Chad and I just celebrated our 10 year anniversary last week. We have been planning this trip for what seems like forever! We left Monday morning and after a VERY long drive with Tyler saying every 5 minutes, "How much longer till we get there?" and Caleb crying or screaming the other minutes in between- "I wanna go home!!!" We finally arrived! Thank you Anna for being such a good girl and not whining!!!
Tuesday was the kids day! We took all 3 of them to Disneyland! My Dad and Marcia came along and we had so much fun!!! We have soo many pictures that there is no way to put them all here! So we made a little video with a few of the things we did! ( I will probably be making and posting more, now that I know how to do it!)
The rest of our vacation was great! We stayed out on Coronado Island at the same hotel as our honeymoon. The kids were with us one night and then they had a sleepover with Grandma Marcia and Grandpa Dow. I can't tell you enough how nice it was not to worry that they were safe and having a blast! Thanks again guys!
(Dad and Marcia- I realize that there aren't any of you in these- oops! Sorry! I'll get you in the next one!)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
More pretzels..... and more again!
Here's another video I took today of Caleb. Doing what he does best!! I love my kids! This one is a little longer, but he is so cute! I had to post the whole thing. I must be biased, but I think he is the cutest almost 3 year old!
This is how Caleb is when he is calm and this is when I love to cuddle with him- when he isn't using me as a jungle gym, and he will just sit calmly. It doesn't happen often, so I take advantage of it when it does! (unless it is when he tries to get in bed with me at 3 am!, then he is kicked back to his own bed!)
He is really good at keeping me on my toes! He loves to "swing" on me. He holds my arm, and uses it like a swing and hold himself up for about 4 or 5 swings- That's a lot for a 37 pound kid to hold up all by himself! He is really strong!(I guess that might explain why one of my arms is stronger than the other!)
He hangs and swings from our ficus tree in the front of our house and is learning to climb it. Needless to say, the child is covered in bruises and scrapes! But that doesn't faze him- he just picks himself up off the ground or out of the tree and keeps on going!
This is how Caleb is when he is calm and this is when I love to cuddle with him- when he isn't using me as a jungle gym, and he will just sit calmly. It doesn't happen often, so I take advantage of it when it does! (unless it is when he tries to get in bed with me at 3 am!, then he is kicked back to his own bed!)
He is really good at keeping me on my toes! He loves to "swing" on me. He holds my arm, and uses it like a swing and hold himself up for about 4 or 5 swings- That's a lot for a 37 pound kid to hold up all by himself! He is really strong!(I guess that might explain why one of my arms is stronger than the other!)
He hangs and swings from our ficus tree in the front of our house and is learning to climb it. Needless to say, the child is covered in bruises and scrapes! But that doesn't faze him- he just picks himself up off the ground or out of the tree and keeps on going!
Pretzel Mania!!
Ok, today was a funny day.
The setting: I was doing laundry straightening up the house, Anna was eating a snack of pretzels and Caleb was just playing around the house quietly, for the 1st time all day!
I came into the house from doing laundry, and saw that the playroom door was closed. I open the door- and what did I find???
Caleb had taken the entire bucket of pretzels and dumped the WHOLE thing out onto the table in the playroom! Then, it seems that he decided that wasn't enough fun, he thought it would be better if some were on the floor and the rest were crushed into bits with salt all over the table!
So, I went in, yelled at him for about 2 seconds and realized, what am I yelling about? So I sent him out of the room, asked Anna to bring me the vacuum, and started picking up the pretzels and putting them back in the container for the next person to eat!
I was not about to waste all those pretzels! (there was a whole new bag in there!) Here is what I did for the next 30 minutes! The videos aren't really that long, I promise!
While I was still picking up pretzels, Caleb came in while I was cleaning up and was licking his fingers to get all the salt he could eat! I almost threw up! It was hilarious! This is a prime example of what life is like in my house on a good day!!! I love almost 3 year olds!
The setting: I was doing laundry straightening up the house, Anna was eating a snack of pretzels and Caleb was just playing around the house quietly, for the 1st time all day!
I came into the house from doing laundry, and saw that the playroom door was closed. I open the door- and what did I find???
Caleb had taken the entire bucket of pretzels and dumped the WHOLE thing out onto the table in the playroom! Then, it seems that he decided that wasn't enough fun, he thought it would be better if some were on the floor and the rest were crushed into bits with salt all over the table!
So, I went in, yelled at him for about 2 seconds and realized, what am I yelling about? So I sent him out of the room, asked Anna to bring me the vacuum, and started picking up the pretzels and putting them back in the container for the next person to eat!
I was not about to waste all those pretzels! (there was a whole new bag in there!) Here is what I did for the next 30 minutes! The videos aren't really that long, I promise!
While I was still picking up pretzels, Caleb came in while I was cleaning up and was licking his fingers to get all the salt he could eat! I almost threw up! It was hilarious! This is a prime example of what life is like in my house on a good day!!! I love almost 3 year olds!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
A Painting We Will Go...
We spent Conference Saturday painting our bedroom. For my birthday, Chad gave me a bunch of paint samples and a certificate that said, choose your color and we will paint the bedroom and bathroom. I have been wanting to do this for a few years, and just never did. So I went to Home Depot and chose a ton of different samples, took them home and narrowed it down to one. I LOVE IT! We didn't get to the bathroom, but that I could probably do in a day(if the kids were not around!) We will do that another day, but at least I already have the paint! We took a bunch of pictures and videos of the kids painting and Chad made it into a mini movie. Take a look at how we spent the weekend!!!!
Friday, March 27, 2009
Golfing with Bro's
It's always nice to spend a day with my brothers on a golf course even if I am no good at the game. A day on the course is always better than a day at the office.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Ragnar Relay Race 2009
This weekend I had the most amazing experience with 11 other people. We ran a 12 person relay race running from Prescott to Mesa totaling 202 miles and finished in a little more than 29 hours. I can't even explain what it is like to not sleep for 2 days, to run a total of 18 miles and in between cheering on your other team members as they run all through the day and night. We visited places I had never even heard of like Congress Arizona, or Skull Valley. This race had over 2400 people running and vans going everywhere, stopping all over the road to jump out and give their runner some water and scream encouragment to keep going. You can try to sleep but it just didn't happen. I never knew how good peanut butter and honey could taste even washing it down with Gatorade. Even though I can hardly walk today I can't wait to try it again next year. Team Skyline Hybrids you rock!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Random thoughts
I am just sitting here after dinner, avoiding cleaning up and doing the dishes. I really have no desire to do it tonight(how is that different than any other night in my house?) The kids are wrestling on my bed- guess I'll have to make it all over again for the uptheenth time today before I can get in it! Chad is in the other roon watching some sporting event, woo woo!
I was thinking earlier today how strange life is. I just joined the Facebook world and was looking up old friends and finding them! It was so strange the memories that came back! Most of the people I found were from High school, so I haven't seen them in over 12 years! It was just one of those, duh! moments I guess.
There really isn't a point to this post, just bored and avoiding the dishes, the floor that needs mopping, the kids who need to go to bed, the homework that Tyler needs to do, the laundry that needs to be folded, the toys that need to be picked up.... You get the point!
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