No words needed....

Ride that PONY!

The witnesses of the maddness!

The pony aka dad woundn't look at the camera.

Aunt Holly's!

This past weekend the kids and I drove the 4 hour drive to Holly's. Yes that is right no dad! I can't lie. I was terrified! The kids were wonderful! Thank goodness! We stopped once on the way down and they slept the whole way home. When we got to Holly's house Elyzza ran right passed Holly and said, "sorry I have to go wash my hands because I think that I am big enough to hold the babies." These pics were taken minutes after arriving!


I do have to add that my sister is the most amazing mom in the WORLD. What aunt with 5 month old twins asks a 2 and 4 year old what they want for breakfast every morning and no matter what it is makes it? Plus dinner and lunch fixed for every meal. Her house is spotless. There is never dirty laundry or a dirty dish in the sink. Her babies are always clean and happy. And of course she always looks amazing. Most people that haven't had kids don't look as good. Really she is the problem for all us other moms. Does she really have to set the standards so high? Come on Holls! Conform with the rest of us!

Aunt Holly spoiling us. Nothing has changed!




We visited with my Grandparents and my wonderful Grandma made us a fantastic lunch. I think the 4 kids really shook up Podre Lakes! Grandpa played catch with the kids. They thought he was the neatest grandpa ever. I am so blessed to have amazing Grandparents!

Offical Season Passport Holders!!!!!

Elyzza and Tucker could not be more excited about their season passes. Especially because Uncle Hunts got one too. They rode on every ride that they were tall enough for. And those cute smiles never let their faces.

LAST DAY IN PARADISE!!!

Lizzard hunting...










We planned on coming home on Sunday, but we just couldn't leave that soon. We went on an amazing hike the last day. It ended our journey just right. It was so nice to spend so much time with the ones in my life that I love so much. I don't know what I would do with out them.



The ride home went great. Well...... except the dog peeing on my seat and the stopped traffic in Spanish Fork Canyon.

When we got home we hurried and got everything unpacked and Travis took the buggies to the car wash. He pulled his finger nail off (ouch) and crashed my buggy of the truck. Yes my buggy with the brand new motor and paint job. Luckily he wasn't too hurt just a scratch on his side. My buggy wasn't hurt just really hard to get off the ramps side ways and high centered.

Day 2 Moab

Things I don't want to forget:
Elyzza........
-Thinking the trailer is Moab. Not understanding that we are in a City called Moab.
-Being a mother to Tucker every second.
-Packing Zoey around everywhere
-"Sorry mom but I just really like to ride with dad. Don't be sad."
-Main goal.... To catch a Lizard.
-6 caterpillars are way funner than a playground!
-The red dirt caked on your face.

Tucker.........
-Your white shirt that is now red.
-Hanging your foot out the window and waving to people.
-Loosing your shoe. Mom and Dad thought it fell out the window.
-Eating sand at Gemini and telling us its good.
-Your dancing face
-Sliding down the slide and landing right on your bum
-Taking an hour to eat one piece of pizza


Travis..........
-The smile on your face when I was driving threw the river at full speed.
-"If you can stop just turn in off, put it in first and let the clutch stop you." Comforting!
-Jumping out of the truck in your arms
-The red sand stuck in your hair
-Coming to my rescue when I forgot a towel at the showers.
-Sitting here blogging listening to you snor like a freight train! Wondering how I am going to sleep. I love you!








OUCH!



BEAUTIFUL!



The new bridge going across the Colorado River.



We got to Gemini Bridges and this guy was preparing his ropes to walk across. Seriously?!? I was sick to my stomach watching him get everything ready. I thought it was some prank. I was wrong! It is hard to tell in the pics but the drop is around 150 feet.

Day #1 Moab

Words can not express how much fun that was. Notice Libby's hands in the air. There was not a ounce of clothing on us that was dry.



The girls......



Daddy's little girl.


I think this is one of the reasons people look at us so funny. He always wants to sit by the window and hang his little baby foot out.

To Moab we go.....

This is our 3rd year in a row going down to Moab on Mothers day weekend. Every year has been so different than the last. The first year we came down Tucker was 4 months old and Elyzza was 2. Between the diapers and bottles having fun was a challange. Now the kids are a bit older it is a blast. They talked about Moab for weeks. Elyzza was counting down the hours. Tuckers I think was just excited to ride in the Kenworth. Our plan was to leave at 1200pm. The picture of us ready to leave in front of the house was taken at 400. ;-)

Mom go fold laundry............

I had Elyzza and Tucker bathing together this morning. I was in the hall folding laundry and had to go to the bathroom. As I am sitting on the toilet Elyzza says, "Mom your going to go to the bathroom and then go back to folding laundry right"? I replied with a suspicious yes. Every time I would turn my back she would dump a cup of water over Tuckers head. Tucker would say, "STOP SISSY". Elyzza, "Don't call me sissy". Tucker, " Ok Sissy". Then the water on the head and the cycle begins again.

HELP the toys have taken over!

For those of you that don't know our house is a 1,050 sq feet. You would add the 50 too! We have a room that we use for our office/toy room. Now that Travis and I each have our own business you can barley see the desk. To add to that catastrophe the kids have so many toys that you are lucky to see the carpet under them. Tonight I finally got fed up. I packed EVERY toy the kids own into totes and had Travis haul them to the shed. I let the kids fill the toy box that G. Thayne made them but that was it. I can now walk into the room to get to my desk. My new family slogan is LESS is MORE! GO ME!

In Progress...........

Speaking of my talented husband. Here is a pic of my new and improved rail that was once an ugly yellow rust bucket! It is almost done. We are headed off to Moab this weekend. CAN NOT WAIT! I will post some pics next week of the finished machine. Thanks honey you are the best!

My talented husband.

Here are the last two jobs that Trav has done. I can't believe how talented he is. But what amazes me the most is that he can build one in one day by himself!

24

I still can't believe that I am 24. Time flys by. I had a wonderful day! Trav and I took the kids to his parents and we took the Harley out and went to dinner. Thanks for all the birthday wishes!

Our Best Friends

It has almost been 2 year since I started watching them. It is so nice to only have 2 in diapers instead of 4! You can tell on their faces how much they all love each other!

I think she learned this from her Aunt Holly!

Paradise City by Tucker Stanley

I can watch this video over and over!

One word........ Caught

Yes, I now need new makeup. It was all used in one session. And yes I am laughing NOW. You can tell on their faces how I felt then.

Bug's 4th Birthday

It is hard to believe that it was four years ago that my little angel arrived. She has grown so fast and amazes me everyday what she can do. I find it hard to challenge her. She knows all her letters and letter sounds. Mastered writing all her letters almost a year ago. And just started reading 3 and 4 letter words. She is a huge helper with her little brother. Its amazing at age 4 she already has mothering instincts. There is not allot that gets past her. You really have to watch what you say because she is a sponge! Her favorite songs are: Kiss a girl (Keith Erbin), Battle of New Orlenes (Jonny Horton) and Toes (Kenny Chesney). Only Travis's daughter would know the Battle of New Orlenes word for word. If she is bored all she needs is a pen and paper. She draws at least 100 stick figures a day. It always makes me laugh when I find them in things like my check register and she has drawn them microscopic in hope that I wouldn't notice. I am proud to say that Elyzza finally likes to be with her mom more than her dad. Yahoo! From day one her dad has always been her favorite. Now I'm not saying that he still isn't the favorite. Just saying that he might be bumped out of the title here really soon. Elyzza's favorite thing to do is hide the things that you really need. For example your keys, wallet, phone and anything that she sees that you need at the moment. And you better watch out because she can pull wallets from anyones pockets without them noticing. This was very stressful until we found her hiding spot. Now when Travis is missing his wallet or sunglasses he knows right where to look. We decided to put Elyzza in dance class to hopefully help her transition into school. She was so cute when we got home and she told Travis about it. "Daddy I only cried 3 times and mommy even got to dance with us." I was thrilled about dancing in front of 30 parents! She said, "Maybe next week I will only cry 2 times." :)

TRYING to increase good behavior!!!!

Elyzza is at the age now that she wants to do everything on her own. So I found a really simple chore chart on simplemom.net made especially for 3 year olds. I am hoping that this will help her learn how to accomplish simple tasks from start to finish in a positive way and help me not to nag and get angry when she doesn't do them. The chores are things like putting dishes in the sink, making bed, picking up toys before quite time, and putting away the silverware. So far she is doing really well and is excited to draw her own smiley face on the chart when she completes a chore. At the end of the week we will count the smiley faces on her chart and she will get a dime for every one. Then she has 2 jars one for saving and one for spending. The pic of her on her bed is after she made all by herself for the first time. I was so proud of her. Sad to think I have never had her do it before. Tucker has a chart and a jar too. He is a little young to really understand how it works, but its always good to have him mirror good behavior from his sister. Wish me luck!