Disneyland Again... we have problems!

Don't might the ramdon order that these pictures are in.. blogger for some reason would not let me change them around. Well as you can tell, yes we went to Disneyland AGAIN and did have a magical time. Thanks to our Aunt Ya Ya, all of our dreams came true. Thanks Ya Ya we had so much fun. This pic is of Tess and I and the Halloween Trick or Treat Party at California Adventure. Love it, the Kids loved it, and I would highly recommend it!.

Before we went to the Halloween party at our Hotel. Our friends the Durans, and Walker came with us and we just had so much fun with them all.

Left- Spencer Duran, Seth Sparrow, Tinkerbell Tess

Aunt Ya- Ya the Hippie, and Seth

Everyone had to see Mickey... I love Tessa's face in this one, she is so happy to see Mickey.

Seth's first crush.... He loved every second of this

Family Picture Time..... We are so glad we went, Thanks you Ya Ya for putting it all together! We love you so much!

Fun times at the cabin..

These past weekend we decided to go to our families cabin in Prescott. We went with our favorite Ya- Ya, and our friends the Walker clan. We had so much fun and it was nice to get out of the 112 temp, and enjoy the 78 degree weather up north. It was a quick trip but well worth it. We got to enjoy the groom creek park, eat, play games, eat some more, sleep, and oh did I mention eat? I really like to eat...

Tessa and I laying in the lush green grass playing birdie.
What is green grass? It's to hot to grow where we come from..

Then some really nice cowboys asked if the kiddoswanted a lift around the park. This cowboy was so nice, you could tell he was a grandpa. He was asking Tessa where she got her big feet from. Sorry Tess, there from your mom..

Then it was Seth's turn. He jump right up there and had a smile the entire time. He has become very brave lately.. I think he is growing up on us.

Here we are doing our favorite thing. Eating at the Waffle Iron. Mmmmmmmmmm I love me some buckwheat pancakes.

Well what can I say about this picture... I think we might have a problem on our hands. Tessa decided to give Camden one of her famous princess kisses. She is starting young I know. I think I am scared for what is to come in the future with her. Spencer, I'm sorry...

The kiddos with Ya-Ya. We sure love our Ya- Ya, she is the bestest!

I am a little embarrassed of this picture. This is what the back of our car looked like for a quick 24 hour trip. Sad I know!


On the way home. Tessa was a sleep right away, she had way to much fun. Seth, Ya- Ya, Daddy, and I stayed up singing and playing car games with the Walkers. Thanks for a fun weekend guys, and thank you Grandpa Tom for letting us use the worlds best cabin. We love you!

Seth's first day of school...

Seth was SO excited to go to his first day of school. He got right up and got dressed right away. He was a little upset when I told him he couldn't watch cartoons and eat his breakfast but soon got over it. He ate is breakfast so fast while Mommy packed his lunch filled with his favorite things. He said " Mommy don't forget my cantaloupe and grapes ok". Then it was off to school..

We had to take the traditional picture looking so handsome and ready for his first day of Kindergarten.Then with mommy, who did shed just a couple of tears. I can't believe my baby boy is so grown up and ready to be on his own (kind of, not really)

Then with proud daddy...

Walking to school so bravely with lunch box in hand..
(can you see Tessa's face and hair while Spencer is holding her, she was not happy to be up!)

Seth was not quite sure at this point. He probably was wondering what the heck we signed him up for.

In his class room, where he stood by his name proudly. Seth we are so proud of you and are so grateful you are a part of our family. We love you sweet boy. Thanks for being such a good boy!

I miss my honey so...

Right now am in Cali visiting my parents without my hot hubby. I miss you babe....
I miss the way you have so much patients with our kiddos because I am lacking so right now!
I miss the way you always find a way to give me a love pat when every you pass me along the way.
I miss the way you always make sure Seth has his waffles before you leave for work and you always kiss me goodbye.
I miss the way you kiss the back of my neck before we fall a sleep and tell me how much you love and appreciate me.
I miss the way that still after almost 8 years of marriage you STILL think it is ok to use me as a body pillow.
I miss you getting up with Tessa Bear every night and putting her in bed with us.
I miss the phone call I get around eleven or so just to make sure I was able to get my diet coke for the day.
I miss the way you just jump in and give me a brake when I say " I am done with these kids"
I miss rubbing your buzzed head because it tickles my hand.
I miss your kind blue eyes..
I miss you babe, obviously I am not complete without you. Thank you for working so hard so we can come and play. Your the perfect one for me... I love you and WE MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY!!

Blog Blocked

I am sorry to all of my followers that I have been really lame in the blogging department. One of my sweet Aunts told me it's because I am living my life, I think I am living my life a little to the extreme right now. I think that I am so stressed out about certain things that are happening in my life and are feel so blessed on the other hand that I just don't know where to start with a post. So many wonderful things have happend, like my sweet baby boy turning the big FIVE, my brother Dustin got married, we took a fun spontaneous trip to Disneyland, Seth starting t-ball, and just enjoying all that life brings. I just feel a little guilty about not documenting these stepping stones. I think stress plays a much bigger role in my life then I know. Spence lost his job two months ago, my parents moved away, my sweet Nany is very sick with cancer, I am learning how to joggle and new position at TWH and be a good mother and wife, YW leader, and Spencer is applying to law schools this fall semester. What to do! So I think I just need to not feel guilty about not blogging and just take life one step at a time. Sorry to my followers, I promise I will be back soon!

Watch out here comes Supercross Seth!!

This was Seth's first real time riding his quad without any help. I was scared out of my mind!! He had no FEAR!!! I grew up riding dirt bikes my entire life and now I can know how nervous my mom must have really been. Thanks to Popeye, Seth is ready to start a hole new chapter in his life.. becoming a Moto Head. (at least the quad has a kill switch for mom:).. he gets real mad when I do that...he he

Tessa Bear turns TWO

I can't believe that my baby is TWO!! Boy has time gone by fast... That morning Tessa woke up to a wonderful surprise from her Aunt Ya- Ya... She had heart attacked our house for Tessa's big day. She loved it!! Thank you Ya- Ya for always being so thoughtful... We love you so much!Then it was off to our favorite park for her very own Pretty Princess Party!! But of course we could not forget to dress in our very best princess attire... crown, hills, jewelry and all

Tessa's best buds.. Camden, Abby, Tommy, Jack, and Princess Tess... big brother Seth was to busy to take a picture..

We had pizza , juice boxes, and then on to the best pink cupcakes. Here Tess is being serenaded to and just can't wait to dig into the nerds on top of that fluffy pink goodness...

Time for presents... She loved all of her fun new toys and outfits. What else could a pretty princess ever ask for?

Time to take a little rest in the park on her very own cinderella pillow... (love how she has her little legs tucked)

Getting lovin from her favorite Granny...

Then getting some more love from her favorite Apple Jul (grandma) She sure love you both very much!!

She denied mommy... she was to busy thinking about playing with.....

All of her new TOYS!!!!!! Thank you everyone for all the presents and love, you sure made my day EXTRA SPECIAL!!!

We sure do love you Bear and are so grateful to have you be a part of our eternal family. Thank you for being such a light and joy in our lives every single day... Love Mommy, Daddy, and Seth

Momma Mia

Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to sweet Mom.... She does more for my family then she will ever know.. I can always rely on her when ever I need her and she has taught me so much in life. She has overcome so much and has become so strong because of it. I am so proud of her!! Thank you Mom for all that you have done for me and for being MY MOM... I won't have it any other way... Happy Birthday xoxoxo

My sweet OLD MAN!!

Happy Birthday to my sweet old man... He if officially the big 30!! Not that 30 is old or anything it's just he robbed the cradle with me so I can call him that. What can I say about Spencer... He is my entire world and I love everything about him.. He loves his crazy family and all corks and srews we have in life.

He is the world's best Daddy and his kiddos just adore him!! When mom is being crazy he know exactly what the kids and I need to calm every situation. He loves to play,wrestle, teach, listen, play the DS, golf with Seth, play pretties with Tess and most of all knows how to love them unconditionally.

He is the best part of me and is so aware of my need and wants in life. He is always trying to go the extract mile for me and is so in toon to my emotions that he knows that something is wrong even before I do. He is strong, caring, my best friends, knows what is right, non judgemental, big heart, real, hard working, compassionate, HOT, overall my favorite person!! I love you hon, hope you have a great big 30....

Apple Jul and Popeye

I am feeling a little sorry for myself which I know I really don't have any real reason to.... BUT GUESS WHAT, I AM!!
My sweet parents are in the process of moving to California because my Dad has had a real hard time this year with his career and the economy. I guess you have to go where the money is huh? Stupid money!!! I am feeling sorry for myself because for the last 5 plus years I have been very spoiled and have had my parents live very close to my family and I.Over these past several years my parents have really become my best friends who I could rely on for ANYTHING!! My life has changed so much in these last 5 years and my parents have been there for it all. I am also worried about my two little kiddos. My Mom and Dad have and are a huge part of their little lives and talk and ask for them on a daily bases. What am I going to tell them?
I know we are going to see them a lot and have lots of visits and fun vacations together.. but how do you create a healthy balance with that as well. I just don't want to leave my husband at home all the time so I can go and play in Cali while he is at home working for our family. Seth is starting school this year and will so be on a very strict schedule.... There is just so much to consider with all of this change. I know I am truely blessed and I have such a great family and parents like I do. It is going to take a lot of adjusting on both of our sides. I am going to have to learn how to stand on my own two feet ALL BY MY SELF... without my mommy's help!! In turn I think it will be a very good growing experience for us and fores us to become stronger. I just love them so much and am going to miss them like crazy!! Ok I am down whining....

Reveiw of December

Seth had a Music Maker concert and he had his very own solo to "I'm gettin nothin for Christmas" He did such a good job and sang the entire verse all by himself... We where so proud of him!!
The night before Christmas we all went to the Temple lights and enjoy the spirit of Christmas. My brother Dustin and his fiancee Brittany went with us. It was pretty cold but we had a fun time.

Christmas morning with the kiddos is the best. Santa was very good to us and brought us more then we could imagine. Seth got his DS that he wanted so very badly

A couple of DS games..

Tessa got her very own Vanity set...
Dustin got to spend the morning with us because my parents where in Cali with my grandparents. We where so glad he got to spend time with us. In this picture he is about to partake in some very delicious sticky buns thanks to the Walkers!! Thanks guys!

Spence and I didn't something a little different this year... We had to come up with a gift for each other that nether one of us could tell the other what we wanted or how much we where spending on he other. It was pretty fun because on Christmas morning we had no idea what we where going to get. Spence surprised the heck out of me with my very own uggs. I have wanted a pair forever . Thanks babe!
Then I surprised Spence with a 4 wood Calaway golf club... Thanks Dan for the help!!

The kiddos also got bikes from Santa "Ya Ya" Thanks you Santa you know who you are!! We love you!!

The next night Seth wanted to have a spend the night with all of his girl cousins. They had a lot of fun eating donuts and hot choc. and watching movies way to late.

Family pictures are of course essential around the holidays... So my sweet friend Molly was generous enough to take our pics.. She did a great job. I love this picture and feel so blessed to have such a loving and caring family

Typically Seth and Tess... sure love those kids!!
This was my FAVORITE PICTURE!! I loved how she captured the moment and it just illustrates our family perfectly!
Accomplishment this month- TESSA CAN FINALLY HAVE PIGGY!! This was a very proud day for mommy!

Drum roll please......... Seth lost his first tooth!! He was so excited to put it under his pillow and have the tooth fairy leave a dollar bill. He is such a big boy!

New Song- PS, Christmas blog coming soon!!

Dedication to my new song- you know who you are!!

Best vacation EVER!!-Warning LOTS OF PICS!!

Ok, so my wonderful fantastic parents treated my entire family and our significant others to the world's best Vacation EVER. It all started about a year ago when we decided to take a trip to Hawaii. Well when it all came down to it flights to Hawaii where ranging about 1500 dollars a person. So my brilliant parents then decided to take us all on a cruise. Spencer and I had never been on a cruise so we really didn't know what to expect. Much to my surprise it was the most relaxing, enjoying, and rewarding vacation we had ever been on. So you can probably tell by my descriptions that we did not take our two beautiful kiddos. We where very sad to leave them but so glad that we took the opportunity to not bring them along. Instead my very generous in-laws took them for the 9 very long days. It was very nice not to worry about them for a minute and know that they where being loved and well taken care of. Thanks Tom and Marilyn.

The cruised was along the Western Caribbean and we got a chance to visit Grand Caymans, Honduras, Belize, and Cozumel Mexico. Here we are flying to Florida watching our DVDs (One Tree Hill) I know we are pathetic!!

This was one of the formal nights that we had on the ship. We ate like pigs every single Day!!
Our room which we never cleaned... We had room service twice a day including a turn down service....
My favorite towel animal... It made me smile every time I saw it

Spencer enjoying life and the Grand Cayman island. The water was perfect until we saw some Sting rays floating around... We chose to get out at that point

At the Seven Mile Beach in Grand Caymans

These is us in Honduras just driving around on a Mope Head. This was one of favorite ports. It was a very poor Country but had some very beautiful parts
Spence trying to get out of the puddles

Us at the beach in Honduras... Favorite beach by FAR!!

I meet a little friend there, Nathaniel. I am sure he just wanted money (which I gave him) but he followed us around for a good couple of hours. We bought him a soda and just hung out with him. He was so cute and was only 7 years old. I kinda wanted to take him home with me.

A amazing look out we found riding around Honduras

Ok when we got to Belize I was not really impressed. It was not nearly as pretty and was very dirty and poor. We as a family heard that we had to do the cave tours and zip line in Belize. Here we are not sure what we are about to get ourselves into with these cave tours.

The cave tours where amazing and a little freaky. I couldn't think about it to much. We floated through caves like this for about an hour
Then it was on to the zip lines which that all Spencer really wanted to do. It was so much fun!! You literally feel like you are flying through the jungles. I about knocked this guy out because I couldn't find the brakes!!

Spence was better at it them I was.


Dust and B ready to fly!

On our last port we went to Cozumel Mexico. Here we are at some Ruins the we just happen to fall on while riding around again on some mope heads with the fam. It was so fascinating to read about the people and how they lived so long ago
Riding around Cozumel with my hot stuff...
Mom and Dad riding along, we had so much fun on these gutless wonders. I highly recommend it!!

We found this gorgeous little beach as we where driving around. We stopped at this little dive and had the best fish I had ever tasted!! That meaning a lot because I HATE FISH!! This cute little Mexican had the hots for my mom and we just hung out drinking our fun fruity drinks

Back on the bikes heading back to the ship :( Spence checking out the island with my family in front.

The most gorgeous beach that I had ever seen. Cozumel was another favorite port. We had so much fun and we loved every minute of our vacation. We where pretty ready to see our kiddos though. We missed them like crazy!! Thanks Mom and Dad for the best Christmas gift and vacation that we could have ever dreamed of. We love you so much!!

Cute Story

The other day Seth was walking through the family room as I was relaxing on the couch watching TV. He quickly turned around and asked me a very interesting question.. He said "Mom do you think that I have a cute nipple. I said "WHAT", he continued to ask again... "Mom do you think I have a cute nipple". About the third time he said this I realized that he was smiling very big trying to show me his DIMPLE!!! Seth has one very cute Dimple on his right cheek and I think he know it. I thought I was going to pee a little I was laughing so hard. In conclusion we had a quick little talk about the letter D and N and the difference a letter can make in a word.....

The Month of October

Spencer had his knee surgery in the beginning of the month. He did great has been a good sport being gipy in all... He is going to Physical Therapy twice a week and is being very careful not to push himself to much. He is getting pretty tired of being a little laid up. Yesterday I had a little comical moments as I saw him mowing our font lawn with a extra little limp in each step.. Sorry babe, your doing great!!

We actually have gotten the chance to brake out our sweaters a couple of times this year... Finally I think the cool weather is coming.....We also got a wonderful visit from our friends the Mcleods. We had so much fun with them and where really sad to see them go. Seth and Lyric did great together and never really fought at all. Packy and Tess actually got to play this time and where pretty cute together. Of course Lindy and I had a blast together and just shopped and ate, and ate and ate. Thank you guys for coming... Sure love you all so much

For Halloween this year Seth went through about 4 costumes. Superman, Spider man, a robot, and the final verdict was a Astronaut. This particular party he was Spider man..

Miss Tess was Wonder Women.... Totally fit her personality and she looked adorable doing it. We had a very busy month but loved every minute..

Camera Bust

So you can all probably tell that I haven't blogged in quite sometime.... I promise I have an excuse. My poor camera has been abused by my sweet by rough four year old boy. I just feel like I can't really blog without it. I plan on taking it to a camera shop in the next few days when I can magically get money that I need to fix it off of my newly planted money tree...... ha
Not much is going on around our house hold. Just working, playing, trying to stuff some much into one day, and trying to find time to enjoy one another. Oh yeah, Spence is having knee surgery on Thursday. He finally went to the Doctor (with lots of encouragement) and discovered that he pretty much doesn't have any ligaments in his left knee. This has ONLY been going on for about three years!!! I know he will be just fine but wish him luck and keep us in your prayers.

Kiddos Update

Seth is my lovable, sensitive, SMART, and STUBBORN little sweet boy
- He is in his second year of Preschool with Miss Maren's Monkey's and just loves going to school
- He is also in his second year of Music Makers
- He LOVES to play with his cousins (especially Jack) and asks to every single day
- He is the world best Big brother and loves his baby sister Tessa
- Loves to talk and tell stories that go on and on and on
- Is completely potty train... we kinda had a hard time with number two
-He loves to watch movies, listen to music, play with his little animal toys and read books
- He can swim ALL BY HIMSELF!!
- I love you my sweet boy....I hope you stay my baby forever!!

Tessa is a very cuddly, happy, lovable, has a girl attitude already, very curious sweet baby girl

- She is a little petite thing with a small body but BIG personality

-She can run, jump, and play with the big kids

- Learning to talk, she can say - NO, YES, babba, Seth, Momma, Daddy, Night Night, Baby, Brother, Apple, Papa, Granny, Pop Pop, Bye Bye, Owie, Juice, Kitty, Doggy, I did it, I want out, Hello, and more I just can't think of

- Loves shoes and clothes

- Loves to dress up

- Can take her own diaper off several times a day

- Doesn't like to sleep in her crib anymore

- Still sucks her thumb

-Love to sing and dance

- Loves to play with her brother

- Very social

- Loves Life..

-I love you Tessa Bear....

Summer Time Catch up!

Finally just this week I have the GREAT pleasure in going to girls camp with our ward. The girs where great and they are all so special and sweet. I had to leave early but I sure enjoyed the time I got to be with them

Hiking Fossil Creek with Kiersten, Marie, Katie, and Cody. I was so proud of all of them... It was a rocky 4 milie hike down hill and then another VERY hard 4 mile rocky hike up hill. Girls I was so proud of you... Sure love you!

7/15-7/25/08 At the last minutes I decided to jump in the car with my parents and endure a 10 hour car ride to California to see my friend Lindy and her adorable family and to see my grandparents in Ventura. Seth and Tessa didn't great in the car,it was Mommy who was starting to feel and little crazy.

Seth and Lyric enjoying their slip in slide. That was the best 8 dollars I spent... They where out there for hours.
We also went to a very fun water park. The mom's felt a little crazy because it was hard to watch everyone but I am so glad that my mom came with us.. she was so much help. Seth loved going up and down the slides. It was a blast..
Oh and here is my sweet LITTLE 18 month out baby girl who would have nothing to do with help. She wanted to go down all by her little self. Can you tell she is a little spit fire? She probably went up and down at least 15 times by herself... I am in so much trouble with her!!!All the kiddos after the swim park... Anyone tired?

One of the fun things about Lindy's and my relationship is that our parents are really good friends too. This picture is Pam (Lindy's mom) and Julie (my mom) with their grand babies swimming and Pam and Mike's house.My Dad (Scott) and Lindy's Dad (Mike)

Finally Lindy with her kiddos Paxton, and Lyric, and Me with mine Tess and Seth. I can't believe that we have four kids between us. We had such a great time... Thanks Lindy for having us! Your turn next to come to AZ... he he

At the end of the week we stopped at my Nany and Papa's house in beautiful Ventura. My Nany is pretty sick and fighting cancer right now so we all felt like we needed to stop and have visit. Nany looked just a pretty as she always does and has a fighting spirit about her. My grandparents have a turtle that they have had since my Dad was a little boy... Seth and Tess loved him.
Quick picture before we left... Seth didn't want to (can you tell) Sure love you Nany and Papa... hope to see you soon!!

6/30-7/4/08 For Fourth of July Spencer's Family and our little clan went to the D-backs game. It was nice because the kiddos had a blast and it was a nice cool place to be for the fourth. The game was a little boring and Tessa started to get a little restless but all in all it was pretty fun.This year was the first time Seth was not completely freaked out about the fire works. We got to go down on to the baseball field and get a better view of the show....
Seth and I also had the great pleasure to see High School Musical in Broadway form. I do have to say it was very entertaining and it was fun to see all of the kids singing a dancing around. I told Seth that this was a date for just Seth and I and that Tess and Daddy where not invited. The rest of the week Seth continued to tell everyone that Mommy and Seth went on a HOT date. Can you tell that is what Spencer and I call ours?

Thanks Seth for the HOT DATE!!!

During the Summer we try our best to stay inside and find new hobbies to keep us busy... This is Tessa's new hobby... we will just leave it at that!!!!

6/20-6/30/08 So the last time I blogged we had just returned for our California Trip to Oceanside. This picture is us at Disneyland during that trip. The kids had so much fun and where very well behaved.
My cute boys havin a blast
When we got home we celebrated Father's Day in a very fun way. Aunt Linda rented out a big slide and the kids had a blast.... Oh and the adults did too.Tessa of course had so fear and wanted to go down the slide all night
I love this picture... Seth has pure joy all over his face
Shortly after that Seth had his first dentist appt. He did great and now we get to go back for 1900 dollars worth of work. I was really concerned with his two front teeth and the fact that they are a little discolor but of course there is nothing wrong with those. His back teeth are crumbling due to the face that he is a major grinder in his sleep. In most cases they won't really worry about them because they are baby teeth but in this case he will have his back teeth until he is about 10 or 12. Can you tell I am a little bitter??? Needless to say we haven't taken him back yet... and of course the longer we wait the worst they will be come. Anyone got 1900 dollars growing on their trees?... because I surely don't!!

Oceanside Cali Trip

So I am finally Blogging again... I know I am so bad at it! Our vacation to Oceanside California finally came at the beginning of this month. The Theme of this vacation was centered around our husbands volunteering at the US open. They had so much fun working with the pro's and had a very fun time working together. Here is Spencer, Tim and Tyler at the golf course lovin life.While the boys where out playing the mom's and kiddos went to the beach about everyday. Seth was such a big help and loved the beach!! Our beach house was just across the street from the beach so it made it so easy to just go when we wanted to.
Seth playing it up!
Tessa loved the sand. We couldn't keep it out of her mouth, nose and other place we won't mention. She couldn't get enough of it.

We also got to go Disneyland with the entire gang. We had so much fun with everyone and the kids had a blast. Here from left to right.. Me, Molly, Cami, Alyssa (my niece and babysitter, and Kylie aka Tree Molly's babysitter. Yes you heard right. I took my wonderful niece Alyssa to help out with the kids. Specially while Spencer was at the US open. It was totally worth it... Thanks Alyssa your the best!
At California Adventure... Group photo!! You can barely see Seth he had my big Diet Coke bottle in his face.
Molly was nice enough to take our family picture while we where there. There are a lot more that I will post later. I loved how the turned out. Thanks Molly!!
This one is one of my favorites.... I love the kids faces in it
My sweet baby girl...... We had so much fun and are so sad that our vacation is over. Stay tooned for some more pictures..

T-ball

Seth had so much fun this season playing with T-ball. At first he was not quite sure but now he is a pro. Today is his last game.... I am secretly excited that he is done. I am so proud out of my sweet boy.

Look at me... I made it to first base
Tessa watchin on the side lines making her cheese face !
Spencer and Seth, aren't they cute!!

Father and Sons

Spencer took Seth on his first Father and sons camp out. It took a lot of encouraging on both their parts but when they went they had a great time together. Here Seth is all cozy up in there tent. Good job hon...... he looks really warm Three legged race... Seth was not to crazy about that
And of course... what little boys do best when they camp...
Tug a war against the Daddies
The sons won!!

My wonderful Birthday!!

I know, I know I haven't blogged in over a month but I am doing it now. I am going to start blogging where I think I left off and I think it was around my birthday. My sweet sweet husband decided to give me the best birthday present ever.... 24 hour break from my kiddos (who I love very much) Thanks to my parents who watch our kids we where off to have some much needed RNR. We found this really good resort in north AZ and just had a blast. We went out to dinner without kids, we went to the movies without the kids, we went shopping and more shopping with out the kids, and we went out to breakfast without the kiddos. Sorry can you tell that I needed a break. Here I am with all my bags of goodies... I just love to shop.. It can be a problem :)
Spencer and I acting like a bunch of kids... we had so much fun together
Breakfast the next morning.... Thank to babe for such a fun Birthday.. I love you so much!!

Biggest Loser!!

My husband and I decided that we both wanted to lose some weight before our summer's vacations that we have planned. So knowing both of our personalities we realized to achieve our goal we would need a little competition in order to say motivated and lose our goal weight. Couple of times last year we and a group involving our family and friends all got together and joined our own BIGGEST LOSER contest. It was very successful and we all felt a little better about ourselves. The rules are that we all put in 100 dollars in the beginning of the eight week contest. If we lose 10% of our weight we will get 50 dollars of our 100 back and the rest of the money will go to THE BIGGEST LOSER!! Our weight is calculated by percentage of our weight so it is fair for everyone. Well fair if you don't consider that MEN lose weight faster and have a slight advantage over us women in the competition. You can't take pills or any kind of weight lose supliments.There are about 12 people in the competition and it ends on June 1st. In last years contest my husband Spencer won one and I won the other. Take it that I had just had a baby but it seemed to work to my advantage.I am really excited to lose some weight and feel motivated to do so. Right now I am completely starving and my stomach is growling at me. I have worked my butt off at the gym the last couple of days and am feeling quite fatigue at the moment. If I can make it through this week I will be just fine. Stay tuned for update...... Let the Biggest loser win!! Bring it on ......

Easter

We had a great and crazy Easter Sunday.... We woke up and the kiddos enjoyed there Easter baskets and then went quickly on our way to church. After church we headed to my parent house for dinner around the corner from there house the reception house my in law family works at t had a Easter egg hunt for all of the kids in the neighborhood. The kids had a blast and we got some pretty cute pictures out of it. After dinner at my parent house, which was delicious we went to our second Easter meal at Spencer's family house. We had a great day and are so grateful for the opportunity to reflect on how much our Savior has done for each one of us.Two very cute kiddos... Seth was mad that I made him wear a pink shirt.. he he he
I got some eggs mom!!

I couldn't get this picture to rotate... Seth posing for the camera
Pretty in pink.....
I think I want to get in that water
Seth searching for egg with his cousin Emma Dying Easter eggs in underwear... Can you think of anything better?
That morning, Tessa with her basket... She got a new silky bunny, new dress, and candy

Seth with his Easter basket, I can begin to tell you what he got..... New Tom and Jerry DVD, Diego stuff, candy, candy and more candy

T-Ball

Seth has started T-ball. He is really good at it but it not really sure if he like it too much. He loves to hit the ball and run the bases but when it comes to fielding he is pretty bored with it all. We keep encouraging him and promise him a trip to the closes QT if he plays and stay out in the field. It seem to be working but we will see how his first game goes..Good job Sethers!

Seth turned FOUR!!

So you are going to think that I went way over board for my sons birthday and rented him a limo...When in fact my sister in law and mother in law work at a reception house and have a limo on hand. Seth had in formed us all that he wanted to go to Peper (peter) Piper Pizza in the big car (limo) at Hope's work (sister in law). So because Hope is a great aunt she made it happen.
Seth in the Limo ready to go.... Do you think he is happy??
Hope driving us to Peper Piper's
All of the kids sang Seth's favorite song in the limo.... 123 like a bird I sing
We had Pizza and cupcakes and finally Seth got to open his presents. I think every gift was something Go Diego, Go. It turns out there is a lot of Diego things out there because everyone got him something different.. Thank you everyoneAbout to blow out his candle...
Apple Jul and her 2 grand baby girls.. Kali and Tessa

At the end of that night Seth had had a pretty good day. Here he is in his new tent with all of his Diego toys inside watching his new Diego movie!! I love you Seth and am so blessed to have a son like you. Thanks for being such a good boy... love Mommy

In the beginning of March my best friend Lindy came over for a visit with her two adorable kiddos. Lindy and I have been friends since our mom's have been pregnant with us. She is more a sister to me then a friend. We had so much fun together and I am so glad to came to AZ to visit
Lyric and Seth making cupcakes and having a grand old time
I got the pleasure in giving Paxton his first hair cut... doesn't he look handsome

Eating arrangements at my house
On Sunday we went over to my parents house for some dinner and fun. Seth and Lyric playing on the teeter todder
Then of course Lindy and I had to give it a try
Bath time!!! I won't begin to tell you how dirty the water was...Where did these elephants come from????
Lindy and I treated ourselves to a pedicure one day when my sister in-law was kind enough to watch all of our kids. I about died when Lindy told me that she had never had a pedicure before.. We had so much fun and a very relaxing time. Thanks Lindy for coming I sure love you and miss you tons!! My turn next..

Power Blog

Ok, I am behind in blogging yet again!! So this is going to be a MAJOR Power Blog so bear with me.....
This was Seth's first time doing his first Valentine's Day card for his class. He had so much fun and got so much candy.... As you can tell Seth loves Go Diego, Go!!
We also got to experience with a lot sickness in our house. We where told that Seth might have Asthma and had him doing breathing treatments and oral steroids.... When in fact if his doctor would have just listen to his mother and gave him a antibiotic we could of avoided months of sickness and medication. My poor little guy!! I finally had to go to a different doctor to get him on the proper medication and he was soon feeling back to his happy self. He still might have a touch of Asthma but we are just going to have to wait it out

Tessa Turned ONE!!

On January the 30th my sweet baby girl turned one!! I still can't believe it. It feel like just yesterday she was a newborn again. Tessa is such a blessing in our lives. She came at quite a stressful time in our lives but she made me realize what a blessing life really can be. She never fussed, sleeped though the night at 6 weeks old, and just was and still is always happy and content with what is going on. At one she is
1. Almost walking, she can stand all by herself and is just ready to hit the road but is still a little unsure about the hole thing
2. Has 6 teeth and very soon will have some more
3. Says Momma, Daddy, Hi, Hey, Seth (believe it or not) and babba (bottle)
4. Loves to play with her older brother in his room
5. Sleeps about a 7 hour streach and then wants a comfort bottle to go back to sleep.
6. Makes a lot of funny faces and is full of personality.
7. LOVES to dance to Justin Timberlake in Mommies car.
8. Still sucks her thumb and loves her silky blanket.
9 . Not much hair still but Mommy is wishful thinking.
10. Her favorite game is peeka boo under the covers. She could play that all day long

Sure love you Tessa Bear!!!! Thanks for being such a light in all of our lives!!!

All ready for her big party...
I went a little over board with her cake, I just couldnt stop!
Singing Happy Birthday to Tess
I am not sure about this, what is this??
Ok, I guess I like this sugar filled cake, It turned out pretty yummy
I am going to open these presents without you guys.


Finally I got to open all of my gifts... Thanks Everyone for all the fun stuff!!

Seth was a course running a 103 degree temp and was not up to some Birthday fun.sorry bud

These where all of the kids that where nice enough to come to her party. Mostly cousins!!

January - Very busy month!!

So I think what I need to do to keep up with my blogging is do what I call POWER BLOGGING about once a month. This seem a little easier to me then doing it every other day.

As we all know January seem so be crazy for all, due to the holidays be over and just trying to get back to normal.... Not in my case. I wonder if life will every slow down??? Any who, Around the 13th of January Spencer and I decided to go to Disneyland with out our kids. We just had taken the kids about 3 weeks prior and didn't get to do all the things that we love to do. Not that Disneyland wasn't fun with the kids but we had two extra tickets that we had to use before the 15th and decided that we needed a little brake. Thanks to my wonderful in-laws who took the kiddos we where off to Disneyland like a bunch of little kids on our own. It was so much fun!!! We went on every ride we wanted to TWICE, and just had a blast together. Thanks for the fun trip babe!

Thunder Mountain, an oldie but a goodie!!
This is how Spencer like to spend his down time at Disneyland.... Churro anyone?
I couldn't get over how much this guy looked like Johnny Deep!!! (spencer's fav. Disney charater)
Posing for California Screamin, what can I say we are a bunch of dorks!Bad hair day ofter so many rollacosters
Last but not least my favorite, Peter Pan. I don't know why but it is.
Then on the 24th of January my hubby got a little older!!! He turned 29 this year!! I can't believe I married such an old man!! Just kidding. For his Birthday we had went out to lunch and then out to dinner with his family. It was a fun day!! Sure love you babe!! (even if you are old) Thanks for working so hard in every area! xoxoxox

Then on the 26th is was my Sweet Mom's birthday!! She is so warm and loving and the best mom around. We went to Barros for dinner because she wanted all of her grandkids with her and then her and I went and saw a chick flick together. It was a lot of fun. Sure love you too Mom!!

My little Sunbeam

Ok, so I know I am a little behind AGAIN in my blogging. So about 2 weeks ago Seth went to Primary for the first time as a Sunbeam. I can't believe that my little man is old enough to go to Primary. He was so cute that day. He walk into Primary a little unsure of the situation but was quick to realize how fun it was going to be. Spencer sat in there with him for a while and them told him that he would be back in just a few to pick him up. I have to admit I started to tear up a little as I saw him sit there with his two best buds with his arms folded tightly and just so readyto learn. He did great!! He was so excited to tell us all about it and all the songs and games they played. I sure love you Sethers!! Thanks for being such a Sunbeam in our lives!

Continuation of Cali Trip...

The day after Disneyland we went to the beach. We just hung out, rented bikes, ate way to good, and just had a great time together. The kids loved the sand (Tessa likes to eat it) and just had a very relaxing day.
Trying to keep her from eating the sand and little shells..
Too cute for words
Not a bad picture for a self timer portrait... I think this one was the fourth one:)

Low and behold look what I found Seth doing.... marking his territory!

Trip to Cali... Part IIII

On December 27th our CRAZY little family decided to follow the ASU sun devils to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego. This is all Spencer wanted for Christmas so we decided to make a little trip of it. Seth, Tessa and I didn't go to the game that day but we all went to Disneyland the next day. We had so much fun. The weather was perfect and it was great to see the kids reaction to the rides. On the down side it was a bit crowded. So crowded that the where turning people away from coming in. I have never seen the place so busy. All and all we had a blast... So glad we made the trip.
Toon Town with Daddy..
Waiting to see Mickey in his house..
FINALLY, we got to see Mickey. Seth wasn't sure about him.
One things he knew he was sure about was Lighting McQueen.... Can you tell he is a Car's fan?

Christmas Day... Part lll

In our house we have the pleasure in having THREE Christmases. The first one in our little family, then onto my family, and then finally onto the in-laws house. It was a crazy day but loved spending so much time with each one of our families. Everyone of course like always goes way over board and we always come away feeling very spoiled. This was Tessa's First Christmas and she was a little taken back with all the presents and fun. Over all we had a great day with each other and are a little glad it over!!! (at least I know that I am)


Seth opening his first gift that morning..
Tessa lovin on her new baby
Tessa the present
Seth's new Kitchen. And YES I said kitchen..... it is very masculine!!
My sweet Nany and Papa who I can never remember not having Christmas with out.

Spencer in his new ASU sweet shirt. I think it is safe to say that he is a little obsessed.


On to Spencer's parents house. Seth's only thing that he asked for this year is Diego Stuff. Here he is opening yet another Diego gift. Thanks Granny and Papa

Tessa not sure what to do or think... All she knew is that it was fun.

Part II

On December 17th I lost my dear sweet Grandma due to her liver disease. We all knew that she was sick but didn't really realize how sick her liver really was. She was only 73 years old but she was ready to see her sweetheart that she had just lost 3 years prior. It really has not hit me that she is gone because she went so fast. I will miss her so much and am so grateful for her continues example that she was so me. I love you Grandma!
This picture was taken last March... Five Generations-Tessa, Me, my Mom, My Grandma, and Great Grandma who is still living.
We also got the chance to go to the Temple and see all the beautiful Christmas lights. Spencer's family sings at the Temple every year. I truly enjoy the warm Christmas spirit that is brings to me and my family. We are so blessed to have the Temple so close to us.

So Much to Blog About!!! Part l

Ok, so I haven't blogged in over a month and SO much has happen in my life . I am just going to start from where I left off last month so please bare with me this is going to be a very long post!! Well my sweet Tessa Bear is finally crawling!!! She is into everything and my house in NEVER clean now. She is so much fun and loves to make a mess of what every she can get her hands on. She now along with say Momma and Dadda can say "hey" , "Hiiiiii", and "oohh". She is just the light in all of our lives. In the beginning of December we had the great pleasure to go on a double date with Cami and Tyler (Spencer's brother) . We went to a Phoenix Suns game and had so much fun and laughed so hard at the lack of knowledge Cami had for the game. Sure love ya Cam!
Outside the American West Arena.... So cold!!!!
Seth had another Music Maker concert and had the opening line... He did so good and was so proud of himself. They sang Christmas songs until they where blue in the face and it was a great way to bring in the Christmas spirit.
This was our Christmas tree this year before the little monkeys got to it. This Christmas season was so much fun because Seth was SO excited about Santa Clause and was fully aware in what was going on. He knew what every single toy he wanted and knew every little Christmas song he could remember.

ASU Basketball Game

Last night Seth, Spencer, Papa, and I went to the ASU basketball game at the last min. Seth was excited to go except that he didn't want to see Sparky and ASU sun devil. Ever since he was little he has ALWAYS been afraid of him. Soon into the game he decided to do this.................... I think we can say that he is over his fear of Sparky!

Turkey Trip to the Desert

Every Thanksgiving since I can remember my family and I have been going to CA City to Camp with friends and family. In my family camping is not possible unless you have dirt bikes. So this year my two kids and I went along for the long ride 9 hour ride for some fun in the desert sun!!Traveling with kids is not that bad when it is in a motor home and you can make lunch, go to the bathroom, take naps on a big bed, and sit up front with Pop Pop and help him drive.. (Seth)
It was soooooooooooo cold and windy that the only relief was sitting by the fire at night and then getting into the motor home which had a heater. Seth loved roasting marsh mellows he did it every night we where out there.
Trying to keep warm!
Seth got a hold of my camera and was taking picture... Look at those big blue eyes

Just out for a ride with Pop Pop....
Tessa was trying to get in on the fun so I " tried" to ride this freaky bike with her on my back.
"Mom it is so cold how am I supposed to eat Turkey with these gloves on???"
I finally gave in and took both of the kiddos on a ride. Tessa LOVED it and by that time Seth was an old pro at riding
Silly Seth..Nobody call CPS on me.... Seth was driving with Apple Jul and hopes that you would go number TWO on the potty.... didn't work!!
I bundled Tessa up so much that she got a heat rash.... What was I supposed to do though??

Out for a walk with Apple Jule

Watch out everyone.... here I came

Misson Impossible!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I have been a really bad blogger lately and I just need to know how everyone is so dang good at it. Sometimes it just seem impossible to me!!! This last week I was out of town so that kinda shout blogging down but the other days just seem to just be so hard. I do have lots to blog about with Thanksgiving coming and going and Christmas just right around the corner. So bare with me I soon hope to be that wonderful blogger that can just get her life in order. Stay tooned...

Randomness....

This week has AGAIN been a very busy one at that but we found some time to have a little fun! Seth's newest found hobbie is cooking with Mommy. Thanks to some great Halloween clearance, Apple Jul was able to get him his very own chef outfit. He loves to pretend.
Tessa loves to play with the phone and Mommy was playing with her shirt on her head.She can't get enough of the beeps and noises that it make. In this picture she is consentrating so hard to push the buttons and I asked her to look at me and this is the dirty look that she gave me.... I have NO idea where she gets her attitude from.....
Well tonight we went over to my parents for dinner and much to Seth's surprise Pop Pop had bought him a helmet for our annual Thanksgiving camping trip. How cute is he!!! He looks so big and can hardly stand it!!
MOM TAKE THE PICTURE ALREADY I WANT TO GO FOR A RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (notice the rain boots)

Busy Week

As most of you may notice I have been a really bad blogger this week. So I just wanted to recap to what in the heck was going on. To start off we all had the stomach flu in our home, them Music Makers, gym, School, Road Show practice and performs, gym, cutting and more cutting of people's hair, potty training STILL, work, work, and trying to stay a sane stay at home mother of two. To say the least it was a crazy week. I am just so glad it is over, now I get to start all over again and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I will try to be better this week... Maybe!!

Music Maker Concert

Seth is in this fun music program with his cousins called Music Makers. He loves it. Last Saturday they had their first program. He was so cute!!! He wouldn't smile or hardly move. He just stood there and sang his part like a true army guy. Here he is with he two cousins Janie and Emma. Oh if you are wondering about the rain boots... He just had to wear his big boot to be a army man.
Tessa liked the program too. She sang right along... more like yelled!!

HALLOWEEN IS OVER

Today I was TRYING to put some of my Halloween decorations away and much to my surprise Seth was not ready of Halloween to be over. I had put all of my decoration in a corner in the kitchen to EVENTUALLY put in storage and look at what I found Seth doing.....
He was running back a forth from the kitchen to the family room trying to put all the decorations back. He thought he was pretty funny... I thought so too!! He kept saying "it's not over, it is time for it again". I think I am going to have to wait a couple of days, or just wait until he is in bed!

Halloween Night

It Halloween!! Seth was chatting that all day long. Tessa even knew that something fun was happening. She was kicking and laughing all night. Well we started about 5:30 pm and went to my parents house. Their neighborhood was having a big block party with lots of food, games, hay rides and more. The kids had a blast.Happy, Hyper, loading up with sugar family
Three grand kids... My parents still can't believe it.

Me and my sweet girl..
Uncle Dustin withe his favorite girls..

My friend Lissa found this perfect photo opp. for Tess. How cute is that??Seth on the big Spider Man jump house havin a blast!
First house we tricker treated at

Tessa and my mom (Apple Jul)
Kali wasn't sure what her parents (my brother kid) got her into. She was not happyShe was a little more happy with her costume off and of course with her favorite Aunt Tiffani.
Tessa found her match. Micky Mouse (Corbin) who is in our ward and was not to happy about his costume ether.

Last but not lease Mr. Camden the cutest Octopus around. Lissa's found this cute little costume for her adorable little guy. Isn't he cute!

Continuation of Cali Trip

Well I know I haven't blogged in a while but life has been kinda crazy... So we got back from Cali and we had so much fun with Lindy and her sweet family. This picture is one of those typical High School posing pictures... We where having fun in the car.This picture is a perfect example of what kinda of little boy Seth really is. I was so excited to find frogs jumping around like crazy in Jamie's (Lindys sisters) backyard. I grew up with frogs jumping around all the time but I think it is to HOT for them to survive in AZ. I love Seth's face in this picture... He wouldn't touch it and he was totally grossed out.
Guess what I found.....
So I asked Jamie to take some pictures of my family after Paxton's blessing because the grass was so green and again in AZ it hard to fine. I loved how she captured the before frantic behaviours of taking a picture with kids and the after.

Not bad for a snap shot..
Before and frantic....
After...
Lindy's cute family... I had so much fun with all of them and for the first time really got to know her husband Mike. He is a great guy and a wonderful father. Good job Wid!
Us again..
I couldn't get enough of this little guy... He is so sweet and so chubby. We decided to take a little photo shoot after the blessing.. Cute family!

On the way home. Seth was so excited to come home (can you tell) I sure love these kids.Thx Lindy for such a fun trip.. Sure love ya

Disregard this picture. I couldn't figure out how to erase it..

Cali Trip

So right now I am in California visiting my best friend Lindy and her cute little fam. Just to give a little history about Lindy and I, we have been friends since we have been in our Mother's tummies. Our moms where visiting teaching partners(and pregnant with us) and started a friendship for themselves and us that we could have never imagined. To say the least she is more like the sister that I never had and such a wonderful blessing in my life. We are having such a blast together and are kids are too. Lyric and Seth are about 9 months apart and Paxton and Tessa are 5 months apart. Isn't it great that they already have their spouses lined up for them.... We planned it that way too. Any who just wanted to give an up date to the fam back at home and share with them all of the fun that we are having. Sure love ya Wid, thanks for such a fun trip!
My cute little flyer's... they did so good on the plane until the end when both of their ears started to hurt. Poor kiddos

Going the Lindy's ward Halloween party... This year Seth knew exactly what he wanted to be (a Lion) and isn't Tessa the cutest Minnie Mouse that you have ever seen???

Not really sure what is going on...
Seth is telling the ward what he was. He jumped right up there and was so proud of his costume
Future soul mates.... Lyric and Seth having a blast
This is Paxton.... the biggest Tootsie Roll that I have ever seen. This hunk of burning love is 3 1/2 months and already weighs 21 pounds...Can you believe that??

They are going to kill us for this picture!!
Seth being silly
Soul mates part two..... Having fun at the park
Swinging away..

I was trying to capture the chubbiest of this little guy... Pictures just don't do him justice!!

Stay tooned for more picture of our fun trip on the next post...

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch which is our yearly tradition. This year it was Tessa's first time. Here are my two cute kiddos in the patch.... They kinda look like they are propped up posing for a catalog picture. It was a little warm but we had a lot of fun

Playing on the tractor...

Tessa wanted to EAT all the pumpkins. I just had to look away. This is her picking hers out
They had this little area where you could color and put puffy sticker on your pumpkin.. Tessa again just wanted to eat the stickers
We decorated TessaSeth wanted the broken, and rotting pumpkin

I finally got him to pick a normal pumpkin and look at what he put on it......I wanted to pee my pants..... He did that all by himself

Tessa with her Daddy Seth getting a pumpkin painted on his arm

Swing away

The other day we went to the park and it was Tessa's real first time in a swing by herself. I loved this picture because the WARNING is so big.... So I decided to put my own works to it.
WARNING - Future heart breaker, knows how to get her way, has a fierce bite, and may just smell up a room once in awhile....

Pretty girl
Big blue eyed girl
Seth and Jack got in on the action... Seth's face in this picture in priceless
Jack and Seth just love to"HANG" together. Of course Seth couldn't put his corn dog down for a second
Seth is the worlds best big brother. These two love each other SO much! I can't even get Tess to laugh the way Seth does.

So blessed...

Last Sunday my brother was over before church and I had him snap a quick picture of my cute kids and I. Tessa's eyes are a little weird, Seth is just so ready to go to nursery already, and I was a little nervous about the lesson I had to teach the YW about Chasity but all and all I loved this pic. My children are the love of my life. I just wanted to express how truly blessed I do feel to be their mother. Some days I feel like I am the worst mother possible and can't wait to get a brake, but other days my heart just want to burst with the amount of graitude and love I have for them. When I was younger my mom would always tell me that I would never know how much she loved me until I had kids of my own. That was so true... I never knew how much you could love until I had my own kids. Sometimes being a mom freaks me out, I am so scared I am going to screw them up for life..... I just have to constantly reassure myself that I am doing the best that I can and everyone makes mistakes.. It helps too when they so easily forget when you loose it and they very quickly forget.(not that I am a monster or anything) Any who just wanted to express how I was feeling tonight. I can't believe these precious angels are mine for life and eternity. I feel so blessed.....

Jacuzzi FUN

Every year my Dad waits for it to get cool enough to fill up his Jacuzzi. Well tonight was finally the night. Of course Seth jumped right in and was lovin the water.