Krahenbuhl Stories

October

2011-11-08T14:06:00.000-08:00

October was a busy month and went by way too fast. So starting with Halloween and going backwards here's how we spent it!

The girls had a fantastic Halloween party in their class and I got to help out!

Then that night we went to Grandma and Grandpa Lulu's (Krahenbuhl) for a festive dinner and trick or treating. My parents were out of town and it was the first time they hadn't been there with the kids for Halloween, but my brother came!

My little pink flamingo's and T-Rex!

The kids before we started

I think Bryce gets a dose of birth control every time I invite him along, but he always comes!

Jax and Jim were the other set of twins this year!

Baby Mason's first Halloween

We also had school field trips. Jax's went to Stu Miller's Pumpkin Patch on Eastern and had the whole place to themselves!

Jax and his best buddy Kayden riding the swings or should I say tubs?

Choo Choo time

The girls class got to go to Gilcrease Farms way and I mean way across town which I guess was good because they've been dying to ride the bus. It wasn't my favorite but I think they enjoyed it.

Our group

On the hay ride

And yet another visit to the pumpkin patch with the family

My dad turned 50 this month and so Brock and I threw him a surprise bash. For some reason whenever I host something I never take any pictures maybe it's because I'm running around like a crazy person? So these are really sorry excuses!

Moment of SURPRISE! I can't believe we actually got him! If you know my dad you know nothing ever gets past him, but we did it! YAY!

We hired a very talented midget to jump out of a cake and serenade him. I was a little worried about this, but it was actually really funny and entertaining!

We even hired a DJ!

My friend Jocelyn from Junior High and High School came in town from Colorado and we got Jax and Lucy together at the park and they got along really well and had a blast!

Well October is over and the holidays are fast approaching!

What's Happenin

2011-10-25T13:16:00.000-07:00

Here's what we've been up to the past few weeks!

Hailey & Peyton were visited by a policeman at school and were very excited to ride his motorcycle! This is part of Mrs. Consalo's career awareness. Look for a post in the future because we have Uncle Bryce coming on November 3rd!

Jax has 2 obsessions now: dinosaurs and TRACTORS! So one Friday Brock came and picked Jax up to go ride on a tractor at Uncle Boe's job site. He sat in there for 30 minutes strait and now every night we read his favorite book Tractors he points out which one Uncle Boe drives. Loves this kid!

So if you know my husband you know he gets something in his mind and will not stop until we've done whatever it is. Well this particular month it's been shooting (taking me and the girls shooting, getting new guns, etc.) So one fine Saturday we went to the shooting range and I have to say the girls were very excited until they heard how ear piercingly loud a gun is and then started the fears and tears. I was continuously and naggingly (sometimes don't know how he deals with me) telling Brock what a terrible idea this had been until it was my turn then something happened maybe it was my inner Nikita but I really got into it and would love to go back (don't tell Brock)! So watch out if an intruder breaks in I'll be able to take care of business! Ha!

Hailey shooting a rifle (this was really loud I didn't enjoy shooting it either)!

Peyton shooting our handgun

Me/Nikita

A cluster of chest shots or at least thats what I like to believe!

New York

2011-10-13T13:20:00.001-07:00

I Love New York! I know this is a really long post but we did so many things I didn't know where to stop! The first thing we had to do when we got there even though it was close to midnight was go have Carnigie Deli and I had forgotten just how delicious their cheesecake was!

The view from our hotel room. We stayed in Times Square at the amazing Renissance

The first day we rode the double decker bus around and had lunch at Blue Ribbon Bakery! Yum!

We also saw How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe. I think we all loved it!

One of my treasures I found. It's a Brazilian designer so I just had to have it!

The Original Grimaldi's. I thought the pizza was about the same as the other Grimaldi's, but I have to say the atmosphere was what made it so fun. There's a line down the side walk and then you have the owner/manager coming out to yell at you every few minutes if your not following the rules! It cracked me up, probably because we weren't the ones in trouble!

After dinner we hopped on The Staten Island Ferry to get a quick glimpse of The Statue of Liberty at night. We actually were a lot closer then the picture portrays. I don't know why it made it look 12 miles away.

I really wanted to take a carriage ride through Central Park but we settled for a pedi-cab tour instead. We had very interesting chauffeurs and it ended pooring rain ten minutes into it so we were stuck in the thing for a good half hour before it finally let up, but we got a lot accomplished in those first 10 minutes!

The Today Show! So exciting I loved seeing how everything was ran and I did get to shake hands with Al Roker and Curtis Stone and see Natalie Moralis and 2 of the other newer anchors. It was definitely worth waking up at 1am Vegas time to wait in line!

We all really wanted to go to the New York Temple and I'm so glad we did because it was probably my favorite thing we did. We ended up getting a private tour from the Temple President and saw some of the prettiest artwork I've ever seen. He then recommended the best restaurant Pomodoro's.

I really wanted to see the new 9/11 memorial that opened this past 9/11 but to get tickets online it was a couple months out so luckily we found out that they give out 1100 tickets a day at the temporary 9/11 museum so we hopped on the subway to try and get some.

The new 9/11 tower

I don't have the words to describe what I was feeling being there, but it was definitely an emotional experience.

On the last day we saw Wicked! I love love love it and can't wait to take my girls when it comes here next year!

Thanks so much to my amazing mother-in-law for taking us on such a memorable trip! I had the best time with the best girls there wasn't one thing I didn't like I wish I was there now!

Jax's 3rd

2011-10-04T08:57:00.000-07:00

I CANNOT believe my baby boy is 3! I have to say I'm a little saddened by this it seems like just yesterday he looked like the picture below but now he's a big boy as he likes to point out frequently. Hailey asked me the day before his birthday if I was going to still carry him once he turns 3 and I said that I will carry him as long as he will let me or I am able and she replied well how come you don't carry me? Well....I didn't really have an answer to that!

We made waffles for breakfast and let Jax open his presents from us in the morning.

Jax has quite an obsession with dinosaurs right now (he can probably name 20 of them) so we did a dinosaur theme for his party.

Favor bags and safari hats

Dinosaur crossing

We dug for dinosaurs and made an erupting volcano for activities

I think his favorite thing about a birthday is blowing out the candles

Drinking Dino Milk

That night we had family over for Jax's favorites: Spaghetti and an M&M cake

Jax at 3:

He runs the house Brock and I quite often say under our breath "he's a stubborn s***"!

He can entertain himself for hours with the simplest things

He refuses to go poop in the potty

He has to read 2 books at naptime and 2 books at bedtime

He LOVES his sisters

He has to clean up what ever mess he's made before leaving the house (I'm afraid he's a little OCD)

He wants to go to preschool everyday

He's kind of a bully to his friends

He has an addiction to Juice, Chocolate Milk and M&M's

We just love our Jackers!

8 YEARS

2011-09-26T15:32:00.000-07:00

To celebrate our 8 years we went back to the place where it all began Morton's. It was originally the place where Brock wanted to propose, but because they didn't listen to Brock's request of a private room and stuck us in the middle of the dining room he took me to the temple after and asked me there. Which I preferred anyway.

They even printed us a personal menu!

Being married to Brock is what I would describe as a roller coaster not because of the "ups and downs" part but the "hang on because its gonna be a wild ride" part! He is literally my other half and what I mean by that is whatever I'm embarrassed or too scared to do he does with out an ounce of either of those, which sadly enough is a lot! I admire him for that fearlessness. He does not EVER get embarrassed it's like that personality trait has never existed for him! Some of the highlights of our marriage are:

1. Having a dream like wedding & reception

2. Going to Hawaii 2 times our first year of marriage

3. Having 2 years of just us before starting our family

4. Having identical twins

5. Having a boy

6. Traveling with our kids to places like Costa Rica, St. Thomas, Hawaii (again), Paradise Island.

7. Laughing a lot

8. Weekly date nights

9. Racing

10. Sand Dune trips and campouts

I can't believe its been 8 years!

Utah

2011-09-22T14:33:00.000-07:00

We went to SLC for Brock's cousins wedding and stayed at Aunt Tracy's house which is probably my kids favorite place on the planet and I can't really blame them. There is 2 acres of grass, grass and more grass along with an in ground tramp and horses. I love it there too! While we were there we took the kids to The Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point. Jax's favorite thing right now is dinosaurs so he was beyond ecstatic! We took their cousin Brynn along.

Fun learning area

Riding a triceratops

Digging for fossils

Saturday us adults attended Brian & Amy's sealing in the SLC Temple and then some of us wanted to check out the top of the Conference Center. I don't know why but I failed to get any pictures of the wedding/reception!

Jax's 1st Day of Preschool

2011-09-06T10:52:00.001-07:00

Although Jax had been going to Miss Alisha's over the summer this is his 1st day of real preschool and he was so excited. He got out of the car and ran inside before I could kiss him or get a picture, little stinker. Once again I'm not so sure about this! I've been missing him all morning.

Kindergarten!

2011-09-01T10:30:00.001-07:00

I can't believe I have Kindergartener's! Hailey & Peyton have been so excited to attend Kindergarten all summer. We decided to put them in the all day program. They had attended 3 years of preschool and got a really great head start attending Challenger last year. I thought I was ready for them to go all day as well until it got closer and then I started getting sad that my girls were going to be gone all day everyday, but I knew it was what was best for them. They got an awesome teacher Mrs. Consalo who has as much energy as they do which is A LOT!!

A little nervousness about going to play at The Kindergarten playground the first day but no reservations since

Jax is very lost without his sisters at home with him

Some friends from our ward

Waiting in their classes line

Listening to Mrs. Consalo read The Kissing Hand and telling the kids that they have to be strong for their mommies and daddies cause they are going to cry!

Disneyland

2011-05-25T14:51:00.000-07:00

For Christmas my parents got us Annual Passes to Disneyland! Best present ever! We waited a total of 2 weeks before going! It was really busy, but the nice thing about those passes is your not in such a panic to get every ride in because your now you'll be back soon.

One of my favorite pictures of all time

My 3 little pumpkins

Grandpa Jim and Grandma Kayleen met us for half the day. The kids were really surprised!

The face paint kind of melted after they got soaked on Splash Mountain

Bedroom Revamping

2011-05-24T20:36:00.000-07:00

The twins' got some new bedding for their birthdays from Grandma Terri and so I took this opportunity to change somethings around. Originally the girls had bunk beds and shared a room well the bunk beds were very exciting at first and then once the newness wore off they started fighting over who got to sleep on the bottom because they were to lazy to climb up to the top. I know right? Their room was just too small to have two beds in so we moved Jax into the guest room and now the girls share the jack & jill bedrooms. It has been fantastic because all their toys finally fit in each room!

New Year's

2011-05-24T19:57:00.000-07:00

New Years Eve we had breakfast at The M and then Brock and I went out with some friends to dinner and were in bed before midnight. I think we've only stayed up one time since we've been married! Yep we're pretty boring!

Oh Peyton

2011-05-24T19:50:00.000-07:00

So Christmas Break must of been a little too boring for Peyton because she decided she needed a change of hairstyle by cutting one side of her hair in very short choppy layers. Yes I was furious, devastated and just plain didn't know how to fix it. So I called on my good friend Bre to help me out and she ended up need some very heavy bangs but at least she looked like a normal little girl again and everyone actually has been telling me that they love them on her and how it's so much easier to tell the twins apart. Too bad they've already grown out enough that I can pull them back! haha! I guess I'm just not a bang girl. Thanks again Bre!

Christmas Twenty-Ten

2011-05-24T19:26:00.000-07:00

We started a new tradition this year well actually its kind of a renewed tradition. We had Christmas Family Home Evening. It derives from Brock's side of the family. Every year his grandma and grandpa would have the whole family over and make sloppy joes, potato salad and red & green rice krispie treats. That has always been a favorite tradition of Brock's so we started our own this year. We also had Santa surprise the kids and join us. They loved it!

The Twins' had a fun Christmas Program at school. They are each in a different class and are doing fantastic! Their teachers tell me all the time how quiet and well mannered they are I threaten to bring a home video just so they can see what they put me through at home!

Santa Came!

(Peyton)

(Hailey)

Both of our families over load us with gifts each year! And this is just the kids stuff!

The Twins' Turn 5!

2011-05-24T15:32:00.000-07:00

We had a special family dinner on their actually birthday and let them open their gifts from us and then the next night we had their party at Pump It Up.

Q & A With Hailey Jane (as she refers to herself as).

What's your favorite color? Purple

What's your favorite animal? Cheetah

Whats's your favorite part of the day? morning

What's your favorite food? basgetti (spaghetti)

What's your favorite cartoon? Tom & Jerry

What's your favorite thing to do with Daddy? Go to the Pet Store

What's your favorite thing to do with Mommy? Go to the store

Where's your favorite place? Sea World

Q & A With Peyton:

What's your favorite story: Pinkalicious

What's your favorite restaurant? Crab Cooker

What's your favorite animal? Tortoise

What's your favorite sport? Motorcycles

What color are your eyes? Green

What happened to your teeth? Fell out

Who's your favorite person? Hailey, Jax, Mommy & Daddy

Where are your going to live grow up? Beach

What are you going to be when you grow up? Pilot

Dancing With The Stars 2010

2011-05-24T15:17:00.000-07:00

So early last year Brock landscaped the owners' of the dance studio's that Dancing With The Stars uses for their rehearsals. Brock failed to tell me until about six months later that Wayne Eng (the owner) had offered him tickets to the show several times. Well once I heard this I made Brock call him immediately and get us tickets and I invited my favorite ladies to come along. My mom was kind enough to let us use her plane to fly down to LA for an overnight trip.

We stayed at The SLS Hotel (where Khloe & Lamar lived after getting married.) My brother and I have been dying to stay there since it looked really cool, but it was a nightmare definitely do not recommend staying there.

We ate at The Grove and saw Anthony Geary from General Hospital and we were even interviewed by Mario Lopez for EXTRA!

Dang it I totally forgot to take pictures of us all dressed up for the show and we weren't allowed to bring cameras in the studio. But, it was really fun we were lucky enough to get to see the Semi Finals and got really great seats.

At Toast on 3rd the next morning.

Before we headed home we stopped by The Grove one last time and guess who was there! Derek Hough! He was so nice and even chatted with us about the show the night before.

Thanksgiving 2010

2011-03-28T15:32:00.000-07:00

This year we were with The Krahenbuhls!

Peyton loves setting tables

Jax entertaining himself on the dirtbike/car track

This is what happens when you try to take a picture of the 6 grandkids

Ashlee's parents and sister joined us this year.

Brock's 30th Birthday

2011-03-27T15:37:00.000-07:00

For Brock's 30th we took him to a family fav Pole Position. Guys love go cart racing! We kept it pretty small with most of it just being family. Then the next night I threw him a surprise party. Unfortunately I didn't take one picture of that party! Dang it! It was a fun evening filled with fun people and even funnier stories!

Halloween 2010

2011-03-27T10:00:00.000-07:00

I know once again I've not been keeping up on blogging. I went back and forth on whether I should try and catch up or just start with current events. Well I've decided to try and catch up so I don't have any big gaps in my blogging, but I'm probably just going to do a lot of pictures and let the titles say it all since obviously I'm missing a lot!

Carnival

2010-12-07T17:44:00.000-08:00

When we found out the carnival was in town and just down the road we jumped at the opportunity to take the kids.

The Dragon Ride

I think the giant slides were the favorite the kids must of went up and down a hundred times!

And then on our way out we found out there were pony rides so of course the girls had to do that.

Peyton

Hailey

And poor Jax just wasn't as thrilled as his sisters...

Jax Turns 2! (Part I)

2010-10-25T09:49:00.000-07:00

My precious little boy turned 2 on September 24 which also happened to be a race weekend in Surprise, AZ so we did both! My parents were kind enough to let us fly there on their jet and Jax's favorite thing lately is planes so he was more then thrilled to get to see one up close! He spots them in the sky and yells PANE MOM PANE! So cute!

When we got there Bryce came and picked the girls up on the moped. They love their Uncle Bryce!

Hailey and Peyton's favorite thing to do at the races is to help Sparky groove tires

That night we threw Jax a little Birthday Party. My mom got lots of SpongeBob decorations and I brought a Spongebob cake all the way from Vegas! He loves loves loves Spongebob so he was very excited! It was his first of 2 parties since all the family couldn't be there.

Our favorite friends from AZ came out for the day on Saturday with their kids and as you can see they had a blast! Thanks Liles' Family for always supporting us!

Bryce got two 3rds that weekend it was amazing!! I'm so proud of him!

Love this family photo of us! Just wish my dad was in it!

Some of things about Jax:

He loves playing with Cars

Planes

Balls

Legos

His sisters (who are his favorite people)

He loves riding his bicycle which he his getting pretty good at

Some of his favorite phrases are:

Where'd it go? I don't know?

Love you

Mommy (he calls Brock that too)!

Thank You

See Ya

Vroom Vroom

He likes watching:

SpongeBob

Umi Zoomi

Scoob (Scooby Doo)

Bryce's race video's ( he will watch them for hours on the computer)

How different it has been to have a boy! Things are much more relaxed with him. He is night and day compared to the twins'. He does have a temper but at the same time is much more content. We are so blessed to have him in our family and love watching him grow and change everyday! Can't believe two years has gone by! Love you Jax!

Pottery

2010-10-17T20:08:00.001-07:00

I've been wanting to take the girls to a pottery place for awhile now and we finally found the time and went. It was a really fun experience for them. They chose to paint cats and my mom painted a water bowl for her dogs, I simply supervised.

The finished cats!

Hiking

2010-10-17T19:47:00.001-07:00

When you live in Las Vegas and temperatures are well into the hundreds all summer long you have to get creative. So we did a lot of hiking at Mt. Charleston. They have a lot of kid friendly trails that are a mile or two round trip and the weather was always amazing! And the best part is that the kids loved it!

This is called The Little Falls Trail

When we finally made it to the waterfall it was a tucked back in a canyon and unfortunately there was graffiti everywhere. Which was a little disappointing because the little waterfall was beautiful.

On Labor Day weekend we took a drive up to Zion to do some more hiking and to check out where Boe and Ashlee were going to be married. Jim and Kayleen were on the way back from SLC so they joined us!

1st Day of Pre-K

2010-10-17T16:02:00.001-07:00

The girls are attending Challenger School this year for Pre-K. On the Friday before school started we got to go meet their teachers. We decided to put them in separate classes so we had 4 teachers to meet! Peyton's teacher's are Miss Ashleigh and Miss Amber and Hailey's are Miss Cierra and Miss Jaime.

First day of school with their new lunch boxes and outfits! I can't believe next year they'll be in kindergarten!

Ashlee's Bridal Shower

2010-10-17T15:11:00.000-07:00

Showers are so fun especially when there thrown for you! And I think Ashlee had a very successful one. She had lots of family come in town and there was yummy food and of course great gifts. Her sisters had a cute game of guessing what Boe's answers were to some pretty funny questions, Jamie had everyone tie a quilt and her aunt made a gorgeous ribbon bouqet/veil. All in all it was a fun day!

Congrats Ashlee!

Atlantis

2010-10-16T16:04:00.000-07:00

Back in July my parents took us back to Atlantis in The Bahamas. It was one of my favorite places that I traveled to as a child. This time I got to take Brock, Hailey and Peyton (Jax stayed home with his Grandma and Grandpa Krahenbuhl) and experience it all over again with them!

Peyton ready to fly with her kitty neck pillow Grandma got for her.

Hailey and her piggy neck pillow.

One of things we were excited for was for the twins to experience kids camp for the first time. They went about 3 times and loved it, as did we!

The Family plus Bryce's friend Cody.

Showing off their face painting's that they got at Kid's Camp.

My Aunt Jackie happened to be on a cruise the same time we were at Atlantis and had a stop on Paradise Island so she came and hung out with us for the day.

Grandpa treated them to build-a-bear type store.

Turtles!

The beautiful beach! (Peyton)

Hailey

Grandpa and Daddy trying to help them catch fish with their nets.

Showing off their nets that they insisted on taking everywhere!

Waiting to go on a snorkeling excursion.

The excursion has their own private island and it was gorgeous!

Boat ride

One of the last days we got to swim dolphins and sea lions!

Thanks mom and dad for another amazing trip!

Happy 4th!

2010-07-08T13:12:00.000-07:00

The 4th was on a Sunday this year so we started our holiday by attending church and then we layed the kids down for a nap so they could stay up to watch the fireworks since it doesn't get dark until 9:00. After nap-time we headed over to Jim and Kayleen's for some swimming and barbecuing. Then we headed over to the golf course in their neighborhood and got to watch an amazing fireworks show! This was all new for us since we usually are in Newport for the 4th, but it was a nice change! The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays! I love celebrating our country, I love our flag and its colors, all the yummy food isn't bad either and of course the beautiful fireworks!

Uncle Joe made us some yummy shaved ice

Jax with his new favorite toy!

Hailey and Sally in their coordinating outfits (thanks Kayleen) telling secrets.

A Utah Weekend

2010-07-05T19:54:00.000-07:00

Immediately after Disneyland we turned around and went to SLC for the annual Krahenbuhl Reunion. Bryce also had a race in nearby Tooele that we were able to watch. We arrived on Thursday just in time to get settled. On Friday the boys went to Park City to some mountain biking so Ashlee and I along with my Aunt Jackie took the kids to my favorite The Hogle Zoo!

Hailey and Peyton love to ride the carousel

Posing with a llama. For some reason Peyton was mad about something.

Jackie and Jax in the giraffe's barn? I guess that's what you would call it.

Hailey and Ashlee on the train

Jax and I

In front of The Hogle Zoo. Hailey was only one not sleeping or grumpy that was willing to hop on the wall!

Before going to the family reunion we stopped a famous bakery in Utah to pick up some treats for everyone and wow were they a favorite! YUM!

The property that we have the reunion at has chickens and so of course thats all my kids care about.

My cute Jax!

Uncle Jordan and Hailey

Grandma and Hailey

Some of the fam!

The Vegas crew

On our way to the reunion we were telling the twins a story about how Peyton had fallen into the empty fire pit last year and warning them to stay away from it this time. Well this year it was Hailey who took a spill into it. Only this time it had some hot coals in it! She had a pretty deep burn on her leg but nothing really serious, thank goodness. But, she was very sad and so everyone doctored her up and about 5 minutes later she was running around with all the kids again!

The Krahenbuhl Brothers: Jerry, Jack, Jim and Jordan

Jerry making Jax a very happy boy!

We had a great weekend visiting family and enjoying all the fun things to do in Utah! Unfortunately I did get my wallet and sunglasses stolen, but after realizing there wasn't a whole lot I could do about it I decided not to let it put a damper on the weekend! I also didn't get any pictures of Bryce's race, but he did awesome! He ended up getting a 4th both days!

Newport Again and Disneyland!

2010-06-24T06:58:00.001-07:00

When Nicole and I went on our girls trip back in April we planned a Disneyland trip with our kids for June and I can't believe it's already come and gone! We had so much fun but are completely exhausted! We ended up staying at the beach house since it's only about a 20 min. drive to Disneyland and it worked out great because we ended spending one of the days playing on the beach and taking the kids to Fashion Island to have mine and Nicole's favorite R+D Kitchen for dinner!

Fashion Island koi pond

One of my favorite people! I aspire to be like her!

Pirates of the Caribbean

The whole trip Hailey kept standing by random things saying "mom take my picture"!

The whole group at California Adventure we had way better luck with lines the second day!

Peyton in A Bug's Land

The Ladybug Teacups! We made all the kids sit together and Nicole and I got in our own so we didn't have to deal with the extra spinning!

Pluto!

Hannah and Elisabeth with my girls. I am so grateful for them they were the biggest helpers and never complained! I told Nicole I don't know if we could of done it without them! Thanks so much to The Hunt Family for an awesome trip can't wait to do it again soon!

Father's Day

2010-06-24T06:37:00.001-07:00

On the morning of Father's Day I let Brock sleep in while I got up super early to make his favorite breakfast, homemade cinnamon rolls and quiche. We invited Jim and Kayleen over to celebrate with us, it was also Kayleen's birthday that day!

Our yummy cinnamon rolls!

For lunch we headed to my parents to barbecue and swim! We had my favorite carne asada, mexican rice, beans, guacamole, salsa, and fruit! It was great to spend the afternoon with my dad!

For dinner we went to Agave in Summerlin and celebrated Father's Day and Kayleen's Birthday, sorry no pictures of this I think I was pretty exhausted from all the day's activities by then! I love celebrating father's day because I'm so lucky to have such strong influential men in my family and I love them all greatly! Love you guys!

Newport in June

2010-06-12T07:45:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we loaded up the kids and headed to Newport! It was our first time going with just the 5 of us and we had a blast! When we got there Friday evening we decided to take a bike ride. We ended up going all the way to the pier and Hailey and Peyton rode their own bikes (without training wheels) the whole way! But, we decided to make them all ride in the trailer on the way back.

Ice Cream Faces! Jax was so proud to be squished in between his sisters he loved every second of it!

On Saturday our friends The Gordon's came to play with us at the beach since they were at Disneyland for the weekend. The kids had a blast and played perfectly together! Brock's brother and fiance also came and stayed Saturday night. Thanks for coming Boe and Ashlee!

I wish I would of taken more pictures of all the fun things we did, but I've been really bad with my camera lately! We had a great weekend and are already planning on going back soon!

HAWAII!

2010-06-11T15:39:00.000-07:00

The weekend Tanner passed away we sat in the motorhome discussing places that we would all love to go on a family vacation to because although we travel quite a bit together it's usually to watch one of Tanner's races so he wanted go on a "real vacation." He kept saying Hawaii was where he would like to visit and so after the crash when we went back to comb through the site I found a piece of paper face down and when I flipped it over it had a map of Hawaii on it. It must of gotten torn out of the book of maps that was stored in the motorhome during the crash so we took it as a sign that one day Tanner would like us to take that family trip to Hawaii. So on May 8th, 2010 in honor of T we flew to Maui, HI!

We're here!

We travel a lot so we weren't to worried about the long flight with the kids and as we expected they were angels. Jax slept the first 3 hours and then watched a movie the rest of the time!

We stayed in Lahaina at the Maui Ocean Club. It was perfect for our families because they were timeshares so they had 2 to 3 bedrooms and a kitchen in each unit and we had 2 of them for all of us to share!

They had a great kids pool with lots of slides and a pirate ship in the middle of a sandy area.

We ate at Bubba Gumps for Mother's Day and it was delicious!

The beach in front of our hotel was kind of hard with kids because of the drop off so we walked down to Black Rock and spent the day playing on the beach and snorkeling with sea turtles.

Every time Brock and I go to Maui we have to snorkel at Molokini so we talked the family into joining us and had a blast. We saw a mother hump back whale and her calf swimming with dolphins on the way there and on the way back we say sea turtles again!

The twins were the only ones brave enough to go off the slide on the boat!

Everyone knows Jax loves ice cream and grandpa was crazy enough to let him eat it while on his shoulders!

The Hyatt Luau!

Mama's Fish House

If any of you have eaten there I don't even need to explain for those of you haven't, it's AMAZING! By far the best fish I've ever had in my life! And an incredible atmosphere on top of it!

Thanks to The Krahenbuhls' for this amazing vacation and we even got a little surprise from Tanner when we found out that the King of Motorcross Jeremy McGrath was staying at our same hotel and ended going on a mountain bike ride with the guys and since then has become a friend of the family!

Walking With Dinosaurs

2010-06-11T15:32:00.000-07:00

So back in March we were able to take the girls to experience the show Walking With Dinosaurs and they loved it! It was a very educational show with all sorts of life like dinosaurs. I love that the twins are very well rounded they love anything from princesses to reptiles and bugs so it makes it easy to do something special with them!

The Lion King!

2010-01-19T13:23:00.001-08:00

For Christmas this year my brother got us tickets to see The Lion King! We had been wanting to take the girls for the longest time since it is one of our favorite Disney movies and we finally got to go last Saturday! It was incredible! The girls were so good for the 2 and a half hours and hardly moved a muscle except the part where they really wanted to go up on stage and dance and sing with the characters! Thanks again Bryce! My favorite play so far!

The girls dressed the part in their animal print cardigans!

Waiting for it to start with their frozen lemonades and Pringles!

Christmas 2009!

2009-12-29T14:54:00.000-08:00

We had a bitter-sweet Christmas this year. On one hand it was so enjoyable to watch the kids excitement for Santa's arrival and the opening of lots of gifts and the giving of lots of gifts! We had a great time spending Christmas Eve at my grandma's and having my homeless parents (they sold their house and had to be out on the 22nd) over for breakfast Christmas morning and having a delicious meal at The Krahenbuhl's Christmas evening! But on the other we mourned and missed our Tanner more than ever. Hailey and Peyton still do not let a day go by without mentioning him in their prayers, telling a story about him, or saying with eye's full of tears how much they miss him. We made it through and I'm sure this will happen more often than not. Hope all of our friends and family had a wonderful Christmas! We love you all!

The Twins' Turn 4!

2009-12-29T14:23:00.001-08:00

I can't believe Hailey and Peyton are 4! December is always a hard time to have a birthday so when I asked them a few months ago what kind of party they wanted to have they said a princess party! Luckily I have a great friend who throws princess parties and even dresses up as certain Disney princesses so we had Princess Belle and Princess Ariel come and celebrate with Hailey and Peyton along with 16 friends! They all had a great time and even the boys were entranced with the princesses. Then on they're actually birthday we had another party for just family. They had a fun weekend full of parties and lots of cake!

I am so grateful to have two healthy, happy and gorgeous daughters. They are different in some way and yet alike in others.

Some of Hailey's characteristics:

loves her blanket which she calls ya-ya

always the first to wake up in the morning and crawl in bed with mom & dad

tomboy

loves: to color

barbies

baths

her grandparents'

her grandparents and uncles yorkie's

animals and always says awwww soooo cuuuute

stuffed animals

to help mom make dinner and bake

the beach

Disneyland but not Splash Mountain!

Peyton's characteristcs:

Has lots of patience

nurturer

loves to:

play dress-up

color

take pictures

help her brother

change outfits several times a day

play with grandparents' and uncle's yorkie's

watch movies

help mom make dinner and bake

wrestle with dad

sleep with several stuffed animals

go to pre-school

Christmas Decor!

2009-12-05T07:59:00.000-08:00

I love Christmas decorations! I just don't enjoy putting them up! Here are a few of my favorites. I hope everyone has a great Christmas season and celebrates the true meaning of Christmas!

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-12-05T07:10:00.000-08:00

We kind of had an abrupt change of plans this Thanksgiving. We were supposed to have Thanksgiving with The Krahenbuhl's this year, but both of Brock's grandparents passed away within 9 days of each other. Grandma Joyce passed away on November 15th and Grandpa Floyd on the 24th. So while Jim and Kayleen were in Utah making funeral arrangements we spent Thanksgiving with my family at Anthem Country Club. It was a delicious dinner! We had everything from turkey and yams to crab legs and pizza! Afterwards we headed back to my parents for dessert. I made pumpkin chiffon pie and everyone's favorite a pear and apple crisp. This year I am so grateful for my family and the plan of salvation and hoping that 2010 will bring us a little more happy times then 2009!

Jax loves hats and my brother Bryce always has hat on until Jax is around!

Me and my dad

Jax, Brock and Peyton

My Grandma Joyce, Grandpa Hugh and Laura

Jackie, Hailey and my mom

Bryce, Grandma Jeanne and Grandpa Blaine showed up a little after us so I must of been to excited about the food to get there pictures!

Dineyland!

2009-12-04T15:55:00.000-08:00

The weekend before Thanksgiving we decided to do a quick Disneyland trip with our great friends The Hadfields. And we finally got to stay at The Grand California, which was a spectacular experience! We only had 2 days to fit everything in so we were a little exhausted with 5 kids, but at the same time so worth it!

Zane and Peyton waiting for us to check-in.

The Carousel always a must!

Kind of a bad photo, but it shows how much Jax loved meeting Pooh!

He would not leave!

And again look at him with Tigger

and again would not leave!

I love going to Disneyland at Christmas! All of the decorations and of course the parades!

The kids loved watching it too!

The beautiful castle at night

Sunday morning we got to have breakfast with characters and look there goes Jax again (aren't most little kids afraid of these guys)?

Hailey & Peyton with Dale

Group picture!

Can you find Gavin?

Peyton's favorite was Pluto, we had to finally give in and buy her a stuffed Pluto which she dragged through the park the whole weekend!

Love Minnie!

The guys were nice enough to wait with the kids while Sloan and I went on The Tower of Terror one of my favs!

What a fantastic weekend! The thing I love about Disneyland is I discover something new all the time. We had the most delicious corn dogs that I never new Disneyland had. Zane introduced us to Pineapple floats and the Tikki Room! Can't wait to go back!

New Haircuts

2009-12-02T06:44:00.000-08:00

I have been getting tired of constantly trying to figure out what to do with the girls hair everyday so I decided that maybe a shorter hairstyle would be easier on me and cuter on the girls, and was I right!

Hailey

Peyton

And Jax was just in need of a trim!

Baby Jim!

2009-12-02T06:38:00.000-08:00

My nephew James Tanner Heagany arrived on November 1st, 2009. He weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces and was 21 inches long. He is a perfect combination of his siblings Joe and Sally! We're so happy to have another boy in the family to even things out! Congratulations Joe and Jamie!

Meeting an Apostle

2009-11-30T15:46:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago we got the unbelievable opportunity to meet with Elder Neil Anderson of the Twelve Apostles. We flew up to SLC for the day and decided to see the Joseph Smith movie at The Joseph Smith Memorial Building before our meeting with Elder Anderson. We all thought the show was unbelievable and were touched by the spirit strongly. It ended up being the perfect lead in to our perfect day! Than we went and had lunch at the Garden Room on the top floor of The Joseph Smith Memorial Building. What a beautiful view!

Finally we made it to our destination of Elder Anderson's office at The Administration Building on the 4th floor. We had to wait in the lobby for a short time before seeing him and we all were in awe of it's beauty. Finally we were called up to meet him. Our 1 hour meeting turned into 2 and it was an experience I will never forget! He truly is an amazing man and really healed us with his words. His final words to us were "were friends now so come and see me anytime your in SLC." We will be taking him up on that!

Brock's 29th Birthday

2009-11-17T14:56:00.001-08:00

Brock celebrated his 29th birthday on November 11th! We got the whole family together and went to Burger Bar at Mandalay Bay. I made him his favorite Red Velvet Cake and he got some great gifts (mostly mountain biking gear)! Brock is a perfect husband and a wonderful dad. He is our kids hero! Happy Birthday Hun!

Halloween

2009-11-01T14:25:00.000-08:00

On Halloween night we had a delicious dinner at The Krahenbuhl's that consisted of chili, cornbread, carmel popcorn, 7 layer dip, artichoke dip, salad and some yummy cupcakes that my mom brought! After dinner we got the kids dressed and headed over to Anthem Country Club to go trick-or-treating. One of the neighborhoods always goes all out on the decorations and themes. Their theme this year was Hollow High School.

Grandpa Jim got Jax a vampire binky and he loved it!

The kids with Grandma Kayleen. Joe was a blue power ranger, Hailey and Peyton were witches, Sally was a butterfly and Jax was a fire man!

Isn't he so cute!!

Trunk or Treat!

2009-10-29T15:25:00.000-07:00

We had our annual Anthem Ward Trunk-or-Treat and it was a blast! Hailey and Peyton love their friend Matthew Hunt who was dressed as Batman and the girls wore their witch costumes. I only was able to get a couple of pictures because they were having way to much fun to stop and pose for the camera!

Seattle

2009-10-29T15:09:00.001-07:00

Brock and I got to have a great weekend in Seattle kid free! We both had never been before and had a great time exploring.

This was a small island off the Puget Sound called Port Orchard. We had to drive our car onto a ferry and ride it across the Sound it was such a beautiful day!

One of our friends had recommended a restaurant in downtown Seattle called Daniel's Broiler it was right on Union Lake and it was delicious! We had a great trip and can't wait to go back! And thanks to my mom for watching the girls and our great friends Zane and Sloan for watching Jax!

Surprise, Arizona Race

2009-10-19T13:27:00.001-07:00

We got to Surprise, AZ on Thursday night and just got settled into our hotel. Friday was practice and qualifying. It was a scorcher of a weekend with temps hitting 100 degrees! Hailey and Peyton definitely kept busy here they were helping Sparky groove tires.

Bryce is sponsored by a company called Super Clean and they had these cardboard cutouts made up of him. Friday night some friends from other teams decided to borrow them and take some pretty funny pictures of Bryce in the porta potty, at the ATM, in peoples beds, just basically anywhere funny around the track!

Bryce and his girlfriend Ky

Bryce and I before a practice on Friday

Brock and the girls before his qualifier on Friday

Brock looking very handsome in his gear!

Bryce after an amazing win on Saturday. It was a very intense race! This is his first year in a Pro 2 and he is racing against veterans who have been racing and winning for years so for him to win twice this weekend was incredible especially since he is only 22!

Bryce on the podium.

The girls with the Geico Gecko, who they were infatuated with the whole weekend. They were so excited to watch Bryce win and so they waited for him to get out of his truck and say to him "Bryce you're a winner"! and then proceeded to say since you won can I meet the Gecko? Needless to say they got to meet the Gecko and even play ring-around-the-rosey!

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-19T13:26:00.001-07:00

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Springs Preserve

2009-10-02T14:37:00.001-07:00

So for a new tradition called Grandma's Day we took the kids to The Springs Preserve.

Peyton and Sally are playing with the water button on a dirt table.

Hailey and Joe are busy digging in the mud.

The kids are sitting in a train that modeled the trains that took all settlers and their belongings from Los Angeles and Salt Lake City to Las Vegas.

I think the kids favorite part of the day was the playground. Hailey and Peyton are climbing a giant Mammoth Fossil. We had a great day and can't wait to go back soon!

The Venetian Dinosaur Exhibit

2009-10-01T13:48:00.000-07:00

After school on Wednesday I took the girls and their friend Gracie to the Dinosaur/Fossil Exhibit at the Venetian Hotel. They had a great experience and loved seeing the full sized T-Rex and Mammoth fossils. Even more unbelievable is that they are all being auctioned off! Can you imagine taking home a fossilized creature?

(The pictures are taken from my phone so not very good images)

6 Years!

2009-10-01T13:40:00.000-07:00

Brock and I celebrated our 6th Wedding Anniversary on September 20th! First we started off the night by doing a little shopping at Nordstrom and then we had a delicious brazilian dinner at the Mirage in one of our favorite restaurants Samba Grill! I can't believe it's been 6 years already time really does fly! I have the greatest husband he always has me in hysterics and is the most laid back go with flow person (except when it comes to food), and the most adoring dad!

Grandma Jean's 70th Birthday

2009-09-28T15:48:00.000-07:00

To celebrate my grandma's 70th birthday we had a delicious dinner at Charlie Palmer's Steakhouse in The Four Seasons. It was just the adults and we had a fun time hearing and telling memorable stories about the past 70 years! happy Birthday Grandma we love you!

Stolen Computer

2009-09-25T09:01:00.000-07:00

I haven't been able to post all our fun summer adventures because my laptop was stolen on our way home from St. Thomas and of course it contained all my pictures that I have been taking over the past year on it. My cute husband felt bad and got me a new laptop for our anniversary so now I can finally start posting again!

Jax's 1st Birthday!

2009-09-25T08:42:00.001-07:00

Our cute little boy turned 1! I cannot believe how fast a year has gone by. Jax is a huge blessing in our lives. I don't know what it is about him but he has everyone wrapped around his little finger. He has a personality that you just fall in love with. He is already walking and started taking his 1st steps at 10 months. He gets a crack out of watching his sisters involved in whatever it is they're doing at any given moment. His laughter is definitely contagious and I know I'm prejudice but I just know that he's going to be something great one day. According to his Grandma Kayleen he's going to be prophet, we have a ways to go before we see if that prediction is true, but we can't wait to see what things lead up to it!

We got a Sheridan's custard pie in place of a cake because at old age of 1 Jax already has decided that he is not a big fan of cake? It definitely was received well though!

Jax loves all of his fun gifts finally some boy toys!

Big Rock Candy Mountain

2009-06-16T13:00:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we packed up the motorhome and headed to Big Rock Candy Mountain to help celebrate Joe Heagany II 60th birthday!

Some of us stayed at the resort in the hotel or cabins...

and the rest of stayed at the RV Park!

If we are heading anywhere that takes us through St. George we stop at our favorite Pizza Factory and have their yummy salad bar and breadsticks with honey butter thats to die for!

(the girls had fun playing on this old fire engine in front of the restaurant).

Jax just loved being strapped into the Ranger and going for rides all weekend long.

Grandpa Jim was taking a break after spending 2 hours putting Jax's seat on my bike!

Peyton literally would not stop riding her bike all weekend long! She just kept doing circles for hours!

Everytime Jax sees a camera he puts a big smile on!

Here's a picture of the mountain. It has so many bright colors that it really looks like something you've never seen before.

Peyton, Joe and Hailey throwing rocks in the pond that was our little front yard for the weekend!

The girls are hanging out on the little wooden bridge that went out into the middle of the pond, it was really cute! The kids had a great weekend and we all really enjoyed the cool weather! Thanks for inviting us Heagany's!

Jax Is Crawling!

2009-06-14T18:31:00.000-07:00

So why I was away on my girls trip this past weekend Jax decided to start crawling! I was a little sad to get the news the first day I was away that I had missed out on a milestone. Maybe he was trying to tell me something? Like not to leave him again?

He started crawling at about

8 1/2 months. Jax has been a very easy baby he sleeps through the night, is very HAPPY and always waiting for someone to make him laugh. He adores his sisters and thinks they are here for his entertainment. He sees a camera and will start to crack up hysterically, has great hair (why do the boys always get it)? and I swear he says Mamamama all the time! We just feel so blessed to have him and can't wait for the next milestone!

Primary Temple Trip!

2009-06-14T18:22:00.000-07:00

When I was downloading some recent pictures I came across these from couple months ago and realized I had completely forgotten about them.

The Anthem Ward Primary took a trip to the temple this past May and it was a wonderful experience for the kids! The weather ended up being perfect and the kids loved being on the beautiful grounds! My girls wandered a little more then the rest, but they just couldn't help themselves with all the rolling hills of grass and brightly colored flowers. I was a little exhausted afterwards, but was very grateful the experience to go with the girls for their first temple experience!

Newport Beach Girls Trip!

2009-06-09T15:43:00.000-07:00

What a Fabulous girls trip! Nicole and I went to my families house in Newport Beach for a long weekend. It was the most relaxing, fun trip I wish we were still there! We left Thursday morning and arrived at about 1:30. It was supposed to be rainy all weekend so when the sun was out we jumped at the opportunity and threw on our suits to bask in as much sun as possible. And then miraculously the sun was out the the entire time!

Every morning we would wake up and run and do pilates and then we hopped on our beach cruisers and headed to my favorite bagel shop to get an Acai smoothie...

then we would come back put on our swimsuits and just sit in the sun for most of the afternoon!

Nicole is a very healthy eater and I don't consider myself too bad either and we did really good until we found Sprinkles Cupcakes! We decided to get a dozen of different varieties and cut them into fours just so we could taste everything and they were amazing!

This was Before...

and After!

Thanks Nicole for making this the most enjoyable getaway! We need to plan another one soon!

Church Fashion Show

2009-06-08T12:24:00.000-07:00

Our Enrichment theme this quarter was Stepping Back in Time. We got to dress in different time period fashions and walk the runway! I got to model the 1930's, 1940's, 1970's and 2000's. It was such a great experience. I only have one photograph of it before I left the house. It was kind of hard to take pictures when I was running around changing the whole time, but I need to see if anyone else got some and I will post them. Thanks Sloan for my transformation!

Baby Shower/Girls Trip

2009-06-08T12:07:00.000-07:00

Me, Kayleen, Ashlee and Jamie traveled to Utah for our cousin Bekah's baby shower. Everytime someone in the family is either getting married or having a baby the aunt's get together and throw a shower!

Jax and cousin Brynn were hanging together at Grandma and Grandpa's

Grandma and Jax jumping on the trampoline

The first night we got there we met for dinner at Market Street. From left Carin, Ashlee, Jamie, Bekah, Aunt Elaine, Kayleen and Aunt Janet.

On the way there we got to stop in St. George and have our favorite Pizza Factory! So Delicious!

Happy Easter

2009-04-30T16:31:00.001-07:00

We had a great Easter! It was such a beautiful day and we got to spend it with all of our family!

A family picture out in front of Grandma and Grandpa Menzies minus Jax (he was napping).

I made sure to get a picture of him after his nap because he looked so darn cute in his outfit!

Easter morning we had The Krahenbuhls over for breakfast. I made homemade Cinnamon Rolls and a delicious Hash Brown Quiche. After church we headed to The Menzies for a yummy dinner of Ham, Potato-Fennel Gratin, Asparagus, Rolls and some Bundt Cake for dessert!

Jax's first Easter!

It was definitely the funnest Easter so far. The girls really understood it this year and had blast hunting eggs!

Egg Decorating

2009-04-30T12:05:00.001-07:00

After we put Jax to bed the egg decorating began! I was trying to find the cleanest (but still fun) way to decorate eggs when I stumble across a sponge painting kit. I thought it would be a little less messy than the dye and it was! They also turned out really pretty!

Peyton decorating her egg

Hailey decorating her egg

The finished product!

Swim Time!

2009-04-30T11:59:00.001-07:00

The kids are always anticipating swim season so Brock heated our spa to start and the kids were very excited to the summer long festivity!

Hailey looking very cute in her new swimsuit Grandma Terri got her for Valentine's Day!

Jax very much enjoying his 1st swim

Jax again looking very cute with Grandma Kayleen!

St. Patrick's Day

2009-03-20T12:56:00.001-07:00

The girls made these cute hats at school for St. Patrick's Day and wanted to wear them for the rest of the day! Don't they look so cute in their festive attire!

Hailey was more into posing today than Peyton! And I'm so sad I didn't even get a picture of Jax on his first St. Patties Day!

Texas

2009-03-19T18:44:00.000-07:00

Jax had his first plane ride on March 11, 2009! Brock and I flew to Dallas to meet up with his family to watch Tanner's first race of the season. My Parents were kind enough to take the girls to the beach for weekend! It was a 3 hour plane ride and Jax was an angel through all of it. Unfortunately it was raining the whole time we were there so we didn't get to see as many races as we had wanted, but Tanner did awesome and it was still nice to get to see the family.

Look at those identical facial expressions.

Recipe Exchange!

2009-03-09T08:30:00.000-07:00

Last month my friend Eleisha had got a few of our friends together and taught us how to make bread and I'm talking grinding the wheat and everything! It was such a success that we decided to do something together once a month. So this month we did a recipe exchange and I ended up with an endless amount of delicious recipes! I'm so excited to try them all!

Me and Nicole Hunt

Eleisha Sherman and Lauren Hailstone

Virginia Nisson (at her home), Jamie Heagany and Maryanne Bonifazio

Liza Nelson and Susan Faust

Me, Nicole and her sister Elise Faust

Pilot Party

2009-03-09T08:11:00.000-07:00

On Thursday night we all got together and viewed the pilot for Brock, Joe and Jim's new reality show! From what we're told they are waiting for a contract to be drawn up from the DIY network and could start filming in as a little as 3 months! It is a hilarious concept and these boys are perfect for reality TV! Think of Orange County Choppers but a little cleaner.

My Poor Jax

2009-03-09T08:01:00.000-07:00

Jax has been sick going on 2 weeks now. He has a really bad chest cold that won't go away. At the first sign of him being sick I took him to to the doctor and we saw the RN she informed me that all of his symptoms were due to teething! Being a mom my instinct told me it was something more, but I gave it a few days and he was just getting worse so I got in to see our doctor and come to find out his oxygen levels were at 95 and he was wheezing terribly. Doctor Hodapp sent us home on a nebulizer and told us that he probably would not enjoy his 3 breathing treatments per day, but that it would make him feel much better. Luckily our always happy Jax loves the Nebulizer he thinks it's fun to try and catch the mist in his mouth and although it makes him breath better we are on our 12th day of no sleep! We just hope he feels better soon.

Valentine's Fun

2009-02-16T12:54:00.001-08:00

We had a great Valentine's day!

Brock was very generous this year. He took me to lunch and shopping at Anthropologie on Friday and when I thought that was enough he brought home flowers, chocolate covered strawberries and a whip cream maker from Williams & Sonoma(which I think is more for him than me, but I like it anyway)! Then we had a fantastic night out with Troy and Nicole including a delicious dinner at Hank's!

I have the best Valentine!

Saturday Hike

2009-02-11T15:49:00.001-08:00

Brock and his dad took the girls for a hike on Saturday morning. They had so much fun besides the freezing temperatures! I think all kids would rather be outdoors in the cold or hot instead of being stuck at home!

Peyton and her cute smile!

Look at that cool Vegas sky

Grandpa and his beloved girls

Definitely best buds!

Well Checks...

2009-02-11T15:25:00.001-08:00

The kids had their well checks today. It was the girls 3 year and Jax's 4 month! I have to say I'm glad we don't have to take the girls again until they're four! It was definitely a little much to try and do all 3 of them at once. NEVER AGAIN! Our poor doctor probably wanted to retire after examining our kids. Anyways on a happier note everyone is heathy!

Hailey is 39 in. tall putting her in the 75%-95% for height and weighs 31 1/2 lbs.

Peyton is 39 1/4in. tall putting her in the 90%-95% for height and weighs 32 1/2 lbs.

Jax is 25 3/4in. long and weighs 19lbs. 13oz. putting him in the 95% and above for weight.

Hillsboro Reunion

2009-02-03T15:50:00.001-08:00

After the twins soccer game we headed over to Discovery Park to meet up with Brock's old pals from "The Hillsboro Days."

Hillsboro is the neighborhood we grew up in.

We had a picnic and a chance to catch up with his friends and their growing families. There was supposed to be about 22 friends, but only 16 showed. It was great to see everyone and we look forward to his 10 year reunion later this year!

The Case of The Broken Eye

2009-02-03T15:42:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago Peyton got poked in the eye and since then she tells us that she has a broken eye followed by this facial expression. I think it's so hilarious that I eventually had to take some photos!

Food Is Yucky!

2009-02-03T15:36:00.000-08:00

Now that Jax is 4 months old he is able to start having some foods, so we started with some rice cereal and as you can see he isn't interested! We thought with how much he likes to eat he might like some variety, but he thinks he'll stick with formula for now.

Jax...The Forever Growing Baby!

2009-01-27T16:46:00.000-08:00

Jax at 1 day old weighed 7lbs.6oz.

Jax at 4 months weighs 19lbs.7oz.

Our pediatrician calls him Little Buddha!

New Additions

2009-01-26T11:33:00.001-08:00

On Saturday we decided to add to our pet family and get 2 goldfish! Peyton picked out the spotted one and named him Spot (very creative for a 3yr. old)! And Hailey picked the all gold one with very full cheeks and named her Ruby (from the show Max & Ruby which isn't one of her favorites)? Hopefully they will live long lives...from what I've heard that's usually about a month!

Newport Beach

2009-01-21T12:35:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun spending time with my family at the beach house. It was a perfect 80 degrees the whole weekend! It felt like it should of been August.

We forgot our swim suits so we had some bare bottoms running around.

We ride our bikes every morning to get an Acai and a bagel. Thank goodness Brock has good balance!

Disneyland

2009-01-21T11:11:00.001-08:00

We spent the weekend at Disneyland and the Beach with my family. We all had a great time and can't wait to take the kids back again soon. It truly is The Happiest Place on Earth!

On Sunday night we took Hailey and Peyton to Libby Lu's to get made over like a princess. They sat still the whole time and just couldn't take their eyes off the mirror!

Wall-E is the girls favorite...for the moment.

1st Soccer Game

2009-01-21T11:03:00.000-08:00

Hailey and Peyton's 1st Soccer game was last Saturday, January 10th. Hailey loved it! Peyton wasn't as interested. I guess we know who our "daisy picker" is. Their team name is The Stingers!

Peyton and her team were waiting for their turn to kick the ball.

Jax loved being in the middle of it all.