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Garrett turns 2!!!

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Garrett had his 2nd birthday back on March 11th. These are all pictures from his actual Birthday and then the day after when he got his hair cut and had his party.

Garrett's first present right when he woke up, Harper loved helping him open it.

It was some stacking blocks that all fit into each other and they had fun pictures all over them. I got this steal of a deal from Ross for $3.99, i was pretty excited and he loves it!!

We went to the park

Then to El Pollo Loco for lunch.

All cleaned after his bath

This was the day after his party, we took him to Cookie Cutters to get his hair cut, he actually did really good, notice his balloon he had a death grip on.

The final result

Grandma Joan stopped by to bring him a present.

We had an "ORANGE" themed party, all the treats/snacks were Orange.

His awesome balloon cake the a lady in my ward made.

In there Orange attire.

Getting ready to sing Happy Birthday.

My parents enjoying the cake.

Our sweet friend Alea and her daughter Abby.

Presents, Jourdan thought he would love this soccer net.

Jeff, Emily & Dax all in there Orange attire.

More presents, i love Garrett's face, he pulled this shirt out and said "WOW" it was so funny!!

My sweet Birthday boy!! Garrett we all love you so much and are so glad you are part of our family!!

Its been way too long....

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I havent updated my blog for over a year, i think its time to start posting again. I really miss it so my goal is to post some fun things we have been doing in our family...

Crook family reunion July 2010

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We look forward to the Crook family reunion each year. We go camping up above Heber to Lake Creek flats each year. We do Frisbee golf, horseshoes, and just all have a great time. This year's theme was Christmas in July and it was a lot of fun! Everyone decorated there campsites with Christmas decorations and who ever had the best one won a prize. We had a chili cook off and had some really yummy chili and then we had a Ugly sweater contest and a program.

Garrett on the day we got there, he found a bike and was having a great time.

Jourdan being a good husband and setting up the tent while i watched the kids.

Around the campfire. Harper with Callie his cousin.

Garrett is so clingy to just me & Jourdan right now. This is our Aunt Jean and Garrett LOVED her, as you can see he feel asleep on her and he loved playing and loving on her.

Garrett passed out in the tent.

After a horseshoe game, giving hugs.

Harper doing a peanut butter and bird seed feeder, he loved it!

Jourdan helping him hang it in the tree for the birds to eat.

Harper loved these binoculars and didn't want to give them back to his cousin.

Garrett hanging out with his favorite person.

Jourdan with his cousin Jennifer, they were partners for horseshoes, they took 3rd place.

Harper doing horseshoes for the kids horse shoe tournament.

This is how the kids were most of the weekend, they loved being in the dirt and playing on the bikes.

Fixing the bikes.

These were mine & Jourdan's ugly sweaters, don't you think they were pretty ugly?? Too bad we didn't win!!

Harper riding bikes.

Harper took Swimming lessons this Summer!!!

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Harper is old enough this year that he was able to take swimming lessons. I signed him up at the American Fork Rec center. He did them for 2 weeks in the morning from 9:30-10am. The first day he was kind of like why cant i just do what i want, he didnt think he had to listen to a teacher, but then halfway through the lesson he started getting it and really liked it. This was him on the first day learning how to hold his breath and go under water.

Harper with his class, he is the one that is going under water on the right side.

Playing cobra in a basket and they are trying to get out. He loved this!

Harper on his last day, after they blew the whistle and it was time to get out.

Harper completed swimming lessons!! He was so proud and he really did learn so much and did a great job!!

Harper's friends Hayden & Dylan were taking swimming lessons the same time as Harper, they were in the classes above him but they had fun seeing each other after wards and Harper even went to play at there house a couple times during the week.

Happy 4th of July!!

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Every year for the 4th of July we always go down to St George to stay in my Grandma's condo. It is such a fun time of year! We each do a meal and have to cook for like 35-40 people, its actually not bad at all, you just cook one meal the whole weekend and your done. We went down this year Thursday night and stayed tell Monday the 5th.

These are some of the kids and Jourdan playing with the marble works.

We took Harper to Toy Story 3 on Friday and my Dad was nice to stay and watch Garrett for us, this is how he fell asleep and took his nap that day.

We love going swimming down at the condo while we are there. This is down at my Grandma's pool and Garrett loved throwing things in to the kids and Jourdan.

Harper with Jourdan swimming on his back.

My Mom & her Brother Randy at my cousin's Cameron's pool, Cameron just bought a nice new house down in St George and we spent the day there Saturday swimming and having a good time!

My Grandma Joan & cousin Cameron, he lives down in St George.

My Dad relaxing in the shade.

This is the pool my cousin Cameron & Marie have in there backyard. Arent you jealous?? I know i sure am, it was so fun, and the pool is so fun!!!

Our family on the 3rd of July watching the fireworks down in St George.

This is how Harper was the whole time during the fireworks, he wasnt scared but he just wanted to cover his ears cause he thought they were too loud. Garrett would say "WOW" after every firework, it was pretty funny!

Doing sparklers on the actual 4th of July at the Condo with the family.

Me with the boys doing sparklers.

Jourdan & Harper

Harper with his favorite cousin Hunter. They loved playing together down there. Hunter is 10 years old.

Swimming over at Silver Creek which is my cousin Stefany & Dallas's condo.

Dallas & Hunter both my cousins.

Harper jumping off into the pool.

The whole group who went swimming, they are all my cousins.

Our family swimming.Garrett was back at the condo with my parents taking a nap.

Laying out relaxing with my cousin Stef.

Me & Jourdan jumping off the rocks. So much fun!

There is this awesome food place in Fillmore Utah. It is called Cliffs Carhop cafe. They have REAL french fries, no frozen stuff, the real potatoes peeled, and they are wonderful!! So next time you head to St George stop in Fillmore to get some REAL yummy french fries.

Garrett eating some hotdog and real french fries.

Harper knows Mom always has the camera out and he was nice to smile for me this time, a very rare occasion.

Hope you all had a wonderful and safe 4th of July!!

Fathers Day at the Gwilliam house

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This is Jourdan running the 5k for Strawberry days, the day before Fathers Day.

He ran it with his sister Becky.

Jourdan sliding on the huge slip n slide his parents set up in there back yard.

Harper sliding on the slip n slide.

Garrett relaxing

Jourdan's family

Jourdan & Garrett

The kids racing, it was so funny to watch! Harper was the fastest most of the time.

Racing again.

These last 2 pictures have to be my favorite of the night. Becky, Jourdan & his oldest Brother Brian decided they wanted to race.

Jourdan won, i love these pictures, you can really see how fast they really were running!

We had a great Fathers Day and hope you did too!!!

St George for Memorial Day May 2010

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We went down to St George with most all Jourdan's family over Memorial Day and stayed at my Grandma's condo.Jourdan's uncle owns Barefoot gymnastics down there and they have a big gym and swimming pool that we spent most of the weekend at. This was swimming at the gym.

Harper jumping into the big pit of foam at the gym.

Jourdan doing a flip off the really long tramp at the gym.

Hanging out at the condo with cousins. Harper with his cousin Callie and Curran in the back.

All the guys did a little golfing one day. Jourdan swinging.

Hanging out and watching some tv.

Playing 500 in the pool at the gym. Brian (jourdan's oldest brother, far left, Becky his sister, & Chandler his nephew)

Playing king of the mountain in the gym.

Relaxing, catching up on my celebrity gossip.

These two are trouble makers in the making. They are 3 months apart and always getting into things!

Harper at the condo

Garrett at the condo

We had a good time spending time with Jourdan's family down at the condo. I hope we can do it next year again!

What we have been doing the last couple months....May & June

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I celebrated my 26th Birthday. Jourdan made my birthday cake last year and it was a ice cream cake with fudge, and whipped cream. It was so good i wanted him to make it again this year, so he made me another one. It really tasted so good!

Harper helping me blow out the candles on my Birthday cake.

Jourdan had been working on this fence the last couple weekends in May. He finished this gate which is in our back yard. Its so nice to have it so we can keep our kids in the backyard.

We go out every year for mine & Jourdan's birthday's to Touchanos. It is so yummy and we always get so full!!

Jourdan surprised me with a couples massage the weekend after my Birthday. It was so fun and relaxing!

Going to the park in Spanish Fork for Mommy Club in May, it was a lot of fun and very very busy!

We went to visit my good friend Racheal that lives in Orem. She has a little boy named James that is 1 year old, it was fun spending the day with them.

Kamie had Mommy club at her house the first of June. It was so fun we did a water theme and had slip n slides, pools and lots of good food. These are all the Mommies that were there.

These were all the kids that were there at Mommy Club in June, i think i count 17 and then there were 2 babies that were not in the picture, thats a lot of kids!

I got my hair colored the end of June, got some brown and also some blonde highlights put in it. I love it!

I have been wanting to do something different with my living room, like paint and re arrange things around. So i decided i was going to paint an accent wall. I put the first coat on and then Jourdan helped me touch it up and put the 2nd coat on.

Jourdan helping with the touch up.

The finished project, with my new picture frames and wall decor, i just need to get our last name cut out in vinyl so i can put that under the pictures. I love how it turned out!

Jourdan took Harper on his first campout with just them too. They just went up tibble fork which is up American fork canyon. They just went up for a night and had a great time as you can see.

Fishing at Tibble Fork lake.

Celebrating Fathers day down at my parents house.

I love my Dad, he is the best!

During the summer they do a free lunch program all across Utah. They were doing free lunch for kids at a school right by our house. So we went a couple times a week and got the kids free lunch. They had a great time and Harper especially loved it!

We went to Jourdan's 10 year high school reunion for Pleasant Grove high the end of June. He wasnt to excited to go but i wanted him to go and take me so we went. It was fun but kind of expensive.

My friend Christine had a baby shower in June for her little baby girl that was coming. I got her like 100 pairs of clothes, all from yard sales that i had been collecting the last couple months.

We went to Seven Peaks as a family in June, it was fun and it was pretty busy but we still had a good time.

One night right before Harper was going to bed, they were outside just hanging out and all of a sudden i heard Harper laughing and having a good time. I came out to see this, Jourdan had turned our sprinklers on and was letting Harper run through in his pjs, it was pretty funny. Jourdan told me that is what summers are for.....so true!

Enjoying some Purple Turtle during Strawberry days in PG.

Jourdan ran a 5K this year for Strawberry days, he did good and i think finished in 23 minutes. This is the 2nd one he has done. He really enjoys doing it.

This was celebrating Fathers Day over at Jourdan's parents house. This is Jourdan's Dad, the 7 brothers and then Becky who is there only sister.

Garrett at his 15 month check up, he is getting so big!

Family Pictures May 2010

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We got our family pictures taken back in December by this girl. I really didnt like how they turned out so i asked her if she could do a re shoot and this was the re shoot. Yes it was 5 months later but i wanted some pictures to give our moms for Mothers Day so we got them done a couple days before Mothers Day and i was so excited with how they turned out!

In Provo by the rail road tracks

Harper & Garrett

Love this one...

Love my hubby Jourdan!

This one turned out so great, this was right in front of the Utah State mental hospital.

Garrett 14 months old

Love my 3 boys!

Cheesy but we love each other!

Harper 3 1/2 years old

What we have been doing the last month...

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Garrett is standing up and taking about 5 steps at a time. Im sure by next month when i post what we have been doing he will be cruising around everywhere!

We got a 1 year memebership for me and the kids to the Living Planet Aquarium. The boys love it!

Harper loves to get DIRTY, this is in our backyard playing with his cars.

One Sunday afternoon we walked up to the park and Jourdan was helping Harper fly his kite.

I watch my nephew Dax 3 days a week, he is almost 7 months old. He is such a good and fun baby!

Enjoying the nights that are so nice, out on the front porch.

Enjoying eating otter pops.

Getting some plants and things for our yard.

Getting organized and getting rid of lots of toys and other random things! This is Harper closet i got all cleaned.

Going yard selling with my Mom down in Spanish Fork. We went one Saturday and got all this stuff! I love yard sales and i have got my Mom addicted too!

Dealing with Garrett's skin breaking out and him ALWAYS itching it.We are taking him to Primary Childrens hospital on June 4th to get him into a good allergy dr and see what else he is allergic to. Cause we are avoiding everything he is allergic to and he still is breaking out. So we are trying to get some more answers.

Going to the discovery park in Pleasant Grove. We put Garrett in the swing and this is how he stayed the whole time, it was so funny and looked so uncomfortable but he liked it!

Going to Baskin Robbins 31 cent scoop night. This was waiting in line, yes it was freezing outside but we still got some yummy ice cream!

Busy fixing the toys, Harper loves to try and fix them even when they arent broken, Garrett wanted to help this day too.

Watching the NBA finals.The Jazz are not doing the greatest against the Lakers but we are still watching and cheering them on!

Eating lots and lots of ice cream and other things. This was after we went to Hogi Yogi and Harper had ate a chicken bowl, a huge frozen yogurt, and then finished off Jourdan's milk shake. He was hyper if you cant tell! ha ha, needless to say the next day he was throwing up, think he ate way to much!

Each year me & my Friend Christine go out to dinner and to a play up at the U of U for our birthday's. We are 3 days apart and have been friends since we were like a week old. We grew up living by each other in Orem for many many years and we are still friends! We went up Tuesday May 4th and went to Chuck a Rama and saw 42nd street. It was so much fun and i love Christine like my sister!!

Going to Thanksgiving Point Farm country with our Mommy Club. Harper loved the pony rides and got to ride them twice!

Garrett having fun in this fun room we found at the farm country.

Going out with friends i used to work with at PMI. We went to Zupas for dinner and to the Holy Cow and DI shopping. It was so fun to catch up and visit with them!

That is just what we have been up to the last month. Busy, busy busy!!

Girls Night Out

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Each month the girls that are in our Mommy club get together for a girls night, with NO kids. This month my friend Lacey planned the activity and we went over to her parents house in Spanish Fork and had a campfire, roasted marshmallows and played some games inside. It was a lot of fun and i love hanging out with these girls!

Rachel, Lacey, Me, & Kamie

Lacey enjoying a smore

Rachel also enjoying a smore.

Kamie did too!

I did also!

Thanks girls for such a fun night, cant wait for next month!

St George April 2010

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My Grandma has a condo down in St George and we always love going down every chance we get! We decided to plan and go down, it was Me Jourdan and the kids and then my parents and my brother Austin. We left Thursday night and stayed tell Sunday. It was so much fun!

This is a wonderful little burger joint in Fillmore, it has homemade fries, it really is the best. Its called Cliffs Car Cafe... if you want to stop there sometime!

Garrett loved chasing this ball around the tennis court, he really did crawl all over the whole court.

My Dad & Garrett

Harper loves doing puzzles, my Mom was watching him and was amazed.

Doing puzzles

This is a picture Harper took, i thought it was a good job, except for cutting her head off!

Harper loved swimming with Jourdan, he would jump into him it was so cute!

Down at the basketball and tennis court watching Dad play basketball.

Aw.... such cute brothers!

Jourdan taking a break from playing basketball.

We took Harper to the movie How to Train your Dragon, it was really cute and Harper really liked it.

Garrett wasnt a fan of swimming but he didnt mind sitting in this tube for a little bit.

My little sweet boy.

Jourdan taught Harper how to go under water with the goggles, he loved it.

Jumping up from the water.

Going under the water.

Garrett sitting out with Grandma while we were swimming.

Enjoying the hot tub

Harper having some lunch on Sunday

Harper took this picture of Garrett, He actually turned 13 months old on Sunday so this is his 13 month old picture.

Swinging with Grandma at the park.

Harper swinging with me.

Harper chilling on the swing.

Easter 2010

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We had all sorts of fun celebrating Easter this year. Thursday night before Easter we colored Easter eggs, Harper loved it.

Dipping the eggs in the coloring

Our finished eggs

We had an Easter egg hunt at Jourdan's parents house Saturday morning and also did breakfast. All the kids had so much fun! This is Callie & Harper getting ready to go find eggs.

Harper found an egg

Seeing what all the other kids are getting

The only picture we got of our family, well minus Harper.

Garrett found an egg, too bad he is allergic to them.

Harper found an egg that had a $1 on it, he was pretty excited!

All the grandkids with Grandma & Grandpa, but missing 4 of them.

The Easter bunny sure did make it to our house Sunday morning.

Harper's stuff on the left Garrett's stuff on the right.

Harper has all of the cars from the actual movie "CARS" but was missing Fillmore, he was so excited he got it!

Garrett having a good time on Easter

This was a special suprise that Mom & Dad gave Harper, its a Cars track that shoots the cars around it, he loves it!

Easter Sunday down at my parents, coming down stairs to see what eggs they could find.

Dad helping Garrett find an egg.

Garrett had fun playing with all the plastic eggs.

Harper finding eggs.

We had a great Easter this year and the boys got so spoiled as usual!

What we have been doing the last couple months....

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We have been busy lately and this is just a couple things we have done over the last couple months...

Enjoying Grandpa reading books to Harper

Playing outside in our backyard in the nice weather

Trying to master potty training (yes we started training him back in October, and he still hasn't quite got it yet)

Enjoying playing with cousins and eating lunch over at Grandmas.

Enjoying baths in the sink

Playing in the sand at Grandma & Grandpas house.

Harper having his friend Ryker over to play.

Going to visit our Grandma Crook

Learning to play the drums

Jourdan has built a gate and door in our backyard, its so nice we can keep our kids in the backyard now.

Garrett learning how to play with new toys, this is a favorite right now!

Going to Callie's 4th birthday party.

Garrett enjoying the bath whenever he gets the chance, we dont give him to many cause his skin is so sensitive.

Harper loves reading Garrett books, and Garrett really likes it too!

Harper went to his first friend Birthday party. It was his friend Dylan's 5th birthday and they went to Chuck E Cheese, he was so excited, my friend Brittany came and picked him up and took Harper with them. He had such a great time!

Girls Night Out!!

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Once a month me and some of my friends from High school like to get together and have a girls night out. This month we went over to my friend Kamie's house in Spanish Fork. We had a chocolate fountain we set up and had all sorts of yummy things to dip in it, like strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, apples, pretzels, peeps, and cinnamon bunnies. It was a lot of fun and we also brought our wedding pictures and enjoyed just chatting and also finished cutting up a rag quilt i was making from my friend Ashley that was having her baby on Easter. It was a great night, thanks girls!!

Lacey, Kamie, Amber, Rachel & Ally

Lacey did most of the cutting, thanks Kamie for letting us use your scissors!!

Fun times

Garrett's first hair cut.

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Garrett hair has been growing like crazy lately and it is blonde! I decided just a couple days after his first birthday i took him to Cookie Cutters to get his hair cut. This is the same place i take Harper. Garrett didnt know what to think when he sat in the chair, we turned on a singing dvd to try and distract him but once the guy turned on the clippers he started freaking out, he cried the whole time, good thing it didnt last very long, but once he was done he looked so much better and so GROWN up!! I loved how they did it, it was short but it looked good!

This was the before shot

Before shot again, look how long it was!

My handsome Garrett

He had a death grip on the balloon and wouldnt let it go, it was funny!

Disney on Ice with Harper

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I saw a commercial on tv that was for Disney on Ice, it had Lion King, Little Mermaid, Tinkerbell and Cars. Harper is obsessive about Cars so i told Jourdan we had to take Harper to it, so i got tickets for just me and Harper to go on a date. It was so much fun to just get out with just me and Harper. We drove up and the whole time in the car Harper was just so excited and was talking about how excited he was. We got there parked and had to hurry and get to our seats before the show started. We got seated and Harper was just so excited for it to start. I tried taking this first picture and you can see that he was more interested in other things. It was so much fun and he sat through the whole thing and watched it, we did go out and get a treat, yes i bought Harper a $15 dollar snow cone, i really couldnt believe i spent that much on it, but it came with a cool cup that he can keep and he loved it!

Cars doing there performance.

The Lion King, Harper also loves Lion King alot!

Harper with his yes...... $15 dollar snow cone, arent i the nicest Mom ever to buy him something that so expensive!!

My baby turns 1!

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It's crazy how fast a year can go bye! On Garrett's actual birthday March 11, i was remembering when i went in the hospital to get induced and when he was born. But now my baby is 1 and is growing up way to fast! These pictures were on his actual birthday, we had such a fun day!

Such a happy boy!

Me & Jourdan blew up balloons for him to wake up to in the morning, he was so excited!

Then Harper of course helped put them all in his crib, he loved that too!

When we were heading to dinner he got to sit in his forward facing seat, can you tell how excited he was!

We went to dinner at Purple Turtle, we were trying to think of things Garrett could eat, we gave him a couple french fries and tater tots.

His birthday cake i made with special ingredients just so he could eat it, did he eat it, no not ONE bite!! So much for that idea!!!

On his actual birthday we gave him an outfit, ring pop, and a little play telephone. He seemed to like them all, especially the ring pop!

He was so tired by the end of his birthday, we got him in the bath and he was out by i think 7:30pm, he had a great day!

This was Saturday March 13 at his birthday party with family.

Again the cake that he didnt even eat, little stink!

He got a ball and a cute outfit from Grandma Barb & Grandpa Biff

My parents gave him this farm that he loved, it makes all the farm sounds and plays Old Macdonald had a farm, it sure was a hit. They also gave him the high chair he is sitting in, i need a new one and i found one on KSL and my Mom said she would buy it for him for his birthday.

We gave him this little bike that he seems to like.

So Garrett had a great time on his birthday and got so spoiled!

Garrett through the past year!

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I really cant believe it has been a year since i had Garrett. He is such a joy to our family and we all love him very much! Happy Birthday Garrett!!

This is before we found out Garrett had to be born C section.

Garrett only minutes old

Getting ready to head home, 3 days old.

3 days old, first bath at home.

Garrett 12 days old, the pictures my cousin Sarah Ward took.

12 days old

6 weeks old

4 months old

6 months old

7 months old

8 months old

10 months old

1 year old

Happy Birthday Garrett!

These are the birth announcements we sent out a few weeks after Garrett was born.

Garrett's 1 year pictures

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Garrett will be 1 years old on March 11th, i really cant believe it has been a year. He has been such a joy in our house and we love our little guy! Happy Birthday Garrett! These were taken by my cousin Sarah Ward that lives in Salem she has a blog that is: http://www.sarahwardphoto.blogspot.com, she really does an awesome job and we love going to her for all our pictures needs!!

Jourdan going snowboarding

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Jourdan got a couple passes to go up to Park City snowboarding from his uncle. He took his friend Sean and brother Mark up with him the first time. They had such a great time and since then they have gone to Brighton and Jourdan i know wants to go more if he could be we are strapped for money and cant afford it, but i think 3 times is good for the season, he normally only goes once a year so this year he did good! These are a couple pictures of when he went up to Park City the first time.

Jourdan in all his gear.

Sean his friend going off a jump.

Heading up the lift.

Good Things Utah

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I got the chance to go be in the audience of my favorite show Good Things Utah. I went up with my Mom, grandma, Barbara my mother in law, Becky my sister in law & Andrea Ward my cousin. We got to talk with Angie Larson for a minute before the show started. My Grandma Joan taught Angie in high school up at Cottonwood high and so my Grandma knows her really well. We have made it a tradition to go once a year and be in the audience. It was so much fun! At the end of the show they had a drawing for 4 pearl necklaces. Angie drew my Grandma’s name out first and then they drew my name out last so we each got a necklace, we were both so excited. We went to lunch after with Angie to Mimi’s Café in Sandy. It was a lot of fun to chat with her and have lunch. She really is such a nice lady and is very personable. We loved going up and having our Girls day out, i cant wait for the next time we get to go be in the audience!

Me, My Grandma Joan & My Mom waiting in the audience for the show to start.

You get to go up after the show and take pictures with the girls, they are all so nice!

My favorite show and i love the Good Things Girls!

Barbara, Becky, Me, Grandma Joan, & My Mom

Jazz game for Valentines present.

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So this year for Valentines day me & Jourdan decided that instead of getting gifts for each other for V-day, we wanted to get tickets to the Jazz game, so Jourdan said that the Nuggetts vs Jazz would be a good game so we got our tickets for the game at Costco and got 2 lower bowl tickets for $120, which was a good deal. So the game was on Saturday Feb 6th and all that week the kids had been sick and we were crossing our fingers that they would be better by Saturday so we could go to the game, we even had the babysitter lined up, our neice Hailey to come babysit. So come Saturday i had a baby shower to go to and so i was gone for a couple hours, and well i got home and the boys were still acting sick and needing Mom, so i just told Jourdan i thought i should stay home with the boys and he just sell the tickets, well Jourdan said well i still want to go, so he asked his brother Mike to go with him and they went to the Jazz game. So much for having a Valentines day date. ha ha, oh well our boys being taken care of is more important.

These are the pictures that Jourdan took.

Jourdan said the seats were pretty good, im sad i missed out!

Garrett over the last couple months.

2010-02-22T13:18:00.000-07:00

Our little boy is growing up so fast! I cant believe he is going to be one in like 3 weeks! He is so fun and loves to play with his brother Harper, they crawl around the house and love chasing each other, its so fun. In Janurary i took Garrett to a allergy Dr in Orem to have him tested to see what he is allergic too, and are you ready for this. He is allergic to:

MILK

SOY

EGGS

WHEAT

PEANUT

So we are very limited in what he can eat and have. It is so hard to find things he can eat. He can eat fruits & veggies, meats, beans, corn, and rice. We have found a couple things at Good earth he can eat that he loves, They have some yogurt there that is made of coconut milk and for a little tiny cup it is $2.50!! So crazy but he loves it so we get it for him. But for know we are just trying to find things he can eat and reading labels on everything. So if you have any recipes or tips on anything else he can eat that would be so nice!

Garrett 9 months old

He really is so happy!

Garrett at 10 months old.

This was the first time he pulled himself up on the couch, he was so excited!

Pulling himself up in his crib too, he is getting so big!

Jourdan was giving him a Popsicle and it was a lime one, hence his face expressions! It was so funny, but he actually loved it!

Eating a sucker, and sitting in his new high chair, I found it on KSL for $50 so i told my Mom that Garrett needed a new high chair so she gave it to him early for his birthday, he seems to like it.

New Years Eve down in St George

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We went down to St George for New Years eve this year, It was a lot of fun. It was my cousins birthday on New Years eve and we had a nice dinner and then we played games, i got the game Scattagories for Christmas and brought it down and everyone loved it!

This was this AWESOME park down in St George that my cousin told us about. It is a called the spinning park i think cause everything there spins or does like jumping stuff. We had so much fun and will definitely be going back!

My cousin's swinging on this cool thing.

This thing was so fun, it was like a slide and Jourdan would push Harper up and down it, it was so fun!

Harper loved it!

This was fun too!

Some guy was walking by the condo and had 2 little dogs, Harper loved being able to pet them and they were really nice too.

Christmas Time 2009

2010-02-22T12:56:00.000-07:00

Yes i know its February but im finally getting around to updating my blog and getting our Christmas pictures on here. We had such a fun Christmas and got so spoiled!!

Garrett helping getting ready for Christmas.

Harper with his cousin's and Santa on Christmas Eve.

Harper got some golf clubs from Aunt Sharlene & Uncle Randy, he loved them!

Garrett opening his pjs from grandma & grandpa.

Christmas Morning waiting on Mom & Dad's bed to see if Santa came.

Santa came to our house!

Garrett loves balls, so he got some in his stocking.

Harper LOVES the movie Cars and anything to do with it, he was so excited to get some new cars.

Down at Grandma & Grandpa's house opening gifts.

Garrett got this busy ball popper but Harper liked it too!

Look what my parents got Harper! He got so spoiled, he loved it and loves driving it everywhere!

Our Family Christmas 2009

My Mom & Dad with the boys on Christmas.

We had a great Christmas and loved spending time with family!

Mommy Club Party & Trick or Treating!!

2009-11-06T16:07:00.000-07:00

We have our Mommy club that gets together a couple times a month to hang out. We had a Halloween party a couple days before Halloween and made pumpkin masks out of paper plate, played cow bowling, played pin the wart on the witch, had a ghost candy hunt ( like a easter egg hunts but with candies that look like ghosts) and made mini caramel apples. It was a lot of fun and the boys all wore there costumes to show them off!

The boys in there costumes!

Harper was being shy for the first little bit

Harper getting all his candy from the hunt.

Making mini caramel apples

Harper just eating them, lol!

Happy Halloween!!

I made Harper some pumpkin shaped pancakes the day before Halloween. He loved it! I put food coloring in and used chocolate chips for the eyes, nose and mouth.

Harper with his pancake.

Trick or Treating on Halloween night

Going from house to house getting candy

Me walking with Garrett in the stroller

Harper putting his candy in the bag

Love Harpers face in this, he looks so mad! he really wasn't.

Us heading back to Grandma & Grandpas.

Teasdale Halloween Party

2009-11-06T15:53:00.000-07:00

My Dad's side of the family gets together every year and has a Halloween party. Its alot of fun and we get to dress up in costumes, eat good food and play fun games.

Our family minus Harper

Jourdan the cowboy, me the indian, and Garrett the little devil

Garrett looked so cute in his costume!

Harper

My Mom & Dad with us.

They had a pinata and Harper loved it!

Harper's 3rd Birthday!!

2009-11-06T15:40:00.000-07:00

Harper turned 3 years old on October 24, 2009. We had a birthday party for him the day before with all his cousins and Grandma & Grandpa's. It was a lot of fun and he got spoiled like usual!!

Harper with his Birthday cake i made him

Harper's cake i made. thought it turned out cute!

Blowing out the candles, he was singing Happy Birthday to himself, it was pretty funny!

Opening gifts!

Got a fun firetruck that makes noises from Grandma Carla & Grandpa Keith

Showing me he got Bolt from Grandma Barb & Grandpa Biff

Gardner Village October 2009

2009-11-06T15:32:00.000-07:00

We went to Gardner Village the first part of October. We went with our Mommy club, but it was only me and another girl Rachel that actually came. It was alot of fun though! They have it decorated with witches all over and they had Wee Witches weekend the day we were up there and had fun activities for kids and other fun things to do. They also had a petting zoo, pony ride and a kids corn maze. Harper just wanted to go in the petting zoo and would just chase all the animals around. He had a good time!

Carving time!

2009-11-06T15:27:00.000-07:00

The Monday before Halloween we carved the pumpkins we had got. Me & Harper cleaned out the 3 pumpkins and then Jourdan did all the cutting and carving. I think they turned out really good and we didnt make a huge mess!

Happy Halloween!!

October time!!

2009-11-06T15:09:00.000-07:00

We went to Highland Gardens up in Highland for Family home evening in October and let the boys pick out the pumpkins they wanted to carve. Of course Harper could care less, he just wanted to push Garrett all around in the stroller. We had a fun night though.

Garrett at 7 months old!!

2009-11-06T15:04:00.000-07:00

He is so happy! Just look at him.

Garrett is 7 months old! I really cant believe that he is already this old! He is such a good baby and we just love him!!

Utah State Fair

2009-09-26T00:01:00.000-06:00

We go every year up to the State fair. Its alot of fun! This year my dad and Jourdan were working down at my Grandma's house so they didn't come. But me, my mom and the kids headed up there. We had so much fun, we saw a shark show, the bear show, went down the HUGE yellow slide twice, and did the little helpers farm country, and ate lots of good food!Harper loves 4 wheelers, funny how he loved the pink one!

Watching the shark show with Grandma.

Harper after going through the farm country.

These are in here backwards, but they had this little farm and it was like you were really on the farm, it was so fun and Harper loved it!

Picking up the veggies

Watering the seeds

Getting corn to feed the cow(he was fake)

Harper loved this! If you click the picture to enlarge, you can see the huge smile on his face!

Riding the ponies, always a favorite!

He loved it

Thanks Mom for going up with me and the boys, we had a great time!

Is my baby really already 6 months old?

2009-09-25T23:53:00.000-06:00

I really cant believe that Garrett is already 6 months old. He is such a good baby and we love him very much! He has had a rough 6 months dealing with his eczema and being so itchy. But he has been tough and i think we have finally got it under control. I have switched him to soy formula and also my uncle Randy has came up with a miracle cream that has helped his get better! It is amazing!!! We love you Garrett!

You can kind of see in this picture on his face around his mouth how it is red, that is a little bit of the eczema, but its all cleared up!!!

Look what i made!

2009-09-25T23:49:00.000-06:00

This is a rag quilt i made for my sister in law Emily. She is having a baby boy in October. I was pretty proud of myself for this being my first one. I wanted to keep it for Garrett, but i made it for her so i thought i shouldn't be selfish and keep it.

Smooth side Up close of the jeeps and 4 wheelers

Ragged side

Finished project!

Happy 22nd Birthday Austin!

2009-09-25T23:40:00.000-06:00

Its so crazy that my little brother is already 22, it makes me feel old!! We celebrated his birthday by going to Olive Garden in Provo for dinner. His favorite cake has always been Baskin Robbins ice cream cake and he always gets mint chocolate chip. So after dinner we headed down to Baskin Robbins to pick up his cake and eat it. He told us that if we sang Happy Birthday to him that he would walk away and leave, so we didn't sing, we put the candles on the cake and then he blow them out, Harper was so confused why we were not singing Happy Birthday to him. Oh well its his birthday and we did what he wanted to. We had a good time getting together. Happy Birthday Austin, we love you!Eating the yummy ice cream cake.

Getting ready to blow them out, no singing of Happy birthday this time.

Labor day weekend up at the ranch

2009-09-10T15:20:00.000-06:00

My uncle Randy has a ranch that is up between Price & Dushane and we go up there every year for Labor day. Its so much fun and we all get so DIRTY!!! Last year he built what is called a Redneck Ramada, it is like a fort, i guess, its kind of hard to explain, but they put in a door and some windows so we can keep warm in it when it is the hunts, like for deer and the elk hunt. I made this sign for Randy and we hung it up to make it the Redneck Ramada. We made it our of horse shoes and rope. It turned out really good!Getting a ride in the bucket of the tractor

Building the Redneck Ramada

Putting the door in

We also celebrated Kaylee my cousin's birthday while we were up there, and my brother Austin.

Kaylee opening her presents, she was turning 14 years old.

A swing we made for a tire and rope, Harper loved swinging on it.

Swinging

He has a little lake up there and we took this canoe down to the lake and took turns going in it, this is my brother Austin and Jourdan taking a turn.

It is to mossy to swim in.

Garrett loved going on the UHB ( ultimate hunting buggy) and he actually fell asleep.

Sitting around the campfire having dinner.

Yes that is carpet he has laid out on the dirt all throw out camp, yes we are redneck and proud of it!!

Getting a ride in the tractor.

Riding the 4 wheeler, Jourdan had dirt in his eyes.

Cookie Cutters

2009-09-10T15:15:00.000-06:00

This is the 3rd time i have taken Harper to get his hair cut at Cookie Cutters, he loves it. You get to sit on a fun vechile, get to watch a movie, which he watches Thomas each and every time, then when your done you get a balloon, cookie cutter, and a sucker. It is $13.95 to get his hair cut, and they do a really good job!!

This is him after getting his hair cut, yes he picked a pink balloon!!So handsome!

Getting it cut

Watching Thomas so serious.

Highland Splash Park

2009-09-10T15:09:00.000-06:00

We have gone to this splash park in highland about 4 times this summer. It is alot of fun and Harper loves it, and best part is that its free!!! We went one night for Family home evening, Jourdan had never been and i wanted him to go. He wanted to swim with Harper and they both had such a great time!! There were only about 4 other kids there, it was so fun!

Payson Pool

2009-09-10T15:04:00.000-06:00

We went to the Payson pool a couple weeks ago. It was our first time we have gone. My mom came with us and sat with Garrett while i took Harper swimming, We had such a great time and it was not busy at all! They have this fun kids area that is only about 1 foot deep, they have some big slides in the back ground for older kids, then a lazy river, it was alot of fun, and wish we could have gone more this summer, but maybe next summer.Harper watching

Taking a break and having a snack.

Happy 6th Anniversary!!

2009-09-10T14:48:00.000-06:00

We went up the weekend before our anniversary and stayed a night Park City. I was so much fun, we went to downtown Park City and ate at a really good pizza place, then we went to see Harry Potter (which we both did not like ) then we went back to our hotel and sat in the hot tub and swam. We both slept in in tell 9am Saturday morning, 9 hours straight, felt oh so GOOD!!! Then we went to breakfast at the Yarrow which we go to each year we stay up there, then we went to the Alpine slide and raced each other down the mountain, of course Jourdan won. Then we headed to the outlets and went shopping, i only got one thing, Jourdan didn't get anything and of course i got tons of stuff for both kids. All in all we had a great night away, and thanks Mom and Dad for watching the kids for a night!!

Can you tell it was bright outside, i couldnt even open my eyes.Hiking to the slide

Jourdan hiking to the slide.

Getting ready to go!!

Seven Peaks

2009-08-19T23:30:00.000-06:00

Our friend Brittany and her boys Hayden & Dylan have passes to Seven Peaks and they had a free buddy pass for the day. They invited us, and we had such a good time. This is the only picture we got, this was the end of the day, leaving and look how tired the boys both are, they both feel fast asleep just minutes after we left. Thanks Brittany for inviting us!

Garrett 5 months old

2009-08-19T23:23:00.000-06:00

I really cant believe that my baby is already 5 months old! Where has the time gone. He can roll over from his back to his stomach and then cant get back, he gets frustrated and starts crying, he can smile and laugh, he has had his first try of oatmeal cereal, and baby food, he loved both, he loves his brother Harper, he always is watching him and trying to see where he is in the room.

Look how big he is getting!

We love him so much!

He is such a joy in our house.

My handsome boys!!

2009-08-19T23:12:00.000-06:00

A girl Tiffany Carter took these pictures in Lehi about a month ago. I thought they turned out so cute! The first 2 are my favorite, I love Garrett's smile on the 2nd picture. Even thought Harper can be a pain and through many many tantrums, i still love him and just look at his cute face!!!

Great shot

Look how handsome!

Demolation Derby

2009-08-19T23:03:00.000-06:00

This is the first year we have gone to the Derby. We had a really good time. We went with my parents and we sat on the first row, (note: if going to a derby, believe me you do not want to sit on the first row!!) and in the 2nd heat we got hit with tons of dirt and rocks, it hurt really bad and my Mom was holding Garrett, we were so scared he got hit, but he just got really scared. Harper LOVED it, he was so funny watching the cars crashing, he was a little scared at first, but we told him it was okay for them to be crashing and then he was okay. We are planning on going next year, but not sitting on the front row!!Trying to get the car through.

Harper & Jourdan having a good time.

Have you ever seen anything this cool?

2009-08-15T11:44:00.000-06:00

This is what you call "Poi" it is done in the Polynesian culture and my very talented husband Jourdan has taught himself how to do it. He learned how to do this about 4 or 5 years ago. He learned on a pair that his friend had and then he decided he wanted to make his own pair, so he made his own and has been doing it ever since. This was up at our Crook Family reunion this year. He really is so good.

Getting them lite Starting.....

Awesome tricks he can do!

So cool!

This last picture is my favorite!!!

These pictures are taken by our cousin Sarah Jones.
She is a great photographer!

Garrett''s first try of Oatmeal cereal!!

2009-08-09T23:26:00.000-06:00

Garrett is almost 5 months old and i thought i would try some oatmeal cereal and see if he likes it. So last Thursday i gave him some for the first time. He actually really liked it, he made a huge mess as you can see, but he just ate it right up. It is so funny, he gets mad if you don't feed him fast enough, so i have to be fast at feeding it to him, He is getting so big and is such a joy in our house! We love you brother!! (that is what Harper calls him!)Yummy!

All done Mom, look at me i made a mess!!

Happy 24th of July!!!

2009-08-09T21:55:00.000-06:00

We had a great 24th of July this year! I went down to my parents house for the stock parade on Wednesday and Harper liked it, then they have family night at the carnival and the rides are only $1 a ride, so we went and spent $10 and let Harper ride some rides, he had such a great time!!! Then Thursday night we went down and sleep over at my parents house so we could get up early and go to the parade in Spanish fork. We crammed in my parents office bedroom and all slept. It was a good time, and the parade was alot of fun.Harper at the stock parade, watching the animals (horses).

At the carnival on the rides.

He loved them!

He loved the Ferris wheel, he keep saying aw..... it was so cute!

At the parade Friday morning on the 24.

Harper got some candy and was eating it.

This was Harper & Jourdan's favorite part! It was really cool!

Our family (don't you love Jourdan's glasses, he wears then yes all the time, they fit over his glasses perfect, i always tell him he looks dorky, but he still wears them, ha ha!)

Our busy life.....

2009-07-22T16:14:00.000-06:00

Zoo trip with Mommy Club

July 20, 2009

This is us on the train at the Zoo, always a favorite!The boys
Brecken, Gracyen, Harper, Brody, & Gavin

Harper on the carousel, he loved it and didn't want to get off!

Harper on the tigers

The boys looking at the giraffes.

Annual Crook Family Reunion
July 2009

This is the one reunion we look forward to each year, and love going to it!! We head up to Lake Creek flats which is just above Heber, and camp for the whole week, we went up this year Thursday and stayed tell Sunday.
This is some of the adults doing gunny sack races

Jourdan, Bobby, Melissa, Tony, & JenniferThis was Harper Sunday morning, he was so exhausted for the whole weekend and he fell asleep on Jourdan's shoulder.

They do a Frisbee golf tournament each year, Jourdan got 2nd place, he loves playing it so much!

Digging for candy and prizes in the saw dust, this is another tradition, all the kids love doing this and get covered in saw dust, and get fun prizes!

The kids getting dirty in the dirt, this was a favorite!

Jourdan and Garrett

Me getting ready to play horse shoes.

Eating some yummy breakfast.

Can you see how dirty Harper was? This picture doesn't do justice, he was filthy!!!

Guitar time, Jourdan loves going camping and being able to play the guitar and the bongo drums, he always has such a good time.

Harper doing a 3 legged race with Austin who is our cousin, he had a good time, but wasn't really sure what to do.

Garrett

Enjoying camping

Garrett 4 months old
I took Garrett to his 4 month well baby check up and these are his stats:
Weight: 15.5
Height:25 inches
Head cir:17 inches
He had to get 2 shots and one that is liquid that they gave him in his mouth, he spit most of it out, but that's to be expected with babies. But he is doing good, his head was kind of mis shaped at his 2 month check up and at this appt the Dr said that it looked much better, so I'm so glad about that! He does have eczema really bad, that is so bad on his little leg and his face, i have taken him to the dermatologist a couple times and he has given me some medicine i give him and a really expensive cream i use that cost $200! ya i about freaked when they told me the total, that is even with insurance! Anyway Garrett is doing good, all for his eczema is pretty bad, but we will hopefully get it taken care of.

Garrett on July 11 on his actual 4 month birthday.

Garrett 4 months old

He is so happy! We just love having him in our family!

This is the place Heritage Park FREE family day!!!

July 11, 2009

Us on the train going around the park,we had such a good time, and everything was free that day!Garrett so happy!

Harper got soaking wet in this little stream, he had such a good time, and it was so hot!

Petting the lambs.

Brittany, Harper & Dylan riding the little mini train that went around this little pond.

They had free Popsicles and bottled water, they loved it!!

Thanks Brittany and the boys for going with us, we had such a good time!

Play date with Mommy Club at Salem Pond
July 2009
We had one of our play dates at Salem pond feeding the ducks, they ducks were not very interested, but we still had a good time.
Gracyen, Brecken, Harper, & Brock
Harper feeding the ducks.

The boys playing.

Garrett chilling in the stroller.
Happy 4th of July!
Harper loved the sparklers!! He was kind of afraid of the other fireworks, just the ones that were really loud.

Our family July 2009

Harper & my brother Austin

Garrett watching the fireworks, he actaully didnt mind them at all.

Harper & his cousin Kaylee had such a good time!

Harper relaxing at the pool, we went swimming a couple times each day, it was so fun!

Harper loved swimming with daddy!

Garrett on the 4th of July.

Cooking my Mom's famous Cinnamon French toast! Trust me this is so yummy and everyone loves it!

Harper after eating a ice cream sandwitch, he made such a mess, but had a good time.

Strawberry Days Parade

June 2009

Can you tell how excited Harper was for the parade! Ha ha, he was jumping for joy!

Our Family June 2009

Garrett was so tired, he fell asleep!Harper loved the motorcycles!

Tub time with dad!

Garrett really had a good time!

Check out Dad's crazy hair!

Ogden Train Station
June 2009
We went up to the Odgen train station with Brittany and her boys. We rode the trax and frontrunner up to Odgen. I took us about 2 1/2 hours to get from Sandy all the way up to Odgen, we got up there around 3pm to see the Disney train that was promoting the movie a Christmas Carol, and the wait to see the train and get on it was a 2 1/2 hour wait, and by this time Harper was so tired and onry and it was 3:30, so we didnt get to get on the disney train, but i told Brittany that i needed to head home and get the boys home, so i headed back down the front runner with the boys by myself, i was a little nervous, but luckly both boys fell asleep and we made it to Sandy safely and the got home that night at 6:30pm, i was so exhausted! It was a very long, hot day!

Harper loved playing on the trains!

Garrett 3 Months old

June 11, 2009

Garrett is getting so big, and has such a fun personality!!

Mom look what i did....

So there is a long story to this, im sure all of you will be laughing at the end, but trust me i was not laughing when it happened, but know when i look back i think it is funny! Anyway here is the story, I normally leave my laptop just in the living room each night when we go to bed, well that is a big mistake, most mornings Harper gets up before i get up and normally he will come in my room and tell me he has woke up and then i will put a show on for him. But this day he didnt, he came in my room and had a hand full of keys..... i was not sure what they were so i came out into the living room , and Harper had pulled off every single key on my laptop computer!!! Yes EVERY SINGLE KEY!!! I about died! I had to figure out how to get the keys back on correctly, and so i got most of them back on and my dad helped my figure them out, but for the longest time the enter, backspace and space bar were broken so i just had to manage, and as most of you know i do my work on my computer and had to just do it with the broken keys, But i told my Mom and Grandma about it and my grandma said that she had a good computer guy that could fix it and that she would pay for it, so i had this guy fix it and now i have a whole new keyboard, so lesson learned dont leave your laptop out where your kids can get to it, i now keep it in the kitchen on the couner where Harper can not get it.......

Can you see the missing keys..... ya they were completly broken off!

Best Husband & Dad ever!

2009-06-21T12:54:00.000-06:00

I just wanted to post something telling my Husband and Dad how glad i am to have them!!

Jourdan is such a great Dad to our 2 boys, I just love him so much!! He really is such a great Dad! He lets me go out and do stuff and he will stay home with both boys and watch them, like going to Bunco, getting my hair done, or just running to the grocery store when i have been home with both kids all day and just need a break!! Thanks Jourdan for being such a great Husband and Dad to Harper & Garrett! We love you!

My Dad is such a great Dad to me & my brother Austin, he really is always there if we need help he is always willing to help!!! If i need something done or fixed and if Jourdan cant figure it out, most always if i ask my Dad he will now what to do and how to fix it. For example: when Harper pulled off ALL the keys on my laptop, my Dad came over and spent about 3 hours trying to put them all back on and trying to fix it so i could use it again, He really is such a great Dad and i just want to say Thanks for everything and I Love You!!!

My Dad & Harper at his Blessing January 2007

My favorite boys!!!

2009-06-02T15:17:00.000-06:00

Garrett is getting so big! He will be 3 months old next week!! Time has flown by so fast. He is so happy and smiles all the time, Jourdan even gets him to laugh! Its so cute!My very happy baby!

My 3 favorite boys!!

Chubby baby!

He really is so happy!! Isn't he just so cute?

Dinosaur Muesum at Thanksgiving Point

2009-05-31T23:38:00.000-06:00

We went to the Dinosaur museum last week on Wednesday with my friend Brittany and her boys. They had such a great time, and there were no one there!! I think i saw like 3 others kids the whole time!!! So that was so nice, we ate dino chicken nuggets at the cafe, dug in the sand for fossils, and played in the sand with water. Thanks Brittany for a fun day!!Harper, Dylan & Hayden

Harper playing in the sand, with water, he loved this!! Notice only a couple kids around, so nice!

Harper digging in the fossils.

Am i really 25 years old already??

2009-05-20T17:17:00.000-06:00

Yes it is true! I celebrated my 25th birthday on Saturday May 16th! I had such a fun birthday!
This is how my birthday started off:
-Jourdan let me sleep in
-Then i went to Curves to workout (yes i went to the gym on my birthday, ha ha)
-Came home and just hung out with the family, while Jourdan did some yard work
-Then put the kids down for a nap
-Headed up to Walmart to buy diapers for Harper
-Then home to get in the shower, and get ready for the day
-My parents come over to watch the kids while we go out on a date
-We go to Tuchano's in the riverwoods in Provo for dinner, i had a coupon for a free meal on my birthday!
-Then over next door to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory to get my favorite Apple Pie Carmel apple!!!
-Then we went to the dollar theater in Provo to see the Movie Duplicity (by the way, wasn't very good! at least it was only $2)
-Then we headed home and just enjoyed the rest of the night with the kids in bed.

This is us at Tuchano's for dinner, it was so good! I actually ate slow and enjoyed my food and didn't get so stuffed!! Jourdan told them it was my birthday, and they came and sang to me and made me stand up and dance, while they were singing, it was funny!

Then Sunday we went down to my parents for a birthday dinner.

We had Ham, cheesy potatoes, raspberry jello, green beans and Jourdan made a mint chocolate ice cream cake for me!!!

This is the ice cream cake Jourdan made for me! I thought it was so thoughtful he wanted make my birthday cake!! He did a great job, everyone loved it!!

Blowing out my candles, notice we didn't put 25 candles on the cake, i think that would have melted the cake in no time!!

May 12th
Best Friends!
This is my friend Christine Boyd. We have known each other since we were babies and used to live right next door to each other when we lived in Orem. She is 3 days older then me and we always love celebrating our birthday 's together! We have made it a tradition to get together each year and celebrate!!

We went to the Cheese Cake Factory for dinner with my Mom & the group of people they get together with and go up to the U of U plays each month.

We both got the same dinner, it was Chicken Medera, oh my heck i thought i was in heaven eating it!! It really was the best thing i have ever tasted!! Anytime i go there from now on i am going to get that every time, it is so yummy!!!

The each gave us a piece of Cheesecake for our birthday and wrote our names on the plates and sang Happy Birthday from the "Cheesecake" it was pretty funny!!

This is outside the Cheesecake Factory in Salt Lake.

Us with our Miss Saigon tickets, we went to see it at the U of U, and it was so good!

Thanks Christine for such fun memories, i love you!! Cant wait tell next year for our birthday!!

Fun day at the Zoo!

2009-05-20T16:55:00.000-06:00

We went to the Zoo last week with my Mom . I haven't been for 2 years and they have alot of fun new things and it is newly remodeled!! We had a great time, Thanks Mom for coming with us! We love you!Harper with Grandma Carla, he sure does love her so much!

The Zebra's

Doesn't everybody have a picture with these tigers, we had to get one too!!

Harper on the Zebra on the carousel.

Also another infamous picture everyone gets, had to get one of Harper too! I have one of me when i was younger too!

My Mom & Garrett waiting in line for the train, My Mom really is the best Grandma ever, she spoils her 2 grand kids!!

Harper waiting for the train to start moving, he loved it!

Just playing in the boat by the Elephants.

This ball is at the entrance of the Zoo and all the kids love to push it and it has water that is all around it, Harper got soaked!! I didn't care though cause we were leaving the Zoo so we striped him down to his diaper for the ride home and he passed out 5 minutes after we left the Zoo.

We had a great time at the Zoo! Thanks Mom for coming with us!

Summertime is coming....

2009-05-13T22:11:00.000-06:00

We took Harper to the movie Monsters vs Aliens. This is the first movie Harper has ever been too. He actually did really good, it was a 1 1/2 movie and he did good in tell about the last half hour when he just wanted to run around the theater, which was okay cause there was like only 5 other people in the theater.The movie was in 3D and we wore these funny glasses, Harper didn't wear them the whole time, only about the first 5 minutes and then he took them off.

He was so excited to see Monsters vs Aliens since he saw a preview for it about a month ago when it came out.

Fun at the park!!

I took him to the Discovery Wood park last Friday in Pleasant Grove, It was alot of fun, we had pretzels and fruit snacks for lunch. He loved it!!

First swim of the season!!
This is how we spent most of our summer last year, so you can imagine how excited the kids were when we pulled out the swimming pool and the sun screen!!!

Harper with his 4 girl cousins. Yes he was the only boy there that day swimming, but he still had a great time!

Harper going down the slide into the pool.

This is the sweet face i see each day. My baby is so sweet i just love him so much!!

He is 8 weeks old in these pictures!! I cant believe how big he is getting!!

He really is such a happy baby!!

Getting sooo big!

My new hair cut!!!

I got my hair cut 2 weeks ago at the hair school in Pleasant Grove, i think the girl cut it a little to short, but good thing my hair grows fast!!

Garrett's blessing day

2009-05-09T22:57:00.000-06:00

We blessed Garrett on May 3rd. It was such a great day, Jourdan was able to bless Garrett and did such a good job! We had all our family and friends come over to our house after the blessing and we had some good food and enjoyed each other. Thank you to all who came, it really means alot!

Garrett in his blessing outfit
My sweet baby boy

Our family

Jourdan is such a good dad and gave Garrett a great blessing!

Our family (minus Harper)

My Grandma Joan, she loved just holding Garrett.

4 generations, My grandma Joan, My mom Carla, Me, & Garrett

My mother in law Barbara & Garretts great grandma Gwilliam

Harper with my brother Austin

3 cousins Austin, Callie & Harper

My wonderful Mom Carla!!

Sweet baby, Kangaroo Zoo, & Hair cuts...

2009-05-01T22:39:00.000-06:00

I cant believe it has almost been 2 months since i have had Garrett, he really is such a good baby. We love having him in our family and cant wait to see him grow and learn new things.

My happy baby7 weeks old

Kangaroo Zoo with our friends Brittany and her boysClimbing up the ladder, to go down the slide.

Harper loves this place!

Cookie Cutters
We have found this great place in Lehi that does kids hair cuts. You get to sit on fun things while getting your hair cut, you get to choose a dvd to watch while getting your hair cut, and when your done getting your hair cut you get a balloon, cookie cutter, and a sucker! Harper loves this place, this is the 2nd time we have taken him and they do such a good job cutting his hair.

This is Harper's face he give me & Jourdan lately, yes its his mad attitude face. He didn't like me taking pics of him getting his hair cut.

The finished hair cut, yes with the attitude face again...

Isn't he good looking?? Also eating his sucker he got.

Last couple weeks...

2009-04-23T15:29:00.000-06:00

I cant believe how fast the days are going by and the days turn into weeks! Garrett is already 6 weeks old, as of yesterday! I cant believe it, i don't want him to grow anymore, he needs to stay my baby forever! This is Garrett today after i gave him a bath. (Dallas i know you are hating that i have him in a BYU shirt, hope we can still be family. ha ha)Garrett after his bath today.

He has had the baby acne the last couple days, its not bad but not very attractive, oh well i guess most babies get it. I hope it clears up in the next couple weeks for when we bless him.

Funny story....so last night i was cooking dinner in the kitchen and Garrett woke up and was hungry and started crying, i was cutting up an onion so i waited tell i was done to go in and feed him, while i was cutting the onion up i heard him stop crying, so i looked in the living room and this is what i saw, it was so cute, when i looked in i saw Harper feeding him his bottle. I asked Harper what he was doing and he said "Garrett hungry, give him bottle." It was so cute so i hurried and snapped a picture! I'm sure this wont last long, so i have to enjoy it while i can!

Close up of Harper's eyes.

Daddy & Garrett time.
Jourdan is such a great dad and he loves coming home and spending time with Garrett & Harper. He really is the best dad ever!

Tummy time 5 weeks old.

Garrett 5 weeks old.

IT'S OFFICIAL...

2009-04-14T23:00:00.000-06:00

We are selling our house! We are both really sad about it, but we have to do it.

Here are just a few pictures of our house. It is:

4 bedroom

2 bathroom

$207,000
In American Fork

Upstairs bathroom

Master bedroom

bedroom 2 upstairs

bedroom 3 upstairs

Kitchen

bedroom 4 downstairs

bathroom downstairs

family room down stairs

If you or anyone you know are interested let me know and i can tell you the address.

Thanks for looking!!!

Easter Events

2009-04-14T22:33:00.000-06:00

We had such a good Easter. These are just a couple of events from the Easter weekend.

This is Garrett a month old on Easter.

I got him this outfit for Easter.This is what the Easter bunny brought for Harper.

The grand kids on my moms side of the family.
Harper, Mason, Kaylee, Ryker, Hunter, Kennedie, & Easton

Harper hunting for eggs at Randy & Sharlene's house in Spanish Fork.

Eating his candy after the hunt.

Grandma Barbs & Grandpa Biffs house on Saturday.

Jourdan helping him find eggs.

Checking out all the eggs they got.

Harper loved the hard boiled eggs.

Harper & his cousin Callie at the Pleasant Grove city Easter egg hunt on Saturday morning.

They actually got 11 eggs each, which is really good for the city hunt and having like 100 kids there.

Coloring Easter Eggs the Wednesday before Easter.

Harper & Mom had fun coloring eggs.

This is what happens when you color eggs with a 2 year old. Yes Harper spilled the pink dye all over the tile and yes my grout is stained bright pink! Lovely!!

Harper with his pink egg after the accident.

My wide eyed baby is 4 weeks old!

2009-04-08T15:56:00.000-06:00

Ever since Garrett was born he has had the biggest eyes ever! I just love them! They just look at you and i think how can i say no to those sweet eyes! But this is him today at 4 weeks old. He is growing up so fast and is becoming such a fun baby! He loves being with Mommy & Daddy . He also loves his brother Harper so much!Harper & Garrett

Harper is such a good big brother!

Mommy Club fun!

2009-04-08T15:46:00.000-06:00

I get together with some girls that is went to high school with and we all have kids now. Its so fun to get together and let the kids play and us Mom's get to visit! Yesterday we went down to Ashley's condo and did a Easter egg hunt for the kids and let them play on the playground. Here they are all lined up ready to go get eggs.

Gracen, Brecken, Harper, Luke, Trayce & Gavin

Harper grabbing the eggs.

Showing me the eggs he got! They had candy in them.

Thanks girls for a fun day!

Garrett 3 weeks old

2009-04-02T22:39:00.000-06:00

This was at his 2 week check up last Friday March 27. He was so good at the Doctors and didn't even cry when they did the PKU (i think that is what it is called) and had to draw a ton of blood from his foot.

Garrett 2 weeks old
Weight:9 lb 4 oz
Height: 20 1/2 inches
Head Measuring:15.2 inches

Garrett 3 weeks old

He was not happy at me taking his picture, i had to get one of his crying though. Isn't he still so cute when he is crying!

Jourdan getting him ready for me to give him a bath.

I cant believe Garrett is already 3 weeks old! It has gone by so fast, and i can see how much he is changing and i don't want him to grow up anymore! I love having him so little! He is recognizing my voice and when i am around, when i go somewhere like the store or anywhere and come back, he acts so happy and can tell that I'm home. I love it and love my little guy so much!

Our new little family...

2009-03-31T17:40:00.000-06:00

I was so excited to get Garrett's pictures back today from my cousin Sarah Ward!! She did such a great job! I'm going to have a hard time on deciding which ones i want to hang on the wall, since they are all so cute!!