Brandon and Heidi

Halloween

2009-11-01T07:04:00.000-08:00

We had a lot of fun being creative with our pumpkins this year. Brandon was the only one that actually carved a pumpkin. Makylie and I decided to try and put glitter on our pumpkins. We think they turned out pretty cute. Kason painted his pumpkin to look like a scary pirate and Drake colored his cute little Spider! We all love this fun tradition!

Kason has learned a new trick that he is pretty proud of. Blowing bubbles with his gum. I came home from work the night before we carved pumpkins and he was so excited to show me his new trick his dad taught him. He will be looking forward to all the gum he gets in his trick-or-treat bag!
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2009-04-21T19:03:00.000-07:00

I guess it is about time to post something that is not about the snow. I am sure that everyone is as excited as I am to finally (hopefully) be done with the snow!! Utah, who knows?

I would love to be posting outside pictures since it has been so nice outside but, I am not so lucky. I am just posting pictures of my kids ruining my house as they seem to always do.

This morning I was in the shower when Kason came in to tell me "MOM! You have GOT to come see Drake he has your make-up ALL over him!" I hurried as fast as I could to get out of the shower and find my camera. Oh my, he had found the worst type of make-up to have all over everything. Yip, it was lip stick. He looked so cute though!! That color fit him perfect, the pink/red hair sticking straight out was the best!!

2009-04-21T18:41:00.000-07:00

About a couple of months ago Drake decided to stir the desitan with his binki, rub it in the carpet, taste it and touched anything and everything he possibly could with his covered in desitin hands. Let me just tell you, that stuff is impossible to get out of carpet! Will I ever survive being a mom or will my kids ever survive me being their mom?

Enjoying all the Snow!

2009-01-09T07:58:00.000-08:00

During Christmas vacation we decided to take our kids to Brandon's family cabin. It was a lot of fun! Sledding there is awesome. We sled down the road for about a half mile then Brandon would pull us back up the hill with the snowmobile. I think Makylie had the most fun of us all she couldn't get enough sledding in. Kason wasn't sure what to think of sledding he liked the first time he went down with me but after he went with Brandon he decided he would rather ride on the four wheeler or snowmobile. Drake surprised me how good he was he didn't even say a peep most of the day(even without his bink). He was really cute though in his Ralphy outfit that he could barely move in. We drove down later to pickup Brandon's Mom and Dad. I think Rod thought I was a crazy driver on the snowmobile he claims I almost lost him a couple of times (Sorry Rod). They came up and had dinner with us it was a lot of fun! When we left the cabin Makylie and I decided to sled down the hill to the truck in the dark. I also took Drake with me in my sled. That was the best sledding of the whole day it was probably about a mile and a half straight down hill with no stops other than makylie's few wrecks. By the time we got down to the trucks Drake had fallen asleep he must have enjoyed it too.

Drake's First Birthday!

2008-11-20T11:24:00.000-08:00

Drake had so much fun at his birthday party! It was fun watching him eat his first cake!

Happy Birthday Draker!!

Halloween

2008-11-10T15:39:00.001-08:00

I am finally posting pics of Halloween. I loved this Halloween!The weather was perfect, we had no where we had to be, and all the kids had a ton of fun.

Drake's Walking

2008-11-02T13:45:00.000-08:00

Drake is cruising every where! Everyone that sees him walk says the same thing " He seems to little to walk." (He is little dude to begin with let alone walking early.) Drake started to walk to and from things at 9 months old. He decided to give up crawling and just walk at 10 months. At 11 months he is now trying to run! He is such a crazy guy. Ever since he was old enough to move he was trying to climb over my head, out of my arms and never let me change his diaper in peace. I am a little nervous to see what the future is going to bring. I thought Kason was a wild man but I think Drake is going to give him a run for his money. Let me just tell you what I am talking about when I say wild. For instance this last week alone Kason colored all over my house with black permanent marker I am talking 3 doors, base boards, walls in his and Drakes room and the family room, on the end table, the coffee table, entertainment center and on Drakes window sill all in the time I was in the shower. I was so mad!! He got in big trouble! The rest of the day he kept asking me "Mom, are you still mad at me? Mine won't do it ever again." (Kason has already colored on my coffee table two other times, but this one stole the cake.) Then the next day when I got out of the shower I went in his room and found him with a pair of scissors giving his teddy bear a hair cut. I didn't think that was to bad until I discovered that he had given himself a hair cut and cut the top of his sheet into small pieces. I hope I survive having boys.

State's Fair

2008-11-02T10:29:00.000-08:00

The fifth graders at Spanish Oaks Elementary did a State's fair. Makylie was assigned Maryland for her state. I think it was fun for her to do the state of Maryland because her uncle Brett went to school there (The Navel Academy). She made a float, a scrap book, a persuasive letter, drew a flag, a journal entry as if she lived in Maryland and a time line. She did an awsome job. We are proud of her!

2008-10-15T10:12:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged!
8 Things....8 TV shows I like to watch
1. HGTV
2. Dr. Phil
3. Opra
4. CSI
5. KUTV 2 News
6. I don't know what else to put because I really don't watch tv

Things that happened yesterday
1. I had Bunco at my house
2. Played basketball with activity day girls
3. Cleaned my house
4. Started reading New Moon
5. Went to Maceys
6. Made chicken corn chowder
7. I went to k-mart to buy batteries that were on sale but discoverd when I went to Maceys that I could have saved myself time and money to buy them there for 2 dollars cheaper(hate when that happens
8.forgot to give desert to everyone that played Bunco

8 Favorite Places to Eat
1. Any Mexican Food
2. mongolian barbecue
3. Hickory Kist
4. Brick oven
5. Olive Garden
7. Red Lobster
8. Fazolis

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To
1. Makylie out of school for fall break
2. Seeing Twilight in the theater
3. Nick getting Married to Laura
4. Holding Kyle and Ali's baby
5. Seeing my brother and his family (I don't know when)
6. Getting skinny (hopefully one day)
7. A time when I don't have to clean up after everyone (but I know I'll miss it)
8. being a runner someday (ha ha)

8 Things on my Wish List
1. Being out of dept
2. A Big Shopping Trip (You know, where I can buy whatever I want)
3. For my kids to listen the first time they are told. That would be nice!
4. A clean house for longer than an hour!
5. Great skin
6. My kids to grow up in an easier world (like it was when we were kids)
7. A vacation home!
8. live long enough to enjoy my grand kids

8 people I Tag
1. Haley
2.Brandi
3.Allison F
4. Keri
5.Nicole
6. Heather
7. Petrea
8. my Mom

Things Drake loves!

2008-09-25T12:17:00.000-07:00

Drake is such a funny boy. Every morning when I go to get him dressed he crawls away from me as fast as he can, hides behind the rocking chair, plays peek a boo then he goes on the hunt for his binky that he had lost in the middle of the night. In this picture his binky was stuck on the crib. He would suck on his binky and then try to crawl away with the binky in his mouth but it wouldn't follow. He didn't want to leave it behind so he went back to suck on it. He attempted to crawl away with it a few times. He was torn he wanted the binky so bad but he wanted to cruise around also. I gave in and let the binky loose after a few laughs.

Drake is a dish washer magnet. Every time he hears the dish washer he is there as fast as his little legs can crawl. ( It make doing dishes kind of rough.)

Another thing Drake found that he loved was a sucker. (What kid doesn't?) Thanks to Kason Drake found a new love at a very young age. He hasn't been able to have one since that I know of. With an older brother and older sisters who know what he gets.

Trying out the jet ski

2008-09-25T12:09:00.000-07:00

Kason was so excited to go ride the jet-ski with grandpa. I think he had fun, but he told me that next time he wanted to ride on grandma's because it doesn't go as fast as Grandpa's. ( he must have been a little nervous)

Kason is off to Preshool

2008-09-14T10:05:00.000-07:00

It is Kason's first year of preschool. He is so excited! The preschool he is going to is a music preschool in Mapleton. They sing songs and play instruments while learning their academics. His teachers name is Mrs. Heidi. It is nice because he gets to go to school with his friends in the neighborhood Dillan and Mark. They have a small class there are only 5 kids in his class (4 boys 1 girl). Kason loves it but he must be a little nervous he keeps asking me if I can go and stay with him the whole time.

Drake's First Hair Cut

2008-09-14T10:01:00.000-07:00

We finally gave Drake his first hair cut at 9 months old. He doesn't have a lot of hair but we had to get rid of the wings behind his ears and a few stray hairs.

Kason's Loves his Bike

2008-09-14T09:50:00.000-07:00

Kason loves riding his bike! He is such a wild man on it. He likes to pop wheelies, stand up and just yesterday I caught him speeding down a hill so fast that seriously would have killed him if he would have wrecked. The bad thing about the bike is that Kason forgets that he is only three and he needs to stay where his Mom can see him. I am constantly chasing him down.

I'm Back

2008-08-31T11:24:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I am finally updating my blog. We had a fun summer. Brandon and Maky both had birthdays in July. Makylie turned 10. She is a sweet cute girl. I feel bad that I didn't get a chance to post much of the last couple of months. Hopefully now I will find time to post more often.

Dinosaur Museum

2008-08-31T11:13:00.000-07:00

We decided to take Kason, Drake and Zoie to the Dinosaur museum while the other kids were in school. They had a lot of fun Kason was pretty amused by it all. I think there favorite part was playing in the sand and water. Drake loved the the sand box. He did't get to stay in long, he kept trying to eat the sand.

2008-08-31T10:49:00.000-07:00

While we were at Thanksgiving Point we decided to go to the petting Zoo also. I think the kids liked feeding the goats and riding the ponies. I wish I could have captured a pic of Kason when he went through a wrong gate and discovered that him and a cow were the only one in the cage, he was out of there fast! At the beginning of the day we were wishing we would have had a jail to lock up the kids since we lost Zoie in the first five minutes we were there.

Back to School

2008-08-31T10:26:00.000-07:00

Makylie is back in school. I can't even believe she is in fifth grade. Wow how time flies! (she was so embarrassed that I took this pic on the first day)

Jaisha's 15th Birthday

2008-06-25T18:15:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Jaisha's 15th Birhtday friday. She loved all of her presents. I think she is most excited about being able to take the test to get her driving learners permit now that she is fifteen. It was fun to have everyone over to help celebrate. Brandon's uncle Paul R and Aunt Geneal even stopped by for a little bit. The kids had fun playing on the water slide while we all visited. Happy Birhday Jaish. We love you.

2008-06-25T18:04:00.000-07:00

Hogle Zoo

2008-06-22T20:53:00.000-07:00

Kyle and Aly and their kids were visiting this week from North Carolina. We decided to take the kids to the Zoo while they were here. Nick and his girl friend Laura decided to come with us since Laura had never been to the Zoo before. It was both Drake and Laura's first trip to the Zoo.

2008-06-22T20:49:00.000-07:00

I thought this pic was so funny. Who is checking out who?

Happy Half Birthday Drake!

2008-06-01T10:41:00.000-07:00

My family has a tradition of giving our babies a 6month birthday party. We celebrated Drakes 6months on Sat. He loved eating frosting(cool whip) off of his cake. The kids helped him open his presents. All he cared about was eating the paper. It was fun spending time with family. We love Drake he brings lot of joy to our family.

2008-06-01T10:30:00.000-07:00

Spring Break

2008-05-11T20:35:00.000-07:00

For Makylie's Spring break we went camping at the sand dunes. We had a lot of fun. Makylie brought her friend Kyla. We all had fun riding the four wheelers(except Drake). The sand was fun. The kids made little sand castles for their beetle they found. We also found a big sand hill that we had fun sledding down. Best of all is just spending time together!

2008-05-11T20:22:00.000-07:00

St. George

2008-04-11T08:28:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we went down to St. George for Makylie's dance competition. It was a lot of fun. The dance she performed was Play Ball. It is such a cute dance! Play Ball took first place for its category. I love watching her dance! It is so fun for me that she loves to dance.

Easter

2008-03-27T08:18:00.000-07:00

Desert

2008-03-27T07:57:00.000-07:00

We all had a lot of fun in the desert. Makylie's favorite thing was wading through the river with Grandpa Lassen. Kason didn't want to much to do with river because he was worried there were sharks in there. Kason loved driving his truck and the four wheeler but most of all I think he just loved getting dirty.(look at that face) Makylie also put a few miles on her four wheeler. It was nice to be in the warm weather! I was excited to get a tan line. It made me more anxious for summer to be here.

2008-03-26T14:09:00.000-07:00

We went to an Easter egg hunt in Mesquite. Makylie got a ton of eggs. Kason got a few but had a lot of fun. All the eggs were filled with jelly beans. Makylie emptied all the eggs into a bowl and had us all guess how many there were. She counted 477. (lots of jelly beans)

St. Patrick's Day

2008-03-17T13:58:00.000-07:00

The boys helped me make sugar cookies today. What an adventure!

Drake's new chair

2008-03-14T13:42:00.000-07:00

Drake is thinking he is pretty big in his new bumbo seat! It is a pretty cool little chair. I can't believe how sturdy that thing is, he can arch his back to try to get out of it and it still keeps him sitting up right. Maky thinks it funny how he rests his arm on the side and chills.

Warm Weather

2008-02-27T12:16:00.001-08:00

Kason is so excited to have warm weather! He was so excited he decided to get him self dressed so he could go outside and play in the sand box. I looked outside to check on him and I noticed something. Look close and see if you can notice what I noticed.

2008-02-27T12:08:00.000-08:00

Kason had a 50% chance getting his clothes on right. Well he failed, his shirt was backwards, his pants were backwards, and he even managed to put his shoes on the wrong feet!

OUR BOYS

2008-02-26T18:33:00.000-08:00

We had the boys get their picture taken today. They were both really good.

Drake

2008-02-26T18:30:00.000-08:00

Our smiley 3 month old!

Kason

2008-02-26T18:26:00.000-08:00

What a cute three year old!

Our Valentines Dinner

2008-02-17T08:02:00.000-08:00

Brandon was gone on Valentines day so we decided to have a Valentines dinner on sat. night. We had fun decorating the table and making heart shaped jello jigglers. Makylie requested we had steak, her favorite (the steak was even heart shaped). We were glad that Jaisha was able to be there too!

Valentines

2008-02-17T07:37:00.001-08:00

The kids had fun on Valentines day. Makylie did all of her valetines the night before with a little help from Kason. Look how organized Makylie had it. That didn't last long, when we woke up the next morning, they were not so organized! Kason had opened some and had them scattered every where. (we had to do a little repairing) Oh, but don't they all look so cute and innocent in thier new valentine outfits.

Kason's Birthday Party

2008-02-13T11:05:00.000-08:00

Kason had a lot of fun at his birthday party! He helped me make his Bob the builder cake. He kept asking me all morning "Can we make my Bob the builder cake yet, Mom?" He had lots of fun playing with his cousins, opening presents and he loved his new gun! I don't think it has left his side since he got it.

Makylie's Diorama

2008-02-08T12:44:00.000-08:00

Does Makylie look tired? She should she was up late working on here Diorama book report. Her assignment was to do a scene from the book she was reading. This is what she wrote on the top:

Title: How I Survived Being a Girl

Setting: Freeko's back yard and Carolyn's back yard

Characters: Carolyn,Allen who are brother and sister and the Freeko neighbor

Setting about: Carolyn and Allen looking over the fence into the Freeko's back yard wondering if Freeko is dead because he was laying half way on the cement and half way on the very, very weedy, what I hate to call grass face down.

She is cute! She did a pretty good job.

Kason's Birthday

2008-02-08T12:18:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Nick and Kason! Feb.6

On Kason's birthday he opened the presents that his grandmas gave him, he was excited. Grandma Lassen gave him a dump truck, couple of tractors and clothes. Grandma Dart gave him Bob the Builder blocks, a stuffed Bob the Builder, sun glasses, and clothes. All the things he loves. We are going to have a party for him this sat. Feb. 9 @3:00. He is asking for a Bob the Builder cake. He also wants a toy gun for his birthday.

Super Bowl Party

2008-02-08T11:53:00.000-08:00

The Darts and Grandpa Swenson all came over to our house to watch the super bowl. It was a lot of fun. We took this picture of Gandpa with Drake. He was sooo cute with him. He would talk to him and giggle saying how cute he was. Then he would ask to see him again. You could tell that he loves babys.

Brandon's Poker Table

2008-02-08T11:10:00.001-08:00

Cold and snowy days in Utah have made it so Brandon hasn't been working very much. He was going crazy so he decided to make him self a poker table. (It only took him 2 days.) He has been pretty excited about it. We played texas hold'm on it the other night with some friends. Lucky for me I was the first to win on the new table. (hee hee) He hasn't started any other new projects. He has been working down by St. George for a couple of weeks where it has been warmer. He has been building a block wall around a new developement going in down there.

Brandon and Heidi's Family

2008-01-26T21:00:00.000-08:00

Well, I decided to try creating our familie's own Blog. It has been fun for me to look at all of my friends and families blog spots. So I hope that you all will enjoy looking at ours.