to a grasshopper so we went there the rest of the day. Broc had a blast in Snoppy Land, it felt like Lagoon to me, just a smigin better. They had a lot of rollar coasters that I dont rememember seeing, and I went on a couple (solo). We rode on the train there and they had these cute cowboys and they robbed the train. They were really funny, one said to a couple, "give me all your money," then he looked at them closely and said, "4 kids, you probably all ready spent it at Disneyland". They have a real stage coach and I remember riding on that when I was younger and my parents have the cutest pic of me sitting with the drivers when I was probably 3, but we didnt get to ride on the top we had to ride inside, Broc was a little disappointed. The lines were short and the weather was pleasant. Not too Hot and not too CoLd.

That night I couldnt sleep at all, Kris said it was because I was so excited and that is why I couldnt sleep. But nope, I found something out about my mother in law that night...She SNORES just like Kris. Except she only snores for about the first hour and half. I tried kicking the bed with my foot but that didnt phase her. I almost got a pillow and threw it at her but come on she's my mother in law.

We were ready and out the door by 9 but Christine wanted to see if they had any suvineer shops outside of Disneyland to buy shirts for all her grandkids, she has 16 plus some adopted ones. We found a store, found some shirts and of course some shoes. Luckily she didnt try them on (if you know my mother in law she has like over 600 pairs of shoes all in plastic clear plastic containers). Bless her heart or mine, we were there for what seemed like eternity! Finally we made it do to Disneyland at 11:30, yep you read it right 11:30. I thought we were never going to make it there. Our first ride that Broc wanted to take Grandma on was the Buzz Light Year. We had a great day and I was really excited to see Captin EO again! For those Die Hard Disney fans isnt it great that it is back. Christine thought it was cute but I dont think she appreicated it as much as I did. ;) She was amazed at how much things had changed and how much there was to do. And of course how many shops there were. We probably should have spent 4 days there just so we could spend a day looking at all the store with her and watching all the parades.

Wednesday we went to California Adventure for most of the day. She loved Sorin Over California and we all loved the new Toy Story ride. Broc was bumed he still wasnt tall enough to go on California Screamer, but next year or maybe in 6 months. (Much to Kris's dismay I am sure). Broc and I rode on the Bear River Rapids and didnt get too wet, but I bought a poncho because I really didnt want either of us to get too wet as it was overcast and kinda chilly out.
Later that day we literly draged Christine on Splash Mountain. (she is affraid of heights and or rollar coasters) when we got ready to get on Broc said he had to go to the bathroom and so she was like "oh we better hurry and take him you go ahead" I said nope he can wait, nice try you are going on this ride! She was so funny she started to pace. The picture was so funny that she bought it, I will scan it tomorrow and post it, it is priceless! She vowed never to go on it again, but I think that if any of her Grandkids asked her to go she would do it.

Later that night they played Fantasmic twice, we caught the end of the first show and as people were leaving from the first show we hurried and staked our claim on the hard floor for the next one that started 45 mins later. While we were waiting Broc got really cold so I wraped him up in my sweatshirt, then I got cold! So I went to get me a sweatshirt and was gone probably ten mins, when I got back Broc was sound asleep on the concrete floor, well half on the floor and half on Grandma's lap. He missed the whole show, nothing was going to wake this kid up! I pretty much recorded the whole thing. Some of it is blurry but hope you enjoy it. For those that havent seen it I will give you a quick discription on what it is about. Mickey has a dream and Maliphicent interupts his dream and tries to control his mind and make it bad, but of course love and beauty prevail and thats it. After the show we tried to wake him up but he wouldnt budge. So I carried him from Frontier Land all most all the way back to to hotel. It was when he said, "mom am I getting heavy, I am slipping." That I realized he was awake and could walk the rest of the way. My arms hurt so bad that night, he is one heavy kid!

We had such a wonderful time with Grandma that we cant wait to do it again. We hope she had just as much fun as we did. And I must say "we bonded"

Living Planet Aquirmum

2010-06-01T22:43:00.000-07:00

Last week Krid asked me if I wanted to go down to The Living Planet Aquirum, I said, "Can we go to In-N-Out after?" "Sure" she said, "okay I will go!"
I would have gone either way but that trip to In-N-Out was just the icing on the cake.
It was a pretty cool place, we got to touch Sting Rays. Well I did I dont think the kids touched it because they didnt come up to the surface so you had to reach your had down pretty far. They had a lot of cool fish in there. They just recently "rented" pegunins. They were pretty cute.

More T-Ball Pics

2010-06-01T22:31:00.000-07:00

My sister's camera takes great pics, or she takes great pics. So here are some more to enjoy.

5 Years Old

2010-06-01T22:04:00.000-07:00

This has been a busy month for us. Graduation, now his B-Day. Well actually it his birthday first then graduation but that is okay, he is so smart he graduated earlier!
This year was the first year where the weather has been crappy for his birthday, but we didn't let that put a damper on it. He has never had a friend party so this year we did that, it was a Pirate Party. I think the kids had a blast and I did too. My sister being the great cook she is made Broc the coolest pirate ship cake, it was so awesome. (I am so glad she is talented)
I decided to do a treasure hunt for them. I made up little clues and at each spot they found a treasure or something that would help them look more like pirates, at the very end Kris buried treasure in the sand box and of course the X marked the spot. After that we had a pinata. They did some damage to it, but I kinda broke it because they were getting upset as to how many turns they were having, so to solve the problem I broke it. And of course my first swing was a total miss because of the person holding it, yep you guessed it, it was Kris. The kids had a great time and I am so glad he has made such wonderful friends. Of course he also had a couple of boy cousins come too.
After that was over we hurried and got ready for T-Ball. Of course we won and Broc did great.
After that we had our family over for a BBQ and then Ice Cream and Cake. It was a very busy day but a wonderful one too.
Now that he is 5 he keeps saying "now I can go to Kindergarten right mom, like right now, when do I get to go?" I tell him September and he says, "ahhhh that will take forever!" I say, "I hope so!" Kris and I are so blessed to have him, words cannot describe the love we have for him and the joy and happiness he brings to our family.
We love you Skip!
WARNING: LOTS OF PICS

Pre-School Graduation

2010-06-01T21:50:00.000-07:00

I cant believe it is all ready over. Broc graduated from pre-school. I have seen him grow so much in the past year that it is hard to put into words. For his graduation they sand some songs then presented each child with a diploma and a packet of some things they did the first week and some things they did the last week so we could see how much they had improved. I must say I think Broc was smart to begin with but actually seeing it on paper was just the icing on the cake for me. We had a big cheering section for his graduation, my parents were there, and my sister Kristin and her 3 kids came as well. May not seem like a lot to you but to us it was great. Thanks you guys for supporting Broc.

FOR SALE!!!

2010-05-28T06:45:00.000-07:00

So I believe most of you know that Kris bought me a riding lawn mower for our anniversary. I love the fact that my husband is so thoughtful but I hate riding lawn mowers! I would rather walk behind a mower and get the excersize then sit on a mower. So that brings me to this...
FOR SALE:
7 Speed Yard Machine Riding Lawn Mower!
Less than two years old, hardley used by me and the previous owner. (Client of Kris's) new battery! It even has a cup holder for your ice cold beverage! Relax and let it do all the work for you.

Call me if you or anyone you know may be interested.

Pics from Ogden Marathon

2010-05-20T09:56:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics from the Ogden Marathon. For those who don't know my dad ran this with me! Other than the race they did for me almost two years ago my dad has never ran before! He had been practicing for about a month and did very well for his first timed race!
It was freezing cold at the start of the race which was by the Timbermine restaurant at the mouth of Ogden Canyon. But we pressed on and what a beautiful run it was! There were several people from my ward that ran and a couple of our friends as well.
My knees did a little bit better and hopefully are getting better! My goal is to run more 5k's this year and at the end of this year of first of next year to run another half and maybe a full marathon. If the folks on Biggest Loser can do it then I can do it as well.
Thanks Dad for running this with me and taking an interest in something I enjoy doing. I hope to make this a tradition that the two of us can keep doing and who knows maybe Erik and Kristin will join us next year!!!!!

For the BIRDS

2010-05-12T11:19:00.000-07:00

Last year we had some nice little birdies build a nest on our wood trusses out front. I didn't mind so much and actually thought it was cute once the baby birds were born.
WELL NOW I AM SICK OF THE DUMB BIRDS!

For the past few weeks they keep trying to get into my BBQ grill to build a nest. We have cleaned out our BBQ grill several times due to the cluster of branches and grass.

I put the cover on it and they found a way through the small slit in it! I rolled up bags in foil and covered the holes on the side and they went through the bottom. Kris even turned the grill on and let it burn for a few hours (wasting our propane) thinking maybe if we burned what they all ready started they would get the hint and not build! My last resort was just leave the lid open, that way they wont have any shelter! Well look at where that got me and look at what they are doing to my deck! I have a lawn guy, a bug guy, does anyone know of a bird guy??????

Race for the Cure

2010-05-09T08:22:00.000-07:00

Saturday was the Susan G. Koman Race for the cure. I participated in this race last year and was only able to do the one mile walk. This year I was able to do the 5K!
I was also lucky to have two of the most wonderful people come and support and run with me. My sister Kristin and my sister in law Amber (Pip). Pip came with me last year but Kristin couldn't because she was in Nebraska. It was so nice to have the two of them with me. Pip kicked our but in running but we all made it through the finish line. Kristin made us pink TUTU's to wear, I wasn't sure if Pip would wear it because she really HATES pink but she wasn't above looking silly to support me. My friend Mauri gave me pink spray paint for our hair, mine looked maroon but Kristins was pink. After I got home Broc looked at me and said "mom what did you do to your hair?" We looked very cute and silly and received lots of compliments on them. We were even in the channel 4 news.
I also got some support from my friend Marie Rich, she would have ran with us but she lives in Arizona. I have known her since I was knee high to a grasshopper, she donated in my honor. Thank you so much for your support!

It was an amazing sight to see! Mothers, daughters, sons, husbands, grandparents, people all ages showed up for this race all to support their loved ones. It looked like a sea of pink and white. White shirts were worn by the people who were supporting breast cancer survivors and those who fought the battle and lost. Pink was worn by those were survived breast cancer. I saw old women in their 80's walking this race, I also saw a very young looking woman, younger than myself. I didn't get a chance to talk with her but my heart ached because she looked so very young. I am talking earlier 20's.
I was grateful to be in the presence of such amazing women and their loved ones. To see their determination and drive to beat this terrible disease was truly amazing. It really does take
HOPE, FAITH, COURAGE

to beat this and that is achieved by the support and love from our family and friends. Thank you again Kristin and Pip for coming down there with me and hope next year to get more of you to enjoy this amazing event.

Busy Busy

2010-05-09T06:54:00.001-07:00

Wow I dont know where to start. So many things have been going on. I will start with my Pride and Joy Broc! He started T-Ball this past week and really likes it. Especially hitting the ball. When I signed him up they asked if we could be coaches and I put only if they were really desperate! Well they must have been because we are coaches. Kris wasnt to thrilled about it but does a great job. Only a couple kids went the wrong way and it is so funny to watch at least 5 kids at the same time tackle the baseball. Over the next month every Tuesday and Thursday evening we will be doing T-Ball, kinda crazy but as long as Broc is enjoying it I am all for it.

On Friday Broc's pre-school had a trip to the fish farm. We have been before with Lori and her daughter Angela so when Broc heard that they were going to the fish farm he was thrilled. Thankfully his Nana was there because I was not about to pull the hook out of that fishes mouth, and usually that is Angela's job.
It took him a couple tries to catch one, as soon as one would nibble he would pull the line out of the water. But when he finally caught one he was excited. Since we dont eat fish he says to Nana " You better take this home to Bart because we dont like fish!" So lucky for her she got a small fish to take home to cook. Thanks Karen for going with us, he was happy you came.

2010-04-28T15:44:00.000-07:00

So I havent blogged in a little bit so here are some pics for you to enjoy! We went to the kids safety fair last weekend, kinda boring but that is okay. I think the coolest thing there was the crash test cars. It was funny they put the kids in a seat and then had the seats run into each other. It kinda looked like they were in the front seat of a car. Really cute idea to give the kids a chance to see why we need seatbelts.

Also I have attached a pics of my two new shirts for the up coming Race for the Cure. It is May 8th at the Gateway. It is a 3.5 mile run or walk, it is not timed just a walk for the cure. I went last year right after I finished my treatments and only did half of it because I was to tried. This year I plan on doing the whole thing. So far my sister and sister in law are coming with me. I would love to have more freinds come along with me, it is a wonderful sight to see all the people out to support cancer research, it is like looking at a sea of pink. If you would like to come or sign up for the race go to this website and register or you can register when you get down there.

New Mexico

2010-04-10T14:24:00.000-07:00

On March 31 Broc and I flew to New Mexico to see my oldest sister Tara. We had a wonderful and very relaxing time. Broc enjoyed playing with his cousins, all though he is not used to being around so many kids. We had Easter with them and a friend of my sisters so there was 10 kids looking for Easter eggs. They all got quite a bit of candy too.
Broc slept with his cousins most of the time but after sleeping in their room one night they had fallen asleep a lot faster then he did and he started to wine. So I went in there and told him to stop winning and not to come out of the room unless he had to go to the bathroom. The next morning the kids got up (they are earlier risers) and a few minutes later Broc woke up. Well I couldn't hear him because I was down stairs. My sister heard him crying in the room, she went in there to check why and asked why he was crying and he said, "mom told me to stay in here and not to come out unless i had to go to the bathroom." She laughed and told him to go ahead and find the boys. Well that night he didnt want to sleep with them anymore. MY FAULT. So he slept on the floor in my room. By the way they have the most comfortable bed I have EVER slept on in my life. I really need to get one, especially after coming back to my bed. We went over to the kids school one afternoon to play on their toys, they have the best playground toys I have ever been on. Utah schools should really invest in those kinds of things. It was warm and sunshine most of the time and then the day we come home I come home to a stinking blizzard!

We had a great time and cant wait to go back for another visit.
Here are some pics of our trip. Thanks Tara for having us and thank you Aubri for letting me have your nice room.

Brownies

2010-03-29T19:38:00.001-07:00

I love brownies, so for the past couple Sunday Broc and I have been making them. He is starting to get really good at cracking the eggs and pouring the oil in, and really good at licking the beaters! I of course get to lick the bowl and make sure I leave a little bit extra left in there so I can eat it. YUMMY

Early Easter PIcs

2010-03-29T19:16:00.000-07:00

Dancing

2010-03-22T19:50:00.000-07:00

Pre-School Talent Show

2010-03-22T19:17:00.000-07:00

Broc has a lot of things he can do right now but I don't know if I would call them talents. Its more or less just being a kid or a boy. So when a paper came home saying that they were doing a talent show I was like "What is he going to do? He is four!" I thought okay he can recite all the articles of faith that he knows. (We are up to number 10 now) But then thought Um not all of the parents would get that. So I asked him if he wanted to sing the songs we sing before he goes to bed. He said sure.
We get there that morning and my parents come to show their support, and all the sudden he changes his mind and says he wants to dance to the transformer theme song. I was like um I don't have that with me. He said yes you do it is on your phone. I find it and it is his turn. He introduces himself and then I put my phone to the microphone so everyone can hear it and he goes over to the matt and does a quick turn and stops and runs back to me. He has never been shy at all! So this came as a shock to me and a couple other friends that were there that know him. So then he said he would sing. And again he froze up. Anyway he sang it only if I would sing it and of course not loud enough for it to be heard on camera. So here are some pics from his Talent Show. I was still very proud of him and hope there isn't another talent show until 6th grade!

No More Training Wheels

2010-03-22T18:58:00.000-07:00

Last week I went over to my freinds house to visit and the kids wanted to ride bikes. The only bike left to ride was a girl bike with no training wheels. At first Broc was like "I'll just watch everyone because I dont want to ride a pink bike." But being the good mother I am I made him anyway. I walked behind him for a couple seconds then he took off all by himself! I was so excited I just about cried.
When we got home that day I told Kris and the next day he took the training wheels off. When Broc went out to ride he noticed his training wheels were no longer there and didnt want to ride. But of course he did and now he can do it. He still has a hard time starting off by himself, but does very well. All though he complains he is "just so tired mom, its harder with out the training wheels."
Here are a couple pics and a quick video for you to enjoy.

Articles of Faith

2010-03-09T07:22:00.000-08:00

Many of you know that Broc has been working really hard on his Articles of Faith. A month ago we started with number one and he picked it up very quickly. Since then every night we start with number one, and end with what ever number he is on. He is now on number 9! I am so proud of him for having the desire to learn them. If we are in somewhat of a hurry at bed time and try to skip it, he says "Mom but we have to do the Articles of Faith."
Now you are probably thinking wow what a great and smart kid for wanting to know his Articles of Faith, I must confess...when we started it we told him that as soon as he knew all of them we would get him a new DS game. So I think that is his ultimate goal, but he still really wants to know them. Each week when he goes to Primary he tells his teacher he learned another one and away he goes telling them what it is. Another thing that happened in Primary that I was so proud to hear, was they were talking about article of Faith number 5 and they asked if anyone knew it. Of course Broc raised his hand and the leader, not really thinking he would know it said "okay Broc lets hear it, what is it" and he did it all by himself. They were in awe that he could do it and even remember it all by himself. I was such a PROUD mommy.
Anyway if I can get this to work here is Broc telling Articles of Faith 1 through 8.

2010-02-15T13:31:00.000-08:00

Gosh I really don't have a reason as to why I haven't been blogging. I wish I could say I have been busy, but I don't think I have been any busier than anyone else. So here is a re-cap of whats been going on around our home.

At pre-school they were on the letter P so they got to wear their PJ's to school and bring their pillow. Broc picked his Super Mario Brothers PJ's, and of course I couldn't send him to school with bed head! He had a great time and when he got home he says, "Mom I better change out of my Jammie's because we don't wear our Jammie's all day right?" I guess he really does listen to me.

The next week they went bowling with their class. I was such a proud mom, he bowled a whopping 100. Yes he did have the bumpers but still did so good. I think it is the WII that helped him on that. He had a great time and he was thrilled that his dad came to watch too.

For Christmas last year my mom bought me, Kristin and Cami tickets to go to Time Out for Women. It was a wonderful event and I learned a lot. For those that don't know what it is, it is a just a bunch of different speakers and singers coming to talk. Sounds boring but it was really fun and we laughed a lot. I learned that "My best is good enough". Often as women we are so hard on ourselves on the things that we don't do or couldn't get done, and so on. However we are trying and so therefore...Our best is good enough! Thanks mom for taking us and hope to make this a yearly thing.

If any of you know me well, you know I love to goof off when taking pics, so I hope you enjoy.

The next week was his Valentines Party. I was asked to help out with it and so I did a lame craft. They seemed to like it though, but I still thought the craft was lame. I need to be more creative! Surprisingly I didn't bring my camera. (I thought I lost my brand new one, but it was just a case of WHERE DID I PUT THAT STUPID THING) no worries I found it!

We went out to dinner on Saturday to my favorite place Texas Rhode House for Valentines. However when we got there I was feeling very sick to my stomach thinking I was going to throw up I spent a little bit of time in the bathroom waiting for...well you know. Luckily nothing came up, I was able to eat some of my baked potato and that's it. I tried to eat some rolls, which are my favorite and couldn't even eat those. That sucked. I think it was because I have been taking these pills that help rebuild my muscles and crap and took them on a very very empty stomach so that is why I was feeling very sick. NEVER AGAIN!

We had a nice Valentines Day, church then to my moms for a nice dinner and great company and yummy desserts.

That's all that has been going on around here, anxious for spring to arrive and winter to bid its farewell. All though I know we need the snow, I will settle for rain.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Valentines Day. This week is a very special week as I celebrate my 11th anniversary with my loving husband. Cant believe we are going on 11 years. CRAZY, but HAPPY

Have a great week everyone

St George Painters Half Marathon

2010-01-29T16:26:00.000-08:00

Well I did it! I want to thank Amy for talking me into doing this, other wise I would have never done it.
I started training for this a while ago and was pretty dilligent about following the routine I was supposed to follow, well most of the time. The bad thing was I did all of my training on a treadmill. So when it came to running outside on asphalt it was really tough for me.

The plan was to leave on Thursday afternoon around 1. When Kris left that morning he took my car to Sears to get new tires on it (why did you need to know we had to put tires on the car, well keep reading) Well we left at one, ran by the office so I can clean it a little bit, after that we got on the freeway to head out of town and noticed that the cruise control didnt work. So we stopped off at our wonderful mechanic at Layton Tunex to have him check it out. Looked over it and said it could be a few things but it would take some time to get the part in. We said well order the part and when we get back we will fix it. No sooner we get on the car wouldnt shift into another gear. Now if you dont know all ready we had to put a new tranie in the car a month ago (dumb FORDS). So my first thought was great the tranie is out all ready. Went back to the shop and found out that is was some thing that tells the computer to tell it something and gosh I really dont know what it is called. So they ordered it and after waiting for what seemed like forever (it wasnt) they got it fixed and at 4 we were on our way. Thanks guys at Tunex for getting right to it and getting it done for us.
On the way down right about Fillmore it was snowing and the wind was blowing like crazy. We were pretty scared for a little bit but of course Kris being the cautious driver he is got us there safely.
Friday we took our time getting ready and rested then meet my parents at the place where the race was going to start and checked that out, then they took us to a museum there. It was pretty cool! Then we went back to the house we were staying at and chilled there for a bit then meet my parents for dinner.
Saturday I got up at 7 had some yogart and we were at the race by 8:15. Race started at 9 and away I went. At mile two a horse jotted down the street with us (it got out of the field) and I shedded my jacket because I was getting hot all ready. At mile 9 I started to have some really sharp pain in my knees. At mile 10.5 I hurt so bad I felt like my knees shattered. So I figured before that my pace was about 8 mins/mile. However after my knees started to hurt I lost so much time. I was such a baby because I started to cry as people I passed long time ago where starting to pass me. Anyway I finished the race and pretty much dropped into my dads arms. Kris had lifted Broc on the other side so he can finish it with me and that was neat, would have been better if I wasnt hurting so bad. After i crossed the finish line all I wanted to do was get in the car and get back to the house to put ice on my knees.

What an accomplisment for myself I am proud of myself for doing it and hope to do it again next year, however this summer I will train more. And my Dad said he would do it with me if I did it again, so that right there is reason enough for me to do it again. So till next year everyone!
Oh yeah I am sure you all want to know my time......

It was 2:38 mins.
You can check out the race http://strideracing.com/2010/st-george-half-marathon-5k.html
P.S.
As you look at the pics you can tell how excited I was about the race and you can certainly tell when I started hurting as that is when I started walking and of course my face tells it all. So dont laugh at the pics with my silly face!

CTR RIng

2010-01-20T18:07:00.000-08:00

Surprise Party

2010-01-20T17:39:00.000-08:00

I have to admit, sometimes it is hard for me to keep a secret, especially if it is a good one. However I kept a very good secret for almost two weeks.
My Dad is turning 60 this Thursday, my mom had talked about throwing him a party but this weekend they will be with us in St. George. So she didn't know when to do it.

So I rallied up the troops (my brother and sisters) and we put together a great surprise party. The best surprise of all was my sister that lives in New Mexico flew in on Thursday to be here for the party.

Thursday night she arrived and my sister Kristin and I went down to the airport to pick her up. And of course since us native California girls love In-N-Out we picked her up and headed there. There are two here in the Salt Lake Valley, one in Draper by the outlets and one in Jordan Landing. Jordan Landing was closer so we traveled there, however I thought Jordan Landing was the same as Jordan Commons, so we went clear on the East side of SLC looking for this dumb place and couldn't find it. So Kristin calls information and gets the headquarters to In-N-Out and asks for directions. Since they aren't in the state she really had no idea where to tell us to go. She starts to ask Kristin where we are at, and I said "by the chevron" the lady was like "well that really isn't going to help me" She was very nice and very funny in her efforts to help us find the best hamburger joint. After driving around for about 45 mins, we figured out that is was Jordan Landing on the West side of SLC and not Jordan Commons on the East side. We get to Jordan Landing and we are driving all around this dumb place and still cant find it. Finally we pull over and ask a lady and she says "oh its right behind the AT&T store right there" we drive over there and again NO In-N-Out! Finally we found it by Target, not AT&T. By that time we were so hungry and my poor little niece was so hungry, and it was so worth driving all over the valley to find the place. What was worse part, well the fact that we could have just got on Bangeter highway and been there in five minutes from the airport. But I took the scenic route!

Friday we finished all the preparations for the party, then my brother and his family came over and we played pool and the kids played around. We had so much fun playing pool, however Tara and I suck at pool and Erik, well he is okay, but then there is Cami, she was really good. I need to get her one of those gloves that professionals wear.

Since my siblings were all here and since it had been so long since we had taken pictures of us, we decided to go to a park and take some pics with just the four of us. Oh my goodness, we had so much fun. We were silly, crazy, and had the funniest faces. I had such a good time with them, it reminded me how much I love my brother and sisters and how much fun we can have with one another. (As soon as someone makes me a cd with the pics I will post them).

Saturday night was a full house. A lot of my dads friends and neighbors came to celebrate with us. The best part I think was that my dads Sister and Brother came. I had not seen them in a very long time (long time meaning like 10 years or more) and they live in the state. Sad I know but hopefully it wont be that long before we see them again. My dad was completely shocked as was my mom. After they walked in the door, my dad was looking around at all the people and I said to my dad "did you see who else is here?" He starts listing off the neighbors and such, then I said "No right in front of you behind the camera?" He looked and finally realized my sister had come too. It was a great night! We appreciate all of his friends and family that came to celebrate with us and helped to make his birthday just as special and wonderful as he is.

We love you dad and are so lucky to have you as our father and example.

HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY

CTR Ring

2010-01-13T17:38:00.001-08:00

On Sunday Broc ran up to me flipping me the "Bird". I thought what is he doing. Well on that finger, was a bright new CTR ring with a HUGE SMILE to go with it. He was so excited and told me that it reminded him to chose the right and if he wore it all the time he would be good. Since then he hasnt taken it off. All though we have told him he needs to take it off when he washes his hands or takes a bath because his finger will turn green. He said, "Ewee why would it turn green?" I said "because it isn't a real ring" he said, "of course it is a real ring mom I am supposed to chose the right!"
I am so proud of him for wearing it all the time or more for the desire to wear it all the time. And the fact that he shows it to everyone! We will see how long it takes for it to go down the drain or for him to lose it.

Tree House Field Trip

2010-01-09T15:05:00.000-08:00

Friday was another field trip for Broc's pre-school. I love this pre-school. We have at least one or two each month.
This time we went to the tree house downtown. We have a membership there, so for Broc it was just another trip to the tree house, but with a lot more friends. They first read a few stories, then they pretty much turned over the time to the kids to do what ever they wanted for an hour and half. I thought wow that is a long time, this is going to be a long field trip. But that hour and half went by very fast. They were bummed when we had to leave because they didn't get to play with everything they wanted to. Glad I have a membership so we can go back when ever he wants.

I was shocked to hear that not very many kids and parents hadn't been to the tree house. I thought it was one of the fun places to hang out at, especially durning the winter months when one needs to get out of the house!!!!
Broc and his freinds had a great time!

Happy New Year 2010

2010-01-08T08:25:00.000-08:00

Wow has this year flown by. It has been a great year full of many up's and several down's. However we have been extremely blessed. Broc has grown so much this past year, he has learned all the sounds of each letter of the alphabet, can write his name, write mom and dad, tell you his address and phone number (including area code), he does small chores for me but doesn't let me forget that I need to pay him some "change" for his piggy bank. He loves Transformers and can repeat a lot of the movie, he likes to watch Nascar if Kyle Bush is winning or Dale Jr. is losing! One of the big things for him this year was he is finally tall enough to ride every ride at Disneyland! We look forward to what he will be learning this year and he is anticipating his 5th b-day so he can go to Kindergarten.

we hope everyone enjoyed their New Years and look forward another great year ahead.

Merry Christmas

2009-12-27T12:48:00.000-08:00

We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays as much as we did.
The day started around 8 a.m. I was sound asleep when I hear in the distance, "I am Megatron" thinking that I might be dreaming I woke and took my ear plugs out (yes I sleep with ear plugs) and there it was again. Kris starts laughing as I say, "did he start with out us?" He said no he had come in a few minutes ago and Kris told him to go see if Santa came. And of course he did and he started to shake and play with some of the toys. Broc hollered back at us, "are you comin or what". He was so thrilled to get a big Megatron and Bumblebee and Sideswipe. I was to because they don't have to be transformed they are just big ones that make noises. He got Mariokart, Transformers for his DS from Santa, Lego Star Wars for the DS from his Aunt Tara, socks, play dough, and more transformers. He also got a basket full of stuff from the Dinosaur park with a year's membership.
In the past Kris and I hadn't been buying each other stuff because when we see something we want we usually just get it. But this year Kris's surprised me with a new camera! If you read my blog you will remember that I droped it in the water at Girls Camp. So I Borrowed my mother in laws for about four months. Thanks you by the way for letting me use it all that time Chris! It was a wonderful present and I look forward to using it!
We got Kris a couple games for the Wii and some gum because he loves to chew gum.
After we opened presents Broc wanted some french toast. We ate some breakfast and headed to my parents where they had muffins, fresh fruit with dip, orange juice, and hot cocoa. Man that was good. We then opened presents from them as well and Broc got a big Optimus Prime, that has to be transformed. It was hard! Since Grandma and Grandpa bought it for him we thought that they should try to transform him. My dad worked on it for an hour and still hadn't transformed it all the way. Then my brother tried and still couldn't get it transformed all the way. I think it will just have to stay standing up and not as the truck it is supposed to be!
After visiting with them we went to Kris's families. We Broc got more stuff! The best part was him and Kris along with all the boys and their dad's got Nerf guns. They were a huge hit! And of course I wanted to play so once one was put down I joined in and tried not to shoot the kids in the face or shoot at the girls. It was funny when one of the girls wanted to pass through they would say, "StOP SHOOOTING PRINCESS CROSSING" it was pretty funny. And those dumb things do hurt when you get hit in the face!!!!! So we now have two Nerf Guns to play with at home along with a Marsh mellow shooter that Nana got Broc. I keep finding marsh mellows all over the place, but it is still lots of fun!
We finally came home and played with Broc's toys and played some of the wii games we got. All in all we had a great day together, and hopefully Kris has a wonderful day watching Broc enjoy the day!
We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and that this next year will bring joy and happiness to each of you! We love each of you very much and look forward to a happy and prosperous New Year!

Happy Birthday Kris

2009-12-27T12:39:00.000-08:00

Poor Kris, he has to share his b-day with Jesus. So we ate cake on Christmas Eve, he opened one of his presents on Wednesday which was a truck box thing for his truck. He opened more presents on his b-day, and got to spend the day with family. What more could one ask for right???? Well he wanted to stay home and spend the day home, sleeping I am sure, but to bad, he got to spend it with people who love him and who are so grateful for everything he does for them.
I am grateful for him and what he does for Broc and me. He is a supportive husband, loving father and one of a kind friend. He is also a tease to quite a bit of people, but it is only because he cares for them as well.
So here's to him
Happy Birthday Babe, hope you enjoyed it and know that Broc and I love you so very much!

Christmas Eve

2009-12-27T12:22:00.000-08:00

We have a tradition in my family where we get together on Christmas Eve, eat Mexican food, and open PJ's Grandma makes for us.
This year was no different, we had my mom's yummy taco's, Kristin's chicken enchiladas, Cami's bean dip and chips, three different chocolate deserts! Cake Kristin made for Kris's b-day, a chocolate pudding cake Cami made, and chocolate eclair cake that I made. By the time the night ended we had to loosen a button or two. Then since Kristin had made some cookies the day before she brought those over and the kids all decorated cookies for Santa. They did a pretty good job, Spencer poured half the bottle of sprinkles on one cookie, it was so funny. And then I forgot to put the cookies out that night for Santa, Broc didn't remember till the day after Christmas that we had forgotten to do so.
After we ate we talked my parents into playing Rock Band with us. I have come to the conclusion that my dad has a flare for the guttier! He is pretty good and my mom, well she likes to sing, and with my dad's help sometimes they were able to keep in harmony. We all laughed at their expense and they were good sports about it. Erik (my brother) after much resistance to playing finally got up to play and did pretty good. He thought he was getting good until he changed the difficulty to HARD, lets just say he never stood a chance! But it was funny watching him try. Kristin (my sister) and her husband did pretty good, Herb (real name Jeremy) was a little timid at first but I think he secretly wishes he was Steven Tyler! Kristin sang well with the help of her 2 year old Matti. Me, Kris and Cami had experience in the game so we did good.

After noticing it was all ready after 9 and we still hadn't had our desert or opened our Jammie's, we scurried up stairs to do so. After opening our Jammie's we heard some bells out side and wouldn't you know Santa was out side walking around our neighborhood, just doing a quick check to see if the kids were in bed yet. He waved at the kids and told them to be good and go to bed. That was a great ending to a great night!

We HATE DALE JR.

2009-12-24T21:24:00.001-08:00

It has been an on going battle with our friend Lori about who is better at Nascar! She is a die hard Dale Jr. fan, and just to get her all riled up Kris likes anyone other then him. Broc likes Kyle Bush, but only because he drives the M&M Car. When Broc was only 4 months old she kidnapped him and took him to Kiddie Kandids and dressed him in all Dale Jr stuff and got his pics taken. He looked so cute!
So this past week Kris went to Vegas to watch the BYU game and stumbled upon this super cute jacket for Broc and of course like me he couldn't resist.
Take a look!

EAT YOUR HEART OUT DALE JR! GO 18

Pre-School Christmas Party

2009-12-24T21:16:00.000-08:00

I dont know what I was thinking when I volunteered to do the Christmas party for Broc's class. Thankfully I recuited the ladies that helped with Joy School last year and we all did it together. I would have been ten times more stressed had I done it by myself.
We had the kids frost cookies, make a Christmas tree out of tongue depressers, color and cut a reindeer out with a fluffy red nose, gift exchange, learn a new song, and read a story to them. At the very end we had a very special visitor! It was the Big Guy himself! Santa arrived in a Chevy Pick-up. I guess Allan Jackson really knows what he likes to drive because that is what he arrived in. I think he left his sleigh back at the North Pole along with the reindeer so they wouldn't get to tried.
The kids had a great time and it made me realize it takes some special people to teach 3 & 4 year olds, 19 of them is a lot of kids. There were four of us doing the party and only two teachers, how do they do it without pulling their hair out?????

Ginger Bread Houses

2009-12-24T21:05:00.000-08:00

Last week my sister in law Cami invited us over to her parents house where her mom had made 10 ginger bread houses! All we had to do was bring over some candy to decorate. The kids had a blast, they were creative and silly! Jolene (Cami's mom) had her own grandkids; Ashli, Spencer and her son's daughter, Broc, and my sister's four kids all decorating! They also had pizza too. Her are some fun pics for you to enjoy.

Jo- if you read this I am so grateful you invited us over, we had a great time! Hope to make this a tradition with you guys!

2009-12-16T19:19:00.000-08:00

Back in August Kris and I went on the daughting task of finding a new couch for our basement. We found at a place in Brigham City called The Roomloft. We first picked one out that was a "U" shape, when we saw it there it didnt look like that much of a "U" shape it was a very wide "U". However when we got it home it was a very tight "U" shape and once together hardley any room to do anything else in in that area. So we had them come take it back and found another one we liked, which they told us would take 4-6 weeks. Which by then it would have been here while we were in Flordia (yep back in October). I thought well that is a long time but that is the couch I wanted so I will wait.
When we got home from Flordia it was still in CHINA waiting to be put on a container ship to get here. To make a long story short it just barely got here TODAY! Why you ask didnt I just go get my money back and go somewhere else, well I all ready had the love seat that went with it, and they were going to charge me a 20% restocking fee to return it. So I waited, first it was only two more weeks then four more and so on, so after calling each week and being very nice about (Kris always says "you catch more bees with honey, so be nice") I got my couch plus 20% cash back on the cost of the couch because it took so long. SWEET!!!

Here are the pics of the couch and basement since we finished it. I have some things to go on the wall but not sure where to put them yet, our theme downstairs is "Welcome to our Theater" I have found several things to put on the wall, but need to order them and well Christmas presents come first, so maybe this next year I will focus on decoarting, but then again by the time I get around to that it will be spring which then I will want to spend money on the yard. Okay I am rambling... here are the pics!

COME PLAY POOL AND WII WITH US IT IS A BLAST!

Eventually this will be a kitchen

This is my workout room and my craft room!

Great Snow

2009-12-12T15:48:00.000-08:00

Around here snow is worshipped! By Kris and Broc, not me. I prefer the warm sunny weather, but seeing how it is almost Christmas I will welcome the snow.

Today it has snowed all day, so Kris pulled out the snowmobile and took Broc all over in the neighborhood. By the time he got back he had a line of kids ready for rides. They probably rode around for about three hours.

While waiting their turns the kids had snowball fights and I am sad to report my poor little boy got one right in the eye. It was pretty tramatic for him apparently. But he made me put a cold towel on it and back out he went.

Festival of Tree's

2009-12-06T16:21:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we went with some of Kris's family to the Festival of tree's. I had never been to it before and was very curious as to what it was all about.
CROWDS is what it was all about. But the best part was seeing all the unique decorated trees, ginger bread houses, wreaths, and smaller trees. Their were some that were ugly, hilarious, beautiful, heart warming, so many different stories behind each tree. I wish we had the time and patients to learn about each tree and why they decorated it the way they did.

After enjoying a yummy scone we went over to an area for kids were with tickets they could make things. Broc got a tattoo on his check, then upon seeing how wonderful it looked he talked his Grandma into getting one just like his. Pretty cute! He made three reindeer ornaments out of light bulbs, a reindeer hat, and a painted a plaster ornament. There was also a phone both that you could go in and talk to an elf! But the line for that was really long and we were hungry. All in all we had a great time and wouldn't mind going again. Just not on the last day!

If you cant see these very well I will tell you what they are. The first one is on a shark, the tale is coming out the top and the head is right where Broc's head is. It was one that sold that along with the tree you got scuba diving lessons.

The second one is a smaller tree and it was for breast cancer.

The third one was of Temple. The person who bought this tree got several huge pictures of about 5 temples in black and white (the new ones that have come out) along with ornaments that had temples on them tiles with saying on them and signs about temples. It was so beautiful.

This is a very cute playhouse that sold too, I want one. This is Broc's Aunt Pip, her daughter Taelor and our other neice Katie.

The Shirt!!!

2009-12-04T18:16:00.000-08:00

It was only missing one thing! THE PALM TREES THAT CRISSCROSSED IN FRONT! But of course they wouldnt survive, I am just happy there is one finally close by!

In-N-Out

2009-12-04T17:54:00.000-08:00

In-N-Out is finally here in Utah! Granted it isn't very close to my house at all, I drove down to Provo which is about an hour and ten min. drive for me just to have the most delicious cheesburger and fresh cut fries and of course the thickest chocolate shake ever! (that is all a matter of opinion I must add because Kris or his brother dont appreiciate the fine delicate way they put the burger together or their special sauce. They compare it to McDonalds! I know they are nuts huh?)

I was going down to Provo to help my brother in law decorate his new appartment and of course I told him I wouldnt come down unless he took me there! He griped the whole time, wondering why they didnt have FRY SAUCE, HELLO IT IS A CALIFORNIA BUGER JOINT, and why people would stand in line for it, why they didn't have a dollar menu, good stuff isnt cheap Ralph! He also stated "they cant be making any money off this place with all the people they have standing around doing nothing and the cost to run the place." Negitive Nelly I tell ya! Ralph I hope you read this!!!!!!! You will go with me again seeing how you only live a block away! And you will love it enventually!

That cheesburger really hit the spot! Even Broc liked it. Every time we would go to California I would make Kris stop there, and when I went to Disneyland with my sister's we went twice!

My brother in law thought I was crazy because I was taking pics! I had to because I have to take this oppertunity to rub it in my sister's face that I got to eat there! Sorry Tara but it was do yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When you come for a visit we can go!

Oh yeah, the line really wasnt that long, we waited in line for about 5 minutes. The line for the drive through wasn't that bad either compared to what I have heard it has been. To give you an idea of the line for the drive through, they have it wraped around a shopping stip mall and they have In-N-Out workers there directing traffic. And once people got inside they would stand by a table so that when someone was done eating they could sit there, CRAZY

Front Porch

2009-11-28T20:37:00.001-08:00

Decorating Time

2009-11-28T20:09:00.000-08:00

Its that time again. Friday night Broc and I Decorated the Christmas tree. Last year he pretty much did it by himself, this year I helped! He loves to decorate, he kept saying "come on Mom lets decorate!" When we got to the bottom of the tote there were about a dozen or so ornaments left that I don't particularly like or thought there was room, but Broc had to have them on the tree and said he could "Squeeze in the back" to put them on. The next morning he got up and was ready to decorate again. When I told him we were done he started to take things off the tree again and place them on the floor and re-put them on again in a different spot. It was so darn funny.
I also decorated my doorway again. I think it looks so cute! I am not done yet, I still have to put the lights on it, but it is so cute. Also last night I noticed that all the neighbors on my side of the street have Christmas lights up but me! I keep telling Kris "you going to disappoint your son by being the only house in the neighborhood with out lights'' "yes" was his reply. He doesn't want to climb on our roof, not that I blame him, I mean have you seen how steep it is. But come on man tie a rope to ya and attach it to something and climb away. I think I am starting to wear him down though. I will continue to work on that! So those that read this that talk to him, ask him if he put them up or not and if not tell him not to be a scourge and put them up. I need all the help I can get!!!!

Broc laying everything out!

Rock Band

2009-11-28T20:00:00.000-08:00

Last Wednesday we some of Kris's family come over to play rock band. His one brother Cole was visiting for the weekend so we wanted to show him what he was missing by not living here.
Here is the list of players:

Me-Singer (THE BEST SINGER)

Kris-Singer, Drummer, Guitar

Pip-Terrible singer, Drummer, Guitar

Matt-(Pips friend) Soft Singer, Drummer, Guitar

Cole-Singer, Drummer, Guitar

Kerry-Singer, Drummer, Guitar, Complainer

We rocked out to Beatles, the regular rock band, and Lego Rock Band. We had a fun time and the kids stayed up stairs and watched Santa Buddies. Well they came down sometimes and joined us, which made it more fun.

Come join us if you dare!!!!

Happy Turkey Day

2009-11-28T19:39:00.000-08:00

Even though the day has past, I wanted to shout out, "HAPPY THANKSGIVING" to everyone. We had a wonderful time, with great food and family. This year it was our turn to go to Kris's families for dinner. It wasn't the same though because a few family members and their kids were missing due to them going to their in-laws. It was...QUITE. Which was wired, 7 out 16 grand kids were there. We had fun though. After we ate dinner we looked through the ads and found that Michael's was having a huge sale on their Cricket Cartridges and that is started at 5, and Old Navy had their jeans on sale for $10 for kids and 15 for adults. We ventured on down and between me, my mother in law, and Amber we bought 12 new cartridges, they are so fun and i cant wait to use them. Then I went to Old Navy and bought some jeans for my sister for her kids, since they weren't near an Old Navy. So all in all I think I did really good.

After that we went to visit my family and had some yummy pie and talked about our plan of attack for Friday morning.

Friday morning came and my mom and sister went to Target before it opened and waited in line. Me well I wanted some more sleep so I didn't meet them till 6. I also had a helper this year. Kaeling (my bro-in-laws great friend) went with me. She is from Canada and has never been shopping on BLACK FRIDAY. So I introduced her to the madness. All though I have to say it was pretty mild this year. I hope she had a great time and comes back to do it again with me.
We went to Walmart, Best Buy, Sears, the Mall, Shop-Ko, Target again then went to lunch at my favorite place, Cafe Rio. All this went on and my wonderful husband stayed home with Broc the whole time and didn't even call me to ask when I was coming home. In fact I called him and he said "you aren't supposed to be calling me remember!"
We had a great time, I got almost all of my shopping done, except for a few minor things.

Hope everyone had a great Turkey Day and was able to spend it with family or someone you love.
I am grateful for both of our families and for all they do for us, I am grateful for my two boys! They bring me so much happiness and I am so blessed to have them as part of my eternal family.
I am also grateful that I was able to taste the yummy food this year! The gravy, turkey everything was great! Much better than last years food. (Not that it wasn't good, just didn't really taste it at all)

New Moon

2009-11-20T15:46:00.001-08:00

I might have been one of the first out of all of you to see NEW MOON. My freinds freind rented out the theater for the 5pm showing! It was AWESOME!! The best part was when Jacob transformed into the wolf! I wont say more because I am sure half of you havent seen it, if it sounds like I am glouting I am!
Yes it was CRAZY
Yes I did get a great seat
Yes I saw lots of crazy people
No I didnt get popcorn

Thanks Amy for going now read the BOOKS!

I've Lost IT

2009-11-11T15:53:00.000-08:00

Okay I have offically lost my mind!

I SIgNeD UP FoR a HALF MARATHON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My freind Amy has talked about doing this half marathon in St. George for a while now. Now I am doing it with her! Monday starts the ten week training. I hope I can keep up with her and the schedule. There are many reasons why I want to do this.
1. I don't think I can and I want to prove myself wrong
2. I always back out of things and I cant do it with this
3. I have battled Cancer and won and now I feel like I can do just about anything.

Thanks for encouraging me Amy. Cant wait to kick butt! I don't know what kind of time to try to beat, for right now I just want to finish, without fainting!!!!!

Oh yeah it is in St. George on Jan. 23 2010

More Halloween PIcs

2009-11-11T15:15:00.000-08:00

I found some more pics from Halloween.

These are from his school party, he couldn't wear a mask so Kris painted his face. When he got home I tried to get the paint off thinking it would wipe off nicely, um NO I had to scrub the poor kids face!

2009-11-11T15:10:00.000-08:00

My friend wanted to help me with my pitful hair so I went over to her house and this is the result. It looks so cute (at least my opinion) but I cant do it! I wonder if I went over to her house every morning if she would do it for me. Ummmmmmmmmm probably not, so when I am bored I will keep trying to see if I can do it in less then two hours! She also told me it works easier when my hair is a little dirty, meaning dont wash it every day. But I hate to not wash my hair, guess it is something I may just have to get used to.
Thanks Mauri your the best!

Pizza Man

2009-11-10T14:45:00.001-08:00

Today Broc had a field trip to the Pizza Man. First they watched them make the dough, then they got to twist bread sticks, and make their own individual pizza to take home. It was kinda funny because the owner said "do any of you watch your mom make bread?" I think only one person raised their hand. I was thinking really mister I have attempted to make bread twice, once in a bread maker and once with my sister in law. Never by myself! I would rather buy it. Lazy I know!

Oh and to tell you what a terrible mother I am, apparently I missed the memo on the kids wearing their pre-school T-Shirts, because Broc wasn't wearing his, one other kid didn't wear theirs either but out of the 24 kids only two didn't wear theirs.

Happy Halloween

2009-11-01T12:04:00.000-08:00

Megatron is what Broc was for Halloween this year. This week we went to three Halloween Parties. Tuesday we went to the church for the trunk or treat. However because it was so cold we just had it inside.

Thursday he had a party for school and got more candy, afterwards he had some of his friends come over to play.

Saturday morning Kris's mom had a Halloween party for all the grand kids. They had waffles with blood and worms, games and prizes. The kids had a great time, it was pretty crazy but a lot of fun. Thanks Grandma for a great time.

The past couple years we have taken Broc all over on Halloween to go trick or treating, this year we said no more and stayed in our own neighborhood and had a great time, all though we missed seeing all of our other friends we had a fun time hanging out trick or treating in our own neighborhood. He had a very full bag and we were only gone for about an hour and half.
We hope everyone had a great night filled with candy, and spookiness.

2nd Day

2009-10-31T08:00:00.000-07:00

More Waffles for Breakfast! What a way to start a day.
We started our day at the Animal Kingdom. They have a ride there that is a lot like the Indiana Jones Ride at Disneyland, but this one is with Dinosaurs. Kris and I really enjoyed it, Broc...well he was pretty scared because a giant T-Rex comes at ya at the end. When we asked him if he wanted to ride it again he said "only if I can get a big gun Dad."

They don't have the Matterhorn there but they have a better ride called Expedition Everest. It is a roller coaster ride that sends you through the alps on the look out for the Yeti (Guardian and protector of the forbidden mountain). Once you get to one part in the ride you go backwards in the dark. Once you see the pics of Broc's face you will know if he liked it or not.
Next we went on a water ride called, Kali. Thinking it was just a little rafting ride I wasn't too concerned. However all of our were drenched from head to toe! Every article of clothing was dripping wet, like we had walked into the shower with all our clothes on and stood there for a good ten minutes. That is how wet we were. And with the heat it of course felt great. Just not in our shoes where they were squishy.
We went on a tour of Africa, this place is so big it can fit the Magic Kingdom in it 4 times! They had elephants, giraffes, rhinos, hippos, lions, tigers, all sorts of animals. They even have a place where they grow their own food too.
Later we went to Down Town Disney and walked around. And again we ate pizza for lunch, and ice cream twice, Yummy!

1st Day at Disneyworld

2009-10-29T10:30:00.001-07:00

I am finally getting around to updating my blog. I think I will be doing a couple slide shows so you can get the most out of the pics. I took over 400 pics! I wont put all of course but there are a lot that are so funny and cute.
For those that want more info then just pics here is goes...
We left for Orlando Oct. 7th (MY SPECIAL DAY, b-day) arrived there around 10:30 pm. One of our pieces of luggage was missing, it happened to be Broc's. They said it went to Oklahoma, but it would arrive the next day in the afternoon, which it did. They gave us $50 so we could buy him some pj's, and clothes for the next day. Luckily I had his tooth brush and everything else in my bag. The next morning I got up early (which wasn't hard because I was so excited to go to Disneyworld) ran to Target and bought him the cutest outfit, he looked so GQ.

Our hotel had a full breakfast thing there so we had Mickey Mouse waffles for three days. They were so good too. They had a shuttle that took you there and brought you back at certain times. One would think it to be great to have a shuttle right, no paying the cost of parking which was $14 a day. Well the shuttle only picks up at certain parks at certain times, and we stayed longer on the first day. We ended up getting a nasty Taxi to get home that night, and we told him where we were at and he went to the wrong one, but we eventually made it back to our hotel.

Once we arrived at the park and spent an obscene amount of money just to get a three day hopper pass, Broc insisted on a map and was our tour guide. He had to pull it out after each ride and decide where to go.
The first day we went to Magic Kingdom and Epcot. Kris and I were so excited because he was tall enough to ride every ride! No more kid swap!
He loved Splash Mountain, he kept asking to go on again and that we were going to Rabbits Happy Place! We got soaked on Splash Mountain, but it was great because it kept us very cool! He rode Big Thunder and his face on all the fast rides was priceless, he had the look of "Get me OFF THIS RIDE". He never sat straight up on a ride he was always leaning to one side. It was hilarious, but he always wanted to go again. At Epcot we rode the GM Test Track, it is a very fast car ride that goes in a circle. We loved it! We rode on Ellen's Energry Adventure that was a dinosaur ride and that scared Broc a little bit. We then went to this one place where its all about Kodack, and Broc was picked to be on stage and pose for a pic and talk about it. It was pretty cute.
That night we ate at the Dinosuar Cafe with some freinds from here, crazy that they were there the same time we were. It is like the Rainforest Cafe but better. The dinosuars come to life and then a metorshower starts. Broc was sitting by one of the dino when all the sudden it came to life and started to move, he jumped right up and wouldnt sit next to it again.

We had a great first day! The weather was hot, it was in the 90' the whole time we were there with about 85% humidity. We ate ice cream everyday, and lots of water. We also ate PIZZA EVERY DAY! That is all Broc wanted for lunch.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

2009-10-04T16:37:00.001-07:00

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Okay everyone, it has been over a year since I had Breast Cancer. It has diffently changed my life in more ways then I can tell you, both for good reasons and bad reasons. I would like to think I have learned a great deal about who I am, what I can be and what I want for my future.

This next week is the Race for the Cure in SLC at Liberty Park. Unfortunately I wont be able to attend as we are taking a much needed vacation. I strongly encourage all to make an effort to attend and show your support for finding a cure for a frightening disease. Below I will attach the website if you want information on that race.

Also I would like to encourage all my family and Friends to perform your regular breast exams. It is very important to stay on top of these things and most of you are too young to get a mammogram so please do your self exam, early detection is the KEY!

I also have some bracelets for those who want one. I will be wearing mine for the month of October and would love to have your continuing support in the fight for Breast Cancer.

I love you all for your support and wish you all well.

Love,

Tracy

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer in Utah!
Saturday, October 10, 2009Liberty Park

Registration begins at 8:00 am - the walk begins at 9:00 am!

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/MakingStridesAgainstBreastCancer/MSABCFY10GreatWest?pg=entry&fr_id=19868

Decorating Time

2009-10-04T16:20:00.000-07:00

Fall has come which brings out my decorting side. I love to decorate my front door, for me it is exciting for people to walk up to a cute fun door that just screams WELCOME! Here is my Halloween or Fall front door.

I am a Builder

2009-10-04T16:15:00.001-07:00

I have been using a lifetime table for our computer desk for the past couple years. Not that there was anything wrong with that. I was at Office Max the other day looking for some CAT 5 wire and while looking around I found a desent looking desk for pretty cheap.

I hurried home and started the daughting task of putting it together, I figured if I put it together before Kris got home he wouldn't tell me to take it back. I couldn't believe I put it together all by myself. I actually read the directions, understood them and put it together with no problems at all! And YES it is still standing, even after I put my stuff on it. PRetty awesome.
So of course when Kris got home I told him I had a huge suprise for him. Lets just say he didnt think it was a desk of all surprises. But he liked it and I know he was happy he didn't have to put it together.

I didnt get the finished product pic but as soon as I do I will post it. I AM SO GOOD!

2009-10-04T15:33:00.000-07:00

The pig races!

Client Night

2009-10-04T15:20:00.000-07:00

For Kris's work they had everyone come to the Black Forest Corn Maze. Kris had a wonderful turnout with clients and family and freinds. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves and that your kids had a great time.

Broc of course had a great time, he loved sliding down the slides. That was his favorite part. He even got Deni to slide with him. What a trooper! They had a little train made out of barrels, a pumpkin jumping thing, hay rides, you could feed animals and the one thing I have never seen before was Pig Races. Yup you heard it right little piglets raced. It was pretty funny and cute too. They had two different corn mazes you could do, one was Edward and one was Jacob. (Twlight for those of you not familar with those names) We didnt get a chance to do the corn maze it was getting late and I didnt want to scare Broc by going in there in the dark. I hope to go back sometime to take him through, but would prefer to go when it is light.

Picking Pumpkins

2009-09-30T10:59:00.000-07:00

This Spring my neighbor called Broc to see if he wanted to plant some pumpkin seeds. He didnt think many would grow, but they had great success for being the first time, they got 5 pumkins, well 6 but one grew inbetween our rocks out back and was kinda smushed.

Broc and Mike picked the pumpkins this week, Broc asked Mike to carve Optimus Prime for him in one of the pumpkins. Mike is very talented but carving Optimus Prime would prove to be a very difficult task, so he told him he would paint him on a pumpkin instead. As soon as he does I will post it.

Beatles Rock Band!

2009-09-21T07:26:00.000-07:00

I had heard that they were coming out with a Beatles Rock Band, since Kris is a huge Beatles fan I got on the ball and reserved a copy of it so when it came out I was sure to get one and be able to give it to him for his birthday. (Which is December 25)
Well that all didnt work, the whole holding on to it till then, keeping it a seceret! He told me that it was coming out and I said "WOW really?" ;) "And I am going to go buy it!" Over reacting like usual I said "NO DONT!" "Why not?" "Because I all ready bought it!"
There went the suprise!

It is a blast to play, a lot more fun then the regular rock band.

Last week we had a band night with our friends Spank and Amy! Kris, Amy and Spank did awesome! I sang a couple times but was working on something else while they were playing, sitting back laughing as they really got into it. Kris did a lot of singing, so much so that his voice was a little horse!
The kids (Broc and Hadley) watched a Racing Strips and ate popcorn. What great parents we are..."You kids go watch a movie so we can play" of course they didn't mind. I think everyone came out a winner on this one!
If you feel up for the challenge come on over and play!

Peach Days

2009-09-21T07:15:00.000-07:00

Of course I am behind again, now I am playing catch up. Here is goes...

A couple weeks ago Broc's cousin Gauge stayed the night! His first offical sleep over. We took the boys to Peach Days in Brighman City to ride some rides and look around. Right when we get there they say they are staving and cant wait to eat. I had taken a little bit of cash so they could ride some rides, however I should have known this but when you buy food at a carival the prices are outrageous! For two hot dogs, and two sandwiches and three waters, it was $28. RIP OFF! Needless to say after spending that much on food I only had enough cash for each boy to have 5 tickets. Yep pretty sad! So they rode the carsol and a little roller coaster and we went home. Of course Kris and I didn't mind because there were of course a lot of weird people there, but then again it is a fair! What matters is the boys had a great time. You can see that on their faces when they were riding the rollar coaster. Gauge's face was priceless, he had the look of death on his face almost the whole time with a death grip on the handle. Broc enojoyed every minute of it and wanted to go again.

2009-09-01T14:47:00.001-07:00

We love you Granny

2009-09-01T13:05:00.000-07:00

4 Years ago we convinced my Grandma to sell her house in Cali and move up here to be close to us. She had her daughter and her kids down there in Cali to keep her company and help take care of her, but we wanted a turn to help out as well. She finally gave in and sold just about everything and bought a beautiful new home in N. Ogden, where she enjoyed us planting her flowers and pulling her weeds. She loved her home and her neighbors over there.
Every time we went somewhere she came along with us. At that time I had my truck and boy was it funny to try to get her up in that truck! We carted her everywhere, the mall, Gardner's Village, SLC Temple, Family Nights, Birthday parties, Lunches, Dinners, Family Reunions. We loved spending time with her and Broc and her developed a wonderful relationship. Her new name was "Granny"! He had to give her a name that was different from my mom's.

After about two years of living there she started to need more help then just the occasional weeding and gardening. She moved in with my mom and was still able to get around just needed some extra help. After a while she just kept falling and getting sick.
In the course of about a month she drastically went down hill. Sometimes she knew who we were and sometimes she didn't. She always referred to my dad as "Big Feet" and my mom was sometimes a different name. Sometimes she would refer mom as "that one lady". It was kinda funny sometimes and sometimes she laughed right along with us.

On Sunday night the 22nd we went over to visit knowing it wouldn't be that much longer. I brought Broc over and she wouldn't respond very much to him but once I said "Hi Grandma its Tracy" she would open her eyes but not much else. Broc was able to give her a hug and kiss goodbye and told her he loved her.
On Monday night I went back over by myself and visited and held her hand and whispered things in her ear, it was so hard because I think she could hear me but her body just wouldn't respond. That night she passed away. Greeted by her Husband and loved ones I am sure she is very happy right now.

On Saturday we had a viewing for friends and family that she had up here, a lot of family we haven't seen before or for very long had come up to pay their respects. My cousins from California were able to come up and we were happy to have them visit, just wish it was for a better reason. Today, Tuesday the 1st she will be laid to rest next to her husband in California.

We miss her all ready but know that she is happy and healthy.
I also wanted to share some of the cute things Broc asked me about her.
We were driving up to my mom's the other day and he said that he couldn't wait to tell Granny about his pre-school. This is how our conversation went:
"Remember buddy Granny is living with Heavenly Father now."
B: "How did she get there"
"Well her body is still here but her spirit is with Heavenly Father."
B: "Why did Granny die?"
"Sometimes people get old and their bodies cant keep up."
B:"She should have drank more milk mom, like me I am strong."
Again he asks
B:"How did she get to Heaven mom? In an elevator? Is she where Kooter Dog is? Maybe she can take care of him while we are gone from him."

After we visited with my mom and were driving off he rolls his window down and says,
"Grandma tell Granny bye for me."
I love how he asked questions and I could tell his mind was trying to make sense of everything. I am glad I had a notepad with me so I could write this stuff down. I had to pull over to the side of the rode while he asked all these questions.

I have so many photos of Grandma and Broc but they are all on my old computer. I need to put them on this one too so I can share some pics of her with you guys.
She is an amazing woman and I am so happy to have the gospel in my life that teaches and shows us that we can be together again, that we can be an Eternal Family!

St. Anthony Sand Dunes

2009-08-29T08:00:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went to the Sand Dunes in Idaho with our freinds Spank & Amy and Dustin and Janette. It was Broc's first time going out to the Dunes. My sister in law let us borrow her Rhino. It didnt go to many places but it was a lot of fun driving it around. Kris took Broc out one time and was trying to go up this big bowl and tipped it over, thankfully no one was hurt just a little scared was all.
Kris went on a couple rides with some freinds and had a great time as usual. Since I sold my bike last year I really didnt have anything to ride. Which was sucked but I really couldnt have gone to far with Broc anyway. So as you can tell from the pics below I did a lot of reading.
Broc also got to ride in our freinds parents sand rail. He had a great time in that and pretty much wanted to stay right there with him because he thought he was so cool.
Up there they have a couple little lakes or ponds, in the afternoon we played in those and that kept us pretty cool.
Since we were "Camping" we decided to borrow our freinds tailor that had a generator with air conditioning in it. It was nice and out of the elements but I still wish I would have had a shower. To get cleaned off I filled up a small bowl and made Broc stand in it and washed him off as best as I could. I mean this is like a bowl that you would put a salad in. Nothing big. With me since I am just a tiny bit smaller than him I just washed off my feet and arms and legs and called it good. I guess I am just not the camping type. Even though I had hardly any hair I sitll felt gross. But it was pretty fun. Lets just say next time I would rather pay for a hotel room, it was probably the same price as the camp site. But you cant beat a camp fire with freinds!
Oh yeah on the way home we got a blown tire on the trailor. But the boys handled it well and we were on our way in a half hour.

1st Day of Pre-School

2009-08-27T14:15:00.000-07:00

I cant believe my baby is going to school. He is growing up so quickly and to be such a kind and handsome young man. He started on Tuesday and goes every Tuesday and Thursday. On Monday night he was so excited, but thankfully he feel asleep quickly. But he woke up earlier than normal and by the time I got back from my walk at 8 he was all ready dressed and had eaten breakfast and brushed his teeth. I just had to do his hair. He kept asking "can we go yet". I have to say I dont think I really cried, but I did get teary eyed when leaving him there.

Kris and I took him together and that was really nice that he was able to come. We walked in and he hung up his little backpack and just started watching the kids play, then he started playing. I said give me a hug and kiss and he did then said, "bye mom c-ya later" I am happy and sad that he was not scared. When it came time to pick him up I asked him what they did and he just said, "oh I dont know". The next day he kept asking what day he gets to go to school again. I told him Thursday and he was thrilled. Wednesday night came and I told him he needed to get to bed and he asked why and I told him he had school tomorrow and he went straight to bed. This morning he woke up at 7:30 and said he was ready to go to school again.

I am so glad he is excited about learning and playing with Friends.
Here is my some pics of my Handsome Man.

New Mexico

2009-08-27T13:40:00.001-07:00

My oldest sister lives in New Mexico, my brother and his family were headed that way so I taged along with them. We went on July 19th and came home on July 25th. A little late on my posts I know!
We had so much fun just chillin and the kids had a blast. I think I all ready wrote about it but never posted any pics.
Here are the pics, hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Bike Ride

2009-08-21T09:23:00.000-07:00

Since Broc had gotten a new bike for his birthday we have been trying to ride as much as possible. We like to go on this little trail that is right by the Weber River to ride our bikes. Usually we don't make it very far because Broc's old bike would always get a flat or the chain would come off. However this time I knew that wouldn't happen because we have a warranty on this very nice bike that it would never get a flat and the chain would not fall off. I thought we were SAFE. We invited Kristin and the kids to come with us and we started along and about a mile and half in poor Gabbi's tire went flat. Being the prepared person she is Kristin brought a bike pump and some slim for the tire. I had no clue how to put slim in a tire but she sure did. We fixed it but the tire was now budging and we didn't want to risk the tire popping so we headed back. Now two weeks later the tire still is bulged but still working. Great job Krid on fixing the bike. We are ready when you are to go again.

They also added on to the park way and part of it you have to go under a bridge, the kids thought that was so awesome. The kids each had to make noises while going under it, I have pics of the kids doing that but you cant really see them very well so I didnt post those.

Afterwards we took the kids to get Ice Cream at Farrs. Yummy!!!!

Boating at Willard Bay

2009-08-13T16:21:00.000-07:00

Our friends Robert & Heidi took us to Willard Bay boating. At first I thought Broc would be a little scared to get in because you cant see the bottom, but since he had his life jacket on he jumped right in. That is all he wanted to do was jump off the back of the boat. He also went on the Tube with their son Noah and also with Kris. He laughed the whole time and kept wanting to go faster. I was so nervous for him. At one point he flew off and it really scared him but once he saw we werent leaving him we were just turning the boat around he laughed. When he fell off I wanted to jump right in and Kris told me no, he was just fine. Afterwards we were walking down to our car (our freinds had all ready left) and Kris asked me for the keys. I said I didnt drive I dont have the keys. Well he left them in boat and they had all ready left. We tried to get a hold of them and they wouldnt answer, thankfully we live very close, we called our friends to come to our rescue. Thanks Amy & Spank, you saved us from a long, hot walk.

Slip N Slide

2009-08-13T16:16:00.001-07:00

Grandma Chris bought a whole bunch of this tarp stuff and turned it into the best slip in slide ever. The kids had a blast and thanks to Uncle Cole for keeping it wet and keeping the kids sliding!

Swimming with family

2009-08-13T16:09:00.000-07:00

We had a small party with some cousins a couple weeks ago. We had hot dogs, chips, candy, all sorts of good stuff. They slip in slide, swam in our little pool, and ran through the sprinklers. They had a pretty good time.