The Sommer Family

My Gav turns 8

2011-11-03T08:30:00.000-07:00

My little Gavster turns 8 today and I cannot believe it has been that long! I am still amazed that I got through it and that I came out with so many blessings and life experiences! He truely was an angel sent to me to help mold and shape my life! I know I was an instrament for my Heavenly Father to get Gavin here to his family because he has great work to do on this earth! I love him so much and think about him often! I am sooo blessed to have been able to give his parents the greatest gift of all and that I was chosen to do so.! It was hard and almost unbarable at times but I know it was totally worth it aend he is happy and doing amazing things! To see the full story and pictures go to my previous blog post!
http://nickaimeesommer.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-little-man-5-years-old.html
Happy birthday little man! Aimee Mommy Loves you!

South Carolina 1

2011-08-17T09:16:00.000-07:00

We made it and the girls were soooo happy to see each other after months and months!

South Carolina or bust...

2011-08-17T09:05:00.000-07:00

My sister had her baby in May so my Dad, the girls and I drove to South Carolina for her blessing day! It took us 3 days, 2200+ miles and lots of Harley store stops! This is the first of many posts. These is pics from our road trip!

First Harley stop.. They got a few t-shirts along the way!

One of our many Harley store stops! My dad has the girls trained! Everytime they see the Harley sign off the road they would point it out!

I was pretty stoked to be able to see the new Kansas City Temple!

Isabel got balloon wings from a restaurant at our first stop, Nebraska. She kills me.. Futue VS model.. UM NOOOOO! Im puting the two piece away and going to a moo-moo!

PrEsChoOl Time

2011-06-27T17:51:00.000-07:00

Just letting you all know that I am still doing preschool! I am enrolling for this coming September! I have 3 options available... Tues/Thurs Mornings from 9:15-11-15am ($65), Tues/Thurs Afternoons from 12:30-3:00pm ($75) and Tues/Wed/Thurs Mornings from 9:15-11:15am ($85)
Spread the word!
www.playfulpandaspreschool.webs.com

Kodachrome

2011-06-16T08:07:00.000-07:00

We just returned from a 5 day camping adventure to kodachrome!(by bryce canyon) We had a blast. We hiked everyday to some pretty amazing things. Despite the gigumbus blisters on my feet, the hurt back from carrying Brynlee most of the way and running out of Diet Coke, it was soo fabulous! I absolutly love that my girls get to have a relationship with my Dads brothers and sisters, my Oma and cousins! We have a very special relationship with all of them. So special that my girls call them Grandma and Grandpa! We also got to spend some time with our cousin Greg, whom my girls love(most of the time) I just love spending time with our family and that my girls have such great strong role models in their lives!
Next stop.... Tetons then off to MOAB!
Thanks Grantie Nester and Papa Frank for always choosing great locations and setting it all up for us.. and thanks to Grandma Lee Lee for all the FOOD!!

the season is apon us.......

2011-05-25T21:10:00.000-07:00

~~summer~~Camping! Our family loves camping. I should say the girls and I. Nick, not so much! But he is a good sport once or twice. the rest we go alone! We go with my side of the family and its always a blast. My grandma who is 86 goes on every trip and its so much fun to get to spend time with her and have my girls havea relationship with her! Our first trip was to palicades! Next codachrome!

Easter Sunday

2011-04-29T19:33:00.000-07:00

The fam playing "just dance for kids"

The greatest invention ever...

2011-04-21T09:10:00.000-07:00

besides spanks...

This little item was the best $40 bucks I have spent in a while! What it is it? Well I have 2 beautiful little girls who like to wake me up before 7am! When that happens, I am an onery mean ogar! So because Brynlee can't recognize ALL the numbers yet and Isabel doesn't quite know how to tell time I needed something to tell them when they could wake up, kind of like an alarm clock. Well this beauty does that for me! You set the time you want them to wake up.. When the cow (on the bottom) is lit up it means "stay in bed" when the cow is "dancing"(lit on top) it means they can come wake up the queen! lol

AND YES IT WORKS!!!!

Another year older and wiser to...

2011-04-15T11:34:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to me!
I turned 27 and had a wonderful birthday week! I was spoiled this year by everyone! I was showered with lots of flowers from family and my ward family. I was spoiled by my dad and Kathy and of course, we went to Texas. I also absolutly love that my children were so excited to sing to me. I was woke up by Isabel saying Happy birthday and Brynlee singing to me! Love my kids

Easter already!

2011-04-15T11:17:00.000-07:00

I still can't believe we are in mid-April already! I am just amazed at how fast time has flown! For family night we went to our friends The Mowers. We had yummy food, a spiritual moment and dyed easter eggs. My kids love Easter so it was a lot of fun!

Call me crazy

2011-04-15T11:12:00.000-07:00

but I had a pajama party with 17 of Isabel and Brynlees friends. We were all just so excited for "Tangled" to come out that I decided to throw a little shin dig! It was a lot of fun and not as crazy as I thought it woudl be. We had lots of pizza and then lots of sugar just in time for them to go home!! Isabel was so excited and I loved being able to do that for her and Bryn! I see a house full of teenagers in my future!

There is sun...

2011-04-15T11:06:00.000-07:00

just not in Utah!

I got to go to Arizona with my girl friend for our birthday celebration! We had so much fun. I was gone for 6 days and it was all heavenly! We stayed at the WigWam resort in litchfield, Arizona and it was AMAZING! We mostly just sat in our awesome suite and slept but we did layout and shop alot! We also went to the resort spa and spent a pretty penny on a ultimate facial(which was amazing) I want to go back so bad! Especially when you get of the plane at home and the ground is covered in snow! B E A utiful.. NOT!!!!

Our view of the pool from our amazing balcony!

Nieces 1st birthday

2011-04-15T11:01:00.000-07:00

I am so lucky to be best friends with my cousin! She has a cute little girl named Olive who turned 1. Miss Olive was hard to get so it was extra special! Here area few fun pics from her birthday party!

My Daddy turns..

2011-04-15T10:57:00.000-07:00

62 40!
My dad this one of the greatest men I know! Im not just predjudice either! He really is amazing.. He does so much for my little family and I appreciate him so much. He also would do anything for anyone. He is an amaing "papa" and my girls absolutly love this man! Im so blessed to get to live so close (upstairs) so they can have a close relationship with him! Vary rarly does a day go by that they don't run down stairs to see him and get starbursts!
We went to Texas Roadhouse for his birthday,(of course!) and we bought him a laptop for his birthday!
I just love him so much!
Happy Birthday Daddy!

Bitty Bling

2011-02-23T11:08:00.000-08:00

I love to make jewelry, particularly Baby Bracelets! I have had a few people ask me if I can make them one so I decided to start a little business off it! I don't have website and I working on the blog but I have a fan page on facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/BittY-BlinG/135669203167203
I will have new bracelets up this weekend and I do custom orders as well!

Check it out!

Preschool EnroLLment

2011-01-30T14:31:00.000-08:00

Just letting everyone know that I am starting preschool enrollment for 2011-2010 school year. I am offering a few different options so if you are interested take a look at my website or contact me!
www.playfulpandaspreschool.webs.com

Christmas 2010

2010-12-27T19:54:00.001-08:00

Our Christmas 2010! I lov Christmas! Love spoiling my kids! Love the Magic and the time with family! Love teaching my kids about giving to others and seeing them pick out gifts for less fortunate kids! I love love love CHRISTMAS!

Happy 4th Birthday Boozer!

2010-12-02T21:44:00.000-08:00

My baby girl turned 4 on Dec 2nd! We partied it up.. We are so blessed to have so many fabulous people in our lives that love our girls! We had 3 little get togethers! We went to Texas Roadhouse on her actual birthday because she wanted to ride the saddle! On Saturday morning she had her friends party with a princess and saturday night we went to Mayan with all of our fabulous family!
I just absolutly love this girl! She seriously is such a joy in our lives and brings so much to this family! She is so dang smart and I have loved watching her develope. She is so good at writting her name! She loves to practice her letters and does amazingly! I love watching her learn new things and her brain retain so much information! She loves playing babies and can be seen carrying around her baby carseat all the time. She has the funniest way of speaking.. "why hers does that" "whad you said" "we didnt do that in a long day" "can we do that what we did laster night" "mom your taking a long day to get there" She is just hilarious! I love her and can't believe she is 4 already!

save money...

2010-11-30T12:47:00.000-08:00

Nick and I just signed on with company that donald trump endorses. We offer cell phone services from all major carries, direct and dish, internet, home phone, digital phone and home security. All at discounted rates. We were paying $91 a month for direct tv with 2 receivers both with high def and dvr. We had a package lower then the one we signed up for through our company and we now pay $51! We can possibly do the same for you. It costs you nothing and if you save money and want to do it, then great if not then great to! Even if you have contracts or not let me see what we can do!! We need your help to get a promotion and it takes 5 minutes!!
Let me know!
www.nicksommer.acnrep.com
aimeesommer23@msn.com

I did it because I love you....

2010-11-03T10:29:00.000-07:00

Today marks the 7th birthday of my first born, Gavin. I serioulsy cannot believe 7 years has gone by and Im ok.. Looking back to that day I remember so much and I really surprised myself how strong I was. I didn't know that I could love a person so much until they placed this little, amazing and perfect baby in my arms. Knowing how attached I was from the get go and how much I loved him then, its hard to believe that I was strong enough to place him in the arms of another mother who wasn't blessed to have her "own" children. I really am grateful every single day for my decision. He has an amazing family and an amazing father, that which I couldn't offer him!(ps.. the sperm donar aka. baby dady didn't want anything to do with him) That being said, I am so grateful to the "baby daddy" for being a jerk to me and for not wanting us.. That sounds crazy but I would be stuck in a relationship that I would be unhappy and Gavin would be in a disfunctional house hold!
I love this little boy more then words can say! I think of him often and wonder how he is doing or what he looks like now! I will always have a place in my heart for him and I thank god for giving this challange to me for it has made me a much better person!
Refer to this post for some pictures! You will have to copy and paste cause I can't figure out how to make it a link!
http://nickaimeesommer.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-little-man-5-years-old.html

Good bye for now...

2010-10-03T20:37:00.000-07:00

camping season...:(
The girls and I went our last camping trip til next year a few weeks ago. We have been 4x and have loved every minute! We have been very blessed this summer to have gone on sooo many trips. We went to green river, palicades, huntington res, driggs Idaho, jackson hole, Needles national park, bear lake(twice), boise and a few other fun places!
We just got back from Bear Lake where we went to a friends wedding! We stayed in a cute little one room cabin, had a nice drive through Logan Canyon and saw the rick srpings cave. The kids loved it!

Here is our trip to Needles!!! Nick was working so we went solo!! So much fun! The girls got to rock climb a lot and it was a blast!

5 years & 5 stitches later....

2010-09-12T22:30:00.000-07:00

Nick and I celebrated our 5yr anniversary on Sept 9th! We went away(not to far away, down town slc baby)for the weekend ALONE!! It was heavenly.. we went to tucanos for dinner on Friday night, a movie and then slept in till 10 when golfing, shopping and then dinner... During our dinner my sister, who had our girls, called and told me we needed to get there because Brynlee had fallen in the tub and split her chin and needs stitches!! AHHHH.. I was so scared.. I knew she was well taken care off but its the first "big" injury we have had! We not being there when it happend made me sad but at least she was in good hands!! We sped over and took her to the kids care! Her wound was almost bone deep, you could see the fat oozing out and it was pretty long! She did so good! They numbed her up with gel, then gave her like 6 shots of numbing stuff into the wound and started stiching... She cried alittle and because she was so strong there were 4 of us holding her down but once she started stitching she just layed there asking for suckers and stickers!!!
here a few pics of our adventure

Her is her before, getting numb with the gel.. She took her bink out and said "cheese"

This looks horrible but they were cleaning it with Iodine & sterile water!

Sorry I didn't flip this... This doctor was amazing and Bryn told her "thank you, love you bye" when we left!

Getting all stitched up!

5 stiches and a happy girl with suckers and stickers!

My Big 2yr old!

2010-08-15T19:51:00.001-07:00

we had a HUGE party for Brynlee! We had 35-40 people, lots of food, "B" and "2" shaped donuts and snow cones! We had it at my Omas pool and it was a blast. Swimming, food, family and fun!! One of her favorite gifts comes from none other thn papa, A Harley! She got a lot of great gifts and we are so blessed to have such amazing family! I feel bad cause I didn't get ANY pics of nicks family :( I need to be better!

Bryns 2 year pics

2010-08-02T18:21:00.000-07:00

Brynlee is turning to on August 14th!! I can't believe she is so big! I feel like she should be turning 3 cause of how smart she is!! She can talk really clear and tells me everything she wants, she tells me when she wants to go to bed and throws a fit if I tell her she can't! She goes potty once a day, at least! She is amazing and I love her more then words!!

Mary Kay Inventory sale

2010-07-17T20:22:00.000-07:00

My sister used to sale mary kay and bought the huge inventory package and has a bunch left. It is all more then 50% off retail plus no taxes being charged!!! here is a full list of what she has.. Shipping may apply as she lives in Colorado but she is coming end of July and end of August so she could bring it! Can purchase the whole package or individually! Let me know if you are interested!

Mary Kay Inventory and Prices
1 Color Pallet $15
3 Custom Compacts (holds 3 eye shadow, 1 blush, and 1 lipstick) $8
1 Foundation Compact (holds cream to powder or dual coverage foundation) $4
1 Brush Set $22
1 Beauty Blotters oil absorbing tissues 75 Pack $2.50
2 Retractable Powder brush $5
1 Travel Roll-up bag $10

Cream Lipstick $6.50
3 Sweet Nectar
2 Garner Frost
2 Toffee
2 Paradise Pink
2 Pink Satin
2 Frosted Rose
1 Shell
1 Gingerbread
1 Whipped Berry
1 Spin a Pose Rose
1 Apricot Glaze
1 Pink Daisy
1 Sunburst
1 Sunset
1 Downtown Brown
1 Pink Shimmer
1 Raisin Berry
1 Mocha Freeze
1 Dusty Rose
1 Pink Melon
1 Apple Berry
1 Pink Coral
1 Amber Suede

Lip Gloss $6.50
1 Natural
1 Tiger Lily
1 Water Melon

Medium Coverage Foundation (for combination to oily skin) $7
2 Ivory 100
2 Beige 400
1 Beige 402
2 Beige 404
1 Bronze 500
1 Bronze 607
1 Bronze 708
Full Coverage Foundation (for normal to dry skin) $7
1 Ivory 100
1 Ivory 200
1 Ivory 202
1 Beige 302
2 Beige 400
1 Beige 402
1 Beige 404

Dual Coverage Powder Foundation $7
1 Ivory 100
2 Beige 300
1 Beige 400

Cream to Powder Foundation $7
1 Ivory 1
1 Ivory 3
1 Beige 4

Loose Powder $6
2 Light Ivory
1 Ivory

Concealer $4.75
2 Light Ivory
1 Yellow

Facial Highlighting Pen $5
Shades 1, 2,3 and 4

Blush $5
3 Sunny Spice
2 Mocha Blush
1 Plum Dazzle
1 Apricot Breeze
1 Pink Flamingo
1 Gold Canyon
1 Island Spice

Eye Shawdow $3.25
1 Storm
1 Goldenrod
1 Gold Leaf
1 Tropical Sun
1 Periwinkle
1 Cranberry Ice
1 Onyx
1 Safari Sunset
2 Cinnabar
1 Sugar plum
1 Bamboo
1 Double Espresso
1 Blue Moon
1 Virtual Violet
1 Currant Craze
1 Copper Beach

Eyesicles Eye Color $3
2 Vanilla
1 Island Bronze
1 Pink Frost

Lip Liner 4.75
2 Neutral
3 Dusty Pink
1 Dark Berry
1 Berry
1 Dark Chocolate

Brow Liner $4.75
2 Blonde
1 Soft Auburn

Private Spa Collection
1 Embrace Dreams Lotion $7
1 Embrace Dreams Body Wash $6
1 Embrace Harmony Fragrance Mist $9
1 Embrace Harmony Lotion $7
1 Embrace Harmony Body Wash $6
1 Embrace Happiness Fragrance Mist $9
1 Embrace Happiness Lotion $7
1 Embrace Happiness Body Wash $6
Buy Set of 3 of the Harmony or Happiness for $20

Other Odds and Ends
3 Eye Primer (helps your eye makeup to not bleed/smear) $4
4 Lip Outliner (helps lipstick to Bleed) $4
1 Satin Hands and Body Set (includes buffing cream, cleansing gel, and hydrating lotion) $12
1 Moisturizing Shave Cream $4
1 Visibly Fit Body Lotion (helps with the appearance of veins and cellulite) $11
1 Blemish Control Toner, Formula 3 $5.50
1 Extra Emollient Night Cream $5
3 Oil Free Hydrating Gel $12
3 Intense Moisturizing Cream$12
1 Age Fighting Eye Cream $13
1 Satin Hands Set $14
1 Satin Lips Set (mask and balm) $9
1 Soothing Eye Gel $6
2 Oil Matifier $7
2 Mint Bliss Lotion for Feet and Legs $3
2 Mint Bless Pedicure Sets $15
2 Micordermabrasion Sets $25

All Sales Are Final.

Gone Ballooning part 3, bear world

2010-07-04T20:54:00.001-07:00

part 1 and 2 below! sorry I have an overload of pics!! Here is bear world.. It is sooo fun! If you haven't gone, do it!! well worth it!

nothing like little carni rides! They loved them!

Yes I had to go with.. I was pretty scared actually! I hate heights specially carni rides & heights!

Peting the baby dear "with polka dots" while it gets its bumb cleaned!

us and some dear

goats

cutest bear family I have ever seen!

Izzy and little bear cub!

Gone Ballooning part 2

2010-07-04T20:41:00.000-07:00

Us at the Tetons!

The whole clan! minus david and megan and some of jens kids :(

Jackson Hole antler arch, thing!

cute babies in bear chair in jackson!

on our way to jackson! just liked the view!

Cute girls in there 4th outfits!

Buggy!

Boozer!

Gone Ballooning!!

2010-07-04T20:19:00.000-07:00

My dad and his lady friend, Kathy, go hot air ballooning almost every weekend in the summer! They help set them up and chase them down! We had the opportunity to help crew these balloons in driggs over this 4th weekend! SO FUN!! It is amazing and such a cool experience! We spent 3 nights and 4 days in little ole' driggs idaho ballooning, went to jackson, hit bear world on the way home and had a world famous mullberry (spelled wrong im sure) shake! Here are some pics of our adventure!WARNING...PICTURE OVERLOAD!

helping daddy "burp" the balloon.. after it flys we chase it down and then have to get out all the HOT air so we can fold it up!

Me and the girls in front of half the pumpkin head balloon!

My pretty sistter,"grant jen", with bryn bryn!

My love and I getting ready to chase down the balloons! so fun!

All the balloons getting set up

The chase truck!

Izzy helping grandpa with the crown line.. holding the balloon down until its ready to inflate and stand up right!

have you seen the movie up? Yep there is a guy hanging from these balloons and he flys in the sky with the other balloons.. FREaKY!

Helping grandpa unfold the balloon! She was so excited she got to help!

The balloons we helped with, Gizmo and pumpkin head!

Fathers Day

2010-06-21T14:27:00.000-07:00

I have been blessed with some amazing dads in my life! Nick is such a good daddy! I used to imagine what kind of daddy I would end up with.. And Nick has execeded my expetions so much! He loves his girls and they just adore him!!
We spent fathers day at Nicks parents house.. We didnt' do anything with my dad because he was off hot air ballooning in salina! :( but we had lots of fun spending time with Nicks sweet dad! Here are a few pics of our day!

ENGAGED!!

2010-06-01T10:28:00.000-07:00

My favorite brother just got engaged!! I had the pleasure of helping him do something fun & romantic! We decorated a little cove in bell canyon with candles, rose petals etc!! It was soooo fun! We love his fiance and can't wait til August 27th for her to be in our family!! SHE ISN'T CRAZY and we LIKE HEr!! its nice to have a normal sister in law now!!! WAHoo!!

IHiking with Dave

2010-05-28T12:15:00.000-07:00

Uncle Dave took us on a beautiful hike up bell canyon before he moved! It was sooo much fun and the girls absolutly loved it!! Isabel keeps telling me she wants to go hike again!! It is so pretty up there and was so nice to be out in nature!

We could get used to this..

2010-05-23T12:29:00.000-07:00

and we better! We plan on going a lot this summer!
We love going with the Nigbur side of the family and really hope we can go more often!! Our first outing was to green river!! so much fun!! Kids played like crazy and it was a blast!

I love being a mother...

2010-05-10T14:27:00.000-07:00

but I hate mothers day. It just makes me feel like I have to think about my mom all day. Which isn't a horrible thing.. she was, from what I remember or have been told, a incredible woman. Not one person has something bad or negative to say about her! She loved her babies and loved my dad! She also loved her friends and the gospel! She was a beautiful woman on the inside and out! You would think after 22yrs and me being 4 when she died, I would be ok with it.. Im NOT!!! Mothers day just makes me sad and depresed.. Makes me feel sorry for myself and I just SOB all flippen day!!!! I still to this day don't understand how someone could be needed more in heaven then on earth, raising her children. I completly and with my whole believe the gospel is true and that everything happens for a reason and I love that I believe in the attonment and the fact that I will see my mom someday but that doesn't mean I don't completly understand why I didn't get to grow up with my mother!! I love her and just wish I had more time with her!!!
On a happy note, I love my children and love that I am here with them and get the opportunity to be here with them and experience with my kids what I didn't experience with my mom.
I loved watching my Izzy sing on the stand for mothers day.. Of course, I cried then had to say the prayer in sacrament meeting, which was totally scary! It was as good of day as it could have been and my kids made it a great mothers day!

We took the girls to make bracelets for a little mothers day activity!!

Me and my girls on mothers day!

Preschool

2010-04-29T12:18:00.000-07:00

Just in case some of you out there who read my blog have children 2 1/2 to 5, live in the sandy/draper area and are looking for a preschool, check out mine!!!

I posted a link on the right!!

April happenings

2010-04-28T19:13:00.000-07:00

I turned the big 26!! Of course, we went to texas, my favorite restaraunt! Most of my family was there and made it a great day! I got 2 gift certs to bead fairy, my favorite store!

Isabel had a fire truck and fireman tyson come to preschool!!!

We try to go to my grandmas a few times a month! As a little girl I remember having so much fun with her and she does the same fun stuff with my girls. Their favorite, grandma plays the piano and they march, jump, crawl, run and numerous others, around the room! Im so glad my girls get the chance to know her and have these memories to!

We get a membership to the zoo every year! we just love it!! If anyone ever wants to go I get 2 kids and 1 adult in for FREE and Im always looking for someone to go with!

Easter

2010-04-04T19:54:00.000-07:00

We had a fabulous easter! I started the week by explaining that we celebrate Easter because that is when Jesus was resurected and the Easter bunny was just a fun thing! Isabel was so cute! I would ask her why we celebrate Easter and sometimes I would get "Mom, I not want Jesus to resurected" and other times I would get "Jesus comes" or " I love Jesus and father!"

We died Easter Eggs, which was soo fun! They both just loved it! Isabel ran in our room this morning telling me that we need to find our baskets and see if the bunny came! We finished Easter weekend with some words from our prophet during conference, a family dinner and Easter egg hunt!

My cute family and some eggs

Christmas, wait its Easter! Went a little crazy!

Checkin out bryns bucket..Isabels was in the dryer still.. she hadn't found it yet!

Easter outfits!

My pretty, chubby, blue eyed, curly haired, spunky, opinionated and loving Bryners!

Our spicey, princess, independent, writting her name, loves her daddy, loves bowling, loves to watch movies and eat popcorn, affectionate and beautiful Izzy!

my first 5k of many...

2010-03-27T13:47:00.001-07:00

....I hope! I ran my firswt 5k today! It was a lot of fun and I defonatly can see myself getting addicted to this! I already want to sign up for the next one and do a half marathon in the near future! I ran it with my sister and my ex-cheer coach & BFF Karol! It was freezing at first but then turned out to be a very nice run! GO ME!

Us bright and early ready to RUN!

Just before the race!

AFter the race!

We love Papa

2010-03-25T12:36:00.000-07:00

I have no words to express the feelings I have for my dad! I also have no words for the way it makes me feel seeing him with my kids! I wanna cry everytime they are together! He is such a great grandpa to them and has influenced there lives in ways he doesn't even know! They absolutly love him! When Isabel gets a new pair of shoes or learns to write a new letter the first person she has to show is papa! Brynlee races down the stairs at least 2x a day saying "papa" and sits on is lap with a story! Im just so greatful for him and the relationship we have and the relationship he has with my kids!

Here is the girls on the harley!! its so funn, whenever they hear a harley or something that sounds like one they immediatly say "papa!" I love it!

Bryn with papa

Izzy and papa!

almost there...

2010-03-17T07:01:00.000-07:00

Well after 17 months of trying to lose weight, my goal is finally in sight! I lost the first 35 on my own, took me a year but I did it. I for the life of me couldn't lose anymore! The last 10 were not coming & I was running 2.5-3 miles a day, doing weights occasionally and eating good & wouldn't lose. So I decided to try nutrisystem because I knew that the reason I wasn't losing was because of my eating. I was doing good but not good enough! My first week on nutrisystem I have lost 3lbs & feel great! if I keep going like this I will defonatly meet my goal & then some.

Here are my weight loss stats, not to brag, but for myself to look at later when I have gained it all back.. I can see what I once was!

38lbs lost
6.5 pant sizes down (18 to a 10-11)
38d to a 36c in bra sizes! :) the girls are shrinking!
xl shirt to a medium. and a large in juniors! I haven't fit in juniors since... well since I was like in 6th grade!!

Its been stressful, annoying, tiring, hard and stupid but now Im sooo glad I have stuck with it!

What we have been up to...

2010-03-09T10:03:00.000-08:00

nothing really... We are excited about our trip to disneyland and sea world & Isabel has been patiently awaiting disney on ice & the day has finally come! I have also been busy preparing to teach preshool in the fall & praying fervantly to know if it is the right time to have a baby. Isabel tells me she just wants a brynlee so I think she is happy the way it is. I have also been enjoying reading more as I am in book club once a month & I have started running daily. Nick started school & I am so proud of him! He will do great!

We took the girls swimming!! Summer will be so fun! They both LOVE the water and we got a season pass to cowabunga!!

Isabel & Jocelyn love to read. They pretend they are really reading by making up stories! Joce is leaving in June :( Isabel will be soooo sad and me to!

Girls we helping me make mashed pototoes for dinner. Isabel loves to peel them!

Happiest Place on Earth??

2010-02-28T14:21:00.000-08:00

...I sure hope so, cause thats where were headed!!! June 17-22, hot, probably busy but still loads of fun! After a month of deciding between a vacation without kids or with, sea world alone, a cruise, disney land, mexico etc I finally talked nick into the disneyland thing. The truth is, we are planning on having another baby here soon and I know it will be 10x harder to travel as a family with 3 kids then 2. We can always leave them with someone and go alone but it will never be the 4 of us again so we decided on a family vacation. Most people say my kids are way to young for Disney land and I partially agree however, I know we will have a great time just seeing it and meeting the princesses so it will be well worth the money even if we don't ride rides or see it all!!!
We will also go to sea world one day and the beach another! Im totally stoked! Nick has never been to the ocean or disney land so it will be an adventure. We are driving, which could be interesting, but it will be a great trip!!!

Playful Pandas Preschool

2010-02-07T13:14:00.000-08:00

Because I have been doing daycare in my home now for a few years, I recently decided to do a preschool instead. I am now enrolling for 2010-2011 school year. I have a morning and afternoon class, 2 days a week, Tues/Thurs
Morning is 9am-11am
Afternoon is 1pm-3pm
Ages 2 1/2 - 5
I am excited to implement some fun learning experiences in my preschool.

Please visit my website at http://www.playfulpandaspreschool.webs.com/ for more detail
If you know of anyone looking for preschool in sandy/draper area, please let them know about me!
Thanks a bunch

My Brnyners

2010-02-02T07:16:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my Bryn is almost 18months old! She really is such a great kid! She plays sooo good with her sister, is a little mean to her much smaller niece maddie and keeps me on my toes.! She loves to climb on to push our kitchen chairs up to the light switches, climb up and turn them on and off! She climbs on top of my table & on anything she can! She is daring! She will put all the pillows on the floor, climb on the couch, say "twooooo" and then free fall on top of them! She also has sprouted some dang cute curly hair this past month!! I love it

curly sue!

Smiler!

Love these kidos

2010-01-15T15:34:00.000-08:00

Half the time I wonder if I am a good mother.. Why on earth god would give me these 2 beautiful girls and trust me with their sweet spirits. Why do I sometimes feel under appreciated, over worked and under paid? Why I want more kids and how would I be able to love another? Why am I sleeped deprived, never feel beautiuful and always feel FAT!! Desperatly wanting my single life back, at times, to do what ever, whenever and not have to find a babysitter. NOt knowing what my hobbies are or who I am anymore!

Then I look at these two faces!

And everything is ok!!! They are such sweet girls and everything that I have sacrificed for them is nothing compared to the feelings of joy they bring me! They are my life and I love them!!!!

Sink Reflections

2010-01-08T19:59:00.001-08:00

I, like most mommies, (i hope anyway) have issues keeping my house clean, organized and I always feel chaos in my home and life! It has a lot to do with my attitude but alot to do with the way my house makes me feel when its cluttery and messy!
In my attempt to keep a better house I ordered the book "sink reflections" by the flylady.. www.flylady.com. She has an amazing way to keep up on house work, get rid of clutter and help your overall attitude. I started reading it on Tuesday and slowly have incorperated some of her tasks like "27 fling boogie" "hot spot drill" and sink shinning. (you will have to read it to know what that is) and she says to get up every morning get dressed to your lace up shoes immediatly along with your face and hair. I have done this since day 2 of reading and it is amazing how much better my day goes when Im ready before 730am. I get so much more acomplished, my sink is always empty and my house is on its way to declutter and de-chaosing!!
I enjoy cleaning and see it as blessing my family and my home instead of chores and feeling picked on because I always to everything! I have my kids help even if its not the way I would do it. "House work done incorrectly still blesses the home"
I just wanted to share this for any of you having the same issue. I suddenly feel alive, not as depressed, less stressed and more acomplished!!!

Things to try/change in 2010 and some HELP

2009-12-30T12:49:00.000-08:00

I hate making resolutions because when I don't do them I feel like a failure! So I decided this year I was going to call it "things I want to try/change in 2010" Then if it doesn't happen, Oh well!

1-Be more patient with my children.
2-Find ways to keep a better house (ie cleaning, organizing, etc)
3-Learn to Knit. (I will be learning the German way from my Oma!)
4-Do 4 scrapbook pages a week! (im soo behind that I have got to catch up)
5- Loose 30 more pounds (preferablly before august!)
6- excercise 3-4 days a week
7- Read a book a month
8- Have one date night a week with my husband! (even if it is just sitting at home with no children)
9- Have more ME time!
10-Try to not spend so much money! (ie. eating out and stupid crap I buy that I don't need)

Im sure there are more but thats all I can think of!

Also, I need some advice. This is probably to personal to be puting on a blog but most of you who read it are family and close friends and I value your opinions!!
Im having a dilema! I want to have a baby! I want to start trying in August of 2010 but I keep getting mixed emotions!
Heres the deal! Its no secret that we live with my dad and don't pay anything! With Nick getting a pay cut, yet again, we are lucky to have enough to pay the bills we already have! We can't afford health insurance so we have state help with that. To make a long story short, we are barley making ends meat, but we are making it! Nick works 5, 12 hr days and then does side work on the weekends so we can have a good life!
I also want to go back to school. So my thought is I have our last baby in spring 2011, have nick go to school while I stay home with them and then when they are grown a bit I go to school. Or the other thought, I go to school now as well as nick and have a baby in 3-4yrs when were both done (and our last kid will be like 4 yrs apart from bryn so I will probably end up having another one close) and hopefully nick will have a good enough job that we can have our own house and pay bills!
So my question is... what would you do? Am I crazy to even think about having a baby right now? I need advise!!! HELP!!!

he came and went

2009-12-28T21:44:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve is my favorite part of christmas! We always go to my dads side of the family! We usually only see this side 2 times a year so its always fun! We always get german weiners, which are heavenly, and my grandmas potato salad (which is the best on the planet)! The girls wear their german dresses that my Oma made and we have a fun time singing songs and chatting!

The german girls (maddie doesn't have one yet)

my smilers!

I love carrying on one of my family traditions (and many other families) of opening jammies on christmas eve! My girls match and have cute little slippers!

Christmas this year was extra exciting! Isabel was sooo excited for all things Christmas.. She would flip out over EVERYTHING! She loved ripping off her ring on her advent calander and counting down the days.. Bryn would say "ho ho ho" and "tanta" all day long! Despite a rough year financially, our girls got spoiled!

Bryns stuff!

and Isabels! she got a toyota fj cruiser hot wheels! She loved it so much she opened the rest of her presents from the drivers seat!!

Isabels 3rd birthday.. a little late!

2009-12-28T08:38:00.001-08:00

I have been trying to upload these forever! We had princess gisel from enchanted, isabels favorite movie, come to her party! She was sooooo excited.. She talks about it everyday and wants sleeping beauty to come next year. We will defonatly do it again! These are just a few of the pics I like!

The partiers!

Her dancing with the princess.. her favorite part!

My little princess with "her princess"

santa claus is comin!

2009-12-23T12:01:00.001-08:00

We have been having a lot of fun this year talking about and preparing for christmas! Isabel is at the perfect age where she is sooo excited for everything christmas. The lights, the songs, santa, presents and snow!
here are a few things we have been doing....

Meg and I made yummy treats for our neighbors!

Decorating sugar cookies and EATING them, gingerbread houses and advent calanders!

Family christmas party and the horor of santa.. daddy had to help her!

brynlee just LOVES him!

Temple square

2009-12-10T15:25:00.000-08:00

We always enjoy going to the lights every year! This year was exspecially fun because the girls are the perfect age to LOVE all of it, Dave brought his girly friend who we love and Chad was home from afganistan for 2 weeks! It always gets us in the christmas spirit even though we froze our butts off!

Dave and Sheralyn (aka. Sher or Cherry for isabel)

megs cute family

Me and my pink marshmellows. daddy was working :(

bryn all bundled up

Christmas cards

2009-12-06T06:25:00.001-08:00

I made up my Christmas card! I love sending them out and I love making them! This one of my favs!

If anyone is interested in me making them one just let me know. I would charge $5 to make it and send it to you for you to print or I can print them for 1.50 each 5x7 including envelopes(shipping is extra about $4) and then $.65 per 4x6 including evelopes(shipping extra!)

I can have them ready in 1 day and if you get them printed, they should arrive in less then a week!!

Email if you are interested

aimeesommer23@msn.com

Happy 3rd little princess!!!

2009-12-02T07:20:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to my cute little Isabel! She is such a good little girl and so smart! I am so thankful she came into our lives and makes me laug daily!!! Love this kid!

bowling!

2009-11-27T07:21:00.000-08:00

"i do it by myself!!"

bryn bowling!

my cuttest family!

daddy and bryn chillin

watching intently as her ball creeps down the lane!

We went with Megan & chad bowling and had a ball! Isabel has got some natural bowling talent! She bowled a 118 and beat all of us but NIck! She had the bumpers and ramp of course but still!! It was a fun time and we will be doing it more often!

My little man is six!

2009-11-03T10:23:00.000-08:00

6 years ago today I had the cuttest little man EVER!!! Mister Gavin is 6 today! I still think about him often exspecially today and the 6th(the day I placed my little boy in the arms of his new mommy). I still can' t look at the pictures of the actual placement with out balling my eyes out but he is happy, I am happy! I will see him again someday wether it be in this life or the next! Love him so much and am so greatful I had the experience because it truely has changed my life!!! I never said it was easy but it was worth it!!

First time holding him!

Last time holding him!

Giving him to his new mommy!

His new family!

5 years old, I haven't gotten one for 6 yet! cross your fingers.. isn't he handsome! Love him sooo much

Halloween Halloween Trick or treat....

2009-11-02T19:26:00.000-08:00

our costumes can't be beat! (Dora the explorer)

This year was sooo much fun! Isabel actually knew what to do and knew what trick or treating was all about! She RAN to each house and knocked and before the person even got to the door she was yelling trick or treat! It was a perfect night, not to cold and no wind! We had pizza at my sisters house with the fam then hit about 20 houses! Isabel was a jeanie and miss bryn was a bee. My sisters kids were Dora and Lady bug! We had a blasT!

Just a preview, more to come when I get the rest of the pics of the cameras!

lol! getting all 4 of them to look is quite the stressful task!

so excited

Getting this buzy BEE to stand still for 3 seconds is impossible

I dressed up as an overweight mother of 2! ;)

WItChes at Gardner Village!

2009-10-18T12:10:00.000-07:00

LOve this pic!

My babies!

They thought this was cool!

Their favorite, the bike witch!

One of my favorite things to do, around this time of year is, head down to Gardner Village and see the witches!!! This year was extra special because my sister Megan and her girls got to come with me!!!! The girls had a ball and loved the witch on the bike! It was packed and we had to walk a few blocks to get there but it was a blast!

Pumpkin PaTcH

2009-10-11T20:54:00.000-07:00

Izzy had been dying to get pumpkins! She sees them on peoples door steps and tells me she wants one of those! We decided to take a family trip to the pumpkin patch! It was lots of fun and the kids loved it!

Her favorite part!

General Womens Conference!

2009-10-11T20:30:00.001-07:00

My sisters and I got the opportunity to go to the general relief society Conference! It was sooo good and just what I needed! We had a great time and sat sooo close! I was star struck! I loved that I could actually see the prophet up close and somewhat personal! He is an amazing man! I loved all the talks and got such great inspiration from them!

Also, Megan lives in colorado and has been away from Utah for sometime! It has been so much fun that the 3 of us can go out!!!

Just some fun ones

2009-10-04T08:32:00.001-07:00

We have a had so much fun this summer and I was ready for some cooler weather but NOT quite this cold so fast! yikes! one day I was showing Isabel the red leaves on the trees and the next I was showing her SNOW! Here are some random pics of the last few weeks!

Where I ALWAYS find brynlee when she is really quite! She loves books! good thing I sell them!

Isabel is so good to read to her! They play so well together!

It was my favorite brothers 29th birthday so we had a dutch oven rib dinner for him! This cake is the best thing since sliced bread!(my grandma always says that!)

cold weather means getting the wheeler out getting ready for plowin.. sad but true!

Izzy Loves her pa pa and totally loved the 4-wheeler! My dad is growing a beard so he can get a part time job as santa in december! LOL :)

Girls night out

2009-09-28T08:04:00.000-07:00

I am WAY into digital Scrapbooking and this company is my FAV!!! they have awesome retreats, awesome products and a great forum. Come to this girls night out and learn tips tricks and teqniques using photoshop! It is geared for all skill levels!!!!

Love these kids

2009-09-24T08:50:00.000-07:00

The past few months have been rough. Alot has happened in our little lives that we never thought we would have to go through. We are just so thankful that we have each other because I know I would have never gotten through stuff if I didn't know I had these beautiful babies! Isabel is so caring and when ever I cry or I am feeling down she just knows and is right there hugging me and making me laugh. Miss Bryn is just a joy! She is the happiest baby and really is a mothers dream child!! I just am so greatful for there sweet litttle sprits!!! I just lOVE UM!
And I love my husband! He is amazing! I have a great life however stressful and unbareable I think it is sometimes! I am truely blessed!

My pretties!!!!

Isabel & Jocelyn were playing horsey (aka riding on each others back) I just love this pic!

My big girl ready for school!

DIVA!!! She is my buddy and is getting so smart. She can recognize A & B and she knows the days of the week.. HELLO she has only been going to school for 6 days!!!!

DaNCIng QueEn

2009-09-17T13:58:00.000-07:00

Isabel started dance! She LOVES it! The whole time driving to dance she kept saying "shake your booty, shake your booty"! And when we got home she kept doing "shuffle" with her tap shoes!!! I almost cried like 5x watching her, my baby is so big and cute!!!

Usborne book E-Show

2009-09-11T13:27:00.001-07:00

You've been invited to an Usborne Books e-show!
Hosted by Megan Kunzler
Just go to: www.myubam.com/HOS152960 and start shopping!!
This E-show is scheduled to close on September 24th!
Give the children in your life the best gift of all...
* THE BELIEF THAT READING IS FUN! *
Fill your shopping cart with all of your favorite books and they will get shipped to your door in a week!
While you're shopping, make sure to enter to win $50 in FREE books from Usborne!
Don't miss these great titles! Note that these books work great for younger and older children as well.
Newborn to 1-year-old: Touchy Feely Set; Animal Hide and Seek; Baby's Very First series
2-year-old: Super Saver Combo Set 1 (including First Picture Nursery Rhymes, First Colors); There's a Mouse About the House
3-year-old: Animals baby jigsaw; Stories for Little Boys (or Little Girls); Picture Book Sets
4-year-old: Big Book of Things to Spot; Why?; Guji, Guji
5-year-old: Super Saver Combo Set 2; Easy Words to Read Set
6-year-old: Beginners Sets (internet-referenced); Fox and the Stork
7-year-old: Jack Russell: Dog Detective Series; The Team series
8-year-old: Around the World in Eighty Days, King Arthur, Robin Hood; Illustrated Animal Stories
9-year-old: Moonrunner; Illustrated Stories for Boys (or Girls); Story of Inventions
10-year-old: Wickit Chronicles; Children's Encyclopedia; Illustrated Dictionary of Math
11-year-old: Big Book of Fantasy Quests; True Adventure Collection
12-year-old and up: World Wars; Internet-Linked Reference Set; See Inside Your Body
*These books are also great for children with sensory-needs and autism! Check out our Touchy Feely 1, 2, 3 and Touchy Feely ABC or There's a Mouse About the House.
If you have any questions, would like specific recommendations for the children in your life, or to book an E-show of your own, contact:
Aimee Sommer
Book Consultant
Usborne Books & More
C: (801) 783-0386
aimeesommer23@msn.com

Help Megan earn FREE books. For every E-show that is booked from her show she gets $5 in free books! She also can get at minimum $155 in FREE books!

1st day of Preschool

2009-09-10T14:45:00.000-07:00

Well I survived the first day of preschool! I think the hardest part is not knowing how she was gong to act or if she would pee her pants because she would be to scared to ask to pee. She was great!!! She was a little nervous and I had to tell her I would wait outsid, so now everytime we go she turns as she is walking in with her little finger waving "You wait outside, OK!" She is so cute and loves it.. It may sound crazy but it seems like after only 2 days of school she is more talkative, more anamated and just seems happier!!! I love it!

harley babies

2009-09-03T09:44:00.000-07:00

we had these pics taken for my dad! Arn't they sooooo flippen cute!!!!

Preschool already!

2009-09-03T09:28:00.000-07:00

I decided to sign Izzy up for preschool this year. She doesn't turn 3 til december but I feel like she is ready and she gets bored and is REaLLY smart and my neice joce is here for a year so we wanted them to go together. We went to their preschool openhouse and boy was she excited. She asked me the whole day when we are we going to "scooool" When we got there she sat right down in the little chairs and was ready to work!!! Here are a few pics of her in her new dress!!!

cheesball!

she loves her new dress

OH so cute! were gonna have to chain her up!

Usborne books and MOre

2009-08-19T20:23:00.000-07:00

First look below to see brynlees first birthday party pics then read on!

I just signed up to be a consultant for usborne books! I am dong Eshows so it is simple to host but you get all the benefits of a home show with out all the hassle of having a party. Because im a new consultant if you host a show you get double the hostess benefits. Also if you sign up to sell usborne you get the kit (10 books + supplies) for $45 until the 24th of August then it goes up to $60! You don't have to sell a certain amount to stay active, you don't have to sell at all if you don't want to. I did it so I can get the discount on books! If I sell some great if not then I still get great books for my kids at a discounted price!
go to www.myubam.com/c3630 or message me and I will give you details!

Bryns 1st birthday

2009-08-17T09:19:00.000-07:00

We celebrated brynlees birthday on Sunday the 16th! I have been trying since then to post pics but this stupid thing wouldn' t let me!
We had all our family there and it was so fun! She was so cute in her birthday tutu and got some way cute gifts!! She didn't dig into her cake like I thought she would but she did enjoy herself! Thanks to all who came!

the pig stye! lol I got a little carried away with cake but we ate it all!

isn't she soo cute!

my little piggy!

mmm cake!

Bryn with her present fome mommy & daddy!

My cute family!

Happy Birthday Brynlee!!!

2009-08-14T06:32:00.001-07:00

I can't believe she is 1 already! I feel like I was just yelling at her to get out of me so I wasn't so miserably hot and huge!!! Brynlee was August 12th and came to me August 14th through induction. I think she would have stayed in there FOREVER!!! She is the best behaved baby. I am so lucky that I have had 2 well manored kids! She only crys when she 1. is hungry, and its more of a whin with "mo mo mo"(aka: more) mixed in 2. she is tired and its more like an annoying song, she starts singing! 3. When she gets hurt and then its a REAL cry!

Some facts about our 1 year old:

1. She has been walking for 2 weeks now and has the funiest way of standing up alone. She doesn't use her arms she kinda rolls from her but to one knew then stands up on one leg!

2. She weights almost as much as her 2.5yr old sister. Isabel is 30lbs and when I weighed bryn she was 26!

3. She can wear her sisters shirts and has size 4 feet!

4. She is the HAPPIEST baby! She is always grinning or laughing

5. Has 4 teeth and two almost teeth!

6. Her new thing is knodding her head yes! its so cute her whole body moves

7. She absolutly loves Isabel! She follows her around like a puppy and plays so good with her.

8. She climbs stairs alone and half the time I can't find her, she went upstairs!

9. she dances when music is on

10. If your laying on the floor, she attacks you like a little sumo wrestler. She plays so good for being 1!

11. She lights up and grins so big when she sees her daddy! She loves me but there is just something about her and her dad!

12. Sleeps 12 hrs at night takes 2, 1.5hr naps, eats a full hot dog, loves ice cream, if you have food she smells it like hound and finds you, has no fear at the swimming pool she just goes and she is the best and I love her chubbyness!

1 already!!

2009-08-05T19:27:00.000-07:00

My baby is turning 1! Where has the time gone! She will be 1 on August 14th! were celebrating on the 16th with family and friends! She is the cutest little tonka ever! She has so much personality and spunk and keeps me really busy! She is almost full blown walking and eats a full flippen hot dog! I love my Tonka and I can't believe she is 1!

Here is the invite to her birthday party! Your all invited!

Summer fun

2009-08-02T14:30:00.000-07:00

riding the tractor!

Oh dear, we are in trouble!

Best Buds!

Riding a pony

This cow loved Brynlee!

Tonka, Me and Boozer!

they milked a cow, sorta!

looking at the baby chickis!

We took the girls to Thanksgiving points Farm country and it is soooo fun!! They absolutly loved it and I will be gettting a membership there for sure! They got to see so many fun things and the best part was petting the cows and horses! They even got to ride a pony and a tractor ride.

I need money

2009-07-27T15:15:00.000-07:00

so I have come to the relization that I need a job.. I had a home health job but I wasn't working enough hours (because of Nicks Schedule) to even make it worth me driving as much as I did to work. We paid more in gas then I actually made.. So I have all these ideas of what I want to make or what i could do to make money and still stay at home but puting those ideas in work is a a lot harder then I thought! So I have decided to once again try and do Daycare in my house! This truely the only way for me to make enough money to help and to stay home with my babies...!
So I need your help... If any of you reading my blog need or know of anyone looking for daycare I would just love you if you would let me know!!!

Thanks!

One small step for man one giant step for....

2009-07-26T09:00:00.001-07:00

BRYNLEE!!!! She totally started taking steps this past week! She is so cute.. She gets sooooo excited that she basically jumps out of the starting gate! She has taken liek 6 steps by herself.. Im thinking with in the next few weeks she will be full blown walking!! It will be so nice for her to walk so she can chase isabel around! Im excited to see her running around but sad that she has grown so much!

falling

Im so big!

walking to daddy!

take me out to the ball game

2009-07-26T08:52:00.001-07:00

Isabel has been dying to go to a bees game ever since she saw the comercial. She also was promised she could ride the train (trax) if she went poop on the potty! Which she now does with no problems! So while I was rockin out at the kenny Chesney concert with my sister, which by the way was AMAZING!!!!!, Nick went with his family to the game. She got to ride the train, got a pink bat and saw fireworks.. I was sad I didn't get to be there but I couldn't pass up Kennys sexiness!!!

This is what happens when you send your little girl with daddy... her hair is a mess!!!! arrr!

The group

Isabel and her cousin Anna

Pioneer day activities

2009-07-26T08:41:00.000-07:00

We went to Nicks sisters in syracuse for the 24th. It was a lot of fun. We played games, ate and did fireworks. Both my girls loved them and were so excited! Here are some pics of our day!

The bachelorette!!!

2009-07-21T13:30:00.000-07:00

HOly crap... I love this show!!! I am so excited for the final show I can bearly stand it!!! I like the two remaining guys equaling the same! Although they show reid coming back so Im not sure if there will be 3 remaing, either way, I like them ALL... I do however think I like Ed for her.. He just seems more ready for marriage and all that comes with it but Kipton is so good to!

So I want your thougths! Vote on my polls to the right!

I wish my brother would have gone on this season! Jill is sooooo cute!

11 months old

2009-07-20T19:41:00.000-07:00

Holy crap does time fly by! Miss Brynlee is almost a year old! I haven't weighed her latley but Im sure she is well over 20lbs! She wears a size 2t shirt and 18 month pants and a size 4 shoe! This year has flown by.. We have had our ups and downs this year but having Brynlee around makes life so much sweeter! She is such a spunky, smart and fun little girl! She makes me giggle daily because she is so dang funny!!! She is soooo chubby you just want to take a big bite! Even her fingers and toes are chub! She is almost walking.. give her a few weeks and she will be running! She is the most energetic and outgoing 11 month old I know.. She already has a personality that you can't help but love her!!! Happy Almost 1st birthday!

This picture isnt the best of her at all but it is her! She does this icky face when she wants something.. specially candy from her sister! its sooo funny!

Im a big kid now!!!

2009-07-11T10:04:00.000-07:00

WE DID iT!!! Isabel is potty trained!! wahoo.. She does so good, other then she won't poop on the potty (any help is appreciated), she is amazing! she tells me when she has to go and she usually goes.. except for in public restrooms those scare her and it TICKS me off!!! She only had maybe 4 accidents the whole potty training time and the rest she did great!!! she is wearing pull ups during bed time and still wakes up wet but I can deal with ONE diaper a day!! Her reward was to go to build a bear and so here it is!! Im about ready to offer her a harley if she poops!!!

choosing her animal, she wanted 2 dogs! at $22 a pop I think not!

Choosing the dogs bark!

stuffing it with fluffy stuff!

puting the heart on her head so it will be a smart dog!

bath time! aka her favorite part

dressing it.. what did she choose you may ask?? see below

yep a harley jacket just like pa pa's! Love it!!!

Military Day at the Zoo

2009-07-06T14:13:00.000-07:00

our cute Flutterbys! The loved getting their faces painted~

Riding the train!

Let FREEDOM Ring! We lover her daddy who is serving in Afghanistan for our freedom!

snow cones=messy girls!

It was Military Appreciation day at the Zoo on Friday so Megan & I took the girls. It was a lot of fun & the girls were so good! It turned out to be quite an emotional day wit Military Members all over and a band that sang a song as we waited in line for the train.. Megs and I both cried, of course! here are some pics of our fun day!

Go see the fishys

2009-06-14T18:59:00.000-07:00

Thats what Isabel wanted to do on Friday. Nick had the day off so we took a family outing to the aquarium in Sandy.. I have never seen her so excited EVER. She was running around so fast from each tank saying "fishys mom fishys" "look at these" and my favorite "shark not get me mom!" She loved it and it was a fun day

Trying to catch the sharky!

Me and my baby!

Me and my other baby!

She loves FISH! she even loves to eat it!! Yes!!!!

A family shot, minus bryn. Dont ask me why my eyes look so freaky.. Im not sure what I was thinking...;)

BrynLee 10months

2009-06-14T10:07:00.000-07:00

My little BrYn is 10 months old today! Its nuts.. time is flying soooo fast. She is quite the little mommas girl.. She crawls behind me EVERYWHERE I go whinning behind me! I walk into the room and don't pick her ups he does this face that is quite ugly but so funny! I posted pics below! She is so close to walking but chickens out.. Im not sure how much she weighs but Im sure its at leaset 18lbs or more! She eats "real" food. She loves hot dogs and eats more then her 2 year old sister! She is so fun and a pretty well behaved baby!

Isn't that so funny! She kills me!

Her ugly but oh so cute, "i did't get what I want so Im

gonna whine about it," face!

Bubbles Lawn Mower

2009-06-14T09:59:00.001-07:00

We were watching TV one day and isabel saw a comercial for the bubble lawn mower and she looked at me and said "mom, i want that.." i thought oh really! But I got it for her for 2 reason

1. she loves to blow bubbles and I hate having to sit outside and blow them ALL day and 2. she loves mowing the lawn with grandpa but won't touch the mower. this would solve both of those problems.. Here are some pics of her and joce mowin the lawn with grandpa!

weight update

2009-06-09T07:40:00.000-07:00

Its been forever since I updated my weight loss progress! I took like a month off from the trying to eat really good thing. I was stressed out so I wanted to eat fries and nuggets dang it! Plus we went to colorado and ate out a lot so anyway... I started back up again 2 weeks ago.. surprisingly in that months time I didn't gain so thats great. I lost 1lb last week and .6 of a lb this week bringing my total to 26.4lbs!!! My goal is to be 30lbs by the end of June. I wanna loose at least 50 total by my one year mark, October! I better start working out. Thats my issue, I HATE IT!!! Im hoping to get a jogger stroller soon so maybe that will motivate me and I can't use the excuse "i have noone to watch my kids so I can exercise" as lame of an exuse as that is, It mine!

Sandbox

2009-05-28T18:50:00.000-07:00

We went to my sisters house in colorado and Isabel was in love with the sandbox. She wanted to play in it 24/7 and so I told Nick we needed one. He got right on that request like a good litte husband!

The start of our sandbox

The sand!

She was sooooo excited!

yea daddy!

Mommy is ok to!

our little worker bee

This is soooo cool!!! She plays in it ALLL DANG DAY and I love it!

3

2009-05-22T14:11:00.000-07:00

par 1 & 2 are below this one.

we ran through the sprinklers!

Part 2

2009-05-22T14:02:00.000-07:00

Ok we had a lot of fun.. went to the zoo, parks, played outside in the sprinklers, and just had fun! It was crazy every single day with 2, 2 year olds and 2 babies but it was nice! Isabel cried every night for her daddy. I have never seen her like that. She wouldn't sleep and she wined all night for him.. it was sad! Now she won' t let him go! Sorry for such long posts but there was a lot to share..

pretty girl at the zoo

my sis and kids with giraffes

us izzy was terrified

coolest part, we got to feed the giraffes crackers

colorado trip part 1 of 3

2009-05-22T13:39:00.000-07:00

The reason we went to Colorado was to stay with my sister because her hubby got deployed to Afghanistan. I was so sad to see him go and to see him say goodbye to his kids and wife. I have a greater appreciation for our troops then ever before. He is so brave and I love him for what he is diong. Here a few pics of his departure... One thing thats dumb, he left at 1:00am tuesday morning and didn't actually fly out til 8pm that night.. so why did he go in at 1.. stupid!

all his gear ready to go

Isabel and Chad

Givin uncle chad and daddy hugs good bye.. we were balling!

Daddy and Jocelyn.. she loves him so much.. she says little comments about him everyday!

Mommy Day

2009-05-21T19:58:00.000-07:00

This year we went to Nicks sisters and had a lovely day of family and fun! WE had a nice dinner and then spent the day outside with the kiddies! I really hate Mothers day, even being a mother, I just don't like it.. It always makes me sad, ALL DAY LONG, thinking about my mom. So ya,, not like it.. having said that it was a nice day. I made these really cute mothers day gifts for the gmas and i think they turned out lovely!

Nicks mom with her cute flowers!

we first went to see MY mommy.. it was cute to see isabel. She kept saying "where gama" cause I kept saying were going to see grandma.. so she was looking.. then I told her she went to live with Jesus and she said "ok" then kissed her grave!

Singing in the Rain

2009-05-03T09:31:00.000-07:00

Yesterday it was pouring & Isabel was dying to go outside so my dad took her out with the unbrella. I decided it would be fun to go PLAY in the rain with her so we went puddle jumping and stood under the rain gutters! We were soaked and very cold but had a blast!

us standing under a rain gutter..

My very wet girl takin a break from the rain

soaked!!!

so flippen cute!

were very wet!

Photo contest

2009-04-29T08:30:00.000-07:00

I entered brynlee into the great american photo contest but she needs all your votes to win!!!! click on this link to vote! https://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index_e.aspx?referid=kobe_photoapproval&p=1409781&x=.jpg
You will click through abunch of offers they want you to sign up for just push skip at the bottom of the page, then it will bring up her photo and on the right hand corner click vote!!!

Just keep Swimming...

2009-04-29T08:19:00.001-07:00

Isabel has been asking me for a week now if we can go "wimming" So finally I talked Nick into taking us last night! She had sooo much fun and is such the little fish! She wanted to just "do it myself" but soon after I let her she realized that she needed me! She went down the slide and played with the water hoses! Brynlee had a good time to, splashing and watching her big sister! We will defonatly be going alot this summer!

This should be on the sports illustrated baby swimsuit edition! Isnt she gorgeous!

girls were to busy looking at the squirting water and slides

nicks happy!

Loved it!

Bryn 8 months and other stuff

2009-04-25T13:49:00.000-07:00

Miss Brynlee turned 8 months old on the 14th! She is quite the little mover. She crawls really slow so she ends up scooting cause she can go REALLY fast. She pulls herself up on everything and has started to let go with one hand and grab for stuff. She also will go from one thing to the other if its close! She also, FINALLY, got her first tooth! She is a chunk & a generally happy baby. She still doesn't sleep as great as I would have hoped, at night, but she does ok. She says "Da Da all dang day and finally started saying "mam" when she is tired, sad or hungry. She also chases her sister around saying "na na na"

Her favorite spot to climb. She climbs through if I let her

She fell asleep just like this on her daddy! It was so cute!

Now for the Iz-mister! Her new favorite thing to do is find "buggys" My grandma got her a bug catcher kit and EVERY single day we have to go find bugs. We mostly find big juicy worms that she is terrified of & won't touch but loves to have them in her container! We have loved the warm weather & she is outside all day long. She to is becoming quite the little women. She dresses herself, puts her own shoes on, speaks really good english now and is sooo fun!

Getting buggys

showing me. she kinda thinks they are goggles to.. lol

Miss blue eyes enjoying the sunshine!

Cheese

the buggy catchers!

I love to see the Temple

2009-04-25T13:39:00.000-07:00

We got to take my nieces to the bountiful temple to meet up with my sister after a sealing & Isabel couldn't have been more excited. I told her the night before that we were going to see the temple & she got soo excited, running around telling everyone, " I go see the Temple tomorrow" When we got there she was mezmorized by it & kept saying "moroni" I just can't believe how thre little brains remember stuff. Now if we could all be as excited to see the Temple, I think there would be a lot more attendence!

MOre EASter

2009-04-15T07:24:00.000-07:00

Isabel and Bryn spent easter weekend with Grant Jen (my sister) and had a ball. Here a few pics from there fun!

easter morning getting her stuff

cute cute

dying eggs

ahh!

Brooktini and Bryn, Smooch and Izzy

all my girls

Pretty girl!

Easter

2009-04-14T11:15:00.001-07:00

These are just a few pics of isabel on easter once we got home. I will post more when I get the pics my sister took of the girls! She got a "puter" cause her new thing is to sit on GPas computer and she tells me "I checkin my email k mom?" It soooo funny! She also got a laptray so she can color or whatever on it, new kicks(shoes) and some other fun stuff that I don't have a picture of yet!

sorry its not straight... lol

her "checkin my email"

hiding

hiding again!

Vegas BAby

2009-04-14T11:01:00.001-07:00

me in the tunnel of water..

nick with the jelly fish tank at the shark reef

love!

ready to go out on the town

yep thats me

mmm yummy belagio buffet dessert! so tasty.. i ate alot

my husband is a dork but I love him

how I spent the first 3hrs of my vacation

us at the airport waiting to fly away!

We had a great time in vegas over easter weekend! We left the kids with family and enjoyed every minute of it, well most of the minutes. We started our relaxing vacation sitting on a park bench for 3hrs talking to the travel company who canceled our hotel reservation for some unknown reason! The hotel we had orignally booked was filled up so they couldn't put us back in that hotel, which was flippen nice and luxurious and had all the amenities we wanted, so we got put in a flippen dive of a hotel with no amenities and had to pay a taxi to take us to the new hotel. So friday we were onery and ticked the whole time so we just ate and then went to our hotel.

We did eat at the belagio buffet and my my was it tasty! Best dessert bar ever and we went to the shark reef and went to all the fun stores and had a blast! It was good to get back and see our girls and brynlee didn't even want me for the first 10 mintes. she wanted her grant jen and was nervous about us but soon realized who we were!

Easter Eggs, Toddler Style

2009-04-08T08:40:00.000-07:00

Because Nick and I will be out of town for Easter we decided to let Isabel "color" her eggs early. We didn't do the whole die the egg thing but we did it toddler style. I made rice krispys and shaped them like eggs and then she got to dip them in chocolate and sprinkles. She could do it all and it was way less messy then the usual way. Plus the "eggs" won't go to waste! She had fun and I had fun not having to clean up all the die!

mmm she loves chocolate! just like her mommy!

they arn't very cute but they sure are tasty! and she had fun

weight update

2009-04-07T15:47:00.000-07:00

I haven't bloged about my weight lately because I havn't been doing the greatest. I go up and down weekly and struggle with keeping with it.. But I have managed to loose 24.4 total pounds!! so thats good! I just need to get on the working out thing but I have absolutly no motivation.. We are off to vegas on Friday for a getaway and leaving the kiddies so Im sure I will gain like 4lbs but oh well, it will be fun!

Im so proud....

2009-03-26T21:37:00.000-07:00

I was practicing my skills for my nursing test & Izzy had to do it to. I love watching her copy me. She went to my dad & did tried to listen to his "beat" & the funny thing is, she had the cuff on her arm.. She also had watched me be so quite & concentrating so hard that she had such a serious face on. It is just so cute!! I love her so much & am excited to see what she does in her life!

ps. I do give my children baths, her face is just dirty cause we had just eating cookies & milk..

She had to have the glasses on her head.. so cute, just like mommy!

Im sorry but how cute is that!!

Miniture golf

2009-03-26T19:25:00.000-07:00

Nick went golfing the other day(when it was 72) & didn't take Izzy so she was really sad. We drove by the mini golf place & she flipped so we decided to take her. She lasted about 2 holes of actual golfing anf then just put the ball in the hole. We had fun & Nick was trying to get her to hold the club & stand right.. it was funny, she wouldnt have it

2 of my favorite peeople

my other fav

her way of golfing..

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