The Story of Our Life

June

2011-07-05T16:55:00.000-07:00

Where is the summer going?? It's been flying by. As for June, I am more than ok with it going far far away. I hope I never have to relive another month like it. BUT what would life be without problems and trials to help us enjoy the good times right???

As for the 4th of July weekend. I had lots of fun with lots of swimming and bbq's. My little Austin can swim all by himself now! My kids sure are growing up on me! We haven't even left the house today. It's been clean the house and relax day. Austin just woke up from a 3 HOUR nap. That NEVER happens! That just tells me how exhausted my kids are from the hours they put in in the pool this weekend.

All I can say is I am so grateful for a good group of friends and family. I TRULY don't know where I would be without them. THANK YOU to everyone who showed your love to me this month and was there for me. I needed it. Like I said- I couldn't live without my family and friends.

And what post would be complete without some pics??

Big Changes for this 5 Year Old

2011-05-20T15:15:00.000-07:00

This little sassy pants melts my heart, and drives me to insanity everyday. I wonder everyday if she is 5 or 15. She has attitude, she loves music (Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Selena Gomez to name a few...), Good Luck Charlie on the Disney Channel and singing and dancing. I came into my room today to her blasting Selena Gomez on the Ipod and dancing and singing in front of the mirror herself.

On Mother's Day they made books in school for us.

Sienna's reasons she loves me:

Because I let her wear her bikini (heaven help me, she has one and LOVES it)

Because I taught her to make her bed

and Because I let her wear different earrings everyday to match her outfit.

I just had to laugh!

Oh but I love her. She really is just me reincarnated. We have the same exact personality but she is much smarter than I ever was. That's for sure. Always asking the deepest questions and I don't even know the answers.

She is finishing up her second year of school before she heads off the kindergarten. (*tear*) 1/2 tears of happiness, 1/2 of sadness.) Her dance recital is coming up that she is VERY excited for with 2 of her favorite friends. I can't wait for her to start this next stage in her life, but it still breaks my heart that she is growing up!

Easter 2011

2011-05-05T16:28:00.001-07:00

It's official. I suck at blogging! Oh well. Things have been crazy around here! I can only imagine when I have a few kids toting around to their activities. Oh well- the joys of life! Easter was fun this year! We didn't have any family in town so we made our own activities with friends! (Well and my cousin's kids so that's as close as we get to family around here!) We had an easter egg hunt with a bunch of families in our ward. We went to lunch at Firehouse Subs with some friends and then came home and dyed easter eggs! I personally think that is such a dumb tradition but my kids love it! Actually Austin fell asleep on the way home from lunch and woke up as all his friends were leaving from coloring the eggs. He was SO mad, so we had to get out more dye and I let him dye some we had already done in other colors. He didn't know any different though so who cares! haha! Sunday we went to church and then just hung out as a family and enjoyed each others company. The kids were NOT cooperating for my Sunday pics but oh well! It's there true personalities! It was a fun weekend!

Austin and Carson being SUPERMAN!!

After posting this, I remember why I hardly blog! It takes too long!! Maybe if I did smaller posts!

Going Private!

2011-03-02T20:49:00.000-08:00

So I don't know if anyone even reads this blog anymore but I am taking it private. I want to be able to post more and have it a little more secure. Let me know if you would like an invite. Either comment here (and i will delete your address off asap) or e-mail me. Even if I don't know you- as long as you are not some creep. =)Thanks.

5 Years Old!

2011-03-01T12:46:00.000-08:00

I still can't believe my little girl is 5. I just was going through all the MANY baby clothes we have just getting rid of some, organizing etc.. 5 years of clothes for a girl can kill ya! =) I have WAY too many- let's hope I can use some of these clothes again when I finally get around to having another kid!

Onto my precious, crazy little Sienna. This girl keeps me on my toes, that's for sure. Things have been so busy lately and the only reason I'm posting now is because Sienna woke up with the flu. It was my turn to teach and we had to cancel last minute. (sorry moms!) But this little girl was born on Valentine's Day which is PERFECT for her. She loves that the whole world celebrates her birthday!;D Red, pink, the hearts, the valentines- it is a pretty fun day to have your birthday! (Except for the fact, it flew out the window as a holiday for me now!)

On her big day, we had heart pancakes and pink milk in honor of Valentines Day! She got a camera and princess Wii game from her cousins which she loves. We had lunch with grandma Karen and then off to the Disney store we went! She picked some Cinderella dress up shoes that light up and then wanted tennis shoes. So we went to Children's Place where she picked out the most sparkly bright shoes with peace signs! (she loves peace signs for some reason!)
It took everything in me to just let her pick and say "ok."

We went to dinner at her favorite place- In N' Out- and then came home and had cake and ice cream as a family with grandma and grandpa.

I dont have a pic but both her grandparents also got her a new Barbie bike that she LOVES!

We had a fun low-key day! We didn't do too much because we took the kids to Disneyland the next week! That post to come later...

Sienna LOVES: (for my memory)

music and singing (her fav is Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Taylor Swift)

playdates with her friends- she would have one all day, everyday if I let her

hanging out at grandma & grandpa's, with just her, so she gets ALL the attention

dance and school (everyday I get, "mom, what do I have today?")

In n' Out and Cafe Rio

seeing her cousins

riding her bike and motorized car

playng with Austin, which 99% of the time ends in a fight!

shopping (especially Target)

Sorry for this long post but I want to remember!

Boys

2011-02-11T10:36:00.001-08:00

This is how Austin has been dressed most of the morning, playing with his cousins who are over, and watching TV. It just makes me laugh how girls are born to play princess and boys, superhero figures. Buzz & Spiderman- 2 of his favs. AND he has his Batman shirt underneath all those layers.

See that coffee table right there? My awesome husband built it and then stained it. I would take some credit but I didn't do much. He took right over. I seriously lucked out. Aaron can figure out, fix, build, create, just about anything out there and he works his butt off for us! I guess I'll keep him. ;D

It's ok that it's 11 am and I'm still in my jammies blogging right?? haha.

Photo Friday

2011-02-04T15:02:00.000-08:00

I am going to try to take a pic and write something fun we did that week each Friday! Today we are lucky enough to have our cousins Markie and Graham over while their mom is having a baby!! YAY!! We can't wait to meet the little guy. Michelle and I usually like to have our babies a few days apart. I am sad to not be joining in this time! =) But only because EVERYONE around me is having babies!! We live right up the street from each other, so it is so fun for our kids to grow up together! Especially since Michelle is MY cousin and none of my kids actual cousins live around here.

*just got a text from my friend Elizabeth with a pic of her brand new baby boy- so precious!
*waiting to hear from Whitney on her new little girl!!

*and for Michelle's baby to be here!!

ALL ON THE SAME DAY!

SEE- EVERYONE AROUND ME IS HAVING A BABY!!

While I was typing this these two were having fun outside spitting milk at each other....lovely huh?;D Good thing they're cute!

They're just a little guilty with there milk faces.hahaha.

TROUBLE

2011-02-04T14:47:00.000-08:00

this little boy

mascara left on the bathroom counter

How can I possibly get mad at that precious little face???

He was so proud of himself too!!

He is such a quiet little destructor....but I love him anyways!!!

Three Years Old!

2011-01-30T17:28:00.001-08:00

Austin turned 3 last weekend! I honestly wanted to cry, but we had a fun day! The night before his birthday we took him to Target and told him to pick out whatever toy he wanted. He chose a big Buzz Lightyear! (surprise, surprise..haha!) He has Woody and he LOVES it so we added Buzz to the collection. On his actual birthday this is what we did:

Morning: He requested his favorite. Chocolate chip pancakes and chocolate milk. Took 2 bites as usual. (this kid DOES NOT eat EVER!)

Grandma & Grandpa came over to give him his new Toy Story bike from both grandparents!

(Sidenote: I tried talking A into getting a bike put together at Wal-Mart. NO- he wanted Toy Story. (how did he even know they had them?) SO I had to call 6 different stores until I found the very last one in stock at Toys R Us. Good thing my hubby is handy and can put anything together in 10 minutes with his busy schedule...)

Lunch: Cafe Rio with his grandma and grandpa

Then we headed to St. George so he could have a party with his cousin on Aaron's side. They're 8 hours apart. Austin wanted a spiderman party. Statlen wanted a Buzz & Woody party. SO we had both. We had pizza and cake at a park with almost all the cousins and Granny & Papa Bruce! A fun time was had by all! Saturday birthdays are the best!

Austin LOVES his bike and is always begging to go outside and ride it. Good thing it has been in the 60's for a couple weeks now so we can go to the park and ride outside everyday!

I love Vegas the months of October to about April!! Can't beat it!

Happy Birthday to my little man! Time- please slow down...please!

My Babies Are Growing Up...

2011-01-19T16:50:00.000-08:00

*picture done by my friend May. just a random moment she caught of my kiddies.

check her out at www.maycoffmanphotography.com

"I'll like you for always, i'll love you forever, as long as I'm living my babies you'll be"

My babies are growing up on me. Austin will be THREE on Saturday and Sienna, 3 weeks after that, will be FIVE!! NOOOOO!! It honestly makes me tear up a little bit. I love the ages they are at. Granted, there are plenty of fights, fits, and whining that happens around here. I still love them with all my heart and think they are at SUCH a fun age. I can take them pretty much anywhere and not want to pull my hair out! I just wanted to take a moment and cry. =) I know they are still little but I still can't believe how fast the time has gone. I cherish every second that is a happy, fun moment with them and hope I can be close with them forever and hope they don't cause me TOO much grief as they grow!

*As I'm typing this Sienna is blowing in a straw making it whistle in my face and laughing like it is the funniest thing she has heard...i tell ya I was sent this little angel to teach me patience....everyday is such a joy with her!! haha!

Disney On Ice

2011-01-16T20:27:00.000-08:00

For the 2nd year in row, Sienna and I went to Disney On Ice. She has been asking about going for months and so off we went! We had dinner at Outback at her request. Nothing like some Mac' A Roo N' Cheese! Then off we went to the show. She loved the princesses and asked me if they were going back home to their castle. Precious- the innocence of a child! It was fun and it is always nice to have some one on one time with her.

We definitely could use some sun- that's for sure! We look WAY too white!

At dinner time....

The wonderful princesses!!

And this picture is just too funny to not post! These two were cuddling on the couch (WHICH IS A RARE THING) and I thought I better get a pic before hair was being pulled, slapping, pinching- you get the idea. Sibling Love!

Chocolate anyone?

2011-01-13T15:17:00.000-08:00

Austin is very obsessive compulsive. Even at the age of 2. He is OBSESSED with his milk and there better be some chocolate mixed in. He lives off chocolate milk literally. He has maybe 2 or 3 bites AT THE MOST of the food made, but give him some milk (with chocolate!!) and his blanky and he shuts his eyes as he sips it like it is his little piece of heaven. The other night Aaron made chocolate shakes and Austin was in LOVE.

Obsession 2- his masks, guns, and cowboy boots.
Austin can be found most of the day with one of those items on. I just had to snap a pic of him the other day in his usual get up.

All day long we have to strap the mask on over and over and over. SUCH A BOY!!

SNOW in Vegas

2011-01-13T15:02:00.000-08:00

01.03.2011
We woke up to snow all over the ground. I was like a kid at Christmas! Austin couldn't believe his eyes and ran in to wake up a groggy Sienna. We got out the snow clothes (which were still out because we were SUPPOSED to go Beaver after Christmas but all took turns getting sick!) SO instead we just stayed at home! Even if it did melt by noon. Now that's MY kind of snow!

A New Start!

2011-01-13T14:54:00.000-08:00

I have a goal. This year I am going to try to blog ALL.THE.TIME. And then I plan on making it into a book. Each year I make my kids a book of the year. I figure as I have more kids, I won't have time to do one for each kid. (I hardly make time to make for the 2 I do have!) SO- 2010 is going to be a digitally scrapbooked year. 2011 is going to be a blog book. I am going to see which one I like better. Sound good? So you can either read it or don't. Either way I am going to try to stay on top of this!

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-22T21:51:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas! This year has definitely been one of the best years yet since having children. Both kids understand and are so excited! We have done so many fun little Christmas activities! Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend!

A Post about Sienna

2010-12-06T21:08:00.000-08:00

Once again, I know I am slacking so I am just taking a moment to write about my beatiful baby girl because I just love her to pieces. She drives me to near insanity on a DAILY basis but she wouldn't be Sienna without that personality, sass, and beauty of hers.

On Thanksgiving she ran to me with a little slip of paper she had received from her primary teacher and we had forgot to fill out!! (She was quite concerned we hadn't!) On the sheet it says "I am thankful for" with a few lines on it. So I simply asked her and these were her replies in order-

I am Thankful for:

Jesus

my brother

all my family

grandma and grandpa

heavenly father

mom and dad

christmas

pictures

Victoria

my cousins

Markie

animals

Utah

my friends

and then I had to stop her because we were out of room and off she ran to make some unbelievable mess or taunt her brother to no end..=)

I just wanted to write this down to remember. I thought it was so cute how she just kept going and going. I hope she can always be so thankful for all she has because she really is one lucky little thing who has so many people who love her and give her WAY too much attention. BUT Sienna is one of those kids who thrives off attention- good or bad, so I am glad she has lots of love surrounding her.

On another note, our ward had this genius idea to have the young women watch the kids 3 and up for "Santa's Workshop" so the parents can go shopping. She loved it, and I loved it!=)

Anyways- while there she saw Santa!! (can you believe it!?!?) While there she told him she wants "a thing like her dad's iphone AND a bike." Well Santa told her he was going to work on getting those for her. I nicely explained that Santa will bring her "one" of the items requested because they are expensive. Oh no- Santa told her she could have both so that's just what she will get. (That dang Santa!)

It is pretty funny when I think about it but I have had to work a lot today asking which item she requests because only one can come to our house now. (I think I have her convinced on her own little handheld computer thing- Fisher Price IXL) She is SO her father's daughter. I had to convince of the IXL because she's been requesting an Iphone and Ipod since June.

So I just wanted to jot these little things down because I know I will forget. I can't handle how fast time goes. And Christmas is dang expensive when you have kids. Especially ones who like electronics. What happened to a good old barbie doll? Good thing Austin wants a GI Joe mask- I can handle that! I can only imagine when I have more kids and they get older! Aah!!

Bad Mom & Bad Blogger

2010-11-14T18:31:00.000-08:00

I just don't have it in me to blog anymore. I finally got the energy to do it, and remembered Aaron has my laptop with him on his trip to Phoenix with all my pictures on it. NOO!! I am not about to upload all my pics onto this computer.

So instead I took a pic of the kids tonight in all their glory.

It is 6:30 on a Sunday night in November. Some little facts around here

*Aaron went to Phoenix for the weekend with his friend from high school which leaves me all by myself

*Sienna is wearing her swimsuit at 6:30 at night- don't ask me why and ask me if I care. She was even out back playing in it in the freezing cold.

Austin had his on too but fell asleep on the floor. When I moved him to his bed to put him in jammies he woke up- dang it!! power nap for him...

*we may have had frozen pizza for lunch and top ramen for dinner- gourmet i know!

*there are toys strewn about my house in every room and popcorn thrown all over the floor in my bedroom.

*i am beyond exhausted. Not because Aaron is gone but because it is Sunday, and I have done nothing but go to church today. I feel like this every Sunday.

*I am so sick of cleaning up messes CONSTANTLY. They never end. My mom tells me I will miss this when they're gone but I beg to differ

*we really miss Aaron and wish he would come home.

* if my kids ask me one more time to call Santa and tell him what they want I may scream

*Austin just sat on my lap and farted.

*Sienna just came in to tell me Austin just peed on the floor in my room. GREAT!

THE END

Isn't life grand???

Pumpkin Patch

2010-10-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we went with some families from our church to the Gilcrease Orchards. I am still not sure how this place grows fruit, veggies, and pumpkins in this heat! We had lots of fun picking out pumpkins and pears but it sure was HOT!! It's just not right to be doing fall things and have it be 100 degrees! We were dying of a heat stroke, and it was a little pricey but it's become a yearly tradition for us!

Sienna and Sadie thought they were so funny carrying this pumpkin that weighed almost as much as them.

Sienna picked out her tennis shoes and tutu dress. I have decided the battle is not worth fighting any longer!

picking pears

Waiting in the forever long line to buy the pumpkins. Typical day at our house: Sienna happy to bug her brother to death and him screaming. One day soon the tables will turn!
And this is how I found my little man tonight on his bed. He would not take a nap today and exhausted himself. I sure love these two little kids of mine, even if they drive me absolutely crazy. I'm grateful there mine.

And tonight I was lazy and didn't feel like making a dessert so I threw a Marie Calendars dutch apple pie in the oven for us and OH.MY.GOSH. I don't think I'll ever bake again. I'll just pop one of those in the oven, put a little whip cream on top and pure heaven!! (plus the kids were in bed due to no naps and playing all day which made it even better!!)

Until next time...

Bellagio Flower Gardens

2010-10-03T19:59:00.000-07:00

Last week for family night we decided to head over to the Bellagio hotel and check out there fall display in the flower gardens. (My kids LOVE it and it's free!!) So off we went- it did not disappoint. After we walked around we went to the water show which is always fun to see!

I'm Alive!!

2010-09-30T18:33:00.001-07:00

So has it really been Austin's b-day in January that I posted last??? WOW! Where does the time go? We are still around and busy as ever! Before having children I always could not wait (while working full time) to "just be a mom" and sit around all day. HA!! Maybe that's why I got two of the busiest kids around?? As I am typing this Sienna is screaming and throwing a fit on the floor and Austin is throwing Halloween decorations all over the floor. The JOYS of motherhood!! So I hope to get started back up in blogging so I have something to remember when I'm old!

Here's a recap. We moved into a much nicer, larger house in July and LOVE IT!! We have a garage and a big backyard. Doesn't sound like much for some, but from where we came we are in HEAVEN!! The house really is gorgeous though and we hope to be here a LONG time!

We went to the beach in August (my favorite thing ever!) for almost a week and loved every minute of it. We also made a couple trips up to Utah to play with grandma and grandpa but we really just stayed home, died of a heat stroke, and went swimming ALL THE TIME!!

And now Sienna is in her second year of Joyschool with all her friends from our old ward. She also just started dance at Bunker Dance and thinks it is the best thing in the world. Every day we hear "what do I have today MOm?" If she's not at school or dance she is off with grandma when she is here, or at a friends. I think I may have just recreated myself.

Austin is such a boy. Almost 3 years old. It kind of makes me want to cry! He is OBSESSED with his cowboy boots. Wears them everyday, rain or shine. (And let's be honest, there is no rain around here!) So here it is 100 degrees and he is in shorts and his boots and don't even try to fight him on it. He LOVES motorcycles, football, soccer, and horses. It is so funny how boys are just born that way!!

I stay busy carpooling Sienna all around (I can only imagine when I have more kids and activites) and try to spend time as a family and hang out with my girl friends when I can! Life is good though and I feel very blessed with all that I have. Hopefully I can keep up to date!

Until then.. some random pics of the kids and a pic from the beach because it is the only one I have of all of us anytime recently and we look all grungy too!!

BY the way- my kids NEVER stop fighting and it is really annoying!! And play-doh is a great entertainer but such a mess!! I think I forgot how to post too! Night!

For all you computer enthusiasts

2010-04-10T09:18:00.000-07:00

First, I need to say this is not Jenn posting this, but rather the computer geek who lives in the house. I just built the computer you see in the picture for a client, and the specs are:

- Intel i7 975 Extreme Edition CPU
- ASUS Motherboard P6T Deluxe V2
- 6GB DDR3 Corsair Memory
- EVGA Nvidia GeForce 9800GT Graphics Card
- 1TB Hard Drive
- ATX full tower case (moves a lot of air)
- Windows 7 Ultimate Edition

This machine benchmarks extremely high, and will be used mainly for video editing and production with additional graphics cards to follow. We didn't go with a liquid cooling solution due to the case moving sufficient air for the intended use and the temperature remaining low due to special application procedures.

If you or anyone you know are interested in an estimate for a custom computer to fit your specific needs, contact us.

and the pictures follow.....

Before the power is turned on.

The finished product

Visit A L L Computers for more information.

Austin's Birthday Party

2010-03-14T15:43:00.001-07:00

We had a little family gathering in St. George with Aaron's family for Austin's birthday. Statlen and Austin had a Cars themed birthday party with most of their cousins and they both loved every minute of it! We got Austin an electric "Cars" four wheeler and he rides it ALL the time!

Ok this catches me up almost! I have been out of it with the blogging world! Maybe this week I can catch up with Sienna's birthday as well!

Austin Man turns 2!

2010-03-14T15:06:00.000-07:00

My little baby turned 2 on January 22! (And yes he is still my baby even though he's not quite a baby, and rather a crazy toddler!) We started out the day with his favorite- pancakes. Then we made a cake and celebrated real quick before Aaron had to head off to school! The next day we had a big family party with Aaron's side with Statlen in St. George, UT. (They are 8 hours apart!)
Austin has such a funny personality and especially LOVES to make the wierdest faces as you can see! I just love my little man to pieces!

Disney on Ice!

2010-03-14T14:32:00.000-07:00

Sienna and I went on a little date to Disney on Ice in January. She loved every second of it! She begged me to get her a snow cone (which was freaking $12!!) but I just had to give in! I love this little girl and I am so glad to have one! (Hopefully one day she will get a sister but if not, it's ok- i just love her!)

Best Friends

2010-03-14T14:29:00.000-07:00

I really don't know where I would be without these two crazies in my life! They drive me crazy but I love them even more!

Temple Square

2010-03-14T13:45:00.001-07:00

While we were in Utah we got all bundled up and went to see the Temple Square lights. There was lots of whining and complaining from the boys of the family but we made them go!! (Brothers and dad....enjoy your sisters for those of you who have them!!) It was FREEZING! I think it was about 15 degress that night but it was still fun to go see the beautiful lights and temple grounds!

Christmas 2009

2010-02-28T09:33:00.000-08:00

So I know I am WAY late with this post but better late than never, right? Things have been a little crazy around here to say it mildly! My cousin Brittany moved in with us at the beginning of the year, Aaron is NEVER home, my kids have had to adjust to sharing a room , I have had to adjust to A LOT of things, and i just have had NO desire to blog! My free time is spent sitting on the couch exhausted! I better get caught up so I can not have any gaps in my book! For Christmas this year we headed up to my parents house in Springville, UT. My kids loved the snow and it was a nice change for it to actually feel like Christmas! We stayed up there for a whole week and did lots of FUN things as a family! Santa helped Sienna's grandpa Bruce build her a barbie house for Christmas. Due to the size of it he delivered it the night before we left! =)

She loves it and plays with it ALL the time! I think it is so special her grandpa built it for her.

CHRISTMAS EVE:

We hung out with my dad's side of the family. We had lunch at Tucano's. (DELICIOUS!)and then headed over to my grandma & grandpa Callister's new house in Mapleton. They had a program which they do every year and Sienna sang for the whole family. (close to 30 people I would say) We had to finally pull her off that microphone after 3 songs. haha- I don't know where she gets her performing abiulities!;D I have a feeling she is going to be like her cousins on the Albright side! Watch out signature productions!

My kids LOVE these girls!

Grandpa was sure entertained during the program..haha!

CHRISTMAS DAY:

WAY too spoiled!!

When grandma & grandpa get you a bike on Christmas , it is too cold to go outside so you ride it inside...=)
My mom and I took Sienna to her FIRST movie in the theatre. Alvin & the Chipmunks. She did pretty good!

Once it heated up a bit (to a whole 20 degrees) they went out to ride! My kids had serious whining issues over "snow clothes" but they got over it!
Overall Christmas was a success and really fun to spend time as a family! Onto the next post when I get some more energy!

Merry Christmas!!

2009-12-22T14:24:00.000-08:00

This is what I get when I tell them to say cheese!! Hilarious! We are off to Utah tomorrow morning to be with my family. (After this we will be staying HOME for the holidays!!) Such a pain! We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas & a Happy New Year!!

Sienna's Christmas Program

2009-12-22T14:11:00.001-08:00

Last week Sienna had her Joy School Christmas Program. It was really cute! We had dinner with the families and then the girls acted out the Nativity and sang their songs for us. Sienna loves going to school and I must say I love her going to!!=) The girls all did a wonderful job! They also went and sang at an old folks home and the ladies LOVED it! Sienna is SUCH a performer and I won't be surprised if she isn't the star of some play some day or up singing somewhere!

NFR 2009

2009-12-22T08:32:00.000-08:00

Every year Aaron's parents take us to the National Finals Rodeo here in town. It really is so much fun! This year we decided to take the kids! They loved it! (I am not sure I will take them again because I didn't get to focus as much but that's okay!) We had so much fun hanging out with the family at dinner and then going to the rodeo! Notice Sienna's outfit.. she insisted on wearing her zebra sweater and pink tutu skirt! HAHA! I love that little girl!!

The whole gang! (We missed you Trent & Kristen!)

Sienna's contribution to the picture taking....
Being goofy together...

It's Always an Adventure Around Here!!

2009-12-14T19:08:00.000-08:00

We have had quite the excitement around our house- let me tell you. It all happened last weekend. (As in the weekend before this one!) Exhibit A- Sienna's beautiful curly hair that we could FINALLY put in a ponytail with no clip to hold her bangs back.

Onto the next night.. Sienna is "brushing her hair all by herself" in the bathroom while I am getting ready for bed so we can all cuddle and watch a Christmas movie. I go into the bathroom and find Sienna chopping away at her hair. Needless to say, I freaked out and then she realized what happened and was freaking out herself....

LUCKILY Katie is one of my very best friends AND a hair dresser so who do you think I called on a Saturday night? We went right over and Sienna got it all cut off so it can slowly even out. She cut pretty much ear to ear in all different lengths.
AFTER:

So we are getting used to it. We have to actually blowdry & flat iron it for it to look decent. I have never had to spend more than 3 minutes on her hair with all her curls that she chopped off!

These pictures were taken before our Ward Christmas Party. I had to take the kids myself because Aaron was at school, but it was still fun! Austin wouldn't get near Santa! He loves to look at "Claus" from afar but not up close!

And last but not least. Sienna WILL NOT sit at her little table, OR at our big table to eat her dinner. She sits, nibbles, and then gets up to go do whatever it is Sienna needs to do. SO Aaron kept warning her to stay sitting or she was getting taped to the chair. She just kept getting up to go play or do whatever so this is what happened...

Yes- Aaron duct taped her to the chair. We will see if ir fixes the problem. Sienna is just one of those kids who tests you to NO END and we will probably be reliving this again in a few days!!
It's a good thing I love these two because it is always an adventure around here!!

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-12-07T14:01:00.001-08:00

I know I am a slacker but things have been so crazy and I just haven't felt like blogging. So for my own journal sakes this is what our Thanksgiving looked like..

Oh yes it was a fun one! Austin had the flu Wednesday, Sienna woke up with it Thursday morning. Threw up ALL day every 30 minutes. I got it Thursday mid- morning and did not move off the couch. THANK HEAVENS Aaron didn't have it yet because he took care of all of us. He ate his Mimi's Cafe turkey dinner to go all by himself because none of us could even look at it. ha! Aaron got it Saturday but not nearly as bad as us. Needless to say, we didn't leave our house all weekend and just layed on the couch dying. =) We are all fully recovered now and I did our own family Thanksgiving Sunday night with stuff I made, and the leftovers my grandma Albright brought over for us. (bless her heart!) We made sure to do lots of fun stuff this last week as a family like gingerbread houses, decorate, and head to the Bellagio flower gardens (which by the way, were not done being decorated for Christmas!). We still had fun and hope for a better time next year! Aaron starts school again this week so here we go again with not seeing him much!!

The things I am grateful for:
Aaron
my kids
all our extended family
our mom & dads
our friends, especially my girls
girls night out
a roof over my head
aaron's job
yummy food
diet coke
naptime for my kids
hot chocolate
and lots more but those are my top ones for now!!

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm grateful this day is over...

2009-11-25T22:12:00.000-08:00

It's a good thing I love this little boy to death because....

Last night at about 1 am Aaron went into Austin's room and found throw up all over the place. Needless to say the flu has hit our house hard and not much sleep happened last night. We were supposed to be heading to Beaver today to have so much fun with the family, but instead we will be staying here and getting our own little Mimi's Cafe turkey dinner! This morning while Austin was in the the tub with Sienna, the poor thing got diarhea which then made Sienna start gagging. It is pretty funny to think about but was NOT at the time! So needless to say, 12 laundry loads later, a bottle of clorox wipes, some clorox bathroom spray, and a bottle of febreeze air freshener later I think we are on our road to recovery. So I am thankful this day is over! The joys of motherhood..

In all honesty I really am so grateful for all I have and am blessed with.

Today Austin was extra cuddly which was a nice change. Hopefully we can make it up to see the family on Friday. I have a New Moon ticket that I will be in attendance too in St. George with the girls even if the rest of my family can't make the drive with me! To bed I go!

I hope everyone has a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Halloween 2009

2009-11-08T18:20:00.000-08:00

Sienna finally HAD to be her favorite princess, Cinderella. Luckily my sis-in-law made one for her daughter at the same age so we were able to borrow it!

My cute little turtle!!

All ready to trick-or-treat!

We went to our wards trunk-or-treat and Sienna preferred passing out candy over anything!

Then we headed over to Grandma & Grandpa C's for some yummy chocolate!

I got a cute pic of the kids with my parents and everyone is looking, but it is on my mom's camera so I'll have to have her e-mail it to me!

I just wanted this on here for Sienna's memory. Her little joy school class had a halloween program that was hilarious and precious at the same time! She is still singing the halloween songs!

Little June Bug!

2009-11-04T12:41:00.000-08:00

We went to Utah last weekend to meet the first and only cousin for my kids on MY side! June Elizabeth was born on October 23 at 1 am or so weighing in at 7 lbs 2 oz. and 20.5 inches long! She is absolutely darling! We have been waiting for Baby J for awhile now! Austin got sick while we were up there so we didn't get to see her near enough! I was so excited to hold a new little baby that I didn't have to a)go through delivery and b) take care of 24/7! haha Both Sienna and Austin held her and mauled her to death already!! Now if Sienna would quit asking me if we can have another baby things would be good!! She honestly talks about her sister "baby ella" ALL the time and today said she would even be okay with a sweet little brother! She cracks me up! We love you little June Bug and hope your cousins don't bug you TOO much!

The proud parents

The proud grandparents

Sienna LOVES her little cousin. She was afraid to hold her at the hospital for some reason but as soon as we went to Jared & Jaylenes she couldn't get enough of her!

Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere!!

2009-11-02T21:04:00.000-08:00

I have been so busy lately, no time for blogging! I am so behind! I will start with the beginning and middle of October! We went to a pumpkin patch up in Mapleton, UT with my parents where the kids got to pick out their own pumpkin and cut it right off the vine! Cool crisp air and fall leaves is heaven to me!!

Do I have the best parents or what?? They always make a point to go do little activities like picking pumpkins with my kids!

In the middle of October we went to Gilcrease Orchards with the Hardys in the 90 degree desert! It was still fun and the pumpkins were just sitting everywhere on the ground- no vines attached! Oh well- it was still fun and you can't beat their apple cider! Either way I think October is my favorite month of the year!

Isn't Vegas so beautiful? HA!

I still have lots to catch up on but for now this is all I can manage! My 5:30 am spin class will miss me if I don't get to bed now!

Albright Love!

2009-10-17T13:47:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of most of the girl cousins, aunts, and some of our kids now on the Albright side that was taken at my cousin Amy's bridal shower! I just love each and every one of these girls (and the few Albright ladies missing)! I am SO glad to call them my family! We all have grown up living with in 10 minutes of each other, and even though some of them have moved away we still stay close! I love you girls! I am so blessed to be super close with all of my family on both my mom and dads sides, but I have especially loved growing up with all these ladies and that almost all my cousins are pretty close in age with me! We all went to the same schools and now have kids around the same ages so they can play together!
Thanks Megan for the picture! (I stole it off your facebook!)

September 2009

2009-10-07T13:36:00.000-07:00

I have just not felt like blogging lately! We have been either really busy one week, or super lazy the next. I just feel like I need to update for my own sake. We went to Beaver/ Springville on Labor Day as a family. Austin & Sienna both rode a horse for the first time (we've tried a lot of times with Sienna, but she was always too scared until she saw Austin do it!) We have just been busy with school, playing, and life in general! I forgot to mention Aaron had shoulder surgery at the end of August and it has been quite the recovery, but he is hanging in there! I feel like I am a single mom most days, plus a husband with only one arm working- yea it's so much fun! ha! Aaron started school at the beginning of September. He goes from work in the morning to school until about 10 at night on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Tuesday and Thursday are filled with work,physical therapy, elders quorum and whatever homework or computer work he can do! Needless to say- these next 2 years better pay off, because I honestly feel insanity coming on daily being stuck at home by myself ALL day long every day with the kids. When he was in school before, at least he was able to come home for dinner!! "I will survive".. is what I have to tell myself everyday about 6 pm when I'm ready to kill someone!=) So that's what we are up to- just hanging out and enjoying the little time we get to spend together. Last weekend I went up to Utah to help my parents move into their new house (not that I was much help!) and go to Jaylene's baby shower. I get a new niece here in the next couple weeks and I am SO excited!! I LOVE new babies but I am not anywhere near ready for another one anytime soon! Maybe when Sienna is 11 and can babysit all the time?? haha! My cousins Michelle and I have been getting up at 6 am for a whole month now (yay us!!) to attempt to start jogging. Any tips on advancing would be greatly appreciated! Our husbands didn't think we would last but we have proved them wrong so far!! Anyways that is our life for now! I promise to be better at updating because this is MY family history and what will my future generations think if I don't stay up to date! I wish they had blogs when my grandparents grew up! As for now- I am going to go lay down while Austin sleeps- I am EXHAUSTED! I am NOT a morning person and especially to get up and run..haha! I had to put some pics from the month of September for my record! Happy fall to everyone! It's so nice to FINALLY have a LITTLE chill in the air!

Jaylene's baby shower- we are so excited to add another GIRL to our family and who looks that good when they are at the end of their pregnancy???

Pics are from my friend May and possibly my fav pics of the kids in awhile...

Sienna's first horse ride- both papas were so proud!!

Austin doesn't look like he was enjoying himself here but he really was..it's in his blood!

Late night Sonic runs with grandma and grandpa Callister

We took Sienna to see the Provo Temple and roll down the hill and it was HOT! (hence our red faces!)

Just an attempt of them together before church!

1st Day of Joy School

2009-09-08T13:06:00.000-07:00

Sienna started Joy School last week with 4 other little girls in our ward. The mom's all take turns teaching and Sienna absolutely loves it! She could barely sleep the night before it started. When I dropped her off she says to me " Ok mom, you can GO now!" with all the sass you can imagine! Austin didn't know what to do with his sister gone but he survived! I taught today and we had so much fun! I am sad my little girl is growing up but we still have 2 years until she goes into kindergarten! YAY! S- you can't grow up! I love you and need you to stay my baby girl! Every day I ask Sienna if she is my baby and she yells YES! back. I just hope the next 2 years don't go by TOO fast! I love you missy!!

Newport Beach 2009

2009-08-27T16:11:00.000-07:00

(My pages uploaded huge and I'm not sure how to downsize, oh well!!)

We had so much fun at our annual beach trip!! We went to all different beaches this year! We did a couple days at our usual "lifegaurd stand 56" in Newport where we ALWAYS go, of course! We did one day at Laguna Beach and another day at Huntington Beach. We made a stop by the OC Fair which was fun but a little pricey and our kids were still too little! (Although Sienna still thought it was fun!) We had to eat at our usual "Pat & Oscars" (delicious pizza, salad, and breadsticks) and "Duke's" on the pier in Huntington so my dad could get his Hula Pie! We had a lot of fun with all my dad's family and just pretty much chilled on the beach as much as we could! The first night we went to dinner with Nick & Rivka, their kids Wilder & Liv and Ryan Bundra! It was a little crazy with all our kids but great to see them! From that night on we decided we would just get food either "drive thru" or "to go" and just eat at the hotel!! A 3 yr old and 18 month old are NOT fun to eat out with! We preferred getting our food, eating at the hotel, and then swimming in the hotel pool! Sienna and Austin loved every minute of playing in the sand! I think Austin ate a whole sandbox full by the end of the week! The first day we were there Sienna ran into the water but a wave knocked her over which scared her for the rest of the week until the last day! It was nice for me though because I didn't have to worry so much! That is our trip in a nutshell!! Thanks mom and dad for the great memories! I took way too many pics as usual but had fun scrapbooking them!!

Happiness on a Hot Day in Vegas

2009-08-26T15:28:00.000-07:00

Hot Day + Slurpee = HAPPINESS

(And a sane mother while walking around Target!!)

I think these pics are so funny- Austin makes the dorkiest faces always. I can never just get a normal smile!!

Mmmm.. Mmmm.. good!

28 YEARS!!

2009-08-21T17:33:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!! I love you both so much and don't know what I would do without you!! Hope you have a FABULOUS day and don't miss the kids too much!! LOVE YOU!

Ive.Had.It

2009-08-19T17:20:00.000-07:00

Today was one of those days when the kids both woke up beyond ornery and so it began.
We ran some errands and the kids did surprisingly well. We came home and the kids went and played outside for a long while. Nothing too particular has set me off. I am just ornery and tired myself. Sienna and Austin did track all sorts of sand and mud into my house from the sandbox.

(That damn sand box- did I mention I mopped the entire floor spotlessly clean last night?)

It keeps them entertained for hours BUT it makes such a mess when they come in and out. I think that is what set me off. They have just been whiny and clingy and messy today which in turn has made me ornery and tired and want to scream!! So now I have them watching a movie (who knows if they are really watching..) and I am blogging about my little angels...=)

I love my kids to death but some days... They drive me absolutely positively INSANE!!! I need a break....

It could be the fact that my parents left a couple days ago and they give me a big break with Sienna.

Or the fact that my husband works from like 8 am to 8 pm everyday. Whatever the triggers are- I just want to climb into my bed and throw the covers over my head and not have ANYONE bugging me!!

Now onto make dinner... Aaron is going to be SO happy when he gets home tonight. I will try and act pleasant just for him. =)

The End.

PS- Does anyone else have these days OR is it just ME???

The Big Day!

2009-08-18T20:07:00.001-07:00

Today was the big day that Sienna has been waiting for for weeks! She kept bugging me until I finally caved and let her get her ears pierced!
Here she is all ready to go!!

This is what Sienna looks like whenever we leave our house and notice Austin's "cycle. (I swear she thinks she is 13!)
When we got there she was so excited! They pierced both her ears at the same time! OUCH! She cried for just a few seconds after but then was a big girl!

Getting ready...
During....
After... (you can see her little tear)
In the car and so proud!

Afterwards we went to Target and she was telling EVERYONE how she got her ears pierced! I love my little girlie girl! And these pictures are for my mom who wanted to see all the pics and Sienna wanted her to see one with both her earrings in!

For the record after they were done Sienna got a sticker that said "I just got my ears pierced!" WELL- Austin wanted one too and he wore it ALL over Target thinking he was a stud! hahaha... I just had to laugh!

Random Thoughts

2009-08-15T21:21:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to post some happenings around here for my own journaling purpose...

We just got back from Newport Beach. Can I just move there and be on vacation all year round?? I wish!

There is just something about the beach that is so wonderful. It is just so relaxing and the weather is fabulous. It was definitely a bit crazy this year. Last year Austin couldn't move yet and this year he was ALL over the place. I was having anxiety making sure he and Sienna were both safe and sound. Overall though it was great fun with lots of fun family time! I'll post about that later!

My little Sienna turned 3 1/2. Sienna and I had a little photo shoot for her in Utah a couple weeks back as you can see from my pics with this post. I know that is still so little but she is turning into such a kid now. She is my little pal and is seriously like hanging out with a 13 year old. I am in for it when she is actually a teenager because this girl has some serious attitude. It is what makes her Sienna though. This last week she has decided she needs at least one purse wherever we go and her sunglasses on. She has decided she wants her ears pierced and keeps asking me if we can go over and over. I told her after the beach hoping she would forget and it hasn't happened yet! She also can swim all by herself a little bit! She gets in my mom and dads jacuzzi and paddles and kicks from one end to the other. It gives me a heart attack every time that she does this thinking she's not going to make it and I will have to grab her. All this while Austin is trying to climb in and go "simming!!" because Sienna is.

In other news most of you know my brother Jeremy is adopted. His biological grandma, Gloralie passed away this last week. She took me and Jared in as her own grandchild and I will always be grateful for that. We all know you can never have too many grandmas! Gloralie was always so generous with us. She moved to Alaska when Jeremy was about 5 years old and she still always sent us money on our birthdays and holidays and kept in touch with us. When Jared got called on his mission to the Anchorage Alaska mission her and Jeremy's aunt Michelle would watch over Jared and call us with any news. Her funeral was today and it was small but very sweet. I will always be grateful for her and the grandma she was to me. It must have taken a lot to give up her grandson into our family. It's pretty cool when you think about it that Jeremy became my brother and we have been able to stay in contact with some of his real family members.

Sienna was so confused as to how Gloralie had died and how she was getting to heaven. She asked me if Heavenly Father and Jesus were going to come pick her up. I told her "yep." She then said "Is it a long drive to Heaven mom?" I love her innocence. Today as we pulled up to the cemetary she saw a car parked in the parking lot and asked me "Is that Jesus's car he brought to pick up Gloralie?" How cute is that!

Well I am going to go to bed now but I wanted to write some of these things down so I don't forget!

Austin's Newest Love

2009-08-05T12:13:00.000-07:00

Anyone who knows my dad or brothers know they have a love for motorcycles. My dad has quite a few dirt bikes and street bikes and he loves to take them out! I have decided this love is a born gene because now Austin has become obsessed with them!

It all started when we were swimming at my Aunt Megans and Austin found a toy motorcycle. My mom got him one like it at Target which he slept with and carried all over the house saying "cycle, cycle"(pronounced sickle by his cute little mouth)

My dad recently purchased a brand new street bike while in Vegas and Austin fell in love with the big "cycle'" and always tries to run into the garage to see it.(so annoying!)

Then while we were in Utah he took the next step and would cry and cry if you didn't let him sit on it. He would constantly run to the door yelling "cycle, cycle" until someone would take him out. After a couple days of this I had my dad take him for a ride hoping it would scare him. OH NO- He LOVED it! He would cry, kick and scream when I took him off. I think it is cute he is SUCH a boy but I hope as he grows up he stays off any motorcycle! I am afraid I am in for a long road of broken bones and crashes just like all the other boys in my family! Aah!

Notice his new "Broncos" hat. I had to buy it for Aaron. He's so proud! =)

His first real cruise just on my parents street... isn't Utah so pretty?

Sienna is such a goof and had to be like her papa!

18 Months Old

2009-07-21T20:26:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow my little boy turns 18 months old! NOOO! He is my BABY! Now I know that 18 months is still little but it is the stage where they are more toddler than baby. Austin is my little crazy!! I know you readers don't care but I want to record the things he does so I can remember!

loves playing basketball! Maybe one day he can reach the hoop my dad got!
Crashed after playing too hard with their cousins!

loves "sissy's" helmet!

Loves electronics just like his dad.

*He loves "simming" (swimming) even though he mainly walks around and dips his toe in! Oh well- easier for me to watch him!
*He calls Sienna "sissy" and has to be with her pretty much ALL day. She's luckily a good sport and they are little pals. He likes whatever she likes and they fight a lot because of it! (the joys of sibling fighting has begun...)
*throws his food ALWAYS (any tips on stopping this?? he is REALLY bad and does it with anything I give him or spits it out)

*has started saying lots of words the last month or so
*loves to tattle on daddy or sissy when they hurt him in any way and runs crying to me saying their name so he can get some love
*hits and laughs about it.. we are working on this one!
*loves chocolate and calls M&M's "num nums!" He ALWAYS is asking for them!

*loves any ball, truck or his "cycle"
*looks for "sissy" as soon as he wakes up- it's cute they are such pals
*thinks he is so cool when he puts Sienna's princess helmet on. He loves to wear it (great blackmail later on!)
*loves to dance

*such a mama's boy! I am his absolute favorite person and I hope to be that FOREVER! (even though I know I won't be!) I love hearing "mom" all day long just because he likes to say it!=)

I have just decided the 2nd kid liks whatever the first kid likes and plays with because that is what they see! So I know noone really cares about these things but I want to remember them!!

And what is a post without my little girl?? She is such a fish now and would swim ALL day long if I let her!

Girls Night Out!!

2009-07-11T19:18:00.000-07:00

A few of my girlfriends went out for Katie's b-day last night!!(Let's be honest- we take any excuse to get together!) We went to dinner at Kona Grill and then went to the see the movie The Proposal. After that we pretended we were 12 again and had a sleepover at Whit's house! We stayed up all hours of the night and just had a good time! Today I am beyond exhausted and realize I really am no longer 12 and NEED my sleep! Oh well- it was a great time and I love my girls! Melissa even came from Utah to the festivities! I have decided the brunette girls NEED to quit missing our events because Kinsey and I look like we don't belong with all those blondes! Everytime we all go out we have people comment about it! We missed those of you who couldn't make it, but I am sure we will be planning at least a night out soon enough!

Aaron had Marc and Matt over for dinner with the kids while I was gone.I got home this morning and was told to look in the toy closet the kids had cleaned up all on their own.(5 kids- 4 and under) This is what I found! Oh well- it was still a fun night and the closet is now back in order!

4th of July

2009-07-06T08:50:00.000-07:00

This year my aunt Megan was so kind and had her annual 4th of July party even though most of her kids weren't even there! We are so glad she did because a few of us kids are parentless here, so she is our stand in local mom as Michelle stated! =) Love you Megan and I know I can always count on your for a fabulous party!

Sienna is her cute 4th of July outfit her granny got for her! Thanks LaRayne!

An attempt of them together before they dumped sand all over their heads and had to have baths!
My fruit pizza! I have to give Aaron credit- it was his idea but I made it! =)
My little girl who becomes braver each time we swim! (This is for my mom and dad to see!)

Jumping in from the jacuzzi

Pointing to the fireworks- He LOVED them and sat in awe. Such a boy!

I hope everyone had a Happy 4th of July!

Summer Fun June 2009

2009-07-05T18:44:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to update with pics of June 2009 so I can remember what's happened! We have done lots of things! Just to list a few with some pics:

We had my grandpa Vern's 80th birthday party! I love my grandpa and I am so glad he is such a great example to me! You just have to know him to see what an incredible man he is! (And the same goes for my beautiful grandma!!)

*We also had a surprise farewell party for my Uncle Mark and Aunt Karyn who just left to be mission president over the Washington D.C. mission!! I stink and only got one measly picture of the amazing event of Markie, Sienna and Peyton!

Sienna and I went to Mandalay Bay's pool with some friends! It was so much fun!! I didn't get many pics but that pool is AMAZING! (Sienna called it the "california pool" because there was a pool and beach sand)

Sienna and I also went to Tuacahn in St. George with all the girls in Aaron's family for a late mother's day! We went shopping, to dinner, and then saw the play Annie. It was fun to be with all the girls and Sienna did pretty good during the play!

Grandma & Grandpa ( my parents) were in town a little bit so we hung out a lot and went swimming! They also got the kids some deals on some toys which they absolutely love!!

We went to Utah while Aaron was in Alaska fishing with his brothers and dad!! (I might make him post on that!!) We saw a baby cow born on the LDS Chruch ranch my brothers work on. (Jared delivers cows all day long for the next couple months. It was pretty cool!)

(look closely if you wish and you will see the cow coming out.... haha!)

That's as close as Sienna would get to the baby cow and heffer.(A first time mom cow- now you know in case Sienna calls you that if you are prego. Thanks for teaching her Jared!)

Sienna and Grandma having a tea party!
Best friends just cuddling for no reason!

Here is Sienna on her slip n' slide. Her and Victoria had so much fun once Sienna figured out how to slip on it!

And here are just other pics I wanted to post for when I make my 2009 book!!

I love these two even if they drive me to insanity on a daily basis!

WOW- That was long! So if you are still reading this, that was the month of June pretty much summed up! Busy busy! We love summer!!

What's in a 3 year olds purse??

2009-07-01T20:52:00.000-07:00

Tonight while we were out and about Sienna was carrying her purse on her shoulder so she could be a "twinner" with her mom. (I absolutely love having a girl and think everyone should get at least one!!) Aaron looked in it to see what she had and we were both cracking up. She is so observant and had packed it herself. Here is what was in there:

(chapstick, 2 cell phones, fake money, in n' out stickers, her makeup and her keys)

Pretty much the same things I have in my purse (except her stickers she puts all over my house!)
Oh missy- we love you and what a crazy girl you are!

And here is just a picture of my two favorite boys in the whole world...

The little things of Summer

2009-06-24T11:57:00.000-07:00

I am up in Utah AGAIN (surprised?...probably not!) while Aaron is off in Alaska fishing and I absolutely love it here! I would move to good old Springville, UT in a heartbeat IF I could bring my fabulous friends along! Ever since I was about 5 I have told my mom I was going to live in Springville when I grew up with all my cousins! I love that is like a small town, BUT you have every store you would ever want within 15-30 minutes! I love summer time, especially here for the following reasons...

Just yesterday I saw my kids:

*pick fresh raspberries right off the bush in the backyard and chow down
*go to Jared's farm/ work and witness the birth of a baby cow with my kids (so gross but pretty cool!) Sienna has been acting like a "Farmer" with the dogs now telling me they have baby cows in their tummy and trying to pat them like Jared was....so funny! poor Babs and Sophie...

*go to my cousin Victoria's baseball game and sit in the grass with a slight cool breeze
*watch my little girl roll down a hill of grass for the first time and giggle as she did it over and over
*watch Sienna use the slip n' slide and love it
*watch my kids ride their scooter in the FRONT yard
*go on a walk in the morning and not sweat to death and see all the gorgeous flowers!

Anyways- the list goes on and on but I love summer time! Even in Vegas we swim, swim, and swim some more, have yummy BBQ's, and hang out with our friends on the warm summer nights! I just love it.

I don't have my camera cord so no pics but I just wanted to write some fun things I have witnessed as my kids are getting a little older, and get to enjoy summer as a kid like I did! I almost got down and rolled down the hill of grass myself! If only we knew how easy life was when we were little!!

Utah Continued...

2009-06-16T13:27:00.000-07:00

After we went to Beaver for Memorial Day we continued on up to Springville to hang out with my family! Aaron flew home a couple days later and I stayed a few more days for Jeremy's 18th b-day! We had a little party for him with all the fam! We also got to watch Shani's little boy Brighton (the cutest little baby EVER with all that hair!) and had so much fun! Sienna absolutely loved having a real live baby doll she could hold all the time! We also went to the park, lots of swimming, and went to the zoo with Melissa and her girls! We LOVE Utah in the summer time and can't wait to go again next week while Aaron goes to Alaska with all the boys in his family!

Can you believe Jaylene is 20 weeks prego here!? She makes me sick! I wish I stayed tiny like that when I was pregnant!

Austin always finds my mom's drink and runs with it!

Papa Vern & Sienna at Jeremy's party

Hogle ZOO
Checkin out the monkeys!

The giraffe is in the back

We are so glad we get to hang out with Melissa and her girls when we come! We miss them in Vegas!

Mylittle Victoria who is my tag along babysitter! Let's hope she loves my kids for a long time because she helps me out so much!

Memorial Day 2009

2009-06-07T10:18:00.000-07:00

I know I am a little late posting these but oh well! Over the 3 day weekend we went up to the cabin in Beaver! We had lots of fun hanging out with the family! On Memorial Day Aaron's family goes to the family cemetary in Meadow (about 30 minutes north of Beaver) and then have a lunch at the house that his grandma grew up in with all the extended family! I think it is a cool tradition that they have kept and I love the antique feel of the house! It was a great weekend spent as a family! We don't get to see everyone near enough!

WARNING: lots of pics!

Girl cousins dance party!

Statlen & Austin -T-R-O-U-B-L-E Already...

Whitley & Sienna pretend fishing- they can't wait until they can actually go!

Grandma Cleo (Age 92) and our fam!

Mom's Day Out!!

2009-05-20T21:08:00.000-07:00

I have been just not in a "blogging" mood lately so I am back! We have been having lots of fun around here with swimming, play dates, and just hanging out as a family! My mom and dad have been in town as well so we always have fun when they're here!
Mother's Day was great! Aaron took the kids to Artful Potter when I was on my trip to make me a plate! It turned out really cute and I'm sure I will look back and cry at my kids handprints when they are older!

This is Sienna's contribution that she is so proud of! Sienna told me all about the plate she made me before Mother's Day even though Aaron wanted it to be a surprise. She always reminded me it was a surprise though when she would talk about it! Too cute!

The first weekend in May I went with some of my girl friends on a kid free trip! We went out to eat, got pedicures, shopped as much as possible, laughed, never shut up, and just had fun with the girls! We rode in style in Kinsey's minivan which I want now! (That thing is AMAZING-you think I'm kidding- ask her to take you for a spin!) haha Here are some pics of our adventure! (Kathryn- how did you manage to drop in for most of the fun and not get in a pic??) I think the people at the gas station thought we were 13 yr olds the way were giggling and taking pics! Oh well- it was worth it!

Thanks to our husbands for watching the kids! I think we should make it a tradition! Next stop... Newport!

Pure Bliss....

2009-04-28T21:08:00.001-07:00

A man after my own heart....

Before I had Sienna I liked pop but didn't have to have it- well after two kids it is my favorite! One of my favorite drinks is Diet Coke and especially Diet Coke from Sonic with VANILLA in it.
MMMMMMMMMM...
Austin (and Sienna) have the same problem and want a drink when they see a cup with a straw in it. (I am talking throw a tantrum and scream if they don't get even a sip-drives me CRAZY!!)

What can I say- they come from a long line of pop addicts.(for instance- both grandmas??)
When you ask Sienna what she wants to drink you get the response "diet." I used to be able to trick her but now she KNOWS when it is not her diet!
OK So call me a bad mom- i know! It's not like they get it ALL the time but I just couldn't pass up Austin's excitement when he got a hold of my cup!

In other news, we put Austin's hair in a little mohawk tonight. It just fits his little crazy personality. He is such a boy and I love every thing about my little munchkin!! Every time I get the camera out now he makes his dorky face like above and says "cheeeeeeeeeeese." It just makes me laugh! I love watching him and Sienna play together. Sienna was much busier than Austin BUT I think a lot of it is that he has Sienna to play with, and we have so many more toys than we had for Sienna. We recently got a pad of concrete put in our backyard and those two are out there ALL day long most days in the playhouse or sandbox.

Sienna has had a flu for about a week, but I think she is FINALLY over it. She went with Aaron to the Daddy Daughter and loved every minute of it! That is until she woke up in the morning and threw up! We thought she was better but I guess not.
That girl has some crazy stomach issues. None of us got it so I don't know WHAT it was but she throws up WAY too much for how old she is. Poor thing gets the flu every couple months and it lasts for DAYS!!

Anyways I just wanted to write a little update/ story for my own memory sake!

Easter Sunday

2009-04-24T21:36:00.001-07:00

Austin's dorky face he makes while saying "cheese"

This is what Sienna does when I tell her to smile! Some days this girl drives me CRAZY...

So I had these high hopes of FINALLY getting a cute picture of my kids LOOKING at the camera in their cute easter outfits! It didn't happen AS USUAL! My dad was cracking up saying he feels like he is in the past with me and Jared! We were running late for church (9 am church does not work for me when it is really 8 am Vegas time!) and so I took like 2 pics and gave up! Oh well- here is what I have to remember! HAHA- I guess this is what kids are really like anyways right??

Easter Egg Hunt

2009-04-24T21:14:00.001-07:00

( click on collage to make larger)

This year I was up in Utah for Easter. My cousin Brooke was getting married and my mother in law could drive halfway with me and the kids so we went on Saturday! Every year for as long as I can remember my aunt Laurie has an easter egg hunt. This year it was at my Grandmas house! The little kids are dwindling down to pretty much Garrett, Victoria and my kids! Luckily next year we can add Jared & Jaylene's baby into the mix!! (yay for a cousin on my side finally!!) Sienna absolutely loved the egg hunt! Austin just sat down the first chance he had to start chowing down! Good times and fun with the Callister family! That's always entertainment in itself!

Coloring Easter Eggs

2009-04-23T15:24:00.001-07:00

Before Easter we did the great tradition of coloring eggs. Sienna was finally old enough to attempt to do it and was so excited! Austin thought the eggs were balls and cried the whole time because he wanted to hold them and throw it! (He is such a boy in every way!!) Sienna loved her eggs and finished them all the next day. She even took one to the park and carried it all over like it was her baby or something. I love any holiday and especially now that Sienna is getting old enough to get excited as well.

Happy Birthday Mom!

2009-04-22T19:05:00.001-07:00

Berthie-

I couldn't have asked for a better mom! You truly are one of my best friends and you are the best grandma to my kiddies! I hope I look as good as you when I am your age! (haha- who does that sound like!?!) BUT Really I do!! We hope you had a fabulous day even though I talked to you like 5 times today already!=) We are SO sad we weren' there, but we will be sure to have a rockin "grandma party" for you when you get here!! Thanks for everything you do for me and helping me get through this insanity we call motherhood! (Now if you could just move back HOME!!) We love you!!

(My mom's name is really not Berthie- I just call her that!)

My mom asked Sienna if she could have a princess party like her and she said only little girls do that so she can have a grandma party! haha!!

The Rambling of a Mom....

2009-04-07T21:03:00.001-07:00

WARNING: This is a long and boring post about my kids so only read on if you wish...

SO I have been really slacking on blogging about what we have been doing! Not too much has happened around here, but because I plan to make this into a book I don't want to miss any moments looking back!

Sienna got her first "real" haircut by Katie! She cut the back to her shoulders so it can all be even and not such a mullet anymore! Good thing for those curly curls or it would of happened a LONG time ago! Sienna was a little shy at first even though she LOVES Katie, but talked about her "gorgeous hair" the rest of the day! haha! I just love my Sienna so much! Thanks Kate for the haircut!

We have gone to the park lots with our friends and especially on "Thursday Park Day"! (Thanks Kinsey for setting it up!) If you would like to come with us, send me your e-mail and we will add ya to the list! Last week we went to Town Square and it was SO nice out! I have decided two kids walking gives me a little anxiety at the park. Trying to keep track of both of them, especially Austin, really gives me anxiety at times when it is crowded!! Maybe when they are older it won't be so bad. It was fun for the kids and especially for us moms!

My kids are constantly out in the backyard playing in the turtle and playhouse! Austin crawls out my doggy door EVERYTIME I don't have it closed now. I have to shut the stupid thing to keep him from going out! When I forget he runs over and is out before I know it! He thinks he is so funny and screams and screams when I make him come inside. He is SUCH a boy! Climbs on everything, throws sand and rocks,(anything for that matter)eats rocks, and is obsessed with any kind of ball. I love my little man so much and love to watch his personality start to show! (Even if does scream like a girl when he doesn't get what he wants.. wonder where he learned that??)

Maybe one day I can get a normal pic of my kids looking??? Just maybe...

So I know this post is forever long but these pictures make me laugh or there cute...

Sienna and her great grandma Cleo. Sienna adores Cleo and loves when she gets to see her.

A typical night- Sienna as a princess and Austin getting his breathing treatment

All day long these two fight over the car and smash in their together to ride around until the other gets mad

One day Sienna got put in the "corner" and Austin went and put himself there too!

Austin loves to dress in Siennas things. I think it is hilarious and I believe he secretly does it to bug his sister!!

Anyways sorry this is so long and if you made it through all that- wow!

This is just what has been going on around here. A whole lot of nothing, but I want to remember the little things when my kids are grown. If you haven't ever heard the song "You're Gonna MIss This" by Trace Adkins go listen to it! Whenever I call my mom and am just frazzled to no end she tells me "just remember, you're going to miss this!" I always tell her that "I am NOT going to miss this!!" BUT I know before I know it my kids will be older and won't want to cling to my leg all day crying for me to hold them at the same time! So I am TRYING to enjoy every moment! I never knew being a mom was such hard work! But at the end of the day I love my kids more than anything and wouldn't trade them for the world!!

5 YEARS!

2009-04-06T22:47:00.001-07:00

So I am a few weeks late posting this but I just wanted to post that Aaron and I just celebrated our 5 year anniversary! I know in the grand scheme of things it doesn't seem very long, but I think it has been the most eventful 5 years of my life! Getting married, adjusting, buying our house, having TWO kids, having to rely on each other through the ups and down, having to worry about money,learning to be parents etc.. etc! I truly wouldn't want it any other way! I love Aaron so much and am so grateful for all his hard work to provide for us, so I can stay at home! I don't tell him thank you enough. That is A LOT to happen in 5 years! He is such a great husband and father to our kids! Here's to an eternity together..

For our anniversary we actually got a babysitter (thank Alli!) and went to eat at Texas de Brazil! Being that I am a mom now, it was SO nice to have dinner somewhere fancy, delicious and kid free!

Disneyland February 2009

2009-03-21T12:17:00.001-07:00

We went to Disneyland for Sienna's 3rd birthday! I am finally getting around to posting these. She talks about going back all the time! She was just the right age but was still scared of the characters! It was a fun little family trip!

Austin- 1 year

2009-03-19T18:38:00.001-07:00

My sis-in-law Jaylene took some pictures of Austin for me up in Utah. Austin wasn't participating well but we got some cute ones! I am putting them on here so I can save them on my computer when I get home!

My Poor Sickies and other Randoms..

2009-03-06T20:18:00.001-08:00

So this week has been just a hang around the house and do pretty much nothing! We all have been having some major allergy/cold issues! It's been good that I haven't felt so hot myself, because it has forced me to sit at home and relax. (If you can call relaxing hanging out with two little ones at home!) It still didn't stop me from having TWO girls nights this week! (thanks girls, they were SO nice and fun!) And thanks to my wonderful husband who let me go and watch the kids even though he has a MILLION things going on!

Austin woke up this morning and was just crying and crying which is not like him at all, so I took him in to the doctor! Well Austin has had lung issues since he was about 6 weeks old and does breathing treatments twice a day as it is. His allergies have turned his coughing and snotty nose to drain into a earache and sinus infection! (Not contagious for those we have seen this week- he just has weak lungs which turn it bad FAST!) SO we have just hung out this week at home doing a lot of this

Playing lots and lots of dress up.....

Austin refuses to sit in his highchair lately when Sienna is around because he wants to be BIG like her and sit at the table.

Austin loves to climb on the back of Sienna's bike and she rides him ALL around. It is great for all of us! Keeps all of us happy and not screaming at each other! =)
My little Austin is getting SO big and it makes me want to cry. (NOT have another baby though to all you wondering!) He is starting to say a few words (his fav being ball and car and he is obsessed with both! SUCH a boy!) and earlier today kept taking his dinosaur and growling at me with it! He loves to climb on EVERYTHING and constantly has a red mark on his head from his latest crash. He loves to brush his hair (as if he has any-poor thing) and teeth and loves to use his own spoon and fork making a huge MESS!! I just love the stage he is where he is discovering the world around him but can't wait until he is a LITTLE older and can keep up with his sister because he sure wants to! I just love my little family and wouldn't want my life any other way!! Here are some pics from the last month or so..

My happy baby who is such a sweetheart and not near the drama his sister always is!!

Austin has to be in this car ALL the time. "CAA, CAA, CAA-(car) we hear all day long!

He loves to pretend blow into this party streamer.

One of his first many boo boos...

I wonder how he gets those boos boos...

I still have to laugh at the lady I got into the background..hot mama! hahaha...remind me to be nice tomorrow ok?

You Know You Grew Up In the 80's if...

2009-02-27T16:49:00.000-08:00

You've ever ended a sentence with the word PSYCH
You watched the Pound Puppies
You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton Dance
Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy
You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls
You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom
Two words: Hammer Pants
If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"
You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and spokey-dokes or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect
You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales" (Woo ooh!)
It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons
You wore a ponytail on the side of your head
You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen...and still know the turtles names
You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school
You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side
You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it
L.A. Gear....need I say more?
You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. (She's Truly Outrageous.)
You remember reading Tales of a fourth grade nothing and all The Ramona books
You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
You wanted to be a Goonie
You ever wore fluorescent neon clothing (some of us...head-to-toe)
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf
You took lunch boxes to school...and traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard
You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence
You remember Hypercolor t-shirts
Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
You ever owned a pair of Jelly shoes.
After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
You have ever played with a Skip-It.
You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
You remember Popples
Don't worry, be happy
You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do..getting yelled at by younger hip members of the family)
You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
You remember watching Rainbow Bright and & My Little Pony Tales
You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot
You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac
You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"
You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class
You know all the words to Bon Jovi - > YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
You just sang those words to yourself
You remember watching Magic vs. Bird
Homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
You remember when mullets were cool!
You had a mullet!
You still sing "We are the World"
You tight rolled (pegged) your jeans
You owned a banana clip
You remember "Where's the Beef?"
You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?
You had big hair and you knew how to use it
You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!

So I didn't know some of these but most of them I did! I just thought it was fun and a glimpse into my childhood!

Austin Bonding Time

2009-02-23T20:55:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday Sienna decided last minute she wanted to go to Utah with my parents. My dad was flying back Tuesday and said he would fly her back with him so I let her go! Well it has been a nice break but I miss her SO bad! On the other hand I have gotten SO much done!! I didn't realize how much work Sienna is!! I have reorganized pretty much every closet in our house, cleaned the entire house, and organized the garage (that one Aaron helped with!!) We DIed a bunch of stuff and I just feel relieved to have some space! Having the 4 of us in this little house has packed us pretty full to say the least! Aaron got us a storage unit down the street and that cleared ALOT of space! Today was the first day I actually ventured out to stores! Katie gave me a much needed hair cut (thanks Kate!) and then I went to Nordstrom to get me some MAC makeup for my birthday a couple weeks late! I love just walking around the Fashion Show (even if I didnt buy much and Austin is such a easy shopper!!) I loved just having one on one time with Austin and not yelling at Sienna every 5 minutes to leave her brother ALONE! (I think Austin enjoyed it too!) I got to give him lots of attention without Sienna getting a little on the jealous side! On the other hand I am glad to go pick up my little crazy tomorrow at the airport! She had so much fun up there every day seeing Jared, Jaylene, Victoria, etc.. etc...(all our fam up there!). My mom said today she woke up and said "Who is coming to visit me today, grandma?" ha! I am so lucky to have parents who love my kids so much!! Thanks mom and dad for the break, but I am ready to have her back even if you aren't ready yet!!

Oh yea- the top pic is of Austin on his horse my mom and dad got him for Christmas! He LOVES it! He screams when you take him off! He has no hope of not being a cowboy- all the boys on both sides are, so I better just give up now!

My Little Sienna turned 3!

2009-02-18T10:22:00.001-08:00

Sienna at 1 day old
Sienna on her first birthday!

2 years old

3rd birthday- February 14, 2009

Feel free to read on but it really is boring and just for my memory sake!

Sienna brings more joy, laughter, insanity and love into my life then I ever thought possible! She truly is one of my best friends! She is my pal and loves to know everything that is going on just like her mom! I have been told so many times I have recreated myself and it is so true! I wanted to write some things about Sienna as a 3 year old so I don't forget!

*Sienna LOVES anything Princess! She calls Cinderella and Snow White all the time on her phone and asks how they are doing. She loves to dress up like them and wear or buy anything with princesses on them.

*she also loves Dora

*loves her brother (a little to much sometimes!) She is constantly hugging (smashing) and kissing him. She also gets a bit jealous and hurts him a little too much. BUT she always tells me when she hits him, bites him etc.. I am not looking forward to the day when I ask her what she did and she lies!

*loves any and all of our family. Her cousins are her favorite! Because she has no cousins on my sides she LOVES my cousins, aunts, uncles and family and they adore her!

*my mom and dad are truly Sienna's best friends and they spoil her rotten

*She loves to go to Beaver to granny and papa's and to the cabin. She asks me all the time when we are going again.

*she thinks everyone has multiple houses because most of her family does. (Are you at the Utah house? Are you at the Vegas house? Are you at the cabin?) I am afraid she lives in a very spoiled bubble because both her grandparents have more than one house we go to!

* she loves horses and gets to see them all the time because my dad, Bruce and Jared have them! She plays with her horse dolls and they are always named Stetson or Dancer like Papa's horses.

*such a social butterfly! she LOVES going to the park but only if her friends are there and asks me which ones will be there each time.

*she knows all my friends names and their kids and talks about them like she is a teenager

*she really talks and talks (like me!) and can say anything, gives me attitude and drive me crazy! I have to watch EVERYTHING i say or it may come out of her mouth

*likes to climb out of the cart at the store and run to the shoes telling me how cute they are when I find her!

*loves Target and Costco and knows what they are when we pull up

*loves loves loves her baby dolls which all have certain names and you better know them! she treats them like real babies and it is too cute

*her and Aaron argue like she is a teenager- i have to bite my lip half the time

*loves to be at grandma and grandpas house with just her and no Austin so she gets all the attention! (thats where she is now!)

OK so I could go on and on but this just sums Sienna up in a nutshell. That girl has more personality and is so much busier than kids her age, but we love her for it! She keeps me on my toes at all times! We went to Disneyland for her birthday and it truly was a dream come true for her! She got to meet all the princesses and get them to sign her book! She still talks about it constantly! We love you Sienna and don't know how we ever lived without you in our life!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

2009-02-15T11:43:00.001-08:00

So I know I am a little late but things have been CRAZY!! I took this pic hoping to make a card for family but never had time so here it is!! Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day!! And Happy Birthday to my little Sienna Lynn!! Pics of that to follow another time....

Austin's Birthday- (a little late!)

2009-02-07T10:35:00.001-08:00

My little Austin turned 1 on Jan 22! He is getting to be quite the little mischievous thing! My little angel has turned into a little crazy thing! On his actual birthday we went to the park with our friends, hung out and had Katie, Matt & Carson over for dinner and cake.

We just love our little man!!

I wanted to post some pics of St. George as well because I don't want to have to do a whole other post so here they are for my future book!

Austin had a big week I should say!! Now onto Disneyland this next week for Sienna's 3rd birthday!!! (THEN we get a break from spending $$$ on our kids for a LONG while!! I can't afford any more kids close to Christmas! )

we love the park!

2009-02-04T16:49:00.001-08:00

We have been spending lots of time at the park lately! The weather has been GORGEOUS!! My friend May took these pictures a couple weeks back and I just thought they were fun!

I hate you Mr. Tow Truck!

2009-01-27T20:21:00.001-08:00

Let me begin my story with some facts.
We live on the corner house in our neighborhood.
We have a 1 car garage (if you can call it that) which neither of our cars fit in so it is a storage area.
I used to park on the driveway, Aaron on the street in front of our house.
A while back they went through and red zoned all the corners in our neighborhood so we could no longer park in front of our OWN house. (yea we weren't bitter or anything- who the heck approved that?!?!)
So Aaron parks on the side of our house, my Yukon in the driveway.

So you get the facts- now onto my story!
So last Friday night I went to St. George to my nephews little birthday party and got home at about 9 or so. Aaron was in the driveway so I parked on the side of our house. I just pulled up and didn't think much of it.

Well about noon on Saturday we go outside to run some errands to find my car gone. Well in our ghetto neighborhood it was either stolen or towed because maybe I was in the red?? I don't remember. It was late, I was tired, kids had had it, I had had it! (you get the point!)

So Aaron calls the STUPID towing company and they of course have my car! (Seriously people- towed out of my OWN yard!!) Oh but it gets better. In order to get it out we have to pay them $279.75 CASH and nothing else. If we wait, there is a $40 a day storage fee. So there was absolutely nothing we could do about it. Aaron had to go down there and pay the stupid towing company almost $300 to get my car out! He said there was bullet proof glass and bars on the window to go up and get your car. (I wonder why..) I was about to pull out a gun on these people myself!

So while down there Aaron runs into a girl who is getting her car from our neighborhood as well, and our neighbor across the street got towed 2 weeks ago.

I was maybe a foot into the red- that is it! Is that hurting anyone? NO! So yea I got towed in front of my own house and had to spend what little extra cash we had saved up to go do something fun with! There goes our anniversary and probably my birthday!

I just had to tell this story because it just needs to be known- don't even put an inch of your car in the red zone at our house OR you will PAY up!!

Last night while driving Sienna says to Aaron "Did the tow guys put that writing on our window?" (referencing their info on my windshield)
Aaron: "Yep"
Sienna: "Should we sock them in the face?"
Aaron & me: "yes we should!"

So yea, I am quite upset about the whole thing but what do you do? Just vent about it on your blog I guess! And beware of people out to tow your car in front of your own house!

Utah!

2009-01-22T21:43:00.001-08:00

So last week my mom called and said "Don't you want to come see us?" Well I thought about it and decided to go the next morning up to good old Springville, UT! (I really would move there in a second if it were possible!) Aaron really didn't want us to leave him, but I told him it would be quick and I could see Jeremy wrestle and Sienna can play in the snow! I won't have another chance to go up there for quite awhile so off we went! I drove with my two kids BY MYSELF for 6 hours! I am insane, I know! The DVD players Aaron got me for Christmas worked MIRACLES and there was minimal fussing! We even got to stop by real quick and see Granny LaRayne at school! It was great to see my family and see Jeremy wrestling. That sport still grosses me out but oh well!

The kids with Grandma & Grandpa Callister at the wrestling match.

Sienna peed in her pants while taking a nap and I didn't have extra pants for her, so we had to stop by a K-Mart and get her a new outfit before Jeremy's wrestling match! A couple days later we were going shopping up in Salt Lake and she puked all over the place right as we got there! Luckily I had an outfit for her, but it got all over my car, carseat etc..! Afterwards she insisted we go into Tai Pan because she wasn't sick anymore. The love of shopping is in her genes! After her puking all over in IKEA too we decided we better just head home. The joys of motherhood!!

Jeremy- the wrestling champ! He just LOVES when I take his picture!

Funny story- I am such a LAS VEGAN! So I took Sienna out to make a snowman and I could NOT get the snow to go into a ball like a snowman. It would just pile up and fall looking more like a volcano! Well Shani informed me later you have to make a snowball and ROLL the snow! who knew?? I guess I have always had someone besides myself roll the balls up! I really am retarded at times but I AM from Las Vegas where we don't really make snowmen! Here is Sienna with Baby Office (she named this doll that and took it everywhere calling it that!) and our volcano that I gave up on!

Sienna helping Papa shovel the snow- there was SO much everywhere!

This was her face walking in the snow. She didn't like how her feet sunk-haha! It still makes me laugh.

Aaron decided to come up the next weekend with my dad, so we had a little early birthday party for Austin so my parents could be there! We had lots of cousins and family show up! Thanks again to everyone who came!

Two of the coolest grandparents I know! =)

My little birthday boy- we love you!

Other highlights for my memory- (you really don't have to read all this but I am writing it down because this is my record keeping!)

* My aunt got a babysitter for me and we had a girls day! We went and saw Bride Wars ( so cute!) and went to lunch!

* My parents watched the kids another night so Aaron and I could go out with Andrew and Julie to dinner and Marley & Me (such a cute show!)

*Austin got 2 teeth with another one on the way! NOT such fun nights!

*My mom woke up with Austin pretty much every morning and I got to sleep in- pure heaven in itself!

Thanks mom and dad for letting us come stay and for being the best parents a girl could ask for!

Happy Birthday Austin!

2009-01-22T15:21:00.001-08:00

I'll love you forever. I'll like you for always. As long as I'm living my baby you'll be!!
I really could cry at how fast it went by! Happy Birthday Austin Boston!

Lied Discovery Museum

2009-01-20T15:11:00.001-08:00

We went to the Lied Discovery Museum the first week of January with Kim, Jamon & their kids. Sienna had so much fun playing with her cousins and seeing all the fun stuff they had there! She got to sing, play grocery store, climb all over the place and just have fun. We had fun just hanging out as a family! After the museum we all came back and just hung out at our house!

Bailey singing Hannah Montana

Being the cashier for the other kids

Watching a movie and eating popcorn at Sienna's new table

Christmas through the years

2009-01-06T09:49:00.001-08:00

Austin's 1st Christmas! He had no clue what was going on but it was still fun! He got a fun activity table, clothes, boy toys and Papa Bruce built him a much needed toy box! My parents got him a stuffed rocking horse for his room!

Sienna was so fun this year! She would not go to sleep Christmas Eve because she thought you got to meet Santa on christmas night. She woke up so mad that she had missed him! She got a bike but kept telling me she wanted a "cinderella one." Well those were too big for her so we improvised with Cinderella stickers-it worked! She got tons of toys from us and then Papa Bruce and Granny got her a princess castle and grandma Karen and Papa Paul got her a table from IKEA with the chairs.

2007 in Las Vegas

Sienna's first Christmas in Beaver, UT

Miss Snow White

2009-01-05T10:40:00.001-08:00

The last couple days this is what Sienna looks like! She cracks me up! She has become obsessed with all her babies and packs them around in her baby carrier and pack n' play. We have had to get her bottles to feed them and she has even been found nursing them! She sings to them, kisses them, and cuddles them. She tells Aaron and I to watch them while she goes to the store or wherever pretend place she is going and to let her know when they cry. I even had to go to Sam's Club the other day with her pushing her stroller with her baby! If it isn't a baby it's her new barbies which have to get their shoes changed every 5 minutes! She is such a girl and we love her for it!

Christmas Eve

2009-01-03T20:35:00.001-08:00

Every year on Christmas Eve with Aaron's family the kids read the Nativity story and act it out. It is pretty funny! After the Nativity the kids get to open their present from the cousins. Austin was sleeping the whole time but like he has a clue what is going on anyways!

Sienna waiting for everyone to get their gift...

Getting a new Snow White dress up outfit!

She didn't take it off for the rest of the day! Shoes and all! Someone stopped by and asked her if she was Sienna and she said "No, I am Snow White!" ha!

Papa Bruce with Statlen & Ainsley
Austin loved his new basketball hoop when he woke up!
Sienna helping him open his first gift

Austin & Statlen

I have been slow at finishing Christmas up on here but things have been crazy! All the Christmas is down (sad!) and my kids got sick with the flu on the way home which I then caught! After that, we have just been playing and relaxing with friends and family! It has been a great holiday and we got a lot done around our house but I am ready for some normality again!

Christmas Eve's Eve

2009-01-02T21:59:00.001-08:00

We got to Beaver on the 23rd and it was FREEZING cold! We made it just in time for a yummy dinner and then gingerbread making! LaRayne gave all the kids matching jammies and Sienna was in pure heaven with all her cousins! She asked me for days if we were going to Granny & Papa Bruce's yet! I am so glad she has so many cousins on Aaron's side and that we all have so much fun together!

Albright Christmas Party

2008-12-31T11:19:00.001-08:00

I have a lot to post so bear with me. I got a new camera for christmas (thanks mom and dad!) so I took so many pictures to try to figure it out! I love my new camera and we have had a fun couple weeks! We had our annual Albright Christmas party early this year because our family has grown so big the last few years! We had it at a church with a yummy turkey dinner and performances from the younger kids!
Sienna and Markie performed I Am a Child of God. (More like Markie performed while Sienna sat there way too shy!) Markie has the TRUE Albright performing genes and Sienna is more like my family that sits back and watches!! Everyone's family did something but mine- haha! Thats why we tried to have Sienna represent! Then the kids performed the Nativity. It was fun to see everyone! Thanks grandma and grandpa for a great night!

Sienna & Markie singing away

Austin & Graham- only 6 days apart!

Not the best pic but it works!

Ashlee & Dakota

Jared carved my grandpa this walking stick

santa claus came to town!!

2008-12-16T22:19:00.001-08:00

We had our ward party this last weekend where Santa came to visit! Sienna was SO excited the whole day to see him! She is usually a little on the shy side with strangers so I thought for sure she wouldn't go talk to some guy with a white beard! Well she proved me wrong! When Santa arrived she was a little hesitant, but once she saw all the kids she kept trying to cut in line and run onto the stage. When it was her turn she ran to him and jumped right onto his lap and said "I want toys!" pretty loud. It was so funny~ Austin didn't know what to think but he didn't cry or anything! Needless to say Sienna CAN NOT wait for Santa to come! This age is so fun because she actually is starting to understand!

When people ask Sienna what she wants Santa to bring her she responds "Dora Toys!"

Funny story- we all know we threaten our kids with the whole "Ok I am going to call Santa.." when they are being naughty. The other night at Marc & Whit's house Aaron used that line and Sienna responded back "OK then call Santa Claus." Seriously where does this girls little 13 yr old attitude come from!?!

SnOw DaY iN VeGaS

2008-12-15T22:27:00.001-08:00

I know everyone will post about the snow in Las Vegas but it was SO fun! It rarely happens! When I was growing up here I don't remember it ever snowing like this! Sienna sat staring out the window watching it fall in awe! She said "It's snowing like at the Utah house!" My parents house is about 5 minutes up from our house so they get A LOT more snow, so I had to take some pictures for them of their house since they aren't home! What a fun day!
Last week I was complaining because I would sweat in my sweaters- Not so much now! Bring it on- good thing I will be in Beaver for Christmas where I really may have a White Christmas!

This is in front of our house where there was just sprinkles of snow!

And these are my parents house where there was LOTS of snow to play with and make a snow man with! (we had to improvise with my dads cowboy hat!) Sienna was telling everyone at the store how she made a snowman! Too cute!

Sienna the Choc-o-holic

2008-12-08T16:00:00.001-08:00

Last night Sienna and Aaron made a chocolate cake together. They let it cool and then Aaron put the frosting on. WELL about 5 minutes after Aaron had frosted it he comes out to the garage where I am and asks "Where's Sienna?" (he thought she was with me) Well he found her upstairs after digging her hands in the cake when no one was looking! When we asked her why she dug into the cake she replied "I was just so hungry!" She had pulled her little chair over and dug on in!
This girl is such a choc-a-holic!

You can't really tell by the picture but maybe if you make it big you can!

10 Months Old!

2008-11-25T15:52:00.001-08:00

Austin turned 10 months old on Saturday! He is seriously the best baby EVER and I love him more every day! He is getting so fun and has such a cute personality already! We love you Austin!!

10 Months Old!

2008-11-25T15:52:00.000-08:00

Austin turned 10 months old on Saturday! He is seriously the best baby EVER and I love him more every day! He is getting so fun and has such a cute personality already! We love you Austin!!

UTAH in a NUTSHELL

2008-11-23T19:16:00.001-08:00

I am planning on making my blog a book soon so I decided I better get up to date! I had so much fun in Utah with all my family a little over a week ago. Some of my adventures were:
* I went to my first BYU football game with Shani where we had great seats and lots of fun! We had to ask Rico & Ashlee what had happened a coupe times! ha!
* My poor Austin got so so sick with a wierd sleeping all the time and high fever bug for about 4 days! I took him to quick care and found out he had pressure in his ears and he was better soon after! One night I was up for 3 hours with him screaming continually-thought I was going to die!
*I got to shop (more like look around) all my favorite stores with mom and aunt Laurie!
*Got to go to lunch with Melissa and Jennie (missed you Tara!)*My cousin Victoria who is 8 absolutely loves my kids and loves to hang out with them ALL the time giving me a break and Sienna a great friend! She is great to take to the store because she entertains Sienna! We also made a gingerbread house together!
*Sienna got all the attention she needs and more from aunts, uncles, grandmas and grandpas! She even had a "mini-sleepover" with Jared & Jaylene in the basement to see how she would do- woke up at 4:30 a.m. screaming for me! oh well!
*Aaron flew in and we went to Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum with Shani & Chris! It was a fun family time weeekend!
*Found out I am going to be an aunt to a baby BOY!! (ha and not Jared & Jaylenes- SHANI'S- (She's Sienna's aunt too ok even if we're cousins!) Brighton Christopher is making his debut in April sometime! YAY!!
*Brooke and Wacey got engaged FINALLY!!=)
*Sienna was introduced to Christmas music and LOVES it- that's my girl!

That's all I can think of now but I love going there and seeing all my family!! Here are some pictures of our trip!

Sienna & Shani

Someone SERIOUSLY needs to send my brother to the show "What NOT to Wear" The whole family agrees!
My poor sicky- after i took this picture I kinda freaked thinking he was having a seizure or something!
This is why Sienna LOVES grandma & grandpas!

Sienna with straight hair

2008-11-19T11:03:00.001-08:00

I went back to Utah with my parents for the week of Veterans Day and Aaron flew up on the weekend to hang out with us! Can I tell you how much I love Utah?? I would move there in a heartbeat! (if i could bring all my girlfriends with me and get my husband a great job!) The leaves were all over the ground and it was cold! Not 80 degrees like when I got home! I got to wear my cute sweaters and UGG boots and loved every second of it! For our family it felt like Christmas so we put all our Christmas stuff up!! (Mostly because Sienna won't be with my family for Christmas and they are coming to Vegas for Thanksgiving so my mom put it up for her!) I will put pics up of that later but while I was there we straightened her hair which I had never done before and it was way cute! It still just wasn't my little crazy without her curls! I think Austin will have curly hair too because it curls over when I spike it up! And Sienna is eating brownie batter in one of those pics! She is a choc-a-holic like her grandpa and they always eat it together! Austin is just as bad! My dad can't resist giving him bites of his chocolate ice cream either! There is no hope for my kids! It's in their genes!

santa claus is coming to town...

2008-11-18T11:27:00.001-08:00

I was just yelling at Sienna for kicking her brother and she looks up at me and says "Santa Clause isn't going to bring you any toys if you are not nice to me!!"
Yea Sienna I wish Santa came for moms! =) The things kids say!
The whole Santa threat works great! Aaron is on his cell phone calling him daily- let's see how long it lasts though!

Halloween Weekend!

2008-11-04T13:43:00.001-08:00

We started off the weekend going to pick up my mom from the airport! We were all so excited to see her! (my parents moved to Utah a couple months ago if you didn't know so she came to see us!) Sienna was so excited to see her 4-wheeler at grandma's house!

On Halloween Day Sienna and I went to her friend Aiden's party in the morning and then at night we went to our wards trunk-or-treat!

My mom with her favorite people on earth- no joke! They are all best friends!

Check out all that candy! She hasn't stopped eating it since Friday night!

Sunday night we had dinner with Grandma & Grandpa Albright! We had yummy soup and cheesecake!

Overall we had a fun weekend! Now it's time to start getting ready for the holidays! Sienna is getting to be so fun and actually understand what's going on a little bit! I just wish time would slow down a little!

Halloween Fun

2008-10-28T20:54:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday we went to the ward I grew up ins Halloween Party. This is quite the event with lots of candy, bounce houses, a haunted house, and some yummy food! It was a lot of fun and we had lots of friends there so we had a blast! Sienna loved every second of trick-or-treating and hasn't stopped climbing on the counter to eat some all week!! (I can't get mad at her- it keeps sitting there taunting me too!)

Austin & Carson- best friends already!

Austin ready to get some candy!

Maybe one day I can get both kids to look?? Prob not but let's hope!

Hanging out with one of my best friends, Katie Jane

This is for Amanda since she couldn't be there due to Sophie's birth! Congrats Amanda- love ya! Your girls looked darling!

Me, Kate, & Whit with our little kiddies!

Grayson- this one is for Kinsey because she hasn't joined the blogging band wagon YET!

That Poor Lady...

2008-10-27T15:34:00.001-07:00

That is what people were thinking about me today at the grocery store as I was trying to get to the front of the store and BOTH kids are screaming at the top of their lungs. I was at the doctors for 1 1/2 hrs and about to kill myself and thought to myself "I will just run in real quick even though I know both kids have about had it" BIG MISTAKE! I can't even tell you how many looks, laughs and "I'm sorry's" I got! I can not handle 2-almost 3 yr olds anymore!!! That's all I have to say and the STUPID DORKY Princess, Dora, Winnie the Pooh CRAP they have all over the store so your kid who needs a nap can throw a tantrum over because they are not getting it! THE END

Deer Hunt 2008!

2008-10-27T15:09:00.001-07:00

Every year Aarons family all gets together and goes to stay at the cabin for deer hunt in October! Aaron just wanted to stay home this year and chill, but I made us pack on up and head up to Beaver after much persuasion! I love Aaron's family and we have so much fun! The men all go out hunting morning and night, the girls hang out talking, watching movies, watch the kids, do whatever we want and eat some way yummy food! This year we had a lot of fun and Sienna loved every second with her cousins. She woke up at 6 vegas time the morning we got there and stayed up til 10 pm with no nap in between! Even though Aaron and I and BOTH kids have to smash into a full size bed because our kids refuse to sleep in their own beds at wierd places- it was worth it! Even though every time we go there we say we are never going back because of our lack of sleep;I know we will be back this summer!

All the new babies born this year! All best friends already!

All the cousins! We don't even care if they look just as long as we get a picture!

Jayden

Papa Bruce & Austin

Whitter Bug (whitley)

Ainsley

The kids jsut out playing in the little snow patch

My crazy lady

9 months old!!!

2008-10-22T18:42:00.001-07:00

Today my little bug turns 9 months old! I know every mother says it but I feel like time is flying by! I feel like Austin's first year is going by 5 x faster than Sienna! I guess with each child you get busier and so does the time! I never knew I could love someone SO much! Austin is getting so big lately! Some things for my joournal are:
*LOVES any and every food out there! sees it and starts waving his arms and yelling
*crawls EVERYWHERE and is starting to pull up onto things
*can pick up all his own food even if it is tiny pieces
*loves to give kisses and kisses on command now
*loves his sister and laughs hysterically at her (also loves to pull her hair)
*has one little toothie
*loves to crawl after a ball around the house( i swear boys are just born with a love for sports)
*waves back hi and bye on occasion when you wave to him
* is so chill and really just entertains himself
*loves his tongue and always sticks it out
Basically Austin is NOTHING like his sister! He really is very calm and only cries when he gets hurt or is hungry and/or tired! I just lay him in is bed and he just goes right to sleep. HEAVEN!
I love you Austin and can't imagine life without you! The Lord knew I couldn't handle another crazy kid and so he sent me you, my little angel baby!! Now off I go to get Sienna- she's being way too quiet for her own good! As I just yelled her name she yells back "Your daughter is up here mom!" As in upstairs getting into who knows what!

Wii.....

2008-10-21T21:34:00.001-07:00

So we won't go into the details but Aaron got a Wii for his Christmas and has opened it early to play. I was just beyond thrilled with his purchase. ha! It is really fun though once he made me play! Anyways- Sienna loves to do anything and everything her daddy does and tonight was no different! While he was playing Mario Kart she had the extra steering wheel out too and was getting all into it as Aaron races like she is playing too. As she is steering she is saying "freakin game!!"over and over. I couldn't help but take a picture of her in action!

Pumpkin Patch '08

2008-10-17T10:04:00.001-07:00

A couple weekends ago we went to the Gilcrease Orchard with the Vickers-who knew you could grow veggies and fruit here in Vegas?? I told Aaron I wanted a garden of my own and he laughed at me telling me I could never do it! Let's be honest- he's right! Sienna would trash it anyways! If you haven't been go check it out! Sienna got to pick out her own pumpkin and they have the best apple cider EVER!! As for trying to get both my kids to look at the same time- IMPOSSIBLE! Oh well- it was still fun!

I LoVe YoU!

2008-10-16T21:12:00.001-07:00

Although at the end of the day I am exhausted from taking care of these little kiddies I wouldn't trade it for the world! I will take being poor if it means I get to stay at home and love my kids! One day before I know it they will be grown, and so for now I will enjoy the precious moments I get with them! Thanks Aaron for being such a hard worker and allowing me to be able to stay at home with them!

My Little Lady

2008-10-10T21:13:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to document some funny stories about Sienna so feel free to read on only if you would like! One day I will forget it if I don't write it now!

A couple mornings ago Sienna was downstairs while I was getting Austin bathed and down for his morning nap. I just kept saying "Sienna, what are you doing? Get up here!" To which I would get the response "I can't! I am eating some ice cream!" I had no idea what she was talking about and continued on with cleaning up etc.. After a while I go downstairs and find her looking like this. Aaron and I had gone to TCBY the night before and I had left mine in the freezer. It was pretty full too! She had gotten it out and finished it off! What a healthy breakfast! Her eggs sat on the table untouched. Oh well! I just love this little girl.

Sienna always plays in the DVDS and puts them on or takes them all out of the cases. (Drives me crazy when there all over my floor every day!) ANYWAYS- this particular morning she said to me "Mom, I need to work out!" I look over and she has turned on a work out video and is on the ground attempting to do crunches with her legs in the air like the lady on the video. I was laughing so hard. I needed a video camera but we need a new tape! Oh she just makes me laugh each and every day. After her attempted workout she said "Now I am all sweaty mom!" Whatever you say my crazy....

Sienna also likes to talk to Aaron on the phone when I am done talking to him and repeat back everything I just asked him or told him. It can be quite comical at times and I am sure Aaron LOVES to hear it twice.

Last night while I was making dinner Sienna was yacking away to me. (I have no idea where she gets that-ha!) Austin started screaming about something and she gets in his face and says "Austin, you don't yell when mommy and me are talking!" I am just glad she understands what Aaron always says when we are talking to each other. Now if she would just follow the rule herself!

Sienna just being Sienna!

Just An Update

2008-09-29T16:58:00.001-07:00

Another long day of Sienna with no nap and screaming bloody murder. I put her in her room with her blanket and she was asleep in about 30 seconds...ahh peace and quiet. Even if it is 5 pm, there was no way I could handle her tantrums much longer. I guess she will be up with me until I go to bed but oh well! I had to take a picture of her sweet little bratty face! =) haha-

It's a good thing she's so dang cute!! Even when she picks out her own jammies in size 12 months and dresses herself!

As for Austin, he is just the best baby on earth. I can just lay him in his crib without even a binky in and he just crashes and is so calm even compared to Sienna at the same age. He is now 8 months and gets around pretty well. He is not completely crawling but he gets a few crawls in and then falls. He LOVES food still and loves to make the dorkiest faces. He gets about 100 kisses a day atleast.

Like I said- dorky face and loving his cheeto!

As all moms can relate- I love these two more than anything in the world! I can;t imagine life without my crazy lady and Austin man!

FRAZZLED MOM

2008-09-16T20:50:00.001-07:00

Please tell me I am not alone! I love my children more than life itself but sometimes Sienna drives me absolutely positively insane! She is just so busy I can not keep up with her.
Tonight has been worse than normal while Aaron was at school-
Tonight I went to Target to get some things I needed for my joint activity and Sienna kept running away from me. Most kids would sit in the cart right? Well not Sienna. I tried putting her in and she screamed at the top of her lungs for 10 minutes telling me she needed out and then trying to climb out. I was trying to ignore the stares from people, but I could only take so much so I let her out. She has to look at everything and say how adorable it is. (Not so cute in my current mood)
She also said she needed to go potty when we were in the back of the store. (I know you moms out there know how annoying this is all by itself!!) So I got the bare neccessities and home we went!!

Then I was nursing Austin in his room and she was jumping in his crib. Sienna jumps in Austin's crib on a nightly basis. It keeps her contained because she can climb in but not out. So I am feeding Austin and she starts peeing in his crib!! She has been SO good about accidents and has NEVER done that!! She laughed while doing this too.

So we get that all cleaned up and Austin to sleep. She starts blowing in her straw making a whistling noise with it upsatirs next to his room. I could have killed her!
We come downstairs to get her away from his room and her ready for bed. She tells me she is hungry for the 15th time tonight, opens the fridge (after I told her not to) and the eggs come crashing down cracking all over the floor I just mopped last night!!

Oh I am just a burst of joy right now I tell ya. I just had to vent!! Now she is whining to me telling me she NEEDS DORA on. I even told her to shut up a few times tonight when she was whining to me. I am such a mature example huh?? Well I am going to go crawl in my bed and continue on with my "Breaking Dawn." Good NIGHT!! I pray tomorrow goes better than today.

Look who's rockin on their knees...

2008-09-14T21:20:00.001-07:00

Little Austin Boston is rocking on his hands and knees now! Life as I know it is about to change! Sienna will be teaching Austin all sorts of tricks and I will be chasing the two of them around now! Help..

I still just love them to death even if they do drive me to insanity on a daily basis! I wouldn't trade it for the world!