Kitchen and Teddy Grahams

We bought the little teddy grahams for Jason and he absolutely loved him. I dd have to stop him after he put 7 in his mouth at one time. He was drooling every where (more then usual I should say).

The project that I was working on was taking down the wallpaper boarded in the kitchen and putting up a new one. This wall paper was really hard to take down. It took 2 hours to take it down. Goodness for that 16 feet, that is crazy.

But I put up the new boarded with a strip of wallpaper. I LOVE it. It took longer then I would have liked to put it up, but there are 6 electrical outlets/light switches in that little area. We also bought new rugs, towels, and pot holders. I can't wait to see it with the new curtain that I am making today.

Sledding?

Matt decided to see what happens when sliding over the edge. He found out the hard way and ended up with a pretty nasty little bruise on his back.



Jason didn't want to be put down, so Mickie took him for a lap. I can't believe it, but she ran the whole lap with that 20 pound weight!

Friday night we were able to hang out with some friends. It was really good seeing them. We only get together once every 2 months or so. You know how it goes when you get busy.

I have been working on a project and hopefully it will be accomplished by tomorrow and I will have pictures up. I am amazed that I got the motivation and actually did it all by myself. Usually I need a pretty big push from Mickie or Will to get things done, but not this time.

Snow Day pics

It snowed all night so Matt decided to take Jason out sledding. We bundled Jason up and went out pretty early in the morning so that we would beat the afternoon rush.

Matt pulled Jason up the hill and he thought that it was OK. He was pretty nervous though.

After going down and face planting it in the snow.

Jason didn't like the snow any more.

After that he always wanted to be held.

I guess sledding really wore out the boys. Mickie, Will, and I all went shopping and this is how we found Matt and Jason when we returned.

Snow Day

Jason was not a huge fan of the snow. He thought the snow was OK in this video, but the next video made him realize how much he didn't like it.



I will post more video's tomorrow.

Will's Entry

I hope everyone enjoyed the last entry. Let's hear it for the new camera! Shot after shot, with little pausing and great narrating by Kristin. I wish everyone could have seen how the next 2 pictures should have been. Jason then proceeded to shove my head out of way. After I was out of the way, he stuck his head where mine had been so he could figure out what was so interesting to me. He's definitely a curious kid.
I've been wanting to write about a subject for while now. I'm sure everyone feels the same way that I do, but I just wanted to write it. I LOVE BLOGS. I wish we had the technology for this kind of thing when we were growing up. Kristin prints out our blog every once in a while (nudge, nudge) and it will be so fun looking at them as time goes on. That, plus I feel so much more connected to everyone. I used to think "Oh, I'll check them once a week". Now I find myself checking them everyday at work. I even get excited when it takes longer to load the page because I know that it means that there's going to be something new. It's neat to know what's going on with everyone else and even neater to get someone else's perspective on a shared experience.
I have a theory that the divorce rate has gone up in conjunction (yeah, I used that word and I'm not taking it back) with how far away couples live away from family. I know that it's society's perspective nowadays that parents and in-laws are a smothering prescence. On the other hand, I believe that having extended family around lent support and chances to "vent". I don't think I'm conveying what I'm intending, but I hope y'all know what I mean. With how isolated couples can get nowadays, it's no surprise to me that relationships suffer without additional outlets. With everone's blogs now, it just feels less "Us against the World". We love the family connections and hope it continues. Well, that's it for now.

Slide and Class

Will took Jason to the mall and he had a great time. He learned how to go down the slide. Once he learned he would go over and over. He got so mad at us when we took him away.

Last night Steph and I got away and went to another class. I really enjoyed this one and got quite a few ideas from it. Both Steph and I won something as well, which made the class even better. I won a tie for Will, which I really like and Steph won a Sesame Street CD. I learn so much when I go to these classes. If any one else wants to go let me know. You always get a free book out of it.

Helping

Moral support...

I will help!...

Good job Dad!..

Hey...

HEY...

Pay attention to ME!...

Chinese phrase

Even though it sounds like a bunch of go's Will is actually saying a Chinese tongue twister. Jason loves it.

Sunday

Yes, all in all this weekend was a good one. I had a great time. There were just a few negatives that went along with it.

Sunday Jason and I went to sacrament and then came home. Will is not suppose to teach our class alone so my mom went in with him. I heard it was an interesting hour. There is a web site that gives us supplemental stuff to do and this time we were suppose to pelt each other with socks. Then we pull out the sheet and that protects us through prayer.

Any ways I had been missing a pair of bottoms (they were folded in the sheet) and one of our kids found them. I guess he started to kick them and ask what is this? My mom quickly grabbed them, hid then, and said you will be protected with these when you go through the temple. Nice save mom!

As for the sink, it its still clogged. We borrowed a snake from a co-worker, but it was a shorter one. We will try a few other options first and then rent a longer one at home depot. Hopefully the other options work first!

Pro's and Con's

Con's

• Jason is really sick, so I had to miss a gathering and church.
• I have been thrown up on and caught it once.
• The liquid laundry detergent fell so I had to clean that up while others went to the temple. I am glad that we were able to baby sit though.
• Our sink is clogged and the pipes are leaking and not put in correctly Suzanne told us.
• We were not able to fix the pipes, so we will rent a snake tonight to try and clear them out.

Pro's

• We got a new disposal and it is put in correctly.
• I got to see family and my Grandparents.
• A lot of the Coombs family went out to eat together.
• Our car door is fixed.
• We have a bedroom now, with a bed frame and night stands!
• We put up a towel ring in the bathroom.
• And every one was able to make it that planned on coming.

Website

Todays website is actually quite fun and relaxing. How weird. They are a bunch of tense games, but they play peaceful music. It is weird the calming affect the music has on you. I usually don't like these types of games.

http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

Give it a shot!

Swimming

What a great idea Steph had for Brighton's birthday party. There is an indoor pool in Lehi so we went swimming. The pool was nice and heated and the kids had a blast swimming in the winter. Jason especially loved it. In the beginning he was really nervous, but after an half and hour he over came it and started to really enjoy the water.

Kai on the other hand was pretty nervous every time the bucket fell (it was full of water). Will and I are looking into how much it is for year passes. What a great family activity.

Jason's whimpering?

I knew I forgot to write something. Will came home from playing basketball and well he wheezeing. I went to go check on Jason because I thought he was whimpering. But low and behold it was just Will.



Also I finally had the hiccups and was able to get rid of them. I was watching untold stories of the ER and some lady came in because she had the hiccups for 11 days in a row. They tried everything to get rid of them. Finally the doctor put 2 fingers above both her eyebrows and held it there with a little pressure for about 20 seconds and they suddenly stopped. It was the weirdest thing, but it totally worked on me. I have also tried it on Jason and succeeded 3 out of 5 times. He is a lot harder to hold still. He thinks I am nuts when I do it to him.

Apology Note Generator

There is nothing really to say today, except that I bought myself a page a day calender for a buck. It is a website a day. Today's is a apology note generator. It is very interesting.

http://karmafarm.com/formletter.html

That's in case you want to write one if you forgot about valentines day yesterday. Here is the one that i sent off to Will.

Dear, Equal Partner in All Matters, I'm not sorry at all for neglecting to pick up my underwear. I was tired, and thought I could get someone else to do it. So I'm sitting in the dark, waiting to die, hoping you don't sell me into scientific experiments. Please let me live. This is a familiar pattern in my life, and I'm working on it with my therapist. Love, Your loving Significant Other

What a weird website!

Desensitized

Yes, can you believe it i sleep with a blanket hog. I take 6 inches back and then he steals a foot. What ever!

It is amazing how desensitized we are to violence now. Crazy. On Monday there was a shooting in the mall in SLC. It was broadcast on all of the stations during prime time. We missed Heroes, can you believe it. I was more troubled over missing the show then the 6 people who were killed. It is interesting what makes have a reality check.

Other then that Steph and I got out of the house while the kids played with the dads. It was nice to take some time out of the day for me. It was only and hour and a half, but I feel energized again. Steph and I went to a cooking class where they made these cute swan cream puffs and eclairs. I am actually not a huge fan of the puff part, but I love the filling. Yummy. They are super easy to make. Any takers for the next wedding? Haha. After words we drank smoothies, talked, and watched the kids. It was a fun night all together.

Surprise Entry: A First

Well, it's not really a surprise entry because Kristin knows I'm writing this today. Sorry it's being posted later than usual. I'm pretty busy with our Company's annual Convention coming in less than month. So I've been working hard (and listening to the Scrubs Musical AGAIN).
The reason for this entry is that I did something for the first time last night. I talked in my sleep!!!! I've never done that before. I was having a dream about Seventh Heaven (Weird Wildon quirk: I dream about people or things that used to be part of my routine. If I haven't seen you in a while, I'll probably dream about you. My most common dreams have been my mission, my cousins, and GoldenEye, the video game. I just miss people and stuff, awwww). Anyhow, for those of you who know the show - Simon was serving his parents a weird dinner. They didn't like it so he said he had AWPRB floats planned for dessert. I started saying those letters in my sleep- which stand for A&W Premium Root Beer float. I don't think Kristin liked it very much. I was kind of whispering it so she woke up really spooked. Personally, I think she should be grateful that I don't elbow her in the eye or smack her arm in her sleep. I would mention that she used to dig under me looking for Jason, but that's probably less annoying than how I steal her blankets every night.
Well, signing off -
Will

What a busy weekend

It was such a busy weekend. Friday was a great second Birthday. We were able to get Matt and Mickie to watch Jason. When we came home this is what we found. How funny.

Saturday was a busy day of painting and eating at Tucanos. I love that place, and yes as usual I was the last one still eating.

The rooms look great. Matt, Mickie, Will, and I knocked that room out in a few short hours. I really like the color Will and I chose. I still need to do some touch ups with the white while Jason is napping, other then that I am so excited to get that new bed frame and night stands in the room.

I love taking candid shots of every one. What a good little helper Jason is.

Before... Yes she was stuck in the 80's and loved pink.

After... A little more modern and reminds me of the beach.

Friends

Jason made a new friend. They keep giving each other hugs and kisses. I caught the tale end of one. They loved playing with each other.

Ups and Downs

I could not believe how many ups and downs there were yesterday. I have decided that TODAY is my birthday instead of yesterday. Jason was a little monster yesterday and almost made me cry 3 times (no that's not normal) and on top of that we were not able to go out to dinner last night. Matt and Mickie are coming over tonight so we can try this whole thing again.

We did how ever buy new paint for a our bedroom and bathroom, which Matt and Mickie are going to help use paint tomorrow. I am super excited and painted bedroom this week and a new bedroom and night stands the week after. Wahoo!!

I guess I should explain the pictures. There I am all dressed up to go to wal-mart in my new leather skirt. I was the nicest looking person there!

Jason loves sesame pudding. Funny how it is so black.

Jason during the trip peed through his outfit so we strapped him up naked and dressed him later. He thought it was so funny to be strapped up naked.

Jason made a new friend. How cute are they!

Pics of Disc Golfing

It was a nice day!

Good shot Tracie.

Watching the fun.

Feeding the birds.

There after ME!!

Disc Golf

While we were basking in the warm sun in California we decided to make the most of it and go disc golfing. Will LOVED it. The rest of us had a good time as well.



Today is my birthday and I still feel like I am 19 years old. I wonder if that mentality will ever change. I highly doubt it. Will surprised me with a book, magnetic measuring spoons which are pretty cool, and flowers. What a sweet guy. My mom (yes I actually waited to open it today) got me a cool leather skirt. I still need to try it on, but I bet it will fit nicely.



Yesterday I made my self birthday cookies and needless to say there are none left today, so I am going to make myself some birthday Carmel brownies. I can't wait to eat them. Plus tonight Travis (my cousin) is coming over to babysit so Will and I can go out to eat in peace. What a nice guy!

Will's been Tagged

OK, Kristin says that I'm pretty weird so I hope I do a entertaining job with my items.

• My first job was at a Chinese restaurant. I was fired after 2 days. They didn't speak English and I didn't speak Chinese at the time so I was OK with that.
• I do most of our laundry folding. I have this thing where I only take the things that are at the highest elevation in the basket. It gets pretty odd when I've got 15 things out that just need a pair and I can totally see their match. It's just not their "turn" yet.
• I have a "magic toe". Whenever I can't sleep at night, I just crack the knuckle on the middle toe of my left foot. It relaxes me. It's always frustrating when I can't sleep and it's been previously cracked on accident.
• I named my blankets, pillows, and even mattress after members of the Gilligan's Island cast. My favorite is Maryann, my blanket. I still refer to her by that.
• I dress in phases, never all at once. I'll brush my teeth and put on a shirt, then shave and do my hair, then put on my pants.
• Anyone who knows me knows that I'm jumpy. Especially if I'm tired, my whole body jumps if anything surprises me. If anything moves within my "personal space", I totally jump - it's a wonder I ever got married.
• My eyelashes are a great defense. They actually go straight down. Yes, I can see my eyelashes - but a benefit is that I never get snow in my eyes.

Chances are, there's a ton more that I could have put so I wouldn't be surprised to see a follow up to this. Hope you all enjoy!

Will

Museum

Jason is still sleeping so I have decided to write more about the weekend. The weather was so nice. In Utah it was 44 degrees and while we were in California it was a nice 77. It was great. I didn't want to go home. It did make me a little sad because we won't have weather like that for another 3 months or so. How sad!

One of the activities during the weekend was to go to a hands on science museum. I love those types of places. We tried to lift a 5,400 lb car. I think Troy was the only one that was able to at the 4 spot.

Ok i do have to add this in. We had just gotten off the plane driving back to Matt and Mickie's. It was about 11 Utah time. I said, "We need to call your parents, Will to let them know we got back". He said, "No, its to late." Then I replied, "I guess you're right. It is pretty late and we don't know there phone number anyways." After Will thought about that for a while he told me, "I know my home phone number." Duhh.

Jason also went to nursery. It was the cutest thing. He sat at the snack table and fit right in.

Chinese New Year

We went out to California for the weekend to see Will's parents. We had a great time and I got a lot of pictures with the new camera (which I still love!) It was a packed weekend with family and fun.

We did so much, visit family, go to a hands on science museum, walk the mall, play set and phase ten, watch the Superbowl, have a family gathering, play disc golf, and visit the outlet malls. It was great always having some thing to do.

Lasik to the rescue!

Matt got lasik on Thursday. He is sporting the goggles that he has to were along with some other items.

I fight crime.

I keep people safe.

I am always protected.

Do I hear trouble?

Supper Matt to the rescue!