Hello Again

I keep saying I will do better at blogging but by the looks of it I lied. I will try to update you with our summer and fall and add pictures after.

 Allie had lots of fun playing her soccer games. At the end of the season she got a medal. she was very excited for that. She started kindergarten and is learning lots. we are working hard at getting her to read sight words. she likes to look at the pictures in the book and guess at what the words say instead of sounding them out. She went on a field trip and got to ride the bus to hee haw farms in October. She dressed up as a greek goddess for halloween, but i'm a bad mom and forgot to take a picture of her in it.  She was at her uncles and was riding a horse and the horse reared back cause she was screaming (she screams at everything) and she got bucked off. We took her to the dr to see if her arm was broken (it was very swollen) she had x-rays and we found out it wasn't broken, thank goodness. She did have to wear a sling for a couple of days to help with the swelling and pain.

Trevor turned 3 on October 3rd. It seems like he was 2 for the LOOOONGEST time. I am hoping that now that he is "older" he will lay off being michevious (wishful thinking). we have had fingernail polish on our walls, markers on my mattress, crushed chips in the carpet, etc, etc, etc. He is learning lots of new words and makes me laugh at the things he comes up with.. His favorite word is probably Treat. That is what I hear from him first thing in the morning, when I pick him up from the babysitter,  before he goes to bed, and all the time in between. He loves to help me cook and needs to see everything I am cooking. I made him a lightning McQueen costume for halloween. He liked it up until he had to wear it and walk. I had to tell him that if he didn't wear it he wouldn't get candy. Trevor went to father and sons for the first time ever and had lots of fun playing with the binoculars.

Gracelyn is now 8 1/2 months old. She now has 2 almost 3 teeth and her very first ear infection. She is now sitting up on her own and loves to be tossed in the air. I had planned on dressing her up as a pumpkin for halloween, but didn't quite realize that she was bigger then the costume and it didn't fit, so I ran to my costume reserve and dressed her as a lion. once again i forgot to take pictures. the only reason i have one of Trevor is cause i took it a week before halloween.

Christopher has a friend who was growing a huge pumpkin to enter in a contest and we went to see it for FHE. The guy was nice enough to let them sit on the pumpkin to get their picture taken.
We had our family pictures taken recently and I love them. I kept telling Janeen (our photographer) that I only wanted pictures of the kids, but she told me that i should just get a few with myself and christopher in them and i'm glad she talked me into it.

I have been doing lots of sewing. I decided that in order to save money (since i am now learning how to budget) i would make some of my kids christmas presents. I think i have become addicted to making things for my kids. My next project is to make gracie leggings from my old t-shirts...I just might have to go shopping for new clothes for me if I keep this up. I dressed up as a paperdoll for halloween. I was very crafty this year with cardboard.

Allie waiting to get her arm x-rayed.

Allie on the big pumpkin

Allie's first day of school.

Riding her big girl bike she got for her birthday.

Riding a big slide a Hee Haw farms

Trevor on the big pumpkin

Trevors Halloween costume

Trevor on his bike he got for his birthday. He refused to look at the camera.

Trevor at father and sons

Trevor cooking

My halloween costume.

These last pictures are a few of our pictures we just got taken.

Dare Devil

Trevor was outside with Christopher and got an idea. He ran in the front door, up the stairs, out the back door and down the stairs of the deck and got his car. He then lugged it back up the stairs of the deck, through the kitchen, down the stairs to the front door and out to the driveway. Here he is being a little Dare Devil.

I had to tell him a few times to watch where he was going because he kept looking at me behind him. We thought he was going to crash into the cars and garbage cans a few times.

Soccer Mom

So it is official...I am now a soccer mom. I have the mini van and a handful of children and one is now playing soccer. Allie had her first game this morning. I was very impressed with her not giving up and there were a few times that she was able to get the ball away from people. She did a lot of falling down but she got back in there and I think she had lots of fun. I can't wait until next year or maybe the year after that so Trevor can play too. He tries to join in and is sad when he can't.

Balloons

This morning we decided to wake early and go to Provo for the balloon fest. The kids were excited to see the balloons and I was worried about taking Trevor cause he doesn't just sit still, but he did really good. We saw about ten balloons filled with air but still on the ground. Then we saw the Darth Vader balloon get filled up with air and the wind started to blow and the balloons started to tip over and so they all took the air out of the balloons and packed them up. It was a little dissappointing to not see them fly but we are planning on going back next year to watch them.

6 Years

Wow that has gone by so fast. It seems like we just celebrated our 5th year together and now Christopher and I have been married 6 years. He is a wonderful husband and father. I am very greatful to have him for eternity!

I love you Chris.

An Athlete in the Family

I have been slacking off on the blogging lately so you will get a few posts today to get you updated on what crazy things have been happening in our home. We are going to have a little athlete in our family. A couple of months ago I asked Allie if she wanted to play T-ball or join a dance class and she informed me that she wants to play Soccer. So Friday I went to the rec center and signed her up. She got a soccer shirt and will start playing sometime in July. I hope she does well. They won't be keeping score. It is more to teach them the basics of soccer. I can't wait to watch her on the field.

2 Month Check up

Gracelyn went in for her 2 month check up on Tuesday. She is now 10lbs 5oz and in the 34% for her weight. She is 22 1/4" long and in the 43% for her height. Her head Circ is 36.2cm and in the 2 %. She is deffinately my kid. She is now cooing and smiles lots and my heart just melts everytime. I love her so much!!

Father and Sons

On Friday May 13, 2011 Christopher and Trevor went to Father and sons for the first time ever. They went to little Moab and camped out overnight. I figure They had a good time. Chris sent me this picture of Trevor.

While they were camping out the girls and I went up to salt Lake to see my brother in the hospital after he got out of surgery. We are very happy that he is home and doing good. We love you Riley.

Bumps and Bruises

 On Wednesday May 11, 2011 Chris was getting the kids ready to go to the babysitter and Allie had a potty accident in the night and Chris had sent her downstairs to get clean underpants so that she could get in the tub. Instead of doing what she was told, Allie and Trevor decided to play on the treadmill. I guess they pressed a button to make it go faster then they could handle and Trevor fell and landed between the treadmill and the wall and Allie (without clothes on cause she was supposed to get in the tub) fell and had nowhere to go but on the treadmill. Unfortunately for her she got thrown around and scrapped up arms, shoulders, legs, elbows, and hands. We took her to the Dr and they say that she will heal with no scarring. We had gone into the dr Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday to get the bandages changed. Then they dropped the bomb on me and told me I will now have to change the bandages mysef. There is a reason I never went into nursing. I have no patience for kids screaming in my ear while I try my hardest not to hurt them while taking their badages off. Oh I am looking forward to the day that we are done with this trial!!! I do have to say that Allie is a very strong little girl to have to go through all this. I love her tons and hope she will never have to hurt like this again.

Easter Bunny

The kids were really excited for the Easter Bunny to come this year. We dyed the eggs for FHE and Saturday night the kids decorated a plate so that we could put the bunnies treat on it. Of course they can't share a plate and decorate together so they each got their own plate to decorate. We left the Easter Bunny some carrots and lettuce to snack on while he/SHE hid the eggs and left the baskets. We woke up Sunday morning and found the eggs and ate some candy then we attended church. Later that evening we went to grandma and grandpa Keele's house for dinner and the kids dressed up like bunnies and went looking for eggs and baskets at their house. Don't you agree that I have 3 of the cutest bunnies ever?

Mischievious

I am about ready to give away a two year old. I love him to death but he has been pushing my buttons. You know how parents always say I hope you get a child just like you? Well.... looks like that has happened. My mom tells me I was a curious kid dumping ranch out on the floor to see what it looks like, I remember cutting the phone cord while my mom was on the phone just to see if it would cut, and breaking a jar of mustard on the floor just to name a few. I was a handful, Now I have my hands full with Trevor. The other day I walked into the kitchen to find that he had gotten into the fridge and cracked six eggs on my floor. I told him that it is not nice and I stuck his hands in the eggs so he would learn not to do it again (he hates getting his hands messy). The next morning while I was still sleeping the bandit struck again.. this time there were 18 eggs cracked on my kitchen floor, my white lace table cloth, the bathroom floor and the entry way. so once again I had to clean up the eggs. My fridge and freezer now have locks on them. I should have invested in the locks long ago. Well that hasn't stopped him from being curious. I found that he had dumped water inside my cupboard, in the kitchenaide mixer, my crock pot, and the base to my hot chocolate machine. I dried them out and hoped that the hot chocolate machine wasn't ruined it is one of my favorite small appliances. the day after that I had made pancakes for breakfast and Allie I and I had gone down to her bedroom to get her dressed for church. When I returned to the kitchen I saw a brown puddle on the floor and my cupboard with my small appliances was open. I walked to the brown puddle and tuched it thinking that Christopher had left an open can of rootbeer somewhere and Trevor had found it. OH NO! I am not that lucky. It was a puddle of syrup. Trevor had gotten the syrup bottle off the counter and poured it on my kitchen floor, in the cupboard, in my kitchenaide bowl, in the crockpot, and once again in the base of my hot chocolate machine (keep in mind this base isn't supposed to get wet). Obviously there was no way for me to clean out the base and the machine had to go in the trash. I went looking for my little angel and he was hiding out in his room with the syrup  bottle. I snatched the bottle away from his grasp but I was too late. I turned to walk out with the syrup and I saw that he had dumped it all over the cream carpeting. All I have to say is that some day I hope he gets a kid JUST LIKE HIM! ;)

2 Week check up

Gracelyn went in for her 2 week check up today. She now weighs 6 lbs 13 oz that is 2 oz more then when she was born and she is in the 10%tile for her weight. I thought she would weigh more considering she eats 4 oz now. She is now 19 3/4 inches long 28%tile. She grew 3/4" boy she is just sprouting. and her head circ. is 33 cm that puts her in the 1%tile. I don't know what her head was when she was born maybe they didn't write it down cause it wasn't on the charts! who knows. All my chillins have small heads. runs in my family. Anyway I am in love with this little spirit and of course the other 2 angels in my home. Well she is crying for a bottle, gotta run.

She is here

Gracelyn Eliza Williams was born March 15, 2011. She weighed 6 lbs 11 oz and was 19 inches long. She has lots of dark hair and is such a good baby. she hardly cries but when she does it breaks my heart. Allie and Treovr love having her home. Trevor kisses her head every chance he gets and Allie is constantly asking to hold her. I am very glad she is here.