Jorgensen, Party of 3

Pinewood Derby

2012-02-10T19:58:00.000-08:00

Dad's, Brendan's and Gabe's car on the race track.

All of the boys cars before the races

My dads car. I think its the cutest. ehh... manly I mean.

Hubby's car.

Andrew's car.

Gabe's Jimmer car.

Brendan's car!

My parents ward had a pinewood derby tonight for Elder's Quroum. There was a whole bunch of people... yeah right, like 15 of us there. My brothers had a blast though. Mylee was a big huge crybaby all night long, which drove me crazy. Colton's car came in last, but he had fun and Mylee loved rolling it across the gym. Gabe's car did really well though. So did Brendans. My dad's car was just adorable.

Baby Shower!

2012-02-10T19:55:00.001-08:00

Sarah and I threw Ambur a baby shower a couple weekends ago. It was a lot of fun! And everything turned out really cute!! I am so excited for Ambur to have her little Lauryn, I can't wait to meet her!

Treehouse Museum

2012-02-09T16:04:00.000-08:00

A couple weekends ago my brother and sister in law and their baby came up for the weekend. We decided to take the kids to the Childrens Treehouse Museum in Ogden. The kids loved it. There was so much for them to do and everything was just their size. We went on a Saturday afternoon so it was a bit crowded and a lot noisy. Mylee had an absolute ball playing with everything she could get her hands on. Her favorite thing though was the horses and little knights. And of course the dragons. If I didnt work on weekdays I would take her there more often, especially during the winter where we are cooped up all day.

Thanks Kim for letting us use your free pass!

Resolution #2

2012-02-02T11:52:00.002-08:00

I can check off new years resolution #2 from my list. It is completed!!
That would be potty training Mylee. She is such a pro. I am so proud of my little girl. She has done such a great job with it!
She is now all the way in panties!
I dont have any tips or tricks for potty training except be consistent. That was our hardest thing, especially since we arent home with her during the days. But we took a few days off work and got it done. Yay!
I have 19 more goals to accomplish this year. Better get a move on it, since one took me a whole month. Although some of them we are working on and wont be accomplished for another nine months or so, so its really more like 10 goals. I think I can handle that.

Like a Princess

2012-01-20T14:38:00.000-08:00

Don't worry Mylee is three and a half, but guess what we mastered this week?

POTTY TRAINING! Woohoo!!

Ok so its not totally mastered but yesterday she has only had one accident and so far today none!! Thats pretty impressive. I heard it gets worse from here, but hopefully it only gets better! We are being really consistent and we ask her if she has to go all the time. Normally she says no, but every so often we can tell. The first few days were really hard. She would hold it in even after we say her on the potty and then as soon as she got up she peed. I was getting frustrated and I know she was as well. I would talk to her and tell her we wanted to her to go potty like a princess and she would start crying. It broke my heart seeing how sad she was, but I thought it might help her get the hang of it. When she went in the potty we made a big deal out of it. We clapped and yelled and gave her a treat or a present or told her she could play with her cousins. So that helped too.

January 20th and still keeping my number one new years resolution: potty train Mylee. I would say its about halfway done. Yay!

Christmas!

2011-12-26T21:35:00.000-08:00

The things we do for our kids. This is the pile of garbage from the box from her kitchen. It took us about an hour and a half to put together. The first page of directions. That part took us the longest, trying to figure out how to read them. But once we got going it was pretty easy. There were just a lot of pieces and a lot of screws that needed to go in. Just Colton and I setting it up. The kitchen all assembled. The finished product, with her name on it. I think it really makes the kitchen.Her kitchen with all the presents and the tree.Opening her gift from Sarah wearing her apron and hat. She loved those and didnt want any help from mom putting them on, which is why the hat is in front of her face. Mylee and her Belle ballerina doll from Sarah. She's seriously adorable. Mylee and her presents!All three of us Christmas morning in our jammies. Emmerson and Mylee. They are like sisters. Mylee and Emmerson and their matching princess dolls. Sophie got Ariel and Belle, but she wasnt there when we took these pictures and then I forgot by the time they got there. All of us at Coltons parents house. This is my favorite picture. Because we all look so cute, and you can see all of us wearing our plaid shoes. I got my shoes from Coltons mom and dad for Christmas and I love them so much!

We did spend Christmas morning at church with my parents and had breakfast over there. I didnt take any pictures there was too much going on for me to get any. But we had a lot of fun over there with my family. I love when everyone gets together. We missed Rashelle and Danny and her girls and Chris and Jordan and Carter. Maybe next year we will all be together.
Mylee got super spoiled this year. From us she got the kitchen and a bunch of clothes, that of course she didnt care about, she got a Belle Ballerina doll from Sarah. From my parents she got some jammies that match all the girls, and a stuffed animal puppet, she also got a mop, broom and ironing board to go with her kitchen and she got a play house that will be set up at grandma and grandpas to play on at their house. She also got a puzzle and a coloring book from Rashelle.
From Coltons mom and dad she got two disney princess dolls and a shirt, and from Sophie she got pots and pans to go with her kitchen, which she likes to make cakes and cookies in.
Colton and I both got new shoes from his parents and he got a BYU book from my parents and we got popcorn and m and ms from my parents. We also got cookie sheets and a cooling rack from Rashelle. Colton got me a mini cupcake maker!! I am so excited to make cute little cupcakes. He also got me a necklace and some earrings. I got him a shirt and his watches fixed.
It was such a fun day just relaxing and being with family. I love days like that.
Monday we both had the day off so we were able to spend the morning cleaning and playing with Mylee. Then we went to lunch and we went shopping for a little bit.
Such a great weekend. Its kind of a bummer we have to go back to the real world today.

Lights

2011-12-25T19:17:00.001-08:00

We went to Zoo lights with my family last week. It was such a blast!! It didnt snow which was perfect. It was a tad chilly but still awesome. Mylee had such a blast looking at all the lights and all the animals. She loved the snakes, odd.

She really wanted to stand by the horse and get her picture taken. She's just so stinking cute!

This tiger was right up at the fence eating off the bone. I have never seen one so active. The other ones were sleeping in the back all cuddled up. Mylee kept roaring at him, I was kind of nervous about pouncing.

My family...minus Brendan who left the group and got lost. haha classis Brendan moment.

Us by the gingerbread house.

She was basically terrified of riding the carousel. But we made her and then she enjoyed it later on.

My hubby and I!

Mylee is just really warm in her blanket and hat. She didnt want to look up from them

My girl and I!

Mylee and Santa at the Ogden lights. She is all talk when it comes to Santa. She doesnt want anything to do with him or talking to him when she sees him up close, but from afar she is pretty good.

We went to Ogden Lights with Luke and Amy their girls, and boy a few weeks ago. Mylee loved being with her cousins and it was a fun little double date for us.

Sophie, Mylee and Ellie.

I love us!

Me and my babe!

The nativity.

They were riding the train. Colton took the picture and he took it too early and accidently cut Sophie off. The girls had a blast on the train and loved waving at us as they went by.

Miss Moo eating her crackers on the way home.

We have had such a fun time looking at lights this year. I am sad that they will be going off now.

Mylee was so cute with all the lights. I am so thankful to have her and Colton in my life.

Update

2011-12-19T15:15:00.000-08:00

Mylee is seriously the cutest little girl ever. Sure, she has her moments where she isn't, but overall she's pretty stinkin fun! The other night I dressed her in a onesie to go to bed in. I heard her a few minutes later knocking on the door, so I went in to check on her and she gives me a little pose and says I dressed in jammies. She had put on her own footie pajamas and actually kept them on all night. And of course those were the jammies she wanted to wear for the next week, but at least they were staying on her all night. That same night she asked for cereal and juice before she went to bed, as she does almost every night, and when I gave it to her she put it on her bed and then ran over to me and gave me a huge hug and say thank you soo much! How sweet is that?
We also do this thing everynight when I put her to bed, I say I love you she says I love you more and I say I love you most then she sings cause mother knows best. Just like Tangled. Then she starts laughing before she even gets best out. Its the cutest thing. Lets just hope she remembers that in 10 or so years. I love being her mom and I am so grateful I am given this chance to raise a beautiful baby girl.
We've done a lot of fun things this month and I will do a post with pictures eventually. We went to the Zoo Lights last week, and I had a craft night with some of my friends, and we went to Ogden City Lights with Luke and Amy and had a family Christmas party at Colton's parents.
I love the holidays!! It so much fun to be able to spend time with family.
Only 6 more sleeps and a wake up before Mylee gets to see her present! I am a little excited for her to see it.

Colton's Birthday

2011-12-04T08:11:00.000-08:00

Colton turned 25 yesterday. We had a great time celebrating! In the morning we went to Coltons parents ward Christmas breakfast, then we picked out our tree and the rest of Colton's presents then we went to lunch. Then we waited in traffic for a half hour and then made it to dinner at Macaroni Grill. Mmm so yummy! We got Penne Rustica and italian creme sodas. And since it was his birthday they sang in Italian and brought a chocolate cake that was heavenly. Afterward we made our way with the mass crowds to Temple Square. The lights were beautiful and we had such a great time hanging out with Keith and Sarah. After that we went to In-n-Out for a late night snack. Then we headed back to our house to watch a movie. And I was there, but I can honestly not even remember what it was called. It was such a fun day!!

Thanksgiving!!

2011-11-28T09:09:00.000-08:00

We had such a great Thanksgiving this year.
Wednesday night Ambur came over and we made homemade cinnamon rolls. Mylee loved helping in anyway possible. It was so cute, which makes me even more excited for her Christmas present. She was so sad when Ambur had to go home, she wanted to sleep over at her house haha
Thursday we slept in late and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and cuddled in bed. I love morning like that. Then we all got ready and headed down to Colton's sister Kims for Thanksgiving dinner. It was so much fun having the whole family get together and have fun. After our wonderful dinner we visited and the kids all played. Then we played Bingo. They got some awesome prizes for winning.
After that Colton and I traded Mylee for Tegan and Tayte and they came over with Luke and Amy and we played some Wii games and then we headed out Black Thursday shopping.
It was the girls' first time shopping and it was crazy. We headed to WalMart first, and only. I only needed to get a few things, all for my house, nothing awesome like TVs or computers or video games. We split up and had the girls get one thing and Colton and I got the other things. It was so crazy, people started throwing the things they wanted and it was a total madhouse, pushing everywhere and you couldnt even walk. Luckily we had a friend standing in line for us, so we just went straight there and checked out by 10:28. Not too bad.
Friday I had to work so I didnt stay out late shopping, and there wasnt really anything I wanted.
Saturday Mylee and I hung out all morning. And then I went down stairs to do the dishes while she was playing in her room. Somehow she found a permant marker and went to down in my room. Yup, we have a little artist on our hands. I was not happy. But it all ended up ok and I now know the secret to getting marker off your walls without taking off the paint. When Colton came home we went to his parents and then went to Sizzler. Mm I love a good salad.
On Sunday we ust spent the day relaxing. We went to dinner at my sisters and then came home and watched A Christmas Carol. Mylee even seemed to enjoy it.
It was such a fun weekend. And I am already looking forward to the next weekend. Its Coltons 25th birthday!!

Phone

2011-11-09T09:20:00.000-08:00

I always said I can totally go a day without my phone.

I take that statement back. I lost my phone last night and cant find it anywhere. I feel totally out of the loop. I always hate it when people dont text me back and now I am one of those people. I dont want to miss out on anything important.
I am going to be getting a new sim card today so I can have a phone again. Yay.

Other updates...
Mylee's bed is finally done being painted and will be put together today. Its going to look adorable in her room. I cant wait.
Colton and I started working out last night. Man that first work out was tough. Who knew I was so out of shape? Its going to be hard to get where I want to look, but I am pretty confident I can do it. I want to lose 15 pounds by March 20th. Seems like something I can do. Hopefully anyway.
I still love my new job! I enjoy not having to deal with members. I am still learning a lot which is great, and I love the people I work with. Being 3 minutes from my house has its perks too.
I am very excited for Thanksgiving! I love getting together with family and having everyone here. This year we are having it with Coltons family, and we always go bowling after we eat. I am so excited to do that. Its been forever since we have gone bowling.
I also want to do something different with my hair. I am not sure what though. I know I would keep the length. I am thinking maybe go lighter. Not like blonde, but carmelly or something.
Mylee is so smart. She's always amazing me with what she knows. She has gotten really clingly lately. She always has to be sitting on my lap and everynight she wants me to lay down with her until she falls asleep. Its super sweet, but I need my own bed, and I cant go to bed at 8:30. She is also in these tantrum stages. They arent that bad, but sometimes she gets really mad. I have gotten to the point where I can just ignore it and let her do her own thing, unless she starts hitting, then I make her go in time out or her bedroom. She really only hits her dad. She doesnt like him so much when I am around. She's very much a mommas girl.
I suck at taking pictures with our camera, but I had some pictures on my phone with Mylee in her halloween costume and it was so adorable. She was a princess with a pink hoop dress and we curled her hair. Oh my she loved wearing that dress.
There isnt anything new going on with us. Just working and hanging out with Mylee and looking forward to all the holidays with Mylee. I am so excited for her Christmas present. I cant wait for her to see it.

Pictures

2011-09-29T20:51:00.000-07:00

My good friend Annie took our pictures over the weekend. I love the location and I love love how our pictures turned out!! Here are some of my favorites.Its a picture overload, but I love them.

Happenings

2011-09-21T14:08:00.000-07:00

I love three year old Mylee. She's so funny.

She loves to sing, any song, anytime. We sing ABCs and Itsy Bitsy Spider, the Bubble song, Popcorn Popping and the Cleanup song over and over. Her voice is just so cute when she does it too! I try to get it on video, but she never lets me. She gets camera shy.

Mylee is getting really good at counting and doing her ABCs.
Her picky eating habits are also getting a lot better. She will eat almost anything now, or at least try it. She still loves her princesses and babies. She so sweet with her babies, she wraps them in a blanket and makes us all be quiet when they are sleeping.
We tried getting her dressed in a dress yesterday and she did not want to wear that one and she picked out her own. Even after us trying to put the dress we wanted her to wear on she fought and fought and didnt let us even get it on her head. Then at night when we were getting dressed in jammies she didnt want me to help her take it off and when I unzipped it she went into a fit. Oh the drama of clothes has begun already.
She will ask about her cousins and aunts and uncles everyday and make sure they are ok and fed and has water and milk. Such a sweetie.
Mylee's temper tantrums have gotten better, even though they were never really bad to begin with. She just lays on the floor and cries, luckily she has never done this in public. We have mastered the time out and she only goes in there a few times a week. So thats good.

Colton is still working at Home Depot and hopefully starting school in January. He was going to go in October, but we decided it would be better to have him wait until after the holidays so he could be home with us more.

I was having a really hard couple of days the last few weeks. Mostly with people bothering me over things they say and comparing myself and my life with other peoples. Colton gets after me because I think that way, but honestly I cant help but compare myself to someone. I have this need to be better than everyone and when I find something I am not the best at I get really depressed about it and really dislike that person for doing it better than me. Weird right? Arent we supposed to be happy for that person because they have talents and they are able to share them with other people? It was a real pity party the last couple of days, but yesterday I decided that I should just stop complaining about how crafty people are because they can make dresses or upcycle things, or can decorate their houses all cute, or take amazing pictures of their kids, or can throw fabulous parties, or whatever they might be good at and just give it a try. I have used a sewing machine once in my life, so I dont know if I would be good at something like that, so tomorrow I am getting material and making a skirt for Mylee and possibly a dress if I feel up to it. I can be crafty too, I am making a Halloween wreath. Saturday I am painting Mylee's bed that we got as a hand me down. I am also decorating my house for Halloween, which I am super excited about. I can take amazing pictures, I just have to remember to do it, so I will set a goal to take at least one picture a day of Mylee. And yeah I am sure if I had an unlimited amount of money for a party and tons of time I could plan a freaking awesome one too! I feel like I am complaining a lot when really I dont have anything to complaing about. I just have to put my mind to something and I can accomplish it. So here is to hoping my projects dont end up like crap and I dont end up living in a cave for the rest of my life because I don't know how to sew a skirt.

Private

2011-09-19T09:51:00.000-07:00

I am thinking of going private.
I havent decided if I want to really do it, but I am thinking about it.
If you would like to keep reading just leave a comment with your email address and name and I will add you if I actually decide to do this.
Thanks!

Weekend

2011-09-02T07:41:00.000-07:00

I am so excited for this weekend!! Its going to be busy, but I cant wait!!

Tonight Colton and I are going on a date!
Tomorrow Yard Sales, Kids Club at the Home Depot, grocery shopping, birthday party in Kaysville, and Birthday party in Ogden.
Sunday, a baby blessing and barbecue in Kaysville and family dinner in Roy.
Monday painting and staining a bed, fixing up the basement bedroom and setting up my craft room. Also I will probably take down the Spring decorations I have up and put up my Autumn ones, no use in putting up Summer since its over in 21 days anyway.
I also think I will make a pumpkin out of a dryer vent. And possibly a fall door hanger.
Yup sounds like a fun weekend!!

Oh and if anyone knows of someone selling an entertainment center for cheap or possible giving it away please let me know!! And if anyone knows of any place to stay in San Francisco or the surrounding area for a reasonable price, not in the ghetto please let me know!! Colton and I are planning a trip and we cant find a place to sleep haha it may possibly be in our car.

Lets Party

2011-08-11T20:47:00.001-07:00

We had such a good birthday party!! Thanks everyone for coming. She loves her family and all the presents we got!

3 years old

2011-08-09T07:55:00.000-07:00

I cant belive my little baby is three!! Its gone by so fast. She's getting so big.

Mylee loves to sing and dance and talks all the time. She loves to color and play outside.

She loves her blanket, still. I cant seem to get rid of them. She has to have her blankie everywhere with her. She loves to watch movies, especially Toy Story and Rescuers Down Under. Mylee loves her princesses. She is very picky about what she eats. And loves apple juice and cereal and asks for them every night before she goes to bed.

She is such a sweetie and I cant imagine my life with out her!!

Swimming

2011-07-28T21:59:00.000-07:00

Camping

2011-07-28T16:48:00.000-07:00

Think we have enough stuff?
Aww she loves camping
I am REALLY good at roughing it.
Haha a gas station in Blackfoot
Beautiful Idaho Falls
On the bridge

My beautiful girl

Over the weekend we decided to go camping. Originally we planned on going to Downata Hot Springs, but when we got there it was soo super crowded so we left that and then had to hurry and find a place to stay for the night elsewhere. We tried Lava Hot Springs, but nothing was available. So then we decided to try Pocatello, especially since we had all day Sunday to do nothing since both hot springs were closed. We were able to get a tent site at the KOA. We love KOAs.

So we got our tent all set up which Mylee kept calling a house. And we decided to have some dinner. That in itself was an adventure. The firepit was super wet so it was smoky, and left this weird film stuff on our hot dogs. But they were still good. We are super campers and forgot ALOT of stuff. Cooking utensils, plastic sandwhich bags, tin foil, tupperware containers, sharp knives, shampoo, conditioner you know the good stuff. So we had to make a quick run to Wal-Mart to get the essentials.

When we got back it was bed time and Mylee was not having it. She wanted to be up and play with us the whole time. Eventually she fell asleep, but it took a while. I had a hard time staying asleep. I was freezing, I think my toes got frost bite. Mylee was also cold that at 4:30 she came into bed with us, but was wide awake the whole time.

Sunday morning we finally got up and got ready for the day. I did my hair in front of the car, I am really good at roughing it. We got breakfast at Jack in the Box and it was good. Then we drove out to Blackfoot. We called my mom on the way out there to get directions to the cemetary, she says head west off the freeway and at the fork in the road go left. Ok sounds easy. So we are going west for about 10 minutes and I realize NONE of it looks familiar so we decided to turn around. When we get back close to the snake river there is a light, so we go to the right, which would've been the left had we still been going west, and a few minutes later we make it to the cemetary. And of course it has been forever since I had been there I really only had a guess as to where I was going. After looking for a few minutes we found it!

Then we headed to Idaho Falls, we actually just drove through Idaho Falls on our way to Heise Hot Springs. We checked out where we are staying next week and changed up a few things, and made sure everything was going to work out. The people are probably really sick of us changing our plans, but oh well.

Then we took a little adventure and went on a dirt road to get to Rexburg. We found our way there and it ended up being a really pretty drive. We went to Rexburg and had a picnic at the park and Mylee got to play in the Splash Pad they had. I was the coolest splash pad I had ever seen. It had slides and everything. We left there after a few hours and headed to Idaho Falls for real. We drove up to the temple, which is really pretty, but they were doing construction on the grounds so there werent any flowers or anything. Then we parked the car and walked around the park that is right next to the falls. They were having an art show and it was really cool to see all the diferent art. We crossed the bridge and took pictures, but Mylee would scream the whole time we were stopped so we werent able to take very many. The falls were soo pretty. Then we decided to head back to Pocatello and have some dinner. We had planned on making sloppy joes, but we didnt have the cooking stuff and ended up just having pizza, which we love so it all worked out. Mylee roasted her own marshmallow and didnt even catch it on fire. We walked and played on the park at the KOA and then walked and saw some llamas and goats and donkeys. I think the llama was peering into my soul it didnt take his eyes off me, which was kind of creepy. Mylee loved being so close to the animals, but liked to keep her distance, she was in no way petting them. It was getting late and we werent having the night we had before so we decided to drive around Pocatello and hope she fell asleep and hope we wouldnt get lost. Mission accomplished. We only had to drive for a few minutes too. I think I slept better that night then I do at home. I was so warm and toasty.

Monday we drove to Lava Hot Springs and Colton gave me a tour. We went swimming and Mylee enjoyed the water but hated the slides. Especially when we forced her 4 times. We thought maybe she wouldnt be too scared. We had to leave the pool pretty early though, we only ended up staying about 2ish hours. She fell asleep before we left the parking lot and slept the whole way home, and the whole time we unpacked the car.

It was really fun to get away for the weekend.

Ice Cream

2011-07-13T17:50:00.000-07:00

Today is National Ice Cream Day!! Great day just thrown in the middle of summer.
I could go for some Frosted Rock right now. Mmm..

Weekend

2011-07-05T08:46:00.000-07:00

My weekend was perfect. I loved every second of it. I loved it so much I didnt take ONE picture.

On Saturday I went to Kids club at Home Depot, introduced my mom to Paces where we got rainbows. Then I went to my parents and bought the kids a pool where they played all afternoon. It was nice sitting outside and reading while they played in the pool.
Then when Colton got home we went to his parents and he worked while I read some more and watched the girls play in the pool Luke and Amy bought, then we had some delicious Chinese.

On Sunday Brendan was ordained a deacon so I went to that, and then we had a bbq at my parents house. Colton was lucky enough to get off early so he could be with us. We were there for about 4 hours then decided we should take Mylee home and give her (and us) a nap then come back and light some fireworks. We went back about 8 and the neighbors bought the expensive fireworks, the ones that were illegal, now legal so we took our fireworks and chairs and joined their little party. Mylee was terrified of them unless she was covered with a blanket. Until my mom finally just took it away and made her watch them.

On Monday Colton had to work in the morning so I ran some errands. Then in the afternoon we went over to his parents house and hung out with his family. There was at least 80 people there throughout the day. It was a lot of fun. We played some intense volleyball and had some yummy food. We left there about 730 and went over to Clearfield. We sat with Luke and Amy for about an hour and a half and then we decided we didnt want to stay for the fireworks, mainly the traffic afterwords and it was SOOO freaking busy. Way busier than last year, you could hardly move. We went back to Coltons mom and dads and helped them clean up and watched the fireworks from neighbors from their back porch.

It was such a fun weekend, it was so hard to get up this morning. And Colton closes tonight so I dont know what I am going to do with out him all night. I have been spoiled the last three days and he was able to spend most of the time with me.

We are going camping in one month and I am soo excited!!

Friday Friday Friday

2011-07-01T14:52:00.000-07:00

Things I am excited about

The weekend is FINALLY here.

Its a 3 day weekend
Colton and I are getting a massage. (My first one ever)
Its a 3 day weekend.
I get to be with Mylee all weekend
Fireworks and bbqs.
Parades and carnivals
Buying bows for Mylee at the booths
Snowies
Spending time with family and friends
Playing cards at the park while waiting for the fireworks to start

I cant wait for my weekend to start.

SIDS

2011-06-30T16:38:00.001-07:00

How to reduce the risk of SIDS

1.Always lay your baby to sleep face up
Side and tummy positions are not safe; check with your doctor is your baby has
breathing problems.
2.Don't smoke while pregnant and never smoke near your infant
While pregnant or considering pregnancy do not smoke. Never let others smoke
near your baby. Smoking is a major risk factor for SIDS
3.Don't let your baby get too hot
Overheating is a leading rish factor for SIDS. Dress your baby in a much or as little as
you would wear. If your baby is sweating, has damp hair or a heat rash, he or she
may be too hot. Room fans have been shown to reduce the risk of SIDS.
Consider using a wearable blanket or other type of sleeper insead of a blanket.
4.Lay your baby to sleep in an approved crib, on a firm mattress
Do not let the baby sleep on soft thing, like a couch, a pillow, sheepskin, foam pad,
or water bed. Remove all loose bedding. Crib bumpers are not recommended
and can be hazardous.
5.Create a healthy lifestuly for you or your baby
When pregnant see your doctor often and do not use drugs or alcohol. Talk with
your doctor about changes in your baby and how your baby acts
6. If possible breastfed your baby
Breastfeeding has been shown to reduce the risk or SIDS
7.Offer your baby a pacidier at all sleep times.
Pacifiers have been shown to recude the risk of SIDS
8.Put your baby on his or her tummy to play when your baby is awake and supervised
Make sure someone is always watching. "Tummy time" is good for your baby because
it makes neck and shoulder muscles stronger
9. Don't share sleep surfaces
Adult beds, couches and chairs are not safe for infant sleep and increase the risk of SIDS,
suffocation and accidental infant death

One of the many reason I am basically terrified to have another kid. And I havent ever known anyone to lose a child because of this. It scares me out of my mind to think this could happen to any one at any time. I dont know if I could handle this. In fact I am almost positive I couldnt. I just found these tips on a blog I read and thought they might be helpful to someone.

Baseball!!

2011-06-24T20:57:00.000-07:00

We had awesome seats. 9th row. Unfortunately I didnt get a foul ball.
Contraband I snuck into the baseball field using the hood of my jacket
It was a beautiful moonrise? I dont even know if thats a word...
Nothing better than a hot dog at the baseball game.
Awe!! It was so much fun going out on a date with my hubby and our best friends. I love summer and I love going to baseball games. I am so glad summer is finally here!!

Me

2011-06-22T11:16:00.000-07:00

This blog day just says me. Uh ok. I already did a blog about me, but I suppose I can think of other things about me.

My favorite color is pink. And purple. I love to read. I will read just about anything and I can finish a book rather quickly. I didnt get into the Harry Potter books though, I dont know why it just wasnt something that apealed to me.
I bite my nails and its seriously a problem, I am addicted to it. I recently had my nails done, recently as in 8 days ago. And I have none of them left. I just couldnt handle them being on my nails. I love to have my nails painted, but I can only have a few certain colors. I do not look good in blue or green nail polish.
My favorite past time activity is house hunting. Even though Colton and I arent currently looking for a house we still love driving around and finding houses we like so we have a list of things we want when we do end up moving. We even got to go inside some homes we like and see the layouts. I think we have a pretty good idea of what we want.
I am such a girly girl, but I love getting dirty. Ok maybe not really dirty. Coltons parents probably would disagree with me on the getting dirty part. I do like camping I would just enjoy showering while I am camping, washing in a creek is not the same.
I like to go shooting, but not at an actual animal or anything, sure I am not the greatest but I attempt. I love being on the water and boating or tubing. But when it comes to swimming I can only be in a pool for so long before I am ready to get out.
I love road trips, but as long as they are not really long road trips, as in to Missouri and back. I can handle St. George. I love country music and driving with the windows down. I love dancing like a crazy person because when are you ever going to meet the people who starred at you as they drove down the highway.
All in all I am pretty awesome.

Blog Friends

2011-06-15T18:50:00.000-07:00

Most of my blog roll are people that I actually know. There are a few that I dont, but I love the way they write and their stories about life.
This 30 day challenge question is kind of lame. I havent nor do I ever think I will meet someone I blog stalk through a blog party or something, that would be a little weird.

haha But I did meet someone I blog stalk on a random coincidence one day. It was awkward and awesome all at the same time, since I could pretty much say what was happening that day for her and she had no idea who I was. And we ended up playing on the same indoor soccer team. I was secretly hoping that she would want to take a picture of our team for her blog and I would end up there. It would be like I was famous. Sadly that didnt happen. But our soccer team was mentioned so it was like I was partly famous.

2011-06-13T20:03:00.000-07:00

I hate word searches. I did this in 5 hours, and I didnt even finish.
This is how I spent my Saturday with a child with an ear infection.
Annie's bridal shower cupcakes
First time donating blood. It was awesome.

Recipe

2011-06-13T15:20:00.000-07:00

I would post a recipe but there are so many out there that I love.
I will just post my favorite recipe sites.

www.onedinneraweekwife.blogspot.com
www.thegirlwhoateeverything.blogspot.com
www.ourbestbites.com
www.whathappensatnaptime.blogspot.com

These are just the ones I can think of right now, I visit tons of blogs a day and I normally cant remember how I got to one.

Customer Service

2011-06-09T11:39:00.000-07:00

I really do love my job. Its great. The only thing I dont like about it, the members. Some members are so cute and I really like talking to them. Its the ones who think the angrier they are the more we are going to help them.
While this is true for some things, its not going to help if you are cutting me off at not letting me explain. Or if you are just plain rude. Especially when its policy and I am not the one making up the rules. I just have to follow them.
We try our best to help the members, but sometimes there is really nothing we can do, and telling me I am stupid and have no idea what I am talking about. Uh obviously I do, since you are the one calling me and asking me.
Yes I understand that it was our error, but we are trying to fix it and doing everything we can do get it fixed for you and so that it won't happen again. Yes I understand what you are trying to say to me, and I do feel bad for you, but really am I going to give you money for the problem? Probably not, we cant just give out random money.
Also its not my fault that everyone is calling at the same time you are. We are going through the calls just as quickly and efficently as we can.

Food

2011-06-08T15:57:00.000-07:00

I am all about food. I will eat pretty much anything. Not everything, but most things.

The list might be easier if I start with food I dont like.

Seafood. I do not like the texture of seafood. I dont even eat tuna and I hate when Colton eats it. I think it smells so bad.

Fruits-Yeah I know its weird. I do not dislike all fruit but most. I really just like watermelon.

Pork- I like pork, just in small quantities. Just something about thinking about eating a pig. Although I do like bacon. But thats different because it has to be really crispy.

I love to watch man vs food and I dream about the goodness that he gets to eat. Mmm gooey cheesburgers that are steamed, and pizza that is so cheesy and filled with wonderful toppings sandwiches that couldnt even fit in my mouth with the good kind of meat and cheese. Mexican food that is so cheesy and filled with sauces and rice. I am sensing a cheese pattern.
I do like cheese.

I like way too many foods to have a favorite. I will eat anything.

Songs

2011-06-07T07:14:00.000-07:00

Todays blog post is supposed to be about comfort songs? Kind of lame, but oh well. I enjoy all songs and types of music. But my favorite is country. I love listening to it. I love Lady A and Taylor Swift. I really like Rascall Flatts, but their old stuff, I dont know if I am a fan of the new stuff. I love Brad Paisley as well. I really think its all artists. I cant narrow it down to just a few because even though I might not like the majority of songs someone sings I like at least one.
Right now my favorite songs are "Put You in a Song" by Keith Urban and "Felt Good on My Lips" by Toby Keith.

Proud

2011-06-06T21:14:00.000-07:00

Recently my proud moment has to be getting to work on time.
When I wake up 7:38 and I have to be there at 8. Its like an art.
Also making dinner tonight was pretty awesome.

My Dream Job

2011-06-05T18:05:00.001-07:00

I would really LOVE to stay at home with my kids.
I want to be able to make breakfast, and pack lunches. I want to have chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven when my kids come home from school.
I want to be able to help with homework. And I want to be able to make crafts during the day and make sure my house it clean and cutely decorated all the time. I want to be able to go to my kids soccer games and piano lessons.
I could learn to take amazing pictures and be a fantastic cook. I want to be on the PTA and sit in on council meetings, I want to be able to help my kids with campaign posters.
Hopefully one day I am able to do that.

My weekend

2011-06-05T17:26:00.000-07:00

Things I loved about this weekend
-The warm sun came out
-I went on a date with Colton
-I learned all about X Men
-Costa Vida
-I got to go to the park and play with Mylee

Things I didnt love about this weekend
-I had to work on Saturday
-Colton had to work on Sunday

Loss and Resolutions

2011-06-04T10:33:00.000-07:00

Sometimes having a two year old is hard. Mylee whines and complains when she doesnt get her way. She cries when she has to have her teeth or her hair brushed. She gets ear infections and wakes up in the middle of the night sometimes. She loves Strawberry Shortcake and its normally the first thing she wants to watch and cries until we finally put it on for her. She hates sitting in the cart at the grocery store. Mylee doesnt want to eat anything but hot dogs, quesidillas, french fries and chicken nuggets. She makes a mess with cereal in the car. She takes her diaper off in the middle of the night. She takes her shoes and socks off in the car and she refuses to sit on the potty.

But I am SOO grateful to be her mom. Sometimes it is so hard to know what to do to keep from going crazy when she is whiny and not listening. But I would gladly take a day of my insanity in order to be her mom.
She is the cutest little girl ever. I love coming home from work and her running up to me and grabbing me by the neck and saying over and over I love you mommy. It breaks my heart when I have to go to work. I love when she wants me to lay down on her bed and read her a story or watch Woody. I love when I am making dinner and she wants to be where I am measuring and pouring things into a bowl. I love when she says Hold you in order for me to hold her and carry her downstairs. She loves when I hold her hand or scatch her back. Mylee loves the tub and she could be in there for a long time. She loves her babies and has to make sure they are sleeping and we are all quiet. She is so smart, she knows what apps she wants to play with on the ipod and where certain things are in the house and which way to go to go to Grandma's house. She brightens my whole day just by smiling at me.

Today I have decided I am going to try really hard to be a better mom to her. I am going to take more pictures of her and cherish them. I am going to take more pictures of her and I together doing things we love. I am going to take mental videos, and real videos of her. I am going to take more pictures of her and Colton together. I am going to cherish every moment I have with her and never take them for granted. Its always so easy to complain about her, but I would rather complain about her being with me than complain about her not being with me. I love her big beautiful blue eyes and her wavy long blonde hair. I even enjoy her missing front tooth. It gives her character. I am so humble today for the opportunity I have to be her mom. She has taught me so much about myself and who I am. I always said growing up I didnt want to have kids until I was 27. But I am so glad she came into my life when she did. I can't imagine my life without her. I am a better person because of Mylee in my life.
She is perfect and always has been from the very first day I laid my eyes on her.

Go here to read a story of a little girl who changed the way I feel about being a mom www.patrickandashley.blogspot.com

Inspiration

2011-06-03T22:55:00.000-07:00

June Cleaver. From Leave it to Beaver. She always looked good while making dinner and always had it on the table when Ward came home. Her house was always spotless too, even with those rowdy boys.

Yup, maybe one day I will be like her.
I should've been a mom in the 50s.

I love

2011-06-03T22:43:00.000-07:00

I love Teen Mom and Teen Mom 2. And 16 and Pregnant
I love The Hunger Games.
Pretty Little Liars
Children of Promise and Hearts of the Children are my favorite books.
My favorite movie ever!!

Places cont'd

2011-06-03T22:32:00.001-07:00

When I went to Washington DC for my senior trip! I am so glad I was able to go. It was so much fun and a great learning experience. We were able to see and do so much. We went to an Orioles game, went to Baltimore, we went to the museums, and the White House, and all the monuments. And I am so glad one of my closest friends was able to enjoy it with me. I want to go back soon with Colton!

Places

2011-06-03T14:01:00.001-07:00

Denver Zoo
Enjoying America's past time
Denver
Nebraska
Iowa

Nauvoo Temple
Mississippi River
Nauvoo
Mark Twains home town
Carthage Jail
Look at what the humidity does to Mylees hair
Antique City
Winter Quarters

Nebraska
Showing where the pioneers crossed

Since getting married I have been lots of places I have never been before. We drove through Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado, Illinois and Iowa.
It was the best vacation I think I have ever been on.

Flooding

2011-05-31T20:04:00.000-07:00

This is where we think it all began... this is below our front porch.

A picture of a part of the back room

A rug that was a VERY light color, but then the mud got to it. Right at the bottom of our stairs. Holy mud

After we moved all of our stuff into the other room, but there was still mud in there.

The closet right by the stairs

All the mud and waterThe big huge pile of mud that we had to get out with a shovel.

So yeah our basement flooded the other day. It really flooded with mud. It was so thick and there was a lot of it. Luckily Coltons parents were able to come over and help us. So we were able to get it all cleaned up about an hour and a half. We had to dry it today and then tomorrow we will mop it again and then let it dry. It was super fun.

Hopefully this doesnt happen again and we are able to get it fixed.

Bad Habit

2011-05-21T10:20:00.000-07:00

Me bad habits? No such thing..
Actually I have a few bad habits. The worst being I bite my nails. I bite them and pick off the nail polish all the time. I love having my nails painted but I cant stand when one nail starts to chip. I have to pick them all off.

Also I leave the clean clothes in their baskets because I HATE putting it away until one day when I decide to finally get around to doing it, or until Colton does it. Normally its the latter.

I have a bad habit of staring at people too. I am such a people watcher. People are just so interesting its hard not to watch them.

Friends

2011-05-18T13:11:00.000-07:00

Along with the greastest family, I have the greatest friends.
We all share the same standards and lifestyle so thats really great that we dont have to worry about what they are thinking of us when we dont do something. They also know that I get angry when I am tired and to just ignore most things I say after 11. A true sign of friendship.
My friends are the kind of friends that we dont have to talk or hang out everyday, but when we get together we always have a blast.
We had such fun in high school and whenever we get together we normally talk about how uncool it is to wear a sweatsuit to a church dance or lurping and Big Mac Mondays, or the spider that we had to fling out the window. Or the tickets we got in the school parking lot for not wearing our seat belts. Or threatening to kick someone out of the car because they were making fun of the way the person was driving. Or which club was the cooler club to be apart of. Which obviously would be the cool club.
I am so glad we are still friends! We are really excited for our next game night!

Family

2011-05-16T11:39:00.000-07:00

We have the greatest family! I come from a family of 11 and Colton comes from a family of 8.

But then we have the best neices and nephews. On my side there are 6 nieces and 3 nephews. On Colton side there are 3 nephews and 7 nieces.
Our families are always there for us. They watch Mylee all the time for us, and we are so grateful they do!

We love you guys!! Thanks for everything

The Why

2011-05-15T13:43:00.000-07:00

Day 2.
Why I started the blog.
I started it because Heather and I were bored at work and we needed something to do.
The name of the blog is just Colton and I. I wasn't creative to think of a better name so this is what we got.

I will do a little updating.
Colton and I are having so much fun in this warm weather. We had a game night with our best friends at Toads, and cant wait for our game night this month! We seriously have the greatest friends ever.
We moved Mylee into a twin bed and so far its working out great! She actually sleeps in it all night! She is getting so big. I cant believe she is almost three. Its scary to think that I will have a three year old. Where has the time gone?
She will be in kindergarten in 2 years. That is so crazy for me to think about.

Day 1

2011-05-12T10:17:00.000-07:00

A recent picture of me and 15 interesting facts.

1. My middle name is a combination of my dads and my grandmas. Its Mylee's middle name too
2. I have birthday week when its my birthday
3. I am the middle of 9 kids
4. I love to pop my joints... knuckles, neck, back, wrists.
5. I am so uncoordinated with dancing.
6. I have a very bad temper, especially when I am playing sports and losing.
7. I love reality TV. Sister Wives, Laguna Beach, The Hills, and the like.
8. I have a very big imagination. A seed is planted in my head and I imagine it for a very long time. I had a vision of owning a ranch for a while and living in the country. I went so far as to even pick the place where we would live and what we would have on our ranch.
9. I have very vivid dreams at night. Most of the time they are not good ones. I watched too much CSI.
10. I exagerrate my illnesses, or pains. If my leg is hurting I assume I need to have it amputated.
11. I HATE the winter. I would love to live in a place where its summer all year round and it just rains instead of snows.
12. I love to cook for people. I love hosting things at my house, the decorating and setting up.
13. Everytime I have to enter my house from my garage at night I always think someone is going to be standing in the front room or sitting on the couch waiting for me.
14. I hate birds. I think they are scary. Especially the ones you can hold at the zoo and they eat the nectar out of a cup. They have gross little feet that can fit around your fingers. And they can fly around. I hate bats the most... They are the creepiest things ever! I
15. I am a planner and an oragnizer. I make lists almost every single day, things I need to get done that day, that week, grocery lists, baby names I like, things I want to make.

Blogging

2011-05-12T10:04:00.000-07:00

I have nothing to blog about... So I guess I will do this 30 day Challenge. Its something.

Day 1: Me, A recent picture of me and 15 interesting facts
Day 2: The why. Why I started blogging and the meaning behind the blog title
Day 3: My Family
Day 4: My friends
Day 5: The bad habit
Day 6: A Place I've been to.
Day 7: The faves, book, tv show, movie and artist
Day 8: Hisctorical inspiration
Day 9: My dream job
Day 10: Recent proud moment
Day 11: Comfort songs
Day 12:Favorite foods
Day 13: A recipe
Day 14: My blog friends
Day 15: Mini playlist 10 Songs I love right now
Day 16: Me.
Day 17: Someone I want to switch lives with for a day
Day 18: My dreams
Day 19: My Nicknames
Day 20: Dream day
Day 21: Happiness
Day 22: Uniqueness
Day 23: My craving
Day 24:
Day 25: My purse
Day 26 Friendship
Day 27: Why am I doing this?
Day 28: Then and now
Day 29: Lessons learned in the last month
Day 30 My favorite song

Time Out

2011-04-26T12:05:00.001-07:00

Colton and I have been putting Mylee in time out when she does something shes not supposed to.
-Throwing food on the floor
-Hitting me
-Back talking (yup, we've started back talking already)
-Jumping on the couch
-Throwing tantrums

We started it a while ago, but she never caught on to the whole time out thing and I would actually have to stand in the corner with her.
Now she understands that when she does something she has to go sit in the corner, and she actually does. She has a cute little puppy dog face and huge eyes when she has to sit there though. Its adorable. She normally has a single tear running down her cheeks too.
We only make her sit there for 2 minutes. Since thats how old she is.
I dont know how else to discipline her.
We have tried the talking to, and the time outs. We've tried the taking things away, such as toys and what not.
Maybe its just the age she is at, but she should be able to understand what is ok and whats not. Especially when she gets in trouble for doing the not ok thing.
Two years old are hard.

Colton also thinks we should move her into her twin bed... the huge bed where she would be swallowed. She's just so tiny. We already have the bed it just needs to be painted. We already have the bedding too. But shes not even three. Should we keep her on her toddler mattress since she moves the bed around. Or should we move her to the really big girl bed?

Bad Parents

2011-04-25T09:49:00.001-07:00

Colton and I are bad parents to teenagers.
Andrew slept over at our house this weekend while my parents were out of town.
Saturday night he had a church dance to go to. He was texting me at 10:30 saying come get me at 11. Yeah Colton and I both fell asleep between 10:30 and 11. Colton finally woke up at 11:20 to Andrew ringing the door bell, luckily he just got there, one of his friends parents brought him home. He was the last one left at the dance. Poor kid. He even called me 5 times and texted me. I slept right on through that. Then I woke up at 3 am in a full on panic saying that we left Andrew.
At least we have a few years to prepare ourselves for late nights. And everyone knows I am out by 10 anyway.

Mylee's Bed

2011-04-13T07:37:00.000-07:00

So since we have moved Mylee out of her crib we have had two different beds for her to sleep in. We started with a toddler bed, but she wouldnt stay in her bed and would end up falling asleep in the floor. Then we decided to put the pack n play in her room and have her sleep in that. It worked realyl well for a while she actually fell asleep in her bed. Then she learned how to climb out of it and once again ended up sleeping on the floor. We decided to bring the toddler bed back. This time it was MUCH worse. She would not only sleep on the floor, but she would turn her bed upside down. She would take the matress off the bed and then move the bed somewhere else. Like on top of her chair of in front of the door or in front of her closet. And her matress was almost always upside down. We decided it was probably dangerous for her to be doing that to the toddler bed, so we took that out again, and just put her mattress on the floor. We can not get that girl to sleep in her bed. And its probably the reason she is sick so much of the time. How can I get her to sleep in her bed? Also potty training? I am having complexes just thinking about it. We tried one day and then I gave up. She doesnt sit on the potty she doesnt want anything to do with the potty. I used the treats and the coloring and the movies while she sits on the potty. But she would just scream and cry. And according to everything, that means she isnt ready so I didnt push the issue too much. Now at night after we put her diaper and onsie and jammies on, she takes her jammies off leaves the onsie on and somehow manages to take the diaper off. So we think she is ready to start again. She still doesnt like to sit on it, but hopefully after one day she will be used to going. its going to be hard since we both work, but hopefully she will get the hang of it in no time. I am seriously so excited to not have to buy diapers anymore. But I am so nervous about the next few weeks or months with potty training. Any thoughts would be appreciated!

My weekend

2011-03-27T19:11:00.000-07:00

Totally rocked!! Friday: Dinner at Cafe Rio. We tried to go to 5 Guys, but 6 dollars for a cheeseburger? Without drinks and fries? Wow, thats like over 20.00 for just us three. No thanks. Then a tigers blood rainbow from Paces. Delish. Sarah and Keith came over and we looked at yearbooks. Saturday: Shopping for Mylee at the store that will make me broke, Kohls. Then Costco with my family, and hot dogs for lunch. Then Colton had to work, bummer. I went to the mall with my parents to get Andrew a baseball bat, since he made Roy Jrs baseball team. Then Heather, Sarah, Keith, Andy and Brittany came over for games. I seriously have the funnest friends ever. They crack me up. We played True Colors. This game is fantastic and its great to know what your friends think about you. They all think I would pass a mirror and look at myself. haha, true. Sarah would be in a police lineup, Brittany turns into a child when she goes home, Andy likes to give compliments, and Heather would be the last person to give a compliment. We also played Telesrations and Things. haha Things cracks me up. Its one of the best games ever. We also tried to play Battle of the Sexes, but by this time it was 11 and I was pooped so I didnt really play. Then Keith and Colton played the Wii while I fell asleep on the floor. Sometime during the night Heather left. And then eventually Sarah and Keith left. Colton then passed out on the floor next to me. About 3:30 we finally made it upstairs. It was such a fun weekend!! I wish it could be this way every weekend. It was so much fun.

Spring

2011-03-25T09:33:00.000-07:00

Seriously its spring so why is there still snow?! I want to wear my sandles and capris.
And not have to worry about grabbing my winter coat everytime I go outside.

I have a whole long list of things I want to do when summer comes around. All of them include being outside. Right now I am wishing for the chance to mow a lawn and plant flowers. (Which most people know I really don't like to do)

What I really want to do is wear my sandles and my capris and a short sleeved shirt go to the park and have a picnic with grilled hamburgers and a snowie, or a rainbow. Yup, that sounds like a perfect day for me.
Don't mind me I am just dreaming about summer in my little cubicle at work while I look out the window and I see a blizzard.
Lovely.
I know Mylee is for sure ready to be outside. We played outside last week and she was so happy to be running around and not stuck inside all day. Then when we had to go in she was not a happy camper.
Ok done with stupid snow when it should be spring post.

I had my birthday last week. And I like to celebrate it. I even have birthday week and weekend. Which apparently I am not the only one, my teacher has birthday week too.
Although this year it was really laid back. I just wanted to spend the day with my favorite people. Saturday morning I went to breakfast with my closest friends, Annie, Ambur, Heather and Sarah. We went to Beez cafe and it was really good. Then I went to my parents and hung out with my mom and my sister. After that I went to Platos and bought a skirt. Its super cute and spring like. Then I got ready and waited for Colton to come home. We went to Costa Vida for dinner and then watched the BYU game.
On Sunday Colton made me breakfast and we just lounged around all morning. Then we went to church and Mylee was actually pretty good during Sacrament meeting, that almost never happens. Then we went to dinner at Kims house and watched another basketball game. We also had Navajo Tacos. I got a really cute shirt and vest and necklace from my mom. She also got me a treat cookbook. After that we went to dinner at Coltons parents house with Luke and Amy. Coltons parents got me an adorable hoodie with some great blue earrings.
Then we just went home and relaxed. It was a great birthday. Nothing too special, but overall exactly what I wanted.

Cougars

2011-03-17T10:22:00.000-07:00

BYU Cougars play tonight. And we are sooo excited!
Mylee even knows which team to cheer on. She is already
saying "gooo cougars" and "teach me how to Jimmer" haha
she is just so cute! She loves the Cougars, just as much as we do.
Too bad we cant actually be in Denver tonight to watch them.
Hopefully the go far in the NCAA Tournament this year. I have
them picked to win the whole thing. Ok I dont, but it would be wicked
sweet if they did.

Water

2011-03-03T16:34:00.000-08:00

There is something in the water around these parts.
I know way too many pregnant ladies. Kind of freaking me out.
Haha although I do wish I was pregnant sometimes. I miss it. I loved being pregnant. I don't miss the new baby though. Man that was tough, especially the first 4 weeks or so. I cant even imagine how hard its going to be with two. (And for the record, not announcing anything)
I think I will be not drinking anything for a while.

I am so happy for everyone who is though. I think babies are so much fun!

Also I am having a dilemma.
I love school, not the studying part. I really enjoy learning and doing something I know I will like.
I hate being away from Mylee and Colton all the time. I feel like I am running around all the time and never home to do anything. I don't want to spend 180 hours in a pharmacy for free, actually I do have to pay 276 dollars for it.
I dont even know if I am going to be able to get a job at a pharmacy and get paid as much as I do here at America First. The benefits I have now are so good! They have great opportunites for advancement here. And unless I go to school to become an actual pharmacist I dont have that same opportunity.
That being said, should I just buck up and go to school for another 6 months and then worry about the money and the benefits as they come along? I mean I think I can handle it for another 6 months because who knows if I will ever be able to go back to school. And then if the pharmacy thing never works out stay at America First since I like it here so much?
Or just not go to school at all anymore and just stay at America First and enjoy being home with Mylee and Colton instead of being in school and worrying about studying?

Mylee

2011-02-27T20:14:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to give a little update on Mylee. She is 2.5 now and such a joy to have in our home.
Here are a few facts about her.

She has grown out of her tantrum, mostly.
She has long, beautiful blonde hair and blue eyes.
Her favorite foods are quesadillas, hot dogs and pasta.
She loves babies. She likes to dress them and have them sleep and she likes to pat them and feed them.
She loves to take a bath. She would stay in it for a while if she could.
She loves to talk on the phone and call her cousins.
She is such a girl. Her nails are always painted, and she loves to wear shoes, especially my heels.
She loves to sing and dance, or as she calls it shake her booty.
Mylee still doesnt like ice cream or cookies or most things sweet.
She LOVES princesses. Her favorite right now seems to be Princess and the Frog. She also loves to watch Jesse and Woody in Toy Story.

I could go on and on about her and how great she is. She is growing into a crazy out going toddler. I love having conversations with her in the car and just playing with her.

Vacation

2011-02-26T17:23:00.000-08:00

Colton and I need to go on a vacation. These are our options. Pictures one and two are of Chico.

This is Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Its a huge indoor water park, with golfing and spa and swimming. They have awesome places to stay as well.
Then of course Disneyland. We would love to take Mylee there. Especially since she is in her princess mode. And I have only been there once so I am sure I would love it.

I am leaning towards 1 and 3. Colton likes number 2. I think its a little far, but we would stop at the Black Hills along the way, so it could be historical.

Pictures

2011-02-25T11:09:00.000-08:00

We took these pictures on Saturday. It was SOO nice to have my whole family here. I love my family and wish everyone lived here all the time. It would just be a party!

Cody left on Wednesday. He will be such a great missionary and I am going to miss him.

Perfection

2011-02-14T09:23:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was one of the best days I ever had.
Colton and I got to sleep in, then we got to cuddle and play with Mylee in our bed.
We went with Kim to get her pictures taken by Vanessa. The weather was perfect. I wore my sandles for the first time all year and I loved it. I didn't even have to wear a coat. It was such a beautiful day. Mylee was so good, she was talking and laughing and saying please and thank you all day. Then the three of us went for a drive in Kaysville. My new favorite city. Its begging me to live there. With its cute homes and colored doors and fancy street names. We rolled down the windows and opened the sun roof. We listened to music and sang and danced in the car. We looked at fancy houses and dreamed over them. We looked at cute little old houses with FANTASTIC wrap around porches with little swings on them. I loved their beauty.
We went back home and put Mylee down for a nap, Colton and I watched cupcake wars and made lunch together. We also made brownies and Oreo truffle shaped kisses.
Then we went to my parents and I got to play with my neices and my sister. Colton played basketball with my brothers and brothers in law. It was so much fun having almost the whole family together. We just got to hang out and talk. It was awesome.
Then we went to Coltons parents house and we got to spend the evening with his family. We had wonderful stromboli and we got tons of candy. Mylee loved playing with her cousins all day.
Then we went home and watched the Office together.
So yeah, it was a simple yet perfect day. Just how I like spending my days, with the two people I love the most! (Oh yeah and in the sun) I did have my camera, but the battery was dead, so just imagine it.

Untitled

2011-02-11T14:12:00.000-08:00

I need to do something different with my hair, but I don't know what. I know I definetly need to get it cut though, I have massive split ends that are driving me crazy. But I can't decide if I want to get layers or not. Or cut it shorter. I can't go too short, Colton would not be a fan and even though its cute I would complain about not being able to throw my hair in a pony tail.

We brought Mylee's Pack in Play into her bedroom. We have gone from the crib to the toddler bed and now the pack in play. Lesson learned we moved too fast from the crib to the toddler bed. She can climb out of the pack and play but its a lot harder than it was to get out of the bed. Most nights she stays in the pack and play and she sleeps. She has actually slept longer in it. This morning I went to wake her up and she had blood all over her mouth. There was a lot too. I couldnt tell if it was coming from the gum where her missing tooth is or from her lips or somewhere else in her mouth. But there sure was a lot.

Also I get to see my sister in 2 days!! I am so excited.
And my brother leaves on his mission in 10 days!!

Worst Night

2011-02-05T11:25:00.001-08:00

Friday night. I fall asleep early, around 10. Colton around 12. Mylee wakes up about 12. She goes to sleep around 3:30. Colton gets sick around 3:30. Finally feels better about 5. I fall asleep at 5:30. Yikes it was a fun night. Joys of parenting. And being a wife.

Facebook Update

2011-02-03T12:04:00.000-08:00

Not going to lie.. this no facebook this is slightly challenging. I thought it would be easy, I really dislike not knowing whats going on. Good thing I have friends who tell me when important stuff happens. It has been nice not needing to know whats happening with everyone all the time though. I stick to good old fashioned texts. And blogging.
Notice I have written more posts since giving up facebook.

10 days

2011-02-02T09:17:00.000-08:00

Before my sister comes!!!

Miss her and those girls terribly.

I hope they say some funny things while they are here.

I have a date with Hailey... Even though she says you dont date girls.

She doesn't know you can't date your aunt either.

I have some basketball skills to see from Emily, maybe a dollar theater movie

Hopefully a sleepover with Abby and pizza and nails being painted and princess movies,

hopefully she stays all night.

And Maggie better say her undwear is making her fart and proceed

to go commando for the rest of the day.

Maybe Colton and Danny can work on their golf skills by going mini golfing..

Since you know its not even double digits

Most of all I am so excited to see them and be able to spend a week with them.

Hopefully the next 10 days go by fast

Freezing

2011-02-02T08:58:00.000-08:00

Or below. Um it was at 0 this morning when Colton had to leave for work. And only 7 when I had to leave for work. I don't think I have ever been this cold in my life..
Last night as I was laying in my sweats and sweatshirt and 4 blankets, (My house was 71 degrees and I was still freezing) I was seriously considering goint to St. George for the weekend. Chris and Jordan wouldn't mind if I came. I mean its like what 54 down there this week.
I could wear flip flops. Almost.

Balance

2011-02-01T09:12:00.000-08:00

In my last post I said how I love school. Which I really do. I just feel SOO bad about leaving Mylee all the time. Sure I only go to school 6 hours a week. But I also work 40 hours a week and have to throw sleep in there as well. Being gone all the time really makes me love the weekends and the time I get to spend with her. I have two whole days where I don't have to do anything but be with Mylee. Sometimes I wonder if school is even worth it to be away from her all the time. Especially where starting in April I have to 180 hours of on the job training, plus school, plus my real job. Talk about a lot. I just have to keep thinking its only 6 more months. I can do this. And I know in the end it will be worth it. She is only with a babysitter 3 out of 7 days. So at least thats not too bad. Her parents are able to be with her most of the time. And its normally not longer the 6 hours or so. So I guess its normal for having two parents working full time. And at least she isnt at daycare or some place all the time. I feel a little better about that. And the fact that we have a wonderful family who watches her for us. We really appreciate it.

Drug Test

2011-01-31T14:04:00.000-08:00

No no, not that kind of drug test. I took a Cardio drug test at school last week

Really serious kind of testing. You had to know things like the generic name.

the chemical name and what its use is. 64 of them as well as 25 vocab words. It took a

lot out of me. But I took it and I ROCKED it. I only missed one. 98%. I was so

happy to get my score. Now we are moving on to GI drugs. Which so far are

a lot harder. We have less drugs, but more terms. Awesome.

I love school!

Facebook

2011-01-28T15:19:00.000-08:00

I want real relationships. Not internet ones, well minus the blog I read. Mostly not facebook friendships. So I have decided I am getting rid of my facebook... Getting rid of meaning I will still keep it but not look at it all the time. So if anyone has something important to tell me, call me or text me. Facebook will no longer be my source of information. I know it sounds stupid, but unless you tell me about the news of your life I won't know about it. So if you move or get engaged or are pregnant and dont tell me about it, dont expect a congratualtions.

Crafting

2011-01-25T10:28:00.003-08:00

On Saturday and Sunday I had a little time to myself, which was awesome. I decided to make some stuff. My mom had these ugly magnet boards and I decided to make a magnet board with scrapbook paper and modge podge. Easy peasy. I made two.

I also made a this picture wall to go in my entry way. I LOVE the way it turned out. I am thinking about getting another 8 x 10 to put under the miracle...

And I made this cake stand. I can't quite decide if I like it. It was harder than I thought and you cant even see its cuteness. I got the plate and the candle holder at the dollar store and I used purple paint I had from a while ago. And my sister in law Nikkol got me the purple glitter. First I painted the bottom of the plate purple and I put modge podge down and sprinkled glitter.Thats the extent of my craftiness. Maybe one day I will get better.

January Thaw

2011-01-25T10:26:00.000-08:00

I was totally loving this weather. The flip flops were about to come out. Yesterday was even warm and the sun was shinning merrily. Sure it was a little chilly, but I can handle slight cold.

Then BAM today.. 2 feet of snow. Its like happy Christmas snow too. So not cool for almost February. I am missing warmth and sun. So any day the snow wants to stop is good with me.

Thanks

Joyous

2011-01-13T15:46:00.000-08:00

Today has been one of those days. I just want to go home. I still have 2 more hours. Luckily I dont have to study, other than the cardio drugs, and I dont have class for a week. It started out bad and hasnt gotten better. Hopefully this isnt a sign of the weekend. I just have so much to look forward to! Can it be Friday night yet?

Traits

2011-01-02T11:12:00.000-08:00

This post is really just for me, but its kind of funny.
There a few things we have learned about Mylee in her 2 and a half years.

Traits she got from Colton:

Her love of movies. And staying up late to watch them and saying "Its over"
Her love of taking a bath. She can sit in there for an hour if I would let her.
Wanting to eat and drink while in the tub. Colton still eats cereal in the tub...weird
Her pinched ears. They are so cute! The tops are pinched
She likes the snow. Yeah that is totally Colton.
She snores.

Traits she got from Larissa:

Her lips. We both get sores on our lips and in our mouth.
Her picky eating.
Her attitude. Yeah I had a very big attitude when I was little.
Her cute face. I am really have you seen her? (Although I was a really chubby baby)
Her imagination. I still have a very active imagination.
Her love of books. I love to read.

Both of us:
Her stubborn attitude. We are both very stubborn until one of us finally gives up.
Her thick hair. She has always had tons of hair. And its really long already.
Her outgoing personality. She is not a very shy person. It takes her a minute to warm up but once she does she doesnt stop.
Her sleep skills. Once she is asleep she stays asleep. Until about 8 in the morning.
Singing and dancing. Anytime we are in the car she has to dance to the music. And in church she sings to the songs.

Neither of us:
Her blond hair, mine is a dark brown, naturally. And Coltons is red.
Her curly hair, Mine is stick straight. Coltons is more straight than curly
Her blue eyes. Coltons are brown and mine are hazel.

Things I hope she gets from Colton:
How sweet he is.
His non competitive nature
His love for sports.
His creativity. Since we all know I am not.
Sense of direction.
His willingness to do almost anything for his family and friends.

Things I hope she gets from me:
My comptetive attitude. Maybe not all of it but at least a part of it.
Study skills and liking school.
Doesnt get my grudge holding.
I really hope she likes to play sports.
She can be a girly girl and wear skirts and dresses.
I hope she doesnt get my coordination. Hopefully she has some.

Above all really we hope she knows how much we love her and our love for the Gospel and how true it is. And that we are so happy to have her with us! She has been such a good little baby for us. And I cant believe she is not my baby anymore.

2011

2011-01-02T10:00:00.000-08:00

So I thought I would do some goals for the year. Who knows how many I will actually do.

1. Get good grades in school
2. Make dinner more often, and eat around our kitchen table, not the coffee table.
3. Spend more time with Mylee doing things she wants to do. Play outside, dress up and reading. And less time watching movies.
4. Teach Mylee things, likr her alphabet and her numbers. She knows her animals and sounds and body parts.
5. Potty train Mylee. For real. She will be three this year. I would say its about time.
6. Do more physical activites. And eat healthier. I need to get into better shape.
7. Attend church 3/4 Sundays in my new ward. (Which I love already)
8. Wake up ealier so I can get to work earlier.
9. In the summer go on bike rides.
10. Go on a date every month with my hubby. I like this one, I think its very important to date.

Confessions

2011-01-01T15:02:00.000-08:00

My guilty pleasures and I cant wait for Teen Mom 2 on January 11th. And Pretty Little Liars starts on Monday!!

Christmas

2010-12-31T11:32:00.000-08:00

So I didnt take ONE picture of our Christmas. Or our house decorated for Christmas. We got most of it on video. Oh well. This Christmas was so much fun. Mylee is just starting to understand Christmas and presents and Santa. We have a cute little nativity that Coltons dad made that we were able to teach her a little about Christ and his birth.
To kick off the holiday we went to the Bountiful Temple with my little brother for him to take out his endowments before he goes on his mission. The we all went out to dinner. It was really great that Chris and Jordan were also able to come up. On Christmas Eve both Colton and I had to work during the day, but that night we had dinner just the two of us with some sparkling cider. Then Kim and Cody came over and we played some games and talked. After Kim left I started wrapping the rest of the presents. I am actually surprised Cody didnt leave when I started yelling. I hate wrapping. I had to wrap this most awkward box ever, and I couldnt get it right after 5 attempts. Colton said he would do it, but by that time I was so frustrated I didnt want him to show me up so I told him no just play your stupid game. I was really upset. I didnt even care what the outcome was. Good thing it was just Kim and Kevins present. I even wrote on the present that I didnt even care how it turned out. Then I tried to wrap a pillow pet. Has anyone tried to wrap one of those bad boys? Yeah never again. It was so hard to wrap. Good thing it was for a little kid and they dont care about the wrapping.
On Christmas morning we had to wake Mylee up so we could open our presents. It was so much fun seeing her cute little face when she got something. I think she just liked taking the wrapping paper off. We made her open the clothes she got first and then the two toys we bought her were last. We got this doll for her thats a potty training doll. Its so cute! But then we put the batteries in and it became kind of creepy. haha it would move its head back and forth just randomly. Mylee did not like that and would hold its head to stop it from moving. It also makes the pee and poop sounds and the hand washing and all that jazz. We also got her a little cash register with some food. We havent actually opened that one yet. But the box looks cute.
Then we went over to my parents to exchange gifts and have breakfast. Mylee got a really cute doll from kanyon that drinks milk from a bottle and everything. And Mylee loves her babies so it was a really good present. My parents got us a picture of the Salt Lake Temple thats framed and has our sealing date on it and is signed by the guy who drew it. I also got a bag, which I am so excited to use for school. Colton also got the scriptures on tape. As a surprise my mom got me my favorite books, the whole collection. I am so excited. Mylee also got some pajamas that match Kanyon and Kallie. The look so cute! Cody also got us same Jazz tickets which I am so excited to go to!
After that we went to Coltons parents for some lunch and to open presents over there. Everyone was there so it was really fun. We had some meatballs and little smokies and salad and rice and treats. We made some Monkey bread to take over there. Everyone sure ate that up. Mylee got some more jammies, but they are princess jammies they look like they could be a dress up dress. She also got a Sleeping Beauty doll. She loves that thing, its so soft. it sleeps in the bed with her most nights. I got a really cute purse! I love it. Its black with ruffles. Colton didnt get anything this year because we got a tent while we were on vacation which was his Christmas. It was really fun visiting with everyone and playing. The kids loved playing together with all their toys.
After that we went to Kims house to play some games. We ended up playing Just Dance 2. That game is so much fun. The songs are so much longer than the first one and the moves are a lot faster. Its hard to get into a rythm but it was really fun. Chris wasnt even dancing and beat us most of the time.
We went home and crashed. It was a really fun and exhausting day! I am going to miss Christmas and the spirit it brought. But I am glad the stress of the holiday is over.

Hibernate

2010-12-31T09:39:00.000-08:00

I just want to hibernate until spring. If it ever comes. Its only been winter for two weeks and I already hate it. Not a fan of this winter business at all. If you see me the next few months and I am a bit bitter. This is because of the weather. I am thinking of becoming one of those people who go south for the winter. Sounds like a good plan to me. Think my work will let me do that?

Wrapping and Dung Beetles

2010-12-22T10:35:00.000-08:00

Haha that title makes me laugh. I seriously hate wrapping Christmas presents. Last week before we had even started wrapping I asked Colton if we could just leave them in the bags. Yeah he said no. We started and practically finished last night. It was really fun sitting on the floor wrapping them, for about ten minutes. Some of Mylee's presents arent wrapped the greatest. Those are the ones I did, because I was so done and Coltons a perfectionist so his look good. While we were wrapping the presents, Colton decided we should watch Dirty Jobs, instead of Man v Food. Dirty Jobs was about dung beetles. Yeah I am fairly certain I threw up a little. It was SO disgusting. I kept begging Colton to let me change it and he said "No its kind of cool." No it was not cool. They had beetles from 1966. GROSS!
Next year we will have to get a Christmas movie to watch while we wrap presents... or while we put them in bags. Or a Christmas movie I can watch while Colton wraps. Either works for me.

**Side note** We tried something new last night for Mylee. We put all her toys in her closet, and moved her bed. She has a lamp in her room and we turned that on for her and a movie, tucked her in a walked out. She cried for about 5 minutes and then stopped. When we checked on her before we went to bed she was asleep. IN HER BED! It was so nice. Hopefully it wasnt just a one time thing.

Family Pictures

2010-12-20T21:28:00.000-08:00

My friend Vanessa took our family pictures a few weeks ago. They turned out so great! These are a few of my favorites!

Terrible Two's

2010-12-20T15:30:00.001-08:00

I sure hope its just the twos. Can we be done with this stage? Mylee seriously has the biggest attitude ever. I have no idea where she gets it from. Ask my mom I was an angel haha

She rolls her eyes when you ask her to do something. And she doesn't eat anything but chicken nuggets and quesadillas. And every night when we put her to bed she gets out and kicks the door and screams for about 10 minutes before she finally stops. And most times its because she found a toy to play with. How do I get her to stay in her bed?

She is really sweet and so cute and is so much fun to play with, most of the time. Just sometimes she gets in her moods and doesnt want to do anything with anyone and wants to run around and get in to everything and pout when you tell her now and wants to watch "Puppies" (Lady and the Tramp) all day long and just makes me crazy. Days like yesterday make me me so thankul that I have a job and am able to take a break from being a mom. That sounds pretty horrbile of me, but seriously I need a break sometimes.

Mylee pouts when we tell her no or dont give her what she wants, which is actually quite often. And she never looks and smiles at the camera, which I would assume is fairly typical for most 2 year old. Unless of course you are Jenn's kids, then you are trained from birth.

She is super sweet though. When we say love you Mylee she says Love you too. Then we say Love you more. Then she says No love you more. Its just so cute. She always wants me to read books to her and play with her. She wraps her dolls up in her old burp clothes and makes sure they aren't cold. Yesterday morning she had foam curlers in her wair, wearing a tutu and necklace wearing my heels dancing to Sleeping Beauty. Honestly the cutest thing ever.

Ah the joy of having kids. Someone should tell me it gets easier.

Thanksgiving

2010-12-02T13:43:00.000-08:00

This year we hosted Thanksgiving at our house. I loved it! We made it all work out and there was enough space for everyone. We had my mom and dad, Coltons mom and dad and brother Cory. And we had Kim, Kevin Kanyon, Kallie, Cody, Andrew, Brenda, Gabe and my Aunt Sidney. It was quite the houseful but so much fun.

Wednesday night I started with the pies. Sarah said I was really mean yelling at Colton when I was trying to make them, hey it was 11 at night. I made a pumpkin cheesecake and a pumpkin pie. I started with the cheesecake and used half of a can of Libbys pumpkin, thinking I could use the rest of the pumpkin for my pumpkin pie. Lesson #1. Libby's can of pumpkin makes 2 pumpkin pies, not one. Luckily I had enough pie pans to make both pumpkin pies and the cheesecake. By the time I realized that I was making two pies I had already mixed everything together and I couldn't half the recipe to just make one. Lesson #2. Have Heather handy to roll out pie dough.

Thursday morning we woke up really early and started preparing the turkey. Luckily I had the bird in the fridge since Monday so it was pretty thaw before we dug into it. Lesson #3. Tag out the bag with the gross stuff on it-Husbands duty. Then he tries to make me touch it. I may have thrown up a little. Lesson #4 When roasting a turkey the pan in the rack needs to be flipped upside down, otherwise you can't lift the turkey out when its done cooking. And the turkey doesn't fit if it sat on top of the rack. Lesson #5. There is always a neck IN the turkey, you have to take it out first otherwise, after two hours of cooking the turkey is really hot and its hard to get it out, and you dont have enough juices to make the gravy. Lesson #6 You don't need to drain the sweet potatoes. But you do need to mash them. Lesson #7 when you put the marshmellows on top of the sweet potatoes and you want to melt them, only leave them in the over for 30 seconds. Otherwise the marshmellows burn.
Lesson #8 Tables need tablecloths. haha You think this one would be obvious, but somehow that just got left off the list. So we sat at a naked table, which surprisingly no one got slivers from.
Lesson #9. Its a good idea to get plastic forks if the rest of your utensils are plastic.
Oh it was so much fun being able to have Thanksgiving at our house. Is it selfish to want it at my house every year? Thanks so much everyone for coming!

Sarahs Birthday

2010-11-18T14:01:00.000-08:00

For Sarah's birthday we went to classic Costa Vida. It was so yummy! Minus Annie finding a bone in her pork.Heather also broke her fork haha which she also did two days later at Cafe R
And the classic Sarah pose, even though it was her birthday she wouldnt even smile.I love my friends!! I am so glad we are able to get together for birthdays. I wish we were able to get together more! Thanks everyone!

Jazz Game

2010-11-18T13:45:00.000-08:00

Sarah invited us to go to a Jazz game with her and Keith. It was so much stinking fun! The pictures are out of order and I don't really care. This is the only picture I got of Sarah actually smiling for the camera. I think its possibly the only one of her smiling ever. We went to dinner at Wingers and then headed down to the game. And it was the best game ever!! Double overtime win by two. Way to go Jazz!

I am awesome and this post is only two weeks late. But hey I posted!

Pictures

2010-10-27T11:56:00.000-07:00

Julee and Shalise at twicetheglam. com just took our pictures a year ago. Is it crazy to want them again? I want to get one on canvas, but the ones they took last year Mylee looks so different. Should I get them taken every year or just every other year? Ideas?

Daddy Daughter time

2010-10-26T13:38:00.001-07:00

Mylee loves her daddy! They were playing and whispering in each others ear yesterday and I just had to capture this moment. They are so cute! Some of them are a little blurry because Mylee would move when I would try to take their picture. It was adorable. She is growing up so fast who knows when they'll do a moment like this again.

Halloween Party

2010-10-26T13:31:00.001-07:00

We had Coltons family Halloween party on Sunday. Oh man it was so much fun! I love dressing up and being in the Halloween spirit. I am so glad everyone dressed up.

We played ring toss and Mylee got a Root beer!

Colton was a nerd and I was dressed as an 80s girl!
Our cute little family all dressed up
Mylee wouldn't let anyone take her picture, so these were the best we got. She was an adorable little gnome.
Her pose!

She loved chasing Taylee around with this sword. This is the only picture we have of her full outfit. So cute!

My first manicure

2010-10-20T19:23:00.000-07:00

Today Mylee, Kim, Kanyon and I got a manicure. Kanyon was so good during hers, she sat still and kept her hands on the table. Mylee on the other hand, was so unsure of what was going on, she kept moving and at first she didn't even want to sit in the chair. It was so much fun. I love doing girly things with Mylee. And she loves showing me her nails.

Picking Pumpkins

2010-10-20T18:57:00.000-07:00

We went to the pumpkin patch at J and J on Saturday to take a hay ride and pick some pumpkins. Mylee keeps calling them apples. It was so much fun, I really enjoy picking pumpkins and watching Mylee grow up.
Waiting for the hayride to come get us.
Finding the perfect Mylee sized pumkin.
I just really enjoy this picture. You can see Mylee's attidude.
She picked this one all on her own.
All her choices.
I really enjoy this with her running toward us.

And again, just closer.
Mylee and her daddy
All of our pumpkins! It was such a beautiful day and we had so much fun picking our pumpkins. I can't wait to carve them.

Thursday afternoon

2010-10-07T14:48:00.000-07:00

So last week I started working 40 hours. It was going great until Thursday afternoon about 3:30.

Its now 3:30 on Thursday and I am in the same boat as last week. I have a feeling Thursdays are going to be hard.

New Job

2010-10-05T12:30:00.000-07:00

I am totally going to love my new position as a back up supervisor. I have only been doing it for 3 days, but I can already tell its going to be awesome! Maybe its just the hype of it being new, but hopefully it will stay this way for a while. So now instead of working 30 hours at America First and 15 hours at Plato's Closet a week I work 40 hours at America First. So sad to leave Plato's again. But I am really happy at the same time. It may seem like I am working more, but after figuring it out I am not. I just have one job so I don't have to waste the time driving from one job to the other, and then all the way back home at 9 at night. Now I work just 5 minutes away. Which also saves us money since I am able to go home for lunch. It may take me a while to get used to staying at work so long, but I think I can handle it. And my hours are pretty awesome, I only close one day a week. And I only work two Saturdays until the end of the year. Fairly awesome! I am just so excited about it. I didn't actually think I was going to get it, but so happy I did!

Utah State Fair

2010-10-01T20:39:00.000-07:00

Colton and I love the fair! We thought it would be so much fun for a date night and bring Mylee since she is loving animals these days.They had this sea lion show when we first got there. It was actually pretty fun and Mylee loved seeing them. Here she is on top of Coltons shoulders watching the show.Mylee and the goats. The animals were definetly her favorite part. We walked past the cows and she would say MOOOO. It was really cute. She is getting so smart knowing all the animals and what sound they make.I think we should get a goat for her.
My handsome hubby and I!
Man I sure do love the fair!!
We tried Fried Oreos, and I was sorely disappointed. I really thought they would be good, since I love Oreos and fried stuff. But no they were not good. Next year I will probably forget I had them and try them again. Hopefully they are better when I try them again. And hopefully they'll have some fried Coke- that sounds so good!

Golfin'

2010-09-13T18:52:00.000-07:00

I totally rock at golfing! So much so Colton bought me my very own pink Wilson clubs. We went to Toads to try them out. Yup, I hit the ball, accomplishment? Yes! Since last time we went I didn't hit very many, seriously so sad. Then we actually went and did 9 holes. Well Colton did 9 holes I only did about 6. It was way too hard and my hands hurt. I did awesome I am considering going pro. I think I should finish 9 holes first though.

Lame sauce

2010-08-30T08:07:00.000-07:00

This morning very much depresses me. I miss waking up to the birds chirpping and the sun making me wake up. I am not a winter fan, and I am already dreading it. I shouldn't have to wear a long sleeve shirt in August. And last night I had to wear a hoodie all night. Ugh, I am so not a fan. There is already snow on the mountains, what the? I think I need to move to somewhere warmer. St. George might be calling my name. And its already dark by 8? I do not enjoy this at all. My complaining about hating the weather will be starting now I'm sure. Hopefully we have at least two months before it starts to snow down here. Can't it just stay warm all the time?

Giveaway

2010-08-26T09:35:00.000-07:00

Hey guys check out Our Thrifty Ideas Become One. She is doing an awesome giveaway right now. Its 60.00 at CNS stores online. There are tons of ways to enter, so be sure to check it out! Her website is www.ourthriftydeasbecomeone.blogspot.com. There are also tons of ways to save money too!

Jorgensen Family Reunion

2010-08-22T14:04:00.001-07:00

Last weekend we went up to Alpine, WY for a family camping trip. I normally like camping, well I like camping when its not cold, or really dirty, and I can possibly shower and I don't have to drive 3 and a half hours to get there. We got there Thursday and left Sunday. The perfect amount of time for me. Mylee absolutely loved camping and getting dirty and having dirt all over her pants. We had really good food and fantastic company. Every year they have a golf tournament and this year Colton won! He played really well, I hear. We went to the river and Mylee got to throw rocks in. On Saturday we watched the horseshoe tournament, were Coltons dad came in 2nd. Colton and I also went shooting for a little bit. It was really fun, except I couldn't tell where I was hitting. On Sunday we packed up camp and went shooting again, this time we set up targets so I could see where I hit. It was a lot of fun! I love shooting. After shooting we went to Alpine and had some lunch and then hit the road to come home! I was so excited to wash my hair, especially after it being caked with dirt. While we were there our heater kept going out, and it was so not fun, it was freezing. And then our mattress kept deflating every night. I was not a happy person camping and normally I am. haha I can't wait for next year and I'll hopefully be better.

Roy Days

2010-08-22T13:51:00.001-07:00

I love Roy Days! Its one of my favorite days of the summer! This year we were able to go to the parade. We sat next to the Marietti family and it was so much fun, I love them! They are such good friends! I was really worried about Mylee at the parade since it was her first time there and she's afraid of everything. But she did ok, after the fire trucks and police cars went by. She had her head buried under the blanket while that was going on. She enjoyed running out into the street getting candy, she didn't quite understand that when you put it in the bag you could save it for later, so she would try and carry all the candy in her hands and try to get more and more in her tiny hands. It was cute! After the parade we went shopping for her birthday and then we were able to go to the Roy Days fireworks which I love. It was an awesome day! I can't wait until next year!I fit right in with them, don't ya think?This is how Mylee spent the beginning of the parade.Mylee waiting for the parade to start. Cute girls, Addi, Mylee and Kanyon

Big TWO

2010-08-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Mylee is two. It seems like she was just born, but it also seems like she has always been here. She is so stinking cute. When you says "Mylee?" She says "What?" Its the cutest thing. She is talking more and more lately. And she LOVES her baby dolls. She carries them everywhere. She is still the pickiest eater, but we're working on getting better. We have also stopped giving her a bottle to go to bed with. Its been interesting trying to get rid of it. Its especially hard when she won't go to bed.For her birthday we went to the Splash Pad in Riverdale and had hot dogs and ice cream and cupcakes. It was a lot of fun, and thanks to everyone who came. She got a lot of presents, and a lot of clothes, which she really needed for fall. My parents got her a doll stoller and the second we walk in the door from somewhere she runs to it. She also got a tea set from Coltons sister Kim, she plays pretend with it all the time. I love when we have little tea parties! I love my little Mylee moo!

Bees Game

2010-08-22T13:26:00.001-07:00

This has been almost a month ago, I am just finally getting around to posting. Colton, Mylee, his mom and dad and I all went to the Bees Game in Salt Lake. We rode the frontrunner down and Mylee sure enjoyed that. You sure see some interesting people on the front runner and trax. The game itself was actually really boring. They lost BIG time, and Mylee was getting out of control. We left early, just because we werent sure what time the last trax left the station so we could get back to take the front runner. But then we had to wait an hour to leave. It was really long. Here are some pictures from the game, this was also just a couple days after I got my wisdom teeth out. My face looks awesome! haha

Moth Attack

2010-08-02T07:23:00.000-07:00

Ok So I HATE moths. Like they are the worst thing ever. One night I was having a sleepover at one of my friends house and a moth totally flew into my ear. So I have been terrified of those ugly little things. So last night we were in our room getting ready for bed and there is a moth just hanging out on the wall. I saw it and left the room so fast. Colton killed it for me, expect he couldn't find it to put in the garbage. Gross. So I came in and started looking for it, because there was no way I was going to sleep knowing there was a moth still some where in the room. Colton picked up a pair of pants that was on the floor and the moth FLEW out. It was so not dead. I ran out of the room so fast. Colton actually killed it that time. And he made sure he got it in the garbage. I made him shut the bathroom door just in case it was still alive. I also threatened to sleep with the covers over my head. Man I hate moths. They are just so gross. Colton couldn't stop laughing at me for about 10 minutes. I really hate them, just thinking about it is giving me the shivers.

New Car Dilemma

2010-07-28T07:26:00.000-07:00

So after I got my wisdom teeth out we were just hanging out in Salt Lake and we decided to see if anyone had any cars we wanted to look at. We weren't looking to get a new car, we were just looking to look. We stopped at Ken Garff Honda Downtown. They had a 2005 Honda Pilot and it was beautiful. It had a lot of miles but other than that it was awesome. It was such a good deal that we couldn't pass it up. So we traded in our Ford Focus for it. A week later we recieved a call from the dealership saying that America First wouldn't loan on the car because the value of the car was less than the value of the loan... Uh ok, what do we do now? So we had to either find another lender or another car. Apparently America First is the only place that loans on a car with over 100,000 miles. So then we were screwed. We didn't think we were going to be able to find something else and we would have to take our Ford home, which we really did not want to do. So we got to the dealership and we pretty bummed about the whole situation, especially after having the Pilot for a week. Everyone at the dealership was so nice and they really helped us out. They wanted us to get into something that we loved. We drove a 2007 Honda Accord. It only had 48000 miles. Thats way less than our other Honda and the Pilot and its newer. The price of the car was 16,000.00 and we knew we wouldn't be able to afford that a month. But they worked it out so they were selling the car to us for only 12 thousand. Plus it still has the warranty for everything. Fabulous. So we got a better car, with less miles, and more protection for the same as the Pilot would've been. So I think this is going to be a blessing in disguise for us. We were just a little bummed that we had to give the Pilot back, since it was an SUV and it would've been really nice.

Baseball and Fire

2010-07-11T11:22:00.000-07:00

So we had our friends over Friday night, and being a ditz I forgot to take pictures. So we took pictures around the fire. Actually Heather took them. It was a really fun we had a barbecue and played some volleyball. After that we had a fire and roasted some marshmellows. I love hanging out with my friends its just so much fun!
Saturday night Colton and I went to the Raptors game for America First night. We love baseball games! They are so much fun. Heather and Adam were at the game too, but just sitting on the other side of the field from us. We were on the first base side and they were on the third base side. Our amazing little camera was able to take a picture of them. Haha it looks semi stalkerish. But I sure do love that camera! It was just an amazing weekend!
Heather and Sarah

The fire that was hard to get started and finally started working during the wind storm
The baseball game, look where the ball is. I love my camera.Adam trying not to inhale too much smoke.Ollie.The end of the game Can you spot Heather and Adam?

Part 3

2010-07-09T15:32:00.000-07:00

Part 2

2010-07-09T15:20:00.000-07:00

Out of Order Vacation Pictures Part one

2010-07-06T16:50:00.000-07:00