5 little monkeys: July 2008

Thursday, July 24, 2008

LOVELY CALIFORNIA

Here are some pics of our wonderful vacation to California.
We spent a couple days with My Aunt Ann and Uncle Dan and their boys. They were so fun to be with and we had a great time.

James and I attended my 10 year high school reunion in Sacramento which was so great and fun to see old friends!

We also tried to go to the beach but it was really cold and windy so we were only there for a couple of hours.

The last day of our vacation we went to San Fransisco with my best bud Tracy who lives in Sacramento. It was so much fun. It was just great to get away from our stressful life...it was a much needed vacation for all of us. The next few blogs are from our trip.

Cute Tyler, eating his cereal. The kids were loving the continental breakfast at each hotel we stayed at, and they ate fruit loops every morning...I guess I am a mean mom and don't give them fruit loops at home!! Eat up Tyler....yum yum!

Some of my buds from the reunion!

Here is beautiful Malia entertaining herself with some blades of grass at my high school reunion picnic.

Malia and I eating breakfast at the hotel.

My Aunt Ann with Malia...they loved each other!

My cousin Kyle also loved Malia. He is 13 years old and changed 2 of Malia's diapers!!! He is so cute with her. They were good buddies while we where there.

Here's Baily doing crafts with Aunt Ann.

I love this picture because Malia fell asleep with her hand on her cheek like this. Also, one of my favorite things about Malia is her long eyelashes...can you see them... so pretty.

THE CAR RIDE

So...after 1500 mile of driving my sanity is no more!!! I think we stopped every hour for a potty break. If I never see a nasty gas station toilet again it will be too soon!!!! We tried to keep our selves entertained...

Tracy and Kylee squished in the back seat!

Malia kept herself busy eating her toes. She was the best little traveler! She was very pleasant. I love my little chubby girl!!

Making funny faces at the camera!

Cute Baily! She was a good traveler too. She did a lot of singing to herself. It was cute because she would try to make Malia laugh and while Malia was entertained by her, Baily would end up cracking herself up. Silly girl!

San Rafael, Cali

So this was my kids first stay at a hotel...we don't get out much... and they were going nuts. It was the coolest thing to them. We stayed at a hotel in San Rafael. I love hotels cause we get to make messes and leave them!

There was a beautiful pond and water fall in the foyer of the hotel. The kids loved to watch the giant fish swimming around. I was sure at any moment Tyler was going to hop right in with them.

The beautiful view from outside our hotel. The ocean is just over that mountain.

Here we are! Getting ready to head back to Sacramento. Malia is trying to steal Kylee's spot light...

Beautiful San Fransico

Here are some cool shots of the Golden Gate Bridge in the fog! It was too chilly to go to the beach so we just hung out at in San Fran. As many times as I have seen this bridge I am always amazed by it. I love it!

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Truths vs. Myths

This is a great video about the myths and truths about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It is worth watching and sharing with others!

Monday, July 7, 2008

We had a great 4th of July! I started the day off with my first 5K race!!! Yipee. It was great and I can't wait to do more races. I only have another month and a half until my half marathon! We had a breakfast and flag ceremony at my mom and dad's house. Then we just hung out with the family and then went to the Layton park and watched fireworks. It was great! I am so grateful for my family and our freedom in this awesome USA!

Here's my beautiful, toothless Kylee!

My Aunt Ann painted Tyler's face!
This is how Baily sits all the time...what a lady!!

My Kids Say the Dardnest Things

5-13-14 Dalin (3): " Mommy Willey (the cat) bit me. I think he's a vampire.'
11-1-10
Tyler was talking on the phone to his cousin Austin and Austin made a really loud noise and Tyler said,
"Whatever noise you just made was SO loud it sounded like you sent little men with sticks into my ears to bang on my ear drums!"
7-14-2010
Tyler: "Do you know you're cute?"
Malia: "Ya!"
Tyler: "Do you know I love you?"
Malia: "Ya!"
6-27-2010
I have been crocheting a blanket for the new baby and Baily was watching me one day, and this conversation happened.
"Mom, you crochet faster than a chicken!"
"Really!? I have never seen a chicken crochet before Baily, have you?"
"Yes! Once, when I was at the Zoo and I was lost all by myself I saw a chicken crocheting."
"Oh really, and he was crocheting with his feet?"
"Ya, He was crocheting with all of his feet! But he wasn't as fast as you Mom!"
5-2-09
Baily- "How old will I be when I get baptized?"
Me- "Eight."
Baily- "Are you 8?"
Me- "No, I am 29."
Baily- "Wow! I will never be that old!"
5-1-09
I was explaning to Baily how to say her personal prayers. I told her she gets to talk to and tell Heavenly Father anything she wants. Then she said,
Baily- "I can't talk to Him, He isn't here!"
Me- "Just try to picture him in your head as you are talking to him."
Baily- "I just can't do it Mom, Heavenly Father is just too far up there."
We where discussing what everyone wanted to be for halloween, when we got to Baily I said, "And you get to be a tinker! (tinker belle)
Baily- "No...I don't want to be a tinker toy!"
Baily- "Mommy, I want a fruit number" (she meant fruit leather...it took me a while to figure that one out)
Mom -"Tyler, I can't believe you are old enough to start Kindergarten!"
Tyler- "I know! I just learned and learned and learned and learned...it took a long time for it!"
We saw Horton Hears a Who for the first time yesterday and this is what I over heard today as Kylee and Tyler were playing...
Kylee- "Let's play Horton Hears a Who. I get to be Horton." and without even stopping to think Tyler quickwittedly responds,
Tyler-"I get to be 'hears a who'"
We were at the zoo the other day and my sweet, curious Tyler says,
"I always wondered what it would be like to lick a zebra, but remember that time that I licked Alley (our cat)...It was not fun."
It's true...we were getting cat hair off his tongue for days!
Baily and I were sitting on the couch and she looks up at me with her big green eyes and says, "Mom, guess what...Jesus died for us!" Talk about an unbelievable parent moment!
We went to the fish farm and let the kids catch some trout. Kylee caught her first fish and was freaking out as it was wiggling on the line. She was screaming, "It wont stop vibrating!"
Tyler picked his fish up and looked it in the eye and said, "Good bye fish...we will see you at dinner!"
The tooth fairy was 2 days late to pick up Kylee's tooth (oops!) and when she woke up the second morning and there was still a tooth under her bed and no money she said,
Kylee- "Maybe she was arrested from breaking into all of those kids houses."
I put Kylee's plate of food in front of her tonight and after seeing what it was (spaghetti with meat and zucchini in the sauce) she said, "Is that all you can do is make me sicker and sicker!" Guess who had to eat an extra serving of zucchini! I know, I'm mean! Can you say, "Attitude!"
I walked into the living room when I heard Malia hysterically laughing and I said,
"Baily, why is Malia laughing so hard?"
Baily- "I'm sitting on her."
Me- "No Baily! We don't sit on babies!"
Baily- "But she likes it!"
Tyler- "Mommy, how many days are in a week?"
Me- "7"
Tyler- "How many weeks in a year?"
Me-"52"
Tyler "Good Job Mom!"
Tyler- "I was in a play today at Primary, and I got to be Nehi...I mean Lephi..."
Daddy- "If a snake has round eyes it is NOT posionous, and if it has slit eyes like a cat it IS poisonous." Kylee- "So if I see a snake I will pick it up, check its eyes, and if they are slits I will drop it and run!"
Baily- "Mommy, I am so happy now, 'cause I am bigger and I get the potty train!"
Baily (3) - "I'm Big now mommy, remember. I'm 4!"

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