2 boys and all the noise

Weekend Part 2

2012-01-17T18:01:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve Pictures

2012-01-17T17:51:00.000-08:00

Finally I am posting some pictures of Christmas Eve. Everyone had a blast and enjoyed opening presents

Weekend

2012-01-16T17:38:00.000-08:00

Problems

2011-12-23T06:23:00.000-08:00

I have been trying on and off the last month to post pictures and what is happening in the Sipes household but for some reason nothing is posting.

I just wanted to do a quick post to tell everyone Merry Christmas!!!!!!!

school pictures

2011-10-24T19:06:00.001-07:00

Clint's 1st grade picture.

Douglas's kindergarten picture.
Such handsome little boys. I love these boys so much. They make me laugh and smile. I don't know what I would do without them.

pictures

2011-10-09T13:16:00.000-07:00

I snapped a few quick pictures of the kids before heading out the door for church this morning. I wanted to get Tamra in this beautiful dress that my Grandma Bell made. I've had it for years and have been waiting for my little girl to wear it.

Tamra

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

The daycare center that I work at had someone come and take school pictures. Here is a picture they took of me holding Tamra.

photo

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

They had pictures at the daycare center that I work at. The people that took the pictures took some of me holding Tamra. Here is a pictures she took of us.

Blessing

2011-09-11T14:40:00.000-07:00

Today Tyrone was able to bless Tamra at church. It was such a wonderful blessing and I am thankful that he was able to do it. I am also thankful for our family sharing the day with us. Here are some pictures of the speacial day. We made the mistake of taking the pictures after church when everyone was wanting to run and eat.

2011-07-25T09:02:00.000-07:00

Linda and Tamra

unicorn Aunt Julie got Tamra

Clint and Tamra

Grandma, Clint, Douglas and Tamra

Hannah and Tamra

Clint, Douglas and Tamra

Tamra's new outfit

bath time

getting hair washed

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Easter

2011-04-25T19:19:00.000-07:00

2011-04-25T18:57:00.000-07:00

Clint getting ready to bat.

Douglas getting ready to bat.

Clint running home.

Clint as the catcher.

Waiting to tell the other team good job.
The boys started playing t ball and they are loving it. Douglas spends most of the games playing in the dirt or in the grass. Clint on the other hand loves to run after the ball. It is fun to watch the little ones play t-ball.

2011-03-21T18:46:00.002-07:00

We found out that we are having a baby girl!!! Her name will be Tamra Reann.

Birthdays

2011-02-10T06:19:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Clint's 6th birthday last month. I am just a little late posting about it. He had a great time and got lots of cool gifts! I am so glad to be blessed to have such a wonderful little boy. He is truely a blessing in our life and family!!

Today is Tyrone's birthday. Thank goodness he does not read my blog often so he will not see that I posted about his birthday for everyone to see. He is a wonderful husband, friend and father and I am glad to be able to celebrate his birthday today. We had family come up last weekend to celebrate and he got some neat gifts. Today we are going to go out to breakfast and then tonight he gets to go teach hunter's ed.

2010-12-25T11:03:00.000-08:00

Santa brought Clint a "club house."

New shirt from Grandma Linda.
New shirt from Grandma Linda.

Barbara and Todd

Mom and Dad with all of their children and spouses.

most of the grandchildren.

Toren and Trish

Jacob, Christie, Arianna, Mary Christipher and Bianca

Chris, Tracy and Hannah

Brandyn, Linda and Cheyenne

Grandpa reading the boys a story before everyone got to the house.

We had a great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We all got what we wanted plus more. This is the first year in a long time that all of us kids and spouses and grandkids have been together for Christmas in a long time. It was alot of fun.

It's almost Christmas!!!!

2010-12-20T21:00:00.000-08:00

I love this time of year!!!! I have taken a few pictures of our tree and the boys but last time i tried to upload them onto the computer nothing happened and I have not wanted to deal with it again so you are going to have to wait until after all of our celebrations for pictures.

We have a busy week this week. The boys and I have eye appointments tomorrow and I have a Dr.'s appointment on Thursday. Then Friday is Christmas Eve and we are spending the day with family and Saturday is the big day and we are spending it with family again.

This year is the first year in a long, long, long, long time that all of my brothers and sisters and their children will be together for Christmas. I am so excited to see everyone and get lots of family pictures.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas and if you are traveling be safe!!

Test Time

2010-12-05T19:18:00.000-08:00

Well, yesterday I took a pregnancy test and I passed!!! Oh, wait I found out that we are going to be adding another bundle of joy to our family. We are so happy and excited. We have been wanting another baby for a long time and we have finally been blessed!!! We will probablly have the baby sometime in July. Yeah!!!

We are a 1st Class Couple...Well today anyway

2010-11-21T05:46:00.000-08:00

If you make this picture bigger you can see a rock that looks like a turttle.

This is Paul Bunion's bathtub.

We got to ride in 1st class. We were lucky enough to sit on one of the love seats that they have in first class. It was worth the extra money.

Just a picture I took along the ride. It was beautiful!!!

Crossing one of the bridges.

The engine.

The car we were in.

Waiting to board the train.

Friday was our 8th anniversary. So we decided to take a little day trip up to Clarksdale and ride the Verde Canyon Railway. Our really good friends helped out and took the kids for the day. Thanks again Grabes for taking the boys all day for us you are the best!!!

It's that time again

2010-11-16T07:32:00.000-08:00

I love this time of year!!!! This Friday is our 8 year anniversery. Sometimes it is hard to believe that it has been 8 years since we meet and married. I am the luckiest woman in the world to have such a wonderful husband. We are going to ride the Camp Verde Railroad. How fun is that going to be to see all the different leaves(hopfully). I will post pictures of our fun day when we get back.

Halloween

2010-11-16T07:15:00.000-08:00

I know it's a little late but it's better late than never. I got a few cute pictures of the boys in their Halloween costumes. Clint was Mario and Douglas was Iron Man. Their cute halloween bags were made and given to them by their Grandma Linda. "Thanks Grandma Linda!!!"

Testing at school

2010-10-08T08:36:00.000-07:00

Clint loves school and he is doing great. He is learning tons of new words and can read them in books. Sometimes he tries to tell us that he does not know the things that he really does. For example the other day we were reading a book and we read/said the word "the" about 8 times. The 9th time he sat there saying "hum" I need help. Really???? We just read it 8 times.

Yesterday I was talking to his teacher and she was telling me she was testing him on his number. She knows he can count to 100 but somewhere in the 20's he started the "hum, I need help". She told him that she knew he knew the numbers. Well because he had the hiccups they were interferring with his thinking (cause you know they do that sometimes). Any way, while he was setting there he waves his fingers in front of his face and tells his teacher "the hiccups are doing this to my brain." She just laughed. What else can you do? I don't know where he got that from but it was pretty funny.

Maybe we are working him too much and need to give his brain a break.

Proud Momma

2010-09-11T07:02:00.000-07:00

Clint started school in Augus and he is already starting to sight read and read his sight words in the books he brings home. He loves to learn and is very smart. I am so proud of him and all the effort he makes to do better. These are pictures from the first day of school. I love this little man.

More pics

2010-09-03T20:28:00.000-07:00

For my birthday Linda had us do some of the games from the show Minute to Win It. This one is of Tyrone trying to stack 3 golf balls. Very hard to do

Mom is using a gummy worm to fish a pretzel and get it too her mouth.

Jacob with and oreo cookie on his face. You can only use your face to move it too your mouth. he got all three cookies into his mouth. That's what happens when you love oreos!!

Hannah was putting a puzzle together. It was the front of a cereal box and all the pieces were the same size.

A cute picture of Jacob and his wife Christie

2010-09-03T20:10:00.000-07:00

Me, Linda, Tracy and Brandyn (adding character to the picture)
Some pictures of Douglas's 4th Birthday. I love this little monster!!! He knew to sit in the chair so that everyone could see him open his presents.
His Ironman birthday cake
These are cute cupcake suckers that Becky made for his birthday party at home. They were really yummy and everyone loved them.

New Toys

2010-07-18T18:21:00.000-07:00

Friday night we had a High Counsel man from our stake come over to talk to us. He
found out that the boys like Buzz and Woody (from Toy Story). He told the boys that he would bring them a small Woody and Buzz toy when he came to church Sunday. He shows up at church and he gives them the toys. Even though both Buzz and Woody had to go to time out a few times because they were flying around and being a little to loud the boys loved having them. I found out later that he actually went to WalMart and bought them just for the boys. Very nice of him to do. As a side note. Now the boys think they can bring these two toys to church all the time because they are quiet.

2010-07-15T09:59:00.000-07:00

Sundays

2010-06-13T14:03:00.000-07:00

I do not always enjoy going to church. I know it's important and it is what we are suppose to do but sometimes I feel that it is not worth the fight with the kids to keep them quiet. Last week was really bad. The boys were horrible during church.

I was so upset that when we got home I made them sit on their beds. They ate lunch then went right back to sitting down. They did not get to play or watch tv all day (I don't know if it was harder for them or me.) We also started a new thing. We practice sitting quietly for 10 minutes every day. If they play or talk then I start the time over (has happened twice).

I am happy to report that today was much better. They did not sit perfectly still, which is to be expected, but they were for the most part quiet. After getting alot of praise for their good behavior they were able to play games on the computer after lunch and watch some tv. We are still going to be doing our quiet time as it seems to be working. We will see how things go next week.

Beautiful weather = lots of outside time

2010-04-24T15:16:00.000-07:00

With the weather being really nice today I decided to take the boys to the park. We have not been there for a week and they have wanted to go. It was really cute. While we were there a couple of little girls (the same age as the boys) came to the playground. It amazes me how little kids are "best friends" as soon as they meet. Listening to their conversations is even better.
Here is a conversation Clint and the little girl his age had.
G: "I love you."
C: "I love you too."
G: "Are you going to marry me?"
C: "No"
G: "You can only marry me if you love me. When you stop loving me then you will marry another girl." Oh my goodness they are only 5-year-old and she is already talking about marriage and divorice(sp?)

I got a few cute pictures of the kids at the park but I got a new phone and have not been able to figure out how to get my pictures onto my computer so pictures will come later.

Easter!!!

2010-04-04T09:22:00.001-07:00

Douglas cracked one of his eggs and was so proud of himself!

Waiting for the eggs.

Put the egg in carefully.

Is it ready yet?

Exchanging Easter baskets with MaryAlice:)

Chicks

2010-03-24T16:13:00.000-07:00

Clint's preschool class was asking if we had any chicks because they knew we had chickens. So Tyrone drove to Prescott today to pick up chicks. Here is a picture of Tyrone and his chicks pecking him.

2010-03-20T09:01:00.000-07:00

I know these are a little late but these are some pictures I took when it snowed in Bagdad. We took a little drive out towards WildHorse. I love the snow and actually miss it sometimes.

Loved

2010-03-20T08:54:00.000-07:00

When Tyrone came home from work this morning this is one of the things he had. The boys love flowers and always want to smell them so Tyrone had them both carry the flowers to me and tell me that "their daddy loves me." How sweet!! I love that sometimes I get flowers for no reason at all. I have the best husband in the world!!!

Rise and Shine

2010-03-19T06:52:00.000-07:00

5:30 am I hear a noise in the boys room. Trying hard to wake up enough to really listen to what it was I finally figure it out after just a short minute. It was Douglas going through the toy box trying to find the perfect toy. Did I say it was 5:30 am? I drag myself out of bed (because Tyrone is at work still). I go in the bedroom and sure enough Douglas is headed towards the door with his arms loaded with toys. He looks up at me and says his famous words "I had good dreams." Of course I am happy that he had good dreams but let me remind you again that it is 5:30 am so I did what any mother would do. I calmly tell him that it is not time to get up and I cover him back up in bed (toys left on the floor). We both go back to bed and 30 minutes later we are both up for the day.

I wish I had the same energy as kids do. Hopefully we both have a good day today:) We both tend to get a little crancky when we get tired. I love my little guys.

We're Jerks!!

2010-03-08T09:48:00.000-08:00

To tell this story I have to go back to the year 2002. Tyrone and I got married November 19, 2002. What a happy time that was for us. We got gifts, cards with money and gift cards in them and many people wishing us luck and happiness. It was wonderful!!

Move forward one year. I was in the hospital for 9 weeks with my first pregnancy. Tyrone had to rush down to Phoenix in the middle of the night and apparently left the house in a mess ( like most guys do). Well before we came home from the hospital some friends and family cleaned our house for us and in doing so put some cards/mail in a bag. I never sat down and offically looked through the bag of cards/bills. The bag got put in our closet and when I would clean I would think "I should go through that bag and see what needs or can be thrown away."

Now flashforward to the year 2010. Our house is being inspected this Wednesday so to get ready I started by cleaning my bedroom really good (going through this bag of cards/bills). I found many cards we got from our wedding/bridal shower. It brought back good memories. Well this is what I found in 8 cards. A total of $155 and $85 in gift cards. Oh my goodness how the heck did we forget about these?!?!?!

I feel so bad that we missed these and now I am wondering did we even send these people thank you cards for the gift? Well too late now. I told Tyrone tha we are jerks (as that is his favorite line to say).

By the way I don't think anyone that reads my blog was affected by this mishap in any way. Oh and yes the gift cards still have money on them:)

Conversations with a 5 year-old

2010-03-04T12:34:00.000-08:00

This week Clint has said some things that have just baffled me.
Earlier this week while we were getting ready to eat dinner he told me
C- "I'm ready to live in Heaven."
M- "Well, I'm not ready for you to go live in Heaven."
C- "How come."
M- "I'm not ready to go live in Heaven."
C- "Oh, when you are ready to go live in Heaven then I will be ready too."

I don't know where he got that from. The only thing I can think of is that the last few months he has been asking alot about his older sister who is living in Heaven. Boy had I better make sure that I am living my life so that I am ready to live in Heaven.

Then yesterday he told me that I can go help in his classroom. I talked to his teacher today and I am going to help in the classroom next Thursday so that Tyrone can take care of Douglas for me. I am excited and I think Clint will be too.

Park

2010-03-04T12:25:00.000-08:00

I took Douglas to the park the other day while Clint was at school. There was another little boy there that was playing on the skate park. Normally I do not let Douglas play over there but I had a moment of weekness. This is what he was doing. He would run up one side of the skate park around and then slide down on his tummy. It reminded me of a seal. He had a great time and even fell asleep in the stroller on the walk down to get Clint from school.

Guilt

2010-02-23T08:34:00.000-08:00

So I went to they fitness center with one of my best friends yesterday and she informed me that I have not updated my blog in a while. (hang head low). LOL! I know I have slacked a while.

Here is what has been going on. We celebrated Tyrone's birthday on the 14th of this month. His actual birthday was the 10th but he was working and it was the middle of the week. We had a great time with family here.

Clint is learning so much going to school. Douglas wishes he could go to but is ok with walking home with me and hanging out.

It also snowed a little here in Bagdad yesterday. Although it did not stick the boys loved seeing the snow. We took a little drive out towards Wild Horse and got some pictures of the snow sticking to the ground out there. The boys wanted out but it was too muddy:( Despite the mud and being stuck in the car they had fun rolling the windows down and letting the snow come in the car.

That is about all that is happening with our little family here in Bagdad. Hopefully I will get better at keeping my blog updated. Now it's time to stop being lazy and go wake my wonderful husband up so he can keep the boys under control while I go get ready for the day. See you soon fellow bloggers:)

Open for business

2010-01-30T12:10:00.001-08:00

My Avon web store is up and running. Go to http://www.youravon.com/taradawnsipes
You can go to the site any time day or night and shop. If you live in Bagdad, Phoenix, or Prescott you can choose to have me deliver your products. Then you pay me when I deliver it. If you live out of state you can choose to have your order mailed directly to your house and pay online.

I could use all the help I can get so if you or anyone you know would like to buy Avon please go to my web store or call me.

Thanks:)

Avon

2010-01-27T13:40:00.000-08:00

I have started selling Avon. I don't have my web page set up yet but check back in about 3-4 days to get the web page info. Please help me out and start buying Avon from me. They have tons of cool things for all ages and you can even order and pay online!!!
Thanks,
Tara

B-Day Pictures

2010-01-24T16:32:00.000-08:00

Clint opening his presents. It was funny he would unwrap them, look at them then drop them on the floor and move onto the next gift.

He got a BB gun. (scary, I know)

He wanted a Tinker Bell cake for his birthday. I finally talked him into having a Peter Pan cake with a few Tinker Bells. This is the cake I made in the shape of a ship with some pirates and Tinker Bells.

The "pirate" ship before all of the decorations. Yes I made it and frosted it by looking at a picture. Tyrone did the skull.

5 years

2010-01-19T07:09:00.000-08:00

Today is Clint's 5th birthday. It is hard to believe that he is 5-years-old today. I still remember the day he was born. What a blessing he has been in our lives. He is so excited that it is his birthday and that he gets to take cup cakes to school today. I hope that he has a great day. I love you Clint:)

Cool contest I found to win free groceries for a year

2010-01-18T11:14:00.001-08:00

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2010-01-18T07:08:00.001-08:00

This weekend we went down to Phoenix to celebrate my mom's birthday and Clint's birthday (pictures coming soon.). We went down Friday afternoon. On the way down I realized that I packed everyone's church clothes except mine. I did get my shoes. Then Saturday we went to Cheyenne's dance recital and at 4pm everyone came over to my parents house for the birthday parties. Everyone had tons of fun.

Sunday we went to church with my parents. I took Douglas to the Sunbeam class and after rolling around on the floor and telling the Primary Pres. that "he was not her son" he finally sat down and drew a picture. On the way to class he got away and ran into the class Clint was in. After getting him and taking him back to his class I went to my class. I found out later that Douglas got away from his teacher again and this time ran into the chapel (where the other ward was having sacrament meeting) He ran up to the choir seats. This time Tyrone was lucky enough to be there so he went in and got Douglas. To top things off when I went to get him after church was over he had once again gotten away without anyone noticing. Needless to say when Tyrone found him first Douglas was not happy.

The good news out of that story is that Douglas went to him primary class without crying/screaming the entire time:) Hopefully next Sunday he will go to primary again without throwing a fit.

Do I really want to be a Sunbeam????

2010-01-04T06:08:00.000-08:00

With the new year comes a new primary class for the kids. With Douglas being 3 he no longer gets to go to nursery he is now a Sunbeam. All of last week I told him that he gets to go to "big boy" primary because he is now a big boy. He was ok with this news as he likes to remind me that he is a "big little boy".

Tyrone takes Douglas in to his new teachers as Douglas is trying to convince Tyrone to take him to nursery because he wants to go to primary. To make matters worse I am the music leader in primary so I am in there for the first hour. Not a good combination because Douglas is not as well behaved when I am around (must be a 3-year-old thing). Anyway Douglas was crying and trying to go to nursery all of singing time. Anyway as his teacher was holding him Douglas tells him "let go of my arm I have to scratch my bum."

I guess this week we need to work on trying to convince Douglas that being a Sunbeam is cool so that he will want to go next week.

Happy New Year!!!!

2009-12-31T22:32:00.000-08:00

It is not quite 2010 but I plan on going to bed shortly after I ring in the new year. We had friends over to help celebrate New Year's Eve. Tyrone and Tom both have to work tomorrow so they called it a night earlier than the rest. Mom and Crissy stayed till 11:00 and I let the boys stay up till 10:45pm (I hope they sleep in) Now I am just waiting for the clock to ring midnight so that I can go to bed. Although with all the food that I ate I may just stay up and walk/exercise so that I can loose all the weight that I gained tonight.

I love the new year because I can make new goals (and hopfully accomplish them). I hope that 2010 brings joy and happiness to everyone.

Christmas Eve and Christmas

2009-12-26T17:37:00.000-08:00

Mary and Arianna singing a song for our little program.

The "Big Guy" made an appearance. Clint and Santa

Douglas and Santa

Tiffany, Todd, Mom, Dad and Gage.

Tiffany, Todd and Gage

Here is hoping that my pictures uploaded to the computer earlier today. We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas. Thursday the boys and I went down to Phoenix to celebrate Christmas Eve with my family. It was a blast. The boys each got their own suit case and a shake and go car. Clint also got a cool toy that teaches the letters and lots of other neat things. Douglas got a cool remote control car that spins around. I got new utensiles a pizza stone, pizza cutter and pastery roller. Tyrone got some tools that he wanted.

Chirstmas morning Tyrone's family came over for breakfast. Santa brought Clint a new bike, a Spongebob game that he wanted and a candy cane filled with m&m's. Santa brought Douglas a Leapster2 along with a carry case and 2 games, a small buzz lightyear and a candy cane filled with m&m's. We all got everything that we asked for plus more. It was nice spending time with family.

Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone???

2009-12-02T05:12:00.000-08:00

Here it is 6:00am and already this is not a good day. Besides having a headache I am sad:( Last night when I got home our two dogs started fighting (looked like playing at first). In order to get our new dog to get off of and stop bitting we had to get the hose out and spray her with water. Not a good sign. Any way with two small children and with other children over all the time we (Tyrone and I) felt that it was not safe to keep her anymore. The bad thing is we really cannot give her to someone else because of her being agressive and the animal humane place would not keep her or try to adopt her out. With that said, Tyrone took her for a ride this morning:( When Douglas goes outside to play today I am sure he will ask "where his dog is." Boy sometimes having pets stinks. I just had to get this out because it makes me sad that we have to do this. I liked the dog too but I have to think of the safety of others and her agressive behavior is not safe. On that note. I hope everyone has a better day/week.

Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T06:07:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to take a few minutes before heading down to Phoenix and tell everyone Happy Thanksgiving. I have always loved this time of year. There are so many things to be thankful for. This year happens to also be the day Tiffanie was born. She would be turning 6 this year but instead she is forever an infant. What a blessing to know that I will be able to raise her and be with her again. I also have my boys that I can enjoy at this time and even though they won't eat all of the yummy food that goes with Thanksgiving I know that they will be excited to celebrate a wonderful season. I am thankful for my family and love them soooooo much.

Modesty???

2009-11-05T17:00:00.000-08:00

The boys wanted to go outside and play in the front yard this evening so I went out there and was sitting on the step erasing all of my old text messages. I look over to where the boys like to dig in the dirt (next to the wall that seperates our yard from the neighbors) and Douglas has his pants down to his ankles and is peeing in the hole. I told him to pull his pants up and informed him that we do not pee outside we pee in the toilet. He looks at me with his three year old face and says I was just peeing outside. I just had to chuckle and hope that this does not continue as he gets older.

Hiccups

2009-11-03T00:59:00.000-08:00

The boys and I were coming back from Phoenix the other day and Clint had the hiccups. This is the conversation we had.

C: "I have the hiccups"
M: "yes you do."
C: "will you scare me so that my hiccups will leave?"
M: (in a normal voice) "boo"
C: "no, I still have them"
M: "oh, " (still in a normal voice) "uh, boo"
C: after waiting a few seconds "they are gone. When you scared me they just left."

I just laughed. So there you have it if you have the hiccups just have someone scare you and they will leave for sure.

Giving Thanks

2009-11-03T00:35:00.000-08:00

Here it is 1:30am and I am up updating my blog because thanks to Douglas, who was up several times between 12:00 and 12:45am and also due to the little dinner dilemma I cannot get my brain to shut down so that I can go back to sleep. (I'm sure I will regret being up at this time in the morning:)

Any way, one of the things going through my head was a paper that Clint brought home from school today. With the Thanksgiving holiday just around the corner his teacher sent a paper home that asked what the kids were thankful for and why. As I was asking him and writing down his responses I was thinking about things that I was thankful for and thought I would share a few. (in no particular order)

-my trials: because when I finally make it through them I am usually a stronger person
-Clint: because he is such a sweet spirited child. He comes up with some great things and I just love him to death!!
Douglas: He helps me work on my patience and I do love him!!
Tyrone: he is an honest, hardworking husband who loves me and all of my flaws
Our Savior: For taking my pain, sorrow, and sin and suffering for me so that I can repent and return to live with our Heavenly Father some day.
family: because they are always there for me no matter what.
friends: because they too are always there for me and help me become a better person.

There are many other things that I am thankful for but if I list all of them I will either bore you or you will stop reading my post because they are dull. So hopefully now I will be able to get to sleep again.

Random Pics

2009-10-02T18:35:00.000-07:00

Douglas helping me by "watering"my flowers. (aka a big dirt hole)

Mom hoola hooping on the Wii Fit

Linda hoola hooping on the Wii Fit

Douglas's Spiderman birthday cake.

He finally got his Buzz Lightyear

The boys coloring together

Opening presents

First day of Pre-school

Ready to go to school

My boys watching Coraline in 3D

Kicked off the bus

2009-09-22T12:32:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago a good friend decided to start a "structured play group" with some of her sons 3-4 year old friends. Parents drop their child off and for two hours and then she brings them home on here 10 passenger van (aka "the bus"). Well Douglas has managed to get out of two different seats a few times on the ride home. (Mind you we live in a small town) It would not be so bad if he would sit in his seat but no he has to get up and stand by his teacher as she is driving. So last Thursday, after having to stop twice to put him back in the seatbelt, his teacher told me he could not ride the bus home. Of course this makes Douglas very sad because all of his friends get to ride the bus home and he has to come home with me. I think it is funny that my pre pre-schooler has already been kicked off of the bus and he has only been going to pre-school for two weeks. He is his father's son. haha!!

Slacker

2009-09-12T06:56:00.001-07:00

Ok, I admit I have not done very good at blogging. There has been alot of things happening lately. Douglas has started going to a "structured play group" two days a week. He loves it. He gets to play, learn, and eat a snack. Clint loves going to pre-school. He is doing so good and learning a lot of new things.

Douglas celebrated his third birthday in August. He is also potty trained:) No more diapers!!!!!! They grow up so fast it is hard for me to believe that he is already three. I have tons of pictures but am having trouble with my computer downloading the pictures onto the computer so I will post pictures when I figure out how to get them onto the computer.

That is about all that is going on in our lives right now. Hopefully I will get better at blogging again.

School

2009-08-12T12:53:00.000-07:00

Well, today is the day. Clint started Pre-School today. He goes Monday-Thursday for three hours. He is soooooo excited to finally be able to go to school. He got a Spiderman backpack for his birthday this year and he would always fill it full of books and toys and say "I am going to Spiderman school." Now he really gets to go to school (just not Spiderman school).

I am a little sad that he is going to school because that means that he is growing up and sometimes I wish I could just keep them little and with me forever but I know he has to grow up other wise who will take care of me and Tyrone when we get really old? (haha)

Garden Pics

2009-08-03T13:30:00.001-07:00

What our garden looked like before javelina ate most of it:( Good news is it is starting to grow back:)

Deer Farm

2009-08-03T12:48:00.000-07:00

We took the boys and my niece to the Deer Farm this past weekend. I think the kids had a blast. It was sooooo cute. The boys were excited to see the deer and when we walked in all of the deer came over to us and tried eating the food out of the cups so both the boys dumped all of the food onto the ground and hurried out of the way. The deer loved that but would follow us around trying to get more food.

Where has my garden gone?

2009-07-30T12:55:00.001-07:00

We planted a garden of watermelon, tomatoes, bell peppers, and pumpkins. Last week we noticed that our tomatoes were all gone the plants still there but the almost ripe tomatoes gone along with some of our watermelons.

Needless to say we were very sad cause we were thrilled because it is the first year that our garden has done this good. Any way, yesterday I had someone weedeat the weeds in the back and low and behold there were more tomatoes growing and we had 6 watermelon!!!!!! The good news is we found out who/what ate the veggies. It was a BIG javalina! He even had the nerve to try and eat more from our garden this morning but we scared him off. Our veggis are safe for now.

2009-07-03T08:53:00.000-07:00

Kreativ Blogger Award I have received an award...and I am so excited!

Kim over at Nothin but love gave this award to me. I'm required to nominate 7 other bloggers who I feel have a Kreativ blog, and they are supposed to nominate 7 others too. (Be sure to leave a comment on their blog about the award.) After they accept the award, they are then asked to write a list of 7 things that their blog readers may not already know about them.

7 things that you may not know about me:

1. I graduated college, got a job and got married in that order all in the same year.

2. I like playing in the snow.

3. I just started weight watchers.

4. I hate mushrooms and avacado

5. I am shy around people that I do not know very well.

6. I like to play the piano when I am feeling down or upset.

7. I have some of the best friends and family in the world!!!!

There you have 7 things that you might have not known about me.

Here are the people that I tag:

Karen at The Karen Hill Family

Destiny at Bolingers

Natasha at All about Natasha

Marche at Two's Company, Nine's Marche's Crowd

Nadine at My Life with Bonnie and Clyde

Jenny at The Davenport Family

If anyone else is interested in this award please take the award and leave a comment about it!

Weekend Fun

2009-06-17T06:06:00.000-07:00

Tyrone finally caught some fish after all of the kids came back to the camp site.

Clint & Douglas fishing.

Tyrone casting Douglas' fishing line.

Cheyenne, Linda, Tracy, Hannah

Jacob getting ready to fish.

Mary fishing.

Tracy

Tracy and Hannah (mother and daughter)

Cheyenne and Clint

Clint playing "spaceballs" or baseball

Mary and Tracy

Mom coming out of the outhouse. (suprise)

Mary, Clint, Hannah, Cheyenne & Tracy

Dad just relaxing after setting up camp

Clint loved sitting in this chair.

We usually go camping every Memorial weekend but this year we postponed it because Tracy and Hannah came for a visit and Tracy wanted to go camping. It was a fun weekend. Everyone seemed to have a great time. I have more pictures and stories to tell but I have to go for now. I will post more later.

Graduation Day

2009-06-17T05:48:00.000-07:00

This is a little late but I have been slacking on my posting. My nephew Todd graduated high school at the end of May. I cannot believe that he is out of high school and headed off to college.

Bad faces

2009-05-31T13:06:00.000-07:00

These are the Sunbeams showing us there "bad" faces. It was soooooo cute!

One With Nature

2009-05-17T12:52:00.001-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we took one of Tyrone's friends from work out to Camp Wood for a cookout and to go spot lighting. The boys were to excited to roast marshmellows but they insisted on finding their own sticks for the roasting instead of using the clean roasting sticks that we brought. It's a good thing that a little dirt never hurt anyone.

black thumb

2009-04-27T09:39:00.000-07:00

I know this may seem like a silly blog post but I am so excited. I have had these roses for over a year and they started blooming earlier this month and when I looked out the door this morning I noticed that I had roses and they are beautiful!!!! I also got a really pretty plant for Easter and it is still alive and doing well. Maybe I do not have a black thumb any more.

zoo

2009-04-24T05:52:00.000-07:00

We went to the Phoenix Zoo the other day. Things sure have changed in the six years sense I have been there. They have a couple of different areas where you can feel what different animals feel like. We all had a great time.

bunnies, eggs, & chicks

2009-04-10T18:25:00.000-07:00

This is the 2nd time that my pictures have done this. For some reason I cannot get them to move. These are pictures of the kids coloring eggs. Douglas kept picking up the already colored eggs and trying to stick them into the purple water. Luckily we stopped him before he accomplished his goal. I think they cracked half of the eggs because they would just drop them into the water instead of putting them in gently. At least they had fun which is what really matters.

I love this time of year because it makes me stop and think about everything that our Savior did for me. I hope that everyone has a great Easter Sunday.

2009-04-06T05:48:00.000-07:00

This is what we got in the mail yesterday. We have 27! YES you read right 27 baby chicks. They are soooooo cute. The box in the first picture is what they were all crammed into. The boys love to stand and look at them. Clint will pet them if someone is holding one and Douglas says "they eat me" and backs away from whoever is holding one. I already have my favorite and am trying to come up with a name for it if you have any suggestions let me know.

picture time

2009-04-04T14:02:00.001-07:00

These are only some of the professioanl pictures that I had taken of the boys this weekend. I love this place. They take like almost 100 different pictures and you get to choose which ones you want and you get to leave with them the same day!!!

sleep, who needs sleep

2009-04-02T17:34:00.000-07:00

Lately I have not been making the boys lay down for a nap because it seems like we are up until 10pm or later. So this is what happens when they have had a busy two days and do not get a nap. I want to add that Douglas only ate part of his dinner and Clint didn't finish drawing the picture he was working on.

Good News

2009-04-02T09:06:00.000-07:00

I am pleased to announce that starting Sunday, April 5th Tyrone no longer has to work straight graveyards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He starts his rotating schedule again. But because they do not enough people on every crew they have to sign up for overtime (which is ok with me). I have been waiting for this day for a few months now and it has finally happened.

P.S. To those of you who thought that I was going to announce that I was having another baby sorry to disappoint you.

Random

2009-03-31T17:22:00.000-07:00

The other night Clint fell asleep on the couch and this cat (who does not belong to us) decided to come into the house and make himself cozy next to Clint.

The other pictures are of the boys drinking Rootbeer out of a bottle at Red Lobster.

Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty

2009-03-24T22:17:00.000-07:00

Ok, here's the deal we do not own any cats yet we have about four or five cats that love to "hang out" at our house. If the door is open they even think it is ok to come in for a while. So not a good thing as I am allergic to them. Any how these are pictures of the boys playing with and petting one of the cats that visits quite often.

Body Bugg

2009-03-20T13:14:00.000-07:00

Well, I have had the body bugg for 11 weeks now and my goal was to lose 12 pounds. I am pretty pleased that I have lost 15 pounds in 11 weeks. I try to walk 3-6 miles a day. 3 miles in the morning and 3 in the evening. Plus going online and putting in what I have eaten for the day really helps. I am so glad that Tyrone and the boys got me the body bugg for Christmas. I wear it all of the time and I love it. My next goal is to lose another 15 pounds in 12 weeks. If anyone wants to join me on my walks you are more than welcome to come over.

4-year-old Conversation

2009-03-20T13:07:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been having the best conversations with Clint. Last week as we were leaving the wedding (mind you the boys had already eaten and had cake minutes before this took place). We were walking to the car and this is the conversation that I had with Clint.

Clint: "We need to go to a restaurant."
Me: "We do?"
Clint: "Yes"
Me: "We just ate."
Clint: "But going to a restaurant will be so fun"
Me: "How bout if you sleep on the way home and maybe we will stop in Wickenburg and bring something home and you can eat it tomorrow."
Clint: "That is just a bad idea."

Where do they come up with this stuff.

As a side note. Douglas is no longer going by his given name he is now going by Buzz Lightyear. as he holds his arm out and says "to infinite and beyond"

Wedding

2009-03-15T18:10:00.000-07:00

Mary dancing.

Mother, Son dance

Clint dancing with one of the bridesmaids

Should we shove it in each other's mouth?

Douglas getting down with the music

Todd, Tiffany, and Gage after the ceremony

Douglas taking a deep breath in order to blow bubbles.

First dance

Mary caught the flowers. Mary, Tiffany and Arianna

We went to my nephew's wedding this weekend. As I was listening to the ceremony I was thinking how greatful I am that I was able to be sealed to a wonderful man. Unlike civil weddings where they say "till death do you part" we get the pleasure of hearing "for time and all eternity" How blessed we are that we can be a family forever as long as we do our part here on earth. I do not know what I would do if I was not able to partake of the blessing of being married in the temple.

A funny side note. During the ceremony the preacher told this story. A woman dies and goes to heaven. St. Peter tells her that in order to get into heaven she has to spell the word love. So she spells L-O-V-E. A few years later St. Peter has to leave the pearly gates to go to a meeting and askes the lady to take care of the gates for him. Her husband dies and comes up to the gate and tells her about his life after she died. He said "you know that pretty young nurse that took care of you? Well we got married and we were skiing and I hit a tree and here I am. What do I have to do in order to get into heaven?" She responds "you have to spell Checlizovocia(sp?).

life's lessons part 2

2009-03-03T08:22:00.000-08:00

Ok, so after I posted everything I went back to see it and realized I forgot to put the blog address on the original post so here it is
http://www.thegledhillfamily.blogspot.com

Book Shelves

2009-03-03T08:05:00.000-08:00

My mom gave this book shelf to us. I could not get the whole thing in the picture so I had to take two picutres. It is in the shape of a train. The boys love it. We put it up high on the wall because I knew that if it was down at there level they would sit on top of it like a real train and I did not want them to break it or pull it out of the wall. It looks much better when you see it all together. The only bad part about the shelves is that not all of there books fit on it because they were not deep enough but it still look cute.

Life's lessons

2009-03-03T08:02:00.000-08:00

As I was looking on the internet and through blogs I came across this blog that really touched my heart. I thought that I would share the site with you. A full box of tissues is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!! If you are feeling sorry for yourself or need and excuse to have a good cry then read through the blog. I was amazed at the strength and faith that this family.

Wanted Replacement Child

2009-02-20T09:21:00.000-08:00

This is the conversation Clint and I had yesterday morning.

Clint: "Mom we need to get a new Douglas."

Me: "We need to get a new Douglas?"

Clint: "Yes"

Me: "Why do we need a new Douglas?"

Clint: "Because he is mean and is not listening to me."

Me: "We cannot get a new Douglas they do not sale them anywhere."

Clint: "Oh, ok."

Just in case anyone is wondering we will not get a "new Douglas" but maybe we can get the old one to start listening and obeying better.

Love is in the air

2009-02-14T10:27:00.000-08:00

This is what I got for Valentine's Day. It is a $20 bill folded into the shape of a heart. It is so pretty that I won't unfold it unless I absolutely have to.

Tyrone suprised me yesterday and brought home these tullips. If the weather is nice after this weekend I will plant them and attempt to get them to grow outside.

I love Tyrone so much. I am thankful for everything that he does for me. He was suppose to work tonight and because they needed people to take the night off and no one else would he decided that he would take it off so that we could do something. I am very blessed to have him in my life.

I hope everyone else has a great Valentine's Day today.

I have a pet dog

2009-02-11T08:31:00.000-08:00

Ok this was so funny. Yesterday Clint came up to me and said "Mom, I have a dog." I said, "oh, that's nice." He then throws a toy and says "go get it boy." Douglas runs over to the toy puts it in his mouth, get down on hands and knees and crawls back over to Clint. Clint reaches down and pets Douglas on the head and says "good boy" I totally did not see that coming. I laughed so hard. Needless to say the two of them took turns being the dog and throwing toys to fetch for the next hour. Kids are so funny. I love them so much and laugh at so many things that they say and do.

Something else that Clint has been doing lately (after watching the movie Ghost Rider). He will walk up to us and say "I am Ghost Rider look into my eyes." He even tries to say it like it is said on the movie. He has had alot of different personalities lately and it is funny to see him pretending and using his imagination.

Snow!!!!!!!

2009-02-11T07:40:00.000-08:00

I know these pictures are hard to see but Monday night it started snowing. It was just a light dusting but it was still pretty and cold.

WOW

2009-02-01T20:15:00.000-08:00

First of all did you watch the Super Bowl. I usually don't sit and watch the whole thing, especially with two little one, but I was able to catch most of it. I could not believe the end. I had the boys holding their hand up and saying "touchdown" when the Cardinals got a touchdown. I was so disappointed when they lost with 35 sec. left in the game. But what an exciting 4th quarter.

On another note never give a 2 year old something to eat when they are saying that their tummy hurts. Douglas was telling me on and off for a while this afternoon that his tummy hurt. I did not think anything of it. He ate all of his dinner and seemed fine. Was up running around and having a good old time playing with Clint. Well, I decided to give the boys a brownie for a snack before getting them ready for bed. I took this opportunity to empty my bladder and while in the bathroom I hear Douglas coughing and crying. I get in the kitchen in time to see him throwing up again. Poor little guy threw up a few times. After getting everything cleaned up and him bathed and redressed he started running around and playing again. When I asked him if his tummy hurt he said "no" Hopefully we are not getting the stomach flu again. If we can make it through the night and all day tomorrow with no vomiting I think we will be safe.

picture tag

2009-01-31T20:32:00.000-08:00

Ok, you are suppose to open the sixth picture folder and choose the sixth picture and tell the story behind the picture. I have to be honest this is not the sixth picture because it was not very clear but it was a picture of the same thing. Here is the story. This is a picture of Clint when he was having an allergic reaction to Amoxcycilin (spelling?) His hands, feet, legs, arms, and face were all swollen and he had hives all over his body. We had to take him to the emergency room and he got 2 epinepheron shots and 2 steroid shots before the sweeling and redness started going away. Poor guy, he was up all night just misserable. If you look closely at the lip it almost looks like Bubba on Forest Gump. On that note, anyone who wants to do this tag can.

husband tag

2009-01-31T20:10:00.000-08:00

I saw this tag and thought it was a neat idea.

1. Where did you meet your husband?
Bagdad, AZ (he tracked me down at the elementary school to ask me out on a date)
2. How long did you date before you got married?
About 3 months
3. How long have you been married?
6 years
4. What does he do that surprises you?
Sometimes just out of the blue when he goes to the store he will bring a flower.
5. What is your favorite feature of his?
Physically - his dimples when he smiles
6. What is his best quality?
His thoughtfulness. He tries to think of others feelings.
7. Does he have a nickname for you?
He calls me "honey"
8. What is his favorite food?
He likes pretty much everything. He really likes lasgna
9. What is his favorite sport?
I can't say that he has a favorite sport. He does not watch sports on tv very often but does not mind going to watch sports in person.
10. When and where did you first kiss?
I think it was 2 weeks after our first date. He asked me if it was ok if he kissed me. I thought that was so sweet.
11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple?
Just spend time together.
12. Do you have any children?
Yes. 3. Tiffanie, Clint, and Douglas
13. Does he have any hidden talents?
None that he would want me to tell. He is a good story teller. Sometimes when the boys want him to tell them a story he will make it up as he goes along and the boys just laugh.
14. How old is he?
he will be 31 on the 10th of this month
15. Who said I love you first?
I really don't remember. I think he said it first.
16. What is his favorite music?
alternative rock
17. What do you admire most about him?
His loyalty.
18. What is his favorite color?
green or anything cammo
19. Will he read this?
Not anytime soon.
20. I tag anyone who wants to be reminded of all the wonderful things about their husbands!

more pictures

2009-01-19T19:05:00.000-08:00

Clint wanted a Kung Fu Panda cake for his birthday so this is how that cake turned out. Not bad for the first time making a Kung Fu Panda cake.

This is a cute picture of Clint when he was about a year old. We were in Sportsman Wearhouse and put this hat on to see what he looked like. Boy how they grow up fast.

Clint is showing Grandma Sipes how to play his new guitar.

Happy Birthday

2009-01-17T21:50:00.000-08:00

Clint got a new guitar. It is so funny to watch him play it because he really gets into it.

He loves Kung Fu Panda and his Aunt Barbara got him some window decals.

He also got a Kung Fu Panda book from his Aunt Linda, Uncle Brandyn and cousin Cheynne.

My mom opening her birthday present.

First of all I would like to tell my mom "Happy Birthday" Her birthday was on the 14th. I am so glad that I have the mother I do. She does so much for me and I love her.

We celebrated Clint's birthday today. I cannot believe that he will be 4-years old on Monday. I remember when he was born. He did not want to come out. I had to have a c-section and the doctor had to use the vacuum and the forcepts to get him out. He has grown so much and in two years he will be going to Kindergarten. Boy how time flies. I love this little guy and feel so blessed that I have him in my life. I can't help but smile when I look at him. Here are some pictures of his birthday party.

Yuck, yuck, yuck

2009-01-04T15:57:00.000-08:00

To all those who have had the stomach flu I feel for you. Douglas woke up Friday morning with the stomach flu. After a full day of cleaning up messes, doing laundry, and changing from one set of pjs to another we all went to bed. Then sometime around 11:00pm Tyrone woke up with an upset stomach and was up pretty much all night. To top things off I woke up at 4:00am and was not feeling good. All day everyone has just been laying around and running to the bathroom. Then to top things off just a few minutes ago Clint started. Hopefully it will not last too long.

Douglas is already feeling better (of course). He want cake and ice cream to eat and does not want to sit still. Both Tyrone and I are starting to feel a little better. Still can't move very fast without feeling sick but that is making progress. So to all you other bloggers I hope no one else gets this stomach flu.

BodyBugg

2008-12-29T19:19:00.000-08:00

I don't know about the rest of you but I really need to get rid of some of this extra weight that I have on my body. Tyrone and the boys got me the best Christmas present ever invented for losing weight. It is called the BodyBugg. You wear an arm band and a watch (shows you how many calories you have burned and much more) all day. At the end of the day you go online and upload all of your information onto the computer. You also type in what you ate and how much and it will tell you how many calories you ate for the day. It is suppose to be a great tool in helping people lose weight. Hopefully in three months I will be down 12 pounds.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T10:59:00.000-08:00

I have been wanting to make our bedroom more "romantic" so for Christmas my mom got us this really pretty bed in a bag. The picture does not do it justice.

Mary, Linda, Cheyenne and Brandyn singing Ruldolph the Red Nosed Reindeer for the little program that we put on for Christmas Eve.

Everyone just sitting around visiting and relaxing.

Douglas was so funny when he saw his Santa gift he said "oooh"

Clint loved the Leapster2 that he got from Santa. It came with a Wall-E game

This is my handsome great nephew Gage. He is 4 1/2 months and is having surgery done on the 30th of this month to get his lip fixed. He is such a happy baby.

Santa always makes a visit to my parents house on Christmas Eve and by the time Santa left Douglas was going up to him and giving him kisses. Nothing like at the ward party last weekend.

Clint loves Santa. He had no problem going up to get his gifts from Santa.

I just love Christmas. It has always been my favorite holiday and it is even better now that the boys are older and get excited about opening gifts and seeing Santa. Like Bek our boys got new pj's for Christmas Eve and this year my mom decided to get Me and Tyrone new pj's too. We were going to take a family picture on Christmas morning with all of us in our new pj's but when we got home last night Douglas threw up all over his pj's. For some reason when we go to grandparents houses the kids eat sugar, sugar, sugar. Well that did not agree with Douglas. The family pj picture will have to be taken later.

Tis the season

2008-12-21T17:03:00.000-08:00

Clint telling Santa what he wants for Christmas.

While taking family pictures for our Christmas cards Clint and Douglas climbed up on the bench and started saying "cheese"

One of the poses for our Christmas card.

Our Christmas tree.

Douglas not liking Santa too much. I was a mean mom and made him sit on Santa's lap before he could get the goodie bag.

70th Birthday Celebration

2008-12-08T16:58:00.000-08:00

Mom and Dad

Dad with his children and grandchildren

Dad with his children and their spouses

Dad with his grandchildren

We had a big birthday party for my dad this weekend and after all of the guests left we took some family photos. The party was a big success. We sent out 50 invitations and about 1/2 came. Not bad considering it was a Friday night and it is a busy time of the year. We had a great time and I am glad that we got to celebrate my dad's big day with him.

Black Friday

2008-11-28T12:03:00.000-08:00

Well, our Thanksgiving was great!!! We had Tyrone's mom, brother, sister-in-law and a friend over for dinner. Everything tasted wonderful and to top things off Tyrone was able to come home at 5:30pm so that made it even better.

Everyone was gone by 8:00pm and the kids were in bed. We were headed to bed when I got a call from my babysitter saying that she was sick and could not babysit for me in the morning (I was going to brave the cold weather and go up to Prescott for the shopping deals they had at the stores). Any how, we were on the phone till 9:00pm trying to find a sitter. We finally broke down and asked Tyrone's mom to babysit and she is such a life saver and said "yes"

I left Bagdad at 2:00am and got to Wal-Mart at 3:30am. Stood in line till 5:00am and got some really great deals. I am glad that I was able to go. I just wish that I could have talked Clint into taking a nap so that I could lay down. Oh well. It was well worth it.

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving and if you went shopping I hope that you got everything that you wanted and then some.

Family Pictures

2008-11-22T07:09:00.000-08:00

On our way home from Camp Wood we saw these two cows fighting. They did not even care that we were standing there taking pictures.

This is Patti's pet deer. She is three years old and it is funny to hear the stories of what she does. She gets down on all four legs to eat the dog food when it is put out. She has even gone into the house while they were eating. She really does act like their pet.

Taking pictures with animals and kids don't mix.

We had to feed the deer dog food to get here to come to us with the kids standing there.

We decided that we were going to make our own Christmas cards again this year so we went to get a family picture taken with someone's pet deer. As you can tell by looking at the pictures it is quit difficult to get young children and animals to cooperate when it comes to taking pictures together. Needless to say we will be retaking the pictures because most of the good ones cut the top of Douglas's head off.

8 Things

2008-11-21T08:07:00.000-08:00

Tagged
8 T.V. shows that I like to watch...... (in no particular order)
1. Ghost Whisper
2. Numbers
3. The Biggest Loser (have to get motivated to lose weight somehow)
4. Heroes
5. E.R.
6. The Unit
7. My Name is Earl
8. Criminal Minds

8 things that happened yesterday.......
1. Played with the boys
2. Changed Douglas
3. Did Dishes (a few times)
4. Watched Wall E
5. Did Laundry
6. Played Connect Four (and won 2 out of 3 games)
7. Watched Logan and Canyon
8. Made BBQ Ribs

8 favorite places to eat... (no particular order)
1. Red Lobster
2. Wingers
3. Red Robin
4. Jack-In-The Box
5. Texas Roadhouse
6. Chili's
7. Panda Express
8. 5 & Diner

8 things I am looking forward to......
1. Starting a new year
2. To see Twilight
3. Going back to teaching
4. Douglas to start talking better
5. Losing Weight
6. Being together as an Eternal Family (seeing Tiffanie again)
7. Christmas ( a blast with the kids being older)
.8. Thanksgiving

8 things on my wish list......
1. A better economy
2. The price of copper to go back up
3. Being out of debt
4. Another baby girl (no I am not pregnant yet)
5. Family to have what they need
6. Family and loved ones to be healthy!
7. A house of my own (not one that we rent)
8. The rooms in my house to be uncluttered

8 people that I tag.......
1. Karen
2. Natasha
3. Nadine
4. Becky
5. Destiny
And anyone else that wants to.

6 Years

2008-11-16T19:23:00.000-08:00

This weekend we went down to Phoenix to celebrate our 6th anniversary. I cannot believe that I have known and been married to Tyrone for six years. We left for Phoenix Saturday morning so that we could do some shopping. Then we went to my parents house. We were all setting outside watching the kids play and the next thing we knew Douglas was crying. He had fallen next too a cactus and his right leg. I think we got them all out but his leg still looks bad. It must not have bothered him too bad because he continued running around and then played on the play ground at McDonalds.

Tyrone and I went to dinner at the Melting Pot in Scottsdale. What a place. It is a little on the pricey side but well worth it for a special event. It is not a place for young children because it takes about two hours to eat a four course meal. After dinner we went to a movie (which we haven't done in months). Wednesday is our actually anniversary but because it is in the middle of the week we celebrated a little early.

A funny thing that happened today while at church with my parents. The kids were all up at 4:00am and would not go back to sleep so around 9:30am they were ready for a nap. All of the kids (Clint. Douglas and my niece) feel asleep. During the middle of Sunday School Douglas wakes up and if you know Douglas he is not quiet. He says "Done, done" everyone starte laughing. Needless to say I hurried out the door and took him to nursery. Everyone thought it was funny and thought that he was cute. I couldn't help but laugh when it happened. My boys always seem to suprise me with things that they do and say. It is so fun watching them grow and learn.

100 things

2008-11-13T18:50:00.000-08:00

. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (Does riding with children count?)
47. Had your portrait painted (mine was drawn)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own

That's My Boy!

2008-11-09T15:34:00.000-08:00

Douglas always does something that makes me stop and think "you are just like your dad." So today I decided to vacuum the house while the boys were eating breakfast rather than shower. So by the time they were done eating I was ready to shower. I hate to leave Douglas unattended while I am in the shower because he gets into everything!!!!!!! So I move his high chair into the living room and buckle him in and give him some toys to play with. I get out of the shower and come out to check on the boys and Douglas has gotten out of his chair (buckle still done up) and is setting in the rocking chair.

We all are ready for church and I get the boys outside and lock the door. Douglas hurries over to talk to nippers (our dog) who is fenced in the side yard. No big deal it makes it easier to get Clint in the car and my things loaded so I turn around to go get Douglas and I don't see him in the yard he has managed to get past the fence and into nippers yard. How the heck did he do that. When he saw me coming he ran to the dog house and climbed in and would not come out. I had to threaten to spank him before he finally decided he should come out. When we got home from church he once again climbed into the yard to say "hi" to nippers again.

I just have to shake my head and laugh when Douglas does something. He is really just like his dad no matter what Tyrone says. It is great having two boys and is so funny to see how different they are. Clint is easy going and usually pretty good. Douglas is well sometimes my challenge. I was so happy two weeks ago we made it completely through sacrament meeting without having to leave. This week Douglas decided he was going to try and crawl under the pews. Not such a bad thing but as church was starting and he was still trying to crawl under the pews he was saying "bye, bye" You are so not leaving. So I decide to take him out and as we are walking past people he is telling them "bye". If it is the last thing I do he will learn to sit through sacrament metting. Maybe next week will be better as Tryone will be there to hold him.

Anyway I love my boys even when they want to stay home from church and play with the dog. They always make me laugh and I am glad that I have been blessed to raise them at this time.

Halloween

2008-11-01T10:36:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few pictures of the boys at Halloween. My Mom sent the boys a card with money in it and they each got to pick out a pumpkin for Halloween. Douglas was suppose to be a scarecrow but he did not like wearing the hat. Clint was a glow in the dark skeleton. They got tons of candy and had lots of fun.

Visiting

2008-10-24T20:19:00.000-07:00

I decided to take a little day trip up to Camp Wood and take lunch to Tyrone, my brother Jacob and my Dad. Of course when we got there they were out hunting again. I put the boys in the back of my dad's truck to let them run around. Clint was running from one end of the truck to the other when he took a nose dive. Here is what his nose looked like by the time we got home four hours later.