Kurt, Alyssa, Emilee and Weston Makes Four

Corduroy Dreams

2011-02-17T14:35:00.000-08:00

This Blog is so stinking cute..Click on the Title and it will take you to it! She's doing this fun Giveaway of a "Made By" Plaque..These are the details below...but check out her site to see the cute pictures of the plaques.

Giveaway!!!!
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Before I get to the LONG awaited giveaway, please check out my guest posts today on A-F Creations and Little Eme.

Now for the giveaway.... DRUMROLL....

I am so excited that we've reached 50+ followers! Thank you all for following me and supporting this blog. It means a lot to me!
Since I don't have any sponsors {yet}, The Mr. agreed to financial sponsor it, and I will craft it for you.

I'm giving away one of my "created by..." plaques to one of you.

And I will customize it just for you. I'll paint it whatever color you want, with your child's name {or whatever you want it to say}

Here's how to enter:
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I will be announcing the winner on Monday, Feb 21.
Good Luck!

We Had a Boy!

2011-02-12T16:04:00.001-08:00

Wow...its been a bit since I posted. We had our little boy on December 4th. He weighed 9lb 4oz and was 21 inches long. We named him Weston Kurtis Warner and we love him so much! Here's a brief update of the last few months.

My labor was pretty good, but my delivery was the absolute worst. There are a lot of details I'm not going to go into but the jest of it is that he got stuck at his shoulders with the cord wrapped around his neck. The nurses pushed down on my stomache with their arms to get him out. When he cam out his face was the color of a blueberry...and he wasn't breathing, it took them 13minutes to get him breathing on his own. The longest 13minutes of my life..We are so lucky he's here with us, we love him so much and are thankful everyday for those wonderful nurses and doctors that helped us.

Now for the pictures and updates...

While in labor...man an epidural sure makes labor nice. This is when things were still going pretty good.

This is what I saw when he first came out. Scared me to death...I just sat there bawling.

This was when we all breathed a sigh of relief, he started to cry...the best sound in the world.

The wonderful nurses and doctors that helped him to start breath on his own.

This is us at the hospital about an hour or two after delivery.

While I was having the baby Emilee fell out in the waiting room, cracked her chin open and was in the ER getting stitches...She was so proud. However I was told it took 6 people and her being wrapped in a pillowcase to get them put in and she still tore two out in the process. Now the ER knows the stubborness I deal with on a daily basis. ha ha

Weston had Jaundice pretty bad and had to be under the lights for about a week.

Merry Christmas!

My little brother Jase proposed on Christmas Eve. Him and Kelsi are getting married March 18th...Yay!

Happy New Years!

Weston 5 weeks old getting watched by grandma Shauna

Emilee making cookies with Grandma Shauna while being babysat.

Weston 5 weeks old.

Weston 7 weeks old and all bundled up.

We blessed Weston February 6th, on the same day as his cousin KaliRay. Lots of friends and family came to support.

Just one more picture of our adorable little guy...

Pickleville Playhouse

2010-12-02T18:09:00.001-08:00

Click on my Post Title above and it will take you right to there website!
http://www.picklevilleplayhouse.com/

Have any of you ever been to the Pickleville Playhouse up in Bear Lake? Their plays are phenomenal. Well, each year around Christmas @Pickleville Playhouse puts on a Christmas production. This year its "Santa's Elves: A North Pole Musical" and its playing in Logan through December 23rd. It is seriously such a good time and great clean family fun for everyone. You can visit www.picklevilleplayhouse.com for all the details. I promise it is a tradition that you'll want to continue year after year.

These pictures are from the first time we ever went about 3 years ago up in Logan. Emi even at this age loved the show...she was just slightly creeped out when we tried to get a picture. haha I just had to post these pictures because they make me laugh.

Halloween!

2010-11-02T22:31:00.001-07:00

Halloween was a fun and busy day. We started out at my parents for our annual Halloween Party where we had yummy homemade chili, bone bread sticks, hot dog mummies, and waffle cookies. The most exciting part of this time of the year (for me) is the homemade chili...I love it it is so yummy! The kids got to decorate balloon eyeballs and spider cupcakes.

Grandma and Grandpa Great got into the Halloween spirit...they both took a turn with the green wig and witches hat.

My brother Josh of course scared all the little ones. Emilee is still scarred, but it was a great costume.

After my parents we headed down to Orem for the Warner Halloween Party. Where we ate yummy homemade soups, took lots of pictures, went trick-or-treating and celebrated Grandma Kathy's B-day which is on Halloween.

Now this picture and the next were taken about 1/2 hour before we headed out trick-or-treating

Notice Emilee is fully dressed in her pirate costume and ready to go....

This picture was taken about 20minutes after the two pictures above after Emilee had been downstairs playing with her cousins. She went down as a pirate and came back as none other than a princess. She then informed us that this was her new costume and that she was ready to go trick-or-treating. I probably would've let her stay in it because it was so hilarious and she did it herself but it wasn't quite warm enough, so she begrudgingly let me put her back in her costume.

The kiddo's Trick-Or-Treating!

Fall Festivities

2010-10-26T15:23:00.000-07:00

This month has started out all our Fall Festivities and we are loving the weather and all the activities we've been able to do. First off we headed to Dinosaur Park on October 16th to try out there Night of the Living Dinosaurs Trick or Treat fun, and we had a blast. Grandma and Grandpa Christiansen went with us. It was decorated so fun.

They had a costume contest and our "Little Pirate" took 3rd place. She was thrilled.

On October 18th we headed out to Black Island Farms. Axiom financial gives us free tickets every year and we look forward to it always. They have a petting farm, swings, slides, kiddy-train, corn sandbox, mazes, refreshments, and a hay-ride to pick out pumpkins.

On Thursday, October 21, we went with Amy and Bentley to the Treehouse to play and up to Beuss Pond to feed the ducks. It was gorgeous up there.

On October 22nd we headed up to east canyon with Grandma and Grandpa Christiansen for Emilee's first fishing trip. It was beautiful and we got to catch a ton of fish. Emilee enjoyed the worms the best! On the way home we stopped at the very yummy Taggart's in Morgan Canyon. Soooooo GOOOOOOOOOOD!

On Saturday we went with some of our friends: The Platt's, The Stanger's, and The Meirhoffers to the Treehouse's Enchanted Woods Trick or Treat, and then back to our house for pizza and games. The kids got to dress up and follow around their favorite storybook characters on the quest for the golden rose. They meet Humpty Dumpty, The Three Little Pigs, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, A Pirate, Dorothy and the Scarecrow, and a few more I'm sure I'm forgetting. It was really cute and they got a healthy treat at each station.

Then yesterday Emilee and I decided it was time to make some Halloween Sugar cookies. She poured in and mixed all the ingredients, and made all the colors: Sunset Orange, Watermelon Red, Teal, and Jungle Green. They were just as fun to make as they were to eat. We took some over to both her grandparents.

I know Halloween is this Saturday, so I'm sure I'll have more pictures coming but this month had already been a lot of fun and I had a post overload. I think I'm getting stir crazy waiting for this baby to come and trying to get out as much as possible before I'm cooped up during the winter months.

Sewing Fun!

2010-10-11T20:50:00.001-07:00

So I really wanted a Hooter-Hider or Udder-Cover or Nursing Cover, whatever you want to call it...but I didn't want to pay $30+ on one. I know they have discounts and other things occasionally but I've been having a lot of fun learning how to sew, and there's just this feeling of accomplishment when you can use something you make...even though its not a professionals work (: I thought I'd post some pictures of it, 'cause I was pleased with the finished product.

This is the fabric I used. I did mine double-sided 'cause I wanted a lining on the front.

I put a pocket in the bottom right and the top left, I can put nursing pads, burp cloth, binky, Lanolin (nipple cream), pretty much anything I might need while breastfeeding. I'm right handed so the location of the pockets makes it helpful.

I put boning in the top so that its breathable and I can view my baby without the whole world viewing me. (: And an adjustable neck strap that gets tighter if the baby starts pulling. Better than a blanket that my daughter use to pull off and thus give everyone a show...haha

And to show that your husband can wear it too...haha My hubby was a good sport and modeled it for me, see how the boning makes it come out just enough. He's got the neck strap adjusted too tight for him, but you get the picture.

I'm quite a bit smaller than him, so you can tell that its plenty of fabric to cover on all sides. I did mine in fabric that coordinates with a diaper bag and carseat cover that my mom and I are working on. Sooooo excited!

Is my baby a Boy or Girl???

2010-09-07T14:55:00.000-07:00

It has been a very long time since my last post, so long in fact that I'm sure most of you that did read my blog have long ago stopped checking for an update. Well, I just found my camera after five months of wondering where it could be...literally found it like 5 minutes ago, and decided to take some quick pictures of my latest shopping adventure. This last weekend we took a trip to St. Georgee with my parents to just relax. It was very hot, but it was nice just to relax and have fun. My mom and I hit the outlets on Monday and I decided to do some shopping for the baby in my tummy. The only problem is that I'm not sure if this little baby is a boy or a girl. Kurt and I decided we didn't want to find out, we think it will be more exciting. I think that Kurt also thought we wouldn't spend as much money before the baby came because we wouldn't no what to buy. Well, Kurt have no fear I've got us covered either way...hee. I'm going to put a survey on my blog so people can guess if it will be a boy or a girl, so if you happen to check my blog give us your oppinion.

I've also taught myself how to crochet this last week before heading off to St. George and this is what I've done so far: (Its very amateur work, but hopefully I'll get better. These are my boy set -haven't finished the hat yet- and then I'll start working on a girl set.

Emi's woke up with a cold so today's been a lazy day but I wanted to post a picture of her since its been a while and she wanted to show off her new necklace and bracelet that her grandma Shauna bought her in St. George. It changes color in the sun.

Exciting News!

2010-05-24T17:43:00.001-07:00

We're finally expecting. YAY! We went to the doctor for the first ultra sound today and everything looks great. It showed I was measuring 11 weeks 3 days instead of 10 weeks 5 days. But they'll still keep my same due date which is December 15th. We're so excited. Emi and Kurt went with me and we all heard the heart beat. When we were looking at the screen Emi says "I don't see the baby," and right when she says it the baby starts waving its arms. She still didn't see "A BABY" but she saw something move. Once we got home she went over each of the pictures acting like she was the doctor... Here's the head, and here are the feet, and hear is its back...etc. She's so excited and I love it. This is such a great blessing to our family and we hope that everything will continue to go great.

Happy Birthday Emilee!

2010-03-30T16:28:00.000-07:00

Its amazing to look back at pictures taking throughout the last few years and see how much you really have changed. This is you about 5 days old. This was my favorite stage. You slept so much and I would hold you the entire time. People would tell me not to spoil you, but I had so much love in my heart for you and I felt that if I just held you you would feel that love and feel comforted and secure. I wanted to protect you from everything.

Here you are as a 1 year old. You had so much personality and were starting to test all the limits. This was the begining of all the trouble you would cause as you grew...this was my favorite stage. Watching you learn to walk, talk, and express a variety of emotions. I remember the first walk I took with you outside. We were walking around the block and when we were 3/4 of the way home you started staggering off to the side, and I watched as you found the curb and sat down, then you raised your arms up for me to carry you.

Then at age 2...your personality and your search for independence really took off. You had a mind of your own and I loved seeing it work. You are so smart and it took me off guard more than once. This was my favorite stage because I got to see your creativity and your vocabulary grow. You were singing songs and talking non stop.

And now you're 3! Wow, how the time has flown. I love you more and more each and every day. You bring so much happiness to mine and your dad's life. This is my favorite stage with all the funny little quirky things you say. A day doesn't go by in which you don't make me laugh. You tell the best stories and sing the best songs. I know I said that every stage was my favorite, but its true there hasn't been one thing that I haven't enjoyed about being your mother. Each stage is an adventure and I'm so glad we get to tackle it together. Happy Birthday Emilee...I love you.

New Shoes

2010-03-12T19:10:00.000-08:00

Emi Loves getting new shoes just as much as me and I love it. She loves shopping, painting her nails and toes, getting her haircut and styled...it just makes it so much easier for me to do the things I like when she enjoys them too. (: I love having a girl, I know I'll love having a boy if I ever have one...boys probably have a lot less attitude and drama, but for now I'll enjoy my special time with my girly-girl.

I love these ones...all the fun colors.

These are our practical pick. Good for running around and playing in...but still super cute.

But these...are my absolute favorite, Kurt's not a big fan but they remind me of Punky Brooster but in a stylish way. I love them and Kurt...well, he'll learn to love them.

One Needful Thing

2010-03-10T22:28:00.000-08:00

One of my old roomies from college has started this new blog that I think will be quite spectacular. Its an amazing idea and I think so many women could benefit from what she shares; as well as by sharing with each other. I hope you check it out.

http://www.oneneedfulthing.net

Life...Who said it would be easy?

2010-03-04T14:41:00.000-08:00

This afternoon my husband and I decided to take Emi out to learn how to ride her bike. She of course wanted to ride it to Grandma's. We went down and when we got there no one was there. We were about to leave when we received a phone call from my dad asking us to head down to their storage unit because my mom had fallen; he needed me to take her to the ER and Kurt to help him finish up unloading.

We got there, they gave her a blessing and then Emi and I took her up to the hospital. On the way Emi said a prayer that the doctors would help grandma feel better and not eat her. (She's got a pretty active imagination) My mom was doubled over in pain the whole ride there. They took some x-rays and came back to tell her that she had a fracture in the bone connected to the joint in her right shoulder...possible multiple fractures. The doctor said from his opinion he thinks she'll need surgery, but they won't know till she makes an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon. So, until then she's being sent home in a sling with pain meds. I know these things never happen at a convenient time, but this will be particularly hard with my brother Jase coming home from his mission in a few weeks. Keep her in your prayers.

Carl's Junior

2010-03-03T15:09:00.000-08:00

Emi and I did a massive amount of dishes last night...it took us 1hour and 45min. Emilee rinsed every single one. I was amazed that an almost 3 year old with stick with to the end and do every dish...Obviously the part where she got to play in some water held some of her interest. At on point she leaned back holding onto her lower back and said ouch my back really hurts. (She gets it from her dad, everytime he does the dishes he complains about his back). Man, I wish I had a dishwasher...but last night spending that time with my daughter washing dishes was totally worth not having one. But just for last night. (:

So, moral of the story is...I did not want to cook, therefore we had:

Tater Tot Casserole

2010-03-01T19:30:00.000-08:00

This is how it turned out:

I soooooooooo needed an easy recipe like this after a night like last night. It was quick, easy, and not half bad. My daughter loved it! For an easy meal on a busy night I'd do it again.

TATER TO CASSEROLE

1lb Ground Beef
1/2 c. chopped onion (or onion salt)
2 (16oz pkgs. Tater tots
2 cans cream of chicken soup (or 1 can cream of mushroom and 1 can cream of chicken)
1 can milk
Grated Cheese

Brown beef and onions. Drain fat. Combine soups and milk. In 9X13 pan, layer tater tots, ground beef, and soup mixture. Top with cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 45min.

It literally took me 20minutes to prepare. So on easy prep I'll give it 5 stars, on quality I'll give it 1 1/2 maybe 2 stars.

Costa Vida's Sweet Pork Salads

2010-03-01T19:18:00.001-08:00

Recipe Used (From the Slotted Spoon Blog)

Costa Vida Sweet Pork (knock-off recipe)

Pork Roast (4-5 lbs), thawed if frozen
3 c. Coke
1 can tomato sauce
1/2 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. (heaping) brown sugar
1 Tbsp. cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp. powdered garlic
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 large carrots, peeled and grated
1 (smallish) serrano pepper, seeded and diced
1 medium yellow onion, chopped

Cut away any obvious fat portions from the roast. Place all ingredients in a crock pot and cook on high for 6-7 hours.

Remove pork to cutting board.

Add an additional 1/2 c. granulated sugar and 1 cup Coke to the liquid in the crock pot. Stir.

Shred the pork, removing excess fat and bones, and add back to the crock pot. Stir.

Reduce to low and cook an additional 3 hours.

Serve pork in Costa Vida style burritos, or otherwise as desired.

*Cover remaining pork and refrigerate for up to one week. It can also be placed in freezer safe bags and frozen for use up to 3+ months later.

Tomatillo Ranch Salad Dressing (Slotted Spoon Blog)

- 7-8 tomatillos, husked and cut in half
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 envelope Ranch Salad Dressing Mix (any brand)
- 1⁄2 envelope (Hidden Valley) Fiesta Ranch Salad Dressing
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- Juice from 2 freshly squeezed limes
- 2 Tbsp. milk
- 1⁄3 cup freshly chopped cilantro

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth.

(Store in refrigerator 5-7 days)

Homemade Guacomole (AMAZING)

6 Avocados
2 Jalapeno peppers chopped
2 Roma tomatoes chopped
1 TBSP Garlic Miced
1 Medium White Onion chopped
2 TBSP Lime juice
1/4 Cup fresh cilantro chopped
1 to 2 tsp Salt (to taste)
1/2 tsp pepper

Flour Tortilla Recipes

4 Cups All purpose flour
1/8 tsp baking powder
1/2 vegetable shortening
1 cup luke-warn water
1 1/2 tsp sea salt

Directions:
Place flour in large bowl. Stir in baking powder. Add shortening and use hands to work it into the dough for a good consistency. Dissolve the salt into the water, then drizzle slowly into the flour mixture. You might need to add a little more water. Work the dough into smooth consistency. Cover in a bowl for 20 minutes. Break apart into 12 balls. Roll out and cook over medium heat. While cooking the tortillas, place the cooked ones on one end of a dish towel and cover with the other end.

We topped it off with Tortilla Strips, and Black Beans...Can I just say that this was not an easy meal it took me forever and almost made me want to throw away the rest of the weeks cooking itinerary. But...IT WAS AMAZING! My husband made the tortillas and they were so good. So when you have a lot of time try this.

Meal Planning

2010-03-01T18:58:00.000-08:00

My friend Steph started posting her weekly meal plans and I thought it would be a good idea to get me motivated. My husband loves cooking but he works nights now, and I would rather eat out than cook...I know its hard to believe that when my mother is such an amazing cook. Kurt joked once, "Ya know when I decided to marry you I thought you'd have some of your mother's cooking skills." I let him know that he had it all backwards...if you want a wife who can cook make sure her mother can't, because if her mom is a good cook the girl has probably never cooked a day in her life. (: I know thats not true for all but in my case it was. So hopefully this will help.

Sunday - We had Costa Vida Sweet Pork Salads (homemade) Not an easy meal.
Monday - We had Tater To Caserole (Very easy to make.)
Tuesday - 3 Cheese Pork Enchiladas
Wednesday - Leftovers
Thursday - Summer Salad
Friday - Mexican Caserole
Saturday - Lasgna Rolls

Some of these are kind of big meals so we might end up having leftovers 2 nights and save on of the other meals for next week.

Here are some pictures of my very successful shopping trip: I spent under $70 on it all. This should last us the next two weeks if all goes to plan. (plus stuff we already had of course).

New Blog

2010-02-20T23:17:00.001-08:00

Hey I've created a hair blog that posts my prices and some of my work...Check it out and let me know what you think.

http://www.hairbyalyssa.blogspot.com/

An AMAZING Birthday!

2010-02-17T12:20:00.000-08:00

It is rather ironic that one of my hardest days happened right around the same time as one of my best. I won't complain because I desperately needed it. Yesterday the 16th was my Birthday. On Monday nightthe 15th my husband took me out to dinner and a movie because he had to work on my bithday. (He works nights, but Monday was President's Day so he had it off) We went to Roosters which I picked but we weren't all too impressed with it, fun still the same. Then we saw Sherlock Holmes, it was great!

The next morning (my birthday) my husband surprised me and got up at 6:30am packed up Emilee and went to my sister in law's to babysit for me so I could sleep in. I watch kids Monday-Friday 7:30am to 12:30pm...but he went for me. I slept till 10:30am and it felt so good. Then I woke up and got ready because my mom called and invited me out to lunch with her and my dad. We went to the Greenery (Yummy!) I got home and my husband left for work, while Emi and I headed to the gym to work out and watch kids. I was tempted to just leave after I watched the kids and not work out but I didn't. I went to ZUMBA and it was the best class ever. Kami is an amazing instructor. It made me feel great. I got home about 7pm Kurt called to say he'd pick up a little caeser's pizza so I wouldn't have to cook and he'd eat with me before he went back to work.

Well, my wonderful husband showed up at 8:30pm with take out from Hug Hess and a movie, he had requested the rest of the night off to be with me! Emi and my hubby put candles in the cake and Emi blew them out. All throughout the day Emi would come up to me and say "Mama bend down," I would and she'd wrap her arms around me and say "Happy Birthday, can I blow out your candles?" Many friends and family called to wish me a happy birthday, and it really was an amazing Day thanks to all my friends, family, amazing hubby, and beautiful little girl.

A Really Rough Day

2010-02-10T20:29:00.000-08:00

Today was a really hard day. One that I wish I could say I handled a whole lot better than I did. I woke up with a little anticipation and a whole lot of excitement. Kurt and I have been trying to get pregnant for 16months now. I know that its really not lot long compared to others we know, but for each couple going through it it seems like an eternity of trying. I found out I was pregnant with Emilee 6 months after we were married, there was no trying, no timing, no scheduling, and no work. It just happened. So, of course we figured the next one would be just as easy. I couldn't have been more wrong. We've both been tested in about every area possible and nothing is medically wrong with either of us. To put it in my doctors words, "There is really no explanation for why you are not getting pregnant." But, of course there is...It's not the right time. This is probably on of the hardest lessons I've ever had to learn. How to accept the Lord's will and have the faith that he know me better than I know myself and that he knows when we'll be blessed with another baby. I've struggled with this for a while. The first 15months every time my period came I broke down in tears, Kurt wouldn't want to come home from work and I would make some rash decision...(like the dog I bought) Each time Kurt would try to help me through it, but each month became harder and harder to bare. Last month was a breaking point. I started questioning everything. I was pretty low, and then my husband asked me if I had Faith. I said yes I have the faith that I'll get pregnant so why am I not getting pregnant? He just looked at me with compassion and said "No, do you have the faith that no matter what happens, pregnancy or no pregnancy, we'll be ok?" I thought about it for a long time, and decided that the way I was handling this trial was not healthy. So, for the last 4weeks I have been preparing myself and realizing that I really am happy. That I have so many blessings already and that if my period comes I'll be fine and I'll keep trying until I get another little one. It was a really good month..Until about a week ago. My cycle is 28-30 days like clock work. This month I was 7 days late, and I thought for sure I was pregnant. I took a test when I was 3days late and it said negative, so I thought "ok, I'm not pregnant and that's fine", and I really was fine. Then, my period never came so I called my doctor who said I could come have a blood test done. They told me my HCG levels might not be high enough to be dected by an HPT, and that I very well could be pregnant. Yesterday I went in with my hopes high. This morning they called to let me know I was not pregnant and my period came 3hours later. Lets just say this time I was not so fine, I called to Kurt let him know and then cried for a few hours. The kids I watch kept asking, "You sad?" and Emi would respond, "Just leave her alone she needs to cry for a minute." So even though I know that everything will be fine, and that this is the plan that the Lord has for me...it was still a really rough day.

An Epiphany!

2010-01-31T17:22:00.000-08:00

As you all know from my previous post I have been working out very consistently for the last 4weeks and have lost 4 lbs. About 1lb/week. Its slow going, but healthy weight loss. Well, I have a tip for you all. If you'd like to loose 3lbs in 2days then I have the best secret....are you ready....Ok this is it..... GET STREP! I had the worst sore throat when I woke up on Friday, Friday night came and my husband was up with me all night while I cried and whined 'cause I couldn't sleep. Morning came and I went to the doctor and was told I had strep. They put me on antibiotics and gave me these really awesome suckers that numb your throat. The first time I didn't put it back far enough so it just numbed my tongue and I drooled a bit, but by the second time I used it I was a pro. I haven't eaten a whole lot for the last two days and I've slept a whole bunch. So tonight when I stepped on the scale to see if I'd kept off what I'd lost previously I was greatly surprised to see the scale read 125! Woo-hoo I haven't weighed that in a while. But, seriously...I work my butt of for the last 4 weeks and get 4lbs...I get sick, lay around all day and sleep and watch movies while my wonderful husband takes care of me and my daughter and I loose 3 lbs. NOT FARE. I guess we'll just consider my episode with strep a true body cleanser...I should write a book!

So if you'd like to loose 3lbs in 2days find someone with strep and share drinks with them, I'd say you could come over to my house but I've been on antibiotics and my doctor said I'd only be contagious for 24hrs after my first dose. Sorry! (: But you can look for my new book....

"How getting Strep enhanced my life."

P.S. It really has sucked and I hope that anyone that was near me late Thursday to Friday doesn't get it. I know I didn't share drinks or swap spit with anyone during that time frame so you should be good.

The New Year!

2010-01-26T20:17:00.001-08:00

I started the new year out deciding I definately needed to work out. Since money is somewhat tight and gym memberships can get pricey I thought I'd have to result to jogging outside in the cold and doing workout videos that I've had since high school. Then I went to our family Christmas party and my cousin Hadlee told me about Lady Fitness and that she volunteered in the Day Care for 4hours a week and in return she got a free membership and free day care. I told her I was interested and she talked to the supervisor and got me a spot...luckily they had one opening left. So I signed up to volunteer 1hr Mon, Tues, Wed, and Thurs. that way it would get me there at least 4 times a week.

I have been attending 5 times a week since the first of January and am absolutely loving it. I run and lift on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, I'm up to 4miles in 40min...YAY! I do Zumba on Tuesday and Thursday. For those of you that have never tried it you've got to. It is so much fun, even for someone as uncordinated as me. So far its been going great. Exercising along with watching what I eat for the last 3weeks I have lost 4 lbs. Just 13 more to go, Wish me luck!

A whole lot of nothing and then wham...7Posts!

2009-11-07T18:14:00.001-08:00

Funny Moments

2009-11-07T17:21:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of Emi all ready to do some hair. She must think that's what I look like when I leave. She loves to wear her Potatoe head glasses, and she says the funniest things:

Emi: "Mom, let me do your hair, sit right here."
Mom: "Sit right where Emi?"
Emi: pointing to a hard uncomfortable toy "Right here mom its your chair."
Mom: "That might hurt"
Emi: "Sit right there or I'll put hot stuff in your mouth."

A couple of months ago before we potty-trained Emi, she came upstairs looking like this. Don't worry now she knows they don't go on her head like a fancy hat.

Fall Leaves Fun!

2009-11-07T17:12:00.001-08:00

I went out to rake some leaves and got a nasty blister, but Emilee sure enjoyed herself. It was such a beautiful day I love this weather.

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-07T17:02:00.001-08:00

Emi was the cutest pumkin. She wanted to wear makeup so I put some on her for Halloween. She had so much fun tricker treating and playing with cousins. After all the fun we went home and watched Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Emi's Growing Up!

2009-11-07T16:43:00.000-08:00

It seems like just the other day that Emi was a little baby and now she is all grown up, well grown up for a 2 year old that is. Some new things with Emi:

-She is potty-trained...YAY!
-She can identify lots of shapes; triangles, circles, squares, stars, hearts...etc
-She knows all her colors.
-She's know her ABC's for a long time but now she can pick out A's B's C's and E's
-She also knows what sounds most of them make.
-She knows when her birthday is.
-She can count to 10.
-She definately knows how to talk back. ):
-She can identify Joseph Smith, Thomas S. Monson, and of course Jesus

Funny things she says:

I went dress shopping with Jessica the other day and later when in the car with Emi she said...

Emi: "Mom, did you go to Jessica's house?"
Me: No I went wedding dress shopping.
Emi: "Oh, I am going to have a pretty white dress and get married in the temple and then.....get pregnant and have a baby."

Emi: "Mom I not feelin good I need some medicine, a blue popcicle, some craisons,and a blue treat."

Yep that's my two year old.

Black Island Farms

2009-11-07T15:46:00.000-08:00

We went with our friends the Pollards out to Black Island Farms. It was so much fun...there is a ton of stuff for kid to do. The slides and the animal train were probably Emi's favorite. But she had fun playing rock band with Talmage and watching the Pig races.

Catching Everyone Up!

2009-11-07T15:28:00.001-08:00

Family Pictures. My sister in law Kami did an excellent job and Emi just look so cute in all of them.

Family Pict.'s

2009-10-02T15:47:00.000-07:00

This is the first picture we've seen. Kami is amazing. We can't wait to see the rest.

2009-08-26T10:53:00.000-07:00

Wow this summer has flown by, and I haven't blogged at all. In the next couple of days I'll blog our summer events. It is hard to keep up on blogging when you don't have the internet available all the time.

Day 4,5, 6 and 7!

2009-04-27T14:11:00.000-07:00

Kurt let me know on Day Four that he was done with the diet, so I have been going it solo. I thought he still had to eat somewhat healthy 'cause I had gotten rid of all the junk in our house and I would still be cooking his dinners. But on the very same day he called me from work to let me know he was done he came home with 3 tubs of ice cream, and 2 bags of doritos. So not only am I going it alone but more temptation has been put in my path. Its ok though 'cause I am holding strong.

Day 4 Diet: Stuck to it!
Day 4 Exercise: A 45minute muscle toning and strength building workout.
A jog around the neighborhood.

Day 5 Diet: Stuck to it!
Day 5 Exercise: I worked today so not too much time to workout.

Day 6 Diet: Stuck to it...Even through a farewell luncheon that I took cookies to!
Day 6 Exercise: The Sabbath, otherwise my excuse for none! (:

Day 7 Diet: Stuck to it!
Day 7 Exercise: Speed Walked 3miles at the Park Way.
Indoor Soccer game.

*Today I walked in from doing the parkway and smelled a mouthwatering hamburger, and I did freak out at Kurt for a bit 'cause I was hungry. But I recovered and am doing well. The truth is that I can start to see my love handles fading away and I feel good about myself.*

Ooops!

2009-04-23T21:03:00.000-07:00

Day Three of our diet was going great! I was slightly light headed and I had no desire to eat because I knew what I had to prepare...haha! I now understand a possible reason to anorexia. Sometimes its better not to eat that the crap healthy people eat. HAHA This is where the oops came in...

I had to work tonight and left "THE HUSBAND" in charge of dinner. Upon arrival home I smelled something so wonderful that it couldn't possibly be the bland recipe I had left for him. I walk up the stairs following my nose and he has on the table a hawaiin Papa Murphy's Pizza. What a scum ball. So we slipped, well technically he slipped and then tempted me to as well. Good news is that our stomaches have already shrunk because we could usually finish a pizza off and we couldn't make it through two pizzas. Back to work tomorrow! ):

Day Three Diet: One Slip
Day Three Exercise: Walking up and down my stairs.

I know We suck!

Eating well sometimes means eating hardly at all!

2009-04-22T16:07:00.001-07:00

My very supportive and wonderful husband is joining me on a ten day journey of healthy eating and exercise. This ten day plan claims that you'll loose ten pounds and ten inches in ten days. Its supposed to jumpstart you into healthy living. Upon reading this I thought "Heck Yes! If I could loose ten pounds I would be back down to my college weight and only 5 pounds away from my highschool weight." So I told Kurt about my plan and explained how bothersome it would be to have to prepare two different meals each time we ate so he said he'd join me. I threw in the little nudge that even though he left for work at 5:45am, he would wake up to breakfast ready, his snack and a lunch to go. As well as a snack when he got home and dinner made for the entire 10days.

Little did he know that his breakfasts would consist of no salt no seasoned egg white broccoli omlets, or cottage cheese and multi-grain waffles with no toppings. This 10day diet is a very low calorie hight protein diet. You can't add anything except what is laid out for you in the 10day meal plan.

I fixed Kurts lunch for him today which was one slice of whole wheat bread with 1 tsp of mustard, three slices of turkey, 1 cup of alphalpha sprouts, and two tomato slices. He walked in and asked where his other slice of bread was, (this diet is a very low carb diet, it forces your body to use stored fat to burn) I explained he only got one and he said "I don't think you realize I eat in public at work and they're going to think I ran out of bread." I thought it was hilarious, and since we are only on day 2 and are struggling I have decided to blog our successes everyday so that people will know what we're doing and expect results. haha

So here goes:

My Starting Weight: 129 lbs Kurt's Starting Weight: 205 lbs

Day One Diet: -Stuck to the Diet No mistakes
My Exercise: -Did a very intense 45minute Cardio Workout

Day Two Diet: -Stuck to the Diet No mistakes
My Exercise: -Did a very intense 45minute Cardio Workout and Walked/Jogged the
Parkway wich I believe is 3miles.

Emilee at 2

2009-04-07T12:32:00.000-07:00

Emilee keeps us pretty busy, but she is a lot of fun. Kurt and I were just talking about how we want to write all the funny things she says, and how much she has learned. We haven't officially started yet, but today I will blog some of her achievements.

She loves to Sing: There are 4 songs that she can sing all the way through without any help. I am a child of God, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The ABC's, and Rock-A-Bye and Don't you cry. She's got parts of the folling songs down: I love to see the Temple, Follow the Prophet, Row Row Row your Boat, and differents songs from the disney princess movies.

She Love Disney Princesses: She can name all the following princesses when pointed to, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Jasmine, and Mulan. She can also name most the cast in The Little Mermaid, Beauty in the Beast, Peter Pan and Aladin.

She can point out and name the following church things: Temples, Jesus, The Prophet "Thomas S. Monson"

She likes to dress herself and in the morning when I go to get her from her room she usually has her shoes and socks on with her Jammies.

She's learning how to count. She can count to 10 but sometimes misses 3 and 5. Colors are another thing...she might be color blind haha.

She recognizes times of the day in accordance to food. In the morning she says "I want sum breakfast." In the afternoon "I hungry, I want sum lunch", at night "I want sum dinner." Any other time its "I want a treat/drink" But just recently she has changed the "I want" to "I need" very smart girl.

She gives all of her toys and dolls naps. At christmas time she would take the ornaments off my tree and lay them on the couch with a blanket over them. I asked her why and she replied "Shhh...they sleepin." When she drops a doll she pickes her up and says "I sorry, you ok?"

These are just some of the things I thought I'd share...because she is at such a fun age. I heard someone say once that if we gave birth to 2year olds people would stop having kids. I would have to disagree, I think I would have more! I love my little girl.

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Our newest addition as of December!

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We got a puppy the end of December! She was born October 22nd, so today she is 5months old. She is already bigger than these pictures, but not much. She'll remain pretty small hopefully. Dakota is a full-bread miniature snauzer. It was kind of an impulse buy. We've been wanting another baby for 8months now and the day we got her we found out yet again that I was not pregnant so Kurt bought her for me to mother until we can have another. HA ha...And although I love her to death she is almost more work than a child. During the first month we had her I almost put a diaper on her. Emilee enjoys her and its a lot of fun to hear Emilee tell Dakota "NO, Koda don't bite me...go in kennel." Just thought I'd share some pictures with everyone of our newest addition.

Our friend Mike doesn't like dogs at all, but ours was so cute even he wanted to hold her.

Sorry!

2009-01-13T21:37:00.000-08:00

Ok- It has been a really long time since my last post, and I tried to post last night and again tonight, but for some reason my tower won't read my GB Card that has all my pictures of the newest member of our family. Until I can get pictures I'll leave you with this:

She's very tiny, black, and furry...we call her Dakota!

P.S. No racial remarks from Trevor Ledkins...ha ha

I know its late but she was too cute!

2008-11-20T09:15:00.001-08:00

She loved picking out her pumpkin...after she found it she wouldn't let go of it even in the car. After getting our pumpkin she helped mommy make sugar cookies, it got pretty messy!

She was a pretty little witch for Halloween!

This is the only picture we got of the other cousins that showed up! So I'm going to need some copies from someone...Please!

1st Black Eye!

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

She was at her grandma and grandpa's when she got this. The story goes that was running, tripped, and fell and hit her eye on the corner of the cedar chest. I personally think that they just got upset with her and popped her one! Haha just joking.

It's been too long!

2008-11-02T16:00:00.000-08:00

Ok...so let me catch you up to speed, sorry no pictures this time! We finally bought a house and moved in about 2 weeks ago. We don't have the internet yet so I haven't been able to keep up with everyone's blogs and haven't been able to blog. But here are some things that I will be posting soon....

-We got family pictures!
-Halloween
-Black Eye!
-Our new home!
-My school competition!

So I'm not sure when I'll be by a computer with my camera but hopefully it won't be too much longer! Hope everyone is doing well...I have loved everyone's halloween pictures!

I have a lot to be grateful for...

2008-10-10T21:53:00.001-07:00

Some of you may know that in the past I have dealt with anxiety, especially following the birth of my baby, and although I am now able to understand it and work through it sometimes its still hard. It usually sparks up when major changes in my life are happening and I think that happens to everyone to some extent...I just have trouble controlling it. One thing that helps is to recognize all that's good in my life...and today as I was thinking about all of the blessing I have in my life I decided to write them down:

1. My wonderful husband and the priesthood- he has been there for me through every obstacle I have faced emotionally, spiritually, and physically. He is always pushing me to be better and is so supportive of things I want to accomplish. Most of all he is a worthy Priesthood holder and has blessed our lives and our home with it.

2. My beautiful little girl- she has this amazingly sweet spirit, she is so smart, and brings so much joy and laughter to my life. She reminds me everyday not to take life so seriously...she is always smiling and always willing to give a hug and kiss to me when I need it.

3. My in-laws- I don't think anyone can have as great of in-laws as I do. They have let us live in their home for the past year and half and haven't threatened to kick us out yet. They have helped so much while my husband and I are doing school. They are amazing people who I look up to very much and am so grateful for the relationships I have been able to develope with them over this time. My mother-in-law is so selfless, always willing to give of herself and very easy to talk to. My Father-in-law tries to bring humor to our lives everyday..Even if it is by scaring me or trying to get a rise out of me. They truly love and care about everyone in their family and will do anything for them.

4. My parents- They are amazing...they have been their for me through everything in my life! I talk to them almost daily and they're never annoyed when I call -even when it is during a class my dad is teaching, he actually answered it and told me to say hi to the class...and even though he was obviously busy he still asked what I needed before hanging up (:. My mom is such a happy and giving person, she loves to contribute a little bit to everything and everyone around her...luckily there is enough goodness in her to share. They are such great examples to me devoting your life to the gospel.

5. My sisters, brothers, sister-in-laws, and brother-in-laws- Wow! What great people. I look to each of them and the great examples they are to me. They have all helped us so much. "K&B" have let us keep our stuff in the garage of their new home so we wouldn't have to pay for a storage unit and we are so grateful. They are a great example of hardwork. "K" is always willing to devote so much time to my little girl's pictures. "T" is an amazing example of pursuing your eduacation. "K" helps me so much with my little girl during the week, and "C" has helped with all our car problems. "K & T" were sealed with their family this year and have sense been such an example to me temple attendance. They are always looking for an opportunity to go. "C" is so crafty and always willing to make wedding gifts or baby gifts and as of late was so supportive when we took her through our new house giving me ideas to decorate. "T"is always using humor to lighten the mood. "C" basically did all my canning for me and came to pick me up when my car broke down. She is always a great listening ear and excited to hear whats new with me. "T" is always so happy and easy to talk to. "A" is such an example to me of overcoming hardships with amazing Faith and even more devotion to the gospel. "J&A" are always up for new things and when I told Autumn about by school competition and asked her if she'd be my model for an extreme haircut and color she didn't even question she just said, "Yes, do what you want!" And "J" was supportive as always. "K" and "J" are amazing missionaries and such great examples to me of happiness, compassion, and selflessness. My family is so much fun and I love them all.

6.My grandparents- They are always excited to help with my little girl, they are so supportive and try to make it to all the family functions. They are such loving people and have been such great examples to me throughout my life. I am so excited to be in their ward.

7. My friends and fellow bloggers- I have so many wonderful friends who are always looking out for me and willing to help in so many ways. They are so selfless and I am so grateful for them. And all of my friends and family that have blogs, I love keeping up with your lives and seeing all the fun things going on in your lives. And when you post about the trials you are facing and overcoming it is so inspiring.

8. Finding our home- This past year has been so tuff finding home after home and having what seemed like everything that could go wrong happen...We have finally found one and everything has gone so smoothly. The sellers have been so cooperative, it has been a huge blessing.

9. The gospel- I hate to think where I would be without it. I am so thankful for being raised in the gospel and having it at the core of my family. I am so grateful for the guidelines it provides and the blessings received for obeying. I know that the atonement is real and I am so thankful for it.

My life has been richly blessed mainly because all of you are a big part of it...Thanks!

Just thought this was funny...My little girl dancing with her dad!

2008-10-08T21:46:00.001-07:00

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2008-10-08T20:46:00.001-07:00

From "Mullet-Girl" to "Cutie-Pie"

2008-10-06T11:28:00.001-07:00

My little girl had her first haircut today at 18months old...

She had a little mullet so we cut about 2 inches off the back to even it up...

She did so good and got to wear the fishy cape.

This was the finished product, now hopefully it will all grow out together!

The Wild Yogurt Extravaganza

2008-09-30T18:19:00.000-07:00

My mom had been out canning all day at my sister "C's" and brought my little girl home around 9:30pm. She told me that she missed lunch 'cause she fell asleep and didn't act hungry for dinner. I was out getting the car seat and had left my little girl inside with her dad. After chatting with my mom for maybe 10minutes I hear my little girl crying at the top of her lungs so I run inside to find this....My wonderful husband was taking the pictures while disciplining it seems. This is what I learned from this event:

#1. She definitely was hungry...

#2. She wasn't very happy when he got upset with her and tried to take it away...

#3. Only a man would hear silence in the other room and not check until all of this had occurred...

A trail from the rug all the way to the kitchen...

All over the dog....

and you can't see it in this picture but its all over the jackets on the chair!

I just thought it was funny and wanted to share!

A Day of Pampering...

2008-09-16T18:53:00.000-07:00

First, I put her hair in perm rods...it took roughly 15-20 minutes. There is one important thing I learned...pretzels take longer to eat than gummy snacks so your child will sit still longer if you give them pretzels.

Then we painted her toes, she only smudged them once and that was on mommies shirt...don't worry it wasn't a nice one.

Then she got to read her favorite book!

She got a phone call from her daddy and got to tell him all about her day!

Then we took them out and they were curly curly....

So we combed them out and poofed them up and these last two pictures are the finished project....in the first one she is pulling the model face. Everytime you ask her to do the face this is what she does, and if you ask her to do it with attitude she put her shoulder out!

Cousin Fun

2008-08-28T09:09:00.000-07:00

My little girl and her cousin "H" had a lot of fun posing for pictures...Say Cheese!

I'm Torn...

2008-08-25T10:55:00.000-07:00

My hubby started back to school today after a two week break from summer semester. He was only taking two classes during the summer so it was manageable...but now he's doing Fall semester with 12 credits and my life is back to craziness. We'll see each other on Sundays and maybe an hour a night other than that. I am trying to get done with school as fast as possible but I have a dilemma. I'm torn 'cause a part of me thinks..."Hurry get it done go as many hours as possible. My little girl won't remember this time away, but she will when she's older." The other part is screaming..."Take your time and enjoy more moments that you'll have with her now because life isn't going to get easier. Once your done with school then you'll be working in a salon to build clientel until you can afford a salon in your home." So what do I do? Right now I am going 32hours a week and only have 700hours left till graduation. Should I slow it down or hurry through? I am very open to advice...so please share! I hate being away from her, but what's better in the long run?

The 24th of July Day Bash!

2008-08-22T11:45:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun...eating great food, playing fun games,watching great fireworks, and just being with family! Here are some of the cute pictures I took of everyone just hanging out!

"A&L"

"L&B"

"C" and one of her many great faces!

"B"

Grandma & Grandpa Great with "C"

Grandma & Grandpa

My little girl in her cute swimwear!

"K" up close and personal!

"B & R" going for the win!

Grandpa holding "E"

Grandpa Great helping the kids feed the bunny!

Our cute little family!

A picture of my mom that Kurt took when she wasn't expecting it...This picture pretty much sums up how the whole night was! HA HA

And the Winners are...

2008-08-22T11:40:00.001-07:00

So the official winners were: "A and J" but "K" and I were a very close second. Our plates were cleared first but they swollowed first...They're like snakes they don't have to chew. Ha ha just kidding guys!

Now now girls...That just ain't lady like!

2008-08-22T11:32:00.001-07:00

These are really bad pictures...but funny! It was a lot of fun.

Come on guys...Could you shove it in any faster?

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It was pretty close these guys love their pie! I wonder who wins?

Time for Pie!

2008-08-22T11:24:00.000-07:00

Then it was time for the pie eating contest the kids loved this!

The Guys Turn at the Stick Pull

2008-08-22T10:48:00.000-07:00

The guys went next and not all of them participated...or if they did I didn't get the pictures. Their results went as follows:

"J" beat Dad
"K" Beat "T"
"L" Beat "K"

The Stick Pull

2008-08-22T10:29:00.000-07:00

On July 24th my mom threw a big family party! She had great food and old fashion games to play...These 3 pictures are of the "Stick Pull" The girls went first. I didn't get a picture of all of us doing it but I got a few. The results of who beat who might surprise you. The results went as follows:

"AC" beat "CP & my sister-in-law"
"C" beat "C,A,& A"
"A" beat "C & A"
"A" beat "A"
Mom beat "C"
"C" beat "CP" (at the end when she was worn out)
Rylee beat everyone

It was a lot of fun!

Call child services...she put her daughter in the fridge!

2008-08-09T17:17:00.000-07:00

I stayed up to watch a movie with my mother-in-law, and when I went to go to bed Emilee was playing on my bed while her dad slept (about 12ish AM)So I go to pick her up and put her in her crib and she felt really hot. So I took her temperature and it was 102.3. I took her upstairs and got her medicine and a sippy cup of milk. When I opened the fridge door it felt really good so I thought...If I have Emi sit in there it will cool her off. So, I set her in there and there she sat just drinking her milk, she'd get up but always head back. Don't worry I never closed the door with her in it, these pictures were just too cute not to share!

Bye Bye Hair!

2008-08-07T09:30:00.001-07:00

So for those of you that had seen me with my long hair it was about to the middle of my back...I got sick of the heat and no air conditioning at school and decided it was time for a change! So I did it I chopped it all off, and I have never had my hair this short before. This is after a couple of weeks of it growing too!

Kisses for our Aniversary

2008-08-06T13:07:00.000-07:00

Ok, I had to blog this because my husband did something so sweet! And I am way impressed...Sunday (August 3rd) night I'm laying in bed about to fall asleep, and Kurt comes in and lays down. A few seconds later I hear him rummaging through a plastic sack, and I ask him what he's doing. He ignores me and then hands me 3 bags of something (too dark too see), and says Happy Anniversary! No big deal right?... Except that it's not our anniversary. So I say Kurt that's really sweet but you know we got married December 22nd not August 3rd? He opens his phone to shine a light on the bags and says "Oh, well what do you have?" I look and its 3 bags of chocolate kisses. This is where eyeryone should be really impressed...he says, "Happy 3rd anniversary of our 1st kiss!" Cute huh? Man I love him so so much!

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One of Emilee's many funny faces!

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Here's Emi giving here dad kisses...and her dad giving them back!

Pumpkin Carving!

2007-11-14T22:48:00.001-08:00

Mom I need to get those pictures from you that you have of Emile, so I can post them!

2007-11-14T22:08:00.001-08:00

I tried out this new site and it was fun to scapbook some pictures, so I thought I'd share it with you guys...just double click on the link!

http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer.aspx?sbId=119536

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This was a picture that my sister-in-law

Kami took at Harrison's baby blessing. These are all

the grandkids on the Warner side.

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Emilee definately loves her daddy...

and why wouldn't she, he is amazing!

No smile for mommy!

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Stacey's Fantasy Hair Competion

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This is how Emilee

woke up from her

Beauty sleep. Actually I think

this may have been the

reason she woke up...she's

not too fond of things in front

of her eyes!

The Tree House Trip...

2007-11-08T18:30:00.000-08:00

The kids had so much fun at the treehouse, it is really

a neat place & has tons of things for the

kids to do!

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It's Emi doing the Bat Dance...isn't she cute?

Emi's 1st Feeding!

2007-11-07T23:12:00.000-08:00

She wasn't very fond of Rice Cereal,

as you can tell!

This was Emi's 1st feeding...she loves food now, but this was too funny not to show!

Emi's Bath!

2007-11-07T22:59:00.000-08:00

Kurt was making Emi laugh pretty hard, she

almost fell over once... no wait twice...but wasnt' hurt! She is so

Funny...

Halloween Families

2007-11-07T22:51:00.000-08:00

I didn't get picture's of all the families, but here

are the Christiansen and Porter Halloween Family

pictures!

The Cousins

2007-11-07T22:40:00.000-08:00

Of all the pictures I took of these

four characters this is probably the

best one. Little monkey boy kept

trying to run away, and the others

wouldn't look at the camera. (Ha, Ha)

The Great Grandparents

2007-11-07T22:24:00.001-08:00

This is Emi and her cousin Bentley with their Great Grandparents!

Emi's 1st Halloween

2007-11-07T22:00:00.000-08:00

Emilee was a beautiful lady bug...thanks for

lending us the costume Callee! I couldn't get her to

smile 'cause I had lost my voice, so she just

stared at me while I whispered!