3 years and counting!

Gage and I celebrated our THIRD anniversary this weekend, we had so much fun! We decided to take a little trip to LAVA HOT SPRINGS. The weather was perfect... cold with snow on the ground, but not snowing. The hot pools were so relaxing! We spent a few hours in the natural mineral water with the man made jets and I loved it. As I watched all the families there trying to keep track of their little kids, I missed mine, but loved the break more. (Trevin and Cheyenne got to have a sleep over at Grandma's house and both seemed pretty excited when I dropped them off!)

After the hot pools Gage and I decided to stop by the local market to pick up a few treats, one small problem, it closed at 9:00 pm (it was 10:30). So we decided that wasn't going to stop us and we jumped in the truck to make the 11 mile drive to the nearest gas station! Luckily there ended up being a Sinclair only a couple miles away... we loaded up on goodies and drinks and headed back to the hotel.

We had done quite a bit of internet searching before we decided where to stay. We went off every one's reviews and picked the hotel that everyone had raved over. We had to laugh when we walked through the door.

Definitely not the most modern... and definitely not very secure. They had the old school keys that wouldn't be very hard to pick (if you were a thief),they sure looked cool... but we kept any "valuables" in the truck. You actually locked yourself into the room with the key. We had to joke the first time we locked the door that we hoped there wasn't any kind of disaster because we wouldn't have been able to get out of the room! A little while after we got back to the hotel from the hot pots we decided to get ready for bed, all was going well then...

All was DARK! It was pretty funny. Gage and I couldn't stop laughing as we are rummaging through our bags trying to finish getting dressed. Then we were going to leave, but OOPS... we couldn't find the KEY! The lights did come back on, the key was found and put in a safe, easy to locate spot, and then the bugs came out. There were more than a couple of box elder bugs that joined us. "You know, they say you swallow bugs in your sleep. I think tonight your chances are high." Thanks Gage I'll sleep so much better now!When all is said and done, we had a very relaxing weekend with some fun memories! I love you Gage.. let's try somewhere else next year!

PLAYING IN THE CRIB

By the time Trevin was 10 months old he was out of his crib... thanks to the fact that he refused to sleep in it. He slept on the crib mattress on the floor in his room and we would close the bathroom and office door and put a gate at the top of the stairs every night. Cheyenne on the other hand is almost one and I can't see taking her out of the crib anytime soon. SHE LOVES HER CRIB! Lately, when I lay her down for a nap she drinks her bottle and then I hear her play for a while. Usually with the two stuffed animals that are in her crib and once I don't hear her jabbering anymore I'll go into her room and move the stuffed animals and cover her up. I guess the stuffed animal weren't entertaining any more... she figured out that if she stands up she can reach the changing table. She loves to empty out all of the diapers. So in an attempt to discourage her from pulling apart the diaper basket I did a little rearranging... which totally back fired. This is what I found when I went in to see if my plan had worked!Obviously, this new plan was a problem because if I had to chose I would pick diapers over garbage bags in the crib! I'm not sure how she got them, I thought I had put them out of reach. When I picked her up to move them, there was a whole wad under her! I hope she had fun because this was the first and last time.

FRIDAY'S STORM

I had to be at work for a class on Friday morning. When I came home I found the boys and Cheyenne building a snowman in the front yard. Trevin wanted a carrot for it's face but I told him we didn't have any. Later that day while him and Raigen were playing they found a play carrot and he remembered that our snowman was missing a face.

He was so excited to get to go outside and put a face on our snowman.
Obviously it didn't keep snowing, so I had patted some snow onto the snowman's neck to keep his head from falling off. This is Trevin doing the same! What a copy cat!

A night out with the family

Friday Trevin, Cheyenne and I decided to surprise Dad when he got home... We planned a night out! We were so excited especially Trevin. I asked him that morning if he wanted to go to a rodeo to see some cowboys and horses. He got so excited and wanted to wear Dad's cowboy boots and Cowboy hat for the rest of the day!

Gage got home a little later than I was expecting so the original dinner plan was out, but I didn't mind plan B... Taco Bell! Gage was a sport and even endured me taking some pictures.Now aren't they a good looking bunch!Trevin loved his fiesta potatoes smothered with cheese and sour cream. He ate the entire thing and then started asking Cheyenne for hers! Next stop was the "Roeo" (as Trevin calls it) to see some cowboys. The first event we saw was the broncs. This actually scared Cheyenne for the first little bit. They would come bucking right in front of us and she would get really tense, but after a few minutes I think she realized they weren't going to get her and then she really enjoyed it.We had a great time. We were out way past Trevin and Cheyenne's bedtime, but it didn't seem to phase them at all. The both were so happy the whole time. Trevin sat and watched as the cowboys wrestled with cows and rode sheep and rode horses "super" fast. Cheyenne would point at all the horses while she bounced on your lap. I loved to see their reactions. Of all the events that I saw that night the CHICKEN CHASE was my favorite. I should have let Trevin go but didn't think about it til too late. It was hilarious to watch all the kids try to catch the chicken. There was one chicken right in front of us that was running through legs and then one tough little boy did a superman dive right in front of us and caught the chicken by it's leg... only to have another little girl pick up the chicken he stopped and walk off with it! Next time Trevin will be out there! I hope now that it is getting warmer we will be able to get out of the house more. Going out as a family always makes great memories!

A day in the life...

I love my life. I have an awesome husband and amazing kids. Cheyenne is finally mobile and does her best to keep up with Trevin. She just learned how to crawl up the stairs. She has even come down them a few times... unfortunately the hard way! Trevin loves Cheyenne and always encourages her to follow him. I hear "um on Cheyenne" all day long. They love playing together and actually get along pretty well. Trevin is introducing Cheyenne to the world of cars, tools and tractors. She has a baby doll but doesn't like to play with it. She would much rather sit and play with whatever Trevin playing with, AKA anything but the doll.
Cheyenne does love to go shopping. If she is sitting in a grocery cart or a stroller, she is happy. She loves any opportunity to get out of the house and explore the rest of the world. On the other hand Trevin is totally bored by shopping. This is usually what my cart looks like after a couple minutes in the grocery store...

Cheyenne thrilled about everything and Trevin DEAD ASLEEP! He usually stays that way until I wake him up to put him back in the truck.
Trevin and Cheyenne both love Daddy and get so excited to hear the garage door open, because they know that means Dad is home from work. Gage just introduced Trevin to burrito wraps and mummy tucks. Trevin loves to get burrito wrapped and thinks it is pretty fun to wrap Cheyenne, Dad and Mom up (whoever is a willing victim). I say victim because after you get someone in a tight burrito wrap the best thing to do is to tickle them.

Trevin asks for a "Bitto wrap" at least once a night!

There is one activity at our house that we try to keep an all boy activity, "DUKES!" I'm sure you can already guess what this is...boxing. Gage used to always tell Trevin to put his dukes up, which is why boxing is called Dukes at our house. It is pretty funny to watch. It usually starts right when Dad walks through the door. Trevin says "Dukes Up Dad" and the fight begins. They punch each other for a while then get really close and wrap their arms around each other to keep the other person from being able to punch them. The Trevin calls "break" and they both back up and get ready to go at it again. Trevin loves to yell "got you" or "I gettin you" if he thinks he is winning. Then when someone finally falls over they are "Fat." Trevin always leaves the "L" out of flat. I think they could play this game all night. It had to become an all boy game cause I caught Trevin playing dukes with Cheyenne one day, poor girl was totally helpless, and was definitely the one that ended up flat.

Trevin also loves to help keep dad in shape and always encourages weight lifting!I wonder why?

Valentines Weekend

We had a great Valentines day weekend. Not your typical date night celebration... we made the festivities last all weekend. We spent Saturday morning at Ogden's Winter Fest. Trevin fell asleep in the truck on the way there, then slept through the transfer to the stroller and even slept through the noise as the snowmobiles raced past us. We woke him up after a while and he loved watching the snowmobiles, almost as much as Cheyenne did. We also watched the Human Dog Sled races, which were pretty entertaining. Trevin loved seeing the cowboys and their horses. He kept yelling "A horse" and "Look Cowboy Hat." What a fun morning. Next up was a delicious Rib, mashed potato and home made rolls lunch. (OK not actually part of the Valentines Day Weekend) The Crabtree February birthday Party was Saturday afternoon, but let me tell you... It was so much better than anywhere we could have gone out to eat! YUM!
After the party we continued our date with a late showing of Avitar 3-D, this time with out kids. I loved the movie, and didn't mind at all that it was 3 hrs long. It was fun to have a night out with my valentine.
Sunday morning we got any early start (9 o'clock church) we got up and the kids got baths and we were running around like crazy trying to get out of the house. I was hurrying Trevin down the stairs to eat breakfast when I saw a very large bouquet of balloons on the table. Gage is so sweet and decided that since I didn't remember getting flowers last year he would make a bigger impression this year. I think they are pretty cool and something that I'm sure to remember.

I love you Gage!

McCord

Nate and Joni had their baby. McCord was born February 11th. He weighed 8 lbs. and was 20 inches long. He has bleach blond hair under his hat. He also has a dimple in one cheek, just like his dad.

We are so excited to have this little bruiser in our family! Maybe one day the boys will out number the girls... wishful thinking!

LIMBO

Last Sunday when the family got together, we ended up having a Limbo competition. I have no idea how this started, but it was pretty fun/funny!We had a girls competition and a boys completion. Then a show down between the two champs.

First up the girls...Me. I won for the girls. All luck... I can guarantee it!Sierra showing off her skills... even in skinny jeans!Janae on her last turn up fell due to a sore hip. She definitely would have won if not for the faulty hip!

Next come the boys...Gage I think he did really great! But not the winner. Nate. The male champ. I was shocked, he can seriously limbo. He even gave me and Janae a run for our money!Chief wanted in on the action... then he cheated! We still love him. Trav working hard to beat Nate. Not gunna happen tonight though.

Trevin had been watching the game all night and decided it was his turn. Look at that form!

Trav decided he had a better chance of jumping over the bar then going under and so the boys competition changed. Nate was quickly eliminated in this contest. He broke the bar (notice the blue tap). Mike, jumping the bar at 41 inches high and clearing it easily.

Trav clearing the bar a little lower than Mike's. Mike won this completion with his 41 inch jump!

THE KICKER OF THE NIGHT! The pregnant Lady LIMBO! Joni takes the prize home for being a great sport and participating in the activites... only 4 days from delivery!

HIP HIP HURRAY for JONI! Be impressed... I was!