Jeff and Bree

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Change is in the Air

Jeff finally got us a house to rent! Yeah! I think the house is in Auburn (maybe a town called Grass Valley), but it is really close to Jeff's store! So it is official...this weekend we will become Californians! Jeff flys home tomorrow and we'll leave Friday (maybe Saturday).

Friday, May 22, 2009

Eight is Great

Evan turned eight in March, but since we were out of town for April baptisms, his dad baptized him on May 2nd. He was so excited! When he went for his baptism interview he was all nervous, I asked him why and he said, "I just hope the bishop will let me get baptised!" He also said some other funny things I posted on the side bar. He had lots of family and friends there to share his special day. When he went up to the front of the room to be confirmed he looked so excited and so proud I thought he might explode. Since we are between houses we just had the luncheon at in the nursery room right after, and it actually was perfect; good food, easy clean up, and no stress! The next day in sacrament meeting they had him come to the front and he was smiling so big that he had to stop and stretch out his cheeks-then right back to beaming. Evan makes me so proud, he is so knowledgeable when it comes to Book of Mormon and Bible stories and has such a desire to learn and know more about them. He is a very black or white child...either it is a good choice or a bad...there doesn't seem to be any gray in his eyes, and honestly it is pretty rare that this kid knowingly makes a bad choice. When I get back to my own computer I'll try to remember to post some picts of him in his white clothes. Kinda fun...Evan was baptized in the same building I was baptized in.

Here are some of Evan's favorites at 8.

Favorite color: black

Best friend: Jeremy Erickson

Favorite movie: X-Men, Never Ending Story, Karate Kid

Favorite TV shows: Curious George, Cyber Chase

Favorite book: The Magic Tree House series

Favorite songs: Right Round, Hey Hey Hey Goodbye, I Want to be a Rock Star

Favorite food: finger steaks, fried chicken, pizza, fettuccine Alfredo,

Favorite toy: Wii, legos, Nerf guns, bike

Hero: Jesus

What do you want to be when you grow up: An Army Man

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Paxton is 5!!!

Life's favorites according to Paxton

Favorite songs: We will Rock You, Me and My Gang, Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam

Best friend: Raymond Erickson

Favorite food: watermelon, dino buddies (chicken nuggets), green beans

Favorite book: I Spy Books

What do you want be when you grow up?: Be a builder with Dad and build houses

Favorite color: Red and Blue

Favorite toy: bike, super heroes

Favorite movie: Bolt

Favorite TV show: Caillou

Paxton's hero: Black Power Ranger, Dad

Thing he is the most proud of: He can ride a bike without training wheels

This last year Paxton has changed and grown so much...I can't believe he's almost ready for kindergarten! He is excited for school and very prepared-he aced everything on his registration tests! Paxton is so sweet with babies and he and Cooper seem to have a special little bond. He is definitely my strongest willed child and could possibly make me go gray before I turn 30! On the other hand he is also my most cuddly child and has the most patience when trying to help someone with something. For Paxton's birthday Grandma Sharon took us to "the bird place" (Red Robin) where they sang to him and then we went bowling at the sub-by Paxton's requests. We went to the sub and they took his picture and put it up on the scoreboard. He was pretty excited. His favorite thing he got for his birthday was a batman castle Grandma Sharon gave him. He has played with it for hours on end.

Happy birthday Paxton! I love you so much and am so grateful you are part of our family. You make me smile daily and remind me what is really important in life. I am so glad that you are you!

Monday, April 27, 2009

We've got action!

There is actually a little too much action right now and I REALLY should not be blogging, I should be packing since we are supposed to be out of our house tomorrow-well really to be out today was the plan, but thank heavens we had a little wiggle room on that.

ANYWAY, I just had to post a quick update on Coop. Last week he was very busy, he started crawling!!! It is kind of a belly flop that turns into an army crawl. He also started cutting his first tooth!!! It isn't all the way through, but it is coming with grace...no fever, cold, and not much grouchiness! YEAH! And finally we also discovered this last week a new favorite food of Cooper's-dill pickles. He loves them. He holds them and sucks on them like they are a sucker.

Here's a few pictures of the kids "helping" me pack. When I left the room the newly mobile Cooper decided to "help" me look at this whole roll of wrapping paper

Rilynn is loving helping me "label" all of the boxes

Rilynn is also being "helpful" by entertaining Cooper aka dragging him across the floor by his feet

Cooper thinks it is hilarious, but sadly, the poor baby got a rug burn on the back of his head:(
And lastly the kids have been "helping" me discover new uses for the dolly

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Easter

I tell the kids to sit down because I want to get a picture of them in their Easter clothes. Paxton runs over grabs the biggest rock he can find and poses like this

Can you tell he had school pictures this week?
The kids looked soooo cute on Easter, but sadly, this was the best picture I got.

Notice Paxton posing again? If you look really hard you can see his rock under his right foot.
I hope everyone else had a great Easter too!

Monday, April 6, 2009

Cooper hasn't stopped aging

Maybe this title needs some explanation... my sister in law Jenae and I were talking and she said something about Cooper being 7 months so I corrected her and said he was 9 months. She mentioned my last blog update on him was when he was 7 months so that's how old she thought he was, SOOOO here is month 8 and 9 and yes I know I am a slacker.

His growing has slowed down a lot. He only weighs 20 and 1/2 lbs (only a 1/2 pound more than he did at 6 months. He is mostly in 18 month clothes. He sleeps really good at night-from about 8 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. HALLELUJAH!!, and takes 2 good naps a day.

He loves to clap and believes he is unbelievably tricky by doing so. What's really funny is sometimes he'll miss the hand to hand connection and whack himself in the face. :(

He still doesn't crawl, but was apparently inspired by his cousin Ainge-who is crawling. Ever since we saw them he is constantly getting up on all 4's and doing the rocking and lunging thing.

He still has no teeth, but this doesn't slow him down. He loves to eat and he doesn't believe 2 packages of baby food are enough and will tell you so. If you are eating around him he continually says, "Mmmmm Mmmmmm" and wiggles his whole body until you give him something.

He went on his first airplane ride (to California) and saw the ocean for the first time (Oregon Coast).

He really enjoys a cute little round of pat-a-cake and on the not so cute side, he has found a magnetic draw towards his "manhood" every time I change his diaper.

He has actually gotten a lot more happy and content since he has been able to sit up really good; therefor, making life a little easier equalling a much happier mom.

He still gives the best hugs of any baby I've ever held and melts my heart every time I look at him.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Spring Break Fun

For spring break we went with my family to the Oregon Coast. It was really fun...really wet, but really fun. It was a little sad though, people kept getting sick. Jeff, me, Rilynn and my mom were the only ones that never got anything. We started off going to Multnomah Falls. We hiked all the way to the top of the falls-it kicked my butt.

The first beach we went to Rilynn totally fell in the water and got rolled by the waves. It apparently traumatized her, the rest of the trip she was scared to go in the ocean and kept saying, "The water is gonna get me!"

The fact that it was wet and cold didn't slow my crazy boys down. They played in the ocean like it was 95 outside, but really it was actually like 30 degrees.

We went to the aquarium and the kids loved it. They got to pet some little sharks and sting rays.

We had professional pictures taken-hopefully we'll get them soon so I can post them.
The boys and I went on a tour of a lighthouse. I thought it was interesting, my boys on the other hand, wanted to skip the educational lecture and race up the stairs

It was fun to be with my whole family (I'm already missing Brett's kids again) and especially with us moving away it will be nice to take those memories with us. Thanks mom for such a fun trip!

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?"