Kisses just dry....

So Braxton has been going through a little bit of separation anxiety lately... the other day, he kissed and hugged me at least 5 times as he followed me to the door when I was leaving for work. I found out when I left, he had a small meltdown, because my kisses had dried and he needed more. So now, everytime we part, I have to put a few kisses and hugs in his pocket, so that he has them when I leave. If we forget to do this, he reminds us "kisses just dry!!"

Well...

I am still behind. That is the story of my life lately as I attempy to keep up on the blog, scrapbook, and the chores of life!! So I will go through a basic run down of our lives from August to now. Fasten your seatbelts ya'll!

August- The only month in the year that we have NO birthdays in our immediate family. So not a whole lot went on for us in August....that I can remember anyway!

September- I turned 28 fabulous years old on the 3rd. About a week later my grandparents, and great and uncle Billy and Janet took a road trip fro Ky to visit us all at my parents. We were lucky to be able to spend the week at Nana and Papa's visiting while they were there. We went to 9 mile canyon (my first time ever, and I lived near it my entire life), Moab to see the arches, and spent some time playing corn hole...which is always a good time!! The beginning of fall is one of my favorite seasons. Also found out in September that Ash and Chad were having a baby GIRL! The last weekend in September Bryan and I attended a Weekend to Remember marriage getaway at the Ogden Marriott hotel. Had a great time, and learned many valuable things. My first time really seeing Ogden, I liked it there! Lots of birthdays in our family in Sept, too many to list all but among them are both of Bryans siblings Jamie and Aaron, niece chenoa, Papaw, ME and many more! lol. Bryans parents also celebrated their anniversary.



October- Beautiful fall arrived! We took Braxton to the Boo at the Zoo to trick or treat. He was a Dragonosaurus, I was a fairy, and Bryan was a scary guy in a mask! The weather was beautiful and we had fun trick or treating! That was the highlight of the month! Also celebrated my mother-in-laws birthday!

November- So much to be thankful for! Spent Thanksgiving with my family this year. Played games with our family and Simonia and Stevin. Laughed so hard we all cried! Had a fantastic, traditional Thanksgiving dinner to top it all off! Celebrated Preston's 1st birthday, and my amazing father-in-law also had a birthday! Braxton got to meet his great grandparents from Tx this month also! They came to visit for a week so he got to spend lots of time with them.


December- Merry Christmas everyone! Had our Santa morning at home, then lunch with meme and dad-dad, off to out 1st annual Christmas party at Aunt Iona's then off to mom and dads to celebrate with them! The party was a blast. Great food, even better family! Had kareoke, movie for the kids, and games! It was a great time for sure! And to end a fantastic year, my baby boy turned 3 on December 31st. The absolute BEST new years gift ever.


There was the remainder of 2010 in a small nutshell. Now for the beginning of 2011...pictures to come!!


January 2011- Happy new year ya'll!! Started the month with a birthday party for Braxton at Chuck E Cheese! Made a gigantic "Muno" cake from Yo Gabba Gabba...that was an adventure in itself! Topped off the month with a few resolutions that so far I seem to be struggling with (in mid Feb...not good!)


Feb- Happy birthday Bryan and grandma. Had a nice dinner with my family the weekend before...then a superbowl/birthday party with his parents- complete with an awesome 4 layer chocolate torte cake with made from scratch cream cheese frosting! I have decided I like making and decorating cakes! Went to Makdo for Sushi and then to see the movie The Dilemma for our Valentines date, it was alot of fun. Went to lunch with mom, Brax and grandma to celebrate her 86th birthday. Braxton seen a peacock at her house for the first time ever. He called in a "poo-hock", we laughed pretty hard about that! Feb. 19th took the Fun Bus to Wendover for the first time with some friends. It was a great time! The bus practically pays YOU to ride it, doesn't get much better than that. Oh, and the buffet was pretty great too...I am always up for good food! Maybe thats why I am struggling with one of my resolutions??

Sooo behind!!

Ok so I have been a little...or alot...overwhelmed lately. I am not even close to being caught up on this blog anymore! I apologize, and if you are reading this in hopes of seeing some new pics, or rading a promise that I will catch up soon, sorry to let you down! LOL. I do the best at keeping up on posting pics on my facebook fan page, so please check that out in the meantime! I will work on this as soon as I have the time and energy to! :)

Love the 4th of July!

The 4th of July has always been a favorite holiday of mine! This year we spent the long weekend at home, which was nice! Saturday we went to the Magna town parade...laugh it up all you want, Magna's parade is awesome! For such a small town, we sure know how to celebrate!! Braxton got his first lesson on how to catch the candy being thrown all over the place. He would catch a piece and immediately want to eat it...so it took awhile to get the stash built up! LOL. He loved the parade, an hanging out with the neighbors. After the parade we went to a bbq with our neighbors and their family and friends. We are so lucky to have to coolest neighbors ever! After the bbq we headed to the carnival and let Brax ride a few carny rides...the 4th just isn't the 4th without the cheesy carnival! It was a good time, complete with lots of delicious carnival food...cotton candy, nachos, and caramel apples, oh YEAH! We sat with the neighbors and their friends for the foreworks, it was alot of fun. Braxton loved them this year!! Sunday, the actual 4th (only in Ut do we celebrate a day early when holidays fall on a Sunday), we bought a few fireworks to do at home. BBQ'd some brats and hotdogs, had a little picnic outside and the shot off some fireworks with another family in our cul-de-sac. Again, we have some great neighbors! Yay for long holiday weekends! But like all other good things, it had to end. It's back to work tomorrow, and time to start looking forward to the next weekend, lol. I love summer!!

Life...

So today we went to church...YES, I went to church, and no it did not burn down when I walked through the door. The lesson today was all about how so many people only turn to God when they NEED something..and never stop to thank God for the many blessings they have already. It was also about how people use God as a "good luck charm", meaning that they may wear a cross pendant that is their lucky charm, when the true meaning of the cross means nothing to them..or someone may go to church only because it's "the right thing to do". It made me reflect upon my own life and realize that I could use some improvement in that area. My goal is to not only pray when I need help, or just need something, but to pray everyday just to thank God for my life, and all that he has given me. I think if we all step back and look at our lives from outside of the box, we can see all that we have to be thankful for!

More of Braxton's funniness

So I have been working on teaching Braxton that saying mean things, and doing mean things hurts people's feelings. So the other day he did something to me, and I told him he hurt my feelings. He looked really concerned and "kissed me better". Yesterday he asked for candy first thing in the morning and I told him no, he covered his face (like I did when he hurt my feelings) and told me "you hurt my feelings!!!" so I told him sorry, but we don't eat candy for breakfast...so he quickly got over it and uncovered his eyes. He started looking around very confused and asked me "where my feelings go?". LOL. I told him feelings are in your heart, and he asked me "in animals hearts too?" He is such a sweet kid


6/13- Today Braxton was sitting in the driver's seat of my car as I was in the passenger seat cleaning the dash. He pretended to drive and turned to me and said " Momma, you ready to go?", me: "ready to go where?", Brax- "to a happy place!".


June 2010-Dec. 2011- Braxton says so many funny things I can hardly keep track anymore. I am going to put a few of my favorites that come to mind...and then I will start keeping a more updated list. These are always good for a laugh when you look back on them months, or even years later!

So sometime between June and December... I was explaining to Braxton why my sister in law Ashley was having a baby, and that was why her belly was big. He was a little bit freaked out by it, and wouldn't touch her tummy. Later that night, he was in the room with me when I was putting my pajamas on. He walked behind me, and said (very seriously) "Momma...why is yours butt so big? Is there a baby in there?" I do have a little junk in my trunk, but REALLY?? At least I found humor in it right? LOL

Sometimes in the same time frame, Braxton learned to tell secrets. So randomly, as we are driving down the road, eating dinner, whatever, Braxton will say "I have a secret for you..." and then followed by something sweet like " I love you MUCH...you are beautiful.....your my best friend" etc. Seriously adorable.


As Braxton and Jayde get bigger, they are playing so well together. It's pretty funny to hear them talk, and the things they talk about!! Over Thanksgiving 2010, they were playing together and pretending to "go dancing".... and go on play dates to the park! LOL. All while they are running wild in Nana and Papa's house. Such cute imaginations.

Braxton loves seeing pictures of his baby cousin Hadlee. So as we are eating breakfast the the other day he asks me " Mom, can I have a baby sister?".... Even funnier, I have Braxton call to ask Bryan the same thing. "dad, can I have a baby sister?" Bryan-"why do you want one of those?" brax- "to play with me in my room"..... So he hands the phone back to me. Me " Isn't that funny he would say that?" Bryan-"Yeah, why would he want a baby sitter?" HA HA HA

Out trip to Colorado

We went on a road trip to see Bryan's sister Jamie over Memorial day weekend. It was so much fun. They live in Littleton, which is absolutely beautiful! We got to see the Columbine memorial. It was so peaceful and serene. It really made me think of my life, and how blessed I am. Seeing the school itself was a strange feeling because I remember seeing it on the news with the live footage of kids running out of the school screaming and frantic. It's so hard to imagine something so horrible taking place. We also got to visit the aquarium in downtown Denver. It was such an awesome aquarium...Salt lake definitely needs an upgrade theirs does not even compare. Braxton loved it! We took a drive to a memorial site called Mount Lindo Memorial, which is literally on top of a mountain. It is a place for people who are creamated to have a memorial, and a place for family and friends to visit. You can see Denver and the surrounding areas from the peak. I had never seen anything like it. We also went to a place called Tiny Town. It was a village of miniature buildings, which were replicas of different historic buildings in the surrounding areas. Braxton though it was pretty cool, he had to crouch down to look inside of them. We got to go on a tiny town train ride, which he also loved. On our last day we went to a small town outside of Denver called Golden, and went on the Coors Brewery tour. It was really fun, and I discovered that beer isn't really all that bad, with an orange in it! The 16fh street shopping center in Denver was also a lot of fun! 20 blocks of stores, restaurants and lots of interesting people (rocket man, bronze cowboy, lol). everytime we go somewhere new I come home wanting to move. There is so much diversity outside of SLC, so many things to do and see. I love road trips!!