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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Week Two in California

The kids and I had a great time in California, here are some more pictures from our trip.

Kelsey slept with Mimi & Papa one night. She was still up watching cartoons after gma & gpa had fallen asleep. I forgot to take her to the bathroom (should have instead of taking a picture) and she wet their bed. Whoops!

Aunt Julia flew down for the weekend, we are so glad she did!

We also got to see my sister Jenna and she remembered me. I love that sweet girl.

It started raining so my dad put the bag from the mattress over him to fix something outside. I thought it was funny.

Her big girl bed - I bought her a mattress after she fell off the bed at the hotel. The bed she was sleeping in at my parents was even taller and I didn't want her falling off that. She loved having her own bed. Here she is making it.

Having a 2nd dinner with Mimi

Yummy cake that grandma & grandpa Lang brought for dessert

Somebody couldn't wait...

Grandma & Grandpa Lang are so much fun

Hanging out with Grampy

A visit with my Great Grandma Miller

Aiden will do anything for food

NEW SHOES

Fun at the playground

Lunch at Paradise Cove

Guess who we found...

Jeff Ammerman, to bad we weren't having tacos

Daddy came home from Africa!!!

What a cool present

Somebody really missed their daddy

Showing daddy how to savor a pretzel, like Grampy

Helping daddy wipe his face at El Torrito

My dad and grandpa - I love these guys more than I can say

Family photo from my parents' backyard

Hanging out with Grandpa Lang, our last day in California

Aiden learned how to pull himself up today on this Ottoman! I couldn't believe it. He's not even 8 months old yet!

Now off to Salt Lake to start real life: House hunting, car hunting, and all the things that go along with relocating. I'm just glad to have my hubby back. ;)

Monday, March 01, 2010

San Diego

My dad took off work Friday so we drove down to San Diego Thursday night. We stayed in Old Town, which was so cool. I'd never been to there before - It has a Western/Mexican feel. We ate at this restaurant Thursday night (at 9pm - way too late for us) and then again in the morning because it was so good. I hadn't had a good American breakfast like that for a long time. Yum.

We drove past this cool building that said "Mormon Battalion." We stopped by to check it out before we left for Sea World and it was so cool. It took us on a VERY interesting tour and I learned so much about the sacrifices and contributions the Battalion made. The sister missionary is in the picture with us.

On the way to Sea World, we missed the turn and made a big circle around San Diego, driving right past our hotel. We were all cracking up. Needless to say, we started off at Sea World a bit later than planned.

It just so happened to be only 3 days after the tragic Sea World trainer death in Orlando so there was a somber mood at the park. The fortunate thing was there weren't very many people there. They cancelled the killer whale show, so we just had to watch them swim around. A sign by the whale tank says, "what's on the menu." It was just too hard not to say, "trainer meat." I do think it was a tragic incident though, and my heart goes out to the trainer's family.

The dolphins

They were so friendly and you could tell they were smart. They were interacting with the kids.

Pilot whales - they are starting to train them too now.
I guess "killer" whales are too dangerous. Just kidding.

My dad touching a ray - we swam with them in the Grand Caymans so touching them was nothing!

Our whole family loves otters, I don't know what it is about them but I want one.

Sea Lion Show
It was actually pretty funny, much different than the Sea Lion show at the Kinderzoo.

Kelsey loved the Elmo ride and wanted to keep going

Climbing the nets with Grampy

We met this guy in line - he's Swiss from the French speaking side. Since he was at the park by himself, we invited him to sit with us. He kept talking about how big his dessert was and how he would never be able to finish it. He barely made a dent in it.

Eels are so creepy and ugly. I would hate to run into one of those in the ocean.

Dolphins are pretty cool

I just bought these the other day and they were perfect for our Sea World day

Shark Encounter...it's a bit scary, but cool

Grampy entertaining the kids

We were one of the last people to leave the park!

Gotta love the traffic going from San Diego to Thousand Oaks

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.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Week Two in California

Monday, March 01, 2010

San Diego

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