Tagged again

My sister tagged me this time and it is about my children so here we go....



Name: Keaton Robert
Age: almost 3 yrs. old

Favorite activity (-ies): He loves anything with action. He loves to play baseball non-stop. He loves to go swimming, ride his bikes and play with friends and family.

Favorite foods: TREATS! It is hard to get this guy to eat anything, but a few things he likes are corndogs, apples, grapes, farleys, and anything sweet.

Least favorite foods: Veggies! Anything that is good for you he won't really eat unless we help him with it.

Favorite Music: For some reason he realy likes the song from Weezer - Beverly Hills, Bumble Bee, Book of Mormon stories and take me out to the ball game.

Favorite toys: He loves balls, and bats. He doesn't really have a favorite toy, he just loves to play with anything and everything.

Favorite books: He loves Miss Mooley, Beauty and the Beast, and a stack of other books we have at home.

Favorite items: Baseball mitt, baseball bat, Diego scooter and his blanket.

What makes me happy: Eating treats, and playing, also when I don't have to take a nap

What makes me sad: Movies will sometimes make me cry when they are sad ones, no treats and when I don't take my naps. I am pretty crabby!



Name: Andrew Dean
Age: 18 months

Favorite activity(-ies): Being with Keaton. Taking a bath, eating and eating some more.

Favorite foods: He will eat pretty much anything you give him but he loves, loves, loves candy

Least favorite foods: He doesn't like veggies too much,but he will eat beans. There really isn't too much that he doesn't like.

Favorite Music: Theme song from the Care Bear Movie, and anything that is on the radio. He loves being sung to.

Favorite toys: Whatever is around, he is pretty content to just sit and play.

Favorite books: Anything that has flaps or that pops up.

Favorite item(s): His two pacifiers and his blanket.

What makes me happy: Being with my big brother Keaton and eating popsicles.

What makes me sad: When I wake up before Keaton during naptime and he is still asleep. I also don't like it when people take my binky out of my mouth.

We tag: Hunter, Dakota, Breelyn, and all of our other friends and family that are reading this.

I've been tagged

I was reading a friends blog and my name was on it as being "tagged" I guess you could say. So here we go....

4 Movies I could watch over and over..
1. 27 Dresses
2. Pride and Predjudice
3. Guess Who
4. All 3 seasons of the Office


4 Jobs I've had..
1. When I was in school, during the summer I worked at a snowcone shack.
2. Alliance Title & Escrow
3. Nanny for a wonderful family in Arizona
4. Receptionist for Schneider Pest Control

4 Places I've lived...
1. Rexburg, Idaho
2. Santiago, Chile
3. Provo, Utah
4. Mesa, Arizona

4 Foods I love...
1. Chicken Enchiladas
2. Chinese Food
3. Mexican Food
4. anything with rice


4 Favorite T.V. Shows....
1. The Office
2. 24
3. Designer's Challenge
4. Lost

4 Websites I visit daily..
1. Friends and Family blogs
2. Yahoo mail
3. Google
4. My bank statements


4 Places I've vacationed...
1. Vina del Mar, Chile
2. Port Lucaya, Bahamas
3. Telluride, Colorado
4. Las Vegas, Nevada

4 Places I'd rather be right now...
1. In bed, sleeping
2. Snuggling with my children telling them stories
3. On a beach somewhere warm
4. Some days, back on my mission in Chile

4 Friends I am tagging now...
1. Rachel
2. Nicole
3. Monica
4. Michelle

Now it is your turn! It is so fun to see get to know everyone in a different way.

Zoo day

Thursdays are crazy down at the Boise Zoo. It seems as if every daycare, every school that is still in session and every mom and her stroller are waiting in line to get in. On Thursdays children under the age of 3 are free and adults are only $3. I guess that is probably the reason why so many flock to one particular place on that exact day.
We got a group of us together. My cousin's wife Karen and her two boys, my mother, my sister and her daughter and then my Aunt Sheryl came with us. It was warm but we had a great time.
The Boise zoo isn't really at all that great but it was fun enough for the kiddos. Most of the animals weren't there or were sleeping so it was a quite day watching animals. I think Keaton was alittle disappointed that there were no zebras, elephants or girraffes. What kind of zoo doesn't have these animals in it? I guess that is why it is so cheap. But it was worth it to see the boys get out and have some fun. I think the funnest thing for them was the carosel ride that we took them on. They just loved that and Andrew had a hard time getting off. He did not want to leave. We saw quite a few people that we knew there with their children also. It was nice to get out and be with all the others. It made the day go by so much faster. Afterwards we went to the park just across the street and had lunch. We packed ones for the kids to have since we knew it would be about lunch time. Here are a few pictures of our time at the zoo.

Swimsuits

Tonight my sister, mom and I went to a swimsuit party. One of the leaders I work with in the Young Womens knows a woman who makes pretty fabulous swimsuits for a very decent price. So we went tonight and tried on a bunch of different ones. We finally found some we like. We are so excited for them. It is so hard to find a modest, but yet really cute bathing suit. The great thing about Cami Swimwear is that you can design your own and add lengths here and shorten there. It is really up to you how you want it. It was very resonable pricing. I highly recommend her to anyone. Check it out at www.camiswimwear.com.

I'm just having fun mom!

This past weekend we had a Star 2nd Ward Hoedown. We met in a big community barn just down the road from us and it was the perfect place. It was kind of warm so everyone migrated outside where it was 10 degrees cooler. Keaton and Andrew just had a great time running around with some of the kids from their nursery classes. There was great food, entertainment and conversation.
We had a pretty quite week just swimming in the new pool and just trying to stay cool. It has really warmed up here and so the pool has kept us pretty cool. I am so glad that we have it. My boys love the water!

Nick and Mandy

Last night Lance and I had the opportunity to attend Nick and Mandy's sealing. Nick and Mandy are a younger couple in our ward. I serve with Mandy in the Young Womens and Nick is with the young men. I have known Mandy since she was little and I knew her siblings and parents fairly well. Nick and Mandy were married almost 2 years ago in Maui, Hawaii and last night they were sealed for time and all eternity in the Boise temple.
Nick is a recent convert. He was baptized last year and he has been such an incredible example to all of us. Shortly after they were married Nick was shipped off to Iraq for 18 months. When he left, his wife Mandy gave him a Book of Mormon to read while he was away. While he was in Iraq he read the entire Book of Mormon I believe a couple of times. He came back with a strong desire to learn more.He has such an incredible testimony. I love the fire that new converts bring into the church. He was baptized shortly after he got home and ever since then they have been working so hard to go to the temple. I felt so privelaged to have been there with a lot of the other friends from our ward.
The sealing was so neat. They were both very prepared for what took place. They knew they were in the right place. We were all in tears. The spirit was so strong, it bore strong testimony to me of the importance of such a sacred ordinance. Right after their sealing there was another one. Mandy's grandfather was the only one present from her family there. After Nick and Mandy were married, Mandy was proxy for her deceased grandmother and was able to peform another sealing for her grandfather. That was just an added bonus to our night. I love attending weddings. They are all so special.
Afterwards we all went to the CheeseCake Factory for dinner and desert. That was my first time there. I loved it! I think it has become one of my favorites. There were about 20 of us all there. We just laughed and had so much fun with Nick and Mandy on their important day.
My sister, father and brother were so kind to watch our boys. We didn't get back til almost 10 p.m.. Our boys were both still awake and running on adrenaline. They had a rough night and today we are paying the price for that.

It's Summertime!

It is offically summertime! We are so excited! It is about time too. We have had the strangest weather but now I think the summer weather has arrived. My boys LOVE it too. We are outside every day, they wake up and all they want to do is go outside and play. We have done quite abit of swimming too. The pool is a great place to cool off.
Lance bought the boys this huge inflatable water slide for the summer. They love playing on it. The nicest thing about it is it is so easy to put up and take down. Right now they just enjoy it without the water. But once it is hot in the afternoon then they like the water on.