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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

The pig races!

Client Night

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

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!

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

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.

We love you Granny

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!