Crazy Life

RACHEL....is my hero!

2009-02-17T16:31:00.000-08:00

So Rach, has had two tumbling meets so far this year, and I have yet to blog either. I know that you have all been anxiously awaiting this, so here it is! Her first meet she took 4th place, which I think is pretty stinkin' awesome! Her second meet was on Valentines day and she had a bit of a mishap on her second pass and came in at 6th place! I hope to post the video, and you can judge for yourself assuming that I actually can post the video! Here are some pictures of her that you can enjoy in the meantime! She is the cutest thing out there!

I've crossed over to the dark side...

2009-01-22T10:05:00.000-08:00

I went in for my 6 week hair check-up, and decided that it was time to be lower-maintenance, that and the cost was finally getting to me! So we (Melissa, my haircutter lady, and I) decided that I should go a little more natural, when I was done, I was a little shocked and horrified, but she guarantee's me that it will fade over the next few weeks, and that I will get used to it, and love it! I'm crossing my fingers, my friends are telling me that they love it,(but they are my friends what are they going to say?)! I think that I just need to get used to it, I know that I am going to love not having to keep it up as much! Tell me what you think!

To gingerbread or graham cracker...that is the question

2008-12-19T19:58:00.000-08:00

Well the Stott family had our annual family home evening gingerbread (graham crackers) house decorating night this last monday! I must say it was quite a hit. I had in my minds eye..a christmas village if you will. There was a school (Jacksons) a church (Rachels) and a home (mine) Dan was scroogie this year, and refused to do the gas station, a must have in all village situations. Here is how they turned out...

As you can see, a good time was had by all...including a lot of candy was eaten by me!

Family, Fun, Fall Happenings...join us won't you!

2008-11-25T07:53:00.000-08:00

So I am sorry this has been a long time coming...I know you are sick of looking at my rant about the biggest loser...and frankly so am I. So for your viewing pleasure, here are some of the things that we have been up to this fall (did I mention that fall is my most favorite time of year?)!

Pumpkin Patch extravaganza...We LOVE Pac's Pumpkin Patch in Farmington...I don't know if it's because I am really a native Farmingtonian....or if it's because it's basically free (probably the latter), but in any case it's the best place for the right price. Here are some pic's of the event.

We also had some new family Pictures taken courtesy of my sis-in-law Lora who is a photographer...we had a big one done of all of Danny's family, every year we think that this will be the last year with Danny's dad, and every year we are surprised and thrilled that he is still with us...we thought that is was time that we had a photo taken, with the whole fam!

Of Course we had to fit Halloween in there sometime! I only ask forgiveness from my brother Blake, who is DIE-HARD BYU fan, for the Utah cheerleader. You see I have a good friend who works at the University Hospital, and she was able to get me the cutest cheerleading outfit, and if I had wanted her to be a BYU cheerleader I would have had to go to provo...and we all know that ain't going to happen! I think that I am slowly converting to be a U of U fan anyway, because of all the flak that we got at the ward Halloween party, for the outfit...BYU fans are starting to bug me...no offense to those of you I know and love! We had the spiderman part 2, our good friend and first time Batman, and of course the cutest cheerleader ever!
Rachel was on fire this year...it took us until 8:30 at night to reign her in...that is why there are so few pictures of her, I couldn't keep up!

I hope that you all are having a wonderful fall and holiday season, and have a great Thanksgiving...we are going to my MIL's this year...so I hope to post some great pictures of the fabulous yumminess, and of course my fatness that is soon to follow, as I will have eaten my weight in mashed potato's! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

The biggest loser!

2008-10-23T09:34:00.000-07:00

Okay, I have a rant coming...so bear with me! I have been loving this show for a few seasons now...I admit I get really excited on tuesday nights to watch people work hard and to see the results of the eliminated players today...it inspires me to get off my behind, and exercise and when I don't feel like it, I think about these guys and tell myself how much better I will feel afterwards and I always do! This season started out like all others, there were people that I wanted to cheer for, and people who started to annoy me right off the bat (ie. Ed and Heba).

I just watched Tuesday nights episode last night...and I have to say, that I am really frustrated with quite a few of the people on this season. My biggest annoyance would be coming from Vicki...Brady doesn't annoy me nearly as much as Vicki, now I realize that the show has been painting her as the villain the last few episodes, and so continually I have been giving her the benefit of the doubt...plus I always want to root for couples who have children, (and in their case, an extremly overwheight child). I want them to become healthy, happy, people who can teach their children the benefits of healthy living and exercise.

Last night all I wanted to do was scream at the tv, and send them packing...Heba too. I don't know that I have ever watched a season, where the money, became more important than the actual benefits of health...hmmmmmmmm. I know that there were annoying people last season, (Jay/Mark....mostly because they were so competitive, and they cried like little girls all of the time...could not take the crying much more). They didn't make me sad though, and they worked their booty's off in the gym to, at least they worked hard. What is with throwing every challenge too? They didn't think that winning videos from (videos of their children) home was worth the challenge and really it wasn't really that tough of a challenge either. They didn't think that was important...or motivating to see their kids and remind them why they should be here in the first place! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I need to see them go soon...Heba too, they are driving me nuts, and by the time I went to bed I was still annoyed, and yet here I am this morning still annoyed, hopefully this little rant will let me get over it, and get on with life...really it's just tv.

Thanks for listening.

32 Reasons to love Danny boy!

2008-10-07T08:19:00.000-07:00

So today is Danny's 32 birthday...I know, he is getting up there in years, before you know it, it will be 42, because that is how time is a flying!

Seiously how cute is this guy??? Looks alot like Landon, but with darker features.
1. Tall
2. Dark
3. (do you see where I am going with this?) Handsome
4. He can take it as well as he can dish it
5. He takes alot of it from me
6. He has a great sense of humor
7. He understands when someone else has a great sense of humor, and goes along with it.
8. He is a wonderful provider.
9. He is an awesome son, and LOVES his mother, and treats her with respect and love.
10. He treats me wonderfully, and lets me get away with more than I should.
11. He works very hard, and very often.
12. He plays with kids, almost every time they ask him too.
13. The kids are always asking when is Daddy going to be home...apparantly I'm very boring.
14. He is friendly and sincere. (one of my nost favorite things about him)
15. He will do the Russian dance for friends and neighbors because they ask him too, and he doesn't get embarrased.
16. He is genuinly concerned or cares about other people and their situations.
17. Everybody who know's him loves him.
18. He helped almost everyone in our neighborhood put in sprinkler/sod/dirt whatever, and does it 100% of the time because he really wants to be helpful.
19. He is mechanical, he can fix almost anything.
20. He takes care of our cars, because I have no clue, if there is a noise or something that is wrong.
21. He helps out my family often, because they are NOT mechanical.
23. I will never be able to wear his pants...and if I can then I have other problems
24. He is broad-shouldered (I love it)
25. He is super-nice, but nobody would dare mess with him.
26. He makes me feel safe and secure.
27. He lets me be queen of the remote...and I rarely have to watch sports.
28. He reads to our kids almost every-night.
29. He has and can growfacial hair.
30. He is not competitive (because I am)
31. He is strong, (he can carry me and all three kids up the stairs)
32. He has a testimony, he holds the priesthood, and he Loves me and the kids very much, he worries about things (because I don't) and he takes care of us.

Happy Birthday big guy...we love you even though you'll probably be needing a hip replacement soon.

Love, Heidi and the kids....

Lagoon

2008-10-01T08:11:00.000-07:00

So saturday we had a family fun day at Lagoon...now just to clarify, I haven't loved Lagoon in my adult years thus far, purely based on the fact that I don't enjoy mullet-like dudes that make-out with their scantily clad ladies in kiddie-land, and let's face it, that is where we spend most of our time at Lagoon. I have to say this time was different we had a blast, the kids had fun, Dan and I had fun, and nobody completely grossed me out, win win situation.

Here are some pic's from the blessed event, Rachel got to ride all of the big rides twice, once with Dan and once with me...Landon had a great time though, rode every kid ride (with the exception of egg dropper and puff) and I now blame his cold on the experience!
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You have to remember that Rachel is off riding all of the big rides...so there aren't as many pictures of her, and come on the it was Landon's first Lagoon...and he is just so dang cute!

So if you haven't been to Lagoon yet this year, I encourage an outing it was a grand ol'time!

Sorry.....I have been a little busy.

2008-09-22T09:48:00.000-07:00

I seem to be saying this a lot lately...sorry I haven't talked to you in a while..sorry I haven't updated my blog FOREVER...sorry that I am just now returning your phone call/e-mail! This last month has been busy to say the least, so to all of you have been wondering what happend to me...I think that I am back, life is slowly settling down a bit, and I feel the urge to blog again...Yeah!

So here is what I have been up to in a nut-shell...School/tumbling/soccer/remodeling(small projects), and oh yes my favorite, my Betsy (van) was in the shop for 2 weeks with a blown transmission, and a ton of money!!! Do you know what it is like to try to juggle cars for that long??? Not very much fun, a big thanks to Mom and Dad for taking a two week vacation right at the right time, and allowing us to use your very wonderful, and handy extra truck! We love you! Oh and by the way somewhere in there I turned the big 30...that's right I am thirty now three decades...and to be honest I couldn't feel better...you heard me right, I feel awesome, I think that I am in the best shape that I have been in for 5 or 6 years, and I really don't feel a day over 20, not to shabby! Here is the big day/cake event! My husband did a big dinner with some of our best buds...but of course we forgot the camera...so you'll have to use your imagination!

Here are some of the pics from the first day of school!

Jackson's first day of school, he LOVES it!

Okay so about a month ago...I got the hankerin for some improvements to our childrens rooms...(thanks Jessica for having the perfect house that sparked this motivation...with all of your perfect rooms) So Rachel (of course) wanted to paint her room pink (all of it) I couldn't see me loving a room that looked like bubblegum barfed on! So instead we decided on Lime green two shades and chair rail (thanks to an awesome husband who can do everything, and let's me do whatever I want, even though he ends up doing all of the hard work that he didn't want to really do in the first place...what is wrong with white everywhere?) Anyway after a lot of time and $$$ for which I am now going to go and get job:) I think that it turned out awesome...Rachel loves it and I love it and everyone is happy, it has also stayed cleaner for some reason...apparently if you love your room, you try harder to keep it cleaner...this benefits us all.

This is from the doorway...

From every other angle of her room...I think that it turned out beautifully. What do the rest of you think? Let me know!

We also started on the boy's room (for the last year and a half Rachel and Jackson have been sharing her room, so part of the room makeovers were in celebration to her getting her room and back and the boy's sharing a room now! We have a white bunk-bed that was in Rachel's room, but when we moved it into the boys room, we decided it would look better black...) Now you will have to use your imagination a little more when I show you the boy's room, because it is still a work in progress!

Now picture that everything that will be hung on the walls will be red, with a red valance...and the dresser will be black and I have some really cute wall saying to go on their walls too!

Anyway that is where I have been, I plan to be a better person, better friend, better daughter, and better blogger...not particularly in this order! Thanks to all who put up with me!

Amy....

2008-08-04T08:22:00.000-07:00

Those of you who know us well, know that we have a dog named Amy...and she has been a part of our family for ten years now, and was Danny's first baby four years before that. She was a golden Lab that Dan got when she was just 6 weeks old and only as big as his foot. I adopted her when we got married and for the first 3 and 1/2 years of our marriage she was our baby, and we treated her like one! When we had kids she was the best dog, they would pull on her ears and tail and she never once seemed even a little annoyed and if she was then she would just get up and move!

Last November we noticed that she had a lump on the back of her spine..when we took her to the vet they told her that they were pretty sure that it was cancer and that as long as she was getting along okay, and not in pain to just let her live until she was in pain. This last week we noticed that she was not eating as much and having a lot harder time getting around...so we decided that we were going to go camping Thursday with her for the weekend and then we would put her down next week.
Well we went camping...and by Thursday night Jackson and I had the stomach flu and were really sick so Danny drove us home at eleven that night and woke up early Friday to go back up and get the rest of our stuff...when he got home that day, Amy was not doing well and she collapsed in the front yard, so we took her right then, and had to have her put to sleep. She was the best dog, and we are all going to miss her so much...I think it is safe to say that the Stott family will be dog/pet free for alot of years to come...I don't know if I could ever have to put another dog to sleep, it was awful!

California

2008-07-13T09:22:00.001-07:00

This picuture pretty much sums up the awesome trip that we had!
We were lucky enough to stay right on the beach, in an awesome beach house with my entire family, who are awesome by the way! We had a blast the kids had a blast playing with their cousins, and it was absolutley beautiful.

We had s'mores and a fire on the beach...the only problem with cooking on the beach is that no matter what you do...everything tastes a little sandy! Hey we were on the beach though who cares!

The girls...my mom, me and my sis-in-laws Kathie, Tammy, and Andrea.

Disneyland...I love this place, even when it's 90 degrees, and a million people...we still had the best time!

The last picture is of Dan and his friend from work Cory!

Lego-land it was very cool, however I wouldn't ever spend that much money again there!

Sea world, and all I could think about was how much Carter Jenkins would love this place...I love this place!

The kids are petting the sting rays...they were very slimy, and then someone told us that they are covered in mucas...awesome!

Feeding the dolphins...and petting the dolphins

Starfish...

Landon did a lot of stroller sleeping on this trip he was a sport!

Journey to atlantis was totally wicked and awesome and we had to ride it 5 times and the line was not that short! However after being in the front, I was wet enough that I might as well have jumped in the lake.

The penguin children!
We had a great trip...thanks to my mom and dad for being the wonderful generous awesome people that they are, and providing us with such a great experience, and for my family for making such a trip, so much fun, and easy to be together!

Twighlight...

2008-07-09T14:52:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I read the Twighlight series last fall, and I will admit, I loved them. I couldn't put them down. It took me 5 days to read all three of them, and my children and my house suffered! I heard the new installment in the series is coming out next month, and a friend mentioned that she re-read them and that they were even better the second time around. I never-ever-ever re-read books, once I have read it I am done, but I was a little bored one day, while my kids were swimming, and I thought to myself, why not! So I picked the first book up, and again I have been mesmerized by them! They are trully better the second time around. I read them a little slower this time, and tried to soak up everything, I love Edward, I can see this time around though why people might think him a little creepy! I still love him though, and probably even more so now! I can't wait for the newest book now, and the I watched the movie trailer this week (I've become a little obsessed-those of you who know me will understand) It looks really good however I don't love the guy they chose as my Edward...If I were to get to choose it would be this guy....

Anyway...who is up for the midnight showing on Dec. 8th???

I have so much to catch up on...starting with my Rachels 7th birthday!

2008-07-07T08:46:00.001-07:00

Rachel Ann turned 7 years old on June 6th, she had a big party that was kind of like a marathon party, and was sick for most of it! She woke up in the morning with a new zest for life and huge excitement to ride her brand (spankin) new Bratz bike. She rode it all morning, and then had to weat the new Heely's that Grandma got her for her birthday to Walmart and various other places! When it came time for her friends to come over she was all giddy, but things went down-hill afer that!

We first went to Classic fun Center, because it was raining and to cold to have the swimming party that was orignally planned. We were all having a good time for about the first hour and then there was this...

Her friends were running around and having a great time, while Rachel laid on the floor...not sure if that made her more sick or not...I imagine there are some seriously grody germs in there! At least she has great friends they kept coming over and trying to make her feel better. At this point I am thinking let's cancel the rest of the party plans and put you in bed, but of course there was no way she was going to do that and so she tried to put on a happy face, and on with the party.

We got home and had pizza, cake, presents, S'mores and the big outdoor movie tent party, before I took everyone home at nine! Does this look like someone who feels great?

Hey at least her friends had a good time right! Stay tuned I have pictures of the our awesome Cali trip coming up in the next six or months or so, at the rate that I am going!

Landon is walking!

2008-06-04T08:39:00.000-07:00

Landon started to really walk on his own in the last week or so, which works out perfectly, because we have a big trip planned and I really didn't want to take a baby that was still totally crawling, to disneyland or the beach. Here is a little video clip of the cutest thing walking these days. I love the peg-leg (wooden) walk that babies start out with, it's so cute! Enjoy.

Still Alive...just a little busy, I know who would have thought it.

2008-05-26T11:48:00.000-07:00

Hey just thought that I would let you know that I am still alive, it's just been a crazy few weeks. We have had sporting events like crazy...tumbling events, school programs and end of school testing, homework, and yard work, and somehow, I have let the blogging thing slip, we have a big trip coming up in a couple of weeks and Rachel's having her 7th birthday extravaganza. So if you haven't seen or heard from me in a while, it's not because I don't love you, it's because I really have been a little nuts...sorry. I haven't been able to keep up on anyone's blogs either, but in a couple a weeks when things settle down a bit, I will be back at top form I promise, you will be sick of me, and all of my comments, hang in there, I will be back soon, with lots of fun pictures and fun things to report! I hope.

Rachel is the newest member of team Fuzion!

2008-05-05T16:56:00.000-07:00

Rachel tried out on Saturday for the competition tumbling team called Fuzion! She has been taking tumbling from Clays Tumbling here in Kaysville for about 9 months now! I can't say enough good things about them! They are the best!!! They told me that Rachel should try out for their competition team and so she did and she made it! Some of the things that she had to be able to do are: 10 standing back-hand springs..a standing back-tuck (back-flip)...and a whip (roundoff-backhandspring-backflip)! It was awesome, you should have seen what some of these older girls can do...it was alot of fun to watch and imagine how good she'll be in the coming years...If she stays with it! She is also the very youngest girl on the team! I have to brag a little...she's got skills, and she doesn't get them from her father! Maybe her Grandpa Stott though he was a gymnast, I like to think she got some of it from me too! Here is some footage of her doing some of her skills in the backyard! It should also be said, that she has no fear...and that kind of makes me a little nervous! Enjoy!

My baby is a whole year old!!

2008-04-23T12:20:00.000-07:00

Landon had his first birthday Saturday the 19th! I can't get over how fast the year has flown by! Here are some of his likes and dislikes...in no particular order.

1. Loves his mother (really who could blame him)

2. Loves to eat anything and everything that he can find on the floor, especially if it's a choking hazard.
3. Loves to make the sniffing noise, and scrunch his nose all up!
4. Loves his brother and sister, no matter how much they maul him!

5. Apparently he loves balloons!

6. He loves to get into the kitchen cabinets, and anything else that is off limits.
7. LOVES to take baths, and splash until the floor is sufficiently wet enough to bathe in.

Things he doesn't love
1. When mom takes ANYTHING away.
2. Diaper changes
3. He doesn't like to eat dirt...which is odd considering that my other two babies thought that dirt was part of a 7 course meal!
4. He doesnt' like to crawl on the kitchen floor.
5. He hates his nose wiped off, and or face for that matter.
6. He hates hair, and refuses to grow any on top of his head.
7. He doesn't like to eat, because it takes time away from playing, crawling, getting into everything etc.

Apparently he loves to eat cake though, and doesn't mind getting all sorts of messy doing it!

The cake before Landon gets his hands on it!

I don't know about this...why is my cake on fire?

Not bad, not bad at all...I think I like this.

Don't mind if I help myself...dig right in!

Why are my toys all covered in paper? Is this supposed to be fun?
Landon we love you so much and Happy 1st Birthday...Lots of family there to love and support you...and quite a bit of loot for a 1 year old! We love you.

I knew this day would come...

2008-04-08T11:29:00.000-07:00

but I didn't realize that it would come so fast! Rachel is old enough to want sleepoers. Dan and I had talked early on when she was a baby about sleepovers, and had decided that our kids would not be having friend sleepovers! I don't want to be the mean mom around town, but I know that nothing good happens after midnight...and so when Rachel asked if she could sleepover at her good friend Hannah's house we had to have the sleepover talk! She was a little disappoited at first but then I mentioned that we could however have late-nights! We decided that we would have a late night on Friday night with some of her friends...we planned it out, we had som pizza and rented Enchanted, and cooked up some popcorn in our really awesome popcorn popper! We took the queen size mattress off of her bed, and laid it down in front of the tv, and got pillows and blankets together! Her friends came over at around six thirty and stayed until just after ten! We painted fingernails and did all sorts of girly stuff, while Dan kept the boys downstairs and away from the girls! It was a blast, and made me realize that the kids don't really need sleepovers!

Tell me, am I over-paranoid? Am I the only one out there who doesn't think that my kids need to have friend sleepovers? They get to have cousin sleepovers every once in a while, that should be good enough right? Are we the mean parents? Probably but at least I feel like I have some control, over what happens late at night! Late nights are great, and hopefully I won't scar my kids forever! Decisions, Decisions!

Mom and Daughter time!

2008-04-04T18:04:00.001-07:00

My mom, Rachel, and I had a little mom and daughter bonding time, we went to the nail salon, and had pedicures and then out to dinner at Red Robin. Rachel loves their mac'n'cheese there! It was alot of fun, and since she is my only daughter, I get to spoil her a little. It is so much fun to share some of these moments with her, now that she is getting old enough too, and before she is old enough to think that it is not cool to hang out with mom! She is trully so much fun, and I love her so much!

Spa vacation with my peeps...(can I pull that off?)

2008-04-02T10:28:00.000-07:00

So my husband loves me, around Christmas time, he said that I should go on a vacation with my girl friends, seeing as how every year he goes on a fishing trip with his brothers! I of course had no problems with this plan, and so here is the first ever girls spa get-away, I wasn't sure how many people we would be able to get, but it turned out nicely and now that I know, next year I think that we could totally swing twenty or so...so whomever wants to go, just know that you are invited already! Here are some pictures...I would say it was relaxing but, we didn't get much sleep..we played games, and of course had hours of girl talk (like do your kids do these wierd things that my kids do??? And the ever present my kids are so cute...they do this..type of mom talk, and by the end we all missed our kids!

We all had our Zoolander faces on!

Us in the hot-tub that was just big enough for six of us!

Jen Coover in the morning...be afraid..Just kidding..by the way nice Jammies...

Some of the girls at the spa!

All of us eatin lunch...and of course being silly!

waiting for the next treatment

Delirious at about midnight the second night!

Are the Jazz winning???

Beautiful Toes...

It was a good time I hope next year we can get more people to come...You are all invited!

Easter Time

2008-03-30T15:51:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful Easter this year..the kids were spoiled (yet again) by the elusive easter bunny! Our good friends had us and some of the other neighbors over for Easter breakfast (which was fabulous I might add) They managed to feed 10 adults, and probably twenty kids, and their house was still mostly intact by the time we left! They also hooked us on this game called eggstravaganza...(did you catch the pun?) It was funny, and even though I didn't win (I'm pretty sure the egg in question was rigged somehow) it was quite hilarious to watch, the winner however will be rewarded next year with this awesome trophy...

Jen Hoover...(whose egg was rigged...) Won this year, but watch out everybody, next year, I will have won the trophy! Here are some more pictures of the event!

Basically you bang the ends of two eggs together and whosever cracks is the loser...I know this game is very strategic!
I'm sorry I forgot to get pictures of them in their Easter attire, so I will post them as soon as I get them all dressed up in their outfits again, be prepared cute pictures coming soon...Here are all of the kids after they smashed their eggs together, by the way Rachel, won out of all of the kids, that's my girl!

Hope everybody had a great Easter, and stay tuned for more cute pictures of the kids in Easter attire, and from my mom's only vacation...it was entertaining and somewhat relaxing!

The husband tag..

2008-03-26T18:59:00.000-07:00

What is his name? Danny William Stott
How long have we been married? 10 years!!! Yes I am getting old!
How old is he? 31
Who eats more? He does...but I am practicing to get on the next biggest loser, so I think that soon, I will be able to out-eat him by a mile!
Who said I love you first? He did..but his friend had already told me before, so I was expecting it
Who is taller? he is by 11 inches, I could wear 10 inch heals, and not even come close!
Who sings better? He does, by a long shot, but he will never sing in the choir, so don't even ask!
Who is smarter? I think that we are pretty evenly matched here, he is definatley better at math, and science, but I have him schooled in English and history (unless of course it has to do with WWII he knows everything about this, and has seen every movie)
Whose temper is worse? I think we are both a little short-fused, but he does well when I am having a bad day, and vice-versa.
Who pays the bills? We do it together, he likes to know where the money goes, and I like him to know where the money goes!
Who does the laundry? I do, but when I am slacking he pitches in.
Who cooks dinner? I do mostly, but he does whenever I don't feel like it, and he enjoys it!
Who drives when together? He does mostly unless, I am already in the car and picking him up, but I prefer it when he drives, I hate driving at night!
Who is more stubborn? It is defintaley me for sure, he is the most un-stubborn person on the planet! I am probably one of the most stubborn
Who is the first to admit when wrong? Dan, again I am incredibly stubborn, and will spend hours proving my point, even when I know that I am probably wrong, and it annoys me when he gives in to fast, because I want to explain to him all of the reasons that I am right!
Who's parents do you see more often? Probably mine, because they live so close, and my dad comes over at least once a week to borrow our wheelbarrow!
Who has more friends? I would say we have a tie... he makes friends very easily and all of the people that I get along with he gets along with too! He is so easy going!
Who wears the pants in the family? I do, and he will definatly admit it...he always tells people that he has to ask the boss, before he can commit to anthing!
Who eats more sweets? Me, by a long shot...he is not much of a sweet eating person, he likes salty snacks, and I will eat anything chocolate!
Guilty pleasures? He loves to fly remote control airplanes with his brothers...I know kind of geeky, but he loves it and I love him!
Who mows the lawn? I do and I love it, so he lets me!
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do, and always will!
Who kissed who first? He did!
Who asked who out first? He did
Who proposed? He did, but I knew that it was coming, because we had already talked about it, and I picked out my ring...he was very romantic about it though, and we had only been dating about 2 weeks, from the time of our first date, to the day we were married it was 5 months!
What is my favorite thing about him? Everything, he is so good to me, he is a great dad, he tells me he loves me 200 times a day, and he tells me I am beautiful, at least twice a day, he never lets me put myself down, and never ever talks about my weight, and trust me I was way thinner when we got married! I trust him completely, he works hard, and I love his broad shoulders and he makes me feel safe (not very many people would mess with him though) He makes me feel loved, and important, and he tells me everyday that my job is hard, and he thanks me for being a mom/wife/best friend almost everyday! He never undervalues me, I love him..he is my perfect match!

I tag anyone who has not done this and would like too!

10 Years of wedded bliss...and three kids later!

2008-02-23T10:28:00.000-08:00

Gary A. Lawson and Wendee W. Lawson are pleased to announce the marraige of their daughter Heidi Ann to Danny William, son of A. Chad Stott and Patricia L. Stott on February 20th 1998 in the Salt Lake Temple...that's pretty much the jist of it all..Here we are ten years later and three kids, my how time flies! He was our first family photo, I couldn't find our engagement photo so this is the next best thing, I think we had this taken a couple of weeks before we got married!

Here is a picture of Dan's first love, the dog...when we were married the dog was almost four years old, and yes she is still alive, and driving me nuts...she is almost fourteen now!

While I was trying to find pictures of our engagement and wedding day Rachel was helping me (because back in the old day's we didn't have digital camera's) She made the comment that we look so young...does that mean I have aged that much, I still think of myself as twenty!

Here is some of the loot from one of the bridal showers, and even I think that we look about 12 in this picture, especially Dan...Note the ginormous bangs on my head, and yes they were still very popular back then...I realize that some of you were still in Junior High when I got married!

Ten years later and I still love everything about my life, my marraige, and especially the new little loves that have come out of it..Rachel, Jackson, and Landon, I wouldn't trade one second of it!

We are the Champions (not) my friends....and we'll keep on jogging till the end...!

2008-02-17T18:12:00.000-08:00

So Dan, and I ran our first 5K this last weekend in Ogden. I have been running now for a while, but Dan just started running about 3 weeks ago, and decided to run it with me at the last minute! We saw Steve and Heidi Terry there, and they left us in the dust within seconds of the starting horn, but the good news is that we finished and we were not in last place, which was my original goal. My new goal is to beat this time now! Let me say that training in West Kaysville does not give you the right kind of hill training that I could have used...the hills on this run, were ginormous and never-ending, but coming down them was awesome! When Dan came through the finish line, he was huffing and puffing, and the first thing that he said to me was, "this doesn't ever make me want to do this again!" About 10 minutes later he was "that was so rewarding..I think I will do that again." His brother has been begging him to run the Memorial day 5K in Kaysville, for about 5 years, and this is the year that I think we will do it! However I being the crazy person that I am signed up to run the 10K on march 1st, and the 10 miler a couple of weeks after that...I think that I will go and run now!

It's offical....Landon is growing up too fast!

2008-02-13T12:29:00.000-08:00

Landon has been crawling now for a couple of weeks..and just the other day, I went into his room and found this....

My baby is pulling himself up and standing next to things....you know this can only lead to one thing...WALKING! I know that I am being a little over dramatic, but it's going by too fast! He is so busy, and he is destroying my plants now that he can get to them! I have all of these new things to worry about now, like for example did you know that barbie stuff has like a zillion different little choking hazards, and Rachel, cannot seem to get them all and put them away? Heaven forbid that the Barbie doesn't have her shoes on...and then they get lost and guess who finds them? I do...inside Landons mouth! Oh well, I guess that I will just have to keep my house cleaner, and vacuumed more often! Gotta Love it!

The dancing queen, and the amateur photographer!

2008-02-04T17:12:00.000-08:00

Rachel had her winter dance recital last week, and she was amazing, if I do say so myself! She practiced really hard the last few weeks, and it finally paid off! Now if only her mother had practiced a little more with the video camera! WARNING: Not for those with weak stomachs, as you might get a little motion sickness! I also got some really great shots of the floor! Stay tuned...

Here is a picture of the three cutest dancers there

Here are Rachel and Mickell, striking a pose

Rachel, with her most famous, and favorite dance pose!

Scooby, video games, and LOTS of pizza...ahhh the life of a brand new 4 year old boy!

2008-01-30T09:30:00.000-08:00

So Jackson Danny Stott turned four on Saturday January 26th! He is growing up so fast! It seems like he was just born...here is sneak peak back in time!

Jackson as a newborn

Jackson first birthday

Jackson 2nd birthday (take note of the lack of hair on his 2nd birthday)

Jackson 3rd Birthday

Jackson Celebrated his 4th birthday Saturday, here are some of the "good-times" during the big event!

Dan's older brother Jeremy and his wife Lora!

My brother Jeremy and his wife Kathie, and their son Hayden, (also pictured kathie holding my little man lando-commando)

Jackson blowing out his birthday candels, on the Scooby cake that took me hours (more than I thought) to make.
Jackson ended up getting three nerf dart guns, and I am not sure who had more fun with them, the kids....or their father! You be the judge!

Landon was just happy to chew on the darts that came his way!

Either I really love Target....OR my kids are just the cutest ever!

2008-01-22T14:45:00.000-08:00

Okay so I Know you are getting tired of pictures of my kids, however I just got new photo's done at the local Super-target...and I am in love! I have not yet had a bad picture there...is it target??? Or are my kids just awesome??? I am going with the latter...Anyways check them out. Cute Stott kids take 1!

Tagged...

2008-01-15T12:14:00.000-08:00

Rules of the game
1. Rules of the game are posted at the beginning of post.
2. The player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves
3. At the end of the post the players then tags 6 other bloggers, and posts their names.

1.
I am a big time finger-nail biter! I bite right down to the quick, and have upon many occasions really hurt my-self doing it! I do it 100% of the time unconsciously! I have gotten better, while in school, I would practically chew off my fingers during tests! I used to spend countless amounts of time and money, having beautiful artificial nails glued on to my sad excuses for nails, until I realized that I would on occasion chew those off too, and was wasting my money..they are not very compatible with kids either!

2. I have nicknames for everyone and everything! It all started when I was young, my parents had nicknames for us all..several of which I still am called on occasion. My favorite was Marie, for some strange reason, my dad called me Marie, almost my whole life, it's not even a middle name...My mom always called me Whiplash, (and still does) We have no idea where this came from or why it has stuck with me..In turn my kids have many a nickname..When Rachel was a baby we started calling her lovies, and she still answers to it..as she got older, I started calling her love muffin, which turned in to love muff, which has since become muffy. Jackson we started calling JackJack (refer to previous post about this nickname) we still do! Jacksonion institute, Jacksonie-Bologna...Landon is now Lando-commando, Landoni-Bologna, Lands-of-love (my favorite) and my other favorite baby-Q. Danny almost 99% of the time at home I call him Tweety...it started out as tweety bird..and has been just plain old tweety, for about nine years now! My favorite nickname though is for my car...those of you who know me well, already know that my car has a name and we call her BETSY! I am very attached to my Betsy, and everyone knows I love her, even though I don't clean her out very often, and I sometimes have trouble parking her in tight spaces, she has a few bruises and dings on her front bumper..but she is a sexy beast! The first car I ever had I called the blue-light...she was a little K-mart-Esq. The next car was a very cute 2 door Honda Civic, which we called CIVie. Then we bought a Honda Accord, that I loved and called Gordon...which the kids called Gordie...I haven't thought up a name for Dan's Jeep yet, he doesn't love his cars like I do!

3. I was a PAINFULLY SHY kid and teenager! When I was young I would hide behind my mom and dad, whenever I had to be in a room full of people where inevitably I would have to be introduced to people. Even as a teenager, I dreaded starting a new school year, where I would have to go to a class full of people I didn't know and I would have to try and make new friends! I hated meeting new people, and was very set in my own comfort zone! It wasn't until my senior year in high-school, that I came out of my shell, and as Dan likes to say, you can't keep me quiet now! Now I enjoy meeting new people, and talking to everyone, and I would say that I probably have some of the best friends that I have ever had...score some for being an adult, it's awesome! I wouldn't say that I am shy anymore...

4. I absolutely LOVE peanut M&M's, I know that this may sound strange, but I would do allot...for a bag of peanut M&M's, and bribery will get you everywhere with me! I love all things with chocolate and nuts, my second favorite candy would be Hershey's Candy-bars with almonds (yummy)!

5. I Love all things from the 80's with a few exceptions...I love the music..duran duran, U2 (whom I still love) Oingo Boingo, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Cure, and of course all things heavy metal, I still get down to alittle Welcome to the jungle every now and then, and Motley Crue's Patience, good times..I love the big huge earrings, (as you have seen them on my head) I love the headbands, and big hair, and pink lipstick! My hair would be back in style if we were still in the 80's..I love that everything was peach colored...I don't love the tapered pants (which are kind of in now) or the blue-eyeshadow..that's a little much, but everything else was purely awesome! I love the 80's movies too, and that they all starred Molly Ringwald..whatever happened to her?

6. I babysit my nephews 3 days a week... I think that most of you already know this, but for those of you who don't three days a week I am a crazy lady of 5 kids, running, screaming and destroying everything, they come near, and even on the days, that I want to implode, I still love it...I know that it sounds crazy, but it's so much fun for Jackson, he always has someone to play with, and therefor isn't trying so hard to play with Landon. Their names are Asher (4) almost five, and Ryder who is almost (3)..the beauty is that Asher will be in kindergarten next year, and Jacks will be in pre-school. My sis-in-law works three days a week and needed a babysitter, and I was home and wanted to earn some extra cash...which I spend heavily on clothing...which I love!

Well that's it, now you all know these silly facts about me, and are probably that much smarter for reading! I tag the Talbot's ( I know you are loving me right now) The Parkin's,the Weyert's,and the Emery's (Come on Heather because I know how much you love to blog...) Have fun!

Clones??? Triplets??? Or just plain Family???

2008-01-11T12:04:00.000-08:00

When I first asked Jackson, who the pictures were of he pointed to Rachel, and said Rachel, and then told me the other two were both of Landon..and then he pointed to the one of himself eating cake and said "Wandon really likes chocolate cake silly-boy" Even Jackson thought they were both Landon!

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I have been told quite a bit recently, how much my boys look alike! It would seem that everyone who lays eyes on Landon, can't help but comment on how much he looks like Jackson! I have thought that yes, they do look similar, but never have I been more convinced of this phenomenon then when I was going through old photo's of Jacks, and thinking that it could have been Landon! The first photo is of Rachel at one years old! The photo on the left is of Jackson at exactly one year old! The photo on the right is of Landon this morning! I was also taken aback, when looking at this photo of Rachel, it would appear, that we have just cloned Jackson, and Rachel and had a mix of both six years later! Does this mean, that when Landon turns three, I will have a little terror on my hands??? I don't know, Landon's personality seems to be following in line a little more with Rachel's. Don't get me wrong, he is truly an easy baby, as was Jackson, but he is a little more stubborn than Jackson was at this age...case in point, when taking away (hypothetically) lets say the remote, he has a little bit of a hissy fit, whereas JackJack at this age was incredibly laid back, and just sat and watched, and cared nothing about the fact that Rachel was taking everything and anything away! Jackson however in turn has become quite a naughty three year-old, just testing exactly how much patience mom has and how much he can push her until her head might just possibly explode! Ever since Jackson was about 6 months old we coined the term JackJack, and have pretty much called him that ever since! When he was two and we moved into our new ward, the nursery leader asked him "what's your name" he immediately replied JackJack! We always thought he kind of looked like JackJack from the incredibles, minus the craziness! The craziness came out in him when he turned three! He truly is JackJack, without the levitation, but the fireball is definitely his personality!

This is Rachel, and Landon a couple of days ago!
Rachel was a rather easy three-year, and has been pretty content on just being incredibly stubborn (I wonder where she gets this???) and somewhat emotionally charged, she has learned not to push mommy, as she does not want to see mommy's head explode, and she has compassion on me, because she knows exactly what Jackson is capable of on a daily basis! I will say that I think she has mastered the selective hearing quite well lately... "Rachel clean your room!" Two hours later "Rachel why is your room not clean?" "I don't know"...what is this response??

You cannot tell me that this picture of Jackson at 10 months does not look exactly like Landon right now!

You can expect for baby number 4 (disclaimer: I am NOT pregnant) to probably look like the rest of the stott babies! Which I might add is SUPER Cute! Since it would seem that we tend to be clonies at our house, but maybe you don't think so...

Or could it possibly be, that I have three clones, I just had one be a little girly, and at least have the dark features, that I have always dreamed of, and completely fell in love with on my husband! The three of them are definitely little look alikes, but their personalities are completely different, and I love everything about each one of them, even when I feel my head exploding!

It's all fun and games until Jackson gets hurt!

2008-01-02T09:30:00.000-08:00

So it's another year, and we thought what a better way to spend the New Year, than taking our kids sledding! We have not yet been this year, and the weather was beautiful, so why not (despite the fact that it was only 17 degrees outside when we left). The kids were having a blast, and I must say so was their father, as evidenced in the following photo's.

There mother was kind of a wimp!!! I don't love the cold weather anymore, and since snow skiing now costs an arm and a leg, I don't have any of the right gear anymore!

The kids were having an absolute blast, and Rachel was quite fond of going down by herself, on the saucer-like sled (she has a real independant streak) and Danny was taking Jackson down in his sled, and getting some real speed too. The hill we were on is quite speedy, but the bottom of it is kind of like a bowl, so Rachel would be flying and then go half-way up the other side of the bowl, and slide back down, totally safe Right? We thought that they were doing so well, that we would send them down together on one sled! Apparently we haven't taught Rachel how to lean properly, and half way down they started to tip, but they were still going pretty fast, well...they tipped over going too fast, and Rachel landed on top of Jackson, and yet they were still sliding...on the bonus side, I've never seen Dan run so fast in my life...half way down he slipped and fell, I've also never seen him get up so fast...love ya babe! Here are the results of Jackson's body slam to his face! It's looking better today!

The funny thing is, that when we got them back to the top of the hill, they were both sobbing, and Jackson had a bloody nose, and we had been there for an hour, so we thought we'll just call it a day. They bawled more just because we had to go home! They wanted to continue sledding post injuries and all! I never said they were wimpy! Here is Rachel after we got home, still moping because we had to leave!

At least Landon was all happy, and cozy, and unharmed!

Happy New Year!

Sad little gingerbread house!

2007-12-19T12:28:00.000-08:00

This year we had a small neighborhood family night of decorating gingerbread houses! I was so excited to show off my amazing decorating skills, on our gingerbread creation! It was not to be however, before I even got the gingerbread out of the box (yes it was a kit, I don't bake gingerbread) I broke to off the two main pieces! I proceed to use the glue-like icing, that I whipped up earlier, to glue them together! As Jackson and I are waiting for those pieces to set, we start to glue the rest of the house, well as much of it as we could without those pieces! I take the rest of the pieces and place them in their spots, and without warning my house completly collapses! So of course I give up, but in comes Danny who is sure that he can fix it..and after about a pound of icing, and Jackson's oodles of candy this is what we end up with...

The next batch of icing was a little too runny and Dan decide to just dump it on top of the house like a winter storm, had hit it, and like a winter storm, the house started to fold underneath it..

Let's just say that our neighbors, had better results with theirs!

I mean look at the concentration that went into this!!!
Dr. Evil and his finished product

The sillito's and their Chateua, this one took home the first place prize, I mean come on they made it out of graham crackers. A masterpiece...

For some reason I don't have a completly finished pictures of the Chateau, it was quite amazing with the candy on it...sorry.

Then Jenkins masterpiece, which I might add also collapsed at one point, but Jen being more diligent that I, was able to keep it all together!

You are all invited next year, we will do it at the Jenkins house...sound good?

Crazy sleeping children!!

2007-12-08T22:52:00.000-08:00

So I have always known that my kids had a strange way of sleeping, since they were born. I would check on them as babies, and always find them in a different postion each time I would check! I thought they would outgrow this, apparently I was wrong. Sometimes when they climb in bed with me when Dan is gone, I find myself waking up to feet in my face or better yet Rachel will just lay completley on top of my face! Is it necessary to sleep so insanely? So I thought maybe this was a genetic defect that had escaped Landon, as he has always slept soundly and usually never moves too much from the position in which I lay him down. Boy was I wrong, I woke up this morning to check on him, and this is what I found!

So I thought I would snap some pictures of this, ( I also realize that if I had all the proper crib bedding that this probably would not have occured, but really this is my third child and I didn't get it for the first two, so does he really need it? I guess so.) After the second flash went off it woke him up. Does this look like a happy child to you, he must take after his mother in the morning!

Thanksgiving

2007-12-03T14:40:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was a blast this year! We went to my mom and dad's house and stuffed ourselves full of Turkey and taters..My dad set one table for the 1st generation, (grandparents and great-grandparents) one table for 2nd generation, (us parents) and one table for the 3rd generation (our children) I have never had a better meal, just knowing that my kids were on a different table was fabulous for me, although I am not so sure that they ate very much considering that I wasn't there to moniter it.

This is Landon in his way cute matching sweater and hat set that was once Jackson's, and was originally Blake and Bradley's (thanks Andrea we love your hand-me down clothes).
Who could not absolutley love this face. He looked so cute, however my parents house was like 80 degree's so he wore it just long enough to look cute for pictures, and then we had to strip him down.

We then sat around in our post turkey haze, loafing here and there and getting in on some wii action, that is after we figured out how to work the controllers! Then we played some doubles tennis, and a little boxing until our arms were killing us. The kids kept busy by playing some mean games of air hockey!

They also had a good time jumping and climbing on the human mountain, Uncle Dan! He was so fun to let the boys jump on him and wrestle!

Landon finally concked out at the end of the day! I think he was just doing what the rest of us wish we were doing. It was a great day, and then we went to Dan's parents and the kids got to sleepover with all of their cousins!

The things I am grateful for

2007-11-17T18:33:00.000-08:00

It's that time of year when we start to refelct on the things that we are grateful for, and I was thinking about the things that I am most thankful for. I think the one thing that I most thankful for is health, healthy children healthy husband, and healthy family. I am thankful, that with all of the health concerns that Dan's father has, that he still with us today, I don't think we thought he would be!

I am thankful for duaghters, incredible grateful to have one, she is so amazingly special. She drives me nuts some days but I think that she is my mini-me at least personality-wise. She is alwasy so willing to help me with Landon and Jackson and she let's Jackson follow her everywhere even when playing with her friends. She is my tom-boy/girly girl. She had a rough start into this world but is my helathiest child! I love watching her sleep, she is so beautiful! We are so lucky to have her in our lives!

I am thankful for Jackson, he is my crazy three year old, (you've seen his head in the chair). He is also very sweet and very much a daddy's boy! He cries in the mornings when he sees that dad has gone to work! He is a polar opposite of Rachel, very shy and does his own thing, generally does not need to be entertained! He tells me all the time "I wove you mommy" he has a hard time with his L's and I love the way he talks. He loves everything boy, ie trucks and balls, and wrestling. He has finally surpased the 27 pound mark yeah go Jackson!

I am thankful for Landon, he is already seven months old! How fast time goes by. He is at such a fun age, he smiles at everyone and everything, and he is truly my momma's boy, and I love it! He is very into his own voice, and squeals as much as possible to Rachel and Jackson's delight! He has mastered the art of sitting, and loves to chew on anything you put in front of him! He loves food, (you wouldn't know it by looking at him) and pulling my hair! He loves to giggle at Rachel, and she loves to play with him.

I am thankful for family! I have an incredible support system of great family, between my parents, Danny's parents, grandparents, brothers, and sister-in-laws on both sides, they are always there! I am so thankful for the example that my parents have set for me, and taught me, I know that because of them I have a great and happy life! Can you spot the Stott family in that group of Lawson's?

I am thankful for my husband, he works so hard to make it possible for me to be home! He also is a great help with the kids, and always allows them to "help" whenever he is doing projects around the house! They love being with him, and he is always so good to play with them (he really is a little kid at heart)! He makes me laugh everyday, and is always willing to help out family, friends, neighbors etc. I love how kind and sweet his is especially to his own parents! I hope our children learn from his example!

I am thankful for friends, who put up with me everyday! Who are examples to me, and who let me be me! We have developed some really great friendships in our neighborhood, and even though some of them think they can move...(you know who you are) I am sure that we will be friends forever, (unless of course you get too wierd J/K)! I am thankful for our neighbors
who we can have so much demented fun with!

Especially the ones who let us take pictures of them eating!!! We love you guys!

There are so many other things that I am thankful for, that I won't bore you with all of them. Just one last one! I am thankful for temples, We haven't been as much as we would like to this last year, I hope to get better at it, luckily we have friends who will keep invinting us and reminding us how important it is to go!

I've been Tagged!!

2007-11-11T08:08:00.000-08:00

What was the best thing you cooked last week?

I made the best chicken parmigan, from a low fat cookbook that even Jackson gobbled up...and if you know Jackson that is quite an accomplishment! We had green beans and angel hair pasta on the side..delicious.

If time money and babysitting were no object where would you go and with who?

There are so many places that I would love to go that it would be hard to narrow it down. My parents went on a meditteranean (is that how it's spelled?) cruise last year for a couple of weeks and that would be my all time favorite, you get to see parts of most of europe, on a cruise, I love it! The next place that I would trully love to visit would be Australia some thing about the land down under that fascinates me. Then of course anywhere tropical. My traveling partner would always be Dan of course, although I also love traveling with my Dad, he's always up for a great trip, if Dan couldn't go!

Five things you were doing 10 years ago?

Ten years ago, I was engaged to Dan, I was working at a dental Lab (where perfection is required and yet I don't quite do anything perfectly!) I was planning a wedding that was going to take place April 18th, and actually happend on Feb 20th, we are in love 6 months is a long time! We were getting ready for the Holiday's! My family had just come home from a very awesome week-long trip to a beach house in San Diego, with my two married brothers, and my big brother who had just gotten home from a mission!

Five things on your to do list!

Build a shed so that our neighbors don't have to look at our heap of junk on the side of our house...of course this will happen in the spring! Lose 10 more pounds exercise for the day, clean out the fridge, and finish paiting up my stairs, which requires and large ladder and no fear!

Five favorite snacks?

1. Ice cream 2. Hershey's candy bar with Almonds (Jen I know that you don't love nut's in chocolate, but it's the only way) 3. Popcorn 4. Anything and everything covered or baked in cheese. 5. Cheese and crackers.

Five bad habits?

Biting my fingernails (thanks mom) Drinking Diet coke, I just wish that I loved water more. Procrastinating..I do this very well, I think maybe I talk to much or too loud, and spending money.

Five favorite foods.

1. Pizza love it can't get enough of it. 2. Anything from the olive Garden...and loaded in carbs. 3. I hate to admit this, but I love McDonalds french fries, I think they are the best and I don't actually hate their food either. 4. I love Mexcian food, I mean most of it is covered in cheese, what's not to love. 5. I love good sandwiches from restaurants.

Top five places i've been?

Well I haven't been very many places..my favorite is Orlando Florida with Disney world and Epcott Center. My next would have to be southern California, we went there alot growing up and I just love it! When I was young we went to Courdelain (I have no idea how that is spelled) Idaho, and it was beautiful. I love Yellowstone and Jackson Hole! Spirit Lake with my husband he has such great family memories there, and we have created of few of our own. I love the outdoors too.

Five favorite memories?

My wedding day definatley, the dress the event the temple, seeing my dad in the sealing room and trying not to cry before the sealing even began, I had to force my self not to look at him. I love everything about that day! Every Child's birth (with exception of Rachel, hers was a little more traumatic than I would have liked) I love telling my mom when I am pregnant she just gets so excited it's so fun, and of course she is always the first person that I tell after Dan, and then I make her keep a secret for 12 weeks. I have very fond memories of baseball and Davis high football games growing up and watching my brothers play. I have also love watching my nephew Hayden play this year. I have some really awesome memories of my sister in law Kathie taking me to movies and haunted houses when I was
13 or 14 while my brother was on his mission, kathie you are awesome! I had one year of Halloween and no one to go tricking or treating with and my big brother Spenny let me tag along with him and all of his friends, he was so cool about it! I have good memories of St. George growing up, and swimming! I think that was more than five sorry.

All right now it's my turn to do the tagging, and I tag the Markhams, and the Nelsons, so go get on it you guys, and spend half your day answereing questions, you know you love it!

Jackson Danny

2007-11-02T07:41:00.000-07:00

Jackson is 3 years old and he loves to play with his cousins and ride his scooter! We are quite amazed with how well he actually does on his scooter, he races Rachel around the neighborhood, and can almost keep up! He has a hard time saying his L's so everything comes out sounding like a W. I Wove You mom, and my all time favorite. "mom baby Wandon is crying..Wandon has stuck around for all of us especially when he is crying. It's "oh baby WAAAAAAANdon what's wrong!" Jackson is at such a fun age right now everything he says is hilarious (except for when he is having a tantrum and screaming it at me)!

2007-10-30T18:50:00.000-07:00

Rachel is 6 years old and in the first grade WOW! She loves math...she is not her mothers daughter! She is super outgoing..about a week into school, she came home with about 15 pages of paper..so I say what is all of this, and she smiles and says those are all of my new friends at school. On these papers are everyones names and phone numbers that she has met at school! Then she says can we call all of them and see if they can come over and play, because I already invited them to my house today!!! She is so much fun to have around, she is quite helpful with Landon and Jackson.

2007-10-30T18:29:00.000-07:00

Landon Chad is now 6 months old!!!! Can you believe that, it goes by so fast!! He love to eat food especially oatmeal with carrots...sounds grotesque to me, but whatever! He is trying to teeth on everything, and I think he is finally getting his first tooth, so gone is the cute toothless grin that I know and love!! He grabs at everything in front of him including whatever I am holding..and he always thinks he is funny, he is happiest when he is in the buff/birthday suit, he just loves it!!