Katie, Brady and our 2 boys!

Our Sweet Boys

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dinosaur pj's

Scott in 4 months!!

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Scott is doing so good!! He is 4 months and just huge and healthy and smiley!

He loves to smile and laugh! He loves his Mommy Daddy and Marshall!

He loves to play with toys!

He rolled over from his back to his stomach on the 5th. (He's been able to roll from his stomach to back for a long time.. it's not as hard)

At his 4 month appointment these were his numbers:

Weight: 15.7 lbs (58 %tile)

Height: 26 (86 %tile)

Head circumf.: 16.7 (76 %tile)

So even though he looks huge.. he is actually pretty average for weight and just pretty tall! He is probably going to be a big kid.. football player maybe!

I had to take a picture of this and luckily he didn't wake up from the flash! He keeps pulling out his pacifier so I gave him his sock monkey to hold! So cute!

Lets compare! Brady vs. Scott.. what do you think?

He definitely has his cheeks, chin, mouth and nose. Brady's ears stick our a little more and eyes are a little different. But you can definitely see it! You can see some Marshall in him too!

And no that's not Tyson it's Gary haha!!

Marshall and Daddy

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Lego Ears!

Marshall helping Daddy put together his step stool

Brady has downloaded all these fun apps for Marshall on his phone. So Marshall knows when Daddy gets home he gets to play on it!

Marshall and Friends!

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This is Marshall's friend Abby! Isn't she cute! They held hands the whole way from Abby's upstairs apartment down to ours on the first floor. She hugged him randomly a couple times. Then she kissed him during "Frosty the Snowman"! Ahh! Young Love!

Here they are again!

Marshall with another girlfriend! This is sweetheart Ali! Marshall is stealing her snacks..

I made this fishing pole and fish for Marshall last year for Christmas but he is just finally getting it a year later. He wanted to wear the hat and get into the box like it was a boat! It was so funny. He has so much fun with them!

Marshall is Potty Training! Well he is pretty good now. He wanted me to take a picture of him getting a treat for going poo poo!

Marshall has been so funny. Here are a few funny things he's done or said:

When Marshall was going to the bathroom the other day he said.. "Marshall have poo poo in leg.." as he was pushing on his leg to try to get it out.

He was playing with my craft stuff and said.. "Mama's toys? Mama have cute toys!"

In California he was in Grandma Brasher's bathroom washing his hands, looks around really taking it in and says.."Cute Bathroom!"

At dinner Marshall drank his juice really fast and I said, "Wow Marshall you chugged that" and he said "No Mama I just drinked it."

In the car Brady asked Marshall, "Whats your dinosaurs name?" and after a second he said slowing "Jesus... Christ."

Marshall woke up from his nap the other day and said "I like Cindy" (from the Brady Bunch) and then told us all about his dream with Cindy! It was pretty awesome! Today he had a dream about eating bugs..

Earlier this month Marshall said the prayer all by himself for the first time. He was doing really good. He said thank you for Mama and Scott and Grandpa and Grandma and Tyson and Jessica (sometimes he adds Mindi, Don and Corinne).. and then he points to Brady and says "and you". It was so funny! He says the funniest prayers!

Marshall the Mighty Duck

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So the other day I got mad at Marshall for something or told him to do something and he starting quacking at me.. really random. I instantly thought of this clip:

(Start at the 1 hour and 1 minute mark and go til the end of the scene)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czdOpucyuVQ

Hilarious!

Marshall the Comedian!

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Marshall is at this age where he just says the funniest things! Oh my goodness I wish we remembered all of them. He is starting to copy us which is kind of bad but so funny. Like he told Scott to look at this toy and he said, "Scott look at this.. look at this now.. 1.. 2.. 3!" I had to run out of the room laughing!

He is so bossy which again is not good but is just hilarious! He'll tell us to do something "right now!!"

Marshall has a new favorite show: The Brady Bunch! He watches Curious George when I cook dinner and The Brady Bunch is always after so he watches that too. You have to realize that Marshall LOVES Curious George and LOVES helping me cook. So one day he wanted to help me cook and Not watch George. Then as soon as he heard the theme song for Brady Bunch, he wanted to get off the counter and ran to the couch. He sat there through the whole show, which he never does.. sits through an entire show! So funny. I don't know what it is about that show but he sure loves it. He even knows who Peter is!

Marshall got a Superman action figure for Christmas but has no idea who he is or what he can do. But the other day, Brady told him to go to Time Out and he says sternly "No! I'm Superman!"

It's so naughty but so funny! We laugh every time he says that. I'm not sure where he got that from but it must've been from his cousins ha ha!

We just love this kid!

Christmas in California!

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California was so fun! It was so great to be around family and friends. We were there for so long but it was a good time. We did so much! It was a crazy busy trip!

We always end up doing something weird at the Bowden house! Brady is trying to get the wax out of his ear with a candle!

Here is a group from mutual doing a service for us. They are reading a story to the kids. They were so excited! The kids were upset when they left. It was pretty cute!

Betty and Marshall

Betty, Marshall and Jake!

These are the boys wrestling! It is so funny to watch. Watch Jake. He's the one without a shirt. They had so much fun together! Marshall was just loving it!

Happy New Year!

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After the triathlon we had a huge bonfire on the Brasher's property. It was fun to eat and chat with all the families! Then we played Just Dance on the Wii which was super fun! I took a video of Marshall that is hilarious but it isn't working to put it on here. So hopefully I can figure it out and get it up soon!

The Annual Polar Bear Triathlon

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Conner, Matt, Taylor, Tyson, Tom, Brady, Austin

SWIM..

Look how red he got from the freezing pond water

BIKE..

RUN...

You can barely see Brady. He is on the left, just behind the tall grass on the edge of the pond. Isn't this a beautiful backyard!

Marshall ate mandarins and played with the chickens, turkeys

and goats while we waited for the boys to finish.

Three brothers coming in close together.

Conner, Austin and Brady.

How cute! Austin and Brady finish together!

Fishing on the pond at the Brashers

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Matt, Hayden, Jake, Marshall and Brady

Like father like son... look at the way they are standing..

Marshall first catch.. ever!

Betty, Jake and Marshall

The Twins!

If they were both smiling they would look even more a like. Everyone gets them mixed up. At the wedding Grandpa Brasher kept calling "Jakey, Jakey, Jakey".. then he finally realized it was Marshall!! Its so funny!

Scott enjoying the outside! He doesn't get to see much of that in Utah cause it's so cold.

Santa Cruz in December!!

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YES it was so beautiful outside, in DECEMBER, that we ate outside!!

I LOVE California!

Lee (Brady's brother) and Leann live just outside of Santa Cruz so we took a day trip out to visit. We went out on the wharf and saw the sea lions or whatever these are! The boys enjoyed them!

When it got dark we went to the beach and had a bonfire and roasted marshmallows. The flash makes it so you can see everyone but it was really dark! The sunset was beautiful though! I miss those lower pink sunsets living in Utah!

We had a really good time!

Sacramento Train Museum

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We did a lot of fun things like go to the Zoo and the Train Museum.

Marshall had a really good time! He loved to be able to go inside the trains!

By the time we were done, the kids were done! It was nap time!

CHRISTMAS!!

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This is "Katie's Workshop"! Just a few of the projects from Christmas!

This is a skirt I made Corinne. The color is actually more rosy! I made a smaller one for Kaitlin and plan to make a bigger one for myself!!

Christmas Eve we had Mexican and made Gingerbread housed at the Bowden House!

Here are the boys in their PJ's they get to open on Christmas Eve! Thanks Grandma's!

This is what Marshall woke up to on Christmas Morning! Santa brought him a train! He played with that thing every single day in California!

We woke up to a great surprise on Christmas Morning.. ANTS!! Ants covered the whole front room and kitchen. They were all over the presents. It was horrible. I guess that is what happens when you live in the country! So annoying! Anyway.. after an hour of trying to clean them up we finally opened presents. Luckily Marshall was very excited and occupied with his train!

It was fun to have Grandma & Grandpa Bowden and Sherrie there too!

Jen being silly! I think thats were Brady gets it!

Scott with all his presents from Grandma's! He's half asleep!

Brady had Conner for Christmas and made him a giant KitKat bar!! Yes it is chocolate and vanilla wafers! It was even shaped like a kitkat bar! It was pretty cool!

Brady's other amazing present that he gave was for his Dad! He made a seat out of wood and a saddle and a display of all Gary's cowboy stuff. There's a bunch of little things on the display that you can't really see like spurs and other things that I don't really know what they are ha ha!

On the opposite wall are old pictures of him and his kids with horses! He got emotional with this one and had a hard time telling the stories of the pictures. Brady did a great job!

I made the boys matching ties to wear to church since Christmas was on Sunday!

Tyson (Brady's Brother) & Jessica's Wedding

2012-01-13T15:45:00.000-08:00

We went out to California super early to make it to Tyson & Jessica's wedding! It was fun! Brady's mom put on an incredible dinner on Wednesday that was decorating amazing! Then they were sealed Sacramento Temple by Jessica's Grandpa Brasher!

Let me try to tell you how our families are connected. Tyson and Brady's sister Jamie married Matt Brasher. Jessica is Matt & Jamie's niece. She is now their sister-in-law. And Tyson is not only Jamie's brother but nephew too! Jamie and Matt's kids Hayden, Jake and Betty are Jessica's cousins but now they are also her nephews and niece. It is pretty funny! It was just really funny to watch the kids at the wedding during pictures because they were in so many of them.. cousins, nieces and nephews, Bowdens and Brashers lol! Anyway.. we LOVE LOVE LOVE Jessica and are so happy she is in our family AND that they live in Provo now too!!

Jessica's Grandma Brasher had all the girls in the families and bridesmaids get their nails done. It was really fun!

Brady's mom, Jennifer, did all the flowers with the help of her amazing brother David! They turned out so pretty!

Marshall trying to sneak into the temple!

Cute little Scott!

These are the nieces and nephews! I just love Marshall in this picture!

Scott adoring Jessica! If you click on the picture to see it bigger you can see him smiling at her!

Seriously the outfits were so cute!

The brothers and brother-in-law!

Conner, Lee, Austin, Tyson, Brady and Matt!

Thanksgiving with Family!

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Thanksgiving was so fun this year! I haven't spent Thanksgiving with my siblings for so long! We were able to have Mindi and her family, Jared and Kimmy with us! We did a lot of fun things together including the Bean Museum with all the stuffed animals. That was fun!

Since we always have our normal turkey dinner with the extended Marshall family on Friday, we did as far from turkey on Thursday as we could think of.. Steak Tacos. It was really yummy and fun to have Grandma and Grandpa come down and join us!

After dinner on Friday we went to see the lights at Temple Square. When we got back to Grandma's house Marshall fell and ripped the middle piece of skin between your gums and upper lip and was bleeding all over. It was sad but it was so fun to be with everyone!

Thanks Mindi and Don for coming and visiting! I know it wasn't cheap but we had so much fun with you!

Googily Eyes!

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Creepy huh! He looks like a doll!

Well we were making turkeys the Sayre's house for FHE and we got a little silly. We haven't laughed this hard in a while! It was pretty funny!

Creepy Scott!

Creepy Jamie!

Creepy Aaron.

It didn't really work on me very well.. that's why there isn't a picture of me!

Funny Boys

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Sweet Scott

Sometimes I'll bring Scott in with Marshall and read them both books before bedtime!

This is such a wierd picture! We went to the Library with our friends the Floyd's and we found Marshall & Daxon sitting like this! It was hilarious! It was nap time and they were tired from running around so I think they were just resting haha! whatever!

Just Marshall being a BOY!

Scott's Blessing

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November 20, 2011 Scott Paul Bowden had his Baby Blessing.

It was so good to see everyone that came and help celebrate him with us! It was especially fun to have Mindi, Don and the girls here from Alabama for it!

Baby Scott with Big Brother Marshall

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Our Little Thumper

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I've started to call Scott "Thumper" sometimes! He has this weird twitch with his leg. All of a sudden it will just pump a few times really fast.. just like Thumper! Super funny!

Fun at Kangaroo ZOO!

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Look at brave little Marshall! I could not believe he was going on this huge slide that I am even a little scared to go down lol.

The last time we came here I had to throw him on the bounce houses with him crying to get him used to it. By the time we left he didn't want to go. This time he ran right in and went on the biggest slide there. His face was hilarious when he came down though. I don't think he expected it to be that fast! He went over and over and over, but a little slower! I was so proud of him!

Coming out of the slide!

Train Birthday Party

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My friend Chelsea had a Train Birthday Party for her 2 year old Vance. I just had to post the pictures for ALL to see because it was so cute!

So just to be clear.. Ididn't do anything here!

This was an ice cream bar. The train cars held all the toppings! Cute huh!!

Yes this is a cake! Cool huh! It's wrapped with KitKat bars and topped with M&M's. It was delicious!

Another BYU fan!

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Go BYU Cougars!!

Grandma Marshall comes to the Rescue!

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My mom or Grandma Marshall to the kids came out to stay with us after Scott was born! It was amazing! She was such a life saver. It helped so much to have her there! She did everything!

Not only did she take care of Marshall and clean the house, she took care of Scott doing everything from feeding, to changing his diapers,...

.. to bathing him! She even woke up with me at night and fed him while I pumped which just saved me! She would let me sleep in a little too.

Because the power was out in Connecticut she stayed even longer which was awesome!

Thanks so much Mom! You are so wonderful! I love you!

HALLOWEEN

2011-11-16T08:36:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Halloween twice. On the actual day and one on Saturday at the ward party. Marshall had a fun time going around the cars for Trunk or Treat.

Here are the boys getting ready!

Scott's first Halloween

If you can't tell Marshall is a monkey!

We went around the apartment complex and just figured we'd get a little bit of candy..

..but he got a TON! Even king size candy bars!

He actually understood this year and had so much fun! We still have candy left lol!

Halloween Party

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Our friends decided to do another Halloween Party since last years was so good! We missed the Heaps family though! Chelsea made some delicious soup and bread! We had some yummy appetizers and desserts as well! I think the most fun thing for the night was the Mummy Wrapping Contest!

The dads had to wrap the kids up with toilet paper like a mummy. Whoever did it the fastest, won. Here is Brady and Marshall starting. Marshall thought it was so funny. He was totally laughing.

Some of the others kids didn't like it as much haha!

Mummy Marshall

The dads and their mummy kids.

Aaron and James, Brady and Marshall, Nate and Abby, Mike and Karter, Jordan and Vance.

Our sweet babies Scott and Makynlee with Jamie!

The other mom's: Chelsea, Kati and Heidi (all pregnant by the way which you can't even tell)

After the kids were done being mummys they ripped all the toilet paper off and made a huge mess. They were throwing TP everywhere. It was so funny. Brady probably had more fun then any of the kids! This is Marshall throwing a bunch at Brady.

Carving Pumpkins

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Our apartment complex had a pumpkin carving contest so we had to make something! We weren't really competing since we didn't have Brady to be there to create a masterpiece (he was out of town for work). But, we still had a good time gutting it and putting a face on! Marshall thought it was so fun! Check it out!

"Punkin Patch"

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We had such a blast at the Pumpkin Patch in Pleasant Grove... especially Marshall!

Here is our first Family Picture :)

I was so grossed out because there were spiders and bugs all over the place when we were walking through. I just wanted to get out of there.

But Marshall had a lot of fun! Brady found him this perfect size pumpkin! I think it cost us 25 cents. As soon as we got that, we got back to the hay bail ride and went to the other part of the pumpkin patch.

There were so many fun things to do for toddlers like a petting zoo, catching a pig, pony rides, tractor swings, a hay bail maze, this huge box of corn that Marshall is getting buried in,

a huge slide,

a little train, and the big boys shot corn husks out of a gun that basically looked like a potato gun!

Marshall had such a good time! We will definitely be going again next year!

Marshall adjusting well!!

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Marshall thinks its really funny to pump! He tries to do it to himself. The other day he had the bottles off and was just putting the little tubes on his skin. He had little red spots all over his stomach and kept saying "Owie" cause that's what we say.

I try to get the boys to nap at the same time so I can take a nap too. Sometimes it ends up like this... Marshall just passing out on the floor. That's the easier way. Usually Marshall makes it really hard by playing in his room or coming out of his room over and over... and fighting to take a nap!

Marshall has been really excited about going Potty on the Toilet. Well the other day we hadn't seen him in a while. Brady found him striped and on the toilet. He did everything by himself. He moves the stool over to turn on the light, moves it back in front of the toilet, puts his Elmo seat on, gets up and goes, wipes, gets down and flushes the toilet. The only thing he can't do by himself is wash his hands cause he can't reach. I am just waiting a little longer to potty train him though. I don't think I am quite ready!

Crazy Marshall!

He LOVES Scott! He loves him a little too much I think. He loves to help out with everything that I do with him. He has been "changing" Curious Georges diaper and burping him lately since I won't let him do it with Scott. It is really cute how much he likes him.. a little frustrating at times.. but sweet!

Little Scottie

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When we got home from the hospital we didn't really know what to do with Scott so we just put him on the bed! Look how tiny he is!

Marshall has a picture just like this one.. with his smashed face and big lips. I love when they sleep like this

Its even better when he sleeps with his hands up in the air haha

Scott Paul Bowden is HERE!!

2011-10-16T10:58:00.001-07:00

Little Scott is here and man is he a sweet heart!!

Here is the story (I will try to keep it brief):

Grandma and Grandpa were gracious enough to watch Marshall so we brought him up to Salt Lake on Wednesday night because I was scheduled to be induced the next day. Luckily we did that because they called and told us to be there by 6 a.m.

So we arrived at the hospital at about 6 a.m. the next day, Thursday October 13th. At about 6:30 I was at a 3 and 80%. I made it pretty dang clear that I wanted my epidural before I got pitocin or before breaking my water. So I did. That all went well! At about 8 I got my epidural and soon after had my water broken. Then they started the pitocin at about 8:30. There was something wrong with the tubing so it didn't start right off.. it took a half hour or more. Around then I was just a 3+. Scott's blood pressure was going down so I was pushed over to one side and had to wear an oxygen mask. At about 10:30 or so I started to feel pressure and feel like I was ready to push. I felt this with Marshall for about 2 hours. It hurt pretty bad but there was nothing they could do because I wasn't to a 10 yet. Anyway.. the nurses left and the contractions/pressure got really bad. I told Brady to call them to ask them to come help me. They weren't going to come in for 10 more minutes. The next contraction (which were about 2 minutes apart) hurt so bad I couldn't help but cry and had to squeeze the bed rail. I told Brady to call the nurses and tell them to get in here RIGHT NOW! I had progressed so fast. I was at a 10, 100%, and ready to go. That is sure what I felt. I thought Scott was going to come out! They pushed me on my back and gave an extra dose which numbed me up to my chest! I had to get through about 15 or 20 minutes more of hard contractions though before the epidural got to my right side again. That was so horrible.

Well, the nurse had me push a couple times just to get Scott to be positioned right and see how fast I was going to go. But, we had to close my legs while we waited for the Doc because Scott was about to pop right out. I probably could've had him at least 30 minutes earlier if the doc was there. So the Doc was doing something down there and never told me to push. Then all of a sudden Scott was out and I was so confused! He just gently pulled him out. He was so ready. He did have the cord wrapped around his neck but the Doc just twisted him a little and got that right off. He was born at 11:31 at 7lbs 6 oz and 20.5 inches. I could've done without feeling the contractions, that is for sure. But, it went really well and pretty dang fast.. especially for an induction. Brady did great! He didn't pass out and was able to cut the cord again!

Nasty!

A little wiped off.

He still looks pretty close to this but a little older! We need to get some pictures with his eyes open.

I love that his toes are like little dots!

Marshall had so much fun a Grandma and Grandpa Marshall's! They took really good care of him! Thanks again for doing that!

They really spoiled him and played with him the whole time.

Grandpa even took him to the park!

Marshall was so funny when he came to the hospital. I think he was just thinking he didn't know where he was and then all of a sudden he sees his mom and dad. He just had this confused look on his face for a while. Even after coming and saying hi to us. It was hilarious!

Scott gave Marshall a train!

Great Grandma and Grandpa Marshall with Scott!

Marshall's first time holding Scott! He did so good! He really likes him! He is pretty gentle with him most if the time. It is really cute!

We are so excited that Scott is finally here! He is so far a pretty good baby and is just a sweet heart! We love him so much!

Brady's Birthday!

2011-10-10T10:17:00.000-07:00

Brady's birthday was last Thursday! We celebrated it mostly the Friday before by going to Park City. We sure shopped til we dropped. Then we went to Claim Jumper! It was really fun to just have a day together as a family. We haven't had that in a long time.

On his actual birthday we went out to eat while out angel friend Chelsea watched Marshall! Then we had some friends over for cake and ice cream.

Before we went out to eat Brady opened a couple presents including this monster Marshall made for him. He was so excited to give it to him! Brady was pretty excited about it too! I think he had a good one this year!

Its almost Halloween.. which means time to craft!

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These are horrible pictures but are just of a few Halloween crafts I've done lately!

Marshall's latest Activities!

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Marshall is at such a fun age! Sometimes very frustrating too but ultimately fun! He says and does the funniest things everyday! It is very entertaining for us!

This day I about had it with him though! Brady was gone in Reno for 5 days and I was trying to do something fun with Marshall so I took him to the ZOO with some friends.

Do you see the horse behind him? Well its not real.. but Marshall still screamed to be put on it.. so I had to take a picture of him on the rock!

He really did have a good time.. even though he doesn't look like it!

The other day Marshall's old friend Brigdon got to come and hang out for a bit. They haven't seen each other in a while so it was funny to see them react to each other! It was really fun to see his mom and baby brother too!

Just exploring..

Marshall loves playing with his friend James. They get a long really well!

Shopping for shoes for Daddy in Park City! He actually did pretty well and we were there forever!

Marshall is so cute with his stuffed animals. He does everything with and for them. He puts them down for a nap like in this picture, kisses their head when they bump it and says "It ok?", feeds them, reads to them, puts them in time out after he makes them touch something they shouldn't, etc. It is pretty funny to watch. I think he is going to be a good Big Brother!

The other night Marshall put these glasses on for Family Prayer! We were laughing so hard! He was so serious about it. We just had to get a picture. The next day he looked for the glasses again but luckily couldn't find them.

Marshall has been asking to go "pottie on the toilet" which is very interesting. I haven't pushed him at all but the other day he asked randomly. He was so excited when a tiny bit trickled into the toilet. It was hilarious! We won't start potty training for a bit longer but will still let him go when he wants.

The other day was a horrible experience though.. I was on the phone with Mindi and first of all he took off all his clothes and peed on floor. Which was better then the last 2 days when he peed on the chair. Anyway I hung up the phone, cleaned it up and called her back. Then Marshall told me he wanted to go "pottie in the toilet" so I stayed on the phone and took him. I had just changed his diaper so I didn't expect it to be dirty at all. WELL.. as I stepped back after putting him on the toilet my foot slid into a huge chunk of poop! It went in between my toes and everything. It was so disgusting. I screamed and then got off the phone. Poor Marshall.. it wasn't his fault. It was just so not fun to clean up!

Marshall is still biting.. It is so hard. I feel so bad for the kids he bites. If anyone has any suggestions how to stop him please let me know.

He sure keeps us busy though. I am excited for him to be a big brother soon! I think he will try to smother the kid with love.. but at least it will be with love and not hate!

NEW Room!

2011-10-08T17:42:00.000-07:00

So I finally got around to re-decorating our room! I used a little of our tax refund for it! But most things were purchased with a coupon, at the DI or ksl.com and re-purposed! It has been very fun!

These are the beautiful dressers Brady made when we lived in CA!

Prints like these are usually really expensive. You can find them at Pottery Barn or places like that. I found a whole book of these at the DI for $4! Seriously an amazing find! And of course the frames are from the DI and have been all painted to match!

I purchased my bedding at Pottery Barn. (It was on Clearance). I made my dark blue pillow covers out of curtains I made in my last apartment so $0. I used just white fabric for the curtains to be simple which were cheap and I had a coupon. The curtain rods were on clearance at Hobby Lobby and were white. I spray painted them a cool finish! The ends are green glass balls!

I love this yellow antique sewing machine case. My sewing machine broke, because it was as old as this case! So.. we use it to store computer accessories!

I love this desk. We got it for $15 from someone in Sugar House. It is a really old desk. I love the side shelves and the gold handle. The map was another DI purchase.. $1. It is glued to a board to make it flat. I love how huge it is!

There are a ton more "deals" around this room that I didn't mention. That is probably the funnest part about it! It is also necessary since we really don't have much money haha!

Pregnant girls at a Hanson Concert!!

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So do you remember these guys?? The Hanson Brothers!! They are still going.. and strong!

So we had a Girls Night to go see them! It was such a blast!

Yes, all 5 of us are pregnant!

Here they are now!

Taylor (he still sounds exactly the same.. amazing)

Zack (amazing smile)

Isaac (thank goodness he cut his hair)

Thanks to Chelsea for all these pictures!

We had such a blast! We'll probably go again next year!

Lake Tahoe

2011-09-15T09:45:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Brady's friends had a little reunion at Lake Tahoe. It just happened that he had to work in Reno that weekend too so we were able to go. He had a booth for the 5K FOAM FEST at The Great Balloon Race. It was really fun to see everyone. Poor Brady had to leave the house at 3 am to get to work and we usually went to bed late. He was exhausted but still had a good time.

One of the days we went on a little hike to the waterfalls. Well it was suppose to be an easy to moderate hike but was actually really hard.. especially for a 2 year old and pregnant woman. Luckily Amy and other people were there to help with Marshall.

It was so beautiful there!

Betty and Marshall

Back at the house Marshall had so much fun playing with his cousins. This is the youngest one Lucy.

We can't wait to do this again! We had such a good time!

New Projects

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This is the "mother's lounge chair" I covered. Minus the pillow. It doesn't look good with it. It was pretty hard but I LOVE it!

Here are a few ties I've made. Super easy and cute!

Here is the link I learned it from if your interested. They have a free pattern.

http://www.wannabecrafty.com/2011/03/favorite-baby-boy-neck-tie-pattern.html

The Latin Fest

2011-09-15T09:29:00.000-07:00

So there is a Latin Festival every year just a couple blocks away from our house in Provo. This year they had Nacho Libro style fight! It was freaken weird but entertaining.

It was fun to walk around and listen to the music. And good to hang out with engaged and mushy Tyson and Jessica!

The very First 5K FOAM FEST.. what Brady has been working on all year!

2011-09-15T09:08:00.000-07:00

This 5K FOAM FEST was in Idaho Falls, Id. It was really fun to have family there and to be able to stay at the Cox's (Brady's cousins). It all went really well. Friday was a little bumpy but Saturday went really well and people had a lot of fun!

Marshall with the map

Sweet 5K FOAM FEST tattoo's!

Before the race the adults running from our family and the kids played in the foam. It was fun until they got cold haha Jake isn't very happy

Playing in the foam

Here is the crew that ran: Jessica (almost sister-in-law), Tyson (Brady's bro), Eric and Nathan (cousins), and Jamie and Matt (Brady's sister and brother-in-law)

and their off..

There were a lot of obstacles but only at this location is there sand. It made it pretty difficult but they had fun coming down the hills.

The mud

Human Car Wash

Slip and Slide.. you can barely see someone's feet here

This is at the end so you get clean after running through the mud

Crossing the finish line.

Cleaning up in the tub!

Everyone said that had a really good time. Brady did an amazing job organizing this race. It was really fun to watch too.

Remember there are still 2 more races on September 23rd and 24th. One in Reno, NV and Ogden, UT.

Go to http://5kfoamfest.com/ to register

Use promo code "amigo" to register for ONLY $15. Super amazing deal!

The Great Bird Adventure

2011-09-15T09:00:00.000-07:00

Well you never know whats going to happen when you go to Grandma's lol!

The other day Marshall and I stopped off at Grandma and Grandpa Marshall's house to say hello. As we were getting our shoes on and getting ready to leave I heard a sound that sounded like a mouse in the fireplace. I told Grandma. When she went over there she screamed a little when I bird fell into the fireplace. We were just thinking "What the heck".

Well it was a good thing Grandpa was still home. He got it out of the fireplace and took it outside. The bird couldn't really fly away so Marshall just watched it for a while. We noticed that it had tags on its legs. Grandpa decided to take it to his friends house that has other pigeons and knows a lot about them.

Marshall was sad to see it go! I'm not exactly sure of the rest of the story, you'll have to ask Grandma and Grandpa, but I am pretty sure the bird was dead after not too long.. sorry sad ending. But dang it sure was surprising and interesting haha.

The Great Urban Race

2011-09-15T08:54:00.000-07:00

Here is Brady doing another Race! This one seemed pretty fun. They had to run all over Salt Lake solving clues and making up their own course. He ran this one with his other boss Ryan.

I think they had a pretty good time. They were one of first groups to finish too!

Random pictures of Marshall

2011-09-15T08:47:00.000-07:00

Well Marshall riding this tractor is a BIG deal. In May we went to Chuck E Cheeses and put him on probably the craziest ride I'd ever seen. It was a huge 4 wheeler and was really scary. I don't know what we were thinking. Since then he hasn't wanted to ride anything like this that moves. So finally we got him to ride one that he likes. He wanted to do it over and over. Hopefully this is a start to not being so scared anymore!

In the morning, Marshall usually finds Jared's clothes from the night before. He decided to try this shirt on. lol His head is in the sleeve.

So our friends Jenna and Chris and so wonderful and have given us tons of clothes for Marshall since their boy is older. This is an outfit I had to try on him... even though its a 6 month outfit. Remember Marshall is 2!

I love when Marshall figures things out himself and entertains himself. He made this slide by himself and had a blast on it!

Summer fun with the Fam!

2011-09-15T08:42:00.000-07:00

It was so fun to have the family here for so long! We were able to do so much together. A few different days we went swimming which is always fun. Here is Marshall Corinne and Kim.

Corinne, Dad (Grandpa), Kim and Marshall

Grandma, Corinne and Marshall

They loved being with their Grandma and Grandpa! So did we!

Play Day with Grandma and Grandpa

2011-09-15T08:29:00.000-07:00

Grandma Marshall usually does a play day with the younger cousins but this time she let the great grandkids come!

Or course she made waffles. Grandpa fixed them for the kids! So yummy!

They played with some bubbles too!

Then we all went to This is the Place. I didn't realize how much was there. We definitely will be going back soon! It was really fun. The first thing we did was ride the train around the whole place.

Mindi, Kaitlin, Grandpa and Grandma

Miranda, Kim, Katie, Marshall, Corinne, Travis and Trent

Then they played on a huge ship. We then panned for silver. Marshall just played in the water and put rocks in the pan.

There was another train that was a lot smaller and we went on that next. Marshall screamed when we had to get off.

Grandpa got us ice cream after that!

After walking around a little we went to the petting zoo.

Marshall got to see and pet a pig, goat, cow (that looked like a surfer with his long shaggy blonde hair lol), rabbits, snakes, sheep and horsies. Marshall was a little too scared to ride the horse but Corinne did!

Back at Grandmas house Kim went down stairs and found Marshall and Corinne having a little party of their own with water and skittles!

We had such a good time. Thanks again Grandma and Grandpa. Marshall still talks about it almost everyday. He lists off everything we did with "fun" somewhere in it! So cute!

BEAR LAKE 2011

2011-09-14T22:18:00.000-07:00

The Fam! minus Don :(

Grandpa with the grandkids. They loved being with him! and I think he likes them too!

Marshall loves his Daddy too!

Marshall and Corinne! They fought a lot but had a lot of fun together too. They even got into trouble together!

Marshall and Kaitlin

We loved to make this babe smile! She is just so sweet!

Marshall's crew!

Marshall absolutely LOVED the beach. He loved the sand, the snacks, the boat, the water, everything! He loved to get dirty too!

Jared and Marshall

We hadn't even gotten to the beach yet haha

I love this girl!

The boys went shooting one morning and had a blast.

Gangsters

This is what happens when you have over 30 people and 1 bathroom!

Marshall loves Travis! He followed him around all the time. SO cute

Kimmy and Corinne while we are going shopping

The boys love to go on the dirt bikes and little quad for the kids.

John made some yummy yummy ribs one night for the whole family. Thanks John!

We also had a ping pong tournament.

and played some volleyball and soccer

Here is Marshall helping his daddy clean up the yard

Marshall loves his Grandma! He would way rather be sitting on her lap then anyone else in that family including me!

For Family Night our family did "Minute to Win It". It was hilarious. We did Face the Cookie, Junk in the Trunk, and On the Rebound. This is a picture of Face the Cookie. Here are movies for the other two. Make sure to at least watch the 2nd one! Its the funniest!

The benefits of knowing people with fun jobs!!

2011-09-14T22:01:00.000-07:00

Well, we are privileged to live in such a beautiful place!!

With Brady working on the Provo River as a guide last year we got to go down for free. This summer Jared (my bro) got to work on the river AND for this new zip line. So off course we get hooked up. The only bad thing is that I can't do anything cause I am pregnant... but it is fun to see everyone else having fun haha!

This place is awesome. They have some of the longest zip lines. I think this one is over 1100 feet.

Here is mom, Mindi and Jared. Mom went the fastest of everyone for sure. No Fear!!

Corinne, Kim and Brady.

Brady's first time.. well on this zip line.

Marshall wishing he could go.

He just got to help drive us around!

Him and Corinne got so dirty as they were waiting for everyone to ride!

We all had a good time!

Here's Brady!

Marshall turns 2!!

2011-09-13T17:31:00.000-07:00

Marshall turned 2 on July 21st! On the morning of his birthday he opened his presents from his Grandma and Grandpa Bowden and Conner!

He loves his Elmo book and cars! He plays with them all the time!

SO I didn't get very many good pictures of his party that night because I was so busy doing the party but it was a blast.

The theme was a "Go Diego Go" theme.

Here is a picture of his cupcakes!

and all the food! There are labels on some of them like worms, tiger tails, snake eggs, dried bat wings, jungle juice, etc.

I made little "rescue packs" for all the kids with some fun things in them. I also made some binoculars out of toilet paper rolls that the kids colored.

They took their rescue packs and binoculars out to the court yard for a Rescue Mission. They had to find a bunch of different animals and mark it off on their sheet. When they found all of them they got a prize. I think they really liked it!

Here is Marshall finding am elephant.

Inside I made an obstacle course that I didn't get good pictures of. First you had to go through a canyon with snakes which was just behind the couch with streamers hanging down and rubber snakes on the ground.

Then after crossing a bridge you had to go through a hollow log. Then came the water with hippos. They had to jump over their backs (that was the last picture). Last was a cave of bats which was basically a tall table covered with a sheet with paper bats hanging from the top.

It was fun! They were able to run through it during the whole party.

Brady was sweet enough to make balloon animals for the kids. They loved that!

Marshall was so funny when we sang Happy Birthday! He was so excited and he was trying not to smile!

He got really spoiled with toys from his friends! Here they are playing with all of his presents.

On Sunday, mostly since Kim and Dad couldn't be at his party, we had a family dinner and party. The funny thing was Marshall and Corinne were asleep during dinner! It was nice though! and delicious by the way: Olive Garden Stuffed Chicken Marsala!

Here he is again trying not to smile!

He got some good presents.. it looks like everyone liked them!

Party guests.. sweet baby Kaitlin!

Kimmy and Marshall! He loves his auntie Kimmy! He always sees girls and thinks they are her.. and then gets really sad when its not her!

He had a great birthday! I hope he remembers how fun it was! It was really fun planning it too!

Our sweet little Marshall is growing up!!

2011-07-14T14:29:00.000-07:00

So I've realized that Marshall is only going to get older! This is so exciting and so sad at the same time! I just want him to stay his age right now! He is so funny and cute! He does the funniest things everyday and surprises us with new things all the time. He loves to sing. If anyone knew me as a kid this is how I was too, apparently. But he is so adorable! He loves singing Elmo's world, ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle, Diego, anything really.. even hymns.

He has a favorite song on the radio though. It is the song that says "Cause your amazing, just the way you are!" The other day that song was on and Marshall totally got the "are" right on. He kept it up the whole song! It was hilarious! Now every time we hear that song we turn it up and he totally sings and smiles. It's so cute! It kind of reminded me of that Mr. Bean episode when he doesn't know the hymn.. but in a lot cuter way. He even sings the rest of the song like him, just mumbling something. Here is the link to you tube if you don't know what I am talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDZyuSDUh2U

Next time you see him you can ask him to sing you something.

He can also count to 10! He doesn't really know his colors yet but can count to 10 haha! It usually helps if he is going up or down stairs though. That is how he learned.

I'm just going to copy the last 2 entry's in his journal instead of paraphrasing:

"7.10.11 - Well we just got back from CA and although we had a great time, Marshall picked up some bad habits from his cousins. This morning while we were getting ready for church, we went in to check on him and he was totally NAKED standing next to a puddle on the ground. His cousins run around naked all the time so I think that's why he though he could. The good thing was the puddle was just water (another habit he picked up earlier) and he was good enough to throw his diaper in the trash haha!! It was really hard not to just laugh! We didn't even punish him."

I know most of you mom's are thinking.. "woopee he was naked".. but we just don't do that in our house especially with a kid that just peed on me yesterday while I was changing his diaper. Yeah he is going to be 2 in a week and still can't control himself. He won't be potty trained for a while!

"7.12.11 - I was just walking our of my room while Marshall was taking a nap and heard a door slam quietly. I freaked out a little but realized the air conditioning had just come on and that must have shut a door. Then as I walked into the kitchen making sure the front door was locked (it was), I heard it again. I thought this could only mean one thing... and as I turned to look @ Marshall's door a little hand came out. He'd finally done it.. climbed out of his crib. DANG'T! A week and half til he's 2.. I guess it's about time! I just wish it didn't have to scare me like that."

Anyway.. we are just so excited he's around and can't get enough of him! He can be the biggest rascal but he makes us so happy. He reminds me of Dennis the Menace! Even when I tell him not to touch something he twiddles his fingers just like in the movie.

Here are a few more pictures:

Jared has been in Provo this summer and we have LOVED it! So has Marshall. Last night he came over and Brady said look who it is and Marshall screamed with excitement and ran out to him! He stayed with us for a bit til he found an apartment. This is just a video of what a fun uncle is like!

Playing in the FOAM!

2011-07-14T11:03:00.000-07:00

So Brady's company had a party trying out the blow up slip and slide and the ground slip and slide. They had such a blast. Marshall did too!

This is at the end pool of the blow up slip and slide!

Brady inhaled it and realized that wasn't a good idea! He was coughing forever!

Foam skirt

Jared and Brady

Marshall and Jared in the pool. There is only a tiny bit of water in there. It's mostly foam.

Brady getting the ground slip and slide ready. Sexy shot ehh?

It is so deep you can't even see people going through.

Just parts of their bodies.

Brady and Jared racing to the next slide.

Looks like Jared won! They had so much fun!

The Spartan Race!

2011-07-14T10:44:00.000-07:00

Brady and Dave at the Starting line..

and over 2 hours later at the Finish line! Eww!

Brady's Cheering Squad! "Yay Dad!"

"And their off.."

At the end of the 8 miles is when they get really muddy. In this obstacle they have to climb under barbed wire in thick mud. You can see Dave in the yellow shirt just starting it.

"Anyone want a hug?"

After the barbed wire and jumping over hot flames there was this mud pit you had to go through.

They were exhausted but had a lot of fun. Brady still has a tan line on his arm from where he wrote his number!

The 5k Foam Fest Brady is over is going to be shorter (just over 3 miles) and fun with mud AND Foam! Check is out!

http://5kfoamfest.com/

Visit to California and Uncle Tyson comes home!

2011-07-14T10:13:00.001-07:00

Brady wanted to make sure Marshall had someone to hang out with for the long trip to CA!

Brady's brother Tyson got home from his mission on June 30th. Marshall was still in my stomach when he left for Baltimore so this is the first time Marshall is meeting his Uncle Tyson!

As you can tell it was a little emotional to see the entire family there!! It was good to see him! I think everyone had at least a few tears of joy!

Marshall had so much fun with his cousins. It was a little over whelming at times but fun! He loved playing outside in his Grandma and Grandpas newly redone beautiful backyard!

He loved to copy his cousins too. Which was sometimes a good thing and sometimes a bad thing lol

Having fun with costumes.

Matt and his friend Petey. This what happens when it is really late at night and you get Brady and Jamie together!! haha

Look at these sweet little boys. This is a rare moment to get them to sit down for a second. These kids are active!

Hayden, Marshall, Jake, Jackson, and Judd!

Helping Grandma and Grandpa trim the garden.

One day we went to a little inside play place. It was a blast. Marshall had a good time but I shouldn't have gone down the huge and fast slides I did... especially being pregnant!

We had a contest with a couple of the brothers to see who can do the best nail painting.

I don't think we ever declared a winner but we had a lot of fun!

Yes this is the new RM with his "not girlfriend"!

Our special child!!

We went to the pool so many times! It was so fun. It was good to see Ashley and Braden too!

Bow making with the girls!

These movies are just FUNNY! So the boys had a brilliant idea to catch bumble bees, freeze them and let them go tied to a string. The problem was, the bee got off the string.. inside. Make sure you turn up your volume for this one. The 2nd video is Brady scaring Leann as they are still searching for the bee 20 minutes later.

Taylorsville Days Fireworks!

2011-07-14T10:08:00.000-07:00

Marshall and I joined the Hommes Family and Grandma and Grandpa at the Taylorsville Day's Fireworks. It was really fun! Marshall had a good time eating everyone's Snowies.

I was suprised he didn't run off because we had to wait til 10:00 for the fireworks to start. He was a little scared of the fireworks at first but started to say "wow" after awhile. They were the best fireworks I'd ever seen. It helps that there is music to them. It was worth staying up that late with Marshall!

Father's Day!

2011-07-14T09:47:00.000-07:00

I had a good time preparing for Father's Day. I think Brady enjoyed it! When he woke up he got a present from Marshall (a rubberband flying plane) and from me (a hat rack I made him).

These were his "after church" gifts. It was kind of a BBQ themed Father's Day. Last Fathers Day he actually got a small BBQ so this year he got a few more things to go along with it...

including a BBQ grill cake loaded with burgers and shish kabobs. If you are wondering what everything is: The meat patties are devils food cake cookies with starburst cheese and frosting ketchup. The shish kabobs are starbursts for the red peppers and pineapples (that are yellow, they are just really light). The tootsie rolls are the meat. It is a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting that I dyed black. Not exactly what I expected it to be but it works lol

Brady's big gift were knives. He has been complaining since we've been married about how bad our knives are so I figured it was about time to get new ones lol.

He also got a custom apron for BBQing! Doesn't he look great!

I also made one for the Grandpa's!

Lovely Morning at Kneaders!

2011-07-14T09:44:00.001-07:00

Oh the joys of good weather. This beautiful Saturday morning we went to Kneaders to get the all the you can eat french toast, that is seriously DELICIOUS!! It was really fun. We went with Chelsea, Jordan and Vance which always makes things more fun!! Yay, I love beautiful weather!

Bye Bye Rodeo

2011-07-14T09:36:00.000-07:00

This is how we all felt about the news of our dear Rodeo being a total loss. Apparently, they were going to have to replace the whole lower engine or just the whole engine. So after all the money they (and we) already spent on the car, they decided to call it a total loss.

We were pretty sad to have to give up the Rodeo. That thing has been through a lot with us! All across the country. We like our little Hyundai Elantra though and it's great gas mileage. Just sad to give up the storage and towing capability! The good thing is, we only had a pay a couple hundred for it with the check that came from the Rodeo and it is a newer car with less miles on it.

It's finally warm enough to swim!! YAY!

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This is Marshall and Vance in the little pool Chelsea (my friend that lives a few doors down) got. Just a fun thing to do outside. It took so long for it to finally be warm enough outside. We also have Seven Peaks passes which has been fun to bring the kids to!

Massage, shooting cats and fun with Grandma

2011-07-14T09:10:00.000-07:00

This is kind of a cool picture because Marshall is playing with his Grandma Steve Marshall's truck that he used to play with then he was little!

I swear Brady can always get Grandpa to do something like this when he comes over. Brady fixed the BB Gun so Grandpa could scare a cat away from they're yard. Well they sure scared it haha. I'm pretty sure Grandpa hit it in the butt. Then they set up a target and traded off all night.

Luckily Grandma was willing to watch Marshall while I did the massages I came to do while the boys played! Aren't they so cute! Marshall loves his Grandma! And I think Grandma kind of likes Marshall too!

That night we listened on speaker phone to my cousin Kyle open his mission call! It was so neat. When Kyle was younger he told his mom that he was going on his mission to Houston, Texas. Ever since then he has been certain that is where he is going. That is certainly where he is going!! Amazing. We were all just crying, especially Sandy (his mom).

Bear Lake in the... winter??

2011-07-14T09:00:00.000-07:00

So we went to Bear Lake at the end of MAY to do some work on the house and play a bit. Well it was a good thing we got the grass in and a bunch of work done on Saturday because it snowed at least 4 inches the next morning! In May! Whatever we still had fun even though we didn't get to do the normal BBQ on the beach!

Brady and Jared went on a dirt bike ride but borrowed some sweaters from the closet!

Poor Marshall had bad bad Diarrhea that tore up his bum! We were constantly changing him. We decided to put him in the bath to get some relief and we just left him in there forever since he was having so much fun! He was a little better after that. Poor baby!

So every time we go to Bear Lake there is always something with the dang goats. This time they got out of course, but instead of coming through the fence or over the fence they came right through the front gate that we left opened. So funny.

Brasher's visit and Katie's birthday!

2011-07-14T08:49:00.001-07:00

Towards the end of May, the Brasher's (Brady's sister Jamie and her family) came to visit for about a week! It was way fun to hang out with them. We did a lot of fun things with them. Here is Hayden, Marshall and Jake.

It was fun to have them there on my birthday too. We went to a museum at BYU which was awesome and went to Tucanos for dinner! Yum Yum!! And Brady did a little surprise party for me. Just a few friends came over to my friend Chelsea's house. It was definitely surprising and made me really happy! A few of the nights they were here we played some late night games when the kids went to sleep! That was really fun too!

On Sunday we went to go feed the ducks at the pond, but everyone must of had the same idea because the ducks were full and there was bread all over the pond not being eaten haha. So we just walked around.

This is little baby Betty. Isn't she a sweetheart! Marshall loved her. Luckily she is big enough to handle Marshall cause he loved to just smoother her! It's good that he likes babies but hopefully he'll back off a little by the time our next one comes.

Anyway it was really fun to have the Brasher's come! They were such good sports for staying in our little 2 bedroom apartment with 5 people in one room! We love you guys! Come back soon!

Katie hit a dog.. A dog hit Katie!

2011-05-18T10:30:00.000-07:00

Well, its been about 2 weeks now not having a car and it looks like it isn't even close to being finished.

On May 2nd I went to pick up Jared and Kelsy from the airport a little before midnight. I was about to Thanksgiving Point on the 15 when I saw a big black dog right in the middle of my lane and not even a second later hit it. It smashed the front of our car and bumped a couple times under it. Because of the construction I couldn't really pull over so I just hoped that the dog died.

I was so freaked out.. nothing like this had ever happened to me. The car was driving fine so I figured I would just hurry and get to the airport and then look at the car. Well, about when I hit the 215, the car wouldn't accelerate anymore. It turned to HOT and then died. It all happened really fast. I pulled over. For those of you who don't know the 215 at midnight. It's dark and creepy. Anyway. I was by myself for a while but called Grandma and Grandpa. They woke up to come get me and Jared and Kelsy at the airport. Grandpa and I waited for the tow truck and followed it to the shop.

Anyway, we stayed at Grandma's that night and didn't get to bed til at least 2. The dog was apparently pretty big because not only did it bust the bumper and grill, it broke the radiator and others things. We just found out that there is even more damage that I don't really understand but it is going to be expensive (for the insurance company luckily). If they would've found this other damage to the top of the engine before they fixed other things, they probably would've just called it Totaled.. from a dog! Crazy huh. I feel bad for the dog.. but seriously what was a dog doing on the freeway?! Stupid dog.

In the meantime, it is raining and cold which makes it hard for Brady to get to work because biking is the only other form of transportation we have! But we have dealt with it for 2 weeks and can hopefully deal with it for however much longer we need to. Thanks to all our friends and family who have let us borrow their car or given us a ride! We really appreciate it.

Coming soon... Brady just took a river rafting trip and a camping/hiking trip with his class. He will hopefully get some pictures out soon!

Marshall, etc.

2011-05-18T10:23:00.000-07:00

Here is the Elmo shirt Grandma (Connie) Marshall gave to Marshall. What a smile huh?

We went to In N Out when Jared and Kelsy came down. Marshall got stickers and put them all over himself!

Some fun crafty gifts..

2011-05-18T10:17:00.000-07:00

Ok I LOVE these little book marks. Are they not the cutest thing you've ever seen?!?! Marshall and I made them for his Grandma's for Mother's Day. They are pretty easy and I think would make reading a little more fun for kids! Oh I just can't get over how cute they are!

Here is the link..

http://nheilke.com/blog/?p=2628

We also made these cool pop up cards that turned into a bouquet of flowers for the Grandma's. I didn't take a picture but I used some fun paper. Here is the link..

http://www.instructables.com/id/Seven-flowers.-Awesome--pop-up-card-./

Boise, Idaho for Easter!

2011-05-18T09:50:00.000-07:00

Marshall was so excited to see his cousins Hayden and Jake when we went to Boise, Idaho for Easter. They had such a good time playing together. Here they are at the park. We stayed at Brady's sister Jamie and her husband Matt's house.

Goofy Marshall.

One night we went to a Bounce house. Marshall liked the things to bounce on but it took him a while to get used to them. Here he is getting ready to fight.

He probably played in this car more then anything haha.

While we were at the Bounce house, Brady and Matt were able to go on a bike ride. I think they had a pretty good time!

Saturday morning we all went to a ward members house for a Easter Egg Hunt. I think Marshall enjoyed the swing set more then the egg hunt.

Saturday night Jamie and Matt took us out to the Cheese Cake Factory. It was delicious, even though I felt sick before, during and after we went haha.

Saturday night we also colored easter eggs. They had so much fun doing that.

Here is one of Marshall's.

Just Brady being Brady! He has a half of a huge plastic egg on his head.

These are the kids waiting patiently to come downstairs to see what the Easter Bunny brought them.

This is what the Easter Bunny brought Marshall..

And Brady.

Before Marshall found his basket he found the biggest egg from all the easter eggs that were hidden around the room.

Easter Day!

Look at this sweet little Betty and her cute Easter dress!

This is the last day we were there. I don't know if they were done with each other or sad to leave?? Notice Hayden's band-aid on his neck.. Marshall bit him finally on the last day. I'm actually surprised it took that long. Hayden thought the band-aid would help it feel better! Whatever works haha. Sorry about that Jamie! He is getting better at not biting.

Anyway, we had a really good time and were sad to leave. Jamie was so good about taking care of me since I was sick (pregnant) and Brady was good to take care of Marshall. I really didn't want to leave. Luckily they are coming to our house tomorrow!! YAY! Hopefully I can be as hospitable to them as they were to us!

Brady's obstacle BBQ

2011-05-12T11:32:00.000-07:00

As most of you know by now, Brady is organizing a few events called Foam Fest's. They are a 5k with obstacles and foam. He did a little test run one Saturday with some volunteers. It was pretty fun and exciting to watch everyone run the obstacles.

Marshall was daddy's little helper. He was so cute watching everyone.

Here are a few of the obstacles..

I wasn't able to get a picture of the slip and slid with foam, but you can check out more pictures of the obstacles for the events at http://www.battlefornobility.com/

And go to http://www.facebook.com/Battlefornobility and "like" the page to win FREE STUFF every friday!

Look for their billboards in Ogden, Idaho and Reno!

Ready To Pop Shower

2011-05-12T11:18:00.000-07:00

So I organized a shower for my friend Jamie with some help from some friends and family. It was fun to come up with all the fun POP ideas. This is the invitation. I had to cover the part that has our address and phone number.

This was the main table. We had the shower in the club house at our apartments because it was already decorated in red and black! On the table there was popcorn cupcakes, caramel popcorn, butter popcorn, totsie and blow pops, fruit, and oreo pops. We also had popcorn bags so everyone could take some home. That was a brilliant idea because I didn't have much food left over!!

Here are the popcorn cupcakes that McKelle helped me make. They looked a little better in real life.

Here is the second table.

Soda POP.

Here is Jamie, the one who is having a baby soon.. obviously. She is drinking from the fun straws I got.

Here are the girls playing one of the games. We played the game where you guess what candy bar is in the diaper. They were so disgusting and really looked like poop. The other game we played was to match the animal to the number of days of pregnancy. That was a really interesting game! Pretty fun!

Anyway, we had a good time!

12 weeks: exhausted, tired but excited!

2011-04-10T18:51:00.001-07:00

Here is our little one at 12 weeks. I'm so excited we waited this long to get an ultrasound so we could actually see more then just a little bean. At this picture it was just over 5 cm. I found out I am due OCT 19th. I'm sure it'll come before that. The point is we are really excited and happy that the baby looks normal and healthy so far.

What Marshall has been UP to..

2011-04-10T18:32:00.000-07:00

So I feel like kind of a bad mother because I am so sick and tired all the time so I don't play with Marshall as much as I should. Anyway.. one day we got out some art supplies and did these two hand paintings. I think getting the supplies out was the funnest part for him because I never let him touch my stuff! He liked it though! It was fun!

So Marshall loves his hat and sunglasses and wants to wear them all the time. This time in the car he was trying to be so cool. We kind of got it, but you kind of had to be there.

The last few weeks Marshall has been on and off SICK. It has been so NOT fun. He'll throw up one day, then have a fever another, then a week later throw up randomly.. it's been awful. He had major diarrhea and blow outs. I swear I had to change him 3 or more times a day and he took at least 2 baths a day for a few days. Anyway.. I think he is doing better. This picture is when my mom was here visiting. He was so happy all day and then on the way home from the restaurant he threw up in the car. It was so sad and disgusting. I know your thinking... hot dogs?? but he didn't really eat any. Luckily it was a rental car haha!!

While my mom was here we went to Hobby Lobby to get Marshall a easter basket. We picked out a monkey one but as soon as he saw this Elmo one he started screaming "Melmo". So we had to get it! He has been playing with it ever since. He takes the easter eggs and puts them in the basket and just walks around with it. It is so funny! He loves it.

I am putting on a shower for a friend on Saturday so I was trying out some of the goodies. This is my little helper!

For Marshall's friend Brigdon's birthday we went to pool in Lehi. I think Marshall likes outdoor pools better. He likes the sun and hot air. He was shivering the whole time. I think he still had fun though!

These are 2 of Marshall's friends Brigdon and Vance. I love this picture because this is what they did when we said "say cheese". Marshall and Brigdon are doing what they think is a smile and saying cheese. Vance is just tired HAHA!

After dancing for I don't know how long I figured I should video Marshall. He can go forever. Just a very active child!

Marshall's Kites

2011-04-10T18:25:00.000-07:00

These are the kites I made to go above Marshall's bed!

Winter Bear Lake.. President's Day

2011-04-10T18:08:00.000-07:00

So it started out that most of family was coming to Bear Lake this President's Day weekend. But we ended being the only ones that actually went. That usually happens.. at least the last 3 years! So Katie, Brady, Marshall, Jared, Kim and Kelsy all went up together! We had a really good time. It was nice to spend time with just us too! We got to play out in the snow a lot. The boys got to go snowboarding on Saturday and we went tubing on Monday. Here is Brady and Marshall.

Marshall and Katie on the swing!

Jared and Marshall

Kelsy and Marshall. Kelsy was the only that didn't care to get goat poop on her shoes ha ha!

This is Marshall on the frozen lake. I seriously only let him go out a few feet because I was dang nervous! He looks so all alone.. but happy!

That Monday we went tubing before we left. Marshall was so cold going down the hill. He didn't like it as much as the little hill in Connecticut.

Jared and Kim

Marshall had his tongue out most of the time!

We had a blast there!

I don't think most of you will be surprised to know that this is Brady! haha!

GOOD NEWS!!

2011-02-16T10:04:00.000-08:00

Sorry its blurry!

Valentine's Day!

2011-02-16T09:38:00.001-08:00

Here is Marshall making Valentine's for his Grandma's. He didn't really want to color but he liked putting stickers on them.

The Saturday before Valentine's Day we volunteered at Spanish Fork Nursing & Rehab Center. We made Valentines with the patients and put them on their doors. It was a great way to start out the day! Here is Marshall's Valentine for a lady named Debbie!

These are some of the ladies we sat with!

Brady had to be pretty creative to keep Marshall sitting there for that long!

That night we had our Valentine's Day dinner with 3 other couples! It was really fun to plan it. We had to be really creative because none of us have much money! Here is our table with appetizers. We had grandma's Red Pepper Relish on cream cheese with crackers, shrimp cocktail, and jalapeno artickoke dip with bread and crackers.

We started on the couch with our appetizers. We tried to do different courses to make the dinner longer.

Here is the delicious salad McKelle made. She made the poppyseed dressing and candied the nuts! YUM!

MAIN COURSE: I have always wanted to make Rouladen, so I did for this party and it turned out SOO good! Thanks Kathy! Then we had gourmet potatoes, seasoned vegetables, and Rhodes rolls. It was amazing!!

Here is a bad picture of our little pom pom balls!

I made a delicious double layered chocolate cake with chocolate frosting topped with chocolate covered strawberry's! YUM! It turned out so good!

I also made strawberry cupcakes with this yummy marshmallow frosting! Then of course some conversation heart cookies! The Party was so fun and I think everyone had a good time! The food was delicious! Thanks everyone for pitching in! We also played the "Honeymoon Game", which if you don't know what that is we can show you later! haha!

This English Triffle was actually made the next day, Sunday, for our Nursery Get Together, but I thought I would just throw it in! haha It was so delicious! I will definitely be making that again!

On Monday, actual Valentines Day, Marshall got a little Elmo! He loves it!

This is what Brady came home to on V-Day! We exchanged presents and went out to dinner with Marshall! He was surprisingly good! We had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Everything just seemed to work out so well!

Recent Crafts

2011-02-16T09:28:00.001-08:00

So I have been working on this dang clock since before Marshall was born. Its been about 5 different colors. I had to figure out how to get the clock to work on the back because it sticks out. Anyway, I finally got around to doing it and put it up! Its not even that amazing, I just had to finish it!

Just some frames I hooked together in the back!

I just got these plates and sundae dish at the DI..

and glued them together to make a..

cupcake stand.

When Brady watches the kids...

2011-02-16T09:21:00.000-08:00

When Brady watches the kids.. or just Marshall.. they play hard and do fun things like playing super hero's.

This is Brady wiped out from all of his work and school! The kids don't even bother him ha ha! Even Marshall climbing on him doesn't wake him up. These are some kids in our ward I was babysitting by the way! Cutest kids!

Marshall's first official hair cut

2011-01-24T13:58:00.000-08:00

The first time we cut Marshall's hair we only cut the back. This time we cut the whole thing. Oh my goodness it is so short. We even cut off his little curls.

This is just a video trying to get a closer look at his hair. You might have to fast foward a little.

Baby Jazmyn

2011-01-24T13:53:00.000-08:00

Our friends Anthony and Andrea had a beautiful baby girl!! We went to see her and she was so tiny. Oh my goodness I couldn't get over how small she was. She is so adorable. Marshall is kissing her foot in this picture! Good luck being new parents guys and congrats!! She is beautiful! After seeing her and Corinne I think Brady will be OK if we ever have a girl haha!

Marshall's Finger Paintings

2011-01-24T13:48:00.000-08:00

Here is Marshall getting ready to finger paint. He was so funny. He loves to rub ketchup all over everything but he didn't really like doing it with the paint. He kept rubbing his hands on his shirt to clean off his hands. It was funny. He tried to escape a few times with paint all over his hands but I caught him before he touched anything.

His paintings..

End result. I bought some frames from the DI and matted the paintings to put in his room. Pretty inexpensive project!

More Sledding!

2011-01-24T13:44:00.000-08:00

When we got home from Connecticut we went to Rock Canyon park with our friend Mckelle and Casey and their boy Brigdon. It was so icy and bumpy. But they had a lot of fun on the small hill. Here is a video of them.

Almost 3 weeks in Connecticut and we still weren't ready to come home!

2011-01-24T13:22:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun in Connecticut! It was so good just to be with the family.

Jeff had his Court of Honor. That was pretty neat to go to since I've never been to one. Brady was lucky enough to sit in the eagles nest haha.

Kimmy and Corinne.

Marshall and Jared

New Years Eve we had a huge dance party in the bonus room.. just us kids. It was pretty fun! We played the Wii and ended up playing horsey with the babies.

I became a horsey that night too.

Marshall and Corinne loved to play together, especially Ring Around the Rosie. Marshall would just keep grabbing Corinne's hand to do it again and again. It was so cute. They usually only held one hand for some reason.

Isn't he the cutest thing you've ever seen??

They took a few baths together too. So cute!

Mom and Dad took us to this really nice Steak dinner. It was amazing! Thanks again!

The last day we were there the boys (Jared, Brady and Jeff) went to New York and had their boy time. It was super cold but they had a lot of fun!

Family Pictures

2011-01-24T13:14:00.000-08:00

In Connecticut we decided to take some family pictures since we were all there. We took them in front of an old barn in back of my parents house.

The Whole Family: Mom, Dad, Marshall, Katie, Brady, Jared, Kim, Jeff, Mindi, Don and Corinne!

Aren't these adorable?!?

This was how they were by the end! Just not having it. haha

Fun Sledding.. and other crazy things

2011-01-23T22:14:00.000-08:00

So Jared got this wonderful idea to get his friends plow and make a huge hill and jump. They plowed the street and driveway to make this hill ramp thing.. which is only at the top of the hill. The backyard keeps going down out of the picture.

And then they plowed the backyard to make a jump. If that wasn't enough they had to put the picnic table in the middle of it. No seriously though I think they all had a blast on it. I only freaked when Brady went down it with Marshall on the sled and fell off the table. Good thing he has good reflexes.

This is Marshall's first time in his snow outfit. He fell over and can't get up haha. Oh and we can't find his hat or gloves so he is wearing Corinne's haha.

Marshall LOVES sledding! We would say "Ready.. Set.." and he would say "GO!" Then he would say it over and over. He just wanted to keep going!

This is the first time he went down by himself. He fell but he was fine!

These are just some cute pictures in the snow!

This is Marshall's first time sledding. He went a lot faster the next times. This time we had new unpacked snow.

Christmas in Connecticut

2011-01-23T22:07:00.000-08:00

Here is our little goof ball on Christmas morning!! He was so funny. He didn't even care to open presents. He liked playing with things but he really just wanted to run around the house.

We were very blessed this Christmas and got a lot of fun things. Thanks to Mom and Dad especially for everything :) but everyone else too!

Marshall had Corinne for Christmas so I made her a princess outfit. She has a tiara, a wand, a necklace and jewelery, a tutu and shoes! So cute!

After an AMAZING dinner on Christmas night, we went to the Reeds to hang out for a bit. 2/3rds of Definitely Fall played for us! It was sure loud in that basement now that it is finished. It reminded us of good times! Marshall got to play a little too!

Christmas EVE

2011-01-23T21:50:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Christmas Eve in Connecticut! We had the Reeds over. It was so fun because everyone was there!

We had some delicious food too. Enchiladas and Cafe Rio Pork Burritos, etc. YUM!

Here are the girls: Mindi, Mom (Connie), Katie, Kim, and Corinne!

We always open one gift on Christmas Eve. We usually open Grandma and Grandpa Marshall's gifts. This year we got the book the Five Thousand Year Leap which Grandpa expects us to have read by Bear Lake so we can discuss it. They also brought back jewelery from Egypt for the girls and consecrated oil back from Israel for the boys. The oil was actually grown in Israel by Macmud the Arab and consecrated by Grandpa Marshall in the Garden of Gethsemane on Oct. 29, 2010. It is definitely a special present!

That night we also went to a retirement home and went caroling through the halls with the Reeds. Then we came back to our house for a great game of White Elephant or whatever it was called.. it was the same as White Elephant.

Noble Sports Christmas Party and Christmas Penguins!

2011-01-23T21:36:00.000-08:00

For Brady's work party we made these cute little Christmas cupcake penguins. They were fun, yummy and everyone loved them. I just wish my camera took better pictures because they look a little better in real life. Oh well you get the picture. By the way Brady did most of the detailed work. Didn't he do a good job??

It was really neat to go to Brady's work party too because I had never met all the owners and workers not to mention their wives. We are all close to the same age and have kids around the same age too.. except Dave. Anyway it was just good to get to know the people that he is spending all his time with.

Marshall Christmas Party

2011-01-23T21:31:00.000-08:00

Well I thought we had decided not to do the big Marshall Christmas Party's anymore but since it was Carma's turn she wanted to do it and we did! It was really fun! We still just hung out with our smaller Marshall family. Marshall got to sit on Santa's lap for the first time. He kept wanting to go up afterwards haha.

Here is Grandpa with his sisters! Aren't they cute?!? You see a different side of Grandpa when he is with them. It's great!

Marshall can feed himself

2011-01-23T21:29:00.000-08:00

So yes Marshall can feed himself now with a spoon.. usually. The funny thing is is that he is a really bad eater so he still eats baby food. So he feeds himself baby food. I just thinks that is kind of funny! This is actually yogurt.. one of his favorites!

Christmas Gifts I Made

2011-01-23T21:22:00.000-08:00

I made these really simple, obviously, aprons for LeAnn and Ashley Bowden for Christmas! They were even easier because I was able to use my mom's serger!!

Here is Skinny Kimmy modeling them for me!

I also made this jewelery holder for Ashley. It looks a lot better in real life because my camera isn't that great! haha The earrings hook onto the chicken wire and the necklaces hang from the knobs.

Aren't these knobs fun! We have a Hobby Lobby here now and it is amazing!

Thanksgiving In California (sorry my titles are never that exciting)

2011-01-23T21:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving!!

So of course I had to do some kind of craft for thanksgiving. So.. I made little turkey shirts for the babies! A bunch of my friends made them too at craft group!

This is the only decent picture I could get of Marshall in the shirt and he just happens to be sneezing! haha!

If you want to see Corinne in her shirt go to http://minninon.blogspot.com/

On Thanksgiving morning we did a 5k run for a "feed the hungry" sort a thing. It was fun! It was good to have 3 miles to chat with all the Brasher family that we haven't seen in awhile! It was actually pretty good weather too, since we were in CA!

On Thanksgiving night we all made these cupcake turkeys! Fun huh?!? Jamie wanted to have them done before the party but I think it worked out even better to have everyone do their own. I had fun and I know the little girls had fun too!

Here's Brady making his!

The other reason we went out to California was for little Betty May's blessing. Isn't she a sweetheart?? And you can't see her outfit too good in this picture but she has the cutest head bow thing from ETSY.com I think and the cutest tights. Brady's mom, Jen, MADE this dress. Amazing!! She even has tissues in her sleeves to puff them up a bit haha

Oh my goodness.. Marshall loved being with his cousins. He bugged them to death haha. Hayden was very good with him though. Marshall kept going up to him and giving him hugs or trying to sit by him. It was so cute! I wish we could be with these little boys more often.

Here they all are.. plus Betty! Lucy (LeAnn's baby) is coming soon though so Betty won't be alone. And yes Jake is asleep!

This is Marshall's first Goose Egg! He was sitting on the little picnic table in the kitchen at Brady's parents and somehow fell off/out onto the tile.. right on his head.

Looking at it from the side gives you a better understanding of how big it was. So sad!

Then when we got home from California, he bumped his head on his book box and sliced open his eye lid. Poor kid! Good thing he is tough. You can see the bruise and the cut both in this picture!

Recent Crafts

2010-11-08T10:47:00.000-08:00

This is just a fun cuff bracelet I made. I wasn't going to put it on here because I was going to make one for Kim and Mindi for Christmas, but I think we might just do a craft day and make our own!

Here is the tutorial:

http://www.u-createcrafts.com/search/label/jewelry-bracelets

Is another Craft project!

Here is the tutorial for this one:

http://livingwithlindsay.com/2009/11/librarians-please-avert-your-eyes.html

Back to my High School weight!!

2010-11-08T10:15:00.000-08:00

Well.. I have tried running, Beach Body's Slim in 6, counting calories but I never can stay with anything. I've done Weight Watchers before and lost 7 pounds, so I decided to go back on it. I also decided to start and finish the work out program INSANITY! If you don't know what that is I will tell you in one word.. insane! It is super hard! I hate it but LOVE it at the same time! ha ha! I have been doing it pretty hard core except for a couple breaks here and there for vacations, holidays and getting sick. I am over half way through. Through INSANITY and Weight Watchers I have lost over 15 pounds!!! and I'm still going! So yes.. I am back to my high school weight and actually less right now. Anyway.. just a really great accomplishment for me!

Marshall already LOVES Baby Betty!

2010-11-07T19:37:00.000-08:00

So, when we were in Idaho we saw our new niece Betty's baby announcement and Marshall saw it, laid his face on it and said "ahhh". It was so funny. So we tried to get him to do it again in the video. He also will kiss her picture but he wouldn't do it for the camera.