Idaho!!!

Here i am with my boys and most of my nephews and nieces. I stole this picture from my Sister-in-laws facebook page. It makes me laugh! haha! Here we are at Bear Lake. A beautiful lake. We love it here. The only bad thing is that the wind picks up pretty strongly in the afternoon, which is what is happening in this picture below. Shane's parents have a big party raft that we took out and sat on, but the wind blew us instantly to the shore.

Shane's parents rented a jet ski for 4 hours. It was lots of fun, especially when it got windy. Shane and i went out, i was driving, i made us get some air and when we came back down we dove into the water, then some water FORCEFULLY flew into my face and went straight up my nose. It didn't feel good, but it was still fun. :)

Here is Tanner enjoying an ice cream come after the 40 mile relay, where everyone ran a 5 mile leg. To Bone and Back, is what the race is called.

Here is Shane running his leg. He did AWESOME. He ran a hilly 5 miles in 38:20. It was a hard leg. All the legs are hard. We had been looking forward to this race for a year. I got sick the day before and couldn't run it. I was so disappointed, but i was still able to be there and cheer for everyone.

While we were there i was able to run a 5K called the Scenic River Classic which i did in a little over 24 minutes. And then i ran in the Freedom Run in Hyrum through the Black Smith Fork canyon. It was a 15K, which means it was a little over 9 miles. It was a great run. I really liked it.

I really wish i had more pictures from Idaho. I am sorry i don't. Scorn me later i guess. But we had lots of fun. We were able to see everyone a lot. We made a visit to Logan where all Shane's siblings live except for one. We stayed there for three nights and just had a blast. We made a trip to American Fork to see our newest nephew be blessed. We stayed the night there. It was lots of fun. We all went together and hiked up Ensign Peak the next day after the blessing. Then we all headed to ChuckaRama to eat lunch together. While we were there Jaydon completely blew out of his pants. My sis-in-law was holding him and when she put him down there was poop all over her arm...somehow poop got on my niece and it was all over Jaydon's back. Let me say, i wanted to scream. He had been having blow-outs like this for a few days. Enough to where i have to change his clothes and bathe him. He woke up at 5 a.m. one morning and i went in and his whole body was smeared in poop. It was sick. We had enough blow-outs to make me wanna lose my mind. On top of that, all three boys were sick within a 24 hour period. Gavin and Tanner were both over the toilet TOGETHER at one point. It was a HORRIBLE bug. I got it. Shane got it. Bob and Janet got it. Ryan, ashley, ethan got it. It was not fun. It hit one after another.

Then we made a small trip up to Rigby to see Grandma and somehow tanner gets car sick in the first ten minutes and starts puking. We always give him dramamine, but we don't give it to him when we are make a trip under an hour, which is what this was.

THEN the day we were driving from Denver to Texas, Gavin woke up sick again, with puking and diarrhea again. I was wondering what the heck was going on. THROW ME A BONE HERE, is what i was thinking. NO MORE PUKE AND POOP!!!! hahahaha!

Oh my gosh, then we get here in this horrible heat and our a.c. in our car isn't working. That is terrible enough in itself. I forgot how hot it gets here. Stinkin hot. Anywyay, i will save the rest of our story here in texas for another post.

This summer, so far, as been CRAZY, BUSY, NON-STOP, TIRING, but LOTS of fun too!!! Definitely lots of memories that we made and WILL NOT be forgotten. :) Thanks to all of our families for letting us stay at your homes for awhile! We loved it. :)

Some more from our time in Minnesota...

At the playground. We went to the playground this day and we also went and watched our fellow Mexican friends play soccer. There are lots of Mexicanos in Austin and they all gather together and play soccer on Saturday's. They also bring there meat wagon and cook authentic mexican food. We got some and it was pretty good! :) Tasted authentic.

Here we are at the Mall of America...I am sure Tanner will love this picture when he gets older.

The Mall of America has its own amusement park inside. The boys had TONS of fun riding the rides. They also have a lego land. So the boys made their own lego cars and would have their cars race down the track to see who's was fastest.

Here were are on the bumper cars. I am getting whiplash. Lovely. Those were the bumpiest bumper cars i have ever been on. I couldn't wait to get off.

This ride takes them to the top and drops them gradually. It basically bounces them up and down the whole way down. Tanner didn't know what to think of it. He was terrified, but laughing at the same time. He is scared of heights.

Jaydon's First Birthday... Olivia is eating up the scraps at his feet. She is a funny dog.

Loving his cake.

I took him out in my parents yard to take some pictures. He is sitting in the chair that my sister and i grew up sitting in. It's old and a special chair, so i had to use it.

While we were there in Minnesota we also went to see Shrek part 3 in 3D. It was so cute. The boys loved it. They played day and night with the dogs and the dogs loved it. They rode their bikes everyday, went fishing with papa, played on the slip n slide. It was fun.

Our True Identity

I love this! Absolutely love it. He is so true and so right. It is truly amazing and wonderful. I know who i am and am realizing who i can become. When i look at my friends and loved one's around me, i can see what they can be and when they can't see it in themselves i wish i could show them how wonderful they really are so they can gain more confidence in themselves and who they are so they can become who they are meant to be. I listen to this and i feel the truth of it very strongly. I wish we all could realize our potential and know who we are. It's a wonderful gift to have.

Really...

We are alive. I promise. Once i actually get a moment to sit down for a few minutes and actually get a moment to DOWNLOAD some pictures then i will be posting. Until then, life is crazy. The past few months life has been non-stop. I have no time for internet, no time for photography, no time for exercise. Not time for NOTHIN. Sorry YA'LL. :) haha....I will have A TON to fill you in on, but you might have to wait, at the most, one more week. Much love.
p.s. we finally made it to Texas.

{What's goin on...}

Lots has been going on. I have no time to post more pictures, but i will when we get to Texas. We are in Idaho with Shane's family having lots of fun. We went to Logan to spend time with shane's siblings and all the cousins for gavin and tanner. We loved it.
We have been running a lot. We are big time runner's now. I would say. Shane too. He is lookin Gooooooood!!! :) haha. I ran my first 5k since before i got pregnant. I ran it in 24:06. I am proud of myself. Tomorrow we are all running in a 40 mile relay where we each run a 5 mile leg. We have all been looking forward to this for a year.

The kids have been playing out in the pool and jumping on the trampoline and running amoch.

We all got the flu...well, except for me. How i missed getting it i don't know. Jaydon got it Sunday afternoon and was puking every 15 minutes for 6-7 hours. It was horrible. Then Gavin woke up at midnight. He had puked all over his bed. Tanner woke up an hour later needing to puke. At one point they were both over the toilet at the same time puking together. Gavin puked every 20 minutes for 12 hours. He got it the worst. I have never seen a bug so bad in my life. Shane got the chills, fever, and aches. I didn't get it, but i have felt pretty off for about 5 days. Everyone got it in different ways...puking, fever, etc. We are glad that is over with.

Tanner said to me oned day..."Where is it that we are going?" I said, "Texas." He said, "Do they have tomatoes there?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Aaahh, i don't want to go there anymore." I said, "why?" He said, "Because the tomatoes will blow us away." It was so funny. He meant to say tornadoes, but it came out "tomatoes".

Jaydon is walking so good. He is starting to get around really well. He likes to practice a lot by walking back and forth from one person to the other. But now he is just taking off on his own walking to wherever he feels like.

I don't know if i posted this yet or not. BUT we finally found a home in Texas. AND it's a 4 bedroom, 2 bath. 4 bedroom homes are hard to come by in that area....for a good price. But this one popped up and we love it and the area it's in. The one thing i am excited about is the kitchen. It's big. :)

Well, i also had my birthday, so i am officially 29 yrs. old, but i definitely don't feel like it. So, that is good.

We are heading out on a road trip on July 4th. We are driving from idaho to texas. That will be INTERESTING. All i can say is that we will be so ready to get out of the car when we get there. Gavin is good to travel with, BUT Tanner and the baby aren't so great. They whine a lot b/c they just want out of the car. And Tanner gets car sick so we will be keeping dramamine down him the whole time.

I have been having lots of fun with family, but will be excited to be settled in our home in Texas and get back into my mommy routine. We have been with family since May 12th....so we have definitely been having tons of fun and doing lots of things. The weekend over the 4th we are going to Bear Lake. That Lake is the most beautiful lake i have been to, so we are excited. If you haven't been...well, the water is clear blue. It makes me feel like i am as close to the caribbean as i can get. :) And coming from Lake Erie it's a HUGE difference. Here in Idaho they do fireworks on July 3rd, and July 4th, depending on the area you live in. Plus, we will get to see some in Colorado since we are leaving on the 4th.
Wish us luck!

Minnesota Adventures...

So, the day after graduation all three boys took off in the car with papa and zsa zsa to head to minnesota where they live. That same day shane and i and his family all head out to Niagara Falls and then to Palmyra where we stayed in a big home right on Seneca Lake for three nights. No kids. It was tons of fun. We went and saw all the church history sights and just had fun together. We loved being able to be just us without worrying about little kiddos.

One week and 1 day after graduation the movers came to our home and packed us all up. It took them 2 days and when they left on that second day shane and i cleaned up, said our last goodbyes to cleveland and drove to minnesota. We arrived at my parents house on Thursday morning. We were sooooooo excited to see our boys. It was so good to be back with them again. Zsa Zsa and papa kept them very busy while they were there without us. They went fishing, went to the park, went on lots of bike rides, played out in the yard with the dogs, played on the slip n slide, painted bird houses, etc. They had lots of fun. The boys would dig up there own worms with papa. Then papa hooked on a little trailer on the back of his riding lawnmower, put the boys in that trailer and rode the mower down the street to a natural spring where they would fish. They love fishing now. I can't say thanks enough to my parents for keeping them safe, keeping them busy and happy, and spoiling them and loving them. Thank you!

So, after we got there here are some things we have been doing that i have taken pictures of...

Here we were at the Memorial Day Parade in Austin, MN.


Here are all three boys bathing together. Boy does Jaydon LOVE getting in the bathtub. It is hilarious watching him.
Papa had lots of fun taking Gavin to the store and buying him a bike and helmet so he could ride around. He LOVES his new bike and helmet. He flies on that thing! It made me realize that something is wrong with the bike we have for him b/c he has such a hard time peddling the one we bought him. This one is so much easier for him.
Enjoying a popsicle out in the hot hot sun.
Slip n slide...Tanner is always trying to drink the water. He is very different from Gavin.

More slip n slide.

I still have so many more pics to post of other things we have been doing as well. I will get them up soon. I love it here. It is so pretty and we are sort of out in the country. It is so peaceful and relaxing. We watch deer everyday. There is a little fawn that was just born and we have seen it a few times. It is so darn tiny and cute. The doe has tried attacking our cat and dogs b/c they must get close to where she keeps her fawn and so she attacks. It is hilarious and entertaining. We can hear owls in the morning and night. My parents also have bird feeders out back and we get to see all kinds of different birds...swallows, robins, orioles, humming birds, etc. It is really cool. I so want to live out in the country like this one day. The only thing they are missing is a garden! I want a garden. :) Shane and I have been running a lot. We love being able to run TOGETHER. All summer we get to run together! I will be sad when he has to go back to work. The boys like to run now. I went for a run with them the other day and Tanner doesn't like to go on bike rides...so when my dad and gavin ride their bikes Tanner just wants to run. It is so cute. He is getting faster than he used to be. They also like to go downstairs and workout. They came upstairs today and told me that they "had a good workout". Gavin told me that he went 1000 miles on the elliptical. I love it.

Shane is leaving on Monday to drive to Idaho. Gavin is going to ride with him. Tuesday i am flying to SLC with Jaydon and Tanner. Shane is going to pick us up at the airport and then we are heading up to his parents house and then our next adventure begins! This summer is full of exciting things and it is already going by so fast.

To be continued...

Jaydon is ONE!!!

I wish i could photoshop these and make them look better! I can't right now though. Anyway, here are pics of Jaydon on his first Birthday eating his cake and a picture i took of him outside on his Birthday.




He ate his cake very delicately. He didn't DIG into it, but instead he used his two fingers and carefully picked small pieces and put it in his mouth. He loved it.

Jaydon turned ONE year old on June 1st! I can't believe it! My sweet baby Jaydon is one and sweet he is. :) We all LOVE this boy to death. He is so much fun and makes us laugh so much. He has LOTS of character! TONS! Here are a few things about our Baby Jaydon...

1.He says, "Mama"

2. He says "hi"

3.He waves bye bye, sometimes with both hands!

4.He LOVES bananas!!! He pounds a whole one in a minute.

5. He laughs and smiles A LOT.

6.He shakes his head NO.

7. He is drinking real milk now.

8. He eats everything we eat.

9. He LOVES to play with anyone. He just wants to play.

10. He dances! Whenever music is on he bounces up and down to the beat and won't stop. If he is sitting down when the music is on then he will bob his head up and down! :)

11.He has walked 4 steps all by himself.

12. He LOVES his sippy cup.

13.He LOVES the water. He just goes crazy when he is in water. It is so cute!

14. He is very LOUD.

15. He says "night, night".

16.He has 12 teeth in. Crazy!

17. He says "dada".

18. He loves clapping.

19. He is wearing 18-24 month clothes.

20. I don't have his weight and height and won't for awhile, so i will have to measure him on my own.

21. He is CrAzY about FOOD. He loves it, if you can't tell. :) He makes lots of noises when he eats his food.

22. When i feed him something he pulls it out of his mouth, looks at it, and then puts it back in. He does that with almost every bite! It's so funny.

We love our little Jaydon. He sure does keep our home full of life.

Graduation...

So, these pictures are all out of order. I haven't quite figured out how to use a Mac yet, so this is a random post. :) I will just explain everything...
This is Jaydon during our after graduation party back at our house.
Shane was commissioned as a Captain before the Case Graduation. Here i am pinning on his new ranks. How exciting.
Here we are with some of our friends after the graduation ceremony.
Here are my parents and sister!
This is a picture of the graduation sign i hung up for the after party at our house.
This is Jared and Ace. Jared is Shane's brother. They came out from Utah to celebrate with us!
The boys sippin on their soda's.
Ryan and Ashley. They also came from Utah to celebrate with us. Ryan is Shane's brother.
This is Karina and Brian... Karina is Shane's sister . They also came from Utah to celebrate with us!
And here is a picture of the whole group. Shane's parents, my parents and sister and brother, his siblings. It was an AWESOME day! AWESOME!
This cake doesn't need any explanation! We were proud of our guy!
PROUD WIFEY. He looked so good all day long and i have never been so PROUD as i was that day!
Walking out of the church after his graduation.
Here's a group of the fam sitting and waiting for the commissioning to start.
Shane and his fellow airmen after being commissioned.
We went to the Convocation for the entire Case University, which included dental, medical, law, etc. students. Katie Couric came and spoke. She did such a good job and i loved being there to watch.
Shane and i and Colonel Wilson, the commander from Wright Patterson AFB.
Here we are eating lunch that the school provided for all of us.

Receiving his Diploma from Dean Goldberg. This was awesome.
Shane is taking his oath of Office.
Walking in for the Convocation Exercise for all of Case Western.

This day was an awesome day. Did i mention it was awesome?! :) Anyway, we enjoyed it thoroughly and wouldn't have changed a thing. It was so great to have all of our family there to support us. We feel so blessed. I was such a proud wife. Soooooo proud. I can't say it enough. He worked sooooo freakin hard for 4 years. I was on the verge of tears all day and couldn't stop smiling. I have soooooo much more to post. More is coming soon.

{What's goin on...}

Well, a quick post...my family has arrived. We are having fun together. I still have lots to do before everyone else gets here. It's crazy, but exciting! I found my dress for graduation. I had to get a new dress....the wife of the Graduate. Of course. I found one that i fell in love with , but it was way expensive(i hate when that happens)....so i went for one that was my second pick. And it was about 65% off the original price. Awesome is all i can say. I can't wait to celebrate! We are getting close to picking our home and finalizing one that we will rent down in Texas. I can't wait to head down there. I found out that the base has three swimming pools, so we will be there everyday in July and August and September. We are living across from the base, which is only about a 5 minute or less drive. If we get the house we are planning on then we will live three blocks from the elementary school. That means i can walk Gavin to school everyday. And we live close to a few playgrounds. I am excited.
The boys are just surprising me everyday with how much they are growing up. Time is going by too fast. Jaydon has tons of teeth coming in. He has two molars coming in. He has three bottom teeth and four top teeth that are in fully. I think there are more coming in at the same time as the molars b/c i know i have seen the little white buds. That explains all his fussiness. He is a riot! That is for sure. He has a strong personality.
Anyway, things are good. There is no time for relaxing around here. It's very GO GO GO. It will slow down in a few weeks. :)
I will post pics in a few weeks after graduation, after our trip with shane's family and after we get to my parents home.