Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The Cookie Monster

Dalin discovered oreo cookies with Daddy last night...'nough said!



Sweet Girl

From rough and tumble to pretty in pink...Ciara got this cute dress up outfit a little while ago and has had fun dressing up in it. She's a lot like me when I was little. She will play in the dirt or drive the skidsteer with daddy and then come inside and put on a dress and dance around the house!

last Sunday I was getting out of the shower and Ciara was in her room reading the scriptures. It was so cute she was "reading" about covenants and Jacob. I took a picture and thought I'd post it.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Odds and Ends

I've been meaning to write for a while now so this post is going to have a little bit of everything in it. First, the other day I was really suprised when Ciara asked if she could go for a ride in the skidsteer with Zane while he was working next to the house. She's terrified with loud noises so I thought she would be scared but she climbed right in and had a blast

Speed Racer

She had fun spinning doughnuts and popping wheelies. She also had fun a few days ago pretending to be daddy winning motorcycle races. Dalin was sleeping and the rest of us were in the garage and she wanted to ride the four wheeler. She kept saying pretend I'm Zane and you have to cheer for me.



Funny Giggles
Ciara and Dalin were being so cute the other day I took this little video of Dalin laughing at Ciara.




Favorite Place

One of Dalins favorite things to do is try to climb onto the little swing of Ciara's. I know he's going to fall of one of these days when I can't get to him, it's evenvitable. The other day I took a few pictures of him trying to get on it himself and one of him after I put him on it and pushed him. He was so proud of himself that he was able to finally swing on it instead of being pulled off.


Trying...trying...trying... so proud of himself!!



Bee Bottom

Dalin usually sleeps in the same position almost every time I lay him down here he is on a couple occasions in his favorite position.



Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Icing on the Cake




I just got done making this and thought it turned out half decent so I thought I might as well blog it. I made this diaper "cake" for a friends baby shower. It's actually a joint shower and my other friend is having a boy so I'm off to make another one. I didn't have as many diapers as I thought I did so I have to go back to the store. Ciara helped me pack the diapers together in the cake and she had fun with that for all of 2 minutes and then it was too boring so I finished on my own. So much for my lovely assistant!!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Cute kids


I thought this picture was so cute of the kids. They both love to swing on the little porch swing. Dalin is always trying to climb up on it by himself. One of these days it's going to buck him right off.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The New "Hot Rod"

I'm not a soccer mom, I'm a hot rod mama. That's right, I'm going to by lipstick in the same shade as my mini-van. Yea, I'd be super cool then. Well, you asked for it and here they are, pics. of the new ride. She's runnin' great, we're going to jump the bridge. (hehe, old commercial inside joke) Anyway, we bought this yesterday and Ciara is already in love with the DVD player. Zane and I can't seem to keep ourselves from making jokes at our own expense at the fact that we own a min-van. O-well, someday we'll have cars that are completely impractical.


Let the games begin

Dinner started out like any other dinner, Zane and I were starving, Ciara was complaining that eating dinner was too boring and Dalin was screaming in his high chair because he was immobile. Then it all happened. Zane gave Dalin a plastic plate to play with and he dropped it on the floor...so Zane picked it up. After 3 or for pick ups Ciara decided she needed to try so Dalin would giggle and laugh then drop the plate and Ciara would giggle and laugh and pick it up. Around and around we went. They were both having such a fun time. Zane and I were glad that someone else was picking up the plate for once!

Thursday, July 3, 2008

The pictures are here!!

Our pictures have arrived. A big thank you to Celia Mangus Photography. Celia was very professional and we had a great time taking the pictures. We got a lot of really good shots. If you want to check out Celia's web site here is the link. Like I said, she is very good at what she does and the price was very very reasonable. http://celiamangus.com

Family Portraits

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Buyers Anxiety

I HATE CAR SHOPPING!! Okay, if I was say, single or married without kids and I had a limitless cash flow and all the time in the world I would love it... But I have two small children, no money, and a husband that works till 5:30 every day and car dealerships that close at 7:00. Needless to say we are attempting to buy a car 45 minutes at a time and it's not working. We are fighting with all of our being to avoid a minivan but I think we're losing the war. We just can't find anything that has what we want AND what we need in one vehicle. We were really interested in a Chrysler Pacifica but after reading a LOT of online reviews the older model that is in our price range seems to have several mechanical problems so I don't think we want to take a chance on it. We can't really afford the gas mileage on an SUV that has a third row. So that leaves us with the minivan, the dreaded soccer mom mini-van. I can feel the dark side pulling me in. I don't know what to do. I want to get something that will work for us and something that is going to be reliable but not having a vehicle is getting to be very taxing on our family. I feel pressured to make a decision that I don't feel like I can make. I'm definitely feeling the stress physically. Once this is all over I'm going to pamper myself with a massage. Darci, when I got your email about Thomas's party I instantly thought, "if we have a vehicle by this weekend I'm going to talk Zane into taking the week off and coming to UT for it." I think we're all ready for a break but Zane is so busy at work that he hasn't even been able to leave from work early so we can shop for cars. Sometimes I think maybe we should leave the kids with someone so we can focus on looking at cars but we need the kids with us so we can see how they fit in the car with the seats. Well, I'm done with my gripe session for now. I'll keep everyone updated on the situation. I just have to keep reminding myself that this to shall pass.