Adrianne & her Toddlers

Movie in the park

2011-08-12T23:34:00.001-07:00

We went to drapers movie in the park. The girls that live across from its came with us.we watched the diary of a whipy kid 2. It was funny. The amphitheater was was really nice, you could see the whole valley, and I love how the setting was.we had a fun time. Except right after we got there pamela got stung by a bee then they went hiking up the hill and then she stepped on a cactus, so I had to pull all the needles out. So her night didn't start off good.here are some pix of the night.

Post from my phone

2011-08-11T13:44:00.001-07:00

So I can now post from my phone, let's see if I can update more.

Arianna Brook Bentley

2011-04-05T10:53:00.001-07:00

I have wanted a girl since the first time I got pregnant. But I got blessed with 3 boys first, and I wouldn't change it for anything! I am so glad that Baby Arianna has 3 big brothers to watch over her as she grows up. They all love her so much right now, they say they will never be mean to her, we will see how long that lasts.

She came two weeks early, she was due on the 22, and she came March 9th.

Jacob was getting set apart for his mission Tuesday march 8th, and that morning I woke up with what I thought where strong braxton hicks. Then throughout the day I would keep getting them, they felt like contractions to me but since they were so far apart and not consistent I just kept brushing it off. But it was kind of making me excited to think that this could be it!

But this couldn't be it, it is bad timing. It's all about Jacob right now, he is being set apart tonight, then leaving for the MTC the next day. I kept having mixed feeling all day, I wanted it to happen but then I didn't cuz I wanted Nancy and my mom and the Girls so be able to be there, and I didn't want to put more stress on Nancy.

Well we decided to stay the night at Nancy's that night so Todd could be with Jacob I little longer. Wednesday morning I work up with really strong contraction at around 5 am, tried to go back to bed got another one around 6. Then Todds alarm went off at 7 saying he had to go to work. I told I wondered if he should stay home, but I just didn't know what to do,if he says home and I don't really start then it was a waste but if he goes and I do start will he make it back in time? plus what if I start now and my labor goes for hours and Nancy and my mom miss it. All this was going through my head and making me crazy. I knew that these were real contractions, cuz I was getting back pain, and I don't have false labor, when I get contraction they are real and I am in labor. But I just kept thinking this can't be happening right now. I was also stressing out cuz I ordered all these really expensive essential oils to use to keep me calm and help with the pain but they were all at home, and we only live 10 mins away but I just didn't want Todd to leave me, and I knew it would take him forever. Oh there was one other thing I was stressing out about, My baby shower was was on Saturday and Heather, Heidi and Nancy spent alot of time and money on it and I didn't want to have to miss it, or have them have to post pone it. So if she was going to come, she had to come now so that I could still go to the shower. So I was really stressing out, which is not what I am suppose to be doing at this time. Anyways well around 7:30 they started getting a lot stronger, and I got nauseated and I went and throw up and at the same time my water broke. So I new for sure this was it! I called my mom and told her she better start coming. ( she was in Las Vegas) Kathleen got there around 8 or 8:30 she got the tub ready for me , and I got in and is was kind of cold so it wasn't very fun, so I told Todd this baby better hurry I don't want to be in here for very long. Then about 15 20 mins after that I had an urge to push and I pushed a little then the next one I said am I suppose to be pushing cuz I can't help it, so I pushed really hard all the sudden I could feel her coming I heard a pop and right out she slid. I was in shock that it happened so fast! I only had 2 really, really hard contractions. I just kept saying thank you baby, thank you!! That morning I was already being a baby and kept telling Todd that I didn't want to go through this pain, and it cuz I knew it was going to get worse and go for a long time. But it never got to unbearable, Arianna was just in a hurry to see her uncle Jacob before he left.

Here is Arianna clapping for joy that she got to she Jacob before he left.

She came at 9:30 am on March 9th. Heather missed it by 5 mins, and my mom missed it by about 4 hours. But I am so glad she came when she did and was so nice to make everything so easy and fast.

I didn't lose it!!

2010-09-14T13:54:00.000-07:00

I thought I lost my blog for good, but all I had to do was verify my gmail account! I lost my phone so it took me awhile to get it verified. I need to start updating and backing it up!

Hanksville, Utah

2010-07-19T21:49:00.000-07:00

I wish this wasn't like a video. Does anyone know how to get the individual pages?

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2009-11-30T19:03:00.001-08:00

I am updating!!!

2009-11-24T10:45:00.000-08:00

I have gotten back into scrap booking and learning how to edit pictures, I am having so much fun! So here are a few that i have finished. It helps that I have really good photos to work with, thanks to heather. She always does an awesome job on our family pictures. Thanks Heath!!

Iowa Trip!

2009-08-16T18:59:00.000-07:00

Here is the beginning of our trip, as we are ending our trip today. We have a long drive ahead of us! Hopefully the boys will be better this time. I have lots of other picture I need to work on, so keep checking back!

Freedom Festival

2009-08-09T19:31:00.000-07:00

Scrap pages

2009-08-09T19:20:00.000-07:00

I am starting a business making books for different occasions,

here are a couple of example pages from the Memorial books.

Nancy I hope it was ok that I copied you words from your blog. =)

Gaby's B-day

2009-08-06T14:38:00.001-07:00

2009-05-29T15:27:00.000-07:00

We had a fun a memorial day. It started Sunday with going to visit Grandma & Grandpa Williams grave sites, the whole Family went, it was fun being rained on. Then on Monday we went to the Bentley's memorial day party at Buffy's, that was really fun! Then we went hiking up ensigns peak, that was great exercise! We then we to Tom and Christens for a little while and watched Dead zone. It was fun being with family and friends. Hope everyone else had a good Holiday!

HOUSE UPDATES

2009-05-23T12:24:00.000-07:00

So I have never put up pictures of our finish house. So here are a few picture of the main floor.

Front of house

View of the back yard

So this is the entry way.

The Living room

This is the kitchen. Love it!!

Another view of the kitchen

Dinning room view

Family room

Update on our house is that we are in the prosses of selling it since Todd lost his job at the begining of this year. We are renting it out until we get a buyer. So we have moved in with Nancy. She and her family our so nice to have let us take over their theater room. It is plenty big for our family, and it is so fun being here. Thanks Nancy!

We are going to miss our big house but we loved the time we got to live there and if Todd had not lost his job we would still be there. We are looking forward to buying another house in a 10 -12 months hopefully! We are mostly going to miss the ward there. We really liked the ward, they were the friendlest ward we have been in. So we will miss them. But all in all we are happy with our life right now and are looking foward to the future.

VERY BELATED EASTER PICTURES

2009-05-23T12:01:00.000-07:00

These are very old now, but better late then never right? So the boys had a fun Easter. Their baskets were full of toys, gogurts, mickey mouse and Winnie the pooh ravioli, and pop. They loved it!

TANNERS FUNNY FACE REALLY LOOKS LIKE HIM!

THOSE BIG FRONT TEETH.

April Fools day!!

2009-04-02T12:04:00.001-07:00

So this was the funnest April fools day ever. Every year I try and think of ways to get Todd but can never think of anything good. Well this year I had a few to play on him. Ok so I started off the day with bringing him a boiled egg, but when he cracked it open it wasn't really boiled, so it kind of made a mess. Then I said ok I really did make you breakfast and brought him a sandwich but in the middle was wax paper, he just pulled it out and kept eating, didn't say anything about it. I told him he should of hid the paper and pretended to have eaten it. Then I waited awhile till about 2:00 I snuck out of the house and moved our mercides down the street and left the garage open. Then I asked him to show me something in the garage. We went out there and he was like "why is the garage opened, they took the car, oh man I was going to call them today." (Ok so the story behind that is that we haven't been able to pay the car payment and we knew they were coming for it soon, so I new I could get away with this without todd really freaking out. So then todd was saying "I'm glad to get that out of our hair." Then I snuck out again to bring it back, a couple hours later he came downstairs and I told I needed him to go get something out of the van for me. So after he went out I fallowed him, and he was like "hahaha". He could see the car was back. That was so good. I really didn't think he would have believed that they really came and got it, he was like they prabably have like a universal remote to open the garages. Oh it was so fun.), Then while he was downstairs I ran upstairs for the few seconds i had till he was back up there, and I swiched his mouse botton so the right click was the left click now. It only took him 2 seconds to relize what i had done but it was still fun. Then I made the bed so that the top sheet was tucked into the top of the bed then folded it over so it was like a normal sheet, So when he tried to get in he couldn't get his legs in. (hope that made sence). Anyways that was really fun for me. No pictures though sorry. Happy April!

Swimming!

2009-03-14T20:43:00.000-07:00

We went swimming at the legacy center swimming pool. The boys have been baggin' us to go for months now, so i made todd go finally! We had so much fun! here are some pictures and videos.

i love this pool, it is my favorite. It is so warm! I do hate that they won't let kids on in the hot tub tho.

He didn't know when to stop going, he kept going till his face was covered with water, I had to keep pulling him out of the water, silly boy.

All tuckered out!

gaby's cute talking!

2009-03-14T20:20:00.000-07:00

It has taken me forever to get this on. I am so far behind.
i just love his talking here, but hate mine, so don't listen to that part. =)
After this he doesn't talk to me like this anymore. =(

gaby eating

2009-01-31T22:03:00.000-08:00

Gabe has been so interested in my food, so I thought I would give it a try. Don't think he liked it that well.

Gaby scooting

2009-01-31T21:18:00.000-08:00

Gabe started getting up on his hands and knees on Jan 2nd, then a couple days later he started scooting. So this some videos of him the first time on the kitchen floor.

Park city

2009-01-29T23:14:00.000-08:00

we went to park city for the film festival, Todd's favorite thing to do. Here are a few pictures of that.

The was being projected on the wall, it was pretty cool.

This is the smallest laptop I have seen and it is red! Love it. You probably can't tell how small it is. But it is perfect size for gaby.

These are some cute babes, oh and I guess the girls are pretty too. =)

Jayden did not want to pet these big dogs

tood told me the reason they have those barrelsaround their necks is so they can take wine to people that are stuck in the snow. The dogs can get to them faster then the emergencie people can. Then the one stuck in the snow drink the wine and helps them stay warm enough till they can come deg them. Don't know how true that is but that is what we heard.

Carmel Apples

2009-01-29T23:02:00.000-08:00

I need to distract Jayden cuz I told him he was going to get to sleep over at grandma's so he wanted to go "right now" it was about 10 am So at about 12 or so we decided to make Carmel Apples. It was so easy, but the carmel kept running off the apples. But they were so yummy!

I put chopped almounds on them, Sooo yummy!

Santas

2009-01-23T10:46:00.000-08:00

Just some cute pictures that I forgot to put up earlier.

Tanners Teeth

2009-01-22T19:56:00.000-08:00

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We took tanner to the dentist awhile ago and they said he need a lot of work done and that they would have to be put out so we scheduled it but the night before I just really didn't feel good about it. I felt he was to young to have to go through that, so we canceled and I looked around for a dentist that would just pull out his front teeth instead of do root canals on them. Well they all said they would have to put him out. Finally I found a laser pediatric dentist. They use Waterlase laser to do fillings and they don't use shots to numb the mouth, the use laser and water to just numb the tooth they are working on. Tanner was so scared to go to the dentist after what had happened to Jayden (he had to be put out for his work and they had to poke him 5-7 times to try and get the IV in him, his vain were to small. Jayden was screaming and he said" I just wanted to get my teeth fixed" He didn't know it involved so much pain. They finally had to put it in his neck. Now you know why I didn't want to do it with tanner.) So I took him in to Dr. Poulsen and he was so nice he gave me the choice of root canal or pulling out, and they didn't have to put him out at all. So we had them pull them, and he did it right then and it was fast and easy and tanner sat so good and he didn't have to have a shot. He needed more work so they just have him come back a few times instead of doing it all at once. So he is in the process of getting his "robot teeth" (caps) like his big brother. I would totally recommend this dentist, they are painless. http://drpoulsen.com

Tanner will be getting new front teeth. They have to put a spacer in where his front teeth were, so they are just going to attach false teeth to it so he will have front teeth again.

Mali and Gaby

2009-01-22T19:48:00.000-08:00

These are such cute pictures of Mali and Gaby.

Peace Man!!

Toddy boy

2009-01-21T15:26:00.001-08:00

Where we met: Todd says he saw me on the street. (hmmm...) No, I guess I was driving my brother to school and Todd would be there, and would love to watch me come every morning and drop my bro off. Then we just had mutual friends. I can't remember when we first really met.

How long we dated before we got hitched: 1 month before his mission then 11 month after.
How long have we been married: 7 years in May.
What's my favorite feature about him: His face, height and legs!
What's my favorite quality about him: He loves me unconditionally, he is the best dad and husband!!
What's his nickname for me: bub!

His favorite color: Don't know
His favorite food: homemade wheat pizza, asparagus.
His favorite sport: Snowboarding

Who said the L word first: It was so long ago I don't remember.
First kiss when and where: We kissed when we were in Kansas at someone house.
Favorite couple thing to do: Traveling, going to movies
How many kids:3 boys
His hidden talent: singing,
His age: 28
His favorite music:alternative
What I admire most about him: That he loves to learn and he is really good at being vegetarian!
His favorite pastimes:making movies!! Eating, being on the computer, traveling, being with me!! =)
Will he read his: Yes!
I tag....
Megan, Angela G, Janae, Jalayne

Tylers Birthday

2009-01-19T10:21:00.000-08:00

This was back in Oct but I just got the pictures from Heather (Thanks heather). We went to Classic Skating for Tylers B-day, my boys love that place! We got the Karaoke room, it was so fun!!

I love Tylers face in this picture!

Chuck-E-Cheese

2009-01-18T12:53:00.000-08:00

We went to chuck-E-cheese way back in '07 I think it was. It was for Damians B-Day. Here are a few pictures of that.

2009-01-11T20:09:00.000-08:00

So Todd has been bugging me to make homemade bread. So the other day we were out of bread and so I decided ok I'll try it. (Todd got me a mixer for Christmas) I am not good at BAKING things. Anyways so I started around 3 pm and it was done around 7pm when Todd got home. I was scared to try it, it looked good but who knows what it tastes like. Well to my amazement it turned out PERFECT! Just the way I like it. Not to heavy (cuz it was wheat) and it was fluffy. I was so happy! So here is a picture of the perfection! =)

Jayden answers

2009-01-11T19:21:00.000-08:00

I got this from kelly's blog,(thanks Kelly)

1. What is something that mom always says to you?

Put the dishes away

2. What makes mom happy?

to say I love you

3. What makes mom sad?

when we say stupid

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

to tickle me

5. What was your mom like as a child?
A doll

6. How old is your mom?

7. How tall is your mom?

This tall (He put his hand over his head)

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

you like to play with Gaby

9. What does your mom do when your not around?

go with my friends

10. If your mom becomes famous what will it be for?

A person

11. What is your mom really good at?

printing

12. What is your mom not very good at?
at drawing animals

13. What does your mom do for her job?

to go at girls night

14. What is your moms favorite food?

Coconut food ( that is true)

15. What makes you proud of your mom?

to do my homework

16. If your mom was a cartoon character who would she be?

Dora

17. What do you and your mom do together?

go to chuck E cheese

18. How are you and your mom the same?

he wouldn't answer these

19. How are you and your mom different?

he wouldn't answer these

20. How do you know your mom loves you?

Because I"m cute

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?

he wouldn't answer these

22. Where is your moms favorite place to go?

he wouldn't answer these

Play dough

2009-01-11T18:58:00.000-08:00

We made play dough the other day for home school and the boys loved playing with it. They wanted me to do a video of it too.

Slime

2009-01-09T11:48:00.000-08:00

We made some corn starch slime the other day. It was really cool to play with and watch. The boys loved it.

Handsome boys

2009-01-09T11:36:00.000-08:00

These are there new church outfits. They are some handsome! But I wish they were wearing their ties. I got Gabe one too but I don't have a picture of him yet.

Jayden the juice boy

2009-01-09T11:24:00.000-08:00

Ok so I was lying in bed ready to go to sleep for the night, and I heard the juicer going and I was thinking "ok I thought my mom went to bed already, and Todd is on the computer" I could hear him talking to the boys. So I was like who is juicing this late. So I called Todd in and asked if my mom was juicing. He was like no she went to sleep. So I said who is juicing. Well it was Jayden. He LOVES juicing. He just went down there with no help and started juicing the apples(we had got really small apple this last time so we wouldn't have to cut them to juice them). So Todd helped him finish by adding some carrots. But before they added the carrots Jayden tasted the apple juice and said "wow, I made this good". Cute boy. He brought me up a glass I said I made this all by myself. He was so proud of himself.

2008-12-26T21:15:00.001-08:00

We had a good good Christmas, the boys loved what they got, but still wanted more. They still have a lot to learn about Christmas and being thankful. My mom spent Christmas with us, she came from Iowa. After we opened gifts and ate we went to see Grandma Williams. She is so cute! We need to visit her more. Then we went to My brother Jesse's house and visited with him for awhile. He got Jayden & Tanner two outfits and a big gun thing that shoots a foam thing. =) Then we went to Grandma bentleys house and met Todd Family there. It was fun to visit the a lot of the Bentleys. It was snowing the whole time we where there, and so we where kind of snowed in, but we made it out of the driveway. But as we started driving home( our van tires aren't very good and it is really hard to go up hills and we live up a couple of hills) We thought if the roads are this bad here they must be really bad in SS. So we decide to go entrude on Tom & Christen and sleep there, along with todds brothers that were staying the night too. They were so nice to let us stay there. It was fun being there and visiting with them, they are so fun! So the next day we were hoping we could get up out of the big hill they have on there road. It took a few trys and lots of help from everyone(Tom, Jacob, Jason ,Brandon, Jason,Tyler,Greg,Eddie, and Linda) we finally got out. It was a fun Christmas. So anyways Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. =)

Pizza Time

2008-12-23T18:18:00.000-08:00

I decided to make Pizza from scratch for dinner,
and the boys loved helping. Todd even pitched in too!

Tanner like play with it like play dough.

Then he thought he would be a pirate.

Todd cutting up the Olives. I hate that job.

And this is the masterpiece.

Christmas in Lehi

2008-12-14T11:41:00.000-08:00

We went to an event called Christmas in Lehi,

and they had a lot of fun things for the kids to do.

They made these snow measuring sticks

( Tanner had a rash for a couple of days around his mouth. On the way home from AZ he was cleaning his face with a baby wipe, I think that is what caused it. Silly boy!)

Then they got to frost cookies.

There was a museum called Hutchings Museum. It is a really fun museum.

Jesse and his boys looking a Nemo

Gaby grew a horn

Nemo!

Circus circus

2008-12-08T11:03:00.000-08:00

We got to say at Circus circus on the way home for only $32.
So here are some pictures of that.

We didn't know we were going to be attacted by dinosaurs if we stayed there.

Gabe patiently waiting for mom to be done getting ready for the day.

On the way home

2008-12-08T10:41:00.000-08:00

Just some random pictures from our way home from Arizona.

Gabe didn't like the drive very much. I had to nurse him in his car seat so much!!

This is Jayden trying to pass time. =) Jayden and Tanner do really, really good when we travel, they hardly ever complain, "when are we going to be there". They just sleep, or just talk to themselves or us. I got them some play dough and coloring books, so that helped.

This is them earning there keep, so we would talk them home. =)

He saw daddy doing it and knew he could do it to. But I don't know if you can tell but the tire is getting flatter! =)

Hoover Dam

2008-12-08T10:22:00.000-08:00

We went through the Hoover Dam and if you didn't know they are putting a highway in so it will be faster getting through there. They have to build a huge bridge to go over the Dam. So here are some pictures of it.

My Grandpa

2008-12-08T10:01:00.000-08:00

Terrell A. Blake Sr.

Published on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 10:11 AM MST

Terrell A. Blake Sr.

Terrell Blake, 86, of Safford passed away Thanksgiving Day at home, surrounded by his family. Terrell lived in Safford all of his life and worked for the Safford Post Office for 32 years, where he now receives the honorary postmark “Return to Sender” with the admonition from his loving family to “Handle with Care.”

His parents and grandparents were pioneers of the Gila Valley. His great-grandfather served as mayor of Tombstone during the OK Corral days, while his grandmother waited tables at the Crystal Palace, before marrying and settling in the Gila Valley.

Terrell A. Blake Sr.

Born June 20, 1922, in Safford, the first child of Andy and Rita (Higgins) Blake, Terrell married Cora Lee Williams of Duncan on Feb. 10, 1946. For many years, he and Cora enjoyed traveling with a square-dancing group. They were loyal friends and neighbors to many where they ran Blake’s Snack Bar across from Safford High School for 15 years.

When his father died much too early in life, Terrell took on the responsibility of being a father to his two younger brothers, Var and Andy. Throughout his life, he continued to set an example of unconditional love by serving as a father to many other relatives and friends who were warmly welcomed into his home.

Besides being well known for his caring and generous nature, he was known for his robust sense of humor. During World War II, Terrell served in India, Burma and China with the Army Air Corps. He was active in the Elks and the American Legion. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Terrell is survived by his wife, Cora of Safford; brother Andy Jr. (Bonnie) of Phoenix; sons Terrell Jr. and Tom (Brenda) of Safford; daughters Ann Blake-Tracy of Des Moines, Iowa, Patty Laughter of Riverton, Utah, and Donna (Steve) Buckley of Tucson; 21 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Var.

Services were held Dec. 1 at the LDS Stake Center, followed by interment at the Safford Cemetery.

So we went to Arizona for my Grandpas funeral this pass week. Thanks to Nancy and Grandma williams for helping us!! It was fun seeing my family, some cousins I haven't seen in years. My poor grandma has Alzheimers so so kept forgeting that her husband died, we had to keep reminding her. She kept thinking she was in Utah and she missed the funeral so she would cry and then again we would have to remind her she was there at the funeral. But she is still convince she wasn't there. I was sad to see. but there were some funny parts. She loved Gabe and she would ask how old he was and we would tell her then about 10 mins later she would ask again. Over and over again. It got tiring being there. =) We were there from Monday to thursday. My Grandpa was was a good Grandpa, my grandma was alway so mean that we all loved my grandpa, he was nice. I will miss him!

My dancin' boys

2008-11-21T10:11:00.001-08:00

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Halloween party At our house!

2008-11-17T15:20:00.000-08:00

All the guys hanging out! Aren't they so nice to let us girls have the couch!

All us girls hanging out!

Cute baby shrek!

More baby shreks!

The shrek family

Jesse and his cute boys
Blake & Camden
(Mario & Luigi)

ABC'S

2008-11-14T10:26:00.000-08:00

ABC'S

My ABC's...

A = Age: 28

B = Bed size: King

C = Chore(s) you hate: sweeping/mopping, picking up clothes and toys off the floor, cleaning the bathrooms

D = Dessert you love: Ice cream

E = Essential start to your day item: Breakfast & computer

F = Favorite actor(s):Ewan McGregor, John Travolta, Amanda Bynes, Queen Latifah, Mandy moore,

G = Gold or Silver: silver

I = Instruments you play: 0 =(

J = Job title: Homemaker

K = Kitchen color(s): Maroon and green

L = Living arrangements: Living in a 4 bedroom # bath home in Saratoga springs Married to my sweet husband of 6 years and 3 cutest boys ever! Hopefully someday a girl will join us! =)

M = My name is: Adrianne

N = Nicknames: Adri, Ages,

O = Overnight hospital stay: Never

P = Pets: No, I have my boys, and husband!

Q = Favorite quote:

"Enduring to the end is a process filling every minute of our life, every hour, every day, from sunrise to sunrise. It is accomplished through personal discipline following the commandments of God."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

R = Right or left handed: Right

S = Siblings: 1

T = Time you woke up today: 10:15

U = Unique about you: I am Adopted

V = Vegetable you love: Zucchini

W = Worst habit: wasting my time

X = X-Rays you've had: Teeth

Y = Yummy food you make: Tater tots fried up with broccoli and "beef". Yum!

Z = Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Now you know my ABC's ~ Next time won't you *blog* me yours!

PS: anyone notice there is no H

Brotherly love!

2008-11-12T12:34:00.000-08:00

Tanner being the very active boy he is jumped off something and landed wrong am hurt his arm.

So since he couldn't eat his sweet brother was feeding him apple sauce. Cute brothers!

8 things

2008-11-12T11:38:00.000-08:00

8 T.V. shows I like to watch
1. Jon & kate plus 8
2. 17 kids & counting
3. The amazing race
4. big brother
5. Gossip girl
6. My wife and kids
7. The hills
8. CSI Miami

8 things that happened yesterday
1. Went to dance at Jane house with heather
2. hang out at heathers house for a couple of hours
3. fought with Jayden to try and get him to leave heathers
4. Nursed Gabe (all day) =)
5. talked with todd when we were home together
6. Made dinner for my family and for girls night (thanks Heidi, Heather Nancy & Shanea for coming)
7. Played karaoke revolution on xbox
8. Cleaned kitchen and went to bed.

8 places I like to eat
1. Taco bell
2. Subway
3. chili's
4. Sizzlers (FAV)
5. Shanghi cafe
6. Chuck-a-rama
7. Hogi yogi
8. olive garden

8 things I'm looking forward to
1. for the government to let ASD get back to business NOW!!
2. Tues dance class
3. Girls nights
4. Todd getting home everyday
5. starting my cleaning business
6. getting a business loan
7. having money!
8. Todd being worry free and stress free

8 things on my wish list

1.Getting a maid myself so I won't have to clean my own house, just other peoples. =)
2. Not having to worry about money ever.
3.For ASD to get going again
4. Buy new clothes for Todd & I & the boys
5. A very fun, nice decorated house!
6. A finished landscaped yard
7. for my whole family to live to the millenium!!!!
8.To have a little a girl

I tag Megan, Jalayne, Heidi, Nancy, Heather, Coralie, Celeste, Laura

money printing company

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We are starting are own money printing company, anyone want some? =)

Some good facts to know!

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Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to
pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do it.

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!

Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.

Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a
couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in beat them up.

For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints in a double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.

Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste
of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.

Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply chop them up with the food chopper.
Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them in a baking dish and
sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350
for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!

Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, - Set heat to med-low and heat until warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works!

Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done. Easy clean up.

Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size.
You will frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount of frosting. Also eating less sugar and calories per serving.

Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in
a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food
moist and help it reheat faster.

Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers,
put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for-
get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not
get through wet newspapers.

Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.

No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.
It will keep the mosquitoes away.

Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper.
The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.

Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and...tada!...static is gone.

Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such
as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. when the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!

Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.

Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.

Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed.

INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load of clothes.) He then took the filter to the sink and ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material...I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like.
Well, the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over the mesh and that is what burns out the heating unit.
You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free...that nice fragrance too. You know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box...well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to have the potential to burn your house down. He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months.
He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that!?!
Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that.
So, I thought I'd share!

Note: I went to my dryer and tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen.
I washed it with warm soapy water and a nylon brush and I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it...the water ran right thru the screen.
There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman knew what he was talking about!

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ok I was tagged. So here is the 4th pic in the 4th folder in my pictures.
Gabe was getting annoyed with me taking pictures of him. but i can't help it he is so cute!

ok so now I tag Jalayne, Natilie, Nancy, Heather and Shanea ( if she would ever blog!)

Todd is the best dad!

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I need to give a shout out to my sweet hubby!
He is the best husband for me!! I don't give him enough credit for all he does to help his family! He goes to work everyday to support us even when he really doesn't want to.
And then on top of that he will come home and happily watch the boys (not Gabe) for me so I can go have a girls night with my Sisters. He will also come home and hold Gabe for me so I can have some time to myself to be on the computer or do crafts, make dinner etc...
He is so good to me, even though there are things that I don't like so much about him, there are more things that I really love about him. So sorry Todd when I complain about that stuff, I will try to just look past them, because there are so many good thing about you and you help me out so much. I could not have married a better man! You are a very good dad to the boys, you play with all the time and you let them know how much you love them, I don't think they could go a day without knowing how much you love them. So anyways, Todd I love you and I am so glad you put up with the way you do and so glad you chose ME to be your wife!
Love you!

Our fun at the kids barn!

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they found ants

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Tanners Birthday!

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We went to the Pre-float preview party at the south town expo center.

It is fun, we get to see all the floats up close

Swimming

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We went swimming at Jesse's pool and the boys loved it! We got the the arm floatie things
thay loved them, they could swim all by themselves, they thought that was so cool!

here are some more cute pics

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Gabriel

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Here is my sweet sleeping baby!

American idol tryouts

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Here are some pictures of Heidi trying out for American Idol

2008-07-18T14:20:00.000-07:00

Thanks Natalie for tagging me, this should be fun. The rules are as follows: List 3 Joys, 3 Fears, 3 Goals, 3 Current Obsessions, and 3 Random Surprising Facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names.Here goes......

Joys
1. My Boys
2. My husband Todd and all he does for us, & what a good dad he is!
3. My new house that I will be moving into soon.

Fears
1. Losing one of my boys or husband
2. The dark
3. Flying in planes

Goals
1. To be a good mom and wife
2. having a super toned and strong body
3.find a good way to make money and make lots of it!

Current Obsessions
1. Clicking on ASD and watching the money roll in!
2. Gabriel
3. Jason Castro =) Only cuz he reminds me so much of todd when he was younger!

Random Surprising Facts
1. Ummm... I was kidnapped when I was younger
2. I had kidney failure when i was a baby
3. I didn't have a name for six months, then I picked my name out of a hat. (and I thought Todd was indecisive)

I'm tagging Heather, Heidi, Nancy

American Idol

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I got to go to the American Idol concert Tuesday night!! I have never really followed any of the other American Idol shows but this year was really good! I liked a lot of the singers. It was fun to have someone from Murray on there, and he is a very good singer! I really liked Jason Castro too! He reminds me sooo much of Todd when he was younger, the way he is kind of bashful. And of Jason (Todd's brother), their faces are a lot alike. The concert was soooo fun!!! its fun to see so many good singers sing so many good songs. I have some videos of it from my phone, so they aren't very good, but I'll put them up anyways. Gabe got to bond with his daddy & bros while I was gone. I went with Heidi, Nancy, & Shanea, it was a really fun girls night!!

The Baby came!!

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So I was getting ready to go over to Granite High school for the fireworks, I was so excited to go cuz I love going every year! I was all ready and I went out and sat on the swing to wait for Jesse to come. I sat down and my water broke! I freaked out I was not ready for this! He was not suppose to come til my house was done, and his due date wasn't til the 15th.

Well my water broke at 6:30 and I finally had him at 4:34 am the 4th of July.
He weighed 8lbs 1 oz 21 3/4 in
We still haven't come up with a name for him. Boys names are so hard for me. I wish they just came out with a name attached to them! =)

The labor was pretty good now that I look back at it. I had about 1 or 2 hours of intense contractions, then they put me on the birthing chair and I pushed 2 times and he was out! The greatest feeling ever is knowing it is almost over, and then pushing him out!! And then bam it is over! But that is not the end of the pain!

It is weird not being pregnant anymore, but it is nice! I am so happy to have my cute baby here. Isn't he Cute!

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Heather and Mali

Jayden Loves his little brother

Sorry about the tummy shot!

Look at that cute face

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My three cute boys!

Love this picture!

Todd always makes fun of me becuz I put my pinky up in the air when I eat & drink. So I guess I He got this from me! Now todd can make fun of him too!

Brysons B-day

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The next day we had a cake for Jayden and Bryson

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday dear Jayden

And Byson, Happy birthday to you!!

Fireworks!

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After his party we went to south jordans fireworks! Jayden was so excited to see them for his birthday!

This is what they were doing during the fireworks! I felt so bad thatjayden was missing them that I woke him up! I think he was happy about that.

Jayden's Hulk Birthday!

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We had Jaydens b-day together with his cousins Camden & Blake. We went to Jingle Jims playland, Jayden is 5 years old now, Wow! Time sure flys! He is such a big boy, he is so smart and he can not wait for his little brother to come out and play! He loves babies!

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Jacob & dylen

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One of Jesses boys, who isn't very happy!

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From left to right
Bryson, Branton, Jayden, Tanner, & Braden

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I took the boys to a park up in sugarhouse. It had a fun like stream for the kids to play in. They had fun!

Movie in the park

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We went to see "Horton hears a who" in the park in eagle Mt.

Here is the Big screen. I couldn't even get it all in the picture it was so big! And the ghost in there is tanner.

Todd & I

Update on our house!

2008-07-07T17:24:00.000-07:00

The stucco and Painting is done! They next pictures I put up should be of it finished!
It should be done by the 18th or so! Wha hooo!
The kitchen & dinning room

The banister

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Bonus room ( boys toy room)

Master closet

Shower

Master bath

Upstairs living room

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This is the view from upstairs into the entry area.

This the back of the house view from the parkThis is the view of the lake

And this is the park in our back yard

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They love to pose for the camera!

Aren't those rocks and water pretty?!

Cute Boys!

The water felt so good!

Cheese!

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They finally started liking the water

I even got brave!

Tanner loves climbing

Handsome Jaydie!

jayden is getting so good at taking pictures!

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They are thinking about it

They aren't sure they like that much water

look at that tanners face!

Jayden got brave

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Jayden & I getting ready for the 3D movie

This was a really fun place in St. George. We didn't get to go swimming before we left the hotel so I told the I would take them here to play in the water.

They weren't sure if they wanted to go in there.

So they went to the little streams of water first.

It was such a hot day, it was so refreshing to be by water

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We are a bunch of nuts being mixed!

Say "M&M"

Cute Smiles!

Todd and Tanner getting ready for the 3D movie

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Todd don't let the alligator eat Tanner! He looks really worried.

Don't let the snake eat him either. Don't worry Tanner, daddy will protect you!

They are having a talk with Tracy the tree.

I told Jayden he could not go in the store unless he got a picture with the M&M. He is scared of people in customs. Aren't I mean!

These were better they weren't alive!

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Jayden riding his first cow

Look close you can see the Lions

The Lions den!

More of us!

One of the lions is named after us!

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Our cute family!

They are hiding from the big dragon

This is the new best friend

Their other new friend

Bigger then life piano

Our trip to Las Vegas

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Caesars palace

The biggest toys store the boys have ever been in

The fish aquarium

I was talking to you Heidi! =)

My cute boys!!

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Oops, he was marking his territory, don't tell anyone. =)

Under the stairs in the basement. Future toy room.

Our house!

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This is our house a couple weeks ago! They were getting ready to do the stucco.

This is the view of the dinning room and kitchen.

Kitchen and pantry.

Tanners closet.

Jayden & Tanners rooms

Silly boys!!!

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This is the boys after they covered themselves in labels!

They are so creative!

At least they know how to cover themselves!

Give me a 10 for Best Couple

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Give me a 10 for Best Couple

fireworks!

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Jayden was so scared

Tanner loved them!

Cute daddy and Jayden

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Tanner thinks he is suppose to eat the sand.

Pictures from the dinosaur museum

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Sexy boy!

More favorites!

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Jayden 3 months old

Look at those handsome boys

Diaper boy

Favorite pictures

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Ok well I am just going to put up some of my favorite pictures in no particulate order.

Jayden and his flower

Jayden wanted to put Tanner out at our yard sale

Tanner loved his fingers

Jayden reading his scriptures

Jayden and Branton
Best friends

Our wonderful new house!!

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It is so fun to be able to see the progress of our house, once they get going they really are fast at getting it up! It use to just be dirt and now we actually have a house on it. I really can see that it could be done before the baby comes and I can have him in our new home! It's so exciting!

The front

Family room Upstairs family room

Master bedroom

Master bath

About My boys!!

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We now have 2 beautiful boys and another boy on the way. Jayden (4) is the oldest and then we have Tanner(2. Jayden is so smart, he is a lot like his dad. Everyones calls him "mini todd", he love the computer! He likes to draw and play all the preschool games. He has been kicking us off the compute since he was about 3 years old. He absolutely loves his Uncles and cousins. He wants a girlfriend that looks like his cousin Alexa. He also said that Tanners girlfriend should be their cousin Alyssa. He loves babies and is so excited for the new baby to come, he love to talk to him.
Tanner is just in the cutest age right now! I love it! He is still learning how to say all the new words and the way he says them is just so cute, I can't get enough of it. He love his big brother so much he follows him everywhere doing everything he does. He is the biggest copy cat I have ever seen! He loves to dance and show off all his moves. They both love getting their pictures taken, they love cheesing it for the camera. Now Tanner is learning how to play games on the computer, OH NO! His favorite thing to watch and play is Teletubbies. So we have to fight with him to use the computer too.
"Conner?" The unborn baby is now about 5 months prebirth. =) And he is moving around a lot in there, we just can't wait to see him and how cute he will be. It seems impossible to have any cuter boys, but I'm sure he will be sooo cute, how could he not with such a handsome daddy!

So that is my family, I'll keep you updated with things! Thanks for looking!