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Kicks Soccer

2010-09-11T13:00:00.000-07:00

I cant even tell you how excited I was to watch my little man Jace play Soccer....

This is the one sport that I played growing up, so lets just say watching him I got

FA-Clempt!!!!

Look how cute Briggs is Cheering on his big BRO...

First Day at Barefoot Pre-School

2010-08-17T15:16:00.000-07:00

Washington Park 24th of July

2010-07-24T15:06:00.000-07:00

"Powell Time"

2010-07-21T14:33:00.000-07:00

This is the best part of Summer...

The annual Lake Powell Trip!

Fillmore Lake Time

2010-07-03T13:26:00.000-07:00

What a Fun Day!!!

Pop Paul & Jeri were down in St. George tending the Newby Kids while Jeff & Heather were out of town.. So we called everyone up and set up a little Sand Hollow Lake Trip. Everyone had a Ball expecially Pop Paul we could not get him off the tube...

A Birthday Bash to Remember!!

2010-06-24T15:49:00.000-07:00

Look how cute Jace's Invite turned out!!! We were in Disneyland a couple of months ago and took this picture by Lightning McQueen...
Jace went to work with his dad 3 months ago down in Mesquite and saw this cute CARS cake at this Mexican Grocery Store... Well my Jace would not forget about it and come to find out the lady that worked there did not either... She would ask Ry every week when it was Jaces Birthday so we had to get the cake...
We were so excited to get Jace this Four Wheeler and just let me tell you he was on cloud 9 all night.. We are so lucky that our family is so supportive they are always here for us and we appreciate everything they do....

Jace Turns 4

2010-06-23T15:51:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Jace

Today my Lit'l Man turns 4 years old.....

I thought that I would tell ya a little about my Jace.... He loves his brother Briggs, they are best buds..... He Idols his dad! I will give a hug and a kiss and say " I love you so much" he looks at me and says "I love my dad"(no doubt every time)....... He is so impatient he gets that from his dad of course....... His favorite thing to do is PLAY with his cousins and friends!....... He loves to watch movies... He is a TALKER and never stops...... Some of the funniest things he says are "Sunbrella","Hearphones","Lasterday", and so on.... He has become quite the swimmer, this year as he says "Watch I can swim side to side in the deep end"..... He started to call my mom WHIVIE and it just stuck.....He can back up his Power Wheels truck like he is a 60 year old man that has been doing it all his life.... He is always going.... His favorite drinks are Chocolate Milk and Sprite... He loves dogs but lost his within a week.... His eyebrows have always been so dark ... He hates it when I sing to him.... Every time he sneezes he blow buggers everywhere..... He is my precious boy and I am so thankful that he is in my life!!!!!!
Look how handsome!!
(He is going to be my Heartbreaker)

Koosherm Cabin

2010-06-11T21:24:00.000-07:00

Let me just tell you this Weekend was one to remember......

We headed up to Ryan's Dads Cabin in Koosherm and the weather was overcast and rainy the whole entire time... But we found some things to keep up busy.... The boys ABSOLUTELY loved the horses! So we decided that Paul, Jace, Briggs and I would take a little horse ride up the mountain. Briggs rode with me and Jace with Paul. So we start up the trail and Paul takes me through 2 dang rivers with my little babe Briggs on board. We get through that and I am thinking "What the Hell am I doing!" We head up a little further and let me just tell you what we found... A FREAKING Rattle Snake!

Paul and Jace did not see it in the road, and I hear this RATTLING noise and there it is staring right at Me in the middle of the road...I almost died!

I am picturing in my mind, the horse going crazy and bucking me and Briggs off. Both of us falling to the ground and then we get eaten by the Big Scary Snake.

But No that's no what happened...

Cowboy Paul gets off the horse and like no big deal kills it with a stick of all things. I was so glad he was not scared because to tell you the truth I was a little nervous.

Stop Growing

2010-05-08T15:00:00.000-07:00

I cant believe that my two boys are growing up so FAST!!!!

Today my Briggs turned 18 months old and I cant get over it.... It seems just like yesterday I was in the hospital on bed rest trying to keep him in my tummy. (glad that's over)

My Briggs is a Mama's Boy.... He also is a screamer, He understands everything that you say but communicates with a high pitched scream or (SCHREEAL).... Okay he says a few words Mama, Da Da, Jaaace, Whoof WHoof, Ball, Tickle Tickle Tickle, Pop-A Pop-A, He loves to make truck sounds BBBBBBBBBBB......... He has his four teeth on the bottom and only 3 teeth on the top and his left top is on its way in..... This past week all 4 molars started to peek through.... I am telling you his body is a major battle field... I swear every week it is something new, a bruise on his head from his brother hitting him in the head with a metal bat or a scraped knee from running into the wall.... Briggs still takes one nap a day and sleeps a good 2 hours every day... He loves to ride in Jaces Truck and gets mad when anyone else takes over his passenger seat...

Briggs loves to be outside... I change his clothes at least 2-3 times a day because he is constantly spilling, drooling, and making a mess.... I thinks that his most favorite thing to do is eat... (He never stops) and he is a great chocolate milk schooser he swished it back and forth back and forth.... He also loves to store all of his food in his cheeks... He might be part squirl......The other night I fed him a hot dog and like 30 minutes later Jace is crying because he spit it all over Jaces stomach in bed...(I had no idea he was still chewing on that dang dogger)

Briggs is a sweetheart that idolizes his big brother!! I have noticed lately that Jace is having a harder time doing the old Bate and Switch with Briggs... Jace use to just take any old toy from Briggs and give him something else..... Not anymore!

Game Time

2010-04-24T15:11:00.000-07:00

This was my mans first professional Baseball Game and he was stoked for the big

GAME NIGHT!

(As you can see the kids not so much into it)

I seriously thought that I was going to kill Briggs.....The first 5 innings I spent walking around the Stadium. I know it didn't help that we had our kids jacked up on Cotton Candy and Soda Pop... It was about 1:00 in the morning when we finally got to the room and OOOH yes you guessed it my Briggs was awake the whole game.....

Ryan said "Never Again"

Disneyland 2010

2010-04-23T19:16:00.000-07:00

This was our first official Disneyland Trip!!! And let me tell you "It was a lot of work!"

We headed down to Cali Thursday night and it took us about 6 hrs to get to the hotel. I was a little worried about the long drive for my Briggers but both of my boys were Angles on the way down.Ryan's brothers Michael and Chris showed up around 10 or 11 that night and Jace and Briggs could have not been more excited. Friday morning we were up and running we were at Disneyland by 10am. I think that the uncles were more excited then my two boys..... I was so mad because I had my camera the first hour and my battery went dead

(AHHHHHWWWWWW NEVER AGAIN!)

I was so upset I had Mikey and Chris taking pictures crazy with there phones. I think they could not have been more sick of me saying TAKE ANOTHER ONE!!! We left around 5 because we had baseball tickets to see the

ANGLES VS YANKEES

Needless to say I got to a Target to buy a new charger before round two at California Adventure.. Saturday we were dragging we got back from the game around 1:00 am. and my boys were tired!!!!! Saturday we were at California Adventure and Jace was only 1"to short for all the big boy rides Dang it i knew I should have bought him some high heels...LOL

We were out of there at 7 and let me tell you I was spent.

What a great Weekend!

Sport'n Spring

2010-04-18T14:43:00.000-07:00

Let me just tell you we have had an ACTIVE weekend!!!

It is so nice when a warm spring weekend hits... We can just load up the boys and take off for a fun dayin the sun. On Saturday we loaded up the Mountain Bikes and went to explore some fun trails in the St. George area... I am so lucky to live in such a beautiful town. Sunday we drove up to Zion and hiked the Emerald Pools. Ryans sister Shenelle and he new lover Matt joined us. After the hike we headed over to Oscar's for lunch.

What a great day!!!

Whivies Pool

2010-04-09T14:21:00.000-07:00

What a great day for SWIMMING!!!!

There is nothing better then a beautiful day at Gram Whivies Pool.....Lots of cousins playing in the pool entertaining my boys and" MAMA BRANDY" having her first official Sun Tanning Day. It's all about the visiting and laugh'n with my Grandma Connie, Whivie, Amy, Jody, and Mindy

(Life Couldn't get any better)

Rafe, Shay, Meg, Jace, Kally,Riley and Briggs

Easter Fun

2010-04-04T16:21:00.000-07:00

Whoa........ I swear if I hit another Easter Egg Hunt it will be to soon.. We hit 3 Egg Hunts this year..... THREE! I am telling you we got more candy this year for Easter then this year for Halloween....

Happy Birthday WHIVIE!!!

2010-03-26T09:00:00.000-07:00

Its that time of year again......

Viv-A-Lish-Ous is turning 62 Years Old!!!WOW Look at that cake!!!!

Was she not the cutest little girl ever....

"Spring Fever"

2010-03-10T15:08:00.000-08:00

I am so sick of the rain I could PUKE!!!

All I want to be doing is what this Beautiful Sunbathing Goddess is doing......Sit'n back and enjoying the sun! One of my most favorite things to do in the whole world is lay out by the pool and get a good suntan... You can defiantly say that I have the spring fever going on.... One day it sunny and the next day its raining, the next day its raining and then its sunny and windy... I wish the weather would just make up its mind!

LIT'L DEBBIES HERE I COME!

2010-02-22T15:04:00.001-08:00

Watch out Lit'l Debbie's here I come!!!!
Okay so it is official..... I am the new Little Debbie Girl!

My man Ryan is an Independent Distributor and last year he purchased the rights to distribute Little Debbie Snacks. Ry has been so busy peddling his other stuff that we hired his sister Shenelle to help us out. Now that Briggs is a little bigger we have decided that it would be a good thing for me to help out a little bit. So today was my first day of my BIG NEW JOB.... Holy Murder I was so nervous that I was going to sleep in that I could not stop watching the clock. I finally couldn't take it anymore so I got up at 5 am and did some laundry and poked around til 6:45. I woke my boys up and took them to the tender and I was OFF!

So I get to the first store and I have Eagles Flapp'n (I don't know why- I am a freak) Shenelle is telling me what and how to do stuff and this receiver walks up to me and scans the first item and says "Invoice Number" and I yell back "OATMEAL CREME PIE" everyone just starts laughing and joking about how funny it was... And no Crap 2 minutes later I do the same thing....

Anyhoo It was actually kinda fun and I think that I will enjoy getting out of the house for about 9 hours a week.

Cedar Highlands

2010-02-07T16:25:00.000-08:00

What a fun time we had at Cedar Highlands!

We had been sledding behind the Rhino all week. Sunday morning the Bolerjacks decided that they had to head home. Jace wanted to blaze the trail one more time before we headed south. So we loaded up on more time and you guessed it . We got the Rhino so stuck we had to leave it there over night.. We headed home and had to turn around the next day after Ryan got off work to get it out.. Uncle Chris sent the posse of Snow mobilers to pull us out!

Thank goodness for UNCLES!

Ear Update

2010-02-01T15:40:00.000-08:00

Well we just had the 2 week check up on Briggs ears and YEP we have ANOTHER Ear Infection!!!

Holy Murder!

So I asked the Doc....." How in the world can we have another ear infection when we just had tubes put in? And his reply was "well, we dont see this very often... But here is another antibiotic and we will see you on the 18th of Feb. for another check up."

I am telling you my Briggs is high maintenance(I think he gets it from his dad)

Surgery

2010-01-13T15:21:00.000-08:00

All I can say is that I am so sick of EAR INFECTIONS!!!!!

So last week we went back to Dr. Marsden because I knew that Briggs was sick AGAIN…. He gave us another antibiotic and then he referred us to Dr. Vaughn the Ear Nose and Throat Specialist. The next day Dr. Vaughn looked at my little Briggs ears and said “This is BAD, Lets get him in for surgery ASAP!”So 3 days later my little Briggs was scheduled to have his FIRST SURGERY!!He was so brave, and did such a great job.. I couldn’t believe how quick it was, it was like a in and out thing. I think the paperwork took longer than the surgery..Hopefully this is going to be a wonderful thing!!

Bring'n in the NEW YEAR!!!!

2010-01-01T14:06:00.000-08:00

I am always amazed how fast time flies.

and before you know it... It's a NEW YEAR!!!

Christmas

2009-12-25T15:48:00.000-08:00

What a great Christmas!!!!

This year we celebrated Christmas Morning at home. It is amazing how Christmas come back to life when you have kids. I think that I was actually more excited about Christmas then my boys....

Tis the Season

2009-12-01T12:06:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that Christmas is here!!!

How do you like my newChristmas Card?

Giving Thanks

2009-11-30T11:35:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving at Grandma Connies Cabin....We just love the Nelson Family!

Fall Fun

2009-11-28T15:09:00.000-08:00

What a great day we had at Gram Whivies!!!

The Dalleys, Snows and Fillmores headed over to Grams to put up her Christmas Tree..... And while we were doing the business the kids found their own fun....

PLAY'N IN THE LEAFS!

Cousin Meg, Rafe and Jace having a ball!!!!

10 Year

2009-11-27T12:00:00.000-08:00

This year we took off to ViVA LaS VeGAs!!!

We left Friday night and came home Monday Morning. Grandma Darcy and Pop Mike was the designated tender and they were SO APPRECIATED!!!! We stayed at the TRUMP for 3 nights of bliss.. The best part is we did what we wanted to do! Shopping, Ate great food, Went to a show,(bought a car) And the best part is we actually got to sleep in... I cant remember the last time I got spoiled like that.

What a Wonderful Anniversary!!!

I am absolutely crazy in LOVE with my man!!!!

I just wanted to list some of my favorite qualities about Ry

Has a big heart...Once you get through his tuff act, he would do anything for anyone..... Knows how to have a great time..... Always busy.... Wonderful Caring Husband.... And the best Father in the World.... He idolizes his boys and loves to spend lots of time with them..... Makes me laugh.. Active... Has a great smile... Cute Butt.... Pretty Teeth... Looks Sexy with a Shaved Head and not many people can do that and get away with it.... Worker... There are so many more to add to the list but bottom line...

HE TREATS ME LIKE A QUEEN!!!

The Prowler is Back!!!

2009-11-18T04:00:00.000-08:00

So Tuesday at 4am in the morning Ryan wakes me up in a panic. He is whispering in a frantic tone " I am going to freak you out, I am going to freak you out." Once I get a grasp on waking up he says" There is something in our bathroom and I think it is that thing that was in our garage two nights ago?" So now I AM FREAKING OUT!!!! No doubt this thing was in our toilet getting a drink of water and I swear it sounded like a pack of hungry wolves...... So here we are sitting in our bed with the light off scared to death not knowing what to do. All of a sudden it starts to peek it head out like it was going to run out and jump in our bed so Ryan jumps in front of the door and yells "Buga Buga" scaring it back and he slams the door shut... We can hear it going crazy in the bathroom jumping up and down on our counters and walls.

So we are thinking what in the **** are we going to do? Who are we going to call? Who is up? So I call my sister Jody and make her get out of bed and look for a pellet gun that she cant find and she is like sorry and just goes back to bed.. ( I couldn't believe it) So we are thinking who can we call? I get the phone book out and try to call ANIMAL CONTROL but they are closed. Then we call Ryan's sister Shenelle and she is laughing out loud because Ryan is acting so scared. So Shenelle calls her boyfriend Matt and he decides to come over and help get the Mystery Guest!!! While we are waiting for Matt to show up Ryan is looking for protective gear- all his clothes are in the bathroom so he has his golf shoes on finds some dirty pants in the laundry room and puts on a long coat from the closet and gets his gloves out from his truck. ( It was hilarious!) So in about 15 minutes the recruits show up Shenelle, Matt, Payton, Jakobe, and Allie. I couldn't believe she woke up her kids at 4 am to catch this THING!!!!

So we put our big garbage can in front of the door way and Matt turns on the light to the bathroom and walks in all brave. This thing runs into Ryan's closet and is going crazy running in and out of his clothes. Matt has this yard stick trying to coax it out. We close all the door trying to get this thing to run in the garbage can. No joke this thing bolts past Matt and goes right under my freaking door jam (cleared it ) It was maybe 1 inch tall. Couldn't believe my eyes! Now that THING is in my closet going through everything (SICK!) Now remember my little husband is standing behind the garbage can scared to death asking Matt if he needs anything. So Matt tells him to grab a blanket, Ryan hands him the blanket and before you know it Matt throws it over this THING and scoops it up...and throws it in the garbage.... And then we knew what it was (A FREAKING SKUNK) that little sucker sprayed in my closet under the blanket and let me tell you I can't begin to describe the GUT BOMBING SMELL we smelled.... Everyone was gagging and puking from the smell this little S-O-B made!

I cant even tell you what a pain this has been!!!!!! I have completely taken everything out of our closets.. All of our clothes are hanging in the garage and on the back fence outside. I have had the Carpet Cleaners over, and we had a Flog Bomb let off in my bedroom and bathroom because of the SMELL. I have washed all the walls and cleaned my bathroom. At this point I am so pissed off that all my clothes reek. I have been to the Laundromat, and I am telling you I am so sick of doing laundry I could puke....

All I can say is no one deserves this!!!!!

CAL-GONE TAKE ME AWAY!!!!!

EMERGENCY ROOM!!!!

2009-11-14T14:47:00.000-08:00

Saturday morning was the worst ever!!!

We just finish eating breakfast and had the whole day to plan something fun. It was a little chilly so Ry flipped on the fireplace. And you know what happened next Briggs put his little left hand on the fireplace glass. We immediately put it in some cold water and gave him some Tylenol but we couldn't get him to stop crying. So Briggs is bawling and then of course I start bawling, and RY is just pissed he cant find anything no first aid kit no ointment (nothing) About 20minutes go by and the poor little guy is just in so much pain that we drop Jace off at my sisters house and go to the Emergency Room. Briggs was screaming for about an hour and a half it was just horrible the hospital finally had to give him some Morphine because he was not calming down. Once he stopped crying they got him all bandaged up and released us. I am telling you that is the worst feeling in the world!

This was at the Hospital right after it happened

This is Briggs at home after the Morphine!

We had to go back to the emergency room the next day to check for any infection and also change the bandages. Then Monday we had to go to the Wound Clinic. It turns out we have to go back Wednesday, Friday and Tuesday for the Dr's to cut off the skin and debrid it.

The blisters finally popped 5 days later! (OUCH)

The Garage Prowler!!!!

2009-11-12T21:00:00.000-08:00

It's about 8:30 and Ryan goes out in the garage to get something out of his truck. He hears some weird noise in the garage so he immediately flips on the light! He sees this huge THING run across the floor and it hides behind some tires in the back corner of the garage... So Ry runs in the house and grabs the camera, and video camera hoping to get a better look. No joke we all jumped in the back of the bed of the truck and watched it poke its head up and down for like 20 minutes. When we first saw it we thought it was a skunk(but that sucker would of sprayed us for sure) so we ruled out the skunk. We go inside to grab a flashlight we come out and no doubt that sucker jumps out at us. I am screaming, Briggs is laughing because I am jumping up and down, and Jace is bawling because he is so scared of me freaking out. I couldn't stop laughing I pictured THE GRIZWALDS on CHRISTMAS VACATION when there is a squirl in the Christmas tree and the whole family is absolutely freaking out... (that was the Fillmores tonight) I am telling you we have NO idea what this thing is! Its about the size of a cat, has a big bushy tail, is skinny and fast like a squirl, black and white, can climb walls like no other, has a freaky face. We are taking a pole on what you think it might be?

The creepy thing finally ran out of the garage and ran in the neighbors yard... We have the most funny video of the whole thing..Talk about one exciting evening!

Briggs 1st Birthday

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

I cant believe that ONE YEAR has gone by so fast!!!!!!

The day started out with lots and lots of cooking (holy murder!) I think I cooked 5 hours straight! BUT WHAT A GREAT SPREAD!! We had a great little family BBQ get together at our house. All of Briggs Cousins, Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents showed up to support their favorite little guy. I had Heidi Smith make Briggs cake and talk about TALENT! She did and absolutely fab job... I thought that all the kids had a fun time at the Celebration.... Thank goodness Birthdays only come once a year cuz they are a lot of work! Whoo

Rhino Explor'n

2009-11-01T15:00:00.000-08:00

We started the first of NOVEMBER with a BANG!

My boys and I headed out for an afternoon Rhino Ride. My sister Jody and her family decided to join us. It is so nice we just take off from our house and in 5 minutes we are there. We went on a fun trail and found some really cool rocks to climb on. It was an absolutely beautiful day!

I am so lucky that I live in such a great town.

Halloween 2009

2009-10-31T19:42:00.000-07:00

What a Night to Remember!

We headed over to Jeff and Heathers house for some dinner. After that we had to take about 100 photos of the kiddies. I thought that the boys costumes were darling! What a great combo BUZZ and WOODY. Then we got the old' wagon out and hit the road. I don't think that Briggs made one peep all night. Briggs absolutely loved to see all the kids and excitement through out the night. Jace on the other hand was scared to death of everything!! We had a great time hanging out with all the cousins and grandparents. After the TRICKER-TREAT'N we headed over to Pops & Grandma Whivies to visit.

We had the best Halloween this year!

Briggs First Hair Cut

2009-10-27T15:00:00.000-07:00

Look at my little CHAMP!!!

Briggs was a nightmare at his First hair cut...

Aunt Mindy did a great job trying to hold him still!

We had to bribe him with suckers!!

BUZZ AND WOODY

2009-10-17T10:43:00.000-07:00

Holy Moly! It is that time of the year again and YES the HALLOWEEN Costumes have arrived.... Jace has thought out and planned very carefully the perfect costume for him and his brother. Jace is going to be BUZZ LIGHTYEAR and little Briggs is going to be WOODY! I thought is was quite funny when Jace was checking for the UPS driver every day wondering when his BUZZ was coming... Well let me tell you I really don't know if the costumes are even going to last to the 31st of October? Every day since we received the costumes Jace and his cousin Rafe have been putting on the get ups while they watch Toy Story 2 They switch back and forth, back and forth and It is exhausting I can tell you right now "IT'S GETTING OLD!" Whatever, I guess that is what it is all about... And poor little Briggs just watches the fast action jumping from couch to couch.. Its all pretty exciting for him to watch!

Carve It Up!!!

2009-10-12T14:48:00.000-07:00

Tonight we got a little CREATIVE, and got out all the kitchen knifes!!! Yep, we Carved up some PUMPKINS for the boys.. Jace was just absolutely freaking out about touching the Pumpkins Guts...... We carved a happy face with two bottom teeth just like our darling Briggs. Jace wanted a really scary pumpkin with mean eyes. How did we do?

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-09T22:20:00.000-07:00

This Weekend we hooked up with the Newby and Hofer cousins and hit Staheli Farm... We had a ball, I think we hit everything! You name it we did it...... the kids loved the Petting Zoo, We took a tractor ride to the Pumpkin Patch, Gathered Pumpkins,The boys played on all the slides. But, the best part was the Haunted Corn Field. I tried to talk Jace out of it but he was determined to be a big Brave boy and go with his dad...I don't know what it is about Halloween but I love to hate the Spooky Allies... They just get my blood pump'n and scare me right to death. Ryan, Jace, Jeff, Reggie and I went in the Haunted Corn Field together as a group.... and I think I scared the crap right out of Jeff and Reggie!!! (I wouldn't let go of them) But, what made us laugh the hardest is when the chain saw guy was running after us in the field and I TOTALLY ATE CRAP!!!!!!! on all fours I went down like I was sliding into home..... Man I did not see that one coming! What a Great Night!

Fabulous Fall

2009-10-01T12:50:00.000-07:00

I love this time of year!

The nights start to cool off, The smell of Pumpkin Vanilla Candles, The leaves start to change color, Wardrobe changes. It's like a fresh new start of something EXCITING! I really look forward to have the SEASONS change. I always know when October is near because "THE MOTHER" VIV Starts talking about her Halloween DECOR... Ever year it takes about 2 weeks to get all of her Witches, Pumpkins and Wreaths out of storage. She lives for the month of OCTOBER. And I am so thrilled when she calls me up and says " Come put up my business" She is the best!!! she does so much for me and my family, So what ever I can do to help brighten her day I am all over! So, I just got back from her house and all I can say is Holly Crap! How can she fit all that stuff in her house? Well I got the bug! I decided to donate a little space to my Halloween Shrine... It's nothing like Vivs or Amys house but, I think that it is just enough....

The Mighty Hunter

2009-09-20T12:50:00.000-07:00

What Can I say it's that time of year AGAIN!!!!

Ryan and Jace are all about the HUNT!

In the past 5 weeks I think that Big Daddy Ryan has been hunting 4 out of 5.....

Our friend Pamala took this picture of Jace Hunting and then Photo Shopped in the Moose!!!

I couldn't stop LAUGHING!
What a great PHOTO....

Hee Haw!!!!!

2009-09-19T15:56:00.000-07:00

It's that time of the year again...

The Lions Dixie Round-Up!It is the Spilsbury,Newby Family Tradition to hit the Rodeo.....

This year was one to remember... Okay you are totally going to laugh but, for the last 15-20 years we have been sitting in the best spot. And let me tell you I didn't even realize what we have to go through to sit in our seats... We hit the Rodeo every night. So every day we have to sit in line with our blankets waiting for the gates to open
(we are in to it HARD CORE)
So let me set this whole thing up for you. At 5 or 6 in the morning we drop off the blankets. We go back around 3:00 pm to sit and wait for the gates to open... (No joke)
Well it gets even better! when the gates open up exactly at 5:00 pm everyone sprints on a dead run to put your blankets down.

So alright, I use to be a full time working girl and usually I would just show up. But this year Brock was gone, and Hey lets face it I have more time than I ever thought I would being a stay at home mom. So Jody and I were in charge, and all I can say is HOLY CRAP! They opened the gates and as I am running to our perfect spot my flip flop flies off and I cant find it, let alone turn around to get it because the fear I might get trampled by the stampede behind me! They even informed me on how to throw the blanket...
Then my sister Jody got in a fight about somebody cutting in line!
It was very funny, we couldn't stop laughing. Three words
PEE PEE LAUGH!!!

The OLD Gray Mare Aint What She Use To Be!!!

2009-09-15T14:08:00.000-07:00

Let me just tell you I am freaking out!!!!! This week I have PLUCKED 3 gray hairs out of my head..... I just turned 30 and my hair is already changing color? I just don't get it I am way to young to have this crap start up.... You always hear everything goes down hill once you hit the big -30- It's harder to loose weight, you get gray hair, Blah Blah Blah.......Well this is nuts! I don't like it one bit... I honestly have never even thought of

GRAY HAIR!!!!

Okay so this picture is a little extreme!!!!!

Heart Breakers

2009-09-05T15:00:00.000-07:00

We headed up to the Toquerville exit off I-15 and took some of the most adorable pictures I have ever seen...... I know that I think my boys are cute, but these photos just proved the obvious!!!! Briggs is 9 months

And at the hardest stage ever! He is constantly moving, another word would be wiggle worm...It's almost impossible to change his diaper with out strapping him to the ground with my feet in his armpits... I like to call it "Mobile But Dumb.....He is crawling everywhere and also love love loves to pull everything out of every drawer in the house...(It's driving me crazy.) He absolutely idolizes his older Bro Jace. Briggs sticks out his tongue all day, and slobbers constant.. He cut his first 2 teeth the first of August and I think any day his top two will arrive. Briggs is a happy little man who smiles and laughs all the time. He is getting very good at standing, the other day he let go of the sofa and was standing by himself for approx 3 seconds...(we all were screaming with excitement which scared him and he fell to the floor) He loves to play with his big brothers trucks he rolls them back, and forth making noises with his mouth. We love him so much, and are excited to see how his little personality will shine through as he gets older!

Jace is 3 years old

He absolutely loves his dad, he tells me every day that he is his very best friend...(And Ry is just as crazy about Jace) Jace is into Elk Hunting, Playing with all the neighborhood friends, Loves to swim, Still driving his black truck every day. Jace also is learning his letters and sounds he loves to read and watch movies with his mom and dad. He still is quite the talker there is hardly any moment of silence...... Some of the classic words he says are LASTERDAY, SUNBRELLA, and to many more that I cant think of at the moment.. He is known for loosing his shoes everyday. And very impatient he enjoys telling me what to do all day long (Mr. Bossy) For his Birthday he got a new pedal bike and is getting very good. Jace is a great kid and we love him so much he has quite the personality that makes us laugh every day..

Doggie Update!

2009-09-01T17:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, Grandma Darcy got a knock at the door and the little neighbor girl was wanting to know if she had lost a dog...(DANG!) Well can you believe it , FERGIE HAS BEEN FOUND! We have had drama the last 2 weeks.... Get a dog, Loose a dog, Find a dog.... I am telling you this has been exhausting... I guess this little girl Maddie fell in love with Fergie and was so sad to give her back. So Big Daddy Ryan debated back and forth to keep the dog or give it away. He finally decided that Jace was just still to young to take care of a dog and gave it to this little 7 year old girl. The best part about it was Ry said he learned a lesson..... "DON'T do something like this before talking to Brandy!!"

Lost Dog

2009-08-29T21:00:00.000-07:00

Lost Dog Last Seen Richfield Utah!!!!Okay so we only had the dog for 13 days, How in the world would I have known that the dog would escape from Grandmas backyard...

We drove up and down the streets of Richfield hoping to find little Fergie. She has completely disappeared, where did she go, we will never know? And no I did not get rid of the dog......

Doggie Days

2009-08-17T19:00:00.000-07:00

I don't even know where to begin with this story!!!!! Monday evening Jace gets a call from his Daddy. "Jace, I bought you a surprise and I am on my way home..." So at about 5:00pm Ryan comes home with a 8 week old Schnauzer that he picked up at the Wal-Mart parking lot... I could have killed him, I was so upset I had to leave the house before I did something crazy!!! But, you should have seen Jaces face he was so excited he absolutely was on cloud nine.... So then it began the first night the dog would not stop whimpering.... I was so annoyed I just got my nine month old baby Briggs to sleep through the night and now this puppy thing began. But Ryan new he was in the dog house, so he was to one to take him out several times in the middle of the night. Come to think about it he hardly got up in the middle of the night to take care of his own son...(WHATEVER!) Well a couple days passed and the anger eventually went away. Jace and Briggs absolutely loved the dog. I couldn't believe how Briggs would grab his face and pull his eye brows, and that crazy dog would still walk up to him knowing he would have his face ripped off. I think that Jace and his cousin Rafe hauled that poor thing for miles in Jaces black truck... Jace was also putting the dog down with him at nap time. The kids could not have been anymore excited for there new puppy....

Sun Bathing Grandma!

2009-08-17T15:35:00.000-07:00

Who in the World do you know that has a 78 year old Grandma that Sun Tans? I just love it when Grandma comes to town.... This time was so fun, first thing was first we got the sun screen out and lathered the old girl up (I think we used the whole bottle) I didn't want to get her burned on my watch! We had to get the .99 cent route 44 diet coke at Sonic, it was hot outside. And we couldn't forget the cool dude green raft and sunglasses. Last but not least she was gabbing on the phone to one of her boys at the Lumber Company (they are lost without her!) My little boy Jace talks about Connie all the time. We love her so much and realize how blessed we are to have her in our lives....Gram was so mad when we took her picture but what can I say this one was PRICELESS! Thanks for being such a great sport!

Viva Las Vegas

2009-08-13T12:55:00.000-07:00

The four of use headed down to VIVA LAS VEGAS this weekend!!! I was a little nervous about what we were going to do in LAS VEGAS with 2 kids under the age of 3..... But, we survived and had a wonderful time. We headed down Friday night and stayed at the JW Marriott ( what a great hotel!) We went swimming, ate great food, and hit the Circus Circus Adventure Dome. Jace and Briggs loved every minute. We usually invite family or friends to go with us when we go on a vacation.... But this was really nice just going down with the fam. We did exactly what we wanted to do we didn't have to worry about this or that it was just fabulous.... I am so lucky to have such GREAT BOYS in my life.

ALL BOY!!!

2009-08-01T09:00:00.000-07:00

We headed up to Pop Mikes Ranch“THE OLD WOMAN" And let me tell you we had the best time ever! First we slept in the camp trailor. Then we headed out on our first official fishing trip in the Beaver Ponds.. We caught a huge brook trout in a matter of 2 seconds. We went on a long Rhino ride and explored all of Salina Canyon. We got to drive in all of Pop Mike’s tractors. After that we loaded up our stuff and headed down to the“ Richfield Durby” Talk about excitement, we had never seen so much SMASHING AND CRASHING!!!

24th of July

2009-07-24T12:24:00.000-07:00

We hit it all!

We headed up to the Richfield park for the Nelson Family Reunion... After that we drove up to Park City to stay at the Marriott Mountain Side Hotel with all the Spilsbury Family. We had a ball Mountain Biking, Shopping, Swimming, Riding on the Alpine Roller Coaster, and Slide. What a great Holiday Weekend!!!

This is a Classic story!!! We were sitting down next to my Grandpa Garths brother who is like 18 months younger. Jace looks up at him and says to me "Hey you look just like my Grandpa Garth.." It really surprised me since my Grandpa passed away last March. You just never know what your 3 year is going to say next....... I thought it was priceless!

Reunion 09

2009-07-17T11:00:00.000-07:00

We headed up to KOLOB for the annual Spilsbury Reunion!!! We always have so much fun visiting and catching up with all the fam.....Jace and Briggs with all there first cousins...... Pop Ted leading Jace around on "Undertaker" ........Briggs, Jace and cousin Shay being COWBOYS! Is this paper and embellishments the most darling thing you ever seen!!!(thanks Amy for the donation)

Brian Head Mountain Bik'n

2009-07-11T10:27:00.000-07:00

So Ryan and I get a call the first of the week and it is Dax my brother-in-law and he says "Hey you guys want to go Mountain Biking @ Brian Head Saturday." So me and my man are all excited and say heck ya the Fillmores are in. I call Grandma Connie in Cedar City and set up a baby tender for a couple of hours while we hit the trail....We arrive at Brian Head around 9:00am, take the shuttle up to the trail and we were off!!!

Holy Crap!!!!!

Just to let you know I have not been biking at Brian Head for about 11 years and last time I went I cut my knee pretty bad. First off we hit this hill that was so steep that I thought I was going to puke or die! And let me tell you it just got harder after that. I dont know what was worse Ryan laughing at me the whole way down or the brusing after the event. I took some pictures of this great ADVENTURE, and you can defiantly tell who won!

THE BIKE!!!

Dirty 30 Surprise!!!

2009-07-06T18:30:00.000-07:00

I knew the day was coming! I was turning 30 this year.... But never in a million years did I think that all my family and friends would pull off such a great SURPRISE!!! Can you say I was clueless, no idea what so ever... For the life of me I could not figure out why in the world Ryan was in such a hurry to hot tail it home from Richfield...(I was taking my time and he just wouldn't get off my back)

I was so impressed Ryan had asked his mom to baby tend the kids, and we were going to go to the movie and dinner the night before my birthday cuz Ry had to work all day on Monday...So we get all ready and head up to Mike & Darcy's to drop the kids off and....You could of slapped me right in the face and I would not have been more Surprised!!!
All of my favorite Family and Friends showed up to!!

If this is any indication of how my 30's are going to be.......

Then I am off to a great start, and let it RIP!!!!!

Happy 4th of July!!!!!!

2009-07-04T13:07:00.000-07:00

What a great holiday the CLASSIC 4th of July!!!!!! This year the fam hit Richfield.... And had a blast. There was so many fun things to do.... We set off fireworks(which Jace absolutely hated, went to the parade, had a BBQ at Grandma Greats, hit the social park thing, got some frogs, stayed up late and watched some more fireworks. You name it we did it!!! What a fun day!!

I Can't Take It Anymore!!!

2009-07-03T07:39:00.001-07:00

I Can't Take it Anymore!!!! In the last 1 week my baby Briggs has gone to bed around 9:00 p.m. But no doubt the clock hits 11:00 p.m and he wont stop crying!!! Last night he was up from 11-4. SHOOT ME!!!!!!

I think I have tried everything, Tylenol, Motrin, Feeding him, Burping him, Ear drops, Singing, Shushing, Bouncing, Changing his diaper, & blah blah blah......Finally I couldn't take it anymore I flipped on the light and he is freaking wide awake laughing. "I thought are you kidding me you want to play it's 4:00 in the morning." I am telling you this is not good for me the next day, I am so tired I cant function.

Three Years Old!!!!!!

2009-06-23T20:48:00.000-07:00

What can I say the invitation says it all... Our LITTLE BIG MAN is turning THREE!!! (Just let me tell you I had to bribe him to pose the "Hang Loose Sign") and it didn't even turn out to be the right sign......But, I thought the invite turned out so dang cute!

The funniest part about the day was when Jace got the Happy Birthday Phone Calls...Heather, Jordan, Reggie, and Ellsie was the first of the calls and no doubt they all started to sing "The Song" and click!!! Jace hung up the phone...They called back and started over & Jace went to hang up the phone for the second time......and then he cried instead (and they stopped singing.). His dad called him up and he wouldn't stop bawling "I hate that song STOP singing it! click!!! We had lots of hang ups and crying through out the day. But, we had a GREAT turn out! We are so glad that our FUN cousins and friends made it to the party!

The Cake was so darling, Heidi Smith decorate it and she did a Fabulous job!! And just let me tell you, the Cake & Cup Cakes tasted as good as the cake looked.....I cant believe how big my Jace is getting 3 years old (WOW!) Happy Birthday Jace I love you!

1st Swimming Lesson

2009-06-05T18:31:00.000-07:00

Today is the Day!!!!!!

Jaces first SWIMMING LESSON

I could not believe how great Jace did swimming with cute Shaylee Peterson...Watch out Michael Phelps!!!!

Vintage Sports

2009-05-30T09:39:00.000-07:00

We moved Jace in his new bedroom about 2 weeks before Briggs was born. And I have slowly been working on completing the project.

It is finally finished!!!!

I had the hardest time picking out "THE THEME" on what I wanted to decorate around. When Jace was born I came up with the cutest Beach Baby Nursery. I thought that I set the bar pretty high. But it finally it came to me, when I was searching on line in Horchow.com and I found the four pictures. I loved them, and everything else just fell into place....

VINTAGE SPORTS!

6 Month Check-Up

2009-05-20T10:03:00.000-07:00

Weight 16lbs 8.5oz

Length 26 inches

Briggs is 6 months today!!!!

2009-05-08T09:06:00.000-07:00

I just can't believe that my baby is 6 months old today!

It is crazy to see how time goes by so quickly.... I took this picture this morning of Briggs, and as I was looking at him I could not tell who he looked like. So, I pulled out the old Scrapbooks and started to look. As you can see I thinkhe looks like his Daddy.... I think Jace looks more like me.

What do you think?

San Diego Fun!!!

2009-05-06T14:44:00.001-07:00

I just love this time of year...The weather is so nice, and it always seems to me when the weather gets warm it gets you in the VACATION mode....You are just wanting to bust out and do something fun! Well we did bust out for sure, but this time with the Fillmore Fam!

Ryan and I have been married for 91/2 years. I can honestly say that this is the first time we have ever gone out of town with Ry's dad since we have been hitched...... And let me tell you I don't know why we have waited for so long? Because we had a ball!!!

Me, Heather, Reggie, Ellsie, Jordan, Gram Jeri, Jace, Ryan, Pop Paul and Briggs

(What a crew!)

We got to San Diego Friday night about 10pm and the kids were so excited to hit Sea World first thing in the morning..

Pop and Gram were such great sports keeping up with the crazy kids...
Jace just loved the SHARKS!!!!!
After all day at Sea World, we headed down to the beach to relax.

Then Sunday Morning we were off to the ZOO..

Jace was so excited to see the Rhino's, Giraffes, and Elephants he couldn't stop talking about them... And everyone that knows Jace( knows he doesn't stop talking!!!)
We left about 4:30 and hit the road back home...
What a fun quick trip, we are so lucky to have such a wonderful family...

Lake Time!

2009-04-28T14:20:00.000-07:00

This was Briggs first LAKE trip!!

And he absolutely loved it(phew)because this is going to be his first of many this year.

I can't believe that it is the end of April and we just took the boat out.. Usually we start the season as early as the end of February. But this year It has been to to COLD! As you can see in the background of the boys I couldn't tell if it was snowing on Pine Valley or raining?

When we first got to the lake we thought it was going to be really nice, but you know that dang wind always starts up and it is the worst... We beached it and the only way the kid could stay warm was to dig a hole and bury them in the sand.. (After that they warmed right up). Then we played a little base ball, had some snacks, and It was go time for the kids (THE TUBE!!!) I don't know what It is about that thing but the water was 64 degrees and the kids were all of a sudden in it.

(YIKES!)

Rain, Rain GO AWAY!

2009-04-25T15:57:00.000-07:00

Rain, Rain Go AWAY! Come back another day!!

I just don't get it, how can it be so nice one day and then BAM!

Right when you think its getting closer to summer...

(RAIN)

Sand Mountain

2009-04-22T13:52:00.000-07:00

Scrub'n

2009-04-20T15:36:00.000-07:00

I can tell you one thing about being a mom.... There are defanitly some things that make our live a little easier!! And It can be as simple as a SCRUB BRUSH!!!!!

Happy Easter 2009

2009-04-15T12:51:00.001-07:00

LIV'N IN A GREAT PLACE!!

2009-04-10T14:37:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we had so much fun just staying at home and enjoying the great town we live in..... We hit the horse races and had a BALL!Jeff, Heather, Ellsie (say no to crack), Ryan, Jace, Briggs and I had a great time!!

Jace and Ellsie were all about the ambulance.. In fact we got the tour of all tours, I think Jace opened ever drawer in site.Then we took Briggs on his first Rhino Ride! And he loved it I think he only slept for 20 minutes the whole day....

We always have so much fun going with the SNOW FAM!!

Lil Driver Video

2009-03-24T10:37:00.000-07:00

This is the cutest thing I have ever seen! We have a friend named Pam that had heard about how Jace loved to drive his Truck. Pam and her man came up with this idea to promote some advertising promos. So a couple of weeks ago they came over and filmed Jace driving. They took it home,added some special effects and -WHAMO- this is what they came up with. I just wanted you to know that my main man Ryan should deserve the (OSCAR) He was so good at running around in circles trying to get Jace where he was supposed to be. I cant believe how funny this was to watch.. I have three words...

PEE-PEE LAUGH!!!!

Briggs First Food

2009-03-23T14:35:00.000-07:00

My lit'l boy has graduated to Rice Cereal!!

Talk about excitement...

Briggs is 41/2 months old, and does not quite know what to think of food.

He basically spits it all out.. (Now it is all coming back to me) messy faces, dirty bibs, home made baby food and I can't wait til he starts throwing food on the floor.

-Each stage has its pro's and con's that is for sure...-

Here is some cute pictures of the exciting event of the day!!

You got-a love the gag reflex!

Spring has Sprung!

2009-03-21T13:34:00.000-07:00

I definitely have the Spring Fever!!! The last two weeks we have had the best weather, and the kids absolutely love it. It has been so nice just to go out side and watch the kids play. Here are some of the FUN activities we have done throughout the weeks....

BASEBALL WITH DAD

PARK WITH THE COUSINS

PICNICS
BASEBALL TOURNEYS

SO MUCH FUN IN THE SUN!!!

Baby Surprise

2009-03-13T10:11:00.000-07:00

The other night my husband and I were on our way out for a date night. I was out the door and Ry said "Wait you have throw up all down your back." So.. I went back inside and cleaned it all up. Ryan walked out the door I looked up and you guessed it he had puke all the way down his back. We couldn't stop laughing....(funny moments like this is what helps us through the week!)

Weekly Scrapbook Layouts

2009-03-13T09:13:00.000-07:00

-SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT OF THE WEEK-

What can I say I am addicted to digital scrapbooking!!! So I have decided that I will be posting some of my very favorite pages on my blog. I will also give some helpful hints of the week. I am all about learning new little tricks. So if you have any helpful tips please do tell. I use the Adobe program and the thing I love about it is that you can never know enough. You are constantly learning new things every day.

Helpful Tips 101

This font on this layout is

-Laundromat 1967-

(Its my fav)

Go to google type it in and you can download it for FREE!

4 Month Check Up

2009-03-12T15:27:00.000-07:00

My Briggs is getting so big! Today we went to his 4 month check up and he is doing GREAT!!!!

Weight(naked) 13lbs 4oz

Length/Height 23.5"

Head 15.75"

He was so brave he had 4 shots....(and hated every minute)

I cant believe he is growing up so fast. He found his hands, and will hold a toy. Briggs also laughs, blows bubbles, and is ghooing. I am so lucky to have such a healthy precious baby boy.

14 POUNDER

2009-03-06T13:07:00.000-08:00

LUMBER COMPANY NAIL SCALE

(TRADITION!) I think every Grandkid and Great Grandkid has laid in the nail scale! My Briggs is getting so big, he will be 4 months on the 8th of March. And he weighs a whop'n 14 pounds.

(fat boy in a little scale)

as Tommy Boy would say..

What a NUTTY group!

New Neighbors

2009-03-03T15:56:00.000-08:00

The Sullivan Family Moves in!!

This week we had so much fun. My friend Lindsey and her fam moved in down the street a couple of weeks ago. And now that they are settled, we got together and had a SCRAPBOOK/BLOGGING day. Of course, we didn't get one thing done because we have too many kids! But, it was fun anyways.

Jace & Gabi are the same ages- both born in June. Briggs & Stella are only 2 wks apart.( I guess we were all on the same schedule.)

The big brother & big sister wanting to hold each others baby's (YIKES!)

Hap Hap Happy 78th Birthday Grandma Connie

2009-02-26T09:38:00.000-08:00

How lucky am I to have such a wonderful Grandma Connie.

I took this picture this morning at my house. And let me tell you Jace could not STOP asking "When is connie coming."...."Is she coming yet."......."I want to play with gram"...

I thought this picture said it all WE CANT GET ENOUGH OF GRANDMA!!!!!!!

Here are some pictures of my grandma growing up through the years..

COWGIRL UP!! Beauty Queen!
Sewing & Quilting that is what she is about....
Grandma & Grandpa Nelson

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WE LOVE YOU!!!

FUN,FUN & MORE FUN

2009-02-24T09:42:00.000-08:00

This weekend we went to Salt Lake to visit my sister Amy and her fam. I was so excited to get out of town. Here we are at the Gateway Mall hanging out and having a ball...This is so funny Ryan, Michael, and Jace went to the Jazz game. The Jazz bear went up to Jace and started spraying him with silly string. Jace hit the floor and said, "I hate that bear! and stop spraying me with cheese!"

The Discovery Museaum at the Gateway was sure fun for the kids...

Later.. Ry took Meg and Jace on a train ride(what a great dad!)

Watch out cousin COURTNEY ORTON

Jaces favorite site driving a car and pumping gas!!!

BEST BUDS!!! What a great Day!!

HERE I AM-THIS BLOG THING IS GOING TO BE GROOVY!!!

2009-02-21T20:47:00.000-08:00

I AM OUT OF THE PAST AND MOVING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY!

I have jumped right into the blogosphere!

My family and I aren't really hippies! This picture was taken at my father-in-laws 60th birthday blast from the past. What a fun party-Great Food-Karaoke-& Elvis..... I think it was one of the best parties (hands down.) Everyone that came dressed up in hippie duds.

YES, THAT IS MY REAL HAIR!

AND IF ANYONE NEED TIPS ON TIE-DYING -I HAVE BECOME A PRO...

My sister, Amy, has been begging me FOREVER to get a blog and here it is!

Enjoy... and don't stalk...just leave comments!