Spring Break 2013

Andrew has a silly job right now so he got to spend spring break at home with Alex and I. We tried to fill the week with fun activities so we wouldn't feel like we wasted the time. Monday was spent putting stucco on a house with Lindsay and Carson. Alex ran around the back yard the whole time. Tuesday we went to Park Discovery for a picnic.

 Andrew made yummy cookies while I made the rest of the meal.

 Waiting for Lindsay and Carson to get there.

 The boys dared me to try out the kid swing. I was just happy I was able to get out of the thing.

 Wednesday we went to St. George and got to do a session at the temple. It was wonderful! We also go to visit Andrew's grandparents for a while and we always love that.

 Thursdays mean free snowboarding at Eagle Point in Beaver so Alex hung out with his cousins at Aaron and Lacey's (thanks so much) and we spent the day on the slopes.  Lindsay and Carson and Andrew and I took turns with Kynlee in the lodge. The picture above was Andrew's attempt to get Lindsay -who was in the chair behind us- in the picture too. Even though I was was sore afterwards, it was a way fun day! Eagle Point is wonderful and the best part for me is that the chair lifts are a bit slower than Brianhead's so I can get off the lift without falling over. Go me!!

 On Friday my cute hubby came home with kites that were on sale for $1.00. He got himself an Air-force because he was awarded and Air-force scholarship for medical school. I just love that guy so so much!

 Alex likes to have his picture taken and is always asking for it if the camera is around. He loves to say cheese, sadly I am slow and usually miss the smile.

 My two wonderful cuties!!

 We ended the week with our annual burning of the Christmas tree. We said goodbye to Noel, (Nelly for short) and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows.

 Marshmallows might be Alex's favorite food, when he discovered them he finished off every one in the house within two weeks. I was happy because I am not a fan of marshmallows and they were just going hard in the pantry. I didn't buy any more after that so Lindsay was the favorite because she brought the beloved marshmallows for Alex.

 We had a wonderful week and hopefully it was a nice break to get Andrew ready for the last stretch of school before graduation.

February Fun

So I've been a really bad blogger and this week my to-do list says to blog three time, you can watch to see if I accomplish that task. February was a fun month with ups and downs. I wanted to do something fun for Valentine's Day so I made these boxes. Each one had three pieces of candy in it and then a piece of paper saying something like: make Valentine cards today, go to Valentine's dance,  make sugar cookies, have heart shaped pizza for dinner.

I thought I planned well and did relatively easy things but I'm a slacker and we didn't get to lots of them. Alex and I spent the month taking turn being sick so that didn't really help either. Next year I will do better. I also hope I can document better next year too, seriously two pictures in two weeks?

 As mentioned above, we spent lots of time being sick and snoozing on the couch.

 At the end of February we got to go to Salt Lake and spend a wonderful weekend with my aunts from my mom's side of the family. Sadly the only pictures we took are from the trampoline place. We ate good food and played games and talked and laughed for the whole weekend and it was so so great! Thanks so much aunt Val for arranging it, and of course thanks to everyone else for coming and playing with us.

 We went to a place called the Wairhouse one evening. Alex loved it! The place was kinda expensive but Andrew and I got one hour passes too. There is a place to play basketball, dodge ball and a spot where you can jump into a foam pit, all involving trampolines. There was even an area only for younger kids so that was great. We had a lot of fun and we all learned that Stacy can still do a somersault on a trampoline. Stacy and I can both still touch our toes, we just had to try some of the stuff we used to do on a trampoline when we were little.

That was our February. Stay tuned for our Spring Break adventures.

Birthday Fun!!

 This is my 100th post!! Yay for me!!!!

 We had a little party for Alex on his birthday, he loved the attention he got on his special day. This is the cupcake cake I made him. Even though I waited until just before the party to put the race cars on, Alex still had a hard time leaving them alone.

 Opening presents with dad. The little guy loved all of his presents, sometimes he has to have his trucks from Grandpa Holyoak in order to take a nap during the day.

Waiting for the birthday song to end. He had this face on while we sang to him, then when we all cheered at the end he got a big smile on his face, he loved the attention.

 Blowing out the candles. Our little buddy knew just what to do, still took him a few tries though.

It is bittersweet to see my little buddy growing up. I just want him to stay little so he can hang out with me all day, cuddling and watching movies and playing with trucks and marbles and pogs and eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I know he has to learn and progress but sometimes I feel selfish. My little man is wonderful though I am excited for his future too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX!!!

Alex is 2!!

Our wonderful little buddy turned two today! This little guy brings so much joy into our family!
Alex started climbing out of his crib after Christmas so he has moved to a big boy bed and he loves to jump on it.
Alex loves to read stories, he likes when mom and dad read to him and he likes to take turns reading too.
Alex says the family prayer and the prayer at meals most of the time now.
Alex still doesn't like to eat very much, he is pretty picky but most of the time he just has other things he would like to be doing. He loves pizza, pretzels, marshmallows and milk and cheese and yogurt and pancakes.
Alex loves his cars and trucks and likes to carry them all over the house, mom is not allowed to help even if it would make getting into the car easier.
We go to the library once a week and Alex loves to play with the puzzles and pick out books.
Alex asks us to turn on movies all the time, mostly he chooses "A Grinch" or "Cars" but mom is working on others like "Goosy" (A Goofy Movie) and "Beast" (Beauty and the Beast) because sometimes The Grinch says not so nice things. He doesn't watch movies for very long unless he can get someone to sit and watch with him.
Alex loves to give hugs and kisses, he definitely uses kisses as a stall tactic before going to bed.
Alex can say "please" and "thank you" and he sometimes says "excuse me." Other words he says really well are: garbage, ready, all of the colors, color, pizza, movie, yogurt, cheese, cereal, syrup, milk, chocolate (yeah, I'm not the best mom), couch, pillow, car, truck, block, jammies, shoes, copter (for Dad's helicopter) and parts of his body. He still sometimes calls his dad "mommy."
Alex likes to get mom and dad's toothbrushes and use them during the day but he only sometimes likes to brush his teeth when it's time to. We sing "Twinkle Twinkle" twice  to brush his teeth and that usually keeps him happy.
Whenever Alex sees a star he calls it a twinkle twinkle.
Alex loves to sing in the car and he sometimes likes to dance.
Alex loves to be the center of attention. He is usually not shy, when we go for walks he yells to the people across the street, he tries to hand things to people at the grocery store and this week at the library he kept taking books to this nice lady who would read them to him. When friends come over he is usually the entertainment until bedtime around 8:30
Alex usually wakes up around 7:00 a.m. and he takes one nap around 1:00 p.m. but he has really been fighting naps lately.
Alex loves to play at the aquatic center and go for walks and play at the park, he loves blowing bubbles and throwing balls. He loves to play with thing that have lots of pieces like cards or pogs or marbles, mom has to keep an eye on him because he gets into anything he can get his hands on.
He likes to shower or play in the bathtub and he gets to almost every day.
Alex likes going to church and starts saying "nursery" when we get to the building.
Alex pushes the chair around the kitchen to get to things like marshmallows and crackers and cookies, he can also get to the fridge and pull off all the magnets. Also he can then get to the sink and play with the bubbles while mom does dishes.
Alex likes to use a wipe to help clean up the house and sometimes he is a good helper when it comes to cleaning up his toys. He sings the clean-up song while picking up toys.
Alex is full of energy, he loves to jump, and jump on people. He loves to be tickled and swung in the air, sometimes he likes to cuddle. He is still super attached to his daddy but mom gets more cuddles. 
Today whenever Alex saw his birthday cake he would say "birthday" and he loved getting to blow out the candles on his cake. He especially loved having everyone cheer for him after he blew out the candles.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE GUY!!!!

Alex saying cheese on his 2nd birthday

Christmas and New Year!

We had a wonderful Christmas in Moab, we all missed my mom but we did the best we could. The holidays have taught us that rolls and Lemon Meringue pie were mom's specialties that she had perfected, we should have paid better attention. We did have a fun and somewhat crazy time though. Family is wonderful and its great to get together and laugh and play with each other. 

 Grandpa read The Christmas Train to everyone on Christmas Eve. He was a little disappointed by the ending though, he wanted little Tommy Monson to give away his electric train. Haha.

 New Christmas jammies

 Alex loved opening his presents, then he would run around playing with them a we had a hard time getting him to come back and open more

 Grandpa did a grab bag for the two grandsons. When Alex pulled out a snake everyone, especially aunt Stacy (I thought she was going to pee her pants) got a good scare. Then Alex had to beg Grandpa to get the rest of the toys out for him cause he wasn't going to stick his hand back in the bag.

 New pillow cases filled with way too much loot from our not so mysterious Secret Santa

 Thanks so much Secret Santa!! We feel so loved!

 This was our second Christmas that we enjoyed when we got back to Cedar. Alex likes my new red shoes

 He loved his new fire truck too

 Christmas with our little guy was so fun. I'm such a lucky girl because I have two wonderful cuties in my life and I have a new Bosch mixer from my wonderful father, thanks so much! In fact I have two Bosch mixers because I accidentally stole my sisters, oops. She informed me that she is now my former sister, so if there's anyone that wants to claim me as a sister (there's a mixer in it for you) go right ahead.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We celebrated New Year with Aaron and Lacey by playing games (what else would we do?)

2012 was a rough year, though I didn't really set any new resolutions my goals this year will be focused on improving myself and being happy. Hopefully I can make my home healthy and happy.

Snow Snow Snow!!!

The snow this week, plus no school for Andrew meant two days of sledding!!

 Alex has such a fun daddy who will take him to play in the snow and will sit out in the front yard and attempt a snow fort. Mom hid inside and made hot chocolate.

 Alex enjoyed going down the hill with anyone who would take him, then he got an easy ride back up the hill.

A man who serves in our stake took Christmas pictures for anyone who wanted them one Sunday after church. It was so nice and so fast. Alex didn't want to wear that Santa hat until he saw mom wearing one, then he thought it was great, he still wouldn't smile for the family picture though. Cute kid!

Christmas is coming!!

I have 3 advent calenders or Christmas countdown decorations and I want to make another one. I kind of love them, but then every December I stop updating them in hopes that time may just slow down and I can delay Christmas. Seriously, what is happening to December?

 Alex gets into my sock drawer and gets socks or gloves to put on his hands, the he goes around the house asking me to give him five, or knuckles.

 We put the tree up and got the lights on then we waited a week to decorate the tree because I wanted to do it as a family so we had to get to it before Alex's bed time. Then he dumped all the ornaments on the floor ad threw them all over the room an I spent the night wondering why I wanted to include him so much. After two days of knocking the ornaments off the tree Alex learned that he is not allowed to touch the tree. Now he just plays with his football close to the tree so he can "accidentally" knock them off. 

 We have some fake snow and I asked Andrew to do the windows, this is what he did. I made him wash it off and try again, now it is on the edges and the corners. Silly guy.

 Alex can say Christmas (you might not know that's what he's saying though) and he likes to look at the lights when we drive at night. When we hit an area that doesn't have lights he says "where go?"

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was spent in Moab with the Holyoak family. Here are some of the fun things we did over the weekend while we were together. We went to the park and fed the ducks and fish. Alex wanted to play in the water so badly. The boys made a game of finding things to race down the stream. They were really into it and it was so fun to watch.

 We went and played at the sand hill. I had the really bad idea that we should race up it. By the time I reached the top I thought I was going to die (I run and swim at least 3 times a week, and that hill did me in). Pretty sure my dad was feeling better than me, he paced himself. Now I have this morbid desire to try it again and again until I can feel good about it.

After playing (or recovering) in the sand my dad took us to the Tusher Tunnel. I had been before and had totally forgotten the tunnel. Ha. I'm so glad we have such a fun family to play with.