Heaven Help Me

This is the blurry picture so you don't see all my unmentionables!

This is how I found the monkey one day while I was cleaning...he had pulled every single item out of my top drawer and climbed right up to watch some TV.  I cannot take my eyes off him for a second! He is always into something!

JUST MY SIZE

We had been wanting to take the kids fishing so badly, but we weren't exactly sure how it would go...luckily Jas had most Saturdays off lately :) So we decided to head up to East Canyon a couple weeks ago and try it out.

It ended up being a fun adventure! Boston just wanted to play in the water the whole time and Riley was the only one to get a fish. Last time she caught a fish she was terrified of it so she promised Jas that she wouldn't be scared this time.  She was so excited and kept saying that this little fish was "just her size"! She was so cute.

P.S. I did get a picture of Riley and her fish but I couldn't get it to flip...so maybe I will post it later!!!

Pure Laziness

I have decided I am just too lazy lately to post anything! Someday I will get the energy to download some pictures! But for now I am just being a bum!  That's all :)

Happy Father's Day Babe!!!

This is a little late, but I wanted to tell Jason how much we love him and appreciate all he does for our family!  I thought this picture was funny.  It has absolutely NOTHING to do with him as a father but EVERYTHING to do with how he always makes me laugh :)  He is such a good daddy and a wonderful husband, I couldn't ask for more.  He knows just what to do when I am having a bad day (which is the reason for this picture, I came into the bedroom to find this and laughed my head off!) and he knows how to make our kids laugh so hard they can't stand it.  He is the hardest working person I know and takes pride in that, I am so proud of him and the man he has become!  I love you, Jas! Thanks for being the best daddy and hubby we could ask for.

Family Fun

We started out our day visiting Arin's carnival at U of U that her class at school was putting on for their project.  It was REALLY fun and Riley had a blast!  She loved the pet rock and hasn't stopped talking about it!

Riley and A.J.!!

Boston found a ball and a basketball hoop and I couldn't get him to leave!

We didn't drive the Trailblazer due to the gigantic "Y" on the back! Jason was afraid we would get vandalized :)

We also went to the Gateway and they were having a Family Fun Festival! It was really cool, they had sidewalk art and this is one of the pictures.  I just thought it was so amazing what they did with chalk!

Riley enjoying her FREE cotton candy! Can't ask for more than free treats!

We took the kids to Temple Square. Riley has been asking me about the statue of Jesus that she sees pictures of, so I wanted to take her there...she wouldn't let us take her picture by it, she didn't like that His robe didn't cover His chest completely, in her words "I don't like that His 'boob' is showing mommy" I tried to explain to her that they wore robes back then and He was a boy so it was okay!

Also, at the Gateway they had the princesses there as long as some other Disney characters.  Riley kept telling me it was like Disneyland! It was really fun.  We had such a good day! I love just spending time together when Jason can get some time off work to hang out with us.  I love my little family and I am SO lucky to have them!

visitors

We have had some visitors out on our deck recently :) Jason is not happy about it because they are pooping EVERYWHERE but the kids are thrilled! Boston loves it and yells "birdie, birdie!!"  They aren't so afraid of us either, they just sit there while we look at them.  We have seen them out there about three times so far...Jason is sure he is going to find their nest and be done with them :( Sorry little birdies...

Thanks to Kaesy!!!

Graduation!!!

I can't believe Riley already graduated from her first year of preschool! She is such a big girl and did such a good job at the program.  She said her part perfect and sang so cute, she even did all the actions :)  She was the only girl not in a dress, but I didn't want to worry about her "sitting like a lady" while up on stage.  Here are some fun pics of her special night! Thanks to everyone who came and supported her we love you all and she was so excited to have all of you there.

Our Lovely Railing

We switched insurances and when they came to inspect our house for our homeowners they told us we had to have a railing up or they would cancel us in 30 days...we have been trying to wait until we can get the railing we want (which we really haven't decided what that is yet, most likely vinyl) so that means saving our pennies...so up went this lovely beauty until we can afford what we want :) Thanks to Jason, Blake, Taylor and Brooklyn for a job well done.  I think the made the best of what they were working with!  At least I won't be stressing that someone will fall off anymore.

The REAL Reason I am Up all Night

There is no room for me in the bed!

A BIT OF A SCARE

Two weeks ago I had Riley and Boston at the doctor for their well child checks.  Everything went fine with Riley other than her massive freak out when having the shots, but as the doctor got examining Boston she found that his liver was enlarged :(  She was really concerned and told me that the liver isn't something you mess with.  He had recently had an ear infection so she thought that it could just be from that but she wanted to be sure.  It could be CANCER, and then she rattled off some other things...all I heard was CANCER.  So, I scheduled a two week follow up appointment to get it checked.  Those two weeks were TERRIBLE.  I had it on my mind constantly and noticed any little thing that was different with him that may be symptoms of something terrible.  I took him back in yesterday and his liver was back to normal. She said there was no cause for concern! Thank goodness!!!!! I am so relieved, scares like this help me to appreciate my kids even more and remind me how much I love them.

Spring Dance Recital 2010

Riley and Brynn had their spring recital and did such a good job! Riley went to the front row when she was suppose to be in the back (oops) so she was squished between two other dancers, but she still did a great job! I just love watching those darling girls dance. I can't wait for the next one.

CAKE BLOG

As some of you may know I have decided to make cakes and sell them. (Just birthday and all occasion I can't do wedding cakes, I am not that talented!) Anyway, I started a blog to showcase the cakes as I do them.  The blog address is: http://www.stephiescakes.blogspot.com/ if you want to take a look.  I just did a Transformer one and I think it turned out pretty cute.

thanks to the BEST big sister EVER!!!

Thanks to Penni I have pictures of Easter! She always comes to my rescue :) This is Riley with her gigantic bag of eggs...I heart the Easter Egg Hunt that we have with my extended family!

Then there is THIS character!!!! He was hilarious at the hunt.  Thanks to Ashley for the tape...he just loves to be the center of attention that is for sure.

EASTER 2010

Here is the problem...I did not get ONE picture at all of our Easter this year! So I suck. I want to document what we did anyway.  We started out Saturday morning at a brunch with the Hicken family.  It was soooo yummy, Jason's mom makes the yummiest breakfast foods.  After that we colored eggs with them and Riley loved it, Boston just loved to crack and eat the eggs.  After that we headed to my mom and dad's church where we had an Easter egg hunt with the Williams family ( this is normally outside at my Aunt Connie's but it was way too cold this year).  So much fun, Boston just kept picking eggs up and throwing them in his bag, that was until we hit the nursery and then he just wanted to play on the toys.  Riley came home with a TON of candy.  After that we went up to Aunt Connie's for lunch and had super yummy sloppy joes with salads and of course deviled eggs.  The aunts always have the tradition of buying prizes for the all the kids so we got some fun prizes as well, Riley's favorite was her Zhu Zhu pet which she absolutely loves.  Sunday, we went out to Hicken's for lunch/brunch after conference and again, delicious!!! That night was Titan's 1st birthday party, it's crazy that he is one already :) Needless to say I am pretty sure I put on at least 5 pounds over the weekend, but it was fun!