CONGRATS!

Congrats to Jake, Justin, and Megan for running the St George Marathon! We are so proud of you! You guys did AWESOME!

what we have been up too..

I can't believe summer is coming to an end! We have been trying to keep busy and enjoying the weather while it is still nice! Just a little update...

With Boston at the Petting Zoo at Gardner Village. Already seen the Witches twice this year:) Walker LOVES them!

Still at the Petting Zoo.

This is my little sisters girl Ashton. She is HILARIOUS! She cut her own hair...along the middle of her head. I can't stop laughing at her.

Riding the Pony at Gardner Village Witches...AGAIN! He wouldn't sit by a witch but wanted to see all of them.

Helping daddy mow the lawn. Our neighbor gave him the mower because she had 2 of the exact same one...that is why it is pink:) Helping daddy rake in the yard. Silver Lake with the neighborhood playgroup. That is such a fun place to go! Silver Lake. Walker and Carmen Walker and Carmen We LOVE going on walks. I think sometimes we take about 5 a day! Just enjoying the Bees game!

We say Baby Zuri at the Zoo! You gotta get to the zoo...there is a baby elephant, baby giraffe, and 3 baby tigers!! Just chillin in his doll stroller (yes he has one)...sometimes he will sit there and watch TV.

Mama Vacation

I had a great opportunity to head down to sunny St. George last weekend with a few gals from my ward. A well needed vacation!! It was so much fun! Pedicures, massages, shopping, eating, laying out, a show at the Tuachan,and sleeping in:) Thanks gals for a great time and thanks Lynley for the place to stay!

Our attempt to attend the temple. It was closed. This is the 3rd time this has happened to me when I go out of town. You would think I would learn to call ahead. Oh well...blessings for trying right?

At the Tuachan. We saw Aida. I LOVED IT!!

After the show. We all had a crush on the guy in the red jacket. He was one of the main characters.

Eating dinner in Vegas. We spent a few hours shopping and eating!

Lynley, Lisa, Me, and Lindsey

(good thing they let me come even though my name dosen't start with an "L") Just call me Leylor.

Hanging out in Vegas! Good times gals! Thanks to our hubby's to took care of the kiddos while we were gone!

Our Little Walker...

oh man how time flies! I feel like the worst mom because I haven't posted anything about our cute little guy and let me just say he is growing so fast! He LOVES to hold our camera aka "cheese" so his birthday pictures didn't turn out so well with his finger prints on the lense. (no worries our camera is a piecer anyway) So I have been waiting for some from jake's mom...just keep forgetting to get to it. Being pregnant, your mind forgets EVERYTHING!

So here is a little update on Walker

He is now 2 - and loves to throw tantroms! Sometimes I just have to sit back and laugh at him when he is so mad. His train will fall off the track and instead of picking it up and putting it back on he throws the train, throws his hands down and starts crying. It's really lovely!!

He loves popscicles - or as he calls them popcoles. If I let him he would eat one box in a day! Usually he makes me and Jake eat one and we have to be sitting on the porch.

He will only call Jake, Jake. Sometimes we get a "daddy" but most of the time it's "Jake"

When he wakes up from naps he yells from his crib "Mom, I wanna get out"

He loves helping me with the laundry. He loves to put the wet clothes in the dryer and carry up the fresh clean clothes. He hasn't mastered folding yet. He thinks he has...he gets a piece of clothing and shakes it out and then puts it on the couch.

He can count to 10. It is so funny when he counts! I try to video it but the minute he sees the video he wants to hold it.

Laying in bed at night he goes through everyones names in mine and Jake's family. Josh, Becca, Charlie, Jill, BoBo....etc...

He LOVES Kindermusik. Best thing I ever did for him. He always asks to go to class. He loves listening to the Kindermusik CD's and he has favorite songs on the CD. When we get in the car if he dosen't like the song he says "new one" until you find the song he wants. You can always find him randomly singing the songs he learned throughout the day.

He loves the carts at the store that have the car on the front end (thanks to whomever invented those..NOT) Anytime we pull up to a grocery store immediatly he says "i wanna drive" So I finally give in and everytime the cart stops he gets out.

When we drive by the Home Depot he yells "depot"...it is really funny!

He has to give Jake "bones" every night before he goes to bed.

He loves Nursery. He asks for it durning the week. He calls it "sursery". Whenever he gets his hands on the remote he pushes mute, folds his arms, closes his eyes and pretends he is saying a prayer.

He loves to swing. Sometimes I avoid our backyard just so he won't see the swing and want to spend all day out there:) (rude, i know)

This is how he "listens" to fireworks. SO FUNNY!

We sure do love our little guy and we love to see what he comes up with each day! We are excited to add another little boy to our family - they are going to be such good friends!

Round Two...

The spaghetti sauce says it all...

I'm "Prego" We are excited for our bundle of joy to arrive in January!

Pictures...2009

Thanks to Kim and Tim for being so AWESOME! They are starting a photography business specializing in children and an occasional family picture. Kim and Tim have taken pictures for Jake and I and my family for...forever! They took mine and my sisters engagements and have taken our family Christmas picture every year since! (nice work by the way!) So I was excited to have them take Walker's 2 year pictures (more to come on his birthday..) and get a snap shot or two of our little family. They turned out PERFECT!

If you want your pictures taken I can get you her info!!

Choo! Choo!

...the two words Walker says EVERY morning when he wakes up. HE LOVES Thomas The Train! When I heard it was going to be up at the Heber Valley Railroad I was so excited and knew we had to go! We headed up there with the Little's to ride the train..what a fun night! The kiddos loved it. The minute Walker saw the big blue train he starting yelling "choo choo, choo choo"

Walker and Carmen posing for the picture. Cute how she has her hand on his knee. Love in the making:)

Me and Walkie on the train ride. He loved it!

Enjoying the train ride.

Showing off his tattoo he got. I just barely got it off in the tub tonight..6 days that thing lasted!

And the ride home...watching Nemo. Cute kiddos!

Thanks to the Little's for driving and enjoying a fun outing with the kiddos!

Easter Time!

"Easter time is the time for eggs, and the time for eggs is Easter time!"

-Grandma Mauss

I don't really know what it means but ever since I met Jake he has said it to me every time Easter comes around. Well I should say you kinda "sing" it. His Grandma Mauss started saying it to him when he was little - so lets carry on the tradition. Easter was fun this year now that Walker is old enough to sorta understand it:) We started off Wednesday with an easter egg hunt at our neighborhood playgroup -but I forgot my camera:) Walker picked up one egg, opened it, ate the candy and called it good! Saturday night we had the Little's over for egg dying, dinner, and the Jazz game.

Dying the eggs. So fun! They kept taking the already dyed eggs and putting them back into new colors. You should have seen their fingers...too funny!

Put them in the bath to clean the mess. These two play so well together! It is so funny to hear Walker say Carmen - it's "carne"

Sunday the Easter Bunny came. Lucky little guy. He also got a microwave (obsessed with it!) but I realized that I kinda didn't want it to feel like a second christmas...I bought too much stuff.

Cute guy getting ready for church. He loves me to spray his hair and the he combs it.

Easter Egg hunt at the Alder's. Good thing Walker's basket was small - he left with WAY too much candy!

Wicked

Had a girls night out last night (well 8 gals and one guy:))....So much fun!

Went and saw this....

AND LOVED IT! If you have the chance to go while it is in SLC, you should!!

I'm in L-O-V-E....

with the Pioneer Woman. Who is the Pioneer Woman you ask? Only the BEST recipe holder in the world. Lately I have been on this kick of wanting new recipes. Poor Jake eats the 5 same things each week (i only cook 5 days a week - you gotta keep the resturants in business in these "economic times"). Anywho - my ward started a cooking group and I went last week. It was so much fun! Everyone submitted recipes and then a few of us brought our recipe made so everyone could try it. The host of the activity compiled all the recipes and we all left with about 25 new recipes!! Now back to why I love the Pioneer Woman. Lisa, my cute neighbor who hosted the activity, loves the Pioneer Woman too. She found her website and has made a lot of her recipes. At this cooking activity she made the "Apple Dumplings" desseret. Lets just say it is made with A LOT of butter and cooked in Mountain Dew. HELLO?!? So good! I made them again the other night and still as tasty as ever. Her website is filled with not only recipes, but ideas on photography, gardening, homeschooling, and MUCH MUCH more! Her bio reads that she grew up in the city on a golf course. Went to college LA where she treated herself to pedicures and sushi all the time! She went back home to the midwest to visit, while there she met and fell in love with this cattle rancher guy. She now lives on a full working cattle ranch. Seriously she is great and has TONS of great recipes. The recipe on the main page today was homemade Mac and Cheese. And the best part about all the recipes, she takes pictures of all the ingredients, and takes pictures of each step so you know what it looks like.

Really you should check her out...she is great! Thanks Lisa for the great tip - I check her site EVERYDAY! http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/