A DAY IN THE LIFE...

updates

2011-02-09T16:51:00.008-07:00

I know, I know, I always say I am going to blog more often, but I never do. So here we go with updates. Again.... We went to Harry Potter at midnight on opening night. This is something we have done for a while. We love going. It is so much fun. This year we took Sami with us, I think she had fun... Our shirts say "I fake my horcurxes". We are dorks.

Bristol had a birthday, he turned 6. Holy cow. He wanted a Phineas and Ferb birthday, so aunt Brooke made him this awesome cake. She is multi-talented.

Bristol wanted this 6 balloon, it is huge, and still floating!

Bristol got gum in his hair. It normally wouldn't be a big deal since he's a boy, we could cut his hair, but this was the day before Brooke was taking Christmas pictures of the kids. We got it out with baby oil. Worked really good.

We have mini Vikings fans. Super cute kids.

Bristol got to dress up for Thanksgiving at school, and he was really happy about it....

The kids played the piano, and had cupcakes on the couch. Keegan is a cheeser!

Bristol and Kiva played in the snow.
Bristol got spoiled for Christmas, as usual.

This is his note for Santa. It says carrots for the reindeer. He had to put out 9. One for Rudolph too. New jammies and slippers on Christmas Eve.
Happy boy, life is good.

Cousin Pictures

2010-12-13T14:48:00.010-07:00

My wonderful sister in law took these pictures of the kids for Christmas. She is amazing!! Thank you so much, Brooke. Here are some of my favorites.

Happy Birthday Bristol!!!!

2010-11-06T05:36:00.008-06:00

I can't believe my little boy is 6 today!!! Holy cow, time slips away from you. Here are some memories....

Happy Birthday, buddy. I love you!

Halloween... and other things.

2010-10-29T08:33:00.005-06:00

It is Halloween time!! My mom and I took the kids Trick or Treating at my work yesterday. They had lots of fun. Woo woo. Keegan is so silly.

Bristol as the Mad Hatter, and Kiva as Alice. She is so pretty.

Keegan was the Pooh honey pot. I love this costume because we have pictures of all the kids in it.

Heres Bristol

Kiva

Keegan

Over the summer Bristol built this bug trap to catch beetles. He saw it in a video and wanted to build one. It actually works.

Here are some beetles he caught.

Soccer. Delia and Bristol were on the same team. They had so much fun.

What cute friends.

Boys...

2010-07-31T18:52:00.002-06:00

The other day the kids and I were playing in the back yard. I had to run Kiva inside to go potty, and when we came back out, Bristol was yelling at Kiva that he caught a bird. I am used to him catching things, so I wasn't really paying attention to what he said, until he came up with a bird in his bug house. Poor bird, I don't know how Bristol fit him in there. He caught him with his bug net. It is hard to see in these pictures, but it's the best I could get. I made him let it go, Bristol was really sad.

Then when were at Brad and Brooke's for a yard sale on Saturday, the neighbor had this really big caterpillar in their yard. Bristol was so excited. We got a tupperware from the neighbors, and Uncle Brad helped him build a cool house for the caterpillar so he could bring it home. He loves it. He takes it out to check on it and play with it. I will never understand...

I think Mickey wanted to get out and eat it.

Speedy Spaniard

2010-07-25T15:18:00.004-06:00

Bristol ran the Speedy Spaniard on Saturday. He got 2nd place for his age group! Way to go buddy! He is so awesome. I am so proud of him. He had alot of fun. He ran with his shadow, swerving around with it. (Silly boy) and he tried to take a road he wasn't supposed to go down. He doesn't pay attention very well sometimes.... but he still got 2nd place. Must be pretty good.

Paul McCartney!!!

2010-07-14T15:53:00.005-06:00

Last night Sir Paul McCartney was here! First time in Utah. We went to the concert at Rio Tinto stadium. It was crazy to see so many people! It was sold out. Over 25,000 people. Holy cow!

Bristol and I have been so excited for it since we got tickets!! The concert was so much fun. It was so exciting to see a Beatle!!! Bristol had fun dancing and singing to all the songs. He thought he was pretty cool when some girls told him how cute he was and how much they liked his shirt. What a little stud.

Here is Bristol with Jeremy and Lauren. Awww they are so cute!

Bristol almost made it the whole show. He fell asleep during the last song of the first encore. It was around 11 p.m. That is pretty late for him since he normally goes to bed at 8:30.

Paul McCartney seemed like he was having a great time. The way he was jumping around and dancing on stage, you wouldn't think he was 68 years old! It was the bands 200th show. That was kind of cool. He was so funny and cute. What a great performer!

Here is the set list. It was awesome. He played alot of Beatles songs, more than I expected. Bristols favorite was "Live and Let Die", because of the fire and fireworks. He loves how fast the song is. He also loved "Jet", "Band on the Run", "Eleanor Rigby", and "Drive my Car". It was so fun. The best concert I have been to. I was super excited he played "I've Just Seen a Face". It is one of my favorite Beatles songs, but not the most popular, so I was surprised. It was a great time, can you tell I'm still excited!?! Yay!!!!! :)

Paul McCartney
Rio Tinto Stadium
July 13, 2010
Venus and Mars
Rock Show
Jet
All My Loving
Letting Go
Drive My Car
Highway
Let Me Roll It
Foxy Lady
The Long and Winding Road
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
Let ’Em In
My Love
I’ve Just Seen a Face
And I Love Her
Blackbird
Here Today
Dance Tonight
Mrs. Vandebilt
Eleanor Rigby
Ram On
Something
Sing the Changes
Band on the Run
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Back in the USSR
I’ve Got a Feeling
Paperback Writer
A Day in the Life
Give Peace a Chance
Let It Be
Live and Let Die
Hey Jude
Encore I
Day Tripper
Lady Madonna
Get Back
Encore II
Yesterday
Helter Skelter
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The End
Performance time: 2 hours, 45 minutes

Freedom Run

2010-07-12T13:15:00.006-06:00

It's running time again! Bristol ran the Freedom Run in Provo, on the 5th. He had alot of fun. He did really well. He got 3rd place for his age group. He finished 129 overall out of around 500. Way to go Bristol!

Here is a video of him finishing the race. 10.01.90 great job buddy!

updates, updates, updates... finally!

2010-06-27T20:55:00.008-06:00

In this post are shortened versions of all the posts I have wanted to post, but haven't. Hope you enjoy!

Brooke took some super cute pictures of the kids. So cute.

Bristol, my niece Kiva, and my nephew Keegan.
We got a new cat, Bristol named him Mickey. He is super nice and the kids crawl all over him.

We painted Bristols room. He picked out the colors. Disney ones, the blue is blast off blue, and the white is Mickeys gloves. Cute, huh?

My dad got Bristol a cork board so he could put some pictures up.

He got a new bigger bookshelf so it could hold all his books. He has alot, we even got rid of a bunch.

Here is Bristol snoozing. Ahhh... The framed picture on the wall is of Bristol Motor Speedway. He was named after it. He thinks it was named after him. Think big, kid.

These next pictures are older.

This is Bristol and Kiva pretending to be firefighters. I don't know why they needed snow boots and bike helmets, but I thought they were cute.

Kiva is a princess.

Bristol got me these flowers and teddy bear for Valentines Day. Yep, we are approaching Valentines Day. Catching up.

The kids made cute cupcakes for Valentines Day. It was actually the day after because we didn't get around to it before. They still had fun.

We love Batman!!!

Easter. Bristol got a new scooter and lots of candy.

We went to the aquarium.

Kiva said this looked like a broccoli. She is so funny.

Bristol loved to pet the sting rays. He and Quincy stayed at the tank forever!!!

They have penguins! They are so cute!

Bristol didn't want to pose for the picture. Grumpy butt.

Bristol wanted this viking set from How to Train Your Dragon. We went and saw it, it was cute.

Bristol is playing kickball this summer. He is having fun. He is a really good kicker, and pitcher. He likes to run the bases. The last kicker gets to run all the bases, so he always wants to be last.
He is number 8 on his team, the Green Dragons.

We went to see the hot air balloons for Art City Days. The kids had fun, even though the balloons didn't go up in the air because the weather was too bad.

We did the children's parade.

All the kids. Tristen, Bristol, Kiva, Delia, Madi, and Keegan. Even though you can't see him. He was asleep. Cute little guy.

We went to the Incredible Pizza Company up in Draper. It was pretty fun. This is in the mini golf. Isn't Bristol pretty?

They had cool air bumper car things. No one else was riding, so Bristol had it all to himself. He just spun around and bumped into the other empty ones.

They also had mini bowling. It was pretty fun. Like a larger skee ball, but you knock down pins.

pictures

2010-05-10T16:24:00.007-06:00

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-09T17:32:00.003-06:00

Hey everyone! I finally posted! Yay! Were you getting tired of Christmas? Well, this isn't going to be a very long post, for some reason I can't get my pictures to upload. Anyway, my awesome sister in law, Brooke, took pictures of Bristol for me for mother's day. I love them. I got one to upload, it is a good one! What a cutie! I have more, and will try again later. Hope all you wonderful mom's had a great day!

Christmas

2010-02-03T15:43:00.003-07:00

Better late than never, right?

Well, we had a good Christmas. Bristol got almost everything he wanted. He was spoiled. He got these pajamas on Christmas Eve. They are Max from Where the Wild Things Are. I think they are so cute! He was sad because he said that it was a boring present, so he is pouting. I think it makes him even more cute! :)

He looked in his stocking first. Usually he leaves it for last.

He got a cool guitar.

He has been asking for this race track forever. Good thing Santa was listening. He also got a bunch of new Cars cars that he didn't have. Did you think that was possible? He has a million of them.

My parents got him this boxing set. He loves to punch things (not people).

He also got Mario Cart. He has really been asking for this since March. He saw it at the store and said he was going to ask Santa for it. He loves it.

And finally... Beatles rockband!!!! Oh yeah!

He wore his pajamas all day. I knew he would like them.

Disneyland part 2

2009-12-22T20:19:00.005-07:00

Bristol loved the beach! He ran and played and dug in the sand. He could have stayed all day.

I totally spaced bringing any swimming clothes, so he got to play in his shirt and unders. He didn't care he had fun.

At our character breakfast at our hotel. Shortly after this, Stitch spilled Bristols orange juice all over the table and Bristol! He came back with a bunch of lei's for him.

We talked Bristol into dancing with Minnie. He mainly just stood there. But it was cute.

They brought him a Mickey shaped cake and sang to him for his birthday. He was very excited, although the cake didn't taste very good.

Riding Pirates for the millionth time...

On the carousel in California Adventure. They announced his name for his birthday, along with an older lady he had made friends with. She was wearing ears like his, she was turning 55. When the guy announced their names, Bristol turned back and just smiled so excitedly at her. She and I laughed so hard. We went on a few of the same rides as her and they would talk everytime they passed. Bristol was so cute, everytime he saw someone with birthday ears on he would go and tell them happy birthday.

Disneyland/picture overload

2009-12-02T14:07:00.010-07:00

We were so lucky to get to go to Disneyland a few weeks ago. It was so much fun. I have always wanted to go when it was all dressed up for Christmas, and I loved it. It was Bristol's birthday trip too. He had so much fun.

Bristol's favorite rides were Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan, the teacups, and Small World. He also liked Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story Mania, the Tiki Room, Winnie the Pooh, and the train.

He had fun seeing all the characters. His favorite character is Captain Hook. We didn't see him the whole trip, then just as we were leaving we saw him. Bristol thought it was so cool. Captain Hook wouldn't stop to take pictures, he just liked scaring people. So we didn't get a picture, but we saw him.

My favorite parts about the trip were of course all the Christmas decorations, and waking up every morning to Bristol saying "we're in California!". Also when we went on Peter Pan the first time, the girl running the ride said " Have fun and watch out for Captain Hook!" Bristol replied. "What? I love that guy!" He is so funny.

Oh, there you are Perry! On our way to California.

During the parade he wanted this super cool sword. He also suddenly decided he needed ears, and he picked out these birthday ones.

Bristol loved this huge tree.

He needed this purple balloon. He has decided that his favorite color is purple, so everything was purple. When we went on the carousel he had to sit on a horse with a purple sadle.

And he had to sit in the purple teacup.

I loved that all the characters were in Christmas clothes.

His official Autopia driver's license.

He was excited we got line 5. He thought is was because he is 5 now.

He had so much fun driving.

Mickey ice cream bar.

Boy those weights sure look heavy.

California Adventure

Tower of Terror. He did not like this ride. But he was really brave and went on it with me. It's my favorite ride. He said he will never go on it again.

He liked playing on this band thing in Bug's life.

I loved these giant Christmas ornaments.

They are doing construction in California Adventure, Bristol wanted to stand by this guy to see if he matched.

On the ferris wheel with grandma.

Trying to pull the sword out of the stone.

The Haunted Mansion was decorated as Nightmare Before Christmas. Bristol loves that movie. He was nervous the first time we rode it, and about half way through he said, "what was I scared of?"

The Tiki Room.

Just a note, my other memory card is being weird, but as soon as I can get it to work, I will post more pictures. :)

Bristol's Celebration Day

2009-11-14T19:16:00.003-07:00

B best friend ever
R really smart
I incredible reader
S super fun
T totally cool
O outrageously nice
L likable for sure

It was Bristol's celebration day at preschool last week. His teacher is so awesome. Each kid has a celebration day where they get interviewed and everyone draws a picture of them. Bristol was so excited when he got done with school. I just wanted to share his interview answers. If I could figure out how to use my scanner, I would put some of the drawings on here. :) Anyway, I think he is so cute. I sure love you kid!

The best part about being me is I have really special clothes.

If I was a color I would be the color purple, because I love it.

My absolute favorite thing in the world is playing with my cousin.

My favorite person ever is : Livvy

I wish so bad that I could be in the jungle. ( He told me because he wants to swing on vines. )

If I was an animal I would be a tiger, because they're so cool.

I don't like it when I'm mean to my cousin.

I think that I am amazing because I can jump really high on the tramp.

I can dance, better than probably anyone else.

Happy Birthday Bristol!

2009-11-07T17:16:00.003-07:00

Friday was Bristol's 5th Birthday! I can't believe he is 5 already!! He had lots of fun. On Thursday we went to Pirate Island for pizza and to play games. Then on Friday we went to see Christmas Carol. It was pretty good. He wanted a Batman birthday again, so I made him another Batman cake. This cake was just as ugly as the last one. At least it had toys to distract. :)

He got spoiled by everyone. Thanks for all the stuff!

Happy Birthday little man, I love you!!!

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-29T17:57:00.004-06:00

My amazing sister in law, Brooke, took some pictures of Bristol in his Halloween costume. He is being Captain Hook. Here are some of my favorites. Thanks Brooke!!!

Autumn Fun

2009-10-28T14:50:00.007-06:00

Bristol has had a fun time these past few weeks. We made a witch house cake.

We made candy corn cupcakes. I thought they turned out really cute.

We went to Gardner Village. It was fun. We had never been before. Bristol had fun finding all the witches.

This splat witch was Bristol's favorite.

We also raked leaves, fun. Not really, but Bristol wanted to make a big pile by his slide, so we did.

Bristol finally got to carve a pumpkin. Mom has been a slacker. We grew the pumpkins ourselves and Bristol has been dying to carve them. He had a blast. Bruce wouldn't leave the pumpkin alone he kept wanting to lick it and bite it. Weirdo.

Another Update

2009-10-04T14:33:00.004-06:00

I have been behind in posting... again... so here are a few things that have been going on.

Bristol started school. He goes while I am at work, so my mom takes him (grandparents, what would we do without them?). I made him put on his backpack so I could take a picture. I think little kids in big backpacks are so cute.

Bristol had his last soccer game. His team did really well, they didn't lose a single game! Way to go!

He got a medal. He thought it was so cool. He walked around showing it to everyone.

Yesterday we went to Thanksgiving Point to the corn maze with Brad and Kiva. It was fun.

My kid is such a cheeser!

This is corn they are running in.

In the corn maze trying to figure out the "CORNundrum" (hog heaven, in case you were wondering).

Bristol in front of the creature. He was nervous. I had to hold him the whole time. Now he acts like it was so cool and he wasn't scared.

Bristol's Preschool

2009-09-16T19:08:00.003-06:00

Bristol is going to the Studio preschool this year, he loves it. He said it is so much more fun than his preschool last year. His teacher told me that she is impressed at how smart he is, (like we didn't know... :)) His teacher keeps a blog so we can see what they are up to. If you would like to look at it go here.

Bristol being Bristol

2009-09-04T14:20:00.008-06:00

Bristol is playing soccer this year, he is actually pretty good. He has scored at least one goal every game.

I liked this shot of him kicking.

He also ran another 1 mile race in Mapleton last weekend. It was for kids 12 and under. He finished in 8th place, and cut almost a minute off of his time from the last race. Yay Bristol. He keeps asking when he can do his 3rd race, he loves to run. What a weirdo... :) Here are some videos of him running, one at the start and one at the finish. They are cute to watch as long as you ignore the crazy mom rooting in the background. :)

And also....

Welcome to the world, my sweet nephew, Keegan. He is so cute and big. He weighed almost 11 pounds when he was born!! Way to go Brooke! Check out these super cute pictures of him on Brooke's blog here.

Camping

2009-08-11T10:38:00.005-06:00

We went camping a few days ago at Lehman caves. It was fun. I'm not a huge fan of camping, but seeing how much fun Bristol had, was totally worth it. Bristol loved to put sticks in the fire.

He liked to drive his cars and trucks around in the dirt.

It was so pretty.

We drove up and saw this glacier.

We were really high up!

Bristol eating a hot dog that he cooked on the fire. He used to not like hot dogs, but when we were swimming at Jeremy's house a few weeks ago, we had a barbeque and made him try one, he liked it.

Who couldn't love this sweet messy face?

We brought his digging toys so he could play in the dirt. It was funny because there were little holes all over our campground.

He wanted to bring his bug lantern. It actually worked out pretty well.

In the morning we went to the cave. It was cool. Bristol was only afraid because I told him there might be bats in there, but when we got there our tour guide told us there were not bats. He was happy.

These little things were called cave popcorn. I thought they were cute.

Quincy let Bristol take her head lamp with us, he thought it was so cool. He liked it in the cave. Thanks Quincy! Bristols favorite part of the cave was the "heartbeat" at the very end. You should ask him about it sometime, it's pretty cute.

After the cave tour he said a little pledge about how he would take care of the mountains, and then he got this certificate and badge to be a Junior Park Ranger. He thought it was cool, he wore the badge all day. It was a fun trip.

Frogs

2009-08-11T10:19:00.004-06:00

A few weeks ago we went up to the Natural History Museum in Salt Lake to see a frog exhibit they had there. The kids had fun. We rode Trax so the they could ride the train.

They had dinosaurs there too, Kiva was very excited. Here they are digging for bones.

Here is Bristol and Kiva in the frog exhibit, the are running and jumping like frogs.

These are poison dart frogs. They were Bristol's favorite. He liked the blue one the best.

It was a fun day!

Yay Bristol!!!!

2009-07-24T10:01:00.005-06:00

Bristol is a runner. He loves it. I entered him in the Speedy Spaniard 1 mile. It's for kids 12 and under. I wasn't sure how he would do, but I knew he would have fun running with other kids. He had so much fun, and he got 1st place for his age division! 28 over all! It was so cool, I am so proud of him! Yay Bristol! Here he is before the race, he thought it was so cool that he got to wear a number.

Here he is standing by the list of kids running. His name is on there somewhere. I bet if you look real hard you could find it.

Waiting for the race to start.

After the race they were taking his name so they could put them in order and which place they finished.

After the race they got a popsicle. I think he was most excited about this. I wish I would have got a picture of the grin on his face when they first handed it to him.

Here is his card telling the place he finished. He finished in 9 minutes 35 seconds. Was first in the 1-5 year olds.

Here's Bristol with his gold medal and a big thumbs up! I am so proud of him! As he was running to the finish and everyone was cheering for him, I started crying. I'm such a boob. :)

Here is a video of Bristol almost to the finish line.

Another Update...

2009-07-02T17:21:00.004-06:00

So, another month came along with no posting from me. Sorry guys, I am a slacker. Here is a little about what happened. We went to the children's parade. Bristol was a little nervous because he wasn't sure if he could ride that far without training wheels, but he did awesome.

We also had the Relay for Life walk. My dad did the walking and Bristol just played at the park with Kiva and the other kids. He had alot of fun. He was going to spend the night there with my dad but it stated pouring so I took him home. He was bummed, but I told him I would take him camping another time. Hopefully someone can come with us who knows what they are doing... :)

One of the teams had this cardboard cutout at the Relay for Life walk. I thought Bristol looked so funny.

Also, there was Art City Days. Bristol got his face painted with swords and a new Batman tattoo. It looked pretty good. We also went to the carnival, but I did not take my camera. You will just have to imagine it.

Bristol and Kiva were playing swords one day. I thought it was funny because they both had to wear hats. I don't know why, but it was cute.

We also got a new addition to our family, Bristol's cat Bruce. He named him Bruce after Bruce Wayne. Hmmm, he has a little obsession... Bruce is a really good kitten so far. Bristol built this house for him on his bed with his umbrella. He is weird, but he's happy.

Updates

2009-05-31T16:57:00.013-06:00

I know, if I would be better about blogging you wouldn't have to have a picture overload. Oh well. Have fun. :) Sorry some of the pictures are sideways, I can't figure out how to make them turn. If anyone knows, let me know. I have never had this problem before.

Did you know that Batman lives at my house? Here he is going down the slide...

Running around the yard...
Jumping on the tramp...

Being cute...

He even does housework...

Bristol finished his first year of gymnastics and there was a Spring Spectacular where they showed us what they had learned.

He got a trophy. He was so excited.

Bristol also finished his first year of preschool. He had a blast in school this year and learned alot. Here he is with his teacher, Mrs. Wall.

We got a new playhouse in our backyard. It is so much fun and the kids will have lots of fun on it this summer.

Bristol also learned to ride his bike without training wheels. He does really good, he only learned two days ago, and he pretty much taught himself. He is growing up fast.

Please Donate

2009-05-17T18:16:00.003-06:00

Hey everyone! Please donate, this is a really good cause! The short story is, my dad works with a lady, her little girl set this up. She got interested in this and did all the research and set up the walk. If you can't donate I understand, but if you can please do, every little bit helps. Even 5 dollars would be awesome. Please click here and donate. It's easy just go to the donate circle on the top. Maybe we can help save some lives! You have until June 10! Thanks!!!!!

Asking for your Support

2009-05-10T20:46:00.002-06:00

Hey everyone! My dad is doing a walk and fundraiser to help raise money for cancer research. If you would like to donate please click here, or you can click on the picture to the right. I like to make it fun for you every once in a while. :) Anything you can give will help! Thanks!!!

Fun Updates

2009-05-03T12:21:00.003-06:00

So here are a few things that have happened lately. Bristol gets to help Grandpa mow the lawn.

What a good helper.

I loved the wheelbarrows together. It was so cute.

We got to watch Kiva and Livvy a few Saturdays ago. The kids had so much fun together.

Bristol has two pairs of these pajamas, so Liv got to have a pair. They were very excited.

Night time. Kiva thought she wanted to sleep with Bristol and Liv, but it wasn't very long before she wanted Grandpa and Grandma. What sweeties.

And the most exciting news, Jeremy graduated! Yay Jeremy! I am so proud of you!

Digging for Gold...

2009-04-18T09:26:00.003-06:00

This morning I woke up at 6 to "mom! I need a tissue!" I gave Bristol a tissue and as he pulled it away from wiping his nose, I realized it was dark on the tissue. So, I turned on the light and he had blood running out of his nose. He must have been wiping his nose, because he had it all over. See kids, this is what happens when you pick your nose! I tried to tell Bristol, maybe he'll listen to me now.

My goodness, you'd think he was stabbed or something with all that blood.

Easter

2009-04-18T08:32:00.004-06:00

Bristol had alot of fun this year! Getting ready for the egg hunt at Springville High with Delia and Livvy.

Finding candy, he was a little sad that he didn't get a prize, but I tried to explain to him that it's fun just to get candy.

On Easter Sunday, Bristol was so excited that the Easter Bunny came.

His new Batman bucket filled with all the eggs he found around the house.

He wanted this hoe to go with his shovel and rake he already has. He was so excited the Easter Bunny brought it.

He also got new clothes, flipflops and sunglasses.

Batman Easter egg

Yum yum...

I had a fun day this week too. On Tuesday Brooke and I went to Britney Spears!!!! We got tickets for our Birthdays... we love Britney Spears and it was so much fun!!!! Best Birthday ever!!!!! (except for the stupid hat selling guy, ugh!) To read more about this fun night, go here...Thanks for the fun night, Brooke. Thanks for the tickets Brad! You are the best brother ever!! :)

Little Trooper

2009-04-09T18:29:00.002-06:00

On Monday, Bristol had his surgery to fix his teeth. He did really good, so did mom. :) I told him about what would happen, and the whole time we were waiting he kept saying how excited he was to go to sleep so they could fix his teeth. He is such a good boy, we had to wait forever! His appointment was at noon, they told us to be there at 11:15. As soon as we got there, the took us back to the prep room and gave him a shirt and some socks. We sat there for an hour and a half. They finally took him back at 12:50. Poor little boy, he didn't get to eat anything since 9:30 the night before. They took him to the surgery room in a wagon, watching him go through those double doors was sad, but I am glad I didn't have to watch him go to sleep. That would have been hard.

The surgery lasted about an hour he had 7 cavities filled, and a root canal. He now has a silver cap, which he calls his pirate tooth. Poor little guy. He came out of surgery at 2, it was sad to see him on the bed just waking up. There were a few tears, he just kept saying he wanted to go home. 20 minutes, apple juice, and a popsicle later, we were able to go home. He was a little out of it. He kept saying he was dizzy and might be sick. He never threw up, and after about an hour he was back to his normal self. It was good, hopefully we won't have to go back!

Showing off his bracelet

His new shirt and socks, and bracelet again...

The after surgery tears.

Bubbles and Letters

2009-03-25T20:47:00.004-06:00

Bristol got a new bubble gun a few days ago. It was only a couple of bucks and he is having so much fun with it.

The other day, Bristol was playing outside, and it got really quiet. I asked him what he was doing, he said "nothing". I asked again what he was doing, he said " I just found this pencil..." I asked if he was coloring he said, " I just wrote my name and a wrote garden" I went to see what he was talking about, here is what I found:

His name

Garden, written backwards G, o d i n. Hmmm. I thought it was pretty good for figuring it out all by himself. Cute little thing he is.

Bad News

2009-03-20T08:34:00.002-06:00

So, I got some tragic news yesterday(for me, anyway). I took Bristol to the dentist yesterday, and guess what? Tons of cavities! In between all of his teeth! So many, that the dentist said we need to go to a surgical center so they can all be done at once! Yikes! One of them is so bad he is going to need a cap on it, it is almost to the root. All of this happened in the six months since his last visit. He had watches on them, they just moved so fast. I am having a hard time. I take such good care of his teeth! He brushes them at least twice a day, we floss every night, he uses a fluoride rinse, and he takes vitamins with fluoride in them. The dentist said he just has weak enamel. I feel so bad. I know there are kids out there who don't take care of their teeth and their teeth are fine. It is not fair!!! The scariest part for me is that he has to be put out... :( I am nervous. I am sure everything will be fine, maybe this will help. Hopefully.

Some more sad news, Bristol didn't win the contest :( Thanks everyone for voting! Maybe we will win something some day...

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2009-03-17T14:19:00.004-06:00

Bristol made this cute hat at school yesterday.

And thanks everyone for voting for Brooke. She won!! Yay!

Contest

2009-03-04T07:01:00.003-07:00

Hey everyone! Bristol is in a face painting contest (Batman of course), if he wins, we win a trip to the San Diego Zoo! Please help us win! You can only vote once per computer and per email address. You vote then they send you an email that you have to verify so your vote counts. Kind of a pain in the butt, but please vote and please tell everyone you know to vote! Thanks!!!

Bristol is number 18. Go here to vote.

2009-03-02T15:52:00.006-07:00

Hey everyone! My sister-in-law, Brooke, is trying to win a family photo session by this really awesome photographer. Everyone who goes to Brooke Snow's blog through my sister's blog, enters her to win the photo session. So if you have a minute, please go to my sister's blog here, and then enter through from her blog. If you have time, enter alot! Thanks!!!

Rascal Flatts

2009-02-27T08:12:00.004-07:00

Last night I went to the Rascal Flatts concert with Jeremy. It was so much fun. I have not been to a concert for a long time. I think the last one I went to was Michael Buble. Jeremy was at that concert too, so were Brad and Brooke. I am going to Britney Spears with Brooke in April. Yay me!
The concert was great, our seats were pretty good they had runners that went all around the floor so we could see them pretty good when they got in front of us to sing. Although the pictures I took on my phone didn't turn out very good. We had this weird, annoying couple sitting next to us, they smelled of cigarette smoke really bad, and kept squishing past us about 10 "last times". The lady was next to me and she leaned on me the whole time. It was weird. She would take off her jacket and then put it back on or reach for stuff, and everytime she would lean on me! If I do stuff like that I would lean toward the person I went with, but not her. And she didn't care she just kept leaning on me and so I was about as close to Jeremy as I could manage. Then during the show they were all over each other. They were making out, not just kissing, I could see their open mouths going at it, and he was grabbing her boobs at one point. It was weird. But the rest of it was great! They sang a lot of my favorite songs. I had so much fun. Thank you so much for the fun night Jeremy! Do you still have confetti in your pocket?
Oh, and in case anyone was wondering, Jessica Simpson is not fat. I didn't know most of the songs she sang, and she sang kind of weird, but she did not look fat.

Good bye Henry

2009-02-18T17:36:00.004-07:00

We had to have our cat, Henry put to sleep today. It was very sad. He has been sick for a few days. He was having trouble breathing and not eating. He had a disease that is 100 percent fatal. His lungs were almost all the way full of fluid. We decided to have him put down, we didn't want him to suffer anymore. We said good bye, and cried. Bristol is doing okay. I don't think he really understood, just said good bye to him. It will probably hit him in a few days.

We will miss you, Henry. You were a really good kitty.

Bristol's tag

2009-02-12T22:03:00.001-07:00

Bristol was tagged by Kiva

1. I love my cat Henry, even though he is not orange.

2. I love my cousin Kiva, every day when I wake up I ask my mom if we get to pick her up.

3. My girlfriend is Livvy.

4. I love preschool and gymnastics.

5. I can read small words all by myself, and I read books to mom and grandma.

6. I love to jump!!! I like to jump off the couch even though mom tells me not to.

7. I like snakes, but mom doesn't.

8. I am ready for warmer weather so I can go outside and play!!!!

9. I like to play Animal Crossing on my DS, and someday if I sleep in my own bed enough to fill up my chart, I will have Lego Batman.

10. I make my mom happy.

Tagged

2009-02-12T21:48:00.006-07:00

I received this award from Brooke
Here are the rules for this award:
List 10 honest thngs about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep!

1. I love my son more than anything on this planet! Especially when he's sleeping.... :)

2. I have been so stinking tired lately, I have been going to bed as early as 8. I don't know what's wrong with me...

3. I love ketchup

4. I am very excited for my new niece or nephew

5. I am jealous of how cute my 2 sister in laws are, and that they found good husbands. Even though the one is not official yet... :)

6. I am terrible at finding places.

7. I like when Bristol sleeps in my bed with me, and when he sleeps in his own bed I spend all night checking on him every ten minutes... I think I just worry about him and feel safer when he is right by me. I know, I'm crazy.

8. I have weird, scary dreams all the time that I have to try to save Bristol from things that are out of my control. Water, bears, and most recently vampires. :)

9. I'm not that great with computers. It takes me a long time to learn something new.

10. I love the new Fray cd. Thanks, Jer.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-27T13:14:00.002-07:00

Bristol had a fun Christmas. He was very excited for Santa this year. New Batman pajamas on Christmas Eve.

Taking down the last countdown chain.

Cookies and kool aid for Santa. Yes, kool aid. He thought Santa would like that better than milk.

Bristol loves Hannah Montana so he got presents from grandma and grandpa in "hanna tanna" paper. He got to use his scissors to cut the ribbon.

Bristol loves Wall-E.

I got him a cabbage patch doll, and he opened it and said "what? this is for girls!"

Yay! Batman stuff!

He got everything he wanted from Santa and more! Thanks everyone for all the fun stuff too! It was a good day.

Snow Days

2008-12-27T13:03:00.004-07:00

Bristol and Harper made a snowman the other day. They did a good job. Bristol loves playing with Harper and he doesn't get to as much now that it is cold outside. So this was a really fun day.

Building a snow ball

Bristol diving into the snow. He loves to play in the snow.

Cold little noses and cheeks.

More Pictures...

2008-12-17T16:14:00.001-07:00

These are the pictures that were on our Christmas card. If you didn't get one, I must not know your address...

New Family Pictures

2008-12-14T16:09:00.004-07:00

My very talented sister in law, Brooke took some pictures of Bristol and me for our Christmas card. She is so good! I loved them all, but these are some of my very favorites. None of them are on the Christmas card, either, so you'll have to wait to see those... ha ha! Thank you SO much, Brooke!!!! :)

Kids say the darndest things...

2008-12-08T14:02:00.004-07:00

The other day Bristol and I were riding somewhere with my parents, my mom had been kind of grumpy. She got in the car and my dad asked her, "are you okay ornery bum?" Bristol turned to me and said, "Mom. are you okay on your bum?" We laughed so hard! It was so funny. I told him I was okay and asked if he was okay on his bum he said "yeah, my bum's okay". I sure love him.

Zoo Lights

2008-12-07T11:21:00.003-07:00

We went to Zoo Lights on Saturday. It was fun. Very cold.

The real train wasn't working, Bristol was kind of sad. But here are some train lights.

Bristol by Santa's sleigh.

I loved this one of the drinking fountain.

We got Bristol to sit on the elephant, usually he is scared because it makes loud noises.

The new carousel. It was cute. He wanted to ride the giraffe, but somebody beat him to it.

Bristol got this light up elephant thing. He was very excited.

It's That Time of Year Again...

2008-11-29T07:28:00.002-07:00

It's Christmas time! Yay! We put our tree up yesterday. I had to show pictures of Bristol and Henry's new hang out.

I found Bristol this around the tree Thomas. Bristol loves it.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27T17:56:00.003-07:00

On Monday Bristol's preschool class had a Thanksgiving feast. Bristol brought applesauce. Here is a picture of all the kids coming out in their Indian costumes. I thought they were so cute.

Doesn't Bristol look handsome? They decorated their own vests and hats.

Hee hee, he's so cute!

Bristol the Photographer...

2008-11-22T08:13:00.006-07:00

Bristol got a digital camera from his grandparents for his birthday. He loves it. It is really easy to use and he takes pictures of everything! Here are some of the millions of pictures he has taken. The ones of him were taken by me, but he took the rest.

Here is one he took of himself. I love going through the camera and seeing what he has taken pictures of.

It has all these fun Disney images you can add to your pictures.

Here is a picture of the snake game that he and grandma VanAusdal were playing.

Here is Henry and Mickey

Grandma in the rocket.

Me and Mickey

These are pictures of his room

The horse in rocket

Bristol and grandpa with Pooh bear

Bristol giving Henry a hug.

What a fun present! Thanks Boppa and Nana!

8 Things

2008-11-15T18:42:00.005-07:00

I have been tagged by a couple of people on this one, so here goes.

8 favorite TV shows

1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Prison Break
3. One Tree Hill
4. 24
5. House
6. Lost
7. 90210
8. Brothers and Sisters

8 things that happened yesterday

1. Went to work
2. Picked Bristol up from school
3. Played at the park
4. Drove up the canyon
5. Got jealous of Jeremy in Disneyland... :)
6. Texted Natalie
7. Found out I have to do Jury Duty Tuesday... :(
8. Kissed and hugged my beautiful little boy.

8 places I like to eat

1. CPK
2. Olive Garden
3. Chilis
4. PF Changs
5. School lunch!! :) Yay me!
6. Subway
7. McDonalds with Bristol, but only if we eat inside so he can play.
8. Carl's Jr.

8 things I'm looking forward to

1. Watching Bristol on Christmas morning
2. Thanksgiving break
3. Christmas break
4. Getting Bristol and Kiva's pictures taken for Christmas
5. Taking Bristol to see Santa
6. Finishing my Christmas shopping
7. Twilight
8. Lacey and Natalie adding little ones to their families... :)

4th and 4th, and 6th and 6th

2008-11-14T17:32:00.005-07:00

I was tagged by Julie! This is fun. Go to your pictures on your computer and choose the 4th folder, 4th pic; and the 6th folder, 6th pic.

4th folder, 4th picture: Bristol and Trey playing in our backyard.
6th folder, 6th picture: Bristol and me in Disneyland 2 summers ago.

I am tagging Brooke, Ashley, Natalie, Lacey, Elissa

Bristol's Batman Birthday

2008-11-12T15:50:00.006-07:00

Here are some pictures from Bristol's Birthday party. Even though he was sick and coughing up his lungs, he wanted to have his party. Since he was on antibioitics, I thought it would be okay to still have his family party. It was a little crowded, but fun. Thanks everyone for coming.

I put a candle in his waffle for breakfast. He was very excited. I sent it to grandma's house so she could put it in his mac and cheese for lunch. He liked that too, but I don't know how much my grandma liked having to sing to him... :)

Here is my attempt at making a batman cake... I should have made Brooke do it, but Bristol liked it.

I decorated the house before Bristol came home so he would be surprised. I got balloons and a sign and some streamers with the batman logo on them. He was so excited. Here is his batman balloon.

I got these other balloons so the kids could all take one home.

Here is his "batmanbile" pinata. He has been wanting one for so long. He kept telling us he wanted one of those things that you hit with a stick and stuff comes out. I was looking around and finally found this one.

Here are some pictures of some of the presents he got. Thanks everyone!!!

Here is Bristol hitting the pinata. My pictures didn't turn out too well. Thanks Curt and Lace for letting us use your tree and the light from your garage! :) I think everyone had a fun time. I hope so anyway.

Happy Birthday Bristol!

2008-11-06T06:01:00.005-07:00

Bristol is 4 today! I can't believe it, time has gone by so fast! Here's a little trip down memory lane...

1st Birthday

2nd Birthday

3rd Birthday

Here's Bristol on his 4th Birthday. Still snoozing because he's sick... Not fun to be sick on your Birthday... :( I love you little man!!

Happy Halloween!!!!

2008-10-31T13:07:00.002-06:00

Bristol is Buzz Lightyear this year for Halloween. What a cutie!

Cute Pumpkin

2008-10-30T14:15:00.003-06:00

All the kids from preschool bought a little pumpkin at the pumpkin patch. They brought it to school the next day for a craft project. Here is what Bristol's pumpkin looks like. Those big green things are the eyes, the small green ones on top are the ears, the brown ribbon is the hair, the long blue is the mouth with sharp teeth, the triangle is the nose. Yes, it's under the mouth. It is so cute. He loves it.

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-30T14:10:00.001-06:00

We went to the pumpkin patch in Orem with Bristol's preschool. It was fun. He had lots of fun playing with his friends.

Thanksgiving Point

2008-10-22T16:39:00.004-06:00

We went to Thanksgiving Point on Saturday and went to the corn maze. Other than having to listen to David Archuleta all day, and getting people lost, (sorry guys... )it was lots of fun. Here are some pictures. Oh, and some more pictures... :) Awww what a cute family.
Um, I think the sun was in Bristols eyes, what about you?
Bristol and Tristen at the rubber duck race. I love this picture because their faces look the same.
There were lots of fun slides.
Bristol and Kiva... silly kids!

On the cow train. Bristol loves this. Delia, Tristen, Kiva, Brooke, and Bristol.
Boy, he looks happy.
Sitting on the cow couch.

Tristen and Bristol in the corn maze. They were corn cutting, shhhhhh... don't tell. Cute picture of Kiva and Brad in the corn maze.

Bristol and Delia on the jumping pillow.
Bristol driving the pedal cars.

What a dorky brother. This was on the hay ride. It was very bumpy. Bristol and aunt Quincy, there was a big spider coming down.
Bristol running through the hay tunnel.

Carving Pumpkins

2008-10-18T16:15:00.002-06:00

Bristol really wanted to get pumpkins and carve them the other day. He wanted me to make him a Batman one. So, fun for me. Bristol carving his pumpkin. Grandma helped him with the stars and bats. He is making a tree.
Here is the top part of his tree. He later adds a trunk, but I don't have a picture of it. I don't know why.

Here is the part I cut out of my pumpkin. Bristol thought it was cool. Here is the Batman pumpkin. I think it turned out pretty good. Bristol and Jeremy like it, I guess that's all that matters...:)
Here are some Halloween decorations that Bristol picked out this year. We also have bat lights on the door, and eyeball lights inside. He has been so into Halloween this year. Everytime we go to a store he wants to look at the Halloween stuff.

Poor Henry...

2008-10-18T16:10:00.002-06:00

Bristol wanted to get this costume for Henry. It is really for a dog so it doesn't fit him very good, but it is still funny. He doesn't leave it on very long...

Bristol's New School Picture

2008-10-04T21:32:00.002-06:00

Wormy

2008-10-04T10:14:00.003-06:00

We were out back the other day, and Bristol runs up to me saying that he found a worm and he named him Wormy ( he is getting a little more creative with the naming). I don't like worms, they resemble snakes a little too much, but Bristol was very excited because most of the worms he finds are dead. He carried the worm around for hours and played with it. He even gave it a ride in his "boat". Hooray for the simple things that make kids happy. I love them.

Here is Bristol and Wormy in Bristol's "boat". It is the top to his sandbox. His "oar" is a croquet mallet. What a creative kid.

A Day at the Park

2008-10-01T19:39:00.003-06:00

On Sunday, my mom and I took Bristol to the park. We thought he would like the Rotary Park in Provo, because it has a trail that goes around a pond. Well, he did like it, but we didn't. We got there, and these people came in a van and they just sat in it. It was weird. Then this creepy looking guy with his kids showed up and he was just kind of staring at Bristol. It was weird. Then we went on the trail through the pond and the pond smelled and was full of garbage. Bristol loved walking on the trail. We found a frisbee and he played frisbee golf for a while, that was fun. Then he wanted to go on the trail one more time, and as we came out we looked in the pond and saw little fish and tadpoles. There were dragonfly's flying around, and then a snake came out. Ewww. I was done. I told Bristol we were leaving and he said he liked snakes, I said I know but mom doesn't. We were walking to the car and walked past a guy and a girl totally going at it in the middle of the park. Yeah, we saw all kinds of nature that day. We won't be going back to that fun park... :) After we got home I told Bristol to tell uncle B.J. what we saw in the pond thinking he would say tadpoles, he said bottles. He's funny.

Bristol said this tree had a face with a big nose.

How old is too old?

2008-09-21T16:02:00.002-06:00

Today Bristol and I went to the mall. He had to go to the bathroom while we were there, and as we were washing our hands, this lady walks in with a boy that had to be at least 10 years old. He was almost as tall as me, (I know that isn't saying much). Now, i had my son there but he is 3. It just felt weird having a boy that old in the ladies bathroom. I wasn't the only one who thought it was strange, either. At what age is your son too old to go to the ladies bathroom with you?

Big Helper

2008-09-14T12:09:00.002-06:00

This morning my mom and I were doing laundry. Bristol decided he was going to help. He heard the dryer go off and went and took the clothes out, put them in the basket and hauled them up the stairs all by himself. What a big helper!

Beatle Fun

2008-09-14T11:57:00.002-06:00

We went to a Beatles tribute band called Imagine, the other day. We went with a whole bunch of people, it was a lot of fun.
Here is a picture of all the kids in their Beatles shirts, and Lacey, not in a Beatles shirt...
Bristol with his yellow submarine.

Bristol and Harper dancing to the music.
Harper dancing, he looked so cute with his lips pursed out. He makes me laugh.
Bristol and Delia. Such cuties.
All the kids playing. Dog pile on Tristen!
This is Bristol playing his guitar. What a weirdo... :)

A Day at the Fair

2008-09-14T11:50:00.002-06:00

We went to the Utah State Fair a couple of weeks ago. It was hot, but it was fun. Bristol, grandpa and B.J. What a bunch...
Bristol riding a pony. He had fun, however, Kiva did not.

Bristol liked petting the animals.

First Day of Preschool

2008-09-06T09:08:00.002-06:00

Yesterday was Bristol's first day of preschool. He was so excited to go! This was as far as I could take him, the front door. He had to go up the stairs all by himself. He did just fine. No tears, he was very happy. No tears for mom, but when I picked him up was a different matter. They all came out and he just looked so grown up, that a few tears were shed... I think this is going to be a great experience for Bristol. He'll have so much fun.

I've Been Picture Tagged!!!

2008-09-03T15:30:00.005-06:00

I've been picture tagged by Brooke. This should be fun...

The Rules: Take pictures of the following things, you have to do it right away. No cleaning, no straightening or wiping your kids nose (I mean it).

Tag others! Yay! Let's play!

1.FAVORITE ROOM. I love the living room downstairs because this is where Bristol and I hang out and play. Notice all the toys all over the place. Hey, no cleaning...
2.BATHROOM(S). Yay !I only have one. Yay for toys...
3. FAVORITE SHOES. I love my new lunch lady shoes. Not as comfy as my crocs, but super cute!! 4. SELF PORTRAIT. Wait.... that's not me....
5. KITCHEN SINK.

6. FRIDGE.
7. LAUNDRY ROOM. Hey, I am actually doing laundry right now...
8. CLOSET. Here is my closet door. Yay for Britney.
9. WHAT ARE THE KIDS DOING RIGHT NOW? Yay for nap time!!

I am tagging Nat, Lacey, Julie, Brandee. Yay! fun!!!

Oh those Doughnuts...

2008-08-31T17:57:00.002-06:00

We went up to Orem the other day to visit aunt Quincy and Toys R Us. Bristol was hungry on the way home so we stopped at Krispy Kreme. He had never been there before and I thought he would like watching the doughnuts being made. He liked it, even though there were no doughnuts being made at the time. :) He got a hat and he loved it. He also really liked his doughnut and it must have worn him out because he fell asleep in the car on the way home. Messy face, and hat on. He looks so funny.

Super Kids

2008-08-31T17:42:00.002-06:00

The other night, the boys were playing and Bristol wanted to wear his cape, so he brought out the other one for Harper. They had fun running around and singing da da da da Batman!!!

Dragonfly

2008-08-21T14:58:00.003-06:00

Yesterday my grandma Barney and Madison were over and they found this dragonfly. It must have been dying, because it didn't fly away and Bristol and Harper got to hold it. Bristol has always loved dragonfly's and he tries to catch them in his bug net all the time. He was very excited to get to hold it and see it up close. He kept whispering, "wow".

Here is Harper with the dragonfly on his head. He didn't leave it on very long.

Bad Knees

2008-08-19T14:09:00.003-06:00

For about a month and a half, Bristol has been complaining about his knees hurting. I thought it was just growing pains. When he would run, he would take breaks because his knees hurt. He would say they hurt when he was going up the stairs, and when he would squat down, he would get up really slow because they hurt. He has old man knees. We went to the park a couple of weeks ago and stayed for a couple of hours. When we got home he started crying and said "mom, you take me to the doctor? My knees hurt real bad."

I took him to the doctor on Friday. They took some X-rays, and found that his knees are not alligned right. The doctor said Bristol's legs are slightly bowed, but his left knee is really bad. I looked at the x-ray, and it looked like he had his left leg turned, that's how off it is. But I saw him get his x-ray taken so I knew it was straight. The doctor said that growing pains and running is going to be harder on his knees because they are not lined up right, but that they don't even put braces or anything on until he is over 8 years old because they usually straighten themselves out as they grow up. He has to get them x-rayed every 6 months to a year. Hopefully he won't have to get braces on his legs. Poor little guy. I am glad that something was wrong, I am very glad that it wasn't something really bad, but I am glad there is a reason for the pain. Even though they are sad, they are still cute knees... :)

Dinosaur Fun

2008-08-13T16:29:00.003-06:00

We went to the Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. For the month of August, it's only 2 dollars to get in on Tuesdays. So, I thought that would be a good time to check it out. It was pretty fun, but on Tuesdays there is alot of people there!

They had a place where you could dig in the sand and search for dinosaurs. Bristol loved this he could have stayed here all day.

They also had a big sand box where you used little brushes to find bones. Again,Bristol could have stayed all day here.

We also went and saw the 3D Dinosaur movie, Bristol was a little nervous when things came flying at him through the screen, but he said he liked it. He did, however, take of his glasses about a third of the way through the movie...

Sweetness

2008-08-09T21:21:00.003-06:00

Here is Bristol and Henry having a nap.

You all knew there would be a sleeping picture... :)

Henry

2008-08-07T15:43:00.003-06:00

So, Bristol finally got a kitten. It is not orange like he has always wanted, but he loves him still. After much debate on the name Kitty, he decided to name him Henry, which is not a surprise. ( if you do not have a kid obsessed with Thomas and Friends, Henry is the name of one of the trains). Henry is very cute and is so far a really good kitten. He lets Bristol pack him around the house without scratching or biting or even hissing. He just meows at him, and he does run away from him sometimes. I don't really blame him. Bristol is so excited about his Henry. He tells me all the time that he loves him. Today we had Olivia over and they were having a conversation;

Liv: Why did you get a cat?

Bristol: Cause I didn't have one.

Liv: Did you want a cat?

Bristol: Very badly, very badly

Lol. He makes me laugh. I don't know where he learns to talk.

Liberty Land

2008-08-04T15:25:00.002-06:00

These are the first and last pictures of Bristol at Liberty Land, because we will not be going back. Liberty Land sucks! :) Bristol was too short to ride any of the rides by himself, including the carousel... Plus, the tickets were $1.50 a piece, and each ride required at least 2 of them. Miniature golfing looked fun, but it wasn't. The course was just weird, the balls didn't stay on, we had to keep chasing them. And, even if you hit the ball where is was supposed to go up the ramps and stuff, they kept rolling out, even when Bristol would walk up and put them in. I mean, Trafalga is better. Plus, it was $6 a person to play. At Trafalga, Bristol is free... Anyway, I took some pictures, Bristol's favorite ride was the rocket which cost 25 cents. Oh well, Bristol just likes spending time with Grandpa, so he had fun.

Magic Hands

2008-08-01T14:00:00.003-06:00

The other day Bristol and I were at Curt and Lacey's house. I was telling them how I am trying to get Bristol to sleep in his own bed, and how he starts out in his bed but ends up in my bed. Here's how the converstion went:

Me: I woke up with Bristol in my bed this morning.

Bristol: Someone just moved me to your bed.

Me: Yeah, I think it was you.

Bristol: I think it was just magic hands.

I was laughing so hard. He is so cute! He always says the funniest things. He has quite the imagination. I sure love that kid.

Batman Brownies

2008-07-29T15:40:00.003-06:00

The mission: Batman brownies. Bristol saw these and we had to get them to make. We had fun and Bristol was a really good helper.
First we mix all the ingredients
Then spread them in the pan.

Hmmm... not as good as they looked on the box... ...but they still taste good!

Dancing and Singing in the Rain

2008-07-28T18:11:00.002-06:00

Last night was a rainy one, so Bristol put on his Nemo raincoat and his Batman Crocs, and had some fun splashing around.

Kiva Girl

2008-07-25T15:22:00.002-06:00

I just had to show off my beautiful niece, Kiva.

She looks so funny in this picture. She's blowing a raspberry. :)

Fireworks

2008-07-25T15:15:00.002-06:00

We did a few fireworks yesterday. Nothing fancy just some that Bristol picked out.
Here is his cool truck. Oh man, we better cover our ears for the tanks that make no noise!
Harper and Bristol in their camp chairs. They had fun doing poppers and running around.
Here's my dorky neighbor, Curt, thinking he's cool... :)

Nap Time with My Friends

2008-07-23T18:07:00.002-06:00

The other day I put Bristol down for a nap and I went to check on him later and found this: He had all his stuffed animals out with him! It was so cute, I love the ones that are on the pillow with him. He is so funny.

Trains, Trains, and More Trains...

2008-07-22T14:19:00.004-06:00

Bristol was playing with his trains today, and I walked in to see his really long train. He hooked a bunch of them together so it made one train around his whole table. Sadly, this isn't even close to all the trains he has. He was so excited. He is so funny.

Carni Fun

2008-07-22T14:07:00.004-06:00

We went to the carnival in Spanish Fork yesterday. The kids had fun.

Here's my ticket!
Kiva and Brooke on the carousel. Kiva wasn't too sure about it... Bristol liked to give uncle Brad high fives as they went by.

We even got both the kids on the dragon roller coaster... Although there were a few tears afterward... :(

Brad, Brooke and Kiva playing with her hat. She is so CUTE! I love this picture of Brooke and Kiva. I just love them!

Swimming Lessons

2008-07-21T14:24:00.003-06:00

Bristol started swimming lessons today. He did okay, except that he was really hyper and wouldn't hold still. Liv is also in his class, and there was a big problem when another girl got in between Bristol and Liv. Bristol went to move by Liv, and the other girl started to cry and the teachers told Bristol that he couldn't be there because the other girl was there first, and Bristol yelled, "that's my Liv!!!" and started to cry. He is very protective of Olivia because one time they were playing at Carl's Jr., and a boy pushed Liv out of the way because he wanted to play there, Bristol stood up for her and ever since then he has been really protective of her. So, he was upset at the pool, but he bounced back fast and had a fun time. He really wanted goggles, so I got him some but told him he had to put his head under the water if he had them. He said he would. We'll see how that goes. One excited little boy
Getting ready to learn. Sorry these pictures are kind of dark.
Playing fishey in a basket. Bristol didn't want to get in the middle at first, but he did and had fun.
Don't they look happy? Hopefully tomorrow will go better, maybe Bristol won't be a brat.

Windmills

2008-07-19T15:55:00.006-06:00

Bristol loves the windmills in Spanish Fork. He can usually talk someone into taking him to see them at least once a week. My mom and I stopped by after the fish rodeo so he could see them. It makes him so happy. He is a strange kid... :)
I thought this picture was cute by the sunflowers.

Fish, Horses, and Hamburgers

2008-07-19T15:38:00.005-06:00

We went over to Spanish Fork for Fiesta Days, they were having a childrens thing. They had a fish rodeo, the kids got into a big pool and caught fish with their hands. I wasn't sure if Bristol would want to do it or not, but he said he wanted to, so I bought him a ticket. I thought he would be too nervous to do it, but he got in. He didn't really know what he was doing, but he had fun.

Here's his ticket to get in.

He liked his fish, he wanted to take it home and put it in our aquarium, but I think it's a little big...
Liv didn't want to catch fish, or even hold the fish in the bag, but she was very proud of Bristol.

Next he went for a fun horse ride.

This is him taking a big bite of his hamburger. Yum, yum!

Memory Lane

2008-07-15T21:46:00.001-06:00

I saw this on Lacey's blog, it was so cute.
Here are the directions:

1. Leave a comment on my blog of a memory you and I had together. Anything you remember.

2. Re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.

See, cute... :)

I've Been Tagged by Julie

2008-07-15T09:37:00.008-06:00

I've never been tagged before, so this is very exciting... :) So, I list 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, and 3 facts. That is alot to list about myself. Then I tag people at the end of the blog. Here goes.

3 Joys
1. Bristol. I love watching him grow up and do new things. I love his laugh. When he laughs so hard, gets that big belly laugh, yeah that makes me happy.
2. No work for the summer, I get to take Bristol to gymnastics and be with him all day. It's nice.
3. My FAMILY!! They are the best. They are always there for me, and they take care of me. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have them. I have so much fun being with my family.
4. My friends. I don't have alot, but my friends are the best friends in the world. Yay! Jeremy's home!!! :)

3 Fears
1. That I will lose Bristol.
2. That something will happen to me, and what will happen to Bristol after that.
3. Snakes. I hate them. :)

3 Goals
1. Be better with money. I'm getting better, but I like to spend too much! :)
2. Get more active. Bristol and I go for bike rides everyday, it's fun.
3. I want to go to Disneyland when it's all dressed up for Christmas. Not much of a goal, but I want to do that someday.

3 Current Obsessions/ Collections
1. We are trying to collect all the Cars cars, Bristol has a ton, but there are still so many he doesn't have. I can't go into a store without looking in the toy section to see if there are any cars that he doesn't have there.
2. I guess I don't have anymore. I can't think of any anyway. If you do, let me know.

3 Facts
1. I love to read when I can find the time.
2. I take alot of pictures. Of everything. :)
3. My sense of direction is none. I have a hard time following directions. I don't mind driving if someone is with me telling me where I need to go, but I can't find it on my own.

Jeremy, Natalie, Brooke, Ashley, Cori, Lace, Kyrsten pretty much everyone I like hearing about people. Get cracking! Please... :)

Happy 4th of July!

2008-07-04T16:55:00.000-06:00

Nap Time

2008-07-03T17:42:00.004-06:00

Yesterday the kids were being little brats!! They were fighting and yelling, so I said it's nap time!! I put them in Bristol's bed and read them a book. Then I left them there and they talked for a minute then they fell asleep. Yay! They were so cute. I guess it helped him not to be scared of sleeping in his room alone because now Bristol says he needs little girls in his bed for him to sleep. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come...

This picture is for Brooke because she can't get enough pictures of Bristol sleeping. :)

This is for you, Jer

2008-07-01T19:40:00.005-06:00

Bristol saw these Batman pajamas and wanted them so bad. He told me "only me and Jeremy like Batman, you don't like Batman mom." Well, I guess we see who he loves best...

They have a cute little cape on the back that velcro's on and off.
He had to wear his Batman underwear with his pajamas.

Awww... I guess even Batman has to sleep sometime. :)

Funny Sleeper

2008-06-30T15:30:00.001-06:00

Here is another picture of Bristol sleeping in a funny position. He told me he didn't want to take a nap, he just wanted to sit in his Spiderman chair and watch Thomas. I walked in a few minutes later to find him like this. Silly boy, moms are always right... :)

Trafalga Fun

2008-06-30T15:12:00.004-06:00

On Saturday, my mom and I took Bristol to Trafalga to play miniature golf. He had alot of fun. I hadn't been there for a while and it has been remodeled inside and it is an underwater theme. It is all in black lights and it's painted with glow in the dark paint. It was fun. My mom didn't really like it because she said she couldn't see very well.

Bristol is trying to hold up the shark, or catch it, or something.

Took his picture by the blow fish, and he is showing his tattoo of a blow fish on his arm.
My mom won the jackpot on this machine, twice! She got Bristol a whole bunch of tickets and he ended up getting this traffic light (below). We tried to get him to get something else, but he wanted it, and it matches his room since it's all Cars anyway.

Playing skee ball.

WALL-E

2008-06-28T09:54:00.005-06:00

We went and saw WALL-E with Jeremy yesterday. It was so much fun. The movie was so cute and funny. I laughed alot. Then we went to the Mayan for dinner. Bristol and I had never been there before and it was alot of fun. Bristol loved watching the divers. The food was really good too. Although, they did try to charge me 98 dollars for our 29 dollar bill. Hopefully that is all fixed. But it was a fun night. Thanks Jeremy!

Bristol got a WALL-E watch at the theater. I don't know why Jeremy and I didn't get one. We bought tickets too!! Sheesh!

New Bear

2008-06-28T09:45:00.002-06:00

We went to the mall the other day, and walked past the Build a Bear store. Bristol saw this bear and wanted is so bad even more than a new Thomas train. So, I got it for him. Bristol is a really original namer, his blue beta fish is named Blue Fish, his stuffed cat is named Kitty, and his imaginary friend is named Kid.(who, I found out is a girl, and she and Bristol are married... hmm.) Anyway, this bears name is Star Bear.
Star Bear had to have a Batman shirt. Do you see Jeremy's influence on my child?

Funny Face

2008-06-23T11:37:00.002-06:00

Last week I was at my lunch lady convention, a.k.a. lunch lady land, and the teacher in my stress class brought us all these funny things to make us laugh. So, i brought them home, and Bristol had so much fun with them. These pictures are what makes me laugh!
He didn't want to wear the eyepatch, so this is his nosepatch...
His mouthpatch...
And his chinpatch. This one looks like he has a little goatee...

I sure do love my little goof ball.

Bed hogger

2008-06-23T11:33:00.005-06:00

This is why Bristol needs to sleep in his own bed!! I woke up the other morning with his head in my back, because he was sleeping sideways. Now, I'm not the smallest person, and I need just a little bit more room than that! :)

Water fun

2008-06-15T20:36:00.002-06:00

Today Bristol got a new sprinkler. It has 4 balls and you put them in the orange twisty part and it goes down to the bottom and the water shoots them out at the top. It was fun. Bristol is spoiled rotten.