I am sure there will be some sad times...But it is still the happiest place on earth.

Disney Land here we come!

Did I Forget

to tell you we went to the Utah State Fair?Our attempts at a semi family photo were in vain. Gavin was winking at the camera and then he had his "picture" smile. Laney wasn't interested at all. They enjoyed the free farm exhibit.They also liked looking at all of the arts and crafts that people had done.

The cows behind them were made out of butter.

(I think that may be my mom's butter dream come true.)

They got to ride on a big slide. I didn't get a picture of that.

I got a rocking new vegetable peeler.

It was a short visit but it was fun.

The Fair is expensive.

Look What I Found

Sometimes Birthdays Hurt

It's A Big Day!

Our little boy was born a year ago today. When he came out he had a head of dark hair.
He has developed his own personality. He is tough, he is a boy, his brown eyes melt my heart.

Oh, I love him so. He is not very open with his kisses but I just work harder for them. He also thinks it is quite funny, as of late, to go in for a kiss and then head butt you. He does it on purpose...every time.

We all love him. How could you not?!

My favorite Canon moment.

Ode To Tomatoes

Blake and I are on the look out for a place to move. The pickins seem to be pretty slim. Actually I take that back. If we had a lot of money to spend on rent we would be good to go. But since we don't want to eat Top Ramen for the next three years we may have to expand our horizons. I don't care how desperate I get. I can not live with counter tops that look like I just murdered someone. I may be a snob about this but when I am cutting up meat I like to know where the meat ends and the counter tops begins.

I miss our house.

On My Ever Growing Wishlist

Cashing In

Gavin swallowed a penny on Sunday night.

He now knows how the penny is going to get out of his tummy.

I told Gavin to be on the look out.

It kinda makes you think twice about putting money in your mouth.

They say money is dirty...

but this is a whole other level of dirty.

If Being Boastful Was Against The Law I Would Be Going To Jail Right Now Wearing A Very Stylish Jumpsuit

There is a blog I look at called What can I say? I love Anthropologie. Their clothes are lovely. I wish that I had lots and lots of money to buy them all (well not all, but a large majority). I spend a good amount of time on their web site looking at clothes and putting them in my shopping basket. Spending virtual money doesn't really count and it lets me watch the clothes until they go on sale and are a little bit more in my price range.

Now down to the nitty gritty. The blog that I read was having a contest. I guess not a contest but more like a raffle. You could donate money in $5 increments up to $25. For every $5 you donated you would get a entry to win the money. On the last day of the raffle I decided that I most likely wouldn't miss $5 but anything over that I would probably feel some loss. So I entered knowing full well that Blake would think I was crazy. But...guess who won?

Me!

I Won!

$350 gift card to Anthropologie!!

from only $5!

Feel free to be jealous.

I See Some Potential

In preschool Gavin did a life sized outline of his body. That is a face only a mother could love.
When we asked him what the orange coloring on the left side of his face was he informed us that it was his neck bumps.
It now hangs on the wall as art.

Tinkerbell

For Laney's birthday we are going to Disneyland.

I made her a tinkerbell costume to wear when we go.

For my first sewing venture using a pattern I think it turned out good.

She has got some crazy hair in these pictures but don't pay attention to that just look at the dress...

Thursday.

Gavin started preschool yesterday. At dinner he was doing a lot of "A-A-A-Apple. T-T-T-Table." Then he said "B says B-B-B-Banished." Huh?The other morning Laney woke up crying and was all wet. When Blake asked her if she had wet the bed Laney said "No. I was thirsty and Grandma Dana got me a drink of water and poured it on my bed." Let the wetting the bed dreams begin.

I watched my sister Sarah's little girl for the past two days. Canon has this awesome tan colored skin and Addi looks like my other two kids. I just couldn't resist a picture of their little naked bodies next to each other.

Randmon Things From This Week

• I bought my first pair of skinny jeans. Though I know that this has been the style for a while now, I was a hard convert. I love the way boot cut jeans sit nicely over my shoes. I have fairly small feet and am not a fan when they look big. Do you remember in the late 90's when it was all the rage to have tapered pants and guys and girls alike would wear Dr. Martins? There was one guy in particular that I remember from high school that would wear such pants and shoes and I remember thinking "Man...those pants and shoes make his feet look huge." Some men would love such a thought but it was ingrained in my mind how freakish it looked. He had average sized legs and then these ginormous feet. Like a duck...his legs reminded me of a duck. Skinny skinny legs and big ole paddley feet that for sure could propel him threw the water at amazing speeds but with Dr. Martins that weighed 90 lbs. it may have sunk him right to the bottom even with those paddle feet. So even with that image in my head I still went and purchased some skinny jeans. Long story short...kinda...I love them. I think I have worn them just about every day for a week.

• Canon has figured out how to climb the stairs. Normally we have the stairs block aided by some square ottomans that we have. The other day while I was putting away groceries down stairs Canon was down stairs with me and he started to climb. With his siblings around cheering him on I warned them not to get to close to him. They can get a wee bit overexcited and I didn't want them to knock an already unsteady climber. I suppose it shouldn't have surprised me much when I heard the "thump, thump, thump, Waaaa, thump, thump, thump, WAAAAA!" I go running to the bottom of the stairs to scoop Canon up and while I am trying to sooth him I ask what happened. Laney then informs me "I pushed him down the stairs." We had a little heart to heart after that. I don't think she will push he brother down the stairs again.
• This is the view from our back porch. The park is right there and the kids are able to go and play at the park quite frequently. When they go to the park I normally just sit out on the patio and watch. This makes it so I am not sitting in the sun bored out of my mind watching them go down the slides but it also makes it so that Canon doesn't ingest too many wood chips (which he loves by the way).
• Our back porch has some nasty house guests that I am not a fan of. They think they can set up camp and buzz around like it is no problem. I would like to say this is my formal warning. Buzz off bugs or you may not live to see that hive you are making completed.

I Don't Want What She Is Having

That Chocolate Chip Cookie Didn't Stand A Chance

Did you ever see the movie Pete's Dragon? Canon looks like he could be one of the Gogans.

Random Horn Tooting

I have this dress that I love. The problem is it is an OK length but I would like it to be about an inch longer to make it comfortable. There is nothing like having to bend over 90 times at church to pick up cheerios, toys, books, kids, shoes...and having a little kid jump on my lap always makes the dress creep up a little too. You get my point? Anyhow, I made a slip that can hang out of the bottom of my dress making it the right length. I would like to say that I thought of this on my own and you all could praise my brilliance but alas I didn't. Sigh.

This Is "Willy"

I got to hold "Willy" when I went to our "old house." She is Warwals baby. I couldn't figure out where Brian's baby was.

(her baby acne was in full force...mom feels her pain.)

Just An Everyday Outfit

I Am Feeling Nostalgic...Maybe It Is Because The Grunge Plaid Look Is Back.

When I hear this song I picture me driving with the windows down singing at the top of my lungs. Good Times.

We Could Do This For Hours

Where's Canon?There he is.Where's Canon?There he is.Where's Canon?There he is.

Oh Yes I Did

My Dad says that when I cut my hair I go to the extreme. I definitely think he has me pegged.

Here is a before picture because in all reality what kind of make over is good with out a before picture? The first cut. I kinda felt like one of the girls on America's Next Top Model. Not because I am 9 feet tall and smoking hot...Nope. I felt like one of those girls because my eyes welled up and I started to fan my hands around like that was somehow going to help the situation. Here is the new hair. I colored it a platinum color just to jazz it up a little more.

So far it is super easy. I like that it is a little funky and something new. My color is a little yellow but we are going to fix that tomorrow. I had about a half a day of wondering whether or not I made a bad choice but I think I am going to like it. It is only 2 days old so ask me in a week.

I Am Back

Got some news....lots of stuff to report.

MIA

Computer down. Stop. We will be back when fixed. Stop. Have a great day. Stop.

Park City

We decided for a little family fun we would go up to Park City and go on the Alpine Slides.

I was a little nervous that Gavin wouldn't like the ride up the mountain (he is scared of heights and anything new) but he loved it. Canon just kicked it in his stroller. Laney didn't want to go down the slide she only wanted to ride on this airplane ride.

Blake is a sucker and let her go on it twice. Even though Gavin looks as though he might be possessed in this picture...he really did love it and talked about it for the rest of the day. Anytime we can do something and he talks about it longer than a minute is a good thing. After seeing how much Gavin loved it Laney decided that she wanted to go. Which was OK with us because Blake wanted to go too.

The only problem left was trying to find something that would take Gavin's mind off of the airplane ride because of course he thought he should have a turn on that as well.

Nothing takes your mind off of things like ice cream.