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Monday, September 05, 2011

Lake Powell

We had the opportunity to go to Lake Powell with some friends last minute and we had a blast!

Here's the sunrise over the Lake

Tal & Jacob driving the boats, following the houseboat

Tal taking a turn in the captain's chair

Diane and Tiffany prepping for dinner

Aiden getting used to the water

Kelsey and Lucy playing in the mud - YUCK!

MORE yummy mud! Mollie, Peter, Kelsey, James, Anna, Lucy & Grace

Out for a ride on the boat. Both kids tried the banana boat and loved it!

Paddle boarding with Kels & Lucy...makes it a little tougher with wigglers. I'm starting to show!

Best buddies

All the kids on the boat

Cory & Tal cooking up some dinner

The ladies: Jess, Tiff, Julie, Diane & Lizzy

Tal wake surfing

I tried it too but never could get far enough away from the boat! Blame it on pregnancy...

More pictures will hopefully come from other people's cameras...including our game night and more pics of us on the boat!

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Chalk is for eating, and teething

Here are some events, projects, and pictures from the month of June.

I was inside cleaning up the kitchen when I heard these two giggling outside. I smiled and thought how nice it is to have two to entertain eachother. I peeked out to watch them laugh and I didn't know whether to scream, cry or LAUGH. I did a little of both and let them carry on until I got my camera. You may have to double click on the picture to see it...they're eating chalk. Kelsey was FEEDING it to Aiden.

Kelsey is so cute about her belly. She'll say, "I have a BIG belly." I'll ask her if she likes her big belly and she says, "YEAH!" Me too, lil darlin.

This is how Aiden rides the scooter...with his hand! Like that that skateboarding dog, it's precious.

One of the fun things about living in Utah is being close to family!

The zoo with cousin Edie

and our friend Eden (and Elisa)

Baking cookies with Edie

YUM!!

We had our friends the Phillips and Connellys over for dinner and birthday cake on Sunday night. It was fun (as usual) to get the crew together. Only this time we had a lot more kids than we did 7 years ago...

My poor baby already has SIX teeth and he's getting more. Here he is at 3am. Soon after, he was fast asleep again.

What?

Who me?

Sound asleep...

Mom!? What are you doing in here taking a picture of me?

I totally woke him up, so much for a sleeping picture

Peek-a-Boo!

My handsome little man, 11 months old

ALOHA!

My parents went to Hawaii for the first time and brought these back

WB is off, but aren't they cute!?

She loves to be "helpful" and bring little bro back for me.

Poor Aiden hates it.

Who's idea was this? Grandma's first, today Kelsey's.

She was on cloud nine while he was screaming, trying to get out.

He ESCAPED!

A whole new world to explore...the FRONT yard

I dislike sandboxes b/c of the mess they can bring to a house.

SO, our sandboxes become a mini pool in the Summer.

Kelsey is a big fan. Aiden doesn't like cold water being poured on him by his sister. Go figure.

SCISSORS! Kelsey helping Oma and I in the yard.

Trying to do what mommy's doing

A little help from Oma

Bloom where you are planted

Latest photoshoot of Kelsey, 2 years, 9 months

Red stuff on her face...YUMMY

A MOOSE!

We saw these on our way up to Silver Lake for a Sunday afternoon picnic

Playing with mom's shoes

Such a little girl

A swim day with her cousins (my cousin's kids)

See why we were surprised to have a boy?

Aiden and I having a moment. My cousin Holly took this, isn't she great?

We went with Tal's cousin Allie and her baby G to This is the Place Heritage Park

It is like stepping back into time...to the time of the Mormon Pioneers.

Here is a statue of Joseph Smith talking about going out west with Brigham Young

Kelsey got to learn how to wash and dry her own clothes

This used to be the family bed. I forgot how many people lived in this house but it was something like 13.

It was hardly the size of my kids' bedroom.

We took a train ride around the place but it became a bit difficult with Aiden wanting to walk around and baby G crying. Kelsey liked it though! It was a HOT day...

Kelsey found this little rocking chair and started rocking her baby

I guess I should get her one for her room!

Allie & baby G

Kelsey helping to print the newspaper

It was amazing to me how they had to set every letter, punctuation, etc.

Kelsey went to her first party "by herself." It was her cousin Edie's party who lives down the street from us. It had a princess theme and we had to make a quick stop at Walmart for a princess dress. I didn't realize she'd grown out of her Tinkerbell one. I guess it's time to step into the princess world. I forgot my camera so this is my friend's camera phone

Then I snapped a few when we got home. She LOVED walking around in those SHOES!!

I've been trying to get my house the way I like it, but it takes a lot more time & money than I thought.

Aiden's room BEFORE

This crib is currently for sale if anyone wants it

Aiden's room AFTER, well, in progress. I need to put in pictures up and stuff

Any ideas?

We had our ducts cleaned...this was what came out

We had our house numbers re-painted

(yes, they are there in real life, I took them out for privacy)

Kelsey Speaks

April 14: Advertising works, even for kids. Kels just came up to me with my iPhone and the app "Team Umizoomi" ready to purchase. I asked her how she knew about it and she said, "this mom put team umizoomi on for her kids and it teached her kids and he did it all by himself!" I've seen that commercial too, but never realized how much she soaked in! I'm a sucker, I downloaded it.

March 14:

We were having a new babysitter come and Kelsey wanted her to play a game but wasn't sure she'd know how. "What language does she speak?" I said, "English." Kels said, "Oh no!" I said, "Kelsey, did you know that YOU speak English?" She looked surprised, "I do!?"

October 17:

We had our carpet pad replaced today and the carpet guy was using a heavy duty iron that smelled like burning. Kelsey came in and said, "Mom, is that dinner I smell?" Thanks Kels, thanks. Says a lot about my cooking!

October 11:

So I'm on the phone and the Kelsey does soemthing that makes Aiden cry. I tell Kelsey, PLEASE make it better, say your sorry and make him stop crying. She starts singing, "Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine, make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine..." I started cracking up. I think she's a little too obsessed with Tangled.

February 19:
Family prayer
"Thank you that Aiden is incredible and that he could watch Incredibles with me. And thank you that mommy can change things."

February 9:
Family prayer tonight by Kelsey: "Thank you that mommy could be a good listener (?), thank you that mommy can be so stretchable...in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." I laughed and asked her what stretchable meant. She said it meant that I can read Aiden books and change his diaper, put us to bed, play with us, and wiggle us and throw us, stuff like that. Does that mean she's grateful I can do mommy stuff?

January 5:
While at my mom's house in California, she said, "I want to stay at Mimi's forever!" I asked, what about your toys and our home in Utah?" She replied, "I like Mimi's toys downstairs." "But what about your friends back in Utah?" She replied, "they can get in the car and drive really, really far and come see me!" She has it all figured out.

January 4, 2011:
Tally read aloud a sign as we passed a church, "Jesus is making a list." She said, "No, Santa is making a list, and checking it twice."

December 20:
She was sad after I scolded her for taking her brother's food. I asked her why she was sad and she said, "My life hurts right now."
"With Christmas just a few days away?" I said. She perked right up.

December 13:
Tal was going to bed early and we all jumped in bed to give him hugs and say goodnight. Kelsey said, "I like it when our whole family is in bed together. Dad, you're hot. But I like it hot. You're the hottest."

December 9:
I had made a big effort to go to the gym and literally had 30 minutes to work out and then be back before everyone came over for play group. I get Kelsey out of the car and walk around to get Aiden. Kelsey says, "Mom, you can't wear THOSE shoes to the gym!" I looked down and sure enough, I was wearing my Crocs. I'm so glad she saw it before I'd gotten Aiden out of his car seat, gotten the kids checked into day care, and stepped on the treadmill. 10 points for trying, right?

October 22:
"Mom, I don't wanna have a baby in my tummy. I don't want to have a baby doggy come out."

October 3:
"Mom, you shut up and I'll shut down." (playing around with the word shut up to get a reaction from me).

September 30:
"Aiden, you have pretty eyebrows."
August 15
While sitting in our master bathroom, Kelsey said, "You guys have two sinks."
Us: "Yes, we have two sinks, isn't that nice?"
K: "No, I don't like it, you need to take one out. I need more room to sit."
Tal: "When you get married, you can have one sink in your bathroom."
K: "When I marry Aiden?" (who she said she wanted to marry when we were talking about weddings the day before).
Tal: "You can't marry Aiden, he's your brother."
K: "I want to marry DADDY!"
Jess: "He's mine, darlin. Daddy is already married to mommy."
K: "My cousins?"
Us: (Laugh, gave up...we'll have this talk one day when she's ready) She is constantly playing with my bouquet of silk flowers in my room and saying, "I'm getting married mom." I guess she picked that up on her own...I don't think I've ever talked about the flowers with her!

August 11:
As I'm putting her to bed I said, "Kelsey, your little body is so tired because you didn't take a nap today and little bodies need naps."
"And sometimes big bodies do too?" she said.
After the gym today, we caught her doing her hand clasp thing. Tally said, "Don't do that, you're doing it so hard you're getting sweaty."
She replied, firmly, "Well I just back from the gym." (which is true, but she was at the play place at the gym)
May
(While shutting herself inside the kitchen pantry)
K: Alright Aiden, I'm going bye-bye to Lily's house, 2 seconds, and when I come back, I'm going to Zoe's house. Okay? Okay, see ya later.
(about 2 seconds later, she opens the door)
K: Oh, hi Zoe's house!
She has been cracking me up (mixed with a little worry) with her imagination. If you ask her what she did today, she'll say she played with her cousins. We don't play with cousins everyday, but she does, in her imaginary play. She'll tell Libby and Zoe to come downstairs to the playroom or come outside with her. Then I'll hear her telling one of them to go hide or that this doll is for them or that they are nice. She will also throw in Lily and Edie, and an occasional Colton, Carter or Spencer. But that's more rare. Maybe because she sees them the most? Or because they are boys.
She also loves to pretend she's mommy and I'm Kelsey. She'll ask me, "is your pee-pees coming, mommy?" (No, is yours?) She'll also say, "you want a treat Kelsey? Okay. " Or my favorite, "You go in time out mommy, no-no." When I ask what I did wrong she'll say it's because I hit Aiden. Shocking.
She is also such a good sister. When I was reading my friend Mary's blog today who just lost her baby girl and bawling, she came over and gave me a big hug and said, "it's okay mommy." Then, because I wasn't paying attention to the fact that Aiden had run out of Cheerios and was "asking" for more, she fed him her Cheerios. Then she came up to me and said, "mommy, Aiden wants more Cheerios." She's a great little mommy.
5/?- (while Tal is at work)
K: Mom, I want to tell dad I had fun at the doctor today - daddy, I had fun at the doctor today - oh you did - yeah, dr. M was really nice. Yeah? Yeah.
She has little conversations with herself as she imagines the conversation she had or will have. These crack me up. She does it all the time, I just need to remember to write them down.
5/29 -
K: Mom, don't let Swiper come swipe our new house, okay?
M: Okay, I will. I'll tell him, Swiper no swiping, okay?
K: Yeah!
She's on this kick where she says "everytime" or "everday" with almost every sentence. I guess she's learning how to tell time/days?
She also sings all the time, usually "I am a Child of God." How can I ever get mad at that sweet little thing?
February 1, 2010
J: "Kelsey, get up on the stool so we can wash your hands."
K: "Mommy, you need to pull my pants up first."
J: "Okay, sorry"
K: "You don't need to say sorry mami."
She's been saying sorry to EVERYTHING and so I think she's heard that a lot lately from me. It's funny to hear your own words come from the mouths of your little ones.
January 28, 2010
K: "I want to be baptized."
J: "You do? How old are you?"
K: "TWO! Aiden wants to be baptized too."
J: "You have to be 8 to be baptized."
K: "Oh, I EIGHT!"
A little boy was baptized last Sunday and she started noticing it more in her books about Jesus and we talked about it a few times this week. But the subject hadn't come up this day - she said it out of the blue.

Monday, September 05, 2011

Lake Powell

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Chalk is for eating, and teething

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