Jeff and Bree

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Rilynn at 3

I feel bad I didn't get all of Rilynn's favorites/accomplishments posted on her birthday post, so here they are
Favorite movie-Little Mermaid and Toy Story
Favorite color-pink (ahhh, I love girls!)
Favorite food-green beans, spaghetti, yogurt, bananas, she is my best eater, she always likes any dinner-she's my favorite!
Favorite song-She loves to sing and knows the words to so many songs, but her faves are "If you chance to meet a frown," and "Twinkle Twinkle" but most of all she LOVES to make up her own songs especially in the morning time, about what ever she maybe doing at the time
Favorite book- honestly ANYTHING you'll read to her.
Rilynn's Occupation when she grown up- I'm sure a boss of something...she is sooo bossy!
Best friend-I asked her if it was me and she said, "NO! It's Ethan!"
Favorite toy-I would probably say her babies right now, but she loves guitars, loves to play outside, and barbies (but she just carries them around and doesn't really ever play with them?!)

She counts really good...she only misses 14 on the way to 20 and then can get much higher with little help. She has known her ABC's for a year, but LOVES to sing them, she loves flip flops and she loves to color, paint her nails, try on shoes, and she loves to drag Cooper everywhere-no literally DRAG, by his arm-Thank heavens for sturdy arm sockets! And she now likes to "help Cooper stand and walk" ohhh, it's scary...typically she picks him up under one arm and around the neck...(I guess,) I hope for his sake (and safety) he starts to walk soon.
Ahhh, I love this girl. There is just something special and different about the way a mom feels about a daughter and I'm sooo grateful I get to experience it! Love you Ri!

Thursday, August 27, 2009

First Day of School

The boys started school a week ago (on Rilynn's birthday). Paxton was soooo excited, but Evan kept playing it cool saying he didn't want to go. The night before school started he came in our room at like 3:30 crying because he hadn't gotten to sleep yet...poor kid.

We had a kindergarten orientation the day before school and Paxton's teacher rubbed me a little wrong-just didn't seem as friendly or bubbly as I thought a kindergarten teacher should be. But so far he likes her. The second day he came home and said, "I want to go back to preschool." He finally (after much probing) told me it was because he missed his preschool friends (that we can handle). But other than that it is going great. He is in half day now, but will start full day kindergarten on the 8th. I was really sad about this school being full day kindergarten at first, but the idea is growing on me...Paxton really does enjoy school, and there won't be as much fighting, more errands can get done with only TWO kids-I haven't felt that free in a long time! But I will miss my little buddy. :(

Evan's teacher seems very nice-kinda like a sweet little grandma. He has really liked her, and seems happy at his new school. School here starts early-8:00! We had been spoiled in Boise with 9:00. I'm on the lazy side and prefer not to get out of bed before 7:30-that doesn't really work anymore, so wish us luck on that one.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

My baby girl is 3

We started a new tradition. Once the soon-to-be birthday kid is asleep Jeff and I fill their floor full of balloons for when they wake up on the morning. Rilynn LOVED it! She ran into our room and asked Jeff how those balloons got there. When I told her they were there for her birthday, she shrieked and ran back into her room to play in them.

For her birthday we met some of our new friends at the lake. We had picnics, played, and shared cupcakes. Most of the kids, Rilynn included, just ate the frosting, so we decided next time, forget the cupcakes...just bring a tub o frosting and some spoons!

I made her a barbie cake. She has just newly discovered Barbie's at a friends house and she is loving them. The cake turned out okay, but our house was so hot that the frosting started to melt and poor Barbie had lost most of her skirt by the end of the night. It didn't matter though, Rilynn was mostly excited about having candles-which incidentally started to melt Barbie's hand (poor Barbie had a rough night!)

Rilynn got a few princess things (her other newly discovered passion) and she finally got her own guitar! She is officially ready to start her own rock band now.

Rilynn's tradition held true this year...she got a new nail polish and her daddy did his annual painting of the nails. Okay, really...does it get any cuter?!

Happy Birthday Rilynn. We love you sooo very much!

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Brianne's BIG bandage

I told Rilynn my head hurt (I had a really bad headache) and she suddenly disappeared. She comes back a few seconds later and says, "Mom I got a band aid for you." She peels the back off and says, "It's ready...it will make your head better." It wasn't exactly a band aid

If you can't tell, it's a pantyliner.
That pantyliner makes my nose look huge, good thing the story is cute.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

A whole new world of fun

My mom came to visit and we had so much fun playing with her. The first day we went to a place called Fairytale Town. It is a park where they've made giant scenes from Fairy tales that you can play, climb on, water Mary's garden, see animals from the stories, etc. They loved it.

That night we went to Leatherby's. It wasn't as good as Utah's Leatherby's (no PB cup:( ), but still really good. What kind of mother gives a one year old an ice cream cone?! Oh, me.

The next day we went to John's Incredible Pizza. It's an all you can eat pizza place they have some funny pizza's-mac and cheese pizza, spicy peanut butter pizza, etc. After you eat you go in a room with arcade games and rides like roller coasters, merry go round, tons of fun stuff.

We also went to San Fransisco while she was here. Talk about FREAK SHOW! It has to be the best place on earth to people watch. We saw this guy wearing nothing but a g-string and had painted his entire self gold. Paxton said, "I almost saw his tenders!" We went on the trolley

Apparently Rilynn had been drinking right before that photo. Cooper loved the pole. It was a fun trip and we hated to see her go. We miss her already!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Wonderful One on Father's Day!

Jeff and Tim shared father's day with Cooper's birthday celebration over at Tim and Barbara's (my sister-in-law). Here was the cake. It was supposed to be a lion, my boys said it looked like a flower :(

The balloons, cake mess and presents. He loved the cake and kept trying to share, but no one wanted any. He was more interested in the golf ball and wii remotes then he was in his presents.

Afterwards we sang songs while Tim played the guitar with Paxton and Rilynn's help.

Notice Rilynn's guitar is backwards and Paxton was in "rock star" mode with his shirt unbuttoned. He loved us to sing to him and would dance to it, here is the video. That is Paxton feeding him at the end.

I can't believe my last baby is one! :( He is up to 3 on his tooth count. He pulls himself up on everything and walks along furniture, but not really close to walking otherwise. He is very strong willed and he screams bloody murder when he doesn't get his way. He loves to eat everything and we actually have to hide food from him, or he never quits eating and just gets angry if you don't keep it coming. He sleeps good at night and two good naps a day. We love him to pieces. Happy first birthday Cooper!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

We're Here

I think my camera is officially dead, so we have to get a new one before I can post pictures-yuck!. We started our move Saturday and it rained THE WHOLE WAY! I literally didn't turn off my windshield wipers from Boise until a half hour away from Auburn (I thought it never rained in NV?). Rilynn threw up when we were only about 15 minutes away from Auburn, but other than that the kids traveled pretty good, thanks to Grandparent gifts. When we got here, there were about 7 men we had never met from the ward here to help us unload. One of them had brought us dinner (smoked steak tips-mmmmm) and another family had brought breakfast. Wow, how sweet. We had only been here like 5 minutes when Paxton decided to take on the huge/steep driveway on his scooter...guess who won...Not Paxton! His whole forehead, nose, lip, and both elbows have a mean road rash goin on!

The house is okay, big, but pretty awkward layout. I guess we just need to figure it out, but whatever the house lacks, the neighborhood makes up for it 10 fold! The gated neighborhood we are in is amazing. It is all built around a lake and was originally built to be a vacation resort neighborhood, but people liked it so much they started just living here. It has a big lake (that we can see from our front porch) and people are always boating and skiing on it, it has several little parks around the lake that are sandy little beaches and play grounds, it has a swimming pool w/a cute kiddy pool, a golf course, tennis courts, it is seriously cool.

Our ward was small, but sooo friendly and it is made up of just our neighborhood. It seemed so foreign to have to drive any distance to church, it is probably a 15-20 minute drive. They seem to have a lot of activities, so hopefully that will help us to make friends fast. Paxton is already invited to a birthday party this Saturday, Yeah!

Anyway so far so good...keep your fingers crossed.

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?"