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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

2012-02-14T16:53:00.003-07:00

Here's to eating lots of candy and cookies and chocolate-(what's one more holiday to add on the lbs?)

Had to bribe this one with chocolate to get his picture taken....As you can see he wouldn't stop eating it for 2 seconds to get a picture.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!

FAMILY PICTURES

2012-02-01T17:36:00.027-07:00

Perry's whole family was in town for Christmas so his parents decided to get everyone's pictures taken. Paul in our ward at Shutterfreak photography did them and I think he did a good job-especially since he had to take 9 different families pictures. He was there all day. Anyhoo, I think they turned out pretty good. Here are some of my favs.

Mr Cache

I had to post this one just because his fake smile cracks me up. It was really cold that day and he kept making this cold stiff pose and smile.

Miss Logan

The whole fam damily

wow. thats alot of pictures

Gas, skunks and dogs don't mix

2012-01-20T11:38:00.002-07:00

This dog is definitely in the doghouse.... A couple days ago Perry was fixing something on his dirt bike and accidentally spilled gas all over the floor of our garage. It stunk up our whole house to say the least and has been terrible trying to get rid of the smell. Fast forward a couple days....Last night Perry let Sport outside and as he came back in he yelled "Oh no, I think Sport was sprayed by a skunk!" Within about 10 seconds our whole house reeked so bad. It smelled like the worst burnt rubber smell you have ever smelled and made me nauseous, feeling like I could taste it. After Sport ran around the house we finally got him in his cage and I did a search to see how to get the smell off him. We had no tomato juice so we tried a mixture of white vinegar, baking soda and dish detergent. It worked wonders on him-but our house still stunk. After buying a new bed for Sport and using a deskunk solution on all of our carpet- it has helped. Last night we were sitting in a freezing cold house with all of our windows open trying to air it out. It seems better today-but who knows when it will be completely sink free?? lol-Gas, skunks and dog smell definitely don't mix...Does anyone want to come over to our yummy home??

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!!!

2012-01-18T13:46:00.007-07:00

Can't believe my little girl is 4 now!!! Holy cow! To celebrate we had Perry's family over for dinner and cake. Logan was also excited to have my parents in town to join in on the fun too..

My mom helped me with the cake and it actually wasn't very hard to make.

The only thing Logan wanted for her birthday was a princess helmet to match her bike-so she was pretty excited when she opened it. (her little brother also likes to wear it)

Things for me to remember about Logan at this age:

She loves playing pretend. She is content to play by herself for hours just talking to her dolls playing "princess" and being the mom. Cache is usually the dad or husband. This past year she has also had a couple "play dates." She likes playing with other girls and as much as she loves her brother-she also gets sick of his teasing and pestering.

She is really coming out of her shell and is getting more confident at talking to others. She used to be very shy, but now she is more independent and not as afraid.

She loves princesses still. Her favorite right now is Tangled, but she loves all of them.

She loves to learn. She pulls out her workbooks all the time and wants to do the activities in them. She amazes me with her memory. She can remember names, faces, small details that I don't even remember. She has really enjoyed mommy preschool this year and I think we will put her in a real preschool next year.

Although she has her occasional melt down moments-she is a sweetheart and we are lucky to have her in our family..HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!!!

DANCING QUEEN

2012-01-18T13:27:00.010-07:00

I put Logan in Farmington High's drill team dance clinic. They practiced an hour and a half for 3 days straight then they performed during half time at the boy's basketball game. She thought she was so big. It was fun to watch her dance, and I am glad she wasn't afraid to do it. I think she had a lot of fun.

Logan, Jaima and Miquelyn

Grandma and Grandpa and mammy and pappy even got to see her dance. It was fun that my parents were able to be in town. Cache was cracking us up when we got home from the game. He kept stealing Logan's pompom and kept shaking them calling it "his pompom." Perry wasn't too excited about Cache's new favorite toy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

2011-12-30T09:53:00.022-07:00

Hope all had a Merry Christmas...We did....besides the fact half of everyone kept passing the stomach flu around..All of Perry's siblings (7 besides him) came into town and I think at least half of everyone got sick at some point during the week. Poor Perry got it twice for our family. (Luckily I never got it or the kids) Besides everyone being sick we had alot of fun though. It was great to see everyone and we had the privilege of having his oldest sister Chanel and her family stay with us for a little over a week. We had fun staying up late watching movies and playing kinect. Chanel put together a "Night at Bethlehem" where everyone dressed up and got gold coins to purchase food that would have been eaten during Christ's time, and we also had a little program. One night we played wallyball and another night we played elimination at the church. It was great to see everyone and hang out. Now that everyone is gone the kids and I don't know what to do with ourselves...Its back to our boring "real lives" I guess.. Here are some pics!
The kids had fun helping us put ornaments on the tree.

When we were in Utah for Thanksgiving we went to temple square to see the lights.Perry and I missed the ward party so we took them to the rec center to see Santa. Logan told Santa she wanted "something special" for Christmas. I have no idea what "something special" is..... These are taken with my phone-so crappy quality.

Here's the boys playing dance-kinect. It was so fun and so funny to watch!!

Tubing at Hesperus. The kids loved it..

Here's my fat man in a "little coat"

Logan and Eva tubing down the hill

Christmas morning...Santa did come...(I love that our kids are getting older and really "get it"-its fun to experience Christmas through their eyes)

Hope everyone has a great New Year!!!!

GUESS WHO'S 2??

2011-12-12T12:26:00.008-07:00

Can't believe my baby is 2 already..I still think of him as my baby-but he is far from a baby anymore...He is definitely a little boy now-and "all boy." I feel bad because I didn't do a big party for him. The timing was off and it just never worked out. (what was I thinking having a December baby?) Anyway-we had a party with our little fam. I made him a baseball cake that looks terrible. (the icing was too thick- don't look very close:)) He opened his presents and loved all of them...He is really a cutie and we love having him in our family. Here are some pics-but they are taken with my phone so they didn't turn out very well.

digging inPresents

One of his favorite presents was this camero from Pappy. Here are some things that I want to remember about Cache at 2.

- He is really into Cars right now. Especially Mater and Lightning. LOVES THEM so much they are his cuddle buddies at night. As I said before he also loves cameros. When we pull into the dealership he points them out right away. "Look mom, Camero." Totally cracks me up.

-He also still has a fetish with shoes. He always asks for us to put on his tennas (tennis shoes)

-He loves nursery-when we are done with sacrament meeting he gets excited because he gets to go play with toys.. (took him a month or two to get used to it-but now he loves it)

-Loves to talk..He is a little chatterbox that never stops talking. (Clams up a little around other people-but at home he is nonstop)

-Loves to play with Logan...The older he gets the better they play together and they get along pretty well for the most part. They always play house and Cache is the husband. I am usually the grandma...lol

-This one keeps me on my toes. He is such a sweetheart, but sometimes can have a mind of his own like last night when I couldn't find Lightning and he had a complete meltdown. For the most part though he is a happy go lucky little guy and I love him...

BIG BOY BED

2011-11-23T15:19:00.002-07:00

We upgraded Cache to a big boy bed last week and he loves it. He has made a pretty good transition even though he falls out once every other night- poor thing... (Don't worry-we are getting a new bed spread that doesn't have hearts on it-but this will work for now)

LEAF PICTURES

2011-11-17T15:33:00.020-07:00

It's that time of year....Colder temperatures, hot chocolate, pumpkins, pies and Leaf pictures!!!Yesterday they had so much fun jumping and playing in them, especially Cache. He is such a typical little boy. I can't believe how much they have changed in a year. Anyhoo, here are some of the best shots. (ignore the slightly fuzzy ones)
Last year.... This year.....

Logan, last year..

This year..

Cache last year.... Holy cow! he's changed just a little bit. Same smile though.

HAPPY FALL

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

2011-11-01T13:45:00.017-06:00

Hope you all had a good Halloween. Can't believe it has already come and gone. I love Halloween-especially seeing all the cute kiddos dressed up. Anyway-here are some pics of our Halloween festivities.
Logan was Dorothy Cache was the cowardly Lion..

Popcorn all over-he is in heaven.

Trick or treating at the church. (sorry for the fuzzy picture)

We also made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch.

123. cheeze. Didn't turn out so great-it's hard getting that many to look at one time.

Cache was not too happy to get his picture taken.

He kept trying to pick up pumpkins that were much to heavy for him.

They were all a bunch of balls in his eyes and he was having fun trying to throw them-typical boy. Logan's pumpkin....Of course it was green...(her favorite color)

Harley and Mique burying Logan in the corn pile.

My mom even got to come for a couple days! yeay!!! Too bad this one is a little blurry. It is so cute.

The end. Hope everyone had a good Halloween.

St George Marathon

2011-10-07T12:29:00.004-06:00

I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I ran the St George marathon last Saturday and it is nice to be done. I am finally getting over being sore...I'm not going to lie, my quads were hurting the next day, and the next... I woke up at 3 in the morning on race day and couldn't go back to sleep due to the butterflies eating a hole in my stomach. The bus ride up seemed really long and I wanted to throw up at the top when I saw all the thousands (5700) of people running. I was actually relieved once the race started due to all the anticipation. Anyway, long story short I ended up running an 11 minute pr and finished in 2:50:36 (6:30 pace). I was the 4th girl overall, and missed 3rd by 21 seconds...I tried to catch her, but her kick was too hard. I got my goal time-so I was happy. It was a fun downhill course, but does have some challenges..the uphill section (miles 7-11) and the heat...I felt pretty toasty by the end. I lucked out today and felt stronger running this marathon than I have ever felt with the previous ones. I feel like I have gained a little more experience and confidence with each one. This was my 5th marathon and I have improved my time by 33 minutes from my first one. I think this is the reason that keeps me coming back. I always finish wondering if next time I can train a little harder and run a little faster. I love the challenge of 26.2 miles. The training is the hard part and the race is the reward for all the hard workouts. It is the toughest thing I have ever done-(next to childbirth) but it is so rewarding. There is no greater feeling than crossing the finish line knowing you gave it your all. I know most people don't "get it" the whole running thing-but I do. It makes me feel good and happy and it keeps me sane. I feel better physically, mentally and spiritually because of running. Yes, I have days where I feel like crap and I adjust my workouts accordingly, but for the most part I love it. I am addicted and I plan on running many many more races and marathons in my life...but for right now I will take a break and eat a load of icecream...Ok enough of my soapbox on running, I am such a nerd sometimes.

ROATAN, HONDURAS

2011-09-26T16:56:00.041-06:00

We just got back from our trip to Roatan, Honduras....So fun and I am ready to go back already.. Roatan was one of the stops on our cruises 6 years ago and we loved it so much that we promised we would go back and go scuba diving...Six years later we finally made it happen. Pictures tell it much better than words so here are some pictures...

This is a picture of the bungalow we stayed in... Some of the homes were huge! Although most were very small and poor...

This is our deck of the bungalow we stayed in...It overlooks the water and it was nice just chillin in the hammock. Most of our time was spent scuba diving.... It has been 3 years since we have been and I was nervous-but after the first time I relaxed and enjoyed it. Our dive master was great and the other 3 couples we went with were awesome. We logged 16 dives total, including 2 night dives. The night dives were cool too! Its crazy how the fishes neon colors glow in the dark, also the red eyes of the crabs, lobsters ect. We saw lots of sea turtles (my favorite), octopus, eels, sand ray, barracuda fish, puffer fish, sea horse, crabs, lobsters, shrimp, and even a nurse shark. We also did two ship wrecks which were neat to see. Every dive was a little different and unique. I thought I would get sick of doing 3 dives a day, but I actually wished we could do more at the end.

The worst thing about this place was the bugs. I made the mistake of not putting bug spray on the first night and got eaten alive. I ended up getting a rash from them and couldn't sleep due to all the itching so the next day I went to the dr. on the resort who gave me some pretnezone? and a topical cream, which really helped. Lesson learned:wear bug spray 24/7-and apply hourly. On Monday after our first dive they took us over to Maya Key for lunch. They also had a beach and fun little animals to see. I love the color of these birds.Perry petting a baby croc.

This jaguar kept getting really close to the fence giving us the evil eye. I was glad he was caged in.

Chillin on a bench at Maya Key

We were able to hold this little guy...

I wanted to take him home...

The next night we ate dinner on the key and they had fire dancers.

Also a limbo contest.. Honduran singers/dancers

When we weren't diving, we spent alot of our time at the pool.

We also went horseback riding on the beach. Our guide reminded us of a Hoduran Ray Ramano.

On Friday we went snorkeling with these guys...

They did cool tricks like this..

This dolfin's name was Anthony and he was a little ham. I love that it looks like he is smiling in this pic.

On Friday we also went to Sandy Bay beach, the same beach we went to 6 years ago. Six years ago the beach was mostly deserted but now quite a few hotels and condos have come in. It's still pretty relaxed though.

Look at the white sand and beautiful water! I sat in the shallow part for quite a while and these little white fish kept coming up to me. When I would move they would move. They probably entertained me for an hour or so. They were so funny to watch.

One of the biggest highlights for me was riding on this sea plane around the island. It was so pretty and neat to see everything from above. This is looking down at Anthony's key where we stayed.

Black Pearl Golf Course

Coming in to land...

A little dolfin video

Short video of our plane landing...

Growing up

2011-09-14T14:43:00.003-06:00

These kids are growing up way too fast on me!!! I feel like they look so grown up in these pictures and it kind of freaks me out. Anyway here is a little update on each of us....(mostly for me to remember-but feel free to read if you want)

Logan: She just started dance again and loves it especially since her cousin Miquelin is in her class. She also started a little mommy preschool that I am doing with some of the neighbors. She loves learning.. She would be content to sit with a workbook in front of her all day... She especially likes to color and paint...She is so sweet and is my big helper...She is a pretty low key kid and finds ways to entertain herself (she loves talking to her dolls and playing pretend) She has also turned more social and likes to be around other kids too- I think her shyness is starting to wear off. (fingers crossed)

Cache: He keeps me on my toes-but is the sweetest little guy.. He started nursery a couple months ago and has finally gone 2-3 weeks without them having to bring him to us for crying. woohoo!! He is starting to talk so much and I love that he can express himself...Lately his two favorite sayings are "want newt nacks (fruit snacks) and "Mom watch this" His obsession lately is toy cars-especially Mater-he also likes to point out real cars too. He is also in love with shoes...lol..He brings me his shoes first thing in the morning and says "put shoes on peese." (please) He had a fit at the store when I tried some shoes on him and he didn't want to take them off for me to buy them...He is "all boy"(-except for the shoe thing) The other day I had to get after him for throwing rocks at our window in the backyard. (Seriously?? he is only 21 months) He also loves to wrestle and play/tease his sister. He has had his share of fits lately-and hates shopping..(bummer for me) I am still trying to learn how to discipline him-but that will come with time I am sure. Although he has his moments- he has such a cute little personality and melts my heart.

Perry-What can I say...He stays busy working-usually not getting home before 7 or so lately. (makes it a little difficult for me and having dinner ready etc-but I am dealing with it) When he is home he loves spending time with the kids-and it is so cute to see them get excited when he comes through the door. I know they love their father and he loves them sooo much too....He is a great father and husband and helps me out sooo much...

Me-I've been pretty busy training for St. George marathon coming up...I am really excited for it-but I look forward to taking a break and sleeping in after its over. (Early morning workouts can be hard sometimes-especially today when I came in looking like a wet rat from runing in the pouring rain!) I love having it done early in the day though and it gives me the boost of energy I need! I've been trying to get the last bit of summer fun in by taking the kids to the park and swimming in the backyard...This past week it has gotten so cold though!!! I am definitely not ready for winter yet! Anyway-I am enjoying being a mom-it definitely teaches me patience and I am learning so much from these kiddos.

UPDATE

2011-08-29T13:06:00.031-06:00

So I have been slacking on the blog lately...Truth is I have been trying to squeeze in the last bit of summer that I can because it is going to end all too soon....I love summer and I am dreading the cold...Anyhoo-here are some pictures of what we have been up to the past month or two....

County Fair...

I love this picture and the looks on their faces.

The bunnies were Logan's favorite-she wanted to take one home...no thank you

Went to Utah for a week...The kids always love riding horses.

Lauri and Cache and Bret and Logan

Ran South Valley half. Good race-but mean hills..Good training for St George though

Howell family reunion at Heber camp... Good to see all the cousins that I never see..We did a ropes course that was pretty fun-even the little kids joined in and had a good time.

Cache getting ready to go on the rope swing..He kept saying "I do it" so I decided to let him.

Logan did it too..

Tubing at Utah Lake...We went real slow and the kids loved it.

I met two of my friends at Thanksgiving point and we took the kids to see the farm animals..Fun to catch up and see their kids..

Swimming pool in provo..

splash park...

Well that about wraps it up...Hope you are enjoying the last of your summer...

POOL TIME

2011-07-19T17:47:00.015-06:00

Its that time of year again...POOL TIME...and we are definitely making good use of it. We put Logan in swim lessons (after almost cancelling them due to her "freak out esisode" when we tried to take her in the deep end). I'm glad I didn't cancel them because she has loved it. She did eveything her teacher asked her to do and has grown to be more confident and comfortable in the water....I am so proud of her and her willingness to overcome her fears..She is growing up way to fast on me and it freaks me out! We bought her princess goggles-but kept forgetting to take them to her lesson-lol

Here are some more pics of the kiddos having fun in the water..

This is one of my favs.

Even Perry joined in on the fun...

This little guy is such a water bug...I had to watch him close this summer because he would jump right in the pool if I wasn't watching. He would let me throw him 5 ft in the water and laugh about it.. (Arm floaties are a lifesaver)

Splash park....

SAN DIEGO

2011-07-04T23:40:00.036-06:00

I have been a little slow at finishing this post-but it is finally done! Two weeks ago we took a trip to San Diego for Perry's sister Mikael's wedding...We were there for almost a week and had a really great time..Here are some pics to recap our adventures..

On our trip we learned HOW TO....

make sandcastles

We also learned how to pan for gold at the mormon battalion museum..

We learned how to "get along" with each other...These two actually get along really well. They are so cute to watch... We also learned how to "shake it" on the dance floor.

The number one most IMPORTANT thing we learned is how to NOT apply sunscreen...(yeah that would be my bad....sorry Perry) I might never live this one down... On our way to San Diego we stopped and stayed at a resort in Pheonix...It was so nice and relaxing...

I loved the flowers all over the grounds.

Since it was ONLY 113 degrees we spent most of our time at the pool...

love this one of Perry and Cache

The kids loved the kiddie pool... We spent most of the day here before heading the rest of the way to San Diego..... Hardly anyone was there-(I guess everyone leaves Pheonix during summer because of the heat....)

The next day was the wedding....Such a beautiful ceremony and temple..San Diego is gorgeous inside and out. Of course I had to get some pictures..

The flowers were amazing...

Beautiful Mikael with all the little kiddos.

We spent the day going to the luncheon..(so good) and then the reception in Temecula. Here are some pictures of the reception...

Such a cute couple...

The reception was nothing short of Amazing to say the least...One of the most beautiful weddings I have ever seen...My camera does not do these pictures justice but here is a portion of the yard it was at...

Gorgeous center pieces and tablecloths...

Mikael and neices and nephews.

All the kids were lovin the dance floor..

especially mine

We spent a couple days at the beach (getting fried) and trying out the boogie boards.(so fun)

We also went to Sea World

And saw Shamu (and pretty much every other show too)

The kids were really tuckered out by the end of the day...I love this one of Logan sleeping on her dolfin that she named...get this....Himjamonja..I don't know where she came up with it but that is her name...LOL

Tuesday we spent the whole day driving home...(13 hrs with stops)...yeah-it was kind of long...All in all it was a great trip...I'm ready to go back and try the boogie board some more..

4TH OF JULY

2011-07-04T23:02:00.008-06:00

HAPPY 4TH!!! Hope you had a great one!!

My brother is back!!

2011-06-21T11:54:00.012-06:00

Guess who's back?? My brother just returned from the Seattle Washington mission a couple weeks ago...I took a trip to Utah and was there for about a week and a half or so going to a baby blessing, temple endowment, Bret's homecoming, etc... It was alot of fun and for once it was warm weather while I was there! (every time I go to Utah it is usually cold!) It was fun seeing Bret-and having the cousins play together and did I mention shopping?? Anyway it was fun...Here are some pictures.. Bret and his nieces and nephew (He had two new ones to meet)

Love Cache's blue lips in this one

While we were there I also ran the Utah Valley marathon. I debated on whether to run due to an injury I have been battling. I am glad I ran because I ended up having a great race (minus the last 10k) and finished with a PR time of 3:01 (6:55 pace) and 3rd girl overall and 500 bucks richer...The funny story is my brother (who only had been home a week or so) so also ran it! Long story short-Perry ended up getting a free bib to run it (he was never planning on running it) and he told Bret he should use his bib and run. Bret said "I'll run it for 100 bucks." Perry challenged him that if he ran it under 5 hours he would pay him 100 bucks...Sure enough at 3 in the morning Bret snook out of the house with me and all he kept saying the whole 26.2 mile bus ride up is "Mama gonna kill me." Anyway he ended up finishing with a time of 4:28. Not too bad considering he is about 35 lbs heavier than pre-mission and had NO TRAINING whatsoever! At least he is 100 bucks richer-not sure that makes up for being 1000 times sorer! Too funny--

No one had a camera at the race so I made Bret pose with me like we are running...

The kids had fun pretending Grandpa was a horse....

We also got to meet new cousin Max...He is soo cute and has so much hair!!

Cache and cousin Eli...I could not crack a smile out of either of them...

Perry sent me these for our 7 year anniversary...Biggest flowers I have ever gotten by far...Can't believe it has been 7 years!

Cache in Great Grandma's beautiful garden of flowers....

All in all it was a good trip minus Cache's crying episodes...(He was teething and being grouchy)

A little too much sugar

2011-06-17T10:33:00.006-06:00

I know I just did a video of Logan dancing-but this one is too funny I had to post it..She is a nerd to say the least....

Memorial day weekend

2011-06-01T11:47:00.011-06:00

We took a trip to Mancos for Memorial day weekend with our friends. Here are some pictures of our adventures.

Cache's vocabulary dwindled to one word while we were camping....."Ride"-He just kept pointing at the 4-wheeler the whole time "ride ride, ride..."

Logan loved playing with RJ and Alyse and probably wore out her welcome spending so much time in their trailer. Enjoying snacks by the pond listening to the croaking frogs.

Cache wanted in and out all the time...(mostly out)

Getting ready for the ride....

Our friends machine did awesome riding through the muck and the mud....

Minus the cold it was a fun trip and I am ready for the next one....

MR. MESS

2011-05-22T20:11:00.002-06:00

I'm sitting in the computer room when I hear "Uh oh Cache made a mess-you better come mom." I go and find Cache having a grand old time playing in potato flakes and Sport engulfing everything off the floor he can..Awesome..In a matter of an hour he managed to get flakes all over the floor, dump Sports water and tear into a present I just wrapped. I feel like my life is cleaning up messes and toys right now. He is far from 2 but we just might be heading into the terrible twos already..He is a sneaky little stinker.

Dance dance dance

2011-05-13T22:33:00.010-06:00

Logan had her first dance recital tonight. It was really fun to watch and guess what?? She even danced! I was a little concerned she would be too scared- but she did it!! For the past couple months she would only do 1 or 2 dance steps in class and then 3 weeks ago she did everything. Her teacher was so excited and so was I. I knew she could do it... Anyway-they wouldn't let us record the recital..(lame) so I just recorded her when we got home. The recital is all she has been able to talk about. She keeps asking if she can dance on the stage again and if Daddy is going to come watch her again. Anyway-she loved it and she loves dance...I am proud of my little (big) girl. She is growing up way too fast!!

EASTER ADVENTURES

2011-04-26T12:53:00.024-06:00

Easter has now come and gone. I love Easter and the chance to reflect on the atonement and be grateful for everything that Christ has done for me. It is such a wonderful time of year and I love everything from the Easter dresses to the beautiful spring weather.
A couple weeks ago we went to "Meet the funny bunny" downtown where they had different activities for kids and an easter egg hunt. We made it just in time for the egg hunt which Logan loved. Of course I forgot their Easter baskets-hence her using the silly diaper bag-yes it was one of "those days" little buddy crawled over and found this blue egg.

Logan loved the Easter bunny and the fact that he gave an egg to her.

A couple days ago we painted eggs

Logan wanted to put stickers on our faces-yeah we're silly like that...

Cache just kept wanting to eat the eggs or throw them. "balls" he kept saying

love his blue lips

I took some pictures of them in their Easter dresses but the family picture was a no go because of Perry's knee-(we will do that later). I did take lots of pics of the kids though.

Cache was not a happy camper at first. (he was mad because I took away his frog toy for the picture)

Getting Mr frog back=happy camper

I loved Logan's dress-except for the fact it left sparkles everywhere. Logan loved it though-she thought she was a princess in it leaving her sparkle dust everywhere.

Mr. pouty

Hope you had a great Easter too...

MR GIMPY

2011-04-23T20:49:00.002-06:00

Perry has become pretty good friends with the couch and bed the past two days... He tore his acl dirt biking with some friends in Moab about 2 weeks ago..(yeah I wasn't very happy about that...) Anyway-he had surgery two days ago-so he has been in alot of pain..Logan has been right by his side the whole time. She loves to help him get ice, pillows, water-anything he needs-it's pretty cute to see her mother him. (She is going to be one sad girl when he goes back to work..) Anyway-he's doing pretty well considering and we hope he has a speedy recovery.

To be concerned or not concerned...

2011-04-09T21:30:00.014-06:00

I took little buddy to the Dr. for his wellness appt the other day and I was not so happy to hear what she had to say..I usually love going to these appts to see their growth and development-but after this one I felt more frustrated than anything. He weighed in at 18 lb 10 oz (gaining only 10 oz in the last 3 months) He was 30.5 inches which was an improvement-but his weight was a big issue with the dr. because now he is below the one percentile. I have a hard time finding food that he likes to eat-also she thinks he might have acid reflux still which may be why he is a picky eater. Now I have to go back to giving him zantac pills to see if that helps. Her other concern is that he isn't walking yet. He is close-but has not shown alot of interest yet. She suggested I call early childhood intervention to come to the house and check out his motor skills. She also scheduled a follow up appt in a month to make sure he is walking and gaining weight. I left the appointment feeling like my child is behind and I am a bad mom..Its one of those things I don't know whether to be concerned or not because Logan is small too and she didn't walk until 16 months. Cache also seems very healthy to me-a little on the small side but not extremely skinny or anything. Anyhoo-life goes on..I will just have to keep working with him to try to get him to walk and hopefully the reflux pills will work and lots of pediasure will help fatten him up.

Anyway here are some "MILESTONES" I believe he "HAS" accomplished at 16 months

-starting to say some words-his favorite thing to say is "want that" sounds more like "anthat"

-stands by himself

-can walk while holding onto the firetruck

-Is turning more and more into a cuddler.. It has taken time-but when he is in the mood or tired they are the best cuddles ever.

-Just recently has taken to a favorite blankie that he loves and has to have to go to sleep.

-Takes 2 naps still-morning and late afternoon and sleeps all night!!

-Does well shopping for about an hour-any longer he is done...and he lets me know..

-Favorite food is banannas. He loves them.

-Loves anything electonic-especially phones, remotes, cameras. He has already taken pictures on my phone.

-Did I mention he loves loves loves remotes! He gets excited when he changes the channel or messes up the tv. It doesn't make his sister very happy though.

-Loves water and bath time.

-Loves throwing balls and chasing after them.

-Loves the piano..It is his new favorite thing. I think he would be content to sit and play for an hour if I let him. (Maybe he will be my piano player)

-Loves his daddy..I love seeing him get excited when Perry comes through the door.

-I love this boy more and more every day..He is the sweetest little thing and there is something about his smile and those dimples that melt me every time. I love the sweet spirit he is in our home and am so glad he is a part of our family.

MOAB HALF MARATHON

2011-03-26T14:57:00.004-06:00

Wow-it has been forever since I have updated my blog. I have been out of town alot and things have been crazy and I haven't found the time. Anyway-A week ago from today myself, Perry and a bunch of his siblings, and our in-laws ran the moab half marathon and 5 mile. I ran the half and happened to have a really great race and was the first girl in with a time of 1:26:17. (6:35 pace) In spite of the horrible head wind I was very happy with my time and how I finished. The rest of the fam did very well too and it was neat to see everyone finish the race and accomplish the task at hand in spite of everything that has happened the past couple weeks. I know that for me this race had a much deeper meaning and it was just great to see everyone have a good time and finish strong. It was also great to spend time together. If there is one thing I have learned-it is that the Webb family is very strong and I think its great all of the support everyone has for each other... Anyway I had a good time and it was nice to see those siblings of Perry's that we don't get to see very much. Great job everyone!! Can't wait until next year when EVERYONE does the half marathon!!
The half-marathon crew (me, Brittany, Scott) -our crew will be much bigger next year Half Marathon and 5 mile crew...(JD, Perry, me, Chanel, Scott, Brittany, Mikael and Chelsey)

I love that my hubby did the 5 miler this year...Perry was really mad when he found out a couple months ago that someone signed him up for the race and no one was fessing up to who did it. We asked everyone in the family a million times if they did it and everyone said no....Finally the day before the race we were all sitting in the trailer when he said he knew who signed him up... We all asked "Who"? Then he got a big smirk and replied "I did"....What a nerd! I can't believe he had us all fooled-even me!

Enjoying the sun...

2011-03-07T17:29:00.011-07:00

Exactly 2 days ago it was so nice outside I decided to enjoy the sun and take the kids to the park. They had a blast-I think the park is Cache's new favorite thing. He loved the sand, the swings, the slide, eating sticks....Anyway it was nice to just kick back and relax and watch them have a grand old time. . Cache was so funny to watch on the slide..He would crawl up the steps..

Then he would freak out at the top....

Once he had my hand he was confident and excited...

Then came the face of pure blisss...

Love that face...Love the park...Love the sun....Love my kids... and I love Sonic strawberry limeade chillers....(my new obsession lately)

One thing I do not love is the snow that we got today!!! Seriously???

HAPPY VALENTINES!!

2011-02-15T23:12:00.004-07:00

Happy late Valentines!! Here are some pics of our Valentines day

PLEASANT SURPRISE

2011-02-09T16:39:00.004-07:00

My hubby surprised me and took me to Albuquerque this past weekend. (so sweet of him!) He lined up a sitter for the kids (thanks Chelsey) and away we went. We were a tad dissapointed that the temple was a no go (closed bc of Stake Conference)-but the rest of the weekend was awesome..He surprised me by taking me to the broadway play "Wicked"-It was soo cute! I've always wanted to see it and I loved it..He also lined up a sweethearts massage package that felt amazing....(this was only the 2nd massage I've ever had- and I swore I would never want one-but they are heavenly and I ate my words!) Anyway-it was great to be together and not have to worry about the kids-I felt like we were dating again. I love the fact he took the initiative to do it and it was just what I needed at this time in my life...Thanks again Perry!-And thanks Albuquerque for no car robbings either-at least this time I came home WITH my purse...

HAPPY GROUNDHOGS DAY!

2011-02-02T16:04:00.015-07:00

The groundhog did NOT see his shadow today so its going to be an early spring! Yeah!! (With the freezing temperatures here and all the snow in the east it doesn't look too promising) I am all too sick of winter already. We have been remodeling our bathroom (a much bigger project than expected). I feel like I have been stuck in the house for a couple weeks to be here for the electrician guy or tile guy or plumber guy...blah blah blah-I am sick of it and just want my bathroom back. In spite of being stuck inside- the kids have still managed to entertain themselves. Even though at times they fight like cats and dogs I know they really do love each other... I love that they are starting to play more together the older Cache gets. The other day he was holding his arms up for Logan to hold him and she bent down and hugged him and it melted my heart. Anyway, heres to hoping summer comes early and wishing we were at some exotic beach like here... or hereEnjoying one of these (virgin of course) Until then...I guess we will just have to imagine...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN

2011-01-19T17:33:00.008-07:00

My little girl turned three this past week!! Can't believe it! Anyway-we had a little party for her with family. (my parents and sister and niece were even able to come!!) Anyway-here are some pics of her party.
She wanted a princess party-so my mom and I made her a castle cake-was kind of a nightmare at first-but if turned out ok-not quite how we imagined though.

She loved opening presents.

She got a lot of "princess" presents.

singing happy birthday

blowing out the candles

The kids enjoying little nibbles off the cake..

She loved her new kitchen she got. Dad finally got it together and she has been playing with it ever since.

Things about Logan at 3

-loves being in sunbeams

-loves dance class-we are still working on getting her to do the "dance" part

-princesses are definitely her favorite thing.

-loves playing "make believe" I always overhear her talking to herself telling stories

-Very independent-likes to do it herself-getting dressed, putting on shoes etc.(this is fine-unless we are in a hurry to go somewhere-then its just annoying)

-keeps us laughing-tells Perry to stop "snarling" (snoring) also asked grandma to help her put on her bra the other day-by bra she meant kitchen apron.

-likes to please her parents and feels very bad if she gets in trouble.

-loves to learn and has a very good memory. (holds me to promises I have made her when I think she will forget. )

-Is very good at talking and articulating herself-although she is shy and won't talk much around other people-especially those she doesn't know well.

-Loves cuddles at night before bed. She always asks "Who will cuddle me?"

-says prayers by herself

I love this girl!! Happy birthday Logan!

DOING IT ON HER OWN TIME

2011-01-11T15:05:00.003-07:00

I put Logan in tap and ballet and took her for the second time to dance class today. Once again like last week she stood in her spot on the floor and looked at everyone else dance. Then she came home and did all the steps perfectly for me....frustrating..oh well..I'm hoping next week she actually dances instead of looks at everyone. She loves it and is so excited about going to dance-it kills me she won't do it when she gets there..I guess she will do it on her own time-(hopefully next week)

CHRISTMAS 2010

2011-01-04T17:16:00.019-07:00

Went to Utah for Christmas this year. Here are a couple of key events to sum up the trip.

1-My poor sister Lauri fell and twisted her knee badly when we went skiing (ouch!!)
2-Had yummy Christmas Eve dinner with my siblings and their husbands and played our own version of "minute to win it."
3-Got to chat with my high school besties and see their cute kids over breakfast.
4-Chopped my hair..literally-the shortest I've ever had it.
5-Got the my kids and their cousins pictures taken at Penneys. (nightmare getting them ready-but they turned out ok)
6-little bit of shopping-this is always a must...
7-Got to see snow, snow, and more snow as it just kept snowing!
8-Had a good time being with family and loved that Perry could come spend some time in Utah too!
9-Was scared half to death driving home with slick roads in Dove Creek, but I made it!! (8 hrs later)
10-Love Christmas and I am so sad its over...till next year. Here are some pics.
Our own version of "Minute to Win it"
The kids opened new jammies from grandma and grandpa (snowmen ones of course-so cute!)
Had fun watching the kids open their presents. Cache had more fun with the wrapping paper than the presents.
Logan got spoiled...She loved her new potty doll and 4-wheeler and princess clothes to name a few.

Love his expression-Is this all I get?? a shirt?

Breakfast with my Nelley friends

Chopped hair-kind of short-but fun for a change

Taking Cache for a ride on her 4-wheeler

Pictures of all the snow..This would be the reason I didn't go home until Saturday.

oops-my little plumber is at it again.

Logan and Hallie loved throwing the snow with their bare hands!! We had to bribe them to come inside because we were freezing watching them.

THE END

WASHINGTON DC

2010-12-15T14:47:00.022-07:00

This past week I had the privilege of going to DC for Perry's graduation. (He graduated from NADA dealer academy) and we got to spend a few extra days seeing some of the sights. It was great!-too bad its over already.
I flew in on Wednesday evening and Thursday Perry had class all day so I got to shop my heart out at the mall. They had every store you could imagine! Hours at the mall with no kids=one very happy girl. Perry's graduation lunch.

His graduating class. (I have to brag-He graduated 1st in his class might I add)

Some of his buddies from class.

Right after graduation on Friday we changed hotels and headed to downtown DC. That night we walked around and saw the white house. (this is the back side of the house-coudn't get a good picture from the front)

National Christmas tree

While we were in DC we enjoyed lots of good food..

The next day (Saturday) we went to the American history museum and holocaust museum. Here are pics of the American history museum.

Abe Lincolns wife's inauguration dress. (They had all the first lady's dresses)

Perry posing by Lincoln's top hat.

You can see the Lincoln memorial way off in the distance. (do you like my shoes?? I am a nerd- I opted for comfort over style. )

Washington Monument.

In front of Lincoln Memorial

That night we went to see the play the Christmas Carol at Ford's theater. The play was awesome!! Below is a picture of the balcony booth where he was shot and killed. They still have the original chair and couch in there. The next day (Sunday) we went to the air and space museum (How about a smile Perry?)

We went to the imax and saw a 3D show about the hubble-very cool

Original plane of the Wright brothers.

After the space museum we rode the metro and bus to Mount Vernon where George Washington lived. This was his mansion. It was totally rainy and we arrived 4 hours early because we had heard there was alot to do. When we got there they wouldn't let us walk the grounds or anything because of the rain and mud so we went to the gift shops and grabbed some grub and twiddled our thumbs for a couple hours!! Oops-my bad!! (no I did not take this picture-the one I took didn't turn out because it was dark)

At least we were able to go see the George Washington museum for a half hour before they closed. It was neat-they had all of his old war knifes and her jewelry and letters they had written to each other. etc. (lots of valuables in the museum as there were police men patroling the whole thing)

We hung out around this Christmas tree for hours since our tickets for the tour weren't until 7:45! LOLSeeing the inside of the mansion was really cool-but we couldn't take pictures-so here are some of the outside-this was her spinning room.This was their greenhouse-where they had dancing. They taught me a little dance-but I couldn't get Perry to join in on the fun. (ignore the weird spots all over the picture-I think the lens was wet or something) We had to leave early the next morning to come home. (4 am our time!!) We were a little tired to say the least. It was fun to see the kiddos when we got home. (we missed them) Im not sure how much they missed us as Logan keeps asking if she can go stay at Chelsey's again. I know she had fun at Mammy's too and Brittani's. We gave Logan a blue sucker from our trip and she was in heaven. Now its back to real life..bleh

Cache and Perry's birthday

2010-12-05T22:05:00.014-07:00

Happy early birthday to my Cache and hubby. We celebrated with Perry's family on Saturday. Can't believe my little boy is 31-or uh 1! Anyhoo-here are some pictures.

These cupcakes were easy to make. Got the idea off the internet and used wafer cookies (normal size for mouth and mini size broken in half to make the ears) Also used mini blue m&ms for eyes and red gel for mouth. These monkey cups were a pain because the paper kept falling off even when I hot glued it! I will try paper cups instead of styrofoam if I make these again.

Little buddy loved his presents. He didn't quite get the whole "opening" them-but he had plenty of cousins to help with that part.

Perry and Cache blowing out their candle together. He kept trying to grab the candle while it was lit. Time to dig in...

Took him a while to get going.

Yum!

I think he had more fun tearing it apart than eating it

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PERRY AND CACHE!!!!

SANTA CLAUS

2010-12-05T21:49:00.003-07:00

The other night we went to the ward Christmas party and Santa came. I was unsure if Logan would sit on his lap or not-but she loved him. She wasn't hesitant in the slightest and even talked to him. (unlike last year)
Funny story- We kept asking her all day if she was going to sit on his lap and what present she wanted Santa to bring her. She kept saying she wanted a dollie. Here is the conversation between her and Perry on the way home.
Perry-"Did you like seeing Santa and sitting on his lap?"
Logan-"Yes-but he didn't have a dollie for me"
Too funny..

Happy Turkey Day!

2010-11-24T14:50:00.010-07:00

Can't believe Thanksgiving is tomorrow!! Anyway-the other day the kids and I had fun making turkeys. These are super easy and fun to make. We found some pinecones in the yard and glued a body on the front and feathers on the back. Logan especially loved putting glitter glue all over the feathers.

Made one for Cache too-but he just wanted to pull all the feathers off.

Anyway-with it being Thanksgiving I wanted to jot down some of the things that I am thankful for. These are mostly for me-but if you want to read- feel free.

1-I am thankful to be a mom..IT is one of the hardest yet most rewarding things. There are some days that I just want to quit and give up. I get sick of doing the same mundane things every day. Laundry, changing diapers, feeding kids, bathing kids, calming kids down, cleaning messes. ect ect.-but in the end the love that I feel for my children and know that they feel for me is so worth it and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

2-Thankful for good health..Truly I am. I am rarely sick and so thankful that my body allows me to have the energy to do the every day things that I need to do.

3-Food-I LOVE FOOD-and lots of it...End of story

4-Music-I love listening to tunes. I am not big on knowing bands and names of songs-but I love pop and country- and secretly I like to turn the tunes up and dance with Logan.

5-Running-I have been running for 14 years now and I love it. It is "my time" and makes me feel good and I hope to continue doing it for many many years.

6-Examples-holy cow I have had many good examples in my life. Parents, teachers, leaders, friends all who have touched my life in some way and made me want to better myself.

7-Home-I love my home (yes in spite of being a flat top) It is comfy and cozy to me and I love that we have a place to call our own and take pride in.

8-Husband-I love him and am so greatful for all that he does to show his love for me and help me out. I love that he is such a good dad to our kids and loves them to pieces-and helps out with whatever I need.

9-Gospel-Truly I don't know where I would be without it. I definitely go through ups and downs of spirituality-but the gospel is my rock and keeps my focus on the "big picture" and what is most important in life.

10-Date nights-Too few and far between-but I love taking the time to get out and do something fun with Perry. (even if its dinner or just getting icecream)

11-Nature-I love seeing a beautiful view, waterfall, ocean, or being in the mountains. There is something about seeing the beautiful sights of our earth that moves me.

12-Time-All we have is time and I love spending "quality time" with my family and trying to create memories together.

13-Knowledge-yes I know I am a little ditzy sometimes-but I am greatful to have a healthy mind and I am greatful to be able to keep learning new things every day.

14-Freedom-I am greatful to be an American and enjoy the freedoms that I do-I am greatful for the constitution and our rights-and nobody better ever try to change it!

15-Travel-I love to travel-whether it be across the country or right next door-whatever-just take me there.

LEAF MONSTERS!!

2010-11-09T13:47:00.023-07:00

Ok..Time for me to post my annual leaf monster pictures-but first-- here is a flashback to the previous two years.

This year I have two leaf monsters instead of just one!

HALLOWEEN!!

2010-11-02T15:39:00.015-06:00

Here are some pics of our Halloween shennanigans. We went to the tri-ward trunk or treat- it was a little crazy with millions of people-(ok-maybe not a million-but a lot) Logan was loving trunk or treating. She "got it" this year and knew just what to do. It was fun to watch her walk up and say "trick or treat" in her quiet little voice. When we were leaving she kept saying "Can we get more candy?" Weird to think next year Cache will be running around with her-going crazy for candy too..

My crazy bee. She was a funny little bee and would pretend to sting everyone with her arm-not her bum

I think he was a cute little tiger if I do say so myself.

TAKE YOUR PURSE!!

2010-11-02T15:39:00.014-06:00

I was completely looking forward to being with my hubby and hanging out with my SIL Brittani and Grant in Albuquerque this weekend. The boys had meetings for work and Brittani and I were going to do all kinds of Christmas shopping-kid free (except for Cache and Isaac). Perry and I were planning to go to the temple. I was so excited for a little break. The weekend didn't turn out quite as planned. I was all packed and ready to go on Thursday around 3-but Perry didn't come home until almost six. Off to a late start-oh well. We decided to drive straight to Abq to eat. Finally arrived in Abq around 9 and decided to go to the Olive Garden. I grabbed both my purse and diaper bag to take inside-but hesitantly put the purse back bc I had everything I needed in my diaper bag. Why take two bags?? In spite of feeling like I should take my purse in I put it back-big mistake. After enjoying a good meal-we walked out to our cars to find the passenger side of our window smashed and the driver side of their window smashed. "Oh no-not my purse" I thought. Sure enough-my purse was gone.. My brand new purse that I bought a month ago! My brain started going through everything I had inside. My wallet with all my credit/debit cards, driver's licence, newly renewed temple recommend-(so much for going to the temple), and worst of all my camera!! Seriously!! I always put my camera in my diaper bag-why not this time!! Feeling very stressed and ticked off Perry called the police. Of course they came half hour or so later and did a report. After sweeping the glass out of the cars we drove back to the motel and stayed up until 1:30 in the morning closing accounts. Of course they were already charging up my accounts-couple hundred getting gas at gas stations-red box charges. etc. I was so royally ticked that it took me a while to fall asleep. No worries-Cache kept me up crying all night anyway. The whole night I kept dreaming of my purse being stolen-lovely. The next morning I woke up feeling a little better. I decided that there was nothing I could do-so I might as well change my attitude. We spent the next day waiting for our cars to be fixed. First they said one would be done by noon-but they weren't done until 4 or so. So much for shopping. At least I had good company with Brittani being there. Our motel was in the middle of no where-but at least we were able to walk to a cute cafe for lunch and go to a little home decor store. We spent the rest of the time walking and chatting on the grass until the boys came back with a car that finally got fixed. We were able to do a little bit of shopping and then went to eat at a steak house-which was good. The next day we went to Kohl's and an outdoor shopping mall-then we buzzed back home for the trunk or treat. The moral of this story is to always listen to your instincts and the spirit's promptings. And Take your purse!!!-or at the very least hide it...Lesson learned for me.

A Big Pink Whale

2010-10-28T15:55:00.004-06:00

Logan has been saying so many silly things lately and I decided I need to start writing them down-so I don't forget. Here is our conversation from today.

Me: "Logan, are you a monkey?"

Logan: "Yeah, and you're a whale"

Me: "I'm a whale!?" "What kind of a whale?"

Logan: "A pink, big whale"

(Thanks for the confidence booster)

FALL FESTIVITIES

2010-10-19T15:17:00.021-06:00

I love fall-it is such a fun time of year. Perfect temperature..beautiful leaves..fun Halloween decorations..apples with carmel..pumpkins..new sweaters to wear..The list could go on and on. Anyway- we have had fun this year going to pumpkin patches and the witches at Gardner Village. I took some cute pictures and couldn't help but post them.

Sutherland Farms pumpkin patch

The kids (uh mostly just Logan) were excited to pick out their pumpkins. (I know Cache will be all over the place next year) I love this little playground full of corn.

Logan riding with Harley on the train.. She started crying during the middle of the ride-but Harley had her smiling by the end.

All the cousins.

Milking the cow

This was at a pumpkin patch in Orem.

Corn mazeWe literally got lost..We were the only ones there and no workers were around to ask where to get out. We were trying to push our strollers in the mud with crying children. Too funny

Love this one of Logan and Cache

Logan Cache and Hallie right before it started downpouring...

The witches at Gardner Village. This is a fun place-there are cute little shops and boutiques and the funniest, cutest witches all over the place.

Ha ha-try to get 4 kids smiling at the same time-doesn't work..At least they are all looking at me. This one is so cute with her big ol nose.

My favorite..I had to get a picture with the witch and all her frogs.

The kids had fun decorating their pumpkins. We bought these foam stickers and they loved putting them on. (plus it was super easy-)

I just have one question...What are YOU going to be for Halloween? I would like to dress up this year-if I can talk my husband into it-but he hates dressing up so I don't know if I will or not.

HAPPY FALL

No More Diapers!!

2010-10-12T15:32:00.005-06:00

Waaahooo! Logan has now been accident free (both day and night) for a week now. Yeaay! -I think its safe to say we won't be buying diapers anymore...
She loves her princess underwear which she is proudly showing off..

Now...if only I could get her to stop mooning everyone..LOL..hmmmm...

Is it too early to start training this guy??

Cache update

2010-10-02T18:41:00.002-06:00

My little buddy is almost 10 months old already!!
Took him to his check up yesterday and these are his measurements.
height: 27 and 3/4th inches (25th percentile)
weight: 17 lb 5 oz (5th percentile)-I know... he's huge!!

He is turning into a little sweetie. I have been getting him on a strict schedule and it seems to be helping with his endless crying during the day.. He now sleeps through the night (-minus some rough nights here or there) He also takes two naps-yahoo! He is showing more and more personality every day and I love the cute sounds he makes. He loves to laugh-especially with his sister. (No one can get him laughing like she can-) Anyway-he is a sweet little guy..I think I will keep him.

Beg, beg, and beg some more

2010-10-02T17:02:00.009-06:00

Do you notice anything different about this picture?? (hint), look at her ears...Yes, our little one has earrings. About two or three weeks ago we got them pierced. After asking us to get her earrings for the past couple months I finally caved and gave in to her and her dad. At first I had mixed emotions about getting them done because she is so young, and what if they get infected and yada yada yada. It has taken me a couple months to finally give in to her requests. (I'm not joking...every time I would put earrings in she would say "mom, I need earrings.") After her cousin Jaima got hers done she really wanted them.. I thought it was funny that a two year old knew exactly what she wanted. Finally one Saturday we bit the bullet and took her to Claire's. We told her it was going to hurt and asked if she still wanted to do it. "yes" she kept saying. We let her pick the studs and of course she chose the pink flowers. "I get pink flowers" she kept saying. She sat on the chair like a big girl and amazingly only cried for a minute. After we showed her a mirror she was ok. When we got home she kept singing a song to herself "I got my ears pierced, I got my ears pierced." She was all smiles all day. (Shocked me-I thought she was going to be a grouch). Since getting them pierced she has cried a little when it comes to cleaning them-but overall she has been very good about it. She is very proud of her earrings and loves showing them off. All I can say is she is one determined girl who knows what she wants. I am glad we got them done because I think they look cute-if I do say so myself...

I was trying to get a decent picture of her earrings and she kept hamming it up. These are some of the shots I got. I had to post them so I can remember her hamminess (is that a word) at this stage.

This face just plain scares me....

That tongue has got to be the size of Texas

This is her super cheese grin she has been doing all the time lately.

My Logan..the ham..the end...

RACE REPORT

2010-09-22T09:34:00.013-06:00

Woohooo! The race is over- I can finally relax-no more ball of nerves. Here is the lowdown of how it went.

Short version: Ran a 3:03:15 (6:59 pace), finished 7th girl overall-first in age group

Long version with all the hairy details:WARNING:Very long..

PRE-RACE DETAILS:

-Left for Utah at 1 on Thursday. Took FOREVER-many stops-wrong turn-pulled over-(just a warning) blah blah blah..Finally arrived at my parents at 8:30.

-Drove to Logan Friday afternoon. Enjoyed a prerace dinner at Olive Garden. Picked up packet etc.

-Laid everything out so I would be ready in the morning. *This time I remembered my underwear-last time I ran Top of Utah I woke up at 1 in the morning and panicked that I forgot my underwear (LOL)-my sweetie drove to Walmart and picked some up for me...

-Slept crappy due to our room being a sweltering 82 degrees and Cache waking 2-3x. The 4:10 alarm seemed far too early. Gagged down my bananna and bagel-didn't feel much like eating due to the gremlin nerves jumping around in my belly.

-The ride on the bus seemed long..(26.2 miles long to be exact) Talked to the girl next to me which helped calm my nerves. We listened to the lady in front of us talk about how she travels around the world running a marathon a month. Next month she is running the Greece marathon-where the "first"marathon took place. (what a rough life she has)

-Was the first bus to arrive at the course. 1 hr 15 minutes until race time.(I know..surprise, surprise!!-I'm usually late-not today!)

-Took a pop stop (pop=poop or pee stop-LOL-this is running jargon I didn't know until this trip)Then I sat in the warm heated tent-felt so good as it was 40 degrees up top.

-Waited in line for one last pop stop-quite a line with 2300 people running-It seemed like they were all in line too. Coated my legs with muscle mist-Threw my clothes on the bus, and was ready to go..

RACE details

-Was relieved when the gun finally went off-(standing there freezing and anticipating the start is the worst). First mile was 6:33 and it felt slow-I knew this was a good sign.

-Took the next couple miles to get into a steady rythm/pace. First Gu at mile 9 (I swear by these)

-Running down the canyon was beautiful- I relaxed and cruised to my tunes and looked at the pretty leaves. I especially loved the tail wind near the end of the canyon (these were my fastest miles)

This pic was taken around mile 13

-First half split. 1:29-woohoo-about 2 minutes ahead of schedule and still feelin good.

-BYU runner Sara Frey (who went on to place second) caught up with me and we ran together 7 or 8 miles-passing a couple girls.

-Was frustrated as my watch showed the course was .2 too long. It kept beeping .2 miles before every mile marker.. frustrating-oh well-others complained of the same thing.

-Was excited to see my hubby at mile 14-This is the first place for spectators to cheer. They had created a chute type of thing to run through and it got me excited/nervous all over again.

-Took another gu at 15 and the next couple miles were a blurr as I just kept trying to hold my pace as the course flattened out. Kept waiting for the wall to start hitting me-but I was still feeling great.

-Mile 17-18 Saw the fam again (my parents and sis were there also this time)-Still feeling good. Kept trying to catch up with Julie (who placed 6th)- Still trying to hold my 6:45 pace.

-Mile 19-blasted hill. Wasn't too bad-but I lost my pace.

-Mile 20-Was happy to see the fam again and took another gu-miles 21-22 still feeling pretty good considering.

-Miles 23-25- Definitely the hardest miles of the race. Legs were starting to feel fatigued. Muscles-quads started burning. I knew if I stopped to stretch I would have a hard time starting again so I didn't stop. I did think about getting some nachos as I passed the maveric though. At this point my pace started dropping-but I was still excited bc I knew I was on pace to beat my goal time. At this point Julie took off and I got passed by MaryAnne S who was cruising..oh well.. I just kept telling myself that I was almost done and to to try and stay strong.

-Mile 25-turned on mainstreet-was fun to have the spectators cheering. Saw fam again-hubby handed me a water bottle to take more gu-but I freaked bc my hands couldn't open it. He ran with me for a sec and helped me-what a sweetie.

Feelin the burn about now-this was at 25.5 miles.

-Last mile seemed really long..Words can't describe how excited I was to see the finish line when I turned the last corner. With legs on fire I ran as hard as I could toward it. 3:03:15. (6:59 pace and a p.r. by almost 12 minutes!) Woo hoo! I was so excited.

-Seeing the fam at the finish brought tears to my eyes as it was emotional-almost spiritual. It was neat to have them there after finishing something so hard. It was so great to have their support.

-I found out I was seventh place overall (last year my time would have been second place-oh well) and I found out I was 1st in my age group.

-I have decided that marathons are addicting. There is nothing harder yet more thrilling/satisfying to me than finishing a marathon. I love challenging myself mentally and physically to push a little harder and test my limits. It always seems like there is a little more to give and I like taking on the challenge. Yes-it is difficult-but so worth it.
AFTERMATH

-Got a much needed leg massage, and after awards ceremony went out with the fam to Firehouse Pizzeria (Perry worked there in college as a cute cook)-oh so yummy

-Also enjoyed some blue mint aggie icecream-creamiest yummiest icecream ever-oh how I miss that stuff.

-Got the kids some aggie attire and all in all had a great time and experience in Logan.

-Now if only my legs would stop being so sore...

-St. George marathon-I just may have to give you a try... If you will let me in.

Splits were 6:33, 6:45, 6:43, 6:43, 6:54, 6:57, 6:55, 6:37, 6:44, 6:50, 6:46, 6:33, 6:28, 6:27, 6:27, 6:45, 6:40, 6:43, 7:03, 7:28, 7:01, 7:15, 7:47, 7:39, 7:40,7:39, .46=3:16-my garmin showed the course as being .26 too long.

BALL OF NERVES!!!

2010-09-15T17:55:00.003-06:00

Ok-I am definitely a ball of nerves right now. The time has come.. This Saturday I am running the top of Utah marathon and I am a mix of emotions. On one hand I am really excited, yet anxious and nervous. I wonder Have I trained hard enough? I am scared of the pain I am bound to feel, but know the triumph that comes with crossing the finish line after pounding the pavement for 26.2 miles. It has been 6 years since I have ran a marathon-will I remember how? I am stoked for the race-but at the same time excited for it to be over considering it has consumed much of my thoughts the past couple weeks.
Everything is in order.. The motel is booked, I have my gu's, blister bandaids, anti-schafing crap, running attire, garmin forerunner, new shoes, and oh yes my treasured i-pod-(a definite must for me so I can zone out). All is set-- now I just need my legs to do the running. Hopefully they will work for me! Ok..I am putting it out there (bc I know I will more likely achieve it if I do). For this race I will be happy with a PR-my previous best is 3:14:45-but my ultimate goal is to run under 3:10 (7:10-7:15 pace). Hopefully I can achieve this on Saturday.
I will leave you with two of my favorite running quotes (bc I'm a nerd like that)
"Pain is only temporary, pride is forever" (not sure who its by)
"What the mind can conceive and believe-it can achieve" Napolean Hill
(The pic below is me finishing the same race 6 years ago..)

CATCHING UP

2010-09-09T17:06:00.027-06:00

Ok--so it has been far too long since I have blogged. I have been lazy, busy, and just plum haven't felt like blogging....So, today is the day for me to get caught up on what I have been meaning to post. Is it just me or has summer gone by waaaayy to fast?!! I thought I would finish posting some of our summer activities from the past couple weeks..So, here goes...(warning: definite overload of pictures)

LABOR DAY-

For Labor day we went camping to Mancos (big surprise) It was so relaxing to hang out with my hubby and Aaron and Kassi and Chelsey and Scott and their kids. (yeaaay!-people came with us for once-love it!) Anyway-we had a good ole time.

Logan got a hold of Harley's sunglasses and would hardly take them off the whole time..Even in the trailer...Maybe someone should tell her they are upside down..Chilin like villlains Couldn't help but post this one
Perry and I went on a 4-wheel ride where we saw gorgeous views like this...(and the picture doesn't do it justice) I also took Logan on a little ride where she completely crashed out..
Of course I had to take some cute shots of the kids and family. Cute bridge by the river.. Found the perfect spot for a family picture... Right by this fence....Too bad Perry would be a no-go on that one. stinker Some of the rest of the crowd that was there. Don't you love Logan's AWESOME bed head?
TRIP TO UTAH- Perry went to D.C. again for work so you guessed it.. I went to Utah...While in Utah we went boating to Utah Lake and Logan and Hallie got on the tube with Lauri and me. Logan wasn't going to have anything to do with it until Hallie-(the daredevil she is) wanted to get on...Logan wasn't about to be outdone by her younger cousin-so she decided to have a go at it too.
Met up with a couple of my besties from high school at Liberty park-where the kiddos enjoyed playing in the water fountain park. It was good to catch up and chat like old times.. Also ran into Colby Frasier at the park-(A friend that ran track/x-country with Tara and I-how random is that?) I also made the ten-o clock news by channel 5 asking me a random question. Crazy day at Liberty park..but oh so fun..
Annica, me, Tara and the kids. Went to the new waterpark/pool in Payson. It was really nice and perfect for kids.
At the tail end of the week we went to the Howell reunion in Heber. We stayed in the church- owned cabins for a night. It was good to see all of my cousins/aunts/uncles who I never get to see. It was crazy to see how big all of their kids are getting.

Sherri, Matt, Lauri and Trevor and some of the kids hangin out.

The next day we did a ropes course. It was pretty fun. One of them had a big tree to climb, a rope to walk across and then a zip line at the end. I hate heights-but it was fun...especially the zip line.

Here we are waiting to climb the big tree.

Even the kids did some of the ropes courses.

Cache crashed..so I laid him on a pile of wood chips. Oh so comfortable.

Had to post this one because he looks like a cute little man.. (He was content sitting there picking up wood chips)

We ended the day by going on a paddle boat ride at the lake. Soo pretty...

CONNIE MAC

We didn't get to go to very many games this year because we both went out of town-but we were able to go to two or three. We also enjoyed the frito pies, icecream, nachos-you know that even as nasty as ballpark food is-you can't get enough of it.. (at least thats how I am) I must be hungry because food is on the mind.

My cute boys... A couple of weeks ago we also had the opportunity of eating dessert with Elder Neil L Andersen and Elder Gonzales. (They were in town to speak at Stake Conference). It was a neat experience. They were both very kind and wanted to know about us and see pictures of our kids. At the end of the night Elder Andersen bore his testimony with such conviction and the spirit was soo strong... It has been a long time since I have felt the spirit that strong... Anyway-there is no doubt in my mind that these men truly are called of God and through the experiences they have had they truly do know that Christ lives and this is the true church.

Ok-so I think that about wraps it up..Temporarily caught up....Until next time...

Don't you hate it when...

2010-08-20T16:23:00.004-06:00

Don't you hate it when...you go to the effort of taking the kids to the store for some (dreaded) grocery shopping and you get home and realize that the foot brush you gave to keep the little one entertained is hiding under his arm in his carseat completely unpaid for. Oh brother.....back to Smiths I go.....Yes-It has been one of "those days"

MOTHER NATURE IS A BEAST

2010-08-05T11:18:00.004-06:00

On Sunday Perry and I were sitting on our porch enjoying watching the crazy rainstorm/flash flood we had. Little did we know the damage that it was doing to the dealership and some other businesses in town. Some cars moved 5 feet or so-but thankfully none of none of them got damaged. Perry has been having fun (not) helping clean up the mess. He has been coming home the past couple days with his pants caked in mud. Here are some pics of the dealership.

Behind the dealership-by the warehouse this water was up to 10 feet deep.

Looks like a fun mess to clean up..

Yes...Mother nature sure can be a beast sometimes...

Kids say the darndest things

2010-08-03T22:36:00.003-06:00

Here is the conversation I overheard between Perry and Logan the other day.

Logan: "Hi daddy"

Perry: "Hi Logan-what are you doing?"

Logan: "I am texting on my i-pod"

(LOL-I didn't even know she knew what texting or an i-pod was)

FUN VALLEY

2010-07-23T15:13:00.015-06:00

Perry took his first two days off for the year and we went camping. (shocker I know) Anyway-we pulled the trailer to South Fork, Co and stayed at this cute place called Fun Valley. Perry heard it was a fun place to go-so we thought we'd try it out. When we first got there the place was packed with trailers-but we ended up finding a nice spot right by the river and pond. It was unlike any other campground I had been to because they had a full kitchen-meaning you could buy dinner at their cafeteria for cheap prices and they had lots of things to do like mini golf, paddle boats, tubing down the river, fishing and renting bikes. ect They also had cute ponds all over with ducks and fish.
I loved this little green patch of land that jutted out into the middle of the pond.

paddle boats we played mini golf-but Logan was more interested in climbing in and on everything than golfing.

On Saturday we drove to this little old mining town called Creede. It was a cute place where we ate lunch. Perry and I did not have a very good lunch because Logan kicked her legs into the table and fell over in her chair and screamed. Of course everyon in the restaurant stopped what they were doing and stared. I felt like saying "Who's crazy kid is that?" The manager was nice and gave her a free icecream cone. Cache didn't help the matter as he was crabby all of lunch too. After lunch we walked around and looked at the little shops and we were hoping to make it to the mining museum-but it closed for tours at 3 and it was 3:15. So instead- we drove the bachelor loop-(probably more of a jeep trail-but we made it work with the truck-I think I only held my breath a couple of times on the switchbacks.

This is on the "bachelor loop" trail-so dang pretty It was neat to see all kinds of old mines like the one in this picture.

I can't imagine living in a jail cell this small.

We also stopped at the little town of South Fork where it was their Logger Days-so they had little booths to look at and Logan rode this little pony.

Had to post this one of Cache chillin in the back pack. Doesn't he look cute?

Outside of the mining museum they had these little chipmunks that we could buy food for out of the quarter machine. There were tons of them and they would come eat right out of your hand. Sooo cute!! I was a little freaked out to let them eat out of my hand-but I finally did.

Back at camp they had a guaranteed catch pond where they stock the pond with all kinds of trout. Within a half hour we had two fish and one happy girl-(this is my kind of fishing) Logan kept calling the fishing pole her "poling fish." It was cracking me up.

Yuck-dead fish always look so gross to me. Logan kept asking if we could eat them for dinner-but we gave them away to our neighbors, and that was just fine with me...

On our way home we stopped and did a short quarter mile hike to a waterfall. It was the perfect length with two kids.

Why can't mini vacations last longer??

GIRLS WEEK

2010-07-09T11:16:00.015-06:00

Wanted to blog about girls week before I forget. Every summer all the sisters and sisters-in-law on Perry's side meet up for a little trip. This year we all went to a cabin just outside of Durango, Co for a couple days. It was so beautiful and fun to be together. We had fun playing games, talking, laughing and hanging out. My sister-in-law Chelsey also taught us how to make cute bows like the ones on her site http://scarycutecreations.blogspot.com/ (check it out). It was especially fun to watch the kiddos have fun with their cousins that they don't get to see very much. Here are some pics.
View from the deck of our cabin.

We all enjoyed the hot tub

Best shot of all the kids

This is my attempt to get a picture of these cuties in their matching dresses---but they were a little more interested in food.

2nd attempt (Mique is wondering where her skittles went?)

Had to post this one of the boys because it is so funny. We were all trying so hard to get a good picture and as you can see.. it wasn't working out very well.

Logan being a cheesy ham as usual. Cache wondering what the heck is going on.

Tried this bungee thing out.. It was soo dang fun

Took Logan to do a little bit of mini golfing.

Love this one of Logan and Mique.

It was fun to watch them laugh and get along so well.Eva too!

Here they are trying on glasses.

On our way home we stopped at a cute little ranch and fed the goats.

6 MONTHS ALREADY!

2010-06-21T17:30:00.004-06:00

I decided my little guy is growing waaaay tooo fast!!! Here are a couple things for me to remember about him at this age.
-Weighs in at a whopping 15 lbs 6 oz. and 25 and 1/2 inches tall (around 25th percentile)..I know..he's huge.
-Wakes up about once (occasionally twice) a night to eat-which is major progress
-Has the cutest giggle ever-I love to tickle him so I can hear it.
-Smiles alot
-Just started sitting one week ago.
-Loves to be held and entertained.
-Likes to watch t.v. (uh oh am I a bad mom?)
-Hate to say it but he is a little bipolar-either super happy-or super grouchy!
-Loves to make noises in the morning.
-I love the smiles and squeals he gives me in the morning when I go to get him out of his pack and play.
-Still spits up-but not nearly as bad as a couple months ago (I think his acid reflux medicine is helping him)
-Started him on baby food/rice cereal. He is not a big fan. I think more ends up on his face and bib than in his mouth

I LOVE THIS LITTLE GUY!

SUMMATIME FUN

2010-06-21T16:06:00.008-06:00

Perry had to go to dealer school in DC for a week so I took advantage once again and went to Utah. We had a good time. It was Springville's art city days so we took Logan, Hallie and Cache to a kids fest. Little missy loved getting her face painted. She also had fun coloring a cute kite.

She was all smiles acting like a "big girl" going to all the booths.

Later that week I went to Seven Peaks with my mom and sisters. It has been FOREVER since I have been to that place. It was a little bit cold but we had fun hanging out in the shallow part of the wave pool and the lilly pad pool. I think Cache liked swimming the most. He was all smiles all day. The little ones did well-and we didn't have any melt downs. Yeaaay!

Chilin in the wave pool. This was my favorite pool when I was a kid. I remember running to the pool like a bat out of you know where when we heard the bell that started the waves. Oh how I miss those days sometimes.

Logan was having fun shakin her booty to the music.

Later that week Perry was able to fly from DC into Salt Lake on Friday and come watch me run the Provo rivertrail ten miler race. I ended up being the first girl overall and ran about a 6:40 pace, which was faster than I expected to run-so I was glad for that. That night we went to my Aunt Kari's for dinner and watched the fireworks in Springville. Logan really liked them. It was fun to watch her reaction to them, and Cache was transfixed on them the whole time.

I am definitely enjoying summer so far and hope you are too!

HAPPY 6TH

2010-06-05T13:10:00.001-06:00

Happy Anniversary Per! I LOVE YOU!!

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

2010-06-02T16:24:00.012-06:00

For Memorial Day weekend we went up to Mancos and stayed Saturday and Sunday. Some of Perry's family was able to come-which was so fun. It was gorgeous weather for once and we all had fun riding 4 wheelers, stuffing our faces and chatting it up. We may have gotten a little dusty too. (ok....dusty is an understatement) Here are some pics
just hangin out I love this guy.. He was such a good baby while we were camping. Happy baby=happy mama

These three had so much fun playing together. They were having too much fun with these sticks.

Mammy bought cute little chairs for them to sit in. They were in heaven-that is until one of them sat in the other one's chair. Need I say they are a little posessive at these ages.

All the kids were loving the 4-wheelers.

Love their expressions in this one.

Just hangin out in the trailer.

There were all these beautiful fields of dandylions. Logan kept picking them and giving them to me.

Noah and Logan..

Look how pretty it is.

Until next time....The end

FINALLY, A WARM SUNNY DAY

2010-05-19T11:33:00.008-06:00

It seems like it has been taking forever for it to get warm-so when it was (amazingly!) 85 degrees on Monday we decided to have a little fun in the sun. I put the sprinkler out and Logan had fun playing in it and running through it. She was a little timid at first, but then she decided it was fun. I may or may not have laid out too-and got a little burned. oops

She had this cup she kept filling with water and dumping on me. This kept her entertained forever, and kept me cool too. She kept asking me "Mom, you want more water on you?" I would say yes, and she kept going back and forth dumping water on me each time. Cheap entertainment I tell you.

Okay-ignore the pink bouncer-(yes his mom has been too lazy and cheap to buy a blue one)

I am so looking forward to going to the pool in 2 weeks!

2010-05-05T15:36:00.009-06:00

Oh my goodness I meant to do this post 2 weeks ago. Where does the time go?? Life sure has been different with two kids as opposed to one. Ever since Cache has gotten out of the newborn (sleep all the time stage) I have been alot busier. He requires alot more attention than Logan did at his age. Simply put.. he cries alot.. and likes to be held alot, and doesn't sleep very well. It makes it hard for me when I want to get something done. Sometimes I can't imagine having more than two kids.. I look at my sisters in law and others and wonder how they do it and always manage to have it "all together"?? They are amazing moms. Sometimes I find myself exhausted with the lack of sleep, crying children, keeping the house clean, changing 500 diapers a day. (no Logan is still not potty-trained) It is not until Logan asks me in her sweet voice"Are you okay mom?" or tells me she loves me or I get a cute dimple smile from Cache that gives me the smallest sense of pride in what I am doing as a mother. Don't get me wrong. I do love being a mom-and I think my kids are the greatest things on earth-but sometimes it can be challenging. Anyway-I don't know why I went on such a long tangent. Motherhood is great-just hard sometimes. I wanted to post a couple pictures of our last trip to Utah. Actually I have been to Utah twice now since my last post. The first time I went because Perry was out of town for a week, and Perry and I went this past weekend (short trip) to go to the supercross in Salt Lake. It was actually really fun-besides the fact we froze our hinies off. Needless to say we got rained on a little-well not a little-more like a downpour. Thank goodness for a large poncho to cover our laps. What is up with the weather lately? I say bring on the heat already!! Anyway, we had a good time in spite of the weather.
Here are a couple pics
Love these of Logan on my sister Lauri's horse. I didn't think she would dare get on the horse-but she did and she loved it.

My great grandma Curtis' 90th birthday. Doesn't she look great for being 90? She is one of the most energetic, healthiest 90 year olds I know.

The bean museum in Provo.

Cache, Hallie, Logan and Brynlee. Logan couldn't get enough of her cute cousins.

We were even able to see some of Perry's family including his brother and wife while they were passing through town on their move to Vegas. Logan was loving playing with the boys.

4 MONTHS

2010-04-20T15:15:00.004-06:00

I cannot believe my little guy is 4 months already! (actually he is almost 4and1/2 now) I meant to do this post before leaving town but didn't. Anyway here is a quick update on our little buddy.

-Took him to the Dr. yesterday and he was 13 lbs 3 oz. and 24 inches long. (10-25th percentile) not big but definitely bigger than Logan was at his age.
-Still has a hard time sleeping. Usually wakes up to eat 2-3 times a night. (I also have to give him his bink all the time) Some nights are okay-some are horrible. Hopefully he will start sleeping well and I will stop feeling like a walking zombie. bleh-not used to to it because Logan slept the whole night from 3 months on.
-Loves to have attention.. Perry called him our A.D.D child the other day (attention deficiency disorder) He loves to be played with and talked to all the time.
-He is the spit up King..I keep thinking it will get better the older he gets but it doesn't. I have never been puked on so much-he definitely keeps me busy with laundry.
-He is so ticklish and loves to giggle.
-Yesterday he had his first taste of baby cereal. He wasn't sure what to think.. Most of it ended up on his shirt.
-Loves the sound of the blowdryer. He will stop crying the instant I turn it on.
-He has the biggest dark blue eyes.
-Right now he has a definite grandpa hairdo. Not much on top or the sides but a small dark strip in the back. (He is taking after his grandpa)
-My favorite thing about him is his smile. His dimples are the cutest.
-He has definitely been a challenging baby sometimes but he is the sweetest little guy and I wouldn't trade him for the world.

HAPPY EASTER

2010-04-06T09:39:00.015-06:00

Hope everyone had a good easter. I know we did. It was fun this year having Logan be so much more interactive. She had a blast finding eggs, painting eggs, eating candy..the whole bit. Maybe next year Cache will join in on the fun too. WARNING: picture overload

All the cousins had fun coloring eggs at Aunt Brittani's house.

Finished product... I think Logan did 3 or 4 eggs breaking all but one of them..

She woke up Easter morning and was so excited to find that the Easter bunny came and scattered eggs all over the house. She also loved her basket.

Little Mr. Cache..I love this guy..

He kept trying to eat the eggs.

We had a yummy ham dinner at Grant and Brittani's house. The kids had another egg hunt.

Little Missy had no trouble finding eggs.

As soon as we got inside I found her like this-gorging down on all her goodies. She definitely has a sweet tooth.I bought Easter dresses for the kids not realizing that Easter was on conference weekend. (silly me-could've saved myself some money) I had them wear their new outfits the Sunday before and snapped some shots.
The whole fam damily

Hope you had a great Easter too!

FISHING WITH DAD

2010-03-24T14:50:00.013-06:00

My husband talked me into going camping last weekend, even though it is still March-yeah we're nuts but it was still fun anyway. While we were there Perry went to get a fish licence and came back with an adorable princess pole for Logan. She thought she was in heaven (princesses are one of her favs right now) When we asked her what she was going to catch she informed us that she was going to catch a crocodile. She constantly cracks me up. Anyway-we went fishing for a couple hours and much to our dissapointment we didn't catch a crocodile or a fish..oh well..At least it was nice to enjoy the sun. Here are some pictures of fishing.

Cache was content staying in his warm car seat..

I knew the weather was too good to last because the next day we woke up to this....

Lovely right?? Brings back memories of camping at this same spot last year. Thank goodness for a warm trailer or we would have high tailed it out of there. We spent most of the day inside the trailer being entertained by this silly girl..

After being cooped up in the trailer all day we went for a ride and saw lots of these..

Maybe next time we go it will be warm...fingers crossed.

HAPPY ST. PATTIES DAY!

2010-03-17T14:10:00.011-06:00

Thought these were too silly... All I can say is what in the ????

Definitely a look I would go for....

Funny...I thought about doing the same thing to Sport..

ABQ TRIP

2010-03-09T12:53:00.013-07:00

Perry gave me an early birthday present by taking our fam to Albuquerque Friday night. We had such a good time. After getting off to a frazzled start-we finally made it to Abq and had dinner at this awesome mexican restaurant El pinto.. It was huge (can serve up to 1200 people at once), and it was delish.. When we got to the hotel Per had some yummy chocolate dipped strawberries waiting. As you can tell Logan loved them too...

Maybe a bit too much....

The next day we went to the zoo/aquarium/botanical garden. It was such a nice day 66 degrees-and Logan was so fun to watch as she loved all the animals. I think she liked the giraffe's the most.. We got to the giraffes and she said Look Daddy!! Giraffes!!! They soooo big!!! The funnest part was watching her interaction with her dad all day.. She did not want to leave his side. It was cute to watch Perry explain to her about each animal and she would get so excited. I could tell she thoroughly enjoyed being with her dad. She is definitely a daddy's girl.

After we saw most of the zoo, we took the train to the aquarium, and gardens.

The aquarium was awesome. I was really impressed with all they had.. Sharks, jelly fish, rays, eels etc.. It was neat to see..As far as the garden goes, there wasn't alot to see as the flowers have not started growing yet..but we want to go back when it is late spring when everything will be in bloom.

After our long drive home from from Abq. This is how I found Logan.. Dead asleep with her blankie pulled over her head.. She is nut...

CACHE'S BLESSING

2010-03-03T15:32:00.007-07:00

Cache was blessed this past Sunday. He was given a wonderful blessing by his father. He is growing and changing so much and we are so happy to have this little guy in our family.
I think he looks like a little man in his suit.

I can't get enough of his smiles...

Our best attempt at a family picture. (as you can see it didn't turn out so great.)

HAPPY VALENTINES

2010-02-15T19:02:00.002-07:00

PICTURES OF THE DAY

2010-02-15T18:38:00.010-07:00

Here's some pics of our Valentines Day (wanted a picture of my cute husband too-but he refused)

I love this guy...His smile melts my heart.

Made some cookies..Wish they would have been fluffier-but oh well.

Logan would have eaten all of them if we let her..(My mom made her cute dress..She also got a very pretty bracelet from pappy-but we took it off after church so it wouldn't get lost.)

Saw this cute tweetie balloon and coudn't resist buying it for the missy (2.99 at Walgreens!)

It was bigger than her and she loved it.

Hope you had a great Valentines too!

TRIP TO UTAH

2010-02-10T15:59:00.009-07:00

Hello....Yes I am still alive. Having two kids definitely makes me more busy-and I have been out of town. Perry had to go out of town for work-so instead of sitting home alone I decided to make a trip to Utah. I was a little scared to drive 6 hours with two kids-but they did really well. Thank goodness for DVD players and a baby that likes to sleep in his car seat. My trip consisted of getting my hair cut/colored, visiting Annica (my friend), taking lots of pictures (especially 5th generation pictures, lunch at the BYU Dairy with mom-(tradition when I come to town), shopping-of course, and celebrating my sister's birthday at Brick Oven (mm..fattening pasta is my fav). Here are some pics of the trip.
All the cousins
Cache and Brindley (they are only a month apart)
I also got Logan's 2nd year pictures taken at Pennys. (I have decided I will get their pictures taken once a year around their birthday) In spite of being late, and Logan tripping and getting black all over her pants in the parking lot-they actually turned out pretty well. Amazingly she wanted to pose and smile for most all of her pictures. She is definitely a hit or miss on pictures-thank goodness this was a hit. Since I was there I had to get Cache's picture taken too-of course.

Dinner at Brick Oven. (Oh how I miss that place!)

Lauri was thrilled the workers made her stand to sing to her. Had a good time.. The End.

MONUMENTAL MOMENT

2010-01-27T12:14:00.005-07:00

Yeah!--we finally got rid of Logan's binki...I did not know if we ever would since it has become her favorite friend. How did we do it? We heard from a friend about cutting the tip off- so we thought we'd try it and.....it worked! One night we cut the tip off her binki and gave it to her and she put it in her mouth and said "yucky...don't like it". She didn't cry or anything but she still wanted to hold it in her hand. The next few nights she would ask for her binki and every time she would put it in her mouth and say yucky but she still wanted to hold it. About a week later she said "don't like..throw it away." We took her downstairs and she took a long look at her bink and a long look at the garbage and finally threw it away saying "bye bye bink." She has still occasionally asked for it-but we remind her she threw it away and she says "oh yeah, I a big girl now." I am glad we rid her of the bink but now she is having a harder time taking naps because of it. I think the bink helps her relax and go to sleep. The other day we heard her mumbling something about bows over the baby monitor. Perry went to check on her and this is what we found....apparently she decided she would rather try on bows than take a nap. Glad we got rid of the bink-but sometimes I miss it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!

2010-01-16T23:11:00.012-07:00

I cannot believe my baby is two! Okay...I know she is not the baby anymore but sometimes she still feels like my baby. We had a little family get together to celebrate and of course I had to post pics.

I made her a butterfly cake- there are definitely many mistakes but it turned out okay. (this picture is way out of order....oh well.) THIS YEAR (she kept trying to sneak the frosting off the cake while I was taking her picture) LAST YEAR (It's crazy how much they change in a year!)

She loved opening her presents. I had her presents sitting in the living room all day and she kept wanting to open her presents saying "Logan open presents?" I finally had to hide them so she would quit asking. Needless to say she was happy that night when she finally got to open her presents. She couldn't quite figure out how to blow out the candles-so dad helped.

I found these napkins, cups and party favors at the dollar store and was so excited because they matched the butterfly cake perfectly.

She cracks me up..When I ask her to say cheese lately she turns her head and and smiles like this.. (see the two picture below) I have to snap it fast because she runs away so quickly.

She loved her balloons and still carries them all over the house.

Some of the other cousins at the party...They were all having too much fun playing upstairs.

ONE MONTH OLD

2010-01-11T16:14:00.006-07:00

I can't believe my little guy is already a month old! He is doing really well and growing like a weed. His preemie outfits are getting too short and I believe he weighs around 7 lbs now. These are some things that I have learned about having two kids in the past month.

1-Forgot what it was like to be completely sleep deprived! I feel like I am a walking zombie half the time. (can't wait until he is sleeping through the night!)

2-It is definitely not as easy taking naps-considering there are two kids to get on the same nap schedule.

3-Forgot what it was like to be puked on 500 times and pooed on. We were hanging out with some friends the other night and he had a blow out (of course it got all over my pants) Right after that he spit up (more like threw up) all over Perry's shirt. (He is the spit up king) At least we were only a couple houses down from where we lived so I was able to run home and put on new pants.

4-Laundry, laundry, laundry-seems like it never ends with a newborn

5-Definitely harder to leave the house-takes more time to get everything ready considering I have to remember diapers, spare outfit, binkies, blankies, etc. Taking them in and out of the car also takes more time. (Also-those carseats get heavy!-hopefully I will get some buff arms)

6-I forgot what it was like to have to plan leaving the house around breast feeding..

7-I have found myself calling him different nicknames like: little buddy, C.C., Mr. Cache, sunshine.

8-He is afraid of the dark... At night after I feed him I have to wait until he is in a deep sleep before I turn off the light or he cries. (maybe I should look into a nightlight)

9-Loves to be cuddled and held-he sleeps best in bed with me...but I don't want him getting in the habit of that.

10-Incessant crying is frustrating! Especially when he has been changed, fed, bathed and I have no idea what to do..? I do love the fact Logan can tell me what she wants.

11-He is very gassy-(like Father like son I guess)

12-He has the cutest dimples I have ever seen.

13-It is definitely alot harder dividing my time between two as apposed to one. It is hard when Logan needs something or wants attention and I am right in the middle of feeding him.

14-Didn't know if I could love him as much as Logan-but from the second he was born I fell in love with him. There is nothing quite like holding and cuddling and caring for a brand new baby-and it makes all the hard times worth it. I love my little guy.

15-I am learning more everyday about how to handle two kids-(I was very nervous at first-but little by little and through trial and error I am sure it will get easier.)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2010-01-02T15:13:00.015-07:00

Late Merry Christmas to everyone. Hope you had a good one. We did. Perry's whole family came into town. (all 8 siblings were here with their kids). We all had a good time. On Christmas Eve we had many different soups-which is a family tradition. After dinner we read the Christmas story and the grandkids dressed up-Logan loved being the angel.

Logan loved hanging out with her cousins especially Eva. These two kept kept making each other laugh-it was funny to watch them. Too bad they don't live closer.

On Christmas Eve everyone also opened pajamas. Logan loved hers.

Then we did the annual white elephant presents.

Logan opened Thomas the train-which was taken from her-but she wound up with a baby doll-which made her day. We ended up with barbeque sauce and post it notes.

I'm just glad we didn't end up taking home this.....

Christmas morning was fun because Logan actually understood the whole "opening presents." She was definitely more entertaining than last year with her "ohs" and "aaahs"

Some of her favorite presents were her baby stroller and carrier and her baby dolls.

After opening presents at our house we went to Perry's parents house for breakfast-and we pretty much hung out there the rest of the day. I made Perry take a little family Christmas picture. He was not to thrilled about it as you can tell. (what a stinker)

Had to post this one because it looks like he is smiling..love it

The Webb sisters and in-laws. My parents came the day after Christmas and stayed a couple days. It was fun for them to see baby Cache. Here they are entertaining Logan with ring around the roses. She was in heaven.

Hope you had a good Christmas too..

LATEST UPDATE

2009-12-18T11:48:00.015-07:00

So things are going really well since Cache was born. I still feel good except I am really tired. He seems to have his days and nights mixed up. Hopefully that will change soon. Other than that so far he is a good baby. He eats, sleeps and poops, poops, poops-did I mention he poops alot? Anyway Logan seems to be adjusting to him better. The first night we brought him home she was really excited and loved him. Then a couple days went by and I think she realized he is here to stay. She gets a little jealous when people come to visit and they want to hold Cache and not her. When it is just me at home with her she does well though. She is getting used to him and always asks about him. I am sure it will just take a little bit of time and she will be totally adjusted. (hopefully, right??) Anyway, I had a little too much fun taking pictures. I don't totally know how to use the camera I was using so some of them are a little pixilated-but I thought I got some cute shots anyway.

CACHE CURTIS WEBB

2009-12-10T16:06:00.013-07:00

Yeah!! He is finally here! Cache was born yesterday Dec 9th at 1:50 p.m. He weighed in at 5 lb 12 oz and was 19 and 1/2 inches long! (Here is the shortened version of the labor and delivery) I went in at 6 in the morning and they started me on pitocin at 7:30-nothing was happening at all so the Dr. broke my water at 9:30. 10 minutes later the contractions started every one to two minutes (there was no gradually working into labor!) I got an epidural 2 hours later at 11:30 (thank goodness for epidurals-I love them!) The babies heart beat dropped right after I got an epidural so they took me off of the pitocin to see if it would help. This worked and the babies heart rate was back to normal in no time.-my body continued to have contractions without the pitocin and he was born in 2 hours and 20 minutes with only 3 pushes. All in all things went so smoothly and this was a very easy delivery. I felt great after and I still feel great. I am just relieved everything went well with no worries and only a small tear. I am also greatful he was born healthy. He is such a sweet little guy. Here are some pics

After they took him to the nursery they brought him back in this little stocking. I thought it was so cute!

Logan wasn't able to go to the hospital to see him because of all the bad illnesses going around and I was afraid of how she would react to him at home but as you can see from the pictures she loves him.

COUNT DOWN IS ON

2009-12-07T12:48:00.002-07:00

AAAAHH!! Ready or not I am scheduled to be induced this Wednesday the ninth to have the baby. (Dr. wanted to induce 11 days early because he is a little concerned the baby isn't growing as well as he should inside) He induced early with Logan also because of the same reason. Anyway-I have a mix of emotions to say the least. I am scared, nervous, excited. I just hope the labor and delivery goes well and I don't hemorage like I did last time. I am sure things will be better this time. Perry and I pulled out some of the tiny diapers we bought for him and we both freaked at how small they are. It suddenly hit me that he is really coming in two days!! I guess I better be ready for sleepless nights and all that fun stuff. I have been driving myself a little crazy trying to get things done before he arrives. (cleaning, Christmas shopping, laundry, picking up last minute things at the store. etc)
Anyway-we are excited..wish us luck..I will post pictures as soon as I can after he is born.

HAPPY 30TH!!

2009-12-07T12:41:00.002-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU OLD MAN!....he doesn't like me teasing him about being 30-but it is my blog right? Okay-I'm late posting this..Perry's birthday was yesterday-but I wanted to let him know that I am thankful he was born and I love him....Thanks for all you do Per...

HAPPY LATE THANKSGIVING

2009-12-01T17:29:00.008-07:00

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We did-we went to Utah and had dinner at my sister's house in Salt Lake. I love Thanksgiving-it is such a good reminder of how much I truly am blessed. I also love the food-except this year I felt I couldn't eat as much (being over 8 months pregnant.) Anyway-while we were there we got to meet Logan's newest cousin Brynlee. She is a little cutie. She was born on the 12th of November weighing 7lb 11 oz. (I forget how tiny new babies are!) Hopefully Logan will be okay when our baby comes-she was definitely acting jealous when Perry or I were holding her. I'm sure she will get used to it though.

Here she is showing all of her Ute pride (or her dad showing all his Ute pride) Ha-too bad BYU won..hehe

DALLAS

2009-12-01T17:01:00.006-07:00

We finally made it out to see Perry's sister Chanel and Rodney and their family. They moved to Dallas a couple years ago and we have been wanting to go visit ever since. Anyway, we had a good time watching the kids play soccer and hanging out. Dallas is a beautiful place- just wish we could take some of their weather home here to Farmington. Anyway-we had alot of fun. Logan loved their dog Cameron. She was not the least bit intimidated of his mammoth size. (110 lbs!) Don't you love his eyes?

LOGAN'S LATEST

2009-11-10T02:20:00.001-07:00

22 MONTHS-Little update on Logan ( I decided that since I don't keep a journal I am going to post things about Logan's personality and development so I don't forget them) *This post is mostly for me but feel free to read and look at pics if you want."Um Logan- I don't think that is supposed to be worn as a hat.." (Don't worry it was clean!) I bought her a potty chair a while ago and she really likes sitting on it but the other day I walked in the bathroom and this is what I found. I decided as far as potty training I am not going to push her with it. She just went potty in it for the first time two days ago though. She got off the potty and got this confused look on her face and said "what happened?" It made me laugh. I gave her a fruit snack and kept calling her a "big girl." She was so proud. Anyway we will see how it goes. I don't really know what I am doing so any tips would be appreciated.

She has turned into mom's little helper. When I tell her I need a diaper and wipes-she will go to the drawer and get it. When I ask her to "clean up"-she will put whatever it is she is playing with away and chant "clean up, clean up" to herself. She also pulls the silverware out of the dishwasher for me to put away. In this picture she saw me sweeping and after I was done she picked up the broom and tried.. I love it and hope she continues to help me when her little brother comes because I will definitely need it.

She loves mimicking everything Perry and I do. Some of her favorite things to mimick are brushing her teeth, putting on makeup, brushing her hair, putting on shoes. My all time favorite is when she pretends to talk on the phone. She pretends everything is a phone including remotes, cool whip containers, dominos etc. She loves to pretend to call grandma "gama" and daddy, but she has called most all of her relatives lately. A conversation with her would go something like this "hi, love you, how are you, bye bye."

She has really turned into quite a talker/chatterbox. It amazes me how much she learns everyday. She is now trying to put short sentences together. The other day I gave her an olive or something and she spit it out and said "I don't like it.." It totally cracked me up. One of her favorite phrases lately is "What is that?" Sounds more like "what is at?" Just recently I took down the Halloween decorations and put up the Thanksgiving ones. When I woke her up in the morning she pointed to where the scarecrows were and said "where the scarecrows go?" Then she started pointing to the new decorations asking "what is that?" Whenever she wants held she says "hold you mommy" which melts my heart. She also says "I want it" one of my least favorite phrases. She also loves to repeat the last word of everything Perry or I say. The other day Perry told the dog to shut up-so Logan starts walking around the house yelling "shut up." Being a parent you realize what you can and cannot say pretty quickly. Lately in the morning before she wants out of her crib she will lay there and talk nonstop to herself. She will go through saying the items in her room like "doll, frog, blankie, bear, etc. she also tries singing some of the songs we've been working on like popcorn popping, snowman song, itsy bitsy spider etc. Of course she can't sing the whole song but she will sing/say some words to it. I like to listen to her over the baby monitor-cracks me up. It amazes me the things she comes up with and new things she says and learns everyday. She is definitely a curious girl and loves to learn..

This girl loves music and loves to dance. When a song comes on she usually shakes her head or hips to the music. She loves to say "booty shakin" and gets up and shakes her little hips.

Her favorites at this time include signing time videos, cookies, her shoes, hats-she loves them, dolls, being with daddy. Every time he comes home from work she gets excited and runs to give him a hug. She always asks "where is daddy?" It is cute to see her love him so much and him in return. I think she definitely has him wrapped around her finger.

Until next time these are Logan's latest.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

2009-11-02T15:35:00.012-07:00

Hope everyone had a good Halloween. Logan was a fairy this year. Amazingly she loved her costume and kept it on all night. Her favorite part was her fairy hat-she kept saying "my hat." She also loved her wand. Anyway-we went to the annual tri-ward trunk or treat. (so glad Perry and I weren't in charge of games this year) We ate burritos inside and then all the kids went trunk or treating. Below are some pics.

(Somehow Sport managed to be a part of the picture too-silly dog)
kissy face

Couldn't get enough of the wand..

Trunk-or-treating with Dad

After every trunk we went to she would pull out a candy and say "open, open"

After trunk or treating we went to Mammy's and hung out over there for a bit. The trick or treating was insane and the door was pretty much open the whole time as kids just kept coming and coming. (even adults!)

All in all it was a good night... I love Halloween..