This is just funny to me.
Monday, December 29, 2008
I tried..
I wanted to get some cute pictures of Ash and Rach before church... that's all I wanted. Ashlin was fine letting me do her hair and getting ready, but Rachel doesn't like baths or getting her hair done. So to try to bribe her, I gave her a sucker while I curled. Nope, she just screamed the whole time holding the sucker. Well, then when I finished she was so mad that she still wouldn't eat the dumb sucker. So I tried to swap goodies for one that wouldn't take so long to eat (because now we are running out of time and I have to put her in her dress). Nope, then she just wanted both the fruit snack and the sucker. I gave up. We will try our luck with Grandma.
This is just funny to me.
This is just funny to me.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Polar Express
We had a fun adventure to the Polar Express!! We went with Brett's sister (Shauni) and their family. All the kids dressed up in their pj's and we loaded up in the train!
Mrs. Claus made some yummy cookies and hot chocolate.
The girls sipping hot coco.
I know this picture is a little hard to see, but it is the train passing the North Pole and Santa!!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!!
Mrs. Claus made some yummy cookies and hot chocolate.
The girls sipping hot coco.
I know this picture is a little hard to see, but it is the train passing the North Pole and Santa!!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Monday, December 08, 2008
Embarrassed
Ashlin, Rachel, and I went to a Sears near us that is closing to see if there were any great deals on appliances. Everything was fine until I was ready to leave. Ashlin and Rachel had found a playhouse and didn't want to leave. Brett was working late on a school assignment so I was in no real rush to go home so I let them play. Then, Rachel decides to pick on this other little girl there playing so I told my girls it was time to go. Rachel throws a HUGE fit as soon as I removed her from the playhouse.
I have to wrestle her and tel Ashlin to come on. Ashlin starts crying and doesn't leave the playhouse. By now, several people have stopped to watch me. I am getting a little flustered because I can barely control Rachel, and now Ashlin has decided to stand her ground. I tried the "I'm leaving, and hope you come" tactic, but that only made her scream more. Finally I had to pick her up as well. So here I am leaving the store with two girls kicking AND screaming, with many people watching. FInally we reach our car and Rachel decides to continue the fit and arching with all her might so I can't buckle her car seat. After about 3 minutes I finally get her buckled and Ashlin has the nerve to ask, "Mommy can Rach and I have a piece of candy?"
Ummm... let me think...
Instead we came home and they both went straight to bed... without much argument either. They must have sensed that I was furious.
I have to wrestle her and tel Ashlin to come on. Ashlin starts crying and doesn't leave the playhouse. By now, several people have stopped to watch me. I am getting a little flustered because I can barely control Rachel, and now Ashlin has decided to stand her ground. I tried the "I'm leaving, and hope you come" tactic, but that only made her scream more. Finally I had to pick her up as well. So here I am leaving the store with two girls kicking AND screaming, with many people watching. FInally we reach our car and Rachel decides to continue the fit and arching with all her might so I can't buckle her car seat. After about 3 minutes I finally get her buckled and Ashlin has the nerve to ask, "Mommy can Rach and I have a piece of candy?"
Ummm... let me think...
Instead we came home and they both went straight to bed... without much argument either. They must have sensed that I was furious.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Snowman...Finally
Ashlin has been waiting to build a snowman for weeks now. We had a little snow a month ago, but didn't get out to build a snowman before it all melted. Yesterday we received a bunch of snow. When Ashlin woke up and saw the snow out her window she yelled across the house, "MOM... it's,,,there's... can we build a snowman (smiling bright). So we go out to build a snowman, we made one about 1 foot tall and when we were done Ashlin responds, "ok, now let's build a BIG snowman." So here we go:
Uncle Justin came and spent his Birthday building a snowman with Ashlin. Happy Birthday Justin!!
After THIS snowman Ashlin says, "ok, now lets make a REALLY big snowman." I was thinking, holy cow this girl is CRAZY!! Rachel was freezing at this point so we went inside while uncle Justin and Ashlin made an EVEN BIGGER snowman.
This one only lasted a few hours before he fell over due to poor construction (aren't you in construction management Justin?- j/k)
Uncle Justin came and spent his Birthday building a snowman with Ashlin. Happy Birthday Justin!!
After THIS snowman Ashlin says, "ok, now lets make a REALLY big snowman." I was thinking, holy cow this girl is CRAZY!! Rachel was freezing at this point so we went inside while uncle Justin and Ashlin made an EVEN BIGGER snowman.
This one only lasted a few hours before he fell over due to poor construction (aren't you in construction management Justin?- j/k)
Friday, October 31, 2008
Halloween
These are for you Alyssa-
Ashlin won a trophy for her costume at our Halloween Party yesterday. She is a pretty cute cowgirl riding a horse. Thanks to the Millers for letting us borrow the award-winning costume!
Reasons why Rachel is a great Trick-or-Treater:
She trick-or-treats other trick-or-treaters on the street.
She eats as she goes, and throws her wrappers in other people's houses
She puts her bucket down to properly "hit" me because I carried her across the street instead of letting her do it all by herself.
She is a cute little Poodle.
For a first-time trick-or-treater, I think she has things figured out.
Ashlin won a trophy for her costume at our Halloween Party yesterday. She is a pretty cute cowgirl riding a horse. Thanks to the Millers for letting us borrow the award-winning costume!
Reasons why Rachel is a great Trick-or-Treater:
She trick-or-treats other trick-or-treaters on the street.
She eats as she goes, and throws her wrappers in other people's houses
She puts her bucket down to properly "hit" me because I carried her across the street instead of letting her do it all by herself.
She is a cute little Poodle.
For a first-time trick-or-treater, I think she has things figured out.
Random Pictures
In the past week, I had 2 strangers ask or tell me I have cute twins. They are looking more and more a like..
Rarely without her precious scarf!!
Ashlin LOVES pumkins.
Rarely without her precious scarf!!
Ashlin LOVES pumkins.
Mission call...
Elder Christopher Martin has been asked to serve in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo West Mission. This is one of the reasons I love being back in Utah!! To be apart of my brothers' lives while at BYU. We are so excited for you Chris, although now we are going to have to worry about all the hurricanes.
Things must be getting bad around here
In my defense... most of the mess is this child's!!
One more from Rachel...
We still can't tell if Rachel is right or left handed, so a long time ago I gave her a spoon in both hands to see which she chose. Well, she chose both- alternating while eating. It became fairly regular that Rachel would ask or get herself two spoons to eat her cereal. I guess I never told Brett about this because one morning she was throwing a fit after Brett got her a bowl of cereal. I came in and said, " oh, she probably wants another spoon, and when I gave it to her she smiled and immediately started eating. Brett was laughing, and I had forgotten how funny it really was.
Sleep over!
Ashlin's first sleep over was with her cousins who came to stay a couple Fridays ago. We had a lot of fun playing games, sipping hot coco, and everyone waiting for "those girls" to go to bed. I thought I took more pictures, but all I have is Ashlin and Abby drinking their hot chocolate- maybe that's why they couldn't go to sleep... chocolate before bedtime.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Ashlin my photographer
Ashlin has been begging me to let her take pictures of me, and so I decided to let her, and here is her work!! What do you think Grandma?
A Princess Party
Ashlin's friend Sylvie had a Princess Birthday Party. It was so cute!! All the little girls were dressed up so fancy and nice. Steve,Sylvie's dad,was impressed to see EVERYONE there had a dress and asked, "So does every little girl come with a princess dress?" 
Friday, October 03, 2008
On strike!
I have been waiting for my brothers to send me a story so I can post about our trip to the top of Timp. I will not post anything else until I receive said stories.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
"Mom, can I go to their house?"
Ashlin's grandparents came over to visit for a little bit today, and when they were getting ready to take off she asks me, "Mom, can I go to their house?" I told her to go ask them thinking she would be too shy to ask them or that they would like to know she wanted to go their house, but wasn't really thinking anything would happen.
Well, she did ask them, and they said they would LOVE to have her, and before anyone could do anything else she runs to pack her blanket, pillow, toothbrush, changes her closes, and packs her backpack. I was still in a little shock at her excitement/determination to go, so I pulled her aside and asked her if she wanted to wait until Mommy, Daddy, and Rachel could go with her to which she replied, "No, I don't want you guys to come with me, I want to go all by myself."
So, we packed her stuff (it all happened so fast, I have no idea if she has everything she needs) and car seat into their car, and she got in her seat and waited for Grandpa, Grandma, and Collin to get in and go.
I'm not sure when we will get her back... that part hasn't been figured out.
Well, she did ask them, and they said they would LOVE to have her, and before anyone could do anything else she runs to pack her blanket, pillow, toothbrush, changes her closes, and packs her backpack. I was still in a little shock at her excitement/determination to go, so I pulled her aside and asked her if she wanted to wait until Mommy, Daddy, and Rachel could go with her to which she replied, "No, I don't want you guys to come with me, I want to go all by myself."
So, we packed her stuff (it all happened so fast, I have no idea if she has everything she needs) and car seat into their car, and she got in her seat and waited for Grandpa, Grandma, and Collin to get in and go.
I'm not sure when we will get her back... that part hasn't been figured out.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Tagged Brett
A LONG time ago, Brett answered a tag for me and I did most of this soon after, but forgot to publish it. I am cleaning out my drafts and found it so I thought I would post it anyway. I do have to update #4 because Brett has since got an iphone. I love you Brett!!
I did decide to take the idea and "tag" Brett. Here are 10 little known facts about Brett:
1. I am anti-Texas. Even though I know that it would have made my wife (and her family) happy to move there, I won't even consider it because I am so prejudiced against the place. Instead, I subject my family to the freezing climates, where snow and seasonal-affective disorder abound.
2. I have a phobia of laundry baskets. I can't get myself to put my clothes in them. The laundry basket is normally in a corner in the bathroom, so naturally, I make a pile of dirty clothes in my bedroom. Unless my wife decides to stratigically place the basket where my pile usually accumulates- then I decide to either move my pile to another location in the room or to where the laundry basket usually is in the bathroom.
3. I am very brave... not many people can call their father-in-law a loser and not get punched in the face.
4. I love Technology, but not as much as Jenae you see, but I still love Technology always and forever. I also do great impressions of Kip. I am obsessed with Apple computers and products, and attempted unsucessfully to get an iphone out of my wife. Instead, I got a projector. Also, I stupidly left my ishuffle in my pants one time. Then I washed them - all my fault - so sorry Jenae.
5. My tears can cure cancer. Unfortunately, I never cry. Really, maybe once every 10 years.
6. I am also genetically dominant. Seriously, look at my children.
7. Two sets of stitched in my life - once on my chin, and once on my toush.
8. I am amazing with a paint brush or roller, unfortunately I don't really like to paint my own house.
9. Every morning I have to have a glass of orange juice and a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats w/Almonds.
10. I NEVER misplace anything. Especially things like my contacts, contact cases, or contact solution. I seriously think it might be cheaper for me to get LASIK.
I did decide to take the idea and "tag" Brett. Here are 10 little known facts about Brett:
1. I am anti-Texas. Even though I know that it would have made my wife (and her family) happy to move there, I won't even consider it because I am so prejudiced against the place. Instead, I subject my family to the freezing climates, where snow and seasonal-affective disorder abound.
2. I have a phobia of laundry baskets. I can't get myself to put my clothes in them. The laundry basket is normally in a corner in the bathroom, so naturally, I make a pile of dirty clothes in my bedroom. Unless my wife decides to stratigically place the basket where my pile usually accumulates- then I decide to either move my pile to another location in the room or to where the laundry basket usually is in the bathroom.
3. I am very brave... not many people can call their father-in-law a loser and not get punched in the face.
4. I love Technology, but not as much as Jenae you see, but I still love Technology always and forever. I also do great impressions of Kip. I am obsessed with Apple computers and products, and attempted unsucessfully to get an iphone out of my wife. Instead, I got a projector. Also, I stupidly left my ishuffle in my pants one time. Then I washed them - all my fault - so sorry Jenae.
5. My tears can cure cancer. Unfortunately, I never cry. Really, maybe once every 10 years.
6. I am also genetically dominant. Seriously, look at my children.
7. Two sets of stitched in my life - once on my chin, and once on my toush.
8. I am amazing with a paint brush or roller, unfortunately I don't really like to paint my own house.
9. Every morning I have to have a glass of orange juice and a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats w/Almonds.
10. I NEVER misplace anything. Especially things like my contacts, contact cases, or contact solution. I seriously think it might be cheaper for me to get LASIK.
Rachel update
I feel as though I may have been neglecting to post very much about my sweet, now very independent Rachel. Here is a brief synopsis of her:
She is currently 17 months old. She is a determined little girl, and what I mean by that is, when she wants to go somewhere, do something, or play with something she is focused on that and only that. When I intervene because lets just say she wants to play in the toilet... she keeps trying and doesn't give up for hours!!
Favorite things to do:
Drink her milk FIRST thing in the morning. She is at my bed first thing pulling me to the kitchen.
Run around in circles giggling.
Run out into the middle of the street, turn around and watch me run get her.
Buckle things (especially carseats)
Words she says:
Ma (milk)
Mama
Daddy
Ashy
dant you (thank you)
ya, ya (yes)
no
For as few words as she says, she communicates amazing well.
Special Skills:
jumps
puts her own shoes on
puts herself to bed (even when we switched her to the bottom bunk)
eats a hot dog in less than 1 min. (I actually timed her once)
drinks from a cup (no lid)
able to style her hair during her nap
Rachel is up to 5 teeth.
We love having this girl in our family. She sure has spiced things up for us, and keeps me on my toes. We so grateful to have two such sweet girls!!
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