hOgLe ZoO

Last Saturday we went to Hogle Zoo for the first time this year. It started pouring rain on the drive there. Both kids were asleep and Trevor and I were just dreading what we were going to tell them about not being able to go. We decided to just drive there anyway and let them sleep. The minute we pulled into the parking lot the rain stopped. Yay! We were so lucky! So we had a great time there without too many crowds. We even got to see the White Alligator for the first time.

Riley's Soccer

Riley started Soccer this fall. It is so funny to watch her play. Basically she doesn't really care too much about kicking the ball. She just likes to run back and forth with her team. We asked her why she doesn't care to kick the ball and she said "Because it doesn't matter if we win, it's just for fun." How do you disagree with that? I don't know how she didn't get any sense of competition in her between Trevor and I, but at least she's having fun.

Riley and Luke and the Big Baby Belly

Riley and Luke love to feel my belly. I don't know what they'll do when it's flat again (hopefully someday). We only have about 18 days left!

Here's to you Bill!

 

Off to School!

Tuesday was Riley and Luke's first day of Preschool. They both get to go at the same time and be in different groups. They love it so far. They weren't even sad their first day when I dropped them off. I may have been a little bit sad, but I'm trying to enjoy my 2 1/2 hours by myself until the baby comes. It feels so weird to grocery shop and actually get what you need to and have time to spare. Or clean the house and have it stay that way for a little bit. Or take a nice nap at 9AM. Just kidding, I haven't tried that one yet. But it would be nice.




Riley's All About Me Page for Preschool...




Luke's All About Me Page...

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Riley's Interview

This is a funny little Interview that I did with Riley. Her answers are next to each question. I tag everyone to try this. It was hilarious. And just for the record, I have made hair bows once in the past year.

1. What is something mom always says to you? Let me do daddy first ‘cause he always says he loves me. I do remember you love me.
2. What makes mom happy? I love mommy.
3. What makes mom sad? I don’t Love You. But I’m not saying I don’t love you.
4. How does your mom make you laugh? Funny Words.
5. What was your mom like as a child? I don’t know what that answer is… I don’t know.
6. How old is your mom? I don't know again. I always forget… 15 or 16 or 21… are you 21? .
7. How tall is your mom? Really Tall.
8. What is her favorite thing to do? Make Bows. You always make them all day.
9. What does your mom do when you're not around? Finds Me.
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?. What’s Famous?
11. What is your mom really good at? Making Money.
12. What is your mom not very good at? I don’t know
13. What does your mom do for her job? I don’t know
14. What is your mom's favorite food? Pizza
15. What makes you proud of your mom? When I do something good
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? A Care Bear
17. What do you and your mom do together? Make Stuff like we made a Picture.
18. How are you and your mom the same? When I have short hair like you and the same clothes too.
19. How are you and your mom different? Because we have new hair & new pants.
20. How do you know your mom loves you? ‘Cause you’re nice to me
21. What does your mom like most about your dad? Because he does something for you.
22. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go? Park City… yeah, Park City

Labor Day Weekend at Bear Lake

We said our Goodbyes to Bear Lake last weekend and had one last great day at the Lake with Trevor's family. Once the rain came on Monday we were out of there, but we enjoyed Saturday and Sunday. Riley and Luke could not have had more fun with their cousins.

Finally, Some New Posts!

So I got sick of everyone asking me to update my blog and so I spent all night tonight doing it. :) I meant to do it for awhile, but things have been hectic with moving and everything. I pretty much posted our whole summer happenings. I can't believe it's basically over, but we are excited for Fall. We will be having our baby Oct 7th or 8th which is coming right up. I am big and fat as ever and can't wait to not be pregnant. I know Riley and Luke are excited to have me normal again and not constantly asking them to pick things up for me. I know Trevor is so ready. We can't wait to find out what our little surprise will be. We've had a great summer. Here are the kids jumping on our new trampoline. They spend so much time on there and can do flips and everything already. It's kind of nice to have an outlet for all that energy instead of our poor couches. Now that I've done all my postings I can finally check out everyone else's blogs again. Sorry I've been so behind.

Pics of My Family Reunion in Bear Lake

The Box Elder County Fair

Last Friday we went to the fair with Bill and Mitzi and our friends, Jade and Todd. Our kids had so much fun with Porter and Marli at the carnival.

The Dinosaur Park

We got to go to the Dinosaur Park once again with my sister Julie and her kids and our friend Tricia and her kids. We had a great time with 7 kids under 7.

Luke's 3rd B-day

Luke had an action packed 3rd B-day. First he got to open a few gifts and was so excited to see all the Wall E. decorations all over the house. In the breakfast blessing he said "And thank you for Wall E. and Eva...". Anyway, then we met Chelsea and Lindsay and all their kids at McDonald's for lunch. He had so much fun playing with his cousins and loved his new Wall E. pillow and lunch set from Chelsea. We had a little party that night at our house. He finally got his little robot Wall E. he's been wanting. He played with it in his bed until about 11PM. Then we finally ended our long fun Birthday. We love our little Lukey!

The Wall E. B-day Party

The Wall E. Cake

Luke has been begging for a Wall E. B-day Party ever since he saw the first preview for the movie Wall E. He is obsessed with everything Wall E. So, he got to have a Wall E. Party and I made a sad attempt at his Wall E. Cake. Good thing he's only 3 and didn't know any better.

B-Day Party

He had a fun Wall E. B-day party that night...

Fishing

As part of our Reunion we went to my Dad's big work party where the kids got to go fishing. They each caught 3 fish.

Our Family Reunion

Here are some pics of my family reunion in Bear Lake. Some of the highlights for the kids were hiking up the canyon with my Dad and riding in Uncle Kacey's semi, playing at the lake, and going fishing.

Playing at Bear Lake

We had my family reunion in Bear Lake a couple weeks ago. Here are the kids at the beach. They had a great time with this poor little frog they found which incidentally died in the end. Yes, Riley is even kissing him. Where is her mom? Oh yeah, taking pics...

Our New House

We officially moved to a new place last month. We have rented out our townhouse and now get to live in a real house again. It is so exciting to have a garage and have everything on one level (besides the basement). We love our neighborhood and are so excited to have our friends, Tricia and Callin, living just 4 houses down the street now. Our kids love having a yard and a place to ride their bikes and lots of neighbor friends. We are really enjoying living here!

Riley's Coloring Contest

Riley and Luke both entered the coloring contest at the Circus we went to. It was so fun when the guy on stilts came out and announced that Riley had won the contest. She got to go up and get a toy trumpet. She was so proud. Luke pouted the rest of the time because he didn't win, but he got to play with the trumpet too. It was so fun to have her win her first contest. She says she won because her clown looked just like a real clown so they picked her.

The Circus

We went to the funnest little circus this summer. It was one of those little ones inside the big tent where you can be really close to everything. Our kids loved it. They even got to ride ponies there.

One of our Last Days in our Townhouse...

This is us just sitting outside before church on our last Sunday in Brigham City. (Luke is trying to cut my hair because I had just gotten done cutting some of his little stragglers off.)

Riley's T-Ball

Park City

Playing Tennis

Riley and Luke played tennis for the first real time this summer when we went and stayed in Park City with Trevor's parents and Ryan and Chelsea. They absolutely loved it and did pretty well. With a Grammy like Mitzi they are bound to do well at it I hope. (Unless they got my genes in that area!) Anyway, with Riley's cute tennis outfits, I don't care if she's good or not. She sure does look cute playing anyway. Luke keeps asking for a tennis outfit for him. I'm not sure what to do for that. He looks cute enough with his little racket.

Swimming Lessons

Dinosaur Park

4- Wheeling In Mantua

Riley's T-Ball

Riley played T-Ball for the first time this summer and really liked it. I think the treats at the end of each game were her favorite part, but she did pretty well too. Luke loved going and watching, but he really wanted to play. He still asks me when he will have his own baseball team...

Radley Rich

This is my new nephew born last Wednesday. He was 8 lbs. 1 oz. and is doing great. Isn't he the cutest little guy?

Canon XTI!!

I've been saving for the Canon XTI for 4 months now and waiting to find a good deal. Finally, Trevor got it yesterday for a GREAT deal. My other regular camera broke last month so I have no fun pics of summer yet. I can't wait to get my XTI. Then I can make some better posts instead of just writing about stuff I buy.

I'm an Official Mom

Yes, it is true. We bought a van last week. It's so great-- I don't know what we ever did without it. It will be so nice for when we have 3 kids. The best part is all the handy buttons that open everything. The worst part is having the kids fight over all the buttons. Hopefully soon they can get over it.

Our trip to Palm Springs

Two weeks ago I got to go to Palm Springs with my mother in law and 4 sister in laws and no kids!! (except a newborn). We stayed there 5 days and had a great time shopping and laying out at the pool. We got to go to Coronado right before we flew home. This is where we're at in the pic. I'm so sad our fun trip is over!

Wedding in Vegas

Last month we got to go to Trevor's old companion's wedding in Las Vegas. He is a Bolivian who met a girl from there. The wedding was at her house (she's a convert). Her house was amazingly huge and gorgeous with a big courtyard in the middle. We had a great time. After the wedding we all got to ride in a hummer limo down the strip and take pics. We were about the only sober people there, but it was a blast. The funniest thing was that a girl from my high school, Rachel Bomsta, was there (since she met Trevor's companion is South America too). It was so crazy to see her there. She had a great time dancing the night away. She is in one of the pics.

Great Grandma Crane's Animals

The kids love feeding all the animals at Great Grandma Crane's house. The baby sheep are so fun to watch right now.

Bear Lake

Memorial Day at Bear Lake

We never learn and always end up at Bear Lake for Memorial Day. It inevitably rains and we bare it and go home. Once again this year we camped there with Trevor's family. The kids were determined to play on the beach no matter how cold it was. They even got in the water (well, Luke fell in the water). Anyway, it was a fun adventurous weekend.

Luke's Gymnastics

These are pics of Luke's Gymnastics Performance. He loved Gymnastics especially the trampoline. He's very proud of his trophy and always asks when we are going to gymnastics again.

Riley's Gymnastics

Riley loved Gymnastics this year. Jade was her teacher and Riley had a blast. She learned a lot too. Go Jade! These are pics of her last Gymnastics Performance.

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3-D UltraSound June 2, 2008

Today I got to have my 3-D Ultrasound. It was so different to not find out what the baby is, but I'm even more excited now. I didn't think I could ever wait to find out and I'm not the type that can wait for anything so I'm really surprising myself, but we are so excited to wait. And I guess when you have one of each already, that makes it easier so I'm really not that cool, but I'm proud of myself that I will be surprised by something for once in my life. Anyway, The baby was not cooperating much for the Ultrasound and would only lay face down, but we got a couple profile shots and a cute baby feet pic. Riley and Luke went with me and had so much fun seeing the baby on TV. They're just a little bit confused as to why we can't just have the baby right now. They ask the funniest questions like when I had to do my urine sample, Riley said "Mommy, are you going to pee the baby out now? I thought we couldn't have it until Halloween time..." Anyway, I'm more than halfway done. Yay!