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Dirty Dirty Dash

2011-09-27T13:43:00.001-07:00

On Saturday, we ran the 10K Dirty Dash in Soilder Hollow. Our team was called "The Jiggy Piggy's." Sam was the "Boss hog" because he was one out of two guys on our team vs. ten women. They all work with Sam so it was fun to see them try to dunk him in the muddy pits and throw mud at him. It was pretty much impossible to stay clean. Some of the obstacles were hard. They had bales of hay to climb, walls to climb over, pipes to climb in, a huge pond full of mud to trek in, and a big spider rope wall to climb. The best part was the HUGE slip and slide at the end. We raced each other to the bottom, and Sam won with a price. He went head first down the slide and has a very sore chest and arm from landing on the mound of mud at the bottom! This was the funnest race I have ever done and plan to do it again and again!

Team Jiggy Piggy's with our Zumba skirts-We sounded like Jingle Bells as we were running

Before the race-I thought I could protect my hair with the bandana and my legs with the long socks-BIG mistake! Nothing was protected from the mud! Nothing!

After the race-Wish we could have gotten pics during the race, but didn't want to chance ruining any cameras

On the drive home after we got sprayed off. We had the Jeep top off, so all of us girls hair was crazy and super stiff from the mud leftovers. Such a fun way to spend a Saturday!!!

Just keep running...running...running

2011-06-25T20:41:00.000-07:00

We ran the Wasatch Ragnar Relay again this year. It was a lot of hard running. Sam did leg 1 which consisted of 20 miles (6.9 miles, 8.3 miles, and 4.8 miles). I did leg 6 which equalled 18.1 miles (6.9 miles, 8.1 miles, and 3.1 miles). It was different being in van 1 and I think I liked it much better. We had a lot of fun and a little more sleep this time. Our awesome team 1 van had Todd, Lorey, Soyna, Sarah, Sam, and I. My work (SDCH) sponsored the race for us so we had a rental mini-van and got free shirts. Not sure if I will do the Wasatch Back race again because I didn't sign up for next year, but would love to try out the Ragnar races in other parts of the country. The Florida Keys would be my dream run! It does keep me running and its nice to have a goal in mind when training. We will see what next year brings...

Decorating the van the night before. Go Striptease Part 2!!

Co-workers on my team-Lisa, Bobbi, Lorey, Kacey, Justin, me

Gotta love Sam's outfits he comes up with. It was freezing when we started 7:00 am, otherwise he would have been the streaker he wanted to be!

Starting line at Utah State in Logan

Enjoying the beautiful scenery with my Lorey!

Gearing up for the night run

Getting ready for my second leg of 8.1 miles up to East Canyon! It was rough but I did it. Love running in the dark in the middle of no where-- uphill!

Sam handing off to Sonya! She was an awesome last minute fill in and a hoot to hang out with!

All nice and rested-- ready to do our last run! Ha!!!

Todd ready to give away that slap bracelet!

Team Striptease Part 2

At the finish line in Park City with our medals and precious stickers!

First Dentist visit

2011-06-12T20:26:00.000-07:00

Sienna had her first visit to the dentist. She was so calm and cooperative, I wondered if they sprayed something as you walk in the door to calm children down! I couldn't believe how well she did! She sat right in the chair and let them work on her teeth like she had done it a million times before. Unfortunately, she had two cavities that had to be filled. We scheduled the appointment a week later and she did just as well then. The laughing gas might have helped to but I was so proud of her for being such a big girl! Hope this is the case for all the visits in the future...

6 months old

2011-06-05T20:24:00.000-07:00

I can't beileve its been 6 months since Cruz was born. Time has just flown by! He is getting so big and is getting quite the personality. Love his smile and those eyes just melt me! I just want to eat those chunker cheeks! He is sitting up well and loves to eat everything we have given him. Even the puree nasty veggies. So suprised how much he loves peas! Love you "Cruzee" (Sienna's name for him).

He loves to JUMP and JUMP and JUMP all day long! He loves this bouncy more than Sienna ever did. Its so funny to watch him just go for 30 minutes or more at times. He's our little "jumpin bean"

7th Anniversary---Lucky Vegas Style

2011-05-28T20:45:00.000-07:00

We went to Las Vegas for our 7th wedding anniversary. It was a much needed vacation. We stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel. It had an awesome swimming pool area and a yummy Mexican restaurant we ate at many times! It was just nice to relax for 3 days and catch up on some sleep!

The highlight of our trip was going to the Billboard Music Awards! It was by far the coolest show I have ever seen in Vegas. We bought tickets last minute and decided to dress up and be Rock Stars ourselves!!! It was at the MGM arena and we did see Neil Diamond and C-Lo Green up close but no autographs. It was like one huge concert for three hours. A few of my favorite performers were- Beyonce', Black Eyed Peas, Keith Urban, and One Republic. It was an anniversary to remember!

Easter Blessings

2011-04-28T13:54:00.000-07:00

We had a great day on Easter Sunday. It was jam packed with family and fun! We finally had a Sunday where we could have Cruz' blessing. What a perfect day to do it on Easter! We had all of our families come to our house and have brunch afterwards. Nothing like cramming 25 people and 15 kids into our house. But I do feel so blessed that we have great families to share the holiday with. I also feel so blessed to have two beautiful healthy kids and a husband who takes care of our little family.
We also had a bbq at Sam's moms house later that afternoon and Sienna got to do her 4th Easter egg hunt for the week. We have candy coming out of our ears!!! It almost felt like Christmas with all the loot she received!

My handsome boy-looking so big!

Sienna was being camera shy that morning so we didn't get a family picture of all of us. Little stinker!

My parents with Cruz

Easter morning-The Easter bunny left some awesome baskets!

Sienna is in love with Tangled lately. I think we have watched it everyday for the past 3 weeks!

Easter egg hunt at Grandpa David's and Grandma Annette's house. Cousin Griffin and Sienna are the most spoiled grand kids I have ever seen!

Happy Easter!!!

St. George

2011-04-26T14:58:00.000-07:00

We made our annual trip to St. George for Spring Break this year. It feels like its been a long time since we've been to St. George. My family always has fun at the condo in the warm weather and pools. This year we had one day of warm weather-60 degrees was it! The other two days it rained. BOO! It's always a nice break from being inside the house all winter at least. Hopefully next year it will be much much warmer!

One of the highlights of the trip was Cruz sleeping the entire 4 hour drive! AND Sienna slept 2 hours. We didn't have to stop once with two normally loud kids in the car. THAT was awesome!

We went to the animal museum (Can't remember the exact name). Sienna had a great time with her binoculars and cousins to run around with.

I love that she is wearing the appropriate cheetah jacket to match the stuffed cheetah on exhibit

We only dipped Cruz's feet in because it was so cold. Sienna didn't care how warm it was. She kept saying, "I want to go to Curious George to go swimming with Grandma!!"

Bon Jovi

2011-04-15T14:58:00.001-07:00

I finally saw one of my favorite 80's bands-BON JOVI!!! Unfortunately it was at the Energy Solutions Arena. Concerts never sound that great in that venue. We were sitting in the upper bowl, so luckily I remembered my trustee binoculars. It was a fun girls night out-one I will never forget!

Bobbi and Savannah sitting in the front seat of Nicole's mustang-totally legal!

Me and Janaye in the back seat READY to ROCK!!!

Nicole, Jen, and I waiting to order. AND I mean waiting and waiting and waiting!!! We ate at IGGY's before the concert! Really good but really slow on service! Everyone had the same idea as us! WE thought we were smart to go to dinner two blocks away from the concert!

They didn't play "Always", my favorite song, but "Bad Medicine" went on for 20 minutes! I did love the cheesy 80's aerobic dance moves from Jon Bon Jovi though! Hopefully this isn't their last tour!

Disney On Ice

2011-03-29T17:49:00.000-07:00

We went to Disney on Ice for Sienna's birthday. This was her first time and she really loved the princess part, especially the Enchanted song. I still don't know how a vendor can feel good about selling a $12 snow cone Not to mention the cotton candy, popcorn, and twirly toy. Disney is making plenty of money just from its ice show I'm sure. But enough gripping about the cost, overall it was fun for us and she looked so cute in her "Tiana" princess outfit she got from her birthday. Happy birthday my princess!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Sienna!

2011-03-15T11:16:00.000-07:00

Sienna turned 3 on March 13th! We had her birthday party at Syracuse Family Fun Center a few days before with cousins and friends. I asked her what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday and of course she just had to say "BARBIE!" I have never made a cute cake in my life! It was a challenge but I think it turned out pretty good for my first cake! She had fun playing on the bounce houses, jumping on the trampolines, and playing arcade games! She says "Now I'm 3 I can go to pre-school!" I'm just not ready for her to grow-up this fast! I love you my sweet girl and hope you had a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I WANNA RIDE...

2011-02-26T20:48:00.000-08:00

Every TV show or movie Sienna watches, if it has some kind of animal in it (real or cartoon) she always says,"Can I ride that ______!!!" She has mentioned a rhinoceros, giraffe, bear, elephant, owl, Henry the Octopus, and Dorthy the dinosaur. It cracks me up! The two days of teasing spring weather we got this month, Grandpa Brian got out the horse and pony to ride. Sienna has been afraid to ride Trixie her favorite pony, until NOW! It lasted for 1 minute and she held my hand half the ride, but she finally did it!!! She was so brave! I was so proud of her 1st ride on the pony! I know she will be a pro by the end of the summer!

CIRCUS

2011-02-12T10:00:00.000-08:00

We took Sienna to the Jordan World Circus at the Golden Spike Arena. She has never been to the circus and she has been asking to go everyday since! She said her favorite part was the elephants, the tigers, the bears, and the dancing mermaids. It was a lot of fun!

They had elephant and camel rides before the show

Aunt Darcy and cousin Noah

Uncle Clint, Aunt Alexis, and cousin Griffin

Yummy corn-dog

Even more Yummy cotton candy

Noah's painted Clown face

Having the time of her life with her new "Bear" at the circus

Finally some snow

2011-01-27T09:48:00.000-08:00

It seems like this winter has had a lack of snow. We have been hibernating the past few months. Its hard to get outside with a newborn. Sienna had been dying to get out and play in the snow so we all finally took the plunge this past storm and tried to build a snowman. It was the cutest little thing, just her size. It was nice to get some fresh air and look at our beautiful view of the mountains. I think Cruz enjoyed his cute bear snow outfit as well!

6 weeks!

2011-01-17T18:58:00.000-08:00

I can't believe its been 6 weeks since Cruz was born! It has been great to have this time off with him and Sienna. I have 2 more weeks until I go back to work. You think that 8 weeks off is enough time to take off, but ITS NOT! Luckily I only work part-time so I will only miss out two days a week. I tried out my photography skills with our Sony camera to take a few close ups of him. He has changed so much and is getting so chubby! I love those chunky legs!

Christmas Day

2010-12-30T12:58:00.001-08:00

We had a great Christmas Day! We actually had to wake Sienna up at 8:00 to see what Santa brought for her. She was very excited to open each present. She just asked for a little help to get the wrapping paper started. We had many family visitors and went over to my parents for brunch. It was very nice to not have to travel everywhere for the entire day. We all got a nice 2 hour nap it too! That was the best gift of all!

The beginning of opening the loot-new Shrek movie, Candyland, baby Doll, Moon dough, and Little People airport were just a few of her presents

Even Santa knows Sienna needs the essential new panties

Cruz opening his first present for his first Christmas

Our little Santa and his helper

Hanging out at my parents for brunch and presents

Enjoying the time off

2010-12-20T10:56:00.000-08:00

This month has been so nice to have time off work! I'm planning on taking 8 weeks of maternity leave and go back to work part-time in February. I know it will go by so fast! I've really been trying to take in the little moments with Cruz. Luckily he's such a good cuddler and hardly ever cries! But he is a grunter! A noisy grunter! Its been an adjustment for all of us, especially with the lack of sleep. It's been nice to have my little helper Sienna. She is such a little Mommy and always checks on Cruz the moment he makes any noise. I hope we will always remember how special this Christmas season was and enjoy our little gift from heaven.

We watched every Christmas special together. I think we've seen Santa's Coming to Town over 20 times this month!

Can't get enough snuggling in with this boy!

Cruz with his cousin Fisher (who is 3 months older). I'm sure they will be best buds.

Announcing......CRUZ

2010-12-10T16:17:00.000-08:00

On Friday December 3rd, we welcomed our new baby boy's arrival! Cruz Samuel Archuleta came into our lives at 5:39 pm, weighing 6 lbs 11 oz and was 18 1/2 inches long. It has been a long wait and I was so excited once I was able to hear that cry! The sense of relief when they finally put him on your belly is priceless. I know everyone says that they have the cutest kids, but I think Cruz came out perfect! So far he has been such a good boy, hardly crying, eating good, and sleeping well. Well at least during the day. I can't believe how our little family has grown and become so much fun! Welcome to the family Cruz!!!

Proud big sister-She was a little bit in shock when she first saw him, but after taking a tour to the glass window to see all the other babies, she came back to the room and said, "Can we take baby brother home now?" and "He's one smart kid." I think she will be a helper for mom.

Santa RUN

2010-12-02T07:28:00.001-08:00

On Saturday, Ogden had their annual Santa Run downtown. Unfortunately, I had to work so I wasn't able to see Sam and the other 700 Santa's run. It was a 5k and Sam ran it with Sienna, his sister Alexis and her son Griffin. Looked like a lot of fun and a lot of cold. Luckily the kids didn't mind it. What a great way to start out the holidays babe!

Sam in his sexy Santa suit included in the fee to run

All the other crazy Santa runners

Nice beard

Sam's sister Alexis and Griffin

Sienna is under her favorite blanket somewhere!

Really lady? You can run in high heels!

BURRRRRRR!!!

Christmas village

Both kids enjoying the light parade and fireworks after the race

Potty field trip

2010-11-30T06:54:00.000-08:00

Sienna has finally been doing so well with the potty training, we decided to take her on her first train ride for her "big girl" reward. She loves trains and had a lot of fun looking out the window and going "super fast". We took the front runner to the Children's museum in Salt Lake. Its so fun to see their faces and expressions when they are doing something for the first time. Hopefully she can keep up the good pottying and be done with those dang pull-ups!

Waiting for the train to leave from Ogden

At the Children's museum. She loves helping in the kitchen and pretended to crack and cook eggs over and over.

Fun with the big apron at the water activity

The mini grocery store was her favorite. She made sure that every item was rung up with the register-including the 30 pieces of asparagus she had in her cart. So cute!!!

At the food court enjoying a Happy Meal

Riding the trax from the train to Gateway. She loved every moment of our outing and keeps asking to go ride the train again every time she potties. Such a smart girl!

This is Halloween

2010-11-05T21:20:00.001-07:00

We had a very fun Halloween this year. Sienna loved carving pumpkins and handing out the candy to the trick or treaters. Sienna has been into fairies lately so we decided on Tinkerbell this year. It was a little rough getting her hair "blonde" but we used a gold hair spray that worked pretty good. The yellow hair spray made it look green. Still she was a cute little fairy. Love this time of year and all the holidays around it.

The pumpkin goo did not scare her away from carving pumpkins

Our masterpiece pumpkins of a lion, Dora, some sort of monster and scary face

After we put her wings on her she ran around the house as fast as she could. She kept saying, "I can't fly. I can't fly!" So cute she thought her wings would make her fly! Wish we had real pixie dust for her.

Our beautiful theme of Peter Pan- Captain Hook, Shmee, andTinkerbell.

Fall pregnant pics

2010-10-26T13:34:00.001-07:00

I was debating on whether to get pregnancy pictures again with this baby. I knew if I didn't I would regret it, so we had them done. We went to Riverdale parkway and also got a few family pics in, which turned out great! I just knew this time I didn't want to show my bare belly! It looks a lot different with the second pregnancy! My outie is outrageous! Only 7 more weeks to go until our baby boy is here! Can't wait!!!

Grocery Smart!

2010-10-21T14:45:00.000-07:00

Ever since I had Sienna I have only been working part-time as a nurse. It's a perfect balance of staying home with her but still keeping my nursing license and having adult conversations once in a while. I feel like I'm not missing out on seeing her grow up and I can still work and contribute to our household. Now that I've been making less money, I've been trying to find ways to make up for that paycheck. I have been saving money like crazy this past year! AND it's all thanks to the website Grocerysmarts.com.

What this website does is it gives you every store's weekly ads and rates them on a scale of 3 to 5 stars. The stores range from every grocery store to even Target and Walgreens. It then gives you a place that you can add coupons to the sales of the week and save even more money. There are Internet coupons but I use most of mine from the Sunday newspapers. I get 2 Sunday newspapers and often get my mom's and mother in laws coupons as well. That means I have at least 4 coupons to use on top of the sales. It's a great way to stock up on items that go on sale. For instance this past week I got razors from Smith's for $0.88 each! No joke! 4 Schick disposable razors with the 3 blades. Our favorite! Another example is at Riteaid a few weeks ago they had Huggies Pure and Natural diapers on sale. I got 4 packs of diapers (for the baby boy to come) for $12. They are usually $10 a piece. I get a little jolt of energy every time I walk out of the store and I know I just a got a HUGE deal!!! I have received many looks of cashiers like"How did you just do that?" You would think they would get this all time with Utah momma's trying to save a buck or two.

I had a "coupon saving" class in February and learned a great way to save on groceries and other things. I also follow about 3 different blogs that give you crazy deals on food, toiletries, diapers, toys, movies, restaurants, etc.

Before I used this website I used to shop at Walmart and sometimes Albertson's (Wal-marts meat and produce sometimes isn't that great.) Now that Albertson's is gone and the new Fresh Market is not that impressive to me, I have found the best deals to be at Smith's. According to my most recent receipt I have saved $1,115.74 this year just shopping at Smith's. (This does not include coupons that I use on top of that savings.) Not too bad for 10 months of groceries.

This past week my grand total of groceries was $148.49. I then gave the cashier my Smith's Value card and coupons to go with my items and my new total was $63.65! That saved me 60% on my groceries! I've done better, but this week felt awesome to walk away with 53 items and only pay $63 bucks! I saved $61.26 from my fresh values card and $23.55 in coupons. Plus I earned reward points which turn into cash later and I get fuel rewards too. I never thought Smith's would be the store I love to shop at.

I know this is a horrible picture of groceries but as you can see it is not all junk food I am buying. A few of the items I got---

Bananas eggs 5 Kraft cream cheeses bread 2 pkg instant pudding

Bag of potatoes 2 bags choc. chips 4 coffee creamers brownies

grapes 3 Kraft bbq sauce 1 Starbucks coffee 2 L. Coke and Fanta

2 frozen California pizza's 4 instant mac and cheese 2 refrig. cookies flour

1 frozen Digorno pizza 2 lunch meat pkgs 5 vitamin waters Velveeta

If anyone wants to learn how to do this and is impressed at the savings let me know! I can give you the password of the free site and if interested have a coupon class too! You will be hooked like me, I promise!

Brad Paisley concert

2010-10-12T12:37:00.000-07:00

We went to the Brad Paisley concert at the USANA amphitheater. I've never seen him in concert and have always wanted to. We went with our friends Matt and Brooke to celebrate all of our September birthdays. Country concerts always bring in an interesting bunch of people. It's like the airport where you just watch people and your entertained for hours. It was a fun last night of summer outings. We will definitely go again.

Darius Rucker or "Hootie" from Hootie and the Blowfish opened for Brad Paisley. He's gone country and sounded really good in concert.

Our seats were pretty close to the stage. We were in the middle section and could see him really well. It's not often we buy seats at the USANA, but at the time I bought them they were the same price as the lawn section so WHY NOT! I usually like hanging out on the blanket in the lawn, but being pregnant the seats were much better.

He had a wide variety of guitars which he jammed on!!! He also did some talking between songs, which normally annoys me when artists do that. We came for the music not your opinion on politics! Luckily he did not do that and he could be a comedian if the music ever fails. His jokes were very funny! If you ever listen to his lyrics they are pretty honest and entertaining. One of my favorite country concerts.

He came out in the audience and serenaded the crowd. I wished he would have played my favorite song of his, "When I get where I'm going" with Dolly Parton. But that didn't happen. There's always next time!

Friends Brooke, Matt, Sam, and me sporting my new Paisley football uniform! It got a little chilly and my hubby was the best and let me buy an expensive concert shirt! It was a night to remember!

The Love for Animals

2010-09-23T18:31:00.000-07:00

Sienna LOVES animals! I wouldn't be surprised if she becomes a vet. It always amazes me how she can name them all correctly. Even when it comes to ponies vs. horses or a tiger vs. a lion, she can tell the difference. We finally made it to the zoo and also went to a fishing pond in North Ogden with Grandpa Sam and Grandma Cheryl. Its so fun to see how excited she gets when she sees any kind of animal.

I made Sam ride the carousel with her at the zoo. Pretty sure I would have gotten sick from going in circles over and over

Baby Suri and Mama elephant

Always a hit with the giraffes

The zoo does have some amazing ice cream

I love that they added the adult female, juvenile, and infant gorilla to this poster outside the exhibit. Always a fun picture to take.

SO BIG!!!

The fishing pond in North Ogden. She had so much fun feeding the fish and trying to touch them in the water.

The first fish she caught, she wasn't afraid to touch it and throw it in the bucket. But the second fish seemed to scare her and she wanted nothing to do with throwing it in the bucket or getting near it! She decided after that she would rather just throw the food to them and watch them swim in the water.

Goin fishin with my Daddy

We ended up catching five fish and ate the yummy trout for dinner that night! Of course Sienna did not want to eat them and gave us looks the entire time like, "How could you eat the fishies!"

Awesome August

2010-08-23T09:17:00.000-07:00

Once again I am combining all our fun summer activities into one post! It has been busy! Hopefully I can get caught up soon! The major milestone we hit was Sam turning 30! Yeah, I finally don't feel quite so old now! Of course he didn't care that he was turning 30. He's more worried about when he turns 38-"because that's when sports athletes are out of their prime". HA! Guys sure think differently huh!

Hanging out with friends at the Dave Matthews concert. I love the lawn seats at the USANA!

We were pretty much in the back! It was the 6th time I've seen Dave Matthews in concert, and no matter where we are sitting, they always sound so good LIVE! Can't wait for the next one!

We entered Sienna into the South Weber Days baby contest again. It's her last year! The theme was 60's Hippies. Of course she won Queen this year!!! Yeah finally! And of course Sam put together the entire outfit from the DI, the party store, and a little sewing help from my mom! She was able to ride in the parade the next week and loved every minute of throwing candy to
everyone! Pics to arrive soon!

Trying to keep her wearing her glasses and headband was a fight in a half! She still looked like the cutest hippie chick anyways!

Getting her crown from the judges and receiving her prize of a beach ball and a diaper bag full of goodies!

The cutest 2 year old hippie I've ever seen!

We went up to our family cabin to celebrate Sam's 30th birthday with some friends!
The shooting range is always a hit!

The girls on the swings! Brandy, Britzie, and me

Hanging by the camp fire-even during the day

I got Sam a new poker table, chips, cups, and Chiefs cards, and personalized Chief jersey for his present. Now they can have Boys poker night in the basement. We played Texas hold em at the cabin and not to brag or anything but I got first out of 8 players! It wasn't rigged! I can just read if my husband is bluffing or not after knowing him for 8 years!

Happy 30th babe!!!

Four wheeling up to Lily Lake

Sam and his buddies-Brody, Eric, Matt, Jared

The camping clan at Lilly Lake-Love the Uintah's such a beautiful part of Utah!

Busy Busy SUMMER

2010-07-13T14:56:00.001-07:00

Seems like we have been very busy this Summer! Now that its half way over I thought I would just put a mix of pictures on. Its hard to keep up with a blog lately!

We done lots of backyard swimming with cousins so far

The 4th of July weekend we went to Island Park, Yellowstone, and the Uintah's. Lots of driving in four days, but worth all the fun

Outside the cabin we stayed in Island Park. Sienna loves to pick flowers.

Mammoth Falls inside Yellowstone

We visited a bear and wolf "refuge" outside of Yellowstone. It was a very sad zoo with all the animals sleeping and two little bears. But this bear was the best to see.

Me, Sam, Sienna, cousin Griffin, Alexis and Clint

Hard to stay clean when you are four-wheeling in the massive dirt trails!

Sienna sporting her awesome bike helmet with her cousins

Gotta love smores and the fire time when camping at the cabin in the Uintah's

Saw Eclipse on premiere night at the Megaplex in Ogden. Such a fun girls night out!

Friends-Angie, me, Bobbi, Michelle, Cassie, Michele, Shevon

I am sooo Team Jacob in the movie, BUT Team Edward in the book. Me and Bobbi couldn't get enough of the Cardboard Jacob! The usher had to actually move them away from our group!

Lagoon day with cousin Jackson-It took a while to get Sienna on the rides. She has found fear inside of her, but with the help of Pringles and a lot of distracting while waiting in line, she finally got the hang of it.

Bulgy the Whale

Sam and my dad made 5 shots and got stuffed animals for all the kids! Nice work guys!

For our anniversary we went to Vegas and stayed at the Monte Carlo. We had lots of lounging time at the pool and lots of moths in our room! I hate moths more than any other insect besides spiders. Luckily the housekeeper brought the vacuum to get rid of them! REALLY! I could have done that. Not sure I will ever stay there again!

Instead of seeing a Cirque de Soliel show-not sure I spelled that right-we saw the Jabawokee's. Not sure if I spelled that right either! They are this awesome dance crew that won MTV's "America's next dance crew". They were performing at the MGM and at the last minute we got stand by tickets. We were in the front row, one foot away from the stage! It was so cool! It's an anniversary I will never forget!

Went to a REAL soccer game and stayed for the David Cook concert after! Loved it!

David Cook performing in the rain

Swimming at Cherry Hill-always a favorite of Sienna's

Face painting at the carnival at Cherry Hill. I can't believe she held still that long!!!

Wasatch Back Ragnar Race

2010-06-28T18:52:00.000-07:00

Last week me and Sam ran in the Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay Race. It goes from Logan to Park City, a total of 188 miles. It was a lot of fun and a lot of hard running! After being crazy enough to do the one in Vegas, my work got two teams together for the Wasatch Back race. Our team name was Striptease-yes it is medically related. We had fun, laughter, and no sleep in our van. Sam ran leg 9, one of the hardest legs and did so well! I was so proud of him! He ran 3.5 miles around Pineview, 9.5 miles at 3 am, and then 3.6 miles up the first half of a massive mountain called "The Ragnar". I ran while being 4 months pregnant. Yes we are expecting a boy in December, in case I haven't told ya yet! I ran leg 12 which was up Snow Basin road 3.1 miles, 6.5 miles through Oakley, and 5.1 miles to the finish line in Park City! My last leg was so awesome! It was sunset and I had the best scenery around me! I'm so glad I did it and am SOOO glad its over. My bladder can't take anymore running for a while! We thought we had lost our camera after the 1st leg, so I don't have too many pictures. Luckily we found it in the van after the race! Hopefully we can do this crazy relay race again next year!

The back of our van decorated

Before the running started

Sam running his first leg by Pineview Dam

Me at the top of Snow Basin handing off the slap bracelet to my next teammate-Thankfully!

At the top of Snow Basin trying to get a little rest

My van of teammates-Jen, her husband Josh, Cara, me, Sam, and Kevin-the best van ever!!!

Union Station Model

2010-05-27T18:50:00.000-07:00

I wanted to take some 2 year old pictures of Sienna. It's so fun to see how they change from year to year. She was so good for the photographer! I can't believe the difference of how she knew what to do in front of the camera. 5 months ago, she wouldn't even smile or look at the camera. Now she acts like a little model! We were also able to get a in a few family and couple pics too! I liked the location of the Union Station in Ogden. There are a lot of good backgrounds and fun ideas with the trains. I think a lot of the pictures turned out great, so I have to share most of them with you all!

Winter Break?

2010-04-15T15:06:00.001-07:00

So for our spring break last week we some how ended up in Bear Lake. Kindove a long story but the short of it is--- it did not feel like Spring Break!!! Usually every Spring Break my side of the family goes to St. George. I can remember doing this every year since I was 10. This year my mom decided to book the condo in Pagosa Springs Colorado instead this year. It's near Mesa Verde Park and the four corners area. Needless to say with the horrible winter storm it was freezing there. My mom called from Colorado and said its an 8 hour drive, but I could get you somewhere closer like Bear Lake or Wolf Creek. She stated she understood if we didn't want to drive 8 hours and be in snow. So we decided to drive 2 hours and still be in the snow at Bear Lake! We did a lot of swimming and inside quiet time even with a two year old. It was a nice break, a nice idea mom, but next year we are going to St. George no matter what!

At the Garden City park in 40 degree weather

The park had some interesting play equipment

Sam at the top of the wire tower thing

CHEESE!!!

Sienna enjoying the blue sky at the North beach at Bear Lake-surprisingly we were the only ones there-go figure!!!

Enjoying our picnic on the beach

Going to the water-we asked Sienna if she wanted to go swimming and she said YES!!! If only we had our wet suits!

Gotta love Utah's spring weather and the beautiful water of Bear Lake

Happy Easter

2010-04-06T13:19:00.001-07:00

We celebrated Easter on two Sundays this year. I had to work on Easter so we had Sienna find all her eggs with dad at home and then she got a basket from the bunny that night. The week before she had two egg hunts with her cousins from both sides. I think she got plenty of candy and plenty of cute clothes and toys from family also. Such a spoiled girl! Hope everyone had a good one!

The night of Easter with her basket of goods

Just love that she has a sucker in her mouth while she is smiling

Before all the hunts to come

2nd Birthday

2010-03-19T17:53:00.000-07:00

Sienna had her 2nd birthday last Saturday. I know everyone says it goes by so fast, but it HAS gone by too fast! We decided to have her party at MY GYM in Layton. You can rent out the entire place for an hour and half and have up to 20 kids. We had 15 cousins and friends there with Sienna along with all the adult family. So much better than cramming everyone into our house! She loved it there but wasn't quite sure what to do with all the attention on her! The slides, zip line, trampoline, and dodge ball was fun for all! The only disappointing part was not being able to open presents there. The party got over at 8pm and I didn't realize I had to tell them we wanted to open presents there. Apparently it takes away from "playing" time from the kids. We were all so tired by the time we got home, she ended up opening the presents the next day. Luckily she didn't mind at all! I love you baby girl and hope you had a great birthday to remember!

Her favorite part of the gym was the trampoline.

I think she looks like a natural gymnast

Gotta have the funny face picture! Poor Kynli in the front got a bloody nose from another kid kicking her in the face. She was such a trooper. Did not cry once!

We decided on an animals theme. Sienna loves animals and can name everyone in every book.!Its amazing how much she remembers-I think she even remembers going to the zoo last month!

That was some goooooood cake!

All her loot! THANKS EVERYONE!!!

Sit and spin was her favorite

We got her a new swing set for her to play on! She will never want to be inside anymore!

In memory of BEA

2010-03-12T09:05:00.000-08:00

My grandma Bea passed away yesterday. She was 86 years old. I'm going to miss her so much! She was always such a caring and happy lady. I have so many fond memories of playing at her house when I was young. She always had yummy goodies and Apple Jacks waiting for us. She was always so strong and determined to not let life slow her down. She had such a special bond with Sienna and I know she will not be forgotten. I'm so glad I got to spend extra time with her last summer helping to take care of her. The game show network, egg sandwiches, and bean with bacon soup will always remind me of her. I'm sure she is so happy to be reunited with my grandpa. I love you Grandma Bea and know I will see you again some day!

San Diego

2010-02-28T12:07:00.001-08:00

We went to San Diego two weeks ago for our winter vacation! We stayed 6 days in the warm and wet weather. 60-70 degrees felt so good! We had so much fun including the 12 hour drive times two with a 23 month old! Sienna actually did pretty well in the car with the help of DVD player, books, and many many snacks. We decided to go see the ZOO and Sea World for our big things. We also were able to see my sister Steph and her family who live in Vista and my friend Sarah who lives in San Diego. Here are a few highlights...

Swimming at the condo in Oceanside. Sienna wanted to go swimming everyday! And we almost did although it was a little chilly at night.

Oceanside harbor-our first night we had to eat some seafood even if it was at Joe's Crab Shack

I think Sienna felt the energy from the sun as much as we did. She had so much fun playing outside at the playgrounds.

She loves to CHEESE!!!

At the zoo-the elephant odyssey exhibit was awesome. I think the San Diego Zoo is 10 times bigger than the Hogle zoo, especially when carrying around 20 pounds through most of it. Stinker did not want to stay in her stroller most the time.

Always love the head pictures

My friend Sarah and her two girls-notice how I am wearing a tank top and she is wearing a sweater. She made so much fun of me for dressing like its summer! Hey 65 degrees is warm to me!

We went to Sea Port Village which is close to down town-beautiful views of the ocean and Sienna loved chasing all the birds away

Beautiful flowers at Sea Port Village

Sea World with the penguins

Love this picture! She is sitting on her stomach totally amazed with this walrus! It was so fun to see her get all excited with every new animal we saw.

Shamu show-in which was NOT part of the show a pelican getting eaten by both whales! You would think birds would know not to land on Shamu's stage! It was a crowd pleaser, but shook up the trainers just a little bit!

Can't tell you how many looks we got for having this cute monkey leash on Sienna through out the parks! She fell in love with this monkey thank goodness! I think it's better than pushing around a screaming kid in the stroller or losing you kid! I was just waiting for someone to say something to me!

Enjoying the sprite and popcorn only Sea World has to offer

This was actually Sienna's favorite part of Sea World-They had a few cute rides and a huge playground for kids to play on. I need one of these in our backyard!

At Oceanside beach with my sister and her family. It was so windy and a little cold that day but she still wanted to dip her feet in the ocean

Let's get ROWDY!!!

2010-02-22T09:41:00.000-08:00

Once my husband gets an idea in his head-there's no stopping in what he can do! Sam is the most creative half of us! And when the Utah Jazz were offering free tickets for the rest of the season, he had to get in on it! A couple weeks ago the Jazz were looking for the craziest, loudest, and most obnoxious fans! They had a try-out for the free tickets during the game against the Clippers. They showed the game at the Salt Lake Megaplex theater and the fans who stood out the most got free tickets!

Sam decided to put together a couple of "themes" for him and his friend Matt. Sam was the "X-factor" and Matt was "The Misfit". He thought they would be like the Super hero fans! I had nothing to do with the costumes or idea. Other then helping them paint their faces!

After two hours of watching the game and competiting with 500 other fans, they picked 75 fans and 10 alternates. Sam and Matt got alternates so if any others bail out they get the tickets! I'm so glad they were picked. I know they will have fun in the "Rowdy fan" section the next few months! You are crazy babe!

True Jazz fans

The super hero capes!

We can fly!

Strike a pose Misfit Matt

All the other fans trying to get attention from the ticket holders. Notice the guys with the SHORT SHORTS! Almost see a little cheek hanging out!

Confessional

2010-01-17T13:40:00.001-08:00

I have two major confessions to make!!! I love free concerts and I hate being short!!! The Winter Dew Tour has been up at Snow Basin this week and on Friday night we went to the free concert of Dashboard Confessional. They had it on 25th street in Ogden and they had blocked off the entire street. It was so much fun! I thought we would be freezing but we kept following all the "pushy"people closer to the front of the stage. We got pretty close to the front. I had a hard time seeing since I'm so stinking short but it was worth all the "pushing". I've always wanted to see Dashboard Confessional in concert but seems I've never been able to go. They sounded great and with the atmosphere on 25th street, it was a night I will never forget! Some of my friends were able to come up from Herriman so it was fun to see them too. I hope the Winter Dew Tour comes back next year! I love outdoor concerts-even in the middle of the winter!

Side view of the concert where it was actually COLD!

SO many people showed up! O-town is crazy!!!

Best seat in the house was in the middle of all the warm people

My friend Angie, Sam and I enjoying all the awesome music

Hanging out at Roosers after the concert with Angie and all the other 20,000 people

Christmas Joy!

2010-01-07T09:49:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures from Christmas time! Had a great December with all the fam!

Playing rock band at my family's adult Christmas party

Christmas day with Sam's family

Christmas day at my parents house

All the chaos at my parents house on Christmas day. 13 grandchilren, 12 adults, and 2 Grandmas It's a full house!

Sam's gifts from Santa

My beautiful gift from Santa. He thinks I'm a huge Twerd. Guess I better embrace it now!

Opening presents at home

Sienna got more toys than I know what to do with! By the end of Christmas day she was not wanting to open any more presents. It had worn her out to pull at that paper off!

This is as close as Sienna would come to Santa this year.

My silly girl

Christmas lights in Ogden

My grandma Bea is such a good sport! I love her so much!

Trying to smile with her new hat on!

Winter pics finally!!!

2010-01-05T16:38:00.000-08:00

SO our computer crashed right after Halloween. We tried and tried a million times to get it to work but the poor thing was 7 years old and died!!! Finally we got a new computer (after christmas) and I am finally able to blog a little bit. Thank goodness my IPOD has the internet on it so I could at nleast check my email. I'm still a little computer illiterate so it's taken me a while to figure how to change things on my blog. I am able to at least show you all our new professional pictures we got taken a few days before Christmas. We tried to take them 3 times this month as Sienna was sick the first time, the second try she cried the ENTIRE time, and the third time was finally it! We ended up taking them inside our house and outside with my parents pony. We thought for sure she would cheese it up next to Trixie, her favorite pony, but Sienna did not want pictures taken. I think we got one smile out of her! I will hopefully be able do show you our Christmas pictures by February at the rate I'm going! Hope everyone had some great holidays!

Not sure if she will ever let go of THAT thumb!

My favorite picture-the only one she smiled in

We have known each other for 7 years and glad we can still smile and look at each other!

Festive fall cousins

2009-10-29T11:20:00.000-07:00

Sienna has many many cousins in our family. She is starting to say each of their names and it so fun to see her remember who they are. She is starting to talk so well now. She is even starting to sing her ABC's and count up to 10. It's so crazy how fast kids learn things!

So this past month we wanted to do some fun fall activities and get out of the house! There is only so much Sesame street and Wiggles I can take! I'm glad it stayed warm so we could enjoy the outdoors just a little longer. We went to the Scarecrow festival at Thanksgiving point and my parents had their annual Halloween party. Fall is a great time of year for festive fun!

Scarecrow festival at the petting zoo part

I think this goat and Sienna stared each other down for 5 minutes straight!

Cousin Griffin, Sam, and Sienna loving the fresh kettle corn

Counting the pumpkins..1..2..3..

Pre- Halloween party with cousins-

Devon-cowboy, Julianna-Jasmine, Madison-hippie chick, Jackson-spiderman, Emma-supergirl, Sydnee-witch, Austin-monster, Stockton-Wolverine, Breanna-pink lady, Morgan-Southern Bell

The cutest Snow White ever!!!

Doc, Snow White, and the Wicked Queen

Just keep running...

2009-10-16T19:57:00.000-07:00

Last week I did the Las Vegas Ragnar race. In case you don't know about the Ragnar races, it is a relay race you do with 11 other teammates. There are 2 vans of 6 people and we ran a total of 180 miles. It started in the Valley of Fire through Lake Mead and then ends in Las Vegas. I had one of the easier legs, but it was not easy! I ran 3 miles (mostly uphill), 2.9 miles, and then 5 miles. I thought I wouldn't make that last 5 miles on 2 hours of sleep, but somehow my legs pulled through! It was so much fun to run with a group of girls from work. You really learn a lot of things about people when you are in a car with them for over 24 hours! We came in 1st place for the corporate division and received batons that said "numero uno"! If any of you out there are runners or are looking for a challenge, the ragnar race is it! I'm so glad I did it and got a little emotional at the end when I could see the finish line! I'm hooked on running and hopefully will do the Wasatch Back relay next June!

Decorating the car before the race

My team was mostly nurses from my work- notice the Becky + baby. Our little pregnant Becky did such an amazing job!

Our team name-Dub nutrition sponsored us

My van at the starting line- Laura, Nicole, Katie, Bobbi, Becky, me

At the starting line with preggo Becky! We had no idea what we were in for at that point!

Another team called "the running impaired" There are some crazy runners out there. They were so creative with the team names!

Laura helping out Nicole on her 1st leg. Water please!

My happily handing Becky our slap bracelet after my 1st leg! It was so dang hot, and I was not excited to see a huge hill on my last mile!

After our 1st leg was over, we were able to rest at the Lake Mead marina area while our van #2 was running. Here we are being gangsta's and showing what number leg we ran. I was #4!

Nicole and Katie-gearing up for our night run. I ran at 11pm and thought a coyote was chasing me for a few seconds! It was a little scary to run in the dark, in the desert, and have no idea where you are going! But I had an awesome view of the moon!

After my 3rd leg- happy as a clam that I did it! I felt like wonder woman!

At the finish line with the entire team! We were able to use the spa at our hotel before the 2nd van came in. The shower was to die for! But as we were walking out to meet our team at the finish line, some lady said to us, "Oh you will feel sooo much better after you shower!" We were like do we look that bad after our showers? Thanks a lot lady!

At the finish line with our medals of honor

Receiving our 1st place batons at the pool in our swimming suits! It was an awesome experience and am so glad I got to do it with 11 other awesome women! Can't wait for next year!

Outside please!

2009-10-06T09:31:00.000-07:00

Sienna is such an outdoors kind of girl! She loves to play outside on her slides, pushing her car, or feeding the horses. Now that the weather is a little more chilly, we are having a hard time keeping her cooped up in the house. We did catch a few days that were still warm and took advantage of it.

There is a river walkway in Riverdale. In the 31 years I have lived in South Weber, I have never even been there or even heard much of it. Sad because it is only 10 minutes from our house. It was pretty nice. It's paved and they even have a Ultimate Frisbee course through out it. I was surprised that people were playing Frisbee. Kindove funny to watch. There were a lot of bikers and runners on the course also. Sienna had a great time with all the bugs and flowers.

We also went to Beus' pond in Ogden and fed the crazy ducks. They must have been starving because I have never been so close to a duck or swan before. It made me a little nervous of how close they would come up to you. Sienna also loved the little park next to the pond. She thinks she is just as big as the 5 year olds and is now daring to go down the big slides all by herself. Hope there are a few more warm fall days ahead of us before the snow hits!!!

Hanging out on daddy's shoulders

Look at my photography skills-so professional I know!

Smelling the sunflowers

She will literally inhale the entire flower

Beus pond with friends Michelle and Kynli

Massive swan ready to eat your fingers off!

New friends-Sienna and Kynli

It can't be...the last day!!!

2009-09-21T17:04:00.000-07:00

I'm soooo sad today is the official last day of summer! I love the heat and all the fun things to do during summer!! I'm not ready for the cold snow!!! AND with everyone's Halloween decorations already up, I guess I do need to move on from summer and into fall. We definitely got out and did many activities and tried to relax as much as possible the last three months. I'm hoping next year will be easier to camp with a two year old! HA HA!!! I can say I am looking forward to cute Halloween pictures, but for now here are the last of this summers pictures. Hope everyone had a great summer!!!

Sienna looking like a diva with her cousin Griffin. Thanks for the sleepover Alexis!

Sienna is such a hard worker at Grandma Annette's

Boating at Pineview with friends. Thanks Bobbi for letting us wakeboard with ya!

Bobbi skiing on one ski! She's looked like a natural! I think I will stick to wakeboarding!

Sienna finally got used to the life jacket and enjoyed boating

Sienna with cousins-Emma and Jackson at the Ogden Dinosaur park

The dinosaurs did not scare her-which really surprised me.

Looking for dinosaur bones

Thanksgiving point at the Barnyard Farm exhibit

Three rascals in jail at Thanksgiving point-Friends Kaylee, Saidee, and Sienna
They loved roaming around the little western town-such a cute place!

Happy 60th mom & dad!

2009-09-01T10:13:00.001-07:00

Both my mom and dad turn 60 this year. Their birthdays are two days apart. My mom's is the 1st and my dad's is the 3rd of September. Both my parents have aged so well! I don't remember my grandparents looking so young. We had a surprise party for them yesterday at my sister's house. We told them it was family night and to come over at 6. Well of course my dad had a tee time at the golf course at 4 so they were 30 minutes late and everyone was there. We saw their car pull up but then they turned around once they saw all the cars and realized what we were up to. They did come back and finally showed up to their party. It was fun to catch up with all the aunts and uncles and see all the gag "over the hill" gifts they got. Happy Birthday mom and dad!!!

Most of my family

My grandma Bea with the folks

My niece Sydnee and the blue frosting matching her shirt! Everyone's teeth were stained all night!

SURPRISE SIGN

My nieces-Breanna, Madison and Morgan decorating the car

Park City marathon

2009-08-28T09:46:00.000-07:00

Sam was in the Park City marathon on Saturday. It was his first marathon and he finished the whole 26.2 miles despite a leg injury. He was determined to finish although he had to walk the last 5 miles because of his knee. I'm so proud of my hubby! We met him at mile marker 20 and had a sign to cheer him on. He said it really helped him want to finish after he saw us because he was ready to give up because of the pain. I can't believe how determined he was! Sam's mom, sister, Sienna, her cousin Griffin, and I were all waiting for him at the finish line and were so excited to see him! I'm so glad he accomplished this personal goal and know the next one will be better for him. Congrats babe! We love you!!!

One proud family

Sam and his mom Annette

I'm sure that Gatorade never tasted so good

My brother Bart at the finish line after the half-marathon

Cousins Austin and Julianna--Sienna's has the "cheese" down!

Hooked on Blogger...worked for me!

2009-08-11T15:46:00.000-07:00

It has been one year since I started being a blogger! I'm hooked for life! It is so much fun to post stories and to catch up on every one's families! My first post was of Sienna's first baby contest, and one year later this post is about her second South Weber Days baby contest! The theme was beach baby, and she won best brown coconut eyes. I think these things are more for the mom's to show off how cute each of our babies are. But, the only thing the winner had on Sienna was a grass skirt! It's rigged I tell ya! I thought Sienna was the cutest beach baby with her pink sparkly flip flops, pony tails, and sunglasses! I hope I'm not turning into one of those crazy pageant moms. I hope somebody would tell me if I get to that point! Anyways, here's some cute pics of her at the contest! Keep the comments coming everyone! I appreciate them all!!!

Hot summer combo

2009-07-28T07:34:00.001-07:00

Since our summer has been so busy that past month I haven't had time to blog at all! So I decided to combine all our fun activities into one post! It has been a great summer!

Camping with friends at Currant Creek (Lorey, Jen, Bobbi, Laura, Me)

We are such tan babes!

Camping with my family at Lava Hot Springs

(Cousins Madison, Sienna, Morgan, Sydnee)

Thank heaven for otter pops!

Sam and Sienna hanging out at the Olympic pool in Lava hot springs

Kenny Chesney concert-It was so dang hot that day! The concert started at 5:30 and didn't end until 10:45! Awesome show! Loved Lady Antebellum as well as Kenny!

During Kenny's encore he sang songs from the Steve Miller Band, U2, Sublime, and the Eagles. It was so funny to see the three 14 year old girls behind us look at everybody like, "What are these songs and why is he singing them?" Everyone was singing with or without you by U2 so loud! It was so cool!

My friend Jen and me sweating away at the concert

We went to "This is the place" in Salt Lake with my family. This is all Sienna's cousins on my side. 13 grandkids in all! That was also a stinking hot day!!!

My dad with Sienna rocking their sunglasses

My mom with Sienna. Sienna has no patience at all and was freaking out waiting in line for the train ride. I still love this picture though!

Sienna is not afraid of animals and was loving the sheep. She would go right up to them and feed it whatever she could find. She also tried to feed a horse a plastic carrot from the general store they have there! Luckily the horse didn't eat it!

Enjoying my snow cone at the Ogden Raptors baseball game. We only lasted an hour at the game because she doesn't like to sit still at all! I'm glad we only paid 5 dollars for both our seats! They have a playground in the corner of the stadium, but there were a million kids in there so that didn't help us either. Fun thought for a minute!

Playing at the South Ogden splash pad! It's awesome because it is free and has a playground right next to it. She is not afraid of the water spraying her at all!

More swimming at Willard Bay

Playing with her four wheeler on the beach at Willard Bay

One serious look at the zoo! I actually got her to hold still for this one!

4th of July

2009-07-06T19:17:00.000-07:00

Our 4th of July was a lot of fun! We went to the Kaysville parade in the morning. Sienna watched the entire thing which was over an hour! The horses were her favorite thing and the beads from the Taco time float. Thankfully we left before they do the big water fight at the end with the fire trucks. We then came home and took a 3 hour nap. That was my favorite part of the day! We also had a bbq at my parents house and then went to the fireworks in Kaysville. Sienna wasn't really interested and just wanted to walk all over the park. I'm so glad they didn't scare her! I'm glad we've been able to enjoy so many things with her. It's so fun to see them learn and start figuring everything out. She is getting too smart already!

Hanging out in front of Davis High with family

Sienna enjoying her freedom!

Trying to get her to watch fireworks in the back of our truck at the DATC

Those are some big missionaries!

Cousin Breanna with Sienna at the parade

My first 5k!!!

2009-07-01T20:11:00.001-07:00

I ran my first ever 5k race on Saturday for the West Haven Days! I've never been able to run a mile without gasping for air, so this was a challenge for me! My goal was to run the entire thing no matter how slow I was. I ran in 33 minutes and only stopped once to re-tie my shorts! I was so proud of myself! Sam also ran it and got 2nd place in his age group. Such a show-off! Sam's sister, Alexis, also ran and got 6th place for her age group. I didn't even look to see what I got! I didn't really want to know! So next comes the 10k for South Weber Days in August, and after that the Las Vegas relay in October with 11 other co-workers/friends! I can't wait! I'm hooked on this running thing!
The only down side to this blog is I totally forgot my camera, so no pictures of me sweating to death! But this picture tells it all, I am so happy I did it and I am so happy it's over!
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Lagoon Day

2009-06-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

Sienna was able to ride some rides at Lagoon this year. All of her cousins were excited to ride with her. I still can't believe what they charge for a day pass for a toddler! RIP OFF! The only ride she really liked was the little cars that go in a circle. She kindove liked bulgy the whale and hated the carousel. I don't know if Lagoons carousel goes faster or what because she likes the one at the zoo. She wasn't too impressed with the train ride. All those animals look so sad! I'm glad she at least liked to look around at everything and all the people walking around. Hopefully next year she can go on a few more rides! And actually enjoy them!

She is not enjoying the up and downs of Bulgy the whale with cousin Sydnee

Cruisin with cousin Emma

Happy Father's Day

2009-06-21T19:57:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Father's Day by having Mommy work all day! No actually we had a great dinner at Sam's moms house after I got off work. I gave Sam a gift certificate for a massage, (totally forgetting that's what he got his dad!) I feel like a horrible wife for not remembering something like that. DUH!!! Since Sam has been training for the Park City marathon, I thought it was a great idea! I will have to make it up to him for his birthday! My dad was on his mo tab choir trip so we weren't able to celebrate father's day with him. I just can't believe it's been over a year since we became parents. Its hard to remember what things were like before Sienna arrived! Hope everyone had a great father's day!

Sienna posing with Sam in our backyard

Sienna and Griffin love Grandpa David's stories

Camping in the rain!

2009-06-19T19:55:00.000-07:00

We went to my family's cabin in the Uintah's last weekend. We had it all to ourselves so it was a lot of fun. Other than the stinking rain! It rained about half the time, so we at least got to ride the four wheeler a few times. It was fun to see Sienna explore everything and wanting to play in the dirt and mud. When we first got there, Sam had to turn on the water and found a skunk waiting for him in the cellar. Luckily it didn't spray Sam, but the next night it visited us again! He came up to the front porch and tried to eat leftovers from our dog's bowl. It was 11 o'clock at night, so it scared the crap out of us! He ran away once the we turned on the lights, so hopefully he went to another cabin for good! I'm glad we were able to go camping finally this summer. Hopefully there will more to come soon...

Sienna enjoying her hobo dinner. Or lack there of. She has been a non-eater lately.

Enjoying some wild flowers with dad

She loved the four wheeler rides even with having three layers of clothes on

Exploring all the mud and rocks that the mountains have to offer!

1st hair cut

2009-06-09T10:58:00.001-07:00

I took Sienna yesterday for her first hair cut. I've been putting it off , but her bangs were getting so long they were driving me crazy! I usually pull them back with a barrette, but she always takes out anything in her hair. I took her to Cookie Cutters in Riverdale. They are a little expensive but you pay to have the kids watch a movie and sit in a cute car they can play with. The girl there did a good job. I was a little nervous Sienna might move and have a huge hole or something. She barely trimmed the back and cut cute bangs. Sienna has a little bit of curly hair in the back and I didn't want that gone. The only down side is I was told they will take her picture and give you a certificate for their 1st hair cut, but their camera and the computer that prints off the certificate weren't working. That would have been so cute to scrap! So this is my photography skills at home. She knows to say "cheese" now when the camera comes out. I think she looks like Boo from Monster's Inc. now! Love it!

Sea legs are here to stay

2009-06-02T19:22:00.000-07:00

We went to Willard Bay on Saturday with Sam's mom and step dad. Sienna has never been on a boat before so we were a little worried of how she would react. It took her about 5 minutes to get used to the life jacket. She didn't like it because it confined her so much and she couldn't walk on the boat that well. She sat on my lap almost the entire trip. Once we starting moving a little faster and the wind blew her hair, she was golden. I'm so glad she liked boating! I always tell Sam that one of my goals in life is to get our own boat and go to Lake Powell every year for a family trip. I love it down there! Hopefully we can start doing that in the next few years.
I really wanted to wake board, but Sam got in first and then the wind came. It looked like it was going to rain too, so we decided to go back in to play it safe. I hope I can wake board this year. It's been way too long. I was surprised that the bugs weren't that bad. Hopefully it will stay that way. AND hopefully we can go a few more times with Grandma and Grandpa. Thanks for taking us! I LOVE SUMMER!!!

ISN"T SHE THE CUTEST GIRL EVER?!!!

Vegas Anniversary

2009-05-26T15:37:00.000-07:00

We went to Vegas for our 5th wedding anniversary last week! We had 3 days of sun and lots of fun! We stayed at the New York New York Casino. It was pretty nice. I like how they have the shops and cafe's all set up there and the dueling piano bar is awesome there.

We saw a few shows and the highlight of our trip was eating at the Eiffel tower restaurant at the Paris. It was so beautiful! It was a 6 course meal and very expensive, but I'm glad we went. It's definitely a one time experience. You can see the Bellagio fountains show every 15 minutes and we arrived at sunset so the view was sooo beautiful. We ate food that you've never heard of or could repeat back to the waiter. Sam was so sweet and got me a beautiful necklace and surprised me with roses. It was awesome to walk around with a dozen roses and get all sorts of looks from other women. After dinner we saw the Cirque de Soilel show called "O". The stage has a huge pool in the middle and the performers do all sorts of tricks and flips in the water. It was cool to watch a big show like that.

The last night we were there we went to the Palms and saw Dane Cook. He was pretty funny, but I was little disappointed. The comedian before him (I forgot his name) had me and Sam crying we were laughing so hard. We saw a few celebrities there. Nelly and two NFL football players. It seems like all the celebrities like to stay there. I guess because it's a little more secluded than the other resorts.

I'm so glad we were able to go and have a nice anniversary. Thank you Grandma Annette for watching Sienna for us. It was an anniversary we will never forget!

Our 1st dessert at the Eiffel Tower restuarant. We had souffle' for the 2nd dessert. I've never had it but it was to die for!

View from the restaurant

We had 4th row seats for Dane Cook. Ya think I could have gotten a better pic!

Sam posing for me in front of the NY NY casino

We want to back asap! Anyone up for a Vegas trip soon?

Ogden marathon

2009-05-18T12:10:00.000-07:00

Sam and I have been running pretty consistently the past 3 months. Some girls from my work were trying to get a relay team together for the wasatch back that is in June. Unfortunately we are on the waiting list, so I'm not sure if we will be in it or not. But it has motivated me and Sam to both get back in shape. So three days before the Ogden marathon, Sam decided to run the half-marathon and they had one spot open for a VIP. It costs $200 but you get gear, a free massage, and a goodie bag. And some of it is tax deductible. The VIP's get their own shuttle, port a potties, and get to keep their gear on the bus. He was a little nervous before it started, but he finished in 2 hours. It was faster than he thought he could do, so he was way excited. I had to work again, so I wasn't even able to be there to cheer him on. But thankfully grandma Annette took some pics for me. THANK YOU!!! I'm going to do the West Haven 5K and the South Weber 5K if the relay doesn't work out. I don't feel ready for the relay, but want to do it so bad! I want to feel that runners high, and not the sore muscles anymore! I'm so proud of my hubby for doing this on such short notice! Your Awesome!

ALMOST to the finish line!

Sam's sister, Alexis ran the 5K. Your awesome too AL! That medal looks huge!

Sienna was able to hang with Dad after the run. They had a lot of booths and food for everyone. Ogden City can do a good job of entertaining for all you haters out there!

Sienna hanging out with Grandpa Sam

Being spoiled by Grandpa David with ice cream and slushies

Happy Mothers Day!

2009-05-10T11:50:00.000-07:00

Hope Everyone had a great mothers day! I had to work until 3 pm, but then we hung out with the both families. We had an awesome bbq at my mom's house followed by a piano recital from all my nieces and nephews. My mom teaches all of them piano. I know Sienna cant wait to take from grandma Pat. She already pounds the keys and gets a huge smile. We then went to Sam's moms house and had some massive banana splits. I LOVE ice cream. Its the devil I tell ya! It was nice to relax and take a moment to think how motherhood has changed our lives. Sienna makes it so much more enjoyable! I love you chunky monkey!

My grandma Jane, my mom and Sienna. I really wanted to get a pic with the four generations of momma's! Sienna is no longer scared of my grandma! Finally!

My grandma Bea. She is doing so well. She hasn't let being sick keep her down! Sienna and I love being able to spend more time with her.

Swinging with all her cousins! She would stay outside all day if I let her! We both love the sun!

4wheelin' races

2009-04-24T19:07:00.000-07:00

ITS OFF TO THE RACES!!!

Last weekend we were at Grandpa & Grandma Welch's house for Sam's brother's birthday party. They have an elementary school behind their house, so we decided that Griffin and Sienna need to have a 4 wheeler race on the playground grass area. Griffin is Sienna's cousin who is two months younger than her and he is more competitive when it comes to four wheeling races. He knows how to push the button and won every race! Sienna hasn't quite figured out that you have to hold the button down constantly so the four wheeler keeps going. She likes to stand on it and do Evil Kanevil tricks instead. She will put one leg on the seat and lift the other leg up while trying to push the button. It was pure entertainment to be outside in the warm weather and watch 1 year old four wheeling races!

St. George Easter

2009-04-13T17:01:00.001-07:00

We went to St. George for our annual Easter/Spring Break trip with my side of the family. We did a lot of activities and did some shopping. The weather was kindove warm for a few days, and I actually got a little sunburn. So excited to have some sun! Hope everyone had a great Easter!

Madi and Mo helping during the easter egg hunt. Sienna is walking now. She can walk across a room without falling. FUN for me!!! She kindove concentrated on a few eggs and then was done. All of us helped picked up her green eggs. Each cousin had a color coded egg to look for. My mom just had to give the youngest kid the color that matches the grass! HELLO!

We went minature golfing at Fiesta Fun

Coloring eggs at the Condo

Hiking up to the DIXIE sign

We did a lot of swimming. Sienna loved the water and didn't want to get out! She was a cute baby prune!

More pics of the easter egg hunt. Cousin Jackson sharing all his loot

All 12 of her cousins. The easter bunny left plenty of candy for all, including the adults. From left to right-bottom row Sydnee, Austin, Sienna, Jackson, Julianna, Emma, Alex, Logan TOP ROW- Madison, Morgan, Madison(Bre's cousin), Breanna, Stockton, Devon

Happy belated Easter EVERYONE!

BEAUTIFUL GIRL!

2009-03-31T20:31:00.000-07:00

I wanted to get some professional one year old pics of Sienna. I know its hard to get a one year olds attention that long but, Marissa did a great job. She also did Sienna's newborn pics and they were awesome. If you guys are looking for something different than the normal pictures at Target or Kiddie Kandits, give her a try. REFER me and I get a discount next time. Check out her website. It's marrissavargasonphotography.com/blog.

Anyways, this post is about my BEAUTIFUL GIRL! Here are a few of my favorites that I would LOVE to share with all of you...Let me know which is your favorite. I can't decide which one to give to the grandparents!

1st birthday PARTIES!!!

2009-03-16T10:45:00.000-07:00

Sienna turned 1 on Friday! We had 2 birthday parties because we both have such big families, we decided to split it up. We did a 1st birthday princess theme. She got to dig into her birthday cakes twice and made a huge mess both times. It was so funny! I don't know if she didn't like it on her hands or she just liked to play with it, but she would shake her hands and it would go everywhere. Our walls were covered! I feel bad because we forgot to sing Happy Birthday and let her blow out the candle during the 1st party. I felt like the worst mom for forgeting that part. We made it up to her and sang happy birthday really loud for the second party. I think she had a lot of fun playing with her cousins and seeing everyone! Happy Birthday sweet girl! You are our princess!

Sam and the birthday princess!

Grandpa Sam and Grandma Cheryl got her this cute chair! She loves it and climbs all over it. It fits her just right!

Some of the loot she received from everyone! Thanks again everybody!

Her second cake that we let her blow out the candle and dig into!

Her new best friend Kaylee. They are a year apart and already love to play together. SO CUTE!

Her first cake that she ate and ate and ate!

I love her cute smile!

It was a lot of partying!

What a difference a year makes!

2009-03-07T19:59:00.000-08:00

I can't believe its almost been a year since Sienna was born. With her birthday coming up next week, I've been trying to sort all her pictures from the past year. Its crazy to see how much she has changed! She still has her tiny features, but she looks so different from when we brought her home from the hospital. They do grow up too fast! I keep thinking she's not a baby anymore and that she's grown into this silly MOBILE toddler. I hope every year is as fun as her first! Can't wait for her to dig into that cake next week!

Tag 6-6-6

2009-03-03T09:46:00.000-08:00

RULES:

-Go to the document/my pictures site on your computer

-Choose your 6th file

-Choose your 6th picture

-Blog about it

-Tag 6 people

I finally got to this tag! The picture is really lame but it looks like it could be a postcard. We went to St. Louis and Kansas City to the see the Chiefs play against the New York Jets in 2005. It was an awesome NFL game. The chiefs killed them! We went to St. Louis too because there really isn't that much to do in Kansas City. It was a four hour drive from Kansas City to St Louis. Sam has never been to arch so we decided it would be worth the drive. But when we got there, the Arch was closed so we didn't get to go up, not that Sam would have anyway. But we at least got to look around the museum they have there. We also went and saw the Cardinals play that night. The weather was so hot, I remember sticking to the stadium seats. The humidity is horrible there! We will return soon---when the Chiefs get better!

I TAG---Lisa, Shauni, Kami, Melanie, Lanae, Amy

California vacation

2009-02-20T08:57:00.001-08:00

So, I'm finally able to blog about our Disneyland trip. We have all been sick since we got back. But, we are finally recovering from all the chaos. We left last Thursday and came home on President's Day. The weather did not really cooperate with us. It rained about half the time and the high was only in the 50's. I was hoping for Spring weather. But we weren't in the snow!

The first day we went to Goofy's kitchen for dinner. If you've never done it, do it next time you go to Disneyland. The characters entertain you the entire time and it's a buffet so the kids should find something they like. If you do the character signature book, it's easier to get the different characters to sign then to find them throughout Disneyland. We had Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Jasmine and Chip and Dale around our table most the time. Sienna enjoyed the music and danced all night.

We then went to Disneyland Friday and Saturday. It rained all day Friday, but the lines were short. We took Sienna on Peter Pan, Pirates, and the Bugs life rides. She did not like any of the rides that were inside. I think they were too loud and over stimulating for her. Except her favorite was it's a small world. It was a little harder to take an eleven month old then I thought. But luckily my family helped watch her so we could go on the bigger rides.

I also was able to meet my friend Sarah at Disneyland. She lives in San Diego and it has been over 7 years since I have seen her. It was great to catch up. Wish we had more time to spend together!

Sunday was a day of relaxation. We went to the beach and ate at Rainforest cafe. This place is not worth the money! The food wasn't that great and it is way way overpriced! It's not worth it! My mom watched Sienna that night and we went to see "She just not that into you". CUTE show!

Monday we went to the Long Beach aquarium and Bubba Gump restaurant. It was a pretty cool place. LOTS of people, but Sienna liked the Nemo fishes!

THANK YOU MOM for taking us all to Disneyland. It was a great Christmas gift to us! Its a trip we will never forget!

Hangin with Jasmine at Goofy's kitchen. I look huge next to her! Sienna liked her the best out of all the characters.

Goofy kitchen is worth the money! They are used to the mess kids make at dinner and the food was actually pretty good.

Thats a big Mickey!

Front entrance with our cheesy shirts. Yes, we were one of those families that have matching shirts. My entire family, 25 of us, wore them our second day at Disneyland. It was easy to find everyone. We did it for you mom!

She loves her cousins! She gives the twins kisses constantly! Her favorite is Morgan!

I think shes giving Minnie a bad look because they are wearing the same bow

Bugs life in California adventure park

Hanging at the beach in the freezing weather! Way too cold to swim. We at least saw a gorgeous sunset there

I love this picture! She loves being outside!

Long Beach aquarium, where I saw Steve Carell from the Office, but too chicken to get his picture. I don't ever know what to do when I meet celebrities!

Bubba Gump restaurant in Long Beach

Girls Night out!

2009-02-05T08:17:00.000-08:00

Last Friday I went out some friends from work. My work had their version of the biggest loser a few months ago. Our team won 1st place, so we needed to celebrate! Pretty sure I gained every pound back this weekend! We went out to eat Friday night and had plenty of goodies at the hotel. American Idol karaoke as a lot of fun too. Me and Jen were the only brave souls to sing some awesome 80's songs. Hopefully no one else in the hotel complained about us. We then went to Gardner village on Saturday for some serious shopping. My New Years resolution was just on hold for a few days. Time to get back on the wagon!

Gardner Village shopping

Lorey's husband sent us with a "just for fun" bag with some "fun items" inside. We definitely had a fun girls night out!

Hangin out

2009-02-05T07:49:00.000-08:00

Since January has been so blahhh, I thought I would just post some pics of me and Sienna hangin out at home. She is so funny with all her new faces that shes figure out how to pull! She's my chunky monkey!

She's becoming a picky eater. She wants real people food no more baby stuff!

I finally got 2 pigtails in! Its a rare occasion that she will sit still that long. Shes growing up too fast!

Her new favorite toy that she dances with. She has that booty shake down already!

Her two top teeth just came in.

NO MORE PICTURES TODAY MOM!!!!

TAG! Your it!

2009-01-26T12:57:00.000-08:00

I guess I'm it for now...

FAVORITE TAG
Name your FAVORITE . . .
*Color: SKY blue
*Vacation spot: Maui
*Food: Crab Legs with lots of butter
*Snack: Anything crunchy
*Book: I'm on the 4th Twighlight-finally
*Music artist: Dave Matthews, Kenny Chesney, Gwen Stephani
*Music genre: Country
*Actor: Brad Pitt (purely for his acting skills only)
*Actress: I'm an Angelina fan 2! Back off everyone!
*Movie of all time: Fools Rush In- love Matthew Perry and the story line!
*Smell: Lavender lotion on my baby girl
*Sound: Silence
*Candy: Anything gummi
*Job you've ever had: Being a dance instructor
*Place you've lived in: love my current house
*Item of clothing: gray jacket that I wear too often
*Cereal: Fruity pebbles
*Peanut Butter ~~creamy or crunchy? Crunchy!
*Dessert: Outback's cheesecake. Jen's yours is a close 2nd
*Song: Every Dave song!
*Ice Cream: Cookies and cream
*Quote: "that's what she said."
*Teacher in school: Mrs Gilmore
*Year in School: 4th Grade
*Sport: To play: basketball
To watch: NFL football
NOW I TAG... EVERYONE!

INVITED!!!

2009-01-20T10:49:00.001-08:00

Since I really don't have anything to blog about lately, this is a shout out to all you scrapbookers! The scrapbook expo is coming up. It is Friday and Saturday March 20th and 21st. I am giving you plenty of time to get off work. Bobbi and I have been the loyal scrappers lately, but she has some stinking 1/2 marathon to run the same weekend. BOOO! We get a hotel room in SLC and make it a fun girls weekend out of it! So, if anyone is interested in all day scrapping with me, LET ME KNOW! Come one, come all to a weekend of scrapping!!! You will get hooked for life!

Snow! Snow! Snow!

2009-01-05T18:32:00.000-08:00

Over the holiday break, it felt like it snowed everyday. My sister was here from San Diego with her family, so my dad got the snowmobile out and dragged the kids in a sled around the field by our house. It was fun to get Sienna in her snow outfit. She didn't like being stuck in her suit, but had fun sledding with dad down a tiny hill. It was fun driving the snowmobile around. Last year, I wasn't able to since I was prego. Now I just need to go snowboarding...and I'll be ready for winter to be over!

I love how she looks like Maggie from the Simpsons. A little star.

My sister Stephanie and Sienna's silly smile

One cold family

Breanna and Morgan

My dad pulling the kids between the horse poop. Careful!

Our little sledding hill in my parents back yard

Alex, Madison, Morgan, and Breanna going down the big kids hill

Happy 2009!!!

2009-01-03T18:09:00.000-08:00

We were kindove party poopers this year for new years. It's a lot different when you have a little one. We decided to just stay home this year. Sam's friend Matt came over and we played one CRAZY game of Monopoly. Matt won of course. We stayed up until 1230, which was pretty good I thought. So... this is a shout out to all of you... Please have a new years party next year!

Sam and Matt and some cheesy new years hats

My cheesy new years hat feather thing

Vince had a little too much to drink...water that is

She looks so cute in her festive outfit!

Sienna stayed up until 8. Such a good girl!

First Christmas Fun!!!

2008-12-29T13:03:00.001-08:00

We had a lot of fun on Sienna's first Christmas. We got up early at 6 because I had to go into work for 4 hours. Sienna was ready to open all her gifts! Santa spoiled her with lots of toys and clothes. She liked the bows and kindove ripped the paper from the boxes. She was so excited to play with everything. Sam was so tired he ended up opening my mom's gift (Disney scrapbook kit). He was very disappointed. He actually got the Batman movie, CD, a tie organizer, and many clothes. I got gift cards for a massage at aveda spa in Layton, Michael's, and Maurices. We also received Disneyland passes, Omaha steak dinners, and gift certificates for Wendover from all of our parents! We visited all our family that day and had lots of fun. Thanks everyone for making it a Christmas we will never forget!

Sienna and Griffin love the train that goes around Grandma Annette and Grandpa David's Christmas tree.

Christmas Eve jammies with cousins Alex, Sydnee, Madi, and Mo

Opening gifts at Aunt Darcy's house with Alexis and Griffin

Sienna's favorite toy at Grandma Pat's, a jumping snowman

Grandma Cheryl with Sienna's cute Santa hat

Christmas day at my parents house

I think she was satisfied with Santa's delivery

Nativity play on Christmas Eve at Grandpa Brian and Grandma Pat's house. Sienna got to play Jesus since she is the youngest cousin. Madison ,who was playing Mary, said that "Jesus just pooped her pants." It was the best line of the entire play!

From left to right-cousins- Stockton (shephard), Alex (wiseman), Jackson (shephard), Morgan (Big yellow Star), Madison (Mary), Sienna (Jesus), Devon (Joseph), Julianna and Sydnee(Angels)

Santa with Sienna and Griffin

Sam and Santa (Grandpa Sam Sr.)

Before I forget...

2008-12-23T20:57:00.001-08:00

FELIZ NAVIDAD

EVERYONE!!!

LOVE THE ARCHULETA FAMILY

O-town Lights

2008-12-19T13:16:00.000-08:00

We went to the Ogden Christmas lights last week. We met Grandpa David and Grandma Annette there. It was so cold but Sienna was bundled up in her stroller. She had a rosy nose and cheeks after 20 minutes of being outside. I think Sienna had a lot of fun looking at the cute houses they have. I think Ogden has done a great job of decorating downtown with the Christmas lights. There is even a little train you can ride on. Next year we want to go when they have a light parade and turn on the lights for the season. This will be a great Christmas tradition for our little family!

Christmas Concert

2008-12-13T10:40:00.000-08:00

On Thursday night we went to the Mo Tab Christmas Concert. My dad has been in the choir for over 10 years and this is his last Christmas concert. It was pretty good and it definitely puts you in the Christmas spirit. My family took up an entire row and I was glad to be sitting next to my grandma Bea. She is such a trooper. I know my dad will miss all the fun stuff he was able to do in the choir. It was always fun to see him on TV even with his funny faces he sometimes pulls when he sings. Your are awesome Dad!

Funny faces

2008-12-02T09:06:00.000-08:00

Sienna has been getting quite the personality lately. I love all the faces that she pulls. I'm constantly taking pictures of her and have gotten some good pics of her being a "silly girl". I can't believe she is almost 9 months old. Everyone says they grow up so fast as she has! I'm so excited for this to be her 1st Christmas. We have already gone overboard but she's our 1st and it's her 1st Christmas. What can I say? I love spoiling her already! Love ya sweet girl!

So Thankful!

2008-11-23T20:24:00.001-08:00

So... I've been such a slacker this month with blogging. Nothing too interesting to blog about. So... I decided since thanksgiving is this week, I would blog about some things I am thankful for!

I am thankful that I am NOT pregnant at this very moment! I can wait everyone! Sienna will have a sibling soon, I'm just not ready yet!

I am thankful for my loving, patient, and hot husband! Love you babe!

I am thankful for Bibs! They are needed often in my house currently!

I am thankful for the wonderful birth of my beautiful baby girl Sienna Eva! It was only 8 hours of labor and she went easy on me during the pushing. She had the best timing! I worked my last shift before I went on maternity leave, and she appeared the next day. BEAUTIFUL SWEET GIRL!!! I love you so much!

I am thankful for my grandma Bea beating cancer and living everyday to the fullest! She is 84 and doing great! I'm so glad she is a strong woman!

I am thankful for my friends and all the laughter they bring to my life! "That's what she said" will never get old! The office rocks! Thank your Bobbi for getting me started on blogging! It's awesome to share memories with everyone!

I am thankful for sleep! It's so rare and so precious!

I am thankful for the Kansas City Chiefs! Ok they are horrible this year, but football season is the best time of the year. There's always next year...

AND last but not least... I am thankful for our dog Vince. He is an awesome baby entertainer. Very gentle and curious about Sienna. He is the best dog anyone could ask for. Thought everyone could get a good laugh from this picture. He is such a good sport being Dino for Halloween this year! VIN DOG!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

Halloween fun!!!

2008-11-01T13:56:00.001-07:00

We had a lot of fun this October with Halloween activities. We carved pumpkins the night before Halloween. Sam is more creative than me. I hate the gooey mess! I had to work all day on Halloween, but Sam took Sienna to see grandparents and cousins before he brought her to my work for trick or treating with the patients. It made the work day a lot more fun! She was got so much attention being pebbles. We hope it was a memorable 1st halloween for her!

I think dad slipped her a little candy!

Trick or treating at South Davis

Grandpa Sam with Sienna and cousins Griffin and Noah

Left to right -Griffin, Auntie Alexis, Noah, Auntie Darcy, Sienna, Sam

Carving pumpkins-mines the "simple" one in the middle. I am not an artist!

Pre-Halloween Family Party

2008-10-23T20:39:00.000-07:00

My parents are going to San Diego over Halloween so they decided to have an early Halloween party so they could see the grand kids in their costumes. We decided to have a Flintstones theme this year. Sienna is the cutest Pebbles out there! My mom helped me make her costume because for some odd reason they don't have small enough Pebbles costumes for kids under 1. I always thought pebbles was a baby not a toddler! But, anyways we found costumes for us and even for Vince our dog. He pulled off a great dino! He's such a dorky dog but we love him.

We were the only "adults" who dressed up. It was a test for my Wilma costume. It's never a one size fits all. There is some pinning going on so nothing flies out. I really loved Sam's hair! I was laughing so hard at him when we started going over to my parents that I couldn't breathe. It was so out of control! I think they mixed up what Fred's hair looks like compared to an actual cave man! I hope my nieces and nephews know we are the fun aunt and uncle and not the weird ones who dress up for Halloween. They kindove knew who we were but keep asking who Sienna was. I guess Flintstones are not on the cartoon network or any tv anymore?! Anyways, we had yummy soup bowls and played some fun games. Can't wait for the next Halloween party...

The Flintstone Family

Sienna is the center of attention in this cake walk game. She gets so excited around her cousins.

All of the kids dressed up with my two grandma's! They are both doing so well!

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Uintah's

2008-10-23T19:51:00.000-07:00

We went up to my family's cabin last weekend. My two brother's and their families were there too along with my parents. We had a lot of fun four wheeling but the Uintah's were pretty cold for fall weather. There wasn't any snow but we had to stay bundled up.

We only stayed one night and that was enough! I felt bad because Siennna did not sleep well. The cabin only has one bedroom and an upper level with multiple beds. My parents gave us the bedroom but she did not want to sleep in her playpen. You can hear everything that goes on in the cabin. If someone pees or coughs or anything, there is no privacy! I ended up sleeping in the recliner with her because she keep crying. I guess new environment and the fire place didn't stay warm all night.

Luckily the next day she loved the swings that are outside. She couldn't get enough. We ended up driving to mirror lake on Saturday and hiked around the entire path they have around the lake. Sienna also loves being outside whether it's 40 degrees or 90. It was a lot of fun and I was so glad we were able to go!

40th anniversary

2008-10-07T21:53:00.000-07:00

Sienna loves grandma and grandpa!

my nieces and nephews candy gram

On Sunday, my family decided to celebrate my parents 40th wedding anniversary. We had them come over to my brothers Brets house for an awesome Chinese dinner. We figure Chinese food is their favorite since they go out for Chinese every Friday night. We then surprised them with a few songs from all my nieces and nephews and a classic photo slide show! The pictures were so fun to see. My parents looked so young at their wedding! My brother also put in pictures of all us kids growing up. The 80's outfits were the worst!

My dad and mom both teared up watching the photos and were so happy we surprised them!The only one missing at the party was my sister Stephanie and her family who lives in San Diego. I know she wishes she could have been here in Utah. We told our parents they have to take us on a cruise for their 50th anniversary now! My dad started laughing! I hope to have as much fun as they did the past 40 years!

The ZOO Jerry!

2008-10-02T21:57:00.001-07:00

We decided to take Sienna to the zoo last week. It was such nice weather and Sam had the day off. Sienna liked the train ride, the giraffes, and penguins. She didn't want to stay in her stroller so we ended up carrying her around most the time. She is getting very spoiled! It was fun watching her look at the animals and figure out what was going on.

I decided to let her taste my rootbeer icecream and one lick later she was hooked! She kept grabbing at it and eventually made a mess of my shirt and her face. She is so curious about everything. I love how she just soaks everything in. It was a good first day at the zoo for her!

Good Things UTAH!

2008-10-02T21:08:00.000-07:00

My sister Trudy was on Good Things Utah last week as a guest host. I went to see her along with a million of her friends and family. We sat in the audience and cheered for her during the show. I think she won over the channel 4 ladies with her cool bracelets and cookies she gave them. She did a great job! I know I couldn't have been on live TV without messing up some how.
After the show we got to meet them and take picutres. I was hoping Raegan was there because the weekend before, my friend Bobbi and I saw her on the way to the Scrapbook expo in Salt Lake. She was driving behind us but then cruized in front of us and almost got in two wrecks. I told Neisha to tell Raegan how much of a crazy driver she was! It was a lot of fun and am proud that my sister had the guts to be on tv!

Sienna's first baby pageant

2008-08-25T16:06:00.000-07:00

We entered Sienna into the South Weber Days baby pageant. It was a 50's style theme. She looked so cute in her poodle skirt. We were first on the stage and I didn't know what the hell I was doing. I didn't see the judges and I stood on the wrong side of the stage. I don't think they got a good look at her because she didn't win princess. But out of her age group, she won "MOST sweet and energetic". She did so well for her first pageant. Mom did not!