FHE in Bulldog Canyon

I think Carson had a good time at FHE last night. He crashed in the car before we even got back to civilization. He had so much fun playing with his cousins and loved hearing Grandma and Grandpa Woolf tell stories. His mouth is stained with Hershey's chocolate from too many smores and to be honest that's perfectly fine with me. He had fun and we are making memories!

FHE in Bulldog Canyon

My parents had the wonderful idea of going out to the desert for Family Home Evening. As we got closer to the edge of civilization and closer to the desert Carson started getting really excited. Carson looked out his window and saw nothing but cactus, bushes and a mountain and yelled, "Mom, is this where the desert lives?" He talked about snakes, guns and climbing mountains. It was lots of fun just to drive out there with him! Once we got to the trail all the kids hopped in the back of Grandpa's truck. I think that was the best part for the kids. My mom sat with them and told stories. Here's a picture of a few of the cousins having a great time. Noah, Cade, Carson, Hunter, Kassie and Ashley

Cade, Carson and Hunter
The cute babies. Kate and Blake.

Blake hiding from the chilly Arizona desert. Okay, I think it was in the 60's. Ha.

Carson & Grandpa Woolf

Grandpa Woolf and Carson roasting marshmallows. Carson didn't like the smoke in his eyes, so he had my dad do most of the work.

As you can see he is getting further away from the fire.

He found a nice rock behind Grandpa Woolf to sit on while he waited for the finished product.

Justin, Lauren, Noah and Liza roasting marshmallows

Kassie and Ashley

Nate and Dallin

Allison and Kate

Karyn and Ashley

Lauren

Listening to stories (Justin, Liza, Lauren, Cade and Noah)

Dallin

Allison, Dallin and Nate

Waterslide!

My good friend Kapri invited us over for a little birthday celebration. The kids played outside on a huge waterslide. I love that it's March and we can already play outside in the water! Kapri even made me a gluten free birthday cake! Carson is enjoying his non-gluten free cupcake.

Carson with friends - Rome and Payten.

Carson on the huge slide!

Carson with his buddy Rome!

Birthday and Blake

So, I turned the big 29 on Saturday. Is that possible!? One year away from 30. Yikes. We went to dinner with my parents on Saturday night while Dave and Gail watched the boys. Blake had his four month shots on Thursday and had a fever for a couple days. He was feeling a little under the weather in these pictures, but he was so cute, sweet and loved to be cuddled.

Grandma Gail and Blake

Freestone Fun Day!

On Friday Gail and I took Carson and Blake to Freestone Park. We bought passes to ride everything as much as Carson wanted. He had a blast! It wasn't busy at all so he would tell the people when to stop the ride and if he wanted to ride again he would just stay put. He loved the mini waverunners.

This was his more aerodynamic sitting position. He said it made him go faster.

The lone kid on the ferris wheel. He wanted us to go on but we were "too big".

Carson showing off his licorice. Life is good when you have an amusement park to yourself and a handful of licorice!

What did you do today?

I get asked this question every day. Today we watched cartoons, took a bath, ran to Uncle Nate's office and the bank, had lunch in our backyard while playing and chatting with friends, had visiting teachers over, took naps, played play-doh and took these silly pictures. We still have a couple more hours before bedtime, so we'll see what else we can fit in before then. Maybe we'll run down to see our favorite dad while he works so hard and take him some dinner. I love that I get to stay home with my two boys. They mean the world to me!! I'm so glad that I get to be their mom.

L-O-V-E

I wonder how many times a day I tell this boy I love him! I kiss on those cute and chubby cheeks all day long. I can't believe he is already four months old. He is smiling, laughing, talking, blowing raspberries and I simply cannot get enough of him.

Play-doh

Grandma Gail made Carson some homemade play-doh on Sunday night. He has been loving it! Today he asked me to get it out after his nap. Look what he created! He says this is our "worm family". Dad, Mom, Carson & Blake

Bumbo Boy

Our happy Bumbo baby!

Blake LOVES to watch Carson. In this particular picture Blake looks a little worried. He's thinking - seriously, this looks dangerous. Carson got this plastic knife from his buddy Rome. It was a "so glad you are potty trained" prize.

Oh so serious! Blake is a bit more serious. It has been fun to watch the difference in personality that we can already see between these two boys of ours. Blake is such a sweet and happy little baby, but he makes you work a bit more for smiles, laughs, talking, etc.

Spring/Summer 2009 Open House!

Spring/Summer 2009 Scentsy Open House!

March 26, 2009 (THIS THURSDAY!)

6-9 p.m.

Come & Go

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Hope to see you there!

Cleaning Up

I keep telling myself that whoever toilet papered us got the wrong house. There are teenagers who live next door so I wanted to have them come out and clean it because their friends were obviously one house off! Oh well. Carson is always up for helping Matt do anything. When Matt is home Carson is his little shadow wanting to do exactly what Matt is doing and asking a million questions while they work. Carson wanted to help use the pipe to get some of the toilet paper down from our huge pine trees in front. It was quite funny watching him try to balance.

Fire Power

This picture is from a month or so ago. As I have said before, Carson doesn't pay much attention to Blake. I was surprised when he offered Blake one of his many guns to help "get the bad guys" while he was playing. Looks like Blake is ready to follow in the footsteps of his brother, dad, uncles and grandpa in their love of fire power.

Dramatic Eater

Matt and I always get a kick out of watching Blake eat. He puts his hands in the funniest positions. His had is always up at his face while he eats. These positions are two of our favorites. These pictures were taken only about two mintues apart. He likes to change it up a bit to be more dramatic.

Breakfast of Champions

I hope I'm not the only mom who has a hard time getting their child to eat breakfast. Carson loves to eat Lucky Charms. I guess I should rephrase that....Carson love to eat only the marshmellows in his Lucky Charms cereal. As you can see I give him PediaSure too just to make up for what he's lacking.

Potty Training - Day 3

Yesterday was Day 3! What a difference a couple days makes. Carson had ZERO accidents!!

Carson's highly anticipated prize for going all day without any accidents...Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf. Whatever works! I have a few more prizes on top of the fridge for the next couple days if he can continue to have no accidents.