Oregon

Here's our trip to Oregon with my family.
This day we went for a walk a long a beautiful beach. Everyone was freezing, but since I feel about 10 degree warmer than everyone else, I thought it was okay.

Here we are clamming. It was actually a lot funner than I thought it was going to be. I think Caden had the most fun.

Raspberries for Caden

Yesterday I was picking raspberries with Caden and it reminded so much of the book, Blueberries for Sal, that I had to document it. He had his little bucket and would put a couple in, then pick a couple and eat them, then eat the ones that were in his bucket. He even had the messy hair and all.

Yes, I am alive

I know, I know it's been forever since I last posted. We've actually had a lot to post about, I just haven't felt that great for the last 5 or 6 weeks. Don't worry I'm feeling much now and will probably feel quite a bit better around the end of November ;).

Since my last post we went to Hogle Zoo with some of my nieces and nephew.

We had a great easter with several easter egg hunts. One with little kids.

One with slightly bigger kids. This last week we spent in Cali celebrating Brent finishing his masters degree from USC.

We also went to the beach, Disneyland and Seaworld.

I actually think their favorite part was the cotton candy.

Ward Ski Party

Friday night our ward had a ski party up at the Beav. Kyla didn't really get the concept of the snow plow but she had a lot of fun.

Cutest thing ever!

I just wanted to give a shout out for my sister-in-law Christie's new photography business. She took pictures of Ky yesterday and they turned out so cute. For any of you in norther Utah looking to have photos taken, check out her website: http://www.christieheywoodphotography.com/

Finding Joy

So, last Saturday I went to the best women's conference. It was for just the two North Logan stakes, Ardeth Kapp was the main speaker and after there were side classes with varying subjects. I went to the class "Finding joy as a young mother." I went to this class because a)I am a young mother, and b) my neighbor, Christie, was one of the speaker and she is hilarious so I was hoping for good laugh (instead she almost made me cry). Anyway, I saw that she had posted her talk on her blog and just wanted to share it.

http://bellyacrefarm.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-finding-joy-as-young-mother-talk.html

You should all totally go read it, she's awesome. Thanks Christie.

We were asked at one point what we thought we would miss once our kids were grown. I wanted to post what I will miss.

The Big 2!!!

How slow am I? Caden's birthday was last Saturday and I'm just now getting to it. Brent's grandma summed it up best when she said "Caden turned 2 a long time ago." That's Caden, everything you think of when you think of a 2 year old. He climbs on everything, he gets into everything, and he breaks a lot of things. He's also very happy, cute, and can be very sweet and cuddly when he feels like it. I think he had a pretty good birthday. My sister and her husband took him to Pet Smart for his birthday (that's pretty much like the zoo for Caden). Now every time some asks how old he is he says "puppies". I guess somehow he associates how old he is with going to see puppies, oh well. That night we just had a little party at Brent's parent’s house. Since it was his birthday we let him have just plain whip cream, which is one of his favorite things.

My Mom

I just wanted to share the best part about living next to my mom. I was just cruisin' the internet trying to figure out what to have for dinner (yes it's 4 o'clock, I'm slacking today); when my mom calls and says she's made way too much food for her and my dad and would I like to have the extra. HECK YA!!!! This usually happens about once a week and it's so great to not have to think of anything to make or have dishes to clean (maybe I should go clean her dishes for making me dinner....hhmmm).

This picture has absolutely nothing to do with this post. I'm just freezing and would like to go back to some place warm.

It's all worth it - kind of

So last night we're eating sweet and sour chicken for dinner and Kyla's turns to me and says, "Good job on making good food Mom." It was so nice, especially since she usually she tells me that the food is making her tummy hurt. Of course after she ate the first little helping she asked if she could just have rice. I also wanted to share one of the stark differences in my children. On monday we made cookies for are fhe treat. Brent gave both of the kids some cookie dough to eat while the cookies were baking.

Kyla's face, neat and clean.


And Caden, well, you can see what kind of an eater is. This is how he eats everything. Most of his food usually ends up on his face, shirt, pants, and head. Lately he's started running away while I try to get his pajamas on. He'll run around the house saying "natie" (nakie). Normally he hates being naked, unless he's in water. I was going to post a cute picture of how happy he was being naked (no sensative parts were shown) but decided against it; I think Brent would have given me a hard time.

Hawaiian Snow

We were so homesick yesterday that we decided to go find the only snow in thousands of miles. So up to the top of Mauna Kea we went. Actually we went up to see all the massive telescopes they have up there.
This is the telescope that we went into. It was so funny, all the hawaiian were bringing their trucks up the mountain and filling the bed with snow. Then hauling the snow down the mountain.

Snorkeling

Here's a video that Brent took while snorkeling. It's a little shakey. I guess it's hard to swim and take video at the same time.

Aloha!

Brent and I have been kickin' it in Hawaii since tuesday night. Wednesday we drove to three green sand beaches. Two of which were ridiculusly hard to get to. Honestly, I'm still surprised that we didn't do any damage to the jeep we rented. The one that was easier to get to was by far my favorite. Although the picture didin't really capture it, the sand really was green.

Yesterday we drove to the other side of the island, which is so cool because it's like a rainforest over there. We also went to volcano national park. We decided to hike through the crater of Kileau Iki in the late afternoon. Well as it turned out we decided to start hiking a little to late and it started getting dark long before the were even close to being done. We had a head lamp, but it happened to be in the camel back that we decided not to take.

Above the Crater.

In the crater.

This is how dark it was when we finally climbed out of the crater. I know, we're dumb. Today we're going to take it easy. Find a nice beach and just sit.
I just had to add this last picture. This is my blogging atmosphere at the moment. Life is hard.

Snow, Snow, Snow

The kids were super excited about the snow last Saturday. We played outside for hours with my nieces and nephews. Caden really likes the snow. He kept tripping and falling, and while he waited for someone to help him up, he would just sit patiently and eat the snow. We also tried out the dog sled thing again. This year it turned out much safer than last and all the kids had a good time. Do you like the big, red, whelt on Ky's chin? Brent made up a game called 'burrito'. He would roll the kids up really tight in a blanket and then pull the blanket up, unrolling them very quickly. Well, Kyla caught a little air while unrolling and landed chin first. Brent's not allowed to make up games anymore.

Old Man!!

Okay so this post is a little delayed, but oh well. So Brent turned the big 30 last friday. He handled it very gracefully. His parents took us to Texas Roadhouse where he had to sit on the birthday saddle (how embarrassing).

After that, on the way home, we decided to stop and see the christmas lights at willard bay. It was actually pretty fun. There was a wagon ride, hot cocoa, and Santa (wahoo, that saves me a trip to the mall). The kids really enjoyed it (although santa was wearing kind of a strange outfit).

So that was our Happy Birthday to Brent. We also went to the USU v. BYU game saturday. The game turned out to be doubly dissapointing, USU lost, and on the way home we stopped to eat dinner at Pei Wei, which I normally love, but made me incredibly sick that night and the next day. So that was our week in review. I'm now onto finishing my christmas shopping. Anyone have any good ideas for: a 2 year old boy, an older sister, and a father-in-law. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

Who put the bom in the bom-bo-bomp-bom-bomp

Friday night we went to see my nephew Josh in Logan High's production of Grease. If you can't tell from the picture below, Kyla really enjoyed it, she loved seeing Josh on stage. It was no 'Brigadoon', but it was pretty good. Way to go Josh, we are all so proud of you.

Halloween...finally

So, here are some halloween pics. Kyla was so excited for halloween, she asked me everday last week if it was halloween. We dressed up in the morning and went trick or treating down main street. Then in the afternoon we went to my mom's halloween party for all the cousins and their kids. Caden didn't want to play any games at the party, he just wanted to drive the lawn mower.

After the party we went to our ward's trunk or treat. This was the best picture we could get of Kyla because she didn't want to hold still for a picture.

Here's me and my little monkey at the trunk or treat. Caden hated his costume, he cried everytime I tried to put it on him. That is until he saw all the other kids in costumes getting candy and then he didn't seem to mind so much.

Stolen Photos

Okay, so my sister-in-law Christie took the best photos of Caden today. She put them on her blog and I just had to steal them. Sorry Christie.

Holy Huge Tag Batman!

1. Post the Rules to your blog
2. Answer the six 8 items
3. Let each person know they have been tagged by commenting on their blog.

8 Favorite TV Show:
* House
* Chuck
* The Office
* Monk
* Psych
* (That's about it, I really can't think of any others)
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8 Things I Did Yesterday:
* Watched cartoons with my kids
* Helped move Brent's Grandmother's stuff into storage
* Picked up Ky from primary program practice
* Cut down corn stalks
* Made dinner for my kids
* Went out to eat with just Brent and I
* (My life is boring. I can't even think of 8 things I did yesterday.)
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8 Things I Look Forward To:
* First real snow
* Seeing my kids dressed up for Halloween
* Thanksgiving
* Christmas
* HAWAII IN JANUARY
* My house in Texas selling
* I look forward to Brent coming home from work everyday
* Caden being potty trained

8 Favorite Restaurants:
* Pei Wei
* Texas Roadhouse
* Winger's
* Black Pearl
* Chili's
* Sweetly Divine
* Costa Vida
* The Bluebird

8 Things On My Wishlist:
* Really nice towels
* Really nice sheets
* My own home (that's not in Texas)
* New bedroom furniture
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I don't feel like tagging anyone at the moment. Feel free to tag yourself if you want.