New things

Just a couple of new things. Sarah keeps calling the temple in South Jordan, the castle that Fiona lives in and is wondering where Shrek is at. Also she is so smart and every time she puts on the sweat shirt that she got from Disneyland she asks "going to disneyland???" and I have to tell her no but that we will go back. Nothing like pressure. Hopefully by then she will be potty trained...????

Disneyland 2010

We went to Disneyland this year in February with Mom and Dad, Mandy and Matt and it was a blast. Sarah had so much fun and I was worried that she may be just a little too young but she was so much fun to have and so excited about everything that we all had a blast. She loved the carousel and jumped at the chance to ride it whenever possible.



While in California Adventure, we got to see Vacation Minnie, and Sarah loved it. She wasn't afraid of any of the characters at all and would alway wait her turn to check them out and need a hug from each of them.






Since it was the first week of February, it rained on us 2 of the 4 days we were there but on one of the rainy days, we went to Toontown and in Minnie's house, there she was sitting on her couch just hanging out with anyone that came in her house. It was so cute, and Sarah just wanted to stay all day long there.




Then we went through Mickey's house and after a long maze, the people took us into his studio and Sarah got to hang out with him for a few minutes. It was fun for her to get to see them like that.






Here we are just hanging out at the airport getting ready to go see Mickey and go to Disneyland. It was a blast. Thanks to mom and dad for taking us.....







We are finally here and of course have to get out picture in front of the Mickey flowers. Jerald had no idea what was going on because it was his first time going at the age of 44. Wow now he is wondering what took him so long. He had a blast....

Sarah kept calling this the high tower with Princess Fiona from Shrek. Jerald couldn't believe how small the castle actually was in comparison to what he thought it was going to look like.

Sarah had a blast with Grandma and Grandpa. She was spoiled and is constantly asking to go back with them. We had a great time and can't wait to go back. Thanks for the trip, mom and dad, we love you guys.......

Sarah turned 2 years old this year and was so exited and fun. She loves to open presents and have her friends come to the party, really it's just her cousins and family but to her they are her friends. She was so excited for every present she got and had to try everything on or play with everything.

Here she is before the party posing for only Grandma of course, with the Christmas tree...What a cutie....

We went to Jumpin Jacks with the cousins on Saturday and it was fun for all the kids to be able to jump and run around and dance to the music. Thanks for coming.....

Tia Rhea made her a Dora cake and cupcakes for her party and she loved them. Her favorite part is blowing out the candle and then poking her cake with the candle and eating it off the candle. It was a great party and great birthday for her. I can't believe how much she is growing up. It's too fast and I wish it would slow down a little.

Halloween 2009

Halloween was fun this year because Sarahwas excited to dress up and see all the cousins dressed up and party with candy. We went to Nana and Bapo's to show off her costume, which was a cute witch, then off to moms for a Halloween party with the cousins. Addison was a cow girl, Emma and Morgan were Care Bears which there grandma made their costumes. They were all so cute and they took Sarah around trick or treating. She had a ball being with the other kids. She really looks up to them and wants to do everything they do. Thanks to the Lays for making her day fun.

Emery and Stella and Brecken were at grandma's earlier all dressed up as a princess, Dorthy from the wizard of oz. Brecken was a lion. Of course Mandy and Matt came all in costume too. They had a Halloween party at their house too.

Sarah was a cute witch and couldn't wait to dress up in her costume. I had to hide it from her because she keep grabbing it out of her closet and trying to put it on for weeks before Halloween.... It was fun to see her excited

Late Summer fun

We have had a really busy summer and I really haven't had a lot of time to post anything but here are some sun late summer photos...
Stella had a birthday party at Jumpin Jacks and Sarah had a blast. She really worked up a sweat bouncing....

Here we are getting ready for work...I took the picture myself and Sarah doesn't know what to make of it...

Sarah and Brandon, her friend (really her cousin but she calls him her friend), playing in Nana and Bapo's backyard at a party. She loves her Brandon....

We hiked Timpanogas cave. It felt like we hiked 10 miles even though it's only about a mile and a half. Of course this picture is after we toured the cave and are all cooled off.... We had a great summer!!!!!

Summer 2009

We have been so busy this summer that I haven't posted for a while, so this is just a sample of what happened this summer....

We went camping in out new trailer a lot this summer. We love it and Sarah thinks it is her new house and loves when people come with us.
Daddy and Sarah love to take naps together on the couch in the trailer...Cute...

Jerald decided to get himself a motorcycle, Harley Davidson of course. He is in heaven and absolutely loves it. He took the motorcycle course and was so proud of himself that he had the biggest bike and passed the course. I guess there was only 6 people and only 3 passed. He loves his bike.

We went camping with the Paynes a couple of times this year. Sarah loves her cousin Brandon and her Tio Jeff. We plan on doing this a lot more before the season is over...

Sarah went to Tina's Glitter Toes party and got her toes glittered. She was so excited and all she would say for days after was "Pretty, Gorgeous, and Cute" and point to her toes. She was pretty patient and loved doing what the adults were doing. Emery and Stella came and got toes done also with Grandma. Thanks Tina for having the party and inviting us...

This summer Jerald and his dad, Bapo, built Sarah a swing set. The set was a prefab set that you just get the wood for and was supposed to take 1.5 hours. However, it took them almost 6 hours to build on one of the hottest Sundays in July. I think the were frustrated by the end but Sarah loves it and loves playing on it in the yard, and I love having it. Thanks guys for all the time it took....

Zoo trip

We took Sarah to the Zoo for the first time. She was pretty overwhelmed with everything going on and the kids that were at the zoo. We went with Lisa and her kids, Emery, Stella and Brecken and I think we all had a good time.

We rode the train around the zoo and checked out the snakes, monkeys, and elephants. Of course, Sarah's favorite part of the whole day was eating sno-cones which we could have done anywhere but I think it was more for me than her.

This is all of us having lunch, and Emery asking when we could go to the gift shop to buy something....

The night before Stella and Emery did a tumbling performance at Bingham high school and we went to watch. Sarah was a nightmare, running around everywhere thinking she was on stage. I need to get her into an activity.

California Wedding

My cousin Jennifer got married in wine country in June and we all traveled to see her. It was so much fun, and relaxing to travel with no kids or husbands. Thanks to mom and dad for taking us on this trip, and thanks to Jennifer for getting married so we could take this trip. It was a blast....



We all danced and had a lot of fun at the reception. Mom and Dad shouldn't have since they were in a motorcycle accident and dad broke his leg, note the walking cast, and mom tore her rotator cuff and couldn't lift her arm the whole trip. They were troopers.





We got to hang out with cousins that we hardly ever see even though we live close to each other. It was fun just seeing everyone and acting young again.





We all had fun, and got a little bit on each others nerves but it was just like old times.

remodeling

So we are finally in the ending stages of out remodelling. We have tiled our entry way and both bathrooms and I love it. I can't wait for new carpet to come then we are really done for a while. I have wanted to get rid of the carpet in our master bathroom since we moved in. Only took seven years to make it happen.....

Mother's Day

Mothers Day was great this year. My sisters and I did the race for the cure on Saturday morning. Lisa took Brecken and I took Sarah and we both walked the race. Trish and Mandy ran the race because they are training for a 1/2 marathon. It was fun to get together. We did dinner for mom at her house later that night, which Jerald cooked, and that was awesome.

Later that night, Jerald and I went to the Eagles concert. It was really fun.
Even though they are old they sounded great.

Sunday we went to Jerald's sisters house for brunch and then just hung around the house. It was really relaxing and it was so much fun to have someone to be a mom to on Mother's Day...I love my family.

Mexico Vacation

Jerald and Jeff went fishing one day while Andrea and I stayed back and went to the spa. They had so much fun.
They both caught as many fish as they could in an 8 hour boat trip. It was just the 2 of them on the boat with the 2 guides and they had a blast. They both came back tired and happy so it was worth it for them.

Here is the view outside of our room. We had a great pool that we hung out at pretty much most of the time.
There was 3 pools at the hotel and we hung out at the quiet one. There was also a kid pool and a party pool that had activites going on most of the time.


We went to dinner at a restaurant on the last day that overlooked the whole town and ocean. It was beautiful and fun to just relax. We had a great time and can't wait to go back.

Mexico Vacation

Sorry it has taken so long to post our vacation photos.
Jerald and I went to Puerto Vallarta in March with Andrea and Jeff and no kids. It was a wonderful vacation. We did a whole lot of relaxing and lounging around the pool and we were pampered in our all inclusive resort. We had so much fun. Our hotel had it's own private beach that had wonderful sunsets and 3 great pools. There were iguana's walking around and peacocks too, that were like the hotel's pets.


We did go on a boat trip over to a private island so dinner by candlelight (because there was no electricity on the island) and a dancing show that showed the cultural aspect of the county. It was really cool and beautiful.

We had a great time and got a lot of relaxing done while we were there. We got a lot of sun, check out Jerald's eyes. This was only half way through the trip. It was worse by the end. He looked like he belonged there. We had a lot of fun and can't wait to go back.

Go Utes!

Well, I'm a little late but I had to post this cute picture of Sarah in her cheerleading outfit. We had some family over to watch the game and Sarah was raring to go cheering the team on. It was fun and the Utes won so it was even better..... Go Utes...

Merry Christmas 2008!!!

Christmas Eve was spent at mom's like usual and we all got together for dinner. We played Bingo and did a gift exchange.

Sarah is really into giving hugs
and could not stop hugging hernew cousin Brecken, over and over,and over. He was really patient and didn't really know what to do because if she really likes you she hits after she hugs. It's great.Mom and Dad gave Sarah a rocking
chair that I got when I was 3 years old from my Grandma and Grandpa Blair. It was so cool to have this
for my daughter and I'm really glad that they decided to give it to my
daughter.
It was a really low key and nice evening.
I love my parents and appreciate everything they do for us.

It is nice to have all my sisters around also. We just need my brother and his family, but maybe next year.

Christmas morning was nice also.
Sarah still was loving her rocking

chair. She doesn't really get the
whole holiday yet. Maybe next year. All she know is baby and stuff.
I think next year will be fun.
We will have Andrew for Xmas

morning and she will be a little bit
older and understand Santa and presents a little more.

We went to Nana's and Bapo's on Xmas afternoon and that was nice so. It's always nice to get everyone together and spend time together. Sarah got a tutu and leotard from Jake, really Christina, that is so cute. She would wear it then get tired of it but she had a lot of fun. Bapo even picked out an outfit all by himself for her that is so cute. Way to go Bapo... She loves the talking dog also. She loves everything that makes noise or sings songs. Christmas was great... We love our family....