Enjoying the Season

Lots of fun things to do for a 2 year old

2012-02-11T21:24:00.000-08:00

Kyler loves his cousins

Playing arcade games

Thanks to nanna and pappa kyler has a cute little adjustable apron. He loves to help "do the dishes"

Birthday parties are so much fun

New Year starting out right

2012-01-04T14:45:00.000-08:00

Kyler got a hair cut!

This is the most recent pic I have before I cut his hair. He's playing in the hats and gloves box if you were wondering

I know I should have taken one right before I cut it but it slipped my mind

Kyler is potty training!!!!!

This is his potty/sticker chart and his potty treats (jelly beans)

This is his reward for going poop in the potty. A lightning mcqeen car. He LOVES it!!!

So far he's went pee 22 times and poop 2 in 2 1/2 days! We are so proud of him! He has had no accidents today (knock on wood), and one accident yesterday (he felt safe with underware on I guess) and a couple small accidents on Monday. This was our only chance to potty train before I start school again, and I wanted it to be done and over with before the baby comes. I was originally planning on doing it over spring break but that won't work out now because we are planning on going on a trip. Hope this continues to go well. Pray for us :)

Kyler is going to be a big brother

2011-12-19T10:31:00.000-08:00

Kyler is going to be a big brother!

Baby is due May 11, 2012 (the week after finals)

This pic is comparing Kyler's pic (bottom) and new baby's (top)

Look how close their profile pics are. I think they could look a lot like eachother.

I thought we were going to have a little girl but It's a BOY! I feel that Heavenly Father knows what he's doing because we already have boy clothes, etc and now I can focus on my last semester of school and not be distracted by stocking up on girl things. :) We are so excited Ky will have a little bro play mate. We are so grateful that he looks healthy and strong!

It's all done

2011-11-25T20:17:00.000-08:00

All of my Christmas Shopping is done! I specifically wanted to get it done before "Black Friday" because I HATE the crowds, I HATE the traffic, I HATE the rude, rushed people, I HATE the stress of the good deals or not so good of deals, and most of all I HATE that Christmas doesn't feel as magical and special as it did when I was young. Even though I probably spent a little more money, it was worth it to me to enjoy it.

2 years ago I went early morning shopping.When I was at Kohls, I noticed this older gentleman. He was working at one of the checkout stands. He was so merry. He was taking his time (probably because of his age) and talking to all the people in line saying "Merry Christmas"! All anyone could do is grumble and complain because of how slow it was going. I mean it really hit me, we as a society have lost the true meaning of Christmas. This older man was so kind and gentle, and was trying to spread cheer. I wish I knew where he lived so I could drop off a thank you note for bringing me back to the true meaning. He has changed my view of Christmas forever. I hope I never forget him.

Although I am not that extreme, because I still buy Christmas presents and decorate my house with snowmen and Santa Clause I am humbled every year to think of what Jesus Christ went through. He gave us the ultimate gift. I kinda think of it as a gift certificate. He went to the trouble of getting it and paying for it, but it is our choice if we want to use it or let it go to waste. Either way, he still sacrificed for us just the same. I am so grateful to him that if I live my life in the way I know I should, I can be with my family FOREVER. Now I can kick back and enjoy the true Holiday. Merry Christmas everyone, and thank you dear Savior for your CHRISTMAS GIFT!

Our son Kyler and all his recent adventures

2011-10-25T20:17:00.000-07:00

Kyler loves to go "shishing". We tried out the new pond at Ryder Park.

We went to Lagoon on Trae's birthday and Kyler HATED the rides. The only two he liked were ones he could ride with someone for example: carousel, and the train ride that shows the zoo.

Levi and Ky waiting for the train ride at Lagoon

He also loves to throw rocks while mom and dad try to fish

curly hair boys

Trae and Kyler are feeding the fish at American Falls fish hatchery

Kyler and his neighborhood buddies. LOVE THIS PIC!!!

I went to footloose, and this is what Trae and Ky did while I was gone. They had a little party of their own. Set up a movie theatre of their own.

Perla this pic is for you. Kyler finally fits into his Nica shirt. Thanks again

Daddy and Kyler carving the pumpkin

I laid Kyler down for his nap and I kept hearing him get up and play with his toys. Every fifteen minutes I would go in, make him put the toys away and climb back into bed. The last time I checked on him (I had not heard him playing for a few min) and this is what I found.

Kyler loves this place more than his own home. he loves his friend Tinton (Quinton) and Dohen (Cohen)

I just love this face

Ninja and Fireman. I know Ky kinda looks like a girl with his long curly hair. We should prob cut it, but we love it SO much!

Kyler and his friend Quinton

Kyler is excited to go trick or treating at ISU

Ok this was really funny (you had to be there) but Kyler saw this kid in a spiderman costume with a mask and could not get enough looks. He seriously followed him around and even turned him around to get a better look at his face/mask. It was funny and kinda weird.

Kyler and the pun-kin daddy carved. (It's a kitty if you couldn't tell)

THE LAST TRAIN FROM PARIS

2011-10-08T22:12:00.000-07:00

HOW TO HOST A MURDER

-THE LAST TRAIN FROM PARIS

Ok so we had a PARTAYYYY with our peeps. We played a game called How to host a murder. It was pretty interesting. What you do is invite 3 couples and give them characters to dress up as. When everyone had arrived we got into character and started reading our lines from the scripts. We accused each other of murder and solved a mystery. It took a couple minutes for everyone to get warmed up to their parts, but after that we were born to play em and reading the lines was fun and exciting. it was fun to dress up and act.

Alright from left to right. We have the 1940's-Malcolm-american gangster, Barbara-spoiled rich brat, Schwazhe-Duke, Belinda-seamstress, Idelle-princess, Weyland-pilot, Khover-double agent, Mary-reporter.

We had appetizers, italian sodas, salad, rolls, home-made chicken cordon bleu, potatoes, veggie, and homemade raspberry CHEESECAKE! We used my china I inherited from my grandmother. It was a great fun night filled with food and laughter. Thanks everyone! We had a great time!

Trae was Malcom R. Conntint-the restless, cynical secretive Mal. I was Barbara Z. Enhussie-daughter of the late french perfume king. Look at my handsome date in his fedora. Love him so much! P.S. trying to do a pin-up 40's hairstyle is so much harder than it looks.

My cute boy

2011-09-18T22:01:00.001-07:00

i love this pic because he usually does this when he falls asleep in the car. he's just relaxin when all of a sudden sleep overtakes him. lol cutie pie!

I feel like Eeyor

2011-09-03T21:47:00.000-07:00

So... I don't mean to sound like an Eeyor, but I am about ready to never leave the house again because I know something will go wrong! I know, I know I'm totally being pessimistic but I am totally believing in Murphy's Law right now (Everything that can go wrong will).
Ok, at first, when we got back from Reno, my bike was jacked. The chain was cut and my bike was gone (at least they left Trae's bike with the old sun-bleached bike trailer hooked up to it).
Then, my laptop screen started blinking black and blacks out completely after being on it for a short time (we've only had it a little over a year), then my camera broke (we bought it with our wedding money 3 years ago), the lens was stuck out, so i read online how to fix it and broke it worse! Now we have no choice but to send it in which who knows how much that stupid thing will cost to fix.... Our new printer doesn't work wirelessly which is why we bought it! Trae's phone was dropped and shattered the screen. Those are just the big things, two smaller things that happened just today are: my earring fell down the drain and I tried to get it out with my nail kit and broke the tip off of that, and my car bumper broke and part of it flew off down the freeway. I swear I can't catch a break. I do know when it rains, it pores.
How I've been able to hold on though is because all the things that are going wrong just make me grateful for my son and hubby even more. i am so glad we are all safe, and the things that are breaking are replaceable for the most part.
I really think the adversary is working extra hard on me and my family because the last 2-3 weeks I am reading more consistently and deeper studying of the scriptures than I ever have. I am actually enjoying the stories and learning lots and coming to the Lord with many new questions.
Even though I wish we could catch a break and win a ton of money so our poor problems would not be such a worry. lol or as Trae says, win the lottery. lol but I guess we'd have to play if we wanna a chance to win. Anyways, I know in time, this too will pass but I'm ready to stop being afraid of what's going to go wrong today. I need to be more optimistic I know.

Ok... this is BAD!

2011-08-02T20:52:00.000-07:00

Alright, I've been reading from this book I randomly picked out at the library. I've read Covey's other book "7 Habits of highly effective People" but this one that I'm reading now is specific for families. Anywho... I'm going to add some stats that scare the crap out me and worry the heck out of me for not only my family, but all families.
(This is one of the saddest, sickest stories I have heard, but the good thing is, something can be done to prevent it from happening to our families)

I had a conversation recently with a man I consider to be a very good father.He told me this story. His seven year old son recently seemed to have some things on his mind. He said, Dad I just can't quit thinking about it. and his father assumed a bad dream or scary movie. More prompting and coaxing from the dad and the son told him about what he'd seen. HARD CORE PORN. Lots of times at the neighbors house. The father told his neighbors, and they were as surpised as ever to find this out about their nine year old son. They asked their son where he'd been introduced to it and he said a 6th grader at school had been telling EVERYONE at school this websites address and said look at it, it's really cool! The reason the parents did not find out about this before is because their computer was downstairs behind a closed door.

"Over the past thirty years the situation for families has changed powerfully and dramatically. Consider the following:

Illegitimate birth rates have increased more than 400%.
The percentage of families headed by a single parent has more than trippled.
The divorce rate has more than doubled. Many prject that about half of all new marriages will end in divorce.
Teenage suicide has increased almost 300 %.
Scholastic Aptitude Test scores among all students have dropped 73 points.
The number one health problem for American women today is domestic violence. Four million women are beaten each year by their partners.
One-fourth of all adolescents contract a sexually transmitted disease before they graduate from high school.

The percentage of families with one parent at home with the children during the day has dropped 66.7 to 16.9 % and the average child spends 7 hours a day watching TV and 5 minutes a day with dad.

Top Disciplinary Problems According to Public School Teachers
1940                                                                   1990
Talking our of turn                                             Drug abuse
Chewing gum                                                   Alcohol abuse
Making noise                                                    Pregnancy
Running in the halls                                           Suicide
Cutting in line                                                   Rape
Dress code infractions                                      Robbery
Littering                                                           Assult
Just so you know, this book was published in 1997. I don't know about you guys, but I was going to school in the 90's and things were this bad. It's now 14 years later and things have only gotten worse and will continue to do so. Please do your family a favor and protect them from the rest of this crazy world's views and actions.

comparing

2011-07-24T21:03:00.000-07:00

I think the new one is lots better. Thanks to my SCAL!!! OH YA!!! (Sure Cuts A Lot)

The Oregon Coast

2011-07-08T21:50:00.000-07:00

Look this tree looks like an elephant

Near the coast the trees are HUGE! Love it!

This pic is one of my favs. This star fish is eating a mussel. If you could see in further from a diff angle you would see the mussel is cracked open and the starfish is sucking it out. AWESOME!

the hermet crab on the right doesn't have a shell

The starfish on the left was orange, and once we put it in the water, it turned purple. WEIRD

Kyler loved to spash in the streams but was SCARED TO DEATH of the ocean. Also this jacket he is wearing here, when we got home I found 4 rocks in his pockets. Smooth ocean stones. Silly boy

His cousins adore him! Maeley and Jenna held his hands the whole way back. So cute!

We did lots of things. We played in the sand and built sandcastles, played in the water, flew kites, explored, built a fire pit, found and held marine life, etc. It was awesome!

I love his cute little sandy toes

Daddy and Ky with the kite

Ky helping with the sandcastle

Ky's most favorite person in the whole world! Pappa

The water was about the wash our sandcastle away so we were trying to hurry and Kyler was scared

Pappa, Nanna, Brooke and Ky

All the helpers

Our mote around the castle worked for the first few waves

Rockaway Beach is the place we rented out the beach-home. It was a private beach for residents. It was the PERFECT PLACE for a family vacation. I really hope we can go back and visit soon. I miss it already.

The tide pools had lots of "Jewels and Treasures" as Meah called it :)

Meah and Logan want a baby I just know it!

Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Perry for the awesome family reunion. Miss you guys already! Happy 4th of July!!

Dinner Ideas

2011-07-07T22:10:00.000-07:00

Dinners I’ve made in Reno

• Spaghetti

• Potato soup

• Bowtie pasta with spaghetti sauce

• Sweet potato, yam, avocado, chicken

• Stir fry

• Chicken enchiladas

• Rice casserole

• Steak fajitas

• Bbq chicken/alfredo chicken pizza

• Carino’s bowtie pasta

• Alfredo with noodles

• Taco soup/ Tacos

• Lasagna

• Dutch oven-chicken, onions, potatoes, carrots

• Broccoli cheese soup

• Rosemary roasted chicken with red potatoes

• Baked cheesy potatoes and carrots and breaded chicken

Any other ideas? I wanna make something new every day and I'm running out of ideas. I want healthy meals. Some of these are not the healthiest, but now I've changed my ways. :)

Ky is affraid of moose

2011-07-06T20:28:00.000-07:00

Lol crazy post I know. Kyler is affraid of not only a moose, but a 6 inch stuffed animal moose from cabelas. I don't know why. I found this out one day because he was holding all of his suffed animals but that one and I tried to hand it to him but he wouldn't take it. He ran away saying scary. So I said the moose is scary? Now we just made a joke out of it. We say oh no! Scary moose and Kyler always plays along and says hide as he puts his hands over his eyes. Funny kid!

Kyler at the library

2011-06-21T20:43:00.000-07:00

I made this tie for Ky. (ha ha no rhyme intended) It was a lot harder than I thought it would be but now its done and I'm happy. It's a little big but he can grow into it.

These next pics are of Kyler at the library. He LOVES it there. They have books (of course), puzzels, stuffed animals, dress-ups, toys, etc. Every time we go he always adopts that Clifford dog. he has a hard time leaving it when we go home. The only way I can get him to leave is tell him about the water (wa-eee how he says it). There are some fountains by the library.

What to do with my time

2011-06-05T21:50:00.000-07:00

I do not like posting a lot of words on my blog because somehow every time in the middle of it all, half of it ALWAYS gets deleted and I end up retyping what I wrote, just simplified. Anywho...
I don't know what to do with my time in Reno. Here is what my schedule looks like right now

8:00 Insanity workout and Kyler's breakfast
9:00 Protein drink and breakfast
9:30/10:00 Shower or bath (depending on if I need to wash my hair or not)
11:00 Snack and Toys, books, playdough, bubbles, chalk or whatever else
(or) he watches a little bit of Preschool prep dvds of either shapes, colors, numbers or letters while I clean the apartment and start laundry
12:00-1:30 Kyler naps and I either nap too, or update the blog, make dinner and put it in the fridge, or sew some project
2:00 Lunch
3:00 Its time to get out of the house. By this time, if we've been inside all day we cannot stay inside any longer. At this point we either go bother Rachel, Pax and Paizley or we go grocery shopping, wonder around a store, or go explore more Reno.
6:00 By this time I'm really missing Trae. If Ky and I are hungry, I'll put dinner in the oven, or if we feel like waiting for Trae to get home, we will just eat a snack.
We then either read more books, walk and get the mail or find something else to do until Trae gets home.
8:30 Trae usually is home by this time and we are happy to see him.
9:00 Ky goes to bed (so Trae and Ky usually only get to spend half an hour or so together) :( It makes me sad we don't get to see Trae more.

Mon-cleaning and laundry day
Tues-...
Wed-Play Group
Thur-Library
Fri-...
Sat-...
Sun-Home with the family all day!!

Any ideas of what else i can do with my time? I have a hard time because i feel like i should be using my time better but I don't know what to do and I DO NOT like Ky to watch much tv. Its not like I have a lot of waisted hours of nothing to do, because i have a toddler that has about a 2 min attention span. When he does play by himself, it doesn't last long so i don't have time to really do anything without interuption unless he's napping. I really do LOVE staying home with Kyler but I can only stay busy and occupied until 6. What else can I do with my time? Any ideas would help.

Ky's already doing boy things

2011-06-04T14:49:00.000-07:00

In this video Kyler isn't dressed yet, its right after his bath. He is playing with his animals (which he loves any kind or size of figurine animal) and he is making them growl and fight eachother. So cute! Love having a boy first!

Boys will be boys

2011-06-02T19:49:00.000-07:00

So this is Kyler's "checking something out" body language. lol he does this and most of the time squats when he is watching something or it catches his attention. He was very scared of the sprinklers because some would come on for 5 min or so, then another group would pop up and come on. It was unexpected so it spooked him every time.

This is his concerned face. I kept saying "oh no!" and he would repeat it, sometimes in a whisper.

Those are bubbles in his hand by the way

these pics are of him being a typical boy. Of course I did not want him to splash in the puddles but oh well. I just let him be him, and got my camera.

He LOVED splashing. It was pretty cute to watch

Yes, not only did he splash with his feet, he splashed with his hands

After stomping around for fifteen min or so, his shoe came untied. I even double knot them, but he was stomping pretty hard. This is how he walks when his shoe is untied. HE HATES HIS SHOE UNTIED. lol

My hard-working husband

2011-05-31T17:02:00.000-07:00

Trae has been selling pest control now for almost a month. I don't know how many sells he has, but I do know he is outselling his group leader. Today he called to tell me a similar story to one he told me a couple weeks ago. Ok, so while out knocking doors, the boys leave a door hanger advertisement on the front door if no-one answers. Trae called me and said, "guess what! I got a call from one of my fliers today." and I say "really? I hope it was a good one this time." He said, "nope, the guy chewed my butt just like the other guy, only this guys voice was disguised with one of those low voice talker machine things (that psychos use when they prank call)." Basically, when these guys called Trae, they screamed at him for leaving SHIZ on their doors. His reply to this is, "oh I apologize for that. My reason for leaving it on the door is because I did not want to leave you out of your neighborhood group discount just because you were not home earlier." Then, while saying a few more colorful words, the guys say well what is your company and what are they doing here. Then Trae goes on to explain everything about his company and their professional ethics while being extremely polite. The cranky guys with no life then try to find another reason to get mad at him while searching their brains for something to complain about, they fill their side of the conversation with more vulgar language. After they think of more bizarre questions to ask him, they both eventually hung up on him. Jerks! These kind of people make me so mad! They really must be miserable to call a number on an advertisement and complain. Get a life people! These are just two examples of how crappy this job has been so far.
I just have to say that I am so proud of my hubby. He has been working so hard to provide for our family. This is not the IDEAL job and yet he comes home every night with a smile and kiss and hug for Kyler and me, and he has managed to stay positive and motivated through it all. May has been windy and cold and not good weather for selling, but somehow Trae is still making it work. He is my HARD WORKING MAN! We have been hoping and praying the weather gets better ASAP so Trae has better working conditions and can sell more accounts.

Buble Bath

2011-05-26T15:12:00.000-07:00

Mail Carrier

2011-05-25T16:44:00.000-07:00

Kyler and I walk to get the mail every day. This was last week when the weather was a little bit better. Kyler loves to explore, stop and look at everything. When I say everything, I mean it. He love ants, dogs, cats, birds, his shadow, etc... It tests my patience because I just wanna get home, but it's nice also because he really enjoys the little things in life and I am learning a lot from my son. He's so much fun!

This is Kyler after the mail. We got Rachael's graduation announcement and after we opened it, Kyler carried it the whole way home and would not let me touch it. lol

Kyler talking

2011-05-20T11:35:00.000-07:00

Kyler has been talking for a while now but I never seem to be able to get it recorder. Either our camera is dead or something comes up (to be honest I’m surprised our camera still works). Kyler threw the camera on the kitchen floor yesterday because he was trying to turn it on and couldn’t. We’ll see how much longer it last. Anyway, we’ve been doing a lot of activities this summer including: bubbles, chalk, play-dough, lots of stories, clean-up (teaching him how to pick up his toys), learning his colors, numbers, shapes, new words, helping me cook, walking to get the mail every day, etc. I have really enjoyed being home with Kyler all day. It will be hard going back to school in the fall, but I tried to set it up so that this last year will be my easiest, We’ll see.

Kyler falling asleep

2011-05-20T11:00:00.000-07:00

Kyler keeps falling asleep at the table. It's so cute and funny

Side note: Today I was giving Kyler a banana and he said thank you without me prompting him. I'm so proud!

I'm going to try and update the blog at least once a week

2011-05-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

Kyler's first brownie with icecream. Look how happy he is. lol actually he only ate the vanilla icecream. He's such a funny boy. We waited until he was a year old before we would give him any added sugar.

this other pic is of Ky eating off of a beater. I made fruit pizza and it actually turned out pretty well (not a good as my moms, I will probably never make one as good as hers), but my boys liked it. :) It looked better before I cut the pieces but ohwell.

I love this face

2011-05-16T19:30:00.000-07:00

He loves mamma's pasta!!

He is mad at me here because... well i don't remember but anyway, his fits last about 10 seconds and it consist of him fake crying. lol

These two pics are funny because even when his finger is just leaving the bowl he opens his mouth huge, wether or not his bite is big or small. lol he cracks me up

The "Home Alone" face

2011-05-11T19:41:00.000-07:00

I tried and tried to get a good pic of Kyler's face but could not get a perfect one. He was scared when we went outside. He heard a dog growel and started making that scared face. lol so so so funny!

Ok so we moved....

2011-05-10T20:39:00.000-07:00

So for those of you who did not know we moved to Reno this summer for Trae to sell pest control. Here are some pics of our 5 star apartment. Come in the door and turn right and continue turning right and this is what you would see. And yes, there is a towel on the floor because insanely enough there is carpet under our kitchen table and our toddler is not spill proof.

Look closely at our dishwasher. Yep it's so old we have not even used it. I personally do not trust it. I was also in the middle of cooking dinner so yes my kitchen is not clean, and I am making potato soup and rolls if you wanted to know. That bottle of febreez is almost gone. When we moved in (Sunday) it smelled like smoke. To our disappointment, the previous owner allowed the renters to smoke. Lovely!!! We have been doing everything we can to get rid of the smell. I guess either it has been working or we are getting use to it.

That thing in the left hand corner is my mothers day present. A pop up goal for soccer!! Thanks honey. lol

Trae insited on brining our tv, and now we have cable. (sigh) hope we don't have too much a withdrawl when we go back to Pocatello with no tv.

Kyler is trying to hold two soccer balls and one basketball for the picture. lol he's so cute. He is doing great by the way, he acts like we didn't even move. the drive to twin was 2 hours and then to Reno was I don't know... another 8. Either way, it was a LONG trip! Thanks to grandma Margie, we barrowed her portable dvd player and Kyler watched a couple movies. The last hour though, he was even tired of the tv. He had had enough traveling because he would not even watch the screen anymore. lol cant blame him.

Of course Trae would not leave his baby basketball hoop. Our only decorations are the Jesus calendar and our $5 clock on the living room wall.

our teeny tiny bathroom. I forgot our bathroom mats so I had to buy more. Shoot, that is what I did not want to do. Oh well, can't live without them for 4 months. I hate stepping out of the shower on cold tile.

Kyler is on that twin bed, we put the other mattress and frame in the closet. Sorry we were reading books on his bed, that is why its not made. I know, with all this time you'd think i'd be cleaner.

Kyler can't live without his bubbles and stuffed animals. I brought more than one so that he does not become too attached to one specific one.

our bedroom. Grandma Lynn Forbush gave us that comforter for our wedding present. It has palm trees on it. Love it! Bottom right of pic, is a tote of all of our sports stuff we can't live without.

Huge closet space, we only need about 1/2 but i guess thats nice anyway

We've gotta watch friends to go to bed. It's tradition.

Well thats it i guess. We keep everything off the floor because of hobos. Oh ya! (PS There ya go Shnoogs)

HAPPY ANNIVERSERY HONEY!!!

2011-04-26T14:35:00.001-07:00

Love you so much!

FAMILY PICTURES 2011

2011-04-21T15:36:00.000-07:00

I am going to print at least one big family pic and one pic of ky. please tell me what pics you like the best. I need some feedback!!!

Kyler's first trip to the dentist

2011-04-09T21:11:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Kyler's aunt Shandee, he had a happy visit with the dentist. He did pretty well, better than I thought he would. He let the dentist look around but he would not let Shandee clean his teeth. lol he clenched his mouth shut tight.

this pic cracks me up because he was really uncomfortable here. When they were reclining the chair his arms went out to brace himself. (I guess you had to be there)

So proud of my little boy. luckily he got his daddies teeth.

Kyler and his friends

2011-03-13T13:15:00.000-07:00

Playing in Ky's room

His best friend and his girlfriend. lol he loves little Lucia. I think he wants a sibling soon. :)

ISU basketball game

our family, even though we are happy in this picture, we are so ready for the warm weather

bowling

our make-shift sled

Kyler talking to aunt Shandee on the phone

2011-01-25T19:51:00.000-08:00

Catch up time

2010-12-28T17:16:00.001-08:00

Kyler on santa's lap

Kyler helping us decorate cookies

Trae's elf cookie

After daddy gave him a cookie

Grandpa Forbush teaching kyler the guitar

Kyler playing the wise man with a wrapping paper cape in the Nativity scene

our christmas tree

Kyler going down the slide at Grandma Margie's

Kyler playing peek a boo in the car on our way to Oregon

In need of a good photographer

2010-12-05T14:17:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, we are looking for a good photographer and an awesome bright background, high quality, fun family picture. We are not rolling the dough right now so we can't afford anything too pricey. If you have any ideas, please let me know. Thanks!! (I want pictures like these. Good quality because I want to make a huge canvas print)

2010-12-01T13:00:00.001-08:00

Well I lost all my blog friends so if i don't post on your wall, that's why

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

2010-11-25T10:48:00.000-08:00

I love these tiny boots! I found them at DI for $2 or $3 and his little feet look SO cute crunching in the snow.

check out Kylers snow-outfit. It's SO cute!!!!

Kyler learned to brush his teeth!

2010-11-19T11:53:00.000-08:00

Trae wrote this on the shower wall with the letters Kyler got for his birthday from his friend Paxton.

A little preview for next Halloween. I bought this on clearance at Walmart. Trae's dream can come true now that his son is a samuri :)

This was after a nap, He woke up with curly hair. Now that we are letting it get a little longer, it's starting to curl. :)

This is us brushing our teeth. Kyler will brush his teeth in the morning with me when he can see himselft in the mirror, but we always have to brush them at night because he does not do a good enough job yet. (Aunt Shandee, this is for you!)

I had to take a picture of this because he fell asleep when eating his favorite meal! I try not to give it to him very much because it's not that healthy but when he's lucky, he gets it for lunch.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

2010-11-01T21:43:00.000-07:00

decorating pumpkins

at a ward trunk or treat, except it was all inside (Kyler is only interested in his sucker :)

Uncle Daniel at the family Halloween party

Ky smiling in his cute lion costume showing his pearly whites

Look at all that candy!

This pic is funny because it shows his tail. When he would walk it would swing back and forth, it was SO cute!!!

Kyler and his friend Paxton (who was a dinosaur/dragon)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRAE!!!!

2010-10-17T12:19:00.000-07:00

We went to the corn maze for Trae's bday! It was lots of fun, as you can see on Trae's face. :) Trae turned 25 on Oct. 15. He is now half way to 50, haha. What a crazy thought.... Well he got NBA 2011 and a black cowboys hat, oh and he got to go golfing with his buddies. Not too shabby of a b-day, don't cha think?

These two pictures were taken 1 year apart. Look how much little Ky has grown! I can barely believe that jsut a year ago, he was this small, and now he's walking and talking and exploring EVERYTHING!!!

Hooray for Kyler's 1st BIRTHDAY!!!!

2010-10-05T19:48:00.000-07:00

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.....
the cake and sugar was a little much for him

all of his presents... some from mom and dad, some from grandma and grandpa... thanks for all the presents everyone!!!!

Kyler's friends. There were 7 kids there including Ky

Worms in dirt, or in other words... oreo, choc pudding and gummy worms

Spud Day

2010-09-26T14:02:00.000-07:00

Ky loves balloons. I know I know I shouldn't let him put his mouth on it

His most favorite person in the whole world. He loves grandma even more than mom and dad!

Huckleberry picking

2010-09-16T20:26:00.000-07:00

Ky's teeth (finally)

2010-08-26T12:34:00.000-07:00

As you can see Ky broke his first tooth. It was his bottom right. He was about 10 months when he broke his first tooth. His second tooth broke shortly after which is his top left of the middle two front teeth place. Now the rest of his top 3 are following (top two middle and just right of his middle) He's been pretty good considereing all these teeth that are breaking through all at once. It seems like his two side teeth will both come in before the two middle so we are thinking of dressing him up as a vampire for Haloween. haha

Meah's wedding photos

2010-08-07T15:24:00.000-07:00

puppies and snot

2010-08-05T15:56:00.000-07:00

Camping with aunt Bree and uncle Keaton and cousin Braxton

Laying in a hammock in a snow suit

German shorthair puppies for sale

sick snotty nose

eating chocolate for the first time haha jk its prunes and he decided to use it as makeup

handsome smoothy mustache

handsome boy in his church clothes

Kyler's baby steps

2010-07-11T15:17:00.000-07:00

While we were enjoying the World Cup final between Spain and Holland, Alexa was on the floor with Kyler and was trying to get him to walk...It surprised us when Alexa yelled "He walked!" so everyone stopped watching the game, which was over by then and we watched Kyler take his first baby steps to his Aunt Alexa, not his mom or his dad...We are great parents we promise...Anyways it was exciting and he worked with us for about 5 minutes and then he got bored....

2010-07-05T09:53:00.000-07:00

My younger brother is old enough to go on a mission?! Wow, I'm getting old! Where is he going? Well, if you haven't already heard he's going to Santiago Chile North mission. I know he is doing the right thing, and Chile is lucky to have him.

Kyler's baby swimming pool that he loves

Being naked, also what he loves

our fam

Watermellon and corn on the cobb

2010-07-04T18:48:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!! Kyler is 9 months today!!!! We had a bbq yesterday to celebrate our freedom, it seemed like the perfect day. By the way... Ky loves watermellon.

Grandma got all the grandchildren matching shirts. Doesn't Ky look so handsome in his?

Edited wedding pics

2010-06-23T16:15:00.000-07:00

I want to print a huge wedding pic for our place and I don't know which one to do. Please let me know which one you think I should print and why (exclude the bridal) Thanks!

Nothing but fishin

2010-06-17T21:02:00.000-07:00

Ky's day at the park

2010-06-09T19:09:00.000-07:00

Grandma Margie, this pic is for you!

My first real new york cheesecake with raspberry topping. YUM!!!!

2010-06-09T18:48:00.000-07:00

Thanks Hailey! I followed your recipe to a T and it turned out great!!! It was SO yummy!

new fam pics?

2010-06-02T11:55:00.000-07:00

Our little fam at the temple

Aaron, Nichole and Braxton

They will be in the same grade. Ky was born in Oct. 2009 and Braxton was born in April 2010

You can tell Meah is baby hungry already :)

Only other korean cous at the moment

These two are 3 weeks apart. Ky is older but smaller. Best friends already

New Family pics? Perhaps, we'll see.

It's so easy to take pics of him smiling because he's ALWAYS happy!

Since we moved....

2010-05-16T20:28:00.000-07:00

Ky is crawling on the grass, which is a big improvement because the first time he felt the grass he didn't like it

eating with his cousin

His nice sunhat that his daddy hates because he thinks it's girly. I think its cute!

playing with the sunblock at his cousin's game. haha i drench him with this stuff ever day

he was having a hard day this time, so trae rocked him to sleep in this comfy rocking chair, and he's missing a sock lol

playing really good with Auntie

After his new haircut. he's a happy little man because he looks like his handsome daddy :)

After my older sisters graduation. Bye bye family, won't see you for a while Auntie Shandee

This is basically our newest family picture, this is the day we were packing up, or the day before, anyway...

Sometimes it's still hard to believe i'm a wife and mother. A lot has happened in 2 years. By the way, Happy 2 years last month honey! Love you so much!!!!!

Video of Kyler moving on the ground

2010-04-04T17:41:00.000-07:00

Jazz Game adventure and Kyler is scooting

2010-03-29T21:57:00.000-07:00

Kyler is... A Child of God.

If you look really close, maybe you can see his two bottom teeth breaking through

The weekend beginning spring break we went to Utah with my family for the Jazz game. It's something we like to do every year. This year brought a stressful situation but in 30 years when we're old and rich, we will look back at this and laugh I'm sure. Oh, and we put these huge shooting earmuffs on Kyler so he would not go deaf.

Ok it all started when Trae wanted a hot dog. On our tickets, we get a free hot dog and pop, but if any of you know me well, hot dogs are not my favorite, so I wanted nachos. Trae graciously accepted the task of retrieving my snack while he was getting his own. On his way back up the dangerous climb, he was thinking, " I cannot and will not fall because I have all this important food that I do not want to drop".Well, reality struck hard and fast. The truth is, Trae did fall, and he fell hard. He hit his knee, but did not drop any food. So basically, he sacrificed his body for our food. When I saw how hurt he really was, we went down to the first aid and got help. They told us it was serious enough that he needed to go the ER. Don't even get me started on how long and stressful that was. In the end, we saw about 10 minutes of the Jazz game, and spent 3ish hours in the ER. Trae did not end up getting stitches because we already were rackin up the bill going to the ER and getting x-rays. We didn't want to pay for anything else so he politely declined, all due the cold hard fact of money (that and he's scared of stitches) but anyways. No serious damage occurred. Although I did see some fat in his huge gash, that was kinda cool and gross at the same time. Ok I could go into a lot more detail but I'm tired of writing about the matter. If you absolutely need to know more, just call me. I could tell ya a lot faster than I can type it.

Kyler started scooting this week. We went to Oregon for spring break and I had a feeling he wasn't going to stay put for much longer. Also, all the cousins just LOVED him and he LOVED them and all of the attention. (Ok I tried and cannot upload a video so I will have to load them on my facebook)

Publish Post

Kyler's friend Paxton. Look how good of buddies they are. So cute!

Kyler is...

2010-03-14T16:47:00.001-07:00

TEETHING!!!! He is just barely getting his bottom two front teeth and it's adorable!

Our Big Boy

2010-03-10T12:04:00.000-08:00

Well I don't write on this thing very much, but that is still probably more than any of the other husbands whose wives write on blogs...Anyways, Candice and I are both in school right now, I go every Tuesday/Thursday and Candice every Monday/Wednesday...Its is working out pretty well right now, but we are worried about next semester because we don't know what class schedules are going to be like...Other than that life is pretty good, except that my intramural basketball team lost in the semifinals last night by like 11 or something like that...We played a team full of football players and you would think that we would win because I am awesome, but they shot for the game like 80% from the floor no joke! So I was kind of pissed...Oh Candice learned a new talent/hobby to keep her sane while she is home, crocheting I don't know how to spell it but she learned from Zenna! and she learned very fast how to do it. She already made a hat for me and Kyler and she is making one for herself now as well...Kyler is getting bigger and a lot whinier too! And his teeth are moving around so he gets really mad and cranky at night and it takes him about an hour to go to sleep...But he is sleeping through the night now so we are very grateful for that! Oh yeah, Candice is getting a root canal pretty soon, a couple nights ago she was screaming and crying from the pain...Feelings of her in labor came rushing back to me, because I couldn't do anything to help her except watch, and eat some popcorn, and play some PS3...Finally I called a dentist and he got her some drugs that knocked her out for the night...So we are very grateful for dentists...Ok peace out til next time

5 months today

2010-03-04T14:17:00.000-08:00

Kyler 5 months old March 4, 2010

Kyler's birthday Oct. 4, 2009

Our Family updates

2010-01-26T08:56:00.000-08:00

Sorry it took SO long to upload new pics but I've been really busy. I started back to school this on Jan. 11. Let me tell you, it is a different experience going with a child at home. It's nice because Trae doesn't have school the days I do so we switch off with Kyler so he doesn't have to go to a babysitters. Trae is working for the school sports, and looking for a summer job so if you hear of anything, let us know please! Kyler is changing SO much! He will probably be driving soon. Ha ha jk but he is changing a lot. He started grabbing for things instead of just hitting them with clenched fist. He is holding up his head really well. He can roll back to belly and belly to back left and right. He sleeps 6 hours at night, then I feed him, then sleeps 3 more hours and we are still trying to get his naps regulated. He does really well when we travel, usully sleeps the whole time the car is running. Ky is easy going and calm just like his dad, but is not patient and does not handle stress well like his mom. Last time he was weighed he was 13 lbs and is in the 75% with height and weight. He is in size 2 diapers and some 3-6 month clothes.His 4 month checkup is Feb 9 (not looking forward to the shots). Kyler loves being outside and looking at everything (including watching other kids play). He's just as happy as ever. Smiling and babbling a ton and giggling some. He's blessed our lives so much! We love being parents! This truly is our mission on earth to raise an eternal family.

Since Christmas

2010-01-22T11:58:00.000-08:00

4 generation pic with Great Grandpa Perry, Grandpa Perry, Dad and Kyler.

Kyler holding his head up

Dad holding Ky and it looks like the flash surprised him.

Kyler started sucking on his arm like theres no tomorrow and we can't make him stop.

This is after we tried. lol he's not a happy camper.

I just love this picture. He looks so cute in a hat!

This pic reminds me of my grandma JoAnn. I miss her so much but she use to pull the same face Kyler is pulling with his aunt Shandee.

His little snow suit is a little big.

Ky smiling at mommy!

Ky trying to sit up and see everything.

Just him being adorable, and his motor skills are developing.

Our family Christmas picture

Trae went bird hunting with brothers and dad and nephew.

2 months old already! My new haircut man!

2009-12-10T13:50:00.000-08:00

Before his haircut. Look at that beautiful lock of curly dark hair!

During his haircut

Dad was mad at me for buzzing all his hair off

I think he looks handsome, just like his daddy!

What else needs to be said, I know he's adorable. :)

Half a smile

Now he's saying, "That's enough mom"

So I take one more picture and call it good

He got his two month shots. One in each thigh. It was so sad!

Kyler's Blessing

2009-11-30T11:54:00.000-08:00

Meah with Kyler

Perry Family

Forbush Family

Kyler blowing bubbles

Kyler's hair is getting so long I need to give him a haircut soon, and its curly!

I feel so blessed!

2009-11-10T15:03:00.000-08:00

Ky taking a nap. Just look how cute he sleeps! Sometimes he sleeps with his arms above his head and other times with his hands folded like a fat man.

our friends stopped by for a visit. Kaiden is only one month older than Kyler and they are about the same size.

We visited our friends in Rexburg and Madysen is also about a month older.

My beautiful son.

Ky gettin a bath. He likes them most of the time.

His little robe.

Tryin out his bumbo. He's almost big enough for it!

Flowers and a card Trae surprised me with. He is so sweet! I love this fall bouquet! It's gorgeous!

Go check out his big smiles on my facebook profile, it is SO stinkin cute! Its under my videos.

HALLOWEEN PICTURES

2009-11-05T16:39:00.000-08:00

I find it ironic that our pumpkin is of a spider and we have a spider trap full of them right behind the pumpkin.

I tried to take a cute picture of Kyler in a pumpkin but it wasn't working out.

We were baseball players

Shandee and Andrew were cavemen

He is such a sleepy boy

2009-10-23T12:54:00.000-07:00

Mom and Kyler

Dad and Kyler

Kyler lifting his head up. He's so strong already!

My cute little son getting a sponge bath!

First shower with dad (because his cord just fell of yesterdy)

Naked boy getting a sponge bath again

Wide awake and looking around ( I love it when he puckers his lips)

My sleeping baby boy. Look how precious he is, with his hands above his head

Look at our beautiful baby boy! He's changed so much already!

2009-10-12T19:05:00.000-07:00

Kyler ChangWook Perry

2009-10-04T20:33:00.000-07:00

Well hello there, this is our newest addition to the Trae Perry family. He was born at 2:42 on Sunday October 4th 2009, in Pocatello Idaho. We were very fortunate to be able to have family come and show their love and support and we appreciate that so much. We love our little boy so much and we have only had him for like 6 hours!!! Candice did absolutely amazing during labor, she was so strong and I know that I would never have been able to do what she did. I was going to the bathroom earlier and I had a little cramp in my stomach, and I thought I was going to die!! So I give props to all the women out there who have given birth or are going to in the future. That is a big deal. Probably hurts worse than getting kicked in the balls. Anyways here are some pics of the brand new Kyler. He was 7lbs. 11 oz. 21 inches long and his head was 13 1/2 inches around. Enjoy

Privacy for our baby Kyler

2009-09-30T09:50:00.000-07:00

Well I've decided that we need a little more protection of our privacy, especially since Kyler will be coming soon. I have decided to make our blog private. If you want an invite, leave a comment with your email address. (Sorry to you that this is an inconvenience for, I just don't know who else may be looking at our blog)

2009-09-24T08:57:00.000-07:00

Just preparing for Kyler. Dad and Chris gave us a ton of corn so I froze about half of it in 5, 1 qt freezer bags. Also under the frozen corn is frozen beef stew. I also made a lasagna and froze half.

Here I am cutting all the kernels off the cob.

Huskin the corn.

Made two loaves of banana bread, froze one. Also, froze one loaf of zuchinni bread and one pizza crust.

Here Trae and I are holding our friends new little baby boy Kaiden Romriell. He is only 6 lbs. Such a good baby!

Here we are at Spud Day watching the parade and saving a table for free spuds.

Ah, I love my brother's and sisters! (But where is Rachael?)

Wendy with the cutest little girl in the world, Brielle!

And of course, me at 9 1/2 months. Not as happy as in the other pictures.... I'm just ready to be done. While your looking at our blog, you should scroll to the top and vote on the poll when Kyler will be due. Over half were wrong about the gender, we'll see how many guess right about the time. I'm going to guess.... he'll be born right before his due date.

2009-09-15T08:58:00.000-07:00

Trae's first day of school Mom, Jason and Rachael just got back from Hawaii

We went to the fair Monday and Trae rode rides with the kids

9 months pregnant

8 1/2 months pregnant

Kyler's Room is all ready for him

2009-09-03T13:42:00.000-07:00

Katie and me, due three weeks apart. She's due Sept 14 (I think) and I'm due Oct. 8. She's having a girl, we're having a boy. This was at my baby shower. Thanks to all those who came, it was so much fun! His closet full of diapers, wipes, a bumbo, a box full of cloth diapers, clothes that will be way too big for a while, toys, etc. Here is his carseat and stroller combo with the diaper bag packed for the hospital.

Kyler's name is above his crib in vinyl with some sport decorations. Also, a magnet board and picture frame above his changing table/dresser.His crib with his dad's favorite outfit The Dallas Cowboys onsesie. He loved it so much we just had to put it on display

Only about a month till all this will be put to good use.

Crafts

2009-08-31T10:32:00.000-07:00

These are some decorations that I made while being bored at home. Trae brought home a bunch of scrap wood for me to do some projects with. I wish I had wood working tools a place to work in but oh well, when I get a house I'll make it a priority. For now my apartment works. Trae says I should sell some but I don't think anyone would buy, so for now, I'll just make them for us. This is for Kyler's room

Halloween

Fall/Thanksgiving

Aaron and Nicole's Wedding, Oregon and 8 months along

2009-08-19T12:28:00.000-07:00

8 months along and excited to be close

Aaron and Nicole's wedding was beautiful and special. Thanks for inviting us. Their colors were brown, yellow and blue. They were married in the morning at eleven and had their reception that evening at 6.

The big alumni game with all the graduates. Blue-even year of graduation, White-odd year of graduation. White won 3-2. They scored last goal in last 10 seconds of the game. My honey did wonderful of course! I also watched the kids during it and they wanted to help get the balls that went out of bounds, so cute!

So much has happened

2009-08-11T11:42:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa Forbush's 50th anniversery and Forbush Family Reunion Pictures. Can you tell that we are getting pretty excited to have our own little kid running around? Everyone had to make a scrapbook page for grandma and grandpa's present and this was the one I made.

We went to Burhley and stayed with Robby and Zenna and her parents house. We had so much fun! We went to the farm/dairy. Milked cows, fed newborn calfs and best of all stayed out all day on their boat. Trae did wake boarding and I had a short "pregnant" ride on the tube and ya, it was fun!

We helped friends move as well as moved ourselves.
Also, we went to Yellowstone with Wendy, Jared, Brielle, Shandee and Andrew.

Ok so we went to Logan to visit a friend from Nicaragua from Trae's mission. Everyone, this is Perla.

Sorry it took so long to update but here you go!

2009-07-13T09:18:00.000-07:00

Brielle Rucks threw me a baby shower in the Cougar Court lounge at 7 pm on friday night. 6 girls came and made it a ball. The girls who came were Zenna, Heide, Brielle, April, Stacy, (me) and Kelcie. After the girls got there we ate fruit pizza, cookies, and cupcakes on cute blue plates with blue napkins and drank blue koolaid out of blue cups. After talking and eating for a bit, we played a couple games: baby animals-it's where we were told the animal name and we had to think of the babies animal name (ex: duck-duckling), next we had a list of about 20 different baby words to unscramble (ex: oralfum-formula). We also played this really funny game, Brielle melted 5 different candy bars in a diaper and squished it around and we had to guess what kind it was. lol, some of them looked pretty gross! After the games, I opened presents.
These are all the presents from my baby shower. Kelcie got us a green toy dianosaur that Trae loves. Brielle got us the little sport baby blanket (so soft) and made this diaper cake with socks, mittens, baby keys, bottles and baby soap. (Such a cute idea!) Heide got us that little newborn outfit, haha Trae loved the hanger it was on because it was soft fabric. Stacy and Zenna got us that baby on baord for car window and baby bumbo seat. April crocheted (if that is in fact how you spell it) a little blue bunny blanket and a burp rag. A few girls who couldn't come still dropped off a present. Nicole and Aaron got us a package of onsies, teether, travel kit of baby necesities and pasafiers. Ailinh got us a big bag full of diapers and Tanelle made us that brown and red baseball blanket with two burp rags. Thanks so much girls, and thanks Brielle for throwing it! I had so much fun!

So now I am really starting to show... 7 months.

Baby Belly

2009-06-20T14:08:00.000-07:00

Ok ok for all of you who needed to see pictures of the baby progress, here it is. Just so you know, I am embarrassed to put these on because I wasn't even showing until 5 months, then boom! I'm huge! (I took pictures often but forgot to date them)

5 months?

5 1/2 months?
6 months

Way back when...

2009-06-01T11:11:00.000-07:00

This is a magnet board that Candice made for our little baby boy, she doesn't know if she likes it though she keeps changing her mind about it. Girls are funny.

Hi everyone. I have not written on the blog for quite some time now, so I thought that I would update it so everyone can know how cool we are and the cool things that we do. Well lets see let me start back from memorial day weekend. We went to Lava HotSprings and camped up there with some friends which was very fun, the only sucky part was that it rained a little bit and got us all wet. But it was still fun, we ate some junk food, and me and Robbie went fishing with our made up fishing poles and string. We actually ended up catching two fish and one was like 12 inches, the other one was only like 8. It was fun we wanted to fish the whole day but the girls were getting grumpy and wanted to leave us to go to the hot springs and the pool! How rude! The pool was pretty cool and the hot springs felt great, and everyone got sun burnt except me! Ha I am just special I guess.
My parents came down to help Justin and Summer move from La Grande and they came and visited us and Mandi and Benj, it was fun there is a water park at Porter Park and so the kids came and played in that for a little bit, we went and fed some ducks too. It was fun to get and see them and they are getting huge. But not as big as Mandi and Candice! Ha just joking pregnant ladies. We also had a BBQ with our friends to watch the Nuggets-Lakers game which turned out to be terrible, but Candice and I made our very first fruit pizza together and it was sicky good. I want to make another one soon. Well that is all for now, peace out brethren and sisters.

. Anyways that weekend was very fun, and during the week, Jason graduated which Candice got to go to and from the pictures it looked like a very fun time so we are excited for Jason to be graduated and for him to get out of Shelley in a little while.

Camping

2009-05-22T23:39:00.000-07:00

Trae wanted everyone (who didn't already know that we were having a boy) to find out in a creative way like the cupcakes so he drew on this shirt.
Here is a picture from the Forbush Campout at Porcupine Creek. We didnt actually stay the night because we left our tent at home but we spent some time with the family and it was good to see everyone.

Kyler Trae Perry

2009-05-21T13:15:00.001-07:00

We made cupcakes to suprise our friends with the gender. Here are the finished cupcakes. Blue and pink sprinkles. What is it going to be?
Here is the blue suprise to show everyone it's a boy! It's cream cheese filling. 1 pkg cream cheese, 1 egg, 1/2 cup sugar.
Here is the choc top frosting and the blue suprise frosting in the middle
This is my friend Chelsea and she's pregnant too! She's about 3 weeks ahead of me. Thanks for your help Chelsea!

Here is the picture of our precious little boy! (our video is too big to load)

2009-05-09T18:25:00.000-07:00

This is from a packet thing that Wendy, (Trae's mom) gave me. It is a blackboard if you couldn't tell. I might change the red, don't know how much I like that yet.

Ok so ignore the hanging thing, I made these blocks from the blocks from our wedding reception decoration I bought this shelf from D. I. for $1.50 and paited it.

This is a magnet board that I made at an enrichment activity to match the BABY blocks I made earlier. I used all those colors because I don't know what we are having yet but we find out May 20th (unless the baby is being modest). I put paper over it and made magnets but it feels so unfinished to me. I want to mount it on wood or something.... we'll see.

This is just a recipes holder. I found a new staple to scrapbooking that I should have found before now, mod podge!

We love being active, although in that picture it looks like I'm a couch potatoe which is partially true. The bigger I get the lazier I get. Anyways... we played tennis and it was so much fun! Trae has a tennis game on play station and I actually learned the rules and how to rotate and stuff because of that game. Huh, I guess nintendo can be educational, who knew?

Lets see... our friends Pete and Heide had their baby girl (Olivia Cathryn Benson) so cute!!!!! I love her hair!

Even our friends loved her! This is Robby feeding her mashed veggies. Yum!

She started to teeth, look how cute, only two little ones. She chewed on her bottle instead of drinking it that little squirt!

We watched our neice Brielle over night so Wendy and Jared could enjoy their purchased night at Destinations. She was so happy, especially in the mornings! But we watched the big basketball game between the Celtics and Bulls and it was a close one so everyone cheered and yelled a lot and it scared her enough to make her cry, I felt so bad!

If this works it will show us all playing Rock Band and Brielle "Bsting" singing her heart out to all the fans. lol it was a pretty fun night.

2009-04-27T17:05:00.000-07:00

Our one year anniversary sweet at Destinations Inn... I can't believe it's already been one year, I still feel like this is all new, but on the other hand, I feel like I'be known you for the longest time.
We picked the Congo room. We saw the pictures online before we booked it and it looked alright, but this room was so fun!

The big bathtub with the jets, sparkling cider, and cheesecake. We also had a steam shower the the right, which was Trae's favorite, I couldn't stay in long because of the baby. We ordered pizza in and called it a night.

Here is our huge bed!! It was so nice to relax all night. It also had a huge projector screen that Trae tried to watch the NFL draft all night but I wanted to watch something else so this night would be different from all the rest. (haha Trae already took off his jeans to get comfortable so I insisted on the pillow for a modest picture :) To say the least, I had the time of my life and am so happy that one year ago (from the 26th) I married the best man in the world and am so excited to share the rest of eternity with him. Love you honey!!!!!

2009-04-23T11:15:00.000-07:00

Here is our group of friends that we usually do the most stuff with. We love our friends! We had a picnic/cook out thing on Tuesday at Porter Park and it was so fun! We had hot dogs, chips, cookies and pop. We will miss you guys when we move, just so you all know, you guys are the reason we didn't leave this summer.

2009-03-30T11:27:00.000-07:00

Ok first and far worst, our boards were stolen!!!! Mine is the white burton on the left with lots of bright colors and weird pictures on the bottom, and Trae's is the middle right one, also Burton but blue with stickers on it. It has Candice Forbush written on it inbetween the bindings. Yeah, this happened while we were in Utah at the Jazz Game Saturday. My mom had her cannon camera stolen, hp laptop, about 20 dvd's, 2 playstation 2's and more....To say the least, we are pretty ticked.

Here we are at the Jazz Game. It went into overtime and Jazz barely won. The score was like 101 to 99 or something. It was intense the last little bit. Trae was sad the Suns lost, he was cheering for them.

Here we all are at Olive Garden. Food just isn't the same to me, at least everyone else enjoyed their food, except Rachael, she just had her wisdom teeth out.

My craftiness isn't so crafty

2009-03-30T10:17:00.000-07:00

So here are 8 scrapbook pages that I've made in the last week with my stay-at-home friend Brielle. (I know the picture quality is not the best but I was too lazy to take them out of the plastic covering). I also used my cricut to make a quote out of vinyl. I know that these are not the best but I'm learning as I go. I also posted a picture of my next projects. Shelf from D.I., 4 blocks that will say BABY (blue or pink, don't know yet), and wood block that can hold a picture or recipe or whatever.

2009-03-03T13:11:00.000-08:00

Our wonderful news now finally seems somewhat real. We are so happy! When we went to the dr. Trae's phone went off, that's when the baby started to move, the dr. said it like the music. It was so cute!!!!! We are so excited, even though we didn't qualify for medicaid, we'll just keep trying and praying for guidance.

2009-02-19T21:40:00.000-08:00

We have had a really busy week!!! To make a long story short, we moved out of our old apartment into our new one and this is why... These pictures show the mold from the bursted hot water pipe and a leaky sewage pipe leaking into our cabinents, floor board and carpet!!!! The picture with the white paper shows were our dryer was and the maintenace man poked a hole in the wall the find out where the water was coming from and he said it was the sewage pipe from the second and third floor, I was at work when that happened but Trae said it smelled really bad

2009-02-01T09:11:00.001-08:00

This is why you should check our blog daily!!!!!

Is This For Real? YES!!!!!!

2009-02-01T09:01:00.000-08:00

Just on a Weekend

2009-01-29T16:30:00.001-08:00

This is what happens when Candice starts to straighten her hair. She has to brush it out first and it looks really good.

Well, we had a good time visiting with the family at Taylor's baptism, it was good to see everyone and be able to share a special event with the family. Here are some pictures of that and a really funny and cute picture of Candice. She didn't want me to put this on here but it is too cute and I love it and I love her...Enjoy!

2009-01-23T11:50:00.000-08:00

We went snowboarding to Targhee one big happy group! Jason and Trae were riding pretty hard core through the trees, backcountry style, so Rachael and I just took it easy. It was pretty icy until about noon. We found a little kicker and did some jumps off of that. Trae and Jason did back-flips, Rachael and I just try to jump (We are babies I know). We also went with another couple and the guy, got two concussions and had to be life-flighted to Idaho Falls. He is okay now but I 'm just glad we were all okay. All in all, it was fun but expensive, $69 for a day pass! Oh well, that is probably the last time we will go to Targhee for a few years. Any-who...when we got back we ordered Pizza Hut and called it a night. We were all exhausted. Fun trip though.

2009-01-11T14:47:00.000-08:00

We had an awesome Christmas! We spent most of it with the Perry's. Then Trae's oldest brother moved his family back. We were able to spend a couple days with them too! Their kids are so cute! Holly and I decided to be festive and decorate a holiday cake! Trae played legos with the kids. We played lots of games and spent a lot of time with our friends Keaton and Bree. We also spent time with my family. The boys played Halo and the girls played cards. At New Years we all had a toast to the New Year. This is the birthday cake Trae made me! Isn't it SO CUTE!!! Now we are excited to start a new semester.