Happily Ever After

Fireworks!

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:16:00 +0000

On the night of the 4th of July we did fireworks at our house. We had the neighbor boy and his mom come over to join us. Sam helped Justin with the water bucket for safety, but he still got burnt by a sparkler on the top of his little head. We went to see the city fireworks after we were done. It was a fun and late night :)

4th of July at the splashpad

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:25:00 +0000

For the 4th of July, we took the kids to the park and the splashpad. We ate donuts and had a blast!

Swimming

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:18:00 +0000

We took the kids and went swimming at our community pool. Sam didn't like the water temperature so he started crying. We didn't have anywhere to put him, so Justin decided to try and put him in the lost and found box with all of the toys. He LOVED it! Now when we go swimming, we know that even if Sam gets hornery, we can just stick him in the box, and he's just fine :)

So you think you can dance?

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:01:00 +0000

My kids are HUGE fans of the show 'So you think you can dance?'... Everytime we watch it we have to pause it after every dance so we can watch our kids do thier version of the dances :) Sam likes to dance on the table ;) and the girls like to to tricks, ballet, and spin each other in the air! It's cute, but it takes a long time to watch the show ;)

Snail Farmers

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:51:00 +0000

The girls decided to be snail farmers and make a little rock house for their new 'pets'. They had a bedroom, a kitchen, the mom and dad's room, and a playroom :) They found a lot of snails and took care of them and fed them for a few days before they got bored and put them back where they found them :)

Rain Tag

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:37:00 +0000

We were all going to go swimming, when it started to pour! Our weather here is so unpredictable! So instead of swimming, we played tag on our front lawn in the rain :)

Prince'ess' Sam

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:31:00 +0000

Poor Sam... His sisters love to dress him up like them. He's learning though, now he know's how to take off the crowns and dresses ;)

Binky

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:25:00 +0000

Sam likes to play a cute game with his binky. He gives you 'kisses' with the binky in his mouth and then leaves it there. When he realizes that you have his binky, he gives you 'kisses' again to get it back :)

'UP' 3-D

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:21:00 +0000

We took the kids and the cousins to go see 'UP' in 3-D. It was such a cute movie :)

Bounce House!

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:09:00 +0000

Justin won a mini bounce house for the kids! They had so much fun with it! He got some ball-pit balls to add some fun and they played for hours and hours and hours!

Vernal Vaca

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:29:00 +0000

We took a mini-vaca to Vernal to clear our heads, and get a grip on what we need to do to survive through this tough time with the economy. While we were there, we decided to try out Justin's zipline. He built it when he was a teenager and it was a lot of fun!

This is Justin's Dad's house and property. It's a kids wonderland, cuz they can run around for miles and never go off the property! :)

Justin decided to go down the zipline with Ali to weigh it down so she would go farther, but they ended up slamming into each other :(

Sam loves hanging out on the front lawn with family :)

On the ride home Sam got into the cookie bag and by the time we realized what he was eating, he (and his car seat) was covered in frosting!

We followed a traveling carnival for about 3 hours!

Sam is like our own personal puppy, he eats whatever falls on the floor ;)

Our friends Charles and LaRee have cats, and everytime we go over there Sam tries to grab them and pull thier tails :) It was a nice weekend, and we did clear our heads and figure out where we're going in life... for now ;)

Sammy's Bottle Woes

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:25:00 +0000

Sam was missing his bottle when he found this :)

Swimming

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:43:00 +0000

We went to Mom's today and went swimming! The 'kiddies' got to swim in the little pool, and the 'big kiddies' got to swim in the big(er) pool :)

Sam kept getting out and trying to chase the dog!

All in all it was a super fun, super wet day :)

Girl's weekend!

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:52:00 +0000

Justin and Sam went to Vernal for the weekend, so the girl's and I had a fun weekend together! We went to the renisaunce fair, out to dinner at Pirate Island Pizza, a movie, a 'sleepover' in my room, and playing games and having fun all weekend long! :)

Ali's last Baseball game

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:38:00 +0000

Ali played her last baseball game tonight :( She was so good! Her daddy Ralph and his girlfriend Katie even came :) It was a fun and beautiful night.

Ali graduated Kindergarten

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:21:00 +0000

Ali graduated Kindergarten today :) She's an official 'big girl' as she says! It was short and crowded and noisy and wonderfull! Congrats Ali!

Jessica's 26th Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:08:00 +0000

I turned 26 today! For my birthday, my parents came and took us out to my favorite resturaunt, Samurai 21! We bought the girls' new outfits and made them matching jewelery. When were done eating, the waiter brought out some yummy cheesecake for my birthday :) After that, we all threw coins into the fountain and made wishes, as is tradition when we eat there. Then we came home and had cake and opened presents. I got scrapbook stuff, a beautiful jewlery box, and a cricut! It was a wonderful birthday, to bad I'm closer to 30 now than 20 :( ;)

My first Mohawk!

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:01:00 +0000

My friend Brian came over and wanted me to give his son a mohawk. Since I'd never attempted one before, I said sure and this is how it turned out... what do you think?

no more formula :)

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:32:00 +0000

Now that Sam is one, he doesn't get formula anymore, this is his first time ever drinking real (cow) milk! It was too cold at first, but he loves it now :)

Sam's 1st Blood - draw :(

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:48:00 +0000

Sam had to have his blood drawn for the 1st time today :( His doctor thought he had a food allergy, but it turns out he's just fine :) I was going to draw it, but I just couldn't stand the thought of hurting my baby :(

Sam's 1st Haircut

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:12:00 +0000

Sam got his very first haircut today! :( He turned one yrs. old today, and I decided that it was finally time to make his hair look like a boy instead of a shaggy puppy ;) He had a hard time with the loss, but when all was said and 'cut' it turned out to be a very nice look for him ;)

Sam's 1st Birthday!

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:03:00 +0000

Sam turned one today!!! We went and got his pictures taken, and ate pretzel sticks, and had the whole family come over to celebrate. He got his very own frog prince party :) He loved digging in to his cake and he made a huge mess! What a fun birthday party it was :)

He turned one at exactly 4:01 P.M. on May 1st 2009 while we were on our way to take his one year old pictures ;)

Marble Madness

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:58:00 +0000

After our friends went home, Justin had to entertain the kids for me, so they all built a marble tower to play with :)

Kite Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:37:00 +0000

Our best friends Charles and LaRee and thier son C.J. came down to help us out while I was recovering from my hospital stay. The guys took the kids to the kite festival so LaRee and I could rest a bit.

Jessica's hospital stint

noreply@blogger.com (Jessica) — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:07:00 +0000

In the middle of April Jessica hurt her back really bad and had to be rushed to the hospital in an ambulance and was admitted for 4 days! She had to use a walker for about a month, and finally got an epidural steroid injection... OUCH!!!! She's doing okay now, but still has a lot of physical therapy and strenghthening to do before she's back to normal :(