It's a girl!

Well I can't actually believe it but it seems pretty for sure. We are having a little girl! Teagan can hardly contain herself. Jackson made a wish at school to have a little sister and his wish came true. Needless to say the kids are so excited. Milan had no doubts whatsoever. He knew from day one our little girl was waiting to come to our family. I on the other hand wasn't so sure. Anyway, we are excited to pull out some of Teagan's old clothes and see what is still cute after almost 8 years. She is going to be the best big sister!

Fall

I just love the fall! I love all the changing colors and the crisp air. So far this fall has been really mild untill today. Someone must have ticked off mother nature because we woke up with 5 inches of snow! Snow is pretty untill you have to go out and drive in it then it makes you wish it was summer again. Oh well I'm sure we'll survive. Here are a few pictures we took one day when we went for a drive up the canyon.

Family Photos Finally!

The family

The kids













My sister-in-law Christine was visiting this summer and took these pictures for us. I think she did a great job. Thanks again Chris!

Sunshine and Summertime

I am so lame that I have not posted anything all summer but now that the kids have started school again I can do some of the things I want to do. So for now here is some of the highlights of our summer. We had sleepovers with cousins, saw Miley Cyrus in concert, watched fireworks, celebrated a baptism and birthdays, went horseback riding, had many campfires, went to Lagoon, played with cousins, did lots of swimming, hiked Stewart Falls, went to kangaroo zoo, went to museums, went to lots of parks, hung out with cousins, ate lots of watermelon, did I mention cousins? It was quite the summer of fun!

Trek

I had the opportunity to go on trek with my wards youth conference. It was a very neat experience. I guess I didn't really know the whole story of the handcart companies and what the circumstance was that brought them to Utah. I've heard some stories through out the years but never the details like I did this weekend. We were able to go and learn about the Willie and Martin handcart companies and visit the sites where they traveled. The thing that I think got me the most is their example of faith. They accepted the call to Zion with no questions asked and had faith that the Lord would help and bless them. I would like to read the book by Gerald N. Lund called "Fire in the Covenant" I guess it takes a fictional family through the whole immigration of the saints and the trials they had being in the handcart companies. Anyway, if any of you get the chance to go on trek do it. It was worth it.

Oh what do you do in the summer time?

I remember as a kid summer was all about playing outside all day long with friends and family. We would play hide-and-go-seek, sardines, tv tag, you name it we played it. If it wasn't a game we were playing it was exploring the field behind our house or riding our bikes to the school playground. I also loved the swimming pool (thats a whole other list of games)we would play in the pool for hours. So now I have my kids and they have been out of school for maybe 2 weeks and all they want to do is watch tv or play video games or play inside with toys. I took my kids to the park a couple of days ago, they were with their cousins and about an hour into being there they were bored I hate those two little words "I'm bored". I want so say "Bored? I'll give you something to do!" and I can think of a million chores that I can give them to do at home but at the park I was trying to tell them about all the fun games I used to play as a kid and the were like "huh?" So what do you do in the summer time when your kids say "I'm bored"?

No buddy like a brother!

I took this picture the other day and I just fell in love with it. Jameson and Tyson are starting to be such good friends I'm so glad. Tyson wants to be just like is big brother, they are very cute. Jameson of course is teaching Ty all of his tricks and he picks on him like any big brother does but Tyson just puts up with it. BTW, Tyson is paci free as of yesterday, so far, so good. Thanks for all the great advise.

Which one to get rid of first?

So Tyson has decide to climb out of his crib today for the first time and he did it twice. He did it this morning when he woke up and then again at nap time. Sad days for me. So here is what I can't decide on... I need to get rid of his paci and think about potty training and now think about a big boy bed. Which should I do first? I am so done with his pacifier it is killing me because the more he has it the more he thinks he needs it (and lets face it, it has been a crutch for me just as much as it has been for him). So I guess I will just have to think about it a little bit more and see what I can come up with.

Family Photos

I don't think Milan and I have had a professional family photo our whole marriage. We were just having this conversation because I want a cute family picture to put on my blog and I realized that we don't have one. We know lots of people who take pictures and are really good at the hobby they enjoy but nothing we have planned, with matching outfits, great hair and pay good money for. So I am asking all you family photo takers out there where can we go or who can I call to get this done. My family is growing up too fast and I need to capture the moment before its gone. Thanks for the help.

Where do I begin?

So now that I have a blog I wonder who will check it out? What do I write about? Will I have things to say, good, important, funny things to say? Things that will make people laugh or cry? I guess we shall see. I hope I don't disappoint. Thanks so much to Ali for making this blog and setting it up for me I hope you have no regrets later when I am calling you every second to ask you how to do stuff and how to change stuff and stuff and stuff.... LYMI Ali.

This is it!

I have finally entered the wonderful world of blogging. Stay tuned for some good times.