The Adamson Family

Grateful

2012-01-26T08:40:00.000-08:00

We had a bit of a scare this week when we got home from our cruise. When we went to pick up our kids from Grandma's house we were extremely excited to see the kids since we hadn't seen them for 4 days. Pierce had just woken up from a nap so he wasn't his usual spunky self. He felt a little warm, but we just figured it was a slight fever due to teething. My mother in law said he wasn't sick at all while we were gone so we didn't think to much about it. He was a little fussy on the way home so as soon as we walked into our house sat him on the counter to give him Tylenol. As soon as we did she shot back and hit his head on the counter. We thought that was strange but gave him the rest of the dose while he was crying. Then all of sudden he completely tensed up and his eyes went up and I could not get him to respond or look at me. I have never felt so helpless and terrified. We had no idea what was happening. We rushed all the kids in car and went to the ER. We called 911 in the car because at some points I wasn't sure if he was breathing. When we got to the ER he was still acting strange but not as weird as he was at home and in the car. I felt relieved being in the hospital and all the doctors kept telling me everything would be fine and they would take care of my baby. They had to give Pierce a cathetor and IV which is awful to watch epsecially since he was so tired and all he wanted to do was sleep. They checked everything and it was normal. It turns out that Pierce had a Febriel Seizure which is actually pretty common. This seizure is caused from a high fever. His fever was at 103. So I guess seizure's aren't that big of deal but when you've never seen a seizure and when it's on baby, it is the most terrifying thing. I still get emotional if I think about it too much because I can still picture what he looked like and the feeling I had of having no control. I feel extremely grateful that my sweet baby is ok and that we were here when it happend. I know Heavenly Father was looking after our family and I am so grateful.

I am so happy that Mike was with me when everything happend. He is such a great support system and he was so helpful in letting me know that everything was going to be ok. We spent about 6 hours in ER and then we were able to go home. Pierce is completely back to his fun loving self. The first day after he a slight fever that I had to control with Tylenol but nothing too serious. But now the fever is gone and things are back to normal. Life is good again and I am cherishing every moment with my kids.

We actually had an amazing time on our cruise, just the welcome home part wasn't the greatest.
We went with three other couples. I don't think I've laughed that hard in a long time. Mike took it upon himself to come up with a theme song for the cruise. The song was Human by the Killers. Mike said we each needed to search down in our soul and decide, " Are we human, or are dancer" by the end of the cruise. The verdict was split:) Got to love Mike for coming up with something so random and wonderful.

Our romantic getaway couldn't be complete without our bunk beds in our master suite. I guess that's what you get when you go the cheapest way possible.

La Bufadora. Best excursion Ensanda has to offer. The blow hole itself isn't the greatest thing, but riding on the bus through the town and hitting up all the shops and amazing food was a blast.

Formal night

Our head waiter, Ferdinand, and I shared a memorable dance.

We had a so much fun going to all the shows, eating more than is humanly possible, dancing, singing karaoke (next time for sure :) and just hanging out with good friends. I hope this is just the beginning of the cruises we'll do. Going on a cruise really is the perfect vacation!

Big Boy

2012-01-17T09:06:00.000-08:00

Parker is officially growing up too fast. The training wheels are off his bike and he is feeling like a big kid. The other week I was inspired by my niece
(thanks Emma) who is a little younger than Parker. I was shocked that she could ride with out training wheels. It never occured to me to even try this young. This weekend we thought we would give it a try. He picked it up right away, I couldn't believe it. It was so fun watching him cruise down the street. I'm really trying to cherish all these fun memories becuase before I know it he'll be all grown up. Oh and the big tip that we got that was so helpful is to have him start on a really small bike because the smaller the bike, the easier it is for them to balance. Also if the bike is small they can put their legs down so it's easy to stop.

Love the Holidays

2012-01-03T14:12:00.000-08:00

The kids were part of the nativity this year over at our Adamson family party. They loved dressing up. They all looked the part. Parker was Joesph, Kennidi- Mary, Pierce- a sheep and Madison the angel.

Kennidi was the perfetct Mary, so sweet.

Our oh so serious sheep.

Every year we drive around in the back of the truck looking at Christmas lights in the neighborhood, singing Christmas songs. I think Mike missed the memo that he didn't need to stay in costume all night.

This year we went up to the cabin with some friends for New Years. It was so nice getting away. The kids loved playing in the snow.

Parker was a pro sledder.

Parker and Hallie were so cute this year. They had so much fun together, they kept sledding down and coming up together. It was a adorable. A pre arranged wedding is definitely in the works.

We found a near bye pond that was frozen over and the kids had a blast on it.

One of the highlights of the trip was pulling people on a sled behind the poloaris. I wish I didn't completely eat the ice as I slipped so hard right before we went out. So my turn will have to wait for next year.

1st Annual Tree Cutting

2011-12-01T09:23:00.000-08:00

We started a new tradition this year. We went up north and cut down our own Christmas tree. Our friends started doing it a couple years ago, but for some reason we were never that interested. I personally don't have a huge opinion about real vs. fake trees. But we thought it would be a great tradition that our kids would love. This year it didn't work out that we could take all the kids and make a weekend out of it and stay at the cabin. But for now on that is what we will do. I'm really excited about it! I love our tree, it is bare but it is beautiful!

The good old Mcfarlanes who started it all.

Our lumberjacks. Boy were they manly. Love how they are totally matching.

The finish product

Oh and I'm kinda in love with this ruffle tree skirt I made. Thank you pinterest! It definitely was a time consuming project but I'm happy how it turned out.

The kids are beyond themselves with all the fun stuff christmas time brings. Whenever we are in the car you better belive they make sure the Christmas songs are on. And they are a little obsessed with pointing out all the lights. We put up our train last night and they all just sat forever watching it. It's going to be a fun year! I love that my kids are getting old enough to really enjoy these things.

Halloween

2011-11-02T10:20:00.000-07:00

Meet the Flintstones... Pebbles, Bam Bam and of course Dino. This year I felt that Parker was old enough and actually cared about what he was going to dress up as this year. So I let him decide. He wanted to be a dinosaur so it worked out nicely that I was able to still do a theme which I love doing. I can see it being really difficult to continue a theme as the kids get older though. They all looked so cute together. I have to say I felt really old when I was telling Mike's 16 year old brother what the kids were and he had no idea what the Flintsones were. It's happening already. Sooo depressing! I really enjoyed Halloween this year, now that the kids are older they are more into treat or treating. They had a lot of fun this year!

Everytime I would tell Parker how cute he looked he kept informing me that he didn't look cute, that he looked super scary. Not sure about that, a lot of people confused him for a frog.

My mother in law helped me make these two costumes. I loved how they turned out. My favorite is Kennidi's bone which I found at Petco. If anyone needs a chew toy for their dog let me know.

We went to Mother Nature's Farm for a field trip for Parker's joyschool group. The kids loved everything especially getting to decorate their own pumpkin.

Pierce was so fasinated by the farm animals.

Mike and I celebrated our anniversary this past weekend. I can't believe that it's already been 6 years. He surprised me with a night in Scottsdale. It was so nice having a night to ourselves. I love everything about this guy. He is the most amazing husband and father. He makes life so fun and enjoyable. I look forward to all the good times we are going share together.

Ragnar

2011-10-27T14:45:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I went to Vegas with 11 other girls for the Ragnar Relay. This is a 188 mile relay race divided between 12 girls. It was one of the crazziest things I have ever done. Each girl runs three different times. Needless to say you are physically exhausted at the end and the lack of sleep pays a toll on your body. I was way undertrained for this beast but I'm just glad I finished even if it meant limping to the end:) I feel so lucky that I went with the most amazing girls. They are all really motivating to me to be a better runner. We laughed so much this trip and even shed some tears. (What do you expect with 12 girls in one van).This is definitley a experience I will always remember.

Finger nails painted and feeling confident. Boy was I in for a surprise.

This belly bump picture is by far the coolest picture of the weekend. I must say I was definitley put to shame by our pregant girls on our team. Both girls are over 20 weeks and dominated in the race. They were both super impressive!!

It was fun pulling to the side of the road and cheering on our runner.

We thought it would be a genius idea to do a classic cartwheel at the exchange. It was a great idea at first not so much by the end of the race.

The night run was pretty crazy, running in the pitch black. But it was by far my favorite run.

We got all freshend up for a night out on the town . We went to dinner at Serendipity and ate yummy food. We were all hobbling around pretty badly, so walking the strip wasn't sounding like such a good idea. Instead we called it a night and had some fun talking in our hotel room.

Birthday Boy

2011-10-05T15:17:00.000-07:00

Sick of me yet?? I know I've been a little blogger happy lately but I have so much going on this month and next, if I don't post as stuff happens I'll never get around it it. It's all for the sake of the blog book so bare with me:)

It's offical I have a 4 year old!! Wow I'm feeling old. Parker just had his birthday and I'm still in shock of how fast he is growing up. He is so independent and he still makes me laugh everyday. I love this boy! I started a tradition of hanging up streamers and having the kids burst through it on their birthday. I thought this was a cute idea to make them feel extra special. Parker loved it! Thanks pinterest!

For his party he originally wanted to go to Bounce U but things didn't work out with our crazy schedules this month. So we ended going to his all time favorite place Peter Piper Pizza. (again).

Parker wanted a Batman party. So this was my way simple attempt at a batman cake.

This was our first party with just the kids, no adults. So we had our hands full!! I think the all the boys plus Kennidi had a really good time.

Happy Birthday Parker!

Spotlight still on Parker because he had his first ever soccer game last week. He was so excited to play and be a part of a team. He did soo good and he wasn't timid at all. It was so cute to see all these 4 yr olds running in clumps to the ball.

Disneyland

2011-09-29T10:30:00.000-07:00

We just got back from our family trip to California. We went to Disneyland/California Adventure for the main part of the trip. This year we did a three day pass which was nice because we wern't so rushed to do it all in one day. The kids were in heaven, we had so much fun! Pierce was in awe of everything and minus him getting his head stuck in between bars, while waiting in line, he had a blast:)Parker felt like a big kid, he was able to go on all the rides except Indiana Jones. He kept wanting to repeat rides over and over. It's a good thing we were there for three days.

This ferris wheel was huge, and it some off the compartments would swing. It was actually pretty scary. We laughed a lot of the time because it was so freaky. We thought it was going to be a nice relaxing ride because all of our kids were allowed on it and they didn't even have you seat belted in. Well the first time it swung Parker went flying and hit the ground of our compartment. Luckily he thought it was funny but it was a intense ride.

They had all their cute Halloween decorations already up.

Mike's parents and Austin came with us, which was great because we were able to switch off going on rides. We had a lot of fun with them there!

Little Mermaid was definitley a favorite!

We were able to make it to the beach for one day. It was a little chilly so we didn't even get in the water. But I just love being by the ocean.

This was Pierce's first trip to the beach and he umm loved it!

Parker was the only one man enough to get in the water.

My sassy Kennidi striking a pose.

Yummy

The kids loved getting barried in the sand and "hiding from people."

It was fun pack trip and we were exhausted by the end of it.

Fiesta for El Guapo

2011-09-19T14:16:00.000-07:00

My good friend Kenzie did such a good job on the invites. I did a good job on editing my number:)Thanks again Kenzie!!

Well it's official my sweet baby is one years old! Soo sad. Really. More to come with stats and one year old pics but for right now here is the Fiesta we had in celebration of his special day. He looks so different from the Halloween picture of him as one of my 3 amigos I have on his invite. He was one month then and now he's all grown up. I love this little boy!

My sombrero cake didn't turn out as planned but it ended up pretty cute.

Some of the cute boys at the party

It's not a fiesta without pin the stache on the amigo.

He did not even touch the cake (at all)but atleast he liked the cookies.

Happy Birthday Pierce!!

Girls Trip

2011-08-24T15:41:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago right after I got back from my family Idaho trip, I left on a girls trip to Idaho. My super generous friend Brooke decided that for her graduation present she wanted her mom to have us come up for an all expense paid trip to their beautiful house in Couer d' alene. This was one of the most unforgetable trips I think I will ever experience. And on the plus side I got to experience this with some of my best friends since elementary school. Sorry there are a lot of pictures but this trip was packed full of stuff and I want to remember it all.

The girls

Their gorgeous house was in the middle of the forest right on lake. Soo pretty!

Our first morning we made a new friend. Their pet deer, Daisy. Yah I said pet DEER!! This was so freaking crazy I still can't get over it. To make a long story short, the mom deer left daisy on their driveway and after a couple days of waiting for the mom to come back Brooke's mom adopted Daisy into the family. She was so tame, just like a dog. And I'll never forget that morning when her mom yelled out "Daisy, Daisy" and this random deer comes frolicking out of the forest. Oh goodness it was priceless.

We all took turns giving Daisy her bottles. This deer loves her milk!

On our first day we went out shopping at this thing they do once a year called, Art on the Green. They had tents set up all down the main road. Her mom came with us and she was so fun. Man alive can that women shop!

We had a blast on the wave runners. We loved driving around looking at all the houses.

We definitely had to make a stop at Hudsons, a place that is famous for their hamburgers. It was very tasty!

We crowded on their 3 person tube and seriously I don't remember laughing more.

Of course we had to attempt some stunts for the good old days.

Probably my favorite part of the trip was our spa day at the resort. I have always wanted to do this and it was the most relaxing thing, getting pampered all day long. I could get used to this:)

My last day Brooke suprised us with Parasailing. Once again this is something that has been on my bucket list. It was so much fun. The scenery with the mountains and the lake was beautiful. Great place for parasailing!

I loved their pool. The beams on the celing were amazing. The whole house was beautiful!

My first corndog. The girls freaked out when I said I've never had one. I have to admit it was really good and soo much better than it sounds.

One of the days we decided we needed to put on big hats and red lipstick. I know we are so lame but it was a great photo opt. I love this picture cause we are beeing super cheezy. We kept trying to fake laugh but it always turned into real laughing. I loved this trip for all the obvious reasons but more than anything I just loved beeing a crazy girl again, not having any responsibilites. It was great!! I did miss my family, it was weird being away from them for that long. But I figured something like this would probably never happen again. Unless..... Broooke you feel like celebrating anything in the future:)

Road Trip

2011-08-12T10:53:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago we set off to Mike's family reunion in Idaho Falls. This was quite the road trip. We drove probably around 30 hours there and back. So it definitely had the possibility of being a total nightmare with 3 young kids. All I have to say is thank goodness for movies and coloring and books. That saved us!!

Classic first stop in Wikieup

We broke up the drive to Idaho and stayed two nights in Vegas. This was so much! We stayed at the Excalibur and we spent all day at the pool. The kids loved all the lights and the M&M factory was a favorite.

Our friends the Smiths met up with us in Vegas for one night and we had a blast together. We are so happy that our vacations overlaped to where we could meet up.

We made it in one piece to Idaho Falls. This was my first time up to Mike's grandparents house. It was beautiful up there. We had a great time at the family reunion. They had non stop activities for the kids and they just ran around outside the whole time.

First stop in Idaho was the a local carnival.

Minute to Win it Games

Our last day they had a full on Wipeout set up. I have always dreamed of going on that show so this was right up my alley. Overall we has such a fun family vacation!!

Home Sweet Home

2011-07-22T10:35:00.000-07:00

My parents are home!! They are back from Chile where they served a mission. I can't tell you how happy I am to finally have them safe home. It was pretty scary for a while there because about a month after they got to Conception they experieced a 8.8 massive earthquake. Their apartment was on the 11th floor so as you can imagine we were extremely worried when we heard the news .My mom says it was by far the most terrifiying thing she's ever been through. I still remember that day being sick to my stomach not knowing if they were ok. I'm so happy that they are home now and I'm very grateful for their service and what a great example they are to our family.

A year and half ago right before they left. It's crazy how so much as changed but at the same time having them home now feels like they never left.

At the airport

Other random news. Pierce is now 10 months and he is almost walking like a pro. He loves all the attention he can get and he thinks he pretty cool when he walks. He is growing up so fast but he is still my sweet baby who loves to cuddle.

We bought a scooter a little while ago. We got it for Mike to commute to work. It's pretty funny seeing him on it. He looks a little ridiculous but hey we are saving a ton on gas money. We joked that he is going to start tagging along with some motorcyle packs and cruise the open roaad. The kids think it's the coolest thing. They now have to go outside every morning and send him off.

I'm excited to go out for a date night on this sweet ride but we havn't even been on it together yet. However these two have. It was hilarious watching them. I just hope I get a turn sometime soon.

Got to be a World Record

2011-07-11T15:32:00.000-07:00

8 Kids Napping at the same time

So for the last few days I have been watching my brother's three kids and then today I had the two kids that I babysit once a week. Yahh kinda crazy. I've been feeling a lot like the crazy kid lady. Kids everywhere you look. But really we had such a fun weekend and I'm not going to lie I was nervous about today but it went really good. The kids had so much fun playing together. The favorite thing to do is play hide and seek. They pretty much do it all day long. Meal times were kind of a joke but besides that it was great. Plus magic happened and all 8 kids napped together so I was still able to have my alone time to help keep me sane:)

They all dressed up and we had a dance party. Note to self I am in serious need of dress ups. Mike's old do rags aren't cutting it anymore.

One day Kennidi.....one day:)

These two had a blast together. Pierce was so interested in Pace, he would follow him everywhere. Even though Pierce would try and steal everything he played with they still remain best friends.

Friday before I had Dan's kids was Cow Appreciation Day at Chick Fila. I love that place!! We had so much fun. I dressed up the kids and went down there and got free meals. It was amazing! The things I'd do for free food.

I'm ashamed to say it but I did double dip in the free food. Mike wanted to go too so we went there and to a movie for date night.

Pride and Joy

2011-06-28T15:24:00.000-07:00

Since we moved into our house I have been painting like a mad women non stop. I have painted the entire house and I'm so happy to say I am almost done. Besides painting I did a couple wall projects that I'm absolutely loving. Pretty soon after we moved in my good buddies Melanie and Kenzie helped me put up this beauty. It's textured wall paper that I painted over. I loved how it turned out and thank goodness they were there to help because I had no idea what I was doing.

I just recently finished this wall and let me tell you, steciling a wall is a work of love. You would never belive how long this took. Once again I had a lovely assistant, my mother who is a pro at steciling to help give me tips.

Not looking forward to this process again. I have one more wall in a different room that I'm going to do. Yikes!

Oh and let the count down begin. My lovely parents get back from their mission in 21 days and I couldn't be any more excited!!

Summer Fun

2011-06-16T10:37:00.001-07:00

Summer is officially here and we are doing everything we can to get out of the heat. A couple weeks ago we headed to the lake. We had a lot of fun! Parker loved riding on the tube and here he is demonstrating his newest craze, giving the thumbs up. He learned it from this really funny kid at church.

Kennidi as you can see was not as big of a fan. Later she warmed up and wanted to ride again.

Camping season has begun and we went to new place( Bear Flatts) last weekend. We loved it because it was so close and we were right by a creek. This was our first camping trip with all three kids so I was a little nervous but everything went very smoothly. The kids just loved being outside and exploring nature.

You can't get any more rugid and mountain men like then Parker.

This baby couldn't get enough of being outside all day long.

Every time we camp we go to great lengths to make sure the kids are comfortable and warm but it never fails they always end up in our bed.

Parker fished for the first time and he was obbessed with it the whole time. Gotta say he was quite the natural.

They loved looking for crawdads.

Ahh young love. These two are 5 days apart and as you can see they are soulmates. We are so glad our friends the Smiths came up for one night. We had a blast.

The love did not end there. Tanner was so cute and full of love as they left.

Surprise

2011-05-31T14:13:00.001-07:00

I've always wanted to do some type of surprise for Mike. But secrets from him are nearly impossible, he is always the one surprising me. Well I succeeded!! We celebrated his 28th birthday this weekend and while we were out making all the free birthday rounds, we went to Red Robin for dinner and I surprised him with some friends that got there before us. It was so much fun. It worked out perfectly! Oh and I thought it would be nice to list our favorite free birthday hot spots because every year we learn about more and if your like me than you can't get enough of free stuff. Some of them are only on your bday, and other places you have to use it within a couple weeks. That is my favorite because then your celebrating your bday all month long.

**CONSUMER BEWARE**

Be prepared to pack on a few extra LB's for the sake of your birthday.

Benihana ($30), Grimaldis Pizza (Free large pizza)Liberty Market (10), Joes BBQ (10), Joes Farm Grill (10), Red Robin (10), Fuddruckers (10), Krispy Kremes (free dozen), Danny's carwash (Free $12 car wash), Firehouse Subs (free sub), Cold Stone (free concrete)

I love this guy

P.S this little guy is not so little anymore. He is cruising (crawling) everywhere. He's absolute favorite thing to do right now is to pull himself up on to everything he see's. He is at such a fun stage!

Hot Date

2011-05-09T13:27:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I had a special date with Parker for Mothers Day. Chick Fila had a mom and son date night. It was adorable! I seriously love that place because they do the cutest things! It was a formal dinner where they waited on us. They even had a limo ride for us after dinner. We doubled with our good friends the Smiths and had such a fun night. I really loved spending one on one time with my sweet little boy, it never happens so I enjoyed every minute of it. I loved being able to focus all of my attention on him. No offense to Mike but it was one of my favorite date nights!!

Parker and Tate loved the dressed up cows. They thought they were so funny.

Meet Crush

2011-04-11T10:08:00.000-07:00

Crush is the newest member of our family. He is our first pet and we are really excited to have him. He is about as low maintence as you can get which is perfect for us. The kids love trying to find him every morning in our backyard. They think it's so funny that he always hides. Things have been great except the first day we got him, the unthinkable happened. It's pretty much the grossiest thing ever so be prepared. So I was upstairs getting Kennidi ready and Pierce was playing on the floor when Parker comes up holding our turtle. First thing I tell him is to take him outside because he's not allowed inside. As he's taking him out Crush is right over Pierce and he poops on Pierce's face. NO JOKE! It was a million to one shot but got all over him. (Luckily not in his mouth) But even so it was aweful!!! Needless to say Crush and Pierce share a special bond now and I'm sure we'll be able to laugh about this in the future. The only good thing that came from this situation is that now Parker never tries to bring him in the house because he says that if he does Crush will poop on Pierce.

We got season passes to the Phoenix Zoo and we went for the first time a couple weeks ago. It was a lot of fun. I have a feeling we will be spending a lot of time there this year.

My sweet Pierce is 6 months already. He is so fun. He loves being around people, he is so happy and loves to laugh. Parker and Kennidi can get him to laugh the loudest by dancing and playing peek a boo with him. He loves to eat and thinks he's pretty cool that he can pick up puffs and eat them by himself. He has the cutest squeal when he gets mad. I love his dimple on his chin and we still are trying to figure out where he got that. We love him so much!!

Update

2011-03-08T14:42:00.000-08:00

Wow soo much has happend since I last posted. I am feeling so far behind on everything I don't know where to begin. We bought a new house! We moved about a month ago. Pretty crazy, everything happend very fast. We thought it would be a great time to buy a bigger home for our growing family (no I'm not pregnant again). So we found renters for our home and got a great house just down the road. We wanted to stay in the same area because we love it in Gilbert. It was sad leaving our house but at the same time I was very ready for a change. We are loving the new house. The kids adjusted very well. For the first couple weeks they would always make sure that we were coming back to the new house. We have been very busy painting and doing all sorts of projects around the house. It's a little overwhelming but I having fun going through stuff and starting fresh. Oh and I finally got my railroad tracks off and I feel like a new women. hahah. Actually I'm just happy not to feel like a twleve year old girl anymore. Life is good!

The kids favorite thing is riding their bikes around in the backyard

Speaking of riding bikes. It was so funny the other day Kennidi insisted on wearing her sun glasses plus her heels over to the park. It looked completey outrageous this little girl walking her bike around looking like a total diva. I smell trouble. It's already a daily fight to get her to wear anything other than a dress. Yikes!! What have I created! She sure does look cute though I've got to give it to her.

Pierce is almost 6 months. I'm dying I don't want my adorable baby to grow up. He has the sweetest personality. He is now eating baby food, rolling over. He's no longer my new born. Sad.

Now this poor kid had this weird rash all over his body the last week. It is finally gone and I am a little annoyed because I still don't know what caused it. He's not allegic to anything that I know of. It was pretty sad he was super itching and irated. I felt so bad for my little guy. I'm just happy it's gone and hopefully it does not come back.

I stumbled over a picture of Parker at six months and it just blows my mind how similar my boys look.

Pierce

Parker

Two Years Old

2011-01-31T08:54:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it's been two years since we welcome this precious girl into our lives. Kennidi is such a sweet girl who is loved by all that meet her. She has such a unique personality. She makes me smile everyday. She loves anything girly, coping everything Parker does, making Pierce laugh, getting ready with me and getting her nails painted by Daddy (seriously). He loves doing it too. He paints them like every other week. I still have yet to paint them myself, kinda sad.It's very strange but somehow Mike is extremely good at it. It's because he is so detailed orianted, well atleast that's what I tell myself:) Anyways,I'm so lucky to be her mom. She is my sweetheart and I love her so much.

We celebrated her birthday with a M&M party. As you might be able to guess from the picture she loves chocolate.

On her actual birthday which was yesterday we went to Mike's families and had fun spoiling her again. I thought this was adorable, my mother in law made her a matching dress and hair clip for her and her doll. She loves it!! What a cute idea.

It happens to the best of us..

2011-01-07T13:39:00.000-08:00

Well it's about that time. Right around the time my kids are three months, their hair is out of control. They are born with nice heads of hair but eventually it thins/rubs off and I have to end up buzzing it. So it's that time for Pierce. His lovely clown hair had to go.

Before

After

Kennidi- Before

Parker- Before

What are the chances??? Maybe one of these days my kids will hold onto their hair.

Family Photos

2010-12-15T13:06:00.000-08:00

Random pictures

The kids first time golfing at Golfland

My baby is getting so big. He is almost 3 months. He is so cute and chubby. I really don't know how he gaining weight because he spits up half of what he eats. He is the sweetest little boy. He is so smiley and happy. I love the spirit he brings into our home.

The kids playing horsey

So the other night I laid Pierce in the middle of the floor while I was cooking dinner. Well about 2 min later I noticed that he was on the other side of the room. I was so confused until I saw this little girl come back into the room and do this.

It was so dang funny. She was just dragging him around the room and it almost seemed like he enjoyed it. He was so content and didn't make a sound. I'm excited for her to get her doll for Christmas because she'll have a new toy to play with:) Got to love older siblings right!

All I want for Christmas

2010-11-29T12:40:00.000-08:00

Is for potty training to be over!!

Miss Kennidi took it upon herself to semi-potty train herself the last couple months. She would insist on going to the bathroom whenever we would change her diaper. I however have been ultra lazy and avoiding this because for one I HATE potty training and two I've been occupied with Pierce. Well I committed and last week we officially started. She is no longer in diapers just big girl undies. She is doing really good she always tells us when she has to pee but poo is a different story. She has never gone on the toilet and I don't know what to do to help her get it. With Parker it seemed like he just understood all of a sudden but I don't know how much longer I can wait. I am done cleaning her undies. So please if you have any advise I would love it!

Blessing Day

2010-11-15T13:43:00.000-08:00

Pirece looked like a stud in his blessing outfit.

The whole crew

The men in the circle

Mike's grandparents came down for the week and we had a lot of fun spending time with them.

4 generations

My baby is growing up so fast, he is already showing his adorable personality. He loves to smile and make noises . I love this little boy!!

Newborn Pics

2010-11-08T13:52:00.000-08:00

My good buddy Emily was nice enough to take some newborn pictures of Pierce. It was a crazy atmosphere with seriously like 100 kids running around the house. Despite the choas, she manage to get some amazing pics. Thanks again Emily!!

I love this picture of the kids, minus the crazy look in Pierce's eyes:)

Love this scrunched up face

Introducing...The Three Amigos

2010-11-01T14:25:00.000-07:00

I had so much fun this year dressing the kids up for Halloween. This was my version of the 3 amigos. I took it more literal, instead of dressing them in the black and white outfits. I scored with this print from JoAnns, it worked perfectly. I figured it was my last year to selfishly do what I wanted for the kids. They are so young they didn't care what they dressed up as. I know next year will be different. I laugh everytime I see these photos. They all look so cute. I can't get over the mustaches.

This little sombrero totally sold me on the idea. If it was socially acceptable and if it didn't drive Pierce crazy I would have him wear it everyday.

Both the kids really enjoyed trunk or treating, it's getting so much more fun as they get older.

This past weekend Mike and I celebrated our five year anniversary. I can't believe it's been that long already. Five years just sounds so adult. Crazy! One of my best friends got married that day so I didn't see Mike all day. Late that night he blind folded me and told me he had a suprise. We hopped in the car and after 20 min of driving he tells me that we are on our way to our cabin. It was sooo unexpected. He planned it all out and packed everything. I was very impressed. We had a nice relaxing weekend. I am one lucky girl!

Parker is 3!!

2010-10-05T14:17:00.000-07:00

Wow time is just flying by, I can't believe Parker is already three. This little boy is so full of life. He makes me laugh everyday. He is wild and crazy but he is also the biggest sweetheart. He gives the best hugs and kisses. He is all grown up and it really sad to think about. He loves running around chasing Kennidi, anything that has to do with being outside, holding Pierce, all sports, bugs, wrestling with Dad, dinosaurs, watching movies, nursery, puzzles, ABC's, causing trouble, reading books and singing songs. He does not enjoy taking naps or going to the bathroom(he has to hold it as long as possible). This little boy keeps me on my toes but I absolutely adore him. This picture below is Parker holding a horny toad which he thought was a dinosaur. It was pretty dang cute. He loves crawling on the floor pretending to be dinosaur. That's one of his obsessions, so I knew we had to have a dinosaur party this year.

We kept it small and simple this year and went to one of his all time favorite places, Peter Piper Pizza.

Parker was busy the whole time with his favorite game, skee ball.

Speaking of Parker growing up, today was his first day at Joyschool. Five of my friends are doing it together and he just loved it. I'm super excited about it!

New Hobby

2010-09-24T14:33:00.000-07:00

So the other night Mike walks in our room wearing nothing other than this #1 Dad hat and asks me, " Where do you want me to put this."

And inside was this little peanut. I about died laughing. I was about ready to turn him in to CPS but the funny thing is Pierce really like it. Oh course Mike put blankets inside to make things comfortable for him. But it was pretty dang funny.

Parker thought it was so cool that he could fit in his lego box.

Little did I know this wasn't the end. The next night Mike found other small interesting places to put Pierce including our sock drawer.

And this toy chest. With this new obsession who knows where I'll find my baby next.

Speaking of obsessions this little girl is obsessed with walking in my shoes(even if they don't match) and I have to admit I think she walks better in heels then I do!

K I'm such a loser but I saw this old picture of Parker and I and realized I still had all the same stuff (kinda depressing) and I thought it would be so funny to try and recreate this picture.

I did my best. The braces and the fact that Pierce was wide awake didn't really work to my favor but what can ya do.

Family of Five

2010-09-20T15:33:00.000-07:00

Pierce Michael Adamson

Born September 17, 2010

6lbs. 10 oz. 20 in.

Birth story: Long and boring for most but important to me for my records)

I was actually scheduled to be induced the day he was born at 3 am. but because Gateway was packed and is that way everytime I'm down there they were going to push me back who knows how long. I knew this before my doctor's apt. on Thursday. So at my apt I did something that I have never done before. I got my membranes stripped. It wasn't as aweful as it sounds or what I had previously thought. But it did hurt! Anyways it was TOTALLY worth it because I went into labor all by self that night. And if anyone knows me this never happens. I'm always induced. So we went to the hospital at about 4:30 and luckily got a room. They gave me Pitocin at 6:30 to speed up my contractions. By 8:00 I was still a four so I thought it could be a long day. Boy was I wrong. By 9:30 when the nurse checked me I was a 7 which still didn't mean anything to me. I thought for sure I had atleast an hour or two left. So we didn't call Mike's mom who was planning on being in the room, but it was so weird because the nurse was starting to get the heater on and all the labor stuff out. It's a good thing because ten min later I was a 10 plus and they were rushing the doctor to my room. He came so fast, I still can't get over how in shock I was. I pushed for 2 min and he was here. So we wern't quite prepared with pictures and video which still makes me pretty sad but oh well what can ya do. So it was just Mike and I this time around.

Family kisses, minus Mike who is taking the picture

Pierce totally looks like Parker when he was a newborn. He definitely has his own features but they look very similar to me.

Kennidi loves babies and holding them whenever she see's one. So this girl is just consumed with her little brother.

Emily and baby Maddison. These two cousins are just 2 months apart.

Grandma and the kids.

First car ride home

Last night was our first night all together so we had a nice enjoyable movie night.

Taking turns holding Pierce

I can't get enough of this little guy! Things around here aren't too chaotic yet but then again Mike doesn't go back to work till Wednesday. Then it will really hit me having all three kids by myself. Wish me luck:)

Saddle Up Partner

2010-09-08T13:41:00.000-07:00

Anybody who knows Mike, knows that he loves to dress the part for things. So naturally when our friends invited us to go ride their horses this weekend he got suited up. My favorite is his non cowboy hat at all. It's one of his favorite hats from Australia, alligator teeth and all. Love this guy! He always makes me smile.

Thanks again Chris and Melissa, we had soo much fun!

Unfortunately I couldn't ride due to my rather big belly. I was pretty bummed because I love horses and it's been a long time since I have had the chance to sattle up.

Both of the kids just loved it. Parker asks everyday now if we can go ride the horses.

Kennidi and her main man, Tanner, shared their first romantic ride off into the sunset together, with parental supervision of course:)

One last look at this pregnancy. I'm ready to pop. I due in about a week and I can't wait for Pierce to be here. This pregancy has just flown by and I'm just getting all the last minute things together before he comes. It's going to be crazy I know it, but I can't wait!!!

Oh and one more thing, My super talented friend Tiffany is having an amazing giveaway on her photography blog. Check it out here. You'll love her work!!

VEGAS Baby!!

2010-08-17T14:28:00.000-07:00

Last week we went on our much awaited trip to Vegas with our friends the Mills. This was our last horah before Pierce comes in 4 weeks and ironically this was also Mike and I's first vacation without the kids. It was pretty amazing. Our friends had a free 4 nights at the Venetian and were nice enough to share it with us. This place was beautiful!!

Mike modeling our room

Enjoying the Bellagio fountains

Thanks to our expert tour guides we went all over the strip and hit up all the must see's that Vegas offers. We definitely would not have had as many laughs or as much fun without these two.

Our last day we went to this sports stadium resturant in our hotel which was so cool. They had tv's and comfy couches everywhere we definitely felt like VIP.

Walking the strip

One of my favorite parts about this trip was definitely our last night when we went and saw Cirque du soleil's Myste're. This show was absolutely crazy with acrobats everywhere doing insane things. I was in heaven. It was a perfect trip and nice get away.

Finally!!

2010-07-22T15:52:00.000-07:00

I am proud to say that the playroom that I've been working on for who knows how long is complete. I'm really so excited that it is finished because I can cross one more thing off my long list of things to do before Pierce gets here. I have been wanting a playroom for a long time, especially since I babysitting so much. I'm very happy how everything turned out. I just wish that it would stay this neat and organized forever. Sorry that these pictures are so bright.

These blue squares that I painted were time comsuming but it adds the extra funk I wanted.

The kids were very helpful in putting it all together:)

4th of July Weekend

2010-07-09T14:39:00.000-07:00

For the 4th of July we did our annual campout up north. Our family headed up early Friday morning to find a spot big enough for 7 couples and 10 kids. It was a crazy bunch but everything turned out great. We enjoyed a relaxing weekend and getting out of the heat!

We camped right next to a creek which was great because our kids loved going on hikes.

This is one of my all time favorite pictures

One thing that Kennidi and I did not like about our spot, was all the dirt everywhere. She tripped a lot. This particular time when she fell she was so dramatic she litterally laid in the dirt for like 5 min just whinning. It was pretty funny.

Now this little monkey was in complete heaven. He seriously would just sit and throw dirt everywhere. It was a total nightmare trying to keep him clean. I gave up many times. Luckily there was a creek nearby but it was still impossible to keep him clean.

Playing mexican horseshoes is always a camping must.

Some of the group enjoying the festivities.

The best thing about the weekend was as always, the Heber fireworks. Our kids would disagree. I swear every year we think that they will just love them. I don't know if it's because we are so close and they are so loud, but both of them would just cling to us and refuse to watch them. Oh well there is always next year.

The remaining crew who stayed for the fireworks. I have to say having 3 pregnant women on a weekend campout, we were bound to have some fireworks of our own. Let's just say we came close when things got heated during a game of Werewolf. Some of us (me) get too anxious and competive in that game but we won't get into that:)

You know your pasty white when...

2010-06-18T15:51:00.000-07:00

My mother in law wanted the kids to come play today, so I thought I would take advantage of the situation and head down to the pool to lay out for the first time this summer. So I'm laying there minding my own business when this old man comes up to me and says," Sweetie I've noticed your getting red, you really should put some more sunscreen on. So I put some on because I don't know what else to do. Akward...!! Then he asks," So where you from?" And I tell him that I was born and raised here. Then he says," Oh you should have more color for being a native." REALLY!! Man did I feel sheepish. I thought this is whole thing was so funny and sad, I had to share. Oh and don't worry he came back 20 min later with more sunscreen. K so I know my summer life does not consist of

But honestly has it really come to this??

Memorial Day Weekend

2010-06-08T10:35:00.000-07:00

I realize I'm a little behind on my post lately but I've been pretty busy babbysitting more than normal. We had a really fun Memorial Day weekend. We celebrated Mike's 27th birthday and had a fun filled day full of free things. We had Joes Farm grill for lunch. Outback for dinner. Went and saw Iron man 2, Bahamma Bucks and Krispy Kreme. Wow I'm pretty sure I put on more than couple pounds but it was worth it we had a great time together. We even had our first night away from the kids since before Kennidi was born. It was fabulous! Then the next day we were off to Woods Canyon lake for camping with Mike's family. The kids had a blast going on bike rides, hikes and being around the camp fire. Parker is a total outdoorsman, he kept asking to go fishing so he could catch a fish and eat it. No idea where he picked that up.

Both kids loved exploring

Of course my wonderful husband and his brothers had to find a snake for Parker. I don't know why they thought it was so funny. This little boy was obsessed with this snake he walked around with it like it was his best friend and he got mad when I finally step in and made him put it down.

They even had my sweet Kennidi join in on the snake fun. She kept grabbing it really tight which completely kept freaking me out cuz I swear it was going to bite her. Luckily everyone walked away unharmed. Even the snake!

My favorite was just being up in great weather realxing on the hammocks.

Look at that face. Camping will do that to ya! I was very excited to get home and clean the kids up and take a shower.

We have also loved the summer sun and whenever I can I enjoy taking the kids to the splash pad or to the pool.

Last week I went with some friends and took the kids to Bounce Jungle. This place is awesome the kids loved running around wild.

As you can tell from my kids cheesy smiles, summer is off to a great start!

Disneyland

2010-04-26T14:20:00.000-07:00

We took a trip to Disneyland a week ago. We really wanted to go while the kids were young enough to be free. They may not remember it but it was totally worth it. I havn't been since I was like 7. I got to say my favorite is Six Flags, I love thrill rides but there is something about just being at Disneyland, the attractions were pretty amazing! We had so much fun! Mike has been prepping Parker weeks in advance. Everyday he would say 1 more week till Disneyland and so on. At night before Parkere would go to sleep they would get on the internet and look at pictures of rides. So as you can imagine he was so excited to finally be there. We went with Mike's dad, mom and brother which made things 100 percent more enjoyble. We were able to switch off with the kids and go on all the rides we wanted. I pretty much failed on taking cool pics while we were there but I did get a few. I didn't even get one with the kids and Mickey for crying out loud. Oh well maybe next time.

The morning started out perfectly with the breakfast of champions, Krispy Kremes.

This ride Jungle Cruise was definitely a family favorite.

The kids were so exhausted after our all day adventure.

Mike's face says it all, the firework show was pretty fantastic!

While were in California we needed to at least spend one day at the beach. The kids loved the playing in the sand.

I wish I got a better picture, it was so funny both of the kids were obsessed with chasing the seagulls.

P.S this is what I have to look forward to, we found out that I'm having a boy!! We are so excited, we really wanted Parker to have a brother semi close to him. We even decided on a name already. It's going to be Pierce Michael Adamson. I've been loving this name for awhile so I'm in heaven that we agreed on it!

Dos Weddings

2010-04-19T07:57:00.000-07:00

Two weeks ago was pretty crazy. My brother in law and one of my best friends both got married. It was a week of events but I love weddings so I enjoyed every minute of it! Both weddings were absolutely gorgeous!

Doug and Breanna

They look like a minature bride and groom, love it!

My sister in law gave me the dress that Kennidi is wearing and it just so happens that it is the dress that my neices wore at my wedding. I'm so happy that it fit perfectly.

Dancing on Daddy's toes

Partying on the dance floor with Grandpa

This is their new favorite thing, wrestling. Parker just lays down and lets Kennidi climb on him. It's pretty funny.

Brady and Brittany

Bridesmaids and Groomsmen. Briley stole my spot, isn't the maid of honor suppose to stand next to the bride. Haha there was no official maid of honor but we all know who it was:)

I love this picture, Parker looks totally out of it and Kennidi is ready to fight someone.

One Year Pictures

2010-03-24T10:33:00.000-07:00

My good friend Tiffany took Kennidi's one year pictures and I'm just in love with all of them. Check her out HERE. Here are a few of my favorites. Thanks again Tiff!

We attempted to take some pics with the kids together but they were just interested in eating grapes.

I just love my little girl

Three Under Three

2010-03-12T08:16:00.000-08:00

That's right number three is on it's way!! We are expecting our baby Sept. 17th which means I am 13 weeks today! Our crazy little family just keeps growing. We are very excited for this new addition to our family. I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about having 3 small children, but I'm ready for the challenge. I will say this my dream of being done having childern by the time I'm 30 is becoming more of a reality. We plan on having 5-6 kids, so I'm atleast half way there!! Also this is one of the reasons I got my braces. I wanted to do it all at the same time. I mean honestly what's hotter then a pregnant women with braces. Nothing!!

GOOBER

2010-03-05T09:01:00.000-08:00

Welp I did it again, I got braces!! I have been wanting them for a really long time. So I'm really happy they are finally on even though I'm in so much pain. When I saw them for the first time yesterday, I immediately thought ,"Why am I doing this to myself again."I absolutely hate braces, I look like such a dork. Let's hope that 3 times is a charm because I am NEVER doing this again. Ya thats right this is my third time. AHHH! Both times before I didn't wear my retainer all the time for the first couple months like you are suppose to, I only wore them at night. I was so embarrassed by my ugly retainers, and how I talked with them on. But this time is a different story. Mark my words I will wear my retainer perfectly this time. I have definitely learned my lesson the hard way. So if you happen to run into me around town please don't steal my lunch money:)

Be Mine

2010-02-17T15:10:00.000-08:00

Typically for Valentines Day we do not do presents, just homemade cards. So when I walked down stairs to find this beauty I was super suprised. I know it's just a rug, but I we have been saving for this rug and I wasn't expecting it for a few months. It was a great weekend full of love.

After 2 years of being in our house I can finally say that our downstairs is coming together.

Crazy But True

2010-02-03T14:33:00.000-08:00

My little girl turned one last week. Kennidi is such a blessing in my life and this past year has been full of many adventures. She makes me smile everyday with her big toothy grin and adorable personality. She is 100 percent all girl who loves anything pink and sparkly. She loves getting dolled up with headbands and my necklaces. Her latest obsession is playing with my rings and putting them on her fingers. She definitely has a flare for drama already as she screams at the top of her lungs whenever she does not get her way when playing with Parker. She is very sweet as she still loves to cuddle. She is also super senstive. Lately she flops to the floor completely offended when told no. She is my sidekick who follows me around the house. I can't imagine my life without her. Happy birthday Kennidi!!

We celebrated with a polka dot party at the park. I was very happy how everything turned out.

Her cupcake cake that I had fun decorating.

The kids loved this car ramp that went down the hill.

Doubling it up with her cousin Zoe.

Uncle Braden sword fighting with Parker

Kennidi was unsure at first about her giant cupcake, but once she realized what it was she didn't hesitate. That girl loves to eat!

# 2
We had a bit of a scare this monday. Mike is luckily ok but as he was riding his bike home from work he was hit by a car turning left. He flew into and scattered their windsheild then fell off the car. He was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance but after many x rays he was able to go home. He is pretty sore but we are just so grateful that Heavenly Father was watching over him. I feel extremely blessed that nothing serious happend to him. Here he his showing off his champion bike who also took a beating. Its hard to tell but it is pretty bent in the front.

I Hate Goodbyes (name that movie)

2010-01-05T09:17:00.000-08:00

My main new years resolution this year was that Parker would be binki free in 2010. This was a tough goal for me because since he was about one years old I've allowed him to only have his binki when he sleeps and because he loves his binki so much he loves going to sleep. This has been extremely helpful as you can imagine. So its really hard for me to give up. But I know that he is past the age where he should have it and he can't have a binki forever. It was rough but we sat him down and explained everything to him and had him get all of his binkis and put them in a bag. He kept saying bye bye binki's and he didn't seem upset at all.

Then we had HIM toss them in the trash forever. I don't think he really understood that he wasn't going to have them anymore because this didn't phase him at all.

I knew it was not going to be this easy but it sure wasn't the complete nightmare I had been expecting. He did cry and ask for his blue binki for about 5 min but Mike explained to him again that he was a big boy and he didn't need it, and what do you know he fell asleep. So I can officially say that our house is binki free and things are good. Good bye binki's. YAH!!

On more of a sad note I have to say good bye to my amazing parents this week. They are leaving on their mission to Chile for the next 18 months. My dad served his mission in Chile so they are so excited to get to go back there.You can't even imagine how much I am going to miss seeing them every week. This is really hard for me to deal with and it truely hasn't hit me yet. But I know they will be blessed for their sacrifice and our family will be as well.

We took one last big family photo before they leave. I just love being with my entire family.

I know all the grandkids are going to miss playing with their grandparents.I'm just so grateful for Skype so I can talk and see my parents often because I don't think I would survive with out that. That really is one of the things that is helping me from not completely falling apart. I will miss them so much.

From our family to yours

2009-12-16T07:23:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!! I just love this time of year! This was our alternate Christmas card. Not really, Mike loves this idea though. Pretty cheesy but I have to admit nothing beats an adult size pj. When we saw these we both just started cracking up in the store. Had to get them! I promptly returned mine because although totally comfortable and cozy, definitely not worth the money. Mike on the otherhand assures me that he will get plenty of use of his onsie.
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If your ever in the neighborhood, stop by our house and this is how you will be promptly greeted. Hot chocolate and all!

This past weekend we went to a good old ugly Christmas sweater party. Sooo fun!! Mike of course opted for the onsie. Not sure if it counts as a sweater but it's pretty close.

A Day at the Park

2009-12-03T12:53:00.000-08:00

Life for me lately has been pretty busy. I feel like I don't have enough time to do anything anymore. I started watching a friend from my ward's 2 kids a couple times a week. The kids are so well behaved which helps out a ton. Usually it's only like 2 times a week but lately it's more like 4 times a week. This defintely keeps me on my toes but it works out perfectly since I no longer will be working for my mom due to my parents mission in Jan. So a couple weeks ago when my friend Tiffany wanted to celebrate my birthday by having a picnic at the park I was more than excited. It really was so refreshing!!

The boys loved feeding the ducks and running wild in the park.

I love these two kids. They really make my day with their corky personalities and sweet spirits. I truely am blessed. My all time favorite thing right now is when they play and laugh together. Nothing beats it!

Little miss Kennidi is no longer a baby. She is all toddler, which is so sad for me. She's already ten months. She has figured out that if she wants to keep up with her brother it's so much faster to walk. So she is crusing all over the house. Don't be fooled by her sweet smile, she is becoming quite the diva. She knows exactly how to get whatever she wants. It's funny she will totally fake cry when playing toys with Parker to try and get him in trouble.

Parker has recently found a new best friend. This ABC puzzle. He seriously plays with it non stop. He loves puzzles and now that he knows all the letters he can't get enough of it, as long as I am there to tell him what the next letter is so he doesn't get too frustrated. He's pretty impressive he totally gets his photographic memory from his dad. Oh and to make things more complicated at my house we are in the process of potty training Parker. I kept putting it off because I wanted to wait for the perfect time when we both could completely focus. But let's face it that's never going to happen. My dilemma right now is that he will go everytime I take him which is every 40 min. But he still won't tell me that he has to go.Please help me if you have any suggestions on potty training I would love that!

Halloween 09

2009-11-04T08:26:00.000-08:00

Halloween this year was so much fun for our family. The kids dressed up as Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. Thanks to my crafty friend Melissa we were able to make the costumes. I think they turned out pretty cute.

To go along with the kids theme, Mike and I dressed up as Wendy and a random pirate. If you can't tell I put all my time and effort into the kids costumes.

Parker loved dressing up and going trick or treating. This is the first year that he has actually caught onto the idea. The only problem was him barging into people's houses and grabbing two handfuls of candy from their bowels.

Tinkerbell Now

Tinkerbell in the 90's. I have to say this was one of my all time favorite costumes. I wanted to be this every year. Don't you love that perm!

P. S I'm in love with another man.

Jakob from So You Think You Can Dance has to be one of the most talented dancers ever. He is definitely an early favorite of mine and if he doesn't make it to atleast the top four, I just might ban this show forever.

Four Years!!

2009-10-29T12:54:00.000-07:00

We celebrated 4 years yesterday! It was a great anniversary, I loved reminicing with Mike about the past four years together.

Some of the things that I have come to learn and love about him are:

He enjoys a good faint. He's been know to faint in awkward situations such as temple sealings, getting his blood drawn, just to name a few.

He knows more about budgeting and finances than anyone I know. He is always thinking of a ways to save money. Just recently he started riding his bike to work (20 miles there and back)to get a good workout and of course to save gas money.

He has a fear of people touching his belly button.

He's an avid sports fan.

He loves the outdoors. He really is a man's man who loves camping, fishing and shooting guns. However is new favorite song to sing and dance to is Taylor Swifts You Belong With Me.( I love watching this, soo funny).

He has dabbled into male modeling. Ok not really, but I think he would have had a great career.

One of his favorite things is cuddling with the kids. In fact if he had things his way they would sleep in our bed. NOT HAPPENING!

He loves a good river trip with his brothers dressed like pirates. He even got me to go when I was eight months pregnant. In fact he says he wants our third child to be born on the river.

He is ultra sensative to smells. Except for the situation below, he ALWAYS smells everything.

He has such a fun loving personality, it's hard for some to understand at first, but once you know him you can't help but smile.

He is the Number One Dad! He even has a hat to prove it.

I mean honestly how could you not love this face (handle bar mustache and all)

"Road Trip"

2009-10-19T11:02:00.000-07:00

Mike was desperately craving a family road trip, so for the past few weeks he has been using his new best friend (Priceline) to get a super deal on a resort somewhere. Well because we didn't want to spend much money but wanted to stay somewhere nice, instead of staying at the destation of our choice(Sedona or Flagstaff) we ended up staying right here in good old Scottsdale. It was a rough drive but we made it in one piece. At first I had my doubts about this "staycation" to Scottsdale, but really we had such a fun relaxing weekend. I guess it's just really nice to get away sometime no matter where you go.

The boys were fighting over Kennidi's attention in our room.

This is picture is not posed at all. I had to capture this because I have this joke with Mike that he pampers our kids way too much. In the mornings when Parker comes in our bed he will go to great lengths to make sure he is comfortable. Even if it means taking my pillow from me so Parker can have 4 or 5 surrounding him. Got to love him!

On Saturday we went to the Wildlife World and Aquarium. This was are first time taking the kids to any type of zoo and Parker just loved every minute of it. He loved seeing all the animals and coping their noises. And no I'm not pregnant again although this really unflattering picture shows otherwise. Believe me I did not want to post this picture but it was the only one of our family together, so what the heck!

Kennidi enjoyed cruising around in the stroller and being outside. Of course we just so happend to pick the complete worst day to go because it was the hottest day that it has been in weeks. Lucky us!!

They had a lot of cool things to do with the animals. Parker loved feeding the birds but we had to fight him from eating the apple himself.

I almost fed Kennidi to the sting rays when she was cranky. That's terrible!! No of course their stingers were off. It was pretty crazy touching these slimy sting rays.

Not to mention feeding the giraffes with their outrageously long tounges. Eeek!

Just Lovely. I would love to tell you that Parker is just super smart and he is mimicking the monkey but the monkey's didn't do this.

This is Kennidi's new favorite thing to do besides clapping her hands, waving bye bye and saying ahh ohh. She is constantly sticking out her cute little tounge. I love this little girl, she cracks me up!

Parker is attempting to be the sweet big brother that he is and Kennidi just isn't having it.

I can't believe I have a 2 year old!

2009-10-02T14:39:00.000-07:00

My little boy is getting so old. I love my little Parkie he is always making me laugh with with his cute sense of humor. We celebrated his birthday with a Handy Manny Birthday Party. For those of you who aren't familar, Handy Manny is a cartoon on Disney that Parker loves to watch. For the last couple months we have been talking to him about his party and he loves saying it. It's pretty cute. The party turned out great. Special thanks to Tiffany for all of her cute design ideas and to both of our familes for all the help. It was a success! Mike even dressed up for the occasion as "Handy Manny."

The cake, my pride and joy. We got this idea for a tool box cake off the internet. I think it turned out pretty cute. I want to start a tradition of always making a cake for my kids birthdays. We'll see if I stick too it.

Once again Parker suprised me by not chowing down his cake. He loves sweeets but both birthdays he just kinda sits there and plays with it. He loved digging all the tools into the cake.

The party really got off the hook when we started "Stretch Limbo" Stretch is one of Manny's tools.

My favorite brother in law Austin let us borrow his bounce toy. The kids had a blast.

Lost ... and FOUND!

2009-09-02T07:34:00.001-07:00

So last week when Mike got Kennidi out of her crib he noticed that one of her earrings was missing. We looked everywhere but it was no where to be found. The back of her earring was still in her crib so Mike thought that maybe she ate it. The idea of this really freaked me out so I immediately called my brother who is a doctor and he said that if she did, everything would be fine and her body would get rid of it naturally. So I kept an eye out for it and what do you know I found it three days later in her poop. Yikes I know. I mean who eats earrings anyways, well Kennidi does. I 've heard of kids eating really weird things and it coming out the other end but this was my first encounter of something like this. Oh and this might sound completely wrong to some but I heavily sanatized the earring and it's back in her ear. We spent like 10 bucks for a huge pack just to get that size of pearl so there was no way I was tossing it. Am I totally sick? What would you do? Mike thinks it will be such a funny story to tell her someday when she's wearing them. I got to say I learned two things from this experience. #1 The human digestive system is truley amazing. #2 I will not leave Kennidi alone near any of my favorite jewelry. Now that she is crawling all over the house who knows what I'll find next.

In Love

2009-08-27T09:00:00.000-07:00

The other day I was at my friend Tiffany's house for a playdate and we decided that Kennidi needed her 6 month pictures taken. We were literally outside for about 5 minutes and she got all these amazing shots. She is so talented, check out her work at http://www.tiffanyhaynesphotography.blogspot.com/. Thanks again Tiff, I absolutely love the pictures!

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Parker joined in on the bucket fun. This is one of my favorite pictures of him ever. So so adorable.

Three Under Three

2009-08-10T09:09:00.001-07:00

No I'm not pregnant. My new additon was my two year old nephew who I watched for a week while his family was at Lake Powell. Yah I think three of my own would be pretty crazy right now. I can't believe that I was pregnant with Kennidi when Parker was 6 mon. I do admit I love having them really close in age but my body needs a little break. Our next two I would like to have them really close. (I think...) Anyways we had a lot of fun with Carson this past week. Parker loved having a little buddy always around. Oh and sorry in advance for this post being really long, I have a lot to catch up on. My sister Tiffany and I took all the kids to Chuck E. Cheese and the kids just loved it.

My little girl is six months old. This is one of my absolute favorite stages. I love when they become more indepedent and like playing by themselves and their personalities really show. I think she is going to be crazy like Parker. I'm pretty sure Mike's personality rubs off on both of our kids. She is so funny and spunky already, she makes me laugh all the time.

July was the month of vacations. We first went to Oceanside California with Mike's family and stayed in this beautiful beach house one block from the beach. This is my ideal vacation and I was really sad when it was over. We loved going to the beach everyday and soaking up the sun, playing games at night and going on bike rides. I forgot how much fun boogie boarding was, I pretty much did that the whole trip even though the water was freezing.
The crew. You can tell where Mike gets his unique personality from.
Parker didn't like the ocean as much as we thought he would. But he loved getting dirty in the sand. Not to mention loved eating it. SAND + CHEEZITS =YUMMY!!

Our California beach babe striking a pose. Austin was the all star skim boarder of the family.
Nothing like water ballon volleyball

Paker and Grandpa Bud

Loading up all the beach stuff, Parker so helpful as always.

Our next trip was with my family. The first part was at our cabin and then we all went camping at Big Lake. We had so much fun doing the usual obstacle courses, relays and talent shows. It's always a chaotic crazy time with all the grandkids but we love it.Most of the group Mike was in heaven fishing at the lake

One of the highlights was crawdad fishing. The grandkids would get $1.00 for each crawdad they caught but the catch was they had to bring it Grandpa like this. When camping it is always a must to ride down to the lake store and grab some ice cream.
Mom and Dad showing everyone how bike riding is doneLove me some Haagen-Daz
Ice cream buddies
My sister Marissa thought it was so funny giving Kennidi ice cream. Kennidi would freak when she stopped. I guess we both share a love for sweets.
Friendly ice bag throwing competition
Ok so maybe our minivan isn't the coolest car on the street but it is just so ideal for vacations. Love it! Thanks to both families for such a great time!

Got to have me some free fun!

2009-07-16T09:48:00.000-07:00

We had such a great weekend! Not only did we have a lot of fun with friends but everything we did was absolutely free and if you ask me things don't get any better. On Friday we started off the weekend by going to Mesquite pool(I think that is the name) but it is such a fun pool equiped with a lazy river, slides, you name it. It is great pool to take your kids to but it's also fun for a date night. They have free swim every Friday night. Then we strolled down to Chick fila, it was cow appreciation day and all we had to was dress like a cow for a free meal. It's pretty funny what people will do for a $5.oo free meal. Thanks for the great idea Melissa! Oh and a special thanks to Mike's mom for free babysitting. We really appreciate you and Austin for always wanting to watch the kids. You are the best!

Saturday night we triple dated it up with the Smiths, their son Tanner and Kennidi. We had fun at the Dbacks game which they actually won. I don't follow baseball or any sport really but I guess they stink this year so all they needed was their number one fan (Mike). Thanks to an attorney at Mike's work for the tickets!

These two were ment for eachother. Tanner is five days older than Kennidi. I think they had a great well chaporoned first date.

Goodbye June HELLO July!

2009-07-07T15:14:00.001-07:00

June was a month that was filled with buissiness and chaos. I'm really excited for July because it is going to be full of relaxing and family vacations. We started out the month camping at Woods Canyon Lake. This was our first camping experience with both kids. It was a success, our kids loved being outdoors. They enjoyed riding in this buggy behind a bike. We had to pry Parker out of this thing because that is what he wanted to do all day long.

I spent part of July watching my neice and newphew. This was literally what happend all day. Parker was constantly trying to kiss Waverly. I'm pretty sure he is not going to deal with rejection well when he is older because he would try and kiss her like 100 times and eventually she would get annoyed. She would start turning away refusing his kisses and then he would push her. Believe me I had my eye on my little bully. He really is a sweet boy but for some reason he was obsessed with bugging cute little Wavy.

These two were best friends/enimes. Laetner loved playing with Parker but when he pushed his little sister it was all over. From then on he was always watching him making sure he was nice. He is such a good protective big brother. My little girl is no longer a newborn. She is already 5 months old. Make it stop. They grow up way too fast.
We also watched my other two neices the last week of July. I didn't bring my camera so I didn't get pictures, but we had a lot of fun swimming everyday. Kailah and Ashley were so helpful and the kids loved playing together.
We started a tradition of camping and then going to the Heber fireworks every 4th of July. This year the camping fell through so we drove up for the day with Mike's family at 4:30 in the morning. We spent the day at Woods Canyon Lake. We played games and went on walks to keep ourselves busy till it was time for the fireworks.

This is right before the fireworks started. Everyone was happy and excited. As soon as they started that's when things went downhill fast. We thought for sure Parker would love the fireworks this year. Wrong! He didn't mind them at first but then he started clinging to me and was refusing to watch them. I think part of the reason he was scared was because if you've ever been to the Heber fireworks you know that it is super loud because you are laying on a baseball field and they are right above you. I definitely recomend going up there. It's beautiful and great weather, just make sure you bring ear plugs for your kids!

YAHOO For School!

2009-05-22T11:05:00.001-07:00

YAHOO for Mike! Last Thursday Mike graduated from ASU with his accounting degree. I'm so proud of him. For the last four years he has been going to school and working full time to support our family. He has worked so hard, he is one amazing guy! I'm so excited that he is finally finished because now he will be home at regular times and we will see so much more of him.Our future graduate in the making. Kennidi was at the graduation too but was sleeping so we didn't get a goood shot of the whole family.

Thanks to both of our parents and Doug who came and supported Mike on his special day.
Last week we went to Sedona for a weekend getaway to celebrate. We had a lot of fun swimming and walking down the main street. I guess the kids were not cut out for all the fun. Oh and I made an important life decison on Kennidi's behalf. I buzzed her head. I know what your thinking how could I do that to my little girl. Believe me I was tramatized after we did it, but things are good now and I'm very happy. As you can see I did her a personal favor because she was barley clinging to some pieces on top and she had a full set of hair on the bottom. It's not like I buzzed off her gorgeous locks,her hair was pretty sad and I knew eventually it would all fall out. So I figured lets start this hair growing process sooner than later.

BEFORE

AFTER
The same exact thing happend with Parker and we buzzed his head. Within about three months his hair started growing back thick and lusterious.

So hopefully her hair will do the same. If not I'm confident that she can rock her GI Jane hairdo.

Wannabe

2009-05-06T08:10:00.001-07:00

I had Mike take this picture when I got home so that I will always remember this momentous occasion. This is me atempting to be hardcore.I have always wanted to be one of those girls that goes running because she enjoys it because I know it is the best thing for you. Well I am just not that girl (yet). I seriously don't remember a time that I have ever just gone out for a jog for fun. I would way rather do pilates or lift weights, anything but run. Well about a month ago this all changed when I decided to head down to the track. I figured that every girl in the world could learn to enjoy running, why couldn't I. To make a long story short I have never been able to run a mile without stopping in my entire life. Pathetic I know. Even in my good old Toro cheer days when J DUB Wheeler was whipping me into shape I couldn't. My endurance is just terrible. I would way rather run a ton of sprints then run long distance. Well my friends last night was the night that I conquered the dreaded mile! Yahhh baby!! Really I know what your thinking it's just a mile no big deal but you have no idea how proud I am of myself. I never thought I could. The thing that stinks is that now I know I can never go back, I will always have to atleast run a mile or I will feel that I'm not progressing. So for any of you runners out there that have any tips for me to continue my quest, please do share! And for all you girls that hate running there is hope for you, believe me if I can ANYBODY can. 1 mile down...Watch out New York Marathon here I come! haha!

Beauty is Pain

2009-04-27T11:46:00.001-07:00

This past weekend we went down to Claires and got Kennidi's ears pierced. This has been the day that Mike has been waiting for since she was born. Seriously he was the one who planned everything. He was so excited. It's funny because when people find out we pierced her ears, immediately they say, "Mike was ok with this." He was the mastermind. But I have always wanted to get my little babies ears pierced too so it worked out nicely. I'm glad we did at 3 months because she is less likely to get an infection because she never touches her ears.The victims: My two nieces Lainee, Waverly and Kennidi. Thanks Julie for joining the party it was a lot of fun doing it all together. All the girls were troopers.

I'm pretty sure by my beautiful facial expression that I felt more pain then she did.

She did great, she cried for about a minute and then she was over it. I love them! It just makes her look so much more girly. Definitely worth it. Meanwhile Parker was enjoying some fishies in the corner.

What a ladies man!

Other things that we have been up to.... We took our next door neighbors to the Easter Pagent this year and it was an awesome experience. We are so lucky to have such friendly neighbors. Parker loves going to their house and playing with their little girls.

It doesn't look like it but it was freakishly cold that night. We are just happy it didn't rain on us. I love the Easter Pagent but it is hard to enjoy it with little kids. Parker wanted to get up and dance and put on a show for everyone the whole time. So it was difficult restraining him.

I can't believe this little girl is almost 3 months. Wow how time flys! She is starting to like being in her bumbo. Also she pretty much changed her personality completely. She is not so high maintence anymore, which is great for me to be able to get other things done. Yahooo!

Parker is slowly mastering the skill of eating with a spoon. I should of started this with him sooner but I'm a neat freak and for me it was so much easier to feed him then for him to make a huge mess. But I need to get over things like that plus it keeps him occupied.

Blessing Day!!

2009-04-04T10:09:00.001-07:00

Last Sunday Mike gave Kennidi a very sweet blessing. It was a very special day. I love baby blessings as it is but when it is your own child it is pretty amazing! Thanks to all of our familiy who came. We are so lucky to have both families so close by. We had a breakfast at our house afterwards. It was yummy. Thanks to both moms for helping out with the crepes.I even made cinnamon rolls for the first time. I was was pretty proud of myself. I'm growing up so fast. Our sweet smiley girl

Happy 90th G Baby!

2009-03-17T14:02:00.000-07:00

After the movie Hardball came out in highschool I would call my beautiful grandma "G Baby." Needless to say the nickname never really caught on, but it was worth a shot. Two weekends ago my grandma flew all of her 35 granchildren to Salt Lake to help celebrate her 90th birthday. I absolutely love my grandma she is such an amazing women who has accomplished so much in her life.

We had a nice dinner at the Joesph Smith Building. That is such a beautiful place. It was so much fun catching up with all my cousins who I hadn't seen in years.

My first time flying with a baby. Kennidi did great she slept the whole time both ways. What a relief! I was really nervous.

Mike and Parker had a fun filled boys weekend while the girls were away. Parker loved "helping" Mike work outside.

Oh and when I got back Mike had "neat" suprise for me he buzzed both his and Parkers head. It was hard to be mad because they both looked so cute but still I couldn't believe he did it without me knowing. It's a summer thing I guess. It's a nice change but I miss my beautiful boys hair.

Kenndi is 1 1/2 months now. That little girl is growing way too fast. She's a pretty easy baby but when 6:00 pm rolls around forget about it. She is then really high maintence and needs to be held or bounced constantly. I remember when Parker was a baby he had his fussy time too but I don't remember it like this. I think its just harder cause I have two now and they both need me. But on a positive note she is already sleeping through the night. I feed her at 9:30 and she sleeps till 6:30. She is definitely an amazing sleeper. Bless her heart cause I am someone who needs my sleep. Thankyou Babywise! If you have never read this book it is a must read. It has helped me so much with both my kids.

We went to the cabin this weekend with some friends. We had a lot of fun playing games, riding quads and just relaxing. It's so nice to get away.

America's Next Top Model??

2009-02-27T08:31:00.001-08:00

** Caution there are an excessive amount of pictures**

My Mom and friend Emily were nice enough to take pictures of Kennidi. They turned out amazing. Thanks so much!! It was so hard for me to pick and choose my favorites.

Mom's pictures

Emily's pictures

I love her face you can totally tell she is thinking why am I wearing this silly hat.
Parker and his poor scuffed up nose. He ate it pretty hard on the concrete.
Got to love ridiculously sized flowersMe trying to feed Kennidi and reason with Parker at the same time.
Now for the not so glamorous shots with my camera. I swear one of these days I am going to get into photography and buy a really nice camera because I love pictures and there is such a huge difference.

What a month its been. I'm almost all the way adjusted to having two kids. Some days I think wow this is so easy and it's not that different. Other days I think what did I get myself into. I love it though. I just can't wait till Kennidi is more predictable and scheduled. I forgot how time consuming newborns are.

Mike loves putting these two in the same crib. He thinks its so funny.

First bath. I love when their umbilical cord comes off and you can give them a full on bath. Its the best!
First road trip with two kids. Call me crazy cause we drove seven hours to St. George for Mike's grandma's 80th b-day party. Of course it turned into a ten hour trip with stopping to feed Kennidi every three hours. It was actually a lot of fun though. I was pleasantly suprised how well they did. Parker being crazy Parker on the Hoover Dam.

She's finally here!!

2009-02-03T13:08:00.000-08:00

KENNIDI ADAMSON

7 lbs. 14 oz. 21 inches

Our precious little girl is here and we couldn't be happier! Labor story- So I was scheduled to be induced 3 days after my due date Friday morning at 7:30, but I was called at 5:30 to hear that they were crazy busy and that I probably wouldn't be able to come in for a few hours. Well NINE hours later they call and let us go in. Let's just say that the entire day Mike and I just sat by the phone waiting not knowing when we could go in. It was terrible! So the day was not off to a good start. But once I got in I got my potocin at 5. My epidural at 9. Things were smooth sailing. I went from a 5 to a 9 in like an hour so we were not prepared for this. Both of our moms barely made it into the room in time for her birth. Unlike Parker's birth where I felt absolutely no pain, this was definitely different. My epidural started to wear off at the end. But luckily I only had to push for 8 min. She was born at 11:39 on Jan. 30th.

FAMILY OF FOUR!

Mike is one proud dad. He refers to himself now as,"Daddy's little girl." What he means to say is that he is loves being a little girls dad. But lets not correct him because its really funny to hear him say.

GIRL POWER! I can't wait to introduce her to girl things like spice girls.haha. But really though I love all the flowers, bows, braclets everything that comes with a little girl.
Parker loves giving her kisses whevever he sees her. I'm suprised he hasn't been too rough with her yet. He's actually pretty sweet. It was the cutest thing for those of you who know Parker know that he loves his binki and I don't give it to him except for when he sleeps so when he has it he cherishes every moment. Well yesterday when he was sleeping we put her in the crib with him to see what he would do when he woke up. Right when he did he took his binki out and stuck it in her mouth. It was so funny. He's already learning how to share with his little sister.

WHO IS WHO? Besides the big purple bow and blue blanket I think it would be hard to tell. When she was born it really felt like deja vu because she looked exactly how Parker did. Now she has her own look but I really think that Parker and Kennidi could be twins.

Here's Kennidi all scrunched up her first day home. So far everything is going really great. My mom has been here helping us, bless her heart, so I've been able to get some sleep. I'm feeling really good except that I forgot how PAINFUL the first week or so of breastfeeding is. Man alive! I can't complain though she eats really well and I took her in today and she is already back up to her birth weight. Yah! She really brings such a sweet spirit in our home, I'm so glad she's here!

Good times

2009-01-13T17:40:00.001-08:00

Well I have only two weeks left before Kennidi gets here. We are getting really excited for a new addition to our family. I'm trying to prepare Parker for this huge adjustment, but honestly how do you prepare a 15 month old. So it should be an interesting change, but I am up for the challange. Last week some friends threw a shower for me. It was a lot of fun and lets just say all the precious girl clothes got me even more excited for her to come. I such a loser when I got home from the shower I just sat and laid out all the clothes and matched them with different head bands. It was great fun. This is Parker and I at YC's where the shower was. I'm so sad that I didn't get a group picture though. Thanks girls!!

Ahh.. Our fabulous Christmas sweaters. I force Mike into the same sweater every year. We have had these since we have been married thanks to Emily who threw our first Ugly sweater party. This year the challage was finding one for Parker to wear. Its not quite a sweater but a sweater vest should get the job done right?

Parker showing off Mikes candy train. Ok so we make candy trains every year with my family and of course Mike has to pull off something outrageous every year. This year he decided to make a full on santa tourture train. I know it sounds terrible and it was. But you've got to give the guy credit it was very original and creative. I wish I had a closer shot but he had about 5 differnt santas either being ran over by the train, cut up in pieces, or being poked through with tooth picks. It really was so funny. But its not a tradition that he will be passing on to Parker or anything.

Parker loved his Christmas present this year. Mike thought he would love this little slide playhouse thing and he did. It was really cute he would take toys up it and just hang out in it and slide down every possible way imaginable. It keeps him occupied so I love it too!

Here is Mike with his brothers and brother in law. I had to post this pic because I thought it was so funny. If you don't know Mike's brothers they are even stranger than he is. I mean that in the nicest way of course. But his brother Doug made these necklaces for all the boys. He got the Cadillac and Chrysler symbols from a salvage yard and put them on a heavy chain. They thought they were pretty hardcore on Christmas day.

Temple lights in the freezy cold weather.

Update Time!!

2008-12-15T10:11:00.000-08:00

So to update you on my pregnacy I have only 6 weeks left!! Yahh baby! Everything is going great. It's going by super fast so I don't feel set up at all for this little girl at all yet, but we are slowly getting there. Oh and for those of you that don't know yet we decided on a name, it'going to be Kennidi. And if you can't tell what that says its Kennedy. The thing is since I got to have the final say on the names we picked out, the deal was that Mike got to choose how to spell it. It's really different I know but am definitely warming up to it. I just can't wait for her to be here!!
My mother in law signed me up for a cake decorating class for my birthday present. It was really fun. I learned a lot. By no means am I a pro at all but I'm hoping that with what I learned I will save a lot of money of future birthday cakes and such in the future. Thanks Mom!! We made 3 cakes in this 4 weesk class. Week 1

Week 2
Week 3Parker helping Dad put the star on the tree. Mike and I love this time of year so much. It's really fun combining all of our holiday traditons. Mike has come up with a lot of cute ideas of things to do with Parker. This little boy loves ornamets so much. In fact our beautiful tree is now completely bare on the bottom half because I finally got sick of picking them up everyday.
Parker and I agree that the stomach flu is no fun at all. We both survived a couple of gruling days of pain. We are just glad that it is over. Last night we got home from a fireside and Parker was completly wiped out. I wish I video taped this and put here so you could here how loud he was snoring. It was hilarious. Mike and I just sat and listened forever. It was pretty cute.

Three Years Ago...

2008-10-30T15:32:00.000-07:00

Oh how I miss the good old days of being tan and 19. But hey being pasty and 7 months pregnant isn't so bad either. All jokes aside, I'm really happy with where my life has taken me. So yeah Mike and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary last week and its crazy to think how fast 3 years flew by. Its been a great three years filled with some tough times but for the most part Mike and I have the best time together. I don't know anyone who can make me laugh as hard as he does. I love his weird sense of humor that only a select few get. He is an amazing husband and father and I feel so lucky to be married to him. He made our anniversary really special. I told him that I didn't care what we did I just wanted it to be a suprise. He picked me up in the afternoon and blind folded me so I had no idea where we were going. We ended up in Scottsdale at a resort and I was totally shocked because it was the middle of the week and he has work and because Parker was at my mother in laws and I have never been away from him at night. It was nice having a night by ourselves. But it was weird waking up and not seeing Parker. Everything went perfect but he still owes me one thing. We didn't get to watch my favorite video, our wedding video. Its a tradition that we have every anniversary. He pretends to dread watching it again and I get to fall in love all over again. Haha! Its the best!

Meet Zorro...
I had such a fun time dressing Parker up this year for Halloween. With help from both my mom and Mikes we made this adorable costume. It was so funny to watch him cause usually he is all smiles and goofy but when we put him in this outfit he would get so serious. Its as if he knew the role of Zorro too well.

My good friend Kelly came with me to my ward Halloween party and brought her adorable pirate of a son Brecken. I swear these two are long lost brothers. I think they look a lot alike.

My little Cowboy is One!

2008-10-02T14:15:00.000-07:00

I seriously can't believe that it has already been a year. It's true kids grow up so fast. It has been a fun and entertaining year. We love Parker so much and he brings so much love into our home. Well we had a little birthday bash for him this week. Nothing too big just family. It was so much fun it was cowboy themed because.. well actually I don't know why I just thought it would be cute. Everything turned out great. I had a lot of help from both my mom and Mike's.We had some good grub and fun games for the kids. I hope he will treasure this party forever. Ha I know he won't remember it at all but I had a lot of fun planning it out.

We had a stick horse relay race. It was fun to watch all the kids hop around on the horses.
Of course we had to atleast try to get the toddlers involved.(Didn't really work)

This is me attempting to get all my neices and nephews attention for games. Is anybody listening to me?? My sister in law made the cutest cowboy cake in the world. I don't know how she whipped this up so beautifully. I'm not suprised though because she is pretty crafty. Thanks Julie! I loved it! It was perfect size for Parker.
It was funny I thought for sure he would go to town on his cake but he just kinda sat there and played with it. I don't think he realized it was a cake because it really looked like a teddy bear.Eventually he got the hang of things.

Never say never

2008-09-16T13:10:00.000-07:00

I have always said that I would never be caught dead driving a mini-van because lets face it they are not the coolest cars to drive. Lets just say that kids change everything. We bought this mini-van last week and believe it or not I abosutely love it. It's pretty amazing. Mike made sure to get one that was loaded with everything to ease me into wanting to drive it. Its used of course but the owner kept it in excellent condition. We decided to get this because even though we just have Parker and baby girl on the way we needed something bigger and safer especially for going on trips. So I'm loving it and it really is a nice car to have when you have kids. The only thing that I can't get over is that I'm 22 and I'm driving a mini-van. I mean who does this? I'll get over it though. On the plus side if anyone wants to have a night out on the town. Party is in my mini-van. I can seat seven!!Oh and between you and me the number of times I get hit on in my car has already doubled this week. Haha!

We took Parker to his first Dbacks game last night. Thanks to a lawyer at Mike's office we had awesome seats right behind home plate. I wasn't sure if bringing Parker was such a good idea because all he wants to do is walk everywhere but it ended up being a really fun family night.We got lucky and the seats next to us were empty so Parker loved having his own personal seat. It was so funny he kept standing up and laughing and smiling at everyone behind us. I swear this kid loves people. I don't know if that is a good thing or if its bad that he is so friendly.

It's a Girl!!!

2008-09-02T14:53:00.000-07:00

K so I'm a little behind on my blog. We found out last week that we are having a baby girl. We are so excited. We both thought that I was having a girl so it wasn't too much of a suprise. We don't have a name yet but we are working together to come up with one. Hopefully it will be soon. We went up to my cabin this weekend with my whole family and I have a ton of neices so Parker got some one on one experience with little girls. It was really cute seeing him play with them but at the same time it made me nervous because he loves babies and he has no concept of personal bondries. He kept climbing on them and grabbing their faces. I can tell I am going to have my hands full with this next baby. Here is Parker with cute little Waverly. We went to Mexico a couple weeks ago with our friends for the weekend and enjoyed the beach and good food.

Parker and Tate loved playing on the beach with their sand toys.
We also went camping again this time with Mike's family.
Parker is now 11 months. I can't believe how big he is getting. He really has quite a unique personality just like his dad. We have a lot of fun with him.He's now walking all around the house. He just started getting the hang of it this week. He looks so cute wabbling around everywhere.

Number two is on its way!!!

2008-08-05T17:18:00.000-07:00

Parker's life long dream is coming true he will soon be a big brother! That's right folks I'm pregnant again. We knew we wanted to have our next baby really close to Parker and it turns out they will be closer than we thought. Before I had my ultra-sound we thought for sure that I was around ten weeks well I found out monday that I am actually 15 weeks along. So that was pretty much the best news ever. One less month of throwing up. Yahhh!!! Really we are so excited for this new baby to come and for Parker to have best friend. They will be 16 months apart. My due date is Jan. 27th. Parker loved showing off his super cool onsie that let our family and friends know that he would be a big brother. I had the big reveal for some friends at lunch yesterday.. It was fun seeing a lot of the girls that I hadn't seen in a long time. Oh and it was so funny how many of us girls have young babies. We certainly stood out in the Red Robin.

What a month!!

2008-07-08T13:13:00.000-07:00

This past month was crazy. We had a lot of things going on. Mike was in summer school all month and I was pretty much babysitting every kid in the world. I'm so glad its July now so our summer can finally start. Some fun things happend too though. My sister in law got married two weeks ago. We had a lot of fun spending time with family. The reception was beautiful and Parker looked adorable in his green vest. I love weddings! I babysat my newphew for a week and let me tell you I now realize how much harder it will be when we have more kids. It really changes everything. I swear these two little boys would tag team me all day long. They would get into everything, but they had a lot of fun together.
This past weekend we went camping with some friends at Woods Canyon Lake. The main reason we went is so that we could see the Heber fireworks. If you have never seen them you need to go cause they really are the best fireworks I have ever seen. Parker did not have the best experience with the fireworks. The noise totally scared him but he loved the bright lights.

Oh and you would never believe me but I found this creepy snake in our bedroom yesterday. I had just woken up and I swear that I saw a snake slither into our closet. Well Mike had just left for work and he had convinced me that I was just seeing things. Even though I wasn't positive about what I saw I still tried to block off the closet till Mike could come home and catch it. Well hours later I saw it in a diffent corner of the room. I almost peed my pants. Anyways I had to catch the snake myself and it was super scary because it moved so fast. Mike still didn't believe me till he got home and saw it himself. Cause really who finds a snake in their house. We think it came from all our camping stuff. Freaky I know!!!

This is what I call camping!

2008-05-28T09:37:00.000-07:00

Last week was pretty crazy. We babysat 6 kids plus Parker all week long. It was a good experience for me and we ended up having a really good time. Parker has been asking for a sibling since because he loves kids and chaos. Anyways when the weekend came we were really excited because we planned a camping trip. Well due to the crazy weather, things didn't turn out quite like we planned. The campground was filled with snow. We ended up not going but this didn't stop Mike from setting the tent up in our family room. So he decided that we should camp at home.Weird I know but we really had fun and Mike was happy because he got to use our new camping stuff.Birthday boy Mike turned 25 yesterday!! He got a lot of fishing supplies and things for our grill. He couldn't be happier.
We went to his favorite restaurant Texas Roadhouse for dinner with some of our friends. The kids took turns riding on his birthday saddle.

Sedona Weekend

2008-05-12T08:19:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went to Sedona to celebrate Mike's break from school. His break won't last long since he is doing summer school so we had to get out while we could. Neither of us had ever stayed in Sedona so we were excited. Sedona is so pretty and there are so many things to do. We went on a really pretty hike through Oak Creek Canyon. It was a good size hike my calfs are still sore!! Oh and I had a awesome first mother's day. Parker and Mike know exactly how to make me feel special. We spent the day with both of our families.It was a great weekend!!

Ok so Parker isn't the hard core hiker we all thought he was. He really did have a lot of fun though. He loves being outside.Don't be fooled by his innocent smile.This little boy is quite mischievous. Even though he can't quite crawl yet he gets into everything!

Puppy Love

2008-04-30T14:35:00.001-07:00

Sadie had her puppies and they are so adorable. She somehow popped out 7 of them and they are all boys. They are definitely keeping her busy. It is so funny to watch them latch on to her every chance they get and she just drags them around like its nothing. Its hilerious!! Anyways my mom is selling them so if you or anyone you know is interested in buying one let me know. They are miniature daschunds. Sadie's face is priceless. You can tell exactly what she is thinking. " You've got to be kidding me." Parker loves the puppies. Too bad Mike won't let us get a dog untill we have a bigger yard.

Tagged!

2008-03-26T12:59:00.000-07:00

I was tagged by Kelly. Sorry it took so long and sorry about the weird format I couldn't get it to look normal. It was all spaced out really big.

10 years ago...I was in the 6th grade at MacArthur Elementary. I'm sure I was spying on Chase Crowley with all of my friends. He was the hottie in our grade. I was definitely in the most awkward stage of my life. I was fully developed and taller than everyone. Pretty much the size I am right now is the exact size I was when I was 12. It was really embarrassing!

5 things on my to-do list tomorrow.....Try to convince Parker that rice cereal is delicious.-Work on the exciting medical charts that I do from home. -Start working on painting another room in our house.- Make shepards pie for the first time. Mike loves this recipe so hopefully I will too. I'm nervous!-Start packing for the cabin because we are going up this weekend with my famiy to watch conference.

4 things I would do if I was a billionaire... Travel all around the world and for sure go to Australia so Mike can show me where he served his mission.-Buy Mike his dream wakeboarding boat, a Mastercraft X Star.-Hire a personal trainer to whip me into shape everyday. -Donate money to different charities.

3 bad habbits...
- Whenever I eat sunflower seeds which is not very often. I eat the entire seed and everyone that watches me thinks I'm disgusting. What can I say I like the taste. Plus it takes too long to just eat the seed. -I started correcting Mike's grammar just to be funny because my mom would always do that to us growing up. Now it's just a habbit. It drives him crazy.-Everytime I sneeze I hold it in. I really don't mean to do it but that is what I have always done.

4 places that I have lived...
-Mesa, AZ/Laie, Hawaii/Tempe, AZ/Gilbert, AZ

5 jobs that I have had....-Babysitter/Charlestons professional server/Sanitary technitcian(janitor) for Dad's office/Scapbooker for my mom once a week/Medical chart worker

6 things most people don't know about me....I love to sing and dance for Parker every morning to watch his face light up and watch him laugh.-I could literally eat a turkey and avocado sandwich everyday for the rest of my life.-I'm slowly becoming more and more like my mom everyday. I make dinner for Mike everynight that he is home. I listen to books on tape while I'm working. She even has me listening to Rush Limbaugh in the mornings(sometimes).-I hate running. I wish I loved it( maybe someday). But I try to go rollerbladding some nights so I can get some kind of cardio. I look like a twelve year old girl. But I love it! I'm looking for a partner if anyone wants to join in on the fun.-I'm pretty sure I am OCD about keeping our new house clean. I don't know why I care so much, I wasn't this bad when we lived in our condo but now I'm a freak.- If my face looks familar, it's because I have been on America's Funniest Videos. haha! But my mom really sent in a video of me when I was six and I am convinced we didn't win because they butcherd my tape.

I tag Britt, Whitney, Kacie, Brianna and Cathy.

I havn't posted in a while so I had to throw in some pictures of Parker.

He is 6 months old already. Happy late Easter!! I love his bunny ears. He is so festive!

Here is Parker with some of his friends Nolan, Cayden and Laynie playing at our house yesterday.

Parker loves hanging out with Uncle Mark

Spring Break Baby!!

2008-03-18T12:29:00.000-07:00

Every year since before I was even born my entire family always goes to Rocky Point for Spring break. I have had many experiences down there including the time when I was viciously attacked by a giant octopus when I was six years old. True story! Just don't ask Mike, Brittany or Briley who believe otherwise. Anyways this time we were only able to go for the weekend because of Mike's work, but it's always worth it. Plus it was Parker's first trip to the beach. He absolutely loved it! This is one of my favorite vacations because I love spending time with family, laying on the beach, and eating delicious food. This year our friends Chris, Melissa and baby Tate joined in on the fun. We had a great time! I can't wait for next year.

These big boys owned the beach! Long live the famous midnight taco runs. Yummy!!

Our sandman, he loved playing in the sand as you can tell by his face.

Please forgive my extremely pasty body, I obviously did not get enough time on the beach.

New Tricks

2008-03-03T10:34:00.000-08:00

On Friday Parker turned five months and he started rolling from his back to his stomach so Mike thought that we needed to reward him and get him a cool toy. So we got him this very colorful exersaucer, and not just any exersaucer it had to be the Baby Einstein one. Mike spoils him so much. I got to admit though he looks really cute in it. When we put him in it he was so excited he couldn't focus on one toy he just kept reaching and turning for everything.
He loves chewing on his feet and sucking on his big toe. It is so funny to watch.

He looks so uncomfortable and akward but he can sit up if he balances with his hands.

Oooohh! Look at me I can sit up all by myself!

Every time Mike and I are drinking something he always reaches for our cup and puts it up to his mouth. It's really cute that he knows what to do. It is amazing what babies can pick up from watching everyone. Oh and the poor kid wants to eat real food so bad. He seriously salivates watching us eat dinner. I really don't want to start him on baby food yet but I don't know how much longer I can hold him off. Any suggestions for when I do start??
Howdy partner! He loves playing with this bib for some reason. Thanks Melissa he really loves it. And yes we did buzz his head. His gorgeous dark hair was all falling out but he was still clinging on to a few peices here and there, so we figured what the heck lets buzz it all off so it grows in evenly. I'm so glad we did because it's already growing back. Yahhh!!!

Valentines on a Budget

2008-02-18T11:19:00.000-08:00

Because of our recent expenses i.e baby, house ,car. My little accountant thought it would be a good idea to make eachother a card instead of buying a present. He had some rules though. #1 The card had to be homemade. #2 You had to write a poem that rhymed. #3 You had to try and make the other cry with your poem (He is so weird). Well it ended up being a lot of fun and I'm glad he came up with this cute idea. Plus that morning he decorated the house with cut out hearts.He made our first Valentines with a baby really special. And thanks to Grandma Adamson we were able to have a night out on the town alone to spend some quality time together. Overall it was a great Valentines weekend.
His card turned out way cooler than mine he had pop up hearts and everything

Flashback For An Update

2008-02-09T11:09:00.000-08:00

Well I think that I am the last person in the world to get a blog but we finally got the internet so now I can post. The last couple months have been pretty crazy we bought our first home and two weeks later we had our first baby. Parker D was born September 29th. He weighed 6 lbs. 5 ounces. We have loved being first time parents. He is growing up so fast already. His personality is totally like his dads. He is hilerious and we love him so much. Here are some pictures from the last 4 months. First night home with our adorable baby

Parker in his blessing outfit

Pumpkin for Halloween

First Bath

Relaxing in his favorite thing his bumbo

I think he is a little confused. He is so cute!

Parker hanging out with his friends Tate and Hallie at the cabin for New Years

Watching uncle Austin's basketball game

Showing off his strong bodPlaying airplane with Daddy laughing away

This is Parker now he is so old, 4 months and growing so much!