I HAD TO GO SKIING AT LEAST ONCE THIS YEAR BEFORE THE SEASON WAS OVER AND IT WAS DEFIANTLY WORTH THE WAIT. CINDY AND I WENT TO SNOWBIRD ON ONE OF THOSE GORGEOUS WARM DAYS AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN. IT REMINDED ME WHY I PUT UP WITH LONG COLD WINTERS!!!!
LONDON STARTED SMILING A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT- SHE WINS MY HEART EVERY TIME SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT PRECIOUS SMILE.
SO MY GOOD FRIEND KARA TOLD ME SHE TOOK THE PLUNGE AND BOUGHT A PUPPY FOR HER FAMILY AND HOW MUCH FUN THEY WERE HAVING WITH IT. SO IT GOT ME THINKING- WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A PET? LOW AND BEHOLD MY KIDS PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED AND WE FOUND 4 GARDNER SNAKES IN OUR FRONT YARD. THEY COME OUT OF A LITTLE HOLE ALMOST EVERY DAY (AS LONG AS IT IS ABOVE FREEZING OUTSIDE). THE SNAKES REALLY KIND OF FREAK ME OUT, ESPECIALLY ONE DAY WHEN I WAS WALKING OUTSIDE WITH LONDON IN MY ARMS AND I STEPPED ON ONE WITH MY BARE FEET BUT THE BOYS LOVE THEM. I LIKE THE EASY MAINTENANCE AND UNTIL I GET A REAL PET THIS WILL DO JUST FINE- AS LONG AS THEY DON'T BRING IT IN THE HOUSE!!!
WE WENT DOWN TO LAS VEGAS FOR THE MONSTER TRUCK SHOW IN MARCH WITH ALL MY SIDE OF THE FAMILY. IT'S TRUE THAT I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE WHOLE THING AT FIRST BUT IT WAS SO MUCH MORE FUN THEN EXPECTED. THE TRUCK SHOW DOWN IN VEGAS IS EQUIVALENT TO THE SUPER BOWL OF FOOTBALL. THEY DO THEIR RACE COMPETITION THEN THEY "FREE STYLE" UNTIL THEIR TRUCK IS DESTROYED. IT WAS SO COOL TO WATCH AND THE BOYS JUST LOVED IT!!! I HIGHLY SUGGEST IT TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE WANT TO WOW YOUR KIDS AND I BET YOU WILL ENJOY IT ALSO. WE HAD A BLAST! WE ALSO HAD A FUN SEEING ALL THE SIGHTS. WE WENT SHOPPING AND HIT AN OXYGEN BAR WHERE YOU BREATH IN 100% OXYGEN AND THE KIDS WENT SWIMMING AND MIMICKED GRANDPA WITH HIS BEARD. SO MEMORABLE!
OK THIS MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE SILLY TO SOME BUT AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER I HAVE LONGED TO BUY AN EASTER DRESS FOR MY LITTLE GIRL. EVERY SPRING WHEN EASTER WOULD COME AROUND I WOULD LOOK AT ALL THE LITTLE SPRING DRESSES WITH PINK AND BOWS AND FULL SKIRTS AND I WANTED TO BUY ONE. SO YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE MY JOY WHEN CHIP AGREED TO LET LONDON GO TO CHURCH ON EASTER SUNDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME THEREFOR JUSTIFYING THE EASTER DRESS. I HAD SO MUCH FUN PICKING ONE OUT (OK TO BE FULLY HONEST I PICKED OUT TWO, ONE FOR THIS YEAR AND ONE FOR NEXT.) WE HAD A WONDERFUL EASTER SUNDAY WITH MY MOM AND EASTER EGGS AND REMEMBERING THE RESERECTION OF OUR SAVIOR. THE DRESS WAS A EXTRA BONUS AND IT WAS JUST AS FUN AS I HAD DREAMED IT TO BE.
OK so when you have a new baby and a new camera and it is still cold outside it makes a perfect receipe for photo shoot. So I have been taking a lot of pictures of my new little princess. She has been so much fun and I am just trying to soak up every little second with her. Here are some of my favorite photos.
When I bought this shirt for Wyatt I just thought it was cute and I didn't realize how prophetic it was going to be. Ever since London was born my little Wyatt has gone looking for trouble. So far his list of crimes have been; Elmer's glue all over Tyson's bedspread, Vaseline all over the red sofa, a bottle of lotion on London's carpet, marker drawn all over the wall, emptied a bottle of shampoo on the floor than did a dance in it and ran all over the house with shampoo feet, and last but not least the rubber glove over the hot lamp that almost started the house on fire if Tyson had not caught it in time. Now don't get me wrong he loves his baby London but he is getting a little bored sitting around the house all the time. Lets all just hope that warm weather is around the corner. Heaven help us!!
THE NIGHT BEFORE OUR SCHEDULED C-SECTION WE TOOK SOME LAST MINUTE PICTURES TO REMEMBER WHAT OUR LITTLE FAMILY WAS LIKE BEFORE OUR DAUGHTER CAME INTO THE WORLD. WE WERE ALL SO EXCITED AND I WANTED AT LEAST ONE PICTURE TO REMEMBER THE HUGE SIZE OF MY BELLY BEFORE SHE CAME OUT. WE DID NOT GET A LOT OF SLEEP THAT NIGHT WAITING FOR THE MORNING BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH THE WAIT.
WYATT'S OLD BEDROOM WAS THE CUTEST LITTLE ROOM WITH ANIMAL MURALS PAINTED ON THE WALLS BUT WHEN WE FOUND OUT IT WAS A BABY GIRL ON THE WAY THERE WAS NO STOPPING THE ROOM MAKE OVER. WYATT MOVED DOWN STAIRS INTO TYSON'S ROOM AND WE STARTED THE PRINCESS ROOM MAKE OVER. IT WAS ALL FINISHED WHEN WYATT TOOK US INTO THE ROOM AND SAID, "TAKE IT OFF, TAKE IT ALL OFF!" SORRY WYATT BUT IT WAS TO LATE. EVERYTHING WAS READY AND THE ONLY THING THAT WAS MISSING WAS A LITTLE GIRL TO PUT IN THE ROOM.
THIS KID TAKES A LICKIN' AND KEEPS ON TICKN'. MY POOR LITTLE WYATT HAS HAD MORE ACCIDENTS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN OUR FAMILY. HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS BROKE A BONE AND HAD STITCHES AND NOW WE ARE ADDING THIS HUGE BUMP ON HIS HEAD. HE WAS RUNNING IN THE DOOR AND FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON OUR BUFFET TABLE. THANK HEAVEN HE WAS ALRIGHT BUT THIS KID IS SO ACTIVE IT SCARES ME TO THINK WHAT IS NEXT.
I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE SURROUNDED BY SUCH GREAT FRIENDS. MY FRIENDS WERE SO EXCITED FOR ME TO HAVE A LITTLE GIRL THAT I HAD TWO DIFFERENT BABY SHOWERS. ONE FROM BEST FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE FROM GIRLS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS SO FUN TO GET SO MANY BOWS, LITTLE JEWLERY, AND PINK OUTFITS. I JUST LOVED IT.
IT HAS BEEN 12 WONDERFUL AND MEMORABLE YEARS AGO THAT CHIP AND I WERE MARRIED. WOW WE CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT 12 YEARS OF JOY AND ADVENTURE WE HAVE HAD ALONG THE WAY. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL BLESSINGS WE HAVE HAD INCLUDING OUR 3 GREAT BOYS AND THE LITTLE GIRL JUST A WEEK A WAY. WE ENJOYED OUR NIGHT AT A FUN RESTAURANT AND MOVIE.
FOR VALENTINES THE BOYS DECORATED BOXES IN A CREATIVE NEW WAY. BRAYDEN MADE A FLAT SCREEN PLASMA TV OUT OF A PIZZA BOX THAT INCLUDED A EXTENSION CORD COMING OUT THE SIDE AND TYSON CREATED A CELL PHONE. A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I WAS LITTLE. WHEN THEY CAME HOME WE MAKE VALENTINES COOKIES- I ACTUALLY THINK IT WAS ICING WITH A LITTLE COOKIE TO GO WITH IT. ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT THEY WERE FILLED WITH LOVE.
FOR WYATTS THIRD BIRTHDAY WE HAD ALL OF HIS LITTLE FRIENDS OVER FOR A THOMAS THE TRAIN BIRTHDAY PARTY. THEY WERE SUCH CUTE LITTLE KIDS TOGETHER BUT THE BEST PART WAS THE CAKE. CHIP DECORATED THE WHOLE THING WITH NO PATTERN OR ANYTHING. HE WANTS ME TO ADD HE IS NOT AVAILABLE TO HIRE OUT FOR PARTYS BECAUSE HE LIKES HIS DAY JOB WAY TOO MUCH. ;)
BRAYDEN AND TYSON PLAYED JR JAZZ ON TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS THIS SEASON. TYSON WAS ABLE TO PLAY WITH HIS COUSIN DALLIN AND BRAYDEN WAS ABLE TO HAVE HIS DAD BE HIS COACH FOR HIS TEAM. COACH CHIP DID AN AWESOME JOB AND THEY BOTH HAD A GREAT SEASON.
