Life With the Means

The Pool at the Club

2010-08-06T17:46:00.000-07:00

So my sister and her husband are members of the Abilene Country Club which is great for us because we can go swimming at the pool there whenever we want!! It is a really cool pool area, they have a really big kiddy pool that Fox can touch in, then they have a regular pool that is even bigger and it has two slides, then they have a diving pool with two diving boards!! Fox loved to jump off the side to me!! It is so dang cute, he'll say " ready one, two, three, GO!" And he could do it over and over and over!!

Haley always gets cold when she has been swimming for awhile, so she will lay on the cement to warm up, silly girl!!

Fox thought it would be fun to layout with my Mom and my sister Thora!! What a cute little boy!!

Fox and Weston LOVE to play in the water with their Uncle Troy!!! Especially since their Daddy isn't here :( But it is seriously so fun to go and swim at the Club!! I'm sure we will be there a lot this summer!

Jump House

2010-08-06T17:08:00.000-07:00

So me and my sister and her sister-in-law decided to try out this bounce house place here in Abilene a few weeks ago, and it turned out to be really fun! They have a whole bunch of different bounce houses and a little bounce house play area for little guys like Fox! But Fox liked the big play area too!! Haley and Melia, in one of the houses, they could have played there all day!

Here's Aria, Lexi, and Weston taking a slide all at the same time!!

Fox was in Heaven!! He could run and jump on everything!! It was really cute, we wil definitely be going back!!

Sassy Shoes

2010-08-03T09:00:00.000-07:00

My little Fox has always loved to try on shoes, especially my shoes!! When I saw him put these on I just had to get some pictures! I think it is so funny that he would pick my sassiest shoes to try on and walk around in!!!

He walks pretty well in them too, he is so funny!

Little Skyler!

2010-06-14T21:46:00.000-07:00

I was also finally able to meet my friend Susanna's baby Skyler! He was born on Weston's birthday April 6th, and is just as cute as an be!! I am loving babies right now!!!

Fox LOVED holding little Skyler, he would help him keep his binkie in his mouth, and if I tried to take Skyler away he would say, " no baby, baby"

I don't think Skyler minded Fox holding too much, at least he was a good sport about it!

Weston loves babies too!

Lincoln Wesley Brown

2010-06-14T21:27:00.000-07:00

So I finally got to meet my new little nephew!! I was able to see him the day after I got here on June 1st!! He is so cute and little and happy!!! I love him so much already!!

Here he is with his Beautiul Mommy, my sister Heather. I think he looks just like her! He is almost 3 months old and both he and my sister are doing so well!!

Haley and Weston just love him and were so excited to hold him!!

My Cut

2010-04-12T14:35:00.000-07:00

So this happened about a month ago, but most of my family doesn't know about it, so
I thought I would write about it! I was actually going to sign up for the 10k race on the base. I also had to run some other errands that day. So I got to the Fitness Center and when I got out of the car I realized I hadn't locked it, so I reached in the passenger side door and locked it and quickly shut it, except I failed to pull my forehead out of the way in time, so the corner of the door smacked me in the head. At first I thought it was nothing, until I looked in the mirror and saw the blood ooozing from the gash. Great, I was thinking, Haley was with me so we walked into the gym with a bleeding cut on my forehead and asked to sign up for the race, it really started hurting and I felt a little light headed, the girls at the desk said it looked pretty bad so they called the paremedics. Well when they got there, they didn't speak any English and all they did was stick a bandaide on my head!! Nice!! Well signed up for the race and finished running my errands for the day. It healed pretty good but now I definitely have a scar, it really stinks!!!

I took this picture the next day before we went to church. Nice that it is rigt in the middle of my forehead right!!

Happy Birthday Weston!

2010-04-12T13:51:00.000-07:00

Weston turned 6 this year! I can't believe how big he is getting!! We had a family celebration on his actual birthday, April 6th, we had his favorite meal, PIZZA, and cake and ice cream for dessert, YUMMY! He opened his presents and that was it!!!

The following Saturday we had his friend party! He wanted to swim, so we went to my friends pool and had all of his friends and their families come play!!! Weston had a blast, and I think everyone else had fun too!!! It was a perfect sunny day and everything went perfectly except......

..... the beautiful cupcakes I made were attacked by ants!! You can't tell in this picture but they are covered in ants, the kind that bite!! So I had to dump them in the garbage, there was no hope in saving them! Luckily two of the dads that were there, Ben and Sheldon, ran to the store and got a chocolate cake to replace them, thanks guys!!!

Weston is so lucky to have such good friends here and so am I!!!

A couple things about Weston now that he is 6 years old, he is very smart and is in the advanced group in his class for both reading and math!! He loves to play any kind of Star Wars game, and play with any kind of action figure, he is a very sweet older brother and loves to hug and kiss and play with Fox, he is very loving and sweet to his mommy, yes he is a Mama's boy, and he loves having his back scratched and being sung to at night, he loves reading scriptures at night and any other book, and has a very silly sense of humor!! I absolutely adore my sweet Weston and I am so glad he is mine!!

10K Race!

2010-04-12T13:13:00.000-07:00

Weston took this picture, I forgot to have my friends at the race take our picture and get a picture of everyone that ran it with us!

So of course this is late but oh well!! About 3 weeks ago I ran my first 10k race! It was here in
Puerto Rico at the army base. I felt pretty good except the race didn't start until 4:30 p.m. so it was really HOT!! It's crazy, I guess they start all their races in the afternoon here, can you say CRAZY! But I finished in 1:05.01 and I placed 2nd in my age group!!! It was a great experience and I definitely want to run another one!

Time in Texas

2010-02-21T09:05:00.000-08:00

So I have been needing to post these pictures for about a month now and my dang internet never seems to work, I almost decided to just stop blogging because it was stressing me out! But I decided to keep trying and today the internet works great!! So here are a bunch of pictures from my time in Texas this last December and January. I will briefly explain each one. Above is the children putting out cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve!!! All in their new jammies! Also these pictures are backward as far as order goes, but I don't care.
Sitting with Mema and Poppy reading "T'was the Night Before Christmas"
Kyla, Sierra, Aria, Haley, Fox, Melia and Weston all sitting under the tree at my sisters house on Christmas Eve after they all changed into their new jammies!!! I miss you my sweet nieces!!
Christmas Eve!
My sister Thora and I, decorating cookies!!! YUMMY!!
All the kids decorating cookies, they were so good, we gave some to Santa and ate the rest, LOL!!
Weston attempting a snow angel, I don't think the snow was quite deep enough!
Playing in the snow!
This is what we woke up to Chri stmas Eve morning!!! We were so excited to see snow in Texas!!
It was so nice to play outside in the beautiful winter weather in Abilene! This was before it snowed, and it was perfect!
Sean and Weston playing frisbee, Weston was quite good!
Christmas before Sunday, here we are all dressed up. The kids are all wearing their cute matching outfits that my friends Julia and Brianna made!!! They turned out so cute!
I just love this picture, Fox is wearing his cousins glasses! He has always loved weraing glasses of anyones, but these ones look like they could really be his!
Fox and Weston with their cute cousins Kyla and Aria!!!

Yeah, I did it!! I actually posted these pictures! And it was no easy task! I had Fox screaming at me the whole time, so I better get to him!!!

Haley's Baptism

2009-12-13T12:55:00.000-08:00

On November 28th our sweet Haley was baptized! It was such a beautiful, perfect day! Haley decided that she wanted to be baptized in the ocean, so we went to Escambron Beach and found a perfect little spot where the waves were calm and it was nice and secluded. We had so many friends come to support us, so even though we couldn't have our family here we weren't alone! I'm so grateful for all of my friends here, they really are like my family away from home!! I don't know what I would do with out their friendship and support! The only thing that could have gone better that day was to have the baptismal clothes! Unfortunately we weren't able to get them so our friends had a white shirt and pants for Sean to wear and a little white dress for Haley to wear, thank you so much Kevin and Jackie!
Haley was confirmed the next day in her beautiful baptism dress that her Grandma sent from Utah, it was so spiritual and emotional, I'm so proud of my Haley!
It was a beautiful day here in Puerto Rico, and after we had Haley's baptism we went down to the water and enjoyed a very nice day at the beach with some of our friends!

I mixed up the order here, but here below is Haley and Sean walking in to the ocean for her baptism and the above picture is them walking out after, it was so cool!

Funny Fox!

2009-11-27T07:00:00.000-08:00

So I thought since it had been so long since I had posted new pictures that I would put a bunch of my cute little Fox!!! He is growing and developing more everyday! I can't believe he's almost 16 months old!!!
Here he is swimming in our backyard, we weren't planning on him going to swiming, so he has his regular diaper on and a t-shirt but when he woke up from his nap and saw that his big brother and sister were swimming, he couldn't help but join in!! this is how he gets into the pool, it is so cute!! And that's not poop on his diaper, just mud from when he sat down, seriously!!
Look how big his diaper got! He didn't even mind!
What a cute, sturdy little man!
A while ago the kids had a fire safety day at school and brought home firefighter hats, so Fox decided to try one on!! He is so photogenic!!

Popcorn anyone? This is the bowl we usually use for popcorn on Sunday nights, but Fox found it and decided it looked like a good chair! And he fit perfectly inside!
He loves to try and sit in or on everything, he always kicks Tink out of her dog bed and takes a seat for awhile!! I love my little Fox, and he is crying for me right now so I better get off the computer!!!

Weston's Owie

2009-11-27T06:43:00.000-08:00

Most of you know the story by now but I had to put these pictures up for my friends and family who haven't seen Weston already! Unfortunately Weston cut his head open about a week and a half ago. He was being babysat by my friend and so I sent him home on the bus to her neighborhood after school. Usually this works out fine but this time the bus driver let Weston get off at the wrong bus stop and then left before making sure Weston had found my friend!!! Needless to say this made me very angry!! But Weston wasn't worried, he saw a park he has played at before and decided to go play, but as he was playing he ran into a pole and split his head open, someone who was working near by saw Weston bleeding and crying and took care of him and then my friend got there, since he wasn't at the bus stop that she was waiting at, and he was okay! But later after we picked him up I had to take him to the emergency room, so he could get stitches. And it was quite a nightmare! We were there for 6 hours and the doctor barely spoke English, then at 1 o'clock in the morning when we were finally done, I tried to leave and all the exits were blocked! I finally found the ONE way out and realized when I got to the ticket booth that I didn't have any cash, and here you have to pay for parking when you go to the hospital, so I had to back out of the line and go to an ATM on the other side of the hospital, SERIOUSLY! It really sucked! Then we finally got home and went to bed!!!!! Weston's cut is healing quite well, I took his stitches out on my own because I was NOT about to go back to the emergency room, and I just hope that we never have to do that again!
Here's Weston faking a sad face for his cut! He's so funny, as long as you didn't touch his cut he was happy as a clam!

Halloween, Finally!!!

2009-11-27T06:23:00.000-08:00

So like a month ago it was Halloween, and I can finally put my pictures up!! Haley was a Vampire, Weston was Superman and Fox was a dragon!!! First we had a ward party and trunk-or-treat, then the next night we went to my friend Jojo's neighborhood and went trick-or-treating!

As you can see I dressed up as an F.B.I. agent, not that the female agents really dress like this!! I don't know what my problem was but I couldn't seem to hold still for a picture that night, LOL!

Weston and his buddy Hudson, AKA Spiderman and Superman!

Family Pictures

2009-10-28T15:52:00.000-07:00

So we will see if my internet will work long enough to make a new post! I have been out of the internet world and blogging world for quite sometime now, and I really miss it!!! We have had a lot of trouble finding a good interent service and we still haven't found one. But I think we are getting a better connection so I'm crossing my fingers that I will be able to join the blogging world again!!!

It worked!!!!! It worked!!!!!! I'm so happy, I can finally make new posts on my blog, and look at all my friends' and families' blogs!! Yeah!! Hopefully my internet keeps working, and I can continue to update my blog, check my email, my facebook and whatever else I want to do!!!

So anyway, my talented friend Katie was the one who took these beautiful pictures and I love them! They are just what I wanted for our family pictures here in Puerto Rico!!!! Thank you so much Katie for sharing your time and talent!!!

Finally, A New Post!!!

2009-09-16T12:14:00.000-07:00

So I have been so out of it lately, for the past 4 months, because I was out of town for the summer and because I had no internet when I got back!! Well I'm finally back and I have a lot to catch up on, but I wanted to post this picture of Fox that I just took the other day!!!
I have been painting our house and when I paint I need Fox to be entertained and unable to reach the paint! I put him on this little bike and he loved it!!!
He pushes the buttons and pushes himself back word, he hasn't quite figured out how to go forward!! It is so dang cute!!! Hopefully I will be able to do some more posting from my summer experiences, it was so fun being in the states and seeing all of my family!! But I am so happy to be back here with all of my friends!!

My Baby's Crawling!!!

2009-05-18T13:17:00.000-07:00

So for a little while I've been expecting Fox to start crawling, but 6 months came and went, nothing, then 7 months came and he was sitting up really good, but no crawling, then 8months and he would bounce on his bum while he was sitting, but still no crawling!! I wasn't too worried since he's my third child I knew he was fine even though he wasn't crawling yet, but still I wondered. Then right before he was 9 months he started kind of scooting and getting on his hands and knees then sitting again but not really crawling, from there he just took off!!! From about 9 months until now, 9 and 1/2 months he has been crawling everywhere and now he pulls himself up on the couch and tries to walk to me!!! It is so crazy how fast he has progressed!!! Now I want him to slow down!! But it is so cute to see him crawling about and going wherever he wants to go!! Unfortunately now I really have to sweep and mop my floors everyday because he is all over them, ugh!!
Notice the top picture he has his tongue sticking out, he always does that now, it is too cute!!!
Look at him go!!!

Yeah he got the toy! When he first started crawling he would do this crawl with one foot and one knee thing, it was really cute!! Now he just does the basic hands and knees crawl, he such a sweet baby!!

My Mom

2009-05-13T06:57:00.000-07:00

So of course this is late, because all my posts are late, but I just wanted to tell everyone how awesome my Mom is!! This is a picture of me and my Mom when I was just a squishy newborn. And from the moment I was born until now she has been there for me! She gave birth to and raised 7 children, I was the middle child, and I never felt like I didn't get enough attention from her or that she loved my siblings more than me. She still provides for me, loves me and would do anything for me! I really couldn't ask for a better Mom.
Here are me and all my sisters climbing and wrestling with my Mom, of course she's holding me because I was her favorite, J/K!! But really I know that all of her children are her favorite, and I see how much she loves each one of us!! She is beautiful inside and out, she has such a strong testimony of the church, she loves the great outdoors, she went back to school after having all of us and got her Masters Degree, she's willing to sacrifice anything of hers for someone else, and is also the most fun Grandma (Mema) that my kids could ever want! I love you Mama!!! You are truly a wonderful, amazing, Mother and friend!!!

Haley's New Haircut!

2009-04-30T07:04:00.001-07:00

Before, Haley's hair was even longer than this since this picture was taken about 5 months ago, she said people would step on it when she was sitting down! It was getting really long, so it was time for a change!
After, we ended up cutting 7 inches off Haley's hair and after a little bit a debating we cut bangs too!! Haley's been wanting bangs for awhile and I wasn't sure I wanted to deal with them, even though I thought they would look really cute, but I'm glad Haley was persistent, because I think she looks adorable!!!!
Here she is from the back, her hair used to go to her bum!! Don't mind her jammies!!! She loves to wear Sean's t-shirts to sleep in!! I remember me and my sisters wore my Dad's shirts too!!!

Easter and Weston's Birthday!!

2009-04-30T06:24:00.000-07:00

So I'm posting these two events together since I should have posted them like a month ago!! I did put some of these on facebook so sorry to those who have already seen them!! But this is Easter morning after the kids got there Easter baskets!! I love the expression on Fox's face !! Don't they look beautiful in their Easter Suday clothes!!
The family in front of our church building, it was a nice hot day that day, as always!
When the kids woke up they found their Easter baskets then they had to find the eggs they had dyed the night before!

They had so much fun coloring the eggs! I think they did a pretty good job!! I love watching my kids enjoy themselves!
Wseton turned 5 on April 6th and we had a great party for him!! Here he is with the presents he got from the family!! We had his party during the day and he opened his presents from us at night after dinner!!
He wanted to go to McDonalds and play and eat with his friends, so we did!!! That is definitely one of Weston's favorite things to do, play and be crazy with his friends!!! I'm so grateful he has so many good friends here!!!
I forgot to take a picture of his cool Lightning McQueen cupcake cake before we dug in, so this is the aftermath of the kids eating and smiling!! It was a good time! And thanks to my friends who came and helped I survived with out having Sean there!!! Happy Birthday my sweet little crazy boy!!!

Johnny Depp Movie!!

2009-04-19T16:15:00.000-07:00

So last Friday I was an extra in a Johnny Depp movie called "The Rum Diary", and it was so much fun!!! This is a picture of me and my friends that were in it with me!! From left it is Lisa, Julia, Heather, Brianna, and me!!! They are all in my ward and are awesome girls!
The movie is set in the 1950's so we were able to wear cool dresses and have our hair done up like they did in the 50's! It was so cool to see everyone there all looking like they lived in that time period. It really felt like we had gone back in time! We were in a party/ball scene and did the background for that scene. We were paired up with dates and sent to different areas of the scene and had to interact and pretend like we were talking and enjoying the party. The coolest part was when me and my partner (who was a really nice guy, my friends got stuck with a crazy one) anyway we were coming in to the party and Johnny Depp cut us off trying to get in, so I was like inches away from him acting with him!! It was amazing! I'm pretty sure you will be able to see me in the movie! We did the scene like a hundred times and I thought my feet were going to fall off!! But I even talked to Johnny Depp and he touched my arm! It was pretty cool, I've never been that close to a big movie star before!!
This was the sunrise we saw on our way back to our cars!! We atarted at 3 p.m. on Friday and ended at 6 a.m. on Saturday!!! It was a long night but totally worth it!!
Julia, Me and Heather right before they took us over to the hotel to shoot! I wish they would have let us take our cameras to the set so we could have gotten a picture with Johnny!
Here is the back view of my awesome 50's do!! It looked really cool!!
Another view of my hair do! I'm do glad that I was able to have this experience and I will never forget it, but I don't think I would want to do it again real soon, it was a lot of waiting and standing and doing things over and over, but they did feed us good food and we did get paid $125 to do it, AND I'm in a movie with Johnny Depp, it's pretty sweet!

Mini Photo Website!

2009-04-14T06:30:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! So I have been meaning to post this for awhile now and some of you may have already seen these photos, but I have a mini website of the photo session I did with my sister a few months ago, so if any of you would like to see the pictures, which turned out really cool, just cut and paste the website address and there ya go! I wanted to get this out before the end of April because the site only lasts until then!! Thanks Lily for such a fun photo shoot! http://www.thorasutton.blahblahbebephotography.net The website is in my sisters name since the photo shoot was really for her!

My Silly 4 Year Old!

2009-03-29T15:41:00.000-07:00

So I have been meaning to post this for a long time now and I finally can do it!!!! Hopefully I'll remember everything I wanted to put on here!!! I just love reading about all the funny things my friends kids say and I have been noticing all the funny things that Weston says all the time, so I wanted to share them with you all!!!

Me - "Weston here are your crackers"
Weston - "Mommy, my brain changed, I want a yogurt instead"
Whenever I make him anything to eat, whether it's chicken alfredo or chicken nuggets, he says "Mommy, you make the best ______ in the whole wide world!"
He loves it when I tickle his arms, and one time as I was doing so he said, "Look Mommy I have tickle dots!" I've never heard such a cute name for goose bumps!

That's all I can think of for now but there will be more to come!!! I just love my silly little Weston, he is such a joy to have in the family, he's really funny, very loving, and so dang cute!!!

First Haircut!

2009-03-22T16:17:00.000-07:00

So I decided it was time for my babies first haircut! He hair was starting to grow over his ears. So I put him in his high chair.......
....... put his little hair cutting apron on........ and started cutting away! But he didn't want to hold still of course, so I didn't really get to cut it the way I wanted. But I did get the sides cut, I didn't however get the back trimmed very well.
And as you can see in this picture, he was not having a good time! So I decided to stop and make him feel better!
So I put him in the tub! YEAH!!! He was much happier, and look how good he is sitting up!
So even though I couldn't finish the haircut I think it turned out pretty cute!! He looks adorable no matter what, of course! But I think I'll ask my friend Jojo, who is a hairdresser to help me finish the haircut. You can't tell from these pictures but it is pretty uneven! Oh well, I tried. It did make me a little sad to be cutting his beautiful little baby hair, what if is doesn't grow back red, I would be so sad! But he has to get a haircut sometime, right and it will grow back!!

Twins!

2009-03-09T17:22:00.000-07:00

So the other day I was at Costco and I just couldn't resist! Look how cute my boys are in these jammies! I was so excited because I have never been able to do this before, since I had a boy and a girl, but now I can!!! And believe it or not this is the first time I have bought them matching outfits!! Of course this won't be the last!
They did so good at letting me take pictures of them! This is one of my favorites, you can tell they just love each other!

Fox and Food

2009-03-09T16:35:00.000-07:00

I have been trying to start Fox on baby food and he just hasn't been interested, but as you can see he is warming up to it!! I just laugh so hard every time I see these cute pictures!

My sister took these pictures while she was here a few weeks ago, I thought they turned out pretty cute! He is starting to like baby food more everyday, it's so crazy that he's big enough to sit in a chair and eat with a spoon!

El Yunque

2009-03-09T06:06:00.000-07:00

Another thing we decided to do while my family was here was go to the rainforest! It was so beautiful! Sean and I have been there before but my Mom never had and Thora really wanted to go again since the last time she came last year she didn't get in the water! Anyway, we packed a lunch and ate it at one of the gazebo's and hiked to the water fall!
My sister, my mom and I all got all the way in to the waterfall, and it was one of the funnest things I ever did! The water wasn't even that cold!

Fox was such a trooper, he loved being in his snuggly!! He is such an easygoing baby!
On the way back we stopped at some gift shops and they have a bunch of these things where you put your head in the hole, they are pretty funny! Sean and I did it too, but I thought this was a pretty funny one of Haley and Weston, their heads are so small!!

Vieques!

2009-03-05T11:09:00.000-08:00

So I'm finally posting when my family came to visit!! Each picture took like five minutes to download and I didn't even put all the pictures on here that I wanted, but I survived! I really think something is wrong with my computer. But anyway, now that I have vented about that, this picture above is of the ferry ride over, we had to ride in the cargo ferry and it was like a freezer in there! But we all made it and only Sean got sea sick(only because he didn't take a sea sick pill the night before like we all did, silly guy!)
This is our little guest house that we stayed in, it was pretty crappy, but sufficient to our needs, LOL!
We were there to see the Bio-Bay, and it was awesome! This is my mom and Thora(my sis) in the bay since we had a flash you couldn't see the glowing water, but it was really magnificent! Sean had to stay on the boat with Fox but the kids and I jumped in too! And even though it was freezing in the water, it was totally worth it! I like how Jojo explained it in her blog, it's like those gatorade commercials where the sweat is glowing different colors, but here you would lift your arm out of the water and little bright glowing blue dots would trickle off your arm!
We were waiting here for the Island Adventures to pick us up for the bio-bay tour, it was cool to see all the little boats in the water.
Chillin' at the beach! We went to Media Luna, during the day and it was beautiful! The sand is like powdered sugar! And even though it was over cast most of the day we still got some sun!!
We also walked along the Esperanza and looked at all the little shops and vendors and ate at a yummy little resturant! We were planning on staying two nights but it was all rainy the next day so we went home and went to Plaza Las Americas the next day instead! It was so great having my family here to experience some of the beauty of the island!

My baby's 7 months old!

2009-03-01T14:32:00.000-08:00

Well my computer is being really retarded and I wanted to put more pictures of my sweet baby on here but it won't let me! So two will have to do!! Today Fox is 7 months old and I just can't believe how fast he is growing up!! He is such a chill baby, with such a sweet and funny personality! I am so grateful for him, he has been such a wonderful addition to our family! He has started eating crackers, which is the cutest thing ever, he sits on the floor and plays with his toys, he talks and giggles, he loves to wrestle with me, he grabs at EVERYTHING, and loves his bink!! I love you my little Fox, thank you for being such a sweet baby!

Also hopefully I will figure out what's wrong with my computer so I can completely update my blog with all that we did when my sister and mom came to visit last week!!! So be watching for more to come!!

Gilligan's Island!

2009-02-10T13:43:00.000-08:00

This last weekend we went to Gilligan's Island! It's a little island off of the south part of Puerto Rico. It takes about 2 hours to get to the ferry and then about 20 minutes to get to the island, and it is really cool!! We went there last year too but we had to go to the island next store and I was really morning sick so this trip was much better!! We went with 3 other families and we had a great time!! In the picture above we are riding over on the ferry, and the picture below Weston is showing me his buckets, it was a great place for the kids to play in the water, because it was so calm. You can also see Phil and Andy snorkeling in the back ground and Hudson running through the water, which is what he did pretty much the whole time!!

Fox was really good the whole time, despite the fact that he had an ear infection! He played and slept in his stroller and even floated around in the water for awhile! I love the picture below because is shows you really how clear and pretty the ocean was! Don't mind how white I am, you'd think I lived in the carribean or something!

There was lots of trees and sand for the kids to play in too! I think Hudson must have gotten a mouth full here, LOL! Below Haley and her friends Sara and Emma made a little pool of their own!
On the way back I took this picture of Weston looking out at the water, it was so beautiful as the sun was catching the calm water! It was a really great day!

Not So Welcome Visitor

2009-02-10T13:33:00.000-08:00

So the other day I came home and found this waiting for me in my garage! At first it totally scared me, then I looked at it and thought it was pretty cool. It just sat there for awhile and let me take pictures even when I got really close! Then a few minutes later I went back out to check if it was still there and it was gone! I'm just glad it was in my garage and not my living room! Just another reminder that I live in Puerto Rico!

The Bouncer

2009-02-10T13:21:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Jojo we have this bouncer for Fox to use! Every time we went over to the Whatcotts I would put Fox in this bouncer and he LOVED it!! So when her little boy was too big for it, she let us use it! And as you can see Fox loves it still! He will bounce and bounce and then fall asleep. I love watching him fall asleep as he's bouncing, it's so funny! So here are a couple of pictures of him sleeping so sweet! Thanks Jojo!! I have video of him bouncing away but I don't know have the connection to put it on here too :(!

Slipin' and a Slidin'

2009-02-01T12:56:00.000-08:00

So the other day when the kids were out of school, we were getting pretty bored and it was a really nice and hot day so we decided to get out the slip and slide! It was really fun, Haley and Weston took turns sliding and slipping and I happily watched and took pictures, although I did get pretty hot and slid a few times myself! The pictures I got turned out pretty cool, I love how I caught them in action!

Tinkerbell even joined in the fun, she would race along side the kids while they ran and slid!
Haley decide to slide in style, by singing into her "micro-phone" as she slid on her knees, silly girl!

Flashback!

2009-01-18T15:12:00.000-08:00

It has been awhile since I have been able to post anything new so I decided to do something today! I can't find my camera battery charger so I haven't been able to put my most recent pictures on the computer, so I decided to post some old pictures! I recently had a change in my calling at church and I am now the Primary President so I haven't had much time to be on the computer! It's pretty crazy, I was feeling really good in my calling in Young Womens but I guess it was time for a change, I had my first Sunday experience today with my new calling, and I have to say it went pretty well. I am very grateful to have two wonderful counselors to serve with me, Heather and Jojo!! And I know things will get more organized and hopefully I will feel more adiquite as time goes on! But I thought you all might like to see some sweet pictures of Haley, Weston and Fox when they were younger! Of course the pictures of Fox are pretty current since he's only 5 months old!! The first two are of Haley when she was about 4 and 1/2 years old!

The date is definitely wrong on this one since Weston was born in 2004! I think he's about 10 months old in the one above, and almost 6 months old in the one below! You can see some resemblance to his brother, I think. What a cutie!

These are some cute ones I took of Fox on New Years Eve when he was all dressed up like a big boy!! My two redheads look so cute together!

Christmas 2008!

2009-01-02T06:38:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas this year!! Unfortunately I forgot to take very many pictures!! I was so caught up in the moment of everything I didn't take any pictures until it was all over!! But Haley Weston and Fox had a wonderful Christmas morning! We all got things that we aked for and enjoyed the morning together as a family!! Tinkerbell got a new coller, at the request of Haley, it was one of the things Haley asked Santa to bring! Doesn't she look cute, well Haley sure loves it!

Haley and Weston immediately enjoying their Christmas gifts! They both LOVE to color!
I am so grateful for this year, and all the wonderful blessings that I have been given! We have really loved being here in Puerto Rico, especially since we've been back from our summer vacation! My life feels very full, I have 3 wonderful, beautiful children, a very handsome, hardworking, loving husband, a sweet little dog and all the basic necessities I could ask for! I don't always get every little thing I want, but I know that I am truly blessed!!! Also I have been truly blessed with some wonderful friends here in Puerto Rico and back in the states, what a wonderful life!

Beautiful Children!

2009-01-02T06:24:00.000-08:00

So I just had to post these awesome pictures I got of my kids th other day! It was right before we left to go to my Friend Jojo's house for Christmas Eve and since they were all looking so nice and drssed up I decided to snap a few pictures, and this is what I got!! I couldn't believe it, they were all smiling! Then I had my friend Katie retouch them and this is how they turned out!!! So beautiful!!
This picture was taken by my friend Katie at the Christmas Eve party, doesn't Haley look so cute in this little train conductors hat!!
This was also a picture taken by the talented Katie Hatch of my little Fox!! I love his sweet expression here and how you can see the true color of his eyes!!! I feel so lucky to have such gorgeous children!

Christmas Eve

2009-01-02T05:55:00.000-08:00

So here we are on Christmas Eve getting ready to eat our yummy Christmas Eve dinner! My friend 's the Whatcott's had me and my fmialy and the Hatch's over for dinner! It was so yummy! We had ham, cheesy potatoes, brocolli, salad, and homemade rolls, mmmm mmmm!! Fox loved this little bouncer chair so much that he fell asleeo sitting in it! What a sweetie!
We got together at the end and took some family pictures, Fox wasn't so happy, but everyone else looks good!!
This is Jojo, Travis and their two boys Hudson and Remy! This is their beautiful house where we all gathered and enjoyed the coveted central air they have!! As you can see more then one of us was taking a picture of them, but at least I got Remy looking at me!
This is Zach and Katie, the other family who was there, they also have a gorgeous little girl Mia!
We attempted to get a group picture of the kids and of all the ones I took this one was the best, despite the hand in the picture! I love how Remy is trying to take off Haley's hat and Hudson and Mia are looking at each other! It was such a fun Christmas eve with our friends here in Puerto Rico!!

Christmas Cookies!

2009-01-02T05:43:00.000-08:00

So I'm trying to get caught up on my blog here, so Haley, Weston and I decided to make cookies the day before Christmas Eve! It was really fun, the kids helped roll out the dough and cut out the cookies, then we all decorated them!! After we finished we decided to bring them to our neighbors that we barely knew! I figured it was time to try and get to know them better since we have lived here for a year and a half now! But since they only speak spanish I have always made excuses! But we put the cookies together and added a pass along card on top and brought them to our neighbors! And it was really great! I was able to communicate with them and they were really sweet a nd appreciative!! Sorry about this picture, Weston really isn't flipping you off! He just had frosting on his fingers, ha ha, so funny!
Our finished product!! Don't they look yummy! The kids were very creative!

Weston's Party!

2008-12-24T11:00:00.000-08:00

So Weston had his school party too on the the same day as Haley's last week! It was quite a day! He had treats and his class sang us songs and acted out the story of "The Gingerbread Man". They even had Santa come visit!
Weston was the farmer in the story and he was so cute! He said all of his lines right and did everything he was so supposed to do! He makes me so proud!
Here he is running to catch the Gingerbread Man!
Weston and one of his friends, Elvin. Such a cute boy proudly wearing his gingerbread man hat!
And this was quite the miracle! Weston has been terrified of Santa so when I heard he was coming to the party I was a little worried, and sure enough when Santa came Weston ran to me with a look of sheer terror! He hid behind me clutching my legs! But as he watched the the other kids go sit on his lap, he decided that it wasn't so bad. So here he is happily sitting on Santa's lap, yeah for Weston!! Sorry the pictures not so clear, I was holding Fox at the time!

Christmas Party!

2008-12-24T10:48:00.000-08:00

Haley had her class Christmas party last week, and she had a blast! They rotated playing games, eating treats, and decorating gingerbread cookies! Here she is with her friend Mary after they opened their presnet from their teacher, Mrs. Jimenez!

I love this one! Here's Haley with her friends Andrew and Hope decorating their cookies! I told everyone to smile and this is what I got, you can really tell the personalities of these kids!

"O Christmas Tree"

2008-12-20T09:22:00.000-08:00

So I was supposed to post this a long time ago but I have had no time! It has been so crazy these past couple of weeks with Christmas coming and the kids having there end of the year parties, I feel like I never have a minute to spare! But we did put up our Chrstimas tree the week after Thanksgiving, and it was really fun! I love doing things as a family, and watching my kids enjoy all the Christmas traditions!
Weston wanted to put the star on the tree, so here he is very proudly placing it on top, what a sweet boy!
Weston was so cute decorating the tree because he would walk to the same place every time I gave him an ornament and put it in the same spot, creating a nice little cluster of ornaments! So I told him to try a new spot for this one!
I love this one! Haley is very carefully placing the ornament on the tree with a sweet smile and Weston is being his crazy self in the background! I love having the Christmas tree up in the house!

Just Chillin'

2008-12-05T10:03:00.000-08:00

Every night we read sciriptures and say family prayer in Haley and Weston's room before we go to bed, and last night I needed to set Fox down so I sat him up on Weston's Tigger couch and he just sat there like he was hanging out with his buddies or something! It was so cute I had to take a picture and then of course Haley and Weston wanted me to take their picture too, so here they are just chillin'! I can't believe how fast Fox is growing up! He is getting so big, and he talks so much and laughs and smiles, it is so much fun!

Story Time

2008-12-05T09:47:00.000-08:00

So Haley has been reading a lot lately, she is such a good reader, and she has to read a book everyday for school. The other day I told her she needed to read her book and when I came to see if she had started, I found this! It was so sweet to see her reading to Weston, and even sharing her chair! I makes me so happy to see them be such good friends to each other!! I love them so much and I'm so proud to be their Mommy!

Twilight Night!

2008-11-26T10:24:00.000-08:00

Well I finally saw Twilight! Even though it just came out I'm one of the last of all my friends to see it! I just finished the first book on Monday, and now I'm on to the second! I loved the book, of course, and I really liked the movie! Some of the characters weren't what I imagined, like I loved Edward except I thought he should have been much more muscular you know, but all in all I was happy with it! I went with my friends, from left to right starting with the top row, Jojo, Me, Sara, Emily, Brianna, and Julia! Then we went for icecream at Cold Stone, YUMMY!!

Fox Photoshoot

2008-11-25T06:13:00.001-08:00

The other day I was fortunate enough to have my good friend Lily take some beautiful pictures of my little baby Fox! He is almost 4 months old and I can't believe how fast he is growing up! He is such a sweet baby, and he did so well at the photo session. We had so many turn out so cute, these are just a few of my favorites! I was also able to be in some of the pictures, I just love being a mommy! I feel so blessed to have 3 wonderful, beautiful, healthy children! Thank you Lily, for capturing these beautiful moments!

Beach Day!

2008-11-12T12:20:00.000-08:00

So last Saturday we finally made it to the beach! It's the first time that we've been since we came home from summer vacation, also making it Fox's first time at the beach! I can't believe it! But with a new baby it's not always so easy to get out! We went to our favorite beach, Cerro Gordo, and it was beautiful! The weather was perfect, the water was warm, and the sand was soft! Haley always insists that we make her a sand mermaid whenever we visit the beach! Isn't she beautiful!
Fox was really good the whole time, he seemed to enjoy being outside, but not being in the water! He flinched and started to cry when I dipped his foot in the ocean!
I love this picture of Sean and Weston, it's like Sean and his little mini him! They were watching the sand cover their feet!
Although Fox did enjoy the beach, he slept for about half the time we were there, which I was very happy about!

Ladies Night!

2008-11-09T13:25:00.000-08:00

Thursday night I got to go out with some of my friends!! It was so much fun, we all left our kids home with their daddies, even our babies, and really enjoyed ourselves! Since there were no good movies to see, we opted for a late dinner at Chili's! I can't remember the last time I luaghed that hard! The food was yummy, the conversation was hilarious and the company was awesome! Thanks for great night out girls!My friends from left, Lily, Me, Katie, and Amy!

It's always good to get away and relax and laugh with girlfriends! It gives me an excuse to dress up, which I love to do, since on a day to day basis I'm just running around in grubbies, and it gives me a chance to realize how much I love and miss my kids when I don't see them for a few hours! And it reminds me how awesome my husband is to support me and watch the kids whenever I need him to!!

Halloween, Trick-or-Treat!

2008-11-04T15:05:00.000-08:00

So here we are on Halloween trick-or-treating in my friend Jojo's neighborhood! Weston was dressed up as a cowboy/Indiana Jones (notice the "whip" in his hand) and Haley was a fairy!! I even made an effort and dressed up as a black cat, we had a great time walking the streets of the neighborhood, it almost felt like home except for how warm it was!!The next night we went to our ward trunk-or-treat party! Haley wanted to be a ballerina and Weston still a cowboy/Indiana Jones with a new hat! There were lots of games and a spooky alley before the actual trunk-or-treat and the kids had a blast! Of course for my kids it's all about the experience of Halloween because once it's all over they seem to be over everything, even the candy! It usually sits at our house for a month then I throw it away! Crazy kids!

Our family at the ward party, this is the only picture I got of Fox in his skeleton costume! How could I have been such a slacker!

School Parties

2008-11-03T04:26:00.000-08:00

Haley and Weston had their school parties last week, and they were so cute! Haley had a more grown-up party this year that the class had planned themselves. They decided to bring food and bob for apples! Haley wanted to bring mashed potatoes, while everyone else was bringing cookies, punch, chips, etc. I thought that was pretty funny, but I convinced her to let me bring chips and dip instead, yeah, less work for me!Haley dove right in to try and get an apple! I was quite impressed, even though she was unsuccessful! Thanks to Amy for catching this moment on camera for me!

Weston was dressed up like a scarecrow and sang a little scarecrow song and a fall song! He was so cute doing all the actions! And he even knew all the words to the songs and sang them nice and loud! I was so proud at how well he listened to his teacher and did what he was asked to do!
His class also made spiders that they could eat, but of course Weston passed, he doesn't like to eat things that require him to get sticky or messy!! What a silly kid!!

First Smile Caught on Camera!

2008-11-03T04:19:00.000-08:00

Well I have been meaning to put this on here for some time now but I haven't had any time to do it! Fox started smiling about a month ago but I could never get a picture of it. But he loves getting his diaper changed and he loves laying on his changing table, he smiles so much there, go figure! So one day when I was about to change his diaper, he started smiling and cooing at me and I finally got it! But it's still not the biggest smile that he does! I need to take the picture when I'm not the one trying to make him smile!!

Ode to Tinkerbell

2008-10-18T15:38:00.000-07:00

I thought I would put a little tribute to our dog Tink on here since it's her first birthday today! We got her last year for Christmas, and even though Sean and I both wanted a dog I didn't know I was pregnant yet, so right after we got Tink I started feeling really sick, I mean really sick! And of course I was having to train Tink! So that meant I was cleaning up her accidents all day long while feeling like I was going to throw-up! Needless to say, I didn't develop a very good relationship with her! But Haley , as you can see absolutley adored her! I seriously considered giving Tink away because I just couldn't handle it, but I stuck it out. And really Tink is a very sweet very well behaved little dog, she loves to cuddle with everyone, she hardly ever barks, and she is really good with kids and babies! So even though I'm still working on my relationship with her, I'm really glad that I decided to keep her. So Happy Birthday Tink, We Love You!Here's Tink in her diaper, she was in heat and it sucked! That's what we get for delaying getting her fixed! Pretty funny huh!
This is Tink right after we got her, she's Haley's little "toy", she sleeps with her every night.
This is Tink Christmas day, I'm pretty sure she was Haley's favorite present! They even have the same color hair, she was so cute as a puppy!

Just Like Mommy

2008-10-08T12:06:00.000-07:00

Here's Haley and Weston "exercising", they are always seeing me on my eliptical(at least they used to when I could work out, before Fox) So they want to be like me! Usually they do it one at a time, but the other day they decided to try it together! Aren't they sweet, they'll also lay next next to me while I'm doing sit-ups and push-ups and create their own version to do with me! Weston working it on his own!

8 Hours Of Sleep!

2008-10-06T14:59:00.000-07:00

So Fox has been sleeping about 4 or 5 hours consecutively a night for the last couple weeks , and I have been so grateful! But Saturday night he went to bed at 11:00p.m. and didn't wake up until 7:30 a.m.!! I was so happy! Of course I woke up at 5:00 a.m. full of milk wondering why he wasn't awake yet, but I was easily able to go back to sleep!! He's only 2 months old and he's sleeping through the night, I am so grateful!! What a good little boy! I just might start feeling normal again, at least as far as sleep goes!

Snake Charmer

2008-10-03T15:13:00.001-07:00

So this is an old picture, as you can see , I am 8 months pregnant here!! But I had to put it on here, because it's so cool, and my sister just sent it to me! We went to a reptile show at The Bean Museum in Utah this last summer and they let you hold the reptiles if you want to!! Of course I wanted to! I have always loved reptiles, I would have them as pets if I didn't already have three kids, a husband and a dog to take care of! Also I had to show my cute family that was there with me, from the left, it's my brother Dave, my sister Thora, me, duh, and my brother Jake. We grew up going to the museum so it was really fun being there with them!

First Day of School

2008-10-02T14:15:00.000-07:00

So I'm trying to get caught up on all the things that have happened since we got back to Puerto Rico. Both Haley and Weston started school the day after we got back! And it's Weston's first time going to school! We drove Haley in to her first day of first grade and all went well, Haley has always wanted to go to school and she loves being at school, I'm so proud of her, she is so smart!! But Weston was not excited about going to school for the first time. Every time I talked about it he would say, "No Mommy, I'm not going to school, I'm going to stay home with you!" It was so sweet, but I worried he would put up a fight. Fortunately he loves it! I went with him on his first day and he was so cute, with his big backpack and uniform! He was already making friends when I left him that day! I'm so proud of him and can't believe that my "baby" has grown up and is going to school!

Crazy Weston and his Big Backpack

2008-10-02T14:03:00.001-07:00

Weston and his classmates walking to thier classroom.

2008-10-02T13:59:00.000-07:00

First Day of School

2008-10-02T13:40:00.000-07:00

Weston sitting in his class, with all of his classmates!

A Little About Fox

2008-10-01T10:33:00.000-07:00

Fox is getting bigger each day, and he has been such a wonderful baby! He is 2 months old today and I feel like I just got him!! He is now 11 lbs 13 oz and 22 in long! He is in the 50% for his weight and head and the 25% for his height! We think he might have acid reflux because he is always spitting up and grunting like he is uncomfortable, so the doctor gave us some medicine to try. But even if he does have reflux he doesn't complain about it like Haley did, she was very colicky as a baby, so we are very grateful!! Fox has been our best baby yet! I just can't get enough of him, even when he is crying I just think how cute he sounds and how cute his little pouting lip is! Yup , I'm definitely a sucker for my baby!! So here are some recent pictures of him for you to enjoy!

Just Another Day, Here in Puerto Rico!

2008-10-01T09:58:00.000-07:00

So I had a pretty crazy day yesterday, and I just have to vent so I can feel better about it! It started out by me getting up with Fox to feed him at about 5:30 a.m. then getting Haley up to be ready for school by 6:00 a.m. Keep in mind I didn't go to bed until 1:00 a.m. the night before. After I got her off I had to frost the cupcakes I had made the night before to take to her school that afternoon for her birthday, since I was unable to take them on her actual birthday. By the time I was done frosting and decorating her cupcakes(which turned out really cute by the way) Weston was up and I had to get him ready to go swimming up at the Camino Pool that day! We needed to leave by 8:30 a.m. to get there on time! So I got Weston ready and then of course Fox wanted to eat again by then so I fed him and quickly got myself ready to go and then of course it was 9:00 a.m. by the time we finally left the house! Are ya tired yet? I sure was. So we get to the Camino Pool and it was great, beautiful weather, and I got to hang out with my friends! But by 10:30 a.m. I had to get Weston ready to go to pre-school, so I got him ready and sent him off. Then I had to get back to my house to get the cupcakes for Haley's birthday! So I drove home and fed Fox and got the cupcakes, as I was getting ready to leave, I realized I needed to turn off the dryer(as it is broken and won't turn off by itself) so I put Fox in his car seat and went out back to turn off the dryer. Not realizing that the door was still locked when I shut it, I turned around to go back in the house and painfully discovered what had just happened!! I was locked out of my house!!! I was already late going to Haley's school and Fox was inside all by himself!! Also our house is impossible to break into because we have bars on all the windows!! So I ran down the street to my neighbors house and used her phone to call Sean, he told me how to break into our house and I was able to successfully get back inside. So now I'm really late, I grab Fox and jump in the car! I was able to get there and give Haley her cupcakes. Then decided to pick the kids up instead of letting them ride the bus home. So we all get in the car, and Fox is hungry again so he's crying and I realize that I need to call my friend Lily because I usually pick her daughter up at the bus stop with my kids!! But I couldn't get a hold of her! I finally was able to talk to her but she didn't have a car so I had to drive home through all the crappy construction on our street to our neighborhood and jump out of the car and make Fox a bottle so Haley could feed him in the car while we went back out and picked up Lily's daughter Natalie and dropped her off at her house, by then it was 3:30 p.m. and the day was only half over!!! Anyway I don't know if any of you had enough time, or the desire to read all of this, but this is just a typical day for me here in Puerto Rico with three kids, at least that's what it feels like!

The Whole Family!

2008-09-30T04:59:00.000-07:00

Here is the only family picture we have with the whole family so far! It was taken in Utah right before we left, it's wierd to see how big my family is!! We're now a family of five, crazy!

I've Started a Blog!

2008-09-30T04:49:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!! I finally had some time to set up a blog! Hopefully I will be able to continue blogging, and not just set it up and let it sit forever! We shall see, since Fox is already needing me!! But just to give everyone an update, we were in Utah this last summer to have our third child, Fox!! He was born on August 1st and we left Utah on August 23rd! We have been in Puerto Rico now for about 5 weeks, it seems like longer, and things are going pretty well! Haley and Weston are loving school and I am trying to figure out how to manage three kids! Most days are pretty crazy from beginning to end, but I wouldn't change being a mother of three for anything!! My kids are so awesome and I'm so lucky to have them!! So we shall see how this goes, since I've never done this before, and hopefully you all will come visit us every once in a while!!