The Eichmeier's

Major posts below!

2011-12-03T13:47:00.006-07:00

Wow, i was way behind! There are a ton of posts below so i could catch up on our lives and get it documented!! Here is the last post of some random kid pics and what not! I am gonna try to keep up from now on! We have just been busy as everybody gets!

here is out big man he is 10 mos, it has flown by. Cant get enough of this one!! He also just took his 1st steps today!

just some random pics of kids! And they are with our good friend robyn too! All the kids are doing well, just playing and schooling!

cruise:)

2011-12-03T12:54:00.016-07:00

I am so behind on everything that this is just some quick pics of the cruise! we had sooo much fun:) Thanks to my parents for taking us on this cruise. we already can't wait for the next. We went to Jamaica and did the zipline and Dunns river falls, both so much fun. then we were supposed to go to grand caymen but because of a hurricane we ended up going to nassau bahamas and went over to Atlantis....it was so cool, we for sure want to stay at the atlantis hotel one day:)

trick or treating/carving

2011-12-03T12:46:00.004-07:00

Our Halloween party!

2011-12-03T12:30:00.006-07:00

as always we had a great time at the party! Jamie and nigel were the winners this year!

Goose's halloween party

2011-12-03T12:20:00.003-07:00

we always have a great time at the annual kid Halloween party!

black island farms

2011-12-03T12:16:00.003-07:00

Our friends gave Brooke and I some free tickets to go to black island farms! the kids had a blast, i recommend going there next year!!

Its great to be 8!!

2011-12-03T12:09:00.005-07:00

Hadley chose to be baptised and it was such a special day!

(i dont know why this pic is so small)

thanks had for being a special girl! we love you and are so proud of you!!

Hadley birthday!

2011-12-03T12:03:00.003-07:00

I can't believe Had is 8! It has gone by so fast. She is such a lovely girl, a great helper, friend, sister and we love her dearly!!

she went to clearfield aquatic center for her friend party but those pics are on brands phone!

random pics of clane!

2011-12-03T11:54:00.003-07:00

girls trip

2011-12-03T11:46:00.004-07:00

my friends brooke, madi and i did a quick girls trip to st george in sept. she and madison were running in the zions relay race. we went down early and soaked up the sun and played and saw little mermaid before their big race!! little mermaid was sooooo awesome. we loved it!

this was us before the race......

and this was after the 2 day race!! they were dead but loved every sec of it;)

had parade!

2011-12-03T11:42:00.002-07:00

had was so excited she got to be in a parade this year, her first ever and she loved every second of it! it was for her glitz dance team!!

she did cart-wheels the whole time down the street!

cabin with dad 2011

2011-12-03T11:36:00.002-07:00

i am major catching up so here are some quick posts of whats been going on.... brand took the kids to the cabin while mom had a nice weekend to herself:) (it was fab might i add!!) the kids had a great time too!!

6!!!

2011-07-02T11:08:00.008-06:00

My little Tay man turned 6 on the 19th of June!

He has been wanting a motor scooter for a long time, ever since his cousins have got one. All he did was ride it when he went over there! Now he has his own to cruise around on!

Of course we had to do the pool party that we do every year at my aunts!

and he finally had a friend party this year!

I can't believe my buddy is 6. He is so fun and loving and is intrigued with everything and everyone! He is just like his daddy and wants to fix and help with everything. we love our Tay man!

In the 50th percentile

2011-06-28T13:19:00.007-06:00

im a tad late but Clane had his 4 month appt almost a month ago now! He is by far my biggest kid. those of you that know my kids know that they are little! They are barely in the 5th percentile. So for baby Clane to be 55% is huge for us!!

look at his over-hanging gut!

He weighed 15-7. Sisi weighs bout 23lbs at 3!! He wears mostly 9-12 month clothes:)

Anywho, we love this big boy! He is such a good happy baby.

He loves...
to get his clothes changed
get his diaper changed
take baths
laugh
make noises
his blanket
baby einstein

and he now has been rolling over for a week and a half!!

these kids love their brother sometimes a little too much!!

42

2011-06-28T13:10:00.004-06:00

i could only get a pic of the back she wouldnt let me get the front....

but yes she had 42 pretties in her hair at once!!!

best friends!

2011-06-16T23:40:00.005-06:00

I love t his pic of these two. This is Ashton, one of Hads best friends!

Had wants to take dance so bad, and Ashton had a dance recital so Had, Sisi and I wanted to go watch it. She looked so cute and did a great job. Had didn't take her eyes off the dancers and was learning some new moves!

Ashton had a birthday the other day and went to clearfield aquatic center, it was fun.
Meg, Ash, and Had

Anyway, I just wanted to post about them because friends are so important and I hope they will always be best friends!

on a whim

2011-06-09T17:59:00.012-06:00

I know im a little late in posting but oh well!! Brand has been gone a lot still for work so its been crazy and busy... over memorial weekend on a whim we ended up going to Bear Lake with my friend Brooke and her fam! They had a few people that weren't able to go so she invited me and the kids (brand was gone) to come. It was a blast!!

Probably one of their fav things to do!

It was Ethans birthday while we were up there! they had a great time celebrating it.

they got to make a cute bag, do a scavenger hunt, hit a pinata, and eat cake and icecream! they loved every min.

Chez is my little buddy and i love it:)

We love playing games, and thats what we do a lot of the time! And yes, that is the Justin Bieber movie on in the back ground, don't let Trev fool ya, he loved every min of it being on:)

This is when Trev and I were kicking Brooke and Jess' butt in hand and foot! (then they kicked our butt the 2nd time)

And of course there is Mr. Claner who was so good and happy;)

Thanks for the fun trip! Can't wait to go again!

Had and Tay graduate:)

2011-06-08T13:11:00.012-06:00

Both Had and Tay had there school programs. They were both such cute programs and they both said parts and did so great!

both my kids so far have gone to Miss Jamie! We love her, she is so cute with the kids and so nice. I hope she is planning on still doing it so Sisi and Clane can go to her:)

Good job Had and Tay!! We are so proud of you and love you very much:)

Movies...

2011-05-16T23:09:00.006-06:00

As you know i love going to movies, here is what i have seen lately and my reviews!!

My grandma and I saw this movie. We loved it, it was way good and super inspiring! She is amazing:)
I am super fascinated by sharks(scared, but fascinated) i don't like to go in oceans and this movie makes me NEVER want to go in there for sure!!

Brand and I saw this one. It was really good with lots of action!

and last but certainly not least...

Brooke and I saw this and we both LOVED it! So so good.

I recommend all 3 movies:) worth seein in theater!

Park City

2011-05-14T22:43:00.009-06:00

For mother's day this year, my sisters and I decided to take my mom to park city and stay the night and go shopping the next day! It was a blast and hopefully we do it every year:)

We had a great time laughing, talking, playing games and laughing!(we laughed a lot)

We ate at Gabor(not sure on spelling!) brothers for dinner in Layton. Super good! Its a tiny place on main st. we all loved it. and if you get a calzone, know that you need to share it with someone! they are seriously huge!! then we drove to park city to our condo, got a treat and Cold Stone and then hung out all night:)

The condo was a really nice place, we would stay there again. Although it said it would sleep 6 people.

This was one of the beds...

Ha like 2 people could really sleep on this right?!

So my mom decided she would sleep there.

Luckily the master bed was huge and 3 could sleep in that which is how it sleeps 6!

Then we were bein nerds and takin random pics!

took a pic of our legs to see who was the tannest!

We kept makin fun of Andy's feet cause they are so long and skinny and flat!

Bigger than lisa's face!

We thought it was histerical, you know how you get when your in those laughing moods and everything is funny? Thats how it was:)

Biggest foot to littlest foot(Andy and Sundee)

We had a fab time and i wish i could have got a pic of everyones success in shopping! Super good time, we love us some girls time...can't wait to go again:)

Easter (better late then never!)

2011-05-05T21:36:00.011-06:00

We had a great Easter! Ill just post some pics since this is my scrapbook!

Finding the eggs Easter morning!

Happy beebs:)

birthday girl

Hope ya'all had a good one like we did:)

Hats off!

2011-05-01T23:55:00.005-06:00

I just wanted to say Hats off to all you single mothers/ and or army wives or whatever you might be! My hubby was gone for 9 weeks as most of you know and only came home a handful of days.(thats why i was at movies by myself! When he was home, i needed some breaks from the kiddos!) Some days were easy and some days were hard. It is alot of work to do EVERYTHING by yourself. Take care of kids, plus a newborn (all the feedings and diaper changes!), cook, clean, yard, pets, school, sports, etc and then do stuff for me! I know i will have to do it more but I couldn't do it all the time, so hats off to all you single mothers out there! And a big thanks to all of you who helped me and kept me entertained while hubby was gone:) You know who you are, THANK YOU!

Sisi's birthday!

2011-04-24T21:15:00.008-06:00

I can't believe my Sisi is 3 years old already, man how time flies! Her birthday happened to fall on Easter this year! We had a great day. Sisi loved her day today, she loved all her presents and all her Easter stuff too! We had the whole fam-damily over to celebrate both. It was super fun.

Oh how i love this girl!

Happy birthday Sisi! We love the joy that you bring to our lives. We are so glad that Heavenly Father sent you to us! You are so fun and hilarious and we love you to pieces:)

Trip (pic overload!)

2011-04-14T14:34:00.021-06:00

Spring break we went to St. George with our friends the Golds. We had a great time. Brand has been in Arizona for work and he met us in St. George. The kids had a blast and i think i dare say that their favorite part was swimming!! They wanted to swim every second.

And so this is how we spent the vacay, torturing them to watch everyone else swim! J/K haha, we thought this pic was hilarious! They were patiently waiting behind the glass, watching all the swimmers and yelling We wanna swim, we wanna swim! It was funny. (this pic is from my phone, i guess thats why its small sorry)

The whole clan:)

We had a nice game of bowling. We had a bet with the boys. And I am sad to say....Brooke and I lost:(.... Oh well, it was fun anyhow.

We also went to a place called Pirate Island! It was darling. The atmosphere is super fun and the food was really good. (specially the breadsticks) plus they have a few games and a little play place to play on!

Best Friends!

You would think this little guy was not on our trip because he was not in any pics. He was with us! He was the best baby. He was so good and pretty much slept the whole time! Love this guy:)

We wore the kids out by the end of the day! We played games while they were out!

We had a great time, thanks for coming with us Golds. I already can't wait to go again!

HOP

2011-04-14T14:30:00.002-06:00

So i am not one to sit home for very long and it has been a long 7 weeks, so yesterday i was bored of being home so i took the kiddos to see Hop.

The kids loved it. I thought it was just ok. I didn't hate it but i have seen a lot better!

2 month stats

2011-04-05T12:13:00.012-06:00

Little McLane is gettin too big too fast! He went to the doc the other day for his 2 month check up.

Weight: 11 pounds 10 ounces
Height: 23 inches

He is filling out so much. His belly usually hangs over his pants. He eats 5 oz every 3 hours! The doc couldn't believe how much he was eating for being so young! He said there is nothing wrong with it, he just likes to eat! The great thing about him eating so much is he sleeps through the night which is fantastic!
He goes to bed from anywhere between 9:30 and 11 and he doesn't wake up til usually between 7 and 8.

We can't get enough of this little man!

A great friend!

Brooke and her cute mom!

I also wanted to post about what a great friend i have! Everyone should have a friend like my friend Brooke Gold! She is so kind and thinks of everyone else 1st before herself. She would do anything for anyone. So my hubby has been out of town for a while for work(thats why i went to the movies by myself the other day, to have a break while hubby was home. I don't like to put on the computer when he is gone in case some creep sees that, ya know!) So the other day she came over and told me that she got me a sitter and her and I were going out for the evening! She knew i needed to get away for a bit from my kids and take a break. I was so excited and about in tears for her kindness!

We took the baby and her nice hubby watched my other 3! We went and ate at my favorite restaurant California Pizza Kitchen and it was soooo delicious:)

Then we went and saw the movie Source Code.

It was really good, we both liked it! You should see this one!

On our way home, we stoppped at her favorite yogurt place called Yogotogo.

It was super yummy and cute!

And that was our night, so thanks again Brooke for the fab night and thanks to Trev for watchin the kiddos:)

First time for everything

2011-03-30T19:39:00.003-06:00

Like people say, there is a first time for everything. Well, for the first time ever, I went to a movie all by myself! I needed a break from the kiddos(ill explain later why) and i didn't care that nobody could come with me! I went alone and it really was fine. I would do it again!

I went and saw the movie Beastly. It was really cute plus it sends a great message!

Its also nice that Alex Pettyfer is some good eye candy!!

McLane's Pics

2011-03-26T13:16:00.007-06:00

My friend Jessica took pictures of the beebs for my gift for having the baby! I thought it was a great gift. So thanks Jess-Jess, i loved how they turned out:)

He was 5 weeks when we took them.

Not the only one

2011-03-24T13:23:00.004-06:00

So i am not the only one who wants it to be WARM! Sisi dresses like this almost everyday! And everyday i have to tell her, its still cold outside, you need to dress in warm clothes so you don't freeze!

Spring.... pleas come SOON:)

Also, Sisi puts in her own pretty's (hair clips) every day, and she always puts about 8 pretty's in her hair!

and this day, i said Sisi, lets go do your hair, and she said, I already did!!! She is a crack up and has to do almost everything herself! She did let me fix her hair to get it out of her face, and of course, the pretty's went right back in when i was done!

"Zoo" program

2011-03-10T12:38:00.006-07:00

Hadley's 1st grade class put on a cute zoo program a couple days ago. Her teacher did a great job and it was so cute!

They had to do a book report on an animal. Hers was on a penguin. So for the zoo, they had to dress up as the animal that they did the report on!

Her teacher had made "cages" for the animals. It really was cute:)

They sang songs and one of them was In the Jungle and they did sign language to it too. I tried to upload it but it didn't want to work! Oh well. I was so impressed with the kids and the sign language! Good job Had:)

Lovin me some...

2011-03-01T11:22:00.005-07:00

I am loving all my tv shows right now!

But i have to say this is my very favorite show! If you don't watch it, you should start!! It comes on thursdays at 7 on the wb! Thurs was the last episode til April 7 i believe. So you have time to catch up:)

Lovin this time of year for these yummy candies, which we all know i LOVE my chocolate:)

I am number 4

I love going to movies. Gets me out for a break and i love to watch them!! Brand and I really liked this movie. It has this hottie boy (Alex Pettyfer) in it and cute Quinn from Glee:) I recommend it!

Also.... I am lovin this!

Sisi is totally potty trained! She finally decided it was time. She started last wed wearing underwear and hasn't had an accident since!! I love that i don't have to change her anymore! I won't love it in public cause i hate public restrooms, but oh well, i am so happy that she is potty trained:)

Well, those are a few of my loves right now!

3 weeks

2011-02-25T14:32:00.011-07:00

I know i keep saying this but time is just going by to dang fast. It has already been 3 weeks. Where in the world did the time go! Holy cow, slow down! He is sleeping good. Usually I get up once and Brand gets up once which is so great!! And occasionally McLane only wakes up once the whole night! So far he is such a good baby and i am lovin every minute of it:) Well, here are some pics of the beebs!

I had to get Sisi feeding her baby! So cute

All of us are loving this boy to death:)

My cute Grandma

2011-02-24T14:42:00.002-07:00

My cute grandma was in an article in the paper for all her time spent at McKay Dee for volunteering there. She has volunteered there for about 13 years now. My aunt thought it would be a good idea to have an article written about her time there and all her great grand children that were born there. It was a good article. Sorry i don't know how to post a link so you could read it. Baby McLane was lucky enough to be in the article along with my cousin Cassidy and her baby Scarlet because they were born on the same day there! It was a cute article and im glad that my baby got to be a part of the article with my grandma!! I am really close to my grandma. So i love stuff like this to happen to her. She is a fun and loving grandma. She makes me laugh and we love golfing together! I love her so much!

Just go see it!

2011-02-16T15:15:00.002-07:00

I LOVED LOVED this movie! So funny. Def go see this movie!!

Baby McLane

2011-02-05T20:32:00.017-07:00

We are soooooo glad that McLane is finally here and yes i made it to Feb 1st thank heaven!!

Here is our little man:)

He was born at 6:16 p.m., weighed 7-8 and was 20 inches long. The c-section went well. McLane was doing great and then he started breathing really heavily, you could tell that he was workin hard to breathe. They came and told me that he had swallowed some the amniotic fluid and they had to take him to help him get it out and put some oxygen on him. I wasn't too worried, they told me he would be fine they just had to get that fluid out. So i was sad cause i didn't really get to see him and then i didn't get to hold him for a while. Finally they took me back to where he was with his oxygen. They let me hold him for a bit, then they took me to my room. By the time i had him it was 2 hrs before he got to come to my room. My kids were dying to see him and hold him. But he finally came and they were soooooo excited.

Hadley is already a great helper! She loves holding him and thinks she is the 2nd mom and can take him where she wants to! She is so cute and i love how she is with him.

Tayson is also a great big brother. He loves that McLane was a boy! He already loves having a brother. He also is the best helper! He gets us diaper, wipes or whatever we need and loves to do it!

Sisi also loves him. She tells everyone that he is her baby! She wants to hold him all the time and gets mad if it isn't her turn!

Brand is the best dad ever! He really is so great with the kids. We are lucky to have him. He loves this little guy.

Here are some of our visitors!

My cousin Cass and I had our babies on the same day! How fun huh. So here is little Scarlet and McLane!

We love our new bug-a-bug!

And here is McLane's room! It got done, now all we need is decorations:) the light on the pics look a bit diff than they really are. McLanes room is orange and the kids room is red. Its hard to tell in these pics dang it....oh well!!

Rooms

2011-01-24T18:19:00.005-07:00

Well, we are finally getting closer to the baby coming! We have been finishing a room in the basement for Had and Tay to go down there. It is finally finished, YAY!! We got them moved this weekend and we also go Sisi moved too. Their rooms are so cute, i am biased but i do love them. We are workin on McLane's so i will have to show you a picture of his later!

This is Had and Tay's room. Now we just need to get some decorations!!

(don't mind my hubby's booty in the closet!!) Between the closets will be a desk. We are just waiting to find a cheap countertop to go in there.

Here is Sisi's room. We did the stripes on one wall. I really love it!!

I will post pics of McLane's room when it is done!!

3 weeks left!

2011-01-10T11:30:00.005-07:00

I have 3 weeks left and i can't freakin wait! It normally would be earlier than that but with Brands job he got, i have to wait til feb 1st for the insurance to kick in:( Did i mention i am due feb 4th!!! I have never waited that long to have a baby! We have insurance so if he decides to come early we do have some, but my deductible is 7500, where as the new insurance deductible is 1000. Quite a bit of difference. So i hope for money sake that he stays in til the 1st!

I also can't wait to never do this again!! This is the last bebes for us!! No more feeling like this ever again. Some might be sad about that, me.... i can't wait!

Here are some things that went on during this pregnancy:

-I throw up everyday for 18 weeks
-The least amount of times i threw up in those weeks was probably 4 times a day
-The most i threw up in one day was 15
-If i don't eat on time, i get sick
-I eat fruit loops every morning with the exception of maybe 10 times
-I go thru phases of what i eat for lunch and ill eat the same thing everyday for bout a month/month and a half! It started with ramens, then cheese toast, hotdog, bagel sandwhich, and now i eat a pb&j probably til i have him!
-My back is horrible and i can barely walk at times
-My feet and ankles are starting to swell. (my face too)
-I haven't gained as much as i usally do, but i do still have 3 weeks left!!

Well there you have it, kind of complaining a bit but oh well. We all have the right to do that from time to time right??!!

I can't wait for this little guy to come!

This was taken a couple weeks ago, but you get the pic!!

X-mas

2011-01-04T11:06:00.005-07:00

We had a great Christmas this year as always! Its so fun to watch the kids faces light up when they open their gifts.

Heres a few pics of the day!

Had is in love with Justin Bieber. She loved this necklace and bracelet!

They all loved their pillow pets.

Sisi couldn't wait to put on her new light up shoes! And she won't wear any other shoe either.

Brand and I also had a great one!

127 hrs.

2010-12-19T18:02:00.005-07:00

I liked this movie. It was crazy to see what he did and went through. Could i ever cut off my own arm?? I don't know and i don't want to find out. It was good.

Movies

2010-12-06T13:02:00.007-07:00

Harry was good. To me, i wanted it to be exactly like the book. I felt they left out some great parts but they always do. If you haven't read the books im sure you will like it! I liked it but it could have been better in my opinion. I think my expectations were too high!

These movies were so dang cute! I would def see both and of them and i will be buying both of them too:)

Annual Halloween Party

2010-11-06T10:23:00.015-06:00

We had another fun party if i must say so myself!! Everybody had great costumes:) We ate, chatted, and played games. Some of the games we did were freakin hilarious! It was a blast....

Oompa Loompas Me and Brand

Baywatch Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff (Ness won best female costume!)

Ben and Ness

Easter bunny and Santa (Aaron won best male costume!)

Pigs!

Brooke and Trev

Yo Gabba-Gabba

Sundee and Bryan

Richard Simmons and Jane Fonda

Bart and Marietta

Scary man!! and Tigger

Jordy Andy and Ryker

20's Gangsta and Flapper

Todd and Tiff

Hagrid and Professor McGonagall

Sam and Kim

Zombie and Cowgirl

John and Jill

This is one of the games we played and it was so dang funny. They had to swing the banana with there hips and hit the apples into a hula hoop!! So hilarious:)
Here is all of us and the winner of the Halloween cup was Lisa and Aaron! I forgot to take a pic of them holding it but they are in this group pic! So way to go Lisa and Aaron!
Thanks everyone for coming and dressing up! It was so fun and we can't wait for next year!!

Kids Halloween/Carving

2010-11-04T10:50:00.005-06:00

We had a fun Halloween this year as always! I love Halloween. The kids loved carving those huge pumpkins that we got from Green River! They were really easy to clean out. There wasn't that much stuff in there.

Finished product:)

Hadley wanted to be a mummy this year and i do have to brag that my grandma and I made her costume! It turned out darling i think! I am not crafty at all or i never do anything like that, it was fun. So a big thanks to my grandma Hansen for helping me:)

The kids had a great time trick or treating and trunk or treating even though it rained. They came home with a bunch of candy which is what they wanted! Sisi loves Reese's and she would pick one everytime somebody was giving them out! It was funny.

Baby McLane

2010-10-25T13:22:00.004-06:00

My scanner was not working for some reason so this is how you get to see Baby. Hopefully you can somewhat see that! I love that you can see the baby like this these days!!

Tay took this pic of my so its not that great and a bit crooked but you get the idea! Here i am at 25 wks.

Had turns 7, Tay turns 5

2010-10-19T12:10:00.011-06:00

Ok so like i said i gotta lot to catch up on. I will do birthdays next and i shall start with Tays seems how it was in June!!

He loves to swim and always wants his party to be and Grandma Peggy's and Grandpa Jay's Pool. A big thanks to them for letting us use the pool:)

Tay (June 19)

Had (Sept. 27)

We were in Disneyland for Hads birthday and she loved every sec of it!! She got to wear a pin on her shirt saying it was her birthday and all the workers would tell her happy birthday and she really liked that!!

That Justin Bieber shirt was totally her favorite thing!! Good picking Brooke Dow!!
This is her dessert that she wanted! She loves pumpkin choc. chip cookies. So i told her i would make a big one just for her! She loved it. I am not crafty at all as you can see. So it's not very decorative! Just a cookie!!

Movie time again!!

2010-10-15T10:53:00.001-06:00

Loved this movie!! So cute. I recommend seeing this one for sure!

I'M BACK!!

2010-10-10T13:32:00.019-06:00

Wow, im sure your surprised to see me doing this again!! I know it has been a long time. But as you know i am pregnant and it has been a long 24 weeks!! Now that i am not puking my guts out and lying down every second, I have a lot to blog about so ill do it here and there and hopefully you don't get bored looking over the last 6 months!!

I shall start with the most recent thing which is Disneyland. I babysit my friend Brooke's kids. Which is how we got to go to Disneyland in the first place! We saved up that money for a trip and the kids thought this would be the funnest place! We went with our friends Brooke and Trev. We had a great time. I won't bore you with all the hundreds of pics we took, just some of them:)

Here is the Fam.

Mary, Brooke and Me!

These girls were the best of friends. They held hands the whole time. Tayson loved his buddy Brooke! He wanted to hold her hand and ride every ride with her. It was cute!

Sisi LOVED all the characters! Mickey was her favorite of course!

Kels, Ash and Had with their cute face paintings.

Here is the whole clan. They had it decorated so cute for Halloween.

Legoland

Our next stop was Legoland. This place is good for young kids fyi. My kids were kinda bored. (as was i!)

Sea World

We love sea world and all the shows. So fun!

We had a great time! We already can't wait to go again:)

Go get "Carried" away!!!

2010-06-03T22:44:00.003-06:00

LOVED this movie! Go with your girlfriends and see this:) The 1st one is better but we all still LOVED it!!

Catch up....

2010-05-16T21:32:00.013-06:00

~ CONCERT~

On May 7th, Brand and I went to the Sugarland concert with Julianne Hough and Danny Gokey. It was awesome. We missed Danny but i LOVED Julianne and Sugarland!

We walked in as danny was done and this was the only shot i could get! I really wanted to see him but oh well...

This was him signing stuff afterward.

{JULIANNE}

She is such a great singer and is super gorgeous! She also did some dancing for us and I loved it, i wish she was back on dancing with the stars again:)

{SUGARLAND}

Sugarland did way awesome, they are super entertaining! My favorite song they sang was Stay.

Julianne came out at the end and they sang together, it was great.

Us....

I had a great time! Thanks Brand for the tickets:)

~BRAND BIRTHDAY~

Brand had his 31st birthday! We didn't do much, spent most the day together and then saw Iron man 2. Pretty low key but i hope he had a good one! Thanks Chandlers for watching the kids so we could go!! Love you Brand, Happy birthday:)

~IRON MAN 2~

This movie was just ok for me. Brand loved it. The first was a bit slow. I really liked the last 45 min, but it took a while to get there. I would say, girls, let the boys see this one with the boys!! Wait to see it:)

The Back-Up-Plan

2010-05-05T19:01:00.002-06:00

Ok so i saw the back up plan the other night! It was cute. I wouldn't pay to see it in theaters but i did like it and thought it was cute! There is a RANDOM birthing scene that is a bit different but i was laughin my head off cause it was so weird!! It is a chic flic and i would rent it if i were you! And that is my thoughts about the movie!

Sisi's 2!! and random things!

2010-04-25T21:44:00.009-06:00

Sisi turned 2 on sat! It is going by so quickly. I know she is only 2 but that totally flew by...She had a good day, we ate at chic fil a, played, opened presents, and had her party. She got some fun stuff and loved unwrapping the paper!

She was so cute after opening all her presents from everybody i told her to go give everybody hugs and tell them thank you and out of all the family and everybody there she went straight to my cute friend Brooke! She loves Brooke, it was so cute!

Granny goose with her 2 buddy's!

Cookie from mrs. fields turned out cute!

Chowing on her cookie and icecream.
I am so greatful for Sienna in our lives, she brings us so much joy. She is so fun and we just love her personality. She is happy most all the time and if she isn't, you know it! She walks around the house singing all the time, she doesn't talk much but she does a lot of la la la's! We love you Sisi!! Thanks everyone for the party and presents:)

{Random}

Tay finally got his picc line out a couple weeks ago after having it in for a long 4 weeks. He was so brave when they took it out. The only thing that hurt him a titch was one of the stitches, the picc line didn't hurt him at all:)

It has scarred nicely! Nothing to bad, just those 3 holes that you see....such a brave boy, we love our Tay Tay!

My cute little Sienna does not like to take naps anymore:( Sad day.....Ill put her in there to try and she will stay in there and play for a bit and get a nice suck on her binki and then she starts talking and screaming to get out and this is how i usually find her.....
clothes off, blankets out the bed and her blinds are usually pulled up cause she can reach the string. And she is always lookin out the window saying hi to everyone she sees!! Usually the only way i can get her to sleep is a car ride, dropping off and picking up kids or running errands!

And finally Hadley.......

Had really is a good helper. She does and gets a lot of stuff for me! I am grateful for all she does. She like every other 6 year old girl, im sure, has an attitude like no other! We either get along really well, or we don't! Wow, i am not looking forward to her being a teenager!! But she is fun, she loves to play with friends, she feels like she has to be with them every second. When she isn't playing with friends or outside, she loves to play wii and ds and color!

There is the long update for ya'all!!

Bounty Hunter

2010-04-20T14:37:00.004-06:00

and i don't mean this guy......! haha

We saw Bounty Hunter the other night with some great fun friends! We ALL enjoyed the movie:) It is cute and there are some funny parts! Thanks Marietta and Bart can't wait to go again!

Movie Critic

2010-04-15T17:55:00.004-06:00

I decided to be movie critic! I usually go to a lot of movies and i now decided to post what i go to and ill tell you if its worth seeing or not!!

Date night was my most recent movie! I give this one 2 THUMBS UP! I Loved this movie, you are constantly laughing! Tina and Steve do an awesome job. You definetly should go see this movie:)

Also, if you haven't taken your kids to How to Train your Dragon yet, you need to! It is so darling:)

Easter

2010-04-15T17:27:00.006-06:00

As always for Easter we go to St. George! We had a blast. I forgot our camera but Brand used his phone for a couple pics...

Sisi loved this slide!

Of course the kids had to swim everyday. That is always their favorite thing to do.

This was the kids first time to the crack and they loved it. All the rocks they got climb on and around was way fun for them!

Tay wanted to wear my dad's motorcylce helmet while riding this jeep that goes so fast....not!! I thought the jeep would be a bit faster than it is but oh well i bought it on sale!! Its perfect for Sisi, now she just needs to learn how to drive it:)

80's skating and Hadley!!

2010-03-13T21:54:00.009-07:00

Yes you heard me right, 80's skating!! It was my cousins 30th birthday the other day and she wanted everybody to dress up in 80's clothes and go skating!! It seriously was so much fun! I for sure recommend you all to do it:)

Some of the outfits were hilarious!

Me in the oversized sweatshirt with leggins!

I wish this was bigger but you can still tell how awesome some of the outfits are, especially Harmony's, the girl on the very right in the pink, so funny! Way fun night...

{Hadley}

Hadley is a funny girl! This is what she did the other day.....

Hahahaha, my sister Andy and i were laughing so hard when we saw this. I think its hysterical! Not only free rocks, but Pretty free rocks with a bucketful of rocks in the trike!! In case anybody needs some pretty free rocks, come here to get them:)

Tayson's Pneumonia

2010-03-05T14:10:00.009-07:00

It feels so GREAT to be home after being at Primary Childrens for the last 5 days! Tayson was diagnosed with Pneumonia about 2 weeks ago. We got him med and he started feeling better after a few days. Then it all the sudden got worse. He would be up ALL night screaming and crying cause he was in so much pain. After taking him to the doctor a few times between all the screaming nights, he had fluid in his lungs. We found out fri that there was fluid. I was told to watch him and make sure certain things weren't happening. By sunday we were headed to Primary Childrens. They took a chest x-ray at Primary's and from friday to sunday there was a ton more fluid. So by sunday, he had Pneumonia and Parapneumonic effusion (which is fluid in the lungs). To get rid of the fluid they had to place a chest tube in him. After much waiting around, he finally got the chest tube in on monday, along with a picc line.

It was so sad to see him so little and going through so much. It was emotional for us to just see him like that and how scared he was. But my little buddy did so good. He was so brave with everything and he is good now. He got his chest tube out on wed evening and we got to come home last night. He couldn't wait to get home!! It was a much bigger process than i had anticipated. The nurses and doctors at the hospital were so great. Tay got to order pretty much whatever food he wanted. He got to do crafts, color, paint, play playstation and watch a lot of tv! I was really glad we were at Primary's!

His picc line is still in and will be in for atleast 4 weeks. Its in his right arm and he can still do eveything he wants to except get it wet! I have to give him his antibiotics in his picc line every night at 8 and the home care nurses come once a week to change his dressing and take blood for labs to make sure everything is still going well, and they can come over whenever we need them to as well.

Here are some pics of our cute brave boy!

Before his surgery he got to paint and the nurse let him paint on his window! He loved this part:)

This is shortly after surgery.

Thats where his chest tube was and they ended up draining about 700ml of fluid, which is quite a bit for his little lung.

He got some gifts from us and other family and he loved that!

He was finally happy on thurs!

Im teaching him how to play his new ds game while he is eating a fun dip stick!!

I am so glad and grateful that it all went well and we are home. I have to thank everybody who helped watched my girls. They were so willing and it made things easier. Thanks again for helping and thanks for everybody's prayers!

One year ago....

2010-02-23T14:28:00.009-07:00

One year ago today, Sisi burnt her little hand so bad on our fireplace. It was the saddest thing ever. To be a mother and watch your child suffer so badly and there is nothing you can do to help them is the worst thing about being a mother.

Here is her hand then....

Everywhere her hand is white is where it got burned (which is her whole hand) and where you see the red is where they tore off her blistered skin:(

Healing...

That middle part was obviously the worst part. It took about 3 months for it to fully heal. We took her the the U of U burn center once a week for a month for them to treat it.

This is how we had to wrap her hand everyday.

And this is her hand today...
It looks so great. It's hard to tell but her only scar is across her hand where the arrow is! Not to bad. She has full range of motion in her hand to:)

I have NOT turned no that dang fireplace since!!

Gettin her fix

2010-02-23T14:20:00.004-07:00

Sisi only gets her binki when she sleeps! So somtimes to get her fix she will climb up her crib and hurry and suck on it then put it back, sometimes she puts random things in her mouth to get her fix! Here is what i caught her with the other day!!

The kids pushing her around in the doll stroller with the dolls binki!!! Whatever works for her:)

San Jorge!

2010-02-10T21:42:00.007-07:00

Jen and I needed to getaway, so we decided to go to St. George. It was a fun weekend. Pretty much just hangin out eatin and playin!

Here we went to the Dixie Crack. If you have never been, GO, its super fun. You have to walk sideways up this tiny crack. The pics will show you what it looks like and how small it is!

This is how small it is! It does look like you won't be able to fit, but you can, some parts are a tight squeeze, but you can make it!

Then we just messed around and took some fun pics!!

It happened to be my cute Grandpa's 89th birthday when we went to San Jorge! So for his birthday we went to Mesquite ate and played some Craps...bad night at craps table, but still fun:) Thats my cute Grandparents and cousin Trevor!

Already can't wait to go again!!!!

Better late than never

2010-01-23T16:21:00.010-07:00

Ya, i know im way late posting about Christmas, but here goes!

We had a great x-mas! The kids loved every bit of it!

X-mas eve we always open pj's!

CHRISTMAS MORNING!!

Christmas morning was a bit different this year. Normally we wake up early and open presents and then go to my parents for Breakfast. But my dad had to work this year on that day so we changed it to dinner. It actually was kinda nice just sittin home not hurrying to go somewhere right in the morning! The kids actually had time to play with their new toys:)

We love Christmas and everything about it! We had a great one this year!!

Merry Christ"mouse"

2009-12-23T16:00:00.006-07:00

So last night i was watchin tv and talking to brand and out of the corner of my eye, i saw something run under our couch! So i told brand and this is what he did, yet again:) He moved the couch and it ran behind our entertainment center!

Im sure everyone heard about the story last time there was a mouse in our house! He grabbed his bb gun once again and shot the sucker:) It never ran out so i think its under our entertainment center...i guess if it smells soon, its for sure under there!! We can't tell though. Anywho, i wanted ya'all to see what my hubby does when there are unwanted creatures in the house. Flashlight and bb gun, and we are good to go! Thanks Babe:)

Had Program...me 28!

2009-12-23T15:14:00.005-07:00

Hadley had her kindergarten Christmas program the other day. It was so cute. She did great and sang all the songs! She is so excited for Christmas Eve to sing all the song she knows from school:) Here are a few pics from the program...

Happy 28th to me!!

Monday was my birthday! I feel the same age as i did 10 years ago, with the exception of im not in HIGH SCHOOL anymore playin sports! I still play sports and feel the same as i did then, just maybe not in as good of shape as i was then:)

Brand and the kids gave me an Electric blanket, earrings, perfume and super mario bros wii.

It was fun, we ate at my very favorite place....

I freakin love this place. I get the Calofornia Club which is chicken, bacon, lettuce, ranch, and avacados! It is the best pizza ever, and i ate the whole pizza by myself! Yes you heard right, whole thing by myself:) .....then we saw the movie Everybody's Fine. It was good, not one i would buy but good! It was a fun birthday.

Face Sledding!

2009-12-17T13:16:00.003-07:00

Hadley was sliding on her stomache down our driveway on a sled and right now the driveway is pure ice! She fell off the sled and her face slid on the ice! She is ok, just some scratches below her nose as you can see and on her chin. It could have been a lot worse but it looks good now!!

Adult Halloween Party:)

2009-11-12T14:04:00.021-07:00

The adult halloween party was a success and fun; i hope everybody had as much fun as i did!!

It was hilarious to see everyone in their costumes. Some of them we died of laughter as you will see! We had food, games, and fun. We made a halloween trophy and called it the halloween cup and thats what everybody was playing for. They got a certain amount of points for each game and thing that they did etc. The couple with the most points at the end of the party was the winner!! This will be an annual party and the trophy comes back every year so anyone can claim it!! (lots of pics just to warn you)

Stud finder and Hannah Montana

Me and Brand

Raggedy Ann and Andy (best female costume) Brooke and Trev

Jose Quervo and Maria (best male costume)

Sundee and Bryan

Dog the bounty hunter and Beth

Ben and Ness

Vikings
Lisa and Aaron

Plug and Socket

Jen and Dan

Red riding hood and Pirate
Jill and John

Rasta man and Kitty

Kriss and Jill

Cop and Robber

Andy and Jordy

Army man and Mexican crossing the border

Kent and Lynn

Scouts

Tiff and Todd

One of our games was a photo/video scavenger hunt. Here are the things they had to do.

*get a picture with the wal-mart greeter

*go trick-or-treating and receive candy

*go to a graveyard and get a picture with an upright tombstone

*get a pic with holiday decorations other than halloween

*wrap a stranger up in toilet paper as a mummy

*the last thing they had to do was sing a halloween song in a restaurant! I only have 2 peoples videos but this was freakin hilarious. I wish i had everyody's! Im really sad i don't have lisa's groups because the worker guy totally got into it and started dancing!! So funny.

And the winner is.....

Sundee and Bryan!!

Congrats:)

Thats it for the halloween party til next year!

Kids Halloween

2009-11-06T17:33:00.009-07:00

The kids had a fun halloween...

Sisi wouldn't keep her wig on too long, but we got the pic!!

Carving pumpkins

My mom had a fun halloween party

Cade and Had singing a halloween song!

Me and Grandma Dow at the party:)

Here is a picture of us with Moaning Murtle from Harry Potter. We went up to the house on the hill that does Hogwarts.... it was so fun and totally worth it. Way creative and so cute. If you are a Harry Potter fan, i highly recommend going to this!! Even if your not a fan, it is still worth going and super fun!!

Green River

2009-11-06T16:23:00.010-07:00

Im a little late postin this but, a few weeks ago, we went up to my Aunts and Uncles Ranch in Green River. It was super fun and the kids had a blast! We got to ride the Ranger, pick pumpkins, shoot at ducks and pumpkins and watermelons. I wish i had taken a picture of us the first day we went to the ranch. We were COVERED in dirt. I wasn't expecting me to get dirty like that, i thought just the kids would get dirty playing in the dirt, but oh no, i was wrong!! We all were covered from head to toe! It was fun though. Driving around in the ranger on the dusty dirt ground, means you do not stay clean!!

Then that night, we went spotlighting! This was the funnest thing. I had never done anything like that before and it was so fun. Obviously you don't get to see animals at night cause it's so dark. But with that spotlight, it was way cool to see the deer and stuff at night. We saw tons of deer, we shot a skunk and shot at a few other things. We had a blast!

I have to thank Marilyn and Scotty for letting us come up there and for the room and board and food. They were so nice and did a lot for us, so thank you so much. We couldn't have gone without ya so thank you!! We can't wait to come again:)

The kids in the hotel with their hats!

The kids with Marilyn and Scotty

Marilyn with her favorite niece!!

Thanks again Marilyn and Scotty!!!

Who freakin says that

2009-10-25T22:23:00.002-06:00

So, today in church i came home pissed.... just minding my own business sitting in sacrament, the kids were being themselves, not quiet but not loud, just coloring and whispering and sisi was just walking around. This girl about 30 and her daughter who was probably 5 was sittin behind us. She whispers to me "is this how the whole sacrament is gonna be, cause if so i need to move" i just looked at her not really knowing what she was talking about, i said "what my kids" her:"ya your kids" and i proceeded to say, "ya they will be like this the whole time" her: "you got to be kidding me" me: " they are just kids" her:"you need to teach them to be reverent" (at this point i'm furious) me: they are kids and they are as reverent as they are gonna be but thanks for telling me how to parent" her: "we are moving" me:" good move!" i was pissed. WHO FREAKIN SAYS THAT. I had to hold back from calling her other names and doing other things since we were in church!! Sooo freaking mad... if you have a problem, move, don't say that. Im not one to get offended but that pissed me off, don't tell me how to parent, take care of your own damn kids!! (pardon my french)

Toothless!

2009-10-04T20:37:00.004-06:00

Yes, had finally lost a tooth. She has been dyin to lose a tooth for years (literally). Everytime someone she knew would lose a tooth she would tell me, "mom, i wanna lose a tooth real bad." I would just tell her, one day you will lose lots of teeth! and so it starts:) She lost it on Oct. 1st.

She called me from her friends house and said mom, my tooth is loose. I said cool sis. She came home about 5 min later to show me. She told me that i hurt real bad. So i said, do you want me to just pull it out? She was like ya. So after maybe 2 min, it was out!! She was excited. I asked her how it got loose and she said she didn't know. Tayson came runnin home about 1 min later and he said "mom, Hadley's tooth is loose cause she bit a binky really hard!! I asked Had, you did? She said ya. I said, why didn't you just tell me that? Of course her famous answer for everything is I don't know! She thought she would get in trouble for biting a binky so she didn't want to tell me. Funny girl. Anywho, the toothfairy came and she couldn't believe she got $2 for losing 1 tooth! It was funny. She was like, "mom, i got $2 for losing 1 tooth. Do i always get $2. I just said, "I don't know Had, im not the toothfairy!!"

She couldn't wait to call people afer that, especially Grandpa Kriss cause he gives $5 for losing your 1st tooth. He was the 1st one she called. It was cute how giddy she was!

Had turns 6!!

2009-09-27T22:25:00.009-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HAD!! I can't believe my little Hadley is 6! It has gone by soooo fast. It feels like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital. Hadley is so fun and has a fun personality. She is so fun to talk to and play with. She in so many ways is just like her mamma!! She is strong headed and competitive and wants to do something every second:)

She had a great day today. She and Tay had their primary program today. Had did a great job and Tay just pretty much entertained the audience!! After that we had everybody over for dinner and cookies and ice cream. She got some fun presents.

She was so funny. Here are a few things she said while opening her gifts!

She got a card from her grandma and grandpa Eichmeier along with her present. After opening the card she said " I really thought there was gonna be money in that card!"

After opening all her presents she said " I thought i would get more presents."

And last but not least, Andy and Jordy don't do kid presents so when she was giving everybody a hug and telling them thank you, she asked Jordy " why didn't you guys give me a present?!!"

It was histerical!! We all were laughin so hard. Just like me, when i was little all i wanted was presents from everyone!! "Clint, where's your present?" ha ha

Heaven forbid they spell her name right! Happy birthday Handley!! Ha ha funny.

Happy birthday Had girly, we love you very much!

Boating

2009-09-27T22:07:00.003-06:00

Brand and his brother Brian took the kids boating yesterday. I couldn't go, i had to much to do to get ready for hads party, but the kids had a blast! Here are a few pics.

Now Tays turn

2009-09-13T21:31:00.005-06:00

Well, i know everyone is probably sick of hearing about kids starting school but i have to post my big man going to his first day of preschool. He goes to Appletree and since it has the name apple in it he thinks there should be apples all over the place, but there aren't!! But he loves it anyway. He loves his teacher Miss Michelle and she is so cute and nice. He will have a great year!

Sienna wanted in on the pic!

He had to get a pic of his Transformers backpack so everybody could see what was on it. We couldn't not have Bumble Bee in the pic.

Campin with dad!

2009-09-13T21:12:00.005-06:00

So every year Brand likes to take the kids campin a few times each year. I don't like camping so i only go maybe once a year and i already had my turn, so i opted to stay home with Si Si, which was a great break from the kids for me!! Anywho, the kids had a great time and they love to camp with their dad.

You can't tell from the pic but Had did have a good time!! She was little ornery at first but bucked right up after a bit:)

Had still wasn't ready to be happy in this pic!!

Brand just got done bribing her with something, so she finally got happy and smiled! And Tay found that stick that looked like a cane therefor he was walking around like an old grandpa!!

Had's 1st day of school!

2009-09-05T13:18:00.004-06:00

I know im a little late posting this but, here it is!! She was sooooo excited to start school, and she loves every second of it:)

She gets to ride the bus and that is her favorite part. She can't wait to get on the bus everyday.

Her favorite part of school is everything she told me!

Bella

2009-08-30T22:48:00.005-06:00

Bella is our new puppy! Ya i finally gave in and got a dog. I know nobody can believe it, well i can't either, but we have her. My friend Brooke breeded her dog, so we got one of her pups. So far she is a good puppy. She stays OUTSIDE and just follows us around or is in her dog run. The kids and Brand love her and is super excited. So far, i am fine with her, so we will see how it goes as she gets bigger! I do pet her and think she is cute though!!

That looks like blood on brands shirt but it is paint!!

Drive in

2009-08-30T22:40:00.004-06:00

We went to the drive in last night. We haven't been in forever and the kids have never been. They thought is was the coolest thing ever. We will for sure have to do this again. Sienna stayed home with my brother in law brian, she would have hated it and tried to walk everywhere, she doesn't like to sit for anything.

We saw Shorts and Transformers.

Hads fav thing was to sit on the top of the truck.

Tay kept makin silly faces

All of us in the truck ready for the movie

Free Bowling!

2009-08-23T13:28:00.006-06:00

I wish i would have found out about this earlier. Fat Cats has free bowling for the summer for kids 15 and under, mon-fri from 9-5. All you have to pay for are shoes. Such a great deal. Too bad i didn't know earlier, i would have been bowling all summer. I'm not sure when it ends but you have to sign up for it online.

Lisa and I took the kids bowling the other day, they had a blast!

I had a picture of Cole, Cade, Cal and Had bowling but they didn't turn out very good. Cade did so good with his broken arm. He was totally bowling one hand and he had the only strike!!

Pics of Cade's broken arm!

2009-08-03T13:17:00.004-06:00

I almost forgot to post these! Yes, i have pictures of cades arm, don't look if you can't handle!!

Playing at the riverdale park, the kids thought it would be fun to play jail. After a bit, cade decided he was done playin and went to the top of the slide. Tay didn't know he was done playing and tried to put him in jail from the top of the slide! Yes, he fell off and broke his arm. I felt horrible, even more so since it was my kid who did it. Poor cade, but he was so tough.

He is good now and has to wear a cast for a while. He loves that everyone gets to sign it, especially me, his fav aunt!!

Happy Anniversary!

2009-08-03T13:09:00.003-06:00

Brand and i have been married for 8 years today!! I just wanted to tell him how much i love him and i am so happy to have him for all eternity. He is the best husband and dad anybody could ask for. Happy anniversay Eich, i love you! 8 years of marital bliss:)

Random pics

2009-08-03T12:55:00.004-06:00

They're acually not fighting!

This is what Sienna normally does for a camera! Wait til you see our family pics. So didn't cooperate.

So Tayson came runnin in my house the other night while me and Andy were talking. Tay says "mom, i gotta put on different shoes to ride the scooter with Justin." I said "ok go get some." This is what he came out with, me and Andy couldn't stop laughin!

His cowboy boots with my socks folded over so them so it doesn't hurt his legs, to go with his shorts!!!

So funny

blow up pool

2009-08-03T12:39:00.012-06:00

Well, i haven't posted anything for a while cause i have had nothing to post! So finally the other day, we borrowed our neighbor's little pool and played in it. I decided i better take pictures to have somthing to blog about!

Si Si loved the pool except is was a little chilly!

Hadley gettin warm

Tayson squirting Hadley while she was gettin warm.

Ended up having a water fight!

Me and Si Si hangin out.

havin a little snackJumpin in!

Canada/Palmyra

2009-07-14T23:20:00.030-06:00

On our way to New York! Me, Brand, Tiff, Andy and Jordy

We flew into Buffalo and drove about 20 min or so to Canada. We checked into our hotel, ate at Hard Rock Cafe and then went to Niagara Falls.

Canada has a fun street to walk up and down. Totally great for kids too! (with the exception of Brandons inappropriate touching of the mannequin)! Kids really would dig this place. They had a few haunted houses you could go in. They had a Ripley's believe it or not. And they had a Guiness book of world records too. That is the pic that me and brand are sittin in that huge chair. He was the tallest man and that was his chair. Then they had a ton of play houses and other things for kids.

This is us on the Maid of the Mist! It was really fun and you do get really wet. Luckily we have the panchos or we would be soaked! It was pretty awesome.

After Canada we met up with my mom and dad in Palmyra. They are volunteering at Palmyra. That is why we all got to go. My mom and dad paid for our flights out there if we wanted to go while they were volunteering.

This is on the Joseph Smith farm. This is the framed house.
Joseph Smith hid the plates under these bricks.

Just another room in the Frame home.

After we saw the Frame home, my parents got off work and we went to eat. This picture doesn't really do justice for how big this burger really was! It was called the Glutton Burger. It had 2 hamb patties, 4 pieces of cheese, 2 pieces of ham, 3 pieces of bacon, onions, relish, a hot sauce, and pickles! It was the biggest hamburger ever!! He had to eat it with a fork and knife.

and... of course he finished!

After we ate, my parents took us back to the cottage they were stayin at. It was really nice. It was right on the Lake Ontario. It was so pretty.

Here are the girls in the morning! This is what Tiff's "the single girl" (ha ha) hair looks like when she doesn't straiten it! So cute!!

The owners have a row boat. So we took the row boat for a spin on the lake. Luckily we didn't fall in!! Everytime we switched rowers, me and andy got a little nervous we would tip, but we never did.This is at the Peter Whitmer Farm where the church was organized in 1830.

This is Alvin Smiths grave (Josephs brother).

Da boys

This is the Martin Harris home and missionary couples actually live here!

Eatin at the Chill and Grill.

Here is the Printing Press where the Book of Mormon was printed. The pics of the Book of Mormons are originals.

Angel Moroni at the Hill Cumorah.

Hill Cumorah pagaent stage.

Here is the log home where the Angel Moroni came to Joseph Smith and told him where the plates where hid at Hill Cumorah.

The Sacred Grove.

Palmyra Temple

Met up with the Stuarts and ate at Marks Pizzaria. Some how my parents didn't make it in these photos. Sorry about that! Maybe they got on someone else's camera.

Anyway, we had a way fun trip. Thanks to my mom and dad for the flights, the room and the company. We totally loved it!!

col-de-sac fireworks

2009-07-14T22:53:00.007-06:00

So every year my dad does fireworks around the 4th of July in Lisa's col-de-sac. We have lots of fun and the kids totally love it. Pretty much the whole family comes and brings a treat to share. The kids look forward to this every year, especially Jaxie! She loves it the most and its always right by or on her birthday. It was on her birthday this year and Ash brought a pinata for the kids and they totally dug it!!

WHAT? Brooke has cleavage!! What is happening in the world!! haha isn't it huge:)

Jayben's face kills me in this pic. Hilarious!

Here are some random pics we took before the fireworks at my motha's.

Grandpa Hansen with Si Si

Had, Cole, Grandpa, and Si Si

Sienna

Tiff and the kids! Addi and Sienna do look alike. Especilly from the nose up!

I found a __________ in my street tonight!!

2009-06-29T22:21:00.004-06:00

Ya so i was driving on a road a couple streets over from my house to go and take a movie back. I saw this thing in the road and just past it but it didn't run or fly or anything, it was just walking. So i drove for about 20 more seconds and decided to turn around and see what the crap it was, cause it was not anything normal to be in a road. So i turn around and pull over and it was a TURTLE!!! Crazy, i have never seen a turtle anywhere around here except in the zoo!! It was bigger than i thought it would be. I took it home and my kids loved it. Tay already named him Pickles!! I don't know if we will keep it or not. If we don't my friend Brooke will take it or we will just go put it back by the pond over here somewhere! It was tryin real hard to get out of the thing we had it in. We will see:)

T-Ball

2009-06-26T23:49:00.006-06:00

Hadley hittin

Tay hittin

Of course, Hadley talkin to the boys!

...and of course, Tay distracted

Sienna and Cal hangin out

Happy birthday Tayson!

2009-06-20T12:47:00.011-06:00

Im a day late posting but it was Taysons 4th birthday yesterday! He was so excited to turn 4. Every time somebody called to tell him happy birthday he would say "thank you, im 4 today!"

We ate at chic-fil-a for lunch and went to lagoon. He wanted to ride rides for his birthday so thats what we did all day. It was busy but fun. His favorite ride yesterday was the log flume. He had never been on it before yesterday and they wanted to go on it again and again but the line was way to long. So once was enough!!

He got a new bike. Although we took this one back cause it was too big and got a different one but he loves it!!

He got this roboraptor.

and he got "hulk smash" as he calls it!

We had his family party on the 18th and Jay and Peggy's pool. (thanks for letting us use it.) The kids totally had a blast swimming and the weather was perfect.

Mittens

2009-06-17T11:46:00.004-06:00

Here is our new kitty since Sparkles. Hadley comes up with such good names. She named this one Mittens. All her paws are white, so it was a perfect name. She so far is a good kitty and the kids love her, including Sienna. She laughs and screams everytime she sees her.

Goonies

2009-06-17T11:32:00.004-06:00

My friend Jen has never seen Goonies before! I know she is crazy. So Brand was gone for a few nights, and she slept over. I made her watch goonies, we were being silly and taking pictures of us. She liked it and next we have to watch Princess Bride!!

ANDY, YOU GOONIE!!

Did i get asked to a dance???

2009-06-10T00:56:00.007-06:00

So back in high school, ya know how a way to ask to the dance was to put shredded paper in the persons room and they had to find the answer or name or whatev. Well you would think that i was in high school again and got asked to a dance!!

No No, not the case!! My lovely kids thought it was great idea to dump out the shredded paper on our computer room floor. They also thought it would be funny to cover baby Sienna in it too! I guess this is what i get for talking on the phone in my room. I was on the phone with Lisa and Hadley came and told me that Tayson was puttin dads little papers on Sienna. I didn't really think anything of it. I just told her to tell him to stop and clean it up. I come out from my bedroom and this is what i find. Still on the phone i said "what the hell are you guys doin" and Lisa said oh no, what did they do, and i said " you got to be shittin me!" (pardon my french). So i told Lisa what they did and she said oh no i'm sorry.

Don't worry, it only took the kids 1hr and 45 min. to clean it up!! I was so mad. They got grounded from pretty much everything. I helped vacuum at the end but they did the cleaning! It pretty much stayed in this room but some did get in my family room and my bedroom. I don't think they will ever do that again.

Notice the first pic how happy and proud they are, now look at the one's where they have to clean it up!! Not so funny anymore:)

Lagoon

2009-06-09T18:09:00.009-06:00

We got season passes to Lagoon again this year. The kids love it and it's totally worth our money, so we opted to get them again this year! We went yesterday for the first time summer and the kids loved it. We went with Jess Jess and her girls, and Brandy and Nicole. The kids had a blast and can't wait to go back!

Emma, Tay, Elle, Had, and Sienna

They love the lady bug drop

Sienna of course being so good.

the swings

Elle and Tay

This was hadley's fav ride. the bat, she is finally tall enough to ride!!

Walking away!!

2009-05-29T18:48:00.003-06:00

Yay, Sienna is walking now. She has done so for about a week and a half now, but i just recorded it . She will walk pretty much everywhere now and we are so proud of her. Its crazy how fast she is growing up.

Sparkles no more

2009-05-28T21:51:00.003-06:00

Our little kitty sparkles got ran over tonight:( it was really sad. Hadley probably cried for 45 min and Tay was sad for a couple min and then he had a billion questions. Poor sparkles. We told the kids we will get another one. So goodbye to cute Sparkles.

Graduating pre-school

2009-05-22T21:54:00.011-06:00

Had and Tay both graduated pre-school!! It's sad that it's over cause now i gotta find stuff to do all the time, but good, cause i don't have to be anywhere at certain times.

Both Had and Tay had little programs and they were so cute. Had had to say a part in hers, and she memorized it and said it in front of everybody! I was so glad. She had to say " L is for leprechaun, they wear funny hats, they even turned our milk green, what do you think of that?" They also sang a lot of songs. It was cute. Tay sang in his and did a great job.

These are her friends Aubrey and Halle.

Hadley getting her diploma from Mrs. Jamie.

Tayson and his friends Tyler and Mitch.

Tay and his teachers Mr. Young and Mrs. Young.

Yard work

2009-05-20T23:29:00.006-06:00

We are tryin to get our back yard ready for seed. I know, i hate to seed but the other is too much money, so we will have to keep off our lawn for a while, but as soon as it gets in and grown, it will be so great!!

Had and Tay wanted to help rake the dirt so here is tay raking and its hilarious how he does it. Throws it up and goes.

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2009-05-20T12:02:00.002-06:00

Ok, it works now, you can leave comments! Thanks Bry for the help!

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2009-05-14T21:53:00.001-06:00

Will you guys please leave comments so i know who is looking and what you think!! It's much funner that way. Thanks!!

Happy 30th Brandon!!

2009-05-11T11:51:00.005-06:00

Today is my hubby's 30th birthday!! Happy birthday baby. On Friday, i pulled off a surprise party for him! It was so great, he had no idea. Thank you everybody that helped and came to support him. We appreciate it. A special thanks to Lisa and Aaron for having it at their house and all the work they did to prepare for it!!

Brandon's mom gave him this hilarious hat as a joke. It say's 30 and i don't wanna grow up. It's so funny:)

Here are some of the people that showed up to the parte`!!

30 things i love about Brandon

1. He is the best husband

2. He is a great father

3. He is a very hard worker

4. He loves to be with the family

5. He is kind hearted

6. He can fix anything

7. He loves to play with the kids

8. He knows me

9. He loves to travel

10. He remembers important things and dates

11. He listens to me

12. He holds the priesthood

13. He will do anything for anybody

14. He makes me happy

15. He has a strong testimony

16. He is smart

17. His facial hair

18. He is hot

19. He can laugh like scooby doo

20. He loves to play games

21. He loves me for me

22. He made up a song for me and sang it at our wedding

23. He is working out to get a six pack

24. He is very witty

25. He wins the hairy chest contests on cruises

26. He puts up with me

27. He isn't afraid to cry

28. He lets me drive

29. He makes me laugh

30. His silly noises he makes during games

Happy birthday Brand i love you!

Hogle Zoo

2009-05-11T11:32:00.005-06:00

So i took the kids to the zoo on thurs and my parents came and brought little Cal with them! The kids had a blast, they loved it and can't wait to go again. We have the Tracy Aviary pass and it is so worth it. If you don't have it, you totally need to get one. It's about $40 and you get into the Dino park & Tracy Aviary mon-fri and the Zoo & Nature center the first thurs of every month free. It really is worth it. Hadley's fav animal was the monkey's, Tays was the the bears, and Cal's was the elephants. Sienna just sat in the stroller and loved every min of it!

This is Cal by the Zebra's and they were very stinky. Cal was saying how stinky they were so i hurried and took this pic!!

The kids

2009-05-03T23:43:00.010-06:00

Sienna loves the tub as you can see! Isn't she so freakin cute?!!

These would be pictures tay took himself except the one Had took of Tay!

Had is totally Tay's and Sienna's second mom. I just wanted everyone to know that she is a great helper.

A new addtion:)

2009-05-03T23:14:00.008-06:00

Yes, it's true, we have a new addition to the family!

The kids have been asking forever, and we just didn't

know if the time was ever right. After months and

months of beggin, it's finally here. The kids are so

excited, they can't stop talking about it. It took a while

to finally convince us, and when i say us i mean me! For

those of you who know me, i have come a LONG way for

this to happen.

Yep, we got a kitty! Did i fool you guys? (you thought i was pregnant didn't you!) Well, im not, it is a cute kitty though. We named her Sparkles (thanks to Had). She is an outdoor cat cause pets are not allowed in my house. The kids have brought it in a few times and if it's freezin, we put her in the laundry room but other than that no thanks! Yes i do pet and hold the kitty, but i wash my hands right when i'm done. I know, i told you i have come a long way. You can all thank my friend Brooke Gold. She has got me more used to animals. I do pet now but i can't touch anything after til i wash my hands!!

Sienna loves the kitty, she laughs when she sees it and tries to hit it! Had and Tay of course mal the poor thing.

Happy birthday Sienna!

2009-04-24T23:33:00.003-06:00

Today is Sienna's birthday, i know its 11:00 but we were busy all day but im making the post before midnight so its still today!

Holy cow, i can't believe my baby is 1! It has gone by so fast. She had a fun day. We ate at chic-fil-a for dinner. She loves those nuggets. She opened presents and we had the family over for dessert. I think her favorite part was her cookie! She LOVES cookies. She had 3 pieces of her huge cookie and loved every bit of it!

Happy birthday Sienna baby, we love ya!

Wicked!

2009-04-24T23:11:00.004-06:00

Our night finally came to go to Wicked! It was soooooo good, we all loved it! I only have a picture of 3 of us out of the 7 that went. Jordan has the picture of all of us, but me, brooke, mary, lisa, tiff, jordan and nicole went. We first ate at California Pizza Kitchen which is my favorite, and then we went to the play. We also saw, President Monson and Uchtdorf (not sure how to spell!) there. Lisa, tiff, jordan, and nicole got to shake pres. Monson's hand! Me and mary walked down a little to late, we didn't get to shake his hand but it was really cool seeing him. He said he loves shows and is a show-a-holic! We had a great night and did i mention i loved the play!!