Jeff and Bree: January 2009

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Booyah!

I TOTALLY SCORED! I scored on my all girls team tonight! Okay, in reality, it was just dumb luck, and the ball kinda bounced off my hip and into the goal (I've never been so thankful for big hips!). Ther

e really was no skill involved, but I'm taken the point and I'm rockin' it! Really all luck probably came from the team socks...cute right?!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

So, now I'm bragging about another kid...sorry, I just have great kids! ;) Evan was the "star student" this month (the student of the month). His school picks kids according to different "character" traits for student of the month. The last 2 years he has gotten it for honesty-which he totally is, there really isn't a sneaky bone his body (let's hope that lasts into his teenage years). This year he got the award for respect. Here is an example of his respect/a confession of my hor

rible mothering skills...I wrote the wrong day on the calendar for his breakfast/award ceremony, so we totally missed it. When talking to my mom on the phone about it, I said, "I guess what really mattered to him was getting his donut and shirt and his teacher got them for him." To this Evan says, "No, what really matters is I love you." Okay do kids get any sweeter than that? Love that kid!

That pose in the second picture???...100% his idea :) Still not sure what it is all about.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Bragging is not becoming

I know that bragging is not becoming, but I just have to. We all usually see a tease/feisty/mischievous side of Paxton, but there really is such a tender side to that little guy, and he can be incredibly sweet! I just got his progress report home and it said, "Paxton plays nice with all students at school. He has a couple friends whom he chooses to play with most days at preschool, but it is not uncommon for Paxton to choose to sit down next to a child who is younger or disabled and choose to help them learn to play a game or puzzle. Paxton is a very sweet, patient, empathetic child who is a wonderful role model for all the students in the program!" Ahhhhhhh!

Plus about two weeks ago, Great Grandma was talking to Paxton about his new room and said she heard it was nice, but couldn't get up the stairs to see it. To this Paxton offers, "I'll hold your hand Grandma!" Ahhhhh! Doesn't that just melt your heart?

Then he probably belched. :)

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Check her out!

My "aunt" (she's closer to my age and I feel more like she's a sister in law) was in town and we tried to take our kids bowling. Both the places we tried to go to had really long waits, and they were headed back to Utah so we couldn't wait (sorry Ty). While we were attempting to bowl we found out the sub has the best FHE...only a $1.50 a game and $0 for shoes on Mondays! I talked to Jeff and we decided to head back down for FHE. We all loved it, but you have to check out this video of Rilynn!

Okay, I just realized I am totally lame and recorded this sideways, oops. It is still worth viewing though.

Don't mind the little bummy hanging out of the pants.

This was Rilynn's first time bowling and she couldn't get enough! After she threw the ball she would yell, "I wanna do it again!"
Jeff (Kung Fu) won, but team "hot chicks" (Rilynn and I) were close behind! X-man (Evan) and Power Ranger (Paxton) were probably closer, but for some reason the computer kept scoring Hot Chicks spares that we really didn't get.

Check out their form!

Cute shoes

Knuckles

her hair turned out cute huh?

Dad won't let me stick my head in the ball return! :(

Monday, January 12, 2009

Let's get physical!

Jeff has been playing indoor soccer for a little over 2 years and now he has gotten the rest of the family on board (w/an exception of the 2 year old and 6month old). We just finished our first session of indoor soccer. This session Jeff started on 3 teams-a men's, a co-ed, and another co-ed team Jeff put together about a year ago with people from our ward (called Nodacult). Jeff does really good. His all men's team moved up a league because they got 1st place.

The super star is Paxton. Indoor soccer is his specialty. Holy cow! In his last game he scored 10 goals!!! He probably averaged 4-5 goals per game for the season. I think indoor was much better for a 4 year old than outdoor, because there is no out of bounds-Pax quickly lost focus outside this fall. Don't play dirty against him though...he's got an aggressive sports side and he WILL retaliate (and he's not very discrete, he sees the "punk" who did it and sets his sights). Jeff gave him a speech on how its good not to let kids push him around on the soccer field, and started coaching him on how to get back and get away with it. Okay, probably not a totally appropriate conversation with a 4 year old, but when you have a competitive dad... :) lol

My camera didn't take very good pictures in the soccer place for some reason, so I don't have a picture of Evan or me.
Evan enjoyed the season too, but was pretty crushed after his last game because he didn't get a goal during this session. He did really improve through-out the season though. He played goalie a few times and did good, but was really hard on himself when he would get scored on.
I loved playing, but stunk pretty bad. I always thought I was a coordinated person-then I tried to play soccer. Well, to say the least-apparently I am on the UN-coordinated side. The new session just started and I am feeling Evan's same desire to score. Cross your fingers (I need ALL the help I can get). The best part is playing with Jeff, it is fun to be out there with him-and he scores every game so he kinda balances me out for never scoring right?!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

6 months already!

This last month has been big for Cooper Boy (Rilynn's new name for Cooper). He has gotten so good with his hands and fingers-making them hold toys, pinch my face and neck (maybe I can try to blame my double chin on him "stretching me out?"), and pulling my hair. His favorite word is dada and the kids are thoroughly convinced he says hi. He has just started waving bye-bye and tried his first food on Christmas day-sweet potatoes that Santa brought him in his stocking.

He is ginormous. He weighs just over 20 pounds and is wearing 12-18month clothes. The kid gobbles down an 8oz bottle faster than I could gulp 8 oz of diet coke. He still has adorable dimples that you could just eat up. There is one thing that hasn't changed this month, he still stinks at sleeping. Any advise?

Monday, January 5, 2009

Holiday fun

I know this is long...bear with me

I feel like this year the holidays flew by faster than ever...we didn't get to do a lot of the things we normally do. We still had a lot of fun though...here's a glimpse into a few of the things we did.

Decorating the tree was fun. Rilynn was the most into it. She asked for the next two days to put more on the tree. Pax loved to hang the ornaments up as high as he could.

Jenae had a great plan to decorate sugar cookies for Santa. It was so fun. Us, Jenae, Ethan, and our surprise guests Colton and Dakota cut out and decorated cookies.

Paxton was my most focused. Rilynn was determined to do it all by her self (it made more of a mess than actual cookies), but her and Ethan sure did enjoy eating the frosting and candies that were supposed to going on the cookies. They were very efficient at that! The three oldest boy had fun too. We learned a lesson, next year use a table cloth...flour gets stuck in the grooves of the table.

We spent Christmas Eve at Chris and Jessica's. The kids had fun playing while we had fun playing Cities and Knights of Catan. Rilynn and Braxton are such cute little buddies.

This was the way home from Chris's. They were actually lucky because the roads were the worst roads I've ever been on. They were so covered in snow I was petrified! We got home with no problems though (it just took 2 hours).

This is one example of not getting everything done like normal. We just made our gingerbread house tonight for FHE. The kids didn't care that we were late. They we more than happy to indulge in more candy.

Rilynn loved to decorate the tress. Paxton loved doing the frosting and Ev was very precise on where he put the candy pieces. Cooper slept. Great Grandma even came over and joined us at the table and watched the kids work away.

These are the kids with their presents from everyone. Can you say spoiled?! They sure did make out good!

Kids Say the Darndest Things

Aug. 19, 2011 Rilynn says, "I thought I was going to be 5 on my birthday!?" I said, "You are 5 today!" Rilynn says, "But then why is Chrissy still taller than me?"
July 2011 If you ask Rilynn what her middle name is, she says, "Rilynn Reed." Can you tell who gets in trouble the most?-that is actually Paxton's middle name.
May 27, Rilynn gives me a real flower for my hair and after I put it in, she tells Jeff "Mom has a flower in her hair that looks like a hack-a-lugie."
May 20, 2011 Jeff tells the kids, "Don't talk to strangers, don't playin the road, & don’t smoke cigarettes." Rilynn asks, "What’s a smigerette?"
March 2010 Cooper is saying family prayers and sees Rilynn (who he calls Yah Yah) with her eyes open. He stops his prayer and yells, "Yah Yah, go night night!"
Jan 15, 2011 Eating breakfast Jeff asks, "Pattie, or Link?" Paxton says," Why did you name them?" Jeff was asking what kind of sausage he wanted.
Aug.2010, Rilynn asks her teacher, "Why does your dad have that mustache?" It was actually her husband.
June 2010, We are looking at miniture horses and Evan says, "Oh, so this is what midgets ride."
May 2010, We gave a homeless man some food and we were explaining the whole homeless situation to Evan. Evan says, "We should invite him to stay the night at our house for a while!"
May 2010 Rilynn is sitting next to Jeff pestering him to do something. Jeff jokeingly says, "I will in a minute Rilynn, get off my back!" Rilynn says, "I'm not on your back...I'm on your chair!"
April 2010 At Paxton's school they did getting to know you papers, they had to fill in the blanks; it said My Dad...is a candy store worker.
April 2010 Jeff is changing his shirt for his soccer game and Rilynn, says, "I don't like your boobs."
March 10, 10 We are talking about owning farm animals and Paxton says, "I know why Dad wouldn't want a cow...because he doesn't want to squeeze it's tenders to get the milk out."
Jan 22,10 At the store and Rilynn sees cash register receipt rolls and says, "Look at this cute little toilet paper!"
Jan 2010, Rilynn currently calls the movie theater "the alligator" and she calls an umbrella a "gorrila"
Jan 20, 10 We are talking about the 10 commandments and I ask if they know what "Thou shalt not covet" means. Paxton says, "It means don't cut in lines." Then to "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord they God in vain" Paxton says, "But we have to say it in the pledge of allegiance!"
Dec 4 09, I'm threatening Rilynn that if she doesn't take care of her toys, I will get rid of them. To this she says, "Well if you do that, you can't go to Paris!"
Nov 10, 09 Paxton is using his hands at dinner, completely ignoring the silverware placed before him and says, "But mom, did you know when the Indians were alive they always used their hands. And they only used one plate and all shared, that's gross!"
Nov 8, 09 Evan says to me, "I want to start fasting every Sunday." I said, "But Evan we only have to fast one Sunday a month." He says, "I know, but I want to be the prophet someday!"
Nov 1, 09 While listening to "Lay Your Hands on Me" by Bon Jovi, Evan asks, "Is he talking about lay your hands on me, like the priesthood?" holding his hands like during a priesthood blessing.
Oct 28, 09 Rilynn says, "Look Mom, it's a blue chicken!" It was actually a peacock.
Oct 17, 09 We were asking the boys where they want to go on their missions. Evan said, "Texas, so I can see an alligator-gar, or Boise."
Oct 15, 09 Rilynn noticing she had a bumpy rash says, "Mom, I have polka dots!"
Sept 28, 09 In family prayer Evan says, "And please bless you will destroy all the drugs and bad things in the world."
Sept 27, 09 Cooper's toes are pushed up against the bench at church and are all white. Paxton says, "His toes look like little cheetos."
Sept 26, 09 Evan, "Can we make a Mii that looks like Jesus?"
Sept 23, 09 Evan is teasing Rilynn and telling her she is a big boy, she says, "I'm not a big boy! I am a big girl boy!"
Sept 9, 09 We were reading about a fire station built in 1891, and Evan says, "I think that's when my mom was born."
Sept 8,09 Paxton asks, "If I get hot lunch at school, is my milk hot too?"
Aug 26, 09 We meet a lady while at the lake and she asks the boys how old they are. When Evan says he's 8, Paxton says, "And he got baptized!"
Aug 21, 09 Rilynn, "I see the lake!" Me, "yep there it is." Rilynn, "It wants me to come there!"
June 18, 09 To the tune "I am a Child of God" Rilynn sings, "Teach me all that I must do, to live with Grandma Sharon someday."
June 6, 2009 We have to walk through a casino to get to the restraunt and Evan gets all excited and says, "I didn't know they had video games here!"
June 1, 2009 I tell Paxton, "I'm losing my marbles!" He asks, "What marbles?"
May 21, 09 Rilynn asks Paxton for a piece of his gum. Paxton says, "You can only have this if you'll be nice and NEVER be mean again, and NEVER hit anyone, and NEVER bite Tyson, and you can't be grumpy ever again or you can never have another piece!" She says, "Okay." I think it was a whole 2 minutes before they fought again.
May 21, 09 Paxton pulls a tampon out of my purse and asks, "Is there gum in this?"
May 2, 2009 Getting ready to go to Evan's baptisim he asks, "Mom do you think I should take my googles?"
May 2, 2009 Evan asks Jeff, "If there are a lot of people getting baptized, can I go last so I can swim around after?"
April 09 I ask Evan, "Will you take me on a date?" He laughs and says, "NO! You're too old!"
April 09 Paxton asks, "How did Jesus get a baby in your tummy?" I say, "Mommy's have special eggs in them that grow into babies." Paxton says, "Eggs?! That's CRAZY! Will the eggs I eat turn into babies?"
April 09 While shopping at Pauls Rilynn has her own mini cart and is struggling to put a gallon of milk in it. I say, "Rilynn do you want me to help you with that milk? It is heavy." She says, "Yah put it in my freakin cart!"-oops that is totally from my vocab!
April 09 Evan and I are talking about Paxton's birthday and the presents he was getting. I said, "Evan, I don't want you to be jelous of your brother I want you to be happy for him when he gets a present." Evan says, "Well, I didn't want to be jelous either, that's why I had to make sure he wasn't getting more presents than me!"
March 09 I'm telling Paxton we're moving and Tyson and Logan are going to move into his room he says, "I don't want anyone to fart in my bed!"
March 09 Rilynn, "Dad you have your face on." She was noticing his gotee was growing back.
Feb 09 Rilynn says she needs to go pee, I say okay let's go. She runs down the hall, grabs herself and says, "Oh, my tenders!" This happens almost every day-thanks Kung Fu Panda
Feb 09 Evan is so excited about going into scouts and asks Jeff, "Dad what was the first thing you did in scout?" Jeff says, "I got my wolf and my bear." Evan's eyes pop out,"You shot them?!"
Feb 09 Jeff is leaving for a church meeting and Rilynn says,"Dad you forgot your scripture powers." (scriputres)
Feb 09 I showed Paxton the nerve twitching on my arm and he says, "It must be because all your fat."
Feb 09 While hiking I tell Rilynn, "Hold my hand okay." She says, "No, I hold myself okay."
Feb 09 Rilynn is pestering to color, I say, "Rilynn just a second...chill out." My 2 year old says with total attitude, "Okay I will chill out!"
Feb 09 Mom, "Look at my owie from soccer." Rilynn JUMPS off the couch, "Mom, you need me get you medicine?"
Feb 09 Paxton randomly says to Jeff, "Dad your a lousy tipper."
Jan 09 Rilynn is playing with paperclips and says to me, "Don't touch Mom, it is very dangerous."
Jan 09 Ev asks where we got the book "Chocolate Fever" (we are reading it together) and I tell him it was mine from when I was his age. Evan says, "Oh, I guess it's VERY OLD then!"
Jan 2009 We were talking about Grandma Anderson (who doesn't have any teeth left) Paxton says, "She has red teeth!"
Jan 2009 Evan and Tyler are talking about different places to vaction and Evan says, "I never want to go to Egypt, because I don't want to be a slave or a mummy."
Jan 2009 shopping at Target Rilynn is itching to go, so she says, "Come on Mom, I leaving you."
Jan 2009 when asked what Paxton wants for lunch he says, "I want a hamburger with no ham, just a burger."
Jan 2009 Paxton discovered he loved cucumbers and ranch at dinner. The next day he got pickles and alfredo sauce out of the fridge and said, "I want more of what we had last night!"
spring 2006 at preschool Evan says to his class mates, "Whoever loves Jesus raise you hand!" His friend Ryan didn't raise his hand, so Evan says, "Ryan don't you love Jesus?"

Jeff and Bree