Independence Day

We had a pretty great 4th. It was kinda last minute, but that's usually how we do things and it turned out pretty awesome. The kids had fun playing at Sunset Park while we were waiting for the fireworks to start and Raegan got a glowing wand which made the evening pretty spectacular what with all the magic that was being performed. Caleb was a little tired, but he was making the most of it, though he slept through the whole firework show and woke up as we were getting ready to leave. The only bummer was the fireworks were cut short due to wind and rain conditions, but when you have little kids stuff like that is usually a blessing in disguise. The next day Keith only had to work for a few hours and so we went out and enjoyed a little of our desert. We went to Box Canyon and enjoyed what little water it had to offer and then headed out to Congress to roast marshmallows and hot dogs. It was really fun.

Riggs Lake

We went to Thatcher to visit family and work on getting Keith set up for school and while we were there we got to go to Riggs Lake. Raegan had a great time. She got to play in the water and she held a fish that Uncle Matt caught. It didn't seem to bother her a bit. The only problem we had with her was she kept trying to steal this old mans kayak. She couldn't understand how that boat wasn't left there for her.

I know I don't have a picture of him, but Caleb was there. He just wasn't too impressed by anything so we didn't

capture any winning moments.

THE DENTIST

I thought I would share our experience at the dentist with everyone. It was Raegan's first appointment and she did really well. You could tell she was a little nervous, but she handled it like a champ. Luckily she didn't have any cavities, I was really glad too because I wanted her first experience to be good. I on the other hand wasn't so lucky, but I won't get into that. Keith made it through his appointment with flying colors as well, which to me is unfortunate. It's a bitter sweet feeling.

"Weensy Weensy Spider" By Raegan

Reagan is a sucker for camera time. Today we got her to sing for us. Enjoy! (She is available to book for parties and will sign autographs.)

Take 2

HURRAY FOR EASTER!

I hope everyone had a happy Easter. Here's how ours went.

First the easter bunny left us a bunch of goodies, but mom and dad had to wait till 8:30 because the kids wouldn't wake up.

Then it was off to church!!!

After church and a sugar induced coma we went out to Grandmas to have a yummy ham dinner and hunt for easter eggs.

Everyone had a great time. Aunt Bri and Grandpa had fun decorating the eggs, Keith and Uncle Jay had fun shooting Keiths new gun and I had fun eating dinner. heh heh

HURRAY FOR EASTER!!!

What the POOP!!!

Funny little thing happened to me last Saturday. Keith was gone, went to Safford with his dad, and I was on my way home from Congress with the kids. We were almost to our apartment when Raegan said she had to go potty. I told her we were almost home and that she would have to hold it. By the time I got both kids and all our bags up the stairs I had forgotten all about Raegans " condition". Twenty minutes later she mentioned it again and so I ran her to the bathroom only to find that she had already peed her pants. No big deal, I just undressed her and put her in the tub. Then I happened to glance down the hall and see something dark on the floor. I walked over to the log shaped dark spot and yep... POOP was on my floor, I thought, well that's gross and then my heart stop because I remembered Caleb was in the living room on the floor. The whole way into the living room I was praying that he hadn't found anymore of Raegans little treasures and when I turned the corner and looked sure enough he was eating poop pellets. I didn't know what to do so I just jumped up and down shrieking for a few seconds and then instinctively stuck my finger in his mouth and scraped it out. So now he had poop smeared in his mouth and I had it all over my finger. I washed my hands, stuck him in the tub, and got a washcloth with baby toothpaste on it and scrubbed the inside of his mouth. The washcloth came out clean, I think we all know what that means.....Finally I had both kids out of the tub, I got Caleb in pj's and put him to bed while Raegan waited in the living room. When I got back to get her ready for bed she had peed on the floor again... What I can't figure out is how the poop got on the floor when she was wearing pants and how did I miss it. I'm beginning to understand why people medicate themselves.

Bla bla bla

We haven't done much picture taking lately, but i found a couple that everyone might enjoy. Judging by some of Bethany's old posts I think that she will appreciate this mascara massacre.







This is one of our first pictures taken with our new I pod. So far they've been kind of grainy, but I thought that this one was still pretty darn cute.

Happy Birthday Raegan!!!

Here is a few pictures of Raegan on her birthday. My sister and I frosted the cake... it's pretty amazing and I'm sure Keith would like me to mention that he used an air compressor to blow up the balloons (he went on and on about it). Raegan got lots of books and Toys and I don't know what her favorite toy was but I can tell you her least favorite things were all the clothes. They were immediately tossed aside. I wasn't too surprised. Don't worry I'll get pictures because the clothes were my favorite things.

Halloween a little late

Here's all of our Halloween pictures... finally. Caleb won the contest and his prize was oatmeal cream cookies..just what he wanted. Sometimes it pays to have a fat baby.
















All of the costumes were awesome. I was super impressed by all of them. For those of you who weren't there, my sister in law Rhianna and her husband Matt were underneath the yup yup costume, which they actually made.. super cool...









Keith and I were Mr. and Mrs. Brady and Raegan was a china doll and Caleb was a Sumo wrestler. Thanks Troy and Whit for throwing an awesome party and hopefully next year I'll get the time right for the trunk or treat. Oh, and now you know why Keith felt so irresistible in his costume.

Just a couple of things to update. Calebs first tooth is coming in. Surprisingly I haven't noticed him being anymore grumpy than usual. Although he did fall off the bed the other day so maybe I haven't been able to decipher between the bump on the head grumpy and cutting a new tooth grumpy. And no I don't want to talk about Caleb falling off the bed.
The other thing is I made bread for the first time today and it looks really pretty, I hope it tastes good too.
Oh, and I am making the sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving again, so sorry everyone.

Silly Kids

When Raegan gets an oweee, I kiss it and it instantly feels better. I'm amazing that way. Anyway, I must have passed my healing powers onto my daughter because she was jumping on the bottom side of the laundry basket, fell off, and stepped on the sharp outer corner, sat down and kissed the bottom of her foot and was immediately fine. It was so cute, but I kind of feel like I've of lost my motherly comfort thingy. All I have left is being the food provider... thank goodness that will last a while.

On a second note, Today was Raegans first day taking a nap in her toddler bed! She cried about it for a few minutes and then she was out. Of course I didn't put her down until 2:00 so I'm sure that helped, but the surprising thing was that she didn't even try once to get out of it.

On a third note, Caleb slept from 11:00 to 3:00. It was so weird, because during the day he is kind of a cat napper, but today was like 4 hours in a row. I kept checking on him to make sure he was alright and that he was still breathing and all was fine. Then when he finally got up I left him with grandpa for a few minute while I picked up some leather work and when I got back grandpa pointed out that Caleb had a hint of a black eye. So, I don't know if he did that in the crib or afterwords while I was gone, or if it had been there for a while and I just didn't notice it, but it was kind of a shock. He's only 4 and a half months old, he can't even really get anywhere yet. How in the world did he get a black eye? I think I'll blame it on grandpa, that way I don't feel like such a terrible mother.

Not quite right

The other night I made peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and Seth kept asking me for some of the batter, after the fact that he already stole some, but I didn't have very much so I told him to just wait for the cookies. I don't know if that blew a fuse in his brain or what but the next morning I made him pancakes and when I wasn't looking he stuck his finger in the runny batter and slurped it up!!! What the heck?!! Cookie batter I can totally get on board with, but pancake batter kind gets my gag reflex going.

friday then SATURDAY!!!

Ok, tomorrow I have visiting teaching at 9:30, then I'm taking my kids to a reading group thing at the library at 10:30. At 4:00 I have craft day at church that I'm demonstrating at.... Then Saturday I'M OUT OF HERE. I get the whole day off from my kids and husband!! I think I'll go look at some garage sales first, then I'll probably head to Phoenix or Prescott and go see a movie or something. Just me and my sister. No car seats, no diapers, nobody to feed. It's going to be great, and kinda weird. Don't worry I love my family, but they're a lot of work and I'm going to enjoy being gone. Sorry hubby...

Don Juan

Ok, My husband dressed up for work today, and I can't show a picture yet because we're having a contest for Halloween, but I just want to say everyone is in for a treat. I also want to mention that his whole personality changes when he puts his costume on. He thinks he's irresistible. I also want to mention that he wanted to sleep in it last night, kinda like a little boy that wants to sleep in his superman cape, but you have to explain to him that you don't sleep in capes because they could choke you, instead I had to say, you can't sleep in your outfit because your wife won't sleep next to you. Soon everyone will see why. heh heh

Irony

Caleb slept through the night!!! Well, he did wake up once, but I just let him cry for a few minutes and he went back to sleep. Yay!!! He's still asleep and it's almost 8. I find that when I tell people that my kids behave a certain way they continually make a liar out of me. Oh well, I'm not complaining.

So much fun...........

Not much to report. I got to referee an eighth grade volleyball game the other day. I was really nervous, but it turned out not to be that big of a deal. It was one of those games where you were really excited if the ball actually got over the net, so my job wasn't too hard.
My husband has been gone hunting since Thursday, and I am worn out. I had the reffing thing, then the next day I watched a family members kids, which means I had 4 kids under the age of 4, and tomorrow I get to take my kids to church all by myself. It's going to be great. The last time I did that Caleb started freeking out and I ended up leaving Raegan by herself in sacrament meeting. Luckily she found a family to sit by. Just thinking about it makes me super excited for church tomorrow. I don't know if you caught the sarcasm, but that's what I was going for. Oh, and to top everything off, Caleb still doesn't sleep through the night. Ok, that about sums it up. Blogs are so great when you need to vent.
ta ta

Funny Raegan

Raegan has been really silly lately. This picture doesn't look all that exciting, but the way it happened was quite comical. She decided to lean on the top of the box, but the lid wasn't on tight and she fell through. The funny part though was that it was so deep that she couldn't get back out so she was yelling for help and Keith and I couldn't stop laughing. Then Keith took advantage of the situation and grabbed the camera and just kept telling her that he was coming so she wouldn't burst into tears.



This was just cute. My sister brought over a bunch of costume jewelry and she loved it. I can't wait until her cousin Katelyn comes over. They will have so much fun.














She's been doing this a lot lately. It's actually aggravating because she has already ripped two of the tabs off the bumper, but I thought I would get a picture and maybe I can use it to remind her what not to do.

My first canning

I learned how to can. It takes forever, but look how pretty.

We made apple pie filling, apple sauce, pear butter and apple butter. yummm

This was so cute. Earlier today I had Caleb on the floor and Raegan grabbed a book and started reading to him. It was so sweet. I could have died. I love my kids...most of the time.


Right now, both kids are in bed, which is amazingly nice, my husband is gone for the night at a scouting seminar, and I feel like I should take advantage of it somehow, but all I really want to do is grab my book and go to bed. What can I say, I know how to party.

Caleb trying to keep the light out


Raegan put together her own costume for Halloween



So, I've taken some videos of Raegan and Caleb, but for some reason haven't been able to get them to work. I'm guessing it's because they're too big, but if someone has any input on how to do it I would greatly appreciate it. I did get one to work and I'm not sure why, but it was a little shorter than the others so I think the size is the problem, but let me know if they're is a trick or something.
Anyway, here are some recent pics of the kids.