Trevor's 8

I can't believe it was 8 years ago I was so blessed to become a Mother. It was a struggle getting there but well worth the wait. Trevor has challenged us in so many ways teaching us "experts" that we knew nothing about raising children. Ryan being the oldest of 6 and me having several nieces and nephews at the age of 5 thought we had all the answers. Until this little boy with an abundance of curiosity came into our lives. He's brilliant and his mind is constantly working on what he's going to do next. He has always liked doing activities, playing games, exploring out doors and climbing in and out of things. He's not one to sit still by any means. At the age of 1 he lined up 10 cars on some stairs and sat and counted all of them. He spoke full sentences at 18 months (which was amazing seeing how he had no teeth.) and also at 18 months we had to put him in a toddler bed because he would flip out of his bed head first. He's always seemed to be one step a head of us. But as adventurous as he is he has the kindest heart. He's always been one with lots of friends and everyone loves being around him. When he wants to do what is right nothing stops him and for that I'm grateful. I love this kid with all my heart. And I am so grateful that I was so blessed to be his mom. I can't believe how fast he's growing up and that he will be baptised this year. I pray that he will understand how much we love and adore him and want nothing for him but happiness and to grow up being a righteous young man.
Happy Happy 8Th birthday Trevor we are so proud of you!!!

How did I get so Lucky?

I'm so lucky to have married the most Amazing wonderful kind husband ever.
When we were 1st married we were talking about what we would like to have or do someday. I have always wanted a Grandfather clock at the bottom of a curved staircase. (why?) not to sure but it's always been a dream for me. We got the staircase and I just mentioned how someday I would love to have a clock but I didn't expect to have the clock until my kids were grown. But my WONDERFUL husband felt that I should have it now for some reason. So on our Anniversary he surprised me with this.
Isn't it beautiful. Thanks Babe I love it so much. Hopefully you'll help me with guard duty our little boys always seem to BREAK STUFF!!! I'm so grateful that Ryan always encourages me to achieve my dreams.

What's wrong with this picture?

So I spent 3 hours up on a latter putting up this vinyl lettering only to find out there is something wrong with it. Can you tell? I didn't notice nor did Ryan until today. We have 20 foot ceilings with huge niches and I have no Idea what to do with this one it's in our entry so I thought this was fitting. So I need some advice if you can see what the problem is. I'm not sure it bugs me enough to take it down seeing how it was so hard putting it up. So I'm curious if anyone even will notice.
p.s. You can click on the picture to make it bigger to read it better.

Sisters are great.

Ryan has been gone all week to a Seminar in Atlanta it's been long and hot and I missed him terribly. The boys broke out in random tears saying they miss their Dad it's so hard when he's gone



But the good part is my sister Wendy came up to help me and I hadn't seen her in a year. We didn't do much but stay up late talking which was fun. It's hard to go anywhere with the Wild Crazy boys. But we did take them to the park. It was so nice to have her here. I had a bad parent moment and let the boys watch a Disney movie called little monsters. It scared them to death so we had SEVERAL sleepless nights. She's been so great to help out with that. What was I thinking I'll never know. But I learned my lesson.

Ryan finally came home last night and he got the boys a stuffed Teddy bear from 6 flags. My boys LOVE stuffed animals and have way to many to count. {not sure why} Josh has a instant love to his and named him cute pie. He had to sleep with him last night and asked Ryan to take a picture of him with it. He's so sweet. Trevor of course was way more excited about the candy that Dad got. He goes Crazy for candy. I really have to limit it which he hates. Oh well it's another Joy of being a Mom.

Funeral potato's

I was making dinner tonight when Josh came in to ask what we were having. I told him Funeral potato's. I then heard him tell Trevor.
"Dude don't eat dinner tonight Mom's making potato's that kill people."

A shout out to ROYS!!!

These pictures kinda stink because they were on a cell phone. We didn't think to take our camera to the restaurant. Ryan and I had an amazing night on our Anniversary. We had a fabulous babysitter (thanks Emma.) and went to Roy's restaurant. We went in Hawaii and loved the food so we wanted to test the one here. We were not disappointed. Ryan had told them it was our anniversary so that we would get a good table. For some reason we always get the table by the bathroom. (I HATE that table.) And WOW I was so impressed of the amazing service we had received. When we sat down they handed us a card welcoming us and wishing us a Happy Anniversary. Then when we opened our menu they had put in a special anniversary tribute to us. Through out the night they brought us several little surprises and the food was AMAZING. Ryan loved the Butter fish the way they made it in Kauai and they make it a little differently here. So they called got the recipe in Kauai and made it just like they did there; just for him. It took a little longer but well worth the wait. With a toast of a non alcoholic frothy drink (the gave us for free) and a custom dessert with Happy Anniversary written in Chocolate we left feeling so stuffed and loved. It was an amazing experience and one I'll never forget. So if you have any special occasions that you would love to celebrate. Roy's is a must. And ask for RC like the cola he was the best server I've ever had.
Thanks Roy's for a night we will never forget. Ryan also suprised me with a WONDERFUL gift that brought me to tears. (when we said no gifts and I complied so I felt horrible I had nothing.) But I'll post about that later when I can take a picture.

11 amazing years.

Tomorrow is our 11 year wedding anniversary. It's gone by so fast. I feel so blessed to have met and married such an amazing man. I'm so happy that we get all eternity to be together. Ryan makes me so happy and I love him more than I ever knew was possible!!! Here are a few old pictures that I found. The 1st year we were married,our 1st family Christmas picture with Trevor, and our 1st formal dance when we were dating. Happy Anniversary!!!!

Swimming lessons

So the last two weeks Everyday but Sat. and Sunday the boys have been doing swimming . Trevor was in level 3 and improved a ton. He's building his confidence and is becoming really strong in the water. And Josh went from not wanting to get in to knowing how to free style and tred water. They both did great. Gavin was not to happy and can't wait until next year to join in the fun. But when it's HOT outside going swimming is our saving grace. So it's so important that the boys become strong swimmers. A little girl at our pool a few weeks ago drowned and they had to life flight her to Dallas. I think she's OK but it was a frightening experience for all.
I didn't get the best pictures because my darn battery died just as I was getting their 1st picture. I hate it when that happens.

Happy 4th

When I was a kid I LOVED the 4th of July. It was a time I got to be with my family, go to the parade and see all my friends I hadn't seen since school was out.Then we would do all the fun booths at the park. I long to give my children that small town proud of your county 4th where you just enjoy spending quality time together. This year the problem we found is being out side in July in Texas is just plain STUPID!!! We hit the parade but we forgot our chairs. So we find a tree and a little shade sit on the curb only to have the sun move and beat directly down on us with the shade going the other way. After the boys candy bags were filled and we just couldn't take the heat anymore we left. We were starving so we went to the local Mexican restaurant Chuys. It is so good.






Then we decided to venture around the park. DUMB DUMB DUMB. Again forgetting everything was Cash only we have $7.00 to our name. The boys wanted to go down these bouncy slide things which we found out was $2.00 a piece. So they went down once cried because it was so short and not worth the only money that they had so we went home. Later that evening we were invited to a BBQ at some ward members house. It was nice to have some place to go and meet new people. After Trevor got drenched and we had to cut it short. Ryan did his traditional lighting of the fireworks. He's such a pyro. But the boys can't seem to get enough. Something about fire has my kids mesmerized. We did enjoy being together. Even if it wasn't exactly the 4th of July of our dreams. But it will be one kept in our Memories. Next year I think we will do things a little differently. Alot more indoor activities with nice cold AC :)

Sea World ROCKS!!!

We went to Sea World again this weekend and hit the water park. We went early so it wasn't crowded at all at 1st. I sat in the little tot pool with Josh and Gavin while Ryan and Trevor hit the rides. There was a water slide that is completely BLACK that we thought Trevor would be so afraid of but he loved it. He's always full of surprises. Josh LOVED the big bucket that dumps tons of water on you. And Gavin was just as happy as could be splashing in the water. He fell asleep in my arms in the no so lazy river until we got pounded down by a bunch of water spouts. But I loved it while it lasted. He is such a good baby. We finally got to see SHAMU (sorry I liked the other show better) but it was fun to see him. On the way home we ate at FREDDYS FROZEN CUSTARD!! YUMMY. Defiantly making that a tradition. Ryan had a brilliant idea to get a red box movie for the boys to watch on the way home. I love that you can return movies any where so it worked perfectly. And the best part it's only $1. I love Sea World and can't wait to go back again. The wagon worked perfectly we were able to sneak in snacks and water so we didn't have to spend $5 for a water. Only I realized what a bad example I set when Trevor said. "cool mom they didn't check the seat you totally got away with it cool." It made me feel so guilty.

Bouncy balls and swimming.

Our summer boredom came to a mini halt today as we made Bouncy balls. The boys had a great time and it lasted 2 hrs. And if you know my boys NOTHING lasts more then 20 mins. I LOVE doing projects with the boys. Especially ones that are a success.

We have always wanted to go Barton Springs,It's a cold spring fed pool. So this weekend we decided to take the boys. We have been to the park a few times and gone on the train. It's a awesome park. But the pool was so slimy and stinky we couldn't stand it. Not to mention there wasn't really a place for all of us to go. As the boys are all on different levels of swimming. So we took of and went to Lifetime fitness pool. More of our style with two huge water slides, a little slide for Josh and a place for Gavin to go. We had a great time.
Do you like our new Wagon? It's come in HANDY so many times. I can't wait to take the boys in it as Sea world.It stores stuff under the seat like a cooler, has cup holders and a place for me to put my camera, sunglasses and sunscreen with out it getting wet. Sorry there are not more pictures we had to much fun in the water to get out and take pictures.

Pictures

OK so I'm not the best at this blogging stuff. It drives me CRAZY. I used to be able to arrange my pictures all cute and now they come in a code so I can't figure out how to arrange them. And on some computers they are all messed up and on my little lap top they are all perfectly arranged. What's the deal with that? So any advice from any fellow blogger I would appreciate it.
But if you ever see 1/2 of a picture you can always click on it to see the full view. I just wish it looked better on my blog.

A year ago today

Wow we can barley believe a year ago today our little adventure of Moving somewhere we knew nothing about and had only been to once was about to begin. It's been a tough but exciting year. It was so hard to move away from family and great friends. But it's been exciting to make new great friends who are becoming like family :).. There are things we will always miss about Seattle. And still are not used to in Texas. I get asked where I'm from every time I use the word "Pop". But I think that's a Utah thing. And I'm still struggling with the way the roads work here. I get lost almost daily. It's taking us a long time to get adjusted but we feel so blessed to be able to grow closer as a family. And push our selves to come out of our shell and meet new people.
Here are a few pictures of our old house in Washington. We will always have so many great memories there. All three of our children were born in Washington and brought home there. It will always hold a special place in our hearts.

Thanks to all of you who helped make our little house a home. We put alot of work into it with alot of help. From Dad's, Mom's and a great brother in law who was always there when we needed a helping hand.

If you click on the pictures you can see them in Color just a FYI

Scout camp

Well I'm officially entering into the world of Scouts. I KNOW NOTHING about it. There are some scouting Nazi's out there who are pretty extreme. So I'm really grateful for them to help me learn all about it. By the time Gavin gets into scouts I should understand a few things! I dropped Trevor off at scout camp while I was wearing a skirt and white shirt, I can only imagine how I must of looked as I got some pretty interesting looks from the leaders. Everyone else was in Shorts and t-shirts ready to get dirty.
Camp has been all this week. Trevor's been quite the trooper being out in the hot hot sun 102+ from 8:30-4:30. He loved playing sports because at the end they just got out the hose and cooled the kids down by spraying them off.
You know scout camp was a success when you have to take a extra long shower just to get off the 1st layer of mud. His favorite thing was the bow and arrows, cooking (he made us dinner last night.) and of course shooting the BB gun. He's getting so big I can barley stand it. It was so good for him just to hang out with the boys and do boy stuff. That is what Trevor is all about. He can't wait for next year to do it again.