Cael's t-ball

Cael has officially started his professional career in little league T-ball. He now plays Tuesdays and Thursday for the White Sox and is improving every game. At first he threw one of his "new environment fits" when asked to put on a helmet, but after that he has loved to go. It's still a little slow pace for him and he keeps asking when wrestling will start again, but I think he is liking it. Watching the kids learn a new sport is pure comedy. Anytime a ball is hit every kid on the field will run for it and then tackle each other while trying to get to it first. During one game a kid on the opposite team hit the ball, ran for it, picked it up and then threw it home while his dad yelled "run to first!" Cael already has a good arm and can throw it home. He is also a good hitter, but would rather catch. I think the reason he doesn't like to hit is because all attention is on him (just like his dad). I'm trying to accept the fact that he can be shy, but it makes life extremly difficult when he refuses to do things. So far it's been really fun and entertaining. Go White Sox!!!!!

PBR BABY!!!!!

WE LOVE The PBR!!! I know there are a lot of people that don't know what it is, so I will explain . The PBR is not a rodeo, it's an actual sport where 40 of the best bull riders in the world compete against each other for large amounts of money. They hold events all over the US which usually consist of 2-3 days on the weekends, they usually have close to 30 events a year with the finals being in November when they crown the World Champion who wins $1,000,000. The minimum I've seen the Event winner earn in $25,000 up to $250,000 in one weekend. These events are pretty much every weekend and you can watch it on the VS channel. Yes, we do pay for the extra channels so we can have VS! My parents have watched it for year and I really didn't get into it until I went to my first event in SLC. After being there and meeting the riders I was hooked. Unfortunately that was the last year they held one in Utah, so now we have to go to Nampa, Idaho which it just outside of Boise. We went to Nampa two years ago with Eric and Jen and had an absolute Ball! Boise is such a fun place! They have amazing shopping, great food, and the nicest hotels for cheap. We didn't go last year so we were even more excited to make it this year! We left on Thurs Morning drove to Ogden where we started off our diet Free vacation at Olive Garden. Then drove straight to Boise. The weather was pretty good, but we did have to drive through a dust storm which Eric did awesome at. We stopped by the outlets, very dangerous, and then checked into our rooms at the Hyatt which were very nice and clean.

Friday morning after breakfast we headed straight to the mall. This mall is huge and easy to get lost in. I literally didn't have anything to wear to the event, so we spent most the day shopping and luckily I found some cute stuff to wear. We ate at Texas Roadhouse before heading to the event. We got there early and was able to get some autographs from Shawn Willingham and Adriano Morias. We also got a shirt and picture from Chad Berger, who has been stock contractor of the year for the past three years. This guy supplies around 50% of the bulls for the events and they interview him all the time on TV. We had really good seats this year thanks to an awesome ticket sales lady who later told me she has a sister-in-law named Trisha Smith who lives in Salt Lake. I love to people watch when I go to these things and oh were there things to chuckle about! There were some girls dressed in what looked like their underwear standing at the main door advertising for a bar in Nampa. They had the big scanky heels, spanks, and tiny tank tops on, so everything was pretty much hanging out. After the event had started they started to walk around handing out their flyer when this old old man in front of us stopped them so his wife could take his picture with them. He had the stupidest grin on his face....dirty old man! Casey also saw an old guy taking pictures of all the girls butts who were walking in front of him. Then the guys saw two lesbians making out, whom I noticed in the crowd because of their cute hair! I thought they were all dressed up cute so they could get the attention from the Cowboys not the Cowgirls.... and then there were your usually once a year Cowboys who are easy to pick out in a crowd. Lots of skin, lots of tattoos, they made Idaho proud!



Guilherme

Ryan McConnell Dakota

I love all the riders, but my very favorite is Guilherme Marchi, he is a Brazillian and won the World Championship in 2008. He is such a nice guy and always makes an effort to talk to the fans. He's not forgotten where his paycheck comes from, if it wasn't for the fans they wouldn't have a job. Guilherme signed our hats for the kids and even posed for a picture. Casey laughs when I say this but "he is a hottie!" We also got our pics with Ryan McConnell and Renoto Nunez. The little cowboy is Dakota, who rode a miniature bull and scored a 90. He was from Utah so we had to get a picture and he was excited we asked. It's hard realize that he was born the year I graduated!

We even got in a little religion too. I can now say I've been through the Boise Temple.

The trip was amazing and very much needed after being tied-down to our bathroom remodel for the past month. Thanks Eric and Jen for such a good time!

easter 2010

Easter Morning

This was the first year the Easter bunny visited our house. We have always went camping at the Sand Dunes/cherry creek, but because the weather wasn't looking too hot and me and Casey were going on Vacation the next weekend we decided to stay home and just go out and visit. This also gave us a much needed weekend to get caught up from our remodeling project (pics to come). Cael was kind of sad we didn't go the whole weekend but we still did some fun things to celebrate Easter. The Easter Bunny left both of them clothes, sunglasses, balls, silly putty, playdoh, coloring books, crayons, candy, & discovery toys. Cael also got Star wars Legos and Kensie got a new baby with a car seat. They loved all their new stuff!

After the kids played with their new toys we hurried and got ready to go spend the morning with Grandpa and Grandma Smith. We had eggs to roll and treasures to hunt! The weather was perfect when we finally got out there and even stood around the fire while the kids played in the sand with their new buckets. Grandpa and Grandma gave them their Easter baskets full of clothes, toys, and candy. Every year the dads take the kids for a ride so the moms can hide candy. The kids ended up with two bags full! Elaine made some cute bunny hats out of paper for everyone to wear.

The kids loved rolling their eggs.

This year Easter landed on my Dad's Birthday, so after the egg roll we headed back to have Easter/b-day dinner at the farm. I wore my bunny ears to the party and Gavyn was so excited when I gave them to him. (The kid is going to end-up on the big screen someday he loves dressing up!) We had a yummy dinner and the kids got some fun things from Grandpa and Grandma.

can we color eggs now?

The day finally came that Cael had been waiting for ever since I bought the egg dye kits last month. I found some no-spill cups, which I messed with for over 15 minutes trying to figure out how to attach the lids. I was just about ready to chuck um when I finally broke down and read the instructions. Once I finally got them assemble they actually worked pretty good. The kids still stained their hands, but no spills which was worth the stress of the dang things!

Notice the shells around her...she couldn't wait to eat um! I quickly gathered the rest up before she didn't have any to roll.

Cael showing off his drawing on this one. He drew a lot of cute pictures on them before their Dye job!

Nephi City Easter Egg Hunt

This was our first time doing the City Egg Hunt. Of coarse I forgot their

Easter baskets, I mean who needs baskets at an Easter Egg hunt? I think I'm losing it. Luckily I had some grocery sacks in the back of my car. Besides that little problem the kids loved it and found tons of candy. Thank You Nephi City Chamber of Commerce for making this happen!

lucky me...

I try not to compare my life to others, but I do find myself wishing parts of my life were different. I wish I looked like her, had her organized and spotless house, her money, her schedule, her abs, and the list goes on and on. The truth is I don't need to wish my life was any different because these two kids and one Fabulous husband are in it!

Nothing else should matter, I'm so Lucky!

Happy St. Patty Days!

update on the chillins....

Cael

This is his new invention..some thread and a hanger. I called it a boomerang (sp?), he said no it's not a boomerang it's a frowing thing. Ok, my bad.

I found this on my steps and I was so proud of him! He is getting so smart and loves to learn at school.

This is his first tithing envelope. He spent days helping Casey get a bunch of wire stripped so the copper could be taken to the recycle place. With that and a couple of chores he had earned close to $30. He wasn't to sold on the giving 10% thing, but after I explained to him about all the things Heavenly Father gives us he finally consented and even threw in a tip!

Dr Seuss Day at preschool. This was how wild we went, a black stripe in the hair and his shirt on backwards. For those of you who know Cael this was a big step for him!

He also has learned how to tie his shoes and loves to show off his new found talent.

We went to the dentist again....he only threw a fit 1/2 the time, I think we're making progress!

One morning while getting Cael ready for school I opened his blinds to find it a blizzard out side. Cael looked over my shoulder and said ONO. It took me a minute and then I figured out he ment to say OMG. He really is a 40 year old in a 5 year old body!

Kensie

She moons me while in time-out! Honestly?



Loves make-up, especially lip gloss...good thing we know an Avon lady.

Updates

talking in sentences and clearer every day.

loves loves loves to change her clothes! I swear the girl is going to end up in fashion. She loves skirts, heels, bags, and of coarse her baby Doll.

All girl this one is.

Stubborn as ever!!

Still tells stories in her Chinese jibberish, i love to hear them especially when she stops to laugh in the middle of her stories!

Dora, Dora, Dora...need I say more!
She will immediatly say "soarrie" when she knows she's done something bad.

Yeah!!!! She's Potty Trained (well most days!)

The poor girl has my clumsy-ness. This was from her walking into our table. Her legs are covered with bruises also.

loves to "Daaah"(draw). My couch and her legs were the victims this day. Thank goodness someone had told me to use hairspray to pull out pen and it came off!

After being wild and crazy kids all day....