Hanson Family

Zoo 2011

2011-08-03T09:06:00.000-07:00

I try to take the boys to the zoo at least once every summer. The other day, I realized that I hadn't taken them yet this year. I wanted to take them but I was a little nervous to go in the heat, and walk all over when I am almost 8 months pregnant. Anymore, it seems like I lose all my energy after doing something for more than an hour. But I wanted them to be able to go, especially since there is a dinosaur exhibit there right now. So we loaded up the new van, and took off yesterday. Most of these picture probably look about the same as every other year because we always go on the train and the carousel. So sorry if they look familiar. I did survive the zoo, and I am glad I got to take my boys! I was amazed at how many pregnant women I saw there. I bet at least a third of the women that I saw were pregnant! So I guess it wasn't that big a deal that I braved the heat and the hills seeing as everyone else did too.

Bear Lake/Camping

2011-08-03T08:59:00.001-07:00

I have been horrible at taking pictures lately. Well for about the last two or three years. Tim noticed that we have a ton of pictures of Chase when he was a baby but hardly any of Kamron. So my new goal is to get that camera out again and take lots and lots of pictures. I made that goal after our last camping trip so there really isn't that many pictures here. But this last camping trip was the dirtiest camping trip we have ever been on. Now don't get me wrong, my boys are REALLY good at getting dirty, but this trip they were especially dirty. I gave them baths every night but ten minutes after they went outside again, this is what they looked like. I also gave them several wipey baths during the day.

One of the days we were camping, we decided to go to Bear Lake because we weren't too far away. I thought the water would be too cold for the boys to play in, so we didn't go very prepared. But for the 20 minutes that we were at the lake, the boys all really enjoyed it. Matt was at his mom's that weekend, so that is why he is not in any of the pictures.

Shoshone Falls

2011-07-12T14:28:00.000-07:00

My family took a trip to Shoshone Falls near Twin Falls, Idaho. We found a cute little campground just a few minutes away from the falls, that had cabins, tent sites, and rv sites for pretty good rates. The falls were beautiful and it was a fun few days spent with family!

Halloween

2010-11-03T13:23:00.001-07:00

These are all the pictures I have from Halloween. Kinda sad. Matt was at his mom's house for Halloween this year so I didn't get any pictures of him in his costume. We went to the Ward trunk or treat this year for the first time. It started raining right about the time the party started so everyone ran inside the church. There was a ton of people there, so we handed out what candy we had and took off. We spent the rest of the night at home out of the rain. Kinda lame I know, but the kids still seemed to have fun!

Kamron is 2!

2010-11-03T13:12:00.000-07:00

My little guy is two years old already! I can't believe how fast these two years have flown by. Kamron had a fun birthday. We celebrated a few days early this year because Matt was going to be at his mom's house on Kamron's actual birthday and we wanted him there to help celebrate. Plus with Halloween being on Sunday this year, we celebrated halloween on Saturday, Kamron's birthday, and we didn't want to do both on the same day. Grandma and Grandpa Cardon, and Aunt Becca came and had pizza, cake and ice cream with us. It was a fun night!

Kamron has definately hit the terrible two's. He can be a stinker, but he is also a sweetheart and still always has a smile on his face. He is a little miniature version of his daddy as you can see from these pictures. He just decided that he is big enough to go potty in the toilet, so he has been wearing big boy underwear and pullups now. He does pretty good! We love our little guy!

Baby Scott

2010-10-27T14:28:00.001-07:00

My brother and Sister in law, Ben and Maria just had a gorgeous little baby boy! These pictures were taken the day he was born. He is perfect and so adorable!

Snowbird

2010-10-27T14:21:00.001-07:00

Tim and I took an overnight trip to Snowbird to celebrate our 5th anniversary. It was the last weekend of Oktoberfest up there so they had a lot of activities going on. We rode the tram up to the top of the mountain. Brrr it was freezing!!!! We lasted long enough to look over the edge and take a picture. Than we headed into the warming hut to warm up for the few minutes we had to wait for the tram to head back down.

Our favorite activity was the alpine slide. Tim kept teasing me about how slow I was going to be getting down and how he was going to beat me. He had to eat his words at the bottom when I totally smoked him!!! It was a fun little getaway!

Roloff Pumpkin Farm

2010-10-27T14:12:00.000-07:00

Ok so I will be honest, I had never even heard of the reality show "Little People, Big World" before our trip to Oregon, but my friends invited us to go to the Roloff farm in Beaveron while we were there. My friends made me watch an episode of LPBW before we went so I knew what it was all about. We actually saw all of the Roloff family while we were there, but I didn't want to wait in line to get pictures with them. The kids had fun at the petting zoo, playing on the blow up slide, and of course picking out pumpkins.

Oregon Trip

2010-10-27T13:56:00.001-07:00

Tim went to a different place for the deer hunt this year. It was a place that he had to hike in, so we didn't take our family camping for a week for the hunt this year. Instead, Tim went hunting and I took the three boys on a road trip to Oregon. My brother and his family live in Portland so we were able to stay with them instead of hotels like we usually do when we go to Oregon. Of course, we had to stop at Multnomah Falls. We stop here every time we go to Oregon and I probably have the same shot of the falls from each one of our trips.

I tried to get them to all look at me and smile at the same time, but that never happens.

We went to the coast with my brother and his family. We stopped at the Tillamook Cheese Factory and let all the kids get ice cream. The boys loved getting to see their cousins!!!

Kamron got a little too close to the water a few times and got swallowed up by some waves. After that he was terrified of the cold cold water and I couldn't drag him anywhere near it.

Matt on the other hand didn't mind the water or the cold. Though it wasn't as cold as the Oregon Coast usually is. I'm sure the water was freezing as usual, I didn't even dip a toe in it, but it was the nicest day I have ever seen at the Oregon Coast in my life.

He stayed away from the water but had a little fun in the sand. That is before he got drenched a second time.

Chase, Matt, and their cousin Boyd playing chicken with the waves

It was a fun trip! We sure missed dad but had a great time playing with cousins and friends!

More Camping

2010-10-27T13:50:00.000-07:00

We went camping a ton this past summer. Sadly I didn't take very many pictures. But I think we are done for this year. We went camping with some of our friends from our Ward a lot this year. On one of our trips, our friends brought horses and all the guys went on a ride.

He knows he is cute! What a cheesy grin!

Our friend Brett and Tim getting ready for their ride.

What a cowboy!!!

California Trip

2010-10-27T13:32:00.000-07:00

These pictures are all in the wrong order but here are some pictures from our California trip in July. I went with 2 of my sisters, Debbie and Becca and Becca's sister in law Kenzi. This first picture is actually the last picture of our trip, when dropping me off at home.

The beach somewhere in between San Fransisco and LA

All of our glitter toes in the sand

Me and Debbie playing in the water. I have a lot more pictures of us playing in the water, but being as I am too embarrassed to see me in a bathing suit, I am not putting any on here. And no, I don't have any pictures of the incident on Huntington Beach.

Debbie and Becca in front of the Newport Beach Temple. It is a really pretty but different temple, It's pink!

While we were in San Francisco, we got to go see Wicked!!! Soooo fun!!!

The picture doesn't do it justice, but somehow we ended up on one of those really really steep hills in San Francisco. Of course I was driving and I didn't panic once, not even when we were stopped going up a really steep hill and the car in front of us kept killing his car trying to get going. It took him 5-6 tries and each try he kept sliding backwards getting closer and closer. But he made it and somehow we did too.

This is the "before" picture as we were getting started on our trip. We had such a good time. I would love to do it again!

Matt's 8th Birthday and Baptism

2010-10-27T13:25:00.000-07:00

I know this is really late, but Matt celebrated his 8th birthday in August and got baptized in September. His baptism was a wonderful day filled with family and fun.

The kids usually pick out their own birthday cakes, but for some reason, Matt's birthday snuck up on me and I ended up ordering this cake last minute without Matt's input. It fit him to a T though and he loved it.

Happy Birthday Matt! We love you!!!

New Family Pictures

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

We got new family pictures taken a few weeks ago. These are the ones that I am thinking about getting printed. What do you think???

The Zoo

2010-06-05T21:05:00.000-07:00

Tim's work had their summer party today. They did it at the zoo instead of Lagoon this year. I think it was way more fun than Lagoon. The kids had a great time and it was fun spending the day with the family. The kids loved the train as usual. Kamron kept saying "choo choo" the rest of the night.

Matt wanted to ride the wolf on the carousel

Chase was all about elephants today. Even before we got to the zoo, he was saying that the elephant was his favorite, so of course he insisted on riding the elephant on the carousel

Kamron got an extra ride on the carousel while the other boys were watching the bird show. He sat for the first half of the bird show, but got pretty restless pretty fast.

Kamron sure loves his daddy!

They had face painting for all the Wasatch Electric employees and their families. Chase of course chose the elephant.

Matt chose a monkey.

Kamron by the baby and momma elephants.

What a fun day!!!

My New, Fun Hobby: Glitter Toes

2010-06-05T20:53:00.000-07:00

Last year my sister in law showed me her glitter toes and I knew I wanted them immediatly. I waited out the winter months and got mine done for Mother's Day. I wanted to do a glitter toe party with the girl that was doing my toes, and have all my friends get together to have them done, but I DID NOT like the girl that did mine. So I decided they seemed easy enough to do myself. So I went and bought all the stuff to do it. It wasn't quite as easy as I expected, but still quite easy and fun. I haven't gotten pictures of everyone's toes that I have done, but here are a few pictures. So much fun to do!!! So if anybody wants theirs done or wants to have a party let me know! (I'm a lot cheaper than the salon!)

Memorial Day

2010-06-05T20:43:00.001-07:00

We had our annual Memorial Day campout last weekend. This year we went to a campground in Logan Canyon. This is a duck that got lost and wandered into our camp. The dog tried to eat it so I rescued it. We dropped it off in a pond with a lot of duck families in it on our way down the canyon.

The best part about camping. Tim does most of the cooking. He's making yummy dutch oven peach cobbler.

They told us we could fit at least 20 trailers in our group site. We were barely able to squeeze these in, and one trailer didn't fit and had to be clear on the other side of camp.

This picture shows what he always looks like camping, filthy dirty and candy in each hand, but happy as can be.

Love that smile!

Even though it rained the first 2 days, we had a blast with family and friends.

Thomas the Train

2010-05-27T20:36:00.001-07:00

I took the boys to the Thomas the Train exhibit in Heber tonight. They seemed to like it quite a bit, but I'm not sure it was worth the money. Maybe if Tim had been there to help me with the kids, but he had a meeting for work he had to be at. Kamron didn't want to sit in his stroller, but he is still a little too young to walk on his own. Chase didn't want to wait in line for anything and actually wandered off on his own for a few minutes before I went into a panic looking for him. But they were pretty proud of their tattoos, and went on and on to daddy about Thomas when we got home, so I think they enjoyed it.

Waiting for the train ride to start

Sir Topham Hat. Kamron was too scared of him to be in the picture.

The Living Planet Aquarium

2010-05-27T20:31:00.000-07:00

I took the boys to the aquarium a few months ago. I didn't get very many good pictures, mostly because it was crazy busy and I was trying to keep track of two very busy boys. But here is Chase looking at the penguins. I was going to take a picture of them touching the sting rays, but I was too busy trying to keep them from drinking the water from the tank!

Easter

2010-05-27T20:25:00.000-07:00

Kamron with his Easter basket and spoils

Coloring Easter Eggs

Riding horses on the desert

Blog Catch up

2010-02-16T09:32:00.001-08:00

I know, I have been a terrible blogger lately. I went to transfer my pictures onto the computer from my camera and couldn't believe how long it has been. So now I think I'm caught up with everything that we have been up to for the last few months. The only thing I didn't blog about was Matt's piano recital. All I have is videos from it and I couldn't figure out how to upload a video. Well I did, but it didn't work. So if I ever figure that out I will post a video of Matt's first piano recital playing Jingle Bells. Meanwhile, here are some cute pictures of Kamron!

Chase's 3rd Birthday

2010-02-16T09:19:00.001-08:00

Chase had his 3rd birthday on February 2nd. We ended up celebrating his birthday on the first cause I had to work and Tim had scouts on his actual birthday. Chase has been talking about his birthday for months! He was so excited! I took Chase to go get some balloons! I did this last year and it has turned into a little tradition for every birthday now. So cheap yet so fun! We met Tim at Chuck E Cheese for dinner where the kids filled up on pizza and pop and won lots of prizes. Then we went home for Cake and presents. Chase is obsessed with spiderman, so he got a spiderman cake and a spiderman bike wrapped in spiderman wrapping paper. He had so much fun!

The boys on a little ride at Chuck E Cheese

Chase is such a sweet little boy. Don't get me wrong, he is all boy and not so sweet at times too! But he really is a sweetheart. This morning he saw a bunch of laundry on the couch that I had folded last night but hadn't put away yet. He saw his pajamas and said "my nannies (that's what he calls his pajamas) They are clean! You washed them mommy! Thank You!!! Thank You mommy you washed my nannies!" Then he ran upstairs and put them away. He came back and said " I love you Mommy! Thank you for my nannies!" then he started singing a song that I think he must have made up that said "I know my Mommy loves me!" That is just one example of what a sweetheart he is. He tells me thank you all the time on his own for all the small things that I do for him and he loves to come and give me loves and tell me he loves me. Another cute thing that he did this morning; He found some spiderman sandals in his closet yesterday and was so excited about them. He put them on all by himself and I didn't have the heart to tell him it was raining and probably not the best shoes to wear. So I let him wear them yesterday. Today he put them on again and went straight out to the hall where he started clawing at the walls. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was climbing the walls cause he was wearing his spiderman sandals and Spiderman can climb walls. H was so sure that he could too!

Happy Birthday Chase! I love you so much!!!

Hardware Ranch

2010-02-16T09:15:00.001-08:00

My niece Maddie got baptized a few weeks ago. So while all the family was in Logan for the Baptism, my dad decided it was a good time to all go to Hardware Ranch. We had never been there before. It was a lot of fun. We all piled onto a big sleigh pulled by two large horses. We were pulled around to look at hundreds of elk! It was fun to get out in the snow and be together with family.

Basketball

2010-02-16T09:11:00.001-08:00

Matt started basketball this year. He is obsessed. He loves it. For a few weeks he was asking everyday if I would go to the store and buy him a ball so he could practice. I actually got him a youth hoop and ball for Christmas, but it was broken the day after Christmas so apparently that wasn't the best idea. But I finally did get him a ball and he loves to go practice at the neighbors that have a hoop. He is doing really good for his first year and trying to figure out how the whole thing works. His team is the Stealers, Cause they are good at stealing the ball! It is really fun to go to his games and watch him get into the game!

Sledding

2010-02-16T09:06:00.000-08:00

We went on our annual Cardon family sledding trip. Matt was at his mom's so sadly he didn't get to come, but we had lots of cousins, aunts and uncles and a hardworking Grandpa come play. We try to go sledding in Brigham City at least once a year. We always say we are going to do it more but it never seems to happen. Chase was very protective of his little sled. He didn't want anyone else to touch it so we had to trick him into lettting some of his cousins use it a few times. Kamron loved every minute of sledding, he even tried to slide down on his stomach by himself at one point because we weren't getting him on a sled fast enough. He did have a hard time walking in all his snow clothes though.

Christmas Nativity

2010-02-16T08:56:00.000-08:00

For Christmas Eve we had a party at my parent's house. My sister wanted to act out the nativity since there would be a bunch of kids. This was new to me, I have never had my kids do this. Luckily Debbie is a pro and found all the costumes and had the whole story printed out. The kids had fun dressing up and acting out the story of Christ's birth. It was nice to teach the kids a little more about the real reason we celebrate Christmas and focus on something besides all the presents.

Kamron was really interested in that baby.

A Train Ride and Temple Square

2010-02-16T08:52:00.001-08:00

I went out to dinner in Salt Lake with a couple of my sisters and a friend. I took Chase and Kamron cause Tim was hunting and Matt was at his mom's. You could see the Trax train from the window of our restaurant and Chase was enthralled. He wanted to ride that train. He kept asking all through dinner so after dinner, My sister took Kamron with her to go drive around and look at Christmas lights while I took Chase on the train. We ended up taking the train to Temple Square where we got off and walked around a little. He was so excited to see all the lights and even got a surprise when he saw a man dressed like Santa riding the train. It was a fun little one on one trip with my little guy.

Christmas 2009

2010-02-16T08:45:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas this year. The kids were all at such fun ages. Chase learned a lot of Christmas carols and was singing all the time and talking about Santa. Our tree only lasted about 15 minutes before all the ornaments on the bottom half had to be removed, but at least we got a picture right away. Kamron and Chase fought constantly over the lights. Chase would plug them in and Kamron would unplug them till we had to hide the end of the lights in the tree. We even got Christmas lights put up on the outside of our house for the first time which the kids loved.

The boys had a ton of fun opening up all their gifts. There wasn't a single fight! Of course the highlight this year was that I finally broke down and let Tim get a video game system (which has always been banned in our house). We got a Wii with the wii fit and rock band!

Tim's mom got a wagon so she can pull the kids on walks. The boys had fun riding it around the house since it was too cold outside.

Santa

2009-12-08T12:47:00.001-08:00

We had a Cardon Christmas Party last weekend. My parents had a Santa Claus come to pass out presents. All the kids loved it. Well Kamron didn't love sitting on Santa's lap so much but he liked staring at him.

All the kids staring enraptured by Santa

Making Candy Canes

2009-11-17T08:30:00.001-08:00

Our kids are at such a fun age right now. Matt is a great brother and friend and still likes to play with his little brothers (which I know won't always be the case), Chase mentions his birthday and Christmas multiple times a day and is so excited about them, and Kamron is walking all over wanting to be involved in whatever his brothers are doing. So this year, we decided to get a little more organized for Christmas and to do a lot of fun things with the kids. Tim used to make candy canes at a friend's house when he was younger, so he wanted to try it out with the kids. We got Strawberry, butterscotch, and watermelon flavoring.

The boys with all of their finished candy canes

Kamron eating a watermlon candy cane

Rolling the candy into canes look at those faces of concentration!

getting ready to make the candy into canes, I know the pictures aren't in order, sorry

It was a lot of fun and the kids had a blast, even if the candy didn't turn out the prettiest.

Kamron Turns 1

2009-10-30T19:35:00.001-07:00

Such a happy little boy!

Kamron turned one year old today. I feel kind of bad cause I really didn't do much for his birthday, but I did make him some cupcakes and gave him an ice cream cone. He seemed to enjoy himself.

This was right after I took the candle away from him cause he was eating it.

Kamron is such a sweet little boy! He is growing up way too fast. He took his first steps the other day and can get anywhere he wants crawling all over. He has 7 teeth and loves to bite with them. He loves pulling my hair, which drives me crazy, but I can't seem to get him to stop. He is the sweetest little boy and I'm so glad to have him in our family!

Deer Hunt

2009-10-25T14:17:00.001-07:00

We spent the last week camping in the mountains by Yost for the annual deer hunt. It was interesting trying to keep two little boys occupied when all they really wanted to do was roll around in the dirt and mud. But it was a good week. Tim and Travis (my brother in law) each got a deer. Travis on Thursday and Tim on Friday. Travis also shot a coyote. Matt was kind of sick with a cough so he didn't get to hunt nearly as much as he would have liked, but we did go out on a few drives including a field trip over to City of Rocks, which was pretty cool.

Kamron

2009-09-16T15:21:00.001-07:00

I left the pantry door open for a few minutes this morning while I ran downstairs on a conference call with my husband and tech support. When I came back upstairs, this is what I found. He is pretty good at getting into things. I have found him in a very similar situation 2 other times involving a roll of toilet paper! What a stinker!

Jazper is so good with Kamron, he lets him crawl all over him

Here are some pics of Kamron's toe. I have no idea what happened. The Dr. thinks it is an infection from his toenail, but the blister is on the end of his toe, not around the toenail so that doesn't make much sense to me. It doesn't seem to bother him, so for now he is on antibiotics. Hopefully it gets better soon. (the big white thing on the tip of his toe is a really big blister).

Isn't he just adorable!

Big Boy Haircut

2009-09-14T08:43:00.000-07:00

Tim and I finally cut Kamron's hair on Sunday. I have gotten several comments lately saying that I really need to cut his hair. I have been putting it off for awhile because, I don't know if Tim will ever agree to have another baby so I am trying to prolong the baby days as long as possible. But I finally broke down and cut it. It took both me and Tim to cut it and hold him down and even then he was pretty wiggly so it's a pretty bad haircut, but he does look pretty cute. He definately looks a lot older and a lot more like Chase than we realized.

Camping Trips

2009-08-15T11:46:00.001-07:00

We went camping in Cottonwood Canyon last weekend with the Bell family (Tim's sister and cousins). We were celebrating Matt, Brody and Brielle's birthdays. We had a lot of fun with 4 wheelers, horses, Emerson Drive concert at the Emery County Fair, and lots of cousins!

Chase, Kamron, and I also went to a friend's family cabin overnight. We had a sewing party and Chase had fun playing with the other kids.

The fort that the kids made

All the cousins after the scavenger hunt for the birthday prize

Pictures of the Day

2009-08-15T11:43:00.001-07:00

This is what I found when I came back downstairs from putting the baby to bed.

Chase decided to get dressed all by himself this morning while I was brushing my teeth. He did pretty good considering he has never put a shirt on by himself and he even had it on the right way. Only problem was he got both legs into one hole. He was pretty upset!

Kamron's Getting So Big!

2009-08-15T11:36:00.001-07:00

I can't believe how big Kamron is getting! He is 9 1/2 months old. He is crawling all over the place now! He hates eating baby food. He wants to be a big boy and eat with the rest of us. He has 4 teeth and is about to cut 2 more. He is still my happy little boy and quick to smile. When I sing him lullabys to get him to sleep, he sings along with me! Very cute. I just wish he would stay little forever!

Oh yeah, and he LOVES ice cream cones!

Ben and Maria's Wedding

2009-08-04T09:26:00.001-07:00

My little brother Ben got married a few weeks ago to a beautiful Maria. They were married in the Timpanogos Temple. It was perfect. Maria speaks pretty good english (she is from Mexico) but her mother doesn't speak any english. Luckily Maria and her brother were able to translate a lot plus, 2 of my brothers, my brother-in-law, and I are all fluent in spanish. So that made it a little easier.Ben and Maria at the temple
All of my siblings made it for the wedding (all 9 of us!) This is the dashing couple, all of my siblings and our spouses (My oldest brother and sister's spouses weren't able to make it and my youngest brother isn't married)

My sisters and I were the bridesmaids. Maria with her mom and my mom.

All of my brothers and brothers-in-law were groomsmen. Maria, Ben and my dad. Maria's dad wasn't able to come from Mexico for the wedding.

Chase at the reception. He was a mess!

Tim and Matt at the reception

Congratulations Guys!

Family Reunion Part II

2009-07-27T13:24:00.001-07:00

I wanted to add a few more pictures from the Reunion

Meal time
Tim's parents and all of their children
(For those of you who don't know, Tim was adopted by his grandparents, so these are his siblings or his aunts and uncles, whichever way you want to look at it)

Cute boys!!!

Matt had been playing in the dirt all day and was filthy

Tim's parents (grandparents). They are in their 90's so they were quite the troopers to come up to the mountains and hang out!

Family Reunion Time

2009-07-27T10:11:00.000-07:00

We went camping in Huntington Canyon for the Hanson Family Reunion. We had a ton of fun. The boys were both covered in dirt the entire time. They made new friends with some of their cousins that they rarely see.

Matt spend the entire time hanging out in this gully and the "bear cave"
I let Kamron have a piece of licorice. He had a hard time not being able to crawl around in the dirt

Chase loved his cousin Aubrey. He called her "my Aubrey" She played really well with her and let her paint his face, which he promptly smeared all over thus creating the massive forehead wound effect

Tim playing poker with some of his cousins and an aunt. He cleaned everyone out.

Playing with Grandma Leslie

Fun Pictures

2009-07-01T13:55:00.000-07:00

These are some random pictures that I just uploaded from my camera

You can't really tell but Kamron got two teeth
We went camping with some friends in American Fork Canyon. We had a creek running right through our campsite plus rain made a very muddy camp

You had to walk on the rocks or the boards to keep from sinking several inches in mud

Chase loves the baby toys!

We took the boys to see UP in 3D. The glasses were a little big but they had fun.

Oregon Trip

2009-07-01T13:28:00.000-07:00

Last week I drove to Hood River for my friends Kris and Richard's wedding. Tim couldn't get the time off work so my mom came with me to help me out with the boys. That was the first big road trip that I have taken with three boys. Let's just say that I have no plans to do it again any time soon. My mom was a life saver!!! There is no way that I could have done it myself. And really the boys were quite good. But it was way too much work. We did have fun though.

Here is a picture of my friends that got married.

Kris, Richard and his kids Trevin and Emma Franks
My beautiful mountain. Picture taken from my old house in Parkdale

My fond memories of Parkdale are not as fond anymore. While we were driving around, we decided to stop at a park to let the kids get out of the car and play. After a few minutes Matt came over and said he needed to use the bathroom. Parkdale is really really small with just a small convenience store and a few other little shops. So I took him across the street to the store and they said they didn't have a bathroom that we would have to use the one at the gas station. So we walked to the gas station, they said I had to buy something before Matt could use the bathroom. I hadn't brought my purse so I asked again if my 6 year old could please use the bathroom. They refused. So we walked to the ice cream shop next door. The grouchy old lady working there said the bathroom was for customers only. I told her I had left my purse at the park, and could she please spare my 6 year old from peeing his pants and let him use the bathroom. She said, Customers only and walked away!!! I could not believe how rude they were and that they really weren't going to let him use the bathroom!

What Hood River is most famous for, Windsurfing and Kite surfing on the Colombia River

We rode on a carousel in Seaside. Matt was too scared, so he rode on one of the animals that didn't go up and down

At the beach in Seaside

Matt is covered in sand, because Matt, Chase and I wanted to go put our toes in the water. The water was way out there so we kept walking to get close enough to just barely get a little wet. I decided I wanted the boys to take their shirts off so they didn't get wet. When Matt had his shirt halfway off, this huge wave came clear out to where we were standing. He saw it coming and turned and ran. The wave tripped him up and he ended up face planting into the sand. Chase and I just stood our ground so we didn't fall, but I was wet up to my waist. The water was really random that day. Every 10 minutes or so, a big wave would come. The next time we were prepared but it was still surprising how suddenly there was all of a sudden a big wave, when previously the water was way out.

Mom and Kamron on the beach

The only way to travel! DVD players for each of the boys!!!

Coach Pitch Baseball

2009-07-01T13:18:00.000-07:00

I hate it when I write a bunch of new posts all at once, but I am way behind on my blog and never seem to post every few days like I should. Instead I do a bunch together, so here goes. . . .

Matt played coach pitch baseball this summer. His team was the Indians. He had a ton of fun playing and had several friends on the team so that made it more fun. Tim helped out at all the games, and Chase was dying to play too. Chase figured out how to hang the bats up in the chain link fence, so he spent a lot of time doing that. When he wasn't hanging up bats, he was hanging out in the dugout with the team.

Matt did really well. He had some really good hits and played well in the field. He is looking forward to playing again next year and starting football in August.

Family Pictures

2009-06-13T13:55:00.000-07:00

We had some family pictures done the other day and just got them back. We had them done at the Mantua Campground. I think they turned out pretty good. Chase was pretty grumpy so I was worried that we wouldn't get any good ones. Here are some of my favorites.

And the binky is . . . . . . . . . . . .

2009-05-28T09:35:00.000-07:00

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . G G G O O O N N N E E E
Whoopee! Finally! OK so I think it is anyway, it has only been one day but honestly it's taken forever! I kept saying that as soon as Chase turned two it would be gone. My plan was to circumcise the binky, you know cut off the tip. It worked for my sister and my sister in law. But Chase didn't care. He sucked on it anyway. It didn't phase him at all. So I cut a little more off, but he got mad for about 2 seconds and then sucked away. So then I got pretty lazy about it. He only used it go to sleep. But last weekend we went camping, and he didn't seem as into it as usual. So Tuesday night when I was at work and Tim put the kids to bed, he hid the binky and the stuffed froggy. Chase associates the two and has to sleep with them both. I guess Chase didn't say anything about them and went to bed just fine. But when he woke up in the morning, they were in his bed so I don't know if Matt gave them to him or if he found them or what. But yesterday before I put Chase down for his nap I hid the binky. When he saw his froggy he asked for the binky. I said it went bye bye. He got upset and looked under his bed and behind his bed and demanded that I find it for him, but I just kept saying it was gone and went bye-bye. Finally he went back and laid on his pillow and said very calmly, "bye bye binky" and then went to sleep. It was that easy! Last night when we put the boys to bed, he didn't even ask for it!
Whoo Hoo, let's hope this lasts!

Camping at Bear Lake

2009-05-27T10:43:00.001-07:00

Just a warning, this post has a lot of pictures. We went camping with some friends for Memorial Day Weekend. We ended up going to Bear Lake for 3 nights. We had a ton of fun. The boys had fun running around and riding their bikes with all the other kids. It is nice to go with people that the boys can play with. Chase kept getting into water and getting his clothes soaking wet so he went through about 8 outfits in three days.

We went rock climbing in Logan Canyon on Saturday. We had never been but we had a lot of fun and want to do it some more. We went to the beach on Monday morning and flew some kites that we had. It was a little chilly and the water was really cold so I didn't think the boys would want to get in the water, but Chase got in anyway (fully clothed) and Matt got in a little too.

It was a really fun weekend and ended with my brother in law calling to see if Tim wanted to go fishing so they even got some fishing in there.

Matt rock climbing with some help from dad
kind of a dark picture, but the kids eating breakfast in the trailer

Kamron really liked his little chair

Chase dragging his kite in the lake

Matt got a few opportunities to shoot his BB gun

My boys at Bear Lake

Kamron and I by the lake

The place we went rock climbing was 3 feet from the really busy road so we tried to keep all 10 of the kids in the back of the truck

Tim made it all the way to the top

Outstanding Handwriting

2009-05-26T11:52:00.000-07:00

Matt's school had an award ceremony today. He got an award for Outstanding handwriting. He seemed very excited about it.

Congratulations Matt!!!

Matt

2009-04-28T12:58:00.001-07:00

I'm not sure I have ever blogged about Matt. We have had a few funny stories with him lately so I thought I would devote a whole post to him.

Yesterday Matt was riding his bike in front of our house while Tim was working on the boat. I was about to go get some pizza when I heard Matt screaming. So I put Kamron down and went to investigate. He was laying down in the neighbors driveway with his bike on top of him screaming. He had crashed and another neighbor was running over to help. Matt is a little bit of a drama queen and can work himself into hyperventilation superfast! Luckily there was no blood or I don't think we could have avoided the hyperventilation. He did scrape up his knee pretty good though. Chase came running over and said "Don't cry Matt" it was really cute. We had to threaten to get a wheelchair a couple of times to keep Matt from getting too dramatic throughout the night.

Matt has had a couple of loose teeth lately and has lost another one since this picture. He looks like a jack-o-lantern with his two lower laterals gone!
Another cute story about Matt happened at Easter. He got a basketball in his Easter basket from his Grandma Leslie. He didn't stop playing with it for days! He was so excited when he finally made his first "hoop" and would shoot hoops at recess at school instead of chasing girls like all of his friends were doing. A couple of nights later we were putting the boys to bed and he was excitedly telling Tim about shooting hoops at recess, and said "I feel like my whole world has changed!"

Pizza Hair

2009-04-23T10:43:00.001-07:00

Chase was eating pizza and pears for lunch yesterday. I went to check on him after a bit and this is what I found.

He kept saying Pizza in my hair momma. The picture doesn't do it justice, he had pizza sauce and cheese and pear juice smashed all over his head.

Kamron turned 5 months

2009-04-09T08:31:00.000-07:00

I'm holding him up by his leg in this picture. He can't really stand up like that :)

I know it's pretty late but I wanted to put some new pictures of Kamron on here. He turned 5 months on March 30 (Also my dad's birthday)!He is getting so big. He still hasn't rolled over yet, but he is trying really hard. He throws his whole body to the side and pulls his legs up to his chest but he hasn't figured it out yet. Though I did have a dream last night that he took his first step. Random, I have been having a lot of wierd dreams lately and no I'm not pregnant. Kam has figured out how to get ahold of his feet and sometimes even gets his toes in his mouth. He gets to take his first airplane ride next week when he goes with me to Oregon for my friends wedding.

Jazper

2009-03-25T15:36:00.001-07:00

We got a puppy!!! Ok so these aren't the best pictures, but he won't hold still for the camera. He us a Golden Boxer (his mom is purebred Golden Retriever and his dad is purebred Boxer) We named him Jazper (Jazz for short) He was born on Valentine's Day and is a very fun,sweet puppy!

Camping

2009-03-25T08:18:00.000-07:00

We had our first camping trip of the year last weekend. It was a good trip! Becca and Travis came as well as Travis' parents and sisters. It was a lot of fun for the kids because there were 3 other kids (Tina's kids) for them to play with. We went to Blue Lake which is a half hour South of Wendover. A lot of scuba divers go there because the lake (more like a pond) is 70 degrees all year. We went swimming but it wasn't as warm as I was expecting. Chase loved the lake and was dying to get in the whole time. When we first went to see the lake, I wouldn't let Chase let go of my hand because I was sure he would try to jump in. As we turned around to walk back he made a last ditch effort to do something fun by grabbing one of the scuba diver's towel with his dry clothes wrapped up in it, and tried to throw it in the water. Luckily he missed. What a stinker.

The boys were running all over the whole time. At one point, Tim asked where Chase was. I had seen him 2 seconds before so I wasn't too worried. But after a minute of him not reappearing around the side of the trailer, I started to worry. Becca found him and Wyatt (Travis' nephew) half way to the lake. The lake was a little 3 minute walk down a boardwalk with shallow water on either side of the boardwalk the whole way. The actual lake drops off to about 8 feet immediately. I guess they were going to fill up their squirt guns and Wyatt's mom had told him he couldn't go until someone went with him. (She clarified that an adult needed to go with him later :) ) I don't want to think about what could have happened if we waited five more minutes to look for him.

So it was a fun trip, a long drive but fun. Now if only it would stop snowing so we could go again.

The boys had fun running all over.

All tuckered out

The boys had a ton of fun riding their bikes all over.

Kamron's first camping trip. He seemed to have a lot of fun.

Chase just follows Matt all over

The reason for the trip. Fishing!

The big catch. A talapia

Of course Chase had to touch it

Kamron's 4 month

2009-03-08T14:04:00.000-07:00

Kamron turned 4 months the other day. Here are his stats.

Height 24.5 inches 75%

Weight 13.9 lbs. 35%

Head 10%

Not bad considering Chase was always in the 5th % for Height and 10% for Weight. His head was always 95% or higher too.

Kamron has a ready smile for anyone that looks his way! He is getting so big I can't believe it. Here is a picture I took of him the other day in an outfit my friend Stacey sent him. Sooo Cute!!!

I bought a bow for a friend that had a baby girl and couldn't resist putting it on Kamron to see how he would look as a girl since I'm apparently never going to get the chance to put a bow in my own little girl's hair. I thought he was pretty cute. Tim wasn't too happy about it though.

Happy Birthday Tim!!!

2009-02-08T08:41:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday Tim!!!

Tim turned 28 years old yesterday. Poor guy, kinda had a bad birthday. He took his scouts camping for the klondike derby in the snow. He also has a bad cold so the campout didn't help too much. So we rented a few movies and got some Chinese takeout. We had a fun night hanging out as a family though.

Here are some pictures of Tim, doing the things he loves!

I Love You Tim!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Chase

2009-02-02T20:31:00.000-08:00

Chase turned two years old today! I can't believe where the time has gone! We started off the day with French toast for breakfast. You can tell he is my child because he had a little bit and then said he wanted cereal instead. (Tim is constantly asking what he should make me for breakfast, and I usually respond that I just want cereal). Later we headed to Kents to pick up his Wall-E birthday cake and some balloons. He was so excited to walk around the store carrying those balloons, and once he saw the cake, he wouldn't stop saying Wall-E cake. He says it so cute! Then it was down for a nap so mom could wrap his presents. After Matt came home from school, we headed to Chuck E Cheese. Chase spent most of the time there running from one game to the next. Not actually wanting to play them, just look at them. Note to self: If you ever plan a trip to Chuck E Cheese again, make sure you go before 5. We got there at 4:30 and it wasn't too bad, but by the time we left at 6, it was mad crazy!

Next we went home to open presents and eat Wall-E cake. The cake was the highlight for Chase. He spent most of the day asking for it. Another note to self: when looking for a Disney figurine for a birthday present, rather than spend $15 for it on Amazon, just order a cake from the bakery. The cake came with the exact same figurine that I could only find on Amazon and cost $15. Cost of cake $17.99.

It was a fun day! Chase scored by getting a Cars book with a lot of buttons that make cool noises. A Wall-E dish set (plate, bowl, cup) A miniature Walmart shopping cart, a dinosaur shirt, and a new potty chair!

Happy Birthday Chase! We love you so much and can't imagine life without you!

Chase loves shoes and is constantly running around in any that he can find.

Chase has started having a VERY strong opinion about what he wears. He wore this tie all day long. From the time he got dressed in the morning until he got his jammies on that night he never took it off. He also quite often insists on wearing pajamas over his clothes. What a cutie!

Kamron is 3 months

2009-02-02T20:25:00.000-08:00

I finally got a picture of Kamron smiling!!! He is 3 months old already! I can't believe it. He is smiling a ton now. I haven't gotten him to giggle yet though. He is awake a lot more now and sleeps best when he is in his bear coat all snuggled up. He is such a snuggler. He always wants to be touching someone. He is very precious and we love him tons!

The cute little bear coat that Grandma & Grandpa Bell gave him for Christmas.

Oh the Horror

2009-01-28T19:05:00.000-08:00

I decided to get my hair highlighted, So my sister Debbie said she would watch my kids while I had it done. We expected it to take about two hours. My appointment was at 10 on Monday morning. At 1:30 the gal finally finished. I was worried that Kamron was starving and screaming plus watching 5 kids under the age of 5 (Debbie's three and my two) is never easy. So I just ran out of there and didn't even really look at it till I got back to the house. When I walked in the door my dad and sister busted up laughing. Never a good sign. It was horrible, not at all what I wanted and had huge chunks of really blond next to big chunks of really dark. So I sat and tried to figure out what to do for a couple of hours. Finally I decided that I was too embarrassed to go out in public and had to do something that night! So Debbie agreed to weave my hair again (She had watched a YouTube video on how to do it and had done it on two of her girls and my sister Becca. She did a good job on them and anything was better than what I had, so we went to Sally's and got brown dye and a toner. So I spent all night getting my hair re-done. After the weave it looked a ton better and then we put a toner in it to soften the brassy blond look. That helped a ton too. I'm still undecided on how it looks. Everyone has told me they like it so that is making me feel a little better, but I still might change it a little more. Here are some pictures of all the fun!

This picture was taken about a month ago, so it shows what it looked like before

This is the picture I brought to the salon to show what I wanted

After I got home from the salon

After Debbie did her magic!

Kamron's Blessing

2009-01-11T20:46:00.000-08:00

We blessed Kamron at church today. We had a lot of family there (my parents, my grandpa, 6 of my siblings and their families, Tim's grandparents, his mom, his aunt and uncle, his sister and her family and a cousin with his little girl). Tim did a great job and it was really nice to spend the day with family. I got a couple of cute pictures of Kamron and all my boys!

2 Months Old!!!

2009-01-02T15:50:00.000-08:00

Okay so I am a few days late, but Kamron is two months old! (These pictures were taken on his 2 month birthday). I can't believe how fast these two months have gone. Today he weighed 10 lbs 10 oz so he has almost doubled in size. Kam is starting to smile and coo at us. He even smiled at me at the doctor's office today even though he is really sick and has RSV. Poor little guy. I took him in today because he had a bad cough only to find out he has RSV. They are trying to keep him out of the hospital and we now have a nebulizer (for breathing treatments) and a vacuum machine to suck the gunk out of his nose, so hopefully he can get better fast!

Crazy weekend

2008-12-22T12:52:00.001-08:00

This past weekend was crazy busy for us. It followed two really busy weeks. My sister Sarah got married this past Friday. My sister Debbie and I have spent the last two weeks trying to get matching outfits for all the sisters to be bridesmaids. We decided to make the skirts which we thought would be pretty easy but were so time consuming! So Friday was the wedding and of course the weather was terrible! The roads were so bad, we pulled up to the Salt Lake Temple at 1:37 and the sealing started at 1:40. So I jumped out of the truck and ran down the block and through the Temple. Tim didn't make it inside in time, He parked the car and got the kids out, but I barely made it (and then humiliated myself by sobbing because I was so relieved that I made it). The reception was five miles away but it took us two hours to get there because of the roads. The reception was beautiful as well as the Bride and everything besides the weather went really well.

Saturday morning we had family pictures in Brigham City with horrible weather and roads again, and then we rushed off to Huntington to celebrate Tim's parent's 70th wedding anniversary. We spent the night there and then rushed back to Brigham City for my family's Christmas Party. We got home late last night. It is a relief to relax today!

Kamron at the wedding. He is filling out!

Sarah taking a break at the reception. She always looks so beautiful!

Kodak moment until Chase decided to pick his nose right when I took the picture

Tim and I at the reception

The infamous bridesmaids dresses. My sisters and sister-in-law. Becca, Sara, Laura, Sarah, Debbie, Me

My lovely family

Santa Claus

2008-12-22T12:43:00.000-08:00

We had a Christmas Party at my parent's house last night with a surprise visit from Santa. Here are some pictures of the kids.

My nephew Liam came in to tell on Matt for pinching him so Tim went to find out what was going on. He found Matt very upset and crying. Apparently some of his cousins were telling him that Santa wasn't real. He was so sad and upset. But he felt vindicated when Santa showed up. Apparently Liam was converted to believe again because he yelled, "I didn't think you were real!" And then when Santa mentioned his elves, he said, "he said elves!" It was pretty funny!

Locked Out!!!

2008-12-22T12:23:00.001-08:00

Chase has been trying to figure out doors lately. He has figured out how to open the downstairs bathroom door in our house but so far that is the only one (it must be easier to open or something). He likes to close the doors in the house and quite often gets stuck in a room because he has shut himself in. Well for some reason, if there is a lock on the door that you lock by turning a little thing on the door knob, he thinks that helps him open the door or something. I knew he did this but I have always been inside when he locked the door and never thought about the possibility of being outside. We have a lock like this on our front door and the door out to the garage. The other day I had been shopping and when I got home both younger boys were stinky and hungry so I got them taken care of and then went out to get the bags out of the trunk. I left the door open cause I was just going to be a second and heard Chase shut it. But I didn't think much of it until I went to open the door. Yep Chase had locked it. I was in shock for a minute. I didn't have a key or a phone. So I ran around to check the front door not expecting it to be open because we had been gone all day. Sure enough it was locked too. All the blinds were shut so I couldn't see in. About that time Kamron started screaming, then Chase started crying. I was imagining Chase crawling into Kam's car seat and laying on top of him (which he has done several times) so I started to panic thinking that my baby could be suffocating just on the other side of the door and there was nothing I could do about it. So I was crying and praying and yelling for Chase to unlock the door and trying to think which window would be the best to break. After about ten minutes Chase turned the lock again and let me in. I was so relieved and then I was really mad!!! So needless to say I hid a spare key outside so the next time I can get in.

Just a few days later I was over at my parents house along with Debbie and her kids and David and his kids. Debbie came upstairs and said Chase was locked in a bedroom. Sure enough, he got in a room and again turned the same kind of lock and was stuck. Usually it is easy to break out of a bedroom but this door required a specific key. So mom got every key she could find and we tried them all but none of them worked. After about a half hour David, my brother, was able to use a pocket knife and screwdriver to break him out. You would think he would learn! I tried to show him how he locked it but he just freaked out that I was locking him in again.

Then (yes I know you would think we would learn) I took Matt to get his haircut the other day and I was paying for it so I had my back to the front door. And a lady that worked there came in and said is there a reason that the front door is locked. Yeah, he had locked the door of the business. What a twerp!!!

Manger Scene

2008-12-11T18:24:00.000-08:00

So we were at my parents house last night and I saw this little gingerbread manger scene. I didn't think much of it until I found out that my dad made it and then I thought it was pretty funny. But come to find out that the youth were making gingerbread houses at mutual last Wednesday to use as table centerpieces for the Ward Christmas party. Dad goes to mutual since he is in the Bishopric and he decided to make one too but made a manger scene instead. It was pretty funny with a Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. He used animal crackers for the animals and had little marshmallow angels with halos and everything. My sisters and I were busy making dinner and trying to make skirts for the bridesmaids for my sister's wedding next Friday and my parents were in Layton. So nobody was really paying attention to Mia and Chase. I walked into the kitchen and this is what I found!

Hopefully Dad doesn't care too much that they ate the manger scene! At least they were getting along for once.

Newborn Pictures

2008-11-25T13:02:00.000-08:00

We got Kamron's newborn pictures back today. I think they turned out really cute!!! The photographer was great. Now I need to get the other boys in and get a family picture taken with our new addition!!!

You can definately see the red in his hair!

This was an idea I saw from someone else's newborn pics.

Changing Diapers

2008-11-13T10:44:00.001-08:00

I just had to tell two funny stories about changing diapers. The first one was the day after Kamron was born. I was finally able to get up and I decided to change Kamron's diaper for the first time. you would think that I would be a pro at changing little boys' diapers since Chase is still in diapers, but apparently I forgot about newborn boys. So I was trying to get all the nasty meconium tar poo off of Kam's bum and meanwhile he is screaming at the top of his lungs. All of a sudden, he stopped screaming and it was more of a drowning noise so I looked up and he was peeing all over his face! His mouth was wide open and he must be a pretty good aim cause most of it was going right in his mouth (hence the drowning noise). It was all over his face, in his ears, up his nose, in his mouth and hair and eyes. I felt terrible. Poor little guy!

The second story happened on the day we got home from the hospital. Tim was being very nice and trying to help me out as much as possible. So he was getting Chase ready for bed. Chase isn't really used to anybody but me getting him ready so he was throwing a fit. While Tim was changing his diaper, I sat there trying to calm Chase down. Tim was having a hard time getting the diaper on so I looked up to see what the problem was. Right then he said, "I can't get this diaper to fit right" I had to laugh when I realized that he was trying to put one of Kamron's diapers on Chase. It took me awhile to stop laughing and explain why he couldn't get it to fit.
But thanks hun, I really do appreciate all you did and are doing to help since the baby was born!!!

Here are a few new pictures I wanted to share!!!

Chase might be a little jealous!

He is so tiny, he doesn't even really fit in his carseat

All my boys!!!

Matt and his cheesy smile.

Bunkbeds

2008-11-13T10:26:00.000-08:00

The day I got home from the hospital we realized we had a problem. I wasn't supposed to pick up anything heavier than Kamron (6 lbs) and Chase was still sleeping in the crib. I hadn't even thought about how I was going to get him in and out until my mom mentioned it. So Tim took the front off the crib so Chase could climb in and out all by himself. He thought it was really cool but I was a little hesitant. I wanted to keep him in the crib as long as possible to put off dealing with him being able to get out of bed on his own.

We bought bunkbeds a few months ago but hadn't put them up because of our plans to keep Chase in the crib and out of pure laziness. For some reason, I guess talking about sleeping arrangements for Chase, Tim decided to put up the bunkbeds that night also. The plan was to let Matt sleep on the top bunk and eventually (preferrably after we bought a second twin mattress) we would move Chase in there too. Well Chase "helped" daddy put the bunkbeds up and the whole time Tim was telling him how one of the beds would be for him someday. Tim finished putting the beds together at about the boys bedtime (it took a lot longer than he thought it would go figure). So Tim told Chase to go get in bed. Matt's bedding was still on the floor and Chase grabbed his blanket and pillow and put them on the bottom bunk and climbed in. Tim said no go get in your crib. Well Chase saw these cool beds and there was no way he was getting back in the crib. We tried carrying him back to his room but he kicked and screamed and would just run back to the bunkbeds. So eventually we decided to let him try the bunk. I think he fell out of bed three times that night (another reason I wanted to keep him in the enclosed crib) and there have only been a couple of nights in the 2 weeks since he has been sleeping in the bunk bed that he hasn't fallen out. But he still loves it. He has even been pretty good about staying in bed once it is bed time or nap time.

Oh Gross!!!

2008-11-06T09:43:00.000-08:00

This morning I decided I was going to get up and take a shower and blow dry my hair and get dressed in something besides pajamas so I could feel like a real person (this hadn't happened yet since I had the baby). So I decided to put Chase in the shower with me to make it easier than trying to bend over the bathtub for his bath. When we got out of the shower, he ran off as usual so I decided to hurry and get dressed before I chased him down and got him dressed. As I was getting something out of my dresser I looked across the hall into his room. I saw a bunch of stuff on the floor so I decided to go investigate. Turns out he had pooped on his bedroom floor (that is a first!) But not only that, he had stepped in it with both feet and tracked it all over his room. It was smashed on the bottom of both feet and in between all of his toes! So I started to clean it up right away before it got tracked around anymore and Chase sat down to watch. After I got it surface cleaned (I still need to use the carpet cleaner that Debbie let me borrow) I looked at Chase sitting on the carpet and asked him to stand up. Sure enough, there was poo all over his bum and now more on the carpet. I think it must be time to start potty training.

Kamron Jey

2008-11-02T13:32:00.000-08:00

Kamron Jey was born on Thursday, October 30th at 1:54 p.m. He weighed 6 lbs 7 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. He is extremely cute and has a whole head of brown hair. He looks like he already needs a haircut! His hair goes past his collar and his ears. He is a really good eater and sleeps a whole lot. Both mom and baby are home from the hospital and doing well.

Chase got to come by the hospital on Halloween in his Scooby Doo costume. He loves holding his baby brother.

Right after surgery!

He weighed 6 lbs 7.4 oz

Proud Papa!!!

2 days and counting (instead of 12)

2008-10-28T11:26:00.000-07:00

I think I hit the nesting stage yesterday, cause I got all sorts of stuff done yesterday, but about 5:30 last night I started feeling really sick. It took a couple of minutes to realize that it was probably my blood pressure. So I checked it at my mom's house and sure enough, it was real high. So I was up all night stressing about my Doctor's appt. this morning (probably not the best thing to do when your blood pressure is already high). Anyway, it was still high this morning and I haven't started to dilate still, so the Dr. gave me less than a 5% chance of being successfull with a VBAC. Those odds aren't good and I don't want to go through the whole labor for hours and still end up with a c-section. So I am scheduled for a c-section on Thursday the 30th at 1:30. Looks like Kamron will be an October baby after all (but at least not a Halloween baby)!

Successfull Deer Hunt!

2008-10-26T15:21:00.000-07:00

Well we made it back from the deer hunt. Eight days of camping was fun, but it is nice to be back home in civilization again. We left Saturday the 18th and came back Saturday the 25th. We were a little worried going so close to my due date (14 days and counting) but my Dr. gave the ok and I wasn't about to miss the big camping trip. So I figured it usually takes a few hours of labor before you actually have the baby, so I could probably make the 4 hour drive back to the hospital before the baby came. Tim was really good about not leaving me without a car or by myself for an extended amount of time, and he even gave me a morning off by taking both the boys on the morning hunt so I could get some sleep. He also took me into Grouse Creek a couple of times to get me out of camp and took me on a really mellow Night hunt ride. I didn't do so good on the drives last year and didn't want to worry about my blood pressure so he took it easy on me. All in all it was a really good week! Tim shot a deer on Friday, so I guess I will have to choke down deer meat for a little while. The boys loved being outside all day long, and we didn't have a baby ( I told Tim that we could name the baby Hunter if he came on the deer hunt but it looks like he will be Kamron after all.) Here are some fun pics from the week!

The Boys and their toys ( Travis, Will, and Tim)
Snack Break!

Matt doing what he does best! Playing in the fire.

Chase absolutely loved the deer, He would ask all day long to go and see them.

Yes, I know, I'm big and fat, don't look at my face! It's huge!

Becca with her first kill!

Chase's favorite place to sit in the trailer, under the table on the little step!

Pictures

2008-10-13T17:54:00.000-07:00

Matt's 1st day of school

Isn't he so cute!

Me and Chase in front of Mt. Hood in Oregon.

Tim and the boys riding the Frontrunner.

Eavesdropping

2008-10-08T07:52:00.000-07:00

I walk Matt to school in the mornings and our neighbor that is in first grade with him walks with us most days. They have some pretty interesting conversations sometimes. Usually about roly polys and dandelions. But this morning I was eavesdropping on our way to school. Matt was saying how his friend Jaden said he saw an alien spaceship but Matt doesn't believe him cause they aren't real. Ellie said "Do you believe in God?"
Matt: yeah, AND I believe in Santa Clause. But not ghosts!
It made me happy to hear him say he believes in God, but I'm not sure how to feel about him associating that with Santa Clause and ghosts. But it still made me chuckle.

Pregnancy woes

2008-09-29T09:41:00.001-07:00

I went to the doctor on Friday and he moved my due date up 6 days. So now my due date is Nov. 9th. I was really kind of sad that he changed my due date. Chase is such a handful right now I have no idea how I am going to handle him and a newborn, so I don't feel ready for this at all. I also asked the doctor about the deer hunt. We are planning on taking a week to go hunting at the end of October. He said oh yeah go, that's no problem. I told him we are going to Grouse Creek which is like 3 1/2 hours away from the nearest hospital (or doctor, or store, or anything!) but he still said that was fine, nothing to worry about. So hopefully it works out ok. Thank goodness for trailers with bathrooms and real beds!!!

I went to a meeting last night for my Stake. They rearranged all the ward boundaries in my Stake. I thought it would be a quick meeting, but no, they had 5 speakers (a bishop, all of the stake presidency, and a member of the 70 - all long winded) plus the 4 bishops that were released bore their testimonies, and all of the new ward info, releases, and new callings. It was almost two hours long and really hot, on uncomfortable chairs. I took my sandals off cause I was real hot, but when the meeting was over, I couldn't get my shoes back on. My feet were all swollen. I had walked to the meeting because there was going to be so many people there so I had to walk home barefoot. I was just thinking the day before that I hadn't really had any swelling yet and how glad I was about that. I guess that is over. Maybe it is good that they moved my due date up!

Husband Tag

2008-09-28T12:49:00.000-07:00

So I wasn't really officially tagged for this, but a couple of people didn't actually tag somebody they just tagged whoever wanted to do it, and I thought it would be fun. So here is all about my wonderful husband Tim.

1- Where did you meet? On the internet. ldssingles.com. He kept sending me messages. I wasn't really interested at first cause he was divorced and had a kid. But he was really sweet and kept writing.

2- How long did you date before you were married? 16 days. Our first date was September 2nd. We went to Vegas and were married on September 18th. I know it was fast but we both knew it was right so why wait? We were sealed in the Manti Temple on September 23rd the following year.

3- How long have you been married for? Just over 3 years.

4- What does he do that surprises you? Wow this is hard. I guess it surprises me when I am about to lose my temper (or have already lost it) with the boys and I think he is just as frustrated as me, but then he knows just what to do to help me out and fix the situation.

5- What's your favorite feature about him? His shoulders and back. I've always been a back person.

6- What's your favorite quality about him? He is really good at making me talk things out when I am mad. I usually get really quiet and don't want to talk but he is good at making me open up. Usually it is the girl in the relationship that does that, but I hate it and avoid it, so he has to pry it out of me. He is also really good at apologizing if he has done something wrong or hurtfull. Again, something that I suck at. I have a hard time saying I'm sorry.

7- Does he have a nickname for you? What is it? Hon, babes, baby

8- What's his favorite color? I don't know for sure. He has a lot of clothes that are orange and red. I think the red is just cause I buy all of his clothes and my favorite color is red.

9- What's his favorite food? Probably hot wings or BBQ'd something, He also really likes steak and seafood (shrimp) all things that I really don't like.

10-What is his favorite sport? Fishing and hunting (do those count?) He really likes to watch UFC (ultimate fighting champions or something like that) he also likes to watch football.

11- Who said I love you first? I did. He said it right back, and he had already planned to send me roses at my work the next day with a card that said I love you. I guess I spoiled that one. But he still sent the roses.

12- When and where was your first kiss? September 3rd, 2005. It was our second date. He came to Brigham City with me to a birthday party for my mom, sister, and sister-in-law. We spent the night there and when I showed him where he was sleeping and we said good night he leaned down and kissed me. I always thought that I wanted to marry a guy that didn't try to kiss me on the first date and didn't stick his tongue down my throat on the first kiss. He passed with flying colors.

13-What are your favorite things to do as a couple? Go out to eat, watch a movie, we like to go camping a lot.

14-Do you have kids? How many? yes. 3 I guess. Matt, 6 yrs. old (He is my stepson from Tim's first marriage, He lives with us full time) Chase, 20 months and a baby boy due in 6 weeks.

15- What's a hidden talent that he has? He is really good at reading people. He can tell how to best motivate them, and what kind of a person they are right off the bat. This is a really good talent for his work since he usually has a bunch of guys that he is supervising. It also makes it easy for him to make friends.

16- How old is he? 27 His birthday is Feb. 7, 1981. I am 16 months older. (ok so he just informed me that I had his birthday wrong. I had Feb. 2 which is Chase's birthday. Oops, I guess I can't give him a hard time for forgetting my birthday anymore!)

17- What's his favorite type of music? Hard Rock, Country

18- What do you admire most about him? He is a very good father. He fought for custody of Matt when he got a divorce and raised him by himself for awhile before we got married. He did what was best for Matt even though it was really tough, and he did it well. He is really good at talking to the boys and being a friend to them as well as a father.

19-What's his favorite past time(s)? Fishing, hunting, camping. I blame Travis (my brother-in-law).

20- Do you think he is going to read this? No, he thinks blogs are dumb.

Sleepless Night

2008-09-28T04:09:00.000-07:00

Well I couldn't sleep tonight so I started doing random things on the computer. I started at about 3:30 and it's now after 5:00 but hey look, I now have a blog. I decided that this would be a good way to keep in touch with people that I might not get to talk to regularly. And I love to read other's blogs so why not start my own right? So now that I have it all set up I think I'm going to try to get a little more sleep!