Land Of Lindz

Happy Halloween

2011-11-01T09:08:00.000-07:00

This year Lex decided he wanted to be Peter Pan. Some people thought Robin Hood. He would tell them I am Peter Pan. He was really into it this year.

Vince with his nose painted black. What a happy baby!

Vince was a dalmatian this year. He looks so cute!

Olivia came trick or treating with the boys. She was a lovely giraffe!

Here they are trick or treating. I took a couple pictures then I stayed home and passed out candy.

Look how excited Lex is...... I love it!

Lex ringing the door bell. Lex is a little too friendly.He would walk right into people's homes.

Vince fell asleep he was tired after riding around in the stroller all night.

Grandma with her babies. She made the costumes. Isn't she amazing????

A rare shot. Lex sharing a piece of candy!

Olivia

Lex showing us how he is flying like Peter Pan.
Happy Halloween! I also tried a new crock pot recipe for dinner. We had pulled bbq chicken sandwiches, they were yummy. Hope yours was awesome like ours.

Mr. Vinster!

2011-10-26T15:14:00.000-07:00

Vince is growing up way too fast for me. I say he already isn't a baby anymore. He sits up very well and moves around, I can't quite call it crawling yet!! These are pictures of him from about a month and half ago to now. Lex gave him the nickname of Vinster. He watches Looney Toons and there is an episode where there is a baby named Finnster. Lex thinks it is Vinster! So, the nickname stuck and that is what we call him. Lex says, "Oh Vinster, Oh Vinster baby!!" I love it.
Vince loves to play in his exersaucer!

I love his cute little legs! I think he jumps like a little frog.

Vince loves to eat.

This outfit Jen gave to me. It was Evan's. I tell her it looks better on Vince, haha.

He is such a happy baby. He is so much fun.

Vince loves popsicle's.

He definitely is a messy eater.

I love his little shoes. He looks like such a big boy in them.

Ben bought him this outfit!!! I love it.

I love Vince and I am so glad he is apart of our family. He makes me smile all the time.

State Fair

2011-10-10T08:28:00.000-07:00

We went to the state fair this year and had a blast. Grandma was nice and got Lex a balloon sword.

Lex loves to look at the animals. I think the cows were his favorite this year. Vince had fun staring at them.

Every year we have to go on this slide. Lex loves it. It wears me out. We go on it like 5 times in a row. It is a total work out to climb all those steps to the top!

Vince was a very good baby and was content just to be outside and in his stroller.

Lex loves this exhibit they have, we do it every year. i think it is called helping hands on the farm or something like that.

He is picking up the corn to feed to the animals.

Lex was really good at milking the pretend cow, he must get those skills from his daddy!

Lex picking some apples from the tree.

Lex planting the seeds.

After you are all done, they give you some money to buy a treat with. Lex was very happy about that. He doesn't quite realize yet it was fake money!

Lex also loved this year, the seals.

We had a great time.

Zoo

2011-09-29T15:58:00.000-07:00

So one random day my mom decides that she wants to take the boys to the zoo. I said yes of course. I was watching Olivia so she came too. I am glad Rach let me take her there for her first time ever!

Grandpa came too. He loves pushing the stroller, can't you tell?

We got to see all the animals. It was a perfect day. I thought it was going to rain on us.

Lex loves grandpa. I think Lex trusts him more than me sometimes. They are looking at the rhinoceros.

Lex isn't so sure.

They had dinosaurs all around the park. Lex was not such a fan of them as I thought he would be..... oh well.

Lex would rather play in the sand.

The tigers were awesome this year. They were my favorite part of the day. They were up and moving and fighting eachother and growling, I loved it.

Lex was so thirsty!

Vince had a great time. Anytime he is in his stroller, he is happy.

Mommy and Lex riding the train.

Lex loved the snake slide. I can't count how many times he went down it.

Thanks grandma and grandpa. We had fun!

Lex's first day of School

2011-09-07T07:56:00.000-07:00

Lex was so excited for school this year because he gets to ride the bus. I finally gave in and let him ride the bus.

He loves riding the bus. I think he likes it so much because most of the kids in class ride the bus.

It was harder for me to say bye than for him. I even teared up a little this year. My boy is just growing up too fast for me.

This is the 2nd day of school. Still very happy.

Thanksgiving Point Farm

2011-09-06T15:21:00.001-07:00

Every year we go and we have a good time! This year we dropped Vince off at Grandma's so we could spend some time with just Lex.

Check out this cows tongue. I guess Lex looks or smells very tasty!

Lex riding a horse and waving to me.

This is how Ben shows the animals to Lex. Lex loves animals very much. He is the opposite of me. he loves to pet them. He especially loves when they lick him, gross!

Daddy and Lex.

I love this picture.

Mommy and Lex.

Lex and Dad on the wagon ride.

It was so good to spend some time with just Lex. He had so much fun that as we were leaving he said that we were going to go tomorrow too!

Some Summer Stuff

2011-09-06T14:51:00.000-07:00

I'm way behind so here is just a few random pics from summer. i watch Olivia occasionally and this is one of my favorite pictures. They both love eating their burp rags.

Vince is all fists. Maybe he could hold his own bottle if he didn't have his hands in fists all the time??

I saw this beautiful rainbow and had to take a picture. It wasn't a double rainbow so i wasn't totally freaking out, ha ha.

This picture of my boys was taken at my abuela's birthday party!

Lex wanted to be nice to his brother so he gave him "some" toys to play with. how nice, huh?

There has been so much rain that across the way the park had a huge water puddle, more like a lake!! the kids love playing in it. I think it is gross.

We also went to some parades. Lex loves his sunglasses, just like his daddy. Even if he wears them wrong.

Lex loves to give kisses to all the beauty queens!

Cousins!

2011-08-26T11:08:00.000-07:00

Jen and her family came to visit. Lex had so much fun with Connor and Logan!

They hung out like evryday. One day they went to Chuck E Cheese. I have to say that Connor is an expert at the spongebob game they have there. He got lex a ton of tickets. I think he got like 200!

The boys made an obstacle course. i think they were trying to make it like wipeout the tv show??

Lex loved having them around. The time went by too fast.

Lex started talking more and interacting more while they were here. i'm excited when lex can really start playing with vince. Lex needs boys around.

They are cute boys. Lex even let jen take some pictures of him while she was here!

Lex got a tan while they were here. They played outside a lot.

We miss you guys!

4th of July

2011-07-08T08:56:00.000-07:00

This year for the 4th we took it pretty easy. We had a bbq at my parents house and then set off a few fireworks. Grandpa holding Vince.

Vince and Olivia. Olivia was very happy.

I love the way Vince is holding his hands!

Vince and I waiting for it to get dark so we can see the fireworks.

Charles and his kids lighting some sparklers.

Lex found a big stick to play with instead of sparklers. I guess carrying a big stick is more important to him.

Rach and Adam chillin'. It was a little rainy.

Ben looking so excited about the fireworks. I think he is ready for bed.

These next photos are just for fun. Vince has been in the car seat alot this summer as we go to place to place. he is very good in the car, yay!

My aunt sofia made these cute cute shoes for vince. I absolutely love them.

I love taking pictures of Vince. i wish I was better at it.

Love the cute yawn.

I watched Olivia today. So her and Vince took naps together. My little burritos!

Vince's Photos

2011-06-24T09:41:00.000-07:00

A friend in my ward took these pictures. I love them!

Weekend Fun at Summerfest

2011-06-13T08:24:00.000-07:00

This weekend we had some fun at the summerfest. Lex loves going down this slide. I think we went down it 3 or 4 times. I had fun going down it with him. It went faster than I thought it did.

Lex also has been so good with Vince. He is willing to help with anything except taking any diaper to the trash for me. he will get blankets, pacifier, or burp rags, but NO diapers. I was so happy when he wanted to feed Vince his bottle.

Vince loves Lex!

Rachel put her baby Olivia in the baby contest so I decided to put Vince in. He won!! He won in a specialty category for cutest dimples. He is such a happy baby and smiles at everyone. I guess he won over the judges with his goofy smile. I know I love it!

Lex got to tour the fire truck. He really liked it, maybe he will be a fireman???

Vincent's Blessing Day

2011-06-10T14:31:00.000-07:00

Vince was blessed this past Sunday along with his beautiful cousin Olivia! It was such a special day.

Ben's parents were able to make it. I am so glad they did!

Most of his family actually came. It was good to catch up and talk with them.

Grandpa Layne holding Vince in his favorite position.

Abuela with Vince.

My lovely parents who were nice enough to let us have the after party at their place.

My family.

Ben and his dad.

The two cuties!

Mommy and Vince.

This is just a handful of the people that came. Love my family.

4 generation picture.

Vince is wearing the outfir that Ben got blessed in when he was a baby. Isn't super cute?

Daddy and Vince.

Vincent and Olivia. They were both worn out by the end of the day.

I am so glad that Ben got to bless our baby boy. I am so thankful to him for being such a great husband and daddy. I love my family so much and couldn't be happier than right now. I love my baby vince. He is so smily all the time and is just sooo cute.

May

2011-06-02T10:28:00.000-07:00

I have been trying to capture Vince's smile. I have had such the hardest time. I think this is the closest I have come. I usually get the frown face. It is funny how they can go from smiling to crying in a second.

I love Vince. He is so different form Lex. I love his dark brown eyes.

Lex just chillin' with abuelita.

My friend Sarah gave Vince this outfit. Ben thought it was cute that the tiger was on the bum.

Kind of a smile. He loves to smile for his big brother I think more than his mommy.

We have been sick again. Well, mostly Lex. he had a fever that wouldn't break for 5 days! I think we are finally getting better. Good thing pre-k is out. No more germs, maybe?!

Lex's 2nd Preschool graduation

2011-05-31T15:21:00.000-07:00

This will be the 2nd time Lex graduates from preschool and not the last. he still has a whole year of preschool before he starts kindergarten. I guess that will just make him super smart!

This is Andy, Lex has loved him ever since he started going to school. Andy is now helping out the 1st graders so Lex will miss him next year!

This is Lex's pre-k teachr, Mrs. Jennifer.

Lex didn't want his graduation paper, he wanted to give it to me.

Here he is singing the banan phone? crazy song.

Lex is in a special ed preschool. He has a delayed speech and social delay that they are helpong him with. Ever since he has started he has grown so much. His speech is amazing now. I can't say he is caught up all the way but very close. He is super smart, just is shy and likes to play on his own. He can count to 20, knows the alphabet and colors. My goal for next year is to have him reading. I love Lex and so glad he is in my family!

Just Chillin'

2011-05-09T16:11:00.000-07:00

I think I am finally getting the hang of this kid........ maybe.

He makes the funniest faces at times. I love it.

He sure loves his daddy. It gives me a nice break every now and then.

Lex is happy the baby is here I promise. You wouldn't know it by this picture.

I am so in love with Vince's eyes. They are so big and dark.

My favorite is when he is sleeping.

I forgot to take pictures on Mother's Day, this is the only picture I took. I love my mommy and love that she loves my boys and loves taking care of them.

Happy Birthday Ben!

2011-05-05T12:09:00.000-07:00

Ben had his birthday on Saturday. I attempted to make his mother's banana cream pie. I thought the pudding would be the easy part and the crust would be the hard part. For some reason it ended up being the opposite for me. My crust turned out really yummy and my pudding failed. i was sad. Ben being the good guy that he is, still ate it.

I love my cute boys! Lex is really loving Vince.

Lex has even started to hold him.

These are pictures of Vince's first bath.

He really loves the bath. He gets really calm and loves to get his hair wet.

I love the faces he makes. This one is like he doesn't trust me!!

Happy Easter 2011

2011-05-04T13:37:00.001-07:00

Lex got to color eggs with grandma Karen this year!

Lex had so much fun. He kept saying how beautiful the eggs were. He was even naming them. The blue ones were daddy, green were lex and pink were mommy.

We took Lex to an easter egg hunt at the high school. It was cold. We dropped Vince off at my mom's house.

I had a hard time getting a good picture of him while he was hunting for the eggs.

Here they are in their easter outfits. Vince and I didn't attend.

They sure looked handsome.

Lex was being so good, he even started modeling for me.

He had to show off his muscles!

Abuela came for easter dinner.

Lex had another hunt. This one was too easy. He was the only kid!

This is Vince's easter outfit.

Olivia was cute as always. I love her bow.

Family Easter picture. We weren't all dressed up nice at the same time, so this will do.

Rach and Adam

Olivia stole an egg before Lex got all of them.

Grandma Judy in heaven with the new babies!

I don't know how abuela raised twins. Looks hard to me.

Grandkids with Abuela.

Vince and Olivia

Easter was fun. My favorite part was dinner. I love ham and funeral potatoes. I made the potatoes so they had onions in them, yum!!

Baby Vince

2011-04-21T15:46:00.000-07:00

There are advantages to having a baby that is bottled fed!! Ben loves to help.

Lex has been super cute with the baby. He just tells the baby to "calm down" when he is crying as he is pounding his fists. It's pretty funny to watch.

Rachel brought Olivia over and we got some pictures of the babies together. Aren't they just adorable?

They are holding hands.

Vince wanted to give her a hug, awwwe.

Abuelita came to visit.

Vince is super strong with his hands. He loves to have them right by his face most of the time. He kind of holds his own bottle already, hahaha.

I think he looks like Lex in this picture.

Cute hands. i think they look like Ben's long and skinny.

I love this outfit and tried doing a photo shoot to get some good pictures of my handsome boy. I think I did alright.

This was my doctor that delivered Vince. I love my doctor.

I love his little mouth in this picture.

He has a lot of hair and big eyes.

I got a little carried away with all these photos but I couldn't just pick a few. Side note to Jen: These are my attempts at taking good pictures, so no making fun! Just get your butt out here to help me learn how to use my camera.

More pictures of Vince at the hospital

2011-04-10T16:28:00.000-07:00

Bath time.

When Vince was first born.

Olivia came to visit. Look how big she got. I thought Vince would be the same size, nope.

We are officially a family of 4 now!! Hooray.

Big yawn.

The nurses love to give babies a cool hair do.

This is Vince's going home outfit.

They look so little in the car seats.

I am so blessed to have Vincent here with us. I love him and love being a mommy.

Welcome Vincent

2011-04-05T14:33:00.000-07:00

Lindsay wanted me to put a quick post out there so here it is. She will do a proper one when she is feeling better.

Vincent was born Monday (04-04-2011) at 8:31am. He weighs 6 pounds 4 ounces and is 19 inches long. Lindsay and Vincent are doing well. Vincent has had low blood sugar, but as long as we keep a strict feeding schedule he seems to do well. Lindsay got her iv out and loves visitors. We are at the American Fork Hospital at least until Thursday. Its on the second floor room 201. Text Lindsay for the secret code.

Here are some pictures: Picasa Web Album

Less than a WEEK!!!

2011-03-29T10:21:00.001-07:00

My c-section is scheduled next monday, April 4th. I have so many mixed emotions. I am so ready to meet this baby but scared of the surgery. We still don't have a name so that will be fun trying to agree on a name in the hospital. I love visitors so if you are curious, come over and see me. Love you all and thanks so for all the many prayers.

Lex turned 4!!

2011-03-16T14:29:00.000-07:00

My baby is growing up, I guess I can't even call him my baby anymore. We had a family party. Everyone came. It was fun.

My sister in law, Candace made this awesome pinata for Lex. Lex wanted a Despicable me party. The problem was they didn't sell anything in the stores.

The kids decorated their own minion out of twinkies and candy. As soon as Lex decorated his, he ate it!

Here are some pics of their minions:

I love watching the kids hit the pinata. But this time I loved watching Ben's face. If you take a closer look at Ben, he is just cringing. It makes me laugh!

The kids really got into and were really beating the pinata.

Even Lex was into it, thank goodness.

Ben helped lex open his presents. Lex loves opening them. He is so cute when he opens presents, he always says things like, "Oh wow" and "thank you". he is very polite. He was even blowing kisses.

The pinata definitely had a beating!

Everyone going after all the candy!

Lex's favorite part of any birthday party, the cake. Ok, mostly just the frosting!

He loves blowing out the candles and did it in one blow!!

He told me, all he wanted for his birthday was a Despicable Me cake! He loved it.

Happy Birthday my big 4 year old boy!!! I love him to pieces.

Rachel's Baby Shower

2011-03-14T11:37:00.000-07:00

Rachel and I are due around the same time, exciting!! My mom and I threw her a baby shower. i think everything went really well. I made her this beautiful diaper cake. My mom made these yummy cupcakes.

Everyone came. Rachel had a good time.

She got a ton of presents. This blanket was made by our sister in law, Candace. It is always funner to give girly presents.

Rachel is naming her Olivia, so my dad gave her some Olivia books. I thought it was hilarious.

I even got spoiled and was given some gifts, yay!

My abuelita made me these cute overalls for my baby!

After the party, Lex loved sharing his cupcake with Rachel's dog, Maddy!!

handsome lex

2011-01-19T19:16:00.000-08:00

This is the first time i have ever dressed Lex up in a suit because until now he wouldn't even wear a tie, ok?

I was so excited he let me dress him up. You can tell he wasn't the happiest about it, hence no great shots!

Christmas 2010

2011-01-19T13:19:00.000-08:00

Disney on Ice

2010-12-08T09:17:00.000-08:00

My mom was so nice to take Lex to disney on ice!
Lex and Julian sat by eachother and had a blast!
Tyson, Lizeth, and Audrey

Grandma bought him this light thing. It was a big hit!

This is Ursula.

A scene from Lilo and Stitch.

Grandma and Lex!!

This is Peter Pan and his shadow. I thought this part was cool because the shadow was actually another person!

Captain Hook!

The crocodile coming to eat captiain hook.

Even Abuelita made it to come see disney on ice! She just loves anything Disney.

Thanks Grandma for taking us, we had a lot of fun!!

Thanksgiving 2010

2010-12-07T11:34:00.000-08:00

For Thanksgiving we celebrated a little place warmer in Las Vegas!
Lex loves to cook, so he helped grandma a lot! At work Ben had a little thing with the guys to grow out their mustaches. I have never seen Ben with one so I said why not. It turns out I am not a fan of the mustache, either is Ben! He had it for most of the month of November. He shaved it right before Thanksgiving. We had to get a picture with it though.

Lex loved his cousins. He had a lot of fun playing with them and drinking plenty of chocolate milk!

Lex and dad helped make breakfast one morning!

It was yummy, Lex ate that whole plate!

Lex and grandma made some yummy cookies. I told you Lex loves to cook and helped any chance anyone would let him!

Here is a picture of all the cousins or most of them, except babies and two older kids. Lex had a blast!

I didn't take a picture of the yummy food. Just so you know I had awesome fried turkey. I think once you have it, you can't go back to bake!

Catch up Time!

2010-12-06T11:26:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween!
See I may have been lazy blogging but i did participate. I decorated the house. It was a lot of fun. i have to thank Charles and my mom for helping! The spider web and spiders were awesome. Lex loved it, every time we went out the door he would say look scary spider!
Lex dressed up as a pirate! This was the first year he did not fight me to get him dressed up. I guess i prepared him better. i let him watch all sorts of disney shows about Halloween. he really loved it this year, especially all the chocolate!

His preschool even had a fun Halloween party. I went and helped out. it was fun to see him interact at school! He is pretty obedient I have to say!

This is a class aide named Andy, Lex really loves him!

We of course had to stop by daddy's work!

Here are the kids that came to Ben's work!

Here is us!

We went to the gardens to see a bunch of carved pumpkins and met his cousins there. Isn't Alyssa/Belle gorgeous? My mom made it and Lex's costume. She is an amazing seamstress!

Rach and Adam stopped by too. Adam took pictures of Rachel and I wearing our matching cute baby shirts! Adam is silly and takes them when we aren't ready, funny! If you look closely there was a bee on Rachel's tummy and i ran off. She also found out this day that she is having a girl, yay!

Aren't we cute?

Mommy and Lex! Lex loves the baby. he is always touching my belly and says awe cute baby!

Lex enjoying a yummy donut at the wards trunk or treat!

Also in the month of October we celebrated Alyssa's birthday. She turned 5!

She had a Tinkerbell fairy party!

Lex loves frosting.

Lex gave Alyssa this pretty blanket, it was sooo soft.

ULTRASOUND!!!!

2010-10-26T19:44:00.000-07:00

I went to another doctors appointment and had another ultrasound at 16 weeks. I found out this baby has three knees, a right knee, a left knee, and a weenie!!!!! Yay, we found out we are having a baby boy!! I am super excited.

Guess What?????

2010-10-15T14:08:00.000-07:00

Yup, that is right!!!!!! I am pregnant. I will be 15 weeks on Monday. I am super excited and way nervous at the same time. I am having good thoughts that everything will be okay.
I am due April 11th, 2011.
Fun stuff too is that Rachel my little sister is due 5 days ahead of me and my older sis Jen is like 3 weeks ahead of me. My mom is heaven with all the new babies. Who knows, we could all have our babies the same day????

Awesomeness

2010-09-16T15:47:00.000-07:00

So after dropping Lex off at preschool today I stopped at Wal-mart to pick up a few things. I hadn't eaten breakfast so I was kind of hungry. I was just getting the usual things like eggs and milk, you know the usual. Then a worker walked past me holding what I believed to look like some kind of yummy pastry. I was wondering where she got it from. In my head I was thinking it could not have been from Wal-Mart. Of course I have never eaten anything at their bakery. So I decide to check it out. i walk over there and I see nothing that resembles what she got. All I saw was some lousy doughnuts. If any of you know me you know I love my pastries. One time when I was pregnant I made my dad go to like 8 different shops to find the perfect pastry I was looking for. Anyway back to the story. So, I was about to walk off when another worker reaches in the pastry door and grabs what looked like the other ladies pastry. I had missed it at first glance. I looked at it and I think I have seen this type of pastry before but never looked appetizing. I'm sitting there wondering whether or not to try one and out of hunger decide it is a good idea to try. So I sit in my car trying this thing out and wow. Let me tell you, it was delicious! It was flaky and a little chewy with like caramelized sugar and mine had chocolate drizzled on the top. I was in pastry heaven which I like to be in more than I should. I talked with Jen and she says she knows what they are and is not too impressed with my find. whatev! I think they are called palmiers. All I know is I know where to find it and it is close to my house. Bad thing. Also, it only costs 58 cents, that's right baby!

Lex's 1st day of Preschool

2010-09-14T15:44:00.000-07:00

Lex has started preschool. I am so happy for many reasons besides the 3 hours to myself!

Lex was so excited for school to start. We got him a new backpack and he loves it!

Before school started we were off to the Thanksgiving point farm. We go at least once a year. Lex seriously loves animals!

After his pony ride he insisted on giving the horse a kiss to say thanks for the ride.

This year he was big enough he did not want dad following him around. He did it all on his own.

Dad got him to wave to the camera/mom.

He just giggles while he feeds the animals. It tickles.

Ben even got in on the animal action. Ha ha.

Speaking of animals, this gross moth I found in my backyard. It is freakin' huge!!

This pic was just a cute one from summer. Love it!

Summer Fun So Far

2010-07-15T15:50:00.000-07:00

We took Lex to Chucky Cheeses thinking he would like it a little more now that he is older. It still is not his favorite.
Me and Ben had fun.

Lex loves any type of video game, just like his dad.

We have seen Ben's fam a couple times this summer. It has been nice to see them.

Lex has fun playing with his cousin Jaxson. He even tried teaching him to play the computer. Lex is seriously addicted to the computer right now. I can only blame his dad!!

Oh and not so fun summer things a stupid scooter hit me and then tried running away. No worries i followed her and she was found and got ticketed. I am just left with the pain of getting reimbursed and getting bids and fixing the car. rrgggg.

Lex and dad playing at the park.

Jaxson and Lex

Lex looking like he is having fun at a wedding. Kids just love weddings, right???

He is just my little model.....

Since Pre-school is out we signed Lex up for gymnastics. He loves it!!! I can't wait for school to start again though.

Lex loves playing at the park. Sorry i got out of order.

Lex is our little monkey.

They call this wall their "lemonade wall" I love it!

Sean, our nephew had his 1st birthday party we attended.

Awesome birthday cake.

Happy birthday boy!

Lately Lex has been loving his uncle Chucky!!! Which is funny since he never has really been fond of him and some of his firsts words to him have been "go away"

Grandma and Rach enjoying Candace's yummy sloppy joes! I love them too.

I just love his blue eyes.

We also got to go to Lagoon, thanks to Grandma Judy!!

This is everybody's favorite part of Lagoon, waiting in line.

Lex got to ride the majority of the kiddie rides thanks to Charles. He convinced him to go on them. Lex did not want to go with me!

Lex and Uncle Chucky. The first ride we went on.

Lex and Alyssa rode must of the rides together. Alyssa is so nice and gets along with Lex.

Ben and I celebrated our anniversary a little later. We stayed up in Park City for the weekend and just pampered ourselves. It was definitely needed. We went down the alpine slide. saw 2 movies, had yummy dinners. It was a blast with my handsome husband. We have been married 7 years, crazy how time flies.

Going up the lift and carrying our slides to go down.

Ben was a lot more daring than I am. I swear i have become more of a wimp the older i am getting. it sucks.

Ben, lex, and grandpa!

Ben on the lift.

What else this summer??? parades, I love em'

Lex got to invite Alyssa to his Little Gym class. She was awesome. That girl has no fear, I love it.

More fun things still to come!! I'll try to keep up.

Lex and Preschool

2010-05-27T07:42:00.000-07:00

Lex's preschool is out for summer! He has been going 2 times a week. It has been so good for him. He loves going and never complains.

They had a little graduation/end of the year party even though he will be returning next year. He participated and sang the songs.

He is so cute, I loved watching him!

They even gave him a little diploma! It is crazy what they do now a days.

Here is Lex's teacher, Mrs. Nelson.
Here is Lex's favorite aide, Andy or as he calls him, Dandy!
We made cookies for all the people. Lex loved handing the cookies away, can't you tell? So instead of preschool, Lex will be doing gymnastics. I am so excited for that to start!

After

2010-05-21T15:14:00.001-07:00

Backyard

Curbing
So here it is! The grass is not green because they tell me it is in "shock" whatever that means. So hopefully it will get green again. We are not done by any means but it is definitely a start. No flowers yet. It is a lot of responsibility to have a yard. I don't think I am ready. I still have to get a lawn mower! Wish me luck mowing this yard.

The Before

2010-05-14T07:44:00.000-07:00

We finally are doing the yard. Here are the before pictures.....

Update on Lex

2010-04-08T09:55:00.001-07:00

Lex is doing so much better. The doctor decided that he had a parasite. He took medicine and has not thrown up since and his diarrhea is basically gone. I am so happy he is better. Thanks for all the love and prayers. I guess I am just going to be a little bit paranoid about sanitizing and washing hands. The doctor said he could have got this parasite from anywhere; shopping carts, fast food, pre-school. The doctor thinks it was cryptosporidium. There was a huge outbreak of that parasite around 2 years ago. Hopefully, there won’t be another outbreak. Thanks again. Love you all!

Poor Lex bug!

2010-04-04T12:47:00.001-07:00

We have been in the hospital since tuesday night and got out friday. Lex has been vomiting and has major diarrhea for the past 12 days. He became really dehydrated that the dr. checked him into the hospital. They took a stool sample and so far everything that they thought he had has come back negative. Right now, they are calling it an atypical stomach flu. I wish I knew when he would feel better. I am so tired of cleaning up. I just want him better. We go back to the dr. tomorrow for some more tests. Oh, Happy Easter! Lex didn’t get to do the fun stuff, no yummy chocolate for him. Please pray for him. Thanks and Loves.

March Madness

2010-03-24T15:20:00.000-07:00

Grandma Turner turned 90!!!
This picture is with all her kids and some of their spouses.

This picture is with her grand kids.

Lex and I. We had a fun time hanging out with family.

Lex's Birthday!
Lex turned 3 this year and had a Cars party. Here is his yummy cake. It was good.

Here are the decorations.

I got a picture with him before everyone arrived. He was excited.

Here are some of the guests. Danika

Kayson

Lex had a blast opening presents. He says oh wow and thank you. He was such a cutie.

I love how the other kids get so excited and help open the presents. It makes me laugh.

Lex afterwards gave hugs and said thanks.

Time to sing Happy Birthday.

Convincing him to blow out the candles was harder than I thought. I guess he got shy. I ended up blowing the candles out, oh well.

He did like licking the frosting off the cake before it was cut.

Happy Birthday Charles!

Charles wanted ribs and that is what we had on his birthday. They were very yummy. My dad sure does know how to bbq. I was so messy, but it was worth it.

Happy Birthday Savannah!
All the kids loved playing outside and going down the slide.

Ethan is so good with the younger kids. Lex loves him and loves when Ethan plays with him.

Lex loved the cupcakes. I think that is all he ate was cupcake and cookies.

Here is Lex going down the slide. weeee.

Savannah had a Alice in wonderland tea party theme for her birthday. Her dad colored the cat from the movie and let them pin the grin on the cat. It was super cute.

The kids had a fun time chasing each other all around the yard.

This baby is the newest one to the family. Her name is Eva. They are so little when they are born. Look at Lex, my baby he is huge. I guess it is time for another, huh?

I love how Danika is trying to blow out the candles.

So, I think Lex has had a birthday party of some kind every weekend in March so far and we are not done yet. March is Birthday Madness in our family so Happy Birthday Family.
The ones I missed and Happy Birthday!!!
Liz-9th of March
Ethan-14th
Karen-22nd
Jen-23rd
coming up....grandma judy and ruth the 28th!

It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to!!

2010-03-02T15:49:00.000-08:00

For my birthday since Ben will be at school tonight, I had him take me out last night. We were going ice skating and a dinner. At ice skating right before we were leaving I fell down right on my butt and HARD. I think I severely bruised or maybe even broke my tailbone. I can't do anything. I can't walk upstairs or even bend down. I didn't fall gracefully, it was those kind of falls that looks like it hurts. So what I'm I doing on my birthday? Sitting on my couch doing nothing. I thankfully have a dr's. appointment tomorrow and I will be asking for a plastic doughnut to sit on, yay!
Happy 28th (old) birthday Lindz. Wow I am feeling old, literally.

Happy Birthdays Girls

2010-02-23T14:36:00.000-08:00

They would have been 4. Can you believe how fast time goes by?? It seems just like yesterday I held them in my arms. It does get easier except days like this where I ponder of what could have been. I think sometimes that is the hardest thing for me, is the what if's. I know it is not good to dwell on the what if's but sometimes I just can't help it. I have my memories of my sweet girls and I will never forget. Alexa's big brown eyes and the way she stared at me like she couldn't get enough of me. Being a mom to Lex I realize what it really means to be a mother. I am thankful everyday to have Lex with me on this earth. He puts a smile to my face everyday. Today, I just want to tell my sweet Hailey and Alexa how much mom and dad love them.

Favorite things on a friday

2010-02-19T09:41:00.000-08:00

Some of my favorite things lately that I am totally in love with are in no particular order are:

Adam Lambert, especially his song "what do you want from me?" I listen to it like 5 times a day. Ok, maybe more. Love it. So if you haven't heard it, you must download it. I really wasn't a fan of his on american idol, but he is amazing. he can sing!
Other favorite, and if you have talked to me at all lately, you know I am obsessed with this place. It is called Smashburger. A new location opened up just south of the University mall. It is so delicious. You better go and have some. It is seriously to die for. Who knows, maybe you will see me there! It is way better than five guys. promise.

That is about it right now. Oh and good news, we got approved for our loan and we will be closing on our house on the 24th, HOORAY. Anyone that would love to help us move, I'll buy you something yummy!!! That really is a bribe.

Good times

2010-02-16T20:05:00.000-08:00

Lex has been in a need of a haircut for a very long time now. I hate taking him because he hates getting his haircut. I guess I should have just named him Sampson. It was so long and my friend Anne just took her son to cookie cutters so I thought I would take Lex there and maybe he would like it. NO. He hated every minute of it. Oh well at least his hair will be short for a couple of months before another torture session.

On Super bowl Sunday my mom had made some salsa to take up to the party at Jess's before she went to church. She left it and look who found it?? Lex helped himself to some chips with yummy salsa. I can't blame him.

He had a big smile on his face when he learned he was "caught".

At Jess's we had such a good time. Here is some of the fun:

My lovely abuela!!!

All of us pretty girls.

I guess I was to busy eating food then taking pictures of it. I ate too much. Here is a pic of my aunt Ruth's cinnamon rolls. They were yummy.

Here are all the boys watching the game.

This is Dani and Ganon.

Ganon is so cute. He gives kisses with his mouth wide open. Gotta love it. I don't think Dani liked them so much.

Here is my cousin Jodie with her beautiful girls.

While the guys were doing the football thing, the rest of us had fun chatting and playing games all night.

This was Lex's first Valentine's that he celebrated and got some in return. He made his bag at his playgroup. He had such a fun time.

He especially loved the candy. Who doesn't?

While grandma cleans, Lex turns into a monkey and climbs all over. He is so funny.

I am so ready for winter to be over so Lex can start playing outside again. i am getting alittle homesick and there are only so many activities you can do over and over again. While we were playing with play-doh Lex wanted me to make a bear for daddy. I think i did ok.

Hopefully I can start posting more often so the posts won't be so long. sorry.

Winter Wonderland

2010-01-24T16:11:00.000-08:00

Since we had plenty of snow this weekend.... we decided to have some fun with it!
Charles and I decided to built a igloo. We use to attempt when we were younger but only ever finished one before this glorious one.I call it a "beehive". It is not the prettiest thing but we finished it. Charles, me, Rach, Kelsey, and Adam all helped.

I can even get in it and almost stand up inside. The kids love playing in it.

In the front yard the kids wanted to build a snowman.

Here they are trying to make snow angels. I don't think Lex really got the whole concept.

Here is all of us who built the snowman. Ta da!

It turned out to be a very good snowman if I don't say so myself.

It was tough work.

Lex helped by cleaning off my car. It said it was a "mess".

Lex was in charge of putting one of the snowman's arms in.

Cute Kelsey and Alyssa in all their snow gear.

Lex tried rolling the big ball of snow. He had so much fun in the snow. I am glad we were finally able to play in the snow before winter was over!

I have to admit Charles did most of it. He did all the heavy lifting. There was no way we could have done it without Uncle Chucky. Love you.

Merry Christmas 2009

2010-01-02T10:07:00.000-08:00

We had an amazing Christmas this year. We were able to go see grandma Karen and grandpa Layne. We missed them for Thanksgiving. While we were there Lex loved to play with his cousin Jace. He still is talking about him. Lex had a lot of fun and I didn't mind the nice Las Vegas weather.

He has now started to even smile for the camera. YAY!!!

Lex really got into the present opening this year. He kept saying, "wow", and "oh cool". It really made Christmas fun for us. He was great at ripping through the paper.

Rachel and I had our usual tradition of wearing matching pajamas. Jen we missed you.

We got a wii and Lex LOVES it!!!!

My husband spoiled me. He also got me a new camera. A eos Cannon Rebel t1I. I am super excited. I still don't know how to use it and probably need a lot of practice.

My mom made Lex his stocking. It has Elmo on it. I love it and so did Lex.

Lex got a ton of cars for Christmas and was in heaven. Grandpa Norman and grandma Judy gave him a race track with cars. Grandma Karen made a lovely blanket for all of us and gave Lex a tent to play in and a cool dragon. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas cause we sure did!!!

Happy Halloween 2009

2009-11-02T13:26:00.000-08:00

To start off Halloween holiday the week before, we went to the Hee Haw farms. It was a lot of fun. Lex loved this slide and went down it like a million times. He also rode the pony. I think he felt like a "big boy".

He was a natural.

We also rode a little piggy, hahaha.

I think Lex's favorite part was the corn box. He played in there for so long. He loved playing with the other kids. He even helped a couple bury themselves.

The corn maze was fun. Lex was a little worried at first but then he realized it was okay, he led the way. Thank goodness we found our way out.

Halloween was a fun one this year. Usually Lex is so difficult but he was only slightly difficult this year. My mom sewed his Elvis costume. On Friday we went to Grandma Judy's work, Rachel's, and Ben's work.

Here he is at Ben's work. He loved taking the spotlight. Or rather he didn't want to stand in one spot so we could take the picture.

Isn't he handsome??

He definitely looks the part when he wears the shades.

Friday night we went to the ward trunk or treat. He had fun playing all the little games they had. He especially loves the frosting on the cupcake.

Lex napped late on Halloween so we got a late start to trick or treating. We went with Charles and his girls. Lex had a blast.

He really got the whole trick or treating down. He loves getting the candy. He was so funny, when the people would let him pick which candy, he would grab a whole handful. oops.

Here Elvis is with uncle Chucky.

He was so cute with his bucket of candy, he would not let me hold it for him. He had to carry it.

Here he is in his pajamas with his loot.

He may have eaten a couple of pieces before bed. It's Halloween, right?? You can see the chocolate on his mouth.

He loved counting how many pieces of candy he got.

Is there anymore in there????

On another note. Here are Rachel's puppies. Jen says she has yet to see a picture of them. There is still one left if anyone wants one. Oscar was sold. So, Lola is there still!

On Halloween Grandpa Rosequist stopped by on his way back from hunting and took us out to lunch. Lex loved looking at the deer they shot.

Happy 4th of July

2009-07-07T10:45:00.001-07:00

The day before the 4th Ben's company has tickets to go to the Real soccer game in SLC. Afterwards, they let them on the field for fireworks. I love fireworks. Lex got to say hi to the mascot, but I forgot his name...oops.

I love this shot. We forgot the stroller so Lex had to walk with dad. so cute.

We had extra tickets so Kevin and the boys came with us.

Lex loved the fireworks, he just watches in silence.

That night, Ben and I slept on the parade route in Provo. We will never EVER do that again. That is probably one of my worst experiences ever and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Since Ben hates parades and he was nice enough to spend the night with me, he left after helping me clean up. I got a beautiful view of the all the hot air balloons.

Lex was being friendly and gave Rach a kiss.

He got tired towards the end. I was glad he wanted to snuggle with grandma instead of me! It was hot.

Here is the whole gang.

I guess Lex is more like his dad than I want to admit. He was covering his ears.

Lex loves his grandma. Rachel is holding the newest to our family, Sean.

Overall, we had a fun time besides a couple of annoying kids next to us. Lex loves anything as long as he is sitting in his stroller.

Summer finally

2009-06-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

It finally has been warm to get Lex's pool out. He was so excited. He was jumping up and down as I was blowing up the pool.

We had so much fun. I forgot how cold the water is!

Of course Lex wanted to be naked. He started off with his swimming suit on but ended up pulling them off. It took me a lot of convincing to keep his swimming diaper on!

I am so glad he got in, even though it was ice cold.

When it was time to empty the pool, I had fun throwing buckets of water at him. He was running away from me, but I got him good.

I had so much fun and I can't wait to play in the pool again. Yay for summer!

Rides and more rides!

2009-06-19T12:18:00.000-07:00

Rachel and I were feeling up to riding the crazy carnival rides yesterday. I guess I was feeling young. Little did I know I would get a headache and bad stomach ache afterwards. We went on the ring of fire. It is a rollercoaster that just goes around and around. I swear I was falling out of my seat!

We also went on the orbiter. That was the funnest one of the night. I was laughing the whole time. I guess I get that from my dad. I remember when we were little and I was afraid to go on rides, I would just hear him laughing the whole time. Now, I do it!

My mom and dad come to laugh at Rachel and I am sure.

Lex loves his grandma. Thanks for helping with Lex all the time so I can do fun things!

Playgroup

2009-06-18T09:25:00.000-07:00

I had a playgroup with friends from high school. Kirsten was in town from Brazil so it was a must before she left. Her son Issac took this picture, not bad! Kirsten, Alison holding her son Bryson, Ashley holding her son Sam, and me with Lex.

I showed Ben this picture and he said all these kids from 4 moms?? Yup I think everyone is in this picture except Sam.

Lex, Bryson, Claire, Ezra, Abby, Noah, Kyle, Issac, and Livi. I hope I spelled their names right.

Lex had to be naked boy. It wasn't even hot outside. I guess he didn't feel like wearing clothes.

I love this picture. They are all playing in the puddle of muddy water!

Lex strutting his stuff!

Summerfest

2009-06-17T16:13:00.000-07:00

This year I thought Lex was old enough to enjoy the rides that they had at the Summerfest. He was a little nervous but once Alyssa showed up, he was so brave and wanted to try everything.
His favorite by far, was the big slide they had. He wanted to go again and again.

He thought he could just cut in line. I had to teach him to wait his turn, that was hard!

He went on the train with Alyssa and Kelsey.

He didn't want to go on the boats, he just wanted to play in the water.

Overall it was fun and I am glad Charles showed up with the girls. When Jen gets here we will try Lagoon, I guess we'll see how that goes?????

Where's Lex?

2009-06-15T14:41:00.001-07:00

I was looking for Lex and I couldn't find him.......................There he was, in the closet.
He is laying on my snoogle (it is like a body pillow). We call it his "nest". He loves to lay in it.

What a funny boy.

He hid from my mom the other day too, in her closet. ha ha.

Lex's findings

2009-06-12T09:34:00.000-07:00

Lex's favorite thing to do now is play in the sink.
He will drag a chair from the kitchen table, put it up to the sink, climb up it and turn on the water and play in it. I think he thinks that he is helping me clean???? I think he is making more of a mess.

He loves helping his mommy.

Lex has also decided that he hates having his picture taken. Anytime I have the camera out he runs away or if I catch him by surprise he puts his hands up right when I am going to take the picture. It is driving me nuts. i would love to take a nice family picture but as you can see this will not be happening.

I love to bake and Jen gave me this super easy yummy lemon cake mix cookie recipe. Rachel loves it and asked me to make them for her specially. Mmmm good, as Lex would say.

Here is the newest addition to the Noble family. His name is Sean Zachary. Charles is so happy to have him. I love his hair color. What a cutie!

Ben took this picture of Lex. Ben calls him the "Hulk" Ben loved his stained green lips.

Yesterday we went to the movies and as we came out we saw this beautiful rainbow. I don't have a fancy camera to really capture how beautiful it was. It even was a full rainbow, not just half of one.

Kissing a boy with braces

2009-05-22T09:20:00.001-07:00

Ben finally went through with it and got braces!!!
I am so glad he finally did it. He had been talking about it since we got married. I never kissed a boy with braces before! It takes me back to junior high days when most everybody you knew had them on. I think he even looks younger to me, hee hee. He has to have them on for a year. He will be way hot!! Not that he isn't already. Good luck Ben!!!

Called Home

2009-05-15T09:28:00.000-07:00

I went to my scheduled 20 week ultrasound on Tuesday. I was going to find out the sex of the baby, finally! I was being a good girl and trying to have a normal pregnancy. With my two others I had found out early and had many ultrasounds.

The day before the ultrasound I had told my father that I thought the baby was dead. I don't really know why those words uttered my mouth, but they did. My dad said I shouldn't say those types of things. I thought I was just being negative. I then told my mom the same thing when she got home from work. My dad was a little shocked that I had said this again and said I shouldn't tell Ben these things. I decided I wouldn't. When he got home from school and before we went to bed I told him what I thought, I had to. Still trying to be positive in my head I went to the ultrasound with a smile on my face.

My mom, Ben, Lex and I all piled into the ultrasound room. The lady went over my history and I told her about the twins and then Lex with the two vessel umbilical cord. She got started looking at the baby - I looked up and the baby wasn't moving. The ultrasound lady kept talking and I think she was trying to make the baby move, but couldn't and then started crying and told us that the baby didn't have a heart beat. I was right about my feelings, though it doesn't make me feel good at all. I didn't want to look at Ben's face. My instincts were right and I was devastated.

The ultrasound lady said she would take as many pictures as she could. She said the baby looked perfect and beautiful. There was nothing wrong with the baby physically, no abnormalities. The only thing that looked a little off to her was a slight bulge around the neck. I asked if she could tell the sex of the baby. She said her guess was a girl.

She then escorted us to a room where we could talk with the doctor. Lately, I have been hearing about a lot of miscarriages and stillbirths, I think it was in preparation for this, for my own. I thought I would be having a d&c. That is what I heard, even though I had no idea what it entailed. The doctor said because I was far enough along that I was not going to be having a d&c. I was going to have to be induced and labor this child. Really?

We went straight over to the hospital. They were busy so we went home and they called us about 2 hours later to come in. I was terrified. I have never been in labor, I never really knew what a contraction was.

They told me all the risks and what I should expect throughout this process. I still really had no idea what to expect. In my head I wanted this to all be done by morning. Most of my family came by the hospital to give their condolences. I'm not sure I was ready to realize what was going on, but it was good to know what a huge support I have. In time of grief and sorrow, I am loved! Everyone left but Ben and Jessica stayed. I had Jess stay because she is a mom of 4 and knows what pregnancy is like.

I feel asleep and woke up around 2:30am just feeling uncomfortable from the cramping. I was getting nervous because at 5:30 am I was due for another round of medication to induce labor. I was stressing out because I really didn't think much was happening. Then around 4am it was getting worse and it started hurting, so I decided to tell the nurse I wanted a epidural. It was taking forever, at least in my head, for him to get there - in reality it probably was 5 minutes or less. By the time he wheeled his cart in, I said to the nurse I think the baby is coming. I was right the next contraction, she was out. I did the whole thing naturally without wanting to. After she was out it was such a relief and everything became real. I won't go in to detail about the rest of the ordeal.

Seeing her broke my heart. As I held her in my arms, I thought of what could have been and what the future might have brought to her. It is amazing what love you have so instantaneously. I may never know her here on earth, but I definitely have felt her spirit and love.

I looked down and saw that the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck 3 times. The nurse continued to unravel it from her neck. I saw that and instantly I knew that is why she passed away. The bulge that the ultrasound lady saw now made sense . The nurse said looking at the cord that there was a part that looked like there was no blood flowing through it.

The nurses there were amazing. They took footprints and hand prints. They even took molds that I will have forever. I stayed til breakfast, said my final goodbyes and checked out.

I don't know why I lost another baby girl, and maybe I never will. I know that I am not angry at God; even when I first found out I. It is never easy saying goodbye and honestly it is the hardest thing leaving a hospital empty handed again!

My family is growing and maybe I don't have them here on earth, but I have my little treasures laid up in heaven awaiting mine and Ben's return. Hailey, Alexa, and J.J (Jasmine Judy) are waiting and looking over my family. I love you little precious angels, I will never forget you.

I want to thank all my family and friends for the love and support they give unconditionally. I appreciate all the calls, meals, and flowers.

This is a poem that Ben's relatives, Con and Elva gave to me after I lost the twins that brought much comfort. I want to share it with you:

To Glenda

Small as a jewel box is your little casket,

And you, as my smallest jewel,

Are treasured up to God within it.

I did not give you willingly,

Nor did he snatch you from me.

I rather think the choosing was your own.

Or, perhaps we three had planned together

In some other world,

That you would come and make this hasty call,

Then hurry on,

That you might light the lanterns on the way

So I could find the footing.

But I have forgotten.

I think you, too,

Forgot for one brief day -You tried so hard -

But God remembered;And then you left me.

I took a comfort in the little clothes

I made so tenderly.

The little petticoat, the dress,

The dainty lace,

The little bonnet

That frames your tiny face.

Your eyes are closed,

And mine are dimmed with tears.

But maybe you can see with better eyes

And know I love you.

All the dreams we dreamed together,

While you were one with me -These can wait.

I do not count them wasted.

Nor the drops of fresh warm milk

That fall unbidden from my aching breasts,

Like beads of pearl unstrung about your neck,

And caught by your fixed fingers.

These one day

Will be distilled as manna.

This milk that you never tasted will satiate your soul,

And life will be fulfilled.

Go then, my little jewel.

Go back to God.

Tell him I feel no bitterness at all.

With my own hands I offer you.

I have a treasure laid up in heaven.

And where my treasure lies,

My heart will follow.

You are my surety laid up with God.

And I will come to you.

I will, I will.

- Ora Pate Stewart -

AT LAST!!!!!!!

2009-05-06T13:00:00.001-07:00

I am so relieved, happy, sad, excited.......... so many emotions that describe how I feel about the gravestone for my little angels is finally done and at the cemetery. It looks so beautiful. As soon as they told us it was in, we ran right over to see it. I love it.

On the 30th of April was my sweet husband's 30th birthday!!!!

I of course made his favorite, german chocolate cake. If I knew how, I would have made banana cream pie but I don't think I could ever make it better than his moms.

Happy Birthday Babe. Sorry it is late.

Happy Easter

2009-04-17T07:17:00.000-07:00

Lex went to 2 Easter egg hunts this year. We went to the city's and it was raining. Not so good.
I lost my camera with those pictures on it so here are the pictures from Sunday with the family from Ben's camera.
Once Lex realized there were candy in the eggs, he went nuts. He was so excited to grab the eggs. He loved his Easter basket.

Here is a picture with all the kids. Amazing I got a shot, Lex was the bad one and would not sit there for the pictures. I'm not surprised.

We had a yummy dinner. Jess brought ham and my dad made a yummy brisket. I ate way too much, but it definitely worth it.

The next day Lex had to carry around his Easter basket everywhere he went. He is still playing with all the eggs. I guess I should just put them all away.

Birthday Cake

2009-03-31T07:57:00.000-07:00

This last Saturday was my mom and my aunt Ruth's birthday!!
Here is the cake that Rach and I made for her.
It is kind of bland in color, but it was good, I promise. The orangey color stuff is made with a cream cheese cake pudding and peach yogurt.

This is Ruth's cake that Jessica made. It is funny because we used the same frosting, mine is white and she turned hers blue. Here are the lovely birthday girls.

Here are all the grandchildren.

Opening presents. I gave Ruth and my mom carrots. I think they are cool. I found them at the Holy Cow Boutique.

They look so happy.

Happy Birthday! I love you guys.

Another Birthday Weekend!

2009-03-24T09:33:00.000-07:00

This weekend we celebrated Savannah's birthday.
Here is Lex with his loot from the pinata. He doesn't like hitting the pinata, but he sure does like all the candy.

Jodie has a dog named Daphne. Lex loves dogs. He was so excited just to pet her.

We all sang Happy Birthday and then For she's a jolly good fellow, because that is a tradition in their family. I think she like it when we sang that more than Happy Birthday.

On Sunday, we celebrated my brother's Charles's birthday.

Lex loves to give kisses to abuela. I'm glad I caught this on camera. He is pretty picky as to who he gives kisses to.

I helped my mom make this yummy cake, mmmm.

Next week, will also be a birthday weekend, yay!

Yesterday was my older sister, Jen's birthday. She is gone so I made cookies for her and ate them all.

News!!!!!!!!!!

2009-03-17T09:41:00.001-07:00

For those of you who don't know...............................................

I'm pregnant.

I have horrible morning sickness and can't wait until the first trimester is over.
I had my 2nd Dr.'s appointment on friday and we heard the baby's heartbeat. It was around 165 bpm. I have an ultrasound scheduled this friday!! I'm so excited.

Happy Birthday Lex!

2009-03-16T13:20:00.000-07:00

Birthday Wishes

2009-03-16T08:30:00.001-07:00

I turned 27 this year!!! Lex helped me blow out my many candles.
We celebrated at my parents house. Of course, my dad made me my favorite dinner, pot roast mmmmmm. My friends Damien and Wendy and their daughter Jules helped me celebrate.

Lex has needed a haircut for forever. So on his birthday we tortured him and made him get his haircut!

BEFORE

AFTER

He looks so much better! He really does look like a 2 year old now! After the haircut to have some fun on his birthday we took him to eat his favorite, Chick Fil A and play at the tree house at the mall. He had a blast.

Friday we celebrated his birthday with family. Rach bought a pinata for the kids to break. It was a crazy looking cookie monster!

Lex did not want to hit the pinata. It is because he is so nice........... ya right!!!

Ethan had fun trying to break it.

It was a hard one to break! Rachel eventually broke it open. Yup, Rachel!

I made an Elmo cake for the party. Rach helped me. This was my first time ever making a cake. I think it turned out ok. I didn't use any molds or anything, all free hand. It even had cream cheese frosting.

Dad helped Lex open his many presents. Lex loved the toys.

Sunday, we went to Ethan's birthday party and this Saturday is Savannah's. Lex is in party heaven.

One post in February

2009-02-28T08:52:00.000-08:00

I finally did a post!
Lex loves tv and this is his favorite place to sit if I let him. He is such a climber.
He loves his blocks too. He is really good with them. I was really impressed what he builds with them. All those in the picture he did all by himself.

On the 23rd was my girls birthday. We went to the cemetery and gave them their balloons. Can you believe it has been 3 years!?!?!

Lex gave the balloons kisses. It was so cute, I almost started crying.

Lex can't sit still. He runs all over the place. This is the staircase by the grave.

I'll be better about posting. Next post, my birthday......yay!

New Hobby

2009-01-22T09:16:00.000-08:00

So, I have decided I wanted to try quilting or a form of it. For Christmas I got some supplies and I started right away. I decided to try a rag quilt.

This blanket didn't take me long at all. The hard thing was sewing. I have no idea how to sew. My mom had to show and help me thread the machine several times. I am finally getting the hang of it.

I started another blanket and it should be done soon. I'll post pics later. I got Rachel started too. I think she is more of a natural at it then I am.

Anyone want to start with me or teach me any new ideas???

Super Why?

2009-01-21T07:14:00.002-08:00

Lex loves this show, Super Why. He just started singing along. I love it. He goes around the house all day, "Why?" You have to love his dancing.

Close to the terrible two's

2009-01-16T13:19:00.000-08:00

Lex is into everything, Really. He is driving me nuts. I love him though, promise.
The other day while I was on a phone call he managed to grab the whole box of Lucky Charms and dump them on his bed so he could eat all the marshmallows. This happened Wednesday!
He can reach anything and if he can't he sure knows how to climb. I found this after I was done cooking lunch.

Remember what happened to my sister Jen! Well similar things have happened.

LOOK!!!

Not the best picture, get over it. I was already to go work out yesterday and I had Lex in my arms ready to walk out the door when he poked me in my eye. Not on purpose or because he was mad. It was just an accident. It hurt bad. I still went to work out.

This is what I look like today! Hot, huh?

Help me. I need a break.

Bye Bye Bapas!

2009-01-13T08:13:00.001-08:00

The time has come...........

We say goodbye to Lex's Bapas or known to the world as his pacifier.

It all started when he was born. I was a new mom thinking I did not want to give my child a pacifier.

Rachel was so excited when Lex was born, the first thing she bought him was a pacifier.I told her I wasn't going to use it.

Little did I know, the next night the nurse came in like 6 times saying that he was "hungry". I told the nurse he wasn't hungry, I fed him the last time you brought him in. I was so tired and recovering from the c-section, I just said, fine give him the pacifier.

Let me tell you from that time at the hospital it worked miracles!

I didn't want to be one of those moms who gave their kid a pacifier and never got rid of it until age 3 or 4.

I became that mom. I guess you should never say things, because they might come true.

Lex loved his pacifier. I loved it too. He was a very well behaved kid with it. He looked so cute with one too.

As I was searching my pictures for Lex with his pacifier and looking back on blogs, I notice I hid the pacifier. I only picked pictures without it.

Now that it is gone, I am finding I truly miss it!

Doesn't he look so cute with a pacifier?

These are all the pictures that I was embarrassed to post because I was a pacifier mom.

I am truly thankful for the pacifier and when it comes time for another baby, (NO I AM NOT PREGNANT) I will be using it and using it with pride.

It has been a little over a week without the bapas. Lex has been sick. He tried sucking it, but it wasn't working. His nose was clogged. He would throw the thing in anger.

I decided this was my window to make them disappear. (I had like 6, i know a little much) I thought maybe I would keep it around for night time because that is how he fell asleep at night. No he didn't want it then either. SO, I decided to pack them all up and hide them.

Does he miss them?

Nope, I don't think so. He hasn't gone frantically looking for them.

He saw a baby with one last Saturday and I saw his face, it looked like he wanted to rip it out of her mouth and stick it in his. He hesitated and then walked away. Good boy.

He loved it in the car, playing, everywhere. Mom loved it at the doctors, church and the grocery store.

I am just happy that I got rid of it before his 2nd birthday.

I know to some you are saying I should have done this months ago....... I know.

I realize it was more for me than him. I know this because he doesn't seem to miss it as much as I do.

There have been numerous times where I just want him to be quiet and I have wanted to give it back to him. I have been strong and will continue to be. This is one of the last pictures of him with his bapas, ooohhh.

Goodbye bapas, you will be truly missed.

Sorry for the long post, it is really a big deal and hence the post.

Christmas Vacation in Las Vegas

2009-01-12T13:32:00.000-08:00

This post is way overdue!

Every Christmas my mother is always kind enough to make these little Christmas trees for our little girls. It is a great way to remember them.

It sure was cold. Lex did say, "bye".

After awhile though, as you can see he was ready to go.

I love my mom, thanks for keeping their memory alive. Before we went to the cemetery we went out to Kneaders for their all you can eat french toast. If you not had it, it is a must!

Then, the next day we were off to Las Vegas baby!

Here is Lex in the car. He does really well. He travels better in the day because he usually sleeps for at least half of the trip, which is sooooo nice for us. You can see he also gets pretty bored at times.

He is happy if he has a huge drink, j/k. Ha ha.

I felt bad, one of Karen's trees kept falling down. I think it feel down 3 times. It was horrible.

One day, we went to the Bass Pro shop and looked around. I had never been there before. It is an awesome store.

We stopped and looked at the huge aquarium in the casino. It was so cool. It makes me want to go snorkeling.

While we were there, we visited Santa and Lex did better but of course, Ben held him the whole time. After you met Santa, they had a shooting gallery for kids. Lex sure loved helping dad play.

Christmas!! I loved Lex's Christmas pajamas and mine too, actually. Ben is the only one who didn't get new pajamas, sorry babe.

Here we are opening presents.

Lex would tug as hard as he could until he fell back on the floor. It was a lot of fun to watch him open his presents. He did get bored. He didn't even finish opening them all. I guess that means he got too many.

Here is with dad opening presents.

We did get some new slippers from from his parents. I got some duck ones, Lex loves them. Whenever I wear them he says, "Quack, quack, quack." I love it.

Lex really had a good time with Grandma Karen. She spoiled him. His favorite toy is the tricycle they game him. He can't quite reach the pedals so he just sits on it or he will beg us to take him for a ride on it.

Here is a family picture on Christmas morning, ok afternoon and we were still in our pajamas.

Here is a shot of the big Christmas tree. It was huge and gorgeous, I don't even know how they decorated it?

Another day we all went shooting.

This is Daniel. He is the newest member of the family to be a cop.

Doesn't Ben look hot?

He shot a 45mm and he did really good. He has never shot hand guns and he is really good with them, I was impressed. You can see, he was pretty on. The ones far away are from me. Hey, I was pretty happy that I hit the target.

They had set up a bunch of targets. It was a fun, considering I am not much of a shooter.

Here is a shot of me! I was cold, can ya tell?

They also did some clay shooting. Dallin kicked everybody's butt. He was really good.

This is my sis in law, Litany and her son Jaxson. She got a new gun for Christmas. She had to try out.

Another day we went to the Bellagio because that is a must for me. The gardens were amazing like always. The decorations were beautiful.

We had to see the fountains. I thought Lex would have enjoyed them more. I was wrong. He like to look at the ducks, yay!

Love them!

Lex really was taking in all the decorations.

Ben and I have a favorite restaurant called Lucille's. We went with the family and it was a bust. It took forever to get our food. It tainted the whole experience. I was so sad.

Here is Ryan and Kristina and family.

Their daughter Livvi, was so much fun. How can you resist those baby blues?

Even Lex was ready to eat! He wanted his food and so did I!!!

While you are in Vegas you have to eat at where else? In-n-Out.

Grandma Naomi

2008-12-31T09:14:00.000-08:00

My sweet grandma passed away late Sunday night. I just got back from Las Vegas and then we heard the bad news and went to go say "goodbye" at the hospital. She looked very peaceful. I will never forget her and the lessons she has taught me.
This picture is of her holding Lex when he was born. They really became really close. Lex would go with my dad to pick her up from dialysis every Mon, Wed, and Fri while I went to work out. Lex would always wander into grandma's room and give her hugs and kisses and tell her hi, just because. When he was younger he would pull all her tissues out. It didn't bother grandma, she loved him. I will miss her so much. I am glad she is "home" with her husband. She is an amazing woman and she will truly be missed by all.
I Love you Grandma Nao!

Christmas Fun

2008-12-15T12:33:00.000-08:00

The first week of December, I always go to Festival of Trees. I have always wanted to donate a tree for forever now. There is always next year, right? Lex had fun looking at all the trees. This was one of Lex's favorite trees. He loves Mickey Mouse, in case you didn't know by now.

The ginger bread houses were amazing.

This one was my favorite. I have always loved Candy Land.

Lex needed some warmer pajamas so instead of waiting for Christmas I got him 2 new pair, This one Cars and a Mickey Mouse one. He loved them. He really has been into cars lately. He even makes the "vroom" sound like every boy should be able to do.

We attempted to go see Santa. I really was not enthusiastic because last year was horrible. I tried again and while we were waiting he seemed all excited and was in a good mood.

He was getting impatient and started going up there, even though it was not his turn.

As soon as we got to him, he got all shy. Of course, I wanted a picture of him on Santa's lap. You can see how well that turned out.....................................

Should I try again next year??????

We also had our family Christmas dinner this Saturday since everyone will be going out of town. We decided to go to Olive Garden. Easy and no clean up, not to mention delicious. It was of our favorite places to eat. mmmmmm.

Lex doesn't like noodles, but he did find a new love for alfredo sauce.

Love Look-alike Meter

2008-12-11T19:43:00.001-08:00

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

Lex Can Somersault

2008-12-05T08:57:00.000-08:00

I love it. He is so funny.

Sarah's Wedding

2008-12-04T10:31:00.000-08:00

Sarah and Ben got married last Saturday in the Salt Lake Temple. It was such a good ceremony. I never met the Ben before but he is FUNNY. They also had one of the longest temple kisses I have ever seen. You can really tell they are in love. Awwwwe. Here is there wedding cake. Not only was it beautiful but it was yummy.

We had so much fun and so glad we could be there on their big day.

The decorations were so gorgeous.

The place was perfect for a wedding reception.

We even had our own seating, how fancy. They had caramel apples, I was in heaven.

A lot of us girls made it to the wedding, here are some of us. I didn't get a picture of everybody, I'm sad.

Me, Ashley, Ashlee, and Kristen---she shared some exciting news!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-12-03T12:01:00.000-08:00

My pictures got all out of order. Oh well. We were at my parents house this Thanksgiving. There were not as many people as usual, but I kind of liked that. More food for me, j/k. I hope you all had a yummy Thanksgiving like I did.

After dinner, we all played games. Of course I won, so it was fun. While we played, Grandpa and Lex whipped up the cream for the pies. Lex loves to help Grandpa cook.

Kelsey and Grandma

I had to take a pic with my niece, Alyssa. We were basically wearing the same outfit. We looked hot.

Lex got jealous, so here we are. He was being a ham.

Here is the food: Lex just woke up from his nap and wasn't quite hungry yet. He hung out in his high chair for a long time. Doesn't it look yummy. mmmmmmm.

Lex was really excited about the decorations. He accidentally tipped over one of the glasses and it broke.

This is why I am thankful:

Here is the picture of the bird. Mmmmm, it was good.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and ate as much as I did. I love the leftovers. I still am not sick of it.

Shopping

2008-11-28T15:17:00.000-08:00

I was one of those crazy people who went out early, I mean early and was there when all the madness broke out at walmart in the wee hours of the morning. It actually was not that bad, I thought. I then made it to Target, Old Navy, Kohls, and lastly the mall. 200 hundred dollars later, YA! I am spent, physically, mentally and money wise.

Please help me sell this!!!!!!!!!!

2008-11-26T08:26:00.000-08:00

So, I know I know I am puttting this up on my blog. Help me sell it. It is a way good car and I really am sad to sell it, but it has to be done.

Here are the links:

http://provo.craigslist.org/cto/934969805.html Craigslist and

KSL http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=733005&nid=443&tab=list/view&ad=973839

Tyler's Wedding

2008-11-13T12:11:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday we went to Richfield to Tyler's, Ben's cousins wedding. It was last minute notice for us, but we had a lot of fun.
Here were the table decorations at the reception that evening. Here they are cutting the cake. They were really nice to each other, unlike Ben and I.

Grandpa was there and Lex had fun playing with him.

Here is our lovely fam. Doesn't Lex look great with his hand in his mouth. We just had our family pictures done by my lovely sister in law and I realized that taking pictures with a almost 2 year old is hard.

So, in between the wedding and the reception we had some time to kill. Lex was outside playing in the leaves so I decided to take some cute pics since he was dressed all cute thanks to my mom getting him his new handsome sweater.

Ben always has a fun time throwing him up in the air.

This was my favorite shot. As you can tell I took a ton but this is the only one I really love. Man, it is hard getting a kid to look at the camera.

He got his head stuck a couple of times, I just laughed at him.

There were plenty of leaves around to play with. He definitely had a blast.

Here is their cake. I heard the sister in law made it? I'm not for sure on that.

Lex of course was bored and wanted to run around during the ceremony.

Here is a picture of the lovely couple and the judge who married them.

You could really tell they were in love. They both were teary eyed.