Basically Bailey

I spy

2011-03-23T13:32:00.000-07:00

While on our vacation back in October, we were walking along the ocean in South Beach Miami. We got a glimpse of some paparazzi-looking guys snapping pics of someone as fast as their little fingers would allow. So of course...we took our own photo....the only problem is we have no idea who she is?? What do you think??

I'm pretty sure the famous one is on the left? We are always suckers for famous people. Did I ever tell you about the time we saw Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Martin Short??! Tom Hanks! I know...amazing right?

Lesson Learned

2011-02-25T12:44:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks ago after church, Paige and I were shoveling the huge amounts of snow from the driveway. I was trying to hurry and get it done so that we could surprise Trevor when he got home. I kept getting bothered by Paige because she insisted on 'helping' and she was making it more difficult. Just when I was about to say,"Paige! You are not helping...you are making this process so much slower!", she proceeds to teach me a lesson. "Just keep trying mom!" she said as she tried to scoop huge piles of snow from the driveway. "That's what we need to keep doing! Just keep trying". It was so cute that I couldn't bear to break her little spirit. She is so great! Everyday she makes me so mad and then totally redeems herself with something like that.

Keep on keeping on

2011-01-25T13:22:00.000-08:00

I am now on my third week of my new exercise program. I have a good friend named Ruby (don't you just love that name?...If I ever have another daughter by accident I think I'll name her Ruby) anyway...Ruby and I have been waking up every morning at 5:00 and going to Zumba and Turbo Kickboxing classes. It has been so much fun! If you have never tried a Zumba class...you must! It is fabulous! It is a great workout and we get to shake our bodies...every bit of them! I also started my training for running RAGNAR which will take place in mid-June. When I told Mama Lou I was on a team for RAGNAR she said,"You've never been a good runner!" I say...well I am now! or I will be in about 5 months anyway.

So I think that if I journal my progress here on my blog that I will 'stick' with it and be more accountable. So all of you, my readers, can become my own personal JILLIAN to keep me motivated. But please don't try to break me down and make me cry...I can't take it!

I'll leave you with a cute story about Max. Max saw me getting a band aid out of the first aid kit and asked,"Mom! Are you a Doctor???" I answered with, "I wish...Maybe you can be a Doctor when you grow up" Max quickly replied..."Nope, I already know what I want to be. A cooker at that place they make those yummy pancakes....IHOP!" I will make everybody whatever they want to eat for breakfast!.....Oh that boy cracks me up everyday. Love him:)

Wow

2011-01-07T12:31:00.000-08:00

Wow! I don't even know where to start....I am often tempted to 'give-up' on the whole blogging thing. I am horrible and keeping up on it. And why on earth do I really do it anyway??? I feel like lately when I read other people's blogs, all I do is compare myself to everyone else and it's not great for my self esteem. I feel like the blogging world of Utah and turned into a bunch of word famous photographers/crafters/seamstresses/chefs/super-human mothers that have WAY more time than I do it seems.

But then there are some blogs....some blogs out there that are truly inspirational. A gal in my ward has started a new blog about her journey to become genuinely happy. I love to read and it makes me really think about life and happiness. I like that. I like not just thinking about how everyone (it seems) is more talented in every way. So my new goal is to read blogs that uplift and inspire...or even make me laugh. I like those blogs too. In addition, my goal also encompasses looking at the value of my own blog. I want it to be something inspirational to my children....not just showing off my lack of talents (like being domestic).

So it brings me back to the question....why??? The answer is not as simple as I thought it should be. I guess I like to do it? I feel like my blog is somewhat of a journal that let's me write my thoughts and feelings and acts as a great 'out'. I also love to journal my kids and their lives and sweet moments. I know my kids love to look at pictures and someday this blog will be something for them to look back and read and remember the fun and important things in their lives. Is that a good enough answer? hmmm....

Anyway, here we go....

Our sweet baby Brody turned one last month. He really couldn't be any sweeter. He is such a good baby. He is so perfect. I really couldn't think of anything I would change about him. He is still growing at an outrageous rate. He he perfectly proportioned....just BIG:) He is so cute and always has a smile for you. One thing I love about him is his shy personality. He is the best cuddler and will go to anyone that wants to hold him....and the first thing he will do when they pick him up is lay his head on their shoulder for a really great love. Man we were lucky to get such a great baby!

Paige is growing up way too fast. She has started taking dance and she is a natural. She loves her dance teacher and always does each step with utmost perfection. She watches the teachers so close so that she can be JUST like her....she wants to point her toes just like her, she wants to grow her hair just like her, she wants to be a great dancer just like her. Here she is looking at her toes to make sure they are just right....yes a little Obsessive Compulsive I believe.

And leaves us with Maxwell. Max is as sweet and silly as ever. His favorite time of the year is Halloween and now that it has come and gone he is planning his costume for next year. He even like to plan other people's costumes too....the other day in church he announced in the middle of sacrament meeting that I should be a huge pumpkin head for Halloween next year. The people behind us couldn't help but giggle. I'm not sure if they were giggling because they were picturing me as a giant pumpkin, or because it was December and he was talking about Halloween! Here he is as a skeleton...I know what you're thinking, "Wow...not too creative for someone who plans their costume all year!" But that's what he wanted to be after changing his mind 4 times throughout the year.

Ok...enough for now. I really am going to do much better at keeping up and not feeling so stressed to be as good as everyone else. I will just do the best I can do and try everyday to be a little better than the day before.

Chomp Chomp!

2010-05-27T14:12:00.000-07:00

Twice now I have left the room and returned to find Max indulging himself. He absolutely LOVES watermelon. I wasn't aware of his love for bananas.

I wonder if he has some crazy eating disorder..where he just can't stop eating the things I love. Maybe he gets it from me. When there is a freshly cut pineapple around. I just can't help myself.

2010-05-23T13:31:00.000-07:00

Okay, I admit it. I am terrible at keeping up on my blog. I feel bad about it too. It's something that I want to be good at. But I'm not. I've also always wanted to be a great singer, artist, model, homemaker, etc. and I'm not great at those either. But I'll keep plugging along.

The last couple of months have been busy with birthdays. In April it was mine, Trevor's, and Max's birthday. Then May 7th is Paige's birthday. It was fun, but boy am I glad it's over. Phew! Here are some pics of the fun days:

Here's Paige and Devyn....they had a joint-party because their birthday is only a couple of days apart.

Paige on her new bike

Max riding his new bike just before he tipped over and vowed to never ride again!
Max's new blanket that Grandma Lou Lou crocheted. A BIG gorilla...a request by Max.

And for Mr. Brody...he is growing at an alarming rate! He is already wearing 12 month clothes and I'm sure will be out of those soon! He is so cute and cuddly. He is such a great baby. He sleeps great and is always happy...unless he is hungry:) He takes his food very seriously. Max and Paige love him so much. They are both so sweet to him.

Only one more week of work until summer vacation. We hope to do a lot of swimming, movie club, fun Fridays, and volunteer Thursdays! Every night as Max is getting into bed he says, "Mom, what are we going to do tomorrow?" and then I usually reply with something like, "Well, first preschool and then to Grandma Carmae's for daycare." He is always happy with that, but tonight when we put him to bed he said, "Mom! tomorrow is Summer! You get to stay home with us!" How sweet! I can't wait! I love to spend the whole summer with my cute little kids.

Funny Girls

2010-01-29T13:05:00.000-08:00

A couple of months ago we had Trevor's sister Amber and her husband Tyson over to play games. While we were playing, the kids were having a great time playing in their rooms. Paige and Mae came out wearing goggles and acting so silly. We laughed so hard because Paige's goggles were on just a little crooked and made her eyes look just like Sloth from Goonies! She just kept smiling at us with this funny little smile. I just love Mae too. Every time she smiles for the camera she does some crazy pose. Crazy girls!

Winter Blues

2010-01-26T14:28:00.001-08:00

I don't know about all of you...but I am so ready for spring. I don't know if I can take any more snowy days. For some reason when it's cold and snowy outside all I want to do is stay home in my purple sweat pants and watch TV in front of the fireplace. Doesn't that sound nice? And what's even worse than going out in the snow and cold? ....when you are driving down the snowy road minding your own business and some crazy young gal crashes right into you! That very thing happened to me on Saturday. I tell ya...my car is cursed. It's like a magnet for people...it sucks them into and there's nothing they can do! One great thing about my car getting wrecked, is the WONDERFUL rental I got. I'm now cruising around the snowy streets in my fabulous 2010 Tahoe! I love, love, love it. And the kids love it too! Max asked if we could keep it. I'm thinking seriously about driving it to Mexico and never coming back. Do you think they could track me down?

Oh ya...if you got a couple minutes...go to Befunky.com and you can play around with your pictures...it's really kind of fun!

Surpise!

2010-01-07T15:49:00.000-08:00

Surprise!! Since my last post I have had so many changes in my life and our family. On December 2nd our little boy Brody joined the family. I know, the last time I posted nobody even knew I was pregnant! We are completely in love with our new little boy. I am dreading going back to work on Monday. I have really enjoyed the life of a stay-at-home mom the last 6 weeks. The summer flew by, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas all flew by just as fast. Now we're in 2010 and I wish the time would stop flying by so fast. I wish I could freeze my sweet little ones in time and never let them grow up. I will not give you a million excuses on why I have neglected my blog, but I'm back baby! I promise to do better.

Oh...and I guess I better post some pics of our new Brody Franklin Bailey. My great friend Sarah took these photos. She is totally awesome if any of you are looking for someone to photograph your family.

Mister Lee Mister Lee....Oh! Mister Lee

2009-06-01T10:17:00.000-07:00

Papa Lee is on an airplane right now heading our way. He is FINALLY moving home from Germany after 8 long years! I am excited to see him. Even more excited than me, is Paige. She adores her Papa Lee. He is such a great guy. In February, we attended the Parade of Homes in St. George and took my mom and dad along with us. Everyone who has ridden down to southern Utah with me, knows that I must always stop at the Chevron in Beaver and sit in the BIG chair. Last time we went, my dad was the only one who would sit with me...what a great guy.

The Count Down is On!!!

2009-04-29T10:01:00.000-07:00

I have officially started counting down the days until summer break! I live for the summer. I don't know if I could ever work somewhere that doesn't get the whole summer off. As of today, I only have 21 days of school left. I am pumped! I love being able to spend more time with my kids and it seems so much easier to not have to worry about work and meetings. I have big plans of hanging with my sis and her kids...(by the way...she's got some big news, but I don't want to spoil...so check her blog often). We always join Movie Club and we also have Fun Fridays that my sister started with some of her friends and I kinda joined too. Every Friday we do something exciting and new with the kids. So be prepared for some fun and exciting blogs coming soon...very very soon.

Happiest Place on Earth

2009-04-15T10:18:00.000-07:00

Over spring break we had a chance to vacation in California. We had 6 days packed full of fun. We went to Disneyland and California Adventure, Sea World, San Diego's Wild Animal Park, and Universal Studios. Since Mama Lou is staying with us until their house is done, she was able to come with. We had a blast. Here are some of the highlights;

Max and Paige at the Wild Animal Park....the Gorillas were Max's favorite....and by the way, our kids are no good at posing for pictures. We can't get both of them to look at the camera for the life of us!

Max and Daddy on his favorite ride Pirates of the Caribbean. We had to force him on it the first time, but after that he was Captain Jack Sparrow the rest of the trip!

We waited in line for WAY too long for Mickey Mouse and when we finally got there, Paige was terrified of him! This was the only line that tested our patience.

Max loves 'The Sword in the Stone' so he had to try to pull the sword out. He was rather bothered that he couldn't get it out. He REALLY wanted that sword.

Here we are in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle, once again trying to push the kids' faces so they will look at the camera. Very frustrating.

While in San Diego we visited Old Town and ate some authentic Mexican food. Some guy balloon tied a sword for Max and a Butterfly for Paige. Max was pretty pumped because he had been begging for us to buy him a sword since he had tried to pull out the sword from the stone.

At the Wild Animal Kingdom Max went in and fed the birds. Right when he walked in the door 2 or 3 birds flew down and landed right on him! The look on his face was hilarious!

If you ask Paige about her favorite part of the vacation, she will say it was when she got to see Dora. She never watches Dora, so it surprised me that she like seeing her so much.

While in San Diego, we drove over the bridge to Coronado and we were so happy that we did. It was so beautiful! We walked on the beach and Paige LOVED walking in the ocean. She was adorable.

Little Maxwell Lee

2009-04-14T20:21:00.000-07:00

April 6th, was my little Maxwell Lee's 4th Birthday. I can't believe it's been 4 years! What a blessing Max has been in our life. Max was named after both of his Grandpas, Grandpa Max and Papa Lee. I can remember the day he was born like it was just yesterday. After 3 1/2 months long months of bed rest and an absolutely horrible delivery, I was so ready for my little boy to come.

For Max's birthday party we had family over for dinner and cake and ice cream. Max of course, picked out an Incredible Hulk cake. The kids had a blast playing in the yard and we even had a guest appearance by the Hulk himself, or should I say Herself. After dinner and dessert the family rocked out on Guitar Hero. It was a good time.

Max is such a character. He loves the Incredible Hulk, Pirates, licorice, Sharks, Spiders, and scary movies such as the Corpse Bride and Monster House. Max gives the best loves and he loves to cuddle. Max is often finding trouble and doing things he shouldn't do. In fact, I used to joke that I could rent him out to people to see what needs to be baby-proofed in their house. Even the youngest of Max's cousins love to yell, "MAX!"...like they are getting after him for doing something. Max is an unbelievable person and I know that he is going to continue to grow into an unbelievable person. Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

President's Day

2009-02-18T11:48:00.000-08:00

For President's day we decided we would go to eat at the Pizza Factory..one of my favorites! So we all piled into the truck (my parents too!) and headed into Ogden. After parking, my parents hopped out of the truck on one side, and Trevor and I on the other. The next thing I knew I heard a big boom! I knew right away what had happened. Momma Lou slipped on the snow and ice. I wish so much that I had a picture to post to show what I saw next. I ran around the truck and saw momma Lou had slipped UNDER the truck! Just her wee little head was poking out. I have to admit that I peed a little when I saw her under there. It was so funny! Good news is she didn't get hurt and she was actually laughing and trying to keep from peeing her pants too. This story reminds me of long ago when I was about 12 or 13, Momma Lou slipped coming down the stairs at church and on her way down, she took out Ken and they both went down. I laugh hysterically every time I picture it in my head. AHHH! If you know both my mom and Ken you know how very funny this is! Every time I bring it up she says, " That is not funny...I had a bruise on my leg from that for like 2 years!"

VALEN'TIMES' DAY

2009-02-18T11:38:00.000-08:00

Working at the elementary school I get hear all the new 'lingo' that the kids use. They all say 'valentimes' instead of valentines...and it drives me CRAZY. I spent the whole day on Friday before valentines day teaching all the kids the proper way to say it. I even wrote it on my little white-board so they could see how it is spelled. Another weird word they use is, "Budge" or in a sentence it would look like this: "Don't cut in line you big Budger!"....I laughed so hard the first time I heard the kids say this. I don't know about you, but when I was in school we called it 'butting' in line....weirdo kids.

We had a great Valentines Day weekend. Both of my parents are in town so we were able to spend the weekend with them. Trevor gave me a wonderful present that I adore..... It's a picture of the Bountiful Temple and has our name and anniversary date on it.

And I got Trev some new gear for our cruise that we're going on in November.

The kids were completely spoiled by my parents. I think they were on a sugar high for 3 days!

Pirates Ahoy!

2009-01-28T11:48:00.000-08:00

Max and Paige have been acting like Pirates lately. The other day, they were all decked out with their pirate swords, hooks, and hats. They love to chase each other around and they even talk like pirates by saying things like, " Walk the Plank" and "Aye..matey!". They are very entertaining.

I found a pirate tattoo laying around and thought Max would LOVE to put it on his arm. I proceeded to lift up his shirt and stick the tattoo on his arm and he went BALLISTIC! He started crying so hard you would have thought somebody was cutting a finger off! Now that it's been on for a couple of weeks he has really grown to like it. Now whenever I take his shirt off he flexes his muscles and starts talking like a pirate again. So now when he is 18 and wants to defile his body I will just show him this picture....

2009-01-14T12:05:00.000-08:00

I know, I know...I'm WAY behind on my blogging. I have been swamped lately. Besides working 2 jobs, I am now the secretary in the primary, planning a conference for over 100 people, and trying my best to be a wife and mom. I think I am getting the primary stuff 'figured' out so I'm feeling a little less stress....just a little though. I can't wait until summer!!

We had a fantastic Christmas. It just gets more fun every year. The kids were an absolute blast. We stayed up late and made cookies for Santa, and in the morning Max even remembered to check to see if he ate them! (after staying up until 2:30 a.m., Santa was much too tired to even think about eating so I bagged them up and saved them for later...but Max thought for sure he gobbled them right up)

A couple of days after Christmas we took the kids to the Ogden City lights. We had so much fun. Paige insisted on walking the entire way even though there was tons of snow and ice. Have I mentioned before...she is so CRAZY ???

Trevor and I decided after Christmas that Santa forgot to get us Guitar Hero World Tour, so we went and bought it ourselves....I wonder if I could get reimbursed for that? Both Max and Paige have sure taken a likeing to it. This picture shows just how serious Max takes his drumming.

Meow!

2008-12-21T20:54:00.000-08:00

For about 3 weeks now, Max has been a kitty. I keep hoping he will forget about it, but he never forgets. For instance, yesterday, I went in to wake him up for the day and before he even opened his eyes he let out his best 'meeooww'. I said, "Are you kidding me?" He must have even been a kitty in his dreams! At this point I'm wishing he would turn back into the HULK....hmmm I can't decided which one is more annoying.....but pretty cute too.

Gingerbread Mansion

2008-12-21T20:26:00.000-08:00

We decided the title of this post should be 'Gingerbread Mansion' because 'house' just wouldn't do it justice! ....In all reality, this is our first attempt at a gingerbread house so I think we did pretty good. The kids had a blast and I even let them decorate some of it...which can sometimes be hard for me to do. The kids actually had the most fun eating the candy while Trevor and I constructed the house.

Trimming the Tree

2008-12-03T09:51:00.000-08:00

Trevor and I put up our Christmas decorations this last weekend. We had the best helper this year. Our goal was to put everything up while the kids were asleep. Max cooperated, but Paige, however, did not. She decided that she was going to be our big helper. She grabbed each ornament and yell, "Here Go!" and hand it to Trevor. At first she was going so fast that Trevor couldn't keep up with her. After a while she got a little slower. It was so cute we had to video tape it....she is so crazy. Now the trick will be keeping her from taking the ornaments off!

Little Maxwell Lee

2008-12-03T08:30:00.000-08:00

Last sunday Max cracked his head open. We had just gotten to Trevor's parents house when he went running in to see all his cousins and he tripped over Trevor's size 13 feet:)...needless to say, he fell and slammed his head on the hinge of the bathroom door. It was very tramatic for him. The entire way to the the hospital he was asking if the Dr. would just kiss him better...no bandaids. So that's the first thing he asked the Dr..."would you please kiss it better?" The Dr. got all weird and said, " no..I think your parents can do that." Anyway, he ended up with 2 staples in his noggin...poor kid. We got the staples out yesterday and all is well. Here is a photo of the damage. I have a strange feeling this won't be the last set of stiches/staples that he will have. I think Trevor said that by the time he was his age, he had already had a couple of sets of stiches and some broken bones, so I guess we're doing pretty good. To tell you the truth, I'm suprised he is 3 1/2 and this is the first set!

Soccer!

2008-11-12T10:23:00.000-08:00

I saw a sign for soccer registrations for fall and I called the rec center to check on ages. They said 3 years old would be considered pre-K so they let me sign Max up for soccer. Now that the season is over, I can say Max was too young to play soccer. Max was the youngest on his team (by a whole year or 2) but he was the tallest/biggest. I thought he would love soccer because I always loved soccer.I started playing soccer when I was 5 and played all the way to high school. For about 3 years now I have been coaching Max to be NICE, not to take other people's toys, and not to kick or hit anyone. Well, he is finally STARTING to 'get it' and now for soccer we are telling him to STEAL the ball and kick it away from everyone. I think it confused him a bit.

The last couple of months Max has been obsessed with the Incredible Hulk. So at Max's soccer game is he running around pretending to BE the Hulk. The video is pretty funny, but we have since stopped letting him watch the cartoon because it is taking over his life and he is always saying, "DON'T MAKE ME ANGRY...YOU WOULDN'T LIKE ME WHEN I'M ANGRY!"

Fun Times

2008-11-12T09:48:00.000-08:00

My sister and I, along with some friends from work, purchased season tickets to The Desert Star Theatre. We went to the first show a couple of weeks ago and boy did we have a blast! We saw a play called Scary Poppins! It was so funny. I would highly recommend going to see any of the plays there. There was even an outhouse that we had to take our picture in...

Andrea in the Outhouse

Here I am reading the paper while in the outhouse

Sarah and MaryAnn holding up the arch!!! Impressive:)

I know....we're nerds. But we had so much fun. It is fun to have a girls day out every once and awhile. And Trevor was so sweet! He watched the kids AND Andrea's kids while we were gone. So he had 4 kids under 4....What a good daddy and uncle!

Halloween

2008-11-05T08:41:00.000-08:00

I know...I'm almost a week late posting my Halloween pictures, I'm slow. A couple of months ago Max was loving pirates so I bought him a cute Pirate costume. He wore it for the family Halloween party, but then decided he wanted to be the Frankenstein that he dressed up as 2 years ago:

So Here's what he was on Halloween night: We took the kids to the Zoo for their trick-or-treat day and it was crazy! There were hundreds of people there. Max had to stop every kid that was dressed as the Incredible Hulk and let him know how cool he thought the costume was. It was pretty funny.

Paige dressed up like Minney Mouse. She was adorable. She loves anything with Minnie or Mickey so she thought it was pretty funny when I first put the Minnie ears on her:)

So that just leaves me and Trevor. I bought us this funny costume and it was like pulling teeth to get Trevor to wear it. He was Bacon and I was Eggs! I thought it was funny and easy, but Trevor gets embarrassed about EVERYTHING. In fact, he is probably going to be embarrassed about me writing this...so don't tell him! So I don't even have a picture of us wearing our costume....Trevor will glad about that.

Suprise!

2008-10-29T10:34:00.000-07:00

Six years ago on October 17 Trevor and I got married. We decided last year that we should switch off every year planning something to do for our anniversary. So this year was his year. I have been reminding him for probably 6 months to make sure that he didn't forget. The weekend of our anniversary I had thursday and friday off of work for UEA weekend. On Wednesday night I got home from work and he had all of bags packed and ready to go! He took me up to Park City to do some shopping and then we stayed in our Condo in Midway. I absolutely LOVE midway! It was so beautiful up there because all of the leaves were changing colors. And we even spotted a deer right in the back yard of the condo.

The fun did not end there! Friday morning we drove to Thanksgiving Point and rented segways to ride around the garden area. My brother rode segways for his birthday and I have wanted to ride them ever since. It was so much fun. The gardens at Thanksgiving Point are absolutely beautiful. And they even have the largest Man-made waterfall in the western hemisphere. It was so cool. The gardens are huge (fifty-five acres) so I'm glad that we rented the segways and didn't have to walk the whole way! At first the segways are a little scary, but with a little training, they are a blast. I wish I had one to ride everyday! They can go up to 12 miles per hour! I think Trevor was nervous that I was going to crash and burn at first, but I showed him what's up:)

After that, we drove home and picked up the kids and took them up to Bear Lake where we stayed the night. We had tons of fun. We picked up a Papa Murphy's Pizza and took the kids swimming. It was great!

What an awesome hubby I have....he planned all that all by himself. He really is a great person and an even better dad. I sometimes take him for granted and all that he does. Love ya babe!

Happy Anniversary!

Tagged! Twice! I feel so violated!

2008-10-28T11:53:00.000-07:00

My sister-in-law Jaime and my good friend Sarah both have 'tagged'me. This is my first time being Tagged so be kind:)

I'll start with Jaime's tag......

Ok...so now I guess I share 7 random and/or weird facts about myself.

#1- I once had a teeny tiny freckle on the tip of my nose. When I got pregnant it grew and grew until it looked like a witch's wart! Don't worry, it has since been removed.

#2- I love when food places play peel-n-win games. For example, Subway was playing Scrabble a couple of months ago. And McDonald's is currently playing Monopoly. It's so fun to peel and see what you get. Most of the time I get nothing...but for some reason I still love it.

#3- I love Pineapple! When growing up, every year for Easter/Christmas I would get a pineapple in my basket/stocking. It's my favorite food ever!

#4- I have to scrub dishes clean before I put them in the dishwasher....my husband calls me the "dish natzi"...but I blame it on my mom:)

#5- I love to play board games or cards. My most favorite game right now is "settlers of Catan".

#6- I always have to have my toenails painted. That doesn't mean they always look perfect, because most of the time it's old worn paint, but I think my toe look really wierd with no paint at all on them.

#7- When I was in Hawaii I snorkeled with a SHARK! Okay, it was just a black tip reef shark, but still...it was 5 or 6 feet long and looked just like a great white!

Okay...so there you have it. There are 7 amazing facts about me! So now I am supposed to Tag people...here it goes: I choose to tag Andrea, Sarah, Kennybum,..hmmm I guess that is everyone I know that has a blog that isn't already tagged so I will just do three I guess.

Now for Sarah's Tag: The tag says that I am supposed to go to my 6th picture folder and post the 6th picture.

I'm so glad that this is the picture that I got to put! This is a picture of me, Trevor, my brother...Kennybum, and Ken's friend Darcy. In this picture we are riding a Space Mountain at Disneyland in Paris. Boy did we have a blast. If you ever get the chance to go to Euro Disney...TAKE IT!

He's the Man!

2008-10-15T11:01:00.000-07:00

Because I am new at the blogging thing, I have a post that I should have posted during the summer, but I didn't have a blog back then ...so here it is:

A couple of sis-in-laws were running the the 5K this summer for South Weber Days and I, (being the pushy wife I am), signed Trevor up to run too! He agreed as long as I bought him some new running shoes...so the night before the race we bought him some new SWEET shoes! I know...buying new shoes the day before the race is not a good idea, but you should have seen his old ones....

I am so proud of him. He didn't even train or practice at all! He does play basketball regularly so he is somewhat in shape. Here is a video of Trevor and Jaime crossing the finish line. Yeah!!

My goal next year is to be able to run it with him:)

So Behind

2008-10-08T09:59:00.000-07:00

I feel so behind on my blogging. I have so much to blog about all in one...so here we go.

Every year we try to make it to the pumpkin patch. We made it early this year and the kids loved it. They played on the toys and then we rode the hayride to the pumpkin field where we all got to pick out a pumpkin and take it home. The only bad part was I wore my flipflops and my feet got covered in sticker weeds.

Another fun thing we did was go to the circus! I love the circus. We had a blast. Paige got a little restless toward the end, but Maxwell couldn't control his excitement. He waited the whole show for the tigers to come out. When it was finally time for the tigers to perform, Max stood up and said, " I'm going down there...I'll be back mom." He's a nut.

Ok....one last thing on my list of 'items to blog about'. ....For a couple of weeks now, Trevor has been telling me that he has a suprise for me and the kids. He keeps telling me that the suprise isn't ready yet, but that it should be soon. So....finally on friday night Trevor said, "The Suprise is Ready!" I was so excited. I love suprises, but it drives me crazy becuase I just can't WAIT! So he drove us to a house in Layton and sitting on the front porch is one of his friends that he works with. Sitting next to her...there is a box with little blanket over it......and I knew it! He got us a little kitty!!! Trevor had the little kitty picked out for a couple of weeks and had been checking on him until he was ready to leave his mom. So we got in the car and asked Max what we should name him....he decided on Dr. Banner. For those of you who don't have a child obsessed with The Incredible Hulk, Dr. Banner is the person's name before he turns into the Hulk. Dr. Banner is soooo cute and the kids LOVE him. But I think Dr. Banner loves me the most!

Chuck-E-Cheese

2008-09-30T13:56:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we were invited by one of Trevor's friends to Chuck-E-Cheese to celebrate a birthday. We told Max that we had a suprise for him and we didn't tell him where we were going. When we pulled in the parking lot he screamed, "Chuck-E-Cheese!" We couldn't believe that he knew about Chuck-E-Cheese! This is the first time that we had gone there so he must have learned about it from a commercial or something. Weird.

Anyway, I remember Chuck-E-Cheese being a lot more fun when I was a little girl. I used to love the animontronic heads that came to life and sang awesome songs. Well, it is not that fun now. There were WAY too many people there and the only entertainment was arcade games. I guess the kids did have fun. Although in the first picture it looks like Paige is a little frightened by the big mouse. Maybe I'm just old.

Butter to the Rescue!

2008-09-26T11:27:00.000-07:00

So...I posted my post about crazy Paige 1 day too early.....The very next day I went into her room and found her sleeping with one leg through the slats on the front of her bed. I thought is was funny at first and proceeded to take a picture. Much to my dismay, when I tried to wake her up, her leg was wedged sooo tight that I couldn't get it out. She started screaming and crying. I felt so awful. I ran to the refridgerator and grabbed a stick of butter. I greased her up really good and I STILL couldn't get her out. I called Trevor and he said, "Well get her out..." Duh...I was trying. So I hung up the phone and greased her up again and then spun her around sideways and I finally got her out. What a crazy girl! Here are some pictures of what her leg looked like after I got her out. She was pretty mad....as you can tell.

Crazy Paige

2008-09-17T07:43:00.001-07:00

Paige is so crazy when she sleeps! Since we have changed her crib into a toddler bed she has gotten even crazier. She rolls out of bed and then falls asleep in various places. I have even been putting a body pillow next to her in bed but she pushes it out of the way and rolls right over it. The other day I went in her bedroom and she was nowhere to be found. I ran to get Trevor and we looked all over the place. We finally found her sleeping UNDER her bed!

FUN AT THE PARK

2008-09-10T08:32:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went on a little outing to the Tracy Aviary and to Liberty Park. I have loved Liberty Park since I was a little girl...and I still do! We had such a good time. We packed a lunch and let the kids ride a couple of the rides. Max and Paige both love to ride rides.

On our way home we thought it would be fun to stop by Cummings Chocolates to buy some chocolate-covered strawberries and raspberries. That was until we found out that a dozen strawberries is $25.00!! And a dozen raspberries is $35.00!!! Isn't that crazy? Anyway, we decided to make some ourselves. They were pretty tasty.

Best Friends

2008-09-03T08:06:00.000-07:00

Trevor and I always say, "Look how much they love each other!" Maxwell and Paige have so much fun together. They will play in Max's room for hours. We peek in and they are playing so cute together and laughing hysterically at each other.

This morning Max helped Paige into the car while I was getting my things ready to go. I looked out into the car and Paige had climbed over into Max's seat and was laughing so hard. She is such a tease. Max thought it was pretty funny too!I hope they will always be this close and love each other this much.

Lazy Days of Summer I will miss you!

2008-08-27T14:28:00.000-07:00

Well...the summer for me is over. I have started back to work. I really love my job, but I had so much fun being home with my kids this summer. My sister and cousin created an activity calendar so we had tons of fun things to do. We went to the zoo, Cherry Hill, the Heber Creeper, Liberty Park, Jungle Jim's Playland, and every tuesday was movie day. Boy I'm going to miss it! But I will always be able to look forward to next summer. I can't wait:) I'll post some pictures of the fun things we did this summer.

It's Official!!!

2008-08-20T11:21:00.000-07:00

Well.....I finally have hopped on the blogging wagon. I am so proud of myself. I think blogging will be a great way to create a sort of scrapbook for my family that we can look back on enjoy. So...because this is my first blog I am experimenting and need to learn all the cute things you all know how to do! So please....give me any ideas you have.