Super Cute Bibs!

My sister-in-law Jody gave Avery three of the CUTEST bibs EVER for a baby gift. She made them herself, and they were so pickin cute I had to show them to everyone I knew. I hardly wanted to bring myself to actually use them because I didn't want to get them dirty. Well, due to the shortage of bibs in my house,I had to resort to using them. I really, really love them. They are a bit too big for her still, since they were designed for about 9 months and up, but I am using them anyway.

This is why I think they are so great.

1. They are absolutely adoreable! Way better than the ugly, plain ones at Wal-Mart that say cheesy things on them like "mommy's girl", or "little princess". It isn't that I don't like my baby being labeled as those things, but I don't really need everything she owns to say something like that on it. Of course she is a mommy's girl,and of course she is a little princess! That's obvious.

2. They close off to the side, rather than in the back. One thing I have noticed with Avery is that she absolutely hates it when I am trying to put bibs on her and have to reach behind her head to put it on, or take it off. With the closure on the side, it makes it really easy to do both, and she doesn't throw a fit about it.

3. The closure is NOT velcro. Again, it is really easy to fasten and undo with the jeans button. I hate velcro. It is just cheap looking, and it ends up snagging everything in the wash.

4. They are nice and wide and long, so they cover every bit of Avery's clothes. Her brother introduced her to graham crackers, and I am very glad she had such good coverage with her bib. It was a mess! But not on her!

5. They are very well made. These bibs look extremely professional, and will not fall apart.

6. They are such a unique, original gift for anyone who is expecting. They for sure won't have anything else like it, and they will ooh and ahh over them, and I bet they would be their favorite gift. They have been one of my favorites for sure!

The point of my bib ramblings, is because my sister-in-law is now selling her awesome bibs on Etsy. Her gallery is suzieQdesigns. Go check them out!You will love them!

It's check-up time!

So, today was Avery's 6 month check-up. It turns out that my little piggy must have holes in her toes and everything she eats is falling out, because she has only gained 5 oz. in the past two months. She weighed 13 lbs. 10 oz. at her 4 month visit, and today she weighed in at 13 lbs. 15 oz. She is long though, so maybe her weight is just spreading out lengthwise instead of width-wise. Anyway...I guess I need to start feeding her more food. She loves to eat. She had graham crackers for the first time the other day,(thanks to her brother) and LOVES them! And bread. She is always reaching for everything we have in our hands. She even tried to drink out of straws. She is a funny baby. I can't believe how fast time flies.

So,on another note. Does anyone know anything about Lyme disease? I noticed some bug bites on Logan the other day (remember the clown noses?). Well, when I was getting him dressed this morning, the bite on his shoulder had a ring around it. I just happened to read an article in the July Parents magazine about Lyme disease, and became all paranoid and worried. I decided to take him with me to Avery's appointment and have the doctor check it out.I guess they can't officially diagnose Lyme disease without doing some tests, and actually it can be very difficult to diagnose until it is farther advanced, which by that point it can be too late to prevent. Anyway, the doctor agreed that the bite looked suspicious, so she prescribed an antibiotic.Unlike a normal run of antibiotics which lasts 10 days, for Lyme they have to take it for about 2-3 weeks. This will be fun. Thank goodness Logan is pretty good about taking medicine. I just hope we remember! I hope I am not being too paranoid, but I feel like I would rather be safe than sorry.And since the doctor didn't brush it off, I feel better knowing I am doing what I can to take care of my child. I never did see a tick on Logan, but we have so many trees and bushes, and lots of grass in our yard,so it wouldn't surprise me if he had gotten bit by a tick. Yuck! I am glad it is so dang hot that Logan isn't outside much at all anyway. He just happened to be outside with Tony this week-end cutting down some trees and digging up stumps.

So, that was my day! Another exciting day in the life of a mom!

Idaho

We spent the fourth of July in Idaho with my brother and sister and their families. This was after the parade in Rexburg with Logan, Avery, Carissa, Brynn and Cassidy.The best part of the parade was the chocolate milk they handed out to everyone. It was sooooo cold and actually refreshing. Who would have thought of milk as being a refreshing beverage in the summer? It is when it is ice cold!Yum! That's the way milk should be.



I took Logan to the fireworks in Menan with my sister-in-law and my nieces and nephews. Tony stayed home with Avery and my brother. My 16 year old nephew Carson had fun taking pictures of all the fireworks. He actually got some good ones!Logan fell asleep at the end though. How is that possible with all the noise?









These pictures are of us visiting my Grandpa Bowden. Grandpa doesn't like getting his picture taken, so this was the best I could get of him with Avery. The one of him with Logan was the best I could get of Logan. And the picture of the group of us is from left to right: Tony, Logan, Me, Avery, my niece Brynn, my sister Kristy, and her husband Kris.





We stayed over night one night at my sister's house. This is Logan and Brynn swimming in Brynn's little pool. It was sooo hot, but they had a great time cooling off, while my sister and I baked watching them.







We took a scenic drive out to Mesa Falls one evening with Logan. We left Avery at home with my sister. I had never been here before, and HOLY COW it is incredible!I have no words to describe it other than totally breathtaking, stunning, amazing, incredible, beautiful, awesome.

After visiting Idaho, we left from there to drive back home. What a great vacation!

Like a clown nose

We discovered some bug bites on Logan this morning. While he was looking at them he said, " It's like a clown! The bug bites is red like a clown nose!"

He is cracking me up!

I'm Pee Pee Man!

Just had to share this humorous story with you all. So, this morning I was encouraging Logan to go potty like a big boy, and as we were in the bathroom with him doing his thing, he tells me "I'm pee pee boy!" and I say,"Oh, you are?" and then he says, "No, I'm Pee Pee Man!" O.k. So, anyone have any suggestions as to how to make a costume for this? The life of a 3 year old!

San Diego

We left Blanding on June 20th and drove all day to get to my parents house by that evening.Here are some highlights from our stay in San Diego.



Here is Logan on his jet ski in the pool!



Here is grandpa with Logan and cousin Kellen. They had so much fun together!



We went to the beach one day, and Logan and cousin Brynn had soooo much fun playing in the water. This was both of their first experience playing in the ocean. They had tons of fun!



Tony took Logan swimming every day,and sometimes several times a day while he was there. Logan inherited this fun swimsuit from Kellen. Logan referred to it as his "big tummy superman suit" It has padding in the top half, so it makes him look pretty buff. It's funny, but he loves it. he prefers this one over his shark suit.



Grandma and Avery. How cute! My mom and my sister had a fetish about putting bows on Avery's head every day. While I do like bows, I don't usually put them on her every day, so grandma and Aunt Kristy came to the cute rescue.




I think this picture of grandpa and Avery is so sweet! It makes me so happy.




Cousin Tawni held Avery in the jacuzzi for me so I could take Logan swimming in the big pool. Avery loved the pool! She was happy as can be!



California makes Avery happy! And everyone else too. We had a really nice time visiting grandma and grandpa, and seeing cousins, and playing in the pool!

I am so annoyed

So, I may have mentioned in previous posts that Tony gave me an Mp3 player for my birthday. It came in very handy on our trip. I downloaded some audiobooks to listen to. Anyway, the book I listened to on the trip was Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.So, yesterday, I downloaded New Moon, which is the next book in the series. I was so excited to start listening to it, that I went to bed early. That's not normal for me. Anyway, after listening to it for about an hour and a half, I was very confused at what was going on. I felt like I had missed a huge chunk. Well, after some fiddling around with my player, I realized what the problem was. My audiobook had downloaded to the music section on my player which I happened to have programmed to shuffle. So, my chapters were playing in random order.I think the first 2 or 3 were actually in order, but after that, i was so lost. I just gave up! I am going to have to start over almost. I feel so dumb! Anyway, just thought I would share my really bright moment!

Blanding Highlights

Here are some pictures of the time we spent in Blanding.



Here is cowboy Logan riding "Chip". I am so surprised that he was actually willing to ride! He is sometimes afraid of animals up close. He had a great time. Uncle Dave led him around.





We had our family pictures taken up on the mountain after they had finished branding, so all the men had to clean up the "mountain man" way. Here is Tony shaving in the great outdoors.




We went to the Dinosaur museum in Blanding one day. I don't know who is more ferocious...Logan, or the dinosaur! Poor Logan had so much fun on this trip, that he didn't get much sleep. See the tired eyes?



Grandma Black was so smart one day. She moved the trampoline under the tree in the shade, and put the sprinkler under it. Then all the grandkids put on their swimsuits and jumped. Logan had such a good time. I think he was on the trampoline almost all day every day while in Blanding!





This one is of Aunt Marlene and cousin Tanya reading stories with Avery. It was so cute to see Avery really enjoying the story.She loves her cousins!




Look what Logan found on the sidewalk in front of Grandma and Grandpa Black's house! He was sure not to get too close though!

Hooray for Food!

Yeah! We are having great food success in our house, and I am very excited.

Avery is eating solid food really, really well. She gobbles it up so good, and doesn't even make faces or shudder! Logan shuddered at everything when he started eating solids. He still is a bit particular about his food choices.Well, last week, we managed to convince Logan to eat some rice, and he did it willingly! He hasn't eaten rice since he was like 18 months maybe.And tonight, believe it or not, he actually ate ham! I think I might pass out from shock! he has only eaten chicken and bacon up until now. We told him the ham was bacon ham. He pretty willingly tried it, and decided he liked it so much that he ate more! I am so excited! I have been getting so tired of him not eating the things I make for dinner. I am hoping this means we are well on our way to the child eating dinner like a normal kid.

And back to Avery. She has now eaten applesauce, pears, rice cereal, oatmeal, squash and sweet potatoes. She wasn't as fond of the squash, but she did eat half the jar. She eats full jars of all the rest though. She is a good eater!

Hooray for food!

Pottermania

I finished Harry Potter this morning. What a great series! J.K. Rowling is very clever and creative. And very, very rich too! I just read a comment from another blog about how cool it is that so many people all over the world(and such a wide variety) have all been reading the same book this week-end. That is really cool if you think about it. And the fact that on average (this is from my own view) most books are about 200 pages, and this one was 800! And still it could be read in just a day or two (with lack of sleep and getting very little else done)Truly amazing!

And now a look back to when my Pottermania began. It was the summer of 2000, and I was on tour with the BYU Folk Dance Team in New Zealand and Australia. We were on the bus so much driving from performance site to performance site that we would get really bored. Most people had brought a book or two with them, and then we would just pass the books around to read. I had a Nancy Drew book with me (I know, so grown up!)My friend Melanie happened to have the first Harry Potter. I hadn't had any desire to see what all the fuss was about, but for lack of anything better to do, I decided it couldn't hurt. It looked like a quick read. Well, when I finished that book, i could not wait to find out what happened next, so I bought the second and third books in New Zealand. Needless to say, Pottermania spread really quickly throughout our team. When we got home later that summer, the fourth book came out. Of course we had to go get it right away!What torture it has been to have to wait over the past 7 years for the rest of them! It is finally over though, and it has been a great ride.

Family Picture

 

This is the picture we had taken up on the mountain in Blanding. We had all been up there for the round-up, and all the guys had to semi clean up using the water jugs so they would look presentable for the pictures! I wish my kids had nice faces, but what can you expect from them? It's a good thing you can't see up close, because I bet you might spot dirt hiding in places on Tony and Logan!

5 Things....

I was tagged by my friend Whitney. I know I have yet to blog about my trip, or anything else for that matter, but I felt compelled to do this. Priorities, priorities!

Five things I was doing 10 years ago

1. Folk Dancing lots and lots. I was getting ready to perform at the Pioneer Day Sesquicentennial Celebration at BYU. (I had to keep this one the same as Whitney!)
2. Working at Sea World during the summer when home from school.
3. I had just finished my sophomore year at BYU as an English major. (that didn't last long!)
4. I lived in my cute little blue house on 300 East in Provo.
5. My roommate Sharon and I were hanging out with my cousin Steve and his roommates doing crazy things like going to Nutty Putty cave,the hot pots, and walking on the green pipe in Provo Canyon at midnight.(what was I thinking?????)

My To-Do List today

1. Go to our ward Mommy and Me playgroup at the play area at the mall.
2. Do laundry.
3. Do the dishes and tidy up a bit.
4. Take care of some Enrichment stuff for my church calling.
5. Not much else to be honest!

Snacks I enjoy

1. Edamame lately! I can't stop eating the darn things!
2. Quaker mini cheddar cheese rice cakes
3. cookies of any kind
4. chips and salsa
5. anything and dip (fruit and dip, veggies and dip, chips and dip, etc.)

Songs I know the Lyrics to

1. songs from the Celtic Woman CD (it's in my van currently)
2. Carrie Underwood "Jesus take the wheel"
3. "On my own" from Les Mis
4. Twinkle Twinkle Little star (it's Logan's favorite at the moment)
5. Come thou fount (I love this song!)

Things I would Buy if I was a Millionaire

1. I would take Tony to Spain, and I would love to go back to the British Isles
2. My dream house
3. new furniture for my new house
4. a new wardrobe
5. fun things for my kids

Bad Habits

1. I chew my nails
2. lazy
3. Critical of my body and what I look like
4. Not nearly as clean and tidy as I would like to be
5. Snacking on treats instead of healthy things
* I just kept 2-5 the same as Whitney. It's exactly me to a T, it is scary!

Things I would never wear again

1. peach lipstick
2. overalls
3. scrunchies
4. I can't think of anything else (not implying that my style is perfect or ever was, I just can't think right now)

Things I like to do

1. read
2. sing
3. make cards
4. Chat with friends and family
5. Hug and kiss my children's sweet little cheeks!

Favorite Toys

1. The laptop-my brother says I need computer rehab cause I am online all the time
2. Mp3 player-I am getting hooked on audiobooks! It keeps me on the treadmill!
3. My stamp stuff
4. My Kitchenaid mixer
5. My sewing machine (although I haven't used it much, I still think it is cool)

People I tag:

1. Heather
2. Christy
3. Linnea
4. Lark
5. Maren

Diagnosis please

O.k. I need to throw this out there in blog land for any experienced mother/child care-giver expert person, or anyone else for that matter.

What would you say the reason is for:

1. A 5 1/2 month old baby waking up in the middle of the night when they haven't done that since they were born.

2. The same 5 1/2 month old baby being fussy all the time when they haven't been this way EVER.

3. Again, said baby always wanting to be held, but still crying, fussing, wriggling, and grabbing/pulling my hair?

4. Also not napping as well as normal, or waking up too early only to be coaxed back to sleep?

My original thought was that she is hungry. I am nursing, but she just started on solids, so I am wondering if she is not getting enough when nursing anymore?She doesn't nurse as long as she used to at each feeding, but seems like she wants to eat more often. I don't want to get her started on bad habits that will be hard to break later (like not sleeping well, and wanting to eat in the middle of the night.)

Could it be a growth spurt? At this age when she has already been going every 4 hours between feedings and about 11 hours at night, could she all of a sudden really need to eat so much more often?

I mentioned this to my mom who suggested teething. Hmmm...??? Logan got his first tooth at around 7 1/2 months. Would she really be two months earlier? He was a pretty easy teether though, so I guess I am not sure what to look for if she is having more of a rough time with it.

So...any advice, suggestions, or other assumptions? I would appreciate any comments so i am not forced to give my baby to the neighbors. Along with her 3 year old brother who has also been driving me NUTS with his whining since we returned from our vacation. It has been a week now since we got home. I would have thought he would have been over it by now. Maybe I am just an ignorant mother who has no idea what's in store for her and has only been somewhat lucky and fortunate up until now. Or maybe I just need more patience.

Home again, home again, jiggity jig!

Well, we are back! I don't know how happy I am about that to be honest.While living out of suitcases is a bit tiring, as is the lack of naps and a consistent schedule for the wee ones, it is nice to be free from the stresses of everyday life. I almost felt the weight of things settle back on my shoulders when I walked back in the door last night. How sad when I don't feel relief in my own home.

So, before I post about our adventures, I wanted to post about some interesting vacation observations.

1. Why is it that there are always shoes in the middle of the road? And only one shoe not both? It is something that I notice all the time and it is so bewildering to me. Who throws their shoes out of the car? And why? Or do they fall out when the occupants open the door? But why would they open the door in the middle of the freeway? And there are shoes everywhere in the road! Really...have you noticed? And also, why are there always shoes hanging from telephone wires? Come on people! Stop throwing your shoes everywhere!

2. Hotels are wonderful places. Especially nice ones. I think Logan would prefer to live in a hotel. He likes the swimming pool and the breakfast. Too bad Logan's blue blankie got left behind in Cheyenne. But the nice hotel people will be sending it in the mail. Can we make it until it arrives? It sure made the trip home a tough one with all the whining about " my bwue bwanket!"

3. Three things I wish they had where I live.
1.) IKEA
2.) Trader Joe's
3.) Bajio's Mexican Restaurant (Yummy-o!)

4.) Long car trips really aren't so bad with a mini-van. I have to say I traveled quite comfortably.And the kids were really good (with a few incidents here and there as expected)

5.)Logan can get tired enough to fall asleep while eating dinner, in the jacuzzi, and even while watching fireworks.

6.) There is a huge difference between lightly salted Edamame (yum!) and plain Edamame (yuck!)

7.) Did you know there are such things as deep fried avocados? And...a fried chicken sandwich with Krispy Kreme donuts for the bun. We went to the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar, and those were some of the lovely food items available. My mom and I did try the fried avocados (pretty tasty dipped in ranch) but NOT the Krispy kreme chicken sandwich.

8.) Relaxing music can make a huge difference in a whiny child (or adult for that matter). We listened to this CD in the car when Logan was having a fit, and it calmed home down pretty quick. It was amazing. He said "This pretty music makes me happy like this!" And then he proceeded to sing "do do, do do" and move his head back and forth. Happy guy.Happy parents.

9.) Apparently, and I won't correct the sweet boy, but I look like Anne Hathaway to Logan. We were watching "The Devil Wears Prada" in the hotel, and Logan looked up from jumping on the bed to say "That's you! That's you mommy!" What a precious, darling boy.

10.) I tend to have more energy on vacation. Now that I am home I am exhausted!

I will post about our trip later once I get the pictures off the camera!

Vacation fun!

I am not able to post any photos yet, but wanted to take a second to write about our vacation so far. We have been having a great time!

The drive was not so bad. Logan was really good. Avery and I both came down with a cold,so she was more fussy than usual for her sweet self. It was sad.I was also deaf in my left ear from Denver all the way to Blanding. So annoying. As soon as we got to Tony's parents house, Tony unloaded the van, and then took Logan up on the mountain to camp with his family. I stayed at the house with Avery, along with Tony's sister Jody and her little girl Macy. We drove up the next morning.Logan had a blast! He had so much fun playing with all his cousins, and getting oh so very dirty. I almost didn't recognize the kid! He got to ride a horse, and he even rode on the four wheeler with Tony to help herd the cows into the corral when it came time to brand. He was quite the cowboy.

After the round-up, we hung out at Tony's parents house, and Logan spent almost all day long jumping on the trampoline. He also ran through the sprinklers and had a great time...as long as Uncle Andy's dog Ruby was nowhere to be seen.

We left Blanding on Wednesday and drove all day to San Diego. The kids were both really good for the long drive, and I was very proud of them.

My sister Kristy and her family have been in California as well. Logan got to play with half of his cousins here as well.We went to the beach, and Logan played in the water and found some shells. We also went to the beach at night with my family for a cook-out. Tony took Logan swimming almost every day, and Tony got a very nice sunburn as a souvenir of his trip. We had a chance to go to the temple as well, which was very nice, and long overdue! Tony flew back home Sunday, and we will be without him until next Tuesday when he will meet us to help drive home.For now we are just relaxing and hanging out at Grandma's house and having a fun time.

I will post more later along with pictures!

Happy Anniversary to us!

I thought I would update a bit before I leave on our great cross-country adventure.Tomorrow is my last full day to get ready for our trip. We plan to leave in the afternoon on Wednesday.I still have several errands to run, some laundry to do, and finish packing. Craziness.

So, yesterday I sang in church. It was a last minute thing, but it was an easy arrangement of my favorite song, so it wasn't hard to prepare for. I was just a bit nervous since it was my first musical debut in our new ward (besides choir). O.k., there were actually 3 of us, but still. We sang Sally DeFord's arrangement of "Come Thou Fount". Did I mention how much I love this song? It was especially beautiful because we had a violin and an oboe as well. So pretty. It gave me chills. I would have loved just listening to them. Anyway, I think it went pretty well.Glad it's over.

So, this morning we had an appointment to take our van to get serviced. Tony was supposed to meet me at the car place after his dr. appointment. I ran around like crazy trying to get me ready, and gather up some supplies to prepare for the card class I am going to teach while at my mom's house. They told us it would be about 2 hours, so I figured I would wait, so I wanted something to do. Well, Logan didn't wake up until after 8, and so I hurried and got him dressed, and made him toast to eat in the car. I loaded him and all my stuff, then woke up Avery to put her in the car. I finally got us all loaded by around 8:40, only to discover that the battery was dead. Arggghhh! So, I unloaded everyone, and Logan was crying beause he wanted to go, and I was mad because I had woken up Avery and I knew she wouldn't go back to sleep. I had to call the car place and tell them i was coming later, and then I had to call the doctor's office to tell Tony that I needed him to come home to jump the van. Anyway, it all worked out in the end. It was my fault that the battery was dead however, so I can't blame that on anyone but myself.

Last night I was trying to figure out stuff on my new mp3 player. I discovered that the Kansas libraries have free downloads of audio books and cd's. You have to "check" them out, so if they are already "checked" out, you have to place a hold just like you would if it was an actual book. Of course the books I wanted were all checked out. Anwyay...I was trying to download some audio books to listen to on our trip. Well, then I told Tony that I needed a cable to plug the mp3 player into the van. He told me he had one so I was really excited to try it out. Tony, Logan and I all went out and sat in the van and listened to music from my mp3 player in the van.I happened to turn on the reading lights for Tony to read the manual for the stereo system. He and Logan went in after a while, but I stayed and listened for a while. Silly, I know. Well, I forgot to turn off the reading lights, hence the dead battery this morning.Duh!

And another note. Today is our 8th wedding anniversary. We didn't do a single thing to celebrate other than say "Happy anniversary". Sad, I know. We are planning on going out to dinner when in San Diego so my parents can baby-sit. That will be really nice. There was just too much to think about with getting ready for our trip, that we didn't even try to squeeze in our anniversary. All I have to say is that by year 10, we better be able to celebrate in style. I will give us one more year of blah anniversaries, but by #10, it better be good. Like a trip somewhere, or maybe even a wedding band to go with my ring. I didn't want one at first, but now I think I do. I want lots of sparkle.Ok. 2 more years. I can wait.

Doctor visits

Today both kids had a doctor appointment. Avery went for her 4 month, and Logan went for his 3 year. Both kids had shots. Logan was sooooo brave! He didn't even cry! I was very proud of him. So here are the stats:

Logan weighed 31 pounds and is 37 inches long. 50% for height, and 80% for weight.
Avery weighed 13 lbs. 10 oz. which is 60% for weight, 26 inches long which was 97% for length, and her head is in the 95%. When Logan was 4 months old he weighed 16 lbs.6 oz, and was 27 inches long.Anyway...it is fun to see how they have grown, and to compare them as well.

We leave on our trip next Wednesday, so I have a lot of planning and preparing to do before then! Yikes! Can I get it all done in time? I need to get my haircut, go shopping for some clothes for me, and new shoes for Logan, and get the van serviced.And then figure out how to pack everything.Such fun! I have lots of movies for Logan to watch, but I need to figure out good snacks for the road. I am all for suggestions of any good trips for cross country drives!We will take a cooler, and hopefully stuff for sandwiches, etc. so we don't have to eat out too much. Anyway...it will be an adventure!

FREE PIANO!!!!

Yeah! I am so excited! My fetish with Craigslist has paid off. I got us another free piano. You can't beat that. We had a free piano in Indiana, but gave it to some friends when we moved. I have been wanting to find another one for our new house, but we just didn't have it in the budget right now. I have found some pianos for sale for a few hundred dollars that I thought we could do a bit down the road, but Sunday night I saw this one for free! It is in decent shape, and for free I couldn't complain! It turned out just right because Tony's cousin happened to come into town last night and had a truck. So we just needed one more guy from the ward to help, and we moved in our new piano! My dear husband has had quite a bit of experience moving pianos, and our neighbor had a dolly and some ramp thingy's to wheel it off the truck onto our door step, so it was a breeze! Ha! I say that as I watched three men turning red and dripping sweat. It will need a tuning eventually, but it sounds much better than our last one! It looks a bit better too. I figure with Logan playing it, it doesn't have to be in the best of shape. We can always pass it on and buy a nicer one some day if we want.

Catch-up !

Avery Noelle , age 3 months

Logan Frost, age 3 years

Logan and Avery, May 2007

So May was a big month for us. I turned 30 on May 4th, Avery turned 3 months on May 2nd, and Logan turned 3 years on May 20. I finally took the kids to get their pictures taken a few weeks ago. It's so much fun to see my cute kids together in a picture! I love it! I have their pictures hanging on the wall above the fireplace, and after they are in bed at night, I sit on the couch and look at their pictures and they make me happy. They are such sweet little people! I love them so much.

Here is the tricycle Logan got for his birthday. His daddy wanted to get him a good tricycle, and not a plastic one. I happened to find this all-terrain tricycle on Craigslist. It was a really good deal, so we got it. It is a bit too big for Logan still, but he will grow into it and be able to ride it for a long time. The bummer is that he can't ride it by himself. He needs help because when he tries to steer, then he can't reach the pedals. He was very excited about it though, and he loves it.

We are also planning our vacation for the summer. It will be fun, but we will be doing a LOT of driving! We are leaving June 13th and driving from here to Blanding. We will be there for about 4 or 5 days. We will be there for the round-up, so Tony and Logan get to be cowboys. Tony's whole family will be there, so we will get to see everyone and Logan can play with all his cousins. He will have a blast! Plus everyone will get to meet Avery. Only Tony's parents have seen her so far. After we leave Blanding, we are driving to El Cajon (San Diego) to be with my family. My sister and her family will also be visiting from Idaho, so it will be my parents,brother, sister and I all together. That will be 4 cousins for Logan to play with. We are thinking of trying to go to Disneyland with the whole family. Tony will also get to go to a Padre game. Tony will fly back to KC on Saturday or Sunday the 23 or 24th. I will stay with my family until the end of June. My brother that lives in California is planning on moving to Cedar City the first of July, so I will drive up when he goes. My parents will probably drive with us so I will have help. After Cedar, I will have to drive to SLC by myself with the kids. I am hoping I can handle 4 hours alone! I will visit my best friend Heidi who lives in Woods Cross. She will have a brand new baby, so I will get to see him! Tony will fly into SLC on July 3rd, and then we will drive up to Idaho Falls to see my other brother, my sister again, my grandma, and my grandpa. We will be in Idaho for the 4th of July, and then we will make the long drive home that week-end to get home by the 8th. And after that I won't want to drive anywhere again for a LONG time! So that is the plan! Sounds crazy, I know, but at least I will get to see everyone in both families. I mapquested it and it will be over 4,000 miles of driving!

So, hopefully I am caught up now. We did have some computer issues as well, so it was hard for me to get online as frequently as I do. We are all fixed now, so I am back!

I have been tagged

My friend Vicki tagged me to do a meme listing 7 random things about myself. It is always hard for me to think of things to say in these types of things but I will give it a shot.

1. When I was little I wanted to be a scientist. I hate math! That career will definitely NOT work!

2. I was a Barbie addict. I think I played Barbies until I was 13 or something like that. I even would hide in my closet to play with them in the middle of the night when I had friends sleep over, or even with my sister to play with them so my parents wouldn't hear us.

3. I have a minor in Folk Dance.

4. I got a $500 tip once when I worked at Sea World. It was from a tour I helped give to Saudi Arabian royalty.

5. When I was in elementary school, my fifth grade teacher told me I should be a diver. We had year round school and would go to the pool at the HS down the road sometimes. Considering that I don't tan and was (and still am) very self-conscious in a swimsuit, I steered clear of something that would require wearing a bathing suit all the time.

6. I love jelly-belly jelly beans.

7. I hate mopping the floors.

Ok. That was hard. I hope those things were random enough. If anyone knows anything random about me that they can think of, I would love to know! Leave me a comment!

But now I have to tag 7 people, and this is also hard. I will tag you, but won't feel bad if you don't play.

Heather, Amiee, Whitney, Andrea, Kenzi, Lark, and Kris.