Justin, McKensi, Bayleigh, and Kortland Sinclair

past 4 months

2011-11-03T15:32:00.000-07:00

well, i am updating. It only takes me 4 months.... but hey, deal with it. I need to be better, but let's be honest, my next post probably won't be till after christmas. So I am going to fill ya'll in on what we have been up to since July. (obviously nothing to exciting... hence no blogging since our california trip) My brother and his wife moved to Hawaii...so that means I am going to Hawaii soon... that's exciting right? We were going to go out for Thanksgiving but his company sent him back to the "main lands" for the holiday season. I was upset. They will be going back to Maui first of January. Soooo.... our trip is post poned for a few months.... so lame. I guess it will be nice to have them home for christmas... pfft...

We have gone to the wave pool quite a big. Kids love it.... and it makes them tired so I love it.

(no, this isn't at the wave pool... if you didn't already know. not sure why/how this got on the post. ha, just enjoy the cute kids)

Bayleigh had her first day of school during the first week of september. However, she will still have another year of pre-school, so it doesn't make me feel like she is growing to fast...yet. I was sad the first day I dropped her off.... but the 2nd day I wasn't to sad, ha! She needs it... I need it. She goes to a lady just around the corner from us and she LOOOVES IT!!

She then had her first day of dance. Again.... she LOOOOVES IT!! This age is so cute. I love watching the girls this age try to figure out the rhythm. So so so cute!

Justin had his big bull hunt. He hasn't put in for a hunt for about 5 years. (due to moving so much and stuff....) He put in for the big bull, with only 2 points, and drew out!!! I couldn't believe it. People have been putting in for this hunt for 20 + years and with many more points. Even though it cost us 300 dollars just for the tag, days off of work, hunting gear, and $ to the butcher to prepare the meat....the smile on his face was priceless. (not really.... cause that smile cost us hundreds of dollars) It took him and his dad (my dad was able to help one day) 3 days to de bone, cut up, and carry the elk out. He shot it in the worst spot possible. But he had fun and spent quality time with his dad.

We decided to go to temple square during the saturday session of conference. It was a lot of fun.

This segment includes one of many days we spend at the park.

This kid is getting to big to fast. I can't believe next month I will be throwing his first birthday!! WHAAAATTT???!!!

2 months I will be throwing this little girls 4th birthday! WHAAAATT???!!!

Now onto Halloween. (I am caught up with the rest of ya)

I am so glad it's over. You don't dress up for Halloween.... you dress up for the whole week before it.

here is Bayleigh at her pre-school party. Nothing got cuter than this. Oh my! The kids put on a little performance for us; modeling outfits and singing songs.

Justin was in a golf tournament on Saturday so we decided to hit up the Price Spooktacular. I asked Bayleigh if she wanted to be in the costume contest. I was certain she would say no because it involved going up on stage, alone might I add, and model her outfit. She said yes, my eyes got big, and she went up and modeled her dress. Well, she won! WHAAAATT??!! And she got hooked up! That bag was filled with all types of popcorn, candy, cheetos, toys, blah blah blah. And inside was another little bag full of gift certificates to mcdonalds, cold stone, movies, jb's, arby's, a computer repair, i know there is more, but i can't think of them. It was awesome!!!

Beauty and the Beast had a very fun halloween. They (meaning me) got way to much candy.

july 2011

2011-07-27T14:21:00.000-07:00

Tons of you have begged me to update my blog... so, to those zero people who actually asked me to, here is an update. July was a super fun month. We started off by going to visit my brother in California for the 4th of July. Then went camping with my family for the 24th of July.

Jade was using Bayleigh to attract all the babes on the beach. I don't think he was using her for the lady in the right of the picture. she was on the older side. But then again, maybe he was.

Cute shot of daddy and Kort

This was the pre play in the sand look

recieved a "make over"

the post play in the sand look. I really should of took a picture of what dumped out of our clothes on the hotel floor.

One day we went shopping at a place called seaport village in san diego. Very neat place.

A guy was doing balloons and Bayleigh wanted a bunny. so he made a bunny holding a heart on a magic wand. 5 minutes later... the wand touched the ground and popped.

Bayleigh thought she was brave enough to hold a parrot. Right when i snapped the picture the bird crawled up her arm and she freaked. The bird went crazy. Justin's face cracks me up.

at sea world looking at the dolphins

24th of july we went camping up joes valley. We haven't had a ton of chances to test out Bayleigh's 4-wheeler she got for christmas. Well, she was riding it, keeping it at a safe speed, when all of a sudden she floored it. Justin couldn't run fast enough to catch her. She hit a ditch, over corrected and hit a rock. The 4-wheeler stopped but Bayleigh didn't. She supermanned it over the handle bars. All she got was a tiny cut on her elbow.

I asked her to show me her sad face.... apparently this is it

posing in the flowers. she was always picking flowers and making sure the cup on the table was always full of fresh beautiful flowers. We had the fanciest table decor out of everyone camping.

resting her feet like grandpa and aunt cole

Kortland was a trooper

my mom trying to prove that she didn't need gas to get a fire going. ..... She needed gas

resting his eyes after a moutain walk in his stroller

yesterday (7-26) we tried to make it to the zoo. But apparently it closed at 2:30 that day. so we went to the next best zoo..... the petting zoo at thanksgiving point.

riding "shorty"

this girl loves horses

reaching out for the baby calf

finally he came to her. but look close.... he bit her shirt and tried pulling her in. ha ha ha.... yeah, she freaked.

despite the down pour for a few minutes... she still managed to find fun while we stayed under cover.

March 2011

2011-03-28T16:50:00.000-07:00

First off... I want dedicatge this post to our little Tut. I will flat out say it.... this dog is a little shit!! He enjoyed peeing on EVERYTHING, barking at EVERYTHING, and listening to NOBODY! The second he would get out of the house or yard he would run away. I can't even count how many nights we drove around town for hours looking for him. When we moved into this house he only got worse. He would bark at everything and wake up Kortland all the time. He would run away every chance he got. Our neighbor even shot at him with an airsoft gun! (talk about not getting off on the right foot) Justin has been working out of town ever since we moved here and so it's all on me to chase him down. But most of the time I have a sleeping baby and can't leave him home. So we decided that if he runs away again we just let him go. And if he comes back then he comes back. He ran away one time for 5 days! We thought for sure he was gone. But on Justin's way home from work one night he seen a little black dog trottin down the road. K... so he lucked out on that one. Then a week later he ran away again!! This time is was during a terrible snow storm. After 3 days of not coming home we were worried he froze to death. But come to find out he was in doggy jail. We let him stay in there for about a week deciding if we wanted to get him out or not. We decided to save $120.00 and let another family put up with him. The lady at the jail said they would not put him down. If someone is Price doesn't come and get him they would send him to Salt Lake. So who knows where the little guy is. I am sure he got picked up fast... but may be back in already who knows lol. It's a bitter sweet situation. He went everywhere with us and we have had him for 5 years. But... its for the best. RIP Tut!!!

But now our other dog Kiya gets all the attention! She is such a sweet dog... and even sweeter with out her bad influence friend.

They are best friends now! It is so so cute!!

Dry those eyes and let's go onto other news. Kortland is getting so big!! He is such a happy little boy... if he is fed, changed, and not tired lol.

he he he.... love this pic

Bayleigh had her first dance recital. Holy stinkin cute!!! She loves dance.... LOVES dance. She especially loves her teacher Danielle.

The picture everyone has to take...... dressed up before the big dance.

The whole team. They performed during the Emery High's Spardette spring show.

They all did so good. It was so cute.

A couple weeks ago we went to Phoenix to visit my sister. Justin wasn't able to go.... stupid work! So me and the kids drove down to Las Vegas the night before my family left and hung out with my lovely friend Gina. It was so so so good to see her and her family. I sure miss them. The next day my family drove to Las Vegas to meet up with me... my dad jumped in with me and the kids.. and we followed my mom and brothers to Phoenix. A guy told me it's only maybe 20 minutes longer to drive through Las Vegas... what the #$@ was he thinking!! Not the best way to drive.... lot longer then the other way. So on our way home we definetly drove up through flagstaff, page, and Kanab. And my kids YELLED the ENTIRE 605 miles!! My Dad was trying so hard to keep his cool ha ha ha... and he did an awesome job! Last time he will not offer to ride with me that far with kids lol.

While we were down there we went to a ml spring training game. chicago cubs and cin. reds. it was a lot of fun. we had super duper seats. It was pretty dang warm so the hardest part was keeping Kortland out of the sun the entire time. but we did it.

Bayleigh and uncle Jade

Bayleigh and Uncle Landon

Before And After

2011-02-26T13:51:00.000-08:00

We have been actually living in our house now for a month. I have finally put up before and after pictures. All of these pictures are from my phone.... so pardon the high def.

Let's start with the worst right off the bat. This room was terrible... oh my. This is the downstairs living room. As much as I loved that duck and cat tail weed wallpaper... ugh, it had to go. We were going to rip off all the panneling, but decided to just paint over.

Justin being a little to excited about ripping off wallpaper

This is what the walls looked like underneath all that beauty of wallpaper. It was terrible.

This is an after picture of the built in shelfs all around the room. When we took the wallpaper off the shelving it had huge chunks of sheet rock and crap missing (wish I would of took a pic). So our only option was to build it back up level and tile it.

after

This is before of Kortland's room

Bayleigh helping to rip off MORE wallpaper

And after some ripping and painting..... this is Kortland's room now.

This is before of our room. Luckily there was no wallpaper....just basic plain white walls

After. That brown accent wall was a night mare. I first painted it with a really pretty brown. But once about 2 o'clock came and the sun hit that wall... the pretty brown turned into a baby poop green. It was horrendace. So we had to re paint

This is before of Bayleigh's room.

And after.... we went extreme pink

another angle

Before pic of one of the bathrooms. WALLPAPER!!!!

After

Well those are just a few of the new and improved rooms. I thought I took pictures of all the rooms, but I don't see them downloaded on the computer. And once I flopped down on the couch and started posting all these, I do not have the ambition to get my butt up and go take pictures of the house and post them. We did paint the ENTIRE house. Every single wall has a fresh layer of paint. It was a lot of work... but so worth it. It's a completly new house. It's a multi level house (3 levels) So I love how there is a living room on the main level that doesn't have a TV and toys everywhere. It stays clean for all my many visitors (sarcastic). Then the TV and toys are all downstairs and out of view. Our room and Kortlands are on the top floor and Bayleighs is downstairs by the TV room. I was a little worried how she would do down there... but it's completly lit up and it doesn't bother her one bit. So we are good.

Now onto some pics of the kids. We have had a house full of sick people. Justin has been working out of town a lot lately. His roomate/co worker was sick...so Justin got sick. Then he came home for the weekend and got us sick. It's been a nasty flu/cold. So far Kortland hasn't got it... knocking on wood.

I walked downstairs yesterday to check on Bayleigh. She was down eating some raisins and watching cartoons. This is what I found her like....

yes, those are raisins in her nose. I blame this all on the cold medicine. And as for the headband... I got nothin

I was getting breakfast ready one morning when Bayleigh put "Baby Q" in the bouncer with Kortland. It was just cute so I had to take a pic....and all three are smiling to make it cuter.

And here is Kortland. Can't believe he is 2 1/2 months already. He's a stud. Before I was talking about how he doesn't sleep. It was not normal... like 5 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period. Mom was a walking zombie. But when he was born I noticed his breathing was very raspy. The pediatrician in the hospital said nothing was wrong. So I believed the man who went through years and years of schooling. But when I took him to his 2 month check up I asked Dr. Madsen about it. He instantly took a urine sample and sent me to the hospital for a blood sample. I was then sent to a ENT doctor up in West Jordan. The doctor put a camera through Kortland's nose and down his throat. He noticed some swollen glands by his vocal cords. Like 3 times the size they should be!! Came to discover that Kortland has a form of acid reflux. He doesn't throw up anything out of the normal and didn't necessarily scream all the time. So I would of never thought anything was wrong... just a very bad sleeper. But the acid reflux was irritating his throat and lowering his oxygen levels when he fell asleep. No wonder he slept no longer than 10 minutes at a time. So after 2 doses of medicine a day... my little man has been sleeping from 5 hours a day to 15 or so!!! We now only wake up once at night. Mom is so much happier/alert. I was such a zombie that during our first sunday at our new ward I almost walked out a fire exit to get to the bathroom. lol... nice first impression. Justin was a little embaressed ha ha ha

overload

2011-01-17T08:00:00.000-08:00

Wow - I have a lot posted here today. I have been meaning to do a new post for a long time now. Kortland is keeping me crazy busy. He eats like a horse and sleeps like a... well, not sure of an animal that DOES NOT SLEEP. It's ridiculous. For staying awake all day, you would think he would sleep all night. Uh uh... nope. It's just not normal. However, saturday night he did sleep from 9:30 to 5:30. I could of been so tired that I didn't hear him scream for hours on end... or he really slept that long. I wish I could say he did the same last night. But the boy had a lil gas going on and his stomach was killing him.... so I won't hold him accountable for that.
But...as much sleep as I am losing, my eyes look like I have been smokin the reefer for quite some time now... I wouldn't trade it for the world. I just always sing the song "your gonna miss this" in my head while I am ready to go crazy and it seems to calm me right down.
Bayleigh isn't as obsessed as I thought she would be with Kortland.... but she is so good about helping me. She has to be the one to get his diapers or all hell will break loose.

Onto pictures..... Christmas Eve we went to the big town of Emery for their nativity program. Bayleigh isn't as scared of Santa ( I give all the credit to the movie...."the search for Santa Paws"... it has played probably 200 times since the first of December. No joking) It only took a little convincing to go sit on his lap this time. When Santa asked what she wanted for Christmas she said...."Dad wants an i-pod touch and Bay wants toys" lol.

and of course we had to get Kortland in on the action.

We then went home and set out reindeer food. Christmas was so fun this year. Bayleigh was really concerned about the reindeer getting food too. (again... I give the credit to the movie Santa Paws)

Here Bayleigh is ready to set out the food. notice her big petti skirt? (once again, I blame this on Santa Paws. There is a scene where Santa Paws transforms all the orphan girls raggid clothes into big beautiful dresses. They then do a big extravagent dance... which Bayleigh has memorized to the T and performs it regularly.) You all MUST watch Santa Paws.

Christmas morning... yes, the petti skirt is on... once again. This is her new wheeler! She does awesome on it. Luckily it has a switch on it that you can control the speed....brings a little comfort to mom.

Her hokey pokey elmo....

Cool new shades.....

Didn't upload any of Kortland on Christmad day.... sorry...

Here is Bayleigh and Kortland ready for the first day of church together. I waited for about 3 weeks before I took him.

I had to post this modeling photo of Bay.... woot woot

This picture was taken when Kortland was about 2 weeks

Just the other day I finally caught his smile on camera.

And how can you say no or be mad at this face?

On another note.... we just bought our first house!!! We closed on it a week or so ago but have been spending time doing some improvements. As much as I love ducks and cat tail weed wallpaper... I had to rip it down. We have ripped wallpaper down, painted every room in the house, and putting up molding. It has been a process!!! And I am sick of it! I have been doing a lot of it by myself during the days which is not easy with two kids... (bayleigh i just turn on Santa Paws and she is entertained for hours. Kortland takes very short naps and needs to be held all the time)... but I am gettin 'er done. We are almost done and hopefully moving in this weekend. I will post before and after pics soon.

Introducing.....

2010-12-13T17:44:00.000-08:00

Kortland Justin Sinclair was born at 5:13 pm on Dec. 12, 2010. He weighed 7 pounds 3.5 ounces and 19.5 inches long. It was a brutal labor, I ain't gonna lie. Bless my husband's heart for cleaning up puke every ten minutes (I am not kidding when I say ten minutes). It was horrible. Kortland ended up swallowing a bunch of crap so we didn't get to hold him for a couple hours after he was born.
The fam came to the hospital to see him - but could only look through the nursery windows. I so wish Bayleigh could of held him... she is probably wondering what the big hype is about and why Mom and Dad are not home with her. But she did call me today saying that she missed baby brubber. Can't wait to go home in the morning and let them officially meet.
Kortland recovered quick and is doing awesome! He is such a chill baby.... so far. The only pictures I have right now are from my phone - so no professional photos by any means. Once we get home and settled I will get better pictures posted.

Halloween 2010

2010-11-02T09:15:00.001-07:00

We sure partied it up for Halloween this year. Bayleigh wore her halloween outfit 4 times in one week - between all the different Halloween parties. Kinda glad Halloween is over actually. She sure had fun though - and got tons of candy.
We were a Chicago Bears family this year - all Justin's idea might I add. Bayleigh loves dancing though - and cheerleaders. She enjoys watching the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleading tryouts on cmt - but no way would a cowboy cheerleader fly with Dad - had to be bears. He is starting to brainwash her

Bayleigh's Prince

2010-10-08T10:20:00.000-07:00

I took her to Gardner Village. I have never been there before and used to live only a few blocks from the place.
Here is Bayleigh scouting out which horse to ride......

Introducing Bayleigh's Prince.... no really, his name is Prince.

Just look at that face!!! She was on cloud nine!!! Oh the things that make a little kid happy. She won't stop talking about Prince.

We then went into the petting zoo - and she was lovin that as well.

What a fun day

Summer twenty ten

2010-09-16T10:38:00.001-07:00

Well, since I haven't blogged forever - I figured I would do my whole summer in one post.

We went to Denver in June for my sister's graduation. I was able to fly out with my sister a couple days before and my parent's and Jade drove Bayleigh out with them. Bless their hearts - I bet that was a long ride with my demanding 2 year old. My parents said she was an angel - but they HAVE to say that. Jade said it made him think about having kids for a while - I hope so, he's only 18!! We went to the Denver zoo and it was frikin hot! Bayleigh HAD to ride the zebra on the carolsel. The lady was in aww that she loved zebras so much - but not everyone has a zebra farm just down the road from their house, which we visit reguarly. I couldn't even think of riding the carosel with her - the thought alone made me puke.

We have rode rides at the local Emery County Fair! We will be attending Lagoon before they close for the season - so stay tuned for more amusement ride pictures....

Fair days parade

4th of July parade

We have went swimming A LOT this summer.... and still going strong. Every Monday Wednesday and most Fridays. I do an aquasize class which has helped me not get all swollen and junk from this pregnancy. It has been a life saver!! Bayleigh is such a fish that she swims that entire pool while I get my aquasize on. Sorry I didn't take a picture of me in my cute aquasize outfit

We have went camping quite a bit.... and given daddy kisses quite a bit

We FINALLY caught our first Nemo. We have tried a couple times and no luck. Bayleigh wouldn't even come close to touching it - so here is daddy holding it while she poses with her first fish!

We started dance and Bayleigh absolutly LOVES it. She don't care where she is or who she is with - she will bust a move on cue. We first started out in a summer dance class which only had 2 other girls. Sometimes Bay was the only one. But just a couple weeks ago we started a new class with about 10 girls. She is so cute and does really good.

This year is Jade's senior year at Emery High. Little sad actually. We have enjoyed watching him play football so far this year - with many more games still to go.

Bayleigh supporting her uncle's #.... autographed of course

Announcing.....

2010-07-06T09:31:00.000-07:00

We have discovered that we are having a BOY!! Pretty freakin excited about it too. I was pretty confident it was a boy because I have been sicker than a dog. Justin was pretty confident it was another girl. During the ultrasound... the lady said "oh here's the little bum. And see what I am lookin at?" Justin's face lit up! He said he kept saying it was a girl so when it maybe turned out to be a girl he wouldn't be so disapointed. Bayleigh wanted a baby sissy. So when we said..."Is a baby brother gonna be ok?" She said all quietly and head bowed..."ok" She is starting to like the idea a little more. Now it's just waiting and waiting to meet the little guy.

Memorial Weekend

2010-06-07T08:12:00.001-07:00

Memorial weekend was pretty fun this year. Saturday was Justin's big 26 birthday!! We spent it by attending my sister in law's graduation from Westminster. I was nervous on how Bayleigh would handle a loooong graduation... but by my surprise... she was a little angel. Only kicked the people in front of us 4 times. So she was awarded with the movie Nemo... and as much as I like that show...I am already sick of it.

Cami and landon

Sunday we just spent all day outside playing basketball and cooking up some yummy yummy ribs for Justin's "Birthday dinner". I should of got pictures of those ribs.... you would all be drooling right now. I got an awesome recipe from my friend. You smoke them on your barbecue for hours....and oh my.... oh so good.

Jade and Bayleigh playing basketball

Monday morning the cemetary in Castle Dale had a flag ceremony and little tribute. It was really neat. Both my Grandparents died this year... only 3 months from each other. My Grandma has this headstone created and ordered only a few days before she died. Only thing we had to do was call and give them they date she died. This was delivered just in time for memorial day.

Bayleigh giving them kisses

I just realized I didn't put up the picture of them shooting their guns. That was the coolest part. But - I don't want to go back and re do all the pictures. So just imagine all these young men shooting their guns. Both my Grandparent's were in the Navy. There is only one other lady buried there with military honors - we have yet to find out who.

After the cemetary - me and Justin took Bayleigh Crawdad fishing at Huntington lake. I only took pictures on my phone. She was so funny about it. After we caught one I told her - "look, we caught Mr. Crabs". She then looked over the side of the dock and asked - "where is Sponge Bob then?"

Later we had a bbq at my Grandpa and Grandma Fielder's house. The family has started coming together more - it only took a death to realize that family is important. It was a lot of fun.

This tire swing has been there for 30 plus years - and still a hit for the grandkids.

There is a "time out chair" no matter where we go. I don't think she minded much though. Cause this was her view...........

Busy Busy April

2010-05-10T16:38:00.000-07:00

The month of April was extremly busy for us. It had lots of very exciting news. Let's start off with the first news.........

That's right.... Bayleigh is going to be a big sister!! We are sooo excited to add another little addition to our family. I am due sometime in December. I go to the doctor next week to figure out exact date. I am determined it's a boy because I have been puking/dry heaving my face off!! I was sick for maybe a week with Bayleigh - and it was nothing a saltine cracker couldn't fix. Everytime I dryheave Bayleigh looks at me with disgust on her face and says...."gross"

Then off the next great news..... Our little family was sealed in the Las Vegas temple on mine and Justin's 3rd anniversary, April 28th. What a great day! I was so surprised at how many people showed up - considering the fact it was out of state and on a Wednesday. Our sealing and endowment room was packed with friends and family. They almost moved us to a bigger sealing room....but we all squooshed in. Thank you to everyone that was there for us. What a great feeling to know that now if something were to happen to one of us (let's pray I never have to lose my husband or kids till I am 100) that we would be together again. They are stuck with me FOREVER...mwahahaha

Next are just a bunch of pictures of the temple grounds and us

After the temple we all went and ate at Rain Forest Cafe. Then afterwards my Mom and Dad took Bayleigh home with them and me and Justin stayed in Vegas the rest of the week...alone! Oh it was so nice to sleep in!! We went to the Daughtry concert one night. They were awesome! It was Cavo, Lifehouse, and Daughtry. What a great concert!! Rest of the week we mostly just hung out with our super good friends Aaron and Gina and they cooked us some killer ribs.

Cavo. We got to meet these guys and get their autographs.

Lifehouse

Daughtry

What a fun month. Now back to reality and Justin working 57 hours a day. Sigh.... that's life I guess.

Easter 2010

2010-04-05T11:45:00.000-07:00

The first two pictures were taken not long before Easter weekend. The weather was beautiful and we were at the park ALL day. I thought for sure it was time to pull out the flip flops for good. It's not....

Coloring easter eggs. I don't know why I didn't take any pictures. My camera is sitting right inside that black purse in the corner of the picture. Justin took this with his phone - and that's the only picture we felt we needed to take of Bayleigh coloring eggs for the first time :/
(Notice the "beautiful" picture of me on the fridge lol. I was messing around with Justin's phone and noticed he didn't have any pictures of his wife on there - so I had a photo shoot. He decided to print it off and hang it on the fridge. So THAT is what everyone gets to see when they open the fridge. )

I love pulling pranks on my Dad - so we decided to dye an egg green and write"Jack is #1" on it. This certain egg was NOT boiled. And when he found it the next morning he said..."aw, is this for me? Can I have it now?" He cracked it on the corner of the wall and soon raw egg was running down the wall. lol - it was classic. Wish I would of got a picture of it.

Castle Dale had their Easter egg hunt on a very windy day. Power was out at our house for about 4 hours. We didn't stay long - grabbed a couple eggs and was on our way. I was surprised at how many troopers actually showed up for it though - considering the weather condition.

These next two pictures are mostly to show just how windy it was that day

Easter bunny came to our house on Saturday this year. Me and Justin were having a "weekend get away" and we didn't want to miss the Easter bunny. Bayleigh was so into it - it was awesome. She is in "aw" with Sponge Bob (notice the pajamas) and when she seen that the Easter Bunny left her a bunch of Sponge Bob fruit snacks and Crabby Patti gummies she was beyond thankful for that Easter Bunny. And everytime we go to WalMart she has to 1: go see the fish. and 2: go ride bikes. I was going to get her a couple little fish for Easter but the tanks were empty. So I had to go with plan 2 - the most expensive plan - and get her a bike.

Me and Justin got 5 tickets to conference this year. 3 tickets to the Saturday 2:00 session and 2 to the Sunday 10:00 session. We decided to give the 3 tickets to my Mom, Dad, and Jade. We went up to Salt Lake saturday morning - did a little shopping and what not and then my parents took Bayleigh home with them after the session was out. I have never left Bayleigh over night before - it was a much needed break. Me and Justin stayed at the Little America and then attended the 10:00 session the next day. Only words I have to describe it is WOW!! It was so cool. The conference center holds 21,000 people - and every seat was full. Plus the tabernacle AND Joseph Smith Memorial was full....AND there were thousands of people outside in hope to get a seat that nobody claimed. It was loud in there cause 21,000 people were carrying on a conversation... but the second President Monson walked into the conference center it went dead silent and everyone stood up. It sent chills down your spine! It was the coolest thing ever!!

our seats were on the first balcany - 2nd row up - dead center. Perfect seats.

Afterwards we walked around temple square for a little while. Of course I didn't take my camera with me so I got these pictures off the internet. The place was beyond packed and beyond gorgeous. Flowers were blooming everywhere. Wish I would of had my camera. There were tons of protesters outside. There was one paticular guy that baggin on the mormon religion and his son (who obviously was forced into standing there with him) was holding up a note book that had written on it....I am with a real Christian ------->

What a wonderful way to spend Easter weekend - to remind you of why we celebrate the day.

Bayleigh's two year old pictures

2010-03-28T13:18:00.000-07:00

Not much to say on this post...only that we finally got Bayleigh's two year old pictures done. I shouldn't say finally...she is 2 years and 2 months....only 2 months late. So...enjoy

What a man what a man what a mighty good man!

2010-03-15T09:41:00.000-07:00

My friend Gina asked me why I haven't updated my blog forever. She said..."there has to me something exciting going on in Emery County besides snow." Well, the truth is, there isn't. So I started thinking about something I could do a post on. We haven't taken any exciting trips, we haven't won the lottery yet, we are STILL living with my parents, the list could go on and on about what is not going right in our lives right now...UGH! But once I look past all those annoying things I realize that something GREAT is happening in our lives right now. That handsome man whose picture is above.... has reached an awesome mile stone. Feb 21 marked the one year anniversary of when he was baptized and confirmed a member of the church! How cool is that?! THEN...this sunday he was "approved", if you might say, by the bishop, stake president, and the ENTIRE stake (is was our stake conference) to recieve his melchizedek priesthood. He will be getting set apart sometime real soon...probably sunday.
I see all these people giving "shout outs" to people....well, I am doing my first shout out. I want to give a shout out to Justin....even though I don't think he will read this... but I want to let him know how proud I am of how hard he has worked towards all this. When people find out he has only been a member for a year they are blown away. They all thought that he for sure has been a member his whole life. He has learned a lot and has a very strong testimony. We have started our temple classes and will soon be going to the temple....April 28th in Las Vegas...hopefully they have an opening that day. Better get scheduling that. Thanks to everyone who has been an example and have helped Justin reach this awesome mile stone!!!

Bayleigh turns 2!!!

2010-01-25T16:56:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it...my baby has turned 2! Where does time go? We decided to take her to a place called Jumpin Jacks the day before her birthday. She had a ball. It's a place of entertainment for kids AND adults. On her actual birthday...Jan. 24th...we had a big lunch with cake and ice cream. Bayleigh brings to much joy to our little family. She is a ball of fire and is ALWAYS on the go. She keeps me busy. She is such a ham and definetly has her own unique personality.

Ouch!!

Check out Justin's foot and Bayleigh's head in this picture...lol.

Wow...over 40 pieces! There's something that will be fun picking up all the time....thanks Landon and Cami.

Family photo

Waking up on the morning of her birthday.

Bay's birthday cake...what can I say...she loves her doggies

Smiling big before blowing out her candle

Her new laptop...hopefully this will help her stay away from ours

And her new princess shoes...she wears these things ALL day. She is such a girl.

Happy Birthday Bayleigh. We love you so much!!

Here is a video of Jade....it's kindof hard to see....but it's him doing tumbles down the slide. It was so funny. I can't turn it so tilt your head to watch

Christmas 09

2010-01-11T13:04:00.001-08:00

Christmas was a lot of fun this year. It's even more exciting when you have a little kid involved. Last year it wasn't very exciting for Bayleigh cause she had no clue what was going on. It's so funny because we all pressure her into opening ALL of her presents real quick...but she would open ONE present and want to play with that ONE present for a while and THEN open the rest. So Christmas took a a couple days this year.

We have the Fielder's Christmas party on Christmas Eve. Bayleigh is petrified of Santa...and of course Santa stops by every year for the Fielder party. This is Bayleigh's face right when he walked in the door...lol. She wanted nothing to do with him. After all the kids sat on Santa's lap, Santa wanted to give Bayleigh the same present he gave to all the little kids. He stood up..started walking to Bayleigh asking if he could give her a present. She screamed at the top of her lungs...NO NO NO NO NO. After Santa gave her the present she said....still in a frantic scream....Thank you! Lol...it was so stinkin cute. I wish I would of got it on video...we for sure would of won the $100,000 on funniest home videos.

They ain't related are they?

The rest of the pictures are just randoms from Christmas morning. They are not in order because...well...let's face it...that's to much work and thinking to get the pictures in order. Why can't blog make it easier to get them in order...like drag into places....

This is mommy's favorite gift that santa brought

This pic is a little out of place. But this is one of her outfits she got from my Mom. This was before church and I just had to take a pic of how stinkin cute she looked in her new outfit.

Here is Bayleigh comforting Tut. He is not happy with the coat he got for Christmas...lol.

Her new wheeler

Sledding on the day after Christmas

And to finish it off....A lovely family photo!!

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. I keep telling Justin that 2010 is our year! We had a rough 2009 year...it was definetly full of trials for us. However, I lie, 2009 did bring a huge blessing to our family...Justin did get baptized on Feb 21, 2009...wow, almost a year already. I am so proud of him and how hard he has worked....He is a wonderful wonderful man! I have three pretty huge goals for 2010 and by golly I WILL accomplish them! And by writing them down will obviously make them happen...;) 1: April 28th we will be getting sealed in the temple (we chose that day cause that's our anniversary. We wouldn't be able to remember two dates) 2: Buy a house. 3: Have another baby.... well, be pregnant atleast in this year.

And I leave you with these words until I blog again....ciao

Fun fullfilling weekend

2009-12-14T14:23:00.000-08:00

We took a trip to Salt Lake for the weekend. My friend's son was baptized on Saturday and then Saturday night the entire family got together and went to a Jazz game. Jazz played the Lakers that night...(jazz winning 102 to 94). Jade is a huge Lakers fan, or more so a Kobe Bryant fan. He wore Kobe's jersey to the game. So everyone...and when I say everyone I mean everyone... was giving him a bunch of crap....especially when Lakers lost. Inbetween all that, we got the rest of our Christmas shopping done. We really wanted to go to temple square and see the lights...but some reason they weren't on. When we were leaving the Jazz game there were about 5 trees lit up and then they turned them off. Not sure what was going on with that. It snowed quite a big on Sunday when we were heading home. We stayed at my brother's house in Eagle Moutain and they got dumped on. We were stuck in his drive way for quite a while. The tires on our car are not made for snow. The car came from Vegas....why buy snow tires when you live in Vegas...right? So it took us a while to get down the canyon. Everytime Justin went to pass a semi...or a car pass us...or we spun out a little bit...Bay would yell out..."uh oh!!" It was super funny.

Whew!! That is one good lookin couple!

Here is Bay and Nicole. This is Bayleigh's new smile.

We tell her to "smile big" and boy does she smile big.

Yet again....big smile. And yet again...Whew!

What a good lookin bunch of people!

She is either yelling, cheering, or

nervous in this picture. Can't quite

remember.

Her Jazz tattoo

Jazz blanket we got at the game for

being the first 500 people there.

When we got home Sunday there was tons of snow in Castle Dale. We let Bay take a nap while me and Justin jumped on the 4-wheeler and plowed away. Once Bay woke up we hooked the sled behind the wheeler and took her sledding. She was having a ball.

Today I took her out to make a snow man. However, the snow was to powdery so you couldn't get any type of ball made. But it is Utah....it doesn't snow just once....so I am sure we will have another chance at that. Bayleigh is loving the snow. This is her first encounter with snow really. We had a little bit when we were here for Christmas last year from Vegas...but never did go play in it. We were to busy with family stuff.

All bundled up....except for the snow

pants...we have yet to buy that. But

these pants have the fleece lining and they

keep her warm for quite a while.

Bayleigh's first snow angel. Little disporportional....

but remember....someday we will all have perfect

wings.

Halloween 09

2009-11-02T15:22:00.000-08:00

This year was a lot of fun with Bayleigh. For one...she could walk on her own which was nice for me. But she thought it was super cool that if she knocked on someones door they would open it...tell her how cute she was...then give her candy!
We went to the Castle Dale city party dressed as the Kitty. That costume is so warm that there were beads of sweat coming off her face. Sooo...for our ward party we dressed her as a fairy using her flower girl dress from my bro's wedding and some fairy wings. Fairy by day and Kitty by night.

Small town love

2009-10-23T12:53:00.000-07:00

Well...we have been back in Emery County for almost 2 months now. That sure went by fast. I am getting used to the small town living again. I still miss Vegas though....and probably more so the people than the city...ok, and the weather. Bayleigh has never really experienced the snow... so this winter will be an adjustment. I posted some pictures of what we have been doing since we have been back....

Camping! I really enjoy camping. Bay was having a great time. She was a mess by the end of it.

One thing I love about being back is that I have been able to watch all of my little brother's football games! He has done awesome this year! Bayleigh likes yelling at the refs with everyone.

This is down by the Zebras. She is smacking her lips hoping they will come to her. She learned that only works with the horses at my grandmas. The zebras are a little more cautious. Bayleigh is intrigued by animals bigger than her. She is used to small Tut and Kiya...so when she saw the big Tut and Kiyas...aka horses and the Zebras...she was fasinated.

since finding bigger animals....she still takes time out for Tut.

She loves her grandpa. And since we are roomates with Grandpa for the time being...she gets to hang with him almost everyday. He works weekends, so we get to hang with him during the week. He just got home from a week long hunting vaca and she wouldn't leave his side last night.

Picking apples. Looks like she almost has it....but is far from. This girl would never eat apples until we moved here. Guess they need to be off the tree fresh. They are so good....and there's plenty of them!

Just taking time to smell the flowers

and to make sure they got plenty of water

I have picked up a new hobby....golfing! I play a lot of it on the xbox...but who would of thought it was so fun in real life! Justin is currently working at Milsite golf course doing all the sprinkling system and what not for the new section of the golf course. So...as an insentive for working his butt off...they let him golf for free when he works up there. We go as often as we can.

2009-10-09T09:15:00.000-07:00

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Whaaaaat???

2009-09-18T08:26:00.000-07:00

I know that everybody gets those emails about "I can't believe she wore this", or the new one that's been going around..."the people of walmart volume 1 and 2". Well, whoever thought of putting a camera on cell phones was pretty clever. I use it ALOT! I snap pictures of people and things that make you go whaaaaat? So here are a couple pictures I have had in my phone. I had one other really funny one - but I decided not to put it on because they live in Emery County...and so do I now. I have seen this lady mad at people before...and I don't want to experience that for myself.

This picture was taken in Las Vegas...if the Nevada plates didn't give it away already. Me and My friend Gina were out on our "night away from kids" (which was supposed to happen every thursday night but only lasted for maybe 3 weeks). We stopped at McDonald's on our way home to grab ice cream for the kids and hubbys. This car was there. I wish I could of got a picture of the guy who drove it. He was 350 plus!!

This lady was intersting. First off she was using food stamps and was buying alcohol... irritates me more than anything. You can't see her neck very good but she had about 10 different guy names tattooed all across her neck -- very classy.

This one is kindof hard to tell. But look really close at the son's feet and what he has between them. This lady must need her alcohol really bad - cause why else would you make your handicapped son hold it between his feet?

This is just disporportional. Her legs were tiny - like my mother tiny. Then her upper was a little different.

My poor baby....

2009-08-30T12:31:00.000-07:00

I must of jinxed myself. I have been bragging up a storm how I have been sooo lucky with Bayleigh. She has only been sick once - and it was a cold. It's when you don't have insurance is when you really really need it. We went up to Utah to get a trailer to move. For those who don't know already - we are moving back to Emery County this week. Justin starts a new job in Price the day after labor day - I sure hope it all works out for us. Anywho - my little brother had a game at Emery High thursday night. We were there for about 10 minutes when, in a blink of an eye, my little baby fell through the bleachers, falling about 15 feet down and hitting face first on the concrete below. All I could do was watch - the image will be forever imbedded in my head.
Luckily the ambulace was at the high school for the game. We got her strapped in the ambulance and rushed to "Casketview" Hospital in Price. (ps...I was really impressed with the hospital)
They did a cat scan on her and kept her over night in ICU for observation. We were definatly blessed - the outcome was only a bruised face and a tiny bruise on her knee.

Giving Daddy a big kiss before her cat scan. She was high as a kite with all the drugs they gave her.

She was put on a popsicle and pedia light diet - she didn't mind the popsicle diet one bit. Ignore my "beautiness"...it was a long night. They wrapped up her arm so she didn't pull out her IV

YEAH!!! I get to go home!!

Playing with her get well balloon. Thanks to all the Graham family who brough her balloons and a very reasonable stash of candy!

I have a new sister!

2009-08-04T09:31:00.000-07:00

My brother did it...he finally took the plunge and got married!! I have to share their engagment story. Landon and Cami have been dating for a couple years. We always knew they would eventually get married. However, with Landon working out of town so much it was hard to find a time to just do it. Well, in February, Landon went to his tax man to get his taxes done...Cami tagged along. While they were there, Landon's tax man discovered that Landon owed the IRS $4,000. How devistating! Well, the tax man jokingly mentioned that if they filed jointly they would get back $4,000... they just have to be married by the end of this year. Sooo...they agreed and and filed jointly. They were married July 25th, 2009 in Salt Lake City, UT!!!!
I was able to drive up...with Bay and the two dogs....a week and a half before the wedding and spend some time at my brother's and sister's. It was fun. I was able to meet up with old friends and co-workers. I went to my old dentist office and got my teeth cleaned. Bayleigh was scared of Dr. Holt until he started talking. He is a funny funny man (looks just like Kevin James) and would talk to my pregnant belly everyday when I worked there...I think Bayleigh recognized the voice. It cracked us up. But... you definatly miss home. Living out of a suitcase with a little kid for that long get very frustrating. Justin flew up a couple days before the wedding and then we drove home together.

K..so I tried really hard to get all these pictures in order. The first nine (yes, be prepared for a lot of picture) are out of order. I was not gonna try fixing it.

This is one of Cami's bridal shots. Gorgeous eh? Her uncle took them for her at the Great Salt Lake.

Notice Bay in this picture. She was having nothing to do with group shots. It was the end of the day...she got only a little nap...and it was pretty roastin outside. We gave her my keys hoping that would lighten her mood a little. They finally just gave up and said they would photo shop her in.

However, after they got done with the group shots it hit me.....give her candy!! There was a huge table full of candy only yards away. What was I thinking? So here is the worn out flower girl with her candy and the worn out bride as well. Notice how red Bayleigh's eyes were.

Bayleigh and Grandma. Bayleigh looks a little high...but Grandma sure looks cute!

Landon and Bay. Bayleigh doesn't get to see Landon a whole lot cause he is always working out of town. However, she does enjoy him when she gets to see him. Who couldn't love his corky personality? He cracks me up....

So onery! WOW...lighten up! Grandpa and Bay...they were not in the mood for pictures. My dad never is. I am surprised his hand is not covering his face.

That's a little better!!!

Bayleigh peeking through the chairs. She thought it was so funny.

This is a funny picture. Bayleigh was just lounging out on the table staring up at the sky, with her straw from her snow cone dangling out of her mouth. Everytime a plane would fly by she would go...oooooooooooo! She is such a ham.

Ok...now they are in order. Those pics were just previews. Here is Bayleigh in her flower girl dress. I need to give a shout out to my friend Gina. She made these for the wedding and did such a good job. They were a huge hit. Everyone thought they were "so adorable"

Here we are waiting for the wedding to start. Jade and Landon are giving Bay high five and pumping her up to walk down the isle. I was nervous and curious at how she was gonna do.

Dashing lookin fam don't ya think?

Bay and Dad. When we picked Justin up at the airport it was like Bay didn't know who he was. It took her a day to warm back up to him. Guess we need to stop leaving.

Peek-a-boo

One of the other flower girls was helping Bay over the bridge. Bay would climb to the top and then turn around, sit down, and slide down it. Her dress had a lining in it that I guess worked perfect for a slide. I finally had to grab her and have her come sit with me cause the bride was trying to get over the bridge.

The bride!!

Cami and her Dad.

The ring bearer wanted to keep the rings. Everytime they went to take the rings off the pillow he would run away...."I want them"

You may kiss the bride!

The newly weds!

First dance

Money dance

The candy table and their cake.

The bobble heads that were ontop of the cake. Funny

It was such a beautiful day/evening for the wedding. The wedding was beautiful and I am so glad Landon married Cami. She is awesome and fits in so good with our family. (notice the fancy center pieces? I made those. Proud? Or more shocked? I cleaned Costco out! Took all their fresh flowers and oranges!)

4th of July

2009-07-08T19:58:00.000-07:00

We went to Castle Dale for the 4th of July. It is one holiday I will never miss. My little brother's birthday is on the 4th and my sister's on the 5th. It is such a fun Holiday. The entire family was there. I have the best family in the world. While we were in Castle Dale, we tried out the new pool. It is so cool!!! Who needs 7-peaks. Bayleigh was having a ball. While we were having fun at the pool Justin was putting in a water softener for my parents. Bless his heart, he is such a hard working man!

Bayleigh loves giving kisses. Grandma was getting plenty of them...and I don't think she minded one bit.

Loving the slide. Couldn't get her off of it.

She got stuck in this fountain...couldn't find her way out. It was funny

Later that day we went to Huntington and entered the cutest baby contest. It was pretty gay. Here is Bayleigh "admiring" her prize....a piece of candy; a smartie. Attached was a picture of a bear with the saying, "I love dogs".

Parade

2009-07-08T19:21:00.001-07:00

waitin for candy. Bayleigh was really enjoying the idea of candy getting thrown to her until one hit her right in the head. She wanted nothing to do with it after that.

Bayleigh dancing while waiting for the parade to start.

4th of July fun!

2009-07-08T19:14:00.000-07:00

After the parade we went to Joes Valley and rode wave runners. We had a ball!!! I couldn't believe how warm the water was. I was shocked! It was warmer than Lake Mead is here in Vegas.

Landon and my future sis - in law Cami. She will be "officially" in the family on July 25th. She is awesome and fits right in with us.

I guess Landon needs Bay's floaties.....

Bayleigh feeding Aunt Nicole some cheetos

Bayleigh loves her Aunt Nicole

Landon and Jade on the tube. Me and Justin were pulling them. It was pay back time from what they did to us when we were on the tube.

Bayleigh playing in the dirt.

A great you tube video

2009-06-22T10:55:00.001-07:00

This is a you tube video worth watching. Little story behind this video....and I am going to try to not make it confusing. I have a cousin who lost her husband to cancer almost two years ago. Leaving her behind with two little boys. My cousin started attending an LDS yound widow support group. The lady who introduced my cousin to this group lost her husband also to cancer. My cousin's friend married the guy in this you tube video. My cousin has now found a new husband. He lost his wife to a tragic car accident; only months away from the time my cousin's husband passed away. Follow?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs7QOUYEzpE

Quite A Day

2009-06-19T15:25:00.000-07:00

So I think this is the first and last post I have done without pictures. I know it is kinda long, and annoying to read, so no pressure on reading it. However, I have to let everyone know what kind of day I have had. Whew! K, well it all started off by waking up early cause I had to take our truck to Henderson to get an alignment done. I wake up, shower, yada yada yada. Bayleigh wakes up and I cook breakfast. She decides to throw her entire breakfast on the floor and mix it with her milk and sticky orange slices. (still haven't mopped the floor). I then go put Bay in the tub. She poops in the tub. I get her out, put the toys in a bucket to sanitize, clean the tub, put her back in the tub and wash her hair and body. I get her ready. While I am brushing my teeth Bay goes into the kitchen and dumps out the dog's food and water dish. She takes the dog's dish to the fridge to fill up their dish with new water. (I use the dispense off the fridge instead of the sink to fill their dishes, it's easier) Well, she fills the dishes way way to full and now there is water all over the floor by the fridge. She then slips in the water and falls, getting her clothes wet. I change her clothes (they were somewhat dirty clothes cause i am past due on doing laundry). Then, it is 9:50, I have to leave in ten minutes. I go to my bedroom to get dressed. While I am getting dressed Bay is riding her princess car. She tried surfing it instead and falls off hitting her head again. I comfort her for a couple minutes. Just as we get ready to walk out the door she poops again. Change her diaper. We get in the truck and leave. The freeway is dead still. So I was late. The car place was slow as tar. We were there for 2 1/2 hours. Bay found their culligan water thinger ma jig and dispensed water EVERYWHERE. So we went outside and walked around until the truck was done. It is 100 plus outside and I am dieing of heat. Finally - we get the truck back and head home. Not only am I stressed to the top of my tolerance with personal issues me and Justin are having, no need to bore you with that, but now my house is a complete disaster....the kitchen mostly. There is soggy, sticky, milky dog food all over the floor. I sat on the floor and just started crying. Bayleigh then came over, grabbed my face with both her hands, and gave me a big kiss on my eye!!
She then took her diaper off and peed on the floor......

Swimming

2009-05-22T17:29:00.001-07:00

Bayleigh is an incredible swimmer. Put her floaties on and she is good to go.....while I lay out and get my tan on. Ha ha...only kidding....calm down...I swim with her and keep an eye on her.

Day in the sun

2009-05-22T17:11:00.000-07:00

It was a little chilly here the other day....the news said we had a cold front coming in. The temperature was only going to reach 99 degrees. Soooo - we decided to take advantage of the cooler weather and hit the park up without frying. There is a park here that has a bunch of fun water features... Palm trees that rain, snakes that spit water, and dinosaur ribs that spray water.
Waving Hi to everyone that walks by

Trying so hard to make friends with

the older kids. And nope....they wouldn't

join her in their group. It was really sad

actually. They kept taking their ball from her

and running when she tried joing the converstation.

She was tough about it....she didn't care.

So we moved onto the swings

Scary Fall

2009-05-05T18:05:00.000-07:00

Bayleigh had her first major accident. We were at our Vegas Mom's house (Bonnie Graham) on Sunday for the ritual sunday dinner. Bayleigh loves it there because 1: there is an awesome pool. 2: there are stairs. We don't have stairs and am glad we don't because I would spend my entire day on the stairs. Well, I was upstairs faxing some paper work when all of a sudden I heard a thud thud thud thud BOOM! Bayleigh slipped and rolled clear down the stairs. There was blood everywhere. Take a close look at this picture. Notice the bruise on her forehead, on her eye, and her fat lip.
After putting some ice on her lip, also known as just giving her a popcicle, the bleeding stopped and her teeth are good to go. I was scared she knocked them really hard....but so far they haven't turned black yet!
I was expecting her to look really bad the next day...but when I got her out of bed the next morning she looked perfectly fine. Little bit of road rash on her eye, but that's it. Good thing too cause we have to go to the doctor tommorow and doctors tend to frown upon kids with bruises all over their face.

Rest of Bayleighs pictures

2009-03-24T16:54:00.000-07:00

I got the rest of Bayleigh's pictures. They turned out way cute. She is not little anymore.... Just wait till you see her in her itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow pock-a-dot bikini I got her... wow za!!! Stay tuned.....

1 year old pictures

2009-02-19T15:44:00.000-08:00

We got Bayleigh's 1 year old pictures done. This is

the only copy we have so far. When I get the rest I will post them. She grew up so fast

Bayleigh's 1st Birthday Party

2009-01-28T18:28:00.000-08:00

Can you believe it...Bayleigh turned 1. Boy how time flies. We had a princess theme party. It was a lot of fun. I even made her a princess castle cake. My sister flew down a day early to help me. It took us only 6 hours to make the things...and of course Bayleigh had her own cake to devour!

Christmas

2009-01-13T20:44:00.000-08:00

Yup - I have been really slackin on the blog postings. The truth is - we live in an apartment for the time being and we were picking up a lot of wireless connections. Sooo, we figured, why pay for internet when we can get it for free. (the internet company freakin rips you off down here...extremely expensive) Being the cheap people we are, we canceled our internet and stole from others. Well, carma came back to bite us in the butt. We can't pick it up anymore and we are moving soon so why go through the hassel of setting it all back up.....

The pools at our apartment have free wi fi.....but since it is a little chilly here....(atleast it is to us now)... I don't go around the pool much right now.

phew - anywho - on another note.... here are some Christmas pictures. Also, when we were home for Christmas, we took pictures of Bayleigh for her birthday announcements. She will be turning 1 on Jan. 24th. I can't believe how fast she grew up. So sad. We are having a princess theme party - gonna be hella good time!!

Family Pictures

2008-12-18T20:57:00.000-08:00

Over Thanksgiving I had my sister take some family pictures. I am to cheap to go pay hundreds of dollars to get them done when I can get them just as good for only the price of printing them off at walmart. Bayleigh is getting so big. Can't believe she will be 1 in a month. Time flies. She's not walking yet - but anytime now. She was a little moody during pictures. She was cold, hungry, and tired. She is used to this Las Vegas weather. My Mom was making her happy by feeding her goldfish crackers and dancing like a cheerleader back in her younger high school days. Here are just a couple pics.......

Long Live BSB!

2008-11-23T21:03:00.000-08:00

Well it happened - BSB has returned!! They returned and left Kevin behind. To bad too - I liked him. However, Gina and I hit up their concert here in Vegas on Saturday night at the Palms Casino. Whew - e!!! I must say - it was a pretty decent concert. Bless Gina's heart too - cause she had a pulled neck muscle but was not scared to jam out in the semi style mosh pits! Back in my younger days - me and Kali Yost/Christopherson were die hard fans. Our Friday and Saturday nights would consist of making kareoke/music video to Backstreet Boys. (I have the kareoke tapes in my possesion - Kali, I hope you have the music videos) Kali wasn't able to make it down for this exciting event. Kali, you were truly missed. Gina and I had such a good time though- thanks Gina. Here are a couple pics of the rocked out night.

Here is Nick. He sure was the love of the crowd. He was sick and had a little cold so he wasn't as out going as the others that night. This was the best picture I could get of him. There must of been something he liked on the right side of the stage cause he only came to the left a few times.

Here is Brian. I have come to realize he is kindof a dork. He was all about dancing around the stage like the munchkins off Wizard of Oz. Little odd - yet still good.

Now here is my love! Wow - I thought for sure I was going to marry this guy back in my younger days. Two words of advice for you AJ - keep a hat on (he has really bad receeding hair) and keep your shirt on (he is super super not attractive skinny). The boy can sure sing and bust some moves though. Very entertaining performer.

Last but not least - Howie. Oh poor Howie. He tries so hard to be loved by the ladies - but with his high pitched femmy voice and dorky moves just doesn't win my heart over. It won someone's heart because he is a married man. Go Howie!

Air Show

2008-11-17T20:04:00.001-08:00

Last weekend - well I guess 2 weekends ago - we went to the Air Show that was on Nellis Airforce Base. We went with - you guessed it - Gina and Aaron. Lucky we have them to hang out with or me and Justin would be a bunch of losers. It was a fun time. The planes were huge and very loud. I was nervous and was plugging Bayleigh's ears the entire time - nervous an ear drum would rupture or something. Well - none ruptured and we had a good time. Oh - and yes - I died my hair. That's a funny story in itself. Me and Gina had to dye it twice because the first time it came out almost as red as Carrot Top's hair.

Halloween

2008-11-06T09:16:00.000-08:00

Bayleigh was a little lady bug for halloween this year. So so cute. We went trick or treating with Gina's kids. Bayleigh got a lot of candy - she had a blast. Next year will be really fun when she will actually understand what is going on.

Fam came down

2008-10-27T09:25:00.000-07:00

Bayleigh got her first "bleeding boo boo". Well - let me rephrase that - Bayleigh got her first "bleeding boo boo" that I have seen. The only other "bleeding boo boo" she got was when I let Gina watch her for a while. Gina gave her a paper cut - nice work Gina!! Just kidding - thanks for watching her. She loves to pull herself up on our entertainment stand and knock down all the DVD's. Well I wasn't watching - bad Mom I know - and she hit her mouth.

Last weekend - the 17th through the 19th - my Mom, Nicole, and Jade came down to visit. (yes, I am late at posting this) The other group of the family must have been to good for me. I haven't talked to Landon to see what his excuse was - but my Dad said his priorities must come first.....hunting. Pathetic - I know. Here are just a couple snaps from the weekend - we hung out at the ESPN zone for quite some time - eating and playing video games. Thanks for coming down fam - it was really fun.

Playing at the park

2008-10-15T17:26:00.000-07:00

Today me and Bayleigh went to the park with Gina and her girls. It was a really fun park and the kids had a fun time. It's the first time I have taken Bayleigh to a park - pathetic I know. She was having a hay day on the swings. So fun to watch the kids have fun. There were a bunch of ducks you could feed bread to. Me and Gina had no bread so we fed them left over french fries and a couple teddy graham crackers.

Bayleigh playing

2008-10-13T13:57:00.000-07:00

This is a video clip of Bayleigh playing with her ball. She gets a kick out of rolling the ball around. I can't rotate the clip so cock your head to the left and enjoy.

Labor Day

2008-09-22T18:25:00.000-07:00

So I may get in a lot of trouble for this - but I dig this picture of my mom playing the drums...... and the picture of me and her.... we look beat. We just got done hiking up to a waterfall so our hair got a little drenched...
For Labor Day my parents rented a huge cabin up in Zions National Park. It was so much fun to get the family together and just hang out. Ok, I can't say entire family.... my brother Landon wasn't able to make it. He is currently over in Louisiana/Texas/all over the place fixing power lines from the hurricane mess. He was deeply deeply missed because he IS the entertainment for the family and is always such a joy to be around. However, his women Cami was able to be there and we wanted to see her more than Landon really. It rained a lot of the time but I was ok with that. I just enjoyed getting out of the hot hot city and getting into the cool rainy mountains. We took rock band because I don't think we can go without it. My mom was a trooper and played the drums...she rocked! It was an awesome weekend and I hope we make it a tradition....

Screw Photographist...

2008-09-22T17:52:00.000-07:00

So I have this awkward size picture frame - 5 x 5 - that hangs in my bedroom. I wanted nice pictures to put in it but I am to cheap to go spent hundreds of dollars at a photographer. I found a lady in Salt Lake that does an awesome job and is very very reasonable price - however, I no longer live there. (If anyone needs an awesome photographer in Salt Lake for cheap, hit me up) So I dressed Bayleigh in her cutest outfit - naked - and snapped pictures. I have now come to realize I will never go to a photo studio again - sorry photographers. I took these pictures - took them to wal mart to print them off - and it costs me only a couple dollars for what I think, cute pictures. I am proud ...

Hanging out on the strip

2008-09-22T17:44:00.000-07:00

After living in Las Vegas for 6 months, we decided to finally go hang out on the strip. Justin and I went down on our anniversary and hung out, but we haven't taken Bayleigh there. She LOVED all the lights and attention she got from tourists. We watched the fountain show at the Balagio like 5 times. She enjoyed the loud music and fascinating water spitting in the air.