The Darin Frank Family

And Last but not least

2011-10-24T20:49:00.000-07:00

The reason why I haven't been blogging too much is because I just finished my CNA course and passed all my state exams to be a CNA!!!! AND I am currently a full time student at the community college. I am hoping to get all my pre-reqs done so I can apply for the nursing program here. SO I have been quite the busy mom lately.

Here are my friends Megan, Renee and I when we passed our state skills test.

Pumpkin Patches

2011-10-24T20:31:00.000-07:00

We went to Carvers Farm with Bryson and Allies preschool. The kids kept picking tons of different pumpkins that they wanted but these are the ones that came home with us.

Here is Charlie with his.
Allie with hers.

Bryson with his, and we picked one for Baylee too.

Girls Trip

2011-10-24T20:16:00.001-07:00

One of my girlfriends and I went on a girls weekend trip to Seattle and had a blast. We did anything and everything. It was so much fun and can't wait for the next girls trip.

Harbor Cruises awesome picture with the space needle in the background.Space needle at night. We also went during the day too.

Me jumping on the bed in our hotel. It was an amazing hotel. It was so nice taking a nap in the middle of the day and not being woken up.

Taylor did something crazy with the picture but it was cool.

This is my girlfriend Taylor and I on our way to Seattle. Crazy thing is when we flew home it was 9/11 we were a little nervous especially when we would turn the TV on and see all the videos from 9/11.

SO MUCH FUN!!!!!

Preschool

2011-10-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

The kids first day of preschool!!!

Allie, Bryson, and Charlie

Charlie wanted to be in there so bad.

Allie and Bryson

Look how happy they are to go to school.

Bryson just wanting me to stop taking pictures and just go have fun.

Baylee's First Day of school

2011-10-24T19:54:00.000-07:00

These are the only pictures she would let me take she was so excited to go to school and couldn't wait to start. She doesn't understand that she has to be at school everyday and some days she feels like being home. Baylee loves to ride the bus and always wants to give the bus driver treats. She is loving school and is doing very well. She comes home spelling words and can count to 50 already. She is such a smart cookie.

Catch up

2011-10-24T19:34:00.000-07:00

So its been a while since I have blogged but here I go. This is back at the fourth of July parade. If you can't tell it was super hot. Here is Charlie and he loved waving the flag.

Bryson with his best bud Clayton.

Baylee with her friend Jonny. They are so cute they are always calling to have play dates.

Diana and her kids walking because my brother Matt was serving over seas but know he is home.

This is one of the floats. It was a Shriek theme and was really awesome.

Baylee's First's

2011-07-02T16:33:00.000-07:00

While we were in Twin Falls Baylee and I went and got her ears pierced. She was really excited to get them done. The ladies did both ears at the same time which was good. She cried a little but was really really happy afterwards. The same day she got her ears pierced I noticed that she had a loose tooth and on June 30th she lost her tooth. I was brushing her teeth in the evening after a bath and I noticed it was loose enough to come out, so I let Darin do the honors of taking it out. She squealed a little but was really excited to have it out. She keeps sticking her tongue in the space. She was really excited to get money from the tooth fairy. Bryson really wants to lose a tooth now so he can get money from the tooth fairy too.

Summer Trip

2011-06-30T16:20:00.000-07:00

Charlie drove the whole way. Boy what a speed demon he is.Bryson and Clayton during the BBQ. I can't believe how big Holly's boys have gotten.
Baylee and Casen.

Charlie and Cody.

Casen, Bryson, Baylee and Cody jumping on the trampoline.

Twin Falls

2011-06-30T15:57:00.000-07:00

Baylee and Bryson rolling down the hill.Baylee, Bryson, and Charlie looking at the falls. They were really amazing.
I really love this picture of Baylee and Bryson walking hand in hand.

The Falls was running so fast and the mist was so big that when we pulled up to the parking lot it seemed like it was raining.

The kids and I.

We went to Twin Falls to visit my sister and her family. It was tons of fun and the falls were really beautiful.

yummy

2011-06-30T15:46:00.000-07:00

What a great combination of food pineapple and pop tarts.

Charlie you funny kid you.

She did it!!!

2011-06-30T15:12:00.000-07:00

So for some reason I can't move the pictures around anymore. I used to be able too but now can't so they are randomly put up on here. This is a picture of one of my best friends wedding cake. I must say it looks amazing and that is because I made it. Here is the beautiful bride Tasha with her bridesmaids.
Tasha and I. I could totally tell she really wanted to give me a smooch. Couldn't help myself.

Tasha and her new hubby Dan.

Look how happy they are.

I am so excited that Tasha got married to a great guy like Dan and I really hope that they are always happy in their marriage. Good Luck!

Best Time

2011-05-15T08:37:00.001-07:00

My family and I when I finished the race. My kids and I right before the race.
Charlie looking at the ducks waiting for mom to finish.

These pictures are the kids wanting for me to get done with my race. Darin took them down to feed the ducks. My finish line was in River Front Park in Spokane.
Here I am finishing the run. I love this picture because Bryson is so excited to see me and he is reaching out for me.Here is a picture of my running buddy Cassie and I.

I did the Windermere half marathon this year and it was a blast. I really love the course that we run. I did the run this year with my cousin Cassie and my sister JoAnn. We got to the race with only enough time to use the bathroom and start and so I am sad that I didn't get a picture with JoAnn. Cassie finished in 1:53, JoAnn 3:06 and min was the best time that I have ran out of the three that I have done at 1:53 that is a pace of 8:40. I am so proud of us all and was so excited to be done but I would love to do another this year.

Biggest Loser

2011-04-28T12:47:00.001-07:00

Dana my trainer and I My team

So this year I did the biggest loser at the gym and did really well. I got 2nd out of the girls, and my team got first. I was so excited we had tons of fun and Dana was such an awesome trainer. It was great doing this with some family and we all did really well.

Easter

2011-04-28T12:18:00.000-07:00

Bryson dying eggs Charlie dying eggs and he managed to get some on his mouth.
The day before Easter we went to an Easter egg hunt. The kids had tons of fun and found lots of eggs.

Charlie figured out how to do the egg hunting pretty fast.

He wanted to hold his eggs and bucket. He had tons of fun.

Haley spent the night and came with us. This is just before the hunt.

The kids had tons of fun with the Easter seasons. It was so much fun watching the kids reactions with the Easter baskets and the egg hunts.

Happy Birthday Baylee!!!

2011-04-21T15:01:00.000-07:00

I am embarrassed to put this cake on here but whatever. It is supposed to look like Dora. I really should have just got a doll and put it on top instead of trying to make a figure out of Rice Krispies.
Here is Baylee blowing her candles out.

Baylee turned 5 early this April. I can still remember her as a baby and now she is going to start Kindergarten this year. I can't believe how fast time flies. Baylee's favorite things to do are singing, riding her bike, going to preschool and playing with her friends. We love her and love watching her grow.

Make up

2011-04-17T11:15:00.000-07:00

I was waiting for the day that this would happened. Baylee got some of her play make up and decided to share with her brother. I think it is really funny not too much make up but just enough.

Ugh Snow

2011-04-17T11:11:00.000-07:00

So these pictures were taken towards the end of February and here are the boys having a little fun in the snow. I personally am so sick of snow. I can't stand the sight of it anymore. I just want sunshine and no wind. Maybe a couple of 60 degree days would be nice too. But these guys look pretty cute.

Baylee's photo taking

2011-04-17T11:08:00.000-07:00

Baylee loves to take my camera and have a go at it. She didn't do too bad though. I thought that these were some cute pictures of Charlie playing. There was around 80 pictures but I weeded thorough them.

Valentines Day

2011-04-17T10:47:00.000-07:00

Here are my kiddos with the box of chocolates for Valentines. They couldn't wait to get them opened.

Our Internet has been down for a few weeks and then we got a new computer. I am computer dumb so it's been a while since I have updated trying to get all my programs onto the new computer. Anyhow her is valentines day and this is the dessert that I make for the occasion. I LOVE it. It is the best it's called a Sweet Heart Custard and it is on one of my favorite blogs called the Sisters Cafe its on my favorites.

Spray N' Wash

2011-02-01T17:58:00.000-08:00

We had sloppy joes tonight for dinner and as you can see Charlie loved it.

Pretty in Pink

2011-02-01T17:51:00.000-08:00

Baylee loves this dress and was so excited to wear it for church. Baylee used to have curly hair and then the most recent hair cut made her hair straight, so I put her hair in curlers and I loved it. All those that know me well know that my hair specialty is foam curlers.

Happy Birthday Bryson!!!!

2011-01-14T12:54:00.001-08:00

Bryson told me that he wanted a Lightening McQueen cake and so here it is. I am pretty proud of it.

Bryson wanted a Lightening McQueen birthday and so he had it. He is now three and he is the most handsome little man ever. He is the sweetest, most kind, and lovable guy. Everyone who meets him instantly falls in love with him. He gets along with everyone. We are so glad to have him apart of our family and it wouldn't be the same without his sweet smile. Bryson wanted a Lightening McQueen birthday and so he had it. All of his gifts was Lightning McQueen themed. We watched the Cars movie. He was celebrated well and had a great day.

Snowmobiling

2011-01-14T12:04:00.000-08:00

I had just got up this little hill and was turning around and ended up here. There is a little stream under the snow. It seemed a lot deeper down then what it looks.

This is what happened when I fell into that stream. I was about to go over the handle bars and smacked my leg on them. It swelled up pretty good. The unfortunate thing is that it happened towards the beginning of the ride so every bump we went over hurt pretty good. Other than that it was a fun day of snowmobiling.

6 Years and Still Going

2011-01-14T11:40:00.000-08:00

The Lake view from the porch. I know it's a little dark but we left early in the morning to go snowmobiling and we got there late at night so this is the most light we saw while there.Darin and I. I loved the windows behind us. It is so dark that the view of the lake can't be seen in the windows but it was awesome.

I loved this fire place and how intricate it is. There is a loft up top that is shown up on the right.

Darin and I have been married for six years and this anniversary Darin and I went to a friends lake house for the night. It was so much fun sitting by the fire and see the amazing view. Darin spoiled me. He made dinner and breakfast and cleaned up after it all. We missed our kids but had a really nice time together. Thank you so much to Taylor who watched our kids for us.

Christmas 2010

2011-01-14T11:12:00.001-08:00

We had a Christmas Eve party at my parents house and had lots of great food and candy's. It was lots of fun. We always do the Nativity story and I was in charge of it this Christmas. It went really well and the kids did really good. I was really proud of them and how well it went.I forgot my camera at my parents house and so this is the only picture I have for Christmas their is Charlie with a bow on top and half of Baylee. I took more pictures on my phone but I don't know how to get it to go on to my computer. Anyway, we actually had to wake up the kids in the morning. I didn't mind sleeping in. We opened our gifts and everyone was happy and excited. We went to G-ma and G-pa Wallace to see them and say goodbye to Holly and her family, and then was off to G-ma and G-pa Frank and open gifts there and had Christmas dinner it was fun to be around family. It was a really great Christmas.

Sledding

2011-01-13T19:40:00.000-08:00

William and I

Bryson

My two nephews, Bryson, and I went sledding. Baylee and Charlie were taking a nap so they didn't get to have any fun. This was during Christmas Break. Bryson would get so banged up and would start to cry because it hurt but then he would say "I'm alright mom. I want to keep going." William and Clayton would take Bryson on the sled and run up and down the street, because the four wheeler was running out of gas. We all had a lot of fun.

Sleigh Ride

2010-12-02T08:33:00.000-08:00

Alright so this is a sled but it's the closest that they are going to get with a sleigh ride. The kids took a ride with dad up and down the street. Bryson had tons of fun doing it, but Baylee was pretty terrified of how loud the snowmobile was and wanted off. I still can't believe how much snow we have. It is just crazy.

Charlie's First Birthday!

2010-12-02T08:12:00.000-08:00

Charlie turned 1 on November 24th which is also my brother David's birthday too. He is just below 50% on his height and just above 50% on his weight but is in the 70s on his head. He obviously loved his cake and he just took his first step yesterday on 12/1. His older brother and sister have all walked before they turned 1. Charlie definitely does things in his own time. Like he just started to give kisses but they are only given on his terms, he doesn't just give them to anyone anytime. He waves on occasion but that is the same as kisses only when he wants to. He loves to make tons of messes. He always gets my Tupperware out and throw them all everywhere. He gets into both bookshelves and throws the books out and just in general this kid likes to make messes. He loves the dish washer and when ever I am taking dishes out or putting them in he is in the middle of it all. We are very blessed to have our little guy in our life and can't wait to see how much he will grow.

Thanksgiving

2010-12-02T08:00:00.000-08:00

I had preschool the week before thanksgiving. The last day of preschool we had a Thanksgiving party. We put a turkey puzzle together and made a turkey with feathers that each said what we are thankful for and made these awesome hats for the kids. They had a lot of fun.

MMMMMM

2010-12-02T07:53:00.000-08:00

My kids tend to think that it's OK to put what they are done eating with on the ground, so Charlie can have it, kinda like a dog. This is what happens when it is ice cream cake.

Daddy daughter time.

2010-11-09T11:10:00.001-08:00

Darin took Baylee with him to hunt last night and came back with a buck. He was really excited because with all the bad luck of not seeing much this hunting season it didn't take much time to get this buck. Baylee as you can see was really proud of her dad and really excited to be with him. What a night.

Baylee's on her own.

2010-11-09T11:03:00.000-08:00

Well not totally on her own. She learned how to ride her bike on her own. I haven't posted much lately and decided to do a whole bunch at once. Baylee started riding her bike at the beginning of August. She was outside playing with the neighbor kids and they were all riding their own bikes and I had taken the training wheels off of her and put them on Bryson's bike so she decided that she wanted to ride her bike like everyone else. So we got her bike out and started going. She started out first riding only about five or ten yards and then Dad decided to come out and help out with her bike riding. She was riding it in no time. She loves to ride her bike now and feels like she is a real big kid now.

Pumpkin Carving

2010-11-09T10:45:00.000-08:00

Dad helping Bryson out. Darin first took a knife to try to cut the stem down and ended up taking the whole thing off. It was really funny because he was trying to show the kids a really cool trick and it ended up not working the way he thought it would.Bryson squirming over the guts.

Baylee showing the guts.

Baylee trying to cut her own.

The end results. Bryson's in on the left and his had two buck teeth and Baylee's is on the right with vampire teeth and cross eyed.

We did buy some big pumpkins and the kids loved carving them. Darin helped Bryson out on his and I helped Baylee with hers. She wanted to cut it on her own really bad. Charlie had fallen asleep so he missed out. The kids loved taking the guts out. It was a great night.

Halloween

2010-11-09T10:39:00.000-08:00

My little Fairy Princess.

Baylee had a Halloween Party for Preschool and she had so much fun. When I came to pick her up from school we had a Mummy wrapping contest and had some cake together. We had a lot of fun together. She loves to go to preschool. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of my other little guys in their costumes. Bryson was a tiger and Charlie was a Dalmatian. I could squeeze them back into them but I don't think my pictures will turn out with some happy kids.

Hard Work

2010-11-09T10:33:00.000-08:00

This is Darin's friend Josh and he got a bull elk and we went up to help pack it out. We had to wench it out about a half a mile up a mountain side. It was really hard and I have a new application for all that Darin does when he has to get an elk out. Thankfully Josh gave us about half the meat for helping.

Painting pumpkins

2010-11-09T10:21:00.000-08:00

Carter feeding Charlie. He just loves him so much. Carter tries to say Charlie's name and it sounds like Carly.

Bryson showing me his hands.

Baylee showing me her hands.The kids having fun.

Charlie having fun with his pumpkin but staying very clean.

So the little pumpkins that we got from Carver's Farm were so small that my friend Taylor and I thought that it would be better if we painted them instead of carving them. We used some poster paint that I had and changed their shirts and put some paper down. The kids had tons of fun and the paint washed off their hands really well, but after they dried the next day the paint started to peel off. Oh well they had fun and that was all that matters.

Pumpkin Patch

2010-11-09T10:10:00.000-08:00

Look at how these kids have grown.Bryson picking out his pumpkin.

Baylee is super excited if you couldn't tell.

Charlie having fun being packed around.

Baylee's preschool went to Carver's Farm and they had a lot of fun. The kids were really excited about picking their own pumpkin out. It was a fun day.

First week of preschool!!!!

2010-09-16T10:55:00.000-07:00

Baylee and Bryson are starting preschool this week. Baylee goes to a co-op that some women in my ward and I started together. She went the first day and had a blast. She is so excited to go to preschool and that she has her very own book. Bryson stays home with me and we do preschool while Baylee is gone at hers. He is just excited that he gets his own pencil box and crayons, markers, and so on. He loves to drag his backpack around. He feels very important with his backpack on.

Hair Cut

2010-09-16T10:46:00.000-07:00

This is all the hair I got off his head cutting it on a 1.I took a picture of him sleeping becuase this is the only time that he sits still.

Charlie is pretty bald and out of all my kids he has had the least amount of hair. So I thought that if I cut his hair it will grow back fast and full. Still waiting on the verdict for that, but it has worked in the past with my other kids and so hopefully this little guy will have some hair on his head by winter and not be so incredible bald.

Trip to Twin Falls

2010-09-01T10:00:00.000-07:00

Holly and I always do our toes every time we visit. It is becoming a tradition for us.

We made a bunch of flower barrettes out of ribbon and buttons. I was showing them off here.

Baylee wearing these gorilla gloves. Casen would wear them as shoes and that was really funny to watch.

Clayton with Charlie. These two were buds. Bless Clayton's little heart wanting to hold him and try to keep him quite.

This is Holly my sister.

Baylee and Bryson wearing the football pads. Uncle Aaron is a coach for the football team there. All the kids except Cody he was having a rough day.

Bryson and Charlie having a little fun.

Casen and Bryson were jumping up and trying to do a 360 on down.

Baylee

Charlie and I

Saturday night I asked Darin if he minded if I followed one of my friends down to Boise and kept on going to Twin Falls and around 10 that night he told me I could and that he was alright about it, so Sunday morning I packed up and left to Twin Falls. We stayed for a week and came home on Sunday. I really enjoyed visiting my sister and her family. We did tons of stuff. We made a Family Home Evening board, painted toes, made flower clips, went thrift store shopping and more shopping and our favorite garage sailing. The kids camped out together in different rooms, one night upstairs, another in one room and so on. We went on a lot of walks and stayed up late talking. It was tons of fun and we miss them already but were glad to be home.

Update on Charlie

2010-09-01T09:27:00.000-07:00

Charlie now has 2 teeth and he makes sure that I know that he does every time I nurse him. He is drooling a lot lately and I think he is going to pop a couple more through. You can see the drenched shirt in these pictures.He has been crawling for a couple of weeks and just within the last week has been pulling himself up onto things.

Charlie is in the 80% with his head and 75% with his height and 50% with his weight. He is 20.3lbs.

Huckleberry Picking

2010-08-14T14:42:00.000-07:00

We have recently gone out huckleberry picking and it has been really fun. The kids love the 4 wheeling ride up to were we pick and they have a lot of fun eating the huckleberries and exploring around, Charlie even liked to eat them.

This is Darin and the kids up just a little further where we pick huckleberries at.

The kids and I.

This was the first time we went and Charlie feel asleep on the ride up.

Baylee and I picking. She liked to help bring the bucket back and forth from Dad to Mom.

This is the second Huckleberry pie I made this week and I also made 2 pumpkin pies too. Darin really likes pie so I went a little crazy on doing them. What is sad is that they are all gone. I did give one pumpkin pie to my Dad for his birthday, and we have shared with friends that have dropped by, but the majority of the pies were eaten by Darin.

P.S. I was really excited about the huckleberry pie because I have never made one before. I am just happy that it turned out because it takes a lot of huckleberries to make one.

Hayden View Triathlon

2010-08-02T17:49:00.000-07:00

JoAnn and I right before the swim.

Me finishing the bike.

Me starting the run.
Ben Tran, Charlie, myself, and Melanie Patterson
My kids and I right after I crossed the finish line

So this year I did my second sprint triathlon which is a 1/2 mi. swim, 10.2 mi. bike, and a 4 mi. run. I did it all in 1hr and 25min. The morning was starting out to be really cloudy and a bit chilly. The water was really choppy but wasn't as cold as I thought it would be. My chain fell off on the bike and got tangled up pretty bad and thank goodness some guy stopped his race to help me because I really didn't know how to fix it. I wish I knew his name so I could thank him because I thought that I was done for the race. For the run I had a 7 and 1/2 min pace for it. I am really proud and excited about finishing and my time. Sorry for the bragging but I am just really proud of myself and feel very accomplished and on a little bit of a high still from the race. I wouldn't have done it this year if my sister JoAnn hadn't asked me to, and since it was her first I couldn't let her do it by herself. I am really glad that we did this together.
Here is the time of everyone else: JoAnn Isaksen was 1hr44min. , Melanie Patterson was 1hr16min., and Ben Tran was 1hr15min. We all had fun and cheered each other on.

I LOVE CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!

2010-08-02T08:08:00.000-07:00

Charlie definitely gets this from me. I love chocolate. This is him eating a doughnut in the morning. Darin brought home some doughnuts and I was getting ready to feed Charlie some baby food, so in the mean time of preparing it Darin tossed over some chocolate doughnut to him and needless to say he didn't want much to do with the food I brought over to him.

He was lovin every bit of it. He was searching like crazy to make sure he got everything.

I love how the chocolate is glistening off of his stomach.

4th of July and Family Reunion

2010-07-15T10:43:00.000-07:00

All the kids watching the fireworks.

Baylee and Bryson being cute together

Darin and the kids watching the fireworks.

Baylee is into making crazy faces when pictures are being taken and so this was our picture together.

It was a really fun 4th and we really enjoyed being around family. Thanks to my brother Matt and his family for having everyone over and the amazing fireworks. It was a blast.

Family Reunion Pictures

2010-07-15T10:20:00.000-07:00

This is the original 11.

The whole family we are missing a couple but the majority are here.

Grandma and Grandpa with the grand kids. A few are missing but like I said the majority are here.

The Franks

We had the Wallace family reunion during the fourth of July week. It was a lot of fun being with all me brothers and sisters. My parents have 27 grandchildren and we have a grand total of 49 people in the Wallace bunch. It gets harder and harder to have the whole family around and so we had to take advantage of having the majority home and take some pictures.

Baylee's first stitches

2010-07-01T10:19:00.001-07:00

Baylee was out with Darin getting wood and they were on the 4 wheeler and went over a bump and she smacked her mouth down into front of it. She was bleeding pretty bad I guess. She went through her lip a little but the inside was pretty bad. Darin was about a half an hour away from Pinehurst and she was bleeding really good so I told him to take her to Kellogg to that hospital because I didn't was he to wait 45 minutes more to Coeur d'Alene. I drove out to Kellogg and she got her first stitch in her mouth. She has already taken it out on her own though now but it was quite an eventful day, and we are going to be having family pictures taken next week.

Darins new hobby.

2010-07-01T09:59:00.001-07:00

Darin loves to be in the woods. So this is a really good excuse for him to get out. We had to get a picture of this because I think that it took a lot of work to squeze everything in. He loves to get wood and he keeps going out to get more wood even though we have enough for two winters worth he keeps going every spare moment he has.

Yuck!!

2010-07-01T09:48:00.001-07:00

This is a picture of Darin's eye. He broke a blood vessel in his eye. This is actually just the start of it. It got tons worse. It was about half of his eye was blood like looking. We think that it happened because of his allergies. He had been inching his eyes like crazy. It was really gross. Thank goodness it has gotten better.

Car d' Alene

2010-07-01T09:27:00.000-07:00

Darin, Jake, Bryson, Baylee, Mark, Sarah, and Grandpa Frank.

Bryson smiling funny

One really pimped out bus. The kids loved this bus.

JoAnn and her family.

Baylee

Charlie

A stylin' car

We had a really nice time. The kids loved watching the cars and hanging out with everyone. We had Darin's parents and my sister JoAnn's family there and one of Darin's friends Mark. It was a fun time and it was a sunny warm day finally.

Sleep Tight

2010-06-15T12:47:00.000-07:00

Baylee and Bryson had a hard time going to bed and so they decided that sleeping on the stairs was a better option. These guys sleep just about anywhere . I think that these are really cute pictures because Bryson has his arm around his sister and Baylee has his blanket. Which if anyone know Bryson he is pretty attached to that blanket and it's sweet that he let her have it. What sweet little ones.

So Funny

2010-06-14T13:48:00.000-07:00

Update- Bryson has peed his pants only once since the first of the month!!!! I am so excited for him and really excited to not have to pay for diapers for him. He is still learning the little things like his aiming, and he really likes to pee outside. Which leads me into my really funny story that happened today. Since the weather has been nice I let the kids out to play and was doing things around the house when Baylee comes in crying and really upset. I asked her what was the matter and she said Bryson peed on her, and sure enough she had pee on her. It wasn't just on her feet it was on her shirt, up on her arm and down. He soaked her. He pees fast and hard too, just to let you know cause I know that you all wanted to know that. So I am holding back the laughter while I try to explain to Bryson not to pee outside and to do that in the toilet and then run upstairs to give Baylee a bath. It's hard to get upset at that little guy because he is such a little ham.

Surprise Party and Birthday Cake

2010-06-14T13:41:00.000-07:00

Darin's parents had a combined birthday party since they're both turning 60 this year. We had a BBQ and Darin's sister even came up from Boise. I made the cake and had to show it off. I was pretty proud of it. The only bummer was that it started to melt on the drive over to Pinehurst. I was just glad I took the picture before we left.

Potty Time

2010-06-02T09:17:00.000-07:00

Bryson is learning how to potty train. He does pretty well with it. He loves to wear underwear. He really likes to go pee in the toilet and watching it spray everywhere. I have learned to keep 409 in my bathroom with paper towels to wipe up the over spray. Now the only thing left to do is trying to get him to poop in the toilet. Wish us luck!

Half Marathon

2010-05-18T06:59:00.000-07:00

My kids and I. This is when they dropped me off at the starting line.This is me about 5 yards away from the finish line. This was my second half marathon. I finished 3 minute more than last year averaging about a nine minute mile. I finished this year in 1 hour and 58 minutes. I was the 206th person to cross the finish line out of 862. The 94th women to cross the finish line out of 616 women, and the 12th out of 46 in my age group to finish. I hadn't trained as much as I would have liked but I am just excited that I wasn't too much off of what I had done last year because I thought that I was going to be about 10-15 minutes more. After running so much I was pretty sore the next day. I am so proud that I did it this year. Every time I do these races I am just amazed at what I can really do and just never thought that I could every do anything like this.

Boots

2010-05-18T06:56:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been catching this little guy in all of my shoes. He just loves shoes. He puts everyone's on. Bryson is so funny. I just love that little guy.

Taylor's B-day Cake

2010-05-17T17:51:00.000-07:00

So my really good friend Taylor wanted to try fondant and her birthday was coming up. So while I was in the cake making craziness I also did one for her. Love ya Tay and Happy Late Birthday!!!

Yummy Cake

2010-04-22T22:05:00.000-07:00

So for Young Woman's we had Standers Night and we did a mock reception for the girls and had a newlywed couple speak to them and and older couple speak to the girls also about keeping their standers of course and how it helped them to be the people that they are now. Well we decorated the gym like a reception and I made the invitations for that night and I was in charge of making the cake. As you can see the colors were pink and white. It was a great night and the cake was really yummy. I was pretty proud of how it turned out. I also just got done helping my sister Jo Ann make a cake for her daughters birthday I wish I had pictures of that too but it was has two tiers like this one but instead of the circles we had flowers steaming up from grass. My description doesn't do it justice. It was pretty awesome.

Craft Project.

2010-04-09T11:26:00.000-07:00

I went out and bought the letters for my last name and glued scrap booking paper on the top. I am going to put them on the top of my kitchen shelves. I just need to find a board to put them on so they won't fall over. I really like them and can't wait to put them up.

Easter Egg Coloring

2010-04-09T11:18:00.000-07:00

Baylee and Bryson had tons of fun doing the egg coloring and putting stickers on it. Baylee liked to write her name on all the eggs with the crayon, Bryson tried to scoop the eggs out of the dye all the time, and Charlie was too tired to stay up and hang out. When we were done we all had tons of colors all over our fingers and some pretty colors on my table.

Happy Birthday Baylee!!!!

2010-04-09T11:09:00.000-07:00

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Baylee turned 4 on the 3rd and she had a couple of friends over for a little slumber party. We had pizza and cake and ice cream. I am really proud of my cake. It was my first time doing fondant. (Thanks Holly for the reciepe.) I thought that it turned out really well and yes I do know that the 4 is backwards on the last picture but I fixed it before the party. The girls watched the 2nd chick monk movie and then another and then I tried to get them to go to bed. It didn't work all that well but eventually they did go to sleep. The girls all had fun and Baylee got lots of girly make-up and clothes and so on. I think that she had a really good time.

Bonk

2010-04-09T11:03:00.000-07:00

Bryson and his big head just seem to hit everything. He got this pretty little thing while standing on the toilet and leaning his body weight on the toilet paper holder, and it went out on him. He hit his head on the edge of the counter. It got huge really fast. After the swelling went down it followed by a huge black eye that was so purple and it lasted for about a week and it was finally gone. I didn't leave my house too much during that time because it looked like I beat my kid.

Charlie's first foods and 4 months.

2010-03-27T11:19:00.000-07:00

This is Charlie eating his first foods. He did alright eating. Just about as good as any baby at learning how to eat. I have only been feeding cereal in the mornings sometimes. I need to get more cosistant. Charlie is rolling over here and there. He does it more because if he rolls onto his stomach than he can suck on his thumb better. 95% of the time he rolls is because of his thumb. He loves everyone talking to him and is a really happy baby. I couldn't have asked for a better baby. We love him and we are really blessed to have such a wonderful baby.

Baylee Baylee Baylee.

2010-03-27T11:14:00.000-07:00

She is so funny. It was nap time and I came up to check on her and this is how I found her. I can't believe that she feel asleep like this. Those are some small hips to fit into that. Oh and by the way in the backround is the colors that I painted my room and their is some molding up on the left side to go all the way around my room.

My First.......

2010-03-27T11:04:00.000-07:00

This is my first ice cream cake that I made. It is an oreo ice cream cake. This is a reciepe that I got from my sister Holly and she found it off the internet on a cooking blog. It was so good. I couldn't help but to eat tons of it. Yes that is how big of a piece that I had and I knew it was sinful so I do what I usually try to do in this situation and gave it to my young women girl at the meeting we had that night. I think by the time they are out of young women's they will be five pounds heavier with all the yummy goodness that I give them.

Charlie Rolled Over!!!!

2010-03-11T23:06:00.001-08:00

Charlie has rolled over for the first time on Tuesday. I was so excited. Just before he did I was on the phone talking to my friend Taylor and I was telling her he was so close to rolling and wanted to do it so bad. Then like ten minutes later he rolls over. He wasn't too excited once he did it, because he dosen't like to be on his stomach. He has done a few other times since then.

This is Charlie on his first roll and as you can see he isn't too happy about it.

Crazy Busy

2010-03-11T22:48:00.000-08:00

From last Saturday on I have been crazy busy. Saturday my friend Whytine and I painted the majority of the main floor in my home. I sat down and went through the cabinet in my kitchen and put all the things that are old or I don't use anymore in a basket for garage sale things and then I rearranged my food supply and went through and made sure that I had all the cans marked with there expiration dates on them and organized them so that the ones that expire first are going to be used first. Then I went through the cans and so on in my kitchen and did the same. I made two pumpkin pies and dinner every night which I honestly don't do it but every other night I know sad. My sister had given me 3 or 4 big black bags of clothes for a baby girl and boy and I went through those and separated them and gave some to people that need them. I have cleaned out all my baby clothes giving them to people that need them and so on this week. I put up sconces in my living room and moved the furniture all around in my living room and family room. I took all of Darin's bottles down on my cabinet in the kitchen and on my counters and wrapped them and put all those away. I cleaned out some closets and put all my scrap booking stuff back up stairs. I got three bend and separated the toys so they only have so many to play with at a time and they never get bored of all of them and there isn't so much to clean up. And while doing all of this I have managed to keep my home clean. I know what your thinking I must be pregnant but I'm not. I have just been motivated to make some changes in my home and I can't stop. Sorry if it sounds like I'm bragging but I am just so excited for the change in my home.
I am planing to paint my room and do something in there for once. I will post those picture when I do it which is hopefully tomorrow.

Sweet Dreams

2010-03-11T22:40:00.000-08:00

Lately Baylee is having a hard time sleeping in her room and just not wanting to go to sleep in general, so early this week she decided to hang out with me as I was cleaning the house up. She got the chair out to watch me clean in the kitchen and this is how I found her when I turned around to her.

Then she got up and re-positioned herself on the chair like this.
She is so funny.

Twin Falls

2010-03-11T22:36:00.000-08:00

Holly and I drinking our YUMMY smoothies

This is us soaking our feet to do pedicures.

My sister JoAnn and her two little ones and my three went to Twin Falls last month to surprise my sister Holly and her family and she was definitely surprised. I had told her that I was thinking about coming down and then I backed out at the last second but little did she know I was already on my way to see her. We went shopping and went to some parks with the kids. We went to a stake family dance too. We all had tons of fun and it was really great to see them all and their new beautiful home.

Update

2010-02-04T15:39:00.001-08:00

Charlie is getting so big. I can't believe how much he has grown. At his two month appointment he was in the 97% in weight- 14.6lbs and 90% with his height and 75% with his head. He is cooing and squealing and starting to smile. He loves his brother and sister very much and like to watch TV, and eat. Charlie is a really good baby. We love him tons and can't wait to see him grow more.

Brysons Birthday

2010-01-18T22:54:00.001-08:00

I usually make their cakes but this year I was craving some ice cream cake from TCBY YUMM!

Bryson blowing out the candles and Baylee wanting to help so badly.In the middle of eating his cake/ice cream Dad brings out his firetruck. He was so excited.

Bryson has grown so much but I can't believe that he is two already. Time sure does fly.

5th Anniversary

2010-01-18T22:25:00.000-08:00

On January 8th it was Darin and mines 5 year anniversary. I can't believe how much has happened in five years. We have had three wonderful children during those five years and are still going on. We had a great night. My friend Tasha watched the older two while Darin and I went to dinner and a movie. We had a great time out together.

Charlie's Blessing Day

2010-01-18T22:06:00.000-08:00

We had Charlie blessed the first Sunday of January. He was really good during the blessing and I was surprised that he didn't explode out of his diaper and get his outfit dirty like Baylee and Bryson had on their blessing day. It was a great day with lots of love. Oh and by the way I had my hair chopped off too. My friend Suzi was in town and cut my hair. She did a wonderful job and Darin surprisingly loves it. It took some getting used to but he said it was one of his favorite hair cuts for me. I was shocked because his not a big fan of the shorter hair but he loved it.

Christmas

2010-01-18T21:43:00.000-08:00

This is Charlie relaxing on Dad on Christmas Eve at the Wallace Christmas Eve Party.Bryson was so terrified of Santa. He was was on and off as fast as possible.

Baylee knew more about Santa this year and loved any opportunity to see him. She told Santa that she wanted a candy bar for Christmas.

Baylee looks really funny in this picture.

We had a great Christmas and the kids had tons of fun playing with cousins and we were really grateful for all the family that could make it up to visit this Christmas.

Charlie has great aim.

2009-12-22T19:47:00.001-08:00

Last week Bryson was laying on the ground by Charlie their heads were close by each other. Bryson was watching some TV and I was changing Charlie's diaper. As I was grabbing a wipe and cleaning Charlies bum, he begins be pee and shouts right into Bryson's face. I then quickly try to cover the stream with one hand and Bryson jumps up in shock of the sudden wetness on his face and begins to cry and poor guy all I could do was laugh uncontrollably. I couldn't believe what had just happened. Bryson's face was really wet and he even got it in the ear. When he got up he was crying and didn't know what just happened to himself as he put one finger into his ear to try to plunge the water out of it. This is our funny story does anyone have one to top it? Let me know because I think this one is pretty good.

I CAN'T BREATH!!!!!

2009-12-21T22:16:00.001-08:00

Oh that's why!!!!!Baylee took my camera and this is what I found on it. Bryson has his finger stuck up in his nose all the time. He has given himself a bloody nose from having it up there so much. What a crazy kid.

Christmas Sunday

2009-12-21T22:05:00.000-08:00

I couldn't find anything I liked for Charlie to wear for his first Christmas Sunday so I just stuck him in red like the rest and called it good. It's not like anyone is going to see him anyway in his car seat. Darin had to work on Sunday and I had to play my flute in sacrament meeting, so I went to my first full day of church on my own, and I tell ya if it wasn't for being Christmas Sunday and me having to play my flute I would have gladly skipped that Sunday. It was a handful. Not used to doing this all on my own at church. Anyways the kids looked like angles even if they really weren't at church, and the musical number went great.

Bath Time

2009-12-10T10:19:00.000-08:00

This is Charile's first bath. No we didn't wait this long to bath him. It just took me a while to post this picture. He was so ticked off. He is getting better though. Charlie lost a lot of weight at first but he is getting to his birth weight now. Charlie is so different from the other two of mine. He is so much scrawnier than my others. My older two eat like crazy and were chunky monkeys. I have to wake Charlie up to eat all the time and even then he doesn't eat as well. He is so laid back. By now my other two would be up to almost 10lbs but this little guy is just at his birth weight now. It's amazing how different our children can be.

My Three Kids

2009-11-30T23:51:00.000-08:00

The other day I had dressed the kids and noticed that the all had red shirts on and decided to take a few pictures. It gets harder to get them all to look good at the same time. Baylee is such a big helper and Bryson trys to be. They love their little brother so much. I am so grateful for such a loving family.

Baby Charlie!!!!

2009-11-29T07:23:00.000-08:00

Sorry it took so long to get pictures of our new little addition to the family but it's been pretty hectic. Charlie joined our family on November 26, at 7:49 AM we found out that we had a baby boy. We thought that we were going to have a girl the whole time. I even bet Darin dad that we were having a girl and now I owe him a milk shake. After hearing we have a boy I was expecting to see a baby with tons of hair. Bryson had tons of hair and so that is why I thought Charlie would too. He is my biggest baby so far weighing 8lbs 10oz and measuring in at 20in. long. Charlie is named after his great grandpa Frank and his middle name is J after my dad. The C-section was alright nothing really huge went wrong during it. After getting my spinal block my heart rate shot up and I started getting really bad pressure on my chest. Then my drug guy gave me something to bring the heart rate down and then I started throwing up everything and then some that could be in my stomach. Other than that the surgery went well. After surgery for some reason I have the tendency of losing blood and no one knows how or were it goes. So I lost a little over 4 units of blood this time. Bryson I lost over 6 and a half last time. When it comes down to it. I think that this delivery is a tie or a little better than the others. Bryson and Baylee love their little brother. Baylee said that we were going to have a girl and wouldn't let change that we would have a boy so I was a little nervous that she would be upset but she was so excited and wasn't upset about having a brother at all. They are both absolutely in love with him already and have to hold him all the time. They are very good with Charlie so far.

The Big Day

2009-11-24T03:46:00.000-08:00

This is right before I left to the hospital. I only got 3 1/2 hours of sleep and becuase I am having a C-section I can't wear any make-up, so enjoy.

Darin's new hot rod. It is a 1963 SS Chevy Nova.

Today is the day that we are going in to have our little one. I am so excited and scared. Excited to see what the sex of the baby is, what the baby looks like, but scared of the processor, and the recovery. We spent a lot of time yesterday doing all the things we wanted done before we have the baby. Darin and I got the Christmas lights up and I know that it sounds crazy but hey after Thanksgiving is usually when everyone puts them up and we are not going to have time to do that. We swept and mopped the floors twice yesterday. Once in the morning Darin did them and then Bryson got into the syrup while no one was watching and spilled it everywhere. Let me tell ya it was a blast to clean up. Yes I am being sarcastic when I say that. I painted my finger nails and I had my friend Tasha paint my toes. I went to Khols and picked out a girl and a boy outfit to bring the baby home in and had them hold them for me so my sister can pick one up for me today. Darin sold his hot rod and got a different one that will fit the whole family in it and he had went to pick it up yesterday. He was so excited that he washed it while it was dark out in 35 degree whether. I did all my grocery shopping on Saturday so that I wouldn't have to do it on Monday. Well have to go the surgery. Next post will be of the baby!!!!! Wish me luck cause I'm going to need it.

Do you notice anything different?

2009-11-12T10:08:00.000-08:00

I woke up yesterday morning because I heard a loud thump and Bryson screaming. I didn't know what was wrong or what he hit and then later that afternoon I could see where he hit himself. Right smack dab in the middle of his forehead. Nice little bruise huh.

Halloween!!!

2009-11-01T11:30:00.000-08:00

My little Pirate and a tiger in the back.

Bryson was a tiger and as you can see above he was digging into his candy bag when the first piece of candy got in their. He shoved a piece of caramel in his mouth before I could take a picture, and he got made when he took it out of his mouth because he was drooling all over the place. He started the night out being happy and then ended upset because he could shove all the candy into his mouth and wanted all of it right then. He had fun but I think he got tired after a while.

Baylee picked out her costume this year and decided to be a pirate. She loved it. She kept saying Arrrrrrr to everyone. She couldn't wait to get the costume on after she saw some friends of ours show up in theirs. We went to the trunk or treat and Grandma and Grandpa Wallace house. Then we went to my sister JoAnn's neighborhood and made a loop with the cousins. Baylee had a blast with that running from one house to the next. She tend to go into the houses when they opened their doors, and we had to explain to her that she couldn't go into the houses but stand out side of them. She didn't really listen but maybe next year she will be better about it. Baylee would say trick or treat and Bryson would only say treat but that wasn't too often. I can't believe how fast they have grown. Time sure does fly and I can't believe that we are having another little one joining our family soon. WOW

The Final Count Down

2009-10-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

35 Weeks!!!!

I am 35 weeks and the 24 of November is getting closer. Honestly the month of October flew by so fast. My last doctors appointment I was actually measuring normal which isn't really normal for me. I always measure 3-4 weeks bigger. It's amazing how each pregnancy is different. Hopefully this delivery will be different from the rest but in a good way.

Pumpkin Carving

2009-10-26T11:45:00.001-07:00

Everyone cutting their pumpkins and getting all the mush out of them. You can see how excited Bryson is to be doing it.

Baylee with her Kool-Aid mustache. She looks really funny here.
Riley, Isaac's daughter, with her pumpkin.Bryson and mom.

Bryson having fun.

The end results of the pumpkins.

We carved pumpkins this year with Darin's brother Jayson and his family and some friends Isaac and his girls. We had a lot of fun. Bryson loved taking the inside out of the pumpkin and he would even try to put it back into the pumpkin too. Baylee wanted to take pictures of everyone instead carving any pumpkins. The kids were all pretty young and Nat and I ended up doing pretty much all the pumpkins together and the guys watched UFC fighting. The kids had lots of fun. Yesterday we also did some more carving of pumpkins with my sister JoAnn. Baylee actually helped more and they all enjoyed taking the insides out this time. We did a green pumpkin that time from JoAnn's garden. Unfortunately we don't have any pictures of that pumpkin.

Sweet Dreams

2009-10-22T10:53:00.000-07:00

My kids have had some pretty random places that they fall asleep in. This is Bryson on Sunday. I put the kids to bed and went out to help Darin finish up on wrapping some meat and when I came back in this is how I found Bryson. If anyone can not tell this is my back sliding door. Apparently he was waiting for us to come back in. When he is tired he carries this blanket around with him. I thought it was a really cute moment and kinda funny too.

Carver Farm

2009-10-15T21:53:00.000-07:00

The sign says "How tall this fall?" Bryson looks a little under 3 feet and Baylee is a little over 3 feet.

Bryson by his pumpkin.
Baylee by her pumpkin.
I had to put this up. He was eating an Arby's sandwich and would not put it down. Half of the pictures I got of him was like this.
Baylee actually took this picture. Not to bad.

The kids and I went to Carver Farm today and picked out pumpkins. Baylee was so excited to do it. She really wanted to go on a tracker ride, but I guess they only do that on the weekend and on the week days they have only the schools over to ride the tracker rides. She wasn't too bummed out by it though. She was more interested in picking pumpkins. Bryson only cared about his sandwich and that was really it. We got to drive out into the pumpkin patch and pick our pumpkin. I am glad we did it today and didn't wait any longer because the pumpkins were getting mushy because of the cold nights we have had the last couple of days. The only dud about the day was that Darin couldn't come because he was hunting and my camera batteries were dead after a few pictures. We had fun, the kids got free popcorn, we got some pumpkins, their wasn't that many people there, and the sun was shining.

31 Weeks and Baylee's first day of preschool!!!

2009-09-30T22:49:00.001-07:00

This is Baylee just before we left to school. She was so excited.Bryson always has to have his picture taken when the camera is out, and Baylee for some reason kept smiling weird. She would pull down at the side of her mouth almost into a frown but was totally stretching it out. It was funny. So preschool that Baylee is doing is with my sister and her son and one of our friends. We wanted to keep it small and plus my sister who just finished school to be a preschool teacher is also teaching one day of the week along with each of the moms. My sister that is the teacher is also the one who helped set up a curriculum for us too. So we have school for two hours a day for four days a week, and then on Fridays we go to a reading clinic at the library, and the kids will all get free books each time they go. This was our first week of doing school and so far it is going well. Baylee keeps begging to ride her bike to school, which is just to one of the other moms homes, and she tells me that I can walk while she rides her bike or I can drive by her while she rides. She forgot that she has a broken training wheel and she just wants to ride it so bad. I thought that we could hold out on getting her a new training wheel until next year for the good whether and all, but I think we might have to get one soon now. She is getting so big. Bryson is a magnet to bruising his head. He just was finishing up on a bruise on his head and got another. I can't even keep up with how he gets them anymore because they're so often. I feel like I look like an abusive parent walking around with him and his battle wounds. He is totally accident prone.

Here I am. Sorry it took so long to get a picture up of the tummy. This baby is getting so big and lately at night it likes to stretch out and into my ribs. I get to the point of having a hard time breathing and end up going down stairs to try to lay in the recliner and try to push the baby down and hope that maybe that sitting up a bit more will give the baby more room. That or either gravity will push the baby down one or the other I just pray that it works so I can get some sleep.

New Room!!!

2009-09-17T14:48:00.000-07:00

So one day I got sick and tired of putting all my scrap booking stuff away and having my kids get into everything that I've got for it, and into all my sewing stuff and decided to put both of the kids into one room and put all my craft stuff into Bryson's room. Yes, it's a boy and a girl sharing but their still little and I don't think that its a big deal. The baby will still be in my craft room and when the baby no longer fits in the crib then we will split the kids into different rooms at that time. This is how I found the kids when I checked on them. They have separate beds but they choose to go to sleep like this. I thought that it was really cute.

Darin had one of the members of the church come over and help put the wood onto the retaining wall. It looks really nice. Darin sanded it down and stained it. He also put the piping for the wood stove up too. It is pretty much done now. Way to go Darin!!!!Darin traded some stuff for this oven and over the range microwave off of craigs list. I was so excited. It makes the whole kitchen look complete because the appliances actually match each other now. They are used and are about 5 years old but they were super clean and practically look brand. I love them and have been cooking a lot more now. I am still not used to having the microwave up above I occasionally catch myself going to where my old microwave used to be at. Thank you craigs list.

Germs

2009-09-04T13:28:00.000-07:00

Bryson started the week off with a double ear infection and then we went back to the doctor and found out that he has the hand foot mouth virus and that he can now stop taking the medicine for the ear infections because they went with the virus. He has been so craby lately. I dread it when he is sick. He is the most unhappy little guy around. Baylee loves her little brother and wants to give him loves and everytime she gets close to him he freaks out and is mad for about 15mins becuase of it. So my days is full of a lot of screaming. Baylee was so loving the first time we went this week to the doctor's. Bryson hates to be poked and prodded at and she was trying to sooth him as I am trying to hold him down and the doctor looks at his ears. She is such a little momma. So with all the ear infections and viruses I will be confined into my home. I also got a new niece this week her name is Katie June Wallace. For those who know my side of the family it was my brother Matt's daughter that was born. Unfortunately with all the sickies I haven't been able to see her. What a bummer of a week to be getting sick. Oh yeah I am sick too now.

Girls Camp

2009-08-25T19:11:00.000-07:00

These are the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year girls.
These are our YCL's

This is Taylor and I being crazy.

I went to girls camp last week on the first day and then I came the next day in the evening but it was tons of fun. I wasn't much of a girl who liked girls camp when I was in young women's but now that I can go up and leave when ever I want to, it was so much more fun. They have also changed quite a bit since I went too. The girls had a lot of fun and it was tons of fun being able to hang out with them more.

New Fireplace

2009-08-20T11:32:00.000-07:00

This is the tile work done. To me it kinda looks like a bathroom but, I like it.

After the tile was done Darin didn't wait too long to get the walls finished and the fireplace in.
Darin has been hard at work trying to get this fireplace done and installed. He has worked really hard to get this far with a lot of extra help from friends. I am so proud of him. Not only has he done this but he has got tons of wood and has chopped it all up too. He is such a busy guy. Thanks tons for all your hard work Darin and I will really appreciate it during the winter when we don't have to pay outrageous bills while still being cold.

Stripes and Polka Dots

2009-08-12T22:16:00.000-07:00

This is Baylee getting herself dressed. This is her second time trying to get dressed for the day. First she came down in the same shirt and overalls but with khaki pants under the overalls. I forgot to say that I had already laid her clothes out for her which was just the shirt and the green Capri's that she has on in the picture but for some reason she loves the overalls. Anyways I told her to get the right pair of pant on and to take the other off and this is how she came down the second time. She does this quite often. She likes to change her clothes through out the day and pick what she really wants to wear and usually I make her change but today I really didn't care. Look at how happy she looks about it too. She loves to layer her pants. Another time she did this with a pair of mesh shorts and a pair of sweats under them. My mom said that when I was her age and was getting myself dressed I would match stripes with polka dots. I think that I turned out alright though.

This is Bryson just so excited to be riding his bike in the house even though he knows he isn't supposed to. He loves taking pictures.
Here he is so focused in riding as fast as he can from one end to another of the house.

Baylee got her scooter and was doing the same thing. For some reason they find it more fun to do inside the house instead of outside.
And my beautiful kiddos. This was a pretty good picture of them. It is getting harder and harder to get both their attention at the same time and smile.

24 Weeks

2009-08-12T07:55:00.001-07:00

Here I am at 24 weeks and doing alright. The baby moves around like crazy inside, and always seems to know how to kick my bladder when it's full. It feels like it has gone by so fast but this is usually when it slows down and takes forever. Well see how things turn out.

Were Still Alive!

2009-08-08T12:18:00.000-07:00

Where my old gas fire place went. Darin took it all out in one evening. I literally left and went out with a friend and when I came back he had everything outside and this is what I found.This is the stove that Darin found on-line. At first I didn't like it but Darin saw the potential. He really does have a good eye on these things.

Just in case anyone was wondering we are still alive here. My computer has been really slow lately and it's been getting to the extremes with how slow it has been. Darin has been really busy getting a wood stove, and putting it into the house. He has been really consumed with this project here but he loves staying busy. So far he has taken the old gas stove out and found a stove that he liked and refineshed it. I think he did really well on the stove. It looks pratically brand spankin' new. I traded my car in and got a van. We were going to have to do it sooner or later with a third on the way. I love my van and Baylee loves the automatic doors, and DVD player in it. I like those too but I love having more room. Bryson loves running from the front to the back. We all like the new van and Darin isn't in love with the van, but he likes it.

20 Weeks

2009-07-14T10:50:00.000-07:00

Here I am 20 weeks along and feeling alright. The doctor said that I can't run any more and I can only walk because of the stretching that is going on and the pain that I get. I try to get a walk in here and there. Bryson is starting to talk more he try's to say duck, ball, Baylee, cup, go, and of course no. Duck sounds fairly close to duck and ball sounds like doll, Baylee is more baba, cup is more pup, and there is no mistaking the go and no. He says those pretty well. I am so proud of him. I was starting to get a little worried about him not talking too much. Baylee is getting so big she showed me that she can make her bed of course it was only once but she did. Darin has been sick for a while and were going to bring him to the doctor today. I think that he has a sinus infection. I think Baylee might be getting what he has too, and that is what has been going on under the Frank roof here.

Ultrasound Pictures

2009-07-08T12:57:00.000-07:00

I have been having a lot of pelvic pain lately and I don't understand why. One of the nurses at the doctors office obviously forgot she was talking to a pregnant lady and said that I was in pain because I am too old and my body is just stretching fast because it's my third. While the second part is right, yes it's my third and yes that is the reason why I am in pain, my body is just stretching faster, BUT I AM NOT OLD. For havens sake I am not even in my mid 20's yet. Anyways that is my little tiff and here are pictures of the little one inside.

Just in case you couldn't tell the first is a picture of the baby waving. The second is a picture of the back bone and head, and the third is the leg body and head with a hand up by the head. Sorry for the pictures being so blury. Just in case you were wondering, we didn't find out the sex of the baby. I want to be surprised since I already have a girl and boy, I got the most of the stuff already. Can't wait to see this little one in November. Oh I also set my C-section date and I think that it was the 23 or 24 of November, but I already forgot. It's not like I really will be going to have the baby on that day anyways. I always go early and so setting the date doesn't matter to me really.

Summer Fun and the 4th of July

2009-07-06T22:31:00.000-07:00

Baylee and Bryson playing in the kiddy pool eating popsicles. The water was so cold but the loved it.

Bryson eating a doughnut at the parade.Baylee and Aunt Holly hanging out at the parade.The big horses. The kids both loved to see them.

The kids have been having fun playing in the pool. I bought a little kiddy pool for them. Recently we have been going to grandma Wallace's home and swimming in her pool which is a bigger one then ours. Baylee loves getting in the water, and Bryson likes when we hold him in the big pool but does not like to be splashed. We went to the parade here in Coeur d' Alene, and it's been a while since I have gone to a parade, but when I was a kid every few floats there was people throwing out candy. This was more adult like. It had people running for office and people that were for one or the other political party, and so on. I thought that the parade was kinda boring and if I was a kid I don't think that I would have enjoyed it very much. They did have some people riding little bikes and dressed funny, some big horses and the cheer leading teams. We then went swimming at my moms and came home so the kids could take a nap. We then went to my brothers where he had a really awesome fireworks show for everyone. The kids loved it. Baylee played with pop its and a few sparklers. It was a really good 4th of July.

17 Week Picture

2009-06-24T07:39:00.000-07:00

I was planing to take a 16 week picture but never got around it and I think that it is starting to get rare that I actually do something with my hair other than stick it up and pin back the bangs cause I'm in a hurry all the time. So finally I did one last night. I think that my stomach is getting huge now. I get to see pictures on July 17. It's kinda funny but I actually pushed my date back to get the ultrasound done. I could have done it next week. Anyways enough about me. I actually did a little shopping for Baylee in the girls section yesterday. That was really different. My little girl is growing up so fast. She is kinda big for her age I guess. My niece that is going into first grade is just a small as Baylee just a little taller but their feet are the same size and everything. My niece likes to come over and try Baylee's shoes on all the time and wear a pair for the time that she is over. Bryson is trying to talk a little more. He can't say very much but I think he might be trying here and there to say some things. Baylee was talking like crazy by this time, but my pediatrican keeps reassuring me that boys learn slower than girls do. Oooh I got a few strawberries in my garden now all I have to do is try to keep the birds from eating then before I get to them.

Trip to Utah

2009-06-15T16:23:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went to Salt Lake City to see my nephew blessed. It was a lot of fun seeing cousins, and spending some time with some family. My brother David just bought a new home and is doing tons of work on it. It looks really good and I am really excited and proud of how well he is doing. I didn't know that he was so handy. We went to the distribution center and I got my very first set of scriptures. I know kinda sad but being one of eleven and I am the tenth out of them I got all the hand me down scriptures and I decided that it was time to get some bran spankin' new ones for me. I got some of the mini triple combination and paid only 34 bucks for them because they has a couple of scratches on the gold leafing but they look good to me. I was pretty excited about my purchase. We went to temple square and watched the Joseph Smith movie and walked around and did a couple of tours, it was tons of fun. We also went to the airplane museum and the kids loved looking at all the old fighter planes and so on. I am so grateful to have done this with my family. It was a fast but fun trip and as always we are glad to be home.