Crazy Kids!

Cameron was eating pudding and whip cream in the leaves. This is he sweet innocent smile look!! Don't be fooled.

Caiden wouldn't let the leaves touch him. To itchy.

They like to play in the leaves!!!

This is them as they jumped in.

Yesterday was a great day, besides the fact the my kids are out of control at church. I know it would be a lot easier to just not even go but I can't do that so I guess my second choice is to Drug them! Aaron had to speak in Sacrament so he was up on the stand. I was on the bench with the two little ones. I thought it would go good since I had families with kids on each side of me but no it didn't. Caiden kept standing up on the bench touching the people in front of us and making it so the people behind us couldn't see. Then they were walking every where and talking. I don't think I am going to make it with these crazy boys. Then comes class. Caiden refuses to go to nursery I don't know why he was doing really good for a while. I send him with Cam to his class and I take the teachers 1 yr old to nursery and do kind of a swap. I come back in and caiden is going up to the pulpit, laying on the floor trying to look up the dress of someone, sitting on all the chairs up front. I feel really bad for whoever is going to be his teachers next yr. Yikes.

I don't know what I was thinking

Usually people like to go dark hair color in the Fall/Winter time. I decided to go a shade lighter. Pretty funny. I did three colors. Red underneath and Blonde with a light brown that pretty much looks like golden orange on my dark hair. I go get my kids after I am done and I walk in and Cameron goes, "WoW mom you got new hair." then proceeds to tell Caiden to come look at me. Caiden runs in looks at me and runs off. I don't think he is a big fan either. I call Aaron on the phone and go, Honey I died my hair blonde. He asks how blonde. I tell him pretty light. I walk in to see him and his response was kind of like Cams. Wow pretty blonde. The next day I am getting ready for church and Cameron asks me if he can feel my new hair and asks if it is soft. He was pretty cute rubbing it like I was a puppy. I am not a big fan of it. I think it looks to fake which it is!! I will be going back dark when my roots start to show of course because it will look horrible.

Finally out of Diapers!!

It has been a long 4 yrs of diaper buying. I am not comparing my kids but Cameron was so easy to potty train and only at 2 yrs old. Since the boys are only 15 months apart I thought Caiden would be close behind. I was wrong. Caiden has a mind of his own. I always start Conference weekend so you have a full two days of staying home. Well if you stay home you can do whatever time you want but for a working mom that is the best weekend ever. The first attempt came and went quickly. He didn't care if he was wet or having a lump of surprise in there. He would still continue to play and I only new he had an accident when Cameron would yell to me Mom he did it again. Very funny. I gave up. I tried again this Conference and it was a miracle. It took only 2 days and one accident with each #1 and #2. Very exciting. They are such good boys and I just baught a whole new box of wipes from Costco. Isn't that how it always goes. Here is a cute picture of them working out with me.

High School Tag

High School Tag
I've been tagged by Mandi.....

1. Did you date someone from your high school? That would be a big "NO"

2. What kind of car did you drive? I had quite a few. First I had to share the Tercel with Amy and I always made her let me drive my Sophomore yr even though I didn't turn 16 until my JR Yr. Then I drove the Toyota Truck that was so loud and high I couldn't even get it in. Then I drove the convertible Rabbit that only lasted a while finally my dad bought me a Mirage. It was by far my favorite since it was brand new.

3. What was your most embarrassing moment in high school? I never got embarrassed I was always making a fool of myself.

4. Were you a party animal? I pretended to be one but I wasn't.

5. Were you considered a flirt? No

6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? I was in Band until my Junior yr and then it got to lame!!!

7. Were you a nerd? I don't think so.

8. Were you on any varsity teams? No.

9. Did you get suspended/expelled? Nope

10. Can you still sing the fight song? No, I hated my school to not even care for a school song.

11. Who were your favorite teachers? Mr. Twogood in Photography. He was my piano teacher growing up and lived down the street so I pretty much would go for roll and then leave and I still got an A.

12. Where did you sit during lunch? Pretty much I probably left somewhere with friends or went home.

13. School Mascot? Dart.

14. Did you go to homecoming and with who? a couple. I wont say with who because one is my X-husband and one was a loser. LOL!!!!

15. If you could go back and do it again, would you? I would definitely do it again and transfer schools because I hated Davis so bad and I would also not have eaten as much food and exercised instead of watching re-runs of Chips and Charlies Angels on TNT.

16. What do you remember most about graduation? I didn't go. I did graduate I just didn't want to waste my time with a school that I hated. I went on a family trip to Lake Powell instead. It was the best trip ever!!!

17. Where did you go senior skip day? I had a lot of senior skip days in my senior yr. I can't remember where I went a lot of times.

18. Have you gained weight since then? No, I have lost 25 pounds and hope to loose another 20.

19. Who was your prom date? X-Husband........I can't remember the name at this moment for reasons of blocking those yrs out of my memory.

20. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? I think I probably would but I don't think we are having one.

21. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself? Listen to your parents and go to College and graduate with a degree before you decide to get married.

Now I tag.... April, Erika, Amy, Brittany and Hillary Have Fun!

Let them eat!

I got a new table made personally made by Tyrell and Aaron. It is fabulous. I haven't tried it out yet by eating on it but hopefully soon. I am trying to match chairs to it and it is hard. Since we stained it ourselves no one is going to have the same stain of chairs. Since Tarrin and I both need about 6 chairs each I think that should be the next project for the men to build us. However, I don't think it is very practical since it would be very time consuming and would take a long time. If anyone knows of a great place to find chairs that would match a certain stain let me know. I have tried the big retail stores and I don't like what they have. Thanks a bunch to our favorite friends the philpots for taking time to make a wonderful table that hopefully we will be able to eat on!

Womens Health Conference contd

the full picture with everything
One half of the up close pic. I like all the Kotex LOL I got two pedometers!
the other half of up close. Lots of samples and a Kellogg's mug for my water I guess!
The loot of pens I took from stands, chap stick, chocolate and random things!

Here is all the fun stuff I got from the stands. I couldn't get it all in one picture so I separated them out into 2. I have a lot of junk now to add to my cluttered house. My favorite is all the dove chocolate with vitamins in it and good for your heart. It makes you feel good to eat them knowing that doesn't it!! Anyone want to go next yr I highly recommend. It is Aug 22. Two days before my birthday.

Womens Health Conference

Me laughing so hard snot was coming out of my nose!
Me being super excited for a pill holder with a mirror!
the lunch we ate! Super Yummy but I could not eat it all. good food went to waste
my mom, amanda and amy trying to be funny!
Sarah and I being cute as ever!!

I went to a Women's Health Conference with my mom and two of my sisters and a sister-in-law. It was so fun!! I recommend this to all women out there. It was amazing. The oxygen Bar was my favorite and the message came in 2nd after my mom and I yelled at the lady!! We were standing at the table waiting to get into the message for about 30 min and an opening came up for a Reike Message. My mom and I said lets do it while we are waiting. It was 5 min of dumbness. It is a energy message where they just move there hands around you without touching you and you feel the energy. Pretty lame!! I would not recommend to anyone unless you are into that kind of thing. Anyway, so we came out of 5 min of waisted time and stood in line again. They started to take people into a message and they told us we couldn't go in because we did the Reike. We started to complain so they let us in. It was a good 10 min. message made it worth the wait. There was lots of good food and treats and goodies we got to take home. The lunch was amazing. Here are some pics of us being crazy and having fun. I didn't get my pic taken with the oxygen bar Dang it!!!! My husband had the kids for all day about 9 hrs. What a good job he did with them except for having McDonald's for breakfast and lunch.!!!!!

Grown-up!!

Cameron and Caiden like to play with old cell phones that don't work. Well, they like to play with mine and aarons and call each other back and forth as well. Anyway, I was driving home from work the other day and the kids in the back seat playing.

Cameron goes "Mom, I need a battery to put in this phone so it will work. Get me a battery right now!"

I say "Why do you want it to work?"

Cameron goes "Because I need it to turn on and work."

I say "well you have to call the phone company and pay money to hook it up and get a phone number and then it will work."

I say again " Why do you want it to work?

Cameron says " Because I need to pretend I am a grown up and talk on the phone to people."

I started to laugh with him and told him when he is older he can have a real one. I guess I talk on my phone way too much. I know it is true. I get bored in the car since I have to commute to Salt Lake. I am really a phone junkie.

Changes in our lifes

We are so good looking together. Our 5 yr is coming up soon. HMM I wonder what I will get.

Aaron and I are both starting new jobs on Wednesday Sept 3. We are both so excited. My job is going to be awesome!! It was where aaron worked 2 yrs ago. We like the people over there and who knows maybe I will get a chance this time to go on Good Things Utah!! Aaron got to be on it a while ago. I will miss working with Ashley my sister in law. We had some good times. :)

Summer is coming to an end!

Me and Caiden! He is so cute.

How sad summer is pretty much over. Tomorrow it is supposed to be in the 6o's. Freezing! I have to say we had a fun summer. Lots of stuff happening. This past week was my moms and I birthdays. Hers was the 23rd and mine was the 24th. We had a big party on Sat and had family pictures, had a baby blessing, rode front runner to the planetarium and then went to Golden Corral. Lets just say it was a busy day and everyone crashed after.

Bear Lake

Bear Lake

Well we finally made it up to bear lake for the first time this yr. With all the rain and snow in June I thought we would never make it up there. We had a great time with the Philpots and the Bair's. We had fun trying to light the pilot light and find out where to turn the water on at. We spent Saturday down at the lake. Boy was it hot. Aaron got the truck stuck just after he went speeding through a water hole. Yah I was embarresed. Thanks to Chris he got us out. He is an expierenced truck driver unlike aaron. LOL!!! I should have taken a video of aaron trying to get un stuck but I didn't even want to get out of the truck. We were so wipped out on Sat night that we all pretty much went to bed early except chris he stayed up watching the Movie. The kids had a rough night. Lani and I thought that they would crash and go to bed early and sleep through the night. They all woke up at different times and had crying momments. I just laughed in my sleep. Here are some pretty funny pictures and cute ones as well.

Life is busy!!

Well life goes on!! We have been so busy lately. My new job is extremly busy and Aaron has been busy with his job as well and scouts that we have hardly seen each other lately. Cam and Caid are growing up to fast. Caiden Just had his third birhtday! He was kind of neglected. We didn't do a party and I didn't really take any pictures. How sad is that. Cameron had his yr end program for pre-school. It was the cutest thing ever. Cameron had 14 warts removed on his face about two weeks ago. It was so nasty. But he was brave. Aaron and I purchased a Truck! Aaron likes it a lot but he can't drive it a lot becuase of the gas being so expensive! So I make him drive the Dodge. HE HE!! The City took apart the front yard to put in an excess road. It will be nice when it is all done but they are deffinatley taking there time. I will post pictures in a little bit. Well life is busy and I have to get up at 5:30 so I better hit the pillow!!!

how uncomfortable are shoes?!?!

O.K. so I am finally trying a pair of shoes with a heal. I am trying to wear more nylons with my skirts and I have noticed that I do not have a pair of brown sandals without the strap between the toes. My mom and I went to Ross tonight. I have always gone to the ones down in Salt Lake since I have always worked down there and I can never seem to find anything that I like. The new one in Layton opened up recently and we decided to check it out. My mom was only looking for work out shoes and I well I am always up for a shopping trip. Anyway I found some brown Pumps from BCBGirls that I purchased. They were $35.00!! That would have almost bought 2 boxes of diapers. I have not spent that much on shoes in a long time. Well I did just buy nike's for 39.99 but they will last me about 5 yrs like the last ones I just had to replace.

Why do we buy shoes that are uncomfortable? Is it for looks or to by in style or do they really feel good on your feet? For me I would rather buy a 10$ shoe that is not in style, comfortable and I can wear with every outfit. I have reached outside of my box in style and trying something new. I will try and find pants to match these shoes and wear them to work later this week and update on how it went. I was to lazy to take a picture of them so I tried to find some as close as I could on the internet. The style is the same just they are tan and brown with the letters bcbg all over them. There is no buckle either.

ABC!!!

The boys love to sing the ABC's. We were driving home one day from somewhere probably Walmart and the boys starting to sing really loud like at the top of their lungs. When I got home I had to tap them doing it. I wanted them to do it louder as I recorded them but they got shy. Lately cameron has been wanting to count to 100 all the time. He can go to about 30 by himself and then he needs help.

Goodbye Grandpa Garcia

Grandpa Garcia passed away this last week. Him and Grandma were married for 66 years. He had a kind little spirit and loved everyone. The kids made him laugh and smile the minute we showed up to visit. He served in World War II in Europe and was a devout Catholic to St. Patrick's Parish and belonged to the Knights of Columbus. He was laid to rest at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in the avenue's very close to parents. We love him very much and will miss seeing him in his chair when we go visit Grandma.

I LOVE THESE KIDS!!

O.K. so Cameron and Caidens new word for the week is Hairtock. The next door neighbors went and got their hair cuts and when they got home they were done kind of in a Mohawk style. The boys both shouted out loud "cool you got a Hairtock!!!" It was cute. Every time they get their hair wet they want it in that style. I don't if they just can't so Mohawk or if they heard hairtock somewhere. Who knows the mystery of toddler talk!

April Fools

I love this day!!! It is the only day out of a yr where you can make up something funny. I know I am bad. I have probably jinxed myself and will become pregnant!! Erika I have been known to be gullible myself as well. Hillary you will definitely have to do it next yr and tell your husband it is another girl!! I have a hard time trying to play jokes on Aaron he is to good he can always tell when I am joking. Cameron has learned from Preschool this week that everyday is a different (new) day. All day he has been asking me what new day is it today? And what new day will it be tomorrow? He is so smart he picks up on everything. Well I am on the mend I have full rotation in my neck but still have a sharp pain when I look up or down or use to much of my muscle. I swear I need muscle and joint replacements my body is getting to old!!!

Hospital Visit!!

Since I have been laid off from work I have been painting my moms house on the 2nd floor. Which includes 3 huge bedrooms, one huge bathroom that is almost the size of a persons bedroom a master bedroom with a huge walk in closet and a bathroom and a hallway. I started on one of the rooms over the last two weeks and I did the layer of primer on the walls. I saved the ceiling for last. I have a lot of problems with Arthritis and Muscle spasms in my neck. The day after I did the ceiling I started to get a pain in the right side of my neck. For the most part it was like a regular pain I have always had when I get a flare up or a little spasm of stress. Well then the next day it started to get worse so I loaded up on the max dose of Tylenol and Aleeve. Thursday night I took some Tylenol PM and went to bed on my right side. I woke up at 4:45am and tried to move and I couldn't. I couldn't move my arms or my head. When I tried all the pain rushed to my head and I felt like I was going to pass out. As I got nervous of something bad happening I woke aaron up and said call my mom tell her to meet us at the hospital to take the kids. Sorry mom for the call at 5 am on a Friday. Turns out I just had a major muscle spasm in my neck that felt like an on going charlie horse that you get in your legs or something but wouldn't release. I got two awesome shots in my rear and had about 4 days of recovery ahead of me. So the point of this story is someone who knows that they have issues with their neck should not paint ceilings and I should get paid for loss and sufferings!! :) I should have taken a picture of me with my head all sideways to document it but I didn't. Maybe next time.

Boys will be Boys!!

Aaron and Daniel wanted to go golfing on Sat. so I was nice and babysat all the kids. We enjoyed playing outside for the whole time. Okay just really the kids enjoyed it. There was a little bit of a breeze and I don't like just being out there doing nothing. I got some cute pictures of them riding the Rhino. Anna their friend came down to play with the boys. Cameron likes her. They were all pretty good for the most part. Caiden likes to hit Broody and no matter how many times I tell him he can't he still does. AHHH the joys of little ones hitting.

I've been tagged!
A: Each player answers the questions about themselves.
B: At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged on your blog.
What were you doing 10 years ago?
I was a Junior at Davis High working at the Delta Center on the Suite Level. I watched a lot of TV and ate a lot of food.

5 things on my to-do list today.
1. Start painting my moms upstairs
2. Go to lunch with some old Co-workers at Chilis at 12:30
3. Take a nap with the boys because we all know Caiden needs his sleep as well as me
4. Have Family Home Evening with the Family
5. Try to clean the house spotless before Aaron comes home from work

6 snacks I enjoy.
1. Cookies
2. Mini Fat Boys!
3. Oreo Cookies
4. Chili's Molten Cakes
5. movie theater popcorn
6. Strawberry Margarita!!!!

3 bad habits.
1. I complain way to much
2. I get mad at my children for everything they do!
3. I like to watch a LOT of TV

If I were suddenly a billionaire, I would....

Go on a lot of trips!! Buy a boat and Truck and pay off my house. (oh, and pay tithing of course!)

Five places I've lived.
1. Salt Lake City, UT (Rose Park the Ghetto)
2. Fruit Heights, UT
3. Holladay, UT
4. Murray, UT
5. Syracuse, UT

5 jobs I've had.
1.Lagoon
2.Delta Center
3.JCPenney
4. GreenPoint Mortgage
5. Destination Homes

5 things people don't know about me.
1. I like my house spotless
2. I don't care for my cars to be clean inside or out!
3. I am John Bytheways 2nd Cousin. I met him last yr at a time out for Women Conference.
4. I like to joke and be funny, people should never take me serious!!
5. I really hate living out in Syracuse!! I would really like to move some where else.

people I would like to tag are:
Amy, Angie, Barbs, Heather

One busy week!

It was hard to get everyone to look at the same time!!
Cam and I at the Penguins.
Isn't the Giraffe so cute!
Braxton has pretty long arms he is almost there!!!

With Sarah and her kids visiting this week we did a lot of fun stuff. We went to the Clearfield aquatic center and had to go down the big water slide about 25 times with certain kids. Kylie got blue arms from being so cold. She only ways 16 pounds so it was bound to happen I guess. We went to Classic Skating and did the bounce zone and pirates cove for about 5 hours. I ate to much pizza that day. Then the zoo!! That was the best. The animals were out and playful and the bonus side was that their were not a lot of people there so it made it more pleasant. We went to the park a couple of times and Sarah and I swung on the tire swing so hard that I got a huge bruise on my thigh from trying to get us to go faster. We both pulled into the center of the swing and the center of gravity took us for a wild ride. Oh the joys of almost puking and wetting our pants. I only got pictures of us at the zoo.

The Big 64

We had a big birthday party for dad last week. He is getting up there I must admit. We had a blast however making his cake. My sister Sarah has been up from St. George visiting us and we had this great idea to make him a special birthday cake. He is a truck driver for Yellow transportation so we made him a semi. We only had two kinds of frosting to work with so the coloring is not up to scale. We are getting pretty good at cake decorating. don't look at the mess in the kitchen. We baked food and cakes and pies and Cinnamon rolls all week long.

AHA!!!!

I finally got a picture of ASH BASH! She is always darting out of the way of the camera. I like the hat it is flattering on your BIG HEAD!!! RUN RUN RUN RUN!!!

TIme on my Hands!

So I have had a lot of time on my hands lately to reflect on my life and my kids. Yes I am jobless again. Being laid off twice in 6 mos I have realized I need a new occupation. Being home for a couple of days I have slept a lot and ran after my kids cleaning up their messes. I am afraid that I am getting used to staying home as well as my kids are getting happy with me staying home. It is really going to be hard to go back to work. I have to say I have the cutest kids in the world. I think they need a baby sister.

Cam and Caid

Cam and Caid love to have their pictures taken with lots of funny faces. I had a lot of different faces that are funny but I thought these ones were the best. They also love to draw with our cameron on their faces. Cam did his face and Caiden did his with a little help from Cam.

Quiet Weekend!

The kids went on a retreat this last weekend to Grandma Walsh's house. She treated them like a prince. They had so much fun they didn't even want to come home. Aaron and I didn't really know what to do with so much time on our hands. I finished painting my bathroom it looks a lot better than the job I did before. We watched a couple of movies and the highlight of the weekend was putting together the dresser for the boys that we got at IKEA! I know we lead exciting lives. Now that the boys are back it is hectic as usual. Caiden is bitting and pinching and kicking Cameron. Pretty much he does everything to Cameron. One day when they are older I am sure he is going to start picking on him back. Chelsey took the boys to the aquarium. I wish I had some pics but I just found one of Chelsey that I think is funny. Thanks to everyone over there who helped watch the kids for the weekend!!!