Quinney Corner

ONE

2012-01-19T11:13:00.001-08:00

I cannot believe my baby girl is 1!! This past year has gone by amazingly fast. She is such a joy to have in our family.

The changes in the first year are absolutely amazing. Some things about Brooklyn at 1:

-She says mama, dada, grandma, grandpa, cracker, sticks her tongue out to say Hil, Leslie, Emily, and Ashley. Pretty much any name that has an L in it.

-She signs more, all done, please, thank you, fish, and milk

-She sleeps pretty good most of the time.

-Has been walking pretty well for a couple weeks now. She took her first steps before Thanksgiving and I can't really pin point a day when she really really started walking.

-She has 6 teeth. 3 on top and 3 on bottom.

-She loves to look at books.

-She hates baby food and will pretty much only eat the food we are eating.

-She absolutely loves to be in water!

-For some reason she loves to carry around clothes.

-She puts her hand up to her ear and pretends like she is on the phone.

-Whenever she sees any animal she says "woo woo woo", like she is barking.

-She nods and shakes her head correctly when she is asked a yes or no question.

1 year stats

Weight: 17 lbs-10%

Height: 27 1/4 in.-3%

Head Circumference-10%

Our little Brookie Bean has so much personality and we couldn't imagine her any other way!

Christmas...Finally

2012-01-10T09:14:00.001-08:00

I know Christmas was two weeks ago, but since this is the only way I journal I have to document it. We had a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve we started out the day by decorating Christmas cookies for Santa. Logan had been asking to do this since we put our tree up at the beginning of December so he was so excited to finally be able to do it.

Later, we went to lunch/dinner at Red Lobster with the Quinney family. This is one of David's favorite traditions.

To end the night we went to my grandparents house for probably my favorite traditions of the year.

We took our annual family picture on the stairs.

Logan decided to tell jokes for the talent show. He is very into making up his own jokes and that is just what he did.
Santa came. Logan told him he wanted a red bike.
Brooklyn was not too sure about Santa.

After Santa we did the nativity. Logan really wanted to be a shepherd this year. And he made a darn cute one.

I have one picture of Christmas morning. In my defense we do have video of it. We had a great Christmas morning. Logan got his red bike, legos, clothes, books, gift cards, Skechers, and nerf guns. Brooklyn got a baby and baby stroller, clothes, books, and more dolls. David got a new tablet and some BYU gear. I got new clothes and gift cards. It was a great Christmas morning. After opening toys we went to church. It was so great to be able to go to church on Christmas to bring back the true meaning of why we celebrate.

This is Brooklyn with her baby and stroller.

After church we went over to my parents house. And of course I have no pictures of that either. My parent were so generous and for Christmas gave us money to be able to get our awesome kitchen table.

After my parents we went to David's brothers house. We had lunch then opened gifts. Here is Logan with his stocking from David's parents. David's mom made blankets for everyone this year. She did an amazing job. We can't wait to use our new blankets at the BYU games!

We took pictures of the grandkids.

And Brooklyn enjoyed some goldfish she got in her stocking.

To end the night we went to my parents and played games. It was a very chaotic, but very enjoyable Christmas. I am so grateful to my Savior and for the true meaning of Christmas. Thank you so much to everyone who made it so special.

Elfie

2012-01-04T11:09:00.000-08:00

This year we started a new tradition: Elf on the shelf. This was such a fun activity and I can't wait for it to continue year after year. Santa sent us an elf and the first thing we needed to do was name him. After some pretty silly suggestions from Logan we finally decided to name him Elfie. Elfie would watch Logan and Brooklyn every day and then return to the North Pole each night to report to Santa. When Elfie would get hom each night he would be doing some pretty silly things.

I forgot to take pictures of a few things like Elfie playing Xbox and trying to climb into Brooklyn's crib.

Here is Elfie hanging on the fridge, hanging on an advent calendar, toilet papering our tree, and pretending to be an ornament.

Here Elfie is reading a pirate book, hanging in a stocking, eating some chocolate almonds, and playing on the computer.

Here he is sitting in our holiday boxes, he colored on our family pictures, and trying to take a shower.

Elfie turned our milk pink, ate our M & M's, climbed in a tree and drank our syrup.

Elfie rode on Logan's toy dinosaur and poured flour on the floor to make a "snow angel".

And on the last night Elfie painted the kids noses red. This was my favorite. I could not stop laughing!
Logan got so excited each morning to find what silly thing Elfie was doing. I know next year will be even more fun.

FOUR

2011-12-29T19:41:00.001-08:00

I cannot believe this guy is 4! He is such a great kid. He is so full of life and the funniest kid I know. For his birthday this year we had a birthday party at Classic Skating. It was wild, loud, and hot, but he had so much fun!

Some things about Logan at 4:

~He knows how to write his name.

~He loves preschool!

~His favorite color is red.

~He loves to pretend and has a great imagination.

~He loves his little sister so much and loves to make her laugh.

~He is THE FUNNIEST kid I know!

~His favorite drink is Root Beer.

~His favorite food is chicken nuggets.

~He loves to have sleepovers at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

We seriously love this kid so much. He definitely keeps me on my toes and tests my patience, but he is the most amazing little boy and I couldn't imagine our life without him.

Our day started out opening presents. He could hardly wait for his daddy to wake up to open them. I guess Christmas 2 days earlier just wasn't enough.

He got a new camera. He loves to take pictures with my camera, so for his birthday we got him his own.

We did his birthday party in the Superhero room. He is way into Batman and Spiderman.

Lots of the kids at the party eating pizza.
Blowing out his candles. He loves Batman, but we could only find Spiderman cupcakes.

Zoo Lights

2011-12-09T12:00:00.001-08:00

A couple of weeks ago I bought a Groupon for Zoo Lights at Hogle Zoo. It was so much fun. The lights were so cute and Logan even got to sit on Santa's lap. This will definitely become a new tradition. Hopefully when we go next year it won't be so freezing!

Santa brought two of his reindeer. Comet and Vixen.

Logan and I in front of the reindeer. I was definitely not prepared for how cold it was going to be. Pretty much right when we got there me and my sisters had to go into the gift shop to buy ear warmers.
Logan got a cool tiger light sword. It was so much fun taking him on this little date with my sisters. I was planning on taking Brooklyn too, but am so glad my mom offered to take her since it was so cold. She would have been frozen.

Logan sitting on Santa's lap. He was such a great Santa. We had to wait a while in line, but it was totally worth it.

Logan drinking hot chocolate. I never knew he liked it so much!

Thank you so much Leslie and Hilary for coming with us and to my parents for watching Brooklyn. (David was at bishopric meeting) We had so much fun and I can't wait to keep this tradition going!

L o g a n

2011-12-07T13:49:00.000-08:00

Logan can now write his name by himself. I am one proud mom. Sometimes he has a hard time with the G, but I can't wait to keep working on it with him.

Update

2011-12-01T20:25:00.001-08:00

We had a very busy month of November. A few things that happened:

Brooklyn turned 10 months old.

Logan has been very busy with preschool, including a fun feast that I got to be a part of.

Thanksgiving.

Black Friday.

Decorating the tree and house for Christmas.

Football games.

Playing in the snow.

Lots of shopping.

I know I say this every time, but I cannot believe Brooklyn is already 10 months old. She took several steps for the first time 2 days before Thanksgiving. She still will only take a few steps at a time, but is on her way to walking.

She says Dada...a lot. She loves her dad and always calls out for him.

She loves to eat. She likes to eat anything anyone else has.

10 Months Old

We decorated the house. Logan was being very grumpy this day. Finally, David said "If you don't stop being grumpy you can't help decorate the tree. His attitude changed right away. I am not sure I have ever seen Logan so excited for something. He was literally squealing with delight as we decorated. I think he will love Christmas as much as I do.

Brooklyn loves to stand. She will stand by herself for so long. We know she could walk if she wanted to, but I think she gets too nervous.

Brooklyn fell asleep eating her lunch yesterday. It was too cute to not document. And if you look closely, I did her hair in pig tails for the first time yesterday.

Discovery Gateway

2011-11-15T19:53:00.001-08:00

Last week we were able to go on a play date with Emily, Lincoln, Ari, Ashley, Paisley, Rachel, Aiden, Lisa, Paxton, and Parker. Emily had some coupons for Discovery Gateway and was so generous to share them with all of us. We had so much fun. Logan had so much fun playing with cousins and friends and doing all of the fun activities they have there. My camera died after a few minutes so all I have is pictures from my phone.

The kids had so much fun in this gated toddler area.

Logan and Aiden, pausing for a picture!

Logan flying the helicopter. I think he could have stayed out on the helicopter all day if I had let him.

Brooklyn playing with toys in the toddler area.

Thank you so much Emily for being so generous and for planning a really fun playdate!

2011-11-01T20:39:00.000-07:00

Once again we had a great Halloween! Lots of dressing up, lots of trick or treating, lots of candy, and lots of fun!

My cute Captain Jack Sparrow pirate. He loved this costume so much. I am a little sad I won't get to see him in it again.

My cute little lady bug! She loved her costume too. Didn't even mind the wings!
I love these two cuties!

School Carnival/Gardner Village

2011-10-26T18:03:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday we got to go to Logan's Halloween Carnival for preschool. They did it early since he is off track for the next 3 weeks. Logan had so much fun. They had lots of activities for the kids to do.

Here is Logan playing Spider Ring Toss.

Brooklyn in her cute ladybug costume. We still have adjustments to make before Halloween.

Logan decorating his pumpkin cookie.

Playing the Ghost Bowling game. This was his favorite game of the day.

Making his monster hands.

Later that day we went to Gardner Village with Ashley and Paisley to see the witches. Paisley and Logan are so cute together. She can get a little rambunctious and Logan takes it upon himself to make sure she stays with us. They had so much fun.

The sun was in their eyes.

Cute kids. We didn't even plan for them both to be wearing orange.
My cute kiddos. Brooklyn was content in the stroller pretty much the whole time.

If you find all of the witches on the scavenger hunt you got a discount on a cookie and the Naborhood Bakery. Both kids loved their cookies! Thanks for planning a fun day Ash!

9 Months

2011-10-22T08:51:00.001-07:00

I cannot believe this little lady is 9 months old. She is getting to be such a fun age. Some things about Brooklyn at 9 months:

Weight: 15 lbs. 10 oz---11%

Height: 26 inches---4%

-She is a great little crawler. She has been getting herself around for about a month, but really started crawling great in the last two weeks.

-Crawled up the stairs for the first time on Oct. 9

-Waves bye-bye.

-Signs "more"

-Signs "all done"

-Loves to walk around with someone holding her hands.

-Loves going to BYU football games.

-Loves baby cheese puffs.

-Loves juice.

-Can shake her head no but moves her whole body when she tries to nod yes.

-Tries really hard to say Mama and Dada.

-She is really really picky about what baby food she will eat. Its pretty much sweet potatoes, apples, bananas, and carrots if its mixed with a fruit. The rest she spits out. Especially peas.

-Picky about baby food, but loves to eat pretty much anything else we give her, like crackers, cookies, yogurt, cereal.

-Loves watching Special Agent Oso and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

She is such a funny little girl. She is hopefully getting more over the "being away from Mom" fear, which is so great for me. We sure love her and can't wait for the months ahead and all of the new things she will be learning.

Family Pictures 2011

2011-10-20T20:31:00.001-07:00

This last Saturday we went up the canyon to get our family pictures taken. It did NOT turn out how I had hoped and planned for weeks! Brooklyn would barely smile, Logan was just being goofy, and David was super yawny ( I know not a word). My sister did manage to get a few good shots though.

At least we got a little smile out of her. She is teething and there is this one tooth that just will not come in. It has not been fun for any of us.

He was such a little goof the whole time. Smiling weird, standing w
eird, but I guess thats what you get with an active 3 year old.

Best family shot. At least Brooklyn is looking at the camera.
This little lady loves to be walked around with someone holding her hands. She was so happy this whole time!
I sure do love this kid!

This is my very favorite picture of all of them! Love these kids so much.

Thank you so much for taking our pictures Hil! They really did turn out good considering the conditions!

First BYU Game/8 Months/6Years

2011-09-27T19:03:00.000-07:00

All of these things happened to fall on the same day this year. Because it was our anniversary we decided to go to Provo for the day. We just went shopping and hung out. Next, was the first BYU home game. The game was an embarrassment, but we still had fun. It was Brooklyn's first game and she did awesome! I have to take her to all of the

games because of nursing and I cannot believe how well she did!

Cute one of Logan.

Cute one of Brooklyn.

Of course I couldn't get a cute one of them together.

Brooklyn turned 8 months old. I cannot believe how fast the last 8 months have gone. Some things about Brooklyn at 8 months:

-She is such a diva/drama queen. It is amazing how different her and Logan as babies are. He was so mellow. She is not!

-Most of the time sleeps through the night, but with teething its not always.

-Has three teeth. Actually 2 on her 8 month day, but now three.

-She thinks Logan is the funniest person ever!

-Has said MAMA several times, but now won't say it anymore.

-Loves to be outside!

8 Months!

And last but not least, David and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary. I cannot believe it has been 6 years. He is the most amazing husband and father and I am so lucky to be able to spend eternity with him!

State Fair

2011-09-20T10:34:00.001-07:00

Last Monday we went to the State Fair with Emily, Hilary, and the three youngest Aulai kids. I didn't get many pictures on my camera but wanted to post some I did get.

Logan's favorite part of the fair was the Hands on Farm. First you get on an apron and get a basket. Next you fill your basket with corn.

Then, you "Milk" a cow. After that you pick an apple, then you brush a sheep. Next you plant a "seed".
All of the kids with their full baskets.
After you do all of the farm chores you get money to spend at the store.
You get to choose out of a lot of different things like chips, granola bar, milk, cereal. Logan chose an apple. He will often pick an apple when he has a choice of a snack.
We had lots of fun. After this we got a corn dog, rode on some rides, then had ice cream

Labor Day

2011-09-12T12:48:00.001-07:00

We had a great Labor Day as usual. First, David was able to go golfing in the morning with his brother. He didn't get to go golfing once last year because we were working on our house so much so anytime he gets the opportunity he takes it. When he got home we went up to the canyons for breakfast with my extended family on my Dads side. This has always been one of my favorite traditions. I of course forgot my camera, but one thing that HAS to be documented is that Logan went in the cave and walked through to the back of it. He even kissed the back for good luck. I am so proud of him for doing that. He has grown so much in the last year. After the canyon we had a lot of relaxing and hanging out at home. The night ended with an excellent swim party and BBQ at my aunt and uncles house.

I cannot believe I have no pictures of Brooklyn in her cute swimsuits from this year. Or in the water, so I had to take one.

Brooklyn would not cooperate. She only wanted to play/eat the grass. She loves to sit on the grass I think for mainly eating purposes.

She absolutely LOVES the water. Her first time swimming at the beginning of summer she hated it. She cried the whole time. Ever since then she cries if we don't get her in right away.

This little boy is a fish as well. We are so sad swimming season is almost over.

Bees Game

2011-09-02T08:05:00.001-07:00

We have been wanting to go to a Bees game all summer. My sister-in-law was a Honey Bee for them last year, but we weren't able to go to any of the games because we were working on our house. So we wanted to make it a priority to go this year. We made it to one of the last home games of the season. It was so much fun. Ashley brought Jensen, and Hilary and my parents came. We had great seats and great company!

Logan watching the game.

We were only 10 rows up from homeplate.

This is Brooklyn's scrunchy nose smile. Logan was this exaxt same age when he started doing this face. I LOVE it!

Logan and Jensen with the Bees bee!

First Day of Preschool!

2011-08-17T19:31:00.001-07:00

Today was Logan's first day of preschool. He has been looking forward to this day for a long time. My sister Emily is a preschool teacher and he would get to go to her class every once in a while, but he couldn't wait til it was his turn to be in preschool. We bought him a new Cars backpack about a month ago, got him a new first day of school outfit, a treat for his classmates, and he was ready to go. We had a meet the teachers open house on Monday and he didn't want me to stay, so today when I dropped him off he went right in and did great. I got a little teary as I sent him off. I can't believe he is already in preschool!

I saw this on Pinterest and had to do it. Such a cute idea!

Picture in front of our house for his first day of school.

Woo Hoo!!

2011-08-11T22:38:00.000-07:00

This guy is FINALLY potty trained. I would dare say Logan is one of the most stubborn kids I have ever met. We have been trying this potty training business for a while and every time we would ask him if he wants to go he would simply say, "No." Now I am the kind of person that truly believes a child will potty train when they are ready, but I was starting to get very frusterated. I know he is a smart boy and he wouldn't potty train because he wanted control. We kept telling him we would take him to Planet Play when he was potty trained. He didn't care. We told him he couldn't go to preschool til he was potty trained. He didn't care. Finally, one day he had a friend over (this friend is 8) and Logan was so embarrassed he needed his diaper changed. That night he said he wanted to go potty on the toilet and the next day he decided he wanted to wear underwear, and has only had 1 accident since. We knew he would do it when HE wanted to and I am just grateful I am only changing one child a day now. I am also grateful that when he decided he was ready he trained himself and I am not changing accident clothes all the time!

Island Park/Yellowstone

2011-08-05T10:44:00.001-07:00

For Christmas this last year my grandparents gave us a trip to Island Park and Yellowstone. It was a lot of fun. David couldn't come because of work so we missed him like crazy, but it was fun riding with my parents and Hilary.

Some highlights from the trip were:

-Brooklyn eating beef jerky and absolutely LOVING it!

-Logan (very newly potty trained) not having a single accident on the way there, while there, or on the way home.

-Logan kissing and playing with a frog.

-Running in the mountains.

-After all of the kids hit a pinata my mom brought, my dad went to hit it (not very hard) and it broke in half. Logan went around chanting, "We love candy, we love candy!"

-Watching Logan on the horse.

-Me horseback riding.

-Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Thank you so much Mike and Kate!!

-All of the tacky souvenir shops. Seriously West Yellowstone has maybe the most tacky souvenir shops EVER!

-My cousin Jenna's horse was named Rat and had a hard time going over logs. Every time a log would come up she would say, "Its ok Rat. You are doing so good Rat." It just sounded so awkward!

It was great trip. Thank you so much Grandpa and Grandma for all you do for us!!

Brooklyn eating beef jerky. This girl loves everything except baby food!

Hanging out in West Yellowstone. She was so happy to be sitting in the stroller so much.

One of the waterfalls in Yellowstone.

Another waterfall.

Logan really wanted to take pictures the whole time. Most didn't turn out very good but some were cute. This is one I took of him taking them of us. Cute kid!
My parents took my kids for me while I went horseback riding. Probably my favorite part of the trip.
Logan was way into these goats at the horseback riding place. He was so excited when the guy told him he could pet him.
On the horse. His name was Scooter.
Logan said his favorite part of the trip was riding the horse too. His horses name was Skip. He looks so tiny on the horse. He only rode around the corral. It was so cute and he loved it!
At one of the waterfalls there was a gift shop with this bear. Logan wanted to see a live bear so bad, but this is the best we got.
Also, thank you so much to my mom and dad for letting me and the kids ride with you. It was nice to not have to drive 5 hours by myself.

6 Months

2011-07-18T22:58:00.001-07:00

I cannot believe Brooklyn is already 6 months old. I feel like time goes twice as fast now that I have two kids.

Brooklyn's stats are:

Height: 24 1/4 in.-- 3%

Weight: 14 lbs. 8 oz.-- 20%

Head Circumference: 42%

Her stats are kind of all over the place. At 6 months Brooklyn:

-Hates eating baby food.

-Loves pickles!

-For the last month has just wanted Mommy. Cries a lot when she can't see me. Within the last week it hasn't been as bad so I am hoping this phase is on its way out.

-Loves to take showers and swim.

-Loves her big brother so much. He can almost always get a smile out of her.

-Has had some rough times sleeping through the night. Logan did this at this age too. I think its because she is teething.

-Loves playing with toys.

-Sits up on her own.

-Loves to spit.

-Her spitting up has slowed down which is awesome!

-Kicks so much when she is on her stomach is scoots her all over.

-Started sleeping in her crib just last night.

-Although a little more demanding is still such a good baby and such a joy!

Busy Summer

2011-07-14T23:25:00.000-07:00

We have had such a busy summer. Last summer wasn't the greatest with me being pregnant, nannying, and working on our house all summer so my goal has been to make this summer awesome! We have been having so much fun. Here is some of our summer so far in pictures.

Ignore the poor quality of most of my pictures. My camera is really terrible.

Brooklyn tried cereal for the first time...and hated it. In fact she still hates it a month later. We have tried several vegetables and fruits with it and she still cries when we try to give it to her and spits it out of her mouth.

Logan took swimming lessons with my cute cousin. He is not quite swimming but is a lot more brave.
More swim lessons.
I asked Logan to change Brooklyn's diaper one morning expecting him to say no. He said he wanted to so I let him. Possibly one of the funniest things I have ever seen. I was crying I was laughing so hard. It was even a poopy diaper.
We have gone to Seven Peaks several times. Luckily, this is how Brooklyn spent most of her time. She is very much a mama's girl lately and will scream hysterically if I am not holding her.
Logan and Lincoln at Seven Peaks.
He is getting so brave in the water. Maybe by the end of the summer he will even go down the big slides with us.
We went to the Sandy Fair. This little lady was an angel in the stroller the whole time.
Logan had lots of fun at the fair. He got to do crafts, go on a firetruck, and get SWAG.
Logan insisted I take his picture. I am pretty sure we have this exact same picture from last year.
My kiddos in their Red, White, and Blue. Of course I couldn't get a good picture of the both of them.

I can't believe summer is already half way over. We still have lots more to do though including a vacation to Island Park with all of my dads family.

Backyard Campout

2011-07-03T16:35:00.000-07:00

One thing David has been looking forward to since we found out we were having a boy was be able to do campouts with him. When we first started looking at out house one of the best things about it was the huge yard. Since David didn't have work this weekend we decided to take advantage of our awesome yard and do a campout. Logan was so excited about it and talked about it all day. While him and David were setting up the tent he was talking so fast and so much about all the things they were going to do.

First we had a fire to roast marshmallows. My parents got us this firepit for Christmas and we have definitely been getting use of it.

Next was reading stories in the tent. Logan loved that he got to sleep in a sleeping bag. After stories, Brooklyn and I went and slept inside and the boys read a few more books.

They slept out there all night. I thought for sure they would have ended up inside at some point in the night. Logan even out slept David. After he woke up he asked if we could do it again. Lucky for him there is a big cousin sleepover at my grandparents house tonight. He can't wait to sleep in the tent again!

Summer!!

2011-06-19T22:12:00.001-07:00

We had such a fun day on Friday. Unfortunately, I only have pictures of one of our activities. In February we bought the Pass of all Passes for Seven Peaks. We went for the first time on Friday with my sister Hilary, brother Mark, his wife Ashley, and the kids she nannies. It was so much fun and Logan loved playing with Jensen. Since we have season passes we could go for only a couple of hours and know that we will still get our moneys worth. Later that night we decided to go to the drive in . We saw Mr. Poppers Penguins. Logan LOVES penguins and loved this movie. The kids were laughing so much in the "trunk" of the Tahoe. Brooklyn was an angel and the weather was great. It was such a fun day. We can't wait for more summer fun!

Brooklyn turned 5 months and I forgot to take her picture til she was in jammies.

Logan called this the trunk. He loves playing with Jensen and Paisley.
Thanks Ash for planning these fun activities!!

The Swingset

2011-06-01T22:31:00.000-07:00

When we first bought our house I knew I wanted to get a swingset for Logan. Since we moved into our house in October we decided to wait until spring. I looked around a lot for a swingset that I thought would be fun. Finally at the end of March we bought one. It came at the beginning of April and I couldn't wait for David to set it up. He decided to take a few days off work to do it. Unfortunately, it rained all 3 days he took off. From then on it seemed most of his days off were rainy. Finally he started setting it up last Thursday and finished it on Monday. It looks so great and Logan LOVES it!! This took David about 15 hours to put together. The instructions were ridiculous, some of the wood was not labeled correctly, there were too many of one thing and not enough of another. He is so amazing for being so great to do this for our kids. What an amazing husband I have!

This is about half of the wood before he started.

Another stage of the building.

And some more...

Getting close to being done with the tower.

And the finished product. Logan stands there and asks what you want to buy then pretends to make it. I am so excited to have this for Logan to play with all summer. It will definitely be nice to have some fun things to play with in our own backyard.

4 Months

2011-05-19T10:23:00.001-07:00

I cannot believe my little girl is four months already! We had her Dr. appointment today and here are her stats:

Height: 23 1/4 inches- 8%

Weight: 12 lbs. 14 oz.- 22%

Head Circumference: 50%

Some things about Brooklyn at 4 months:

-Is so smiley. We can pretty much always get a smile out of her.

-Still sleeps through the night.

-Can roll from front to back.

-Is starting to teeth and is always putting her hands in her mouth and drooling like crazy!

-Ate watermelon for the first time and did not like it.

-I missed this one, but David got her really laughing by tickling her.

-Loves her big brother so much.

-Is really starting to play with toys.

-Loves to be outside. If only the weather would cooperate with this one.

-Hates to have a wet or stinky diaper.

We love our little Brooklyn and couldn't imagine our family without her.

Funny Things Logan Said...

2011-05-12T07:04:00.000-07:00

Logan: I really need to get daddy a Mothers Day present too, because he just tried so hard to become a mother.

Logan had a ballon and was putting the string around his neck. I explained to him that this was very dangerous and not to do it. Then to get more teaching in, I also explained to him (not the for the first time) that we don't put bags on our heads because that will make it so we can't breathe. He popped up and said, "But mom our heads don't breathe!"

We Really Did Celebrate Easter

2011-05-03T19:42:00.001-07:00

I am just a slacker at getting it posted. We had a great Easter weekend though. On Saturday morning the Easter Bunny came and brought the kids some fun toys, a movie, and candy.

Then we went bowling with my side of the family. This has become a very fun tradition.

The ramp only lasts a couple of frames and then he wants to do it himself. His ball makes it down the lane eventually.

Yes he got his haircut the next morning!

Logan got to dye some eggs with his Aunt Megan.

We took Easter pictures of the kids. This is the only good one we got. Logan kept closing his eyes because of the sun.

Brooklyn was so good the whole time. Then again she usually is.

We went on an Easter egg hunt at my grandparents house. Logan found almost $5 in his eggs.

And we did an egg drop. Ours didn't even make it through the first round. Thats what happens when you try to throw it together in 10 minutes after church.

This year the egg "drop" was done with a balloon launcher. Definitely a highlight of the weekend.

I love Easter and the feeling it brings. I am so grateful for all that our Savior did for us so that we can be resurrected and live again. And I am so grateful that I get to teach my children the true meaning of Easter.

Look What we Found...

2011-04-22T14:27:00.000-07:00

...In our basement! We aren't totally sure how it got there. David had been downstairs for about 10 minutes feeding his worms that he has for compost (so so gross!). He came back upstairs to get something and then went back down and right away said, "Uh there is a bird down here!" All of a sudden I hear chirping and David trying to catch it. He brought up this basket with a rug on top. We took pictures and set it free.

I left the door open to check the mail that day and David left the back door open while he was checking on his garden. We aren't sure who let it in. So far since we decided to buy this house we have had a dog sneak in, a cat, mice, and a bird. So crazy! Makes for great stories though.

Three Months

2011-04-18T13:18:00.000-07:00

Our little Brooklyn Bean is 3 months! I cannot believe how fast the last three months have gone. She is such a joy. For the most part she is such a happy and content baby. She definitely has her moments, but we wouldn't trade her for anything!

(I am not sure why my camera put a weird date on the pictures.)

Things about Brooklyn at three months:

-If she doesn't have her binky in her mouth, she has her hands in there. (Like the picture above.)

-She is starting to drool a lot so I wonder if she is teething.

-She sleeps on average 9 hours a night and has since her first night home from the hospital.

-Is such a great nurser!

-Smiles like crazy at mostly everyone. Logan loves her a little too much so she doesn't just give smiles away to him.

-When she is fussy at my parents house, my dad can always calm her down by swinging her in her carseat.

-She is starting to grab at things.

-A couple of weeks ago she started to really find her voice. She squeals happily all the time and is especially loud when its quiet. Like in Sunday school...or when daddy is still sleeping in the morning.

-We think she looks just like a cabbage patch doll with her chubby chubby cheeks.

We love our Brookie bean so much and couldn't imagine life without her!

Giveaway

2011-04-02T08:28:00.000-07:00

A family friend of ours guest posted on my moms blog this last week. She makes the cutest crafts and is giving one away on my moms blog. All you have to do is be a follower of both blogs and comment on both to let them know you are a follower. Just head over to my mom's blog here. I can't figure out how to post a picture of the cute craft, but it is very cute!

Brooklyn's Pictures

2011-03-24T21:34:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday my sister took Brooklyn's pictures. Up til that day I did not think she was very photogenic. I know that I sound like a terrible mother saying that, but no pictures showed HER. I absolutely love the pictures my sister took. They turned out so cute! These are the ones I printed. And I just have to brag about my sister. She is not professional, but always takes great pictures of our family. I usually print my pictures at Sams Club, but the printing quality from our family pictures in November was terrible. I decided to use Inkley's this time and when I went in they asked if a professional took the pictures and they were copyrighted. I had to sign a paper saying I didn't steal the copyright. She is so awesome and I am so lucky she will take our pictures! Thanks Hil!!

We used this one for her birth announcements. Two months after her being born. I can't wait to get them though!

St. Patricks Day and 2 Months

2011-03-19T21:02:00.000-07:00

The Leprechaun visited our house this year and Logan thought it was so awesome! He left a bunch of treats, turned our milk green, left green foot prints, and turned our table upside down. What a sneaky Leprechaun. Logan also got to go to Emily's preschool class and go on a Leprechaun hunt, but again the Leprechaun was too sneaky and they couldn't catch him.

The loot the Leprechaun left.

That sneaky Leprechaun even left footprints on the door. When Logan found the green milk he was so excited. He said the Leprechaun turned it green with his magical powers from his hands and that the milk tasted like Leprechauns!

Our turned upside down table. I am thinking the Leprechaun will do even more tricks next year.

On St. Patricks Day, Brooklyn also turned 2 months old. I can't believe how fast the last two months have gone. She has changed so much in the last two months. She has already gained exactly 3 pounds and is an inch and a half longer. She used to be the most relaxed baby, but within the last week has gotten a little more high maintenance. Still she is such a good baby! Her brother loves her so much and is such a big helper with her. I seriously couldn't imagin her not in our family.

2 month stats:

Weight: 10 lbs. 12 oz.- 42 percentile

Height: 21 inches- 14 percentile

Head circumference- 71 percentile

Brooklyn's Blessing

2011-03-15T22:26:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn's blessing on Sunday was absolutely wonderful. We had so many family and friends that were so supportive and David gave her a beautiful blessing. I am so grateful to have a husband who was able and worthy to be able to do that. We also had such amazing weather, that we were able to be outside to enjoy the company of everyone. Brooklyn looked so beautiful and I am so sad she only gets to wear it one more time for pictures. I am going to blog about her two month appointment on Thursday or Friday, but I just needed to write about how much I love this little girl. She is such an amazing blessing in our life and I could not imagine her not being in our family. We all love her so much and are so grateful for her!

Brooklyn in her beautiful dress. David's parents gave her that bracelet for Christmas and I didn't get a picture, but her booties she is wearing were crocheted by our bishops wife. Have I mentioned how much I love our ward? I do!

A close up of our gorgeous little girl!

Our family of 4. I am not sure why we could not get Logan to smile normal. Maybe because he rarely gets naps on Sunday anymore because of 1:00 church.
I just want to say thank you so much to all of our family. We are so blessed to have the supportive and generous families that we do. Thank you so much for making the day even more special!

Funny Boy!

2011-03-11T21:49:00.000-08:00

To start this funny story Logan for some reason hadn't had his hepatitis A shot and we are signing him up for preschool so he needed to get it. I took him yesterday and he was so brave and didn't even cry. I was one proud mama. That brings us to today.

While driving home from Pirate Island, Emily would ask the kids if they wanted to go places they saw. Example: Who wants to go to the mall...

Emily: Who wants to go to Rib City?

Logan: I do.

Emily: Who wants to go to Liberty Land?

Logan: I do.

Leslie: Who wants to go to the Dr. to get a shot?

Logan wasn't listening.

Emily: Who wants to go the the Dr.?

Logan: I do.

Emily: To get a shot?

Logan: Lincoln does.

Planet Play/ The Zoo/ Safe Kids Fair

2011-03-06T13:53:00.000-08:00

We had a very busy and fun week last week, and instead of doing 3 different posts (which I really should do) I am just doing one. We started the week out by going to Planet Play (formerly Incredible Pizza) on Presidents day. Emily and Hilary had bought gift certificates on City Deals and we were worried they would eventually stop taking the coupons since they changed ownership. It was so much fun. The highlight of the day was when they did the dance contest. Logan, Layne, Lincoln, Ari, and Kenna all did it. Little did I know it was going to be a half hour of line dancing. It was hilarious watching Logan trying to line dance and to learn all the dance moves. His favorite was the Macarena.

On Wednesday for playdate we decided to take advantage of the last free zoo day until next winter. I was pretty cold but the kids had a lot of fun. We didn't have a lot of time so we told each kid they could pick one animal they really wanted to see. Layne picked an alligator, Annie picked the tigers, and Logan picked the giraffes. He is a kid after my own heart. Great way to spend playdate.

Finally, on Saturday Hilary and I took Logan to the Safe Kids Fair. We got there pretty early and because of the snow it wasn't too crowded. We were in and out within an hour. Logan's favorite things were the firetruck, tumble bus, and all of the police vehicles. He also touched a snake, but wouldn't pet the cute bunny. Silly boy. We had a great time doing a little date with just him.

My Amazing Husband!

2011-02-22T08:25:00.000-08:00

I can't let the month of February end without mentioning my amazing husband. He had his birthday on the 12th and it was such a fun day. I of course got no pictures because well I am just not good at remembering to take pictures. That and its a pain to bring along my too big camera. He is such an amazing man. Top 10 reasons I love him...

-He is an amazing husband and makes me so happy.

-He is the best father ever! My absolute favorite times are listening to him and Logan laugh and play.

-He works so hard for our family. I am so grateful that he wants me to be a stay at home mom as much as I want to be a stay at home mom.

-Seriously, he is one of the handiest people I know. I am so lucky to have a husband who can do a lot of the work needed on our house by himself. It sure does save us a lot of money.

-He is probably the funniest person I know and makes me and Logan laugh all the time.

-He is so generous. He is so willing to help anyone and without ever complaining.

-He is so diligent in his church calling. He has two right now. Deacons quorum adviser and ward clerk. Both very time consuming. And while I complain every week that he is busy 4 out of 7 days of the week he just does what he is supposed to do.

-He is working and doing school which I so much appreciate. School is a big deal and I am so glad he thinks so too.

-He is very supportive of everything I do.

-He is super handsome!

I don't know how I got so lucky to be married to such an amazing man. The last 9 years have been the best ever and I am so glad that I get to be with this man for eternity!

First Time at Church

2011-02-14T09:35:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was Brooklyn's first time going to church. She looked too cute to not take a picture. And of course Logan was handsome as ever. I also can't believe she is already 4 weeks old!

2 weeks

2011-02-03T14:37:00.000-08:00

On Monday we had Brooklyn's 2 week Dr. appointment. It went really well. This little lady already weighed 8 oz more than her birth weight. You can tell she is a good eater by looking at those wonderfully chubby cheeks. We love this girl so much! She is seriously such a good baby. We couldn't have asked for better.

2 week stats:

8 lbs. 4 oz- 49%

20 1/2 inches- 58%

Head circumference- 50%

She is pretty much an average baby!

First Dentist Trip

2011-01-25T12:42:00.001-08:00

Logan had his first trip to the dentist. He had been complaining that his teeth hurt when we brushed them so we knew it was past time to take him. To my surprise he had no cavities. He did so great too and didn't fight it at all! I am so proud of my little guy.

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Brooklyn Michelle Quinney

2011-01-22T19:57:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn Michelle Quinney

January 17, 2011

8:10 pm

7 lbs 12 oz

20 inches

Our wonderful baby girl decided to come early. She is absolutely amazing and is such a good baby. For journaling sake I am going to write the birth story.

I started having contractions on Wednesday night. Nothing consistent but more than I ever had with Logan. They continued on the next few days but still nothing major. On Sunday morning I was having contractions every 6-7 minutes for 4 hours and then they stopped. I was so disappointed but really didn't think this baby was coming for 8 more days. I didn't feel up to church, but still went to my parents for dinner that night. My mom kept saying you are going to have her before you appointment on Wednesday. I tried not to get my hopes up and still just planned on my C section.

Monday morning I woke up at 4:30 with contractions every 2-3 minutes lasting about 45 seconds. After an hour and a half they were getting pretty uncomfortable and my breathing through them woke David up. Around 6:15 I decided to call my mom to see what to do since I never went into labor on my own with Logan. She said to go in. We decided to call the hospital just in case and they said to come in as well. We got ready and took Logan over to my parents. We got to the hospital around 7:30 and they checked me and I was only a 1 1/2. Not really a surprise to me. We just sat around for a while and at 8:30 they told us to go walk around the hospital for an hour and a half. So we did. After that they came in and checked me again. Still a 1 1/2. I was definitely in labor but my contractions were not lasting long enough. They were consistantly 2-3 minutes but still only about 30 seconds long. My Dr. was debating on whether or not to send me home to labor so I could be more comfortable. By this time though I was beyond uncomfortable. My contractions were getting bad. Around 1:30 they checked me again and I was still a 1 1/2. By this point I was screaming through my contractions. I cannot even begin to imagine how people do this without medication. They decided to keep me and gave me some pain medication in an iv and by 2:00 I finally had an epidural. It was so great to not be feeling the contractions. They checked me again about an hour later and I was only a 2. They decided to break my water and after they did that I was finally at a 3! There was also meconium in the water so that was something to consider.

So they decided to just wait and see what happened with me on the epidural and my water broken. Around 4 I was feeling my contractions again so they came and put stronger medicine in. It didn't help much, but it was much better than it had been. They came in and checked my again at 4:30 and I was still a 3. Brooklyn's heart rate was also getting low with contractions so I was on oxygen for a while. We started talking about c section at this point. He said they would check me again at 6:30 and see what was going on. So they checked me at 6:30 and I was still a 3. My Dr. said he thought she might only be 6 1/2 pounds and that I should be able to push that through but there was no guarantee. He asked if I wanted them to put pitocin in to see if that would make my contractions longer, but at that point it had been 14 hours and I was still only a 3. I was done. We opted for the c section. They started the process for that and we were in the delivery room by 7:45. They started the surgery at 8:03 and she was born at 8:10. The surgery went well while they were getting her out, but when they were putting everything back in I was in so much pain they were going to put me to sleep. They were almost done so luckily that didn't need to happen. Turns out she was a lot bigger than they thought and I probably wouldn't have been able to push her through. We can't believe all the long dark hair she has. Definitely opposite of her brother.

My sisters brought Logan to see her soon after and he loved her so much from the minute he saw her. We love her so much and are so grateful that she is here and she is healthy. And I am also especially grateful that she came early!

Us as a family of 4. We didn't get a great picture of the 4 of us.

Proud mommy and daddy!

We all love her so much!

He really loves her a lot. He is starting to get more jealous and more needy which we knew would happen.

Ready to go home. We are so happy to have her home. It has been great. She is such a great baby. She rarely cries and is such a great nurser which is a huge relief to me.

12 Days

2011-01-12T13:48:00.000-08:00

I asked my Dr. if he would just do my c-section yesterday so that our little girl could have the birthday 1-11-11. He said no, but how cool would that have been. Our little girl will be here at the latest 12 days from today. We have the c-section scheduled, but we are still hoping for a VBAC delivery. I am not really thinking that will happen, but at my appointment on Monday I was dilated to a 1. Not really something to get too excited about, but it gives me a little hope. In the next week I will be doing what I can to get this process started. It starts tomorrow with bowling. So here is to hoping Brooklyn will get here sooner, but its nice to know that no matter what in 12 days we will have her here with us. We can't wait!!

Christmas

2011-01-03T18:26:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas! We started out decorating cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve.

Logan picked out all of the blue M & M's and put eyes on the trees. Except he gave one tree green eyes.

Then we went to Red Lobster with David's family. I am not sure why I didn't take any pictures there. Maybe cause we were trying to get Logan to not be so wild the whole time.
Next we went to my grandparents for the big Christmas Eve Party. Here are my two cute boys before the talent show started.

Logan singing Jingle Bells for the 2nd year in a row. I wonder if he will sing that again next year or if he will branch out and try something different.

Logan telling Santa he wants a motorcycle Christmas morning. He made sure to tell Santa he would be safe and only ride on the sidewalks and not the street. A big improvment from earlier on in the week when he said he was going to ride his motorcycle to Grandma and Grandpa's house in the street all by himself without mom and dad.

Family picture on the stairs. I am not sure why David and I got put in the front. It will definitely not be like that next year.

Our little family on the stairs.

Logan walking out of his room to see what Santa brought him.

Of course I forgot to take pictures while he opened gifts. We did get video which will have to do. He ended up getting his motorcycle and cool helmet that he wore for a couple hours after opening it.

He loves his motorcycle. He was so excited to show it off to everyone at Grandma and Grandpa Johnson's before breakfast.

And of course I took no other pictures. Our Christmas was great though. Breakfast at my parents, lunch at David's parents, a much needed nap at home, and then Tangled with some of my family. We are so greatful to be able to spend the holidays with both of our families. It was great this year that Logan was able to somewhat understand why we truly celebrate Christmas. If you ask why we have Christmas he says because Jesus was born. I know next year will be even more wonderful!

Three!

2010-12-28T19:49:00.001-08:00

A few months back my sister found a great deal on a birthday party package at the Living Planet Aquarium. Since this is one of Logan's very favorite places we had to do it. We have been looking forward to this for more than 2 months. It turned out great and Logan had so much fun! Thank you so much to everyone who came and made it so much fun. I can't believe my little guy is actually 3. He is such an amazing little boy. He is so full of life and such a handfull and I wouldn't want him any other way. He definitely keeps us on our toes and keeps us laughing close to all day everyday. We couldn't imagine our life without this kid. We love you Logan!!

For the party we got to be in the sunken ship for the first hour. They decorated very cutely with streamers hanging from the ceiling.

We got these cute cupcakes from Sam's Club. They have the best prices on cupcakes and they are so delicious!

Blowing out his 3 candle. I seriously can't get over the fact that he is already 3. Where has the time gone?

Logan surrounded by all of the very generous gifts he got. Thank you so much everyone!

My sister got Logan Woody and Buzz Lightyear dress ups. He absolutely loves them and wore the Woody costume around the aquarium the rest of the time and for most of the night.

Elves

2010-12-10T12:36:00.000-08:00

Every year in October for playdate we go to Gardner Village to see the witches. This year we decided to go and see the elves for the first time. It was so much fun. We found out that online they have an Elf Hunt. You print out the paper and find all of the elves on the paper and write down where they are. Once you finish the hunt you take your papers to the candy shop and they give you a free candy stick. It was a lot of fun and just like the witches are a tradition, the elves will be now too!

The kids in front of this cute house.

Looking at some elves in the store window.

The boys kissing Annie under the mistletoe.

The kids with their candy sticks they got after finishing the Elf Hunt.

For the First Time Ever...

2010-12-06T16:11:00.000-08:00

I used a hammer and screwdriver to put up our Family Home Evening board. This is the first time in my life I have actually put the nail in the wall and hung something up. Usually I ask David to hang it up so I don't mess it up. I even had to put an anchor in so it wouldn't fall off. I am sure proud of myself!

Playing in the Snow!

2010-11-24T19:39:00.000-08:00

Since the big blizzard never happened Logan and David were able to go out and play in the snow for the first time of the season. They both had so much fun. I am so thankful Logan has such a great dad to go out and play with him. I am sure we will have many more nights that look like this!

David and Logan having a snowball fight.

Logan buried David's legs in the snow and afterward it was David's turn to bury Logan's legs.

Family Pictures

2010-11-16T08:35:00.001-08:00

My awesome sister took our family pictures last week. Logan was such a champ considering it was so cold!

I love the hands in pocket pictures.

I love these boys!

I don't love any of the pictures with me in them, but I guess that is to be expected when all I see is pregnancy.

He was so cold!

I can't decide which ones of Logan I like best.

Thank you so much Hil! I love them! Now which ones do I print?

Holiday Boutique

2010-11-11T21:16:00.000-08:00

HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE THIS SATURDAY EVERYONE WELCOME!
Saturday November 13th 10:00-4:00
797 East 9590 South
Sandy, UT
Holiday Decor, Pampered Chef, Hair Accessories, Handmade Jewelry, Homebaked Bread and Cinnamon Rolls.

And remember as always if you are a follower of my http://bitsandpieces10.blogspot.com/ blog and you come to the boutique you get a free ribbon flower clippie. This is at my moms house and there will be food and fun!

Are you a Crafter?

2010-11-02T13:19:00.000-07:00

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SELLING YOUR HANDMADE CRAFTS?We are having a boutique at my moms house in Sandy, UT on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13th from 10:00 to 6:00. We want to have at least 10 crafters. So far we have "Bits and Pieces" headbands and bows and Megan with "Pampered Chef". We tentatively have "Miche Bags", "Scentsy", caramel apples and some holiday wood decor.Do you want to play/sell? There are no charges or fees. We would like you to bring a finger food for guests. Either sweet or savory, or both :)Let us know by posting on my blog, email me at johnson797@att.net or call. (Email for the phone #.) Contact us with any questions.

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-31T21:56:00.000-07:00

Fun Fall Farm Activities

2010-10-28T16:57:00.000-07:00

Last week we went to the farm to do their fall activities. Once again we found a great deal online. We only paid $3.50 a person to do the tractor ride, hay maze, corn maze, and to pick our own pumpkins. The kids had so much fun running around the mazes. It was a very fun activity.

The kids in the hay maze.

Logan and Layne taking a break from running around.

Logan looking around for his pumpkin. He had a hard time choosing which one he wanted.

The kids with their pumpkin picks!

Haunted Boat Ride

2010-10-25T20:36:00.000-07:00

About a month ago on Groupon they had a deal for the Haunted Boat ride on the Provo River. My whole family got tickets and we went last Wednesday. The drive down was a nightmare but the actual even was pretty fun. Kind of cheesy, but worth it for the deal we got.

Our little family waiting for our ride on the boat.

The whole group except Hilary, who was taking the picture.

Logan with his life jacket on. He like wearing his jacket because of Diego and Dora.

I Love...

2010-10-18T14:07:00.000-07:00

...that we finally have a lawn that my boys can mow on the weekends!

We are Homeowners!

2010-10-11T13:31:00.000-07:00

For the last 4 months we have been working on getting into our first home. We finally closed today! My wonderful uncle Michael and aunt Kate gave us an amazing opportunity to be able to get into our first home. When we first looked at the house we werent sure we could handle all of the work, but after lots of fasting and prayer we decided this opportunity was too amazing to pass up. The house was a foreclosure and the previous owner was a self proclaimed "handyman". The whole house was one big unfinished project. After lots of painting, drywalling, new carpet, new cabinets, new siding, new windows, all new appliances, and a lot more we are finally able to call it ours. Here are some before and after pictures.

The front of our house. We got new siding, new windows, a new door, and new drip edge. We will still be taking out that rosebush and probably the other two bushes and will be putting on shutters.
Here is the back of the house. Again we did new siding, new windows, and a new balcony off Logan's room. Plus a lot of weeding was done.

The backyard was ridiculous! The grass was probably 3 feet high and the weeds were crazy. It is finally looking like a yard now, but we have so much more to do.

My mom heard about a contest on Good Things Utah where you send a picture of your old shed and you could possible win a new one. Well we won! How could we not with that shed!

The kitchen had ok cabinets but they werent done. We got all new cabinets, a new window, and all new appliances. We also painted pretty much every room in the entire house.

This is Logan's room. It had pink walls and pink carpet. We painted the walls and got new carpet. We also put in new curtains and will be making the closet a lot better too.

In our room we just painted and got new blinds.

In the family room we painted and got new carpet. We will finish the fireplace and put in crown molding eventually. For now this is Logan's toy room.

This room was so creepy. The wood panelling had to go. We ripped it off and drywalled that entire room and put in new carpet. It turned out great!

We still have a lot to do on the house, but we are so happy to finally be moved in and homeowners. We are so grateful to all of our family who helped so much! And so grateful to Mike and Kate who are so generous. Thank you so much!

Jet Blue Boutique

2010-10-07T20:30:00.000-07:00

On Saturday Hilary and I are doing another boutique. Its at 6322 S. 3000 E. at the Old Mill office complex. We will be on the 3rd floor booth 14 and 15. The boutique is from 10 am til 3 pm. We have lots of new fall onesies and clippies so come check it out! And remember if you are a follower of http://bitsandpieces10.blogspot.com and come to the boutique you get a free ribbon flower clip!

Big Boy?

2010-09-23T13:20:00.000-07:00

Logan decided he is big enough to put his own swimsuit top, shorts, and diaper on. This is the result.

Thanks for taking the pictures mom!

New Favorite Way to Watch T.V.

2010-09-21T13:42:00.000-07:00

Logan spent A LOT of nights with Grandma and Grandpa J. this summer for reasons I will expand on next week. Luckily Grandpa loves to watch movies with Logan and many nights David and I would pick Logan up and this is the picture we saw. He climbs up himself and sits there while they watch movies. Favorite movies of the summer were, Fox and the Hound (Grandpa was so great and watched this movie over and over even though he doesn't like it), 101 Dalmations, Toy Story, and Aladdin. Thank you so much mom and dad for letting Logan spend so many nights with you. It was such a huge help!

Baby Quinney #2 is A...

2010-09-03T08:39:00.000-07:00

GIRL!! I was very surprised when that is what the ultrasound tech said. I was positive it was a boy until about 3 weeks ago when I started thinking it might be a girl. We are very excited to start shopping for dresses and bows and everything girly!

Its That Time Again

2010-08-23T09:50:00.000-07:00

Hilary and I will be doing another boutique this Saturday, August 28th. It will be at Wheeler Farm from 10-6. We are really excited about it and even have some new things we will be selling. Check out our blog http://bitsandpieces10.blogspot.com to see what we have been up to this summer. Also anyone who stops by our boutique on Saturday and is a follower of our Bits and Pieces blog will recieve a free ribbon flower clippie. We hope to see you all there!

Days 5-9 of CALIFORNIA!!

2010-08-04T08:57:00.001-07:00

Highlights of the second half of our trip:

-Watching Logan and Lincoln at the Pirate Adventure dinner.
-Getting a killer deal on our Park Hopper tickets because of our give a day get a day tickets and because we earned Disney rewards with our debit card. We saved $210.00 on two, two day park hoppers.
-Day two of Disneyland. It was so great watching Logan on all the Fantasy Land rides.
-Watching Logan with all the characters. He loved them. Unfortunately we didn't see many and I don't have pictures of all of them with my camera.
-Day three of Disneyland. I got sick on day two so I couldn't go for all of day three, but I did make it for one of my favorite things at Disneyland. FANTASMIC!
-Logan being a champ on the ride home.
-Interesting times with the extended family at Sam's town in Las Vegas.

We got to go on this amazing trip because my wonderful grandparents got a beach house for a week for us for our Christmas present last year. They are so generous and we couldn't have asked for a better vacation with the whole extended family. Thank you so much grandma and grandpa for all you do for us! Also, thank you so much Mike and Kate for being so generous and buying World of color dinners for everyone. I seriously have the best family!

Family picture by the pirate at the Pirate Adventure dinner. It is supposed to be like Midieval Times, but was a lot more cheesy and the food was very mediocre. But Logan loved it.

David and I at the pirate dinner.

Logan and Grandma and Grandpa at the pirate dinner.

Logan playing with his pirate sword.

The boys(minus my dad) with our lame-o pirate. Each group got assigned a color and pirate. Ours was so lame!

Waiting in line for Peter Pan. We hit it up early so we didn't have to wait in line for an hour.

On Dumbo. Logan loved this ride.

Mandatory picture on one of the CALIFORNIA letters.

Our family with Mickey. Yes I know I am only 13 weeks pregnant here and look bigger. Its because I am measuring 4 weeks bigger.

Logan was absolutely in awe of all the characters.

The boys with Sulley. He was the only character Logan was scared of.
Daddy, Logan, and Woody.

Daddy, Logan and Woody again.

Logan ready to go on Toy Story Mania. What a fun ride!

And of course the mandatory family picture at the entrance to Disneyland. I was still not feeling great here, but had to get to Disneyland one more time to see FANTASMIC!

CALIFORNIA!!! Days 1-4

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

We had such a wonderful time in California! I have way too many pictures to pick just a few so this will be a few posts. Highlights from days 1-4

-Swimming and relaxing in St. George.-Logan being a rockstar traveler pretty much the whole trip!
-The BEACH!
-Club 33 (an exclusive club at Disneyland. You can only eat there if you know someone with a memebership.)
-Watching Logan be so excited about everything Disney.
-World of Color.

David and Logan taking a nap after an afternoon of swimming in St. George.

Logan on the drive to California. He was seriously the BEST!

Logan and David on Newport Beach.

Logan loved the sand, hated the water!

Waiting for Pirates of the Carribean. Logan had been looking forward to this ride for months!

Club 33 sign. So fun to go here.

Our fancy table.

My food. Chicken with truffled macaroni and cheese. I was not a fan. Too bad too since its a 5 star restaurant.

David got the salmon and really liked it, but wished he had gotten the filet minon.

The desserts looked absolutely wonderful, unfortunately they looked better than they tasted.

This is the toilet. So odd!

A view from the balcony of club 33.

David and Logan watching World of Color. Logan loved it and everytime he sees fountains now screams, "Mommy its World of Color!"

Our team captain for World of Color.

Logan Is Going To Be A...

2010-07-26T10:32:00.001-07:00

I am 14 weeks today and due January 24th. We are very excited!

Independence Day

2010-07-14T07:30:00.000-07:00

I know I am way late on this, but I really just don't have time to blog lately. Like everyone else our Independence day weekend started on Saturday. We had a lot of fun going to the Sandy Fair. Logan loved the rides and petting the snake. Later that night we went to a bbq and swimming and had so much fun watching family jump over and slide over fireworks in the water. On Sunday we had the annual sleepover/bbq at my grandparents house. I only took picutures of the fair, but the rest of our weekend was just as fun.

Logan petting the snake at the Aquarium booth.

He loved this slide. He went up and down over and over at least 15 times.

Sliding down the slide.

In a sports bounce house. He was a little nervous at first, but warmed up quickly.

Firemen Logan and Hilary.

Butterfly Release

2010-06-27T21:23:00.000-07:00

I know, I know I have been a terrible blogger. I cannot believe how busy our summer has been. Pretty much the only time we are ever home is to sleep. Its been crazy. And now my family has been bugging me about not blogging so what I am posting I am sure doesn't matter to most, but it will be good for journaling.

About a week and a half ago we finally let the butterflies go. Logan really didn't want to so we told him they had to fly away to find their families. He still asks about them everyday. My sister who bought them for him said they have a lot of different bugs you can "grow". We are thinking of maybe doing the praying mantis. We'll see. It still all creeps me out. But here are some pictures of us letting the butterflies go.

Logan holding the lid open for them to fly out. The first two had a hard time so David had to pull them out by hand.

Holding a butterfly for Logan to see.

Color of my Writing

2010-06-26T15:31:00.000-07:00

So this is the first time I have really tried to change anything on my blog in a while and with changes blogger made I cannot figure out how to change the color of my writing anymore. Can anyone tell me how to do that now?

Butterflies

2010-06-11T18:33:00.000-07:00

My sister Emily is a preschool teacher and each year does a butterfly activity. This year she got Logan his own butterfly kit to do at home. They came in the mail as teensy teensy caterpillars, about the size of ants. Within a week they were HUGE. I would say at least 15X bigger. Then they crawl to the top of their jar and cocoon. After they are all cocooned you take them out of the jar and stick them in the habitat. After another one came out yesterday and the rest came out today. Logan loved this project and seeing it each step of the way. Right now we are feeding them watermelon and when the weather gets a little warmer we will set them free. Thank you so much Emily. Logan loved it!

These are the caterpillars after a couple days. I should have taken a picture when we first got them.

Its hard to see, but these are the cocoons.

And here are the butterflies. The red stuff is not blood. We don't really know what it is, except that online it says its not blood its just what happens when they come out of their cocoons.

Seriously? This Kid can Fall Asleep Anywhere!

2010-05-24T11:54:00.000-07:00

I don't know how he does it, but Logan can and does fall asleep in the weirdest places! It didn't even phase him that he had his car on top of him!

Planetarium

2010-05-10T19:18:00.000-07:00

I know I have mentioned before how wonderful my family is, but they seriously are. My oldest sister was off track for two and a half weeks and she took Logan to do all sorts of fun things so I could have a break. They went to the aqaurium several times, played with Lincoln she took him shopping with her. On this day they went to the Clark Planetarium and Tucano's with Lincoln's mom and sisters. He had so much fun. He got to ride the "Train" for only his second time ever and LOVED it! He also got to "walk on Mars" and do all kinds of fun things at the planetarium. They saw a 3D movie and he kept grabbing at the air and saying, "I can't grab it!" I wish I had been there to see that.
After the planetarium they went to Tucano's for lunch. Logan spent 20 minutes playing with his tongs and then finally started eating and ended up knocking his bowl on the floor, breaking it. They servers came over and cleaned it up and said it was all right and who could get mad a face like that. 5 minutes later Lincoln comes back to the table with another bowl of fruit for Logan. Emily asked why he would get him another glass bowl when he had just broken it and Lincoln said, "Like the server said, who could say no to a face like that?" I couldn't agree more. His innocent face can get that kid whatever he wants.
Thank you so much Emily for being so willing to give me a break! Thanks to my whole family who always offer to take Logan. We really appreciate it!

Success

2010-05-03T11:35:00.001-07:00

We had so much fun at our boutique on Saturday. Thank you so much to everyone who came it was a great success. We feel like our booth was the busiest and heard several other vendors talking about it. We had a great time. But since it was bad weather and they didn't have as many people come as they hoped, they scheduled us for their next boutique in August. We can't wait. We are hoping to find another venue before that, but for right now I am just enjoying not working all day everyday on making bows! Thanks again to everyone who came and supported us.

One More Time

2010-04-29T19:23:00.000-07:00

Alright, just one more time I am going to mention our boutique. Its this Saturday, May 1st at Historic Wheeler Farm, which is 6351 South 900 East. It is from 9 am til 3 pm and Spongebob will be there from 10 am til 1 pm. If you want to see some of the items we will be selling our blog address is http://bitsandpieces10.blogspot.com. There will also be other vendors there selling things, but I am not sure what. We hope to see you there!

Bits and Pieces

2010-04-20T20:14:00.001-07:00

My sister and I love to do new things. We have several hobbies that we love and always talk about selling our stuff. The problem is we are big talkers and not big doers. Well this time we are actually doing it. We are doing a boutique at Wheeler Farm on May 1st and we are so excited and nervous about it. We started a blog to show some things we will be selling. We will be selling hair clippies, headbands, crocheted hats, and onesies. If you want to see some stuff we will be selling go look at our blog at http://bitsandpieces10.blogspot.com . We will be adding new pictures all week. We are very nervous for this and hope it goes well. We have had so much fun getting ready for it.

Drive-In Movie

2010-04-11T13:30:00.000-07:00

We decided to brave the cold this weekend and go to the drive-in. We saw How to Train Your Dragon and Percy Jackson. We all really like the first movie, but I think a lot of us fell asleep during the second.

Logan and Daddy in the nice warm car. I know Logan looks goofy in this picture, but I took about ten and this was the best of all of them. It was really dark so when the flash would go off both of my boys would make goofy faces.

It was really dark when I was taking pictures so I just kind of had to aim and shoot. This is what face Linc decided to make in the dark.

All the Aulai kids that came and Layne. They didn't stay outside for long. It was way cold. Leslie was the only one who managed to handle the cold weather.

Easter Post

2010-04-06T11:54:00.000-07:00

Easter weekend in pictures:

Logan looking through his Easter basket on Saturday morning. He got a swimsuit, Bolt, new sandals, bubbles, and fun sand toys for our trip to California this summer!

Easter Egg Hunt up at Suncrest. I babysit up there and they had an Easter Egg Hunt that we went to. It was freezing, but the kids got a lot of eggs!

Waiting to go outside to start Grandma and Grandpa's egg hunt.

This one is blurry cause once the door opened he dashed outside to start looking for eggs.

When he was looking for eggs he would put his finger up to him mouth and go "Hmmm".

Daddy helping him get an egg out of the tree.

Showing us his basket full of eggs.

Logan got the most money out of everyone. He got $9.15. He is saving that money for our trip to Disneyland.

Holding his egg drop. Daddy put 4 rolls of toilet paper around an egg and then stuffed all the holes with toilet paper. It last three drops. After that we went to grandpa throwing them on the ground to see whose would break and Logan's did. He kept telling everyone it popped.

Family watching the egg drop. This is always a very exciting event. My dad throws the entries over the roof and they land on the ground. Whoevers egg lasts through the throwing over the fence and then throwing on the ground get to pick a prize out of Grandpa's closet.

10 Things

2010-03-22T08:17:00.000-07:00

I feel like I really haven't had much to blog about lately. We have been good and busy with birthdays, showers, and wedding shopping, but nothing really to document. And since I am sick of seeing my last post everytime I open my blog I decided copy my moms blog and do a 10 things that made me happy this last week.

1- I loved when we were all playing tickle monster this week. David was tickling Logan and in between tickles Logan yelled, "Seriously, I don't have time for this!"

2- I loved finding a really cute sweater to wear for my little brothers wedding for $4.50! Sears had a ton of clearance!

3- I loved going and finding a temple dress with my mom and sister. I have been married for 4 1/2 years yet this was my first time buying a temple dress. I can now go to any temple and don't have to worry about renting clothes.

4- I am so happy that I for the first time ever got a runners high on my run on Saturday and ran 2 1/2 miles and probably could have gone more. It might not seem like a long run to some people, but for me it was awesome and I can't wait to run a 5K on April 17!

5- I loved that Logan was so good all week. It gives me hope that these terrible two's might be ending soon.

6- I love and am so grateful that I have opportunities to do odds and ends jobs that make it so I can earn a little extra money for our family. Its so great that these little jobs are always things that I can take Logan with me.

7- I am happy I got to go to the Night for the Arts that my grandma put on downtown. Who would've thought I would actually enjoy opera. It was also so nice to go on a date with David that wasn't just dinner and a movie.

8- I am so happy that we had such wonderful weather for most of the week. We even went to the park for playdate and played outside several times. It makes me so excited for summer!

9- This was two weeks ago, but I bought Logan some toddler bedding at Target. The next week it was on sale. I was so bummed. My mom told me she would take the receipt in and they would give me the difference back. I could not and still can't figure out why they would do that. They are out money doing that. But she went in and did it for me and I got the difference back. It always makes me happy to save money!

10- I am so happy my husband has a job that makes it so I can stay home with Logan. He works so hard and I am so grateful for him!

I really am glad I could think of 10 things to be happy about (and I know I could think of more) when there is so much sadness in the world. Thanks for the inspiration mom! If you go check out my mom's blog and become a follower she has an awesome giveaway going on. She is putting new stuff in a basket all the time until she gets 33 followers. Her blog is http://michelles10things.blogspot.com .

We Waited a Long Time for These!

2010-03-11T09:30:00.001-08:00

About 7 months ago we noticed water on our laundry room floor. David took a look at our washing machine and noticed there was a part with a crack in it. We ordered in the part and David got it fixed... for a few months. We decided since we couldn't figure out the problem we would just buy a new washing machine when we got our tax return. Starting at the end of January the leak was so bad we couldn't even use it. So when we got our tax return at the beginning of February we went to Home Depot and looked around. We had planned on not spending a lot, but found an amazing deal we couldn't give up. Our washing machine and dryer were originally $800 each, but I guess Home Depot ordered too many so they were selling them for $500 each. Plus we got $150 back from Questar and Rocky Mountain Power. Which would make them $425 each. It was supposed to be delivered the next Friday. On Monday we recieved a call saying the washing machine and dryer were on back order until March 9th. A whole month later. We were not happy since we hadn't had a washing machine in a couple weeks. David decided to call and see if they could do anything to make this up to us and she said they would take 10% off. That made these wonderful #1 consumer rated washer and dryer $375 each plus tax. I am in love with them. Even though David has been so wonderful and has done all the laundry since we got them on Tuesday!

Big Boy Bed

2010-02-24T14:24:00.000-08:00

After Logan kept climbing out of his crib and into our bed Friday night and kept us up til 4:00 am we decided we needed to get a new bed for him FAST! So Saturday when David got home from work we headed to Walmart and got his new toddler bed. David set it up that night and Logan loves it! He is actually excited to go to bed to sleep in his big boy bed. We haven't had any problems with him not taking naps or anything. He did wake up at 5:00 one morning but he just came and crawled in our bed and fell back asleep. I am loving this bed! Plus we don't have to worry about him falling and getting hurt when he is so sleepy cause he is so close to the ground. Our next project is to stain all of the other furniture in his room to match.

Right after his daddy finished putting his bed together!

Loving his bed! Today for playdate he was excited to show Annie, Layne and Leslie!

Look Who Learned A New Trick

2010-02-18T12:51:00.000-08:00

Logan is a very active little boy, so once 18 months hit we were surprised he hadn't tried to climb out of his crib yet. He liked to climb in, but never tried to climb out that we know of. At 2 I thought wow maybe we are just going to dodge a bullet and he won't ever try to climb out. Once he is just a little older we will get him a toddler bed and not have to worry about him falling out and getting hurt. Well on Tuesday David had the day off work. He put Logan in bed and he cried because he wanted to play with his daddy. After about 5 minutes we didn't hear crying anymore but then heard a door upstairs opening. We both looked at each other and thought it was weird and went up and checked. Sure enough Logan was standing there looking at us. We put him back in his bed and told him to climb out and he did it with ease like he had been doing it for months! We could not stop laughing. Naps for the past few days have been rough. He climbs out and in and out and in and opens the door. Hopefully the novelty of this will wear off soon for him. In the meantime we will start looking even more for a toddler bed.

New Valentines Traditions

2010-02-14T21:57:00.000-08:00

We had a really great Valentines Day weekend. It started out with David's birthday on Friday. We had a yummy lunch at Tucanos and then my wonderful family watched Logan while David and I went home and relaxed and took a nap. It was nice to just relax. On Saturday we had a heart shaped pizza from Papa Murpheys for lunch. I want to start this every year. I think as Logan gets older he will really enjoy this every year. Then we went to the BYU basketball game with my dad and grandpa and it was a great game. They are doing awesome this year. Later we did our normal tradition of Cafe Rio for Valentines day. We have done that every year for the past 6 years. When we woke up Sunday morning Logan had been up a lot of the night not feeling well so we decided not to take him to church which gave me plenty of time to make pink pancakes for breakfast. I want to start doing this every year for Valentines Day. Next year I will buy a heart shaped cookie cutter to make pink heart pancakes. I also made David a big heart shaped cookie. My mom used to make these for us every year when we were younger and when David and I were dating I used to make them for him. I don't think I had made him one in a few years though. If you want to the recipe for it you can go to my mom's blog http://michelles10things.blogspot.com. When David got home he surprised my with flowers that he had bought last night and left in the car. I had no idea he had bought them. We decided that for Valentines Day and birthdays we were going to count our new Washing Machine and Dryer so I was pleasantly surprised. Then we gave Logan his new Backyardigans DVD we got him. We had a great weekend and can't wait to continue our new traditions next year.

David's big heart shaped cookie!

Heart shaped pizza.

Pink pancakes.

Logan opening up his new DVD. He had naptime hair.

The wonderful roses David got me!

AARGH Matey!!

2010-02-11T19:10:00.001-08:00

Today for playdate we decided to go down to Orem to Pirate Island. It is a restaurant that is all decked out in Pirate stuff. It reminds me of the Pirates of the Carribean ride at Disneyland. Not as good, but as good as we are going to get in Utah. The kids had lots of fun, although Logan was terrified when it would thunder and lightning inside the restaurant. And at any little noise that was out of the ordinary. I am not sure why he was such a scaredy cat. He is not usually like that. We can't wait to go again though. If you go on a Wednesday at 11:00 they have a pirate who reads a story to the kids and they get little goody bags. It is also very reasonable priced. We will for sure be going again!

The kids with their pirate hats on.

David and Logan playing a game together.

Logan watching the cannons shoot off.

At the entrance they have a really cool fountain with a skeleton and gold. And of course I only got the back of Logan's head because he needed to keep an eye on the skeleton.

What a Goof!

2010-02-03T18:14:00.000-08:00

Logan makes the goofiest faces. This is his latest. He looks like he is mad, but he's not! I have no idea where this kid gets stuff from!

Other funny things he has done lately:

While driving I honked my horn at someone and immediately Logan said "Move Idiot". Oops I guess we really need to start watching what we say.

Logan goes up to people and says in a deep voice, "HO HO HO Merry Christmas Day! Here is candy!" and then opens your hand for you and gives you a pretend piece of candy.

Tells us everyday that it is his birthday. He just started doing this a week ago. Not really sure why.

My friend Bethany just had her first baby yesterday. While she was pregnant we would ask Logan where baby Sydney was and he would lift up Bethany's shirt and yell, "Sydney come out!"

He is at such a fun stage and it is just getting better the more he talks!

Zoo

2010-01-28T09:10:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was free day at the zoo. During the winter months the Hogle Zoo does free zoo day on the last Wednesday of every month. We were a little nervous about the weather, but it ended up not being too cold and a lot of the exhibits were inside. I hadn't been to the zoo in probably 14 years or so, so I was really excited to go. We went with my mom, Layne, Emily and the Aulai kids. I was so glad they could come because Logan loves them so much! It was a pretty enjoyable day. Logan had some troubles with other kids that we didn't know. If they got in his personal space, he would push them. I am not sure where he learned this and why he is doing it. Hopefully it is just a little phase. My favorite of course was the giraffe and I think that was Logan's too because we could get right up next to them. There was one giraffe who was literally a foot away. I can't wait to go in the summer when Logan is a little older and all of the animals will be there.

All the kids after the ape house.

Eating lunch. However, for Logan it is more like looking at the food but not eating it.

4 of the kids in the giraffe house.

Logan and I finally getting a picture with the giraffes. Its amazing to me that parents see someone taking a picture and don't stop their kids from getting in it!

Logan looking at the porcupine.

All of the kids in a random boat at the zoo.

My new hobby!

2010-01-14T20:23:00.001-08:00

For the past several months our Relief Society has been doing a crochet night every so often. I always want to go because they make the cutest hats, but I never have the courage to go by myself. It is beyond out of my comfort zone to go to any Relief Society thing by myself. When they announced it again this last Sunday I decided I was for sure going to go. My sister Hilary and sister in law Elana came with me. I am so happy I went! When I use to work a lady I worked with taught me how to crochet blankets but that's it, so to be able to learn different stitches is really fun for me. I love how they look! My sister and I also make flower clips for little girls hair and they flowers look so cute hooked to the hats.
My mom has a blog where she writes about 10 things that make her happy each week, but she also does giveaways. Right now if you go to her blog and become a follower you could win 6 Valentines day clippies, and within the next month I am going to be making a hat for her to giveaway. Everyone should go be a follower! Her blog address is www.michelles10things.blogspot.com. I am not sure how to put a link in my post so you can just click on it to go there, but it is on my sidebar.

Christmas Eve

2010-01-04T13:11:00.000-08:00

I got pictures from my sister of Christmas Eve so I thought I would post a few for journaling because I think they are cute. We had a wonderful as usual Christmas Eve. It started out at Red Lobster with David's family. After that we went to his parents house for a little while and talked. Later we went to my grandparents and did the annual Talent Show/Nativity/Santa Clause/Gift Exchange festivities. Christmas Eve is definitely my favorite holiday. More so than Christmas Day, and this year Logan made it the best one I have ever had by singing Jingle Bells in the family talent show all by himself. He kept telling me he wouldn't do it, but then Layne got up and did it and Logan couldn't resist the microphone. It was a proud moment for me. I was also very proud when he was a shepherd in the Nativity. He looked so cute and, although wild, did great! I love our traditions!

Singing Jingle Bells.

Logan as a shepherd.

What happened to my baby?

2009-12-30T07:36:00.003-08:00

I cannot believe my little boy is already two. I honestly can't even express how fast these last two years have gone for us. After the Christmas fiasco we were very nervous for how Logan's birthday would go. It was wonderful! He loved opening his presents, and was so excited for each gift he got. I think his favorite birthday gifts were his Little People farm, his Handy Manny tool set that Aunt Ashley gave him, and his Cars go fishing game from Aunt Leslie. However, he loves all of his gifts from everyone. Thank you so much! Logan is such a wonderful little boy. He is all boy and loves to be rowdy and jump around, but he is also so sweet and loves to give hugs, kisses, and snuggle. We couldn't imagine life without this wonderful little boy in our lives!

2 year stats:
Weight: 22.6 lbs.- 1%
Height: 32 1/2 in.- 9%
Head: 19 cm.- 38%

He is still really little and not really gaining weight so the Dr. did got some blood work done on him and everything came back normal.

Opening presents on his birthday. My sister gave him that cute Birthday Boy shirt. It was kind of big, but maybe it will fit again next year!

Opening more presents and loving it!

Playing with his Little People farm. He loves Little People and got a farm from us and a school house from Grandma and Grandpa Quinney for his birthday. He also got an awesome castle from Grandma and Grandpa Johnson for Christmas.

Waiting to blow out his candle.

Christmas Day

2009-12-27T20:39:00.000-08:00

We left our camera at David's parents house on Christmas Eve so I don't have any pictures yet of that night. I will have to post about that later. Christmas Day was a whole new experience to say the least. We were so excited to have a toddler for Christmas this year. It turned out our toddler did not enjoy Christmas. He liked opening his first few presents and then got bored. When we got to my parents house for breakfast he was so overwhelmed and just cried and wanted to watch backyardigans. Later at David's parents he still was not enjoying the festivities and only relaxed when he got his new Cars chair and guitar. We still enjoyed our Christmas, but for the first time ever I was happy when Christmas Day was over. I have never felt like Christmas was a lot of work until this year.

Some highlights of Christmas were:
*When Logan sang Jingle Bells all by himself for our family Christmas Eve talent show.
*Watching Logan open his first few gifts where he actually enjoyed it.
*David playing with his helicopter for HOURS!
*Logan yelling at the Wii and saying "Are you kidding me?"
*My dad being so great and watching Logan on Christmas night while we played Wii even though he was still grumpy!

As rough as it was we really did have a wonderful Christmas and are so grateful for all of the wonderful things we have been blessed with this year.

I love Logan's face in this picture. He really liked his Furreal.

Playing with his race car set. That was one of his favorite gifts that Santa brought.

One of the only times he relaxed during the day was when he was eating candy and watching Backyardigans at my parents house while we all enjoyed opening gifts.

Sitting in his new Cars chair and playing the guitar.

David LOVES this helicopter. My dad, grandpa, and Layne all got them too and love them. It is a really fun toy.

If I can't see you, you can't see me!

2009-12-20T13:34:00.000-08:00

That is what Logan thinks anyway.

Turkey Sweater + Thumb holes = Ugliest Sweater

2009-12-11T09:51:00.000-08:00

Last Friday our friends had an Ugly Sweater party. As soon as I found out about it I started thinking about what sweaters we could use. Unfortunately, no one close to us had any that were hideous enough. So I went to several DI's trying to find the perfect sweaters for David and I. I looked for a couple weeks and coulding find anything. So on the day of the party me, my mom, and sister decided to venture out again since we needed them that night. I found the most perfect sweater for David. It was in the ladies section but it was quite large so I decided he could have it. I found a pretty good one for me, but knew David's could potentially be the winner. It has tons of turkeys all over it. He was pretty excited when he saw it. So we get to the party and are just hanging out when all of a sudden David says hey in the pockets there is a place for just your thumbs! Who would even think to put that in a sweater they were making? Anyway, David won and very deservedly so. It was a lot of fun!

Me and the Winner!

Quin and Teresa wore Utah hoodies. I totally had that thought, but figured the friends putting on the party are Utah fans so I probably shouldn't. I am glad someone did though.

Angela and Jesse in their ugly sweaters.

The hosts in their ugly sweaters. Thanks guys it was a lot of fun!

Santa Clause

2009-12-07T09:53:00.001-08:00

On Saturday was our ward Christmas breakfast. I am on the committee so I had to be there, but David had work. I asked my sister if she would come with me and watch Logan while I served food and cleaned up. She was so wonderful and said yes. It turned out pretty good. We ate breakfast and then some people in the ward sang some Christmas carols. After that it was time for Santa Clause to come. Our normal Santa we use just got knee surgery and couldn't come, so we got a recommendation from someone. It is amazing to me that someone recommended this guy. He had the creepiest Santa costume I had ever seen. His beard was straight and square looking and the mustache was falling off. None of the kids seemed to notice though. As we were waiting in line Layne was so excited, but Logan kept saying he wanted to go bye bye cause he was a little nervous. Layne sat on Santa's lap first which made Logan more willing to do it. He didn't cry but he was sure nervous and wouldn't talk very loud to Santa. But he did it and it was good practice.

Hundreth Post

2009-12-03T22:16:00.001-08:00

I didn't realize until I got on to blog tonight that this is my 100th post. Since I didn't know, and I am not really the creative type anyway, I will just do the post I was already going to do. Christmas Trees. On Tuesday night we were finally able to decorate our tree that has been up since last Wednesday. Logan loved it. He was so cute putting several ornaments on the same branch. He had a hard time with the ornaments with hooks so we gave him the ones with strings. I love seeing the branches that he did. He also put the angel on the tree. I must say I really love our tree. I always thought I would be the kind of person who likes a tree that has all different ornaments and doesn't really match. I always wanted a themed tree, but I love that our ornaments have to do with us.

Logan putting on some ornaments.

Logan and Daddy working together.

Putting the angel on top.

The finished product.

On Wednesday we went to Festival of Trees for playdate. I always think its so interesting to see what kinds of trees people come up with. Layne liked the tree that had a shark on the bottom, Annie liked all the girly trees, Lincoln liked the trees with gingerbread men, and Logan liked the trees with snowmen. I think the kids really enjoyed it. I wish we would have been able to spend a little more time there but we got a late start. We liked looking at the trees and loved seeing some of the gingerbread houses. Our favorites were the UP house and the Cinderella Castle.

The playgroup gang at Festival of Trees.

The awesome UP house. The balloons were Jelly Bellies. So cute!

The Cinderella Castle. It amazes me that someone would have the patience to make something like that.

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2009-11-30T17:35:00.000-08:00

We have been so lucky to have been able to go to all of the BYU home games this year (Thank you Grandpa and Grandma). And this game was a great way to end the season. It was a great game. We were stressed and yelling for a lot of the time, but our sore throats and pounding heads were totally worth it. Go Cougars!

Nature Turkeys

2009-11-21T19:31:00.001-08:00

It starts to get hard trying to find something to do for playdate every single week. Some weeks the kids just play together while we talk, but this week we really wanted to do something fun. Leslie went online and found a really cute and fun activity. Nature Turkeys. To start off we went on a nature walk around the neighborhood. We needed to find a lot of leaves and some pinecones. The kids loved it. They loved finding different leaves that were different colors. Logan just picked up random things, but he was the bag holder and loved that. After our walk we went back to my mom's house and started making our turkeys. All you do is glue the leaves onto computer paper to look like the turkey feathers. After those dry you get a long pinecone and glue it on to be the turkeys head. We found with that a hot glue gun would have worked better. Then you just cut out little eyes, beak, and the red jiggly thing and glue those on the pine cone and then you have these really cute turkeys!

Logan and Annie picking up leaves.

The three on our walk.

Logan and his leaf bag. He kept tripping over it.

This is just the "feathers".

And the finished product. Logan wanted to help Layne with his so I ended up doing Logan's. Next year when we try it again I hope he will want to do his own.

Halloween

2009-11-03T21:14:00.000-08:00

Our Halloween was so much fun! Logan absolutely loved it this year. First we went to my parents ward trunk or treat. Logan would say trick or treat at every car, but was not way into it. He was a little shy, but loved getting the candy. Since Layne didn't go to the trunk or treat later that night we all went around my parents neighborhood. I figured we would only go to about 5 housed, but Logan loved it! He would run from house to house yelling trick or treat and then politely say thank you after he got his candy. We ended up doing the whole neighborhood and he got quite the candy stash! Holidays are for sure more fun with kids!

On Sunday we went and did our annual Johnson family Halloween party at my grandparents house. It was so great having my grandparents back from DC this year. My grandpa put together an awesome spook alley. It really was scary. There were three phases. The first was in the basement. If you passed that stage you could do the next which was in the backyard. If you passed the backyard phase then you could go to the abandoned house across the street. I am proud to say I passed all three phases and it really was spooky! Great way to make a comeback grandpa! All in all it was a great holiday!

Trunk or Treat!

Getting ready to go out trick or treating. He wanted to leave so badly so I did not get a good picture of him.

Logan and Layne getting ready to trick or treat. I love how Layne posed in character without being told to!

Fall Activities

2009-10-26T08:20:00.001-07:00

We had a busy week this last week. This year my dad and David grew awesome gardens. My dad decided he wanted to grow pumpkins for the grandkids. We soon discovered that one pumpkin was taking all the nutrients from the other pumpkins. Lots of pumpkins would grow to be about 3 inches and then all of a sudden start dying. Except one! We picked this pumpkin last Sunday and it was huge and so heavy! In height it was just a little smaller than Logan, but weighed more than twice as much! 55 lbs!!

Logan Standing next to the pumpkin.

Sitting on the pumpkin.

David and Mark playing catch with the pumpkin!

Then on Thursday we went to Emily's school for their Halloween party. We have been putting Logan's costume on him once a week for the last two months to try to get him to not cry when he would wear it. It paid off. He wore it the whole time and didn't cry once. We had lots of fun. Layne was there too and Logan was like his little puppy dog. Their favorite thing to do was the ghost/pumpkin bowling. They also made witch hands out of popcorn and played ring toss with a big spider. It was lots of fun. Thank you for letting us come Emily!

Logan in his costume. Layne didn't have his costume yet.

Playing ghost/pumpkin bowling.

Witch hands!

Then on Friday we went to a carnival at a local farm. It was a lot of fun. They had hay rides and a bounce house, vendors, face painting, and games. I really wanted Logan to get his face painted because we had never done it before. I planned on it being his turn and him freaking out and not doing it. But that didn't happen. He sat so still and did awesome! And to make it better right before I was about to give her our tickets we won a raffle and got free face painting. Then we went on the hay ride around the farm and Logan did awesome on that too. We then played some games and all the kids went on the bounce house. Including Logan. Again I expected him to go in and scream. But he didn't. He loved it. This kid is sure growing up and doing a lot that he never would before. He is at the best stage right now!! We had a very fall festive week and it was so much fun!!

Logan getting his face painted.

Waiting for the hay ride! The Aulai kids are so awesome with Logan and he asks for them often throughout the week.

On the hayride.

Jumping in the bounce house!

Playing a fishing game. He played three games and won two pairs of fake vampire teeth and a pirate eye patch.

Which Witch is Which?

2009-10-07T17:07:00.000-07:00

For playdate this week we decided to go to Gardener Village to see the witches. It was absolutely perfect weather! The kids had so much fun. Last year when we went they were all either very scared or at least weary of going near the witches. This year they were much braver. Logan was terrified of the witch that moved but the other two got pretty close. Until looking at the last witch when Annie was all of a sudden scared. It could have been because of the fake spider next to the witch. Anyway, we had so much fun going in all the little shops and walking around spotting the witches all around. We will definitely be going back in the next week if the weather stays nice to take real pictures of Logan. It was so festive!

Just drinking his juice.

They were so good at posing for me to take pictures.

This is the witch Logan was scared of. You can tell he is trying to run away cause he is barely in the shot.

And this is the one Annie was scared of.

The Ducks on the Farm go Quack Quack Quack

2009-09-25T15:28:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday we decided to go to the farm for playdate. It was perfect weather for this kind of activity and with the crummy weather just around the corner it was nice to be able to do that again. The kids had so much fun. With Logan getting older he loves to run around and play with the kids, and was actually excited to feed the ducks and chickens. He was running around like crazy at the ducks yelling "Quack Quack". We had so much fun. I am so sad that pretty soon our playdates are going to have to consist of indoor activities.

Feeding the ducks.

Logan feeding the chickens.

Cute kids playing in the tree house.

What a great place to take pictures!

Its My Potty and I'll Go if I Want to!

2009-09-18T16:15:00.000-07:00

Today Logan took his diaper off for the first time. So we decided, knowing he is not ready but trying anyway, to have him try to go to the bathroom on the toilet. David carried him upstairs and put him on the toilet. Logan did nothing. David took him off the toilet and showed him how to do it, then asked Logan "Can you do that?" And then Logan said "YEAH!!", and started going to the bathroom on David's foot. So to get Logan startled enough to stop "going" David yelled his name and said "Wait!" Logan stopped and David put him on the toilet and said "Ok finish going", but he wouldn't. Of course he does it while not on the toilet, but when on gets stage fright! He is turning into such a little toddler!

4 years ago today...

2009-09-17T13:49:00.000-07:00

...I married the love of my life. I cannot believe we have already been married for 4 years. It has been the best 4 years of my life. David is such a wonderful man and I couldn't ask for a better husband or a better father for our children. Thanks babe for making life so wonderful!

10 Reason I love David so much:

1- He is such a wonderful father!
2- He is such a hard worker!
3- He wants me to be a stay at home mom as much as I want to!
4- He is so generous!
5- He loves his family so much!
6- He loves my family so much and is so willing to see them as often as I like to!
7- He is very passionate about things he loves!
8- He is a wonderful cook!
9- He provides for me and Logan!
10-He is the best husband I could have ever asked for and loves me for me!

Those are just a few of the reasons I love him. He is such an amazing man!

Canyons

2009-09-08T11:04:00.001-07:00

Every Labor Day we go up to the canyons with my Dads side of the family. It has always been one of our favorite traditions. We head up in the morning and get breakfast all ready. This year after we ate the kids were exploring when all of a sudden we hear what sounds like fireworks. I look up and there are huge rocks flying down the hill at three of the kids. There were more people above them that were trying to come down but them doing that was causing these rocks to come down the hill fast. One of my cousins got hit in the head with a big rock and was bleeding a lot. David ran up and helped one down and was blocking the rocks from hitting another. Then my brother Mark ran up and helped the other one down while David was still blocking rocks. Finally everyone got down safely but it was quite scary. My one cousin got hit in the head, another in the back but not hurt too badly, and David got hit in the arm. Luckily nothing worse happened.

After all of that we played in in the river a little and then went to the cave. The cave is such a fun tradition. You have to make it to the back of the cave and kiss it and then you have good luck for a whole year. David and I both did it so hopefully this year will bring lots of luck. We tried to get Logan to go in but he just screamed. I am sure glad we still go this tradition every year. We definitely look forward to it.

Later we went to Provo with my sisters and Lincoln and went to Tucanos for lunch. David thought it was delicious, I thought it was ok. After that we went swimming and had a dive contest and David won biggest splash for the seventh time in a row. Although, this year he had some competition! We had a great Labor Day, but we are so sad for summer to end!

Logan eating breakfast with cousins and bapa.

Logan and Daddy climbing the mountain.

David's arm after getting hit by a rock.

Logan playing in the water. He loved throwing rocks in and getting all wet. He was in heaven.

The group at the back of the cave.

David coming out of the cave.

The cave crew!

David's arm last night. You can't really tell because of the lighting but it got pretty bruised.

What a Game!

2009-09-05T20:28:00.000-07:00

GO COUGARS!!

Take me out to the ballgame!

2009-08-26T16:30:00.001-07:00

Last night we went to a Bees game. My little brothers girlfriend is a Honeybee and got us tickets for free! They were really good seats too. We were about five rows up from the opposite teams dugout. Almost my whole family was able to go which made it a lot of fun. Logan loved trying to eat old disgusting popcorn off the ground but once we bought some didn't want anymore. I guess he got his fill. My dad was also so wonderful to walk around with him for pretty much the whole time. The Bees lost but it was a great night to go watch some baseball! Thank you so much for the tickets Ashley!!

David and Logan eating their favorite food: Popcorn

We were really close to the field.

Logan eating some dinner. He wouldn't eat his hot dog earlier but anytime anyone else has food he wants it. So he kept yelling "A BITE" to my mom til she heard him and gave him a bite.

Logan and Lincoln enjoying the game. This was Lincoln's first baseball game and he said instead of playing soccer next year he will play baseball!