The Broderick Bulletin

Brianna

2011-08-11T14:25:00.000-07:00

So this yr Brianna turned 5. I cant believe she is 5 yrs old. Time has sure flown by really fast. We had a birthday party for her and invited her friends from church. Here is a picture of her with her cake.

She loved all the presents she got. At Christmas Taylor got a Jopurney Girl doll and Brianna would play with it all the time so we got her one for her birthday. She really loves it and her and Taylor play together with it all the time. Her Granny bought her some outfits also for her doll.

We did a little bbq with her friends and I sure hope they all had fun. It was great seeing all the kids having fun.

Summer

2011-08-05T21:13:00.000-07:00

So I have tried to do a post bit for some reason it would not let me publish it. A lot has gone on since summer has begun. At the begining of June we went to Ut for Bryans cousins wedding, well while we were there we took Taylor to the dr.s thinking maybe she had a uti. Nope her urine did not have any white blood cells in it but it had a huga amount of sugar. What does that mean? Well it means that she has diabetes. She is doing so awsome. We did have to cancel her plans to go to DisneyLand with her Aunt Beth, Aunt Amy, Ben and cousin Eliza but she was a trooper through it all. We did end up at Primary Childrens hospital for 1 1/2 days so that we could get the training we need for her. It is so much easier then I thought it would be. It does take a little bit more time getting meals done due to having to check sugars, counting carbs and gettig her shot ready but all in all we are getting the hang of it. We did have Brianna tested and hopefully those test come back fine. We really havent done to much witht he kids just let them hang out with thier frinds and play outside.

Random Happenings

2011-03-30T20:45:00.000-07:00

So I havent posted in awhile not sure if anyone really reads my blog but I will blog anyway =). Well in Oct (yes Oct) Bryan and I decided that we would start a new project well that project enatailed redoping the bathroom. We had a crack in our tub so we hadnt used the tub for over 1 yr. So we had a little extra money and dived into this project. Here are some pics of the bathroom, before and during. We still arent 100% all the way done. We still have to put the toilet back in, finish the tile and put the fixtures on the tub. So cant wait till I can take a shower in my upstairs bathroom.

Thanksgiving

2010-12-18T12:15:00.000-08:00

I know I am obvioslly a little behind but I finally loaded some pics for Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving we went to UT to visit family. We spent Thurs and 1/2 of Fri with Bryans family. I feel bad but I forgot to take pictures there but we had lots of fun. We went to his sisters house and had dinner and played bingo. On Fri afternoon we left and met my family at the aquarium.
I had never been there and the kids seemed to have lots of fun. The next day the men stayed home and watched the BYU Utah game while the girls took the kids to the planatarium then later the men joined us at Temple square. I havent been to Tewmple square for ever. I really enjoyed going there and seeing the lights. Most of my family got cold so they took trax to dinner while me Bryan and my dad stayed and looked around some more.

Disneyland

2010-10-21T10:15:00.000-07:00

Our family took a week long vacation to Disneyland this yr. We had a lot of fun. We went with Bryan's family and it was so fun to be with everyone, we are talking about doing another vaction in a few years with his family, I also want to do one with my family again. So we got there on Sat and we met up with his sister Casey and went to the beach. It was so much fun, I didnt have batteries in my camera since they were in the car. But the kids had so much fun. Bryan got in the water with them. Brianna would not go in the ocean at all, she later told me it was cause sharks live in the water. Ben had her so scared it wasnt even funny. She would even hold our hand to go in. Then on Sun we drove to San Diego and met up with Kim and Nate and Mike and Roni, and went to Sea World. We saw the Shamu show it was really neat, the trainers dont get in the water right now cause of the accident in Florida but it is still fun to watch the trainers interact with the whales. Then Mon we went to Disney with just me Bry and the kids. It was fun just having some time to ourselves. It was a lite rain while we were there so it wasnt to bad.
Brianna went on a lot of rides with us but later said she would not go back on them. She even told me today she would not go back on splash mountain. She was a trooper though. Her favorite ride I believe was Heimlichs chew train. She called it the ride where we helped him find food. SInce it was rainey the whole week we really didnt get to see alot of characters. We did get to see Tinker Bell and Mickey. When we were able to see Minnie Brianna was so tired she told me she didnt want to see Minnie or any other Characters. She was done. We were able to go on Soarin this time and not only did we do it once we did it 7 times. The kids loved it. Brianna's favorite part was when Tinker Bell shows up at the end. She said Tinker Bell came just to see her. It was way cute, she said that every time. Bryans parents showed up on Tues and they seemed to really enjoy it. Mike has become quite the pin collector now. He had to find a pin for every ride he went on.

The first picture is of the kids, and a friend they made in line. We ended up going on a few rides with her. Her mom went in one of the rides and was probably wondering what she was thinking. There was lots of screaming from 3 little girls.

Weight Loss Journey

2010-10-17T18:15:00.001-07:00

Here are our most current pictures of our weight loss journey
Our family picture at the beginning of this blog is our before picture.

Weight loss success

2010-10-13T19:30:00.000-07:00

So right now I dont have any pictures on the computer of me and Bryan. When we came home from a family reunion in June we both decided it was time for us to go on a diet. I was the heaviest I have ever been minus being pregnant. So we decided to go off of sugar. Bryan has stayed completely off sugar since we came home, and I have done decent. I started going to t5he track everyday. My goal was to run a 5K by the end of summer (which didnt happen) but I was able to run at least 2 miles. When schol started I was unable to go to the track due to time constraints so I quit playing volleyball and now 5 days a week I go to the church and do insanity. I love the work out. I sweat so much doing this but it is great.
So you are probably wondering what I have lost. I have lost so far 31 lbs and want to lose at least 10 more. When I am down that 10 I will re evaluate and see If I want to go down 5-10 more lbs.
Bryan who hasnt really been able to work out but tries to get moving more at work has lost about 1/2 his goal weight. He looks so awsome. I feel so much better myself.
Pictures will come soon. I promise

School has started

2010-09-05T11:57:00.000-07:00

So we have been in school now for 2 weeks. It has kept us pretty busy. The kids go to school and I need to be there by 8 so that I can do croossing guard, then I pick them up at 3. I have been trying to walk to pick them up which has been really nice for me. I dont have to find a parking spot.
Taylor has gotten the same teacher that we had for Ben in the 1st grade. She will do awsome with her. Ben has gotten a pretty cool teacher also. I was talking to the interpreter and he said she is very strict. What I really love about this teacher is I see daily what homework he has and what he did in class that day.
On Tues Ben has cubs, from 4-5 then he has to come home and do homework. Then he can go play for a bit. We are also starting the soccer season. I will have 2 kids in soccer which will keep me pretty busy. Taylor will have soccer practice 2 days a week and I havent heard from Bens soccer coach yet. If I dont hear by Tues I will need to call the soccer people, since thier 1st soccer game is Sat.

On top of all the kids activities I am still selling Pampered Chef. Now taht I have 2 kids in school all day, as long as the hostess doesnt mind me bringing #3 I am doing daytime show. So in Sept right now I havew 5 shows scheduled and 3 of them are daytime shows. Which will be really nice to have it done before the evening. We are not doing dance this yr mainly cause Taylor wants to try soccer and baseball and Brianna will just hang with me.
Soon we will be going to Disneyland again this time we will be going with Bryans family we are so excited to go. $900 of the trip was paid for by Pampered Chef. I earned thier incentive trip to go to DW but we as a family decided that we would take the gift card and go to DL. We figured we could go for 7 days for the same price we could go to DW for 3.

Brianna

2010-07-27T13:53:00.000-07:00

Wow I can not believe that 4 yrs ago I had my beatufil little girl. She has grown up so fast it amazes me. This year for her birthday I decided to do a little party for her and her friends. First I made a Tinker Bell cake which turned out pretty cute. She loves Tinker Bell

Then I got it into my head to make her a barbie house, Well when I started my project I called my mom and asked her if she would run to DI or Savers and see if she could find any Barbie furniture and buy them for me. Well they went over to Savers and couldnt find anything, so my mom went to Beth and they made Brianna some furniture. Brianna and Taylor both love the house and they play with it all the time. I still need to put the roof on the house but it wont go up until we get it put up in her bedroom.

Happy Birthday Brianna. We Love you tons.

Summer

2010-06-17T09:37:00.000-07:00

Summer has now began. The kids got out of school the 1st week of June, Ben and Taylor both missed the last day due to the Young family reunion. We packed our car at and left at 8 in the morning and drove over to Bear Lake. We stayed at a boy scout camp there, it was lots of fun. After the reunion we headed over to my families house and stayed there for a few days. I went to see Dr. Bingham and everything is great for with my valve. When we came home I started going to the track, so I go to the track everyday at 7 and walk/run, hoping to lose more weight. The kids are also doing a summer dance camp which keeps me busy also. The kids are really loving it. I alos put Ben in a hip hop class which he loves.
I signed Ben and Taylor up for soccer in the fall, so Taylor wont be doing dance next yr.

Dance Recital

2010-05-09T09:39:00.000-07:00

Well this yr for dance has come and gone. Taylor and Brianna were in dance this yr and they really enjoyed it. At the end of the year they always doa dance recital to show thier parents what they learned. They get costumes and go out on the stage. They both did so good during the recital. The costumes were cute even though I was a little bit dissapointed in Taylors costume this year she realy loves it. She also thanked me for buying it for her yesterday while doing her hair.
Taylor even though she loves dance so much will be trying her hand a soccer and baseball next yr and since those are such busy sports she will be taking a year off a dance.

Easter

2010-04-04T15:25:00.000-07:00

Well today was Easter and what a great day it was. We got up this am and the kids got thier baskets, and they also hunted for eggs. Teh easter bunny decdided to do plastic eggs but the kids did get to dye some. They had a blast doing it. In 3 of the eggs there was a $1 bill in it so each of the kids got $1. Brianna was the funniest when she opened it. She was excited because she got a "book". The girls got 2 outfits, and a pair of flip flops, and Ben got an oputfit, pants and a basketball, since he now wants to play basketball. We have to wait till next yr though. The easter bunny decided not to get them any toys since they have so many as it is. Plus Granny and Papa sent them each a gift card to walmart, so I will take them shopping (fun)
On top of the easter celebration we also had general conference for our church. There where lots of really good talks today and what I heard yesterday.
I hope everyone had a great easter, I know I did

Update

2010-03-02T19:52:00.000-08:00

So I believe it is time to update my blog, I have been really bad lately. The kids have started school. Ben is in 2nd greade and loving it, Bug is in K, and Brianna is in preschool.

Ben had his 8th birthday and was baptized, I was really happy that most of or family came to the baptizm. Ben as so excited for it to happen. He was grinning ear to ear.

Since Bens birthday he ha also started cb scouts, he has really enjoyed going to that. In Feb we had the pine wood derby even thogh he didnt do to much in making it he got to paint it, he picked the color and everything. He had a blast racing it.

Bug also has had a birthday, she is now 6 yrs old. Cant believe how fast time goes, it seems jst like yesterday that she was a tiny little baby in my arms.

Brianna as i stated is in preschool this yr and she really likes to go. She goes 2 days a week and she gets to go on a lot of n field trips. Her most recent one was to the fire station. It was really neat to go there and see all the cool trucks they have there. Ben and Taylor were pretty sad that they didnt get to go. I will probably take them one of these days.

Talylor and Brianna are both in dance and they both love it. I love watching Brianna walk around with her hands on her hips like her teacher.

Brianna

2009-08-04T20:18:00.000-07:00

So in July my baby girl turned 3. It is so amazing how fast they grow up. It seems just like yesterday I was brining her home. We had a fe of our friends over for cake and ice cream. I made a Minnie Mose cake for her and she really loved it. Then the next day which was really her bday we had her open her present which was a bkie and she loves it.

Taylor

2009-08-04T20:00:00.001-07:00

Taylors hair after the cut Taylors hair before the cut

Dance pictures

So I know it has been awhile, a few things have happened since my last post. Taylor had her dance recital and she did really good. The costumes were awsome. Lisa from church made them.

Then sometime in the middle of July my kiddos decided to play barber shop. I was downsatirs folding laundry when Taylor said mom Ben cut my hair, well I went upstairs and talylors pig tails were cut off. So I had to take her to the salon to get her hair cut. She looks really cute, it did take a little bit of time getting used to it, but I really do love it now. Not really much I can do with it but she really likes it. 1 day while she as in the tub she did ask why her hair was so short. I told her to think about it and then ask again, she has yet to ask again.

The last month

2009-06-08T22:38:00.000-07:00

So this last month has been kind of busy. Ben as in baseball and he had practice 2 days a week and games 2 days a week so we were pretty busy there. Ben had a lot of fun playing baseball. At 1st he was really timid of the ball, we worked really hard to get Ben so he wasnt afraid of the ball, finally he got to the point where he wasn't. His coach was a great coach, the 2nd to last game I asked if Ben could be put on a base and he qas able to play 2nd, he was awsome at it, he got a kid out, he as really excited. Our last game as cancelled due to a huge thinder and lighting storm. Ben was really sad, he told me he was trying not to cry in the car while e ere heading over to pizza barn. I was sad for him.

Ben also had his last day of school on May 29th. He passed with flying colors and is excited to go on to 2nd grade. Cant wait to find out hat teacher he got.

Taylor has been in dance and she just finished her dance recital. She did great. Her costum as really cute. A lady from church makes all the dance costumes, she does an awsome job.

Taylor has also learned how to ride a 2 wheel bike, unfortunatly because of the street we live on the kids dont get to go otside a whole lot to ride bikes, but she is doing really good.

Taylor is starting kindergarten next yr and she is so excited. We are going to work more on her letters and sounds starting this week.

Brianna has been Brianna. She is such a sweet little girl very passinate and caring of her bother and sister. If they are sad she will go up to them and gie them hugs.

Easter

2009-04-15T09:41:00.000-07:00

Taylors hair on Easter Sunday.

Briannas hair on Easter Sunday

Ben Taylor and Brianna in their new Sunday outfits

Taylor posing for the camera

Briannas Easter dress

So we had a great Easter the Easter bunny didnt really hide any eggs but he hid a little bit of candy. The kids had an Easter egg hunt in Utah while they were visiting their granny and papa. After church we had ham and we also made resurrection rolls. It was fun.

Whats going on in my life

2009-03-10T18:33:00.000-07:00

So after my dear friend asked me what was goin on in my life I decided I better post. (Thanks Elizabeth=))
Actually nothing much has really been going on. I go and play volleyball mon, wed and Fri it is really fun. Last week I didnt feel very well and the week before that we had pink eye. It was horrible. Then Brianna ended up with cold sores and Bryan was also sick. I hope and pray that we are all better now.
Taylor is still doing dance and she will be having her recital on June 6 I am so excited to see how well she does. I need to decide what to sign her up for next yr. She ill either do Jazz 1 or beginning ballet, not quite sure yet. We are waiting for K registration. we will be asking for the afternoon class because I just think it will be easier.
We signed Ben up for baseball again, and cant ait for it to start. I need the warmer weather. I am so sick of it being cold here.
One day i ill get Brianna potty trained. She decided she did not want to do it so she just quit She loves Dora so I am tryin to bribe her with a Dora DVD but who knows. Today I asked her when she was going to start going on the potty again and she said never. One day I will get her.
Spring break is coming up and the kids will be going down to UT to visit thier Granny and Papa. They will be there a few days the I will meet my mom in Wendover to get the kids. It will definitly be different with 2 kids gone. I plan on orking ith Brianna those days that they are gone but we will see what happens.

Bow giveaway

2009-03-10T12:13:00.001-07:00

For those of you with little girls that love to put bows in their hair here is a giveaway for some really cute bows. http://hair4myprincess.blogspot.com/

Pictures finally

2009-02-16T15:31:00.000-08:00

Brianna making silly faces

The kids at Taylors birthday party

Taylors cake (she absolutly loved it) She tells everyone she had a purse party

Making cupcakes at Bens party

Kids at Bens birthday party

Taylors Birthday

2009-02-09T12:03:00.000-08:00

So I know I am really late in posting this but I need to post about Bugs Birthday.
Well she turned 5 on Jan 24th and we did a birthday party for her. Well e invited everyone in her primary class which is 10 kids (no Joke) then she had to invite 2 kids who used to be in her primary class but moved 1 ghirl in her dance class and 2 girls she plays with at the school when we pick Ben up. So with siblings, and all the kids we had 20 yes 20 kids here at my house. We started off making pizza and while that was cooking we played pin the tail on the donkey. Ater playing that the pizza was done so they all enjoyed thier pizza. After that Taylor got to open her presents, she got alot of fun ones. On Fri I went to Wal Mart and bought a package of foam activity things so they all put those together. It had the alphabet in the package so Fri night I put thier names in a baggie. i think they all had un. Then thier parents came. I made a purse cake for Taylor and that morning I had to run to Smoths to pick up another cake. The cake I made her only did 18 servings but it turned out really cute. The cake I bought was also pretty cute it was a frog cupcake cake. I did decide after that day if Taylor has that big of a party again I ill see about doing it in the gym at the church. Taylor did keep telling me how much fun she had.

Life list

2009-01-26T19:52:00.000-08:00

I got this from Catheries blog. Kind of a fun deal, copy and paste it to your own blog and bold the things you have done in your life!
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band does HS band count?
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given to charities
7. Been to Disneyland - Took the family in Oct was a blast.
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art
15. Adopted a child- would love to in the future
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
t31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language I learned Spanish in school, Does that count
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance-Kind of embarrasing
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56.visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma, they wont take my blood
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check- totally not my fault the company I worked for bounced our payroll checks. (they paid for all the fees)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby - Three!
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Been involved in a law suit
97. Owned a cell phone
98. Been stung by a bee
99. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
100. Learned to play an instrument - The Clarinet

Wow what a month

2009-01-16T09:47:00.000-08:00

I know I need to post pictures but my computer has been really slow so as soon as we get it sped up again I will definitly post picture.
So to start off Ben had his 7th birthday on the 11th of Jan. I cant believe he is growing up. Well I decided to do a birthday party for him even though I had a show on fri. night and a bridal show and a show on sat. So I did his party from 11-1 we did homemade pizza and i let the kids make thier own individual pizas, I think they really enjoyed it. Then we played a few games and then I had them decorate thier own cupcakes. Then at 1 Ben and his friend got picked up to go to his friends bday party at 1:30. He was busy that day. My friend picked Ben up for me so that I could go and do the shower and she took him to where I was. Then after I got home I saw that my show for Sat night was cancelled due to know one coming. I was kind of relieved.
Also that same week we got a call from the Stake Presidant to go and visit with him and Bryan also got a new calling, he is now the Elders Quarum President he was able to get him some good counslers so I think everything will be great.
This last week we had some friends invite us for a date night, well we went on Mon and I was worried about going case that afternoon I got a call from the school telling me tht Ben threw up in class (2nd time this yr) and I called the babysitter to see if they still wanted to come over and he was totally fine with it. So right befor we went to dinner I put Ben to bed and told him if he needed anything to just holler. Well we went to dinner at Wingers and we went to go and see Bride Wars, I really enjoyed the movie. I thoght it was pretty cute, They did leave it open for a sequal so we will have to see what happens.
The on Wed the 14th we celebrated our 9th Anniversary, we didnt do to much Bryan got a new tv and I got a very pretty flower arrangment. Teh that night we just ordered pizza from Papa Murphys it was very good. Then Wed Brianna got sick yet again, she had a fever so I sniggled with her till she feel asleep, she was doing a little better yesterday but she feel asleep about 3 yessterday and she slept till 7:30 this morning when I woke her up. She is doing much better today.
I hope you all had a great week!!!

New Calling

2009-01-06T13:53:00.000-08:00

So 2 weeks ago our wards were split and on that night they told our primary presidant that they were going to release her. Well I got called as the primary secretary. I have never been in a presidency calling before so this is going to be really new for me. I am pretty excited though, we will be having sacrament only next week and then the next week we will have the regular schedule.

Frosty the snowman

2008-12-29T14:26:00.001-08:00

the kids went outside this morning to build a snowman and here is what they got. It got so big and heavy I went out to help them, but Bryan had to help me lift the middle. They named the snowman Frosty.

Santa Pictures

2008-12-29T14:07:00.001-08:00

Kids with Santa and Mrs Clause

Brianna with santa and Mrs Clause

Ben with santa and Mrs Clause

Taylor with santa and Mrs Clause.

Christmas pictures

2008-12-29T13:59:00.001-08:00

Ben in his Sunday suit

Brianna in her new Sunday dress

Taylor in her new dress.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-26T08:03:00.000-08:00

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas. I know I did. We stayed home for Christmas so Christmas Eve Bryan made prime Rib and I made twice baked potoes, green bean casserol and a cake. Then santa and Mrs Clause stopped by for a visit. Brianna was pretty scared of him but I was able to get her on his lap. Christmas morning a interesting. We had 2 of our 3 kids sick.. Brianna puked in bed so before we could go down and see what santa brought i had to give her a bath. While the kids were walking downstairs Taylor started puking. We got through the morning with only 1 more puking episode which to me was pretty good. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas

Thanksgiving weekend

2008-12-01T09:27:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend. I know I sure did. On Wed we headed over to UT and we spent Thanksgiving at Bryans brothers house in Logan, it was really fun. Then I spent the night at my parents house and me and my sister did black friday. I love it. You always get some great deals. We had Brianna with us so instead of doing our usual Shopko, Target, Toys R Us. We went to walmart cause they said they would price match all black friday ads. So we went to walmart the night before found what we were looking for and got most of it there. Then we headed over to Toys R Us, Beth jumped in the line with Brianna while I went walking around the store trying to figure out what else to get the kids. So I am pretty much done with thier presents. Then Friday night we went to build a bear where the kids got gift certificates. Ben got another dinosauer, Brianna got a bunny and Taylor picked some princess dresses for her bears. Then we headed over to Claires and we got Taylors ears pierced. She didnt even budge, she has been begging for awhile to get them done so we decided that we would. Then on Sat we went to go and see Bolt, it was a really cute movie. Then Sun we headed home.

random pictures

2008-11-17T17:51:00.001-08:00

Here are some random pictures of the kids

The kids striking a pose. Taylor and Brianna were playing dress up and Ben was getting ready for bed.

Taylor was having a hard day this day. She kept getting into everything. She was in the bathroom trying to get eyeliner off her face. She was in big trouble that day. I just ouldnt resist taking a picture of her. Bryan says she looks like a zombie from the song Thriller.

Brianna, Ben, and taylor in thier halloween costums. This is the 3rd yr in a row that taylor was a princess. Maybe next yr she will be something else. Ben was Darth Vador and Brianna was a pirate. She took her hat off right before this picture was taken.

Thos is sometimes how we find Brianna. She has taken naps out of her shedule but sometimes at dinner she just gets to tired.

Snowman Cake

2008-11-17T17:43:00.000-08:00

So I got this awsome holiday cookbook and it has some really good and fun recipes in it. The other day we had a ward dinner for the holidays and I signed up to bring a dessert. Here is what I brought.

It was so cute nobody wanted to cut into it. I had to do the 1st cut so that I didnt have to take it home.

My recent project

2008-11-17T17:32:00.000-08:00

So I just recently started a new project. I found some wonderful hairblogs that have given me tons of new hair styles for Taylor and Brianna so when I got done with thier hair i decided that it was missing something. Bows. So I decided to make a bunch of flower bows. I have been working tons to make them and today I also made Korker hair bows, really easy. You place ribbon on a wooden dowl and then bake at 200 for 1 hr. I also found instructions where you can bake them at 275 for about 25 mins. Brianna is a little unsure about the bows but taylor loves them. She seems to keep picking out the biggest bows possible for her to wear, and some turned out huge. But all in all I had a lot of fun making them.

Ben is sick

2008-11-15T09:30:00.000-08:00

Ben is sick today and that would normally be no big deal. But many of you know I do direct selling and I go out and do shows. Well I have a fundraiser for the dance studio Taylor goes to at 1:00. SO here I have Ben not feeling well and this fundraiser to do with no family here that can watch him for me. I am so trying to decide what to do. If he doesnt throw up I will probably take him and let him sleep in the corner. But still undecided.

Taylor

2008-10-28T14:46:00.000-07:00

So I just wanted to tell this story about Taylor. While we were in Disneyland she had to go potty, so of course I took her and while she was in the stall she was singing I Am a Child of God at the top of her lungs. It was really funny. I did get some smile out of people who were walking in. What reminded me of this story is cause all day she has been singing primary songs, the did the program yesterday and she did such an awsome job. I look forward to the primary program every yr. You can always feel such a great spirit from these kids as they tell us what they have learned that yr.

More Disneyland Pictures.

2008-10-14T12:27:00.000-07:00

Brianna and Beth waiting for us to get off the bumper cars.
Mr Incredible at Disney California

Bryan and taylor on the bumper cars
My family with Ariel. We went to a princess lunch at Ariels Grotto in Disney California. It was well worth it, we saw 4 princesses

Me, Mom, Beth(in back) and Kids with Minnie Mouse.

Me Beth and the kids with Chip and Dale. Brianna was very unsure of the characters.

A cool looking walkway in Disney California. The Queen of Hearts. Since it was halloween time all the villians came out. My mom even got the hag's signiture from Snow White.

More Sea World pictures

2008-10-14T11:24:00.001-07:00

Here is a picture at the sea lion show he was dancing with the trainers.
One of the trainers in the water with one of the killer whales.

The penguins. Taylor loved them.

Sea World

2008-10-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

Brianna crashed after a long morning. I wished did did this on the bus but o well.
A tree I saw that i thought was really neat. The branches grew towards the ground.
A cute picture of the kids in front of a pic of a polar bear.

So on Tues we took a bus to sea world. It was a lot of fun there. I knew Ben would be looking forward to seeing the sharks and he loved looking at them. Taylor wanted to see the polar bears and she loved the penguins. We went back twice to see them. Brianna also loved the sharks. We saw the Shamu show wich was really awsome Bryan took pics with his camera so one day I will get thosse down loaded so everyone can see them. We also saw a dolphin show and a sea lion show. The shows were a lot of fun. Sea world does have rides there but we didnt get to ride any of them.

Ben, Taylor and Brianna at the shark tanks.
The family before we left the park. My dad didnt wait for a good picture.

DisneyLand Day 1

2008-10-12T20:20:00.000-07:00

We left for Disneyland 1 week ago Sunday at 3:00 in the morning I was surprised that we actually got off at the time we were talking about and we arrived in California at about 3:00 in the afternoon and that was with our TomTom taking us on the opposite side of the city were disneyland is. So we got to our hotel and checked in. It was a nice hotel we stayed at the Tropicana the nicest thing about it was it pretty much right across the street from the entrance. My mom and dad were there but hadnt checked in yet so we waited for them to check in and when everyone got checked into the hotel my mom wanted to go to Knottsberry farm to check out the shops. So we went there and walked around. The next morning we woke up bright and early and went over to the park I will have to post our pics of the family later because we ended up getting that on day 3 with my dad's and I believe Amy took a pic also cuase I l eft my batteries at the hotel. We made a deal with Ben that he had to ride every ride that he could go on once and if he didnt want to do it again then he didnt have to. The very first ride was Indiana Jones, Bryan went on it with Ben and me and Beth took Brianna and Taylor to walk up Tarzans tree house. Ben wanted to go on that ride so bad and when he got off it he would not go again so off we went to another ride. Eliza wasnt feeling well that day and she puked during lunchtime it was kind of gross luckily we were all pretty much done with our lunch when she lost her cookies. We also went on the pirates ride that day. Ben and Taylor begged to go on that ride again. One nice thing was since my mom couldnt really walk around the park all day she got a wheel chair adn so we were able to get in the front of the line on some rides so we didnt have to wait at all. We also saw Jasmine and Aladdin and had them sign the books for the kids. Ben said Jasmine was his favorite character. We also took Ben and Taylor on splash mountain and at 1st Ben said he liked it but after a day of thinking about it he totally refused to get back on the ride. So here are some pictures from our 1st day.

Taylor waiting to get into the park.
Ben waiting anxiously to get into the park.

Ben, Taylor, and Brianna with Jasmine and Aladdin.

Lesson Learned

2008-09-22T17:59:00.000-07:00

You would think I would have learned my lesson this morning. Yeah right. Ok here is the background Bryans car died on Sat so I told him to go ahead and take the car to work this morning. So Me and the kids get ready to walk to school and I realize that we forgot Bens backpack with his lunch and I go to go inside and I can not open the garage door with our code. So this afternoon I go to get Ben and dont take my keys again (cause the code worked when I got home) and I cant get the garage open again. So I sat outside till about 4:00 then went over to my neighbors house. I visited for about 15 mins then go back home hoping I could get back in. Nope. My neighbor drives by on her way to dinner with her husband and I told her to go ahead and eat dinner and if I was still outside we would go to Bryans work to get the keys. Well in the mean time my my other neighbor went and got the keys from Bryan so I was locked out of my house for over an hour. Ben Taylor and I played i spy with my little eye till I ran out of thinhgs to spy. So I have learned my lesson to always have my keys with me no matter where I go. And that I will not trust my stupid garage door code.

DisneyLand

2008-09-20T15:00:00.000-07:00

I had to post the pic below cause Taylor was doing her Robot eyes it was just hilarious.

So we decided as an extended family to take a family vacation minus my sister and Brother in law and younger brother (they will be sorely missed) and we are going to be going to DisneyLand. We leaving on Oct 5 and we will be gone until the 11th so we are so excited 14 days and counting. We will be doing disneyland for 4 days and then we will be doing seaworld 1 day also. We are staying in the Tropican which is right across the street from the park so all we need to do is get up and go. I am so excited. Here are some pics of us when we got our package. I was in my Pj.s (sort of) when we finally opened it so dont mind my miss matched outfit. I do not walk around town that way.

I also have to add we didnt take pics of the inside of the box cause there was nothing really to fun for pics. Look for updates from disneyland.

Taste of Home Coooking Show

2008-09-13T10:20:00.000-07:00

Every year for my home business I do taste of home cooking show. Last night I was getting my stuff ready for the goody bags. Well this yr instead of doign a business card I decided to do a recipe card with candy on stapled on the card. I was stapling the candy last night and my kids kept getting into the candy so of course I was getting very frusterated. I stopped working for a bit and told Ben and Taylor not to touch anything. Well Ben started stapling the candy on the cards and he was doing such a good job I decided to let them all help me. Brianna would hand me the candy and I would put the candy on the card and Ben would staple the candy on then I would give the card to Bug to put in the box. They helped me get through with the ones I had my info on so fast. Now I only need to do 300 more then I will be done for good. This morning when the kids woke up I gave them 1 dollar for helping they were so excited.

Brianna

2008-09-05T18:58:00.000-07:00

I know I have had a few posts about Brianna but I took some pretty dang cute pics of her. It also shows what we have been doing with her. Brianna turned 2 on July 23rd and when ever i changed her diaper she would throw a fit cause I didnt let her sit on the potty. So we came home from UT and in underwear she went. She has been doing ok but she still struggles. She will not for the life of me poop in the potty though. Hopefully that will come really soon. She seems to tell us she needs to go potty while we are traveling so maybe when we are in Disneyland she will figure out everything without driving us all nuts.

Pictures of Ben

2008-09-05T18:53:00.001-07:00

So as I promised I here are some pics of Ben on his 1st day of school. The one in front of the sign was really taken on a different day. I pick Ben up on the side of the school so I havent been to the front for a very long time.

Taylor

2008-08-27T13:07:00.002-07:00

I figured today I will talk about Taylor.

Taylor was born on Jan 24 2004 and she is my little bug. She is now 4 yrs old and she says she cant wait to go to school like Ben. I have been working on letters and sounds while Ben is away at school. Taylor loves to do dance and wants to try gymnastics (after watching the olympics). She also loves to have her hair done. One night after her bath she actually asked if I would put curlers in her hair. She loves her hair curley. In the spring time I plan on putting Taylor in Tee-ball I think she will really enjoy that. Taylor loves to bug her little sister Brianna, she always tries to be her mommy.

2008-08-27T13:07:00.001-07:00

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First Day of School

2008-08-18T16:34:00.000-07:00

Today was Ben's 1st day of 1st grade. He was so excited to go to school he started counting down 3 days ago. He woke us up at 6:00 in the morning saying he was ready for school. We decided to walk to school and he got there about 5 mins before the bell rang and there are 5 kids that he knows in his class. 2 were in his class, 1 he played soccer with and the last we go to church with. He seems to really like his teacher. I will post pics later.

Fishing

2008-08-05T15:38:00.000-07:00

Today was Bryan's day off so he got up this morning and took Ben and Taylor fishing. They were gone until about 12:30 today and this is what they came home with.

A night out

2008-08-01T16:40:00.000-07:00

Well technically it was a night in. Ben and Taylor have been bugging us to do a family movie so I took Ben and taylor to Walmart and we went to the red box and rented the SpiderWhick Chronicles (which is really good) then when we got home we of course popped some popcorn and put up Bens tent. We were going to let all 3 kids sleep in there but Brianna was just wanting to play so we put her up in her bed. Eventually Ben and Taylor fell asleep I think they had a fun night. They were pretty sad when I put the tent away

Dinasour musuem

2008-07-30T19:41:00.000-07:00

On Mon while we were down in UT Granny wanted to do something with all the grandkids so she took us to the dinasour museum. We started out with a 3D movie it was pretty cool. Then we went and walked around the museum. We got there at 1:00 and left at 4:00 granted some of it was wathing the movie but there are so many cool things there. Ben loved looking at all the dinasours. They had so many hands on activities you could honestly spend the day there.

Brianna's big day

2008-07-30T19:14:00.000-07:00

Last week we celebrated Brianna's 2nd birthday. Wow it is so crazy to see how fast they grow up. On Wed I made a birthday cake for her. I tried to make it look like a are bear but it didnt really look like one but it was still cute. That same night we invited some friends over to have some cake and ice cream. For Brianna's present we bought her a play house and she really likes it.
Then on Fri we went to UT to celebrate her birthday and to visit family. It was a lot of fun. On Sat morning we decided to go to and see spae chimps and 1/2 way through the movie the fire alarms went off and we got kicked out of the movies. They couldn't find the ause of the alarms so we got our money refunded and we went to Caseys house and let the kids play in the water instead. Then Sat night we went to the park and had ice cream cake for Brianna's party.

Happy 4th of July

2008-07-05T18:55:00.000-07:00

I an posting this 1 day later but Happy 4th of July. We had a great day, we started the day out as the last day of the kids swimming lessons. On this day they let the kids just do what they wanted. Taylor was in the kiddie pool and I was so shocked at how well she was swimming she was doing so good. Ben was in the 11ft deep with a life jacket on but he is doing really well at swimming also. After that we went over to our friends house and we BBq'd hambut=rgers and hot dogs and let the kids swim and do a slipn slid they had a lot of fun. Then about 5:00 we BBQ'd again we had steak sandwiches and dutch oven cobbler. Then we walked over to watch the fireworks. It was a lot of fun.
This morning we got up and went over to the Basque parade the kids got lots of candy. Then taylor went to a birthday party and I took Ben and Brianna swimming. Brianna sure loves the water. (yikes)

Brianna

2008-06-08T19:49:00.000-07:00

Brianna lately has had a love of shoes she is always asking to put her shoes on. If she sees any type of shoes or socks she is putting them on. Everyday she is getting more of a personality it is so fun to watch. She is definitly letting you know that she is a big girl, she wants to walk everywhere instead of being carried and she wants to use the potty. Brianna is also now in a BIG girl bed. We ended up moving Ben downstairs (finally) and put Taylor on the top bunk and Brianna in the bottom bunk. She absolulty loves it.

Taylor

2008-06-07T16:08:00.000-07:00

So Little Miss Taylor has been in dance since Aug and she has enjoyed very bit of it. So today we got to see her dance recital and see all that she has learned this yr and she did so good. She did 2 dances 1 was to itsy bitsy spider and the 2nd was old McDonald. her class seemed to know the dances pretty well were other kids didnt know them as well. Here are some pics of her in her recital outfit.

Last day of school

2008-06-07T15:27:00.000-07:00

Bens last day of school was May 30. For his last day the kindergarteners put on a little program. They sang songs and then afterwards they had an ice cream social. It was alot of fun. Ben is now a big 1st grader he had to tell everyone that he was in 1st grade it was so cute.

Baseball

2008-05-04T17:02:00.000-07:00

I know I just posted about Ben and baseball but at Bens game on Sat he hit 2 balls. He got a score for his team which was pretty exciting. The 2nd ball that he hit was a foul and he didnt hit anymore. I was so excited. He also played a really good soccer game. He got tripped during the 1st part of the game but he got up and played again. He kind of had to though since we had 3 kids show up and 1 showed up on the other team so Cole went and played for the other team. What great team spirit.

Baseball

2008-05-02T09:02:00.000-07:00

We have been so busy these past few weeks driving Ben to Baseball, Taylor dance and Ben soccer. But we have been having a blast. Ben just had baseball practice yesterday and he was so excited cause he was able to hit the ball twice. We have been telling him to keep the eye on the ball but he seems to be missing all the balls he hits. Well Bryan took a picture of him trying to hit the ball and he closes his eyes! no wonder why he isnt hitting the ball=) Ben has Baseball practice 2x's a week and 2 baseball games a week one during the weekday and one on Sat. His 1st game and 2nd game overlapped but we were able to play one of the games on Fri night which was really nice. Ben is still doing really well in school. I am torn whether I want him to have a break or not. I know that sounds mean but when Ben and Taylor get together they seem to fight. ALOT. drives me insane.

I know this doesnt have anything to do with baseball but I made to cakes for my friends kids and I wanted to show everyone what I did.

Fun Weekend

2008-04-09T15:13:00.000-07:00

Becky and Mike came out this weekend and we had a blast. They came out Fri night and got a hotel then on Sat morning they came over and we went to the park it was so cold but the kids had a lot of fun. At the park there is a huge slide that gets very dark in it and we could not get Ben to go down even if one of our lives depened on it. He was saying that he was scared of the dark. I dont know how he will move downstairs if he is scared of the dark. Spring Break went by really fast for us which was really nice.

Easter

2008-04-01T13:24:00.001-07:00

I know I am late in posting this but Happy Easter we had a great day the night before we made resurection cookies which the kids didnt care for so I will not make them again. But the next day was good. The girls looked so cute in thier dresses. I will get them posted when Bryan down loads them.
The day before Easter was my friends daughters birthday and I made her cake for her it turned out really cute. I really love decorating cakes it is alot of fun. I made a butterfly for her. It was pretty easy to do once I figured it out.
We had parent teacher conferences for Ben the other day and he is doing awsome. He got all 3's and 4's. 3's are meeting expectations and 4 is exceeding expectations. His teacher is going to retest his reading to see where he is at. When he was tested the 1st time he was at end of 1st begining of 2nd grade level. She is working with him so well.
Spring Break started this week and yesterday was a crazy day the kids would not listen to me at all. But today is much better hopefully the rest will be good.

We have the crud

2008-03-12T08:59:00.001-07:00

We have what I am calling the crud here in my house. Taylor got sick on Fri with a fever it stayed until Sun then on Mon she felt fine and the fever went away. Well guess what it came back yesterday. I did take her to the dr just to make sure everything was fine and she said that it is definitly viral and it has been lasting 2-3 weeks. Yikes. I am really hopeing that no one else gets it here in my family. I have a fair to do on Sat from 9-5 so I definitly need my energy up to do that plus I have a show to do tomorrow and I really cant be sick for that. Brianna does have a runny nose and a cough and Ben also has a cough. So I am hoping that they dont get any worse I definitly cant imagine Ben being out of school for 1 week that would be a nightmare trying to do all that make up work while he is sick.

Easter dresses

2008-03-11T16:28:00.000-07:00

You know when you go into walmart you see these really cute Easter dresses well I had it totally planned that I was going to buy one for Taylor and Brianna. Well I was at walmart with one of my friends and we walked past the fabric aisle and I saw this really cute dress from project runway so I found the pattern and some cute material but then I looked at the price of the pattern it was 13 bucks but then I found 2 really cute patterns for 3 dollars. So I decided to attempt to make the Eatser dresses. I decided I didnt like the Christmas dresses I made mainly due to the first time they wore them they basically shredded to bits and Briannas was so huge on her. So I decided to take the challenge on and I have to still put the zippers in but I am alot happier with these dresses then I was with the Christmas dresses. As soon as I get pics with the girls in them I will get them posted

I have been tagged

2008-02-25T21:10:00.000-08:00

How Long have you been married?
8 yrs
How old is he?
30
How old am I?
30
Who eats more?
Bryan does
Who said "I Love you" first?
Bryan did
Who sings better?
I am sure Bryan does
Who is smarter?
Bryan is I am sure of it
Who does the laundry?
I do
Who does the dishes?
Who else =)
Who pays the bills?
I do
Who mows the lawn?
Bryan does he will actually do all the outside work
Who cooks dinner?
I do sometimes he will but it usually is me
Who is more stubborn?
I think we are both equal but Bryan woyuld say it is me. Our kids are the most stubborn though
Who kissed who first?
I honestly can not remeber
Who asked who out?
Bryan asked me out to the Chicago concert and I turned him down due to going to the cabin with my sisters, but after talking to my dad I canceled my plans and called Bryan and asked if he had a date yet. I knew he didnt since I worked with Casey Bryans sister and she told me he really wanted to go with me.
Who proposed?
Bryan did it was way cute
Who is more sensitive?
I am
who has more friends??
Probably me but I consider my friends his friends
Who has more siblings?
we both have 4 siblings. In Bryans family there are 3 girls and 2 boys and mine I have 4 girls and 1 boy
Who wears the pants?
We usually make decisions together
Who are you tagging?
No one.

Valentines Day

2008-02-19T09:05:00.000-08:00

I know I am posting this a little late but I thought I would tell you all about my Valentines day. It was a pretty good day I went to the school to go and help with Bens valentines day party and it is so fun to watch these kids. Then we went to walmart after school and got Bryan Pirates 3 and then I saw some shirts that were on clearance for 3.00 so I let the kids pick one out for thier valentines gift they loved it. Then we got home and I was trying to decide what to do for dinner well Bryan loves KFC and I really cant stand it but since I love Bryan I went and got him some KFC he was loving it. He also got me a gift some a pair of pants and a shirt. All in all it was a pretty good day.

Ben's tooth

2008-02-18T22:33:00.001-08:00

Ben's Tooth Ben finally lost his first tooth. He was so excited when it got loose, everyday he kept asking us if we could tie a string around his tooth and a door and then slam it but Bryan told him that he had to wait till it got looser. So the other day he came home from school wiggling his tooth saying it was ready so when Bryan got home he tied a piece of thread around his tooth and yanked. Out it came. Ben said it hurt a little but not much at all so we told him he had to put his tooth under his pillow and the tooth fairy would come and visit. So he put his tooth under the pillow and obviosly the toothfairy came when he woke up the next morning he put his hand under his pillow and was afraid that his tooth fell down to the floor since he couldnt feel it so he moved his pillow and there was a 1 dollar bill he was so excited he came running into our room to show us what the tooth fairy brought. I will have to post a pic when I get them down loaded he looks so cute.

2008-01-24T20:26:00.000-08:00

Bear with me here but I am going to do probably a longer post cause I have a few things to post. First of all Ben celebrated his 6th birthday on Jan 11 and he has grown to really like transformers so we did an optimus prime cake for his party. He had a few friends over and we played games and did lots of fun stuff the kids all seemed to really enjoy it.

We must not have beds for our kids case last night I went in to check on them and Ben and Taylor were both cuddled up together in the closet it was so cute I had to take a pic of them.

Taylors birthday was today and she really wanted a Belle cake. Well I was going to do the barbie cake in the pampered chef batter bowl but I could not for the life of me find a barbie on a stick I could have used a real barbie but I was unsure of how it would fit. So finally last night after driving all overElko looking for a stupid doll I ended up back at Wally world and bought the Belle that you can change her clothes and did a round cake and decorated it. The pics will explian it better. It did turn out really cute though. For Bugs party we had the little girls dress an thier play dresses/princess dresses and bring a stuffed animal or doll and we did a little tea party it was a lot of fun Taylor seemed to really enjoy herself.

I also saw that we couuld post videos so I will post Ben and Taylor's sledding video. Also Pic f the kids in the snow storm we had a couple ofweeks ago.ccz

2008-01-17T21:56:00.000-08:00

I made some Christmas dresses for Taylor and Brianna and I wanted to post them for everyone to see. I havent sewn since jr. high it was really nice that I had a friend who took her time to come over and to help me. I also posted a pic of Ben in his new suit that he also got for Christmas

2008-01-15T18:39:00.000-08:00

So I think I am figuring this thing out Becky=). So I just got home from a PTA meeting and I think I was kind of on drugs or something but I signed up to be the chair person of kiss-o-grams What I really need to do is call and get people to help make the kiss roses andto sell them I might do a day for that also. Make flyers and buy all the stuff. What was I thinking.

My First Post

2008-01-14T16:48:00.000-08:00

Isn't my sister wonderful? She decided that since I live so stinkin far away, I need a way to keep in touch with people, so she created this blog for me. Not only did she create it, but she customized it for me to, all using way cool methods that her sister-in-law showed her. Wow, this is so cool. I will have to update it and tell all about myself, and my husband and kids. After all, I am a stay at home mom, so I am sure that I can find the time somewhere, hahaha!