First Field Trip

Growing up I lived for Field Trips!! There was not much better than packing up a Lunchable and a bag of Funions, getting on the bus and going somewhere awesome!! So I was very excited for Hayden's first field trip. We didn't have the bus or lunch, but we did go somewhere pretty awesome. We went out to the Red Barn in Santaquin. They took us on a hayride out to a pumpkin patch then fed us a donuts and gave the kids a coloring book. It was a lot of fun...I love the fall!!

Paiute Trail 2011

Colin finally cashed in on his 30th birthday present. A couple of weeks ago we spent three days and two nights on the Paiute Trail. We went with my parents, my brothers and my uncle.

The first day we rode for just about 100 miles and saw so much pretty scenery. We started in Aurora and ended in Circleville. We stayed at Butch Cassidy Inn and attempted to see one of Butch Cassidy's cabins, but couldn't find it.

The second day was quite a bit shorter. It rained and hailed on us, so we weren't too sad we only had to go 50 miles. I also wasn't feeling too hot towards the end of the day so I was very happy to see the The Big Rock Candy motel and restaurant. Colin did one too many "donuts" and I got pretty nauseous!! We got a cabin so we all stayed together and spent the night watching Hitch. It was a nice little break!

Day three was supposed to be another 100 miles or so, but by the time we got to Richfield it was getting a little late in the day and the storm clouds were rolling in. So we took a shortcut which was basically like a frontage road along the freeway from Richfield back to where we started in Aurora.

After all was said and done we rode about 300 miles in three days. It was a blast and I can't wait until I can go again!!

We left the kids home with Colin's parents, I was pretty worried about leaving them, but they had a ton of fun and really weren't that excited to see us when we got home.
Poncho Joni!
My Dad
My Mom
Carlos
Denim, Chris and Colin.
Colin and I waiting for whoever was supposed to be behind us. The first day was a lot of waiting and wondering where everybody was...we had a few mishaps with taking the wrong rode.

Exciting Day!!

Today was Hayden's first day of Preschool. We are doing it with six other girls in our neighborhood/ward. It was my turn to teach today and it was a lot of fun. The girls were so well behaved and are so cute together. Hayden is lucky to have so many friends.
I can't believe we are getting into the "school" years...she is going to be graduating from high school before I know it!!!
Boston, Emma, Navie, Aubrey, Hayden and Emma showing off their Show-and-tell. If you cant see Haydens show-and-tell thats because it is a tiny purple fuzzy ball. I got it a church two days ago and gave it to her. She was pretty impressed with it and thought her friends would be too. :)
Snack time!

Becaue I have nothing better to do...

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:30am of my own free will...I am very proud of myself.
2. How do you like your steak? Well done, no pink
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? ummm...Mr. Poppers Penguins at the $ theater
4. What is your favorite TV show? Design Star, Castle, The Mentalist, Burn Notice, and Giulianna & Bill
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? This is a hard one! If family were not a factor I would love to move all over the U.S. Stay somewhere for a year or so and then move somewhere else, that would be fun!!!
6. What did you have for breakfast? Pancakes
7. What is your favorite food? No one favorite. Last night I had home-made Wingers Salad...I could eat that a few times a week!!!
8. Foods you dislike? Fish
9. Favorite place to eat? In-n-Out, Thai restaurants, Joe Banditos, Ruby River, Cheesecake Factory, Texas Roadhouse.
10. Favorite dressing? I love a good "house dressing."
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? 2006 Honda Pilot. This car is perfect for me right now and I am very happy with it, but if I could choose any car I would pick a Toyota Venza or a Nissan Mirano....someday!!!!
12. What are your favorite clothes? I dont know. Jeans and a cute shirt.
13. Where would you visit if you have the chance? Anywhere in the U.S. I dont have a huge desire to go out of the country, unless it was on a cruise somewhere.
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Who would say Half empty???
15. Where would you want to retire? Somewhere not crowded.
16. Favorite time of day? I hate to say it, but I love nap time!!!
17. Where were you born? Monticello, UT
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? I like watching football w/Colin and my Dad
19. What is your favorite fragrance? ummm...
20. What is your favorite face cream? I use Target brand of Oil of Olay, but I wouldn't really say it was my favorite
21. Favorite baby/kids products? Gowns for sleeping. They make nighttime diaper changes a breeze...I agree Angela. Also I love the swaddling blankets.
22. People watcher? For sure!
23. Are you a morning or night person? Morning
24. Do you have any pets? No, and I really dont want any, but I know eventually I will be talked into it.
25. Any exciting news you'd like to share? We are going to Cedar City tomorrow for the weekend and next weekend we are going on the Paiute Trail! Pretty darn exciting!
26. What did you want to be when you were little? "A store worker"
27. What is your favorite memory? Our California trip last year
28. Are you a cat or dog person? I guess a dog person, I wish cats were more friendly because they really are cute.
29. Are you married? Yesseree!
30. Always wear your seatbelt? Of course
31. Been in a car accident? Not really, I rear ended someone once, but it wasn't bad.
32. Any pet peeves? The question is "what isn't my pet peeve?" Everything bothers me!
33. Favorite pizza topping? Pineapple and Canadian bacon
34. Favorite flower? my Rose of Sharon bush is really pretty right now.
35. Favorite ice cream? I like Stawberry Blonde from Coldstone, Cookie dough in chocolate ice cream from Dairy Queen, any flavor from Sub Zero, Strawberry shakes from Red Robin.
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? In-n-Out
37. How many times did you fail your drivers test? None
38. From whom did you get your last email? I am sure it was some form of junk mail
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Target or Hobby Lobby
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Went to Thankgiving Point last week...we are wild and crazy!!
41. Like your job? Wouldn't trade it for the world
42. Broccoli? Yes, very good vegetable raw or cooked.
43. What was your favorite vacation? I have loved all of my vacations. I couldn't name one
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Last week went to lunch at Olive Garden with Janice and Charami
45. What are you listening to right now? My A/C...kids are asleep!
46. What is your favorite color? I get asked this questions multiple times a week...I always just say whatever color I see first. I dont have one favorite, they are all pretty.
47. How many tattoos do you have? None
48. Coffee drinker? Nope

I expect everyone who reads this to fill it out and post it on their blog!!

Some thoughts!

So since I haven't had too many big events to blog about lately I thought I would just right down a few things on my mind...

1) A cop driving an SUV almost cut me off and hit me on the freeway today. I got mad and said a few things to myself (nothing bad). Hayden heard and asked me to roll down the window so she could spit at him. I have no idea where she learned that.

2) Hayden and Carson are sick. Carson is much worse so I took him to the doctor today and they said he has Croup. Why would he have croup in August? Am I in for a long winter? We had almost no sicknesses last winter, so we might get hit a bit harder this time around. Carson has to take a prescription medicine and be on a nebulizer a few times a day. The last time we had to do that he was only about three months old. I thought he wouldn't handle it very well, but so far he has done great.

3) They are both in bed right now hacking their lungs out. Poor kids!!!

4) Last night I had to clean up throw-up for the first time since being a Mom. Hayden has never thrown up and Carson did (just a little) last night. Hayden saw it and asked what it was...pretty amazing to be almost four years old and to have never seen throw up before.

5) Colin is doing AWESOME at work, but along with awesomeness comes traveling which I am not too fond of. But he is really excited. This month he goes to Texas, September he goes to China and October he goes to San Francisco. Me alone with the kids for an entire week every month, I am not too excited for; O'wells Fargo, I will survive.

6) Hayden will be starting preschool this year. We are going to be doing a "joy school" type where me and a few other mom's take turns teaching. I am really excited and I think she will love it!!

7) No, even though Carson is over 18 months old, I am not pregnant. That boy is way too much work to even think about another baby yet. He definitely gives me a run for my money.

8) I think I roll my eyes a hundred times at the Provo library story time. Reasons include:
a. Names of children! I don't know what it wrong with married BYU students, but
they have problems when it comes to naming their kids. Really people think about
your child before you name them Brenda or Ervin. That is all I can remember
right now, but believe me their are some horrible names in Provo Utah.
b. Now that I think about it, I better not writet the other reason I roll my eyes. It
might offend some people.

9) Carson calls both Colin and I "ma ma" I love to make fun of Colin when he calls him mama.
He cant say Dad, but he can say:
Ball, wheeler(four wheeler), rock, elmo, uh oh dop (drop), bye-bye, hewo(hello). He
can say a few more, but he doesn't talk too much.

10) I get major anxiety when it comes to cooking for other people, but in the last couple of
months I have made dinner for five families. I am quite proud of myself!!

Ok, that is all for now. I really should do this more often and I think all of you who have blogs should too.

The rest of July

Not too much as been going the last few weeks, but I thought I better do a little updating.
A couple of weekends ago we took Colin's family out four wheeling. We went to a really nice spot up Spanish Fork Canyon. The kids had a blast playing in the stream and getting super dirty.
Here is Hayden and our cute neighbors. We are so lucky to have them live right next door! Their Mom just had her fourth baby (a boy) a few days ago...he is adorable!!
We took the kids to Trafalga. It was ok! :)

4th of July 2011

For the 4th this year we started off by driving down to Mt. Pleasant to attend the parade down there. The only parade in Utah County is the Provo one and it is way too crowded, so we were willing to drive a little ways so the kids could get their years supply of candy. Mt. Pleasant is a cute little town and they had a pretty good parade. We spent the rest of the day in Orem at Colin's parents house. Their neighborhood had their annual "Culd-a-sac of Fire" so we got to eat some good food and see some fireworks. Good times had by all!!