Halloween

Carving pumpkins

Leah was in love with her little pumpkin


Elmo & Buzz Lightyear

Spencer & Kelly dressed up as Thing 1 & Thing 2

I just had to post this picture. Leah finally has enough hair for pigtails. Yay!!

Sorry it's taken me so long to post these. Our internet has been acting up and I've been sick for a week.

Surprise!!!

We had another ultrasound yesterday. From what they could see, the baby looked good. It was very stubborn and stayed curled in a ball most of the time so I have to go back next week for another ultrasound. But we got a surprise. The baby is no longer a boy. It's a GIRL!! We're still in shock but we are excited too.

A Smile

Leah always makes me smile even when she's doing something naughty.

Yes, all those clothes were nicely folded in the basket but how can you get mad at a face like that? :-)

A Funeral & The Beach

Last week, Jeff's grandma passed away so we headed to California for the funeral. It was a nice service and it was fun to see some of Jeff's extended family that we hadn't seen in a while. After that we stayed a few extra days and went to the beach. We had a really fun time. We found a 4 star hotel on Priceline.com for $45 a night right off the beach. Brycen had been asking to go to the beach for a long time but of course once we got there he was terrified of the water and only wanted to play in the sand. Leah loved it and kept trying to go out into the water as far as she could.

After that we rode the Auto Ferry to Balboa Island. It's this really cool boat that you drive your car on and it takes you across the water to the island.

Our view from the boat.

Then we drove by Jeff's childhood home in Costa Mesa. He hadn't been back since he moved when he was 9 years old. Then we realized he only lived 10 minutes from Disneyland so we drove down there and went to DownTown Disney and had lunch. It was a very busy, but fun trip and we hope to go back soon.

Jeff's childhood home

At DownTown Disney

First Day of Preschool!

Today was Brycen's first day of preschool. He was a little nervous about it and when I dropped him off he cried. Even Leah cried and kept asking where her brother was. It made me so sad. But his teacher is an awesome lady in our ward and I know he will love it.

It's a...

BOY!! We had an ultrasound today and everything looked great. We are so excited to have another boy. Although, Brycen was a little upset that it wasn't another sister and that there weren't three babies in mommy's tummy. I'm glad it's just one.

Announcement!

Baby #3 will be joining our family in February 2010!!

We got to hear the heart beat last week and we have an ultrasound in 2 weeks. We are so excited to add another baby to our family!!

Potty Training

After Brycen's birthday we decided to give potty training another try. We had tried a few months earlier but he was definitely not ready so we took a break. I wasn't expecting much from him but he surprised us. Something clicked in those months while we took a break and he has done awesome! It has only been two weeks but he is now in underwear full time and has only had a few accidents. He even sleeps all night and wakes up dry. It feels so weird to only have one child in diapers now. I never thought this day would come.

Yesterday, he just wanted to sit on the potty and play with his toys. He stayed there for about an hour. Silly boy!

Brycen's 3rd Birthday

Brycen turned 3 on July 6. He got to have two parties. One in Prescott with Jeff's family while we were there for the Fourth of July and then one with my family after we got home. He got his beloved Geo Trax that he had been asking for for at least 6 months. He has played with them everyday since and never wants to put them down. They really are an awesome toy.

He had his 3 year checkup and he is 35 lbs and 44 inches tall!! He is way off the charts for height just like his daddy.

I can't believe my baby is 3!!

Geo Trax!

Happy Father's Day!

Leah's Bad Day

We always knew that Leah was going to be our first child to send us to the ER or urgent care and that finally happened this week.

Leah was playing in the backyard and she tripped and fell face first into the rocks. I immediately picked her up and she had a few scrapes on her face and I didn't think it was that bad until I saw a small shadow in the corner of her eye. At first I thought it really was just a shadow and then I realized, as it got bigger, that her eye was filling with blood. We rushed her to urgent care where they checked her out and said that they didn't see any serious damage but they referred us to an opthalmologist so they could check to be sure. We took her the next morning where they dilated her pupils to make sure there was no permanent damage. They said she was very lucky that she didn't have more serious damage. They diagnosed her with a sub conjunctival hemorrhage and told us that it would heal within two weeks. They said it looks a lot worse than it actually is but it still looks terrible. Poor baby!

50th Wedding Anniversary

On Friday, my grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. We had family fly in for the occasion and we partied all weekend. On Friday afternoon we did a session at the temple. My grandparents are very proud that all five of their children and spouses and all of their grandchildren (who are old enough) are worthy to enter the temple. We had 17 people there minus a few who either couldn't get off work, just had surgery or are on missions. After that we had a large family dinner with some extended family. We presented my grandparents with a quilt that we made that has the handprints of all 20 of their grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren on it.

On Saturday, the whole family (at least 30 people) went to Goldfield Mine & Ghost Town. My great-grandfather discovered the mines there back in the 1890's so we were the VIP guests for the day. We got to do all of the attractions for free and we were given a special tour of the actual mines that my great-grandfather discovered. We had a lot of fun.

Tonight, we are headed over to my grandparents house to hang out and eat food. It has been a very crazy but enjoyable weekend.

June 5, 1959

June 5, 2009

The quilt

Swimming Lessons

This week the kids started swimming lessons. As always, Brycen is very timid about it and Leah has no fear. She starts squealing and splashing as soon as we get in the water. On the first day, Brycen sat on the steps and said "No Daddy, you go swim. I'll just sit here". He's so funny.

Driving to swimming lessons with their cool sunglasses. They are both obsessed with sunglasses. Brycen even sleeps with his on.

Spencer & Kelly's Wedding

Spencer & Kelly got married on Friday. It was such a fun, yet very busy day. We started out at the Temple then went to the luncheon. After that we decorated their apartment for when they arrived home that night. Then we headed off to the reception where we spent most of our time making sure our kids didn't fall into the unfenced pool and finished off the night by decorating their car. It was such a fun day. Now the newlyweds are enjoying a honeymoon in Mexico. Congratulations Spencer & Kelly!

The sandwiches at the luncheon

Lifesize cutout of Camron with the garter around his neck.