BREMS FAMILY

Find Time for What You Love

2012-02-05T11:37:00.000-08:00

I lay in bed every single night and regret not taking more home videos, pictures, consistently updating my blog every week so that I will remember my little ones and every thing that they did. I never have time but this year I am going to find the time because this is what is important to me! So I begin the New Year with a promise to myself to do all of these things!

It's not going to be perfect and it doesn't have to be. I look at other people amazing blogs and think there is no way I have time to make mine look like that but that's not what I am doing this for I am blogging to help remember the funny things my kids say, what our crazy life look like day to day and to remember all of the little things and turn this blog into a book at then end of the year!

Yeah! I am so excited to be back blogging!

Finally!

2011-08-20T09:09:00.001-07:00

Paisley Bostyn Brems

2011-07-30T18:19:00.000-07:00

My Baby girl just turned 1! It's amazing to me how quick they grow up and it speeds up 3x most likely our last. She is so much fun right now her little personality is really starting to come out. If I am in the room she will go to no one but me and even though sometimes it can be a little hard I love it so much and wouldn't trade it for anything even on the hard days. The only other thing in this world she would rather have more than me is the "scooter" Addie bought a little electric scooter with her grade money and she didn't expect to have to share it with her baby sister who wasn't even one at the time. We can't walk by the garage door without having her whine and lean towards the door because she knows where it is, its the craziest thing to me that she remembers it out there in the middle of the day and we haven't even gone outside yet to remind her and when we go to get in the car to leave it's ALL over she cries and cries for it. Needless to say me and Aaron take turns going around the neighborhood in circles on this little scooter however Aaron rides Stockton's scooter which is a lot bigger so he doesn't look as silly as me but it goes pretty fast and Paisley just loves it she stands up right in the middle and I hold her in between my legs and she just grins from ear to eat while her little piggy at the top of her head just blow in the wind and even after literally 1/2 hour when I come into park it she squeals as I pull her off it and she holds onto the handle bars with her little fingers tightly gripped not wanting to let go.

She also is loving her little piggy in her room (it's a little pink piggy bank) every morning she will wake up knowing that I am going to say "oh, where your piggy Pais) she puckers up those little lips of hers blowing at a OOOHHHH and leans over to give it a kiss.

She is also loves loves loves dogs every time she sees one she either mick, bandit, and especially Daisy she gives us her famous Paisley puckering of the lips (she inherited from Stockton) with making a OOOHHH sound.

I have started tuning her front facing in her car seat so she can watch the movies the kids are watching and she has been in heaven she just stares at the movie (usually transformers, flicka, or beauty and the beast) and smiles the whole time she will look at me and the kids with her head a little higher than usual like I am a big girl!

She is so very picky with her foods she will hardly eat anything so I started feeling like I needed to give her something healthy so I bought some baby food (fruits) to see if I could get her to eat them and who I am kidding they instantly came flying out of her mouth with her all to familiar "cKcKcKcKcKcKcK" noise she makes when she either doesn't like the taste of something or sometimes she will do it with the feel of certain textures. However, she loves the most unhealthy foods here are some foods that she can't get enough of: Cheetos, dry cereal, ice cream, and luckily watermelon and drink a ton of water. We will keep working on some more healthy items :)

We recently took a trip to Starvation Lake and she was in her glory all the motorized things she couldn't have been happier between the boats and four wheelers all around she just loves anything with a motor lol. grandpa Robbie bought a little boat just her size that sits in the garage and every time we go over she wants me to put her in it and I can't get her out of it. She is deciding that Grandpa Robbie is a pretty fun guy who will always take her to her favorite things!

She never really laughs and never has she is giving many more smiles than she used too (this she got from her big sister Addie) I have to really tickle her right in the crease of her neck to get her to laugh and even then its just a quick little giggle and then she will stop its so funny because she is the happiest little thing but just doesn't want to or can't quite figure out how to smile!

She loves the bath tub and could also stay in there forever I have decided she just loves water every time we go to the lake so far this year the water has been freezing cold and we lean over the side of the boat and put her in it and not even a peep she just kicks and kicks and loves it no matter how cold it is and will get out on the tube anytime most little babies would scream with the water hitting them in the face like it does when shes on the tube behind the boat but not her she loves it. Poor Aaron has realized that he will never be able to talk Any of our kids into staying home with him on the boating trips. Guess he'll just have to start coming with us!

She will be 14 months in a few days and is still not walking she is a little chicken because she has great balance and is totally capable of walking by herself but is just to scared to so we are currently working on that!

She loves chewing on my tooth brush in the mornings which is kind of disgusting but its the only way I can get her hair done so I let her and she just drools all over the place I think that it must feel good on her gums

Every time we walk past the hallway from Brightyn's room to our room she always makes a little noise passing a picture that I have up of the kids (addie, brightyn, and Stockton) before she was born this picture was taken and they were so cold so in this particular pic Brightyn has her head down crying and we go through all the kids by pointing at them and saying thier name and after I say each of their names she always makes a little noise and I just know she is trying to say them too and when we get to Brightyn's pic I will say Brightyn CRY and she will just smile we do this several times a day and she just loves it she is getting really close with Addies name she lets out a AAAAA which is an easy sound for a baby but she is trying her hardest to say it

She loves her brothers and sisters they are always teasing her and she gets so excited and will hurry and turn around as they are coming for her and dig her head into my chest and laugh (or I should say 1 little giggle)

I have an app that I downloaded for her a few months ago on my phone of a little baby that laughs, dances, sings, farts, and burps, suck a bottle and a binky and she just loves it and I will always say to her oh no baby CRY and she will touch the bottle so the baby will stop crying and drink the bottle and when she dances Pais will now dance by moving her arms around and bounce up and down SO dang cute and its been a life saver at times

Paisley B you are such a sweet baby girl we all love you so very much and are having a blast with you. You are the light in our lives and cant wait to watch you grow and create memories.

Going Private

2011-07-30T18:17:00.000-07:00

I have decided to go private with my Blog so I need all my friend's and family's email address so I can send you a password.

Memorial Day Weekend

2011-05-31T20:24:00.000-07:00

The girls and I decided to go to our townhouse in Mesquite while Stockton and Aaron stayed at home. We both had such a great time with the kids. The girls and I went to Lake Mead, a little shopping in Vegas and a little R&R at the condo with my family. Aaron and Stockton had a baseball tournament with the Baseball Academy and the annual AF Fire Department Memorial Day breakfast. Chelsea, my girls, and I went shopping on my birthday at the amazing "Ceasars Palace" in Vegas funny story I was a little nervous about taking my kids to Vegas (Not very kids friendly) so I decided that they would love to see the famous Vegas but I knew that I needed to have a little talk on the way there so the conversation started with "Girls, Las Vegas has some things that kids shouldn't see so you just need to stay close to mom !! Not let go of my hand even for a second!! and if you see something that's bad just turn your head. Addie "like what mom?" "well there may be things on big pictures of girls that are not very modest" so I got off Sahara exit and the very first advertising billboard was the picture of the show girls back end. Addie face was so hilarious I thought I was going to die laughing she just gasped with her hand over her mouth! It's amazing at how much worse things look when you have your kids with you! It's like watching a ROMANTIC movie with you parents for the 2nd time and not remembering some of the "parts" being that bad! I just laughed and said those are the kinds of things that I was talking about (But, honestly how do you turn your head) I was just so Happy at that exact point that Stockton was not with me! So we parked and went into Ceasars and Addie and Brightyn decided they were thirst so we stopped to get a drink and they wanted slushies the lady behind the counter says "The only flavor that doesn't have alcohol is Strawberry and of course my girls hear that so I bought them both a strawberry slushy and as we're walking away Addie looks at her slushy without taking a drink and looks up and says "mom, what is she's lying" LOL! Addie she wouldn't lie! "How do you know" Chelsea answers "because she would go to jail." Then Chelsea (yes, chelsea) looks at me and says "would she go to jail." Wow! she is pretty! I think, I know I will never take my kids to Vegas for a long long time. After shopping we finished the night off with dinner at Cheesecake Factory! We had such a great time. Thanks Girls for the great Birthday!

Stockton and Aaron from what I hear had a great time. Aaron took Stockton, and some friends (Dalton, KAden, Jack, and Dane) to dinner at Shakys, bowling,and then home for a sleepover! A few baseball games where Stockton did a great job and then ended the weekend with the Memorial Day Breakfast. I am so grateful for such an amazing family and the opportunities we have to travel and spend time with family and friends.

Athletic & Comical

2011-05-22T19:31:00.000-07:00

Stockton continues to make us laugh just the other day at his baseball game Stockton looks at one of his teammates and says "what just happened" and the little boy says "I don't know." Stockton says "That's what I thought! Come on pay attention." He has done an unbelievable job this year in baseball he has hit several triples and a few home runs. Great job Stockton we love you so much! You're such an amazing kid you continue to amaze us with how kind and sweet you are to everyone especially your friends and family.

Our Happy "Crazy" Weekend!

2011-05-22T10:41:00.001-07:00

Our weekend our typically crazy but this one was EXTRA crazy with 2 soccer games, dress rehersals, and the spring recital! The reason why it ended up being so crazy was due to all of this falling on Saturday! Luckly, Due to rain Baseball was canceled (I never thought I would be happy about Stockton's baseball game being cancelled but this weekend we needed a break somewhere! So, Thank You rain however, stay away next week so we can get in some BASEBALL!

We ended up leaving early Brightyn's soccer game to arrive just in time for her dress rehearsal to leave early to arrive late for Addie's Soccer game. I feel like this is becoming very routine for us to leave early and arrive late just to get everything in. However, crazy this may sound I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. Aaron and I have always wanted to keep our kids very involved to give them every opportunity we can in life to find what they love and excel to "some" it may not make sense but for our family it does and although sometimes it's hard to 2nd guess yourself when other close to us are making comments we still come home and the end of each day knowing that we are doing the best we can and actually loving "almost" every moment of it!

Cancun, Mexico

2011-05-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

Wow! What an amazing trip with some amazing friends.

I can't believe how fast the time goes!

2011-02-14T13:57:00.000-08:00

For Addie's party this year I told her that she could have a sleepover with some friends and then surprised her with a Horseback riding party. It was so much fun and all of her best friends and family surprised her at Uncle Ron's stables. The kids had such a great time and Addie was so surprised. It was all worth it when I saw the look on her face when she walked in.... Priceless! Oh I love this little girl!

It seems like just yesterday my beautiful little girl was born. Can I even begin to tell you how much I love this precious little girl? The list of I love you's may be a little long for most but I just have to tell Addie how very much I LOVE being her mommy.

I love the way your always say “STOP MOM” when I am teasing you.

I love how you have NO IDEA how cute and sweet you are. Every time I tell you about how I think that you are the most beautiful girl both inside and out you just look at me like I am crazy.

I love how you want me to tuck you in bed every night and always tell me “I love you mommy”

I love how I can always tell when it was you with that little smile you give me.

I love how you’re always thinking of others and making sure that everyone else is happy before yourself.

At the age of 7 you’re loving Soccer, dance, horses. You love to color with little sister Brightyn and play games with Stockton and are loving little sister Pais (Can’t get enough of her) I don’t think there another 7 year old that is more responsible than you, you’re constantly making sure that you have read, homework is done, what time dance is and that you’re there on time. You amaze me at how smart you are and how much you love to learn, constantly asking questions. You’re dance teacher told me “If I had just half the girls work as hard as Addie I would be so happy” Not only has your dance teacher told me this but I have had soccer coaches and every teacher you have had since Preschool tell me this exact same thing. I think that you get this from you dad and that is why I love you so much you give 100% at everything you do and this is such a wonderful trait you will be so great at everything you do! I love you so so very much and can’t wait to watch you grow up into a beautiful, kind young lady. Love You Baby Girl!

Family Pictures 2010

2010-11-15T15:04:00.001-08:00

Stockton's Family Birthday Party

2010-11-08T19:23:00.001-08:00

Here are some more pictures from Stockton's family party last night. We had lots of family attend which we are so LUCKY to have such a great family. Uncle Gary, Shane, and Monae were up from Last Vegas it was so fun to be able to see them. Tisha also made Stockton a wolf cake for today after making all of the cupcakes for his friends party. Stockton wanted a wolf howling at a moon for his cake as well so Tisha made his wish come true. Thanks a million Tisha it turned out AMAZING. Stockton got a remote control plane, cross stitch, legos, signed football by Bronco Mendenhall, and money he is one spoiled boy. He is growing up so fast I can't believe how fast time goes by. It really does seem like just yesterday when he was born. He was the most beautiful baby and so sweet as a toddler and just as sweet as he is getting older. I wanted to write him a little letter for his birthday.

Stockton,

You are such a sweetie. You are always thinking of others and nothing is more important to you than your family and friends. You are so protective of those who mean the most to you which reminds me of your dad you're so much like him and that's why I love you so much. I am so grateful that you have so many of his qualities. You're always so good to your sisters and they love you so much. I wish that you would stop growing up so fast you have such a fun little spirit and everyone loves to be around you.

Love you tons,

Mommy

Photo Shoot

2010-11-05T21:39:00.000-07:00

Addie was asked to be in a photo shoot with a great photographer that I believe is from California this past summer. He sales his prints to companies for their advertising. He did a great job here is a few pictures from the shoot. I just love the one of them laughing it just shows how innocent and precious they really are. They had such a fun time and we were so lucky to be asked to have Addie in them. What a fun opportunity for her. The shoot took over 3 hours but the girls didn't mind it was just a bonus for them to be able to be together longer because for some reason 13 hours a week at dance is just not enough I guess?

Stockton's 10th Birthday Party

2010-11-05T20:35:00.000-07:00

One party down 3 to go! Stockton had his friend birthday party tonight. We went to Jack and Jill for bowling, laser tag, and arcade games. Afterwards we came home for pizza and the CUTEST CUPCAKES EVER made by my bestest friend Tisha. Stockton told Tisha that he wanted a wolf howling to a moon for his cake so Tisha made these little cupckaes howling to a moon in a tree. SOOOO Creative I wished I had just half of her creativity. The boys had a sleepover where they played "The Madden Bowl" Aaron made up brackets on a poster board. There was a cash prize for the winner so this was a very serious and competitive event. Stockton ended up wining the WHOLE tournament. Aaron had to wake up at 7 a.m. the next morning for a fire training and when he came up to get dressed (he slept all night on the couch) he said last night was PURE he!*the boys stayed up ALL night. They tried sneaking out at about 4 a.m. luckly Aaron woke up and told them they better not sneak out and reminded them that we have an alarm system that will go off (this thing is going to be a life saver in a few more years. However, I guess we are already there) The next morning they all woke up at about 9 a.m. (these kids NEVER sleep) and not one of them wanted to go home so I let them play a game of football outside and then took them all home. Stockton had a great birthday with all of his best buddies.

Addie's Surprise Party

2010-11-04T20:07:00.000-07:00

I am preparing for Addie's surprise Birthday party at R/M Stables. We are so excited we will be doing horseback riding and face painting and then a sleepover where we will be doing glitter toes and facials. It's a SURPRISE so mums the word. Pictures to follow.

FAMILY PICTURES

2010-11-03T20:55:00.001-07:00

We finally were able to get our family pictures done. Shannon was so patient with me trying to find a time that worked with both of our schedules only took about 3 weeks and about 4 last minute cancellation so I owe Shannon BIG time. The day turned out to be beautiful. However, towards the end of the shoot it started to get a little cold for Paisley and Brightyn poor little Paisley nose ran the entire time or she was spitting up I bet we wiped her mouth and nose over 30 times. But they turned out darling. So excited to make our Christmas cards this year. At the end of the shoot we had 2 horses and a lama come up to us. As we were leaving I look back to make sure that the kids weren't being attacked and Addie is petting one of the horses so Shannon started snapping away which is absolutely PERFECT for Addie she is going to LOVE these pictures. May even have to blow it up and put it in her room (she just loves horses she asks me a couple times a week if we can buy her one and when I ask her where we would keep it she says in the backyard with Mick.) This girl is meant to live on a farm and she is so NOT even close to the farm life. I think we need to start spending a lot more time at Uncle Ron's.
I HAD to have a couch for this years pictures and I am so glad that I did. I love how this turned out. You should have seen the look on Aaron's face when I told him that we would be using a couch this year. He looked at me as if I had now really lost my mind.

2010-10-26T20:05:00.000-07:00

BIRTHDAYS, BIRTHDAYS, AND MORE BIRTHDAYS

2010-10-26T00:09:00.000-07:00

I am currently planning SEVERAL birthday parties and even though it is taking up most of my time in the early morning hours (12-3 am) I am having a blast doing it.

The first one that I am planning is Stockton's birthday on Nov. 10th and he is wanting to do laser tagging AGAIN this year for his party with a sleepover afterwards. I am trying to be creative with another laser tag party but I am stuggling. However, I did find some great invitations online but after showing them to Stockton he said " Mom, I like them but the laser guys on the front look "funny" I said what do you mean "funny" and he said "like YOUNG" Okay after he said that I could see what he meant I forget that my little guy is turning "10" Crazy! So now I am back to square one trying to find unique invites. However, I did line up his cake with the greatest cake decorator around " I'll post pictures." Very excited to have at least that lined up. I am excited to get everything ready for my little (BIG) man's party.

Addie's I am soooo excited about because it's a surprise party for her. She decided last year that she wanted to have a summer party instead of another indoor November birthday and it was very convienent for her to make that choice because we were in Disney World on her birthday . So we ended up doing a summer birthday party in June and now she wants to have one on her birthday (5 months later) I thought I don't want to invite the same kids to her party after just having one!!!! So I decided that I will throw her a surprise party with mostly family and 3 of her bestest friends (then I can call and explain why they are being invited to ANOTHER party for Addie.) I don't want to post what I am planning for her just incase it gets out but I can't wait she is going to be THRILLED!!!!!!

I am also planning Chelsea's party another one that I am so excited about.

And then Aaron's which is........

Brightyn's is coming up in January everything she wants is of course as GIRLY as I can make it. Found the cutest INVITES for hers as well.

I love this time of year EVERYONE I love is having birthdays.

Poor Paisley

2010-10-20T22:16:00.000-07:00

Poor Paisley has been so sick with her acid reflex this week. She throws up several times a day and wants to be held ALL the time I can't lay her down not even for a minute. She is currently of a medication to help but it is not doing the trick as of yet I heard that it takes time to kick in so I am hoping that any day now she will start feeling better. It is so hard as a parent to watch your kids in pain and especially a little one that can't tell you what is wrong or what might make her more comfortable. But I am grateful for mother intuition because I started her on rice cereal with peaches in it to help the taste and her medication on the same day and she had a very bad reaction and just screamed for 2 nights I wasn't sure what was causing her to be in this much pain so I thought that it was going to take a few days to figure out what exactly it was and I just had a feeling it was the peaches that was causing her reflex to be worse and sure enough it was so I am so happy that she is not in as much pain as she was but she is still so miserable. A good friend of the family that is a nurse in the NICU gave me some great tips that might help so I ran right to the store and am starting them first thing in the morning and I am praying that they will help her.

My Baby is 4 Months Old!!!!!

2010-10-12T21:15:00.000-07:00

Paisley weighed 13 lbs at her 4 month check up which put her in the 17th percentile, 21 percentile in height and 52 in head and if there was a measurement for her cheeks I am certain that she would be off the charts. She is in the best stage right now.

She is so close to laughing. She will give that little coo sound.

She is loving this little baby of Brightyn's that makes coo and laughing sounds she will just sit and stare and smile at it for hours it has been a life saver while we are in the car because she HATES her car seat.

She is spoiled rotten. She is now at the age where she will watch you walk away after i have laid her down I will see her little eyes follow me as I walk out of the room and then within seconds she will usually start crying.

She is a smart little thing in the middle of the night when me or Aaron will go into get her she will instantly stop crying as soon as she hears our footsteps walking into her room.

When she doesn't want to look at someone who is talking to her she will just keep turning her head right to left in the opposite direction. It is so funny to watch. Poor Brightyn gets it the most

She loves blowing bubbles at you.

Spits up A LOT. (Not so fun) Go through 2-4 outfits a day---- Definitely didn't need anymore laundry

Started feeding her rice cereal and she gives me the "this is disgusting face" and spits it all out at me.

I love kissing and blowing in her neck. This is my prediction of her first laugh.

I love watching her sit in her bumbo on the kitchen table watching Brightyn color. Priceless moment.

I could hold her all day everyday. I just cant get enough of this sweet little thing. I am so BLESSED I have the greatest kids in the world. I just want to freeze time so that they stop growing I always tell them that we are going to stop having birthdays so they can stay my babies and I usually get this response. "yeah right mom." Oh how I wish time would just stop going by so quickly.

My sweet Paisley Bostyn,

You are the sweetest thing we could ever have asked for. Your bother and sisters just can't get enough of you they get so excited to get home from school just to see you. There is not a thing in this world that would ever get me excited to get up in the middle of the night every night but every time I hear you in your crib usually talking and cooing I jump right up and can't wait to see you and cuddle with you in my bed. I am so excited to see you grow and interact with Stockton. Addie, and Brightyn they just cherish you. You dad also just can't get enough of you. He loves playing with you and TEASING you (yes, already) by blowing at your neck and giving you the cold chills every time. I am so so very grateful that you get to come to work with me everyday so that I never have to leave you. You are so beautiful and just as sweet as they come I can't wait for so many things for you but as for now I want you to just stay little forever. I love you very much and so does your sisters, dad,and big brother.

Love, Mommy

Nielson Family

2010-10-06T21:01:00.000-07:00

In my spare time I LOVE LOVE taking pictures. I could do it all day everyday. These are some recent pictures of my best friends family. Love them to pieces!

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Paisley's Big Day

2010-09-12T21:06:00.000-07:00

Today Paisley was blessed by Aaron and he did such a great job. She looked so sweet. Aaron always gets so nervous a couple days before but I can't figure out why because he gives our kids the most incredible blessings. We had just our immediate family attend due to our limited room in our house but we are so grateful to have such a wonderful supportive family they are the best. Stockton was so cute after the blessing the bishop asked who would like to give the closing preyer and Stockton voulentered and was so dang cute I was so proud of him. During his prayer he said "Please keep my family same from harmony." and then at the end he says"In the name of jesus and latter day, Amen." How cute is that???? Oh I just love him to pieces.

VIVA LAS VEGAS

2010-08-15T22:30:00.000-07:00

COEUR D ALENE

2010-08-05T10:55:00.000-07:00

This years State Farm trip was to Austria but because Paisley was only going to be a few weeks old we decided to take the alternate trip to Coeur D Alene. Although I wished that we were able to do the Austria trip I can't be to upset because Coeur D Alene is beautiful. It's known for its world class golf course with their floating 12th hole. We had so much fun with the kids they were in heaven being able to swim in the lake and also in the 2 pools they have here at the resort. I was able to slip away and get a pedicure with a good friend that is an agent in Wyoming Jen Talich. The kids are starting to make their little State Farm friends from all across the country that they will be able to see on all the trips. One of the days we went to the other side of the lake and went fishing with them and the kids had a BLAST.

The best part of the whole trip was the group event that State Farm puts on which is always so amazing. We were taken by boat to the opposite side of the lake to the incredible golf course where we spent the evening. They had a live band, Crochet for the kids, an amazing meal, and the best part of all the kids were able to make smores by the campfire. The pictures just don't show how beautiful this place really is. There are planes that take on from the lake to give tours, there is para sailing, kayaking, biking. Endless things to do although it was hard for us to do much because of the baby but we were able to go to the amusement park called Silverwood which was great.

Every time we go on vacation it is inevitable that one of my kids get stuck in the elevator. A few years ago when we were in Park City we were coming up from the pool and I was talking to a lady when the elevator opened and little Addie who was about 3 at the time hurried in and the door shut before I could make it in and I had no idea what floor she on, then this past April we were in Park City again at the same Resort and me and Brightyn we coming up to the room and Brightyn jumped out of the elevator and I was reading the list scheduled events when I turned around and the doors were shutting and "NO BRIGHTYN" I heard her screaming all the way down to the main level and of course on the way back up to get her I was so panicked and of course the elevator stopped 3 times on the way back up that made it seem like forever, but I got back up to the top and she had just sat down right outside the elevator crying her little eyes out while she waited for me to come back up. I was so proud of her that she waited right there for me. SOOOOO this trip we were all in the elevator and we went to get out and Brightyn somehow got left in and as the door was shutting we heard this terrified scream of Brightyn who was being left in AGAIN and luckily Aaron got to the doors right before they closed and tried to Pry them open but they just wouldn't budge so we yelled and Brightyn, to push the 4 button (The level we were on) and when she did that the doors opened right up so now Brightyn is always the first one out and she will stand in front of the door until everyone is out every time poor thing she is scared to death now.

CHICAGO

2010-08-03T21:56:00.001-07:00

We had such a great time in Chicago. I was in heaven with the AMAZING shopping, Cubs Games, and spending time with my FAVORITE sister. The first day we were there Chelsea picked us up for the airport and we went to Kona Grill for lunch it was very different from anything we have ever had but it was really good. Then we were off to get a treat (you cant be with Chelsea and NOT get a treat after every meal) at Pot Bellys they had the most amazing dessert bars called Shelia's Dream Bars and Chelsea was telling me all about them on the way there she lost me when she said they had choclate in them so I was just going to go with a shake until she made me try a bite and "holy shiz balls" they were good. Chelsea laughed at me when I said "holy shiz balls" They were made with an oatmeal crust and had cholclate chips and carmel in them and ohhh they were delicious. We are trying to find out if they can just shop us dozens of them weekly. We didn't do much the first day because we were waiting for my parents to arrive the following day but unfortunately they were on Delta's buddy passes and they had to wait 2 days before getting out on a flight. I felt so bad for them they drove to the airport 3 times trying to get on a flight until they finally got on we were so excited when they were finally able to join us.

The second day that we were there we went to a theater called muvico it was the most amazing theater that i have ever been to. It has an upper deck you could pay $20 and sit in individual lazy boys, and have all the popcorn you wanted they would also come around serve you drinks. We weren't able to sit in these seats because we had paisley and you could not take kid in this part of the theater. but we sat in their regular seats and the were also really nice. We saw inception! Such a great movie.

Then the next few days we went to Bubba Gump Shrimp factory at Navy Pier at my Dad's request and it was actually so good I was very impressed I am actualy beggening to really like seafood.

We also went on a Boat Tour down the middle of the city and admired the incredible architecture of this beautiful city

And of course the best of all Wrigley Stadium where Paisley attended her first major league Baseball Game at the age of 7 weeks and it was my first major league game at the very young age of 28 :) Funny story: I had slept in Chelsea's long striped socks so when I woke up and got ready for the game I put them back on with my shorts and had Chelsea and Aaron play along with teasing Mason that I was going to wear them to the game. they looked awful they were a maroon and purple color and I had on a light pink shirt on. So I walked out and Mason said " Kresh, you going to wear those socks to the game" and I said "Yes, why doesn't anyone like my socks." I think at this point he thought that I was kidding but when Aaron said " Kresha, Why do you always have to wear those stupid socks when you wear shorts please take them off, everyone stares at you like your crazy when you wear them." This is where he bit. Then he says "Kresh, I like them you should wear them." So I wore them out to the car and was planning on wearing them all the way into the stadium but I just couldn't do it so I took them off in the car and asked him if he really thought that I would wear something like that. It was so funny.

I was in shopping heaven at Michigan Ave. Banana Republic had 4 floors. Could you ask for anything more.

Had to try Chicago Style Pizza. Very good. All of the food here was so delicious.

We absoloutly loved everything about Chicago so amazing I could go on and on.

Thanks Chelsea and Mason so much for your great hospitality there is no one else that we would have rather been with. We miss you and can't wait to have you home with us.

me and mick stockton's post

2010-07-27T19:47:00.000-07:00

me and mick are like best friends i love mickers every time my freinds come over like zack , jax jens and dalton I always let him out and play's with us it so funny case he jumps on my frends and me and he comes running too me boom im down. every time we clim up the slides and suddenly out of no wear mick jumps on us we fall down the slide mostly he gets my frends i'ts awesome.

Chicago,Coeur d'Alene, and Vegas!!!!!!!

2010-07-17T23:00:00.000-07:00

We have some great trips coming up in the next 3 weeks. Can't wait. We are going to Chicago to see the CUBS PLAY at WRIGLEY FIELD (2nd oldest major league field) and see my SISTER and her husband MASON. So excited to see them.

The next week we are off to State Farm's Trip to Coeur d"Alene. Although, we were suppose to go to Austria this year we ended up deciding to take the alternate trip because we didn't want to take the baby out of the country. I was so sad I was looking forward to this trip but we are taking the kids with us and it will be great too.

Then the week following we are off to Vegas with some of our best friends. This will be a great trip as well. Ashton has never been to Vegas and Aaron can't wait to show him around.

Our Little AllStar

2010-07-14T19:32:00.000-07:00

Stockton was chosen to be on the Allstar team. They did such a great job they went 3-1 and not only did they win the three games but they 10 run ruled them all. Stockton did such a great job he played 1st and outfield and made some GREAT plays and his hitting was awesome too. He seemed to have more fun during this tourntament then I have ever seen him have. I was so glad to see him enjoy it so much. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love baseball there is nothing better than sitting at a baseball game well acutally there is something a little better sitting at my sons baseball game with my husband helping coach him. I looooove it so much. I am so proud of Stockton.

I love this picture. This is one of Stockton very first t-ball games when he was 4.

Summer, Summer, Summer

2010-07-13T14:22:00.000-07:00

Steel Days

2010-07-13T13:39:00.001-07:00

We had another great weekend with all of the Steel Days Activities. We went to the parade in the morning where the kids rode on the fire truck with Aaron this has became a annual tradition that the kids wait for all year long they love it ALMOST as much as Aaron.

Later that afternoon we went to the Firework show where we met up with some great friends Jason & Sarah, Barry & Tisha, Ashton & Jordan, Mom & Dad, Bev, Bambie, Brent & Kathy& Ali & Ashlyn. They had a ton of games and blow up slides for the kids and their favorite thing was face painting. The Fireworks were AMAZING they did a great job this year. The kids also loved the carnival too. I have a very hard time taking them to the carni it is just so dirty. I tell the kids every year "Let's go to lagoon or seven peaks instead." and every year its the same answer "No."

UBA

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

We had such a great time at Uba this year although it was very windy most of the time that we were there. However, we did have one good day and that was Saturday and we were able to get out on the boat. Aaron was not able to go on this trip because he had a staff infection and poison oak that he caught up the canyon while he was trying to stop all the flooding that was happening. He broke out with little bumps all over his body that started in his leg and we thought they were just bug bites at first until they started to spread all over his body and they went from very small bumps to large and lots of oozing at that point we knew they were not just bug bites. The last boating trip we went on was to Lake Powell and he was unable to come with us there because he came down with the swine flu. I am beginning to think that its all self induced cause from anxiety because he dislikes these trips so much. Hopefully he wont come up with anything for our next Powell trip which is planned for Labor Day I am keeping my fingers crossed.

I just love this picture of Paisley wearing her first life jacket that is way to big for her. This was her first of many boating trips and she did so good. She slept the entire time I think she loved the feel and sound of the boat.

The kids had a blast as usual they can't get enough of the lake. ( They definitely get that from me.) They love to tube I think that is their favorite however, they have never tried waked boarding or skiing I am going to try to get them (Stockton and Addie) up this year I think that they will love that just as much once they learn how.

Sarah one on my bestest friends also came down for one of the days (The windy-rainy one) and the kids had such a great time together. I have to laugh at her little guy Brenden he kept us entertained the entire time. First, the kids came running over to me yelling "Brenden, just kissed Brightyn." Brightyn then walked up and said "Mom, my lips wont fall off because he kissed me." (All of our kids know that is they kiss before they're 25 that their lips will fall off and have to be sewen back on.) Then he took a huge rock and threw it on our watermelon that we had in the water (to keep cool) and split it in two, I thought that my mom was going to cry she was looking so forward to that watermelon for dinner. He is full of energy, such a funny little guy. We were sad to see them leave we had so much fun with them I wish that the weather would have been a little better for them.

More Newborn Pics

2010-06-30T21:52:00.000-07:00

A few things about Paisley.

She loves when I sing to her, if she is upset is calms her right down but I have to hold her right up next to my face.

I will always rub my nose up and down hers I think that she knows it me when I do this.

She has the funniest toes. the same toe on each foot curls behind the other one.

She is the best baby she never ever cries unless she's wanting to eat.

She gave me her first real smile at 4 weeks old.

She knows when her sister Brightyn is near.

Her first explosion went all over her big brother Stockton and he paniced and just kept yelling for me to come and get her.

There is nothing like having a baby we love her to pieces and just can't get enough of her.

Newborn Pictures

2010-06-15T15:08:00.000-07:00

Baby Paisley

2010-06-09T14:46:00.000-07:00

I just had to take some pictures of Paisley today in her darling little outfit that my sweet aunt Kim gave her.

Paisley Bostyn

2010-06-05T11:47:00.000-07:00

Paisley Bostyn was born June 2nd (Me and Aaron's 10th year Anniversary) She was born at 5:59 am and weighed 6 lbs 14 oz 19 inches long. They induced my labor at 10 pm due to more complications with my kidney stones. We were a little nervous due to the fact that she was 3 1/2 weeks early. She came out very healthy. We are so blessed.

2010-05-28T07:53:00.000-07:00

It has been an interesting week at my house. I woke up in the middle of the night Saturday with horrible pains in my left side lower back it reminded me of when I was about this far along in my pregnancy (8 months) with Brightyn and had a kidney stone) I was in a lot of pain for most of the day Sunday until about 2 PM when the pain became just too unbearable and Aaron took me to the hospital. When I got there all I could think was I need drugs and I need them now. FINALLY after throwing up a few times they came in with some morphine that helped for about 10 minutes. They took me down for a sonogram to see if it was a kidney stone and they found 2. They also found that I had an infection as well. So throughout the next few days I lived on iv medication until that stopped working and I was needing more to keep me out of pain. The doctor came in and recommended that I have a stent put in until the following week when I would be far enough along that they felt comfortable with inducing labor (37 weeks) the only other option was to start labor then due to the amount of medication I was receiving which would eventually be very harmful for the baby. So i decided to go with option 1 and have the stent. The only GOOD part about having the stent put in was I was able to get a epidural which felt GREAT because for once in 4 days I was finally out of pain. After the numbness wore off I was in more pain than I had been before the surgery. AHHHH! But each day got a little better the stent definitely doesn't take the pain away but I am able to take a pill form of pain medication which is healthier for the baby. I am just trying to make it to next week to deliver the baby and then they will take me into surgery right after and blast these stones and remove the stent and hopefully then I will be out of misery and can enjoy this little one. Its amazing how much we take for granite our health. I have had so much help between my mom, grandma, mother-in-law and my unbelievable husband I could not have done this without them. Thanks a million! I love you so very much!

WHO WILL SHE LOOK LIKE?????

2010-05-22T15:30:00.000-07:00

BRIGHTYN MARIE

ADDIE SHAY
STOCKTON MICHAELSo the big debate at our house right now is who this new baby of ours is going to look like. When I was looking for new born pictures of all my kids I didn't realize how much more Stockton and Addie look alike as babys (at least I think so) but now I think that Stockton and Brightyn look more alike (Just like Aaron) and Addie has a look of her own. We still don't have a name for this poor baby. I am just going to hope that when I see her it will magically come to me. LOL! The names that we are trying to decide between are: Paisley, Anniston, Elle, and Bostyn. Any input from you bloggers would be great! I am due in 4 weeks and can't wait!

Brightyn's Preschool Graduation

2010-05-22T15:13:00.000-07:00

Brightyn had her preschool graduation from the Peppermint House on Thursday night. She did such a great job singing and reading her cute little part to the audience " Julie Ann likes to play in the mud. She got all dirty and told her mother a mud puddle jumped on me. Could that really happen? Let's see." and then they sang a song about mud puddles. So dang cute. She knew every song and you could hear her over all the 35 kids that were singing. Brightyn will be attending the Peppermint Preschool next year too before she goes to Kindergarten.
Both Addie and Stockton were taking video and pictures of Brightyn and so in this picture she decided that she was going to do a little dance pose and did a leg lift in front of Everyone. She cracks me up!

ADDIE SHAY & BRIGHTYN LOU

2010-05-20T20:06:00.000-07:00

Brightyn was so excited to finally be able to dance on the big stage. She had been watching Addie all year compete both her solo and with her group at several competitions. At every competition she would go down and sit with Addie and Abby for their duo awards. It was so sad the girls would go up in front of everyone and get their trophys and crowns and there sat little Bright. I felt so bad she just kept saying "Mom, I am going to do a solo next year so I can get a crown." So we tried to make such a big deal about this recital that she was FINALLY able to dance in. Addie was so sweet she let me give Brightyn one of her trophys and we got flowers for her and took several pictures. So hopefully she felt VERY special.

The dances were great. Brightyn performed a little butterfly routine and she did such a great job. Mrs. Kim (Brightyn's) teacher asked her to be in both shows. She was able to dance twice which made her very excited. Addie performed one of her company numbers (Stupid Cupid) which is our favorite dance of the year. She also performed her Jazz number which turned out so cute. This has been such a great year for Addie it's amazing how much she has grown as a dancer. Thanks to Mckell (Addie's team instructor) Although, we had such a great year and its hard to see it come to and end. There is also a big part of me that is so glad to see things settle down a little bit. I think that I bit off more than I could choose this year.

My Dad's favorite little toy!

2010-05-13T20:00:00.000-07:00

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Our Crazy Spring

2010-05-13T19:05:00.000-07:00

This Spring has been so crazy for our family. We have had soccer for both Addie and Stockton, stocktons baseball, Addie's duo and group dance compitions. So between everything we have been at some event every night and most nights we go from one to another However, I am very grateful that my kids are so involved and they love every minute of it. Stockton did such a GREAT job this year in soccer. He was on the "Black Holes" team and they did AWESOME! He plays so aggresive and just loves it.
Addie was on the "Blue Daisy's" and also did such a good job she scored an average of 4 goals a game. She is so much FUN to watch play. It's amazing how much energy she has when she is on the field she never stops running. I wish that I had just half the energy she has.

Its bitter/sweet that the spring soccer season is over and after this weekend Addie's competition season will be over. We have had so much fun watching them this year. They are growing up too fast. I know that one day I am going to miss this so much so on the days that I run from work to dance to baseball then to soccer and then back to pick up at dance I just try to remember that I will want this all back one day.

LATE NIGHT WITH THE GIRLS!

2010-04-06T20:21:00.000-07:00

Me and the girls were invited by Tisha, Bambie, and Abby to have a little girls late night out to see the new movie "The Last Song" it was a great movie. Although I was feeling like it was a little old for the girls, not that it was not appropriate in a bad way, more that it was just a little over their heads. Brightyn was asleep in the first 15 minutes. We kept looking over at Addie & Abby when their was a kissing scene and they would just giggle & giggle. At the end of the movie I said "Addie, that show was way to sad for me." she responded with a WHY? she apparently didn't catch the sad part of the movie which I was grateful for. I turned to Tisha during the movie and said "oh, no now Addie is going to start begging me again to let her take piano lessons." Sure enough as soon as we got in the car she says "mom, you need to sign me up for piano." I swear that child wants to do EVERYTHING! She already dances 4 hours a week, gymnastics 1 hour a week, soccer, and tutoring an hour a week. She constantly begs me to do horse riding lessons, team gym, piano, baseball, basketball. I am grateful that she is well rounded but I just can't keep up with the girl.

More Pics from Chelsea's Wedding

2010-04-06T00:23:00.001-07:00

Easter Weekend in Moab!

2010-04-05T13:52:00.001-07:00

We had such a great weekend in Moab this Easter. Every year for the past 5 years our best friends Tisha & Barry have been trying to get us here so this year we finally decided to go. Although I dont know why I would choose this year out of all of the other years being that I am 7 months pregnant. Let's just say I think that they baby was wondering what in the world was going on with all the bouncing in the jeeps. I also decided to get out and walk a few of the trails hills for excersise and I found out just how out of shape that I really am. We took the kids to one of the parks where they held their annual Moab Easter Egg hunt. The kids loved it.

On Saturday night we were on Hell's revenge in the dark and Barry didn't see one of the drop offs and ruined his gas line. Brightyn kept telling him "Don't do that again Barry." She always gives him a hard time. It's the funniest thing I dont think Barry know quite what to do with her.

Chelsea's Wedding

2010-03-28T23:05:00.000-07:00

Mason and Chelsea were married this last Friday and it turned out beautiful. Chelsea didn't know that she had a few surprises in store for her on this special day. The first, was that Mason was going to sing to her while my dad walked her down the isle. She had been begging Mason for months and months to sing L.A to Rome at their wedding and Mason kept telling her that he just couldn't do it in front of all those people. So during the ring cermemony as Chelsea was waiting for the typical wedding music to start Mason started singing her song while his Uncle played the guitar. WOW! it turned out amazing I think every little girl in the audience will have a new expectation of their wedding day. Then at the end of the night everyone walked outside to light sparklers and throw rose peddles, what Mason and Chelsea didn't know was that my mom wonderful friends Debbie and Steve Wilson were having a helecopter land to take them away on their honeymoon. It was awesome and they were so surprised the helecopter landed right on the green of the golf course it was AMAZING! The other surprise was where they were going on their honeymoon, Mason planned it all and told her that night that they would be spending their honeymoon on a Mexican Cruise for the week. I am planning on posting the video of the ceremony so everyone can see him singing to her but I need to make sure that it's okay with then first so as soon as they get home I will see. She is one lucky girl Mason is such a great guy! We are all so happy for them.

FINALLY!

2010-02-20T22:13:00.000-08:00

It has been such a long time since I have posted on my blog. So much has happened the past few months. As you can see below I have posted several pictures that have been taken over the past few months. I have been horrible lately. The procrastination started with finding out that we were going to have another baby and then the morning sickness started and that's all that I need to say for anyone that has ever had this. I just wasn't up to doing much of anything. I am feeling so much better hence why I am finally updating my blog.

We found out that we were having a BOY! Wait.... keep reading. When I went in for my first check up at 8 weeks the baby was measuring a few weeks small so they wanted to do another ultra sound at 12 weeks. So while I was there I asked the doctor to peek and see if he could see the gender and within 20 seconds we both saw BOY. But afterwards he said we don't like to look this early because they look the same. But that didn't matter because I saw the little boy part and I just knew it was a boy so I went home and told Aaron and the kids that we were having a boy. Aaron was so excited, we immediately started disagreeing on the name "Becham" I loved it and Aaron hated it. Well then I went to Bunco and I was telling a friend about how I had already found out the sex of the baby and she said "oh, don't be so sure the same thing happened to me and my husband and we were told it was a girl at our 20 week appointment." At that point I wasn't so sure anymore. I just had a feeling when she told be that the same thing was going to happen to us. SOOOOO I went in right before Christmas (which was still before my 20 weeks appointment) and they said nope this is definitely a GIRL! Oh no what was I going to tell my kids and even worse what was I going to tell Aaron. So I came home and told Aaron that he needed to sit down (he didn't know where I had been) and he looked at me and said "why?" "It better not be a GIRL." He knew right away when I told him to sit down. I felt so bad he was so excited for another BOY! I still decided that I was not going to buy anything until my actual appointment that I should have just waited for anyways. Well I finally had my 20 weeks appointment about 3 weeks ago and yes its a GIRL! Even though we would have enjoyed another boy we are all so happy that we are having another wonderful GIRL! We haven't decided a name yet but are leaning toward Paisley or Bostyn. I am so grateful to be feeling better and can't wait to welcome this new little one. The kids are so excited!

Superbowl Weekend Traditions

2010-02-20T21:47:00.000-08:00

Company Showcase

2010-02-20T20:56:00.000-08:00

Addie and Abby's Duo

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Chelsea choreographed a duo for the girls to "loathing" off the soundtrack of Wicked. They have had so much fun together learning this dance. It wouldn't matter how tired they got they would just keep wanting to learn more so that they could have more time to spend with each other. They preformed for the first time at Center Stage's company showcase a few weeks ago. They did such a great job it turned out DARLING! Thanks to Chelsea. They will start competing next weekend at Thanksgiving Point! We are so excited for them. They have worked very hard. Great Job Girls and Good Luck! We love You!

Brightyn's 4th Brithday

2010-02-20T20:04:00.000-08:00

I love this pic of Stockton and Brightyn.

Aaron is not going to be very happy about me posting this next picture but I just had to because he always pulls this face when the kids get excited. I think it's so cute. He loves his kids so much and he is the best dad!

Tisha ( My very generous friend) made this cake. She did such a great job! Thanks a million Tish! You're the best!

OUR DISNEYLAND VACATION

2010-02-20T17:37:00.000-08:00

We went to Disney World in Orlando, Fl and had such a great time. It was so much fun to be able to go with family. We were ablt to go with Mom, Dad, Jantsen, Chelsea, and Mason (Who is now her fiance) The kids has a blast. We couldn't believe how big it was. Aaron really made us realize how big it was when he said "This place has 3 exits that's the size of American Fork." for a theme park. That is crazy. We were able to go to Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Universal Studion, and of course Diseny World. I had just announced the week before to everyone that we were going to have a BABY! The only damper on this whole trip was "ME" I was hoping that the morning sickness wouldn't start until be got home. "Wishful thinking" I was so sick the entire time ( as most of you will be able to tell in some of these pictures) and then Tisha had mentioned that the last time we were in Disneyland is when I told my family that I was pregant with Brightyn! Maybe we should think twice before going to Disneyland next time :)

We went to the "Beauty and the Beast" play and it was darling. All of the kids were in heaven watching this darling musical.
This picture was taken right as we came out of "Its a bugs life" 3D. All of us loved it except Brightyn she buried her head in my lap and cried the entire time. The last time we went it was Stockton who was scared. It is so fun to watch the kids I don't think that very many of us even watched much of the show we were glued to the kids waiting for their reactions.

I loved this picture of Aaron and Addie. I am so lucky to have such a sweet beautiful family.

Addie and Brightyn decided that they wanted to spend their money on having their faces painted instead of buying a toy. Those artist are amazing. They painted thier faces in about 3-5 minutes and look at the detail.

We were on the Safrai ride in this picture and I just love this picture of Brightyn. So serious as the tour guide is telling us to watch out for the alligators.

Janten and Stockton getting ready to eat at TGI Fridays. They are little buddies.

GOLFING FOR THE 1ST TIME!!!

2009-11-03T15:33:00.000-08:00

Well Shay, Mason, and my mom were nice enough to let me go golfing with them for the first time. Wow, what a hard sport to learn. I played for the first 9 holes and then just decided that I should have stayed back at the condo with the girls and laid out. On the 10th hole i decided to call it a day between the blistered hands, and every time that I would hit the ball it would go the opposite direction of where it was suppose to go. So I just watched them and I caught my own laying out time right on the green. :) I am glad that I tried it though it was so much fun.

St. George

2009-10-20T12:37:00.001-07:00

DANCING UNDER THE STARS

2009-10-06T20:20:00.000-07:00

This is Addie, Abby, and Randy from this last season of so you think you can dance. The girls were star struck they loved it. The boys also had the picture taken with Gev from a past season of sytycd he preformed the most amazing solo that I think that I have ever seen. It just amazed me. If I recommend that everyone come to this event next year. It's usually late August and this year they had many professional dancers mostly from so you think you can dance. Louis Van Amsdel was the announcer and he also did a great job. There is also lots of dancers from dancing with the stars there preforming. Addie got to preform with her little Kaliedscope Company this was their last performance of the year. They had so much fun this year it was very sad to see it end, but they are on to bigger and better things this next year. Addie and Abby are going to do a solo this year together and they cant wait. They both have their back walkovers and Addie is working on her Arial she is soooo close. We are so excited to watch them and they cant wait ANYTHING to give them more time together they are very close friends so its going to be so much fun.

Haylee's Wedding

2009-10-06T20:07:00.000-07:00

Another Beautiful Wedding that we went to this summer. My beautiful cousin Haylee was married in the Mount Timpanogas Temple followed by her reception at Wadley Farms. It was so cute. Haylee you looked so beautiful and classy. We wish you and Brady all the happiness in the world.

2009-10-06T19:57:00.000-07:00

Wow, what a BEAUTIFUL wedding Alicia had. It was at Lacaille in Salt Lake it was on of the most gorgeous weddings that I have ever been to. The landscaping at this place was AMAZING! I told Aaron that he better start saving his money because this was the kind of place that when our girls turn 30 :) I hope to have their wedding. He just looked at me and laughed.

Dance, Dance, Dance

2009-08-10T18:36:00.000-07:00

Brightyn at her last day of summer dance class

Me and Addie

Addie and Chelsea

This was taken on the last day of Addie's summer Ballet class. She is so amazing at ballet although I think that it gets a little boring to her at times.

Brightyn posing like her big sister

Addie showing off her great leg lift!

I just love this picture of Addie. She is growing up way to fast. I wish I could freeze time right at this very moment. Our kids are at such fun ages.

Addie and Abby at Dance intensive. It was a long day for these little ones they danced from 9-4 everything from jazz, ballet, hip-hop, gymnastics, and creative dance. What a great experience for them. They had so much fun together as long as their together and dancing they are in their GLORY!

This is Brightyn's cute little dance teacher Miss Amber she was one of the best teachers I have ever seen with the little ones.

Brightyn was so cute this summer in her little dance class. She got a lot of one on one with Amber because most of the time there was only her and one other little boy. She LOVED it!

Addie's Dance Tryouts at Center Stage!

2009-07-21T15:57:00.000-07:00

Addie and Abby right before their tryouts!

Addie and Abby had tryouts at center stage for Mini Company and Mini Elites. Parents weren't able to watch but thier old teacher was in there and said they did amazing. Addie looked so dang cute in her new little dance outfit and she got to wear a little make-up which is always what gets her the most excited! :)

Steel Days

2009-07-19T20:20:00.000-07:00

Time Spent with the King!

2009-07-16T14:11:00.000-07:00

We have had so many great trips with State Farm and hopefully many more to come. We have been to Scottsdale, Vegas 3 times, Zions, Phoenix, Hawaii (Our Favorite) and in April we are going to Austria. This was in Las Vegas with my TICA group which stands for Temporary Independent Agent I am pround to say that I lost the T In April when I signed my Permanent contract . We stayed at the Red Rock hotel and casino and it was the best casino that I have ever stayed at. We loved it. It is a ways off the strip which is what I think that I liked so much about it seems a little cleaner and safer. The hotel had several great resturants our favorite being a little bbQ place it was delicious. It also had all of the gambeling which kept Aaron very HAPPY! It had 3 different dance clubs. It was perfect. If anyone is going to Vegas soon I highly recommend the Red Rock! Our room was unbeliveable. State Farm treats their agents very well :) I am so lucky to work for such an amazing company!

Jantsen's Motorcross Racing

2009-07-11T19:12:00.000-07:00

Friday night we all went up to watch Jantsen race at Rocky Mountain Raceway. He took 1st in both races he did such a great job. He had quite the crowd cheering him on Our family, Grandma and Grandpa Fourwheeler, Tisha, Abby, Kaden, Shay, Ashlee & Mom and Dad.

The kids were getting so sleepy around 11 so my mom had a great idea and got sleeping bags that she had in her car from Lake Powell and spread them out on the bleachers.

BLESSED

2009-07-06T23:37:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to take a moment and give thanks to my in-laws Jack and Connie. We have had quite the weekend. Aaron started getting sick on Wednesday and went to the doctor (Anyone that knows Aaron knows how sick he must be to actually go to the doctor) and they tested him for "The Swine" and sure enough it was positive, the doctor said that it's one of the worst respiratory cases that he has seen and that if he was not better with the medication that he prescribed within 3 days then he wanted him back in the office and they were going to hospitalize him due to many of the deaths were because of the cough settling into the lungs and causing a bad case of pneumonia. I have never seen Aaron so sick he couldn't even lift his head of the pillow. His parents are always right there to step in whenever anyone in their families need them and even though I knew what wonderful people they were I have never been so grateful for them as I am right now. They not only called almost every hour but they brought in food and even brought things for my kids to do. I appreciate Jack coming in and taking control of his stubborn son when he was debating rather or not to go to the doctor without his fatherly advice Aaron may have never went :) Jack and Connie you have truly made me a better person by setting good example and really showing me what is truly important in this life. I Love You both so much and am so grateful that I married into such a wonderful family. I also want to thank Aaron's brothers and sisters for their support and calling everyday to make sure that he was okay You truly are the best!

Aaron is finally after one week feeling much better and is back to work which he is so grateful for he was going absolutely crazy sitting in this house all day but I did find out tonight that he watched a full season of 24 (Bauer is what Addie calls it) in 2 days! I have a lot of catching up to do!!!!!!!

Happy Father's Day

2009-06-21T20:51:00.000-07:00

Aaron,

Happy Father's Day. You are the most amazing father to our kids. They admire you so much and I know that Stockton wants to be just like you. Our girls adore you and can't get enough of you. I think it's so amazing that I ended up with you. You continue to amaze me each day. I am so blessed to have you in my life. I wonder each day how someone like me ended up with someone as wonderful as you.

I love you so much!

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Proud Parents

2009-06-18T10:43:00.000-07:00

Ok, I have to mama brag for a moment. Stockton's basball team the Indians had their first tourtament game on Monday and it came down to the last inning (luckly we were home team) we were down by 2 with 2 outs and the bases were loaded Stockton was up. It was so funny everyone was cheering like crazy and he just got this look on his face like Wow, this is serious. So he gets up to bat and misses the first pitch but I couldn't believe how GREAT his swing looked and I just thought if he connects its going YARD! (I am getting pretty good at this Baseball Lingo :)) so the next pich comes and he hit it clear to the fence, it scored all 3 runners and he made it to 3rd! You couldn't wipe the grin off of both his and Aaaron's face. After the game Aaron told Stockton "You made me one proud papa. They are sooo cute!

Great Job Stockton you did awesome!

I will post some pics soon!

2009-06-03T20:57:00.000-07:00

Brightyn fell asleep on her long four-wheeler ride. It's so funny how realxed kids get.

2009-06-03T20:33:00.000-07:00

GRANDMA FOUR-WHEELER

DAISY JUMPING UP ON GRANDMA TINA

JANTSEN

ADDIE SHAY

STOCKTON & ADDIE

The Girls Dance Recital

2009-06-03T20:14:00.000-07:00

Brightyn would not put down her flowers all night long!

Addie and Abby

2009-06-03T19:54:00.000-07:00

I had the hardest time when I picked Addie up from her last day of preschool when I was driving home I looked in my rear view mirror I saw tears in Addie's eyes after saying goodbye to her class and her teachers and I just broke down. I just wished that I could keep my kids young forever and I always tell them that so when I started crying Addie said to me "Mom, are you sad because you don't want me to grow up :(. And then I just started crying harder and harder. It' s so hard but yet so exciting at the same time. I think that I am the luckiest mom I have the greatest kids in the world!

ADDIES PRESCHOOL GRADUATION!!!!

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Our Hawaii Trip

2009-05-11T06:31:00.000-07:00

Our trip to Hawaii was amazing. We had the hardest time leaving, most vacations were ready to come home after awhile but not here. We were gone for a week and could've stayed another week no problem. It was as beautiful as I had pictured Hawaii to be the views were undescribable. The only part about the trip that was not so fun was our delay in LA for 11 hours. They had something go wrong with the plane and had a mechanic working on it so they just kept delaying it an hour or two at a time. If we would had known that we were goig to be there that long we would had taken the kids and done something in LA. But once we got to Hawaii it was well worth the wait. I couldn't believe how genuine and nice the people were there. Utah people needs to take a few lessons from the Hawaiian people. Aaron and I decided that we would love to retire there.

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Stockton got his first Tatoo! Stockton said "Mom, I want one all the way down my arm. I thought oh no I just had a vision of about 10 years in the future :)

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Brightyn and Mommy at the beach in Hawaii. It was one of our favorite places in Hawaii. The waves were huge and the kids had a blast.

Stockton loved everything about the beach except for the taste of the salt water.

2009-05-09T15:19:00.000-07:00

There was a boat that took us from one end of the resort to the other. There was also a tram but the kids always wanted to ride on the boat.

The kids swimming at the pool! They had such a blast they never even wanted to leave the resort, they could have stayed at the pool the entire time. The water was freezing cold I dont know how they could've enjoyed it there was no getting used to it either thats how cold it was. Brrrrrr

Stockton and Aaron at the pool

Aaron and I at the entrance to our room. I loved how open the hotel was. The entire hotel was all open with no walls. This entrance shown in the picture had several trees that went past the height of the hotel. It was such a beautiful place.

There was so much to do at the resort. This was a place that you were able to scuba dive, canoe, ride on water with bikes. The kids were in their heaven.

The waterfall was amazing. We went scuba diving and were able to swim with all the tropical fish and best of all the sea turtles. Although I thought that the turtles were great Aaron didn't have the same feelings he was scared to death of them.

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The resort that we stayed at was called Waikola in Kona it was amazing. They had over $7 million in art work in the main walkways. Aaron and I were a nervous wreck everytime our kids got close to anything.

This was our view at breakfast each morning. State Farm did an amazing with every detail of our trip.

Brightyn loved what she called her flower necklace. She never wanted to take it off.

This was the view right outside of our room. This was Aaron's favorite place to be. We were right on the gold course and it was beautiful. Everynight we would sleep with our oustide door open it was very windy the entire time we were there and Aaron was in heaven sleeping with all of the cool air blowing on him.

2009-05-09T09:45:00.000-07:00

Addie had been so sick up to the day that we flew out. She finally started feeling better about 2 days into the trip. Sunny Hawaii took the cold right away!

Stockton loved just hanging out and talking to Grandma & Grandpa on the phone!

This picture was taken right when we landed. It was about 4 a.m. so we were all a little out of it!

Aaron and Addie at the SLC airport waiting to fly to LA.

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Stockton and me right before he was baptized!

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2007 FAMILY PICTURES

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Carrie Underwood Concert

2008-11-26T16:19:00.000-08:00

I won a promotion from State Farm and the prize was Carrie Underwood concert tickets. I decided to invite Chelsea to come with me because she loves her music as much as I do. I thought that Aaron would be grateful that I didn't DRAG him to another concert to embarrass him of my singing and dancing BUT when he heard that it was Carrie he was a little sad because he LOVES her too and least loves looking at her. :) We had such a great time we went and ate at P.F CHANGS before the concert and it was yummy. We had such a great time and she was just as good live.