Heidi's Fun-Filled Life

Summer Time in Logan!

2011-06-24T18:16:00.000-07:00

So Sweet! This is her "hat" that she made, then was promptly scolded for pulling the leaves off of the trees....Not by me.

"Like Mother, Like Daughter"!

Playing at G-ma's with cousin's and Aunty.

Maybe she won't notice......?

Ooopppss, she doesn't want to share!!

What is better on a roasty-toasty hot day than a Popsicle?

Ya, she got it back!

Peach Castle.

Cousin Love!

Surprise and shock are great!

Thinking it over...

"Hi Mom!"

Skating time with Cousins.

Where Have I Been?

2011-06-08T22:11:00.000-07:00

Catching a little sun!

Sisterly Love!

"Kisses anyone?"

Fish she caught "all by herself".

Sweet little Bryli.

So where have I been?? No where exciting. Life has happened and pretty quick. I'm still plotting along, and the girls are growing nicely!!! ha ha ha, like little weeds. Cambry, finished 1st grade and Autumn will start Preschool next fall. Here's a few pic's, and I'll work on things more Later!

Green Beans

2009-08-16T10:47:00.000-07:00

Well, I have a bunch of pic's to share, but I'm too lazy to download them right now, so I just thought that I would write a little. This last week right after YW's I ran down to Logan. Yep I had to leave poor little Ryan all alone, but I had good reason, and a good time! I went down to can bean's at my parents. They had a bunch and were just going to give them away, when I found that we had eaten our last bottle of canned beans, so off I went. I decided to kill a few birds with one stone, so I called a few friends that are still in the Logan area, and we got together for a luncheon! I picked beans and canned them on Wednesday, and it took a while, but we had fun and the girls got to play with Grandma! I think little Autumn drove my dad nuts, 'cause she will call him "GrandMA" and expects him to turn and listen to what she's saying. He worked and worked with her, but she never did say "grandPA". Oh well, we'll try again.

Then Thursday, I had called some of my friends and my SIL and we had a BBQ and sat around and gabbed for a little while. We had 17 kids running around, so defiantly not a dull moment. It was also my G-ma Petersen's and Cousin Karen's birthdays, as well as my Father In Law, Lynn's Birthday, so Happy Birthday to you guys! My g-ma isn't doing so good, but she's made it 90 years so far. Some day's I hope to live a long times, and some day's I'm not so sure. My Cousin Karen wrote down a thing in her "notes" section on Facebook about how every time she leaves from seeing Grandma, she cries, I believe I'm in that same boat. I think getting old is okay, but it's hard watching a loved one suffer.

My little girls are growing and growing...Cambry goes to her first day of school this Wednesday!! Aaahh, Kindergarten here we come! I'm a little scared to send my little girl off. What if she's picked on, made fun of, or is beat up??? What if she's the one doing the picking, making, or beat up of??? Lots to think about, and now I've got to learn how to do homework, all over again! ha ha ha. Any advice from you veterans? Autumn loves Cambry so much, this might be a challenge to send Cambry away everyday. When Cambry went and slept over at her cousins this last week, Autumn was in my room every 20-30 minutes, half the night...what a night.

Bryli is learning to crawl and can get around quite well. She's getting up on her knees and rocking, but she moves better by just rolling back and forth, but she is working one it. My girls all love each other and it's so fun to hear about their days. Ryno is still madly in love with his little girls and just morns them when they are away from him.

I've recently decided that I don't like hobo spiders much. They are just a little too scary. I'm having my foundation sprayed tomorrow, and I'll let every one know how well it works keeping those little bugger's out. Two weeks ago was the breaking point when I killed 10 in one week. Some were in the tub, on in our clothes hamper (I believe he was in some clothes that I picked up.) I've been doing my fall cleaning since I missed the spring, due to a new little baby, and I've been pulling everything out and cleaning behind everything. My MIL told me to get some Ortho Home Defence stuff and I've been spraying all the baseboards and stuff, before I put the furniture and things back. So far it seems to have helped a little. I know living out in the middle of no-where doesn't help, but maybe tomorrow we'll stop having these unpleasant guests. I'm afraid to have them around my kids. Bryli learning to crawl and little Autumn not really knowing to be afraid of them. EEeoo!

Bryli has also been trying a little food. She's pretty funny about it, and wasn't so sure she liked eating at first, but now....well she is my daughter!

I'm thinking about going to my HS Alumni game in September, so that might be quite comical to see/attend. Who knows. My Brother cut his thumb working on some sprinkler pipe, or something and had to go get 10 stitches, plus they had to cauterized his blood vessels, so poor big bro. They did con me into watching there kids, while they went out on a date though. Ha ha ha ha. We just sat and watched Scooby-Doo and then played outside, so it was really hard to babysit!!!

Anywho, we're going to go to Payson for Ryan's HS reunion, and Cambry starts school, and Bryli is learning to crawl, and my house is being invaded by killer spiders, but other then that, we're having a delightfully wonderful summer, and beginning fall. My garden is feeding us some yummy carrots, squash and hopefully soon corn. Hope it's great for everyone else.

Family Pictures

2009-08-03T08:06:00.000-07:00

Lost

2009-06-22T09:08:00.000-07:00

So sad day. I've lost my camera!!! I got to go to Girls Camp for a day while my friend Beth, watched the girls. It was soooo much fun, but it also made me miss Camp that much more, due to only getting to go for one day. But we had a scavenger hunt, and it rained on us, and we got to do a few other things, and then we had testimony night and it was awesome. I had my camera up there and took a bunch of pic's but then I had to leave, and I remember putting my camera in the truck, but I can't remember taking it out....Possibly it's in the pile of rain coats and umbrella, but so far I've not had any luck finding it.

It's rained here for the last 3 weeks straight. We've broken all rain records, and my little garden is starting to grow nicely. Some of it got washed out, and my beans got munched by some bug, but other then that, my stuff is doing good. I have a tomato on one of my plants, so I'm very excited. We'll see how it goes, and hopefully I'll have lots of yummy things up!!!

Bryli can now roll everywhere, and when she's really frustrated, she'll scrunch her legs up under her, and poke her little bum in the air, then push with her legs and slide forward....I'm sure she'll be crawling before we're ready. She's been a little slobber monster lately, so maybe her little teeth are starting to come in!! She's 4 months now, and sweet as ever. She can still kill your ear drums if she's crying at the top of her lungs, or when she's playing she will squeal really loud, but it's fun to watch her grow and learn. She still has all her hair, though it's lightened up, and the stuff coming is is blonde, with a possible red tint....we'll see. She has worn a bit of a bald spot in the back from looking at everything so much, but she has plenty of hair to "cover" it up!!! ha ha ha

Well hope all is good for everyone else, please pray for me that I might find my camera!!! Otherwise, I guess I'll just have to get a new one....(oh darn).

Blessings And Birthdays

2009-06-01T08:01:00.000-07:00

Bryli's blessing day was a delight and joy. Aunts and Uncles from Pocatello came. G-ma's and g-pa's from Payson and Logan came. And Auntie's and Uncles also from Payson and Logan came. We had several other friends from here come and join us, and all in all it was a delightfully beautiful blessing day. Here is a full picture of Bryli in her blessing dress.

Yep I stuck one of those huge flowers on her head.....I'm trying....

My sweet little girl!

Here's my cute little family!

My parents with little Bryli!!!
Little Autumn's 2nd Birthday!! Out picking flowers, a favorite past time!

Getting her to hold still, is a very HARD thing to do!!!

Sweet little girl!!

Out to lunch with G-ma Bliesner, so daddy and g-ma could see her open her presents.

She's a little excited about some of the things she got for her birthday!!!

Giraffe Cake that I made for Autumn. It was yummy!!!!

Happy little girl, opening presents.

My little Salt and Pepper girls....waking up for the morning!!!

Autumn must have gotten scared or something in the night, 'cause this is how we found them one morning....up on the top bunk together!!!

Sweet little girl gets rosy cheeks like I did when I was a kid.

At a friends birthday party, and her little brother had fluffy hair just like Autumn's. (Autumn is on the left)!!!

Farm Day for Preschool Cambry loved the horses.

Getting to ride....she won her race!!!

Feeding the goats.

Strike a Pose!!! Last day of Preschool.

Graduation!

Cambry and Preschool Teacher, Kellie.

Another Birthday girl!! Cambry's 5th birthday was with friends!!!

Out playing the balloon game. (Quite funny)

G-ma with Bryli, enjoying the shade....it was a very hot day!

Cambry and her friends. For the most part it was her entire preschool class, Autumn and another little friend, Charly.

Cambry wanted a kitty-cat cake. So here was my attempt to make one. It tasted pretty good!!!

On your mark....get set....and.......

BLOW!!!!!

Cambry with all her loot!!!

All in all we've been having a lot of fun the last few months. Bryli will laugh now and is very ticklish. She smiles and coo's and the girls love to sit around her as she "talks" to them. She has learned to roll over all the way, so she isn't safe anywhere, but on the floor, and even then you have to watch out with the rocking chair. She still has her killer cry, and does still hurt the ears if she is held up by them when she is going off full throttle. She is very sweet, and sleeps through the night, and is a delightful addition to the family. Ryno has been working on a remodle job for MBA Contactors, and seems happy with things, though yesterday was an acception to the rules. Right as they were getting ready to leave, one of the guys was driving back the big equipment and hit the water main......Ryno said it was a 50 foot gyser. He had to stay an extra 3 hours trying to clean up, and help fix the problem....he came home soaked and very, very upset.

I've started a garden, and despite a slow start, somethings are starting to come up. The corn is making a showing, my beans got eaten by bugs, my spinach is up nicely, along with beets, carrots, squash, though my pumpkins I've already had to thin... My cucumbers haven't come up yet, and my peas are just starting. All in all my first garden is growing, though I fear for my tomatoes. I love home grown ones, but mine are still looking a little droopy...

We've had some killer weather lately, and we swear that we've never seen this much rain. It will just pour and pour all day long, but somedays there's a bit of hail added in, which doesn't make me and my garden too happy. But all in all we're having fun and enjoying ourselves. We hope everyone else is having a delightful start to their summer!!!

Blessing Baby Bryli

2009-04-21T11:31:00.001-07:00

Hello Family and Friends...We're going to try blessing Bryli again! We will be having the blessing this Sunday, April 26, 2009, and will have the lunch/brunch (whatever) BEFORE the blessing. So if you would like to join us, we will be eating between 1-2:00 and then Sacrament starts at 3:30-3:45, and goes until 5:00. We are having the lunch before so that some of our families can come and not be driving home at midnight....We appreciate the love and support that we've received from everyone, and hope to see everyone this Saturday, or Sunday!!!

My Sweet Little Girls

2009-04-10T09:57:00.000-07:00

So we were putting away some of our winter stuff (please note I said SOME) and Autumn ran in the kitchen wearing her little hat. This is the hat that Auntie Shay gave to Cambry when she was little and has been a favorite of all my kids. I think little Autumn looks like she's just come inside from playing, with her little rosy cheeks.

What's that??? What is that??? Is that a SMILE???? I believe it is. Bryli at 6 weeks. The same age Cambry was when she first smiled for me!!!

AAhhh sleeping on the floor with her little bum in the air. I believe this is how ALL my kids sleep. That or they put their hands behind their heads like their daddy!!!

Ah my little Salt and Pepper babies. Autumn just loves Bryli to death and wants to hold her all the time. They are all very sweet to each other, and I'm hoping that this will continue throughout their lives.....well one can HOPE.

Cambry getting some holding time in as well.

So fun story. Once upon a time it was warm here (for a day). NO wind, No snow, just a nice warm sunny day. We got home from shopping (for foooooooddd) and the two little ones had fallen asleep. Cambry was so excited for a warm day, that she didn't really even have to ask if she could go out and play. Well I let her go out, and sat down to look at emails, and stuff, when suddenly this weird swamp thing was banging on the window. I hopped up and ran over to the back door, to see what had just banged on, and streaked past my window, when I discover a pair of red sweatpants, sitting on the sidewalk....Quite frankly, I believed that something had gobbled down my daughter and had spit her pants out onto the sidewalk. Glancing over by the water tap, I see the demon, filling back up a water jug to wash the rest of my daughter down with, and then......I roar with laughter. Cambry had taken off her pants, and had smeared mud all over her legs, arms and face. I'd show you a full body pic, but my little one was in a t-shirt and her panties, so I don't think that would be good to post her in. But she told me that she had gotten HOT so she had taken off her pants, and the mud was nice and cool, so she smeared it everywhere she was hot. I thought that it was a pretty good reason. She had to shower off before I would let her take a bath. But she said she had fun....so that's all that should count.

The Love of Little Ones

2009-04-03T15:23:00.000-07:00

Puker up my buttercup!!

G-ma playing with little Autumn.

G-ma playing the piano with Cambry!

Carson holding Bryli!

Lainey holding Bryli.

Bubba holding Bryli.

Great-G-ma holding Bryli.

Mommy's turn to hold her!!

Bead time for Cambry. This is one of the favorite crafts that my kids do at G-ma's and G-pa's. I have a bunch of fish, cats, dogs, and other various items that the kids have made and melted at g-ma's house. They love it and it seems to help with their creativitiy!!! Who needs a picture example, these kids will amaze you with their own ideas!?!?

G-pa getting in some fun times too. Cambry and Autumn love books, and who better to read you a story than your grandpa!

Just Chillin'.

Hanging out with Papa.

So a strange question. What does everyone else do with their gingerbread houses at the end of the holiday's??? I let my girls take their's outside, and eat what they wanted, then they got to break them all up and throw them into the bottom of the big garbage can. They seemed to enjoy it, and the mess was outside!!!

Sweet little Autumn.

Bryli's little shirt say's, "Mommy's Lucky Charm." I thought it was cute, but wasn't able to get a pic of all my girls in their green shirts...maybe later....maybe next year!!!

Have To Cancel

2009-03-27T19:28:00.000-07:00

We are having to cancel the baby blessing until next month, due to the influenza virus. We Love sharing, but DO NOT want to share this virus with everyone...We'll move it to the 26th of April!!!

My Mom

2009-03-22T10:59:00.000-07:00

So sometimes we don't realize we've done anything to hurt someone else, until it is mentioned, or until we are able to take a step back and look at things from a different perspective. My mom mentioned that she hadn't seen any pic's of HER on my blog lately and asked me why. My response was...."aaahhh, duuhhh, I don't know mom." So I thought that I would do a post about my mom.

Growing up my mom had several back surgeries, and she has often said that she thinks she wasn't a very good mom, 'cause she couldn't sit and play with us on the floor, or chase us around outside. But I think my mom was a wonderful mom. I can remember her teaching me how to sew. We would sit up in her sewing room when I was 7-8 and we would work on silly little things, like pillowcases, or little doll dresses or accessories. My dolls always had the latest fashions!!! And I believe I had more pillowcases than any kid in the world!!! We would make stuffed animals and several other items, and all the while I was learning to love to sew.

She would also take us to the library! This is something that I love to do with my kids now!! When I was young we would either go to the Logan Library (if we had a LOT of time) or to the Hyrum, for a quick trip. I always got to pick out whatever books I wanted and my parents would read them to us. My parents would read to us on long trips and this is one of my fondest memories. The Lord of the Rings was one that I can always remember them reading to us, and oddly I can't really remember being read any other books on trips, besides these!!! On the educational side, my mom would always have my brother and I watch "Reading Rainbow." Oddly enough, this show is still on, and Cambry enjoys watching it.

My mom allowed us to have cats, (we tried a dog once, but it chewed up the drip-system around the house, so it had to go). Having the cat taught me about responsibility, and even a little about the heartache of death. I remember laying outside with the cats and just enjoying the afternoon, until mom needed me to help set the table, or cook or CLEAN MY ROOM.

My mom also tried to distill into me a passion for keeping things clean...don't worry mom, it wasn't for a lack of trying that THIS one didn't stick!! I'm just a very messy person. I try, to keep things in a nice order, but mostly I'd rather play with the kids, and have a fun time with them, but my mom tried very hard to get me to clean up my room and keep things nice and neat!!!

As I got into sports, my mom and dad came to just about every event. I believe that they only missed probably one game each in my entire playing career! They would take me to and from some of my practices, and help me anyway they could. Despite never playing volleyball, my mom would go outside, or to the gym and toss me balls so I could get better. She was always there to cheer me on, or lend me a shoulder to cry on.

As I've gotten older, I find my mom a bigger and bigger source of knowledge. She often will get a call from me to ask her what would be good for me to cook for dinner, or a question about HOW to cook something for dinner, and she always has the best ideas. She is a well of recipes and knows how to cook anything from fish to pork and everything in between. And sometimes she tells me to just go get a pizza!!! Also, for any that know my mom, and dad, they read A LOT, so if you ever have a question about a WORD and can't think of it's meaning, all you have to do is dial up my mom or dad, and ask them what the word means. One of the funniest trips I remember, was in a motor home, that we took up the coast of California, and Oregon, and then down through Idaho. During that trip a word was brought up, and mom and dad began to "discuss" what this word meant. It went back and forth until we soon had a full-blown "discussion"!!!! Soon we were pulling over to a bookstore, so that they could find out who was right. My dad had been right this time, and mom didn't talk to him for several "hours" (probably minutes) but it was a very funny memory of my parents fighting for the right meaning!!!

My mom always seemed to have something to do with us, whether it was sewing, or a little craft or an activity outside, and this has continued onto her grandchildren. She will have some little craft for them to do, or a birdhouse to paint, or something that they really enjoy, like the little beads you iron into shapes! My girls love this, and despite the occasional mess these make, my mom is always willing to allow the grand kids to play with these.

My mom has come to help me, or be with me, or support me with every little girl we've had. She's come to Cali and helped us survive for the first week of Cambry. She came and helped us by taking care of Cambry when we had Autumn, and this last time she took Autumn and Cambry back to Logan so we wouldn't have to worry about them!!!

All in all I'm very spoiled to have the mom I have, and I'm grateful that she "picked" me out of all the girls she could have gotten!! Thanks Mom!

Blessing Baby

2009-03-21T17:32:00.000-07:00

I thought I would add a quick note for those that I forget to call or haven't gotten ahold of yet. We will be blessing Bryli on the 29th of March, which is next Sunday. We would be delighted to have any and all our friends and family come join us. Our church is late, so we will have a lunch/brunch thing around 1:00-2:00 and then just go over to Sacrament at 3:30-3:45. Yep a late Sunday for us. Give me a call on my cell if you have any questions!!! Love to all. And I'll post some pic's and things tomorrow!!!

Game On!!!

2009-03-08T09:07:00.000-07:00

Fabulous Five

OK! So this is how this works...the first 5 people to respond to this post will receive something made by me for you. My choice. Made especially for you. Of course there are some restrictions and limitations:

1 I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

2 What I create will be just for you.

3 It will be done sometime this year.

4 You have no clue what it will be... it may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something. I may bake something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure. ;-)

5 I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? The catch is that you must repost this on your own blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!!

Oh! And be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!!

My Sweet Ones

2009-03-07T08:11:00.000-08:00

Congrats

2009-03-05T08:31:00.001-08:00

I thought I would send out a little congrats to my friend Sheena. She had her little boy a few days after I had Bryli. We were both due on the 19th, but her little guy didn't want to come. She had to also have a c-section, so I hope she heals up nicely and enjoys her little boy!! He was 8lbs 2 ozs and she's a very petite lady. Also I want to say congrats to our friends April and Brendin, who will be adding on to their little family as well. They are some good friends of ours from Cali. Also Heather and Rick, some more Cali friends, are also adding on, so congrats to all our friends and family!!! My friend Andrea has two boys and is prego again, and I teased her and said, "You know, I had the girls, so you're going to have another little boy...." She's hoping to get a little girl, so good luck to them!!! Anyway, hope everyone else is doing peachy and if anyone else has some fun news, drop me a line or email me sometime!!!

So as a P.S. My other friend Katie, (sister to Andrea) is also due with a new little one, in August, so good luck to them. She has one of each, boy and girl, so whatever they get, they will just add to the fun!!! Congrats Katie and good luck to everyone!!

Girls Play and Cookies

2009-03-04T15:07:00.000-08:00

Thought I would post some pic's of my cute girls!!! I couldn't get Cambry and Autumn to both smile at me, so I had to settle for one!!!

Autumn giggling while Bryli lets loose her shrill cry!!! She will be able to compete with the other two. The mother's curse has come true with this little ones set of pipes. You do NOT hold her up on your shoulders next to your ears if she is crying!!!

Autumn being very sweet with Bryli. I love this picture!!!

Autumn came in to watch me bathe Bryli. She even helped a little, by trying to stuff the bink back in Bryli's mouth!!!

Making cookies with daddy. Autumn drove Cambry nuts by squishing the cookies as flat as possible!!

Ryan's family came up the next weekend when everyone was feeling better. Here is little McKayde and G-ma Baadsgaard checking out Bryli. Everytime she cried g-ma would laugh. It's hard to believe that one so small can make that much noise!!!

My sweetheart and his littlest girls!!

Yep, this is Ryan's favorite place to be when he gets home. In a blanket with his little ones in his arms and something good on tv!!! My marshmallow!!

Here's Bryli having some "tummy" time. Her hair is still here and nice and fluffy!! She's not so sure about "tummy" time, but we know it's good for her!!

She has a bit of a mohawk!!! How fun!

Ryan's family stayed at a hotel, so we all got to go over and swim! The kids loved it, and we all had our hands full chasing them all around.

Daddy eating some breakfast and holding his little girl!!

Auntie Shay and her two little guys, Brocston and McKayde.

Autumn and daddy having some play time!!!

All the little ones playing and having fun, while sister and brother are gabbing away about friends back home.

Bryli Jean Is Here!!!!

2009-02-22T19:49:00.000-08:00

Well Little Bryli Jean is here. We went in Thursday morning at 6:00am and got all preped for the surgery. They couldn't find my veins for the IV and I felt like a pin cushion, by the time I went to surgery, but things went smoothy throughout the surgery. We were very excited and I was very nervous (I know I've done this before twice but.....) and we couldn't wait to see our little girl. Right when we were walking in, I said to Ryan, "Won't it be funny if this one is a little darky (hair wise) or the redhead, that everyone is waiting for?" Well we got the little darky and it was interesting. Both my other girls came bald as can be, minus the little peach fuzz. When they got Bryli out, Ryno said, "She's got hair....as much as Autumn does now..." then he giggled and smiled. I didn't believe him, really, and so when they pulled the curtain aside so I could see her, I wondered who's baby they were cleaning up, 'cause she not only had hair, but it was DARK brown hair. We were so excited and Ryno just laughed and grinned as they cleaned her up. We got all finished with the surgery and everything was well with baby Bryli, though it took us several days, (and fights) to figure out the name, and the spelling. I won with the name, and Ryno got to spell it, even though he doesn't really like the name, he's okay with it!!! I love you Sweetheart!!! Our Newest Little Girl. Little Bryli Jean!!

Flower's from Ryno's work!! So Cute.

Little Bryli.

Auntie Ashlee getting some baby time!!

Daddy and Baby Girl taking it easy....hey isn't that the "mama's" bed?????

Proud Papa!

Mama and her two littlest girls!

Big sister love!!! Autumn liked Bryli's little feet.

Baby Burrito!!

Time to go home!!

Little glow worm!!!

Had to have a Biliblanket for 24 hours!! But we're all better now!!

Glow-Baby!!

Daddy and Auntie Ashlee getting the glow baby all ready.

Aunt Ashlee and Uncle Will came up to visit, as well as my mom. Ry's friend Tyler and Liz came up as well to see the new little one. My mom took the girls back to Logan with her, and so far they've been having a fun time at G-ma's and G-pa's house. I loved watching Will sweep in and hold the baby as much as he could. When he got her in the hospital, he skirted around the room so that Ashlee couldn't steal Bryli away from him Thanks for everything Will and Ashlee!! And thanks to my parents for helping with Autumn and Cambry, and we're excited to see other family members throughout the week(s). And thanks for the calls and food and presents from everyone else. And a special thanks for waiting to come see us if you are sick. We really appreciate it, and don't want anyone to be mad, but if you're sick, please just give us a call, 'cause we don't want anything to happen to our new little girl!!! Love to everyone and Thanks!!

Congrats

2009-02-15T20:27:00.000-08:00

Well we're still cooking up our little one, but I wanted to send a "congrats" out to our friends in Bristol CT. Derek and Marla had their third little girl early this morning. No name was sent so I can't tell you her name yet, but we're very happy for them and hope all is well.

We're still cooking our little one up, and will continue until she decides to come, or until this Thursday. Please feel free to call us at home, or our cells, but for the most part, we'll just wait, and hopefully if all falls into place, we'll be back home on Sunday, and I can try to report to everyone how things are!!! Thanks for the love and support we've gotten!!! & good luck to Sheena, and myself...ha ha ha, and congrats again to Derek and Marla, and our other friend, Jamon and Amy who added a little boy back in Jan.

A Few Pic's of The Girls

2009-02-09T09:22:00.000-08:00

A little snow fun...Playing on the swings in the snow!

Cambry digging herself a cave!

Autumn liked to eat the snow, but she didn't like wearing her snow boats...

One morning it was SUDDENLY quiet. I came in to find that Autumn had fallen asleep on Cambry and Cambry was watching cartoons.

Cambry just held her for like two hours.

Autumn trying on big sister's shoes. She thought they were pretty fun!

Autumn understands that there is suppose to be a baby in there. But since there isn't one in there yet, she keeps putting her babies in there.

It's been a little "frosty" here lately. I thought this was so cool how it clung onto my fence and gate. I took a bunch of pictures of the frost and then the wind came up and blew it all off and it made a kind of glass/tinkling sound as it showered off the fence and onto the ground. One or two big gusts, and the fence and gate were completely cleared!

Eating lunch at G-ma's and catching some z's.

Little horse at cousin's house that Autumn kept trying to "ride".

One Word Needed

2009-01-28T15:12:00.000-08:00

ACID

Fixed my widget....

2009-01-24T12:29:00.001-08:00

Sometimes we forget things....like how to fix items on our blogs. My widget is now correct with having the little one on the 19th. Just thought you would all care!! ha ha ha. My friend Sheena is due the same day as me, and my other friend Andrea is going to have another little one, though she is just starting!!! I'm excited for myself and my friends and if anyone else has some exciting or fun news, email me, or drop a line on my blog!!!

Questions

2009-01-20T07:37:00.000-08:00

So I have a few quick questions to ask the blogging world. When you're prego are you more likely to get leg, foot, arm, hand or any other body part, CRAMPS? I keep getting leg cramps, mostly in my calves and in the arch of my feet....it blows 'cause it's usually in the middle of the night, or early morning when I can just roll over (ya right) and go back to sleep. I eat banana's, drink milk, and water, eat fruits and veggies of all sorts, and love meats and salads and starchy foods... And of course I love sweets. (had to add it, 'cause everyone that knows me would wonder if I was truly telling the truth about things) And of course to top it all off I take my prenatal. So I'm thinking I'm getting enough potassium and vitamins and stuff, but is there something that I might be missing, or is this just another one of the woe's of being prego, and I should shut up about it????

FYI

2009-01-19T13:37:00.000-08:00

For those that don't know, I've had my first two little ones via c-section, so any little ones from here on out will also be c-sections. I have a schedualed C-section on the 19th of Feb. so if I don't answer my phone for a few days, I'll still be at the hospital!!!

Fun times and Tummies

2009-01-18T18:06:00.000-08:00

Here's the cute little ones when we went to Logan!!! Please note that my oldest daughter is always having to "strike a pose"!!

Sledding Down G-ma and G-pa's hill!!

Preston's Birthday. Yes the cake is pink, no I don't think he cares!!! Sarah said he picked out the "funnest" looking cake, and that's what she made for him!!! It was yummy!

Present time!!!! Do you think he ever gets into trouble????

Typical little girls....

Autumn was "trying things on" one day and didn't realize that there was anything wrong with her "hat". Cambry told her otherwise.

My sweet little girls. Yes that is the stoller that Autumn got for Christmas Aunt Shay, and yes it can hold a 22lb child....and be pushed....over and over again.

These two play with their babies day in and day out. Autumn will run in and pat my tummy every now and then and yell, "Baby" then run back out!!!

And speaking of Tummies. There's mine...Yep it's big. I've got less time then what my little ticker says on the sidebar, but I can't fix it (I've tried several times). We will have baby on the 19th of Feb. though I don't know if she'll be a morning, afternoon or night time baby! I'll let you know....if you care to know!!! So technically I have about 32 days. Wow-e-zow-e.....Still looking for a name!!! ha ha ha

To do Or not To do?

2009-01-13T13:37:00.000-08:00

So I thought that I would put the question to you as my family and friends. I'm wondering if it would be uncouth of me to post a prego picture of me. I've not done one this pregnancy, and I don't know if it's something that I should continue to shy away from, or if I should strike a pose and post the pic? So I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion about this. Should I or should I not post a prego picture?

Christmas Time

2009-01-05T16:28:00.000-08:00

9 Years and Counting

2009-01-05T08:36:00.000-08:00

Yep, it's official!!! Yesterday was our 9th Anniversary!!! Holy Batman. It's strange to have the years FLY by you and suddenly you're old and still happy together!! We didn't get to do much other than go to church, a baptism and a Linger-longer at church yesterday, so yipee for me, I didn't have to cook!

We finally got our Christmas Decorations down and the tree out yesterday too. I've been so tired the last 4-5 days that I literally have to stop and take a nap every now and then during the day. Usually it's when Autumn has gone down for a nap too. It's been crazy weather here lately and we're excited that it's snowing again today. Yesterday it didn't get above -5 and it was "SSSSooooo Coooollldd " according to Cambry. It was the type of cold that when you breathed in through your nose it froze together.....eeeooo. We were all ready for church (our time is now 2:00) and we couldn't find Autumn anywhere. I was afraid that she had made it outside some how and that she was frozen out there, but Ryno came out of our bedroom where she had fallen asleep around on my bedside, on the floor. We headed off for Church and she slept 'til Sacrament (which is last) and then we had the baptism and then the Linger-longer. So it made for a long day, but we had fun. We got home got the kids ready for bed and teeth brushed and I hopped into the bath and left Ryno with the kids to put to bed......right. I could hear these noises that shouldn't be heard after 9:00 and went out to find Ryno asleep and the kids eating chocolate, candies and crackers from the counters and church bag. The books and goodies that we had taken to church were now all over the front room, or consumed and Ryno was snoring away as if nothing was happening out of the ordinary! It was pretty funny, and we re-brushed teeth and tossed kids into bed, and I got to go back to my bath.

We had a good New Years Eve, playing games an eating food at our friends, and the snow wasn't so bad to travel in!! Thank goodness. We're hoping to travel down to Logan for my Nephews b-day this next weekend, and my poor parents are off to play in Hawai'i next week...lucky duckies. Cambry and Autumn are still enjoying the toys that Santa brought and aren't fighting as much over the My Little Pony that Cambry got from school, since Autumn got one from Santa. They love their little strollers, and it's fun to watch them race around the house with their ponies and babies. Autumn loves on her baby doll and kisses her and pats her nicely on the back. I have to tell the funniest story, well I thought it was funny.

My sister-in-law Karlee had a little boy at the first of December. Her sweetheart, Tyson is a bit more protective of their little boy, especially when other little ones are around (like my two wild child's.) Anyway, Karlee and I hung out one day at Christmas while everyone else was working, shopping or "who-knows-where". Every time Karlee or I sat to change little Max (my new nephew) my girls would run over and watch. Autumn would kneel as close to him as possible and keep her hands folded in her lap unless you told her that she could touch the baby. She would then softly pat his tummy or chest, or Cambry would kiss Max's head, then of course, Autumn would kiss him. This would go on for several moments, until we either thought Max was getting sick of it, or we were done changing and dressing him. Anyway, later Tyson (Karlee's hubby/Max's Daddy) came over after work and we were explaining how sweet the girls were being to Max when Autumn ran in pushing her stroller with her new baby doll. She then promptly rammed her stroller into Tyson's foot. Stomped around the stroller, grabbed her baby out, tossing her roughly over her shoulder, then turned to thump the baby doll roughly down on the sofa. The look on Tyson's face was priceless, 'cause we had just explained how "soft" the girls had been and especially Autumn, when she flies in and rams him then thumps her dolly around....The look was of sheer panic that his son might have truly suffered pain at the hands of his cousins...I don't really think he believed us that Autumn had been soft and gentle, but I'm hoping she was just putting on a show for him, 'cause I believe that she'll be just as soft to our new baby, as Cambry was to her. It just killed me that you can never speak kindly about some people, 'cause they will always try to prove you wrong!!! ha ha ha.

Well we're hoping that everyone had a delightful Christmas and Happy New Year!! We're hoping that this new year brings many surprises and joys to everyone and their families. We are looking forward to Feburary when our next little one joins us, and yes we are still debating names, so if anyone would like to put in on a name for our baby girl, we would be delighted!!!! I would like a "B" name, but we will see.

Back again

2008-12-10T10:00:00.000-08:00

Hi gang, I've once again been out of order in the internet department....long story short my hubby wanted to watch some football games (that we don't get) and called our friends 'cause they hooked up their internet to their tv and get 100's of channels, and Ryno thought we could too. Needless to say, they couldn't get it to work, and in the process of hooking things back up, fried a few things and hooked the wires up backwards. So not only did Ryno not get to watch the game, they fried our internet for the next several weeks, 'cause no one could come out....so there it is. We are doing good and having fun. I'm just getting bigger and bigger and yes, I FINALLY LOOK PREGO. We're due in 2 months and I finally look like I'm going to have a little one, not that I'm still just really festively plump. We got to go to Payson and Logan for Turkey Day celebrations, and for Karlee's (Ry's little sis) baby shower. They had their little boy on Dec 5th and named him Max. Ashlee (Karlee's twin) sent me some pic's of the little guy, but I'll have to wait until Christmas to get more, 'cause that's the next time we can go anywhere....hopefully. Cambry and Autumn helped decorate the Christmas tree and it was a hoot. The more Cambry put up, the more Autumn took down. The lower half of the tree is really decorated, and there's not really any up above, but I'm not going to change it!!! Cambry is hoping Santa will bring her a lot of presents and is hoping that he can find her at her G-ma's and G-pa's if we go to Utah for Christmas. Ryno is enjoying his job and works hard for all of us. I'm just still plotting away with the girls, and we will hopefully get the bunk bed painted and up soon so we can move Autumn and get her used to sleeping in a bed, BEFORE baby comes!!!

We made snowflakes the other day with Cambry, and I thought I was going to run out of paper, before she got bored of it. She made several dozen so we hung them in all the windows. Autumn, Cambry, Ryno and I all have had a bout or two of the flu and are hoping that it has passed our family through for the holiday's. It sucked having the little ones sick, and it sucks being sick with the flu, and being prego, but I felt so sorry for Autumn, not understanding why I wouldn't let her eat or drink anything other than a little water and some crackers. Even that was too much most of the day. I've not ever seen her sleep so much. Poor thing. Cambry was sick for a night, and I got to get up and help her all night, but by the afternoon she was better and I was worn out. Ha ha ha. The joys of being a mommy!!!

Autumn is learning a few new words, and understands a lot more than she can say. She loves the word "more" still and will lead you by the finger into the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and point at what she wants and loudly say, "MORE". It's fun and we're trying to get her to say other things, but so far she likes to mostly laugh!!!! Fancy that, my kids laughing!!!!

Cambry is loving Preschool and having a blast in the snow. We only have about an inch, but her and Autumn went out and tried it out for a while. Autumn only lasted about 15 minutes, but Cambry played for several hours....yep in only an inch....wait until we actually do get snow.....I'll never see her!

Well hope all is well for everyone, and I'll post some pic's later!!

Another Party

2008-10-27T10:05:00.000-07:00

On the way to the Branch Halloween Party!!!! TEEEEETH!!

I finally got a picture with Autumn wearing the Ears!!! Cute little Lamby!!

While I was gone decorating for our Branch Party, Ryan and the girls played with sidewalk chalk, and drew me a mermaid.

Close-up of my Princess!!

What's a Snow White costume, without her being in the "Woods". ha ha ha ha!!

Happy Halloween Early.

2008-10-25T10:59:00.000-07:00

Nothing like a donut on a string...

Or two people who love each other, to try to EAT the donut at the same time....

Princess Snow White won some teeth!!!!

Autumn loved the cookies.

Cambry in her costume that I made. We went to our old wards Halloween Party!!!

Fall has Fallen

2008-10-25T10:35:00.000-07:00

Cambry at Preschool playing in the leaves. We only have evergreens at our house, so no leaves.

Little Cambry Pile!!

Striking a pose.

Happy Birthday Mom.

I could hear something one day, then couldn't find Autumn....The noise was her dragging the step stool over to the Freezer and climbing on it to get down the licorice.....silly girl.

Cabinets, Birthdays and Fall Fun

2008-10-21T11:19:00.000-07:00

Cousin Carson turned 6 at the end of September.

Autumn loves Corn!!!

New Cabinets and Window, coming right up!!!!! Not to mention a new paint job in the Kitchen...What a fun surprise. Thank you sweetheart!

New cabinets prior to the countertops being put on.

Lainey and Cambry posing at the American West where they had fun Fall day activities and things to do.

My little Lamby.

Need I say more?

Grandpa Bliesner found the way to Autumn's heart, by feeding her popcorn.

Cambry got to ride on a pony. Autumn had ridden earlier, but she had been playing with Daddy and I had the camera!!!

Our Fall Has Begun......

2008-10-16T08:25:00.000-07:00

Cambry and Autumn love to hang out and play together. Lately whatever Cambry is doing, Autumn has to be doing it also, sometimes to the annoyance of big sister Cambry. But most of the time you know what room they are in due to the laughter or shouting, and it's a wonderful sound to have filling our home. They are excited (more Cambry than Autumn) about having a new little sister. If you tell Autumn that there's a baby in mommy's tummy, she runs and gets a baby doll and sets it on my tummy. It's cute, but it'll be an interesting year!!!

Recently we went to Logan for Birthday's and fun. We went out on a Saturday and watched Aaron and Dad fly their airplanes around and watched some of the other guys fly their large-small crafts around. We only saw one or two "bad" crashes, but otherwise it was a fun time. Although I put some sunblock on Autumn and as you can see she had a reaction to the sunblock and "broke out" with a bit of a rash. I felt really bad, and we washed the sunblock off and her eyes out, but it got a little worse, then finally started to clear up....oddly we've used that sunblock 100's of times before, it just happened to not like her that day.

Dad flying one of his planes. He recently got a "big one" but it's not put together yet, so maybe next spring we'll get to see it fly.

I ran up with the girls to visit Ryan at a job in Island Park and we took a day to run over to Mesa Falls and play with the girls.

I love my little girls....

Autumn enjoying a powdered donut......Yep it made a HUGE mess, but hey you only live this life once!!!! ha ha ha.

Sweet little Autumn loves her Daddy! And he's nothing but putty in her hands!!!

Cambry loves to "strike a pose" whenever the camera comes out now. Several times she'll say, "mom take a picture, I'm cute," then strike a silly pose. I love it.

No one else was really around, so we tried for our own family picture. I think it turned out well, and their is a huge waterfall right behind us, and it was fun to watch Ryan hurry after Autumn as she walked around and grabbed onto the fence. I asked if it made him nervous, and he said yes, 'cause if she laid down she could slip under the fence...or....or..or......

Daddy showing Autumn all the water and where the falls were going.

On another trip to help Ryan when his truck broke down we stopped at Applebee's and Autumn was having fun with the sugar packets, and saying "hi" to everyone that went by. She has several words downs. They are: "Hi, oweeee, and mama". Everything is owee if she steps on it, is knocked over or hugged too much. Daddy is called mama and she will stand at the door and cry for Ryan, all the while she is yelling, "Mama" at the door.

Daddy taking some time to read to his little girls.

Playing in the sun, one last time. It's rained and snowed and blowed here the last week. We've had temp. from the 30's to the 70's in a span of two days, and it's snowed, one day, then turns into the hottest day of the year, the next day. But we had to go out and play one day.

My silly girls.

I sat under an umbrella so I wouldn't roast!!! So Cambry came to visit me, and I got a fun picture!!!

Who's Inside

2008-10-10T11:29:00.000-07:00

Well we went today to find out who's inside....anyone want to venture a guess??? Let's just say, Cambry cried the entire time because it wasn't a little brother. WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL!!! I'm excited 'cause everything looked really good and healthy and the heart looked normal. Cambry was bawling the whole time so the tech had to mostly talk to my while Ryan tried to calm Cambry down. It didn't really work, she cried and cried and cried....Oh well. All we have to do now is come up with a little girls name, so if anyone has got a good one, send it our way!!!

Baby Update

2008-10-07T19:34:00.000-07:00

Hi gang, my computer/internet went on the fritz and I've been out for 3 weeks, so I thought that I would just add a small update. We will be finding out who's inside this Friday, so if anyone wants to know.....give me a call....ha ha ha. Congrats to Randon and Liz, who had a little baby boy come join their family. Also Congrats to Micah and Clint who added a little girl to their family, and congrats to my cousins, Janeen and Corey who added a little boy. I'm sure I'm missing a few others, but like I said, I've been out for a few weeks......I'll add pic's of Logan and other fun things tomorrow....right now I've got to go finish watching the debate (blah) and put my girls to bed.

Small Updates

2008-09-17T07:13:00.000-07:00

Well I'm feeling a little (very little) guilty about not adding to my blog for a while. I'll let everyone know right down to the gritty details if desired, as to what's been happening to us lately.....Or I'll just tell you briefly.....depends on how many of you want to know what I ate, then puked back up this morning. HA HA HA!!!!

We've been playing and settling into a bit of a routine. Cambry gets to go to preschool twice a week and has been loving it. Every Tuesday and Thursday she goes for 2 hours and is delighted and thrilled. She loves learning new things and is always bringing home her pretty pictures and letters. Every Tuesday is show-n-tell and she loves to take whatever is her "favorite" toy or book (for the moment/day/week) to show everyone. While Cambry is gone Autumn runs around the house and she and I will play with some of her toys. She loves her Noah's Ark, with all it's little animals, and likes to knock down any towers that I'll build out of the blocks. She laughs a lot, and runs and runs and runs, but usually around the time we should go pick up Cambry, she will start looking around the house and calling out Cambry's name to try to find her. She isn't talking too much, but is only 15 months, but she can certainly understand a bunch. If you ask her if she wants something to eat, or if she's hungry, she will say something like, "yum" and run for the highchair. If you tell her that it's nap-time or time to go "night-night" she'll wrinkle her nose and "oooooo" at you. Or she'll run to her daddy and climb up on him, because she knows he's less likely to put her to bed then mommy. But once she's put down in her bed with her blanket, occasionally she'll cry out for about 2-3 minutes, but for the most part, she will promptly fall right to sleep.

Cambry is just as good about going to bed. You tell her to go hop into her P.J.'s and she'll run off, then brush her teeth. She tends to try to drag out the actually getting into bed, but she can usually be tempted into bed with a story. Which usually turns into two or three......Ryno usually falls quickly to sleep in the chair while stating that he just wants to watch the "Stand up" routine on Leno. Half the time I'll go brush my teeth and get ready for bed and come back out, and he's snoring away, and Leno hasn't even started. It kills me, and I'll ask him if he wants to come to bed, or I'll shut off the tv, which will wake him up and he'll say, "I was watching that." Right........snores included. ha ha ha.

I've been enjoying some books again, and yes I'm rereading some books again, but at least I'm reading. And NO Katie I still haven't read the Twilight series, but it's on my "to-do" list. I really wanted to read "The Silver Nutmeg" by Palmer Brown, but found that my library didn't have it, but we were able to send away for it and got it at the Logan Library. Strange. Anyway it's this little itty-bitty book that I loved when I was a teen, and I got it and read it in about an hour. So I was pretty excited to get to read something that I loved so much as a teen. Hopefully someday my kids will like reading as much as I have. Ryno loves to read too, but he usually will "fall asleep" reading in bed or in the chair. I think it's pretty funny, but what's a poor working man to do.

We've been finishing up the spec house (yes it's still the same one....) and Ryno is still frustrated with it, but is a bit happier with how somethings have been going. We went and helped clean a families house in the branch last night, and I don't feel so bad about my laundry now.....Ryno is off and running for most of the week up to a house in Island Park, and me and the girls play around at home. He's been working for a guy that thankfully promptly pays him which has been helping us out greatly. Fancy that. I've been beginning to feel a bit better. I can finally function a bit more like a mommy and wife should, though I'm still gaggy and do occasionally still lose my breakfast, lunch or dinner to the toilet, but otherwise I've been able to play with the girls, or at least watch them play and laugh with them again. Cambry has been very understanding (for a 4 year old) and will pat my tummy several times daily and ask, "How's baby doing?" for which I'll usually tell her that baby is doing fine and that she can talk to baby if she wants to. She'll sit for several minutes and say cute things about what she and Autumn are doing and how she's excited to meet baby. She's a little more understanding that if it's a girl, that's okay too. At first she was so upset when I told her that we MIGHT be having another girl, she would cry and cry and tell me that she had prayed for a baby BROTHER, and that she couldn't possibly have another baby sister. But now she seems a little better with the idea and tells me now, "We can have another baby girl, then I'll have my baby brother...." so I guess she's hoping we'll have at least another baby in the future...ha ha ha. We'll see.

No we do not know who's inside yet. We'll find out next month. Ryno is still hoping for a little boy as well, and I'm daily praying for another healthy baby. We've been very blessed so far with our little ones, and Ryno is delighted with his little girls, so my marshmallow hubby will be happy with whatever little one comes to join our family.

Ryno's little sister Karlee is due at the first of Dec with a little boy and I'm sure they are getting excited to meet baby Barlow. Ryan's mom did such an awesome job as principal at her first school, they moved her to a new school this year. So far things are going well for her, though I think she was a little sad to leave the first school....His other siblings are all plotting away. Ashlee and Will are in SLC and just celebrated Will's birthday yesterday, "Happy Birthday Will" you're older than me....ha ha ha....And Shay and Bobby got new couches and have settled into their new home nicely, though Baby McKayde has found that he likes to climb stairs.........Karlee and Tyson are in Spanish Fork, and Brett is (last I heard) going to School at UVSC. Nalani and Jed (as you can view on their blog) just got back from Hawai'i and had, by the looks of it, a blast. I'm not sure what's been happening with our brother Chad and his wife Marie, we keep missing them when we come down, but I know Lesa and Brady have their kids off to school every morning and perhaps like us are wondering where the summer went.

My brother is in Logan, and we get to go to a birthday party for my Nephew in a few weeks. They've been deciding to take up their carpet and put down hardwood floor, I think due to the heavy traffic of their little ones....ha ha ha. My mom and dad have been plotting away and by the sounds of things still enjoying the things they love. My mom gets to go painting at least once a week, and has been enjoying the fall weather and colors. My dad, I'm sure, like Ryan, is busy as ever and is trying to sell his Sail Boat. So if anyone is wanting a boat, give my dad a call.

Again I'm just plowing away through life and the pregnancy. I'd post pictures of myself, but oddly I just look fat still. So maybe when I'm 8 months prego you'll get to see me. Ha ha ha. Well I hope that this updates everyone a bit on our lives. We've not really been running around as much, due to our callings in church, Cambry's preschool, and the fact that we haven't had a ton of money to do much of anything. We've been (okay I've been) enjoying the cooler weather, and I love waking up to a cold breeze coming through my windows in the morning. Ryno meanwhile is piled under several blankets, and refuses to come out.......Well hope all is well for everyone in their States!!! I'll post some pictures later.

End of Summer

2008-09-02T11:56:00.000-07:00

Last of the sunny summer days to play in the pool with friend.

I love this picture of Autumn. She played on the bike more that in the pool and water...

Autumn LOVES P.B.&J.'s It kills me whenever she eats them, 'cause she'll take one bite with the slices together, then tears them apart and promptly eats all the jam off the one side, and all the peanut butter off of the other, but won't eat them together after that first bite....Then she will eat all the bread, from both sides, but they have to still be separated....Gotta Love Those Kids.

Happy Baby.

Just trying to get a drink......

Okay, so this is for everyone else....You have your kids going to school, well I sent my little one off to PRESCHOOL.....HOLY BATMAN!!!

Gotta do the traditional "doorstep first day" picture. The sun got in her eyes, and this was the only picture I could get of her looking at me....Why she has to spread her arms out, is any ones guess.

At class with the other kids.

Bad mommy moment. So I was at my friends house and the kids were playing on the slide and swings out back. As the kids ( and yes Autumn can climb the steps and slide down herself) were playing, I noticed several wasps flying around the slide. Going over I found that they were making a nest inside a hole on the slide....So thinking I was smart, I taped the hole up so the wasps would go away and leave the kids alone. Needless to say, one wasp got pretty made at me, and took it out on Autumn's little face and stung her twice. That's one of the worst things to sit and watch then run over to your little one who's just been attacked because of you.....sniff sniff, sniff. So in this picture, she is eating a snack and has baking soda on her ouchy face.

Another one. You can kind of see how swollen her little cheek and eye area got. It was a sad day for me and Autumn.

I was making some blanket's like Autumns and had them spread out and she ran and got hers so she could have hers laid out just like the new ones. She would even march over and kick and bunch up the new ones and lay hers out. She loves her blanket!!!!

Things you don't say to your wife

2008-09-02T11:37:00.000-07:00

This video killed me. Ryan's friend had told him about it, and I thought it was pretty funny due to the fact that some of these things have been said.....ha ha ha.

Night-time Phone Calls

2008-08-15T08:40:00.000-07:00

Okay, I've just got to throw this one out there. If you received a phone call at 10 minutes to midnight, and you answer it...who would you expect it to be? I would expect it to be a friend or family member in trouble, or needing something really bad to call that late. No I had a telemarketer call me at midnight. It woke me and the kids up and I'm fummmmmming mad. So what would the rest of you do?

Night-time Forays

2008-08-08T10:18:00.000-07:00

So sometimes I have to get up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night....don't know why, but I do. Anyway, one of the first things I do is stop in and check on the little ones to make sure they're still in bed, or that their leg is not stuck in the crib!!! Well as I was walking into the bathroom last night, I looked at the tub and noted something big and black in the bottom of the bathtub. I have a nightlight on in the bathroom, so I couldn't really see what it was in the bottom, so I flipped on the light and found a giant spider. Well usually I smash them and toss them in the toilet or garbage can, but as I got looking closer at this huge spider, I discovered that it was a Hobo Spider. Well my friend had just been telling me about these nasty spiders, so then for the rest of the night, any breeze across my arm, or any slight noise, I was jolted awake with the knowledge that a huge Hobo spider was bearing down on my arm, neck or leg area....needless to say, I didn't sleep much after that. I will be spraying my house next week. So that brings me to my next night time item of terror. Well sometimes I like to look at my friends blogs in the middle of the night, due to the fact I can't sleep, or because I don't have someone in my lap or asking a million questions, and I'm able to actually read what's happening in their lives. Well one of my lovely daughters has done this several times, and will turn the volume up on the computer, so that when I visit some blogs, that have music, I nearly wet myself with scare-dom because of the sudden blast of noise. Not to mention the terror that I've just woke up my two little girls.....so I've now learned two things....Always check you bathtub for spiders, and NEVER trust the volume on the T.V. or computer at 4:00 in the morning!!!

Baby Partridge

2008-08-02T11:01:00.000-07:00

Well Here are the first pictures of our new little one. The Dr. called baby, a Gummy Bear, and I believe this is the best description for these first pictures. Baby's head is up top (pointy chin) with two little arm and leg buds sticking (slightly) off the body.

Baby twitched and wiggled while we were doing the ultrasound, and it was fun to see our new little one wiggle around. I just got sick today, or else I have the flu...either way I've been puking for hours now and it sucks...but I thought I would share some pic's of baby Partridge!!!

2008-07-28T09:59:00.000-07:00

Memories
1. As a comment on this post, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

The Rock

2008-07-27T15:54:00.000-07:00

Rock that leader Liz carried up the mountainside, just to "show those other leaders"!!

Top of the mountain, where Liz donated her rock and asked if I had any to donate...due to my quick thinking prior to the hike I had removed the ROCKS that had been placed in my bag, and had to just pick up one off the ground and write on it with a sharpie!!!

Little saying that we left under the pillow of fellow leader Carol.

Yes, it's a boulder, that we left in Carol's cot to get her back for the backpack rocks!!!

Due to the fact I was barely pregnant, I had to go home in the middle of the night because I thought that I had the flu and hadn't wanted to get anyone else sick. Lucky for me, it's the Egyptian flu and in nine months I'll be a MUMMY!!!! HA HA HA

Yes they made my chair for me, and had to make some comment about the Rock(s). They presented me the chair that night when I made it back up there for Testimony Meeting!

So the entire story goes like this. Liz and I were asked to go on the 1st year hike with our girls because they needed some leaders from each camp to go on the hikes. So of course I got to go!!! Well we packed our packs with sack lunches, and frozen Capri Sun's and I had a water bottle as well. Start of the day always began with flag ceremony, so I set my bag down and proceeded to take pictures of our girls and fellow campers. Little did I know that my leaders, (and some girls who won't confess) tossed several rocks into my bag with "encouraging" sayings on them. Well as I picked up my bag and we headed off to the lodge where our girls would be oriented first, I noted quickly that my bag was a lot heavier!!! I'm festively plump and know when I'm carrying more weight....So while we were in the lodge, Liz and I were going to write some notes to all the girls. While Liz was over gathering her supplies, and the girls were being oriented....I stepped outside and grabbed a rather large rock (First picture) and wrote a note to Liz about how carrying this rock would make her "rock strong" for Saturday, 'cause she was running a race that following Saturday. I tossed it into her bag and also gathered supplies to write to our girls. I took my rocks out and asked a stake leader to keep them safe, and she placed them on the top of the fridge. Well as Liz sat down and started to write, she went to pull out her water bottle and found her rock...well thinking I still didn't know about my rocks she said, "Those ladies are stinkers....Look what they put in my bag." Well knowing fair well that my rocks were sitting on the fridge inside the lodge and that I would NOT be carrying them up the mountain, said, "Oh well you should show them and carry it all the way..." Again, she is thinking that I still don't know about my rocks and shrugs and throws it back into her bag.....then carries it up the entire mountain. It wasn't an easy climb, but we finally made it to the top. At the top there is a mound of Rocks that fellow hikers have started to add to over the years (2nd picture). Well of course Liz has a rock to donate, and asks if I want to donate a rock, at which point I bend over and grab a good sized rock, and pull out my sharpie (which I carried everywhere so we could sign off the girls) and wrote my name on my rock and date and added it to the pile. Liz didn't say anything else to me until we got down. At which point I had to confess to her, that it was I who put the rock in her bag, and I did this right after I had asked for MY rocks back off of the fridge. She laughed and as we hiked back up to camp we said, "We need to get Carol back." At that point we walked past a boulder and both said, "We should get that and put it into her bed....." Well that was that, and several hours later I ran back and got that boulder (weight approximately 70 lbs.) and took it to my tent. There I sat, looking up scriptures about rocks, when who should happen by, but Carol who, in a slightly accusing voice, asked me what I was doing.....I innocently asked, "Aren't we suppose to read 30 minutes a day while were up here at camp?" She apologized and left me to continue my devilish scheme. I found some good references and wrote them on the rocks (3rd and 4th pictures). Then at the first chance, Liz and I placed them neatly inside (please note the plastic bag to keep her sleeping bag clean) her sleeping bag and under her pillows. There was a second smaller boulder that was placed under the first pillow, then the saying rocks, then the top pillow, and we left hoping that she didn't notice it until later. That night at dinner as I sat next to Carol, it came up that her cot (that I had just placed a 70lbs boulder on) was quite old and that if Carol was to bounce down on it to take off her shoes it would probably break....Well this set me off into loud laughter, 'cause I believe I have now broken her bed, and have to cover up my tears of mirth by yelling to Liz, "Listen to this....if we were to bounce on Carol's cot, it's likely to bust." Liz, Carol and I laughed for different reasons but it was all fun and we were excited (I was scared I had destroyed her bed)to see what would happen that night. Well that night we went to bed quite late, and after telling our story about how Liz had carried that rock all the way up the mountain and I had taken mine out...we waited!!! The other leaders had had to go to a meeting and so they were up a lot later than the rest of us. Needless to say it was around 2:00 am before they finally went into their tent to go to bed. Liz and I had been giggling and had to tell Georgia, what we were laughing so hard about. Georgia then informed us that Carol's cot, was her old cot. I apologized and told her that I may have broken it...then we waited. About 5 minutes after they had entered their tent we heard, "Oh....how cute!!!" They had found the little phrase written on the pillow. Well of course by now Liz and I are laughing out loud, into our pillows and waiting. Suddenly there was a yell of, "OH MY GOSH....." Then lots and lots of giggling. Liz and I bust out, and I call back, "Can't you keep it down?? You're the leaders and you're making a lot of noise....." I then slipped over into their tent and asked them, laughing, what was going on. There sat my beautiful boulder in all it's glory, as one of the other leaders looked up the scripture and proceeded to read it out loud. We all laughed about it, and Carol said, "You know this means war?" and I said, "Honey, the war is over. That (I pointed at the boulder) is Checkmate." I helped them take it off the cot, then laughed loudly and went back to bed. Well about 5 minutes later as they laid down to bed, she yelled again, "My heck, there's another one...." Which I responded with more laughter. Well that night I got sicker and sicker, due to the fact that I was newly prego and had done a lot that day. I got so sick that I asked Liz to take me home, 'cause I thought I had the flu and didn't want anyone else to get it. So at 4:00am she drove me home and I showered and went to bed with my sweetheart and slept most the morning away. I told Ryno that we were prego and that I wanted to go back up for Testimony Meeting, 'cause it's my favorite part of camp, and so he told me that if I felt okay, to go back up. So back up I went, and found that my leaders and Young Women, had all worked hard and made me a chair, with a rock and scripture of my own(last two pictures). Liz (on the left) and Carol (on the right) had been worried about me, and Carol believed I had "chickened out" and hadn't wanted her to "get me back," but then I told them that I was prego, and they excused my tardiness for the day. All the girls had signed that back, and I felt very blessed to have such a fun ward and leaders. So there is the story of The Rock. I laughed a lot, and enjoyed the entire time at camp, and believe that Carol took her rocks home and put them in her yard....

2008-07-26T11:27:00.000-07:00

My Names
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Blacky Uplander
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Praline Sandie
3. YOUR "FLY Guy/Girl" NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) H. Par
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Green Elephant
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Ann Salt Lake
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Parhe
7. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The" + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) The Blue Root Beer
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) Russell Guy
9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy) Euphoria Wintermint Or Euphoria Lifesaver
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) Petersen Dale
11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) Nelson New York
12. SPY NAME/BOND GIRL: (your favorite season/holiday, flower) Autumn Pansy
13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + "ie" or "y") Watermelon Shirty
14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) Pancake Maple
15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: ("The" + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + "Tour") The Sewing Rain Tour

Baby Fever

2008-07-25T11:27:00.000-07:00

So yes, Ryno and I are expecting baby #3 in February. Cambry continues to tell us that she wants a baby boy, and that she can't have another baby sister, 'cause she already has one, and wants to have a baby boy, like how her cousin Brocston has a baby brother. I smile and tell her that we're grateful to Heavenly Father for sending us a baby, and so she informs me that she needs to go pray, and you can often hear her praying that the baby in her mommy's tummy is a little boy. Heaven knows Ryan would be absolutely delighted, and I must admit that it'll be fun to see who we've cooked up this time. I think we have two beautiful little girls, so I'm curious what a little boy would look like!!! Ryan's little sister Karlee is expecting in December with a little boy, and our friends the Taylor's are finally have a boy (after 5 girls) and Ryan's other friends the Renzello's are having a little one, and my friend Sander is also adding another girl to their family, and my other friend Melissa and Mark are adding on, so I guess it is a Baby Fever year!!! Amazing. We had to tell my family, 'cause we went camping with them two weeks ago to Bear Lake, so Ryan and I made little jersey's that say, "D. Tank " and the #3 on it. Ryno wants to name his boy "Tank"....what a dork, but I said he would have to give him a decent first name if he chose to name his son that....so we've agreed on Derron Tank if it's a boy, and if it's a girl, we're going to try for a "B" name....so if you've got any cute B girl names....ha ha ha. Anyway back to the shirts. We put them on the girls right when we got there, and my dad was out getting the motor home and trailer ready to go, and read the girls shirts a couple of times, but just said, "That's an interesting shirt to put on a little girl...." and didn't say anything else. Aaron my brother saw the shirts and asked Ryan what the "D" stood for, which he said, "Derron" but that's as far as it went with him....then my mom saw that both the girls shirts said the exact same thing, and said, "Where did you get these shirts made?" and I said, "I made them..." and she said, "Is this an announcement of some sort???" and I said, "Yes it is." So she then got excited and probably is a little shocked, (Autumn is barely 14 months old now....) but laughed and gave me a hug and seems happy about it. But she ended up having to tell Aaron and Sarah, 'cause Cambry went swimming in her shirt (not a good thing.) and I had to change her before we set off to Bear Lake. We had fun and played in the sun and the kids laughed and played while the parents enjoyed the sights and sounds of the little ones playing.

Then Ryan was going to American Fork Utah to work on a house, and I decided that I wanted to go so we could tell his family, so I tossed the girls shirts in the wash and put them in them and we headed off. Ryan's AC was all wacky on the trip down and I got sicker and sicker in the backseat, but we made it in one piece with no one puking and Ryan's mom came and got me so I could go and play. I had to tell his little sister, Karlee, because by the time I made it over there, I was getting pretty sick feeling. So I told her and we sqeeeeeeeallled and laughed about it. Then we went to lunch with Jeanne, and still she didn't notice the shirts. But then when Karlee's hubby got home, so said, "Did you notice the girls shirts???" Then he laughed and congratulated us, and Bobby, my BIL said the same thing. And a while later Shay (Ry's sister) got home and a little while later I heard her sqeeeeeal, and she congratulated us as well. So it was fun, and then when mom and dad came back to get us (the girls and I) for sleeping, Shay said, "So mom, do you like Cambry and Autumn's shirts?" and she noted them and was also really excited and happy for us. I had to call our other siblings 'cause we missed seeing them, and Ashlee wouldn't call me back, so I still don't know if she knows yet...maybe she'll read this...ha ha ha. So now the fam knows, and so does anyone else that reads my blog. We're excited and nervous like new parents always are, but we're very happy and delighted as well.

Girls Camp 2008

2008-07-12T08:24:00.000-07:00

Here's my little group!! We had a blast and I loved having fun and playing in the Beauty that Heavenly Father has given us!!

Girls Camp was about being Steadfast and Immovable, like a lighthouse. A gentleman in our ward built us this lighthouse, and put a flashing light in the top and it was AWESOME.

The race for the potatoes....guess who won!!!

We had to retire our flag because it had been well loved and used. It was a wonderful experiance and one I've never had before.

This is the crew of the S.S. Amistad. My little crew!!!

Once challange was to make a boat out of Cardboard and row it across to the other side of our little lake!!! This is one of my little Beehives!!! Our boat kicked pansy!!!!

I'll post some pic's later about "The Rock". It's a fun story and makes me laugh everytime I think about it.

2008-07-11T11:09:00.000-07:00

Update time and stuff!! Well we've been running around again but it's been fun, fun, fun. We've had fun camping with friends and seeing the fireworks and playing with friends and family. Ryan's family came up while I was at Girls Camp and helped us clean, clean, clean, and then my family came up for a visit on Friday when I got home. Ryan has been as busy as ever, and we're nearly done with our "spec" house. He's been up in Island Park bidding out other jobs, and I've been playing with our little girls and laughing a lot still. The other day my friend Jana and her hubby stopped by on their way up to Driggs, and it was a delight and joy to see them. They live in Ohio and are expecting baby #1 in about 8 weeks. How exciting. They aren't finding out who's inside, so that should be fun for them in a few weeks to see!!!!

Cambry and Autumn run around laughing, squeeeeeealing and playing nicely together. They get along pretty good and only occasionally do I hear a yell of anger or screech of pain. Autumn is growing like a little weed is it's hard to believe that she'll be 14 months soon. She's been walking since she was 10 months old and now runs everywhere, but she kills me 'cause she keeps her arms tucked in under her armpits, kind of like what Jarassic Parks Raptors and T-rex do. She looks like a baby dinosaur trooping around after Cambry and it just gives me the giggles to see her running around. Autumn is a little girl through and through and loves her baby dolls and will steal Cambry's too, so she can push them around in the stoller. She loves to give them kisses and hugs, and will give Ryan and I good kisses and hugs too. It's so much fun. She has a few words down pack, especially "Mama" which she will call me, AND Ryan. I'm sure it drives him nuts 'cause you always hear him say, "I'm not mama, I'm dada, or papa." But she'll just run over and tackle him and it won't really matter. She says, "more" and "bird" and will point at the birds and just watch them. We have a bird feeder outside and the girls love it.

Cambry is loving life and is enjoying the summer and everything that we've done. I'm just plugging along and wondering when I'll ever catch up with all the things that I have that NEED to get done.

Camping with Friends

2008-07-04T08:40:00.001-07:00

Girls Birthday

2008-07-04T07:22:00.000-07:00

Happy Summer

2008-07-04T06:48:00.001-07:00

Holy Cow How Time Flys.

2008-06-30T18:23:00.000-07:00

So I thought I should write something to try to keep some of you occupied!!! We've been running some more, and I've been running more than ever. We've had birthday's for the girls, and we all loaded down to Logan and had a fun shin-dig down there. Ry's family came and so did mine (tee hee Logan's where my fam is). And a few friends stopped by and it was a delight and joy. We've been to SLC to work for a guy that continues to NOT PAY US...I'm not too happy, and we've helped Ryan's friend Tyler out a bit. We've gotten to play in Payson and Nibley too, and I've just got back from a fun-filled week of Girls Camp. I Loved every moment of it, and had fun with practical jokes (I did NOT start the jokes....I ended them) Ry's family came up and helped clean all our houses!!! and my mom and SIL came up and played on Friday when I got home. Little Autumn has a nasty cold and I stayed home with her on Sunday. It's been Roasty-Toasty up here, but today, thankfully it rained. Autumn is growing and learning new words and things to get into. She can now say "MORE" and will pull you over to the fridge, pantry or freezer to get you to give her something. Cambry you can find most days being a little girl. She dresses up, plays with her dolls and little ponies, swings, slides, dances, jumps, colors, and laughs like all children should. She has been enjoying the library and we'll be going back again this week, since I was gone all last week. She loves to sit and read books and loves to have the stories read over, and over and over to her!!! We're plugging along and trying to not roast out too bad...perhaps this heat will sear off some of my festively plumpness. ha ha ha...in my dreams. Hopefully this will re-wet your appetites to keep you coming back and I'll post some camp pictures and others soon.

Yum Gum!!!

2008-06-02T21:26:00.000-07:00

You Are Peppermint Flavored Gum

You have a sharp mind that is always churning.
You are mentally hyper. You're always thinking of something.

And while your mind is always on, you're not the most physically active person around.
Some people make mistake you for being lazy, but the truth is: you never relax.

You tend to get so deeply into your projects that you ignore everything around you.
You are creative and cutting edge. You love telling people about your newest ideas and discoveries.

What Flavor Gum Are You?

California, here I come.

2008-05-31T21:28:00.001-07:00

Arizonia to Utah!!

2008-05-31T20:56:00.001-07:00

Catch Up Time

2008-05-31T16:55:00.000-07:00

My Niece Lainey got baptised this spring.

Ryan left an eclair down at his mom's house on the way down to Arizonia, and SOMEONE got a hold of it.

Cambry eating some Horton Hears a Who pancakes that the waitress brought out to her, because they had made too many.

Ryan's mission comp. Derron and his wife J.J.

Their youngest, Hatcher.

Cambry and Tyler playing in some fountains out at a strip-mall in Phoenix. We went and played for 5 days down there and had a blast....

Speaking of blasts, here's Cambry running through the fountains...

Tyler warming up.

Peanut sitting on a lion. She had a blast running through all the water.

Oh, boy. I gotta teach her how to put those goggles on....

Tyler, Danny, and Cambry ready to swim. We stayed at a condo through our timeshare, and the kids had a blast and so did I!!!

Autumn and Hatcher checking things out...I thought that this was a cute picture of them together....plotting!!!

Autumn loved the pool as much as the rest of us. We spent just about every second of every day, in the pool. It was so much fun and it felt wonderful.

Daddy and Autumn playing. You could bounce the ball on or at Autumn and she would laugh and laugh and laugh!!!

I know it's not the prettiest picture, but I thought that I needed to prove that I was there too...

Derron, J.J., and Hatcher. Fun friends whom we hope will come play with us again sometime!!!

Derron tossed his boy's through the air. This is their oldest, Tyler, catching some major Air!!!

Best Buddies, Derron and Ryan!

So silly me, didn't have our friends take a single "family" picture of us, so I made Ryno stop and I set the camera up on a tote, and took a picture of us and a giant cactus!!!

Cambry wanted to take a picture next to a cacti that was just her size...here she is!!!

Holy Batman

2008-05-12T14:07:00.000-07:00

So this is just a short note to all my friends and family members that stop by my blog often to find nothing has changed. My apology!! I've been gone for the last month and a half, to Arizonia, Utah, parties, and California. I've got lots to add, and I'm excited to get a chance to do it soon. I'll tell you a few things and add pictures later. We played in Arizonia with Ryan's mission companion and his sweet family for about a week, and have been helping move another friend and fix up a house in SLC. We've gotten to play with some of our family members, and we have loved that. Ryan's little sister, Karlee is prego and so is our cousin Erica, so we are excited for them. Ashlee and Will (Ry's little sister too) got to go to DC and said they had a blast. McKayde is soooooo cute and Cambry and Brocston are still cute as ever when they get to play together. Autumn is growing like a weed and is so funny we don't know what to do with her. Our other nephew (Cash) was blessed last week, and we weren't able to make it to the blessing, but we're excited for Jed and Nalani. We got to go play in California, okay, I played, Ryan slaved away working. I got to go play in San Francisco, and I'm believing that my hubby is getting ready to take us back down to Utah to finish working on the SLC house. Strange, I kind of miss my home!!! Well I hope that this little bit of info will keep you all coming back for more and more, and I'll post pictures soon. I also ran the van out of gas in the Middle of Nevada last night driving back home from Cali....silly Heidi!!! And if anyone finds my hubby's phone, we lost it in California and it's not going to be a fun time!!! ha ha ha ha.

Coffee Beans

2008-03-26T09:58:00.000-07:00

THE TRICK IS TO FIND THE MAN IN THE COFFEE BEANS:

This is bizarre - after you find the guy - it's so obvious. Why didn't I see him immediately?

Doctors have concluded that if you find the man in the coffee beans in 3 seconds, the right half of your brain is better developed than most people.

If you find the man between 3 seconds and 1 minute, the right half of the brain is developed normally.

If you find the man between 1 minute and 3 minutes, then the right half of your brain is functioning slowly and you need to eat more protein.

If you have not found the man after 3 minutes, the advice is to look for more of this type of exercise to make that part of the brain stronger!!!

And, yes, the man is really there!!!

The Husband Quiz

2008-03-25T11:50:00.000-07:00

What is his name? Ryan Walker Partridge
How long did you date? 2 1/2 years, and 2 month engagement
Who eats more sweets? Me...I'm the festively plump one.
Who is taller? He is. He's got me by about 4 inches.
Who is the better singer? He is. He sang in school and is awesome at church...I can't sing in Spanish.
Who does the laundry? I do.
Who pays the bills? I do, most of the time.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He Does.
Who mows the lawn? I usually do, when the kids are sleeping.
Who cooks dinner? I do, but he's usually not home to eat it...
Who drives when you're together? Usually he does, unless we go on a long trip, then we will switch off, or if he gets too tired I will drive.
Who is more stubborn? That's a toss-up. We both have tempers and opinon's about everything, so we will "fight" for what we think is right.
Who kissed who first? It was a great kiss, a long time in the making...It was a "one, two, three" kind of kiss, where we both went for the kill. He'll tell you that I was the more aggressive kisser, but hey, he's hot, who wouldn't attack him when he finally let you?!?!
Who asked who out? He asked me out several times. I believe I forgot about our first lunch date, and he wouldn't let me forget about it, until I went out to dinner with him....
Who proposed? He did at the Rooftop resturant in SLC overlooking Temple Square. The funny thing was, the couple right next to us was celebrating their 50th anniversary, and he had proposed to her down on Temple Square. That and my v-ball team mate and her whole family were there watching the whole thing....Did I mention that Ryan dropped the ring and had a guy trip over him while he was kneeling to propose?!?!
Who is more sensitive? This is again a toss-up. He's really sensitive, and I'm a big meany sometimes and he lets me know. But I can be a sensitive little thing as well....
Who has more siblings? He does. Counting step siblings, there are 8 Kids in his family. I've just got a super-duper older brother, with a hot wife and cute kids.
Who wears the pants? It depends on who wants something....The one who wants something is usually the pant wear'er

Easter Bunnies and Accidents

2008-03-25T10:08:00.000-07:00

Anyone want some dinner???

Did you find an egg Autumn???

New cousin's MaKayde and Cash. They are a few weeks apart, and growing into cute little guys. I believe they make Ryan want a little boy more, each time he held one of them, he would get this dreamy look on his face and talk "googy" talk to them.

Here's our little Autumn, with the boys. She is 8 and 10 months older than the boys. They are laying in order of birth from left to right.

It was Jed's b-day last Friday, so he got to blow out his candles....after Brocston. Broc got to them first, so we had to relight them for Jed.

Here's my little Easter Bunny.

Opening their Easter from G-ma and G-pa Bliesner.

It was a very, VERY cold Easter Egg hunt for the city. Cambry was not happy, and Autumn was down-right ticked off. She yelled at us for an hour, then fell asleep. Cambry got a bunch of eggs, and the hunt only lasted about 30 sec's because the kids just run and scoop. Then on the other side of the field, there are the sponser's with more goodies for the kids. Each egg has a company lable taped to it, and they were giving out little things from easter toys, to 1 lbs chocolate bunnies. It was a lot of fun...but very cold.

Coloring Easter Eggs with G-ma and Cambry's friend Charly.

Cambry and Charly finding eggs in my front yard. Please note that there is STILL snow in Idaho.

So we had a bit of an accident the other day. I had some scissors in my church bag that fell out, and Cambry found. Well I had parted her hair with a zig-zag part and had two little pig-tails with the hair from her ears up, and she decided to cut her hair like "Mulan". So she snipped off one of her pig-tails, and some other hair. Here you can see how much she had cut off. Not too bad, but then we found that she had snipped in other places, so we had to even it all up.

This was how long her hair used to be.....

This was during her hair cut. My friend Beth helped me cut Cambry's hair.

We put some mouse in and blowed it dry...She's not really even sad that it's all gone...She says that it's short, "like mommies" and seems to like it.

And here she is after her bath last night and after we just blowed her hair dry...I was going to do layers, but I hope this will help all her hair thicken up...

Cambry on our Snow Drift

2008-03-12T17:58:00.000-07:00

Who needs a sledding hill? We've got a snow drift worth riding!!!

So here's some video of Cambry sledding down the huge snow drift in our backyard. She got to ride all the way to the back steps and did this for about 3 hours, until the wind picked up and began to freeze my sweeties out. Autumn's cheeks go bright red, just like mine did when I was little.

Conversation with a 3 year old.

2008-03-12T17:45:00.000-07:00

So my friend Sandra did this, and I thought it would be funny to share some things that my little one has said.

The other day we were driving and drove passed a nasty smell and asked Cambry,

"What's that smell."

Cambry said, "It's a snunk. Peeee-you, that snunk is stinky."

Then we asked her something else, which she ignored and announced:

"That snunk was hiding in his "heidi-hole" (hiding-hole) stinking it up. That's why snunks are stinky."

To which Ryan and I chuckled loudly and asked Cambry to repeat what she had just told us. If you want to hear Cambry telling you about a snunk, scroll down to around October and you can hear her yelling about the snunk!!!

I love hearing kids mispronounce things.

Snow, showers and smiles

2008-03-12T09:10:00.000-07:00

8' plus in the backyard.

So it snowed a bit here!! I'm standing in our driveway and there are snow drifts behind me that are well over 6 feet in some places and range from 3-8 feet high around the house. The top picture is of my backyard and that snow drift is going over our 8' plus fence. Cambry has been sledding on it. Cambry sledding....please note that no harm came to the kitten. This kitten will do just about anything with Cambry and has gone sledding, swimming, and slidding and swinging....oddly all "s" words.

Rosey cheeked from playing outside.

Does anyone else's kids fall asleep while eating in their highchairs? Mine have both done this.

Sister's forever having fun!

Baby shower for SIL Nalani. She has since had her little boy and we can't wait to see him!!! Autumn laughing. I told her to "smile" and this is what she gave me...please note she has only 2 teeth, and it's been that way since she was 4 months old....no more have come in.

Little Preston dressing up with Cambry.

Cutting out hearts for FHE!!! at g-ma's and g-pa's.

Having fun for goodness sake!!!

2008-03-11T16:12:00.000-07:00

Little girl, who's all smiles!!!
Sledding on the snow drifts in the front yard. They got to be 6 feet plus on the driveway and side of the house.
Making Valentines!!!
New baby cousin!!! One more is on the way with Auntie Nalani!!!
Cambry holding baby Mac.

What happened in your year???

2008-01-29T15:01:00.000-08:00

So I'm always on the look out for something fun to read, and a friend sent me a web-link that tells you what happened in the world the year you were born.

Here's the link for my year, but then you can look up years on the website or insert the year where 1979 is on my link.

Year Of Birth

Bath-time, Babies & Birthday's

2008-01-23T11:20:00.000-08:00

Cambry making some Valentines!

New Baby McKayde

Cambry and little Mac

Trisha, Brett and Mac.

G-ma Baadsgaard with her B-day cake and ice cream!!! Karlee made a yummy dinner for Mom's b-day and we all gobbled down the goodies that were also made and brought to the party!!

Cambry and Autumn playing in a tote. They love anything they can climb in, or around or build with, or stack or..or..or...they're just kids having fun!!!

Little Autumn is getting some teeth now!!! She bites ANYTHING that gets too close.

Cambry out ready for a ride on the 4-wheeler. She likes to plow the driveway and just go for rides.

Attempting to sled off of one of the 6' plus snow drifts in our driveway. She loves it and has had a blast with the snow...though it's been in the negative numbers lately (all day, we haven't made it past 0 in the last few days). She's had to stay in the last little while, but when we can...the snow is fun!!

Here's little Autumn's "fun in the snow." Our friends gave her the cute coat for Christmas, and I just bundle her up in it and all her blankets, then pull her along for a little fun in the snow and some fresh air!!!

Autumn and Cambry taking a much needed bath.

Cambry "striking a pose" for me.

Autumn playing with Cambry and being the happy little girl she is!!

Many of you know that we bought and sold some property in Blackfoot, well that money went right into this...yep a hospital up in Ashton Idaho....We're the proud owners of the old Ashton Memorial....

This is Cambry watching a movie on one of our many trips. We bought a Chevy Uplander and have loved it ever since. Cambry loves it because there is a built in DVD player. I love it because there is more room and it's easy to load the kids...Ryan still thinks it's a truck.....

Christmas at Baadsgaards

2008-01-10T14:56:00.000-08:00

Cambry and Brocston riding the horse "Rosie" together!! Brocston is 7 months younger than Cambry and they are expecting a little brother in a week!!! Broc is excited to get to play football with his little brother!!!
Building a tower as big as they are!!! ONLY to knock it down the next second!!!
Newly wed's Tyson and Ryan's little sister Karlee!!! What a happy couple they are!!! Ha Ha Ha.
Ashlee, Autumn and Broc, all getting some loving at lunch!
"Auntie Ashlee said that these taste good....hummm limes...."

Christmas Time is Here Again!!

2008-01-10T12:42:00.000-08:00

Ryan and the girls, sitting around the fire....some might notice something a little odd about the tree!!! Yep, first it's tilted to one side, and second it is tied to the hook! Cambry decided that she wanted to get an ornament off one of the top branches, and pulled a chair over, then tried tugging the ornament off the branch, which resulted in tipping the entire tree over and dumping the water out, but not breaking a single ornament (or child). She got a talking to, and time out, only 'cause I couldn't reach her until the tree was tipped back up, and by then my temper had cooled a bit. (She had been spoken to earlier about touching the tree, but that didn't stuck until the tree "fell over".)
Cambry and Autumn hamming it up together!!
Princess Autumn!!! Crawling?!?!!!
Princess Ry-Ry, Talking!!
Cousin Brocston helping "feed" Autumn at G-ma Baadsgaards!!

Holiday Fun

2008-01-10T11:19:00.000-08:00

Decorating the Gingerbread houses with G-ma Bliesner.

Cambry's house that she decorated...Autumn in the background...smiling.

Sweet sisters's playing.

Sweet little sisters playing together.

Autumn has learned how to sit-up, crawl (beyond the army crawl) and even pull herself up at the sofa and walk around it, holding on. She's tried letting go a few times and just topples right over, but I'm sure she'll be running by the time she's 9 months. She's 7 nearly 8 months now!!! What a big girl!!!
You can't really see them too well, but she has her bottom two teeth through, but that's all that are showing up right now. By now Cambry had all four front teeth (2 top 2 bottom) and was working on her next set of teeth. Autumn takes her time at eating and crawling, so her teeth are also taking their time coming in.
At the ward Fiesta Christmas party. My friend Beth is holding Autumn and laughing...
Cambry with Santa!!! She doesn't like to look at the camera right now....she's on strike!!

Autumn with Santa.

This was Cambry's 1st Christmas....Do Autumn and Cambry look alike??? (Dec 2004)

Family Pictures

2008-01-10T10:25:00.000-08:00

Here's my happy family. My friend Sheena came out one blowy-cold day and took these family pictures, in between wind/rain storms....

My sweetheart and I, with our little girls.
Under the tree, with my christmas tree's in the background.

Little Autumn and I. I was pinching her cheeks to get her to smile....but got caught!!!

Me and my sweet little girls.

Ryan and his cutie-pies!!!

Salem Pond

2007-11-27T06:59:00.000-08:00

"Howdy little Partner....feeding them, there, ducks? Excellent!!" Brocston out feeding ducks at Salem Pond.

Uncle Bob and the Kids feeding the ducks.

Autumn staying out of trouble!!!

Brocston Feeding the Goose.
Cambry Feeding the goose and Ducks.

Happy Halloween

2007-11-09T12:02:00.000-08:00

We took some spooky kiddies out for pictures!!!

Cambry, Autumn and Brocston!!! Our little Princess and her Dragons!!!

Sweet little sisters!!!! Hope everyone else had a Happy Halloween!!!

What's That Smell???

2007-11-08T21:31:00.000-08:00

So we drove past a "yucky" smell and decided to ask Cambry what the smell was. It's so fun to hear what these kids have to say. Gotta love 'em!!!!

This was on Halloween, and I thought it was so funny to hear what Cambry calls things!! Not to mention that you get to hear how she says things with her mouth FULL OF CANDY!!!

Little girls of the Fall

2007-10-27T08:18:00.000-07:00

My two little sweety-pies.

Gathering the "dropped" potatoes!

Little Autumn being a "dashboard" ornament!!! So Cute.

Happiest Baby in the world!

Checking herself out in the Mirror!!! Woohoo, what a beauty!!!

Flaming Gorge

2007-09-13T18:50:00.000-07:00

Little Preston showing off his broken arm at the Petersen family reunion in Hidden Springs Utah.

Cambry on the climbing wall in Hidden Springs. My little monkey kept climbing and climbing and when we hooked her up to the ropes, she climbed even higher, then would let go so she could "float" down. She loved it.

Little Autumn with her cousin Lainey.

Little Autumn posing in her "cowboy" outfit. We did a fun little project with the 24 + great-grand kids on the Petersen side (my mom's side).

Cambry showing off the size of a dinosaur's footprint.

Cambry in Vernal Utah at the Dinosaur Museum.

Ryan caught a 15lb Lake Trout in Flaming Gorge Res. when we went to play with his Dad and some new friends.

More of the fish.

Look at the size of the fish compared to Cambry. I should have gotten down to Cambry's height so we could see a REAL comparison, but that fish was HUGE.

Ryan's Dad, Cambry and some of the fish that they caught.

Cambry trying out the fishing....what a smile

Grandpa trying to get Cambry to "grab" the fish.

Cambry catching her own fish. She kept saying, "I've got one, papa. I've got one." At first he didn't believe her, but then he saw her pole jerking and twitching which meant she did have a fish on. It was a lot of fun watching her catch her own fish....

Smiling with her fish that she caught...She's still not sure what she thinks about it.

All in all we had a lot of fun fishing a seeing family. It was a fun week, very long, but fun. Ryan's back to "slaving" away, and Cambry is back to playing with her kitty's and asking when she gets to go fishing again. Autumn can roll all the way over, and is moving across the room faster than you can keep up. She get's on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth, so we're sure that soon enough she'll quit giving herself carpet burns on her face and will start to crawl.... She's almost 4 months and we're loving our little girls to death. We couldn't ask for better kids. They both sleep through the night and are a delight and joy.

Little Autumn's Life!!

2007-08-31T06:46:00.000-07:00

Baby Autumn, with cousin Preston checking things out.

Great-grandma Petersen getting some loving time.

Little girl, Autumn holding her head up like a big girl. Autumn has learned a new trick and can now roll over onto her tummy...then gets stuck and squawks that she wants back over, but gets so excited when you come and turn her over, that she is quickly back onto her tummy. Every now and then she gets an arm stuck under her and that makes her pretty mad, but she is a strong little cookie and loves to see what's going on. She's rubbed the hair off the back of her head, from watching her big sister walk around and play around her and she loves the outdoors and seeing new things.

Children of Summer

2007-08-31T06:12:00.001-07:00

Beautiful Autumn is a happy Baby.

Cambry fell asleep for her nap like a stink-bug.

Autumn's latest "trick".

Autumn is learning how to push up.

Cambry and Lainey hanging out together.

Heads up!!

2007-08-28T07:34:00.000-07:00

Here's some photo's that I forgot to put on, a while ago....

Little Autumn learning to hold her head up!

Autumn and Great-grandma Petersen!

Picture Time

2007-06-29T10:48:00.000-07:00

Cambry's 3rd Birthday Picture.

Kisses For Autumn.

Cute Little Sisters!

Sweet Little Autumn.

Beautiful Cambry.

My mom and I took the kids to get their pictures taken for Father's Day and for Cambry's birthday picture. I try to get a picture each year of her on her birthday! I think that they turned out great and the pictures they were able to get of Autumn were Beautiful, and Cambry's pictures, of course, were just as beautiful. I'm so spoiled to have the beautiful little girls I have. Love to all.

Summer Fun

2007-06-29T09:46:00.001-07:00

Wedding Fun and Summer Fun

2007-06-14T18:37:00.001-07:00

Fun with my gift!

2007-06-14T17:29:00.000-07:00

I was given a fun gift for Christmas, where I can play with my photo's. I tried the "old fashioned" look out on Cambry and Brocston.

This one adds colors and darkness...don't really know what it's called.

Here's an "old fashioned" kiss.

This one added the colors and darkness again....it's fun and there's more, but these were the ones that I liked using and creating.

Wedding Bells

2007-06-06T11:11:00.001-07:00

Ryan's little Sister Ashlee got married. Here she is with all the little ladies. Autumn was two weeks old, and it took ALL the adults and one fun photographer to get Cambry to stand just right and smile for the pictures...what a night!!!
Cambry and Brocston out being kissing cousins. It was just so cute, 'cause Cambry kept saying, "Give me a kiss Broc-y" and so he walked over and gave her a good kiss.
I guess that Brocston wanted another kiss!!!!
The happy couple. Will and Ashlee. If you just do the first letter's of their names it makes A&W....A good place to eat!!! ha ha ha
What a bunch of Cuties!!! This is Cambry and Cousin Carter posing with the bows....Now these are a couple of presents that would be fun to receive!!!!!

Baby and Birthday's!!!

2007-06-06T10:36:00.000-07:00

Baby Autumn Tyler was born on May 18th and weighed in at 7lbs 14ozs and was 20 1/2 inches long. We are delighted that she has come to join our little family.
Sleeping like a princess!!!
Close up!!!
It was Cambry's 3rd Birthday on May 28th, and several family and friends were able to come up and join us in some fun-filled cake and ice cream and pictures!!!
The only picture where I could get Cambry to look at me, and she puts her hand in her mouth....what a corker!!!

A few months worth of fun!!!

2007-05-08T08:56:00.000-07:00

Well here I am in almost all my glory. We are now just a week away, give or take, from our new addition to the family. I've had a perfectly wonderful pregnancy and am just getting over a nasty cold. Cambry and I have both been sick, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
I turned another year older, and my family came to play with us, and even brought a yummy cake.
Then Ryan came home one day for lunch, and his little girl insisted on dancing with him, so they danced around for about 15 minutes, and Cambry seemed to be in heaven with her daddy!!!
And as most of you know, it blows and blows here, so there is a picture of Cambry out playing with her pinwheel in the wind. It was a fun day and we've been having a fun time the last few months.
We had some fun Easter Egg Hunting as well. Cambry colored eggs for the first time and did a beautiful job and was "really careful" not to break the eggs. She liked to fish them out and put them out to dry. Then we had a hunt with some friends on Friday, and then a hunt with my parents on Saturday, where you can see my mom and Cambry racing for some eggs. Then the Easter Bunny brought Cambry her basket to G-ma and G-pa Baadsgaard's house where we had yet another Egg hunt for the little ones, and one for the adults...needless to say, I came away with the most money...ha ha ha, the prego lady squating down to get all those eggs.

Shay, Bob, Brocston, Mom, Dad and Karlee came up to play and we went to Garcia's to eat. Some of the family tried on the fancy hats!!! I think Broc looks a little....well you know. The other pictures are of Cambry playing with some friends...It was a sudden warm day and they went outside, and turned on the water and played like little ones should. We didn't know that they were in the water until it was too late...

Then Cambry with the Spoons over her eyes is her attempt to be a pirate. This was when we went out to dinner with Uncle Jed.

We got to go to General Conference with our Spanish Branch, but since we had a little one, we had to stay outside on the lawns. So we had ALL of the other kids that were too young to go inside. We had a lot of fun watching the kids play. There were two boys that are several years older than Cambry, who kept tackling her. She finally got fed up with one of them and full on tackled him back, by putting her shoulder right into his gut and taking him down. Then she just sat on him for a few moments. I thought it was pretty funny!!!

It's been a while!!!

2007-05-08T08:51:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I've updated, so there'll be a few old photo's. This is of Cambry when she was "supposedly" taking a nap in the car. She was in her carseat, but somehow got ahold of the diaper bag, where I had left my toothbrush and toothpaste from our trip to Utah. She then proceeded to apply generous amounts to her forehead and hair.

7 Years & Counting

2007-02-06T08:25:00.000-08:00

Ryan and I made it 7 years in marriage last month and celebrated by going out and eating some yummy food at Jaker's and just hanging out together. Cambry stayed with some friends and it was a delightfully wonderful evening with my sweetheart. In 7 years we've lived in 4 different states. We'll soon have another little one join us. And we fight and bicker, then make-up with the best of them. We are loving life and enjoying it to the fullest.

Sunny Snow

2007-02-06T07:44:00.000-08:00

It's been colder then....well you know what lately, and it finally snowed enough and hadn't all blown away. So one very sunny day, Cambry and I went out and played in the snow. We trooped around the front yard making trails and we made snow angels big and small. Cambry licked the snow and ate it whenever she could, and she jumped and threw it in the air, and I snapped picture after picture and we laughed and laughed. It was still really cold, but there was NO wind which is wonderful since it is blowing usually 24-7 here. You can see what a perfectly clear day it was and it turned out to be one of the most perfect days for me. I got to sit and laugh with my little girl and play in the snow...some of my most favorite things.

Little Baby Girl

2007-01-22T10:12:00.000-08:00

We are exited that we will be having another little one come join our family in May 2007. We will be having another little girl, and are absolutely delighted with the idea! Ryan was hoping for a little boy and everything seemed to be pointing at the odds of a little boy, but nope the Lord has other plans for us right now, and a little girl is who we'll get. I've been very spoiled this pregnancy and was really only sick on 3 different Monday's. Cambry and I did get the flu in the middle of the 4th month, and that sucked and after 3 days for flu-bug h@## I was once again happy and excited to be pregnant again. Of course you never think you're going to say, "I'm so happy to be pregnant again," until after going through the flu...ha ha ha

Ryno's Birthday

2007-01-19T08:18:00.000-08:00

Well Ryan turned another year older and silly old me threw him a birthday party. It wasn't huge, but I made a yummy cake and several friends stopped by to wish him well. This was a present from one of his workers. They can NEVER agree on music and Ryan says their music is garbage, and they say that he listens to junk like K-Fed and Justin, so hence the card. Ryan also loves to wear his coats/jackets from Equador that are made of llama wool, and they say that he looks like Mr. Rogers, so he got a new Mr. Rogers Sweater. I haven't seen him laugh so hard about a present as he did with this one.

Santa Baby

2007-01-17T10:37:00.000-08:00

Cambry and Santa at the ward Christmas Party. You tell Cambry to say "Cheese" and she squints her eyes tightly and says, "CCCCCCCCCChhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeesssssssssseeeeeeeeee". Such a cutie.

Logan Swimming Fun

2006-08-22T10:57:00.000-07:00

A fun day in the sun. Recently we went down to Logan, where I'm from and went swimming with Cambry's cousins, Lainey, Carson and Preston. The "Boys" (Ryan, my dad and Brother) had all gone sailing in the San Juan Islands and left us ladies with the little ones, so we simply had to have fun. Cambry's idea of "swimming" was to "motor" herself around with her hands on the ground of the pool and yell out, "I'm Swimming!!" She did finally run around and splash in the water and she even decided to go for a really deep swim in the other pool. I had taken her lifejacket off to adjust the straps and she hopped out of the kiddie pool and ran for the four foot pool and jumped in!! I hopped out and flopped into the pool and grabbed her to pull her back up to the surface....wouldn't you know it, she was grinning the whole time. Oddly, I had done the exact same thing when I was about Cambry's same age....The apple doesn't fall far!!!

Partridge Family

2006-08-22T10:53:00.000-07:00

Here is my little family. We are delightfully in love with our little girl, Cambry who has brought so much joy and happiness into our lives!