I had to write this down before I forgot about it. I was getting the boys ready for a bath. Alex was already sitting in the bathtub. I put Darek in the tub as Alex made an observation. "Mom, Darek doesn't have nipples like I do." I giggled a little and said, "Yes sweetie, he does have nipples." "No, not like the ones I do." I pointed to Darek's nipples and said, "These are just like the ones you have." Alex looked at me like I was dumb and pointed to his face where his DIMPLES are and said, "No Mom, these nipples." I just laughed out loud and corrected the word. He blushed and laughed a little when I told him the right word.
I just love little moments like this!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Halloween
I never blogged about Halloween, so I figure I ought to get to that before Thanksgiving rolls around. We went down to Hurricane/St. George for Halloween this year and had a blast! We went directly over to my sisters (Bethany) house in Hurricane for a How To Host A Murder party. It was such a fun evening. It was fun watching everyone get very into their parts and we all just laughed and laughed. The next day was Halloween. We started the morning with carving pumpkins. We did pretty basic faces this year since I was not in the mood to be creative. :) We met my other sister (Hayley) and her family at a cute place to eat called Pirate Island Pizza. It was a really neat little place and we found out they are building a couple up here, which made us pretty happy. After we all ate, our husbands took the kids back to Beth's house while the girls went shopping. (Don't feel bad for the guys... they went back to play games.) We had so much fun shopping and made me miss the old days when we used to shop together all the time. Before we knew it, it was time to get back to get the kids ready to go out trick-or-treating. We got lots of pictures of all the kids dressed up and while they were out. Ryan and Chad were gracious enough to stay behind for any trick-or-treaters that came by. But really they just sword fought out on the lawn. :) The next day was pretty relaxed and we left in the early afternoon to go back home. It was a great trip and we're thinking of making this a tradition.
Alex (Snake Eyes) and Tyson (Darth Vader)
My cute little Snake Eyes
This one creeps me out a little.
Darth Vader coming in for the kill
My cute little Woody. I couldn't resist this costume!
My little nephew Brayden.
All the cute cousins having a blast together!
Hayley with Anna
I got some of the funniest faces from Brayden.
Love this picture of Anna
Once Darek got one piece of candy, he didn't want to move on until he ate it. :)
Back at Beth's house, Darek found the stash!
Alex was so excited to join in the sword fight when he got back. I love this picture!
Alex (Snake Eyes) and Tyson (Darth Vader)
My cute little Snake Eyes
This one creeps me out a little.
Darth Vader coming in for the kill
My cute little Woody. I couldn't resist this costume!
My little nephew Brayden.
All the cute cousins having a blast together!
Hayley with Anna
I got some of the funniest faces from Brayden.
Love this picture of Anna
Once Darek got one piece of candy, he didn't want to move on until he ate it. :)
Back at Beth's house, Darek found the stash!
Alex was so excited to join in the sword fight when he got back. I love this picture!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Lots To Catch Up On
I've been so lazy about blogging. There has been so much going on and I just haven't taken the time to sit down and write it all out. I'm going to try and catch up since I have a lot of pictures I want to post.
The first thing I'll catch up on was our trip to San Francisco in mid October. Sadly, the main point of this trip was to say goodbye to my Grandma. She is very sick and doesn't have much longer. It was very important to me that my family all come with me. We were able to work it out so that Ryan could come and of course we brought the boys. Alex had already met my Grandma and knew who she was, but this was the first time my Grandma met Darek. She has seen pictures and was already madly in love with Darek, but I was really happy that she could finally meet him. He was going through a really bad Mommies boy stage at the time, so he wouldn't let her hold him the first visit. But during the second visit, he fell asleep. I gave him to her so she could hold him. I will never forget the look on my Grandma's face as she just sat and cuddled with him. We had a wonderful visit with her and it was fun to sit and reminisce memories we all had. We got a recent report that she has taken a pretty bad turn. We know she doesn't have very long and I am so grateful I was able to see her again.
Since my Grandma was pretty weak and could only handle short visits, we planned some other activities with my sisters Hayley and Bethany, Beth's hubby Chad and Hayley's little girl, Anna, while were all in the area. We were lucky enough to stay with my cousin Heather and her family. We had the best time! When I went to my other cousins wedding back in June, I was able to reconnect with Heather, Jennifer and Jason (who are all siblings). So when we knew we were planning the trip to Cali, I emailed Heather and she graciously let us come stay with her. We had some wonderful late night talks and even though it wasn't very warm, got to dip our feet in her beautiful pool out back. We could not have asked for better hosts!
There were some fun activities we did that stick out. The first one was visiting a park that we used to go to all the time when we were little. It was right down the street from my Aunts and just a little ways away from my other Grandparents house. I have lots of memories playing there with my cousins. So it was fun to go and play with my boys there and reminisce with my sisters.
The second one was visiting The Nut Tree. This was another one of those places that we used to visit a lot when we were little. It's a wonderful place to visit with kids. It looks almost nothing like it did when I was little, but had a few things that I recognized from when I was little. Again, it was an amazing and surreal experience to bring my boys there to play. It felt like only yesterday that I was a kid playing there.
The third thing was our day in San Francisco. Ryan and I were able to visit a few years ago with Alex, but Alex was still pretty little. We started out our day at the Exploritorium. This is one of my favorite places in San Francisco. It's a pretty famous building that is shown in several movies. I love walking around outside. It has the most beautiful structures surrounding it and it never ceases to amaze me when I walk around it. Inside, you find the coolest science projects ever! It takes hours to get through and you still have a hard time exploring everything. After we finished there we went over to the pier to get ready to go out to Alcatraz. The last time we had done this was when Alex was a baby. This time Alex couldn't wait. He thought it was so cool that we were going to go into what was a real jail. Once we got in there, he was a little freaked out. But still thought it was pretty interesting. We spent several hours there. I LOVE the view from Alcatraz looking at San Francisco. We finished our day at the Aquarium at the Bay. We had never been there before and we ended up getting discount tickets, so we figured why not? It wasn't as good as we were hoping it would be, but it was still fun. I'm glad we got the discount tickets.
Any time we visit the San Francisco, we try to visit the Oakland Temple. This temple holds a lot of memories for me. I think I have only been in it once to do baptisms right after I turned 12, shortly before we moved. But this is the temple my parents were sealed in. And I have so memories of walking on the grounds after my Dad would take us to see a Giants or A's game. I love this temple. It sits pretty high on a hill and therefore holds spectacular views. Again, on a clear day, you can see into San Francisco. I love when you can see the Golden Gate bridge. So on our last day there, right before we headed to the airport, we went up to the temple. Since it was a Monday, we couldn't go up on the top and walk around. But it still felt good to be there again. We went through the visitors center as well where they some really neat displays set up about the history of Mormons in California.
Although we didn't get up to West Sac, it still felt so good to be that close to home. Even though I was about 13 when we moved, I still have so many connections to that area. I miss it a lot. I love that there are still so many people there that I love that also know and love me. I know I always will have people to visit there.
We had a wonderful trip. A very relaxing, memorable trip. I hope we can go back again sometime soon.
The first thing I'll catch up on was our trip to San Francisco in mid October. Sadly, the main point of this trip was to say goodbye to my Grandma. She is very sick and doesn't have much longer. It was very important to me that my family all come with me. We were able to work it out so that Ryan could come and of course we brought the boys. Alex had already met my Grandma and knew who she was, but this was the first time my Grandma met Darek. She has seen pictures and was already madly in love with Darek, but I was really happy that she could finally meet him. He was going through a really bad Mommies boy stage at the time, so he wouldn't let her hold him the first visit. But during the second visit, he fell asleep. I gave him to her so she could hold him. I will never forget the look on my Grandma's face as she just sat and cuddled with him. We had a wonderful visit with her and it was fun to sit and reminisce memories we all had. We got a recent report that she has taken a pretty bad turn. We know she doesn't have very long and I am so grateful I was able to see her again.
Since my Grandma was pretty weak and could only handle short visits, we planned some other activities with my sisters Hayley and Bethany, Beth's hubby Chad and Hayley's little girl, Anna, while were all in the area. We were lucky enough to stay with my cousin Heather and her family. We had the best time! When I went to my other cousins wedding back in June, I was able to reconnect with Heather, Jennifer and Jason (who are all siblings). So when we knew we were planning the trip to Cali, I emailed Heather and she graciously let us come stay with her. We had some wonderful late night talks and even though it wasn't very warm, got to dip our feet in her beautiful pool out back. We could not have asked for better hosts!
There were some fun activities we did that stick out. The first one was visiting a park that we used to go to all the time when we were little. It was right down the street from my Aunts and just a little ways away from my other Grandparents house. I have lots of memories playing there with my cousins. So it was fun to go and play with my boys there and reminisce with my sisters.
The second one was visiting The Nut Tree. This was another one of those places that we used to visit a lot when we were little. It's a wonderful place to visit with kids. It looks almost nothing like it did when I was little, but had a few things that I recognized from when I was little. Again, it was an amazing and surreal experience to bring my boys there to play. It felt like only yesterday that I was a kid playing there.
The third thing was our day in San Francisco. Ryan and I were able to visit a few years ago with Alex, but Alex was still pretty little. We started out our day at the Exploritorium. This is one of my favorite places in San Francisco. It's a pretty famous building that is shown in several movies. I love walking around outside. It has the most beautiful structures surrounding it and it never ceases to amaze me when I walk around it. Inside, you find the coolest science projects ever! It takes hours to get through and you still have a hard time exploring everything. After we finished there we went over to the pier to get ready to go out to Alcatraz. The last time we had done this was when Alex was a baby. This time Alex couldn't wait. He thought it was so cool that we were going to go into what was a real jail. Once we got in there, he was a little freaked out. But still thought it was pretty interesting. We spent several hours there. I LOVE the view from Alcatraz looking at San Francisco. We finished our day at the Aquarium at the Bay. We had never been there before and we ended up getting discount tickets, so we figured why not? It wasn't as good as we were hoping it would be, but it was still fun. I'm glad we got the discount tickets.
Any time we visit the San Francisco, we try to visit the Oakland Temple. This temple holds a lot of memories for me. I think I have only been in it once to do baptisms right after I turned 12, shortly before we moved. But this is the temple my parents were sealed in. And I have so memories of walking on the grounds after my Dad would take us to see a Giants or A's game. I love this temple. It sits pretty high on a hill and therefore holds spectacular views. Again, on a clear day, you can see into San Francisco. I love when you can see the Golden Gate bridge. So on our last day there, right before we headed to the airport, we went up to the temple. Since it was a Monday, we couldn't go up on the top and walk around. But it still felt good to be there again. We went through the visitors center as well where they some really neat displays set up about the history of Mormons in California.
Although we didn't get up to West Sac, it still felt so good to be that close to home. Even though I was about 13 when we moved, I still have so many connections to that area. I miss it a lot. I love that there are still so many people there that I love that also know and love me. I know I always will have people to visit there.
We had a wonderful trip. A very relaxing, memorable trip. I hope we can go back again sometime soon.
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