365 Days Later....

Where does a year go? Here is February 27, 2008:

And here is a year later:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HADLEY!!!

Three Months Old


Six Months Old


Nine Months Old

Warning to Women!!!!!!

I know it's been forever since I've posted anything, but I wanted to post this really quick.

ALL WOMEN MUST READ THIS!!!!!

My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else's thighs. It was just that quick. The replacements had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Whose thighs were these and what happened to mine? I spent the entire summer looking for my thighs. Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out my life in jeans. And then the thieves struck again.

My butt was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to match my new rear-end to the thighs they had stuck me with earlier. But my new butt was attached at least three inches lower than
my original! I realized I'd have to give up my jeans in favor of long skirts.

Two years ago I realized my arms had been switched. One morning I was fixing my hair and was horrified to see the flesh of my upper arm swing to and fro with the motion of the hairbrush. This was really getting scary - my body was being replaced one section at a time. What could they do to me next?

When my poor neck suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a turkey neck, I decided to tell my story. Women of the world, wake up and smell the coffee! Those 'plastic' surgeons are using REAL replacement
body parts - stolen from you and me! The next time someone you know has something 'lifted', look again - was it lifted from you?

THIS IS NOT A HOAX. This is happening to women everywhere every night.
WARN YOUR FRIENDS!

P.S. Last year I thought some one had stolen my Boobs. I was
lying in bed and they were gone! But when I jumped out of bed, I was relieved to see that they had just been hiding in my armpits as I slept. Now I keep them hidden in my waistband.

Thanks for sharing this with me, Nina!

Walking With Dinosaurs

Last weekend we went with some friends to "Walking With Dinosaurs." All I can say is........WOW!!!! It was AWESOME!!! We had pretty good seats, but even if you were sitting up high you would still be amazed at these things. They looked so real and the kids LOVED it! I must admit, even I really enjoyed it! Our pictures didn't turn out too great, so I'm using some pics from their website. If you ever get a chance to go, I would HIGHLY recommend it!

We could not believe how humongous these guys were! They were LIFESIZE. So if you read closely, they were 72 feet long!! And they were as tall as a three story building!

This guy was pretty cool too.

The plate on this guy's head was gigantic!! They had two of these fighting. The boys were captivated.

Definitely the absolute favorite of the entire night. It was really funny how they brought in the T-rex. They got you all excited and set-up for him to come in - even had his huge shadow showing behind the curtain - and then......out comes this little T-rex and lets out a cat's meow. It was just the baby. Very funny! But not to worry, Momma came out and it was a definite crowd pleaser! Huge and loud!!

Before the show started we wandered around the Energy Solutions Arena and found David James and.....I can't remember the other guy's name......watching the Jazz and getting ready for their sports reports. This is Mason, Kyle and Michael. Mason invited his best friend to come along with us. And yes, Mason and Michael are the same age!!

Mason and Michael

Lynn, Hadley and Kyle - Hadley actually enjoyed it too. She got a little tired and hungry, but never got scared! See Kyle's Perma-Grin?

Paul, Teresa, Abby and Gavin.....thanks for inviting us to this you guys! We loved it!

You can see more about the show at www.dinosaurlive.com

My Sassy Baby

I was watching one of my favorite morning shows a while back - Good Things Utah - and they talked about a 2009 Baby of the Year contest being put on by "Sassy Babies" store at Gardner Village. Well, how could I resist? So, here is my sassy baby:

Here is the website with the information for all of you moms with sassy babies of your own: www.sassybabies.com and look under "casting call."
They are accepting entries until January 31st and there are four categories for boys/girls ages newborn to three years old. It looked like they will be giving away some awesome prizes too. So enter your baby too - because we all know that our babies are the best, right!?!

What?!? It's 2009?!?!?

Of course, like the rest of you, I have been too busy to post anything until now.....so let's play catch-up!!

Ahhh....the peaceful before....

So much for clean and peaceful!!!

It really doesn't look that bad I guess. This was the first year in over ten years that I didn't have my mom, brother and sister here with us for Christmas. I was really sad to not have them here, but we had a great time anyway. The kids didn't wake up until eight o'clock - thank you kids!!!! Hadley (missing from the picture above) didn't get up until 9:30!!!

She was excited to see the "mess" in the livingroom when she woke up! Because of lack of patience, the boys helped her unwrap her presents - they didn't want to wait all day for her to unwrap each present!

Hadley's first baby doll!!! I'm sure someday she'll know the proper way to care for her baby....

Grandpa and Grandma coming to check out what Santa left.


I love the look on Hadley's face...."Not too bad I guess."

Kyle's "haul."

Mason's "haul."

We received another special Christmas present....tickets to a Jazz game!!
We went to Salt Lake for a couple days, visited my mom and went to the Jazz v. 76ers game on Monday night. The kids all wore their Jazz jerseys. Hadley looks so cute in hers!!

Kyle doesn't look real thrilled....he just woke up from a nap.

Several cousins came to the game too. From left to right: Mason, Mickell, Baylee, Myndi, Hadley & me, Clellan (Mickell & Myndi's cousin), Mikaylee and Kyle.

We were in the lower bowl on row 23. I was worried that would be way too high, but they were not too bad! It was so much fun to be there with the kids and enjoy their excitement too. We were even on the big screen ("jumbo-tron") a couple of times!

I think Lynn's pretty pleased with his little Jazz fan!

Here's the team! ...In the background ;)

Since our hotel was only a couple of blocks away and the weather wasn't too bad, we walked to the arena. We then decided to stay afterwards and the kids got to go down on the floor. They were really excited about that! Overall, it was an awesome night!


Hadley was wiped out! She was SO good during the game. I think she enjoyed it as much as we did. She clapped and yelled right along with the rest of us!

What a great ending to a great year! Hope you had a Happy New Year and may the upcoming year be filled with love and happiness!

Christmas, Christmas Time is Here.....

Whoa! I can't believe that we only have a few days left until Christmas!! Once again, the time is flying by and I can't slow it down. We've enjoyed a lot of fun Christmas moments already.

We had our annual Ward Christmas party/program/dinner. The kids did a great job singing, the food was delicious and it was great to see Santa. Here are a few pics:

The primary took pictures of the kids dressed in costumes of the nativity (Mary, Joseph, wisemen, shepherds, angels, etc.) and then presented them in a slide show. There was narration of the biblical account and the children sang several songs as well. It turned out really nice.

The kids all got to sit on Santa's lap. Hadley wasn't too sure about Santa and Mrs. Claus, but when her brothers sat down with her, she didn't cry!

Kyle: "I want a red power ranger and some presents." Hmmm....hopefully he doesn't care too much about what the other presents are!

Mason: "I want a ripstick, a skateboard and a paintball gun." Much more specific than Kyle.

Our Christmas outfits. It was SO much fun to buy a Christmas dress this year! And I think they all look pretty cute - but, of course, I'm biased. :)

FINALLY! We got some snow! It wasn't a lot - probably three inches at the most, but it was enough to go sledding and play in the snow! And Hadley got to experience snow for the first time too!

I'm Nine Months Old!

Hi Everyone! It's me, Hadley. I decided that since I am nine months old now, it is MY turn to put a post on this blog! I'm having my mom help me because if I tried to type this myself it would look like this:

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Anyways, Mommy was tagged by Angela, but we decided it would be fun for me to do this tag. So here goes!


8 Favorite TV Shows (In no particular order):
Hmmm....I don't really watch a lot of tv, but I do like anything bright and colorful! Here are some of the shows I watch with my big brothers.
1. SpongeBob Squarepants - I haven't decided if I really like this one or not....
2. Dora and Diego - I LOVE these guys!
3. Little Einsteins - "We're going on a trip in our favorite rocket ship!"
4. Jazz Games - Go Utah! Deron Williams is my favorite player (that's what Mason tells me)
5......I can't think of any others!

8 Things I Did Yesterday
1. Eat
2. Sleep
3. Have my diaper changed
4. Crawl EVERYWHERE!
5. Make a mess of the cupboards and drawers I can open
6. Play pattycake (my favorite!)
7. Play in the bathtub (my second favorite!)
8. Try to stand up without holding on to anything - I know I will do it soon!

Favorite Restaurants
I don't really get to pick where we go, but I like the food at these places that my family picks:
1. Wendy's (I like french fries and ice cream!)
2. Chinese food (Rice...yummy!)
3. Denny's or IHOP (we love to eat breakfast any time of day)
4. Chuck-a-rama or Golden Corral (Buffet = Anything I want!!!)
5. Pizza Hut (Who doesn't love it there?)
6. Taco Bell
7. My Mom and Dad like Rusty's Steakhouse
8. Mason and Kyle like McDonald's sometimes too

8 Things on My Wishlist
1. A new doll for Christmas
2. More teeth besides the six I already have - I want to try a steak!
3. My very own tractor - I love to drive my brothers' tractors!
4. Walking - I'm so tired of being on all fours, I want to run with my brothers!
5. A baby brother or sister (hahahahaha!!)
6. Play in the tub all day long
7. My own remote control so I don't have to share with Daddy
8. No More Diapers! Or wait....maybe that's on Mommy's wishlist....

8 Things I Love
1. My Family
2. Talking and Singing - even if nobody knows what I'm saying
3. Laughing and Playing
4. Being able to go anywhere I want to in the house
5. Jumping
6. Taking a Shower or Bath
7. Rice cereal with fruit, sweet potatoes, crackers, apple puffs, milk, water.....just food in general!
8. Exploring!

Well, that's me in a nutshell! Thanks for reading - gotta go, its naptime!