2 weeks old!

Just thought that I would post some pics of Raimey at 2 weeks old. At 15 days she weighed 7 lbs 15 oz. That is one pound! She had also grown almost an entire inch. I guess that is why she has been so sleepy!

Special Visitors

When Raimey was one week old, we had some special visitors. My kids thought that was great and had a ton of fun!

Raimey Grace

This is how our week started, me very pregnant! I was told that I was 40 weeks and 6 days here. And expecting to be induced the next morning. Well, fortunately everything went as planned. My midwife came to the hospital and broke my water at 9:15am and my labor started right after that.

At 12:20pm Raimey Grace was born. She was born on June 21, 2010. She was 6lbs and 15oz, 19 1/2 inches long. She has dark hair. Everything went way better than I could have hoped for and we are very grateful for everyone keeping us in their thoughts and prayers.

Tahlia thrilled to hold Raimey.

Ashton with Raimey.

Ransom with Raimey.

randomness

So this year I finally did it! I bought a membership to the zoo. The kids love it. I swear I find new things there every time I go. It is not a very big zoo but it is always changing! I was sad to see the bears gone but then very excited to see they will build a new exhibit for bears and other Arctic animals, I believe.

Here are the kids having fun. Sometimes the kids are crazy after church so we take them for a Sunday drive. One Sunday that landed us at the Draper Temple. It is a beautiful temple.

crazy kid!

Ransom is too much most days! He is still kinda on the small side and well I have figured out why. He is always hungry and does not like spicy food. It is unfortunate since I love spicy food and most everything that I cook is spicy one way or another. Recently, he has profess his love of sandwiches and spaghetti and meatballs. I think that the picture says it all.

He is very busy too. His favorite thing is to torment his sister. It is constant. I think that I have finally broken him of saying naughty words with the help of soap, but before that was completely taken care of he was sure to teach them all to Tahlia, so I still get to listen to it. Now he constantly has his fingers in his mouth, yuck!
On the other hand he has been awesome. He will help in the kitchen, help weed the garden, swing with Tahlia and most importantly he would watch a movie quietly while I napped. That was awesome. Ashton never could do that!

Tooth Fare!

I am very happy that there is not some sort of tooth fairy exam to become a parent. I would have failed that section for sure and continue to fail in that area. On Sunday Ashton lost his 4th tooth during dinner, eating corn on the cob. While that this is awesome and normal I was not feeling so normal. I was being induced the next morning and was very anxious about that. So we did our normal bed time routine with the kids and then took them over to Aunt Laura's for the night and next couple of days while I was in the hospital. Needless to day the tooth was forgotten about. So the other day when he had been home for a couple of nights I asked him if the tooth fairy had visited him and he said "No" but had gotten out his note to put it under his pillow to tell the tooth fairy that his tooth is actually in the cup beside his bed and not under his pillow.

Yes, at our house he has had to write the tooth fairy to remind the tooth fairy of where his tooth is. He had to write the note because the tooth fairy forgot to take the tooth and leave a dollar, and needed an excuse. Not just that time but three times now. So He keeps the note in his desk and when the tooth fairy forgets he gets it out and puts it under his pillow for the next night.

We love to see the note now and we are very proud of his creativity and patience with the tooth fairy. How may more teeth will he loose?

Kindergarten graduation!

This year we were invited to kindergarten graduation. Good thing! The kindergarten classes did a little program and sang songs. It was so cute. They were given fly eye glasses for a song. They all loved it and had a great time.

This is Ashton and his teacher on the last day of school. He was awesome. I was very pleased! That is saying something!
His teacher loves to teach the kids through song and music. He always had his guitar available with songs at the ready. After the first week of school Ashton told me that he wanted to play guitar. I thought let us get through some piano first.
Ashton over heard his teacher say that he was going to be so sad when the school year ends that he is going to go home and cry for 4 days straight, eat chocolate and drink chocolate milk. Ashton believes this still. The aid told me they really do cry every year.

That is awesome. I know that they care about what they are doing and they really enjoy it. I must admit that I just laugh because... well, I really hated school all 20 years that I put in. Of course I do not want that for my children I do want them to love learning. So I am very happy.

Tahlia

So Tahlia has decided that she is all grown up in the last few weeks. Incidentaly, she tells us she is the baby. She insists that she dress herself all of the time and you are absolutely not allowed to touch her cloths or shoes. You can tell her it is backwards but be prepared to be screamed at. She absolutely loves her shoes. It was her first word after all. After she is put to bed she goes about her room looking for shoes to put on and then goes to sleep.
The other night she had her "foop flawps" on in bed and woke me up with her screaming at about 2am for me to find her upset that her foop flawps had come off and she needed them back on. I don't know where she was headed but whatever makes her happy.

I must say that Tahlia is a baby nut too. She goes gaga for the babies. I have been very nervous, about a full time baby here. Fortunately she was able to get a little practice before hand.

Spring Soccer

Spring soccer time. The joys of soccer practice and going to soccer games. This year some friends at school were planning a team and Ashton said that he wanted to play so we signed him up! He is really enjoying it this year. He is getting better as the games go on. He is getting better at keeping scores too, and tells me who won.

Oh I go to the games for a laugh. I know how rude, but it is true! Seeing all the little ones run up and down the field is pretty funny, but it is the things that go on, on the field, when nobody else is paying any attention. Like the goalies doing whatever bored goalies do, jump around, sit down and whatever else there is to do to pass the time that cracks me up.

Mongolia?

Just thought that I would share a little bit of John's little adventure. John got his first passport four years ago because work asked him to have one. Last week it came in handy and he was able to get his first stamp in it. He flew in and out of days and half way across the world, I think, for his first adventure. After a short lay over in Korea he continued to Mongolia. He was there a week working. He also had the chance to do a little sight seeing around the capital, Ulaanbaatar.

Here he is outside a monastery that had gold Buddha statue at about 75feet tall.

I figured that he would find it an eye opening experiece, there is nothing like seeing a different culture.

Happy Birthday!

Well, here we are! Ransom had been so upset at us because he "never" gets a birthday and everyone else does! Needless to say he was so happy when he woke me up and I wished him a happy birthday and then we went to the store to pick out his birthday balloons! He did not want his sister touching them at all they were his!
In the afternoon while Ashton was at school, and I was getting dinner ready, he kept bugging me when Garen would be there and when he could open his presents. He was so excited!
Daddy was home a little earlier than usual so he cooked up some very yummy dutch oven chicken and potatoes. And Mommy made an ice cream cake! The kids favorite treat ever is hands down is ice cream! It turned out pretty good if you ask me!


Ransom had a great time opening presents! For his birthday he got a buzz light year scooter, a helicopter toy, and a baseball glove and baseball. He loved it all and had a great time.

Hippy Easter!

This year Ashton woke up Easter Morning and was ready to find his Easter basket. It was so fun to see that he remembered and was so excited! Ransom and Tahlia were upset that Ashton had candy and they didn't, so we helped them find theirs. They had so much fun!

Easter Eggs

This year we had help with dying Easter eggs! All of the kids had a great time coloring eggs their favorite colors. After that we cut out Easter cookie and then decorated them. The kids had a busy day and enjoyed all of the activities.

St Patty's Day!

This St. Patty's day we got to celebrate another birthday! So here is our very cute two year old. I would show you her cute birthday day but, well, the camera seemed to have erased those pictures for some reason. Oh well! Tahlia is a wild and crazy one. She loves to have fun and is very friendly. Her favorite toys are balls and cars. But she is obsessed with babies right now, no not baby dolls, does not touch them, the really deal, that is all she wants. She loves to hold them and love on them. (I hope it stays that way!) She is talking a ton! She loves to be outside playing and doing anything her big brothers do! What a fun age!!

Zion's National Park

So Ashton had an entire week off from school in the middle of February. I found ways to keep us all busy and for the last couple of his days off we headed South for a couple of days to visit with Grandma and Grandpa. One of the days we were there we headed to Zion's National Park to get out to enjoy the nature and fresh air. We had a lot of fun walking a couple of trails.



John decided to test his photographic abilities, looks pretty good if you ask me!

Happy Birthday!

This year for my birthday we got a night out, just me and my honey! It was great! We had a gift certificate with a lot on it and set out to spend it at a very expensive restaurant. It was a lot of fun and super yummy!
So the next night I still really wanted cake so I made some and invited a few of my favorite people over to eat some cake with me!

I wasn't sure we would be able to top last year but this turned out pretty great too!

Playtime!

So the beginning of February all of the snow was melted off and it was a whole 45 degrees or so and the kids were thrilled to get out and play. I really enjoyed my time outside too. I have been convinced it is spring ever since. I really don't know if there was really that much less snow this year or moving helped that much.

The results are in...!!!!

Need I say more?

Another Milestone

Last Sunday, Ashton decided to smack his face on a chair and knocked a slightly loose tooth, much looser and bloody. I got sick of the whining and so I pulled the tooth out. He was so happy that the tooth fair was going to come and visit him. He was very very happy to find paper money under his pillow Monday morning.

I am so sad now because he had perfect teeth and very cute smile and now I cannot help but wonder if his permanent teeth will come in straight or just plain grow in crooked.

Ice Fishing!

The second Saturday in January John took the boys ice fishing. I guess they got lucky! This was Ransom's catch and from what they had seen this was the catch of day!

Ransom had a lot of fun out on the ice and Ashton told me it was no fun for him because he did not catch a fish.