Sunday, March 15, 2009

Catch Up

I have a camera!!!!  I am so excited.  Lance's dad read my post and felt bad for me so he bought me a new camera(Thank you Kent).  So we are back in business.  Here are some things that have been going on the last couple of months. Lance had a birthday in January.  We had a lot of fun.  He turned 29 on the 29th.  We gave him 29 cans of Mountain Dew, 29 pieces of various candies, 29 muffins and so on.  I think Elli, Taj and I had more fun then Lance.  Lance and I were going to go on a date but it happened to be the Carbon Emery basketball game so we went to that.Elli June was traumatically injured last month.  I was at Young Womens and Elli and Taj were playing crazy with Lance and Taj started shaking my shelf in the front room.  Well there was a tile with vinyl lettering on the top shelf, it fell and Elli caught it with her face.  It was very traumatic.I just liked this picture.  Elli and Taj are becoming such good friends.  They still fight now and then but now that Taj likes to pretend more him and Elli can play for hours.  This is them one night right before bed.  I LOVE my kids!!!Taj's Birthday!!!  My baby turned 3!  It was a sad day for Mom but happy for Taj.  He was so cute on the days before his Birthday, he wanted everything he saw for his birthday.  This was his Birthday Breakfast.He let sister help him open his presents.This is his tractor tipping race track.  He loves it McQueen goes flying.He had a Baseball Birthday.  He still loves baseball.  He had a Baseball cake.  Look at his awesome baseball uniform that Aunt Lisa found him.His Uncle Darrin gave him a baseball toy that shot the ball in the air and then you hit the ball in the air.  Taj LOVED it.  He is really good at it, especially for a three year old.  Lance and I gave him a boring old bike.  This is one of the only times he has sat on it.  He wants to play baseball whenever it is nice outside.  It was a fun Birthday, I know because we were all exhausted that night.  I love my Taj.  He is so much fun and makes our house so much more exciting.  He is all boy!!!  I love you Taj!!! This last weekend we went up to the Sportsmen's Expo.  We went up Thursday night and stayed with Lance's dad, then spent the day at the Expo.  It was a lot of fun.  They had a kids fair and Elli and Taj loved it.  This is the kids sitting in a boat learning about boat safety.This is what Elli will look like if she becomes a ranger when she grows up.This was one of our favorite part.  The kids got to fish for 10 minutes out of a tank of fish.  It was awesome.  You could see the fish take the hook.  I think Lance had as much fun as Elli and Taj did.  Our other favorite part was the dog dock jump.  I didn't take any pictures but it was fun to see the dogs jump.  Some dogs were jumping over 20 feet.  I think the Sportsmen's Expo is going to be a yearly thing for the fam.  After the Expo we met my brother Alex and his fam at Temple Square.  We walked around the visitor center's.  The kids loved it.  Everything is more fun with cousins.I have been wanting to take the kids to Temple Square forever, I am so glad we finally made it.  I know this is a lot for one post but I guess that's what happens when you don't write for months. 

Monday, February 16, 2009

My internet is not working at my house so I have not blogged forever. Like I mentioned before my camera is broken so I don't have any pictures either. Here are some pictures from sledding at Christmas. It was soooooooo COLD! It was fun though.


I have birthday pictures to post for Lance soon, I know everyone can hardly wait.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Christmas

Christmas was so much fun!!! I broke my camera on Christmas Eve so I didn't get a lot of pictures. My mom took some but all the grand kids were down so she didn't get a lot of my kids. Here are some though. I am so sad it is over.






Saturday, December 20, 2008

Bed Baseball and Santa

Bed Baseball
No it is not dirty, it is a game Taj invented. Taj is obsessed with Sandlot the movie. No it is not the best movie for kids, it swears some, but he loves it. I know I'm justifying. Here is how Bed Baseball goes.

First Taj makes us put in the movie Sandlot. Then he gets his bat and ball. Next he puts on his helmet and yes, gloves.

His new thing the last couple of days is his Spiderman snow boots. Then he climbs on the bed. It starts usually with you pitching the ball to him.

Then it is your time to get the ball thrown at you. It is a little scary, it depends on what ball he grabs. He likes to pitch with his left hand, which Lance loves, but he is VERY right handed.

After a hard game this is usually what happens. Bed Baseball can be tiring.
I love Taj!!! He makes me laugh so much, he is a little character. I can't believe how big he is getting.

Santa
Elli has been very worried about not seeing Santa yet. We missed our ward party because of Co-ed volleyball so it was good that Grandma Janice is friends and works with a guy who knows Santa Clause. Santa also made a surprise appearance at Elli's preschool program, so we got to see Santa twice in one day.

When Santa walked into the gym during Elli's program her face lit up. While most of the kids were trying to figure out what was going on, she went and got in line. Elli's best cousin Hallie was in the program with her. They were so excited, they sat on Santa's lap together on their own.



I'm glad Santa came to my mom's house because Taj didn't dare talk to him at the school. He did sit on his lap for a second and tell him he wanted baseball stuff, he didn't stay there long though. I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Our Tree is HUGE!!!

Our Christmas tree is HUGE!!! We went Christmas tree hunting with my family. We went to a new place and there were so many good trees. Our tree looked a lot smaller out there in the woods. It is the smallest one that we cut down, so if you think our tree is big you should see my parents and brothers.

We are so excited for Christmas. I can't believe we are less then two weeks away. I have a lot to do. Taj uses the ornaments on the tree as baseballs and Elli puts them back up. Elli loves decorating the tree so I guess it works.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Halloween

Halloween was so much fun!!! Elli was Bat Girl and Taj was Tigger. He was way excited a few days before Halloween but wanted nothing to do with it on the day. We really didn't get a good pictures of him but Elli on the other hand...

Elli's school had a parade that afternoon. They walked up a block and a half and walked back. Taj walked for a minute then hung out with Lance. Lance got Taj in his costume by telling him that Tiggers climb fences.

We walked around Orangeville Trick-or-Treating. Oh how I miss Sunset Ridge. Not only are houses farther apart but between work, State Football, State Volleyball and the Carnival at the school, nobody was home. We are going to find a Trunk-or-Treat next year. We did a lot of walking and didn't get a lot of candy. Taj didn't notice, he fell asleep in the stroller. Elli and I ended up driving around to more houses.


It seems like Halloween sneaked up on us, I wasn't ready. I didn't get to dress up this year but I always have next year. Now we are on the other side of Halloween it is kind of crazy, here come the "Holidays"!!! Life goes by way to fast!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

October

This is what we have been doing this month. It has went by so fast, I can't believe Halloween is tomorrow. It has been fun!

This was the opening day of the Duck Hunt. He has shot at least two ducks everytime he goes out. He wishes he could share it with all of his friends from Cedar. If anyone wants to come to Emery County he would love to take you.

Lance is a proud papa and can't wait until Elli and Taj are old enough to go hunting. When ever Taj spots a bird in the sky he pretends to shoot it.

Elli just finished her soccer. She really liked it. She only kicked the ball if she got to kick at the kick off. She ran with the crowd the whole time though.

Her and Taj's favorite part was the treat afterwards. It worked out good they would always get a treat and a Caprisan and Elli doesn't like sweet drinks so Taj would always get a treat too.

She loves her "Trophy Necklace". We had to hang it on her bed so she would go to sleep that night.

Taj has a thing for playing in the closet now days. Lance doesn't think it's funny. He usually comes out stinky. Elli encourages it. She brings him toys and pillows while he is in there.

It has been a fun month and the weather has been wonderful, most of the time. We are really excited for Halloween!!! I will post pictures next week.