Monday, April 28, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Autism Funding Facts
Leukemia: affects 1 in 25,000 / Funding: $310 Million-
Muscular Dystrophy: Affects 1 in 20,000 / Funding: $175 Million-
Pediatric Aids: Affects 1 in 8,000 / Funding: $394 Million-
Juvenile Diabetes: Affects 1 in 500 / Funding $130 Million-
Autism: Affects 1 in 150 / Funding: Approx. $116 Million
Walk Now for AutismUtah 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008Cottonwood High School - Murray, UT
Saturday, May 3, 2008Cottonwood High School - Murray, UT
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Morgan is 5 months old now!

Morgan is such a sweet baby, she is so calm, happy and good! I walked in on Ivan telling her "You are the reason people have 10 kids" I thought that was sweet! She is our last baby and time is going to0 fast. I can't believe she is 5 months already.
She can talk! A couple weeks ago I was at the church and the kids were home with Ivan. Whitney said that she repeated the word Hi to her and Casey several times. I really didn't believe it too much and thought perhaps it was an accident. Well last week Ivan said "kissy" to her (something he says to all of our babies to get them to smile) not only did she smile she said "Kissy" back to him. She did it a few times. We were freaking out! Then last night Carter was having an OCD attack about an ice cream cone he left at the restaurant. Janika started saying "Ice cream" Morgan repeated it! I started freaking once more and called Ivan over (he was remodeling the stairs), she said it for him too. We were just so amazed. Too bad the video camera was not charged. She is a baby genius!
Stats
14.8 lbs 75%
25 1/4" long 90%
Darling and sweet 100%
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Family Night at Krispy Kreme
Whitney has to eat as many possible before they cool off. She ate 5!!!!! I don't know how she can eat so many and stay so thin. She actually shoves them in her mouth very fast it is crazy, sick and wrong.....
The kids.... We brought Casey along for the fun. He is really brave coming with us out in public.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Weekend get away....




Highlights
- Railroad Museum, after the 4th time being their we found out it was haunted. That explains the creepy feeling we always get at that place!
- Beautiful wedding, great food.
- 1lb of cheese later, John getting Janika over her fear of dogs.
- Janika and Carter bonding with John and Marlo and even going for a ride in their car. Amazing!
- Laying in Marlo's beautiful bedroom talking about stuff.
- Kraymer showing me the coolest things on the guitar.
- McKoy, taking over Morgan and letting Janika and Carter play in her room, giving me a break!
- Kennedy, finding a green marker to calm Carter's OCD attack, she saved the day!
- Eating a stale doughnut and a bowel of Cheerios with my parents at the hotel! While Ivan and the kids slept. I love spending time with them.
- Balance Rock Eatery & Pub, I never knew you could get a sandwich that big. Made a fat lady sing!!!!
- Visiting the ghost town Hiawatha, crazy how it was so alive one day with a hospital, school, church, store and now totally dead.
- Carter and Janika painting the rocks they took from John's landscape as soon as we got home.
- Ivan driving the entire trip
- Whitney at home missing us while we were totally missing her.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Kurtis Came to Town!

My dear brother Kurtis was in town for a few days. Last night we went to Moms house for a little dinner party in honor of him being home. It was so awesome talking to him. I just have been missing him so much. We decided that we are so much alike because we are just so crazy and silly. I just think it runs in the family to be funny. I got to visit with My brothers Kraig and Kevin too. The evening was ended with watching home videos. It was totally funny to see us all so young and thin and Whitney was such a baby doll! Kurtis told Janika that he missed seeing her dance and she totally started dancing for him and then gave him a huge hug. All the kids have always loved Kurtis, Jeremy is now an adult and he was talking about how fun Kurtis was growing up. He went home today back to Texas. I will miss you Squirtis!!!!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
April Fools Day!

I have been trying for Years to get Whitney and it never works out. We put those Easter egg dye tablets in the bathroom sink faucet the night before. The next morning she stumbled into the bathroom and turned on the sink. NOTHING!!! Ivan and I were dumbfounded because we had tried it and it worked for us. Why didn't it work? Ivan decided to put a bunch of them in the shower head at once. She showers at night so we had to wait all day. While we were at Wal-mart grocery shopping I received a phone call from Whitney she was totally freaking out and afraid to get into the shower. She said oil looking stuff was coming out of the shower. She even called Casey's Dad to find out what it was (he is a plumber). I told her that Ivan would look at it when he got home. When we got home Ivan told her that he thought it was an April Fools Day problem. HAHAHAHAHAHA We finally got her! She did admit she saw something blue in the sink in the morning, but was too tired to process it. Thank you Bunnie for giving me that idea! Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us spend the day with you! The kids had a blast at Grandma and Grandpa's doing a craft, playing with Grandpa and eating snacks.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Whitney Wins 2nd In State
Whitney Won 2nd in State for Nails. We are so proud of her. She won hundreds of dollars in cool prizes. It was very stressful because she is sick and at 11pm the night before she was informed that she did not have a model. It was too late at night to find someone to go at 6 am the next day. I couldn't be gone from 6 am to 8 pm because I am nursing Morgan still. Guess who she got to be her Model?
Not only did she win 2nd in the entire State of Utah, she did it using a man. AMAZING!
Ivan is such a great Father. We didn't even have to ask him, he just stepped up! I know it was hard for him to take off of work. Thanks Sweetie!
Now get these off of me!!!!
You can see the roses that casey got for Whitney! So sweet of him!
CONGRATULATIONS WHITNEY!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Thursday Thoughts
- Morgan had her first bite of food on Sunday, yummy baby cereal.
- Whitney is a great sister
- Morgan feel asleep in her bouncier chair playing with her rattle.
- I got my new lap top screen in the mail today, I am so glad that Ivan is handy enough to fix it. They kids loved playing with the bubble wrap. See the video!
- Good luck Whitney! She has her nail competition today. She won 2nd place in region and now she is at the state competition today and tomorrow. She will do great! Last night about 9:30 she was shopping for the stuff she needed to meet the dress code. They had to wear certain shoes and a certain type of shirt. Crazy! Luckily she found all she needed at Shopko. At midnight she was printing out her resume. Can you say Procrastination?
- I hate stalkers! Long story, but I hate them!
- I think I love Dicks. I know that sounds bad, but get your mind out of the gutter, it is a grocery store. I went today after dropping Carter off at school and they had the most beautiful produce, it was displayed so pretty and made me want to eat it all! They also have a lovely bakery. I got the nicest buns (get your mind out) for dinner. I guess I have been shopping at Wally World to long, their stuff is not so pretty.
- I am going back to the foot Dr. tomorrow, I am sick of all the pain I am in. I love my Mommy and Daddy for tending my babies so I can go! It is also a bonus that I get to see them.
- Guitar lessons tonight, I hope I don't make a fool out of myself. I really suck!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Friday Fun
- Coloring Easter Eggs, what a mess!
- Pizza at the park, too cold had to go home.
- Chocolate shakes from Carl's Jr.
- More laundry today, it never ends.
- Phone calls, Kevin, Mom, Dad, Melanie 59+ love you all!
- Best buy replaced Ivan's computer with a new one. I love warranties!
- Ivan and Whitney at a movie.
- Putting the kids to bed before 10pm.
- Morgan is fussy tonight.
- Fish oil rocks!
- I hope the Easter Bunnie comes (need to go shopping).
- Tips of my fingers are in pain and are loosing feeling due to guitar lessons.
- Learning a fun song on the guitar for my Mommy!
- Ready for the weekend!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Monday Madness
- Inspiring phone conversations, Mom, Melanie, Autumn, Ivan I love you!
- Laundry, laundry and more laundry.
- Screaming, screaming and more screaming.
- Happy birthday Casey!
- Pinch me, I do not have anything green to wear.
- Morgan sleeping so sweet in her swing.
- Thank heavens for coke.
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