I'm Cheating

Since blogging takes way too much time- I decided to cheat and post a slide show to bring everyone up to date on all the wonderful things happening with us. Enjoy!

Reasons Why I Suck at Blogging

Can I just say I hate blogging. I love bragging (uh... explaining) all of the fun things that we are doing but on the other hand I just cant keep up. I think I'll just randomly explain all of the reasons why I suck at blogging...

1. I'm pregnant.

2. I'm a mom.

3. I'm going to school.

4. I have a calling.

5. We have crappy slow Internet.

6. I'd rather spend time with my wonderful hubby.

7. Did I mention I was pregnant?

So now that that's all set maybe I'll address those reasons one by one, but then that would be more to my list. OMGoodness it's never ending!

P.S. I promise my next post will not have so much whining. :)

Tagged

I know- you're probably thinking, I'm too lazy to update my blog but I'll do a stinking tag. And yea, you're right. What is your current obsession? Reading, if you have any good suggestions- I'll take them. What do you hate the most that everybody else seems to love? TV What are you wearing today? Jammies, but today I wore black capris and a button up shirt to show off my beautiful belly. What's for dinner? Dinner was 5 hours ago but we had chicken. What would you eat for your last meal? A bowl of Cheerios- gotta love them. What's the last thing you bought? This is a hard one. Probably a maternity dress that I plan on turning into a shirt from Goodwill. Budgets are great :) What are you listening to right now? Marley's favorite is the Childrens Songbook CD4- its the only one that's not scratched. We listen to this probably 4 times a day, but I don't mind. What do you think of the person that tagged you? Laci is such a sweetheart. I keep blogstalking her to see when she's going to post pictures of her new baby. If you could have a house, fully paid for, and totally furnished anywhere in the world, where would it be? Alaska, I would love to live an adventerous life in the middle of nowhere. What is one of your hobbies? Organizing- I know it sounds silly but I purposely look for things to organize. What are 3 things that annoy you most? 1. Runny noses- I really want to create a contraption (other than kleenex) that would make it possible for me to never wipe another runny nose. 2. Drama. 3. People who talk on the phone while driving. What is your favorite color? Magenta What is your favorite piece of clothing in your wardrobe? Right now- my bella band. Describe your personal style. I would consider myself frugal. If its cute and cheap I'll wear it. What are you going to do after this? Go to bed. What inspires you? My kids- they make me want to be so much better. Who was the last person you kissed? My kids before they went to bed. What are you currently reading? Shopaholic and Baby- Sophie Kinsella What delighted you most today? Marley and I read a book about friends. I asked her who her best friend is and she told me Michael. It made my heart melt. For dessert would you prefer chocolate or fruit? What kind of question is this- CHOCOLATE If you could pick a talent, what would it be? I would be musically talented- enough to play an insturment. I tag anyone who feels like it.

Michael Turns 1!

My little man turned one. We had a great day celebrating. Michael especially loved the cake and ice cream- if you couldn't tell from the pictures. I can't believe it I officially have a 1 and 2 year old. Wow, I feel really old.

Major Updating......

I know, I know, I'm just not very good at this whole blogging thing. I was really excited at first to let everyone know all of the fun and exciting things we were doing. Then I finally realized that we don't do a lot of fun and exciting things. Sorry to all of you who check here regularly to find that there's nothing new, so here's to you -random blogstalkers. Some things that we did in March: We celebrated Mike's birthday! My wonderful hubby is now 26! Happy Birthday Mike!

We got a new backyard, thanks to Corey Newbern.

This was the old one. I will be posting pictures soon including pictures of my garden. Can you handle the suspense? Dun, dun, dunnn. Mike realized the joys of babywearing. In April: Someone got a basketball hoop. Thank goodness for friends that are willing to help (Matt Thompson) or else this could have been pretty ugly. This was Mike's first shot. We found that baby #3 is on it's way! Coming in December! Michael found new and interesting ways to add fiber to his diet. In May: Marley and Michael enjoyed swimming. In 100 degree weather, what kid wouldn't want to swim? I found out that I have a climber. He's such a sneaky little guy. Well I hope you enjoyed all of the fun and exciting things we have going on in our family. I guess I can be lame and post nothing for the next three months, again. :)

Michael's First Haircut

Michael is now 9 months old. He recently had his first haircut by moi. I had to practically tie this kid to a booster chair in the bathtub with candy nonetheless to get him to sit still for about 5 minutes. Marley took full advantage of mom not paying attention and used this time to smear hand soap all over the bathroom. Lovely! It wasn't anything drastic, but just a little trimming around the ears and neck. He now looks a little bit older to me too. He's also loves to ham it up for the camera. Every time I try to take a picture of him he squints his eyes and makes this silly face. What is wrong with my kid?

Being a tough guy.

Big smile:)

Utah Trip

In January we went to Utah. Mike's little bother was returning home from his mission in Texas. Welcome home Justin! This was quite the adventure since we decided to drive to Utah in the middle of January with two kids.

We were lucky enough to break up our trip, so we stayed in at the MGM Grand in Vegas. Before going to the hotel we visited the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay. This was so much fun- since there aren't too many kid friendly attractions in Vegas. Thanks to Zippy for telling us all about it. We also got a sweet room-Celebrity Suite- with a huge tub. Mike and the kids took a bubble bath and the kids loved it.

Along the way to Utah we also stopped at historic Cove Fort, which was pretty cool and we got our own personal tour. Out tour guide was this cute old lady that absolutely loved Marley.

After arriving in at the airport and meeting up with all of Mike's family we found out that his brother's plane was delayed due to fog. We sat around waiting for a couple of hours, eventually we left without seeing him get home- the rest of Mike's family did too. The next day we finally got to see Justin.

On our trip Mike had the chance to play basketball with all of his brothers-which hadn't happened since Justin left for his mission. Mike beat all of his brothers except for Jared- but we don't really consider him competition. We also went sledding while we were in Utah. Marley loved it, on the other hand she didn't care for being bundled up. We also played games with all of Mike's family, ate a lot of food, hung out with our two new nieces, and just had fun.

Thanks again to all of our family for such a great trip!

Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Marley started asking for Christmas songs the day after Halloween. To make things exciting for her we decided to make a paper chain to count down the days till Christmas. We had such a blast making our paper chain, we ate candy canes and drank hot chocolate. It was so beautiful I forgot to take a picture- go figure.

Christmas Eve we made and decorated cookies for Santa. Santa ate them all, but not without leaving a nice note.

On Christmas morning, Marley had so much fun opening presents. She finally got the hang of how to unwrap presents and even helped Michael unwrap most of his presents.

Michael happily opening presents.

We opened presents in a rush because later that day we had a Suns game to go to!

This was the true highlight of Mike's Christmas.

I'm so LAME!!!!

I think I should start calling myself the worlds worst blogger. Have you seen this? It's now February and the last thing I posted was in the beginning of December. Where did Christmas and January go? Hmmmm.... I dunno. Well I'm going to try to redeem myself and update my blog again so here it goes.