We'll just see how this goes...

Random version who knows

2010-07-24T14:03:00.004-06:00

This is the kids attempt at getting a pregnant photo for me. I was 20 weeks in this photo.

Tonsilectomy

2010-07-24T13:48:00.003-06:00

Morgan got her tonsils and adenoids out on May 27th.

BEFORE surgery:

AFTER surgery:

As they were wheeling other kids by who had the same surgery, they were all crying and wanting their moms. Jason and I sat there wondering how Morgan was going to handle it. And then there she came, quietly already eating her popsicle. She never really cried until the 7th day. We did however decide that her happiness must have been stored in her tonsils and she needed to choose another spot to store it in because she was soooo grouchy. So now she sleeps better and isn't so tired during the day and we are hoping that she won't have to do so many strep tests. Oh, and her happiness is back and she stores it in her ears.

Now on to Kindergarten!

2010-06-04T14:39:00.003-06:00

Morgan finished her 2nd year of preschool. Mrs. Amber was an impressive teacher.

This is their program at the end of the year. Lots of cute songs and treats afterward. We'll miss Mrs. Amber!

This is Greg and Emma. I am pretty sure Greg was the heart throb of the whole class. Morgan was devastated when she got sick and couldn't go to his pirate birthday party.

Talmage turns 4!

2010-06-04T14:21:00.007-06:00

April 24, 2010

Talmage got to have a birthday party! It was a "Power Ranger Super Hero" party. He had been telling random people that that is what he wanted for months and then the day finally came!

The before picture. We're going to turn this skinny boy into a Super Hero with big muscles.

The after photo. He reminded us more of Mr. Incredible after retiring than a strong super hero.

The kids LOVED making this spider web.

Here are the super hero masks I made. Inspired from the bunny masks the kids got from the Easter Bunny. They don't look exactly how they did in my mind, but the kids loved them and that is all that matters!

The spiderweb cake wasn't all that special, but Talmage thought it was cool. And he told me while he was eating it that it was sooo yummy! (From a box, can't go wrong!)

April 2010

2010-06-04T14:05:00.005-06:00

Dyeing Easter Eggs

After the Valentines cookies, I found out how much my kids loved making decorating sugar cookies. Here are our Easter cookies.

Easter morning. Talmage got the most use out of his mask. He kept sneaking up on us and he'd have it on. He reminded us of a super hero.

Easter sunday snowman. Yes, Easter we had this much snow!

January to March 2010

2010-06-04T13:42:00.004-06:00

It's been four months. I guess it is time to play catch up again!

We decorated cookies for Valentines Day. I was sure to show Jason the difference between the cookies I did and the ones the kids did. The knives were in their mouths virtually the whole time.

Jason and I took an eventful trip to Lake Havasu for his first triathlon since June 2002. He did awesome!

The weather was really nice so it wasn't too hard to pretend this was shave ice from Hawaii.

The rest of 2009

2010-02-04T12:28:00.012-07:00

I haven't ironed (eye-runned) since that day in September, but I did go to Vegas and see Phantom with some friends. What an amazing show. Go. See. It.

We took a short little walk up Bridal Veil Falls. The kids had lots of fun. We need to get out more.

Morgan's first day of her second year of Preschool. She loves her new teacher and friends in her class.

Cheap entertainment!

We bought a Kirby (best thing ever) and it is fun for the whole family! Not just Daddy who used to do all the vacuuming.

Morgan's 5th birthday. We wish we had video of this reaction to Snow White on DVD. She still loves the Disney princesses.

Jason turned 35 this year. Talk about an early mid-life crisis. Glad his choice to deal with it is to get his body active again. But this did include a very large purchase that "almost cost him his marriage." (His words, not mine.)

My crazy Australian friend invited us to her family's Halloween party. I wasn't expecting myself to get this into it, but once I started it was too much fun to stop.

Talmage was earning beans in a cup by being a big boy and using his words. After he got 30 beans he got these Spiderman jammies that he thanks Heavenly Father for in all his prayers. Too bad he forgets to be a big boy and use his words ALL THE TIME still!

My sweet and crazy 5 year old.

It was a beautiful day in late October so I took some pics of the boys. Landon is full of funny faces and Tal doesn't disappoint, either. But then...

...I think it was 5 days later we got a good amount of snow. Enough to make a snow man that the kids enjoying destroying more than making it!

Then came Halloween. I had hurt my back so I didn't get to go out with the kids. But I got to see all the neighborhood kids that came to my door.

Jason's brother, Steve, was kind enough to snap this unplanned family photo of us on Thanksgiving. Quite impressive for not planned, huh?

Our baby turned 2! I still can't believe it! He is such a character and recently had me laughing so hard I had tears streaming down my face!

Decorating the tree

First day of the 12 days of Christmas. Landon is thrilled.

Mormon Tabernacle Christmas Concert with Natalie Cole (and here back up singers the MOTAB.)

Rebecca, the crazy Australian, invited us with her crazy Australian family to the Christmas Carol sing along in SLC. On the way there we stopped for Wendy's and Talmage spilled his water in his booster seat. I didn't realize how wet his bum was until we were sitting and singing carols. I took his pants off and tried to find a hand drier to dry his pants so he wouldn't literally freeze when we went to see the lights at Temple Square, but the arena doesn't have any hand driers. So, we borrowed Rebecca's sister's sweater and I fashioned these festive pants with the help of the caution tape. Talmage was surprisingly a good sport about it all and we were still able to see the lights at Temple Square!

This was one of the funniest Nativity stories you ever did see. Check out Morgan and her cousin Sammy. They are angels. Can't you tell?

Christmas Eve at the Holts.

Christmas Morning at our house. My family comes down early enough to see the kids when they wake up to find what Santa brought. I like this tradition. We sleep in our own beds, Santa is able to come to our house down our chimney and my family gets to have some Christmas joy watching children get presents!

So there you have it. No more complaining. I have updated my blog and I hope to do it more often. If there are interesting things that happen in our life, maybe I'll tell you about them, but if not, I'll just post pics of the cute kids!

eye-run

2009-09-04T14:19:00.003-06:00

As I pulled the ironing board out, Morgan said, "I know what you are doing! You're sewing!"

I don't iron often. So sue me. But I took a picture for Jason to see that I actually did iron. Sorry it wasn't your shirts, Jason. Maybe someday.

Write it down...

2009-08-03T22:41:00.005-06:00

...and I would like to add, "NOW!"

Thanks to a post on my friend Katie's blog, I need to blog about a few things that I haven't written in my journal of things I don't ever want to forget that my kids say or do.

~We were stopped at a rest stop at about 2am and Morgan was sleeping. She starts to giggle and point up ahead and she says, "Mom, that sea horse is trying to tickle me!" What a dream she was having!

~Talmage has come out of his shell since being potty trained. He will talk to more people now and he loves to just talk. He is working harder at "using his words" instead of getting mad and crying and throwing little fits out of frustration.

~Landon's first "word" was "Choo-choo!"

~Talmage's first word was "Tessa"

~Morgan's first word was "Thank You!"

~Talmage says, "feegot" for forgot

~Talmage and Morgan are playing really well together lately. They do a lot of imagining. Tal seems to have a bigger imagination at this age, compared to Morgan when she was 3, but he has her to thank for that.

~We were at McDonalds in Sisters, OR and Jason feels the need to fart. And it was loud. Our little family with 3 young kids are sitting there with us and he thinks he is going to blame it on one of them, but before he had the chance, Talmage says, "That was your toot." Jason and I were busting a gut! My mascara was running down my face. It took a long time to recover from that one!

~Most of the things I want to remember right now are not possible for me to write down, so I have a lot of pics that look the same. It's just me trying to get that perfect photo and they are all actually different. And right now what I keep trying to capture is Landon. His expressions and his mannerisms. Maybe if I was a better writer, I'd be able to put into words how darling he is, and explain what he does with his face, but I am not. I am a bottom of the barrel amateur photographer and I'd rather capture these things with my camera. Although, the pics still don't show the image that is in my head. Hopefully they will remind me of the images my eyes have seen. The eyes are a much better tool than the camera.

Can't escape the heat!

2009-08-03T18:56:00.007-06:00

This was one peaceful moment in the car. Only because Landon was having one of his 20 minute naps. He only had 2 naps in the 12 hours we were in the car.

We finally got to Washington and played with Nate and Camille. It was Monday night and we went straight to the Grandma and Grandpa Brown house where it was nice and cool. (My sister Kristin's in-laws)

G&G Brown have the COOLEST swing. It is so far up into the tree! The kids had a blast on it when it finally cooled down to almost bearable to go outside.

When Jason and I went out in the middle of the day in the heat, Landon was too tired to stay awake and he zonked on Jason's lap.

This is Deception Point out near Anacortes, Washington. It was so much cooler up there and the water was freezing. But it felt so good on our feet.

This is not Russ pushing Morgan into the water. This is Morgan sitting in the water and him just making sure she could get up. She didn't mind the freezing Puget Sound.

My sweet, pregnant sister, Kristin, trying to deal with the heat! She is 8 months pregnant and doesn't have air conditioning in her house!

Landon likes to be shy these days.

Tal took a head dive into the Sound. On accident. He seemed to be pretty tough about it.

We got back to the G&G Brown house and it had reached 106! A few minutes later it was 107. Incredible. There was no break from the Utah heat with a trip up to the Northwest, but it was still beautiful and so nice to spend time with the Browns.

Morgan and Camille play much better now that Morgan has gotten bigger! They are so fun to watch and listen to. We wish we lived closer!

Dununununununununu...Batman!

2009-07-17T14:11:00.003-06:00

Do you see that? He is wearing underwear. Those Batman sunglasses were his first prize for pooping in the toilet. These were taken away later for pooping in his underwear. After a near detrimental discussion on going poop in the toilet today, a near give up point for mom and Talmage, ("I want to wear diapers!") he peaked over the wall from the upstairs and told me he needed to go potty. We ran to the bathroom and he proceeded to poop!!!! A real live miracle! He is now wearing his new poop prize, the Batman jammies (with cape) and sleeping in a diaper for naptime. What a big boy.

Imagine the noise!

2009-07-13T13:00:00.005-06:00

There are 14 here and there in one more due on the 12th of August. Mealtimes were definitely the craziest times, but they have so much fun playing together. 7, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2.5, 2, 19 mo., 19 mo., 14 mo., 4 months!

We took everyone to the zoo. It was very fun and we didn't even lose anybody!

Landon and Myles are one day apart in age. They are destined to be buddies!

I really do fit right in with this family full of redheads!

The guys let us get out for a day of food and shopping. None of us really wanted to go home. But the kids were all in one piece and the house and kitchen were all clean when we got there! Thank you Brett, Jason and Rich.

Hawaii

2009-06-10T11:07:00.004-06:00

ATV tour on Kauai

Kauai

View from our hotel.

Zipline tour on Kauai.

30th birthday day dinner at PF Changs

Waimea Bay on the North Shore

Haunama Bay (my favorite part of our trip! I actually snorkeled!)

Waimea Bay

There.

It's my birthday & I'll cry if I want to!

2009-04-25T11:13:00.005-06:00

My Talmage is 3! He stretched his birthday time out in true birthday boy fashion. We celebrated it first with the Holt April birthdays on Easter. Then with Grandpa Perry's birthday the next Sunday. I did a small "Cars" party for him with three of his cousins and his neighbor friend. Then we went to "Old" McDonalds for lunch where he got hit in the face with a basketball. He fell asleep on the floor at home and got a rude awakening when Landon hit him in the face with his bottle (Landon has quite the arm.) I tried to help him through a fit so he could choose his birthday dinner. Finally we made German Pancakes for dinner. Daddy found him an awesome soccer jersey at Costco and a goal set for the backyard. But I must say his favorite things have been the Batman from Grandma Holt and the swords from the Duprees (Mark, obviously.) We'll have to see what he comes home with from the Toy Store with Grandma Perry when he gets to choose! We had one last cake and candles--chocolate of course. He loves "endinems." Because they are chocolate. Like father like son. His teeth pose a little bit of a problem when he tries to blow candles out. But it is entertaining.

Happy Birthday, Talmage!

Kyle hiding behind the chair, Ryan, Morgan, Taylor, Tal & Hailey

Racing to the finish "yine."

I guess blowing the candles out four times gets pretty bright.

This kid has so much personality. We love our Talmage.

Sugar High

2009-04-14T11:15:00.009-06:00

My Children clearly were spoiled this Easter. They had an Easter egg hunt at Grandma Perry's with Camille and Nate. Nobody wanted to look at the camera much at all when there was candy involved.
We sat Landon down for photos with Morgan and Talmage and he just stayed there staring at his enormous belly and playing with his chubby fingers. We are not sure what was on his mind, but he was truly content just chillin' on the ground.

Easter morning after their second Easter egg hunt.

I think Landon likes Peeps, just like his mom!!

Morgan and Talmage enjoying their mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Or as Talmage calls them, "muffins."

Do you notice the drool all over his jammies? And the jelly bean droppings?

Landon loved the freedom we gave him with his candy.

This is after their third and final Easter egg hunt at Grandma Holt's house. Aubrey was so kind to share her empty eggs with Landon.

Random Bandits

2009-03-13T19:20:00.005-06:00

Nothing to report, just a bunch of cute kids.

This is at the end of the Draper Temple Open House. Morgan and I got to go just the two of us!

Watch this!

2009-02-20T08:18:00.008-07:00

My dad emailed this and after I watched 3 minutes of it I was crying and had to get Jason to watch it with me. I don't know how funny the comedy show would be without the surprise guest laugher.

I'm going bananas!

2009-02-18T13:03:00.005-07:00

I don't know where to begin.

Morgan came upstairs to tell me, "You better come see this." Morgan AND Talmage had been playing and laughing for quite some time and of course, I was in bed. I thought I was safe from messes since my friend gave me a child lock to use on our pantry doors. Morgan was telling me that they were splitting bananas. I didn't quite understand. She also told me that it was just Talmage. I quickly corrected her. So I go downstairs to find the banana basket empty. Then I go to the family room to find banana on the couch, the carpet, the blankets, the walls, the computer armoire, the clock, the DVD cabinet, the TV, the chair, the fireplace, the doors, my guitar case. Am I missing anything? So I quickly punish them, they are sent to their rooms and I whip out the video camera. As I am filming the entire room I am discovering more and more banana. I pan up the wall to see one of the most disgusting spots and realize it is all over the ceiling. All the way down the whole entire room. This room is about 25 feet by 16 feet if not longer. I didn't even know where to begin to clean up. My friend, Sabrina, came over to witness it. She tells me I will think it is funny sometime soon, but as she is cleaning it out of the new power outlet that Jason put in the fireplace, she exclaims that she has to laugh right now. I did join her. I laughed about it a little with every person I talked to that morning. Until I called Jason. I asked him to bring home some more bananas. To which he replied, "I just had one this morning...there were about eight." I think this is when the tears started to roll.

I had realized the night before that I still hadn't gotten the carpet cleaned from the honey incident (which was January 29th--this all happened only a week later on the 6th of February.) I thought it a little disgusting that I hadn't cleaned the honey yet, but can you imagine the rage I would have felt had I hired a carpet cleaner for the honey and a week later had an even more disgusting mess? So I found a guy to come out that day. He cleaned my couch with the black crayon, he got the Balmex out of the carpet upstairs. But he did have to come back the next day to get some of the nasty banana out of the carpet. I don't think he was too surprised that my kids had made such a mess--within the first few minutes of him being there, he commented to the kids, "you guys have a lot of energy!"

There is a video at the end of the photos. It shows the nastiness a little better than the photos. It is a little long, but it's worth it.

Oh, Honey!

2009-01-30T16:24:00.003-07:00

It is definitely winter. We've been dealing with the flu at our house. Talmage's turn was yesterday, at about 3 am. He hates throwing up so much that he will flail while in the process. Disgusting, right? He also throws himself down like he is throwing a fit because I am trying to make him throw up in the bowl. I know, I'm a terrible mom, trying to get it to avoid his blankie and everything else around him. So, we finally fell asleep. It was about 7:45 am when Morgan woke us up. He chose a movie and I put sheets and blankets and towels down around him even though I thought he was probably done, judging from how short Morgan's span of the sickness lasted. I felt like I was safe to go back up to bed since he shouldn't be too rambunctious after vomiting all morning. Last time he had the stomach flu, he sat on the couch and didn't move or do much of anything all day and night. This is very uncharacteristic of Tal, so that is how you know he really doesn't feel well.

One hour passes and Tal comes up to my bed side and says, "The honey is out!" I looked at him and knew I was in for a big mess. He has his blankie (throw up free) all balled up in his hands, yet his hands were sticking to it.

I got up and walked with him to the kitchen. Upon entering I saw the honey bear, near empty, on the floor with the cap and lid placed nearby. Talmage was back to his usual self. I don't think he felt sick at all anymore. Before I started to clean up the kitchen, I walked down the few stairs into the family room to retrieve Landon before he started crawling through it. That is when I realized Talmage, in his footed pajamas, had walked through the honey and then proceeded to walk though the entire house.

Although I was not happy with him, I decided to take some photos to try and capture this mess. I neglected to take photos of the black crayon on the couch and the two separate occasions of creamy white Balmex in the carpet. All incidences are still visible and still annoying me. I guess I could still take pics of them, too. I thought about taking photos of Tal on the stool in the pantry with the open box of instant potatoes and the open honey bear, but there was no way of capturing it. (That incidence was a few weeks ago.) Why, you ask, is my honey still accessible? It doesn't matter where it is, Talmage will find a way of reaching it! Now I need to lock it up somehow.

Emily, between yours and my children, we could make a yummy lunch! All that is needed is some bread!

If you so desire, clicking on the photo will make it much larger for you to see it better!

Random v3.0

2009-01-06T23:13:00.002-07:00

Morgan learned first position on her first day of ballet. She loved it.

If I could capture Talmage and all his talking recently on video, he'd be included in this post. We've been very lazy since the new year. It is so cold and snowy. And Talmage is waking up at 5:30am lately. Need I say more.

Hilarity!

2009-01-05T10:57:00.005-07:00

Thanks to my dear friend, Monica, here is the funniest SNL skit I've seen in a long time.

Christmastime 2008

2008-12-28T17:26:00.004-07:00

Nostalgia

2008-12-17T10:44:00.006-07:00

This one is especially for Steph.

But the rest are for the fam. I love you, Perry Fam.

I doubt mom sees this, but her hair in the older ones cracks me up! She is the reason I included some of the photos, not because of me.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-14T18:32:00.003-07:00

Landon's 1st Christmas

Some of the many Holt cousins (and Gma & Gpa Holt)

This is the night I went into labor with Landon!

It must have been some intense tree decorating!

My kids make me laugh!

(Look at that big diaper bum!)

Random v2.0

2008-12-06T00:12:00.002-07:00

I see London!

They make onesies for old men.

Proof of my Fatness

2008-12-03T14:18:00.004-07:00

This photo is 29 years old and faded, but you still can see my huge cheeks! Here it is, Lisa Perry. Born 9 lbs 6 oz and 22 inches. By my two week check up I was 11 lbs. Landon started at 6 lbs 8 oz. And by 1 1/2 months he was super chubby. He caught up to his mamma's fatness quick!

Chubster is Uno!

2008-12-01T22:49:00.006-07:00

What baby contest do I enter this boy into? This photo is priceless Landon.

He just started clapping on Thanksgiving and boy is he proud. So are we, I guess. We aren't constantly making him do it. (Gag)

I don't know why I was having such a hard time coming to the realization that Landon would turn one some day. Maybe because he was born a month early and has been a month behind on most things compared to Morgan & Talmage. He just doesn't seem old enough to be one. Or maybe, as my friend Erin pointed out, it is because I am not pregnant with the next one. Which I wouldn't mind another child except for that detail of having to BE pregnant for a few months. But when I was already prenant with the next child for both of my other two kids' first birthday's, people would say, "[They] are already one?" I'd reply, "[they'd] better be because I am already 3 months pregnant with the next!" I truly don't know why this has been so hard for me. I never shed a tear over the fact that Landon did turn one, contrary to my mother's belief, but I was sincerely sad that he is indeed getting older. I've asked him on many occassions of cuteness in the past few months to freeze and not get any older, but he never conceded to that request. I just never want that beautiful smile to go away. He really does, "smile from his toes" as someone once said. And he will smile for anyone (so don't feel too special if he does it for you!) And I especially don't want the baby chub to melt away. I think he looks a lot like some of my baby photos. I'll have to scan the fattest one and share it with you all.

Burnetts, this is for you!

2008-12-01T21:49:00.008-07:00

Sandi (my mother-in-law), Morgan, Talmage, Landon & I drove to Eugene, Oregon to visit Jackie, Jason's youngest sister, and her family in the middle of November. And even though Landon didn't enjoy the 14+ hour drive there, we all had a great time. I love Jackie and her family. I just wish being in "driving distance" meant that they were still just a little closer. But even though the drive wasn't in the least bit fun, it was still worth it and I wish I stayed longer.

Morgan and Sammy are the best of friends.

Twinners thanks to Grandma Holt!

All it takes is some space for these cousins to run and they have a blast together.

The last time these two boys were together, Grandpa Holt was so sick of Ryan "putting his fingers down Landon's throat" that he put mittens on Ryan's hands and then duct taped them to his jammies. Despite what it looks like in this photo, Ryan was extremely sweet to Landon on during this trip. You can tell Landon isn't bothered by the wrestling. He can hold his own.

Talmage's classic cheese ball face. He loves to run with this look on his face and we finally got a great photo of it.

My children being such early risers and on Utah time, plus us adults staying up late to scrapbook and talk caused some tiredness in the mornings. Jack & Rich, I hope you didn't suffer too much from the lack of sleep with us at your house, because I'd do it again in a heartbeat. It's just that drive...

Halloween

2008-11-02T19:16:00.006-07:00

Jason and I joined in the spirit of things (last minute.) It was a very warm night. I was hot in my robe!

(Jason wants everyone to know he is getting the band back together.)

This is our neighbor that Morgan (and I) absolutely adore. When I asked Morgan who she wanted to come to her birthday, Kasa was the first one she listed! Great costume, Kasa!
Most of us in our neighborhood enjoy getting out and seeing everybody on Halloween, so we leave candy in a bowl on the doorstep. I think Tal thought he was going to be getting in trouble for taking the candy out of the bowl. He gets into anything on the counter at home and eats it. Our cakes or brownies or bread always have the tops missing in chunks from his fingers and then those fingerprints spread all over the house. In fact, I decided this morning that he has learned to stash candy somewhere in the house, because after I carefully picked up all the candy and put it where his little paws couldn't reach it, he still had a Milk Dud mustache this morning.
Landon was silent nearly the entire evening. He was just a cozy, overweight fireman who wouldn't ever pass the physical test to become a fireman.

Landon knows what he wants.

Carving Pumpkin William

2008-11-02T18:26:00.007-07:00

This was the Monday before Halloween

Talmage really wouldn't touch the pumpkin innards.

Morgan didn't like the smell of the innards.

But Landon didn't mind the smell, the feel or the taste of the innards.

After a quick bath for Landon, they all smiled for the camera at once, what a miracle.

And then a big cheeser from everyone.

While Morgan is away, the boys will play.

2008-10-28T17:57:00.005-06:00

Morgan usually has preschool in the afternoon which is nap-time for the boys, ideally. But today she went on a pumpkin patch field trip and it was in the morning. The boys and I found ourselves in her room and they enjoyed playing with her new birthday toys and some old favorites that Morgan is very possessive over.

At least I don't have photos of Talmage playing "Prince" with one of Morgan's new princess dresses on.

Pumpkin William

2008-10-21T09:38:00.007-06:00

Morgan had another Halloween birthday party! Call me crazy, but we had 10 kids come over. Thanks to Jason being home, and Kinzie and Annie staying to help, it went very smooth and Morgan had lots of fun!
This is our cute friend Savannah. AKA Dorothy. Hers was my favorite costume. She even brought Toto. She accidentally left the party without him. So the kids have been playing with him this morning. Morgan informed me his name is "Pumpkin William." Where did that come from?
I don't know how many of you have been around to see Morgan get sung to, but it is still one of her all time favorite things.

Talmage had a very similar face to this one on the whole party. He just walked around opening and eating any candy he found. Notice the drool on his chin...tootsie roll.

I know this is a blurry picture, but it is classic Morgan. She is rocking out to "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" which is one of her favorite things to do. She shakes her booty and her head with such a rocker look on her face. It cracks us up everytime. And she has been doing this for a long time. She is so much fun to have around. She is really crazy and nutty. She loves to dance and sing. I can't believe I have been her mom for 4 years now.

EVERYBODY loves Landon

2008-10-17T23:20:00.012-06:00

At church a few Sundays ago, Jason was holding Landon by the exit door. All the young men (ages 12-17) leaving opening exercises, heading to their classes, had to touch and play with Landon in some way. I'm always shocked at how many men comment on how fat and cute he is. It is kind of expected from women. But when men talk about pinching his cheeks or just start talking baby talk to him, I think it is so funny. He is irresistible to our family. So much so that Morgan has started to really annoy Landon or even hurt him when she mauls him as he is just innocently laying on the floor. You just want to do something to him for being so dang cute. So I dug up this video. Proof it isn't just our family who make a fuss over him. We were camping with two other families.

Random v1.0

2008-10-17T22:31:00.004-06:00

I can't resist naked bums. Sorry if it offends. No I'm not.

Jason and I went to Real Salt Lake's first game at rio tinto stadium.

I love jammies. Especially matching my boys in cute, cozy jammies. This is Tal's new bed. He slept so well that night! Morgan wanted to have a sleep over.

Kathryn Perry Barker!! (and Myles, too!)

2008-10-12T21:07:00.007-06:00

Kathryn got married to Myles Barker on Friday. Saturday we took photos at the SLC Capitol Building and later was her beautiful reception. It was very fun and she looked gorgeous. My kids were crazy, but that is to be expected.

Fall Colors

2008-10-03T13:39:00.002-06:00

I took the kids up the canyon to get some photos today. This is the first of 109 photos I took. Of course the very first photo is the best! They really didn't want to look at the camera.

The sweater Landon is wearing is conveniently covering the fact that his 18-24 month jeans do not allow him to sit without falling over without unbuttoning and unzipping the jeans. He is 10 months old.

Demotivators

2008-09-30T21:06:00.006-06:00

Call my family sick, but we get a kick out of these "demotivational" posters. My dad sent me this one. It perfectly explains why I was apprehensive about starting a blog! Check out despair.com!

Can I keep up?

2008-09-28T18:07:00.004-06:00

I've had this blog started forever (December 2007), but never posted anything. I am a little intimidated by so many people who can write so creatively on their blogs. Witty, eloquent, etc. But all I really want to do is share my cute kids faces with all of you who care. I'll try to catch up on a couple things from this summer.

Morgan's First Day of Preschool

2008-09-28T17:34:00.003-06:00

The girl would not look at the camera. She had to pose. But at least it captures her personality.She even had a little zit on her cheek to start out the school year. Sorry, Morgan. You are cursed on both sides with that!

Bucktooth Boy

2008-09-28T16:58:00.004-06:00

I took Talmage to the Pediatric dentist in March of this year. He checked his teeth and for some reason asked me if he had a thumb or a pacifier he was attached to. "Why do you ask?" I didn't say, but the dentist went on to tell me that Tal's overbite was in the top ten worst he has ever seen. The boy was not even two yet. Nonetheless the nice doctor told me I needed to get him to stop soon. I was more bugged than anything. I know he has buck teeth, but I couldn't imagine taking that comfort away from him so soon. Then for his two year well child check, I told the Pediatrician what the dentist said. He was shocked and assumed it wasn't a pediatric dentist that I saw. So, he took a look at the monster teeth and then agreed--this habit needed to stop!

I felt so cruel taking his thumb away from him when he is only a two year old. But as months passed, Jason and I agreed his teeth were getting worse. So in August I ordered a torture device called the Thumbguard.

I put it on the day it came in the mail. I was so nervous he was going to throw a fit and not sit still for me to put the bracelet on. He sat for me and watched intently. I got it on him and he shot up and said, "Rocket ship!" with his thumb up in the sky taking off! This wasn't a one time thing. He always sat still for me and let me put it on him. He would however get mad and try to pull it off when he was going to sleep. So those first few nights were awful, let alone the napless days. But then he got used to it. He is thumb free and still able to sleep, he just wakes up a lot earlier now. Sometimes earlier than Morgan. Ugh.