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2011-08-29T11:42:00.001-07:00

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2011-08-02T08:26:00.001-07:00

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Massive Update

2011-07-07T07:17:00.001-07:00

Okay, I've been meaning to do a massive update before this next baby is born, and I'm being induced later today! So, now's as good of a time as any, right? These are from the last couple months, starting with 4th of July this last weekend! In the morning, we went to see Cars 2 as a big group. Justin's sister, Shelly, was in town, too. Then later in the day, we went to our sister-in-law, Andrea's parents house for dinner, water games and fireworks. We had a super fun day with family and the kids enjoyed the fireworks. Kelsie got a little overwhelmed near the end from tiredness and loud fireworks, but we had a blast!
Kelsie took a couple sessions of a dance class at the rec center recently and really enjoyed herself! She had so much fun and was the biggest participator. Hopefully in the fall, the teacher said she's starting a new group that will have an actual recital at the end. So, we're looking to get her into that, because she is our little dancer and entertainer!
Two weeks ago, Robert and Don completed a 500 mile bike ride all the way from Salt Lake City! It was amazing and we are so proud of them! My mom was along too on the food crew. We missed them while they were gone and were so happy to come greet them at the finish line!

Had a little baby shower for this little man. Every baby should be celebrated! My mom and Nicole did such a beautiful job of decorations and such and we had a good time :) Especially enjoyed the yummy cupcakes from Retro Cupcake! My favorite cupcake place!

June 9, our exchange student, Maxi, returned home to Germany. We miss her, the kids just loved her!
Kelsie turned 2 on May 24!!! On her actual birthday, my mom came with me and the kiddos to Lied Discovery Museum. She also brought her over her first present of the day, a cute Dora guitar. Kelsie LOVES Dora! We are so happy to have been blessed with this little girl in our family. She brings everyone so much joy and is the cutest little 2 year old girl around! She talks and sings our ears off and is the little mother hen of the house. She loves taking care of everyone and is a Daddy's girl. If Daddy ever tells her "No", she comes running to me saying in a sad voice, "Daddy telled me something."
The Saturday following her birthday, we had her birthday party with all her cousins and family in town at the Butterfly Park. Luckily it didn't get windy until the end when we were ready to pack up. Everyone had a good time playing in the water and such, although the heat was melting the cake! But we had a tent set up with decorations for food and shade for everybody :)
This last year, Carter has been a part of a preschool group with some friends from church and as our last little activity before summer, we went on a firestation tour. Carter was so cute, holding Kelsie's hand and making sure she stayed next to him in the group. He's such a sweet brother, I love it! They kinda have a little system, where he's her little protector and she "mothers" him by always getting him his drinks, shoes, blankets, etc. Such a cute pair, these two :)
Justin and I also in May had a fun little weekend rendezvous to St. George for Justin's 30th birthday. It was just a fun little relaxing getaway for just the two of us and we enjoyed having the time alone. I love this man! He is such an amazing husband and father and I'm the luckiest girl in the world to get to share my life with him :)

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2011-05-25T10:37:00.001-07:00

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Hollywood/Griffith Park

2011-05-10T16:24:00.000-07:00

The Friday after Santa Monica Pier, we headed into Hollywood so Maxi could see the stars on the sidewalk, etc, then headed to the observatory for a viewing of the Hollwood sign, lunch, and walking through the museum.

Then Saturday morning, we headed back to Griffith Park for the train ride and fun stuff! It was so awesome going there because I remember my mom taking us there when we were kids (especially the carousel) and so it was fun taking my kids there. And Justin had come in Friday night so it was doubly fun having him there to share it with us! I sure do miss that man whenever we're separated!

The kids all had a great time on the little train ride and then we headed over to the pony rides right next to it. Everything was so reasonably priced, we got to do everything! Carter really wanted one of the horses that kept trotting, and he got his wish! Hayden also got a trotting horse and I captured the most HILARIOUS picture of him. Kelsie we were a little apprehensive about because she's never done a pony ride before. They took her from Justin, slapped her on that horse and sent her off with no one walking by her! Oh my goodness, I was just thinking, "Ive just sent my baby off on a horse all by herself!" I was afraid at first she would be afraid and try to escape the seat belt, but no! She was so cute and hilarious riding around on that horse. They sent her around the track twice, and that little girl just hung on and thoroughly enjoyed it!

After the pony ride, we got back in the car to go see our beloved carousel we so fondly remembered from childhood. It was so awesome being able to see that place again. So, we all had a fun time riding that, then we were off to Grandma's house again for some Easter fun!

Santa Monica Pier

2011-05-05T23:43:00.000-07:00

For spring break a couple weeks ago, we decided to head to California a little early this time (we always go for Easter) so we could show Maxi some sites since she's set to go home in 5 short weeks! She really wanted to see Hollywood while she was here, so we had to do it! Justin couldn't take off work to come early with us...well, the proper word is wouldn't, ha ha. That man does NOT like taking days off work. So, it was the kids and myself, my mom, Robert & Maxi. Thursday was our first official site-seeing day and we went to Santa Monica Pier. It was beautiful! A little bit of a chilly wind going on, but beautiful :)

We first ventured onto the pier. We walked to the end and back, then decided to ride some carnival rides. Well, Carter also wanted to try one of the games where you shoot the water gun to race your character to the top. Guess what? He WON!!! First try! And he got a giraffe pillow pet. He was super excited. So, we tried to win one for Kelsie too, but failed. Robert went to the basketball hoops to try and win something and they gave him the ugliest purple stuffed dog you'll ever see! But now guess what? Kelsie LOVES it!!! Ha ha...it is very unattractive, but she still is sleeping with it 2 weeks later, so thanks Uncle Robert!

We couldn't talk Grandma Kirkham into going on the ferris wheel with us, but we all squeezed in a boat-thing and had a good time on that. Kelsie would say "Wheee!" every time we went around. However, then we got stuck at the top when they were unloading, it was a little windy, and Kelsie was getting antsy sitting there. AAAH! Good thing I had secret ammo of M&M's in my purse! It lasted her until we got off :)

After riding some rides, we headed down to play on the beach for a bit. Our kids LOVE water and sand, so you can guess how much they love the beach. The water was not warm by any stretch of the imagination, but they didn't care! Kelsie's little teeth were chattering, but she didn't want to give up...yet. She eventually became too freezing and I talked them into going back to play in the sand. However, Kelsie was cold and tired and just wanted to be snuggled. Which I didn't mind one bit! So I snuggled with her while Robert buried Carter in the sand! And then they kinda buried Maxi.

Some warmth has come our way!

2011-04-28T23:18:00.001-07:00

Today was supposed to be almost 90, so I had plans of taking the kiddos to the sprayground! It actually ended up not being too hot with some lingering clouds and a breeze, but the kids still were able to play in the water & have a good time!

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Springtime

2011-03-09T15:43:00.003-08:00

Things I love about spring:
*The few weeks of perfect weather it brings to Vegas
*Seeing new buds & leaves sprouting up
*Planting stuff with my kids
*Being able to play outside without bundling up or baking!

This is by far my favorite season!

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springtime

2011-03-09T15:43:00.001-08:00

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red rock pictures

2011-03-09T15:19:00.001-08:00

Oops, I'm learning! Minus the accidental upload of Kelsie's foot (i'm not sure how to take it off), Here's the pics from red rock!

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Red Rock

2011-03-09T15:10:00.001-08:00

I am so excited right now because I discovered the Blogger application on my Droid! If it works like I hope it will, I will be one happy lady (and maybe not so slackish on posting!). This last weekend we took the kids to red rock! We were hoping to find tadpoles like last year, but I think it hasn't been warm enough for hatching yet. So, maybe in a few weeks! My mom came with us since Robert & Don were working on an eagle project, Jason came with the cutest redheads around (Danielle was sick), and Andrea brought her cute munchkins too (Shane had to work). It was lots of fun & Maxi put a dent in her school project (collecting 30 different kind of bugs). I forgot my heartrate monitor for the hike, but took plenty of breaks (my lung capacity sucks!). Okay, now I'll try to upload the pictures...

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And then there were 3...

2011-03-03T22:03:00.000-08:00

And by three, I am referring to 3 children because that's how many we'll have come July! We are expecting a new baby boy to join our family July 12 and we can't wait! I've waited a while to post it because it hasn't been the "perfect" pregnancy as far as worries go, but our little guy seems to be a trooper in there and will hang on through whatever further ailments arise! My placenta is apparently not growing quite right at the moment, something called a circumvallate placenta, but I get more ultrasounds because of it. Feel free to read about it here if you're curious. But my doctor presented it to me as more of a theoretical concern right now than something we need to be too worried about, so I am having faith everything will turn out 100% fine for our little man. Carter can't wait to have a little brother and I don't think Kelsie quite grasps the idea. She looks at me like I'm crazy when I tell her there's a baby in my tummy. Ha ha...So, YAY for our happy growing family. Pictures will come soon, I just have been pretty lazy about loading them on our computer lately. Those large memory cards for the camera tend to do that I guess!

Gotta finish one vacation before the next!

2010-10-26T23:05:00.000-07:00

AAAh! I gotta at least finish pictures from our San Diego trip before we venture off the California again! That's right, in a few days, we'll be off to Disneyland! But before that, let me re-visit Balboa Park on the Sunday of our San Diego weekend. It was so nice outside and we had a great time walking around Balboa Park, which we didn't get to see last year. Heck...there's so much to see there we should really go back again next year!

Miss Kelsie-Lou sitting on the steps of the Organ Stadium

Maxi just had to get a picture with this dog in it because it reminded her of her favorite family dog that died. Carter was greatly loving being the second object of the photo shoot!

Carter in the gardens

Shannon and Landon

Maxi standing in front of the Botanical Building

Yep...Carter is the little red speck in front

San Diego -- WARNING! Pictures galore!

2010-10-12T22:12:00.000-07:00

(This was a pretty rainbow we saw in the sky on the way there!)

The weekend of the 9th we took a fun little trip to San Diego! After we visited last year, we knew we wanted to go back every year because we enjoyed it so much. So, not about to break that little promise to ourselves and wanting to show Maxi the beach, etc before it gets cold, we ventured off! Friends of ours, Landon and Shannon, live there so we mostly saw them the whole time (well, Landon on Saturday). They were super nice showing us around and we had a lot of fun hanging out on the beach.

Carter and Kelsie LOVED the beach!

Our family hanging out in the waves

Is this not the cutest little picture ever? What a stud!

Kelsie was our little fearless child. She ran right into the water and loved to stand and have the waves hit her over and over! Justin let go of her one time and the wave knocked her over with her face going in! But did she care? Heck no! She got right back in without so much as a flinch! (Well, maybe a little flinch to get the salt out of her eyes)

Carter was a little more timid when it came to the waves. We had a few teary moments after getting knocked down by waves. But the little guy was a trooper and didn't let it spoil his fun! He mostly was our little sand monster, which I did not mind at all! One less little one to worry about drowning in the ocean =)

Kelsie, Maxi and I at the surf taco shop Landon took us to. It was delicious! And Maxi really liked their cheese; she said it was "special" cheese. We had fun teasing her about that because it really was only cheddar cheese! It must've been that real california cheese or something! ha ha

Landon and Justin at lunch

Me at the hotel ;)

Saturday after a long day at the beach, Landon invited us over to make us dinner! It was delicious and I am amazed because Justin has only cooked once in our marriage and always tells me he can't possibly make his own sandwich because it tastes much better made by someone else! But, I gotta give him credit for shredding cheese for me when I need it because I really hate doing it! So, for sure I rule the kitchen in our house, but this just goes to show that guys can cook too!

The view from the back yard... GORGEOUS!

Me and the kiddos in the back

Beautiful Maxi enjoying every second of California!

I'm Tagged

2010-10-06T22:39:00.001-07:00

Okay, I was tagged by one of my best friends, Danielle and so I will do it before I go to bed =)

1) What did you want to be when you were growing up?

I wanted to be a teacher growing up. My Grandma had all these extra school supplies from when she was a school teacher and I LOVED playing school! I am a teacher of my children for now and one day, I will finish my degree and be a school teacher as well =)

2) Name one embarrassing thing about yourself?

Well I could go on about lots of embarrassing things about myself, I say lots of embarrassing things and do lots of quirky things. But I will say ... I don't know, the things I'm thinking of I'm pretty sure are just kinda gross? Okay, I really like picking scabs ... like, a lot. It sounds really gross to say it, but I really love it and my husband runs from me when he has one because he knows I will find it =)

3) If you could only rescue three things from your house what would they be?

Okay, like Danielle, I'm going to assume my family is already removed from the house. I will say my computer since it has all my pictures and family videos on it (or how about my external hard drive shoved in the back of my scrapbook?). My kids' favorite blankies and my Grandmother's painting she did for us. I feel that almost everything else can be replaced, but those are some precious things that could never be replaced!

4) What's your favorite book?

My favorite book is ... man, I wanna say the Twilight series but it's so cliche sounding now. However, I do cherish that series, could read it over and over. I also really love The Host by Stephenie Meyer, The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks and the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins.

5) What's your favorite movie?

There's so many and it's hard to pick just one, but this one has always been very near and dear to me and I will love it forever. "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken." Oh man, it's the best movie, REALLY!!!

6) What's your favorite joke?

KNock Knock? Who's There? Banana. Banana Who? Knock Knock. Who's There? Banana. Banana Who? ETC .. Knock Knock? Who's There? Orange. Orange Who? Orange you glad I didn't say Banana again?

Ha ha ... okay, that's always my go to joke when Carter wants to hear a joke. Or Knock knock. Who's there? Lettuce. Lettuce who? Let us in it's cold outside!

Oh my cute boy, laughs hysterically at these same jokes every time =)

7) What would you most like to change about your house?

Hmmm...I think I would like to change the amount of trees. I want lots and lots more trees so I can pretend I don't live in the desert!

8) Do you believe in love at first sight?

I don't want to say "No" to this question, but I don't think I can fully say "Yes" either. I believe when you meet someone, you can have a "feeling" that you will cherish that person forever. I believe you can instantly care about someone and have strong feelings of love towards someone very quickly. But to have true, unconditional love for someone is something that takes time. To love and accept someone as they are takes the time of knowing exactly who that person is. So, loving someone as a whole is not something that can happen in an instant.

Movie In The Park

2010-10-05T23:24:00.000-07:00

This last Friday, we FINALLY went to the Movie In The Park event they do in our neighborhood. We've never gone because it usually starts later (8 or something) when it gets dark (bedtime, not so good timing). But, since it's been getting dark earlier, we were able to go. They were showing Ghostbusters! Woo-hoo! Love that movie, I was totally singing the, "Dun du du du du du, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-du. Who you gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS!!!" Maxi was looking forward to this for weeks; as she said while we were walking, "I have never seen a movie in a garden before!" Carter and Kelsie love being outside in general, so it was LOVELY! It had rained earlier in the day, but luckily the grass had dried up by the time we got there.

We bought some $5 pizzas from Little Caesar's, cut up some oranges, brought some drinks, and we were good to go! It was perfect weather and was so nice to just sit and enjoy the great outdoors with a good ol' movie! They had a craft for the kids too and gave away free glowsticks, which was very awesome both for spotting my children in the dark and a good entertainment tool!

Carter holding his marshmallow man

Hayden, Mikayla, and Kelsie

Kelsie wanted to be by Aunt Nicole!

Justin and Carter eating pizza

Emma and Sophia

Maxi and I

Rainforest Cafe

2010-10-01T15:45:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday, we had the inkling to go eat somewhere fun since we had Shelly here to hang out with! So, we went to Rainforest Cafe! It is fun to eat there with the animals coming to life and the rain falling down around. The kids and adults all had a good time, although the price won't have us returning any time soon! But hey, we're making memories here, right?

Our family on the bench at Rainforest Cafe

Carter and Libby showing me their balloon animals

Justin and Jason chatting it up before dinner

Carter drumming his utensils to pass the time... He kept telling me, "Mommy, they're not bringing me my food!" (In the "I'm telling on someone" voice)

Mom W, Andrea and I

Maxi with the kids looking over the raining balcony

Eastenn, Danielle, Shelly and Libby

Our table

Maxi, Andrea and I (with Libby and Kelsie in the corner)

We also, right before the Rainforest Cafe tried to swing by the Springs Preserve in town. They were having a free event "Asian Moon Festival" and we'd never been there before, so we wanted to check it out. Well, I was expecting something the size of the Mormon Fort that we attend here frequently. Ummm, not even close. It was so full we had to park down the street at the mall and the place is HUGE with, like 3 museums throughout and outside places to explore. So, by the time we walked in, we really only had 25 minutes before we had to start walking out again, which was pretty lame. Carter got to make a paper lantern...and then we were done. Ha ha. So, it was a weird, fast outing, that ended in a few educational pointers: 1. Plan on being there for a few hours next time. 2. When there's a free event here in town, plan on fighting a large crowd (HELLO?! I'm retarded) and 3. Tired children/adults walking in the heat with no cold water = unhappy folks. All seem fairly obvious, but I was apparently oblivious to them this particular day. oh well, we had fun for 25 minutes =)

Maxi helping Carter make his paper lantern

Carter with the finished product

Kelsie playing in the dirt, as usual =)

My hot hubby and I

Last night, we had Mom W, Emma and Sophia over for one last dinner before they go home! The kids had fun playing in the backyard and eating yummy popsicles afterwards.

Kelsie was so happy to have her own popsicle!

Gorgeous Emma

Carter and Sophia

Family Visits!

2010-10-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

Don't you just love when you get visits from family? I know we do, especially ones we haven't seen in a while! Justin's sister, Shelly, came into town this last week (she lives in Chicago) and we were so happy to have her! Also, our two nieces, Emma and Sophia, were here! I dragged Shelly to my early morning Saturday Zumba class I teach at the church and we also got her and the two girls going with us the following Tuesday! Woo-hoo! YAY ZUMBA! Ha ha, okay, I'm done with my shout-out. So the Thursday after Shelly arrived we had invited her and Mom W over for dinner with us for some oh-so-yummy ribs! I love those things! Well, when Justin's twin brother heard what we were all eating together, he decided they should be part of this action too (and who could blame him, you can't go wrong with ribs). So, their family came over and joined us as well and added some steak to the feast! It was a party =) Here are pictures from

that evening:

Aunt Shelly with Danielle and cute little Libby

Kelsie was all about sitting on Aunt Danielle's lap, dipping her dessert in the milk and sipping out of the straw, too bad half the dessert didn't end up in her mouth! Ha ha

The kids were running around like screaming banshee's exactly 5.5 seconds before the TV was flipped on, milk was handed out and the picture was taken.

And one last one to include. This is Kelsie every day. She's always throwing her arms around me in desperation saying, "Mommy, mommy, MOMMY!!!" It's oh so cute...she says her little words so good and looks so darn cute, how could anyone resist this sweet face?

Okay, this is just getting ridiculous!

2010-09-22T06:55:00.000-07:00

Okay, clearly 6 months is way too long to go without posting on my blog. My sister in laws reminded me I'm losing in the posting department. They are way better than me and I'm going to attempt to catch up! So, here are some highlights of what we've been up to the last 6 months!

We've been celebrating birthdays, most notably Kelsie turned one in May! We thought for sure she would be walking by her first birthday since she started pulling to stand at 6 months old, but no. She has taken her sweet time and would only walk back and forth on our bed and nowhere else. Guess she knew it was a soft place to fall! But finally, just this last week, at 15 months old, she's decided to start walking. We love our silly girl!

Our cute little nephew also turned one! He was the cutest baby I've ever seen eating their birthday cake! My kids never eat their cake...he dug right in! So darling =)

In August, we had a foreign exchange student from Germany move in with us. Her name is Maxime, but goes by Maxi. She is the sweetest girl and we love having her! Justin really likes messing with her every day and she is wonderful with our kids and I love having her around! She fits right in with our family and I can't imagine what it will be like to send her back home in June!

Carter also recently just turned four! We are so proud of him! He is the sweetest, cutest, funniest boy! He brings so much happiness to our family and is such a good big brother. He is SO excited to start school, he can barely stand it. We do preschool at home, once a week going to a free preschool program at the library, and starting this week are also doing a once a week preschool group with some friends in the ward. He is so excited and loves learning new things. He can't wait to read. He is our little adventure boy, always climbing, exploring outside and playing with other kids in our neighborhood!

On his birthday, we always do a special outing of his choice, and he chose the M&M Factory here. He LOVES that place (secretly, it's really not that exciting) but he can't get enough!

We've gone camping A LOT over the summer too! Once a month, I think is what it's turned out to be. We have had lots of fun with that and on our last trip to Pioche over Labor Day, we brought some friends, Lizzy and Crazy, some cute little horny toads, with us! They've been living with us for a couple weeks now and Carter, Kelsie, and mostly every other kid that comes to our house loves them! Camping is so much work, but so worth all the memories and I don't know if everyone else's kids are the same, but my kids LOVE being outside and nothing is better than being outside 24/7 while camping. Even if Mommy is having a heart attack about all the dirt that has collected on the children within a few hours of being there! Especially in Pioche, that was the dirtiest camping trip I've ever been on. The dirt was dark and sticky and my children looked like they rolled out of a dumpster by the end. But fun memories were made and that's what matters right? And our exchange student, Maxi was able to go to Pioche with us, which made it even more special! She caught a fish, rode 4-wheelers, and saw an up close fireworks show for the first time. She said she's never been so dirty in her life, but she had lots of fun too!

I also went to Girl's Camp for 1 day...it was fun being up there if only for that short time =) I love all those girls!

Justin had surgery in August to remove a growth on his adam's apple. Everything went GREAT! And there is no cancer, which is good =)

I've also just this last weekend officially become a certified Zumba instructor! I love this workout so much. I started going as requested by one of my good friends and boy am I glad she got me going. I am addicted and am enjoying learning all about it and especially how it's gotten me in better shape! If you've never tried it, you should! It's the most fun workout, it really is like a party! I've been teaching in our ward for a couple weeks now and it's been really fun.

Somehow, between all of this, Justin and I have found time to enjoy each other's company too by going on dates, or just stealing moments between chasing down little munchkins. I love my husband so much and am so happy I have him to myself for eternity! He is amazing and works so hard for our family every day. He makes me laugh and cheers me up when I am down. I don't know what I'd do without him. Not to mention his stunning good looks ;)

This picture was in May, we took a trip with no kids to California and went to Magic Mountain. It was so fun and a total blast thanks to our best friends!

Okay, I think that about sums it all up in a nutshell! Hopefully I can keep going this time!

Going's On

2010-03-24T21:31:00.000-07:00

So, I feel like a total slacker at my blog lately, but, really, I just don't have time anymore...ever! Between my Young Women's calling, kids, gardening and sewing, my day is SPENT! Good, but sad at times, since I love my blog! So, here's what's been going on in the Wagasky house:

Visiting with family from out of town. My Grandmother and Aunt came out from California and so did my other Grandma not pictured here. They came out for the week my brother got his Eagle Scout award! How cool is that? He's only 13!!! Way to go, Robert!

Also during their visit was my Mom's birthday! I love LOVE that woman! And man do I admire her. Everyone is amazed at what a wonderful Mom and Grandma she is...everyone loves her!
We've had playdates with friends, this picture in particular is at the Valentine's playdate we had at our house! Carter had a blast handing out Valentine's to all his buddies!
Now THIS has been what's taking up the majority of our free time. We've been working on our backyard every chance we get! I've finally started my garden and I'm so excited! So far, we have, Broccoli, carrots, spinach, bell peppers, tomatoes, strawberries, green beans, cucumbers, grapes, watermelon, and a peach and lemon tree! Isn't that exciting! But, boy it's a lot of work! Justin is so wonderful making sure the backyard is a little oasis for me and the kids to play =) These were all our helpers when we were filling our garden with good dirt instead of the crap, cement dirt that used to be there =)
Dyeing my hair! Danielle and I stayed up until 3am one evening guinea pigging on each other's hair, but both of hairs came out way cute! Hopefully it doesn't take us so long next time and we keep better track of how long my dye stays in. (I won't tell you how long we accidentally kept it in). Good think I have super strong thick hair or it would've been gone! Ha ha.
I also cute my own hair using this tutorial video from you tube:

Carter also started playing soccer at the Rec Center a few weeks ago and loves it! He's really good at it too, he never uses his hands and works hard to get that ball in the goal!
We've also, unfortunately, been taking care of some boo-boos! Kelsie got her first one about 2 weeks ago. Since we're always in the backyard, I brought just her inside to start making dinner and Carter followed us in to check on what we were up to. When he went back out with Justin, the security door didn't latch all the way shut, so when Kelsie went to look at what her brother was doing, she stood against the door and fell on her poor little face on the concrete! I felt SO bad, as I had thought I should check that door, but didn't act fast enough. Poor baby girl!
This little guy is such a goober, seriously. He makes us laugh all the time. This is his favorite joke to play on us =)
I have been getting my butt kicked by this game on the Wii. My arms and abs and everything are looking better! Yay!

We've had the chance to go on a few dates, this our most recent with Jordan and Taryn in from California. (Justin served his mission with Jordan.)
So there ya go! That's us lately...I'll try to post some more stuff after Easter!

My favorite little people

2010-02-08T00:21:00.001-08:00

Our little princess is 8 months old now! We just can't believe how big she's getting! She loves yelling, climbing over things, and trying to keep up with her brother! She is such a cute and funny baby. She started pulling to stand and trying to climb on the couch just before the 8 month mark and loves man-handling all our push around toys. She doesn't quite have the walking motion down yet, but she does push things around and slowly walks with them. She also plays peek-a-boo and will put her arms in the air when you say, "Ta Da!" She also does this thing with her face where she scrunches her face and breathes really fast in and out of her nose. It is pretty funny and we just love it!

Here is my little helper, Mr. Carter Super-Sonic-Bad-Guy-Blaster! (Yes, he still calls himself this). He loves helping with dishes, scrubbing toilets, making sure Kelsie doesn't have anything she's not supposed to, and trying to make us laugh! The other day he made me some "soup" in his kitchen and after I "tried" a bite, he said, "You know what it has in it? Boogers and toilet water." He seriously is hilarious. He talks like such an adult all the time too and his new phrase is, "Sure is!" He cracks me up and just flat brightens my days =)

Preschool Activities and more...

2010-02-07T23:51:00.000-08:00

This past week or two, it's been raining like crazy here, which is pretty unusual. So, I wanted to do an activity with Carter for his preschool stuff we do. So, we started with 3 different jars for our science experiment and put a different color of food coloring in each jar.

Then, we geared up and proceeded outside. We put one jar under where our roof was dripping down, one on the sidewalk where it was open for rainfall, and one under the tree to see which color would fill up the fastest. Our green jar under the roof filled up the fastest and the one under the tree only got a few droplets in it. He said he felt like Sid the Science Kid! (Love that show!) So, we concluded if one didn't want to get wet in the rain, it would be wise to seek shelter under a tree!
And then of course there had to be some splashing in the puddles and racing leaves in the gutter! Luckily Daddy got home to finish chasing the leaves down the street so I could go make us some hot soup inside!

January Birthdays

2010-02-02T15:42:00.001-08:00

These are actually in reverse order, but, hey, that's the way it uploaded and I'm not gonna change it :) We had 4 fabulous birthdays in the month of January! Mom Wagasky's first, then mine, Makenze's and then Libby's! What a month of celebrations and family get-togethers!

Libby had a fun tea party where we were to dress "fancy" so Carter dressed fancy, but then changed into a GI Joe costume once we got there! Kelsie wore her cute tu-tu that my wonderful friend, Whitney, made her! I love her little diapered butt crawling around in the tu-tu...cutest thing ever, seriously!

The birthday girl showing off her fancy gear, and the brother-of-honor to the right =)

Makenze, at her birthday bash, which was at McDonald's! Smartest idea ever, Andrea for zero cost and clean-up! The kids had a blast playing in the inside gym!

My mom and Kelsie at Makenze's party...just look at those adorable pigtails. She just melts my heart!

Carter and Grandma Gill...can't separate these two for very long!

On my birthday, we went out to lunch to Sweet Tomatoes with the girls! It was so fun!

My good friend, Rashelle, and Danielle

Me and my mom and sister...love those guys to pieces!

This was my birthday night. My mom watched the kiddos while Justin took me to Viva Zappata's! Best food ever! I got this Jumbo Mexican shrimp that was stuffed with more shrimp and cheese, which was then wrapped in bacon and fried. And then this amazing sauce to dip it in. DELICIOUS!

This was Mom Wagasky's birthday! She had all her grandkids (that live on this side of the country) there!

Rewards

2010-01-29T17:05:00.000-08:00

This month Carter has had two trips as rewards to filling up his chart! The first one was to go see the "Princess and the Frog." Libby and Danielle came with us and it was a lot of fun! It was a really cute movie, you should all see it! Ha ha

Danielle and I were super excited to see the poster for Eclipse! Yay! Can't Wait!

Last night we went to the M&M Factory on the strip. They have a free 3D movie to watch after walking through and then we each got a small bag of M&M's from the BIG selection they had! We all had a blast! If you're looking for something free and fun to do with the kiddos, I recommend this! Fairly quick trip (2 hours from leaving our house to leaving in our car from there) and free unless you buy M&M's.

Christmas...very late!

2010-01-29T16:38:00.000-08:00

This is a very late Christmas posting, but I scrapbooked some pictures to post and then forgot to ever post them! I seriously am just busy-brained all the time now and I feel like it never slows down (like I was expecting and hoping after Christmas!). But I do oh so love all the family get-togethers and busy kids that keep my life so busy. I could do without the mess that I have to clean day after day, but it kinda goes with the territory, right?

Anyway, Christmas was a blast this year! Carter was so excited for Santa Claus and he just gets funner and funner every year! He loved our Santa advent calendar and asked for an "Ironman that does NOT talk and does NOT have a backpack." Very hard to find, by the way, but we convinced him the backpack and talking was pretty cool, and after Santa called him, he was A-okay with the slightly altered request.

Kelsie was our favorite little present around this year, of course and we loved that she started crawling around right before Christmas and ate all the wrapping paper! Ha ha...our cute little rugrat is so cute. She also started pulling her self to stand right before Christmas! Only is the thing she was using was chest level or lower could she stand, though. So, she enjoyed using all the square presents as hoists to stand against!

And lastly, Justin got me my beloved breadmaker that I have been LOVING!!!

Family Pictures

2010-01-02T21:06:00.001-08:00

So, about a week and a half before Christmas, we went out to Floyd Lamb State Park to take family pictures. I've been wanting to do this for some time now, but finally we got around to it! Thankfully, Jason and Danielle came along with us so we could take turns taking each other's pictures! They turned out super cute...it's so pretty there!

LOTS OF PICTURES BELOW!!! =)

december recap

2009-12-23T17:11:00.000-08:00

So, here is a very brief overview/recap of our December!
We set up our Christmas stuff, and Carter LOVED making decorations and anything else he could think of to put on our tree! Thanks to Mom Wagasky for letting us borrow one of her faux trees again this year, since we didn't have the cash to go buy one!
We helped Grandma and Grandpa Gill set up their Christmas tree and decorate too!

We attended Robert's Christmas concert for choir at his school!
This is a picture of one of three visits with Santa! Carter had his special request all planned out, an Ironman that has NO backpack and can NOT talk!
WE attended Justin's work Christmas party at which I won an ipod Touch! I love love love it!!!
We had Jason and Danielle over to build gingerbread houses with the kiddos!
Justin's sister, Shelly, who lives in Chicago was here for a visit, which we were extra excited for since she hadn't met Kelsie yet! This picture was taken at the Magical Forest we took the kids to! Super fun every year!
And Hayden got baptized! We are so proud of him! What a month leading up to Christmas, huh?

Start your Engines!

2009-11-18T21:49:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Kelsie hit another little milestone! She figured how to get on her hands and knees. I tried to capture it on camera, but the top right is the closest I got. She's been doing it all day today, though, so I'll have to try and catch a better picture tomorrow. She hasn't quite figured out how it will help her mobilize more, but she uses it to inch forward a tiny bit. The bottom right picture is something she loves to do, purse her lips and make a spitting noise. This girl just brightens our day! I can't remember if I said this in the last post or not, but her first tooth broke through Halloween weekend too and another one is about to come in right next to it on the bottom!

Circus Circus

2009-11-18T21:38:00.000-08:00

We've been quite enjoying Carter's rewards for his chart because it gives us an excuse to all go do something fun as a family! Last weekend, Carter had earned enough points to go see the free circus acts at Circus, Circus. I remember going to do this as a child and so did Justin so we were kinda excited to go again. Well, things are not always as awesome as you remember them as a child, but Carter thought it was pretty cool! Kelsie liked all the flashing lights in the casino and Justin and I just enjoyed seeing our kids having fun! Here's some pictures of our outing:

Getting loves from daddy in the car after being fed =)

Family picture in the car!

Kelsie and I watching the performers

Watching the guys on the trapeze

Carter and Daddy after winning some cars in the arcade!

2009-11-18T21:29:00.000-08:00

Also this last week, my best friend from high school, Whitney was in town for her baby shower! I was so happy to see her a few times while she was here and go to the shower to celebrate her having a sweet baby girl! They are going to name her IndieAnna (did I do that right, Whit?) and call her Indie. We can't wait to see her (even though we won't get to see her right away with them living in Utah).

My mom and Kelsie at the shower.

Me and Crew, Whit's little stud muffin!

Whitney and Crew

Love you Whit! Looking forward to seeing you guys next week too!

Preschool is so much fun!

2009-11-18T21:02:00.000-08:00

So, as I've mentioned before, I do preschool at home with Carter and he loves it! I don't always remember to take pictures of stuff we do, but I remember this last week because we did a fun activity Carter just thought was great!This is Carter cheesing it up in our preschool corner! It's a little messy sometimes, but I'm slowly perfecting this corner for all things preschool!

We were learning about bugs last week, so we made a little caterpillar out of 3 sections of an egg carton. Painted it, put antennae on and googly eyes (Carter chose 3 eyes because he's 3 years old).

Then we put it in a paper sack and hung it in the window for the cacoon.A few days later, to his surprise, his caterpillar emerged as a beautiful butterfly! (He unknowingly painted the wings the day after we hung him in the window. Then, while Carter was sleeping, I taped them on the caterpillar)

His favorite "bug" book of the week was "Buzz Bumble to the Rescue" by Lynn E. Hazen

His favorite bug song was a song I found on the internet sung to "Frere Jaques":

Big bugs, small bugs
Big bugs, small bugs
See them crawl, up the wall
Creepy creepy crawling
Never ever falling
Bugs bugs bugs, bugs bugs bugs

I found it on this site www.preschooleducation.com which is where I usually find my preschool songs of the week, such great ideas. I then just make some felt creations for our felt board to go along with whatever song I pick.

Girly Giggles...

2009-11-10T23:12:00.000-08:00

I had to do a post about Kelsie too, ya know! This girl is just the sweetest! She gives out lots of bashful smiles and loves her mommy and daddy. But most of all I think her brother is her favorite! She just loves watching him and laughs at him more than anything else. I just love seeing the admiration in her eyes as she watches her big brother move around all over the house!She's still a Daddy's girl, but has definitely learned she needs Mommy when she's hungry. I know when she's hungry because she'll get super excited to see me and cry if I walk away. And it can get embarrassing with her tugging on my shirt if she's hungry too. Silly babies! But hey, she's a smart girl and knows exactly where her calories come from!

We always refer to her as our wiggle worm because man, you cannot keep this girl sitting still for long! She loves to move herself all around on the floor, mostly by rolling right now. But she's done an army crawl forward a few times and managed to get herself on all fours yesterday morning for a second, so she's getting close to crawling! She always arches her back and wiggles down when you sit her on your lap. Crazy girl! But we love her wiggly ways!

Another thing she loves is touching faces. She loves reaching out and patting our cheeks, or sometimes grabs fistfuls of our face, which hurts pretty bad. especially if it's been a few days since I trimmed her nails! But it's so cute, we can't get mad at her =) I do have quite a few scratch marks on my face from her, though. Most of the time, she'll just sit with her hand resting on our cheek, though, and it just melts our heart!

You are my Son Shine

2009-11-05T22:24:00.001-08:00

This little man is so hilarious and sweet! He is getting so big and it makes me so sad sometimes because he tells me, "Okay, stop it now, Mommy!" when I try to hug him too much or something. Ahhh...he can't be too old for that mushy stuff yet!

He loves showing off his "moves" and jumping off and/or climbing on EVERYTHING he possibly can! He now likes to pick out his own clothes and after I got him a plain blue striped shirt from the closet the other day, he said, "No, I wanna wear a COOL one!"

He loves playing outside, and especially loves the swings and playing with the hose whenever possible! A true boy thinking any and all bodily functions are hilarious and saying gross body parts. Recently, he thinks it is SOOOO funny to say the word, "Butt" so I have to remind him it's rude to say it over and over. He likes to make jokes, like, "Mommy, I need some peanut-Butt." And then he'll start laughing and say, "I crack myself up!"

He also thinks it's hilarious to be naked and especially to climb his naked self on someone or sit his butt on pillows. (Thanks a lot, Danielle for encouraging this behavior! Ha ha). Oh boy...so the other day in our bathroom I walk in and I hear giggling. It took me a minute to find out where it was coming from, but alas, when I opened the cupboard, I find a naked child hiding!

He is a sweet boy and I am thankful he is part of our family. He just loves night time for stories and singing songs and asked Justin to sing, "Put your elbow on the whale." the other night. I love talking with a 3-year-old...it's the funniest, sweetest parts of my day!

October...craziest month ever!

2009-11-03T23:24:00.000-08:00

It is true, and I'm not even going to try and catch up in detail, or I'll never do it and fall farther and farther behind! So, here's it in a nutshell!

We went to the corn maze in Logandale, which was completely lame, by the way! But we had fun at our little picnic with Shane, Andrea, Makenze & Eastenn. As the boys put it, next time, let's have a picnic in Vegas =)

We found a fat, what we thought was a caterpillar, in our driveway, which Carter was very excited about and still is talking about =)

Carter forgot how to dress himself...hmmm...

Our cute nephew, Keagan, turned 5 with an awesome pirate party...we made it home with some booty! (I just really like saying that because I think it's funny)

We went to the Pumpkin and Squash Festival at The Farm. Not insanely thrilling, but all the kiddos liked it! Carter requested to visit again for the reward on his chart, so we actually visited again on actual Halloween!

Our other nephew, Hayden, turned the big eight! We still have yet to attend his official party this weekend =)
We got gussied up all cute for Trunk-or-treat and had an awesome Halloween with family. Thanks, Danielle for planning a fun party on actual Halloween!
Justin is dressed up as Kevin Levin, just so you know ;) He's Ben 10's buddy (who is Carter's costume)

I was a cat...again, since I scared the crap out of Carter dressed like a zombie. And our pretty princess was dressed as a cute ballerina thanks to a tutu Whitney made her! Thanks, Whit!

Corn Creek

2009-10-21T22:16:00.001-07:00

One of Carter's prizes for completing his aforementioned chart we started, was to go on a hike. So, we went to a place called Corn Creek I read about a while ago, but hadn't gone to yet. It was a lot of fun. A very nice escape from the city and desert! Lots of little wild animals/birds to see with a pretty stream to walk alongside and historical buildings to look at/read about. The weather was beautiful and Justin and I both said we could've just fallen asleep under our picnic tree it was so relaxing with the breeze and the sound of the stream. But then we remembered we had two helpless children with us and decided to stay awake...ha ha.Carter crossing the creek

He kinda looks psycho in this picture, but he was having so much fun throwing stuff in the stream!

Sticking his hands in one of the channels of water

Thanks to a tree stump, we got a nice family picture!

The most precious little things in the world!

Chillin with Daddy under the tree

In front of one of the restored buildings

I love this man!

Preschool stuff

2009-10-21T22:01:00.000-07:00

So, I have been doing at-home preschool with Carter for a while, some weeks I do better than others! But I have taken some pictures of some of the stuff we've been doing (I'm trying to be better about remembering pictures). Carter loves this, as he always tells me to "drop him off at the school down the street" and come back to pick him up later. Well, not quite the same, but he feels like a big boy anyway! So, I made up a learning board a couple months ago that has dry erase marker-able squares for me to pick a song, letter, number, color, science subject, and gospel lesson to focus on every week. I try to incorporate as many of them together as possible, like for one week I did Seeds, color brown, letter "S", Heavenly Father created the Earth, etc.Here's Carter after planting Peas for seed week...he loves watching them grow and shows me them every day!

Also part of seed week, we made our own bird feeder! It took a few days for the birds to realize it was out there, but we get lots of pretty singing visitors now!

Once a week we do preschool with Libby, Danielle and I alternating planning lessons. This was learning about leaves by Danielle!

I get books from the library every week to go along with our lessons. This one didn't go with our subject necessarily, but Carter sure enjoyed it! It was called "Mr. Cookie Baker" and had a bunch of recipes in the back.

This week we've been working on apples (last week too, actually). So far we've done apple stamps, made candied apples, read lots of apple-themed books, and I'm having a brain fart on the other stuff we've done, but it's been fun! Carter even drew on his worksheet today a "C" for his name, which he's been able to do for some time, but then he added an "R" and an "Ee" afterwards! Maybe I'm crazy, but I was so impressed with my little three year-old. His letters looked perfect! I need to scan them in...

Rest of September

2009-10-21T21:50:00.000-07:00

Well, we had two other big things happen in September! One was Justin's twin brother, Jason, came home from Iraq and is officially out of the Army! We couldn't be happier for their family and Justin is just loving having his brother around again. They are our best friends and have been since we were all dating, so to have them as a whole family to hang out with a lot is just awesome! We went bowling the day after he came home and had a great time! (Minus Carter's crying episodes the first 15 minutes of being there!)

Had to add this picture of Kelsie because I thought it was so funny!

We also FINALLY got a swingset! I had been looking for a good deal for quite a while on craigslist. Carter even started telling us, "We should look on craigslist!" Oh geez...but we found one and it happened to literally be down the street! Sweetness! Carter plays on this every day...loves it!

Hanging out and stuff...

2009-10-07T23:14:00.000-07:00

Kelsie is 4-1/2 months now and I can't believe how fast time flies by! She is the sweetest little baby, frequently giving out shy smiles and likes to make lots of chit chat, especially with her Daddy! It is so funny to me that the difference between boys and girls is so apparent this early. Carter's first laughs were loud belly laughs and Kelsie is so sweet and giggly. I love it! She is crazy, though. She's already semi-mobile. This is not supposed to be happening yet...she's figured a way to arch her back and kick her legs that scoots her around pretty good. The downside is it has rubbed a bald spot on the back of her head since she uses it as a 5th limb. She is such a wiggle worm! Once she takes off, I'm scared..seriously. She already arches her back and tries to wriggle away while you're holding her on your lap. I'm not going to be able to contain this girl! But we are also dealing with a possible milk allergy with her...poor thing. I take her to the doctor again tomorrow. Luckily it hasn't been too much of fussiness with it, just A LOT of spitting up and really weird poops...Hanging with her Daddy...such a Daddy's girl already!

Carter is shown here while making his new chart we started a few weeks ago. It has 22 things for him to mark off every day. I laminated it so we could just use a dry erase marker. He chooses something fun to do (So far we've done bowling, playing at Grandma Gill's by himself, and today we went on a hike out at Corn Creek) and we say how many points he has to earn to do it (100 marks or something). Anyway, it has greatly improved many things, such as saying please and thank you, cleaning up after himself, and not having any accidents (we were experiencing problems with this). He has not had an accident since we started this chart! (Except for one day when we hadn't done the chart!) Anyway, Mommy, Daddy and Carter are all loving this new chart!

Remembering Justin's Dad

2009-10-07T22:47:00.000-07:00

On September 16, we remembered Justin's Dad, Damian, as it was 2 years exactly that he had passed away. On searching for a picture of Justin's Dad to post, I couldn't pass our favorite picture that Justin and I frequently talk about. This was taken just about 10 days before he passed away. We were over visiting, as we had been doing every day for over a month, and talking with him. Although he was very weak from his chemotherapy and just from the cancer, he was still trying to be his joking self. He was telling us that he was trying to get the energy to make it to Carter's birthday party, but we decided to have Carter take a birthday picture with him then anyway =) Carter wasn't being very cooperative, so Justin got next to him and he took a deep breath and gave a super huge smile, as you can see. Justin and I cherish this photo so much. As I was looking through these pictures, memories just came flooding back of that time in our lives and it just brings tears to my eyes. I miss him terribly and it saddens me to think that Kelsie won't know her amazing Grandpa Wagasky on this earth. I know Carter misses him, as he asks about him often and inquires about seeing him again. I can only imagine what my husband feels, missing his father, as he talked with him nearly every day and went to him for advice frequently. Anyway, I didn't want this to be a sad post, so I will end by saying that I cannot wait for the great joy we will feel when we are reunited with this awesome man, and I am so very grateful for the gospel and the hope it gives us.

Shane, Rena and Justin by the gravesite

Makenze and Carter about to send their pictures up on balloons.

Carter and Makenze preparing their pictures for take off

My little guy hiking up his pants as he runs over to our picnic!

Carter's Birthday Party

2009-10-07T22:34:00.000-07:00

The Saturday following Carter's birthday, we had his party at our house. He chose a Ben 10 theme and it was super fun! Carter had a blast with all of his friends coming over. The party included a little freeze dance, water balloon toss and pinata bashing. And he of course loved all his presents. He developed a nervous twitch, I guess you would call it, while opening his presents. He would nervously scratch the back of his head after every gift while saying, "S-s-s-sank you!" Ha ha...we were all laughing how funny he was being. What a cute little guy =)
Don't be jealous of our homemade alien head pinata...it was time consuming and in the end, the wire we were trying to hang it with was tearing through the top...oh boy. So, it ended up as a alien head in a fruit basket look...very classy.

Getting ready for a game of water balloon toss, I believe.
Robert, Gage, Carter, Hayden, Keagan, Libby and Makenze

It took a few tries, but he got 'em! And his special wish was to marry his mommy again. He says now that he's 3, he's big enough to do that =)

Carter's Birthday

2009-10-07T22:21:00.000-07:00

I am so behind on this, I know, but hey, I gotta catch up sometime. I was trying to get back in the habit of scrapbooking our cute pictures before I post them, but who am I kidding. I'll never get this done with these two busy kiddos of mine! Justin has started working nights this last week and a half, so I've managed to get some done, but I'm just going to do a massive post of catching up I decided and not worry about the cuteness for now =)
For Carter's birthday, we had him choose a fun activity he wanted to do, which was going on a tour at Anderson Dairy! This is so cute and FREE! They do a little tour with talking animals and walking through a foggy hallway (Carter's favorite part). Then reward you with a nice big bowl of ice cream at the end! Yummy! Carter was so excited to celebrate his birthday and especially that his cousins and friends, Jace and Mia, came. We had a blast!That night, Carter also had chose spaghetti with meatballs, broccoli, and garlic bread for dinner. He loved it so much, he ate 3 helpings of spaghetti! Those of you who have seen my child eat, know we witnessed a near miracle on his birthday =) He also desperately awaited the much wanted Omnitrix he has been begging for...we saved it as his last present. Those of you who have no clue what an Omnitrix is, it's a watch thingy that a superhero kid, Ben 10, wears that transforms him into different alien dudes that all have different super powers. So, moving on, he opened this beloved toy and eagerly put it on. After turning the dial and slapping the top a few times (in perfect mock of Ben 10), he says to us, "This is not working! I'm not turning into ANY of those guys!" We have since had many discussions of WHY he can't have the REAL Omnitrix and WHY pretending is so very cool =)

Happy Birthday our big 3-year-old!!!

PS Now that he is three, don't you know, he is super HUGE! He tells me when we go to the park, "Mom, I'm bigger than all these kids because I'm three!" Or he stopped midstep on our walk the other day and said, "Whoa, I am, like, really big." And then raised one eyebrow and stared me down. Cracks me up!

Vacation...So Nice!!!

2009-09-14T22:28:00.000-07:00

Since we were already headed to San Diego on a long holiday weekend, we decided to make a family vacation of it and it was so fun! I know Landon and Shannon had this in mind for out of towners when they planned the date, and thanks, because we had a blast staying extra! Saturday, we woke up and got ready to go to Sea World! Carter was so excited to see Shamu and ride the rides. So as soon as we got there, our first order of business seemed, logically, to see Shamu since there was a show about to start. Well, it was possibly better to have waited because they don't let you bring your own food and drinks into the park (and, yes they do check your bag), so we were without those items heading into the show. Carter immediately started whining that he was thirsty because it was so humid and hot, and when we couldn't get the drink person's attention, he started saying he wanted to go home, which was frustrating for Justin and I, since we were all excited to take him here. Anyway, after we got the drink thing settled, things started looking up!After enduring the whining through Shamu (although we still did enjoy the show), we decided it would be best to head over to the Sesame Street Bay of Play. The characters were out, singing on the ship when we arrived and Carter was so excited all his fave Sesame Street characters were there! He couldn't wait to take his picture with Elmo. Then, they had so many other fun things for kids in this area, it was awesome! His favorite was climbing up all the nets into the huge treehouse thing with bridges and such going over the sprayground below. He would sing the "Spiderman" song to himself the whole time because he said he felt like Spiderman climbing the webs!

We walked around and saw all the animals we wanted to see. Justin and I had a good laugh watching the penguins. They are such funny, cute little creatures. There was one in particular that caught our eye that was just standing against the back fence thing looking down over it. I'm sure you had to be there to see the humor in this funny bird staring and standing perfectly still for a good hour since he was still there when we went back through. Anyway, Carter fell asleep in the stroller and we had to wake him up because they don't allow you to take your stroller into 90% of the exhibits. Oh man, that was a bad idea waking him up, he was mad! We ended up leaving the polar bear exhibit like this: But it was nothing a little cotton candy and relaxing back in the stroller couldn't fix! My camera died shortly after this picture too, which was very sad =( But we bought a disposable camera to take to the beach the next day, which as soon as I get them back on disc, I'll post pics. We had a blast at the beach on Sunday and then drove back home and arrived at around 9 at night. The kids were awesome in the car and had so much fun on our vacation. We asked Carter what his favorite part was and he replied, "Shamu and the polar bears." Hmmm...the two ugliest parts for us as he was whining and/or crying through those events, but hey, I guess he ended up enjoying himself! Ha ha...I personally think he loved rolling in the sand at the beach and climbing the ropes at Sea World the best, but who am I to make such a judgment.

A Love Story

2009-09-14T22:19:00.000-07:00

Last weekend (Labor Day) we drove out to San Diego for Justin's best friend from high school, Landon's wedding. The wedding took place on Friday and Justin was one of the groomsmen. I had got us all outfits to match the wedding colors/Justin at the wedding. It was pretty fun, seeing at it was the first time I matched all four of us. A little side note, though, that it is so challenging to find dress clothes for little boys. Does anyone else have this problem? If anyone has somewhere that carries cute dress clothes for toddler boys, please share! And I made Kelsie's cute dress in, like, 20 minutes! I have plans to post this cute "pattern" for a girl's dress because it was super easy and turned out really cute!
Anywho, Landon and Shannon met over 9 years ago, I believe, and so it was so exciting to see them finally get married. There were lots of jokes made about how it took them so long and then the song, "Another On Bites The Dust" was playing as they exited down the aisle. It was so funny. Their little dog, Zeus, was assistant ring bearer, which was really cute too. We had a great time at the wedding and are so happy for them =)

Happy Birthday Carter!

2009-09-08T21:05:00.000-07:00

Today is our Carter John's birthday! So I couldn't go without doing a post on him. I just can't say enough about this little guy. He is the sweetest, most awesome little dude any mommy and daddy could ask for! He came in at 6:45 this morning dancing and chanting, "I'm three, I'm three!" It was pretty funny. He is so excited to be three and is such a big boy now! I can't believe it...He is such a big helper all the time and he opens doors for strangers in public, and is just so sweet and polite. When he was opening his presents, he would say, "Awww, thanks guys! This is so awesome. Thank you mommy and daddy!" He just kept thanking us all night for his gifts and when he made a wish on his cupcake candle, he said, "I wish I will marry my mommy." What a cute boy we have!

Happy Birthday, Buddy! We love you!

Pictures soon will follow of his fun birthday activities and of our trip over this past weekend to San Diego! I have to load and edit them all.

Babies everywhere!

2009-09-08T14:52:00.001-07:00

With Andrea and I both having our babies this summer, there are just babies everywhere it seems like when we get together! We recently had them over for FHE and then they invited us over to watch the UFC fight the weekend before last. We have lots of fun hanging out together since Carter and Makenze are the same age and then Kelsie and Eastenn are so close in age! What cute little kiddies!

Little munchkins relaxing for a moment on Shane and Andrea's bed

Brothers hanging out watching the fight...and Kelsie's joining the boys!

Carter was excited to hold little Eastenn...especially always talks about how, "Kenze has a baby just like me!"

Summer Park Days

2009-09-08T14:46:00.000-07:00

Well, soon it will be ending summer, and we will be missing playing in the water at the park, but we always have a good time at the park! Especially with our park buddies, Danielle, Keagan and Libby! Carter always asks if they'll be there when I tell him we're going to a park, which the answer is usually YES! Carter has gotten pretty brave with the water this summer and eventually will venture in to get wet.

Random August Happenings

2009-09-08T14:17:00.000-07:00

Carter started Karate last week at the rec center! He loved his first class and can't wait to go back again. We just have to remind him no using his "moves" on anybody.

Kelsie is getting so big! She's discovered her hands and rolled over about two weeks ago! She's the happiest little girl and LOVES to giggle at her daddy. Definitely a Daddy's girl already, which Justin is just eating up!

Our tenants abandoned our other house, but left us with a cute kitchen set for our kiddos! Carter loves "cooking" me things every day!

Justin took me on a date to the crab buffet!!! I loved it, of course...what a sweet husband. He's allergic, so he didn't enjoy the yummy food as much as I did, but we had a lot of fun being alone!

And Justin got his much wanted gun safe he's been wanting since before we were married...he sure deserves it the way he's been working lately! It's a beast weighing in at 455 lbs, but man, he was like a little kid that just got back from the candy store when he brought it home!

Are you serious?

2009-08-28T09:58:00.000-07:00

This is Carter's new saying he says to me ALL the time. Just now, he said, "Are you serious? Am I really having a Ben 10 birthday?"

Not Me Monday

2009-08-24T22:31:00.000-07:00

I am starting to do this, idea came via my cute sister-in-law, Danielle! Confess and join in on the fun and hear what awesome stuff all your friends are not doing =)

1. For starters, I never would bribe my sick son, who refused to eat anything all day, with a spoonful of sugar to take his medicine. What kind of mom would I be if I let that be his only nutrition for the day?

2. I absolutely would never use a wet wipe to scrub poop off a super cute outfit so my baby could keep wearing said outfit...I mean, who would do that. That would be totally gross!

3. I would never let my son go outside with nothing but underwear and cowboy boots on, just so I didn't have to go through the hassle of dressing him to get something from the car.

4. I also would never let my child waste soap by squirting it straight down the drain, just so he would be entertained while I mopped the floor. That is totally wasteful and ridiculous!

5. Lastly, if my child ever peed on their favorite blanket in the middle of the night, I would never, ever just flip it around to the other side until morning just so I didn't have to console a hysterical child at 1am. Who would do that? That would be disgusting!

Working out

2009-08-18T10:41:00.000-07:00

This is my idea of a workout!!! Just kidding...I just like to show Carter what trees are made for...
So, I have been desperately trying to get the baby weight off...it came off a lot easier with Carter! But I am glad to have Danielle as my workout buddy. We keep each other on track and weigh in and workout together every Monday. This last Monday, we decided to try something new and run to the park by our house! It was fun and also pretty tiring pushing the extra weight of the kids in the double strollers (more so for Danielle since her kids are a. older and b. my children tend to be like little twigs!). It was a lot of fun for us and the kids. Here's some pictures!

We're getting buff...oh yeah!

Miss Libby...Oh yes...that's dog poop on the stick...gross boys!

The little princess asleep through all the excitement!

Kelsie Laughed!

2009-08-17T21:19:00.000-07:00

Oh yes...we have exciting news from last weekend. We walked down to the park and we were taking a video since Carter was laughing hysterically on the swing, but Kelsie started laughing too! She just thought her brother and Daddy were too funny to withold her laughter any longer! She's laughed only a handful of times since then, and it's been at the boys every time. Justin shoveling was pretty funny to her =)

Crazy Kids

2009-08-17T21:01:00.000-07:00

Carter has been falling asleep in random places lately. I guess that's what happens when you don't take naps anymore...ha ha. I have a few funny stories/conversations to share about our little guy!

Walking down to the mailbox, he looks up at Kelsie and says, "She looks like a little Mexican."
Me: "What?! Why do you say that?"
Carter: "Because her mouth goes like this..."
(Don't ask me where he came up with this one...we've never said anything like that, I swear!)

Carter came in to me the other day half crying and when I asked him what happened, "I put soap in my eye!"
Me: "Why did you put soap in your eye?"
Carter: "Betuz it will make my eye stronger so me turn into the Hulk."

Kelsie was pooping and Carter said, "Eewww! That is so gross when she poops!" So I replied, "Is it gross when you poop?" And he said, "No, it's cool when I poop."
He's also asked me if I'm going to put her in time out for continuing to poop in her diaper.

Carter was licking his finger and wiping him and Kelsie's faces while we were getting into the car and I said, "What are you doing?" Carter said, "Trying to get the sunshine off our faces."

This picture is taken at 10pm...yep, our little Miss decides to not go to sleep some nights. She's getting a little better. But, hey, once she's asleep, she's awesome! She slept for 10 hours on Saturday! Yay me!

2009-08-12T23:16:00.001-07:00

I love Dana Carvey...I haven't seen this bit since I was in middle school or high school, but it's even funnier now that I have kids =)

Carter

2009-08-04T22:42:00.001-07:00

Carter is almost 3 and answered most of these himself

3 Things That Scare Me
1. Noises at night time
2. "Boom boom boom"
3. Thunder

People Who Make Me Laugh
1. Mommy and daddy
2. Robert
3. Grandma Gill

3 Things I Love
1. Reading books
2. Spiderman, Super Why, and every superhero
3. Broccoli

Things I Hate
1. Tomatoes
2. When my mommy and daddy tell me no
3. Carnage (a bad guy from spiderman) because Carnage is scary

Things I Don't Understand
1. Why I can't leave the faucet running in the bathroom all day
2. Why I can't be naked when people come to our door
3. Why kids don't want to play with the toys I pick out for them when they come over

Things on My Floor
1. Thomas Train rug
2. Race Track
3. Guys

Things I'm Doing Right Now
sitting on mommy's lap

Things I Want to Do Before I Die
1. Grow up!
2. Dance
3. Pop things on my head, like water balloons

Things I Can Do
1. I'm good at Climbing
2. Clicking the mouse on the computer
3. I'm good at spinning webs

Ways to Describe My Personality
1. Happy
2. We lovingly call him OCD
3. Very independant

Absolute Favorite Foods
1. Broccoli
2. Rice
3. Pudding

Things I'd Like to Learn
1. How to transform my Optimus Prime all by myself
2. How to take things out of the oven by myself
3. How to use a saw and drill like my daddy

Beverages I Drink Regularly
1. Water
2. juice
3. Milk

Shows I Watch
1. Ben 10
2. Sid the Science Kid
3. Super Why

New recipe

2009-08-03T22:34:00.000-07:00

So, I was very excited this last weekend to find a recipe that did not include meat that Justin actually enjoyed! He usually has to have meat with dinner, but not in this case! They are quesadillas and very tasty! The one on the left is before the cheese was put on and both are before the top tortilla was put on. You should try them!

1. Brush bottoms of tortillas with olive oil and place on baking sheet.

2. Mix can of refried beans with salsa (or in my case I just used a diced tomato) and fresh corn cut off a cob (or canned if you wish!)

3. Spread evenly on tortillas (can make up to 4, but I made two thicker ones and used 2/3 can of beans.)

4. Top with broccoli slaw (found in produce section) and cheese (I used Monterey Jack)

5. Finish off with another tortilla with top brushed lightly with olive oil too (I also sprinkled a little salt on top for extra flavor).

6. Bake at 325 for 12-15 minutes.

7. And for everyone with picky kids like me, I just made Carter a normal quesadilla and used the rest of the can of beans on the side and gave him corn separately too. Oh, and he enjoyed dipping the strings from broccoli slaw in ranch!

2009-08-03T22:27:00.000-07:00

I had to post about some new zingers Carter's come up with...he's such a little character! A couple weeks ago he came up to me and said, "Guess what hurts?" Then he karate chopped me.I asked him what all these guys were lined up and he said, "Yeah, Wolverine beat them all up."
Seriously, he only put his underwear on like this to make me laugh. He's such a goofball!

This morning, while Danielle and I were working out, we heard him in the other room say, "This is so not awesome. I just fell down."

In the car yesterday he asked us, "You know what my cat loves?" Us: "What?" Carter: "Fruit loops and cheese."

And how sad is her face...Justin said we needed to document her sad face too.

Eastenn's Blessing

2009-08-03T21:54:00.000-07:00

This last Sunday was little Eastenn Shane Wagasky's blessing! I love baby blessings and officially welcoming these little angels into our family. I am so glad to have my husband and his brothers too, who honor their priesthood and can bless our little kids! Andrea switched his clothes as soon as we got to their house, so that's why he's not in his cute little white outfit. He was swimming in it, though!

The man of the hour...Eastenn!

Keagan holding Kelsie...he was so cute holding her!

My parents with Kelsie

Shane and Justin

Carter and I all ready to go!

Our cute kiddos!

Trip to the mall

2009-08-03T21:37:00.000-07:00

This last Wednesday, I had to take a trip to Henderson to return some stuff Justin bought at the Gap there. He had bought these kids shirts he thought were on sale, but when he was checking out to be $22.50 each! For a little kids shirt, that's crazy! So, since my husband would rather just pay for it and have me take it back later, that's exactly what happened! What a crazy husband I have =) But, this is the same quirky-ness that also makes him leave the room during awkward moments in movies...ha ha
Anyway, Andrea met me out there with Makenze and Eastenn and we had a good time! We had a few good laughs, first because we drive the exact same car, have the same car seat covers and kids exactly the same age. We decided we should dress exactly the same and do our hair the same next time too...ha ha. So, this next story made us both laugh too. There was an older lady in the play area that had brought her grand daughter. She came and sat right next to us, so I struck up some conversation with her. She mentioned, and I quote, "When I come to visit, I take care of my granddaughter." So, naturally I inquired, "Oh, where are you from?" Her reply, "Las Vegas, Nevada." Andrea and I were laughing good and hard about that one...so, she's from the city we were in at that moment? Kinda funny...these cute older folks sometimes! Ha ha...or maybe it's just our sleep deprived selves that thought it was funny.

2009-07-30T15:10:00.000-07:00

We also just got back from our first trip with Kelsie. Well, it was me, the kiddos, my mom and Robert to go to my cousin, Summer's wedding. But I forgot to actually put my memory card back in my camera so I have few pictures from our trip. I need to get copies from my mom because I don't even have a picture of Summer and her hubby! How sad!

Pam and Kelsie

Aaron and Kade

Carter with a lemon from Pam's tree

My grandma and Kelsie

So, now we are just trying to relax, get our backyard kid-friendly and counting down to our family vacation to San Diego over Labor Day weekend. Justin's best friend from high school is getting married and we're staying extra to have some fun!

Carter so strong helping Justin in the backyard to get ready for some serious fort building by him and Justin

Our little girl is getting so big! I know she's gonna start laughing any day and we can't wait for it! She talks so much and is very smiley =) What a cutie! She was 10 lbs 13 oz at her 2 month visit on Monday and 22 3/4" long!

2009-07-30T15:05:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago, we also had Grandma Wagasky come over to watch Kelsie so we could take Carter to see the new Transformers movie. It was a fun, special outing for him and the movie was awesome! He got so excited when he first saw Optimus Prime come in to fight the bad guys! He did good, but since it's so long, towards the end he started asking when we would be going home. But, he started playing with his Bumblebee toy we brought in and he was good to go for the rest =) After all, he is a super-sonic-bad-guy-blaster! That, apparently, is still what people are calling him.

2009-07-30T14:56:00.000-07:00

Also, July 10 was Nicole's birthday...the big 28!!! She's now officially in her late twenties...ha ha! Love you sis! We had a lot of fun...Carter was kicking around in the water, but pretty shortly after he started said. "Me all done...me freezing!" He's like Justin and never gets used to the water, so they both freeze to death when we swim. Kelsie had fun outside too, and I'm sure loved the attention of being passed around like a little hot potato, like always! Everyone loves the babies!!!

And for all of you wondering how she's doing, since Nicole stinks at updating her blog (haha), I will update you! She is going crazy taking classes and is very close to being able to start teaching! She hangs out with her little man, Hayden, who is also doing well and will be starting 2nd grade this fall as well as being of baptism age in October!

Damian, Rena, Kelsie and Justin

Damian, Kelsie and Rena

Carter and I getting in the pool.

My gorgeous mom and I

Nicole blowing out the bonfire on her cake...notice the big glow coming off of it...okay, okay, I'll stop teasing her now.

Eastenn Shane Wagasky

2009-07-30T14:47:00.000-07:00

So, this is a few weeks late, but better late than never! On July 7, our nephew, Eastenn Shane, was born to Andrea and Shane! I'm pretty sure he was 6 lbs 5 oz and 19 inches, but correct me if I'm wrong (or just check Shane and Andrea's blog...haha). He spent some time in the NICU, but he has been home for a couple weeks now and is doing great! We spent some time with them yesterday and he is getting bigger and is so cute with his little man-do.

Shane and Andrea...proud new parents of their baby boy!

Justin...sideways...playing games on the TV in their room...ha ha

Beautiful Makenze, the new big sister!

Walking down to visit Eastenn

And the little guy himself...isn't he the cutest?

Real 4th of July

2009-07-30T10:00:00.000-07:00

So after our crazy outing, we were happy to have a FUN celebration of the 4th at our house with water and a BBQ! Justin built us a swamp cooler in the garage through a few trial and error runs in the morning, but thank goodness because it helped cool Kelsie down and Andrea, since she was ready to burst with baby!!! The kids had a lot of fun in the water, especially with water balloons, and the fireworks afterward was great too! Kelsie was a trooper through the whole thing and didn't cry at the loud fireworks!

The kids having fun in the pool, minus Libby who was sleeping in Carter's bed upstairs!

Carter was lovin' the sparklers!

Danielle, Andrea, Mom Wagasky and Kelsie

Libby, Makenze, Keagan Hayden & Carter eating dinner.

This was hilarious...Andrea and I started cracking up at the way Makenze was just making her Daddy pull her all around in the wagon like a little princess!

As you can see, Nicole got drenched too!

My parents sitting in the shade

Us with our matching flowers...Kelsie's turned out a little on the big side for her head, but oh well, she also shortly after this pic pooped in her holiday dress....nice

Justin filling up water balloons...as Carter was pestering him the whole time to fill up MORE!

Carter holding the flowers I painted =) After he helped me make blue rice krispie treats!

July

2009-07-30T09:52:00.000-07:00

To start off the month of July, we went to the city's Independence Day Jubilee...Fun? Not so much. I told Justin at the end that if it wasn't for the fact I was with my family, that was the WORST activity we've ever done. He agreed and I know Danielle did too. We started out by putting our blanket on a nice grassy hill and then I took Carter with Danielle, Keagan and Libby to get some food. Well, we waited in line for a good hour and a half...so annoying! But when we got back, the night just got worse! There was a HUGE crowd of rude teenagers surrounding our blanket. By surrounding I mean literally touching every edge with their heels and randomly stepping right accross it. I was yelling at so many of them and hovering over Carter so he didn't get stepped on. Well, then someone came and was holding a cigarrette right over Kelsie's head!!! That was the last straw for me, I couldn't handle the stress of where we were sitting. I felt like we were going to get trampled, so when Justin got back from getting drinks, we moved, but it took a few moves to where we were cleared from smoking people...yuck! We got to watch fireworks at the end, which was the only fun part, as then getting out of there afterward was insane. So, the pictures look like we're having fun, but really it was the craziest outing I've ever experienced and won't be repeated next year!

2009-07-16T22:10:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, my mom invited Carter over for a swim playdate at her house (what an awesome grandma!). When I was dropping him off he said, "Super sonic bad guy blaster!" as he was getting out of the car. I repeated what he had said and he replied, "Yeah, that's my real name. That's just what they call me." Awesome...

Blessing of our little girl

2009-06-30T21:32:00.000-07:00

Well, blogger has not been working for me lately, for some reason, thus my lack of posts, but it seems to be working today, so we'll see! Anyway, two and a half weeks ago, our little angel was blessed! And I am very proud to say I made her little blessing dress! Justin did an amazing job and I am so thankful to have a husband who honors his priesthood! My dad was in town and was also able to stand in the circle, which was very special!

Isn't she just gorgeous in her little dress?

Aly, me, Andrea, Tina, Kelsie, and Danielle

My dad with us before church

I love these two little people!

problems with blogger?

2009-06-26T18:07:00.001-07:00

For the past week I've been having serious problems viewing peoples blogs on my computer. It keeps telling me there's a network error and I can never leave comments on anybody''s blogs. Anyone else having this issue or is it just me, 'cuz it's seriously really LAME and did I mention irritating?!

Father's Day

2009-06-23T16:27:00.000-07:00

Father's Day was an awesome day for us! We started out making Justin Juevos Rancheros...did I spell that right? Who knows...but it was tasty, for him anyway. I can't eat anything spicy or containing onions as requested by Kelsie's belly, so he was the sole consumer of the meal! Then, we had to go off to church...one of the little girls in the nursery we teach told me, "My Daddy is the tallest boy with brown eyes I ever seen." how cute is that? Anyway, after church we headed over to my parents for some good 'ol celebrating with yummy rib dinner! My mom makes awesome ribs, I gotta learn!

We opened gifts afterward and I am pretty proud of what we made for Justin! I found a new use for my vinyl lettering. Making shirts! I used the outside as a stencil and painted it...turned out pretty darn good if I do say so myself!

And in this poast I'm going to include something because I think it's hilarious...Have you noticed something special that goes on between grandmas and their grandkids? Well, I have and especially I think it's funny that no matter how many people are itching for some time holding the new babies, Grandmas always find their way to snatch them up. This espacially holds true for my mom, which we lovingly tease her about. My mom finds ANY excuse to hold Kelsie and has said things like, "She's reaching for me." Or "See the way she's looking at me? She wants me to hold her." Keep in mind she is dead serious and I'm sure is thinking, "What, she really WAS doing those things." as she's reading this post! I love you mom, and your baby crazy self!

This is a picture of Kelsie recently abducted from Grandpa's arms...sidenote: She was staring at my mom, just begging Grandma to hold her!

Saturday

2009-06-23T16:18:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday, two exciting events happened. The first I will mention happened in the morning...Kelsie's nasty umbilical cord FINALLY fell off!!! I was so excited because it took 4 long weeks! Carter I'm sure was happy too after weeks of asking why her belly button looked like "that." So, here's a picture of her beautiful new belly button!
Next order of business, it my little brother, Robert's birthday. He turned 13!!! Crazy to think he's a teenager now. We had fun at his party and what a good uncle he is. Even with all his friends and stuff around, he took the time to make sure the little kids felt special too. What a nice guy! As you can see in the pictures, his birthday wish was to make himself an insanely huge sub sandwich, for which my mother provided him with an entire french loaf to fill! Look at that beast...he only ate about 1/4 of it, for those of you wondering...that was pretty weak, Robert! Ha ha...just kidding, that thing was huge! Guess all the turkey made him sleepy. 'cuz he fell asleep shortly after dinner.

Catching up...

2009-06-12T15:50:00.000-07:00

I swear I'm always "catching up" on here...can't I just be current, PLEASE?! So, I've decided I'm going to stop trying to catch up and just quickly give a recap of our week and a half-ish since my last post and call it good so I'll be current. (Even though it will probably still bug me the stuff I skipped, but, hey, what am I gonna do?) We went to Lied Discovery Children's Museum on Wednesday. Thank you, mom...the trip would not have been as much fun without your help with Carter! And Thank you to my awesome sister-in-law Danielle for getting Carter in for free =)

Carter told me before his nap today, "Mommy, go change Kelsie's diaper first betuz no me want ANY poop in my room."

Carter got his first ice cream from the ice cream truck! Can you tell he's super excited?!

We went to Robert's baseball game...which was really fun, but unfortuneately resulted in Kelsie getting a clogged tear duct! poor girl!
Carter realized sharing with his sister was much easier than he thought (He really always just sets something on top of her so he's sharing while he plays!)
We gave Kelsie her first bath...Carter was ready to help and Justin enjoyed his favorite thing about having a newborn...taking naps on the couch with them =)
We went to the park...and then had to leave early because there was no bathroom.

These events are kinda mixed up because my dumb computer won't let me highlight stuff and move it right now...pretty lame! But, there's our past week and a half in a nutshell! Hope yours was equally awesome!

I can't wait

2009-06-03T09:28:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my cousin, Amber, I realized yesterday there was a trailer out for New Moon! I get so excited watching it...can't wait for November!

2009-06-02T11:34:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd do some more catching up while I'm locked out of the bathroom so Carter can do his business =) He doesn't need ANYONE to help him, but still likes to have conversations with me through the door...ha ha. Anyway, the days before Kelsie was born, we went out to eat at Fuddrucker's, which is super delicious!!! It was worth the drive (about 30 minutes away). The yummiest cheeseburgers! I highly recommend everyone to find one and eat there =)

Our little cheeseball

Then, the next day, we went to the rec center pool with everyone that was here on the Wagasky side. I didn't actually swim because I was 3 cm dilated and didn't want to swim in a public pool, but I waded in the water while everyone else swam. Carter was very brave in the water and went under once...he's been experimenting with this in the tub. So, we had to keep a watch on him, but he had a great time with his cousins!

Our official last belly bump picture together!

Love this man!!!

Us girls (Andrea, Danielle and I)

Carter and Makenze attacking Justin in the water

I had to post this picture because it was hilarious...this random kid kept climbing all over Jason and he was like humping his back...where was the kids mom? Nobody knows...but it was quite funny.

Too small to draw...

2009-05-30T14:26:00.001-07:00

Carter loves to draw and I found this drawing he did this morning to be particularly good! He's getting really good at drawing people. I hope you can see all the little parts, as I know it's probably more difficult for someone else to see what it is. But he draws his people with spikey hair usually (the scribbly line at the top of the head) and then the circles on the side of the head are the ears, and then he does his best with the body, it usually ends up with a lot of limbs and such =) I asked if he was going to draw Kelsie too, but he said she's too small. Ha ha...He has said recently that, "Daddy's the tallest, I'm the smallest, Sister is the littlest, and Mommy's the biggest." Luckily he dubbed me the "biggest" person of the family while I was still pregnant.

Noodles and bad guys

2009-05-29T15:15:00.000-07:00

Carter woke up this morning, came into Kelsie's room where I was changing her and said. "I had a dream!" This is the first time he's ever mentioned dreams, so I said, "Really? What was your dream?" Carter responded, "It was all about noodles and bad guys."

He seriously cracks me up...I love his cute self and the laughter and joy he brings to my days.

Kelsie is starting to look towards noises and voices she hears, which is fun! She also smiled big when Carter was holding her this morning...I don't care what everyone says...it's not gas!!! It was a true blue sweet smile =)

Welcome to the world...

2009-05-28T11:51:00.000-07:00

She's here!!! our precious daughter, Kelsie Louise, was born Sunday, May 24 at 5:02pm. It was a wonderful labor and delivery and she came in at 7lbs 8oz and 20" long with a full head of dark hair! We call her our little indian baby because she looks like a little indian with her dark hair and skin. She got to come home on Tuesday after spending a night on a phototherapy bed for jaundice. (That was so not fun). She is the best baby, very sweet tempered and a good sleeper =) Yay us! Hopefully it stays! Carter is so excited to be a big brother and always wants to know where his baby is and loves showing her off to visitors. He, of course, asks lots of questions and every time I change her diaper, he makes a gross face at her belly button and says, "Get that off!" Ha ha...He is such a good helper and is adjusting very well to having a baby in the house. She makes it pretty easy on all of us =) Here's some pictures:

Family picture leaving the hospital Tuesday

Our first family picture with Kelsie

Proud parents...she finally arrived!!!

What a proud Daddy...he just loves holding his little girl

Thank you to all of our family for all of your love and support the last year and a half trying to make the arrival of this little angel possible. We are so thrilled she's finally with us! Thank you, especially, for my mom and staying with Carter while we were at the hospital, and everyone for making him feel loved while his mommy and daddy weren't around. That was a great blessing! We are so thankful for our Heavenly Father blessing us and trusting us with these two precious little souls.

2009-05-15T15:12:00.000-07:00

YAY! I'm 1cm dilated! Isn't that exciting?! I just had to share =)

Will my baby have hair?

2009-05-10T22:13:00.000-07:00

I so need to catch up on this blog, but I've been so busy sewing NONstop so I can have everything ready by the time Kelsie arrives! PS, exciting news about that...I am scheduled to be induced on the 24th, if she hasn't come on her own by then (which probably not since that is 6 days before my due date). That is exactly 2 weeks from today I will be holding our new little newborn bundle of goodness!!! I can't wait...what's more is I can't wait to be able to sit down without feeling my belly pushing in between my legs and breathing while bending over! Ha ha.

Now, about where the title for this post came from...we were coming home late tonight from Mother's Day celebration at my Mother-in-law's and Carter totally fell asleep in the car. I had looked back a couple times, and he was for sure out. Well, all of a sudden I hear:

"Mommy?! W-w-w-w-will my baby have hair?" (He stutters sometimes, especially when tired)
"Ummm....she'll at least have a little bit of hair." (I am laughing to Justin that Carter woke out of a dead sleep with this question.)
CARTER: "W-w-w-w-will you need to comb my baby's hair?"
ME: "Yeah, we'll need to comb it. Did you want to help me comb your baby sister's hair?"
CARTER: "Yeah, I'll help comb her hair, but only after she comes out."
ME: "Okay, you'll be a good big brother."

Then, we come inside, and Carter wants his "Big Choco Milk" (milk with some ovaltine in it) before he goes to bed, he says. (Anyone who knows Carter knows he's very crazy about the times he likes to drink milk, and doesn't drink it any other times during the day.) So I tell him afterwards, it's time to go straight to bed because it's late. As SOON as he finished his milk, he was asleep again on the couch, for good this time!

I seriously think he must've started having a dream in the car about the baby's hair or something with the way he popped out of sleep with those questions. So funny...

Our funny little man

2009-04-22T23:07:00.000-07:00

Helping make brownies...his favorite part is licking the spatula of course!
Fell asleep on the couch after church

Doing his hair all by himself

I've been meaning to do this post forever and I'm finally going to do it. Carter is just hilarious lately and makes me laugh with his sweet logic and funny little quips every day. Here are a few I've written down recently:

CARTER: Mommy, will you sing the peacock song?

ME: I don't know that song...

CARTER: Me know that song. It's about peacocks, sheep and cookies.

ME: Hmmm... (I start making up a song about those things)

CARTER: (interrupting) No, no, it goes, "Peacock, peacock, baker's man." Like that!

ME: Oh, it goes "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man."

CARTER: No, mom, peacock, peacock

Well, he got the sheep from "Mark it with a C" (Mark it with a sheep) And the cookies from the cake, and he wouldn't let me say it the right way.

During a commercial on the radio, Carter was dancing/marching. Here's our dialog:

ME: Carter, do you need to go potty?

CARTER: No

ME: Why are you dancing around like that then?

CARTER: Because me miss the music!

When Dora the Explorer came on one morning, Carter yelled, "Me love Dora! She's the best!"

CARTER: Are you cold, mommy?

ME: A little bit.

CARTER: Me cold big!

ME: Carter, you need to hold my hand in the street.

CARTER: No, big boys can walk ALL by mySELF!

At my grandma's house, she has more oval shaped toilets, which are more challenging for Carter to climb on and off by himself since they are long. I heard him yelling from the other room and came in to hear him saying, "Ayudame! Ayudeme!" (This is what the animals say in Diego when yelling for help in Spanish). He uses this phrase all the time when he needs help. He also uses "Abre" for when he needs me to open the front door.

Lastly, for now, on Sunday, we informed Carter that we would be some of the teachers in his nursery class (we got called as the nursery leaders). So, all morning he was calling me "Teacher" instead of mommy. This was our conversation walking into church:

CARTER: Mommy, you're one of my teachers now?

ME: Yes

CARTER: Why?

ME: Because they asked us to be teachers for your class

CARTER: Well, where's my mommy?!

ME: I'm still your mommy, I'm just your teacher now too!

CARTER: Oh. (very calmly)

Easter

2009-04-22T22:29:00.000-07:00

We spent Easter weekend at my grandmother's house in California and had a great time! Carter was so enthusiastic about the eggs this year, it was awesome. We all had brought so many eggs, we had to hunt down 52 colored eggs and 16 white eggs!!! Good thing Carter was a trooper. My mom hid all the eggs and I'm pretty sure she thoroughly enjoys seeing us all NOT able to find them. She would go look and tell us something like, "There's two colored eggs in these bushes." Oh yes, even when my largely pregnant self was on my hands and knees looking through my grandma's bushes, she didn't tell me I was in the wrong bushes. Gotta love my mom's enthusiasm for holidays!

Carter was hilarious...slashing through bushes to find the eggs...he was a good little finder!

Isn't my husband hot? I think so...

Robert dying eggs

Carter very excited about his Wolverine in his easter basket

Justin and I finding our Easter basket

A wonderful man...

2009-04-22T22:11:00.000-07:00

On April 6, I got word from my mom that my grandpa had passed away. He's been battling with his health, well, as long as I can remember there's been issues, but it's been severe the last 5 years after a couple strokes. I have so many wonderful memories of my grandpa. He was a joker and I loved living with my grandparents when I was younger. He will be greatly missed, especially by my sweet grandmother, who devoted her life to caring for him. But I do believe the place we go after this world is a happier, more peaceful place to be and that makes me feel better thinking of my grandpa and Justin's dad. It helps me to know they are happy and we will be reunited one day. I don't know how people go through death without the knowledge the gospel of Jesus Christ gives us. How wonderful that day will be when we can once again embrace our loved ones that went on before us! Here are some photos from the funeral service:

My grandmother with their 4 daughters: Debbie, Pam, Joan and Karen
Carter taking walks with his Grandpa

Our family at the gravesite

Nicole and Hayden

Horses and funnel cakes

2009-04-22T21:36:00.000-07:00

We also went to a fun Spring Festival held free by the city. Justin kept saying he didn't want to go, but he broke down and went and we all had a good time. Especially Carter getting a free pony ride and feeding the horses. Justin and I's favorite part was the funnel cake with strawberries on top...aren't those just the best!

So much to say, so little time...

2009-04-22T21:14:00.000-07:00

My oh my, I really am not doing well at keeping up on my blog lately. The past few weeks I've been realizing how little time I have left before our little Kelsie arrives and boy am I feeling stressed. It's hard enough to find the time to keep a clean house, continue unpacking and organizing our house, run errands, go to playgroups, etc...and then on top of it I'm of course trying to get the nursery ready. Let me tell you folks, the nursery didn't get touched for weeks!!! I swear I had Carter's nursery done a month ago or more...Making her bedding has definitely been the most time consuming and then I realized, I better sew her blessing dress now, because I doubt I'll have the time/energy to sew it right after she's born...ha ha. So much to sew...anyway, to try and get caught up, thought I'd post some of the fun stuff that's been occupying our time lately:

Here is Justin and I on our anniversary date...we went to a late showing (Justin got stuck at work) of "Knowing" with Nicholas Cage. Scarier/weirder than I was expecting, but pretty good. PS: We grabbed Sonic for a VERY fast meal before the movie started and Justin scarfed his down in 5 seconds while I was stuck being the big pregnant lady who snuck fast food in my purse...how lame! Ha ha

Here is my brother, Robert, with his awards he received for scouting the other night. He's only 12 and is almost an Eagle Scout...go Robert!

In preparation, the Wednesday before Easter, we had a fun playdate at our house all inclusive with an Easter craft (decorating foam eggs), an egg hunt, and relay races with prizes (everyone got a prize)...it was lots of fun...thanks everyone who came!

Carter was begging to sit on the Easter bunny's lap at the mall. I only did it since it was free...man he loves sitting on these characters laps. The thing freaked me out, but hey, Carter loved it. His new thing now is he wants to go to Disneyland to sit with Woody and Buzzlightyear...thank you Disneyland commercials!

2009-03-27T12:06:00.000-07:00

Today is Justin and I's 5-year anniversary! He is the most amazing husband and I'm so lucky to have spent the last five years married to him. He is such a hard worker, always making sure we're taken care of, plus more! He treats me like a princess, which I don't always deserve, and he is my best friend! I love you, babe! I can't wait for our date tonight!

2009-03-27T11:57:00.000-07:00

For a flashback Friday moment, I had to share this precious video I found taken when Carter was 10 weeks old, he had just started laughing. I love all the precious "firsts" you get to experience with your kids!

Feeling creative juices flowing...

2009-03-27T11:19:00.000-07:00

So, I just had to share the cute project Danielle and I made last night. We got together to make our kids Easter presents, which we decided would be a cute beach towel project we found in one of my sewing books. Danielle has 2 kiddos to sew for, so she only finished one last night, for Keagan, but you can see how cute they are. We were quite proud! Carter picked out the monkey fabric himself and Keagan picked out his flame material too.

Then, this morning, Carter went and got the rest of the monkey fabric out. He's been getting it out every day and asking me to make him something. He loves the fabric he picked out and just can't wait to see what his "Easter surprise" is. So, I was trying to think of what I could possibly do with the scraps I had left after I made the towel, as I didn't have enough for pajama pants. So, I am quite proud to say I made my own little pattern up for a backpack for him! I think it turned out pretty well! It took some trial and error on the straps, but I think we got it right now! This picture is sideways, but I think you can see it good still!

Ouch!

2009-03-27T11:09:00.000-07:00

The day before yesterday, poor Carter had his first big ... injury, I guess. We walked down to the mailbox and he always takes one of his riding toys with us. So, he was trying to go super fast pushing himself with his feet on his little airplane, when he flew over the front and landed on his poor little face in the street. He lifted his face up and started crying and his face was just covered in blood. I was by myself because Justin was at the dentist had to pick him up and carry him, the airplane and a load of mail back to our house. Everyone was staring at us as they drove by and saw his bloody little face. When we got home, I started rinsing it off and saw his bottom lip split open in 4 different places, his top lip split open and his top front tooth was bleeding around the gum and a tiny bit wiggly. Oh, and he had a bloody nose. So, we had quite a mess! He ended up with a huge fat lip and the gum is swollen halfway over his top tooth. I took this picture yesterday afternoon after he had a bath, so it looks waaay better as the swelling had gone down quite a bit, but you can see how sad...poor guy! When he tells the story, though, you would think he was telling you about an action movie. Ha ha...what a champ!

Ethel M Chocolate

2009-03-20T15:22:00.000-07:00

Last week, we went to Ethel M Chocolate Factory with my two cute sister-in-laws, Danielle and Andrea, and their kids and my friend, Rashelle, with her 3 kids! The best part is, its free and you get free chocolate! Can I just take a moment to say how sad I am that I cannot fully enjoy chocolate right now. Kelsie sits so far up in my ribs, I get super bad acid reflux, and chocolate is one of the worst culprits! Sigh...The factory was fun, though, especially the cactus gardens outside seemed to be the kids' favorite part!

The three little 2-year-old munchkins!

Rashelle and I

Makenze and Andrea

Carter and Makenze watching the chocolate being made

I hate pigeons

2009-03-20T15:02:00.000-07:00

Well, almost two weeks ago, we decided to finally go outside and try to fix our poor front lawn. We had bought grass seed and soil and Justin got to work on trying to even out the ground and get all the annoying weeds out. We were kinda hoping the grass that was there would eventually come back to life, but our HOA was getting impatient with us, so we got to work! Carter loves being outside AND absolutely loves helping, so he loved this project! But, after all our hard work, the stupid pigeons flocked over and ate all our seeds!!! Dumb birds...Justin calls them flying rats and it's so true. They are the most annoying little creatures. So, this weekend we have to do the front yard AGAIN and this time we're just going to lay down sod.

Justin also cut down all the dead trees in the backyard this week. I was worried to cut one down because it had a nest in there and there were always a bunch of sparrows, but there was nothing in the nest, so we just had to cut it down. Carter brought out his tools too to help Daddy and while I was watering the live plants, he came up to me with his saw and said, "Mommy, don't touch that. It's really, really sharp and if you touch it you'll get big owies. This is only for boys so don't touch it." Ha ha....that was pretty funny. Well, hey, he's put two and two together that the only tool I use is a hammer and screwdriver (which he pronounces "googobber"). Big power tools are for the boys in this family =)

Mom's Birthday

2009-03-20T14:19:00.000-07:00

This is posted so late, but on March 2nd we got to celebrate my beautiful mother's birthday! I am so grateful to have an awesome mom like her. She's definately one-in-a-million lady. Carter just adores his "Grandma Gill" and begs me to drop him off at her house. Every time we take him over there he yells, "Thank you for taking me to Grandma Gill's!" And then he not so subtly tells me to leave. Well, we can't blame the guy, she's a loveable lady and we don't know where we'd be without her! Happy late birthday again, Mom! Here's some pictures:

I was in charge of the yummy cheesecake and Robert made the whole dinner of lasagna!

My handsome guys

I love this man...he's the best!!!

Hayden, Mom, and Nicole

My mom with her pretty sign I made...did I mention I'm addicted to Mod Podge now?

2009-03-17T20:53:00.000-07:00

I'm going to play catch up on my blog finally! I'll start with an awesome event from a few weeks ago. February 21st to be exact! Justin's favorite family from his mission, James and Diona Davis, were sealed in the temple! And we got to go because it was here in the Las Vegas Temple! We haven't seen them since before Carter was born so it was really nice to see them, especially under the circumstances! Here's some pictures from that:

Help Me

2009-02-17T16:08:00.000-08:00

I'm trying to use a background from thecutestblogontheblock.com and it's not quite working right. I've tried to change the template I'm using, but if someone could just clue me in to what template I need to pick, I would be forever grateful!!! Thanks!

PS There's lots of new posts so don't stop here, scroll all the way down!

President's Day

2009-02-17T15:58:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, Justin had off work, so in the morning, we decided to take Carter to Krispy Kreme in the morning for some hot donuts fresh off their little factory. Plus, it's fun to watch all the donuts go through the machine being made. Carter of course picked a donut covered in sprinkles! He loved it, but only ate about a quarter of it before he decided to save the rest for later. He's not a big sweets person, he gets full of treats really fast, which I'm pretty happy about! But it makes it hard to find easy things for bribes, since he happily passes up candy. Anyway...here's some pictures from our fun outing with Daddy on his day off:

Valentine's Day

2009-02-17T15:40:00.001-08:00

So, with our house starting to look cute and stuff, I hosted a Valentine's Day party for the little ones over here on Friday! We had stuff out to make cards/Valentine's, which Carter was loving making cards for everyone. And then I made heart-shaped grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch, which I forgot to take a picture of, but they were super cute! And then after lunch, we had the kiddos paint Valentine's Day shirts for themselves. Carter proudly sported his on Valentine's Day, pictured above. I think everyone had lots of fun, and I'm glad I got to host something again, since it's one of my favorite things to do! Here's some pictures from the party:

Carter was so excited before everyone arrived, he couldn't sit still and kept asking, "When are all my friends coming over?"

My friend, Rashelle, who brought two of her cute kiddos, Jace and Mia

Me, Becky, and Danielle

2009-02-17T15:30:00.001-08:00

My dad was in town for a couple weeks from Portland, which was wonderful because he helped a lot with the painting, which Justin hates. We enjoyed having him with us since Carter hasn't seen him too often with him being so far away. He helped A LOT with our kitchen cabinets, which were so ugly before, but are so beautiful now! Take a look at the before and after:

The before was taken after the cupboards had been sanded down, but trust me, they were ugly.

The big move!

2009-02-17T15:17:00.001-08:00

Finally two weeks ago Saturday we moved into our new house we've been patiently waiting for! Justin, Shane, Don (my dad), and my brother, Robert busted their butts for us and got our wood flooring in. It turned out totally awesome! Our whole family helped out so much trying to get our house ready to move into! There was lots of painting, flooring, etc that needed to be done before we could make the move so THANK YOU big time to everyone that chipped in (which was pretty much everybody). My cute husband even painted some cute messages on our floor before they got put it in. Lucky I got here before it got covered or I never would've known =) Here's some pictures of the guys hard at work:

The top message says, "Holly is the love of my life." Isn't he the sweetest?!

My mom helped out with some painting and Carter loved to help!

Unfortuneately, we learned quick that socks and hardwood don't mesh well. Carter was holding some toys and took a spill landing on his face! He had a bruise for almost a week, poor guy! So, we had to go get him some "sticky socks" as he likes to call them! PS My friend, Becky, shared with me a genius idea. Instead of buying the "sticky socks" to use puff paint on the bottom of regular socks since they're cheaper...thanks, Becky!

Big Belly

2009-02-16T22:20:00.000-08:00

Well, I am fully planning on FINALLY updating our blog tomorrow during Carter's nap, but I figured I'd start with a little something before I went to bed tonight. Yesterday morning, Carter caught me getting out of the shower, which usually never happens since I take them after he's gone to bed. But he kinda started laughing to himself and said, "You're fat!" Justin and I were shocked he even knew what that word meant and started laughing hysterically. It made Carter laugh too, but then Justin thought he'd share with him that it's not really a nice thing to say, especially to girls. Carter felt so bad when Justin told him that, he started crying and ran into his room. He cried for like 15 minutes and kept saying, "Leave me alone! Sorry Mommy." when we would try to talk to him. Isn't that sad? Really funny that he said that, though. It must look pretty silly to a 2-year-old with his mom having a big 'ol belly all of a sudden. So, here's a little belly shot for ya =)

It's official

2009-01-26T21:12:00.000-08:00

Well, this year for my birthday, I had the best present ever! I had an ultrasound where Justin got to see that for SURE we are having a girl. So, he's accepted that fact now =) Ha ha. I was so excited because the ultrasound lady told us she was 13 ounces and she measured her little foot for us! It's one inch long...how cute is that?! I couldn't wait to buy little girl stuff, but we have no money so I'm forced to wait. But my cute husband was sneaky and went and bought the cutest little pink sleeper with ruffles on the butt. Did I mention that's my favorite feature ever on little girl's clothes? Carter loved seeing the baby on the TV and has totally adopted her as "his baby" now. We didn't ever call her that, but now he likes to pick out pink stuff at the store and says, "My baby likes that." Or the other day we were going to the park and he told me I should get on the tire swing because, "My baby likes tire swings." I asked him what he thought we should name the baby and he said, "Dirty." Note to self: don't get a 2-year-old's opinion on naming babies. But the top pick right now is Kelsie Louise. Justin won't 100% commit until the very end I'm sure, but I told him he just needs to accept the fact that I think of good names for our kids.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-07T15:38:00.000-08:00

This year has been one of many interesting experiences for us, and we've had a lot of fun =) We are excited for the new year and FINALLY closed on our house this week! Yay!!! So, we have a great new beginning to this year being able to move into our new house and anticipate the arrival of the newest member of our family! Here's some highlights from each month of this year: (I totally am stealing this idea from my cute cousin, Amber...and Nickell)

JANUARY

I turned 23!

Our two cute nieces turned 1! (I only have a picture from Makenze's birthday since Libby was still living in Washington)

FEBRUARY

Justin helped out his mom with her wood floors and she finished her long awaited work she was doing on her house!

One of my best friends, Whitney, came into town and I got to meet Crew!

MARCH

We had 500 different Easter celebrations...here's a picture from each (don't be scared, 500 was an exaggeration)This one was from California with my grandparents where we got my Grandpa to successfully speak Donald Duck to us =)

We had a small Easter egg hunt at Shane and Andrea's especially for Carter & Makenze

Carter fell in love with Ella, Justin's aunt and uncle's dog, at their house

AND we celebrated with my parents at their house! WHEW!!! And Carter thoroughly enjoyed hunting for eggs this year.

APRIL

We got a visit from Justin's nieces and nephew, who live in California

We went to Colorado with Justin's mom, where Carter got licked by a baby bear.

We FINALLY got a bike seat for Carter, which I had been begging for.

May

Justin turned 27 We caught some tadpoles, which turned into frogs, and died because I couldn't figure out what to feed them...sorry frogs

JUNE

Grandma Bert came to town and we all went golfing for Robert's birthday

We had a couple week-long visit from our nephew, Damian AKA "Bummy" named by Carter

We moved in with Justin's mom

JULY

Mom Wagasky got tickets to see Reba and let me go with her!

We had a super fun 4th of July at Shane and Andrea's

AUGUST

Justin's Mom and Dad were sealed in the temple, along with Justin & his two brothers

Jason and Danielle came back rom Washington before Jason got deployed again
Hayden graduated from Kindergarten

September

We took the kids to Balloonapalooza, where Carter got to go on some rides for the first time. We also found out that day we were expecting baby #2!

I got the opportunity to go on a modeling shoot in LA

Carter turned two!

We went on a super fun camping trip to Pioche

October

Justin was an outlaw and I a hillbilly for Halloween
Carter chose for me to make him a pirate costume for Halloween

Before becoming a hillbilly, Danielle and I attempted dressing 80's, which everyone seemed to just think we temporarily forgot how to dress and do our hair...

We took Carter to the theatres for the first time to see HSM3!

November

Our poor camera was getting fixed, so I have no pictures in my computer, but we had an awesome Thanksgiving!

December

We had a super fun Christmas and Carter was very happy to get his "blue choo-choo train and green choo-choo train" he asked Santa for.

Carter got to ride a pony at Winterfest, "Boots"

Carter finished his gymnastics class for the rest of the year.

We visited the Old Mormon Fort

We hope everyone else had an awesome 2008 and an awesome 2009!!!

Winterfest

2008-12-30T15:11:00.000-08:00

One of the funnest pre-Christmas activities we did this year was go to the Winterfest in Henderson. I found out they were doing pony rides there and knew we just had to go! Of course I'm a horse fanatic and wanted Carter to be able to ride one. He absolutely loved it! He was just beaming from ear to ear the whole time. He did NOT want any help from Justin and I...it was so cute! And Just got to get one of the much beloved funnel cakes with strawberries and whipped cream...yummy! Here's some pictures from our fun night:

They also had a petting zoo there, which was extremely crowded, but fun anyway! They had goats, sheep, bunnies, and lamas. Here is a funny video of us feeding these crazy animals...some of them more aggressive than others!

I love this show!

2008-12-29T14:55:00.001-08:00

I am so excited The Bachelor is starting again and even more excited that Jason is the new Bachelor! I was so sad when Deanna didn't pick him. A week from today, I will be so happy to watch the premiere!!!