Preece Crew

Family Pictures Nov. 2009!! Thanks Emily!!

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Family Pictures Continued! Kynlee 2 1/2 years old!

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Cute little blue eyed, blonde haired girl! I never thought I would get one of these!

Look at her tease her dad! She wouldn't hold his hand for the picture!!

Family Pictures Continued--Irelynd 6 years old!

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Some of my Favorites!! She is getting big so fast! I hate it!!

Dance Illusion Winter Showcase and November Fest!

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No, Kynlee did not dance, but you know as soon as Irelynd put her red and black costume on and had to have make-up she ran into her room and dressed herself in this, all but the red sweater to be like her sister. Then of course, she had to have make-up too!

They did a cute Cruella Devil dance! It was darling! Sorry about the fuzzy picture!

Anual Thanksgiving Day Football!!

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So Jared thought he would be funny and wear his Mountain Crest Lettermans jacket last year, well I think it has officially become a tradition!! Wow! I had no idea this many guys show up to play football on Thanksgiving morning!! No wonder Jared has to go!!

Princess's on Ice!! Mom and Kynlee date!!

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We met Kalli and her little girl Presli, Lori Waldron, Micky (Kalli's cousin) and her 2 little girls. It was so much fun!! Irelynd would have hated this!!

Princess's on Ice Continued...

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Kynlee loved this!! It was so worth the money!!

Look at that little face!!

A bit blurry!! Sorry, you get the picture!!

So You Think You Can Dance!!! 2009!!

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Wow! Not just because I love dancing, but this was the best thing I have ever attended!! It was so amazing!! I can't believe what dancers can do these days!! Next year I will be on front row!! Better get saving Kalli!!

Lisa Preece, Me, Kalli Reick, and her cute friend from St. George!

Princess dress-up, make-up 24/7!!!

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I catch this kid in my make-up all the time!! Irelynd never did this!! She's in big trouble, can you tell?

Sitting in her baby stroller. She wanted me to push her around.
This is Kynlee's best little friend Rita Faux!! They both LOVE Princess's and make-up as you can see!! I caught them in the act of putting make-up on each other, the mattresses and the back of Kynlee's bedroom door! I was so mad!! Until the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser did it's job. Then I had to laugh!! Aren't they cute!! Mischevious is the word!!

HALLOWEEN TIME!!! 2009!!

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SCHOOL CARNIVAL!!
Look at these cute kids! Irelynd, Olivia, Taydem, and Parker!!

Oompa Loompa, thanks to our great neighbors The Neals! Mindy made this for Texie last year and Irelynd talked about it the rest of the year. She was determined to be an Oompa Loompa!

Cute Little Lady Bug! As we trick-or-treated she shedded a part of her costume and handed it to me about every 5 minutes.

Halloween continued...

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We went trick-or-treating to 2 Nursing Homes! It was so much fun!! Those elderly people loved the little kids!

Visiting Grandma Preece at the Jail.

Neighborhood Halloween Party at the Casey's.

Door to door trick-or-treating with the McBride's

HALLOWEEN 2009! Carving Pumpkins...

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We started cleaning out the pumpkins at home, and finished carving and coloring at the Faux's!!Irelynd was playing with the guts, Kynlee was eating them! YUK!!

We have the greatest neighbors!!!

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Carving pumpkins at the Faux's!!

Kynlee and Tyker concentrating! Texie, Irelynd, Eden, and Rita!

We surprised all of the kids and arranged all of their pumkins, lit them, and turned off all of the lights to have a pumpkin parade!

CRAZY HAIR DAY!! RED RIBBON WEEK!

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This is the most she would let me do. Pretty conservative!! I wanted to put a big cone on her head with her hair covering it, but she thought everyone would laugh at her. I use to love dressing up for all of the activities during red ribbon week!!

1st day of 1st Grade!! With Miss Smith!!

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Wow! Irelynd looks thrilled!! She was so nervous to go to school all day long and have to figure out the lunch tray thing. I think the nerves are showing. Irelynd was lucky enough to be in the same class as many of her friends. Taydem Neal, Olivia Chadwick, Preston, Parker Faux, and has met a lot of new friends!!

I can't believe she is in school all day long! Time flies!!

Random Pictures!!

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Caught watching TV!! What she does best!!

Little Poser!

Old Bed!

New Bed!! My old day-bed as a little girl.

Random Pictures! summer/fall 2009

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Just like her mommy, always following her dad around wanting to do what he is doing!!

One of my favorite treats!! Graham Crackers and milk!! YUMM!!

This is our crazy daughter exploring in the neighbors garage...Sorry Brandon and Amanda!!

Corn on the cob girl! She loves it!!

A Trip to Willow Park with Landen and Jenn!

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I don't know what I am laughing at.

PARADES, PARADES, PARADES!!

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I swear that is all we do in Cache Valley!! Good thing the kids love it!

Kyn's waving to someone or something...

Counting her collection!!

Box Elder County Fair!! Fall 2009

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Grandpa Drew and his 1ST PRIZE winning chickens! I've never seen him so proud!!

Look at these cute daddies!!

Where's Irelynd?? Home with grandma Julie being punished for all of her naughtiness lately!! I followed through on my threat!!

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These three cuties loved these rides!

St. George break!! Staying with friends!

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We had so much fun staying and playing with Joe, Kalli, Presli, and Madden. Thanks so much guys! Wish you lived closer!!

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How fun, the girls loved this!

Presli and Kylee dancing like princess's!

Kalli, Madden, Irelynd and Presli sitting in the park waiting for the big movie to start!

Irelynd and Madden. What a good little babysitter!

SAND DUNES summer 2009 (St. Anthony)

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Grandpa Lindsey's new TOY!!

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Thanks Steve, for giving rides and entertaining my husband!

Jared and Irelynd

Thank goodness for the sand!

SAND DUNES!!

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Going for a ride!! So much FUN!

Grandpa Lindsey's new T-REX!!

All Tuckered Out!!

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Little Bird Girl!! Irelynd is just like I was as a little girl! Loves all of the animals!

SAND DUNES!!

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Thank goodness for the water, we had a blast playing in the sand and catching tadpoles.

Dance Illusion May 2009 Recital!

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Look at this cute group! CHEER CHEER CHEER!! Taylor gave Irelynd that cute rose! Kynlee once again wanting to be like her sister!

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Tap Dance to "Dancing in the Rain!!"

Irelynd was the umbrella holder!!

Dance Illusion Recital!! May 2009

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Look how cute!! Irelynd did such a good job!! I hope you continue to love dancing!!

Irelynd caught her skirt on something and ripped it right before the show! Look at it hanging!!

Irelynd's 6th Birthday Friend Party! May 5, 2009

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The Fun Park!! Olivia, Taydem, Texie, and Irelynd! Bowling, Pizza, Softplay, and Skating!

Girls will always be girls!!

Look at those two cute boys!! Sorry Jared!

Irelynd's 6th Birthday Friend Party! May 5, 2009

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Kylee trying to be like her sister!

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As fast as Irelynd opened her Hannah Montana presents Kynlee was
putting them on!! How cute is that! She wants to be just like her sister! Thank you Irelynd for sharing all of your new birthday things!

Irelynd's 6th Birthday!! May 5, 2009

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HANNAH MONTANA Family Party!!!

Hannah Montana EVERYTHING!! watch, blanket, pj's, toothbrush, etc., etc., etc.

Grandpa Lindsey being a good sport!!

More Funny Pictures!!

2010-02-15T17:20:00.000-08:00

This kid is always putting together the funniest things. She cracks us up! Tyk giving Kynlee a ride on his 4-wheeler! So cute! Look at that beautiful lawn DAD that is just for you!! Thanks for all of the lessons!!

Potty Time? Yeah Right!!

2010-02-15T17:16:00.000-08:00

All of our bathrooms have looked like this for months!! Toilet paper strung everywhere. She does really well for awhile and then her mother goes to work and isn't consistent enough and she goes back to diapers. Little Stinker!!

EASTER 2009

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Our girls love Easter!! We went all around town to the stores and got way too much candy!! Kynlee was scared to death of the Easter Bunny and Irelynd loved him and wouldn't let the other kids have a turn. So Cute!!

Look at her looking at that Bunny!

Kyn's 2 year photo shoot!!

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Thanks to a great friend (Emily Chadwick) we got these darling pics of Kyn. Emily says she is just playing around with photography, I told her she needs to go into business now!!

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Kyn's 2nd Birthday! DORA DORA DORA!!

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Grandma Julie always brings balloons!!

Dora cake!!

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Great grandma and grandpa Preece. We had family over for a Bar-b-que and cake and ice cream.

All of the kids got these punching balls! It was quite a punching war!

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More presents!

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Opening presents. Kyn got a Dora backpack, Dora doll, Dora blanket, Dora Jammas, Dora flashlight, etc, etc, and a little tikes playhouse.

Silly Kynlee

2009-05-25T15:44:00.000-07:00

This kid cracks us up!! She is always dressing up in something and walking around. She's climbing on everything. I guess she needed a drink pretty bad. She loves princess dresses and dressing up in Irelynd's clothes. This is a picture of her in Irelynd's soccer jersey glued to Dora. Always trying to be just like "Inee"!

Photo Fun

2009-02-27T19:01:00.000-08:00

I dropped Irelynd off to play with her friend Olivia and when we got there Emily was taking pictures of her kids. She told Irelynd and Kynlee to stand by the wall and in two seconds this is what she came up with.

Poor Little Sick Girl!!

2009-02-09T14:56:00.000-08:00

So Kyn has been sick for a week and a half now with a horrible cough and nasty nose. In the middle of the day she disappeared and I found her here in her black chair asleep. That's when you know she doesn't feel good. She has coughed 3 times now so hard that she pukes!! Oh what fun. Thank goodness Jared has had her every time.

Aggie Cheer Time!!

2009-02-09T14:48:00.001-08:00

Irelynd and her cousin Morgan Roche at the Aggie game. Irelynd did the Aggie cheer camp again this year and discovered her cousin Morgan. Good grief, she would not leave her alone, and did not stop talking about her for at least a week. We could not get her to understand why we couldn't call Morgan to come over and play. It was so sad. The funniest thing was she couldn't believe Morgan had been at all of the previous holiday parties and she never knew her then. Thanks Morgan for making her night the best night ever, definately one she will never forget!! We love you!

Irelynd finally lost her first two teeth!

2009-02-09T14:38:00.000-08:00

Irelynd has been wanting to lose a tooth for a long time! She first lost the bottom left tooth at her cousin Taylor's on Sunday night January 18th. She was afraid of the toothfairy so she had to sleep by our bed and she put the tooth on our dresser so the toothfairy wouldn't come by her when she was sleeping. Much to her surprise the toothfairy left her money on top of the tooth on the dresser. When she noticed it, she looked at me and said, "I bet dad put that money there before he went to work. Let's call him." Dad responded, "I don't know what you are talking about."

I thought the second one would be a little easier. It fell out onto grandma Julies carpet Saturday night January 31st. When I looked in the baggy the next morning to see the tooth, I discovered it was a small piece of popcorn. She thougth it was her tooth. We still haven't found the real thing. Grandma Julie said, " I wondered how she found it in the carpet so fast!" What a silly girl. She still decided she was scared of the toothfairy and adamently said she did not want the toothfairy to come. So the toothfairy still hasn't visited for the second tooth.

More Sledding!!

2009-02-09T14:31:00.000-08:00

Look at that crazy girl!!

Down the big hill!

Taydem hitting the jump!!

Kyn and Tyk hanging out.

The daddy's posing!

Winter Fun!!

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Thanks to the Dickie's driveway and the Johnson's hill the kids had a blast sledding in their own neighborhood. The joke was to have Jared push the kids down the hill because he was the one pushing them the hardest and making them fly the highest off the jump. If you ask me, I say just the most carefree and dangerously stupid parent!! (Sorry honey) I swear he thinks, "nothing will ever happen to me."

Irelynd and Texie sliding together.
Taydem hanging on for dear life!

Kyn's first time in a snowsuit. She loved being outside with all of the other kids, but hated the sled.

Meredith being brave!! Next, she took her coat off and snowboarded in her tank top. She's always the adventurous one!!

Christmas Morning!

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Jared and The LAKERS!! All he wanted for Christmas was a Laker's jacket and Laker's fleece blanket! Here he is with both. Jared gave me a big picture of the Salt Lake Temple I have wanted since last year. It is rustic with a black chunky frame. I love it!! Thanks Babe!!

She loved the simplest things!! What a sweet little girl.

Irelynd and her American Girl Doll from Santa!

Kyn's stuff from Santa. She didn't even notice her playhouse, so Jared and I took it downstairs and decided to give it to her for her birthday in March. She'll never miss it!!

Irelynd posing by her motor scooter and other surprises from Santa!

Christmas Morning!!

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Wow look at Kyn's scary hair!! This is her little automatic police scooter she got from santa. She loves it, as you can see!!

I made both my girls, Jared and myself new fleece blankets for Christmas. It was so fun to watch all of their reactions as they opened them. We love to cuddle with our own blankets and take naps on Sunday. Now we won't fight over blankets anymore.

Irelynd saw me making daddy's blanket and knew to keep it a secret. One day she said, "I want one!" I told her maybe I would make one for her Birthday. Boy was she happy to get one on Christmas!!

Christmas Eve at Grandma Julie's!!

2008-12-28T20:42:00.000-08:00

We had another awesome meal and then played our annual game of Bingo!! I love that every year. It was so much fun to see everyone and their cute kids. I wish I would have gotten a group picture.

Little Kynlee got this Fur real puppy from cousin Kylee. Once she figured out he was not real she hauled him around all night long. She loved it, even though her face in this picture doesn't say so.

Irelynd has wanted heelies for a long time. She was so excited when she opened this package from grandma Julie. She didn't waste any time, she immediately started practicing on the kitchen floor. Grandma had the kids act out the manger scene with hand puppets. It was so darn cute!! Brad and Becky and all of their kids and families were there except for Jay and Sophie. Todd and Sheryl and their family were at another party. We sure missed them! Thanks Grandma for a great Christmas Eve. It was so much fun!!

Gr. and Gr. Lish's Christmas Party!!

2008-12-28T20:32:00.001-08:00

After we had an awesome dinner, santa showed up! Look at all those cute faces. This is what Christmas is about!

This is as close as Kyn would get to Santa and Mrs. Claus, and of course only if Irelynd was there to and she would get a candy cane.

Little Walker loved him!!

This is Trav and Katie Lish's beautiful little girl Isabelle. She has the sweetest face.

Here's Ed and Kalisa's oldest boy Dyson. He loved Santa too. Look at the little piggies, those are Kyn's. Once in a while she would sneak up close when someone else was on Santa's lap.

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Santa again!! She's really sucking up!! She talked to him all night long and had to help him pass out candy canes. Irelynd told me Christmas day that she got extra presents because she helped santa at the party. I think she really thinks that.

Look how cute all the kids look! Thanks to Tiffany and Justin Roche the kids acted out the manger scene. It was so cute to watch. Irelynd was the angel.

Dance Illusion Christmas Performance!!

2008-12-28T20:04:00.000-08:00

Taylor and Irelynd posing for the camera!

Here's Irelynd performing at the christmas performance for her dance group. She first danced to "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and then she did a cheer routine with her cheer class. It was so cute! They did a great job!! This little girl next to Irelynd is Meleece Rolle (Troy and Lindsay Rolle's daughter). She was a doll! She smiled the whole time. It was so fun to watch them dance.

Willard Christmas Lights 2008!

2008-12-28T15:15:00.001-08:00

Grandma Julie took us to the Willard Christmas Lights. I was so much fun for all of us! The kids loved hanging out the windows and looking at the different Christmas lights while listening to Christmas music. They even had real reindeer for the kids to see and santa to talk to. It was freezing cold, but we still managed to go and get ice cream afterwards. Thanks Grandma Julie, that was so much fun!! I don't know where Landen, Jen, and Walker were for all of the pictures, but they were there with us to.

Willard Christmas Lights!

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Kindergarten Christmas Program!!

2008-12-28T15:05:00.001-08:00

Here's Irelynd and her teacher Mrs. Petersen. It was so much fun watching all of the Kindergarten classes sing Christmas songs. It made me miss elementary school and singing time so much!! My favorite song they sang was, "Must Be Santa!" I loved that song as a little girl. They also sang a song in spanish and other languages once they got back to their class room. Irelynd loves school. Now I can see why.

New Tires!!

2008-12-18T09:32:00.000-08:00

So we finally got 4 new tires on our Murano. My mom's brother and family owns Archibald and Son's over in Tremonton, so that's where we went to get our new tires put on. My cousin Jeff was so great with Irelynd. He said, "Want to come and help me?" As you can imagine Irelynd took that as follow him around the entire time. These are a few pictures of her "helping" she thought it was the coolest thing. She kept telling me how she got to push the button on this cool tool. Thanks Jeff you're the greatest, you made her day!!

Putting up Christmas Lights!!

2008-12-16T12:46:00.000-08:00

So here's Jared sacrificing his life to please his wife and children. Jared really doesn't like hanging lights every year because I have to have them just right as you can imagine. I don't like the look of sloppy lights. If it were up to him we wouldn't have any at all. He even, after some convincing, put them on the highest peaks of our house. I have to say thank you to him for a perfect job WELL DONE. They look so good, and Irelynd loves it. Sorry honey for arguing with you over this every year, but I hope it is all worth it now that you can see the final project. I would show you all the final project, but I'm afraid some freaky person will find our house by the picture. Sorry!!

The Magic of Santa Clause!

2008-12-16T12:37:00.000-08:00

We went to my Cornerstone Real Estate Christmas party and it was so much fun for the kids. Santa came and you can imagine the kids loved it. However, this is as close as Kyn would get to that white beard. She was so concerned. Irelynd on the other hand talked to Santa and his elf all night long. Her and Brooke Haguewood were so enthralled by santa and watched out the window as he drove away.

Santa's cute elf pulled out a long list of names to tell the kids if they were on the naughty or nice list. Irelynd was somehow on the nice list, but was warned that Santa has to check it twice before coming on Christmas Eve. That's all she can talk about now. I've got to be good so when santa checks his list twice I will still be on it. It was so cute to watch. I miss being a kid. I loved Christmas sooo much!!

Lowe's Saturday Activities!!

2008-12-16T12:29:00.001-08:00

Thanks to our fun neighbors the Neal's we found out about the free building activities Lowe's does every other saturday for kids. We went this last saturday and made wooden Ginger Bread houses. It was so much fun!! Even kyn and I had a great time putting one together. Kyn loved holding onto the hammer and pounding in the nails. Here's the finished products.

Texie showing Irelynd the ropes. Kyn putting the stickers in place, only to tear them off 2 minutes after we were finished.

Some of the kids at the activity.

Temple Square!!

2008-12-16T12:18:00.001-08:00

We went to temple square to watch Grandma Julie sing in a choir. It was wonderful! I love christmas music. It really made me miss Mr. Ashby and singing in a choir. Isn't this picture beautiful of the temple? I love the SL Temple. Sorry about the blurry pictures, I couldn't figure out how to delete them.

Family Pictures 2008

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Family Pictures 2008

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So we finally got family pictures. I absolutely dread this day all year long. I'm so picky that it makes it a miserable thing. We found a new amazing photographer who has only been doing photography for 6 months (thanks Karie). Her name is Ashley Mae McKnight and she does fabulous work. Check her out at AshleyMaePhotography.blogspot.com. Notice how we don't match. I'm planning on doing all of the ones of us together in sepia or black and white. I love that look. Here are a few of my favorites.

Family Pictures 2008

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I've been TAGGED!!

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Ok so I am a little bit slow. I just realized Karie Coats tagged me a while back. So here it is.

8 Things I am passionate about

Dancing (watching not doing anymore)
My Yard!!!
My Girls!!
Becoming a better person
Decorating my house
Having a clean and orgnized house
Shopping!!
Food Storage

8 Words/Phrases I use often

You are driving me crazy!!
Goodnight!!
That's It!
Are you serious?
Oh my heck...
You crack me up.
I call my girls "Charlie Brown"
That's disgusting

8 Things I want to do before I die

Feel prepared to meet my Savior
be financially independent
go back to Hawaii
have a baby boy!!
watch my kids grow up and get married
Not have to work
be pleased with myself as a mother and wife
Go to an orphanidge and make a difference

8 Things I want or need

my basement finished
an in home office
quality time with Jared
a camping trailer
a Rhino
a lot of money in the bank (security)
to be debt free
to look good naked, sorry it's true.

8 Things I have learned from the past

Forgive- you can't be happy otherwise
EVERYONE makes mistakes
Put your money in the bank, don't spend it!!
There's a reason people act the way they do, love them anyway.
Yelling does not solve any problems.
Praise creates future good behavior
Our children need us to make time for them.
The Savior forgives (thank goodness!)

8 Restaurants I love

Costa Vida
Olive Garden
Tepanyaki
PF Changs (lettuce wraps)
Chili's (deserts)
The Coppermill
Blackstone
Firehouse

8 shows I love to watch

The Bachelor
The Hills
Biggest Loser
Prison Break
The Amazing Race
Survivor
Oprah
Decorating Cents

Now I am tagging Holly Haguewood, Emily Chadwick, Mindy Neal, Jenn Lish.

More Halloween Fun!!

2008-11-03T17:10:00.001-08:00

Playing fun games at school, and Irelynd's Kindergarten class.

HALLOWEEN!!!

2008-11-03T13:57:00.001-08:00

So I decided to try and be a fun mom for Halloween and dress up. Thanks to Mindy Neal telling me about Karalee Greene's darling clown costume I was able to pull it off at the last second. It actually was a lot of fun!! Look how freaky my dad looks.

Irelynd was determined she wanted to be a cute witch. Well, I tried it and she hated all of the face paint so this is as good as it gets. Kyn's a cute little frog Hu?

Green Monster!!

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No this was not for Halloween. Kyn is always into something. So she came out of Irelynds room a couple of weeks ago with a huge green marker. She was having a blast. Don't ever underestimate what your child is learning while watching you put make-up on every day. She had colored her lips perfectly and tried to put on eyeshadow and eyeliner. All with a green marker. She had just started on her body when she got BUSTED!! Oh she is so much fun. She always has us laughing!! Good thing it was a washable marker or I probably would have gone crazy!! It did add a little color to her black eyes from falling off the swing.

TURNING DEBT TO WEALTH!!!

2008-10-27T20:10:00.000-07:00

Yes this is Jared and I with Thurl Bailey. Jared and I have recently decided to start working with an awesome company "RD Cosgrove Financial Solutions," founded by Bob Cosgrove. Jared and I help advertise for him and tell others about his company. We are so excited about this because it gives us a great opportunity to help others (especially in this economy) and make money along the way. Let me tell you a little about what he does. "What if I could show you a way to pay all of your monthly bills in 30 seconds or less, pay off all of your debt including house and cars 2-3 times faster, and save you hundreds of dollars every month without having to get a new loan, refinancing, consolidating previous debt, or spending even as much as a single penny more every month." This is exactly what he does. It is simply amazing! Look him up at www.TurningDebtToWealth.com I saw his presentation a couple of months ago at a real estate staff meeting and I knew I had to get involved. It makes perfect sense. I asked him if there was a way I could get involved to share this with at least my closest friends and family. That's when he told me he is actually just starting to really grow his business and he needs a few people to help him advertise. I jumped on it and it has been the best thing I think I have ever been a part of. Now you're probably asking why in the world do you have a picture of Thurl Bailey with this post? This is because he (Thurl Bailey) is the latest addition to this business. Bob met with Thurl Bailey and Thurl loved it so much that he asked Bob if he could be a part of this to help spread the word. He is an amazing person. He loves to help people, and has the money and the time to do it. I was shocked to see how much he really cares about people. His heart is bigger than he is! So he is planning on being at a lot of the future seminars. If any of you are interested in hearing about this business let me know. We would love to share it with you, even if I don't know you. No this is not multi-level, or another one of those gimmick businesses. THERE ARE NO CATCHES!! It is straight forward and awesome. A lot of Bob's clients are doctors, lawyers, and just ordinary people who want to be SMART with their money and put themselves and their families in the best positions possible for the future, and turn their DEBT to WEALTH!!

Halloween Fun!!

2008-10-27T19:56:00.000-07:00

Why do I get stuck carving pumpkins every year? I love it, but it's hard work!! Irelynd was concentrating so hard and Kynlee loved eating the pieces we cut out.

We made some fun orange cupcakes for phantom gifts for some of our neighbors. Irelynd and I had so much fun ringing the doorbells and runing. I felt like I was in middle school again. I guess this isn't a secret anymore. We love our neighbors!!

2008-10-27T19:50:00.000-07:00

This was crazy hair day at school for red ribbon week. I always loved dressing up for red ribbon week!

So today was school pictures and I had to take a picture of Irelynd. I can't believe she is getting school pictures. No fair, I was never this cute!!

No! We Do Not Beat Our Children!!

2008-10-04T21:20:00.000-07:00

How sad! Look at this poor little face. So Irelynd and Kyn were at the babysitters the other day and I got a phone call that Kyn was hurt from falling out of the swing. When I got there here is what I saw!! Irelynd said, "I put her in the swing and gave her an underdog!" I about died! We're lucky Kynlee is ok. She scrame to death until I held her and then she was fine. I hope her little nose is not broken. We have been told that they can't do anything until the swelling goes down anyway, so I guess we'll see what it looks like in a few days. Now she doesn't even act like it hurts, but she does try to pick at it a lot. I hope she heals well!!

18 months old!

2008-10-04T21:13:00.000-07:00

Where does time go? Kyn just turned 18 months on Sept. 29th. She is so much fun! She is the cuddle kid I never got in Irelynd. She loves to be lovey and snuggle. She is such a sweet baby, but I think Irelynd is teaching her the ropes, because she sure knows how to scream to get what she wants. This kid is talking like crazy! She says "no, no, no!" and shakes her finger back and forth. Another favorite of me and Jared's is at aout 8:30 every night she says, "juice" and once she gets it she waves and says,"Nigh night!" This means take me to my bed please! It is the best, she goes right to sleep. My girls sure did get my sleeping jeans. They both love to sleep!

First Day of Kindergarten!!

2008-10-04T21:03:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Irelynd is 5 years old and starting school. We got really lucky and her favorite friend that is a boy (Taydem Neal) is in her class! She already says he's her boyfriend. She said to me a little while back, "Mom who do you think I'm going to marry?" I knew she was thinking Taydem so I said,"Taydem." She responded, "I think so too!" What she is 5! at least we know his parents. But I must admit she has a good eye, he's a goodlooking kid! (Sorry Ryan and Mindy) I knew she would be just fine at school because her personality is just like mine. She loves her tacher Mrs. Petersen and comes home almost every day singing a new song Mrs. Petersen has taught her. Irelynd is reading. Wow! I am so proud of her. I guess I didn't realize you start to read in Kindergarten. She rides her bike to school everyday and is such a big girl! Here are the pictures.

Our Cute Girls!!

2008-10-04T21:00:00.000-07:00

We are so blessed to have little girls who love each other so much. It is so much fun to watch Irelynd make Kynlee laugh. Kyn follows Irelynd all over and already wants to be just like her. Here is Irelynd blowing on Kyn's tummy and making her giggle!!

Panty Head!!

2008-10-04T20:56:00.000-07:00

Kynlee is a hoot! Everytime we are folding laundry she picks out some pair of Irelynd's panties and puts them straight on her head! Why, I do not know. But she knows it's funny. So here she is displaying Irelynd's panties! Sorry Irelynd!!

Sleeping Out!

2008-10-04T20:49:00.000-07:00

I know, I know it has been forever since my last post. I need to make it a priority!! Jared and Irelynd love to sleep on the trampoline. It was cold as you can see, they wore beanies and all. Jared calls them "tukes" (the canadian word for beanie). They made it all night and Kyn and I slept nice and cozy in our beds! Jared you are a trooper! I use to love to sleep on the tramp as a little girl, but then I got smart!! I love my bed.

Leaving Memories...

2008-08-03T21:21:00.000-07:00

This is a great idea!
1. As you comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember.
2. Next, repost these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty fun to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you are playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave a memory about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you do not have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments. Have fun!!

Summer Swimming 2008

2008-08-03T20:34:00.001-07:00

The day after the 24th of July we went to a new swimming pool in Ogden called the North Shore. Marci heard about it somewhere. Anyway it was AWESOME!! I highly recommend it. It is so kid friendly and worth the hour drive. My kids have never had so much fun at a swimming pool before!!

Kyn trying to eat the water.

Daddy and Kynlee. Irelynd and Easton were too busy swimming to pose for the camera. Marci and I just dodged the camera.

Summer Swimming 2008 Continued

2008-08-03T20:27:00.001-07:00

River and Kynlee loved the water!

Kynlee eats everything.

Grandpa and Kynlee. She loved those goggles. Jared in the background eating M&M's.

24th of July barbeque 2008

2008-08-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

So we had a barbeque and fireworks at Landen and Jenn's for the 24th of July. Kynlee loved the cake as you can see, but only if she could feed herself.
Shayla, Grandma Julie, Emma, Kylee, Kynlee, Irelynd, and Walker sitting on the blanket waiting for the fireworks.
Shayla and Kylee

Kylee hated the fireworks. Irelynd, Kynlee, and grandma loved them! Can't you tell on Irelynd's face. If there's not 24 hour action she is bored!!

24th of July Barbeque Continued

2008-08-03T20:13:00.001-07:00

Jared and Landen hard at work preparing the firework show. Thanks guys, it was great!
Jenn and Walker cuddling.
Kynlee trying to get the fireworks!!

Emma and Irelynd dancing in the firework light!

My First Official Garden

2008-08-03T19:20:00.000-07:00

So this is a picture of my garden earlier this year. The next pictures will show you how much it has grown. I planted peas, potatoes, corn, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, 3 kinds of squash, lemon cucumbers, strawberries, and raspberries. I can't wait to eat all of it! Now these last three pictures are of my garden now. Look at that corn!!
These tomatoe plants have about taken over everything along with the squash.
You can see where I had Jared already dig out the peas. They were great!! Yes I know the potatoes look dead. Irelynd tells me everyday. Next year I'm definately going to try a drip system or something automatic to water every other day or so.

Florida Pictures July 2008

2008-08-01T19:45:00.001-07:00

Florida July 17th-21st

2008-07-31T20:33:00.000-07:00

So we decided to take a vacation to Orlando, Florida just with Irelynd to Disney World. We left Kynlee at home with my mom and Jared's mom and dad for almost a week. I must say it was nice to not have the responsibility of two children for a few days. But it didn't take long before all Jared, Irelynd, and I could talk about was how much we missed Kynlee. I talked to her one night on the phone and Jared's mom said she was kissing the phone. Now that broke my heart and I was ready to come home. We decided not to take her because it was really hot and muggy and we knew she would be miserable, whinny and she probably wouldn't remember it anyway. It was a lot of fun, and I'm sure Irelynd would agree,it was nice to just focus on Irelynd for a few days.
The day we got there it was raining of course and very muggy! We took a bus to our hotel, threw our luggage on the beds and went to Sea World. Wow!! I loved this. I highly suggest if you haven't taken your kids or been there yourselves you need to go. Especially if you are an animal lover. I was so shocked to see the relationship between the killer whales and the trainers. I was sitting in the stadium watching their show called "Believe" and it was like dejavou?? (I don't know how to spell that word) It took me back to when I went to the California Sea World in middle school on a Va-Dels dance trip. I remembered how I felt then and how I had made a promise to myself that someday I was going to be one of those trainers and swim with the whales or dolphins. Well, in the mix of everything I must have somehow forgotten about that goal. But I loved every moment that I sat in those stadiums and watched those amazing animals!! Irelynd and Jared loved it too, I think- but probably not as much as me. Irelynd says she loved watching the pirate show which was a show with huge sea lions and they made fun of all of the other shows in Sea World. Jared says he liked touching the sting rays and watching the sharks. We didn't have time to feed the dolphins, but next time we will be sure to do that first.
The second day we visited Down Town Disney and then Typhoon Lagoon. We walked around down town disney and saw a bunch of Lego characters and princess's. I don't know what I did to my little girl, but she does not want anything to do with Princess's. She's so funny, we told her she could pick out two things to take home and she chose Hannah Montana sunglasses and a Mickey Mouse pen. My favorite thing there was the huge squirrel and miniature pelicans or something that came right up to us to feed them. It was so fun! Typhoon Lagoon is a huge water park inside Disney World. It was again a lot of fun. Jared hated the fact that his daughter wasn't brave enough to go down the big slides on her own, so he didn't get to have as much fun as he would have liked. I had to keep reminding him that she is only 5 years old and a girl at that. He had to keep reminding her of all of the kids back home her age who would definately dare go down all the slides by themselves, but this tactic didn't work. So we spent most of our time on the family raft ride, in the lazy river, in the kid area, and in the huge wave pool! That was me and Jared's favorite! Those waves were huge, it was like being in the ocean, but with no sharks of course. (I'm terrified of sharks thanks to the TV) About 3:00 it started down pouring and they shut all the slides down. We all stood under the nearest shelter for about an hour and then waited for our taxi back to the hotel.
The next two days Jared and Irelynd went to Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom. I know this is long, but to make a long story short they both said they had a ton of fun at both of these places. I wish I wouldn't have missed out on Animal Kingdom. (I must have a thing for animals.) The pictures they took in their safari ride were amazing. Jared said it was like riding in a jeep in the jungle with all kinds of wild animals all around.
Irelynd hated the flight home because she kept saying her ears hurt. So at 11:30 at night she was bawling on the airplane while everyone else was trying to sleep. She was exhausted and very whiny I'm sure because of that to. She said, "I hate this air plane! I'm never flying again, next time we are driving!" Well I guess we won't be going back to Florida anytime soon. So after all of this fun, we finally got home to see Kynlee and then that same day Irelynd somehow managed to get bored and told Jared and I that we are sooo boring and we never do anything with her! Wow kids are unreal!! Anyway that was our trip. I will post a slide show of all of the pictures tomorrow.

2008-07-06T12:04:00.000-07:00

Today Irelynd said the funniest thing. She calls adults humans. I keep saying no they are adults, but she doesn't get it. So the first time today we were sitting in sacrament meeting during fast and testimony meeting and our neighbor Lexie Casey got up to bear her testimony. Irelynd looked at me and said, " it's kids day today mom and not humans?" I laughed so hard. Then when we got home from church she saw the guys coming around for fast offerings out her bedroom window. She comes running out screaming, "The humans are coming to get our stuff after church!" I again laughed my head off! It doesn't matter how many times I try to tell her they're called adults, she still manages to call them "humans!"

Family Picture Oct. 2007

2008-07-02T15:20:00.000-07:00

All About Kynlee

2008-07-02T13:53:00.001-07:00

This is Kynlee's 1 year old picture. She's a blonde haired blue eyed baby! Where did she come from? We know, we get this question all of the time. She looks a lot like uncle Jason. Anyway, Kynlee is so much fun. She is so cuddly. She loves her mommy and always has to be in my sight or touching me. She loves to be outside and get dirty in the mud and dirt. Kynlee's favorite things are dogs (wu wu), balloons, balls, and the trampoline. She could jump for hours! She has also just started packing a doll around and feeding it and patting its back. Wow they sure learn quick! When she was younger she was the most content little baby, but that has definately changed. She has become a very whiny 1 year old. I think she has figured out how to get what she wants. She stands at the back door and says "0uff!" meaning out, until we take her outside. I have just started to be able to put her hair in pig tails. It is so cute, but it makes her look too old. They grow up way too fast! Kynlee loves to follow Irelynd around and tries to do everything she does. It's so funny to watch her waddle back and forth. She is a little sweetheart and we love having her as part of our family!

All About Irelynd

2008-07-02T12:57:00.000-07:00

I haven't yet found the time to get Irelynd's 5 year old picture taken, so here is the newest one of her. Irelynd just turned 5 on May 5th. She is full of it! She starts kindergarten this fall and is so excited! I can't believe we have a 5 year old. Where does time go? She loves her little sister a little too much and most of the time I find myself reminding her that I am the mom not her. But Kynlee loves to be packed around, so I try not to get mad. Irelynd finished her first year of dance in June. She sure knows how to shake it! It was so much fun watching her perform on stage. She loves the spotlight, but only if someone is standing by her side, otherwise she acts like she's too shy. It brought back so many memories, I sure wish it was still me. I hope she enjoys dance like I did. She also played her first year of soccer. She actually did pretty well. I was really worried she was going to bawl and scream everytime someone else got the ball or kicked her, but she was pretty tough. We were proud of her. Despite bribing her that she could get a webkins if she made a goaly, she didn't try too hard and eventually gave up and said, " I can't do it!" Just like every other 5 year old, she loves to play outside from sun up to sun down. Good thing she's got her daddy's skin, because she lives in the sun and is brown as a bear. It's not fair!