Innocent

NOW DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TROUBLE-SO INNOCENT!!!

Our Brylee is quite the go getter, when she has her mind set to something that is what she wants and their is no stopping her. We did capture one on film after she dropped one of our glass plates and it of course shattered on the tile, yes she thought she was cute. She dumped a whole can of pop on the table and floor the other day. She likes to take scoops out of the dishwasher or washer detergent and dump on the floor, gosh if she only would put it in the right place it would sure help me out. Oh what she could have done if I didn't catch her with an open magic marker before she took action. That would not have been pretty! She is in to everything and she has helped us to realize we are done with two kids. You can definitely see the different personalities in each child and even at one year old her little personalities just shines. We do love our sweet Brylee, she is a tease and not the cuddler that Tanner was, so is always on the go. Tanner never cared for the toilet when he was little, and we did keep doors closed and so forth, but we are in trouble if Brylee gets her hands by the toilet whether it be her hands, a book, a toy, sippy cup, or her dolls head she loves to take things for dips in the toilet water. She just can't resist, so that is a number one when she is awake to make sure all rooms that have toilets access the doors remain closed. She is a tease, and especially with her brother and Dad. She loves to rough house and I don't think she realizes she is still little, because she does all she can to keep up with all her cousins that are at least two years older then her. She loves to play hide-n-seek and she is the best of all. Her favorite places to hide are under her crib or in our closet by Dads shirts. She wanted to play hide and seek when my parents were watching her one night, but they didn't know, and they noticed she didn't come back after running down the hall, so my Mom and Tanner went looking for her. They were calling her name and she still didn't come, my Mom said she just about started to worry when something told her to look in the shower. Sure enough there she was quite as can be standing there smiling when my Mom opened the shower door.

Lets go ride a Bike!!!

Tanner has been ready for quite a while, but just didn't have the courage to take the training wheels off his bike. My sister gave us a smaller girl bike that Jason fixed the tires and we took the training wheels off, so it was lower to the ground, and Tanner just took off. On Saturday, August 9th, 2008 was the big day, He didn't even need any help. He did so good just going around in a circle and then had a bit of a harder time going straight, but after a few falls and still falling on occasion when he starts to show off, he thinks he is a pro. Even when we tried to help him he would tell us to not help him that he could do it on his own and sure enough he did. Tanner calls his little girl bike his police bike, and noone has made fun that he is riding a girl bike yet. I hope he has the confidence to not care what other people think. He did say to his uncle Nelson last week, "I can ride a two wheeler bike, but its a girl bike." He will be on his bigger boy bike really soon I think. We were amazed at how fast he just took off. He always had such good balance even when he was 9 months old pushing around the play shopping cart, he would take those corners at my moms house like it was nothing to him down the hall. Ok, so I had to find a few pictures of him cruzn' down the hall when he was a baby. WAY TO GO TANNER!!!

GetAway & Family Time

We had our six year anniversary last week, it was a lot of fun. We had my parents watch the kids over night and right after Jason got off work we too off for SLC. I know that isn't too far, but when you don't have kids to run after worry about it was far enough. I used to live in SL for a while when I was single and working in SL, and my favorite place was temple square so walking around brought back some good memories and we even saw a gal doing what I used to do. I found my favorite quite place and just sit and think and sometimes read. In fact I used to be the cool aunt and had my nieces sleep over and we would walk down to temple square and they thought it was pretty cool. We would always take their picture in front of the temple to help remind them that is where they want to get married. Well back to our fun weekend, we looked through the good ole happenings book and found a coupon to use at a nice restraunt that we thought we would try, Christophers Steak & Seafood. I had been their for lunch when I worked in SL before, but never for dinner. It was very nice, but all about the presentation and we were still hungry after eating, so we found another coupon and got a Ben & Jerry's Icecream that topped us off. We walked arount Temple Square and took a few pictures as you can see and then the next day went up to Park city and shopped and just had a nice day together roaming around here and there. When we picked the kids up they didn't even want to go home. In fact Tanner ended up sleeping over at his cousins and Brylee just ran away from us when we walked in, she is such a tease. I am such a lucky gal to have such a great guy to be married too. I know our marriage is not perfect, but it is pretty darn good. Jason is such a great father, Brylee has become quite the Daddy's Girl, and he is just a kid at heart when it comes to playing with the kids. He is the hardest worker and when given something to do you know it will be perfect and done at 110%. Thanks for all you do for me and our family Jason, I love you!!

Also we had a fun Family Night the other night, we went to Frosted Rock then went on a family bike ride. Tanner will soon be riding without training wheels as he did ask Jason to take them off the other night. We love doing things as a family even if it a short bike ride, going out for icecream or a shake, going camping together, playing a game, reading, or whatever it may be, because Family is Everything!!

Also is a picture of my first thing I made for the house I have been a slacker at putting things on the walls unless they already had a nail up, but now I am trying to get things up on the walls. I think it turned out good. I have had my ledges and above my cabinets done for a while, so I thought it were about time to get the rest done since my busy summer is about over.

Yellowstone

We were so excited to go to Yellowstone with Jarom's family. It was fun driving and using the two way radios to talk with each other. Jarom & Jason had lots of memories of going to Yellowstone growing up and they had lots of memories to share with us on what they remember as kids. The kids were great all the driving and stopping and getting out and walking and no naps some days. This will definitely be a trip the kids remember and the fun it was spending with their cousins. We toured the whole park with a great tour guide, my one and only hubby!! We started at the South entrance and West Thumb and then the next day we toured Fishing Bridge and then up to Canyon and all the waterfalls, they were my favorite. We did the uncle Toms Trail and walked down and then back up the 328 stairway. It felt great to accomplish that many stairs and what a beautiful view it was. We took the Tower/Mammoth loop and hit the petrified tree & Norris geyser basin and I had to stop to take a girls picture in the wild flowers (look for the picture on the slideshow) I think that was my favorite loop by Tower. The next day we hit all the other mud pots and geyser basins and ended with Old Faithful. We ate ice cream on the deck of the Old Faithful Inn while we watched Old Faithful Errupt it was awesome.
On the way home we stopped at Jackson Hole and ate and wondered around the fun shops. We even saw a buffalo, bear, & Bigfoot. Look at the pictures and you will see the kids so close to the animals. Good thing they were stuffed.
Thanks for inviting us to tag along with your family Jarom & Rochelle we love you guys!!

Fun with Jason's Family

Jarom & Rochelle we were lucky to spend quite a bit of time with them as we went to Yellowstone with their family and then they were with Jason’s family for a few days and we did something with them every day or night that they were here. I am so glad we got to spend so much time with them. They are such great examples to me and my family. We were able to do a lot of fun things together as a family like go to Dinner at the Myan the kids love it and it was a lot of fun. Tanner added a Diver to the list of things that he wants to be now. We had a Cook Out at the fire pit at Jason’s parents and the kids loved roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. We had pizza one night and watched a show. We left Brylee with Grandma Shirley and took Tanner with Jarom’s family to Lagoon, it was a blast from 11 am to 10pm. Hampton lost his glasses on Wicked and Tanners favorite ride was hanging upside down in the Rock-O-Plane or whatever it is called. I had such a good time watching Tanner ride the rides and it was worth just going to see the smile on his face as he had such a blast. We had a cook out at Marci’s one night and the kids had fun getting in the pool and started a water fight and Jason was involved too!! He is a kid at heart and I love it. We had a cook out at our house and I used our grill for the first time and everyone was very pleased, what a relief. I love doing for others it makes me feel so good inside that I am making someone else happy. I made chicken on the grill, potato salad, a green salad, cut up fruit, & Fresh Salsa. I also made rice krispie treats & banana bread for desert. Jason went golfing with Jarom and his Dad that afternoon & we had the final party at our house and said our goodbyes to Jaroms family until we visit them in a couple of years after we save up some money. Thanks to our neighbors for the fireworks, we did try but when the illegal ones someone brought to our house tipped over we didn’t dare do any more. You had to be there, quite a memory Jason trying to stomp on it and it going all over around instead of up in the air. We should have listened to Shirley when she kept saying she was nervous about it. We love spending time with family it is so much fun. It will be nice to get back into a daily routine instead of these late nights. I don’t know how I did it in college, studying, playing, staying up late every night then waking up early for school and work. I need a week to sleep and recover after our busy month, but we loved it.

July with My Family

We spent the beginning of July with my brother & his family in town & Crew was here visiting while his parents were out of town with friends on a trip. All the Grandkids were together so my parents were in Grandparent Heaven. We started on July 3rd when Matt & Jenny came in town and had something every night even if it were just dinner or having one of the kids sleep over. We took the kids to the Zoo & the gateway one day and we also went to the park that has water shooting out. We had our extended family picnic at Aunt Darlas house on the 4th that started with the parade, fun in the park, & hanging out. We had the biggest one in years as Aunt Carolyn’s family was in town, we missed Uncle Richard and his family. My moms side has always been close and I cherish the times and relationships we have together. It was a big fun family get together and of course the slide down the hill was out and a water fight broke out, and of course the big finale was the fireworks with the perfect view. We had so many pictures for july I ventured to figure out how to do a slide show. Love Family!!!