WhaT wE HaVe BeeN uPtO

Foster is chatting up a storm.

Our favorite sayings he says are

"so cool"

"wuv you"

"Batmmaaaannn"

"Mommmmmy go"
"hot cocooo"

His nickname is Taz(for tazmanian devil)

He is really tall for his age.

When we went to his 18 month appointment they thought he was there for his 2 year appt.

He is a tough boy

a wild boy

loves to play outside

play with water

eat and play with sand

loves duck duck goose

and playing batman with brother

Bridge

loves to:

play with his friends

cuddle

run through sprinklers

play the wii

ski

play monsters

pretend like he is sonic, mario, robin, or batman

he still wears his brothers tiny batman costume everywhere

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Bridge goes in for tonsil surgery soon

Now this is why this kid snores, stops breathing while sleeping, and doesn't eat!

The reason of my slacking of blogging is because i decided to start a little project. Mike and i bought an old dining room set a couple months ago, and it's been quite the project! It's kinda become an obsession. . It's been fun to stay up late together with Mike and chat and work out in the garage together.. I do wake up with some huge man hands in the mornings though..

We are getting close to being finished. i'll post some pics of the finished project.

We had a fun snowy Easter in Wyoming.

The kids met the Easter bunny and hunted eggs in the cold and snow. We did some 4 wheeling and thought much about our Savior...

I have to hose him off after every meal!

These warm days have been wonderful! It sure knocked Bridger out after playing with the sprinklers and his buddies all day.

i'm going in for a biopsy of my lymph node next week

Hopefully i can get back to blogging reguarly again, since this is my only journal of our family..

It's finally time....

Since we have been married we have moved 16 times.

We have lived IN:

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a trailer down by a river in Jackson

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back of our Yukon in Jackson

showering/hot tubing at the rec center

(some of my favorite times)

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Happy Valley in an apartment

(with girls doing exercises at 1AM above us)

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parents basement in b-town

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back in camper in jackson

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Provo KOA campground in a camper trailer

(the sign was our favorite, "For Good Clean Fun")

we had to walk in the snow to take our shower.. it was hilarious!

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basement of a house with rowdy kids above us

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old farm house in s town

(this is where our horses broke through the gate and ran down redwood rd. and we had to round them up with traffic of cars all waiting..)
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red top meadows house in Jackson

(we could snowmobile/ride horses from our house)

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B-town house with a creepy church building

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Wyoming house with my parents

(this is when Bridge was born:)

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Sweet Fifth wheel trailor in Alpine, Wyoming

(we bought our first house on wheels so we could live closer to the horse business. That didn't last long with a kid:)

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back to the parents basement Wyoming

(to finish our last year with the horse business)

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L-town house with funky layout
(this is when Foster was born)

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K-town- townhouse that we hated

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K-town- house that we love the best, especially our neighbors

BUT

It's time to move on from being vagabonds...

We are finally building our first house.

We have had a blast traveling and enjoying our adventure, but it's time to settle down, and we are pretty excited!

In 3 months we will have a house that we can call Our Own Home..

Bridge doing a dance on our lot:)

Papa took care of the kiddos while i was at the Docs.

He took them to the airplane museum.

Bridge talked the old man into letting him go in the sweet heli.

i have such great parents.

i'm so blessed.

FiRsT DaY of ScHo0L

Our neighbor invited Bridge to go to joy school

He woke up and was so excited!

i actually got him to wear something other then his pj's..

He picked out his object that started with a letter W.

He picked his Wolverine mail box

and

he threw on his spiderman hat.

He told me

"Mom.. I've got to go to school now.

Sorry, you can't come. I'm a big boy now. but don't worry i'll be back."
For some reason

i cried..

i've become such an emotional wreck

in my old age...geezz

TiMe OuT

How do you look at that face

and

keep him in time out?

Even though he pulls ALL his
girly friends hair...

If anyone has any pointers on how to stop his hair obsession

i could use it!

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FoR mY ReCoRD

The past 7 months i've been waking up to

these lovely beauties..

My joints are stiff and swollen.

It's quite a joy..

i've actually become quite used to them,

and i've forgotten that i don't usually have these

man hands that i have now!

LOVE--Wyoming

I've had a love and a passion for horses since i was a kid.

They are so beautiful.

i feel at peace when I'm around them..

I just found an old project i did in 2nd grade.

It was all about me wanting to be a rancher and work with horses..

I got that dream, and it was great!

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My dream now(after my kids are grown) is to own a theurapeutic horseback riding facility. I would love to work with people with special needs, and have them feel comfort and peace in riding horses.

Foster and my Mom feeding

love this kid




Our brave little dude, Bridger.
He did 2 day ski lessons,
and loved it!
But was quite pooped after the second day.

Snow Castle was a blast

Bridge loved sledding into the castle

and taking me out with snowballs

sweet and crazy Fost

love my boys

Bridger begged us the whole way home to move to Wyoming and not go back home..

DREAMING

i keep having dreams of me running..

i wake up sweating and super excited.

i sure miss running, skiing, and p90x.

i know my body will someday come back.

It will take time for these knees not to hurt, and i shall be patient.

For now I'm going to enjoy what I can do.

OH.. to Be a KiD aGaiN

Many times i think back how great it was to be a kid,

but really we can still have some "kid" in us.

Some of the "kid" qualities i would love to keep would be:

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Enjoy and recognize the simple things

such as:

stars, birds, airplanes, trees, flowers, old people, tractors,etc.

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say hi and be friendly to strangers

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enjoy carosuel rides, splashing in puddles, rain, eating snow, trampolines, playing in the dirt, etc..

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it's ok to get a little messy as long as your having fun

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wear what's comfortable

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laugh alot

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be full of life

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tell the honest but goodness truth

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forgive in an instant

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be humble

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use your imagination

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enjoy dr. seuss books

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sing and dance everyday

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i'm thankful for my boys who teach me it's ok to enjoy the simple things in life

Bridge coaxing Foster with using the big boy potty
no, he is not potty trained.

He really just enjoys getting naked and playing with the toliet seat..:)

HEADED TO MY FAVORITE PLACE

Mike's and i's favorite spot is beautiful Jackson..

We are headed there for a much needed

away time from the city..

Mike is taking Bridger skiing with Papa.

Foster and I will be chilling with Gramma,

eating smores at brew pub, hitting up brows n buy second hand store,

and gathering candy at yippee i o..

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aahhh i love it!

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sidenote:

i'm feeling a little better.. Hip Hip Horray. It's nice to have a little relief.

Thanks again for prayers they really do help!

wHaT MaKeS mE SmiLe

spending time with family
i was able to have a day alone.
While my awesome sister and her hubby watched the kiddos.
i even watched a little oprah, sat down with a diet coke and swedish fish,
and did pilates with the old lady Mari Winsor..
Thanks Mrs. Winsor for having an old lady workout dvd that i can do!

Thanks Tagen and Eric for loving my kiddos and for a little time alone!

Foster bringing me fingernail clippers with excitment,

and him just loving every second of it.

Really, what kid likes to have his fingernails clipped?

Catching my kiddo's sneaking in the freezer for a popsicle.

Foster has an obsession with towels..
He loves to put them on his head.
He's also a good helper.
thanks Fosty

i love when my boys play together

Bridger telling me that he wants to go see

baby Paul's grave(isn't the headstone beautiful?)

and give him his favorite

BATMAN CARD

and

Foster setting the

HEARTS up with care.

Knowing that WE WILL see baby Paul again someday.

and

That he is with

Jesus, Heavenly Father,

and

my Grandma..

that makes me SMILE

PLAYING ROCK BAND with GREAT NEIGHBORS

I'm dreaming....

of these

It's about that time of year isn't it?

that these addicting candies come in stores..

It's probably good they're not in stores yet.

BUT

don't you worry.

i have peeps to hold me over

until then!