THE ANDERSON'S

New Blog Update

2010-12-28T20:13:00.001-07:00

So I am starting a new blog. The address is lacey-anderson.blogspot.com. Thank you to all my faithful followers.

New Blog

2010-12-23T15:53:00.002-07:00

So I guess I have to start a new blog. I have been trying for a long time to put more pictures up, but it keeps telling me that I am out of space and have to purchase more space. The only conclusion that I can think of would be to start a new blog to avoid having to pay for more space. If anyone knows of any other way to get past this stupid feature please let me know! I will have my new blog address posted soon!

Mary Did You Know? Donny Osmond

2010-12-22T15:23:00.000-07:00

Disney on Ice!

2010-11-13T23:06:00.000-07:00

For Bailee's birthday Nate bought her tickets to go see Disney on Ice! She loved it! He had it all planned out. We got up this morning and got ready to start our day. We drove down to Orem to the Disney Store and let Bailee pick out a prize. Then we headed home and on the way stopped at Cabela's to see the fish aquarium. We then got home and regrouped before going to dinner at Winger's. We then hurried to the Energy Solutions Arena for the show. We got there just in time. Bailee was mesmerized for the first half. After the intermission she had a hard time focusing. Maybe because it was the same story for the last half hour and it didn't change, or maybe it was because she had maybe a 15 minuet nap. Needless to say she was asleep before we got home. We came in and put her right to bed at 8:30 p.m. It was a fun and busy day. It was a lot of fun watching her eyes light up when she saw the Disney characters she loves most! Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and Daisy!

The Lion King

The Little Mermaid

Lilo and Stitch

Intermission

Peter Pan

Happy Birthday to me!

2010-11-13T21:22:00.000-07:00

For my birthday Nate surprised me and took me to dinner and a movie. We went to Rodizio Grill and then to see the movie RED. The movie was really good and I would recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it and is a Bruce Willis fan! The dinner was okay but we were a bit disappointed because it wasn't as great of food as we had heard and read about. Nate read the reviews and was trying to decide between Rodizio and Tucanos. All the reviews said that Rodizio was better on service and food. They have pretty much the same menu so we decided to go with the reviews and sadly were disappointed that is really didn't live up to expectations. It was still a fun night and nice to be able to get out just the two of us. At least we can say that we have been there and had the experience. It was an all around fun night!

First Slay Ride

2010-11-09T15:23:00.000-07:00

We decided to take advantage of the new snow clothes and sled Bailee got for her birthday and go play in the new fallen snow!

Happy Birthday Bailee!!

2010-11-07T19:45:00.001-07:00

We woke up at about 8:00 a.m. Only later to find out that it was really 7:00 a.m. We forgot to change our clocks so we were up a lot earlier than we wanted to be. Bailee opened her presents and had to hold that stupid balloon the entire time so it took her a long time to open presents one handed.

I think she got spoiled!

She took a bath with her new bathtime baby

I tried to get a cute picture of her in her new dress but she wouldn't have it. So I had to take one of her crying! Just goes to show you she is not always peaches and cream!

Make a wish!

2010-11-07T19:17:00.000-07:00

Bailee is 2!!!!

2010-11-07T19:02:00.001-07:00

For Bailee's birthday we went to The Bountiful Rec. Center and played in the water. We then went to our church building and had a family party, which included Pizza, Presents, and Cake and Ice Cream. We had a lot of fun!

Loved the slide

Josh and Bailee

Bailee was trying to swim

She did a couple of face plants

Angie and Jessica

Grandma and Grandpa Springer and Grandma and Grandpa Great

Colton, Morgan, Burke, and Emree

Ellie and Jessica were both great helpers

Cute Hat!

Ready for winter

Helping clean up

Halloween 2010

2010-10-30T23:06:00.001-06:00

Well we didn't end up going very long. It started to pour rain as soon as I stepped outside to leave. I am not exaggerating either! It was wet and cold!

Getting ready to go Trick-or-Treating

Cheese!

Halloween Carnival

2010-10-30T13:53:00.001-06:00

We went to a carnival at the Bountiful Rec. Center. The kids had a lot of fun!

Brandon, Sam, Tyler, Josh, Bailee, Charley, and Jessica

Pretty hat Brandon

Grandma Anderson and Brandon

Riding in a canoe was a little nerve racking.
They did have someone fall in for the first time in three years.
So I was a little nervous! But we got through it with no problems.

Waiting to go down the slide

Bailee was having a lot of fun jumping onto the beanbags.

Pumpkin Patch October 2010

2010-10-25T20:24:00.002-06:00

Despite the cold weather we had a lot of fun at the pumpkin patch.

Brandi and Bailee

Burke and the Girls

Ellie and Bailee

That' s What She Said...

2010-09-30T12:15:00.001-06:00

So I was sitting at Amber's house yesterday watching her kids. Ellie just turned three and has quite the collection of chap stick. She calls them "lip stick." She was taking turns with Bailee putting each one on. She came to a very large chap stick and I looked at her and said, "Wow Ellie, that's a big sucker!" she quickly responded, "It's not a sucker, it's "lip stick!" Both Amber and I started to laugh. I love the innocents that comes with our sweet children!

That' s What She Said...

2010-09-30T12:12:00.000-06:00

So now that Bailee is getting older, I have decided to adopt this idea from my sister.

A few weeks ago I was stopped at a red light. Bailee is sitting in the back seat screaming "DO IT! GO! DO IT!" Maybe I should be more careful with what I say when I drive!

Hangin with the Fam

2010-09-23T17:12:00.002-06:00

Cousins

Mason, Emree, Aryah, Victoria, and Ellie

Dinosaur Park in Ogden

Bailee, Grandma Springer, and Victoria

Cute Tori

Bailee

We did a lot of swimming at Brandi's pool

Being Brave

Mason and Ashlee

Bailee Napping
We later discovered that she had a really high fever and that was why she was so sleepy that day. I felt so bad.

Tori, Me, and Morgan
Ashlee's neice Shalyn in the back

Baby Emree

Ellie Jumping off the diving board to me

She was told that she would get ice cream if she jumped off the diving board

Ellie, Morgan, and Bailee

Just floating

Bailee loves the water

Beautiful Ellie Britt

Dinner at Texas Road House

Tori's second Birthday

Nate and Bailee

Aryah was also blessed the day we celebrated Tori's birthday

Ellie

Victoria

Mason

Morgan

I think Bailee was tired

Nate and Aryah

Grandpa Springer and Aryah

Birthday Girl

Opening Presents

Ready for Bed

Victoria's pillow pet

Cute cupcake

Morgan went with us to the Zoo while Brandi watched the Baby

Ashlee, Mason, Victoria's head, Ellie, Amber, Bailee, and Me

Aryah

Cheese

Ellie, Morgan, and Bailee

Cute Kids

Almost all the Grandkids

Ellie

First time on the Merry-Go-Round

Victoria on the Girraffe

Weeee!

Choo Choo!

Kody's 17th Birthday Party

Not sure what she is doing, but it is kinda funny

Mason loves to take self portraits

Tori

Grandpa Springer and Aryah

Grandma Springer and Emree

Beautiful Baby Girl

Being Cheesy

Just relaxing

Angel

Easter 2010

2010-09-23T16:13:00.001-06:00

First time coloring Easter Eggs

plastic eggs are fun too!

Easter Morning 2010

Party at Grandma Springer's

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma Anderson's

Random Spring and Summer Pictures

2010-09-23T15:40:00.001-06:00

Colton's 16th birthday party

Cheese!

Bailee loves to help me clean!

Even when Mickey is on!

What a good helper!

So tired after cleaning so much!

Brennan helping Bailee Catch her first fish.

Bailee didn't want to touch the fish, but she thought it was pretty funny to watch it flop around on the ground.

Aryah

Feeding the fish with Grandma

Papa's Socks

2010-09-07T12:51:00.002-06:00

Bailee really likes to get into Nate's sock drawer and walk around with his socks on. We find it pretty dang funny when she does this.

Layton VS Bonneville

2010-09-07T12:47:00.002-06:00

Kody and Colton both play high school football. They played their first game of the season on August 20th and kicked their butts! 24 to 7. Way to go boys!!

Fearless Bailee

2010-09-07T12:36:00.002-06:00

Swimming at Carver's

2010-09-07T12:10:00.007-06:00

Amber invited us to go swimming with her and her family the Friday before school started. We had lots of fun. Bailee had a lot of fun jumping off the diving board several times with no fear!

Colton's Sweet 16

2010-09-07T12:05:00.003-06:00

We went to Brandi and Burke's house for Colton's 16th Birthday. Bailee was having fun playing with her sunglasses. We went swimming and had a BBQ. It was lots of fun!

Lagoon!

2010-09-06T14:06:00.004-06:00

We were able to take Bailee to Lagoon for the first time. She wasn't really to thrilled about the rides and wouldn't go on any that I was unable to go on. The biggest success that day was the water fountain that she was able to play in with Aunt Ashlee.

August 10, 2010

2010-09-06T12:46:00.003-06:00

Bailee came and climbed in bed with me, but ended up kicking me out all together!

Discovering High Heels!

2010-09-06T12:27:00.003-06:00

Bailee loves to put my shoes on and try to walk around. She is now finally able to walk around in her own dress-up shoes.

August 9 2010

2010-09-06T11:43:00.004-06:00

Random pictures taken throughout the day.

Emree Sage Carver

2010-08-21T19:51:00.001-06:00

Shopping in Park City

2010-08-21T19:46:00.001-06:00

We had lots of fun shopping in Park City. The girls enjoyed hiding in the clothes racks and then screaming really loud when we found them.

Well it's almost September!!

2010-08-21T18:56:00.006-06:00

I have decided that instead of trying to go back from the beginning of the year I would just start from now! Bailee has grown up so much since my last post back in January, and now here it is the end of August. School is starting on Monday and the summer is almost over. It really makes me sad!

On the 23rd of July we decided to go ride the Front Runner and Tracks down the Downtown Salt Lake. Bailee loved the train and we had a nice walk. We went to Temple Square and saw the new Salt Lake Temple Exhibit it was really neat.

Getting Oh So Big!

2010-01-11T15:16:00.003-07:00

Warning:

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While the "MONKEY" is awake be sure to close the bathroom door!

December 27th

2009-12-29T11:32:00.003-07:00

Because my brother and sister-in-law didn't come up on Christmas from Spanish Fork we had a party on Sunday December 27th. It was fun to see everyone and exchange gifts.

Christmas Eve

2009-12-28T15:35:00.007-07:00

I forgot to put up the pictures of Christmas Eve. We went to my parents house and had dinner. My mom invited my cousin Allison and her family to come to dinner with us. After dinner Allison got all the kids together and they acted out The Christmas Story while Brennan read it. They all did a great job.

Georgia and Kody as Mary and Joseph

Morgan as The Angel

Macey as one of the Wise Men/Women

My Dad, Bailee, Ellie, Mom, and Brandi

Kody, Walt, and Grant

After the play we opened presents from Grandma and Grandpa Great. Grandma gave Morgan a pair of bra's and some underwear as a gag gift

Christmas 2009

2009-12-28T13:51:00.005-07:00

We spent Christmas morning in the ER! Bailee had a fever of 103.4 on Christmas Eve, but she wasn't acting sick. So I gave her some Tylenol and put her in the bath to help with her shivering. The temp went down with in about 15 mins. She still had a temp during the day but it wasn't as dramatic as it had been.

So we went to our Christmas party. She woke up Christmas morning at about 7:45 a.m. and was burning up and shaking again. I took temp and it was 104.7. and she was fussy. So we decided we needed to take her to the ER since that was all that was open on Christmas day. So we got ready and drove upWe got to the Hospital and she was fine on the drive up and while we were checking in, but as soon as the nurse put the ID badge on her ankle that set her off and she screamed pretty much to entire time we were there.

The doctor came in and told us that he was pretty sure that she had a viral infection. She had had an ear infection so he didn't think it was very likely that it was bacterial since she has been on an antibiotic. He did say that the only thing that the Amoxicilin didn't cover would be a UTI. So he wanted to take a urine sample just to make sure, but the only way to do that would have been to catheterize her. Nate said NO WAY! She also broke out in a rash while we were there. He explained why this was a "good" rash.

Then he explained that the temperature of the fever is really not what the doctors worry about it's more what the child or person is doing. If they are being there self and you can tell that they are sick then that is pretty normal but if they are really out of it and excessively sleepy then that is what they don't want to happen and that is when you should worry.

He told us that the sickest person that he had seen though out his entire career had a temp of 99.5. That was the sickest person he has ever seen! She is doing better now. She still has a rash all over her body but hopefully it will go away soon. The rest of the day once we got home and she had a nap was pretty good! We were spoiled of course!

Taking out the Trash

2009-12-28T12:47:00.002-07:00

Bailee's favorite thing to do lately is to take the dirty diaper and throw it in the garbage can. She just thinks that it is the funnest thing to do!

Christmas Progressive Dinner

2009-12-28T10:46:00.003-07:00

Every year Nate's dad and aunts do a progressive dinner right before Christmas. It is always a lot of fun and great food. Bailee was able to sit on Santa's lap. We weren't sure how she would do since most kids her age freak out. She did very well and sat long enough for us to snap a few pictures.

Like Mother Like Daughter

2009-12-07T17:08:00.002-07:00

When I was about Bailee's age my favorite thing to do was to crawl into the bathroom and unload the cupboards and then crawl inside. Now Bailee has discovered a cupboard of her very own in the kitchen. As you can see I have caught her on many occasions climbing inside!

Christmas is almost here!

2009-12-07T16:11:00.005-07:00

12 Month Well Check

2009-11-17T11:58:00.002-07:00

I took Bailee to her 12 month appointment today. She now weighs 18 lbs and 4 oz without clothes on. She is 28 1/2 inches tall. That puts her in the 10th percentile for weight and she has jumped from about the 15th to the 35th percentile for her height! She is right where the doc says she should be with her social skills, motor skills, and everything else. She is so smart and learning new things everyday. I can't believe that I have a one year old!

It won't be long now!

2009-11-13T10:53:00.002-07:00

Bailee was standing for quite a few seconds this morning. It won't be long before she starts walking! Then what am I going to do?

Bubble Bath

2009-11-13T10:43:00.005-07:00

Bailee got some bubble bath for her birthday, so we tried it out! She loved it so much she tried to give it a hug! I remember as a kid always taking a bubble bath at my Grandma's house and how much fun we had playing in the bath tub. I hope that I can make the same kind of great memories for Bailee!

Happy Birthday!

2009-11-09T14:43:00.003-07:00

What a great day! Thank you to everyone who helped make it a fun successful day!

After we had dinner we hurried over to Grandma Springer's home to have a big birthday party with all the family. Again Bailee was overwhelmed with the pile of gifts in front of her.

Swimming at "The Bubble"

2009-11-09T12:46:00.008-07:00

We played in the water for a couple of hours and then soon got out, showered and then went home for another nap. When Bailee woke up we met Nate's family at Texas Roadhouse for dinner. It was delicious!

After we opened gifts and had some breakfast Bailee went down for a nap, and Nate and I got ready to go swimming. When Bailee woke up we got her dressed in her swimming suit and then we went to Costco to get some lunch. It's cheap and it's tasty. We then met Nate's parents and three out of four sister's at the pool. We had a lot of fun, the water was really cold and Bailee was shivering before we even got in the water.

Bailee's First Birthday

2009-11-09T11:30:00.006-07:00

Well we woke up pretty early Saturday morning thanks to Bailee. We got dressed and went into the family room to open presents. Bailee was a little overwhelmed with all the presents. We took turns helping her open. She eventually got the hang of it and started to open pretty quickly. We could tell she was board when she slowed down.

We made sure to take a ton of pictures so we wouldn't miss anything!

Proof That I Am NOT Hair Savvy!

2009-11-06T14:51:00.002-07:00

Well I tried to do Bailee's hair like Amber did it on Halloween! Eh, it didn't work out so well!

Spaghetti for dinner

2009-11-04T21:32:00.003-07:00

I made Spaghetti for dinner tonight and let Bailee feed herself to prepare for her birthday on Saturday. I would say she did very well with getting it all over herself! She looked cute doing it!

Happy Halloween

2009-11-02T14:01:00.012-07:00

After Grandma and Grandpa's house we went back home and made a salad for our Halloween party at Rem and Christy's house. While we were home we had a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Anderson. We had a lot of fun at the party. All in all it was a fun first Halloween.

We got home and played in the cupboards while we waited for our Dad to get ready. We went Trick-or-Treating around our complex and then went up to Grandma and Grandpa Springer's house.

The Witch and The Ballerina

Bailee and Ellie

Because I never had a sister to practice hair on growing up, we went over to Amber's to have her help us with Bailee's hair. We also enjoyed watching Ellie get her make-up on for her witch costume. She was a beautiful witch!

For Bailee's first Halloween she was a ballerina. Starting with Morgan and ending with Bailee, all of the first born girl cousins have worn this costume for their first Halloween.

Carving Pumpkins

2009-10-28T20:02:00.005-06:00

Nate finally decided to carve his pumpkin on Halloween while Bailee and I were doing her hair at Aunt Amber's house. At least it got done so I can't complain to much!

Well I attempted to have family night and carve pumpkins. By the time Nate got home from work and we had dinner, and fed Bailee she was to tired of sitting in her high chair. So we cut the tops and gutted them and then left it for another night. I knew that if I didn't do them tonight they wouldn't get done. Nate is working late and I was going to carve his but I decided not too. He can do it he needs to do stuff he doesn't totally enjoy more often. So when he carves his pumpkin I will be sure to post some pictures.

Dance Dance Dance

2009-10-14T12:52:00.002-06:00

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-13T10:22:00.004-06:00

Every year since Brandi and her family moved to Layton, they have made a tradition to go to Days Farm and Pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. This year she invited the whole family. We ride the tractor out to the pumpkin field and pick as many pumpkins that we want. Bailee really liked the pumpkins and the Hayride. We had a great time being with family. After we picked our pumpkins we went back to Brandi's for some hot soup. It was delicious!

Playing in the cupboards

2009-10-02T09:56:00.004-06:00

Well now that Bailee is getting around a lot quicker these days I have to keep my eyes and ears open. She really enjoys going into the kitchen and ripping apart the cupboards. I have a picture of me when I was probably about the same age in the cupboard under the bathroom. The only difference was that I liked to pull everything out and then try to climb in. At this point Bailee only pulls as much as she can out and then plays for a while then goes to find something bigger and better.

80 Today Snow Tomorrow!!

2009-09-30T09:59:00.002-06:00

Well if you have ever lived or been to Utah, you will know that the weather is constantly changing. Monday it was in the 90's, yesterday the 80's, today the 40's with a chance of snow mixed with rain. Ugh! It has been raining since before 6:00 a.m. I don't mind the rain every once in a while, but I don't want it to be snowing yet! We only got two months of summer and now it skipped right over fall and went strait to winter! What is a woman to do?

Bailee got bangs

2009-09-30T09:55:00.004-06:00

Bailee and I went to visit my dad the other day and while we were there he offered to cut Bailee's Bangs. She had them trimmed a little while Ashlee was here in June, but they were long again about a week later. So we grabbed the camera and took some before and after shots.

Apples to Apples

2009-09-30T09:53:00.003-06:00

I decided to give Bailee a taste of my apple and to my surprise she really really liked it!

Playing at the Park

2009-09-30T09:30:00.002-06:00

Ellie Turns 2

2009-09-30T09:12:00.002-06:00

We went to Chuck-E-Cheese for Ellie's 2nd birthday. Bailee had a lot of fun playing on the toys, and eating birthday cake.

Getting So Big!

2009-09-29T14:51:00.002-06:00

Bailee is getting so big, she is now crawling all over the place we had to put a gate in our front room so she can't escape into the kitchen. Well it doesn't work if the gate is open!

Labor Day Picnic in the Park

2009-09-29T14:35:00.002-06:00

For Labor Day we decided that we would spend some time outside. So we pack up the diaper bag and went to the grocery store. We got stuff to make sandwiches and then went to North Canyon Park. We walked down to a shady area and sat and had our lunch while we enjoyed the beauty of nature. We then took Bailee home to have a nap and later went back out for a hike. We decided to hike up North Canyon Trail. I was in shorts and flip flops while Nate was wearing tennis shoes and Bailee was in the stroller. As we got to the foot of the trail we saw a biker about to head up the trail. So we asked him if he thought it would be possible to take a stroller up the trail. He said sure that it should be no problem. I am not sure what he was smoking! The trail is preceded by about a mile of dirt road that you can drive up. Nate didn't want to drive his car up so we decided to just walk up the road. The first ten feet was covered in huge rocks and the road was horribly washed out. We made it up the treacherous road got to the trail and decided to head back down. On the way down Nate was carrying Bailee and I was pushing the stroller. I lost my footing and slipped and cut my knee open pretty bad. At first I didn't even know it was bleeding then Nate told me that I should try to clean it out. I looked down and had blood gushing down my leg. We made it back to the car and then headed over to my parents house to get me cleaned up. I asked my dad if he thought I needed stitches, he said no just put some peroxide on it and some neosporin and a band aid and it should be fine. We then left and went out to dinner with Nate's family. What a fun filled adventure we had. My Knee is still healing, but it looks a whole lot better!

End of Summer Party

2009-09-29T14:17:00.004-06:00

On the last Thursday before school started our neighbors had an End of Summer Party. It was a lot of fun for us to go play in the water and with our friends in the neighborhood. Bailee loved playing with the sponges. What a good idea for pool toys and they are pretty inexpensive.

Random Sampler

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A New Cousin is born!

2009-09-29T13:33:00.003-06:00

Nate's sister Andrea had a little baby boy this past July and we were privileged enough to go down to Spanish Fork and be there for his blessing. It was a beautiful blessing and fun to visit with the family.

Sharing with Papa

2009-09-28T15:19:00.001-06:00

Nate got a glass of pink lemonade and gave some to Bailee. Well she loved it so he shared with her. She then decided she would try and share with him.

Playing with the Teddy Bear

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CCR

2009-09-20T20:49:00.003-06:00

A couple of weeks ago my Father-in-law took me, Nate, my Mother-in-law, Nate's sister Angie and her husband Mark and his sister Amanda to Wendover to see Creadance Clearwater Revisited. It was a lot of fun to spend time with the family and enjoy a concert as well. We left around 1:30 p.m. and on the way out we stopped at The Salt Flats none of us had ever been out there. It was pretty cool to see a sea of nothing but white salt. Then my Father-in-law being the child that he is decided that he needed to do some donuts! It was pretty funny because he left black tire marks all over. We got to Wendover and sat at a park for a bit while we waited for Angie and Mark to get there. Then we went and had dinner at one of the three buffets. It was pretty good food for a buffet! We then went to The Peppermill Concerthall. Poor Ashlee couldn't come because you have to be 21 to enter and she is only 17. The concert was great! Even though I didn't know to many of the songs that they sang.
The concert got over at about 9:30 p.m. Mark and Angie stayed the night at one of the nice hotles and the rest of us drove home. Because it was so late Randy had Nate drive home. We had been on the freeway for probably about 15 or 20 minutes when the wind started to blow hard enough that it was causing the truck to sway back and fourth. Just then we noticed that a motorcycler was in front of us and he started to fishtale like crazy. Nate was afraid that he was going to hit him. The guy then went off the side of the road. I began saying Stop, Stop, Stop! Finally, Nate pulled over and we got out and ran down to help the guy. I got there first and was scared to death. Luckily he wasn't hurt! He blew a tire and was so scared that he could hardly speak to us. He was on his way home from doing a friend a favor. He lived in West Jordan so we were able to give him a ride home. The entire ride he kept saying how unlikely it is to be able to stay up on a motorcycle with a blow out. He was extremely greatful for our help and it was an awsome exprience.

Colton and Morgan together

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Morgan on slippery slide

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Colton on slippery slide

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Tree House Camp Out

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Morgan looking through the tree

Colton, Bailee, and Morgan

Morgan on slippery slide

Colton on slippery slide

Colton's big splash

Morgan splashing my dad

Morgan and Dad

Bailee and Dad

Bailee and Colton

Morgan sitting in the freezing cold man made pond

Colton preparing to wade through pond

Dad feeling the burn of the freezing cold

Bailee and Dad sitting by the fire made with gasoline

The view from the roof of the treehouse

Bailee in the wee hours of the morning

The Treehouse

So my dad's family owns some property up in Mountain Green and we have our family reunion there every other year. Well my dad's cousin is in charge of the upkeep and owns part of it. He decided to build this amazing tree house! It has three bedrooms with sinks and toilets. The plumbing isn't hooked up yet but will be soon. At our reunion this past June we had an auction and up for auction was this tree house! A one night stay in the tree house. My niece decided that she needed to bid on it. So with my mom's approval she bid on it and won! A one night stay in the tree house. It was a lot of fun!

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I Found My CAMERA!!!

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Boating at Pineview

Wilkinson Reunion

Shopping at Target

One of the first nights Bailee slept in her own bed.

Here are just some random pictures that were taken with my camera and then got misplaced.

27 Years and 9 Months Old!

2009-08-10T13:45:00.005-06:00

Yummy Cake!

Ellie and Nate

Mom and Grandpa

Ellie

Dad, Nate, Bailee, and Mom

Burke and Brandi

Colton, Kody, and Bailee

Amber and Brady

Pretty in pink

Singing Happy Birthday to Nate

On August 7,2009 Nate turned 27 years old and Bailee turned 9 months old the same day. Instead of celebrating on the 7th Nate and I went to a session at the Salt Lake Temple with the stake. We celebrated with Nate's family on Saturday with dinner and then ice cream cake. Then on Sunday we celebrated with my family with dinner and ice cream cake. It was delicious and we had a lot of fun.

POOTASTROPY!

2009-08-06T15:05:00.002-06:00

This ones for you Ali!
So do you remember the tongue twister that has something to do with slitting the sheet but if you say it fast you usually end up saying "Shit the sheet!"? Well that is were my story begins. I finished feeding Bailee her lunch and decided that I'd better go change her before she went down for her nap. Well it started out okay but then I noticed that some of the poo in her diaper fell onto the bed so I cleaned it up and got her cleaned up. At that moment I noticed that she wasn't quite finished with her business. So I hurried and put the diaper back under her so that it wouldn't get on the bed. Then I started to clean her up again all the time she is thinking she is pretty funny and won't hold still for anything. So I took the diaper to the garbage so that she wouldn't want to try and eat it. When I got back she had done some more all over my bed. A big pile of CRAP!!! So nasty! Oh well in the words of my cousin Ali, "it makes a good story though." =)

2009-08-06T13:41:00.001-06:00

Helping with the Laundry

2009-08-06T12:57:00.004-06:00

I put Bailee on the floor next to the laundry basket full of clean clothes and she decided that she wanted to help fold them. Actually she just took them out of the basket and rolled around for a while.

I need some advice

2009-08-03T11:15:00.002-06:00

Recently, I found out that a dear friend of mine who I have known the majority of my life has left the church. This friend served a mission and has been active in the church all my life. I just recently found out that this friend chose to leave the church a little less than a year ago. I am confused as to what I should do. We talked for a long time and I told him/her that I was happy for them if they were happy. Was that wrong to say? I told them that I would be their friend no matter what and that I don't have any room to judge. I am happy for their happiness, but I ache inside knowing that they have no desire to return to the temple one day. I ache to know all the blessings and truths that they gave up to go a different direction in life. I love this friend with all my heart and I don't know how to deal with this news. I haven't really thought of anything else since I found out. Please to anyone out there please give me some advice help me to know what I should do and how to get over this huge boulder in my life. Thank You!

Chicken Nuggets

2009-07-30T14:23:00.004-06:00