Arachnids

It's almost Halloween Time. 

Nixon is terrified of Halloween.

I put a few decorations up in the house,

fake webs, a witch

you know the normal.

He took one look at the webs

and left the room crying.

And insisted they come down...

They are still up

{insert evil laugh}

I'm sure that he gets it from me. 

At least thats what Blake says

 In elementary I used to hide my face during the

parade where everyone showed off their costumes,

because I was afraid of the older kids.

I have gone to a Haunted House once,

and it's going to stay that way.

I kept my eyes closed the whole time.

Biggest waste of $30.

Spiders,

Don't even get me started.

I hate those little creepy buggers.

They always pop out,

The ones I find are ALWAYS HUGE!

Gweny...

Not so afraid.

My mom had bought some new Halloween decorations

and had them sitting on her table.

Gweny say these big black hairy spiders 

 with suction cups on them.

She begged Grandma to let her have one.

That girl, carried that spider

around with her everywhere.

She even insisted on taking it to bed with her.

Who wants to cuddle a fake spider?

That girl...

The next morning,

"Mommy where my 'pider?"

We found it,

she carried it around all morning.

She wanted to take it to the babysitters 

I made her leave it

in the car.

Then I covered it with a blanket.

I didn't want to look at it.



Date night

On Saturday last week,

I went on a date with my boy,

and we took my Mother in Law along for the ride.

Ok, ok, I admit it,

She took us!

We stopped at Crown Burger on the way,

then headed to the game.

The Jazz got spanked.

Like bare butt spanked hard.

It was terrible,

I think they lost by 30,

but were down more than that at one point.

Blake was working that night,

so we got to see him in his official "uniform."

(Not much better than a man in uniform)

Gweny got to go play with Grandpa that night.

She got to spend the evening

watching movies, 

eating cookies and chocolate chips, 

and drinking diet coke.  

Grandpa told me that she was an angel.

She is always behaves so much better for other people.

Thats a good thing right?

We had so much fun!

The first thing Nixon said when we got there was:

N: Mom, I want to play for the Jazz.

Me: that sounds like a great idea ($$)

Me: I will have to look at see how old you have to be to play Jr. Jazz.

N: No Mom, I don't want to play Jr. Jazz... I want to play with these guys.

I think he'd be a great ball player!

Another funny story.

Nixon had to go to the bathroom.

So I took him to the women's so I could help him wash his hands etc.

He is in the stall doing his business,

and I am standing outside it.

He is giving me a detailed play-by-play

of what is happening in the stall.

I mean DETAILED!

I said:

"Nixon, there are other people in here

and they don't want to hear what is happening in there."

He continued to tell me.

I once again told him to stop,

it was quite disturbing, and very detailed.

A lady comes out a few stalls down

and sees me standing there.

She says to me,

"I enjoyed hearing about it!"

Oh my, only the parent will understand

the way I felt.

I had to laugh, it was quite cute!

Play Ball!

 This year we decided to sign Nixon up for T-Ball. He was so excited to start, we got him a new mitt, and a bat and some balls. 

A few weeks before his first game we found out who is coach was and the team he was going to be playing for. 

Blake was thrilled when we found out Nixon would be representing the Red Sox because they are his favorite team. 

 Nixon's first game was a few weeks ago. 

Up to bat. 

I love that they coach pitch the ball to the kids and if they don't hit it after a certain amount of tries than they pull out the tee. 

It took Nixon a little while to get the hang of holding the bat right, and when he would swing he would spin in a complete circle

He didn't hit it the first few times, and when they would pull out the tee, instead of hitting the ball he would push it off with his bat. 

And as you can tell he gets bored when it's their turn in the outfield. He always complains because the other kids get the ball before he does. Hmmm.... I wonder why? Those weeds in the grass are pretty distracting if you ask me!

This was his game tonight. 

Team hudle before the game. Nixon is Rockin' the #5!

He is starting to do better each time he plays. He hit the ball on the first pitch each time he was up to bat tonight. He did so great! 

Hopefully by the time he plays next year he won't have to have a stick marking the place where he is supposed to stand, and make the team call him by a superhero name. Today it was "Ben 10" and the opposing team was "aliens" that he was "shooting."

Boys are so funny!

For your viewing pleasure

Just to get you through the day!

Naked smiling babies are the best aren't they? 

Except for maybe this cute smiling face!

Love these kids! Every day I get to spend with them is one more day in Paradise! I'm so grateful that I get to be their Mommy and have their sweet spirits in my home!

Play Place

Nixon loves playing in silly places. Here is one example: 

Underneath Gwenyth's crib. 

Equipped with toys and all. 

Stinking cute face!

Playing with her toy box.

I seriously love everything about this kid!

Some new favorite "jams" of his are: 

Somebody that I used to know- Gotye

Call me Maybe- Carly Rae Jeppson

And you can't forget the infamous. 

Thriller- Michael Jackson

Easter 2012

We had such a fun Easter this year. The kids were spoiled by the Easter Bunny as you can see

Nixon showing off some of his prizes from his basket.

As you can kinda tell, the Easter Bunny hid eggs all over the house. Nixon was more worried about getting his Lego Guy put together that he didn't want to find any eggs. I had to bribe him to look for them, and even then he didn't find very many. I ended up picking up a bunch of leftover ones and keeping them to myself. 

Gwen showing off her sweet new Easter dress, and bow. 

I didn't get a picture of Nix in his Easter outfit because he was too excited to come home from church and play with his new baseball and bat. And lets be honest, we never make it to church on time so there was no time to take any pictures before we left. 

Nix in his cute new spring outfit, complete with a red punch mustache. 

Nix showing off his new bat. We signed him up for his first year of T-Ball. Daddy was so excited to teach him some of his tricks to be a great ball player. They headed outside right as soon as they both got changed out of their church clothes

How to throw the ball like a "man," not "like a girl." 

Practicing hitting the ball off the Tee. Nix still needs to figure out how to hit the ball itself and not just the tee. Cute little ball player!

Gweny sitting up big in her cute new spring outfit. She is growing was too fast! 

After Nix and Daddy practiced some ball, Blake had to go work at his part-time job and the kids and I went to visit family. 

Unfortunately I forgot to take my camera so I didn't get any pictures.

First we went with Blake's family to Woodland Park where we had dutch oven and burgers. We also played some fun games and the kids went on an egg hunt. 

After that we went to my parent's house, ate more food, and hunted more eggs. 

Lets just say we had eggs coming out of our ears!~

It was also so fun this year to try and explain to Nixon the true meaning of Easter and why we Celebrate it. 

I'm so thankful for the knowledge that we have a Savior that was crucified that we might be forgiven for our sins. And even more that he was resurrsurected. This shows us that we have the opportunity to live for Eternity with our Loving Heavenly Father, and especially with our families. 

I am so Thankful for this Knowledge!

CLICK HERE for a Beautiful Testimony from our Prophet!

Comfy?

The other day I was busy cleaning, Gwenyth was napping and Nixon was playing quietly. When I went to find him to see what he was doing (because normally quiet play means mischief play) this is how I found him.

He was sitting playing his "leak pad" in a very unusual position.

He was so engrossed in his learning game that he didn't even notice me taking pictures of him.

Silly Rellie

I have the best sister in law in the entire world. And lot's of times she lets me barge in on her dinner plans so I don't have to make any. This must have been one of those times that she so graciously offered to let us eat dinner with them. Some sweet little 9 year old girl found my camera and had some fun with it.

She needs to learn to focus it! Here is Nixon watching some sort of t.v.
Gweny chewing on some sort of toy.

And of course my favorite! The culprit herself! At least she focused the most important picture of all! Love you Brielle!

St. Patty's Day

We have a fun tradition that every St. Patrick's day Nixon and his cousins build Leprechaun traps to try and catch a Leprechaun to get his Gold. This is the process of building the traps.

After awhile the kids got bored and pretty much Chad, Tauna and I finished making the traps.

All of them lined up ready to be set up.
Nixon's
His had a swinging door that we were hoping would trap one.

Jaycie's had one that a cage would fall on top of him.

Hunter's was similar to Jaycie's but had reinforced sides so there was a good chance the Leprechaun wouldn't be able to break the bars.

Nixon took his home and set it all up, with some "Lucky Charms" as a bribe. (It's almost impossible to take a decent picture of this kid, he likes to be silly way too often)

Much better smile in this one.

Well... We didn't end up catching one this year. He must have been way too strong because he broke through the bars. But the bait must have worked cause all the marshmallows were gone and the rest were crushed to bits. But he did leave Nixon a note telling how close he was, a few prizes and of course some gold (the real kind as well as the chocolate kind). I also heard from Hunter that the Leprechaun he almost caught came prepared with matches because his cage was set on fire! Those sneaky buggers!

I also made sure to find some cute shirts for the kids to make sure they didn't get pinched for not wearing Green!

I would for sure kiss this Boy! And we really do have a little bit of Irish in us, my dad's mother was part Irish so this shirt fits!

I didn't get a pic of Gwen in her outfit except this one, but she is wearing a cute little dress that says "Luckiest Girl Ever" She sure is lucky to have such a sweet brother as this one!

Sibling Loves

I absolutely love how much these two LOVE each other.

Nixon is always asking about Gwen and makes sure she is ok if she is crying. He is also so willing to help with anything. He will always bring me diapers if I need one, or put her binki in if she spits it out. He is so good about sharing his toys with her, and makes sure that she shares hers with him as well.
Whenever Gwen hears Nixon's voice, or sees him walk into the room her eyes just light up. You can just feel the love between these two. I LOVE IT!

Fun

This is how I found Nixon the other day. Once again playing with his favorite toy, his "leak pad." He doesn't look entirely comfortable, but who am I to say.

I think I may have already mentioned this, but this is probably the best toy investment that we have ever made. It was kinda pricy, but it is awesome! The games teach him how to draw shapes, find patterns and write letters and recognize letters as well. There are also books that can be downloaded that he loves to look at and read along with. Needless to say we go through quite a few batteries for this thing! (I need to invest in rechargeable ones, that would be far more economical)

And Gwen can sit up all by herself already! Just in time for her Six-Month Birthday! She sat this way for a good 20 minutes. I of course don't trust her on her own yet so I stayed right there cause she still does have a tendency to topple. She loves that she can have a good look at everything that is going on around her. And I think that she loves being so big like her brother.

Presidents Day

I sure LOVE Bankers Holidays. I got to spend all day with these sweet faces. We went to lunch at good ol' Mickey Dees so Nixon could burn some energy on the playground, since it was too cold out to play at a real Playground. Gweny was extremely Jealous and wanted to join in on the fun, the time is going to come far too soon where she will be big enough to play with the "big kids."

Then, Blake had to go to work so I had the whole evening to try and keep the kids busy and having fun. I pulled out the playdough and Nixon had a blast rolling it out and cutting shapes into it.

And Gwenyth watched with approval.

Then when she started getting bored I put her in the jumpy toy, I don't know the real name for it so I call it the jumpy toy. She Loved it! She played in there for a good 30 minutes and didn't even complain!

Are those some of the prettiest Big brown eyes you've ever seen or what?

I promise she had fun, this picture would actually make you think otherwise though.

And when we got bored of all of those activities I splurged and let them do their very favorite thing.

BATH TIME

Nixon played with his toys. It is so funny to hear him play make believe!

And this is him taking a picture of me when he noticed I was taking pictures of him.

And Gwen Splish splashing. She goes crazy whenever her little body hits the water. She is like a fish! She absolutely LOVES the tub!

All in all it was a fun day spent together!