The Past - Part One

I was a very bad blogger during the months of October, November, and December. We just had so much going on, so I put the blog on the back burner. I decided that for posterity sake I would document some of the things we did way back then, so here it is. . .

At the beginning of October we went on a little vacation to California. Even though it was October, we had to got to the beach! The kids didn't seem to be affected at all by the chilly weather!

They played in the water . . .
Played in the sand . . .

Walked along the pier and looked at the fish people caught . . .

We also went to Disneyland while we were in California!

We met some of the fairies. I hope that this one didn't mind that Ambree was petting her chest. Lol. :) The little girl with my kids is Charlotte, their cousin.

We watched a parade and the kids even got to participate in it . . .

Ten min. after we got in line to see the Princesses, Ambree fell asleep. So, we let her sleep until it was almost our turn to see them. We woke her up right before and she was not very happy! Lol! I am sure the Princesses thought it was odd that she didn't seem very amused to see them. If it was under different circumstances she would have been thrilled! Here she is asleep in line with her Aunt Bethany.

Here she is half way asleep while Belle gives her a hug. . .

A half hearted smile with Jasmine . . . At least she sat with her. She refused to even go up to Aerial who she usually loves.

We met Lightning McQueen . . .

We tried to take the sword out of the stone . . .
We went on lots of fun rides . . . here we are on the tea cups . . .

Ambree and I on the Toy Story ride . . .

We enjoyed seeing all of the cool Halloween/Fall decorations . . .

Later in the month of October we enjoyed some Halloween fun!

Here are Cade and Ambree in their cute costumes . . .

Here is Cade with his teacher, Miss Heather, and his classmates at his Pre School Halloween Party.

On Halloween day, early in the morning Craig took Cade to the ER after he was having trouble breathing, due to a really bad cough. He was admitted to the Hospital and ended up having to stay the night on Halloween! :( I thought well, maybe he won't realize it's Halloween, but sure enough, he said, "Does this mean I am going to have to miss Halloween?" Awe, poor boy. I felt so bad for him. I mean really, out of all nights to have to stay in the Hospital!

So, while Ambree and her cousin were doing this . . .

Cade was doing this . . . He ended up being diagnosed with the H1N1 Flu Virus and Croup. . .
A week after Cade was in the Hospital, we did a Mock Halloween night! We had a spooky dinner . . .

Cade and Ambree dressed up in their Halloween Costumes . . .

And so did their uncles Dallin and Andrew . . .

And they went trick or treating! My wonderful Mother in Law went around to a bunch of her neighbors and explained the situation. She gave them candy and asked if they would be willing to give it to the kids after they knocked on the door. It was great! Cade was thrilled and didn't seem phased at all by the fact that no other kids were out trick or treating too! :)

I still have November and December, so stay tuned for a couple more posts of the past!

Happy Spring?

With all the snow that we have right now it's hard to believe that it is actually Spring! I am glad that I took some pictures of my kids last week in their Easter clothes when the weather was actually nice. I am picturing taking pictures of them in a few days doing their Easter Egg hunt in the snow with snow clothes on! Lol! I was pretty happy with some of the shots I got. You never know with kids how the pictures will turn out. Bribery worked for us! :)

I hope you all have a great Easter Weekend, despite the weather!! :)

Silly Kids!

Well, even though I have been a blog slacker, I have still been writing down funny things that my kids say. I have put some on Facebook, but i want to document them on here. So, here are some of our conversations over the past month or two. It's funny what kids think and say! Enjoy! :)

Cade and Ambree playing prince and princess

Cade: Mom, Ambree and I are going to play prince and princess and do an organic play for you!
Me: Organic huh, what do you mean by that?
Cade: Oh, I mean romantic!

Cade: Mom can you blow up this balloon for me (long skinny one)
Me: I don't think I can.
Cade: Dad did it before.
Me: Oh, then go ask dad to do it.
Cade: Oh, can he do it and you can't because he is younger than you?
Me: Lol. Oh, maybe. Do you think I am too old to do it?
Cade: Well, I don't want to make you feel bad, but . . .


While getting Ambree dressed for the day. . .
Me: Ambree, these pants are getting too small. You need to stop growing.
Ambree: But I want to grow up!
Me: Why
Ambree: Because I want to marry someone very handsome!

Ambree: I don’t think it was very much fun when I was a baby in your stomach.
Me: Why not?
Ambree: Because I don’t like eating food with your spit on it!

Me: Cade, you have been watching a lot of TV today, so it is time to turn it off.
Cade: At least I have been sitting on the floor though. I do that so I won’t become a couch potato!

Cade: Mom, when am I going to die?
Me: I don’t know, but I hope it’s not for a long time because I would sure miss you.
Cade: well, I have already lasted a long time huh.
Me: Yep, but I hope you last even longer.

Me: Ambree, you need to eat all your vegetables so you can grow up big and strong.
Ambree: But it just doesn't work because I am still small!

Ambree: Mom, when we kill the chicken we need to take out its spirit first.
Me: What are you talking about?
Ambree: Well, we don’t want to eat people, and the spirit is a person.
Me: First of all, we aren’t going to kill a chicken. We will let other people do that for us.
I then proceeded to explain that the spirit automatically leaves when an animal or person dies and animals have animal spirits, not people spirits. Lol!

After Cade threw something at Ambree . . .
Me: Cade, don’t throw things at Ambree, she could get hurt.
Cade: Ambree, you’re not hurt are you?
Ambree: Nope, I still have all my bones and my spirit!
Me: How do you know you still have your spirit?
Ambree: Because I can feel it in my knees!

Cade: (while pushing around 2 baskets full of dolls and stuffed animals) Hey mom, doesn’t this remind you of Octomom because I have so many babies?
I didn’t even know he knew who Octomom was! Lol

My Excuses and Family Photos

Wow! Two months since my last post . . . I think that's a record for me! I do have good excuses though. :) For those of you who haven't heard the news yet, I am about 14 weeks pregnant and have been feeling pretty lousy. Luckily I don't throw up, but I do feel like I am going to almost all the time. . . hopefully the sickness will end soon! :/ Also, as many of you also know we bought our first home about a month ago and have been doing various home repairs, painting projects, ect. to get ready for hosting my side of the family for the holidays. Oh, and then the business of the holidays in general, and doing all the general mommy/wife tasks. I plan on catching up on the last couple months soon . . . no promises though. :) Back in October we took a little vacation to California and got some family pictures taken at La Jolla Beach. Here are some of my favorites . . .

This last shot was at the very end of the photo session when we got a little too close to the water and a big wave got us pretty good. Luckily we were at the end of the session! :)

By the way, our photographer for the session was Nathan Petty, who works out of San Diego. In addition to family sessions, he also does weddings, individual shoots, etc. His work can be found at: http://www.nathanpetty.com. He is an excellent photographer, and I think he travels, as well.