On the Farm

Grandma Robyn and Aunt Kimmie took Allison to Wheeler Farm a few weeks ago. They said she really loved being there. She loved seeing the cows and horses but didn't want to get too close. She really loved seeing the goats, pigs, and chickens but was a little afraid of the turkeys. There were two baby goats there that were born just the day before and they all loved watching them try to walk. Alli's favorite animal was probably the chickens. Grandma said the chickens seemed very non-threatening and were active and that Allison loved to watch them. After some hesitation she even liked climbing on the hay. They thought it was funny that after a while of taking pictures she didn't want to anymore because every time they would stand her alone to take a picture she would look behind her, worried there would be an animal standing right there. Then she kept checking for animals behind her. They told us that Alli's very favorite thing was walking by the river, putting her hands in the water, and watching the ducks that were floating on the water. We will have to go to Wheeler Farm more often. They said when it was time to go Allison tried to turn and run away from the car back to the farm. Thanks for taking her. Seems like she really loved it!

Bzzzz

Last week Allison and I went to the Bees game with the Phillips family. It was the first game of the season for us and it was fun! We love going to baseball games. Allison went on lots of walks around the concourse and field. I took her for a ride on the train that goes around the outside of the field. She loves trains or as she says "choo-choo". Although I think Alli's very favorite part was looking for and seeing Bumble the Bee. She also spent a lot of time pointing out the ball and hanging out with all these great people who love us so much! Thanks Grandpa and Grandma!

Easter 2010

I know it has been over a week now since Easter but I couldn't post pictures until we had some of Allison wearing her Easter dress. You know the one that we bought without even the thought that Easter would be on Conference Sunday and therefore she would not be wearing a dress to church. Duh. Well we just saved it for the following week and then took some pictures.

So Happy Easter Everyone!The Easter bunny brought baskets and Easter treats for all of us, even Grandpa :)

Thanks Easter Bunny!

He must have know that kids shouldn't have too much sugar because all those colorful eggs were empty but they sure did look pretty.

On Saturday the 3rd we celebrated Easter with the Phillips family. We hung out all day, watched basketball, went on an Easter basket hunt, talked, and ate a delicious dinner. The whole day was very fun! Then on Sunday we celebrated with the Spongberg's. We ate dinner, hung out, and Alli went on an Easter egg hunt! What a loved and lucky little girl; between all three Easter Bunny visits she got a lot of fun new things. Thank you!

This is Allison's Easter dress. She wore it to church and looked so pretty!
Sorry we took so long but isn't seeing this cute little face always worth the wait? Oh yeah!

One Week Anniversary!

The time had come and it was time to move on and so it happened...we traded in my old Civic. Granted it was 10 years old and had 143,000+ miles but still I kinda miss the old girl. It was my college car and beyond. I know that it is not the car I will miss but the great times in my life that are associated with it.

Goodbye old friend. We had a lot of memories together....

But now I feel like I have fully moved into the next phase in my life. There will be so many new memories made with my new car! Someone asked me, "so how does it make you feel" and I said, "well I feel like a Mom". This will be the car I drive to Saturday morning soccer games, put bikes in the back, trek kids to school and ski lessons, take many family road trips, etc. Good times. Not to mention it is a pretty sweet car! I love it! Yea for new cars!!!

A Crazy Night at Our House

sleeping 9pm

awake 11:30pm

burst of energy

remove all bibs from drawer

put jacket on

put vest on

zippers up

zippers down

remove vest

say prayer

cuddle animals

gather bibs into pile

lay on top of pile

energy gone
back to bed

12:30am

sound asleep until morning

Off to Work...

WE LOVE YOU!
Thanks for being a great husband and father. You are our favorite guy!

Jazz Game

Saturday night we went to the Jazz game! We had so much fun...all of us did and there was a lot of us! A super great guy in my parents ward gave them the tickets, so they invited us and Grandpa and Kim, Scott, and Josh came and brought some friends too. Dave was at the game but he was working hard putting the game on t.v. for the Hornets.

This was Alli's first Jazz game and she LOVED it! She was watching, dancing, pointing out the ball, and chowing down on popcorn! We got a kick out of watching her.

The game was great, we had a blast and the Jazz won!

Rock-a-bye Baby

My sweet, sweet sugar Allison,

Today as I was rocking you before your nap I cried. I cried as I held you because I wanted to remember this moment and this time in my life forever. I love you so much and your daddy loves you just the same. I want to remember every detail about you. I always want to remember the softness of your rosy cheeks, the sweet touch of your generous kisses, the size of your little hands and the lone freckle you have on your index finger. I love your cute feet and precious tiny toes. Your dad and I both blow raspberries on the soles of your feet and on your little baby tummy. I want you to know that the cuddle time we share when I put you down for your nap and bedtime is my favorite time of day. I love that I get to hold you and rock and that you like to play little games with me. That you pause from drinking to say mama or dada. When I say daddy is going to go nigh night, you bring your finger up to your lips and say shhhh, and I say yeah daddy is sleeping, and then you say nigh night dada. I want to remember how perfectly your head fits under my chin and on my shoulders as you rest against me. I want you to know that your head will always fit perfectly on my shoulders for the rest of your life no matter how old or big you are. I love how you play with my hair as I hold you. And how you get so excited and hold both my cheeks and then snuggle up to me. One of my very favorite things is when I say, can I smell you? and we put our foreheads together and smell. Oh how sweet you smell! You smell like my baby who is still so fresh and new, I hope that is something I remember forever. I know these are things you will probably never remember but I will. I love you so much! We both treasure this time with you. You, our sweetheart Allison, bring incredible joy to us. We are so blessed to have you. There are so many adorable things you do and I just wanted to record some of them today. Thanks for the cuddles.

Love, your Mama

Haiti Benefit Concerts

A few weeks ago Allison and I went to a concert. My cute cousin Julia Sanders put together and performed at a benefit concert to help raise money for LDS Philanthropies. Her desire to help was brought about because of the earthquake in Haiti. She did a great job!

Allison got all ready for the concert and even kept this little bobby pin in her hair!!! (It stayed in for about half the night, that is huge!)Let's go, mom...
Earlier that day my awesome Aunt Connie and some of her girls and Aunt Karen and Shea treated my sister Kim to a girls day. Kim got this cute outfit and Shea cut her hair. She looked fabulous!
Auntie Kim and Alli are best buddies!!!
I am so blessed to have so many amazing, cute, funny, sweet, generous, fantastic, fun ladies around in my life but two of my very favorites are my mom and sister.
I love them so much!

Great-grandpa, Allison, Kim
Alli had a lot of fun running around and playing with her "cousins" Jace and Nixon. They are my cousin Jennie's boys and since Alli doesn't have any actual cousins we have to borrow from my extended family. Thanks for sharing Jennie and Annie, too.
The kids would go back and forth through this curtain.
Here is Alli bursting through like ta-da here I am, time to party!
I also need to add that the following week my brother-in-law Steven also put together a benefit concert for Haiti and he too did a fantastic job! The bands he got were way good and the set up was sweet! Alli and I went to that concert too but I didn't take any pictures at that one. I wish I had! The thing that made his concert extra cool, at least in my opinion, is that it was held at the Masonic Temple that is downtown. I had always wanted to go in there and look around and now I have.
Very cool, Steven!

Good job both of you and thanks for a couple of fun nights!

You Know You Were a Kid in the 90's if...

You have ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCH!"
You remember TGIF on ABC and loved it
"Down down baby, down down the roller coaster, sweet sweet baby I'll never let you go, shimmy shimmy cocoa puffs, shimmy shimmy rock, shimmy shimmy cocoa puffs, shimmy shimmy rock"
You remember when Kurt Cobain and 2Pac died
You know that "WHOA" comes from Joey on Blossom and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie on Full House
You begged for some GAK
You remember reading "Goosebumps"
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school
You danced to "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls
You remember slap bracelets
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after almost every sentence
You used to listen to the radio all day just to record your favorite song....with a tape recorder
Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?
You remember Super Nintendo
You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos
You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3
"I've fallen and I can't get up"
You remember going to the roller skating rink before there were roller blades
Two words...Trapper Keeper
You remember when you started to buy Cd's
You loved New Kids on The Block
You knew all the characters and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"
You played and/or collected "Pogs"
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano
You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles
All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand
You remember when the new Beanie Babies and Talking Elmo were sold out
You used to wear stick on earrings
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
You know the Macarena by heart
"Talk to the hand"
You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"
You remember a time before cell phones, texting, internet, ipods, Facebook, MySpace, and PlayStation
Light up sneakers were cool
You rented VHS tapes, not DVDs
Caller ID was a new thing
When we recorded shows from tv onto tapes in the VCR
You called the radio station to request songs
You had a walkman
You remember when 2Pac and Biggie where alive
When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever

Who would have thought all this would eventually disappear
Who would have thought we would miss the 90's!