The Seabury Family

Baby Quinn Photoshoot (1 week old)

2011-08-14T21:49:00.001-07:00

My sister in law Natalie is a talented photographer and I LOVE when she takes my kids pictures. I was very excited for her to take Quinn's pictures. We had to do it in 2 days because she was a little stinker and didn't want to cooperate the first day. Needless to say Natalie worked her magic and they all came out so beautiful. It was too hard to pick m favorites so you get you see almost all of them Ü

Photo Book

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Photo Card

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Clever Cadence Pink Baby Announcements

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THank

Thanks to my talented Sister in law I have new and very cute pictures of my girls!

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Quinn Abigail

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Very Proud big sister!

Sweet Sweet Baby!

Finally out of mommy's belly

LOOK AT ALL THAT HAIR! (huge surprise)

Quinn Abigail Seabury 7lbs 8oz ~ 20 inches long ~ arrived at 8:05 a.m.

Our little Quinn is here! What an amazing, scary, nerve racking experience it was. I was very nervous to have a c-section. I know that it really is not that uncommon and people do it everyday but I have never had any major surgery or any surgery at all for that matter. There were a few nights leading up to Quinn's birthday that I would lay in bed and cry and Eric would tell me it would be fine and he probably thought I was a little crazy. Ü
Wednsdauy night I did not sleep much at all, probably 2 hours. We woke up at 4:30 am to be at the hospital at 5:30 am. We got all checked in and it took about 2 hours to fill out paper work. They checked my cervix and checked to make sure she was still breech.... Yep, she was comfy. I was dilated to almost a 3 but that was a moot point. Anyway it was about 7:25 am and I told Eric I had changed my mind and just wanted to go home... I really felt that way at that moment. Then we waited a few more minutes and walked to the OR. Scary place that OR is, very intimidating. Ok not really but I was still nervous. The anesthesiologist came in and started my epidural. I have had the same anesthesiologist for all 3 of my last babies. Kind of interesting. Anyway he started my epidural and during the placement I got a really bad and very scary headache. I was thinking at that point that I was going to die because my brains were going to shoot straight out of the top of my head. It lasted about a minute while he was placing my epidural then it went away. Very weird and super scary. Then I felt fine. The time then was 7:52 am and I knew we were almost ready. Eric was holding my hand and rubbing my arm while I was sobbing to the point I couldn't talk. The nurse said "ok Camie we are ready and you are doing good" Yeah right. My dr asked me to state my name and birthday and I couldn't get it out for about 45 seconds, With how much I talk I never thought I wouldn't be able to speak. I said my name and looked at the clock and it was 8:02 am... I listened to the Dr talk a little bit but couldn't hear too much what they were saying, I felt some pressure and a release of pressure then a little push and at 8:05 am Quinn was here!!My Dr showed me my sweet little baby and she immediately started to cry. MY tears were coming just as fast as before but this time of joy and a little relief. Quinn's cord was wrapped around her neck and shoulder so no wonder she couldn't move. I had figured that if she didn't turn that there was a reason. I knew that Eric wanted to let go of my hand but didn't want me to be mad at him for leaving my side but I let go and told him to go to our baby, they had her on a little clean up and weight table about 15 ft away from me. So he went over and they got her weighed and wrapped up and he brought her over for me to kiss her and oh my she had lots of dark hair. Then I was off to recovery and Eric and Quinn were off to get a real bath. It seemed like Eternity for them to come back to me but they did. A few hours later all the family came and it was so fun to see the look on the girls faces when they first saw her. Everyone was shocked about her hair. I stayed in the hospital until Sunday which was much needed. Things worked out perfectly and we couldn't be happier.

Opinionated baby!

2011-06-16T21:19:00.000-07:00

Ok so our little fetus has been a little stubborn this pregnancy. First she tricked us by making the dr think she was a boy! Then she decided she didn't want to really show us what she was for a while. After that she decided she may want to come out and I started having some pre term labor.....WELL now she has changed her mind completely. She wants to stay in and she wants to have her head up not down and she does not want to turn. The ECV was unsuccessful. It was very super painful and for nothing Ü A couple people have told me about acupuncture and that it worked for them. I wanted to try it considering every time I hear the word c section I cry. I didn't really want to cough up the money for it so I didn't really plan on it. Then the day after my ECV was not successful I got my GROUPON email for $49 for 2 acupuncture treatments! I decided I was going to try it. that is less than half price so I made my appointment and went in. A little weird but not bad. The Dr put a few little things on my hands and tested whatever they test and then I went into a quite relaxing room and the poking began. I had 11 needles in me, one in my head 3 in each foot and 2 in each hand. It just felt like a little sting and that was it. He told me to relax and turned down the lights and left me for 20-30 minutes, came in took out the needles and sent me on my way. He said he is very successful at it and if she didn't turn by Monday to come on back in and so far she hasn't turned so Ill go see him Monday. Long story short if it doesn't work and she is still breech I will have a C Section June 23rd at about 7:30 am. If she comes earlier that would be super but 6 more days wont kill me!

Ally's surgery and our upcoming arrival

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The surgery site

Ally after surgery

Ally before Surgery

On Thursday June 2nd Allyson had her surgery. It went really really well. We had to be at the hospital at 6 am. She was in surgery by 7:40am and out by 9:10 am and we were out of the hospital by noon. Pretty slick. She did so well. Her surgeon is very good and kept us informed and aware of what was happening. They took great care of her. The tumor was a little bigger than they thought so he had to zap it twice (whatever that means) Her bone is super compromised and fragile because of the drilling and heat so we have to keep her off of it for 4 weeks. It will be a long 4 weeks Ü We follow up with Dr. Randall on June28th.

Now our little fetus is being a little more difficult. She is breech and has been for a little while :( On Tuesday June 14th I will go to Mckay Dee Hospital at 6:30 am for a little procedure called a

External cephalic version, or version, is a procedure used to turn a fetus from a breech position or side-lying (transverse) position into a head-down (vertex) position before labor begins. When successful, version makes it possible for you to try a vaginal birth.

Version is done most often before labor begins, generally around 36 to 37 weeks

To avoid harm to the fetus, a version procedure is closely monitored.

Fetal ultrasound is first used to confirm the fetus's position, where the placenta is, and the amount of amniotic fluid. Fetal ultrasound is often used to watch the fetal position during the version attempt.
Electronic fetal heart monitoring is used before, possibly during, and after a version attempt. An active fetus whose heart rate increases normally with movement is usually considered to be healthy. If the fetus's heart rate becomes abnormal, the version procedure may be stopped.

Serious complications are rare during external cephalic version. But they do happen. This is why a version is performed in a hospital where you can have an emergency C-section delivery if needed.
External cephalic version has an average success rate of 58%

I have had a really hard time with this. I was looking forward to having a vaginal birth cause I have never had to have a C-Section before and so I am nervous. I hope it works. If not I will have a C-section June 24th.

Ally's adventure (LONG POST)

2011-05-20T20:14:00.000-07:00

Some of you may already know this story but I thought Id share a little more about the situation and treatment and how we came to discover this little tumor of hers. Early this year Ally started complaining about leg pain in her left leg. It was mostly at night and it seemed it kept getting worse as the couple of weeks went by. We decided to take her in to her pediatrician. He didn't seem to find anything wrong and he did some Xrays and lab work to check for any fractures, cancer, or inflammation,. Everything came back great. He said give it 2 weeks and see how she does and if no improvement we would go see Dr. Richards in sports medicine to check for movement issues or hidden injuries and such forth. The appointment there was a little discouraging just because he didn't seem to see anything wrong and when your kids are in pain you just want them better. He thought maybe it was a condition called Perthes. Skip a head if you don't have interest in this..

Perthes disease affects the hip joint. The hip joint is a ball and socket joint, the ball is the femoral head and the socket or cup is the acetabulum. Perthes disease causes avascular necrosis of the femoral head. This means that the blood supply to the femoral head is disrupted causing some of the bone to die. As part of the body's normal healing process, the body breaks down this dead bone before new bone is made. But the resorption of this dead bone leads to structural weakness causing collapse and deformity.Perthes disease can be broken up into stages. The first stage is the loss of blood flow to the head of the femur, causing it to die totally or in part. The dead bone is still structurally sound, but to the body, it is foreign tissue. The body then absorbs the dead material in a Swiss cheese-like pattern. Structural weakness results, and the outer surface of the femoral head may collapse in. Depending on the location of the resulting "soft spot", it may be more or less a problem. If the original dead bone was extensive, the removal of tissue and subsequent collapse will yield a mushroom-shaped, widened and flattened femoral head This collapsed head no longer matches with the socket, and the last step will be the shape adjustment of the socket itself to the altered femoral head. A consequence of this change in shape is that movement in one direction may be quite good, but movement in another direction may be absent. A common outcome is the ability to flex and extend the hip, but not rotate it.

Anyway he did a few more Xrays and didn't seem to think that was the problem which seemed like a relief. That Perthes stuff sounds miserable. So then what to do? We talked about growing pains and he said they usually don't show up until right before puberty and I asked about muscle spasms and he didn't think that would be affecting her every night. I did mention that she is a little dramatic too Ü so maybe I can humor her a little bit and try heat pads and TLC. He said give it 2 weeks and then come back if she is still in pain cause it seems unusual. So we did and it seemed like a rough 2 weeks. She would wake up every night at least once crying sometimes lots of times. Ibuprofen seemed to help but not Tylenol. Funny Ally could tell the difference which I though was interesting too. A good idea to remember that talking to the Dr cause it was a little hint towards diagnosis too I think. Anyway we went the 2 weeks and Dr Richards said we need to do a MRI or CT Scan. They scheduled her the next day!! Being a mom I was a bit worried that he wanted it done so fast. So the following day we went to PCMC to do the scan. Ally was brave and things went well. Again as a mom I was a nervous wreck. The next day I hadn't heard from the Dr and I know the scans had been seen by the radiologist immediately so I called around 1 in the afternoon. Dr Richards got on the phone and said the most awful words a mom could hear. "I'm afraid we found a tumor" I immediately was panicked and cried. He said he thought that it was an Osteiod Osteoma, hearing that made me think the worst but I don't know much medical terms so that didn't mean much. He then said its a very low cancer risk and can be treated easily. He wanted to get a Orthopedic Specialists opinion and called a Dr at IMC. Luckily Eric was coming to my work to drop off Chloe so I could tell him the news in person. It was very hard. We called our parents but wanted to keep most of it to our selves just because when you give people that kind of news they have questions and to be honest we had no idea what the other Dr would say and we wanted to get other input and know what we were going to do from there. I waited another day for him to decide what he thought it was and Dr Richards nurse called and said that we needed to go to PCMC as soon as we could because the other Dr didn't seem to think it was that kind of tumor. Now I was much more worried. I tried my hardest to be tough until we could get into PCMC. We had to wait 6 days!! In between that time Ally had her 6th birthday and it was a good one! Natalie made the most wonderful CUTE cupcakes, we played XBOX and ate tacos. Ally got a great blessing and its was a nice weekend. Tuesday came and off to Primary Children's we went. We saw a Dr by the name of Lor Randall. He was great. He came in and immediately set our minds to ease. NO CANCER! He was 99.9% sure of that and felt like he was 99.9% sure it was the Osteiod Osteoma.

An osteoid osteoma is a benign (non-cancerous), small tumor that usually grows in the long bones of a person’s lower extremities. The thighbone is the most common location, although it can occur in the bones of the hand and it sometimes occurs in the lower part of the spine.

It usually appears in teenagers and young adults.
Its cause is unknown.
The most common treatment uses radio frequencies to heat and kill cancerous cells.
Treatments are usually successful, though the tumors can come back.

Osteoid osteoma causes a lot of pain in almost all patients. This pain is most frequently in the night, and patients sometimes wake up from the pain. The pain may also occur during the day. Sometimes the pain gets worse over time. It may only be dull, but sometimes also very sharp and gets worse with activity.

Typically patients have relief of their pain with aspirin, ibuprofen or other anti-inflammatory agents.

There may be a lot of inflammation around the tumor and the soft tissue around the tumor may be painful or swollen.

Treating minimal invasively with Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA):
Today the method of choice in many cases is radiofrequency ablation. During this procedure the tumor is heated up for a period of approximately 6 minutes and thus ablated. This procedure is minimal invasive, is done on an outpatient basis and has a short recovery time.

Since the nidus of an osteoid osteoma is usually very painful, the procedure is performed under general anesthesia.

The procedure can only be performed if the patient has the typical clinical and imaging findings. The location of the osteoid osteoma should permit a safe access and a safe heating/radiofrequency procedure without risking to damage nerves, major blood vessels and the skin. If the tumor nidus is more than 1 cm away from these structures the procedure can usually be safely performed.

The procedure takes approximately 2-3 hours including induction of general anesthesia. After the procedure the patient is taken to the recovery room and supervised by the anesthesiology team for approximately 4 hours. Patients then are able to leave the hospital with a prescription of pain medication.

The RF ablation is performed under sterile conditions in the CT suite to optimally localize the lesion. A thin biopsy needle, canula and drill needle are used to access the osteoid osteoma (Fig. 4).

Fig. 4: A thin drill is placed in the osteoid osteoma nidus (arrow).

Then the drill is removed but the canula is left inside and the RF-probe is advanced through the canula into the nidus. The RF-probe is a straight rigid electrode with an outer diameter of 1 mm and it is insulated throughout its extent except the terminal 10 mm. The electrode is positioned in the center of the lesion to coagulate a sphere of tissue of 1cm diameter with the tip of the electrode at the center (Fig. 5).

Fig. 5: The RF-probe was placed in the nidus of the lesion (arrow).

The electrode is connected to a radiofrequency generator. The electrode tip is heated up to 85-90 C0 for 6 minutes. Subsequently the probe and canula are withdrawn. There is usually no significant bleeding at the skin incision site and a bandage is sufficient to cover the puncture site.

On the day of the procedure patients will have pain and pain medication is required. In the following 72 hours pain will get better and after at least one week patients usually are free of pain. Within the first 48 hours patients usually will also be able to tell whether the typical tumor pain is gone.
Patients may return to work, school and other normal activities usually within the first week after the procedure. Please note, however, if the tumor is at a weight-bearing location (leg) sports, such as skiing, snowboarding, skate boarding, long distance running and jumping should be avoided for period of 3 months.
Two follow-up visits are recommended, one after one month, and a second after one year. These can be done by the patient’s doctor or orthopedist at home.
It should be considered that recurrence rates of 10-20% have been described and a second procedure may sometimes be required.

He said that out of 100 procedures he has maybe had to redo 3-4. So it has a very high chance of success. So we have decided that the procedure would be the best thing for her. She will have surgery the 2nd of June. So as the next 2 weeks go by we can keep her comfortable at night and hope that June 1st I don't go into labor! The following 3 weeks will be a little rough because he doesn't want her walking or putting weight on her leg cause her bone is going to be very fragile.
Long story short we feel very blessed to know this is not cancerous. We have great support and we are so very thankful for all of our family and friends!

What's new,

2011-04-24T13:32:00.000-07:00

I should count how many times I apologize for being so bad at bloging. I always have and excuse too. So here is what is new. I am 30 and 1/2 weeks. Woo hoo! Its a count down now. I am guessing 8 weeks so we will see. My dr will induce me on June 23rd which is a Thursday and so that is at 39 weeks. Eric however says I cant have the baby that day. He wants me to wait until Friday the 24th so he can work 4 10 hour shifts that week and can take Friday off and go back to work on Monday which will be ok except the going back to work Monday part. I can see that it is my 4th baby and I know what to expect and all but I WILL HAVE 4 KIDS!!! I hope I can talk him into taking a few extra days off. Any how we have been trying to get the last of the baby essentials which I think are just about there. We got her car seat and we just need to get her bassinet which I am waiting until the 6th of May cause I will have a coupon for 20% off. Of course I wait for a coupon! Here is a picture of her car seat. Also my friend and I made car seat canopies for our babies too! I loved it. It was a lot of fun. I have so many projects I want to start but don't have the ump to do them. Here are some pics and Ill post this week some more about our Easter weekend festivities.

The baby knit hats I want to attempt to make.

No NICU baby please!

2011-04-08T18:39:00.000-07:00

So Tuesday night I was having some contractions but didn't think nothing of it cause I have had contractions on and off with this little gal so I got in the tub and drank some water and went to bed. Felt fine in the morning but I little sore so I went on with my day and went to work. Around 11 and went to the restroom and had a little spotting so I called my Dr. I have an appt on the 16th so I was just checking with her to see if she wanted me to come in earlier in the week and she said no I want you to go straight to Labor and Delivery... I was frustrated and said cant I just come check everything out with you and she said no, go to the hospital. So I did what she said and I went. I just had Eric stay home with the kids cause who wants to bring 3 kids to the hospital when they don't need to go. I got all checked in and she monitored the baby and me. She checked my cervix and said I was dilated to a one and basically told me to go home and do nothing but rest. I told her not to use the term bed rest or tell me that I had to be on bed rest cause we all know that just cant happen with Eric's schedule and 3 kids. Anyway I have a huge list of dont's and cant's and I have to take it very easy. I cant really stop working so I basically park my bum in a chair and type on the computer. I will follow up next week so we will see how that goes. I am so very grateful for my 3 healthy kids and that they stayed in my tummy long enough to be strong and healthy. I'm also glad that we have decided that this is our last baby. I am so grateful for the beautiful healthy babies we have and hope we can keep little Quinn in a little longer.

some baby girls stuff

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This is the diaper bag I got and Im excited about it. It clips on to the stroller which is going to be so nice and it also is smaller than some others.

So this is the outfit we will bring baby girl home in, it is so cute and soft and simple. I love it.

I love being able to shop and pick things up for the baby and we are starting fresh because we got rid of EVERYTHING a year or so back, partly because it had been through 3 baby girls already and would not have lasted through one more and some stuff from 11 years ago with Carlee isn't in the best style or shape so we get to get new things for her and it is always fun to shop.

Its a....

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So I guess you cant be 85% sure about things these days...you have to be 100%

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My sister in law has started a little side business doing crochet work. She does a great job and some way fun and cute things, check out her blog
http://hjcrochet.blogspot.com/

Fun with the Cricut

2011-02-06T14:25:00.001-08:00

I have had a lot of fun with my Cricut latley. We have done lots of Valentines stuff with it and today I made this...We are going to Disneyland soon and I have a
Mickey Mouse Cricut cartridge and so I thought what the heck I'll throw something together and I love it.

BOY or GIRL

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We dont know either! Today my Dr said she thought she saw GIRL parts but she said "I cant be sure and I dont know, sorry" and last time she said she thought she was close to sure it was a BOY. I guess we will know when we go to our Targeted Ultrasound that is on March 4th ::sigh::

Some of my Project 365 pictures

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Love is in the air

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This past week the girls and I decorated little mailboxes for the month of February. Each family member has a mailbox and from now until Valentine's Day we leave each other little love notes or thank you notes. It has been a lot of fun.

My next project

2011-01-18T21:22:00.000-08:00

Chloe is in a phase where she does not want to wear clothes or she wants to be in a dress. I'm going to attempt to make some of these. They are pillowcase dresses, apparently they are simple and adorable!

LOVE THIS BLOG!

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http://mmmcrafts.blogspot.com

Check out Uncommongoods.com

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http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/pee-pee-teepees

http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/baby-tube-socks-set-of-4

http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/johnny-cruzin-socks-set-of-6

http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/baby-sock-monkey-slippers

LOVE THIS

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I have to have this to bring the baby home in, it is soft, cute and PERFECT! I will be buying this next week :)
Click on it to see it bigger but it says LITTLE BROTHER.

Fun!

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Another fun thing, check this out. I know a few people that have done this and I have loved it!
Im excited to start this project.

Top 5 Reasons People Love Project Life

5. Save time. Save stress.

The organization and design that is Project Life is already figured out for you. Different from traditional scrapbooking, there is no stress about where to place photos, which papers to use, techniques to incorporate, products to coordinate. The work is done. You just add your photos and journaling.

4. No more guilt.

Gone are the days that you feel bad about not doing something with your pictures or your kids' pictures. Now you can actually get those pictures off the computer and into a format that can be enjoyed. Project Life makes photo-displaying story-telling fun and easy.

3. Improve your skills.

Knowing that your pictures and memories are going to be preserved and enjoyed in Project Life, you will naturally improve your photography and writing skills.

2. Incredible value.

Nowhere else can you find this kind of value for everything that you get. The scrapbooking kit is full of beautifully coordinated products that would cost so much more if purchased as individual components. The digital book is also a great value, as you don't need any software or special tools.

1. It's therapeutic.

Whether you add a picture on a daily basis or simply highlight a few favorite shots per month, you will likely find yourself more tuned into to your surroundings, priorities, habits, and blessings.

http://www.beckyhiggins.com

FUN STUFF

2011-01-11T19:34:00.000-08:00

So I found some way fun CHEAP stuff if you are expecting a baby or even if you are not but know one day you may need this! Go to www.sevenslings.com and select a baby sling, at check out put in the PROMO code UTAH and get your sling for free (pay shipping). Way fun and cute and you never know could be extremely helpful. I loved my MOBY wrap when I had Chloe.
NEXT
At check out you will get another PROMO code for another website www.uddercovers.com
Pick out a nursing cover and get it FREE (pay shipping) too!!! PROMO code for this website is SEVEN!

I though it was way fun and I picked out mine and they are on the way!

From a friends blog...

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Answer the questions with only one word!

1. Where is your cell phone? Ear

2. Your significant other? Engineer

3. Your hair? Damaged

4. Your mother? Crazy

5. Your father? Helpful

6. Your favorite thing? Family

7. Your dream last night? Work

8. Your favorite drink? Coke

9. Your dream/goal? Happy

10. The room you're in? Kitchen

11. Your fear? Loss

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Home

13. Where were you last night? Home

14. What you're not? Skinny

15. Muffins? Chocolate

16. One of your wish list items? Baby stuff

17. Where you grew up? Syracuse

18. What are you wearing? Green

19. Your pet? None

20. Your computer? Dell

21. Your life? Crazy

22. Your mood? Tired

23. Missing someone? Grandma

24. Your car? Mess

25. Favorite thing to wear? PJ's

26. Favorite Store? Amazon

27. Your summer? Hot

28. Your favorite color? Red

29. When is the last time you laughed? Today

30. Where do you go over and over? Work

31. Where would you like to go right now? Sleep

32. Who will re-post this? Dunno

LOVE THIS

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I am so in love with this baby bedding, It is just my style.
I love the neutral warm colors....Now I just need to save $200 Ü

Girl or Boy

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85% is better than 50% or I'm not sure!
I guess next time we will be 100% sure.

Happy NEW YEAR!

2011-01-02T17:56:00.000-08:00

I am super excited for the new year. I think it will be a great year for our family. We have a couple of vacations planned or I should say in the back of our minds (the count down in on for DISNEYLAND at the end of February), we have a baby coming, Carlee will be 12 and advancing to young womens, Allyson will be a big 1st grader. Lots of things to look forward too.
New Years Eve was a lot of fun. I had my friends Katie and Adam over and their cute little girls and we had great food, fun games and it was a lot of fun. Eric was fighting a cold and didn't participate but it still was fun for me and the girls. New Years Day Katie and I went to dinner and a movie and over all it was a great weekend. Not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow but I guess that is life for ya. I am truly grateful that I only work very little and can be at home with my girls. Eric had last week off and I think we had successfully gotten the girls on a bedtime routine which is very nice and will make our year much smoother.
I have set quite a few goals for this year and have list of projects. I hope I'm not over doing it but even if I am it will push me hard to get more done. ONE of my goals is to blog at least once a week. I haven't been good in the past but I am going to be better. I am doing much more digital scrap booking too. My plan is to print my blog this year also. I have not done that yet but have seen many websites that print them. I wish I had a little more memories from my childhood and so I'm going to try hard to make sure my kids too.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY! 2011 WILL BE GREAT!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2010-12-27T18:23:00.001-08:00

Its been a while since I have posted but man the season is busy! We had a good Christams, We go to my parents on Christmas eve and have Ham and lots of good food and exchange gifts. My grandma was there with us this year which I loved. You just never know how much longer sweet grandparents will be with us. When I was younger my grandma Rita who is now passed on used to make Kolachie (not sure the spelling) Its a cram cheese butter type cookie with fruit filling. I missed them so much that I took the liberty of making them this year and will continue to every year. THEY ARE YUMMY! Christmas eve was great, we came home and got new jammies and attempted to go to bed. The girls did fairly well. The girls woke up way too early though. They woke up at 5:45 am and dad said No way, go back to bed until 7...ARE YOU KIDDING ME. How can you tell kids to go back to bed after seeing that SANTA had come. It was a rough start to our morning but we learned a good lesson... We will give them a little clock and we can explain to them that they have to stay in bed until 7. I guess its hard for kids to do things if they dont know what we as parents expect and they wont know unless we tell them. It was by far a very fun Christmas morning. Chloe finally gets it and it was very fun seeing the girls excitement.
Well after all of the fun we headed to the Seaburys house! HOLY COW!!! TONS OF GIFTS! I bet there were 100-200. There are 16 of us so it does seem like lots but this year it didn't just seem it WAS LOTS!! We all take turns and wait to open until we have watched the person finish, needless to say it took about 4 hours. Very fun! All the little kids get the whole opening thing and it was great. Maggie and Carter were very funny and a little possessive and it was very cute to see each of their little personality's. We then had breakfast. Natalie made a fabulous breakfast pizza, we actually took 2 small little breaks to grab a bite because we all knew opening gifts was going to take a while Ü. We had scones also and it was an enjoyable morning/afternoon. I even snuck in a little nap. After all of that excitement we went and spent some time with Eric's grandparents whom I adore. Like I said, very special cause you have no idea how long they have left with us. This week we are hoping to relax and enjoy each other. Eric has the week off so we will see how that goes. Surprisingly enough we have already heard the words "Im bored". How can you be board with tons of new toys, a Wii, movies..... For the most part is was really great and I look forward to the upcoming year and making new goals and feeling better and welcoming our new little baby to our family. I wish all of you a great new beginning and a wonderful and happy new year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

2010-12-27T18:23:00.000-08:00

My little bean!

2010-12-09T16:36:00.001-08:00

Its looking more like a baby. I was really thinking it was a boy up until this ultrasound and the baby is too little to tell the sex but I'm convinced that it is a SHE. It has a very fast heart beat and something just felt girl to me so I guess we will see. I will for sure know by Jan 5th! I would LOVE to add a little boy to our family but I mostly want a healthy baby and I will be thrilled either way.

Someone is watching you!

2010-12-09T16:26:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving!

2010-12-09T16:21:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was great. I cooked this year and it was actually not too stressful and a little bit of fun. Some of Eric's siblings go to in laws every other year and so I decided that on the years they wont be with the Seabury's that we will cook at our house and have dinner with my family. I think it should work out nicely. I am so grateful for our home and that we have room to accommodate family and friends.

Indroducing Ginger McTwinkle Pants

2010-11-28T10:41:00.000-08:00

We are so excited to start a new tradition in our family. My sister in law Natalie gave me this for my birthday. We are starting him today and so excited! I will post pictures through out the month of where our fun little elf decides to watch our family.

Happy Birthday to me.

2010-11-23T20:09:00.000-08:00

I was thinking about my age and how fast time goes by and I know that I have accomplished many things in my life but I decided that there are lots of things I still want to accomplish... Here are 30 things I want to do before I turn 30 (3 years and counting) NOT IN ORDER Ü

1. Read the BOM, I know that is sad that I have not yet done that.
2. Read the Harry Potter series (sad I have not done this yet either)
3. Make my own tried and true recipe book. (thanks to Jennika)
4. Make and finish my Wedding Scrapbook
5. Make and finish Allyson's first year scrapbook.
6. Make and finish Chloe's first year scrapbook. (Carlee's is done Ü)
7. Dont procrastinate on the next baby's first year scrapbook.
8. Take a cake decorating class.
9. Take a basic photography class.
10. Get my nail tech license.
11. Run a 5K.
12. Run a 10K.
13. Run a MARATHON.
14. Travel to New York.
15. Go on a cruise for our 10 year anniversary.
16. Learn to sew.
17. Watch all the Harry Potter movies.
18. Keep a journal for a year.
19. Get HEALTHY, keep my weight at my healthy goal for a year (forever since I wont be having any more babies)
20. Go Skydiving AGAIN.
21. Stop biting my nails.
22. Follow a budget.
23. Get Laser hair removal.
24. Learn to snowboard or Ski.
25. Visit the beach.
26. Buy a MAC.
27. Go Ice skating.
28. Have my last baby NATURAL.
29. Grow a Garden.
30. Give Christmas to a needy family.

Family

2010-11-21T17:56:00.000-08:00

Wonderful new family pictures thanks to my talented sister in law Natalie. I love them.

Nausea

2010-11-21T10:59:00.000-08:00

I don't envy women who are sick their whole pregnancy. I have been very nauseous with this baby and it is so hard.

What's new in our family?

2010-11-10T17:29:00.000-08:00

In June we will welcome a new little baby (our last little baby)
4 and no more is our philosophy Ü
We are very excited.
(Im going to think blue lots the next few monthsÜ)

WAY YUMMY

2010-11-07T19:07:00.000-08:00

This recipe came from my friend Andie and they are SO AMAZINGLY YUMMY!!

Pumpkin Butterscotch Cookies

Yield: about 2 dozen cookies
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 large eggs
1 cup sugar
½ cup vegetable or canola oil
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup butterscotch chips
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 325° F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. In a small bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; whisk to blend. In a the bowl of an electric mixer combine the eggs and sugar. Beat on medium-high speed until smooth and light in color, about 1 minute. Blend in the oil, pumpkin puree, and vanilla extract until well combined. With the mixer on low speed, mix in the dry ingredients just until incorporated. Gently fold in the butterscotch chips with a spatula.
Drop mounds of dough onto the prepared baking sheets (I used a medium-sized dough scoop), spacing them a few inches apart. Bake, rotating the sheets halfway through baking, until the tops feel set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry, about 14-16 minutes. Allow to cool on the baking sheets 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

LOVE

2010-11-06T17:06:00.000-07:00

My two loves right now...

Recipe Swap

2010-11-04T20:04:00.000-07:00

My cute friend Jennika asked me if I wanted to join a Recipe Swap group. I am so glad I did. Tonight was our first night and it was a lot of fun. Basically there are 8 of us I think and each person brings an item. Main Dish, Appetizer, Desert, and so on. So we have a great meal and chat and swap recipes. So much fun. Here is my recipe for the night. I had the misc item and so I decided that Biscotti would be fun with the holidays coming up. Biscotti and Hot Cocoa.... Yum!

CRANBERRY PISTACHIO BISCOTTI

Ingredients

1/4 cup light olive oil
3/4 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1 1/2 cups pistachio nuts

Directions

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
In a large bowl, mix together oil and sugar until well blended. Mix in the vanilla and almond extracts, then beat in the eggs. Combine flour, salt, and baking powder; gradually stir into egg mixture. Mix in cranberries and nuts by hand.
Divide dough in half. Form two logs (12x2 inches) on a cookie sheet that has been lined with parchment paper. Dough may be sticky; wet hands with cool water to handle dough more easily.
Bake for 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until logs are light brown. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool for 10 minutes. Reduce oven heat to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
Cut logs on diagonal into 3/4 inch thick slices. Lay on sides on parchment covered cookie sheet. Bake approximately 8 to 10 minutes, or until dry; cool.

2010-10-31T15:01:00.001-07:00

DISNEYLAND

2010-10-31T09:48:00.000-07:00

Its tough to be a bug!

All the Seabury grand kids!

Our trip was so great, very exhausting but so much fun. I cant wait to go back. We purchased season passes so we can go again and again until October of next year. Disneyland is so magical. It truly is the happiest place on earth. Chloe was so much fun this year. She interacted so much with the characters and was star struck by all of them. Here are some fun pictures of our trip.
Im going to try to figure out how to do a slide show of all the other pictures.

EXCITED!

2010-10-17T19:06:00.001-07:00

I can hardly wait to be at The happiest place on earth! I don't think I have been as excited for a vacation as I am now, even when we spend 12 days in Florida. Not sure what is so different but I am so thrilled!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2010-10-17T08:48:00.000-07:00

Pictures

2010-10-12T18:54:00.000-07:00

Its about time, I am so bad at keeping up on Family photos. Our last ones were over a year ago!
Thanks Natalie. I love them as always!

crafts

2010-10-07T21:33:00.001-07:00

I made this happy birthday sign with my cricut. Im going to laminate it and use it whenever we have a birthday in our family.

EXCITED!!

2010-10-05T21:42:00.000-07:00

SO excited for this... I already know right where I'm sitting, actually... standing!

FUN STUFF

2010-10-03T21:04:00.000-07:00

Me and my girls are going to make these next week!!!!

ALOMST THERE!!!

2010-10-03T12:19:00.000-07:00

Fun Crafts

2010-09-29T16:50:00.000-07:00

I have recently made some fun stuff for the house. A FHE board, some plates, and some cute countdown blocks. I'm also going to make a countdown to Christmas and a countdown to DISNEY!

AFTER Ü

2010-09-28T16:19:00.001-07:00

I will post pictures of the Theater room, Carlee's room, my front room and the kitchen later.

Before & After

2010-09-28T16:11:00.001-07:00

Here our some pics of our home before we painted and carpeted.

Brace Face!

2010-09-16T12:04:00.001-07:00

LOL!

Carlee got brace today!

She got black, yellow and red rubberbands because we are headed to Disneyland soon.

WE HAVE A HOME!

2010-09-13T09:34:00.000-07:00

So we finally closed on the house! We signed all our of our documents on August 13th but did not fund and record until the 26th. The last 6 months were the hardest of my life Ü I shouldn't say that but it was definitely a challenge. We moved in on the 27th and are finally getting settled. A piece of our couch would not fit down to the basement so after lots of trying Eric took it apart and we finally got it down last night. This month has truly been so busy. I am doing really well with Twinkle Toes and enjoy it a lot. Eric got a promotion at work and is now a Product Engineer (I think) We still have a lot of work on the yard but the inside is pretty and has new paint and carpet and WE LOVE IT!
NEXT UP... DISNEYLAND!!

FINALLY

2010-07-04T17:24:00.001-07:00

In less than a month we will own this home!
Yippee! I cant wait to be in a home again. We don need some help cleaning if anyone wants to come help (wink wink) I will be cleaning Friday night the 16th and Saturday morning the 17th.
The week of the 19th the painter will be re doing the whole house and around the 26th we will get our carpet in and then we will move in and get settled. It has been a big stress and a big pain but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Happy Birthday Ally

2010-05-15T08:11:00.000-07:00

Today Ally is 5. These are the top 5 reasons I love her or my favorite things about her.
#5 She has the most beautiful strawberry Blonde hair and the cutest freckles. I was thrilled to have a red head. She was really red when she was a baby. It has lightened up alot over the past 5 years. The spunk that comes with a red head is still there though.
#4 She is so cute and petite. She has always been my smallest, she was tiny when she was born and she is just a cute skinny thing.
#3 She has a wonderful imagination, she loves to make up things and imagine how things are. She loves art stuff, she loves to draw up things and make fun pictures and projects.
#2 Even though it is really annoying, she has to have her sippy cup at night. It is just a comfort thing for her and she is way to big for it but once a day she needs some milk in her sippy cup. It is cute how she cuddles up and wants her sippy.
#1 SHE IS THE MIDDLE CHILD, that sounds funny but it is a reason I love her so much. There are lots of things that come along with being the middle child. It can be so tough but it is SPECIAL!

Still waiting

2010-04-18T14:08:00.000-07:00

So we are still waiting to hear back on the home we put the offer on, we started this process a while ago so I just keep hoping it will happen soon, or something will happen soon. If we have not heard anything back on this home by mid May we are going to go meet with a builder. I am really hoping we hear soon, I don't want to build again. I don't want to have to worry about a yard and finishing a basement but I have already said that a million times so I wont say it again. I have so many fun ideas for our next home. We will have a big playroom and I am so excited to decorate it up. I have lots of ideas for the kids rooms and even the kitchen. I am going to attempt to sew curtains for my kitchen. We will see how that works. I would also love to be in a home so I an have Chloe a birthday party, Allys birthday is next but it is in 4 weeks and I'm thinking we wont have a home by then. Here is a picture of our hopeful soon to be home!

Also I got me a Cricut cutter. Oh my it has been so much fun. I made Ally's birthday invites, a poster for her birthday, paper dolls (so fun for the kids) and much more. I got a fun cartridge to make recipe cards and cute labels for canning. I'm so excited to make fun crafts with the kids.

Always behind

2010-04-13T13:04:00.000-07:00

I am always behind on this blog. Life has been crazy and I say that every single time I post. Will life every be less crazy? Maybe when I am retired and my kids are grown or maybe when I die Ü
Well we are no longer home owners. That has been so emotional for me. I loved my house and I was sad to have to leave it. We brought home our last 2 babies there, we had all but our first Christmas there, we picked out every color, door, counter top, light fixture, door nobs, sprinklers, grass, fence, flowers.... Almost everything was a first in that house for us. My kids first steps, everything. It is hard to let go of that. Don't get me wrong but I am so EXCITED to keep going and have some changes in our lives but a small part of my heart will always be in that house. It was my home not just my house. The new home that we have put an offer on is beautiful, I love it. To be honest it is going to take a little bit of money to get it to be home for us. We are going to get new carpet and paint. It was built in 2006 so 2 years after ours but was a bit more beat up.
The other owners also self painted and did not know what they were doing. There is red nail polish on the carpet in one room and so we will do those fixing up and it will be so wonderful. It is way bigger than our other home, it is 3200 sq ft and our other home was only 1800. It is 5 bedroom and completely finished. It has a 3rd car garage that is extended the width of the home which is considered 4 car garage. It is west facing which I am super excited for so we can enjoy the back yard in the evenings. There are lots of things I love. Hopefully soon I can post that we own it!!!

UNDER CONTRACT!!!

2010-03-10T21:25:00.000-08:00

Holy crap! We are now under contract! That happened so fast and it was honestly the LAST situation I thought would happen the way it did. So who is up for us moving in with you? We will be moving out April 2nd and 3rd and closing on the 7th. Lets all hope and pray that the bank accepts our offer on the short sale SUPER FAST

WOW

2010-03-09T20:00:00.000-08:00

Update on us...Things get so crazy and I always forget to update but last week we put our house up for sale. Long story short, there is a house close by that is in short sale and it is a good buy and it is twice the size of ours plus it is finished. With it being in short sale if it all works out we will have a lot more equity and it would just be kinda nice so we put our house on the market last week, had a showing on Saturday and have an offer!They did offer a little low so we counter offered back so we will see! We are really hoping everything works out so keep us in your thoughts :)

Uncle Ryan

2010-02-28T21:29:00.000-08:00

Almost 4 years ago we lost a GREAT guy! Ryan would have just celebrated a birthday and we are coming up on the anniversary of his death. I was cleaning behind my fridge and found the DVD that his friends played after his funeral and it got me thinking of him. He was by far the coolest EVER! His curly hair and his awesome smile. He was the best. Fun, outgoing and always had a smile and hug for ya. Ryan, We miss you so much but we all know that you lived your life to the fullest and you left us doing one of the things you loved most.
I know that I will always have good memories of you!

If you want to read the story you can go
http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/Accidents/Accidents,05-06/Taylor%20Canyon,%203-12-06/Taylor%20Canyon,%20Newspaper%20articles.htm

Ryan Smedley
2.20.1972-3.11.2006

Friends

2010-02-28T20:00:00.000-08:00

Over the years I have defiantly found out who my real friends are. I have a friend from junior high and her and I were inseparable at that point, anyway I have tried to contact her several times and she doesn't return my emails. I also have a good friend who I have always loved and admired and we have lost touch and been really busy over the past few years and last week we reconnected and also spent time with each other this weekend and I am so grateful for her friendship. I went to her new apartment and we got Pizza, did "twinkle toes", set up an entertainment center and just had a good time. Life can get busy but I am so grateful for the moments in life spent with my friends.

Being Healthy is OVERRATED.

2010-02-23T20:09:00.000-08:00

Just kidding! I joined Lady Fitness. I have been waking up at 5:00 am to go and workout before I go to work. It has been so hard to get up and I will admit I have missed a few days but for the most part I go and feel much better when I go. I have only lost about 4lbs which seems not a lot to me and I really am not doing it to loose weight. I would love to loose 20 lbs sure but my main goal is to feel healthier and be fit. I am not as tired in the day which you would think I would be exhasted with how my muscles feel but it really helps me get through the day and feel more energized.
If I ever loose the 20lbs I will post pictures. Ü

Not keeping up again

2010-02-21T11:20:00.000-08:00

I have not kept up for a month again. Geezzz, I think about it but then never do it. I want to become busier with toes so I have gotten all my stuff together and have done 3 sets! They are so cute. The girls and I went to Boondocks a few weeks ago and it was a blast. We had a lot of fun. The girls shared the little card they load up with money and helped each other out and it was a lot of fun. We also went to Sparetime and bowled with Aunt Kristin and played Laser tag. Laser tag is a blast. Gives you a good workout and it is so much fun. We also had some Friends and family over for the Superbowl. It was really fun too. I was cheering on the Saints and they won so that is kinda fun that history was made. For the most part life is just the same old thing. Go to work come home and go back to work again. I wish I would have been keeping up on the Olympics a little more. I have yet to watch Shaun White but LOVE him. I am going to make a point to do that very soon. Eric and I also went to see Valentines Day. It is now in my top 3 favorite movies. I loved it.

Last week in January!

2010-01-31T22:05:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that January is over. I feel like it just started. January was a good month for us. we had to get back to reality after our disneyworld trip. Life was busy...We got lots of sickness.... BRING ON FEBRUARY!!

INTRODUCING...

2010-01-22T12:11:00.000-08:00

I have a new fun hobby and want to share.
I am not licensed but still want to enjoy doing these fun toes for my friends and family.
Some of you may have heard them called RockStar toes, they are a UV gel product that takes about 30-40 minutes..(i will get faster) They last quite a while,
I would say at least 4 weeks but some places guarantee 6-8 weeks. I have lots of fun colors plus they can be mixed to make a custom shade just for you.

For more info you can email me @Twinkletoes.camie@gmail.com

I will be available Fridays and Saturdays and prices are as followed

Twinkle Toes $15.00 a set
Toes with a salt scrub $20.00

Very Rough Week

2010-01-22T11:54:00.000-08:00

This week has been a hard one. On Thursday last week Allyson started with a fever and croup cough so we got that solved and then late Saturday night Chloe started with it. Monday was rough and my CT Scan results came back and the good news is I don't have a brain tumor Ü
It showed that I have super bad sinus infection which was weird because I had no other symptoms but the major headache. ENT here I come. So Tuesday the girls still had a yucky cough and did not feel well at all and I started with the stomach flu. Wednesday and Thursday were really bad and then Thursday night all into Friday morning Allyson was throwing up. I just want to get past all of this sickness.

Calm Weekend

2010-01-17T09:47:00.000-08:00

Both the little rug-rats are not feeling well. Allyson has croop and Chloe has a fever and is way grumpy. Needless to say our weekend has been pretty calm. The girls have been playing the new Wii game Just Dance and I have been playing Super Mario.... We are not completely lazy. We did clean our house (some deep clean) on Saturday Ü

A new addiction!!!

2010-01-16T12:36:00.000-08:00

Oh No! It's like I am 10 again.

Our week 1-9 to 1-15

2010-01-15T11:12:00.000-08:00

This week has been a little stressful.
We have had the living room torn apart and it has been a mess. Eric is putting surround sound speakers up and we had a few holes in the wall that needed to be repaired. It is finally back to normal. It is weird how a huge mess in a room can make it feel disastrous in the house. Not that my house is spotless or anything Ü but it just makes it feel more messy. Eric has also worked the day shift this week which has been nice because we have been home together in the evening. Not that I saw too much of him because of the surround sound project but still.

The week before last I bought a new car, new to me but not brand new.
It is a 2007 Honda Pilot and I love it. I looked for a long time to find what I wanted. We owned a 2005 Honda Pilot for a while in 07 and 08 and I loved it. It fit the kids and it felt so much safer and so I knew it was what I liked. I did drive a whole bunch of other things too. I drove a Honda Van and a Saturn Outlook and a Toyota Highlander and a few other things and the features are just not the same. There is nothing real fancy about mine. It is a Ex. I did drive a few Ex-L's, those have leather and a sunroof and I am just not a leather person. The Ex-Ls have heated seats in the front but if anyone rode in the back they would freeze for a while in the winter and be hot in the summer. I also just worried about it splitting and stuff. The sunroof would have been nice but I had a sunroof in my last car and hardly used it so no biggie. I looked really hard for a green Pilot, I wanted the Olive green color, Honda calls it Aberdeen Green Metallic but I could not find one. My second choose was Nimbus Gray Metallic. I know that is so dumb to be picky about color but not really. I have had a dark green car, a silver car and a white car and hated all of the colors so I was going to be picky this time and not only that I am planning to own this car for a long time. Anyway after all the love for my car and all the excitement I was at the grocery store on Saturday and when I came out I saw that someone had hit my car. I am pretty sure they backed into it and the damage is livable buy GEEEEEZZZZZ, I was ticked. My insurance will charge us $500 to fix it and so on Monday I went and got a quote from the guy who sold us the car...RANDS AUTO, they are the best. $200 bucks! Much cheaper but I am still TICKED. It is just frustrating.
Anyway so the rest of the week was pretty frustrating too. I have been struggling with some health issues and so I have a test to run at the hospital and Allyson is super sick with a high fever and stuff so Friday we are running around to the Dr's. Needless to say I know that our family is extremely blessed and all the stress will pass so for the weekend we are going to be sick and sit home and relax. Until next week...

New Years RES

2010-01-08T10:07:00.000-08:00

So I know that I am the worst blogger in the world. I am going to try to be better and I know that i have said that before.
Our last few months have been CRAZY! Crazy good and Crazy busy. We had a great thanksgiving, we started it with going to the Seabury's on the 22nd of Nov. It was really great, we opened some Christmas gifts... Stuff that we needed to take on our TRIP!!! That brings me to the next subject...DISNEY WORLD! It was so much fun. Back to that in just a sec... On Dec 2nd my baby girl turned 10! Carlee, I love you lots! Wow! I cant believe I have a ten year old. So after celebrating the big 10 year birthday we headed to DISNEY WORLD! We left the morning of December 5th just in time to get out of Utah for the BIG FREEZE... apparently that weekend it snowed and was very cold. The plane ride to Florida was great...kids were happy and even took naps. That evening we went to Downtown Disney and ate at a yummy sandwich shop called The Earl of Sandwich... It was yummy. The next 13 days were filled with lots of fun. We had breakfast with Pooh & Friends, Lunch with Playhouse Disney, Breakfast with Mickey and dinner with Cinderella. We saw everything we wanted to plus some things twice or 3 times. My favorites were Expedition Everest at the Animal Kingdom, Toy Story Mania at Hollywood Studios and Mickey's PhilharMagic at Magic Kingdom. Ally's favorite was NOT Splash Mountain... as you can see. Ü
Every night they lit up Cinderella's castle at Magic Kingdom and that was absolutely FABULOUS! So Beautiful. It was so much fun but by the end of the trip I think we were all ready to come back home....The only wish was that it was a little warmer in UT. The plane ride home was an absolute nightmare. I guess it could have been worse..It really could have but for some reason Chloe decided she wanted to scream for about 90% of the ride home....SORRY Scott, Nat, Dee and Maggie and the other 100 people on the plane. Overall it was so much fun and I cant wait to go on another vacation. (DISNEYLAND October this year Ü) Now on to Christmas, I have to say I was not in complete Christmas spirits this year, For half of December we were in Florida and there is no snow and so it didn't quite feel like Christmas. We had a fabulous Christmas Eve with my family and a Fabulous Christmas day with Eric's family. I am so grateful for family. The New year was pretty calm, we just spent it at home with our cute little family watching a movie and eating pizza. 2010?!? I cant believe it is here. So here is to a new year! Yippee.
Another side note, We got a new car. We finally have a Honda Pilot again and I am thrilled. I am excited to have more room and to be a little safer. I am really ticked off that someone hit it with a shopping cart or their car. I cant tell what hit it but I know I am ticked.
Anyway I wish all of you a HAPPY NEW YEAR and I am going to update more often....I know I have said that before.

UPDATE

2009-12-30T19:56:00.000-08:00

I will be updating my blog.....thursday, friday or saturday!
I PROMISE!
Lots of fun stuff!

New Moon Night

2009-11-20T06:59:00.000-08:00

New Moon was incredible. Of Course that would come from me though!!!
It started off with going to Iggy's to have appetizers. Kristin was my date the whole night :)
After dinner we headed to the theater and I was quite disappointed actually. Eric bought me 2 tickets for the "Fangs or Fur" event at the Megaplex. It was $39.00 per ticket and you got to choose an Edward theme or Jacob theme and you received a gift bag valued over$50.00. Sounds so good right? The event started at 11:00 p.m. and we were invited up stairs to have a piece of Bella's birthday cake. That was ok but it was just cupcakes. Then the disappointment set in because they were so unorganized. So we headed into our theater and BORING!! Edward themed my butt. There were no decor. So we sat down and looked in our gift bag!!! We got a t-shirt, a Edward cup, A license plate cover thing (with Larry H Miller on it of course) A box of junior mints, a cheap dog tag thing and a BUNCH of advertising Bull Crap. I did not pay $39.00 to get advertisements. THEN... A few of my friends had bought tickets right next to ours...A few minutes after we got seated 2 girls came looking for their seats and my friends had those seats. A few minutes later a few more girls came claiming they had the 2 other seats by them...apparently Megaplex double booked their seats!!! Long story short they had to move and it was kinda sad not to sit by my friends.
OVERALL...I LOVED THE MOVIE AND I AM OBSESSED!!!'
I will be seeing it AGAIN with my hubby tonight or tomorrow.
I will not be going to a midnight show again and I for sure will never support the $39.00 special again to get junk.
DON'T GET ME WRONG, I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE GONE AND APPRECIATE MY HUBBY FOR GETTING ME THE TICKETS!!

Life is CRAZY!!!

2009-11-14T08:55:00.001-08:00

Life gets so busy and I never update my blog!
This month has been so busy and last month was busy too. This next month I can not even begin to tell you how busy we are.
Last week I was a bridesmaid in my friends Sara's wedding....It was so beautiful and so much fun. She was gorgeous and so happy.

The kids had a great time on Halloween. It was a lot of fun. We spent the day with Eric's family at Gateway and then did some trick or treating around his parents neighborhood. These pictures are thanks to Eric's sister Natalie. I depend on her way to much for photos...what can I say...she is does a great job.This next week my cute little nephew turns 1!! Happy birthday Carter!
We love your guts!
Thursday night my sis and I are going to NEW MOON!!
Sunday we will be having a family get together with Eric's family to CELEBRATE!!! We will be celebrating Carter, Heidi, Scott, Carlee and I's birthdays! We will also be doing a little Christmas gift opening....THEN.........
DISNEY WORLD HERE WE COME!!!
WOW! I am so EXCITED!!
Last night we went to Disney on Ice and Holy cow....Chloe loves Mickey and Minnie. I am so excited to see how she will love Disney world!

Long time, no post!

2009-10-19T19:43:00.000-07:00

I don't know how many times my title is labeled that...I am so bad at keeping a blog. I am going to try harder...please don't give up on me.

This month has been so busy. I feel like I am constantly doing something. Besides being a mom and working full time I have had a lot on my "to do" list. Everyone is doing great and we are all healthy so far this fall. I am trying to wash like crazy at work so I don't catch the swine flu. I am not so much worried about me but if I brought it home to the kids it would be really sad. Not only that but I need my time off for our DISNEYWORLD vacation that is in 1 month 2 weeks and 4 days Ü I cant wait!!! I am so super excited.

This weekend Eric and I took a visit to Las Vegas for the 2nd time this year. It is just nice to get away for a few days. I love Las Vegas, I love shopping, Cheesecake Factory, and the Bellagio fountains.
I am going to be so busy until the end of the year.....Time is flying by.
This month and next will be so busy. I am going to go see the MJ movie with my aunt and some friends, I am taking my Grandma to the Jazz game (thanks to Eric), My Grandma is taking my girls and I to Disney on Ice, NEW MOON Ü, My birthday, THANKSGIVING, DISNEYWORLD, CHRISTMAS...... YEA!!!!
I love this time of year.

Funt Times, Girls, Girls, and more Girls

2009-09-27T08:34:00.000-07:00

My friend Brooke and her 3 girls came to visit on Friday night!
It was so fun, Who in a million years would have thought that each of us would have 3 girls. So with all of us we make 8 girls! WOW! The girls had so much fun. We picked up some Pizza. We started to watch a movie but the girls attention did not last. They played dress up, played outside and basically just enjoyed each other. Later that evening we had yummy banana splits!!! It was so much fun! Brooke Has Madison who is 7, Brylie who is 4, and baby Haylie will be 1 soon. They are about the same age as my girls so it is really fun. When we were getting the babies settled down we noticed they have a the same pj's. Of course we put them in the same ones and got a picture.

Digital Scrapbooking

2009-09-18T00:44:00.000-07:00

I have started digital scrapbooking, it is way so fun but frustrating all at the same time.
Here is the link if you want to see what I have been up to.
http://www.camscrapblog.blogspot.com/

Lagoon!!

2009-08-26T19:15:00.000-07:00

Friday we went to Lagoon, Carlee, Allyson and I. We left Chloe home with Aunt Krissy.
I wanted to enjoy the park with the bigger girls and enjoy some time with them. When we got to the park all Ally wanted to do was go into the Terror Ride. It was a long line, don't ask me why but I was afraid that she would freak out in there so we never ended up going in. Instead I freaked her out by taking her on everything else. She is about 3 inches short for most of the big rides at Lagoon, I am just hoping when we go to DisneyWorld in 3 months she can ride everything....I plan on making her go. Anyway it was so funny. I took her on the Music Express...she had no idea what was coming, her face was hilarious. Then we headed over to the Tidal Wave.....That was way funnier. She cried and screamed and was so scared. Why I think that is funny? After wards she said..."that is not so bad!" We had a nice bbq hamburger dinner and I got to ride some rides with Carlee. Mine and Carlee's hand stamp was washed away and we had to go to get another stamp or they would not let us on rides.....when my ink was nice and fresh I tagged Carlee's face. That is a trick Wendy and Heidi do and so she can thank them.
It was a lot of fun. Can't wait for Disney World.

Long day..

2009-08-19T17:18:00.000-07:00

First of all I never have Wednesday's off.. I took Wednesday off cause Carlee had a Golf tournament and award banquet. It was a lot of fun, she is quite the little golfer. She won 3rd place in her age group. I am so proud of her. I hope she keeps playing and becomes a pro ;)

Then I have been wanting to make Jalapeno Jelly. I was going to buy jalapenos at the grocery store but thought "Why not support local farmers?" So we headed to a farm by our house. Come to find out you have to go and pick your own. Carlee and Ally thought that was so FUN! They both picked, we got a great deal and we headed home to make our jelly. It is really easy to make...We will just have to wait to taste it and then really decide!
I did learn that next time I will add a drop or 2 of green food coloring, It makes it look prettier AND I WILL WEAR GLOVES WHEN I CUT UP THE JALAPENOS!!! My hands and eyes are burning!

Vegas

2009-08-16T21:24:00.001-07:00

Eric and I celebrated our 6th anniversary in Las Vegas....It was fun. We got to Vegas around 7 p.m. I was starved. We headed over to EPSN for dinner. Yummy! I had a Philly Cheese Steak, it was way good. After that we basically just walked around and saw everything. There is so much garbage in Vegas but alot of beautiful things too. The buildings are amazing. So tall and so many lights. You see a lot of interesting stuff there. People dressed up, funny things.

The next day we headed over to an outlet mall on the north end of the strip. It is actually about mile or so away from the Stratosphere. It was nice...Eric bought me a new pair of shoes :) Then we just headed back to the strip. We went to the Wynn resort. Very pretty there, we learned how to play roulette. Very fun. I like that game. We played few penny machines and then went to sight see some more. That night we ate at The Cheesecake Factory. YUMMY!!!!

I love that place. I had a barbecue ranch chicken salad, to die for. It was way good. Then I had a white chocolate caramel macadamia nut cheesecake. Holy cow, good...Now I can see why the wait is so long in Utah. the next day (Saturday) we headed to another outlet mall, this one south. It was ok. Kinda run down a little. Eric did buy a wedding ring for himself. He lost his painting a while back. After that just some more sight seeing.

We also went to the top of the Eiffel tower at the Paris. Amazing. It was beautiful. Just fun to get away.

Busy weekend

2009-08-08T20:22:00.000-07:00

It was a busy weekend, on Friday we woke up and went birthday shopping for grandpa! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! I used coupons and so of course I got a great deal. 5 tee shirts for 9 bucks. then we took Chloe to her 1 year check up. I can't believe she is 1 already. She weighs 22 lbs and is 55% in her weight and height, I can't remember how tall she is...I think 29 inches. Anyway she had 4 shots....POOR BABY. I hate that. They did one at a time too :( After that we went to Grandma Smedley's eye Dr appt. Later that night we had a ward BBQ..Lots of fun. I got a call from my dad saying that his brother, my uncle Carey fell off a later at work and is at IMC. he broke his back in 5 laces but is going to be OK. His birthday is Sunday so we will take a ride down to the hospital and see him. Very sad..It is going to take a lot of recovery.
Saturday we had planned a trip to Idaho to go to Downata Springs.....DUMB WEATHER is all I have to say. We had to cancel cause it was chilly and a chance of rain. Instead we took the kids to the Aquatic Center. They had fun swimming and then we went to Grandpas to have birthday lurch.
It was a good weekend but I am relieved to relax tomorrow.

2009-08-05T20:04:00.000-07:00

On Friday the girls and I had the opportunity to go to the
Oquirrh Mountain Temple.
What a BEAUTIFUL place.
I love the chandeliers in this temple. Amazing.
I love to see the temple, I have a goal to visit each temple in Utah.

The coming up weeks will be exciting, On Saturday it is my dads birthday and we are going to take a little trip to Idaho and go swimming for the day. We are going to Downata Springs, never been but I am sure it will be great. On Tuesday I am hosting a grocery class. Teaching how to save money at the grocery store. Who doesn't need that?? Then Thursday the 13th Eric and I are off to celebrate 6 years of marriage in LAS VEGAS!! I am so excited to go. We were going to go a few years back and I wrecked Eric's car so that never happened. It is not that I am excited to go to Las Vegas per say but I am excited to go somewhere with my hubby for a few days.
The week of the 25ht Carlee starts school!
Where has the time gone.
She will be a big 4th Grader!

Busy Busy but I will be posting about it, I promise.

NEW PROMISE!!!!!

2009-08-05T08:51:00.001-07:00

I AM GOING TO UPDATE MY BLOG!!!'
I promise, every Sunday I WILL POST

<3

2009-06-24T21:56:00.000-07:00

I have to say that Motherhood is so great
but if there was one thing I would nix from the whole thing it is..........
Reply with your answers.

THROW UP
Allyson had the 24 hour flu bug or something and woke up Wednesday (3am) throwing up. The poor kid, she just kept going until there was not a single thing in her tummy. She said "Mommy I'm so tired but my tummy is awake"
after being up for a few hours, we said a little prayer and asked for her tummy to feel better so we could get some rest.
I am so grateful for prayer, we can ask for the simplest things.
She threw up one more time then laid her little head down and got some rest.

cute stuff

2009-06-12T23:22:00.000-07:00

I have a couple of friends that have a watch website and I LOVE THEM!
Check it out and pass it along!
http://www.doyouhavethetime2.blogspot.com

UPDATE~!

2009-06-04T23:00:00.000-07:00

Things are great. Eric got offered a job (YEA!) at Varian working swing shifts. He is home in the morning with the kids and I am home in the evenings. Our house is staying clean for once. It is super nice. Carlee gets out of school today! I am looking forward to doing some fun things this summer. Movies, the park...nothing to fancy but more time with each other. Chloe is growing like a weed. 22lbs! Pulling up on everything, almost standing on her own, talking so much. Not many real words yet but she is trying. Allyson has so much energy and keeps our family busy that is for sure. She loves playing with the neighbor kids. We got our Family pictures taken and I love them. My sister-in-law is so talented. I always love pictures she takes so much. Here are a few.

Graduation, Disneyland and Brithdays OH MY...

2009-05-15T18:55:00.000-07:00

We have been so busy! Eric graduated last week. So exciting.
I headed off to Disneyland with my Grandma Midge, Joyce, Wendy, Heidi, Spencer and Carter. My grandma told me a few months back that she wanted to visit Disneyland one last time before she passes away. She is in good health right now and Joyce and Heidi can get great deals on hotel and flights so we said what the heck. The timing was great. Hardly a wait on any rides, great weather. I could no have asked for a better trip. I enjoyed it so much. The only thing missing was my hubby and kids but I won't lie...It was a nice break. We are planning a family trip to Disneyworld in December so it's all good. I will post pictures later.
Ally is 4 today! Time flies. We are celebrating with a BBQ tomorrow.

2009-05-08T22:20:00.000-07:00

YEA!!!!!! It came! Graduation day!

We had a great day! We had Lunch at Tucanos with our family and headed to the graduation. It was so nice and I am so happy and proud of Eric.
What an accomplishment. Family, Work, School!
Thanks to everyone who has supported us and thanks for coming!

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The countdown is on!

2009-04-30T22:15:00.000-07:00

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE NEXT MONTH!

2009-04-26T20:39:00.000-07:00

It will be so busy for us the next month but very exciting. Eric's count down is much shorter for Graduation. 12 DAYS!! Can you believe it. I'm so excited for him. Graduation is at the Huntsman Center on May 8th @ 4:15 p.m. feel free to join us. We will be having a BBQ on May 16th to celebrate at our home @ 2PM. Feel free to come have a burger and the kids can play on the water slide. See ya soon!
Eric, I love you and am so proud of your accomplishment!

Also this month is I am going to Disneyland. My grandma whom I am very close to said that she would like to go one more time before she dies (she is not dying soon) but she will be 80 this year. Eric's mom is so kind to help us out and go. So off to Disneyland with Grandma & Joyce. YEA!! I am so excited. Eric will have 4 full days with the girls and it will be so nice.

Also Ally is turning 4! I can't believe how fast kids grow. The BBQ on the 16th will be celebrating her B-day too! Happy B-day Sweetie.
Anyway lots of fun. I am just so grateful for the blessings we have received in our lives. Healthy kids, ability to go to school, job security, GREAT FAMILY! I am truly grateful.

Life is good!

2009-03-29T19:14:00.000-07:00

On Thursday Eric presented his senior project at the U of U Technical Open house. He did a fantastic job. I was very impressed. The title was "Dielectric Measurements" for L-3 Communications. It was very nice to see all the hard work Eric put into this. He presented with 4 other guys in his senior class. Afterward we went to a Banquet for all the seniors that presented projects. It was very nice. It was so nice to see the end of school too. Can't wait for Graduation Day. That sounds so harsh but we want Daddy home more.
In more news we are putting in a fence next week. A fence, a sidewalk on the side of the house and a pad for our shed(probably won't get a shed for a long while). We decided to do the cement at the same time so that we don't risk hurting our fence one day. Vinyl fences are not cheap.
We had lots of fun this weekend, we went to my aunts house and played Kahoots....(FUN GAME).
I took some fun pictures of the kids.
We relaxed a little, Sunday we made flowers for my parents... the kids decorated paper and taped them on straws. Flowers that will never die.
We also made yummy Banana Bars.
Here comes next week, way to fast. I can't wait until I can stay home more and do more fun crafts with the kids and bake a little more. I CAN'T WAIT FOR WARM WEATHER TOO!

Disney on Ice!!

2009-03-14T08:59:00.000-07:00

Last night we went to Disney on Ice: Mickey & Minnie's Magical Journey.
It was so much fun. Me, Kristin, Grandma Smedley, & My girls. We had lunch at the Gateway and of course went to Build a Bear (we can not go to the Gateway without going there) and on to the show. We had 2nd row seats right in the middle. IT WAS AWESOME! The girls loved it. The funniest thing was that Chloe (remember she is only 8 months) LOVED IT. She clapped and danced and watched the whole 2 hours. I was so amazed. The funnest thing about going to things like this is watching the girls. I love to see their excitement.

TAG! 6 of 6

2009-03-14T08:51:00.001-07:00

6th picture in the 6th folder

We were playing dress-up. I am not sure why Allyson looks so unhappy.
It was a fun and messy.

I tag:
Wendy
Heidi
Melanie
Sheena

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2009-02-15T14:56:00.001-08:00

I never know what to call my posts!
Anyway it has been a long while since I have posted anything. What can I say?
It is busy for me and this is one of the last things I think of. I am going to be better. We got
a new camera for Christmas and I need to have Eric put the software on the computer and teach me how to get my pictures. I have some cute ones, Chloe tried a Cheeto the other night! She loved it. We have been fighting sickness at our house. My little girls Ally and Chloe had really bad colds and last Saturday Allyson had a fever of 105 and threw up mucus blood so I rushed her to the Dr and she had and ear infection. she never complained once about her ear hurting. Chloe had a cough and stuff for 2 weeks....We are all better now! Not much other news. We are getting a fence. That is kind of fun. Well, Happy Valentines and Happy Presidents day!

work, kids, blog

2009-01-31T09:37:00.000-08:00

I just do not have enough time to keep up on my blog like I would like to. Sorry.
Here's what new... Chloe is now 6 months old. I can hardly believe how fast time flies. It seemed like just the other day I was fat and pregnant and waiting for the day when I had 3 months off of work. Chloe is now 17 lbs 2 oz and cute as ever. She has 4 teeth and growing more hair. I love her so much. She is sick right now with her first cold, However I am going to take her to the Dr. to make sure it is not an Ear infection or something worse than a cold. Ally is doing great, she is still the Pot stir er. She is learning to write her letters and does a great job tracing them. She is a smart girl. She loves going to Gma Sherie's and Gpa Jerry's house while mom is at work. Carlee is doing great, she loves school. She just got her report card and it is full of 4's (they grade ion numbers now 4 being the best and 1 the worst) She has a few 3.5's and a couple 3's so she is doing really well. She is growing so much and I can hardly believe she is 9. For the most part my kids are really good. I just know that life is much easier when moms can be home. It has been an emotional struggle being away and a huge stress on my house. I get home around 7 each night and the kids need food, baths and mom time and things just don't stay clean very long. I am so looking forward to the day that I can be home with them. Other than that I can just say things are same as always. Time goes by fast and life goes on weather you want it to or not. I hope all is well with everyone else. I will try to at least post 1 per week. I will post some pictures next time.