Monday, October 10, 2011

Brady's Birthday!

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!

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

Marshall's latest Activities!

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!

Saturday, October 8, 2011

NEW Room!

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!

Friday, September 16, 2011

Pregnant girls at a Hanson Concert!!

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!

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Lake Tahoe


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

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

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!

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!