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Going Private

2009-01-16T08:32:00.003-08:00

After much though I have decided to go private with my blog. If you would like to be able to view my blog please leave me your email address and I would be more than happy to send you an invite! All are welcome! Thanks!!

Girls Weekend gettaway

2009-01-13T21:33:00.006-08:00

Last Friday My sister Ashley, Jill, Amy, and I headed out for a weekend get away just us girls. Thanks to Margo and Robert Fuller for allowing us to use their cabin!! We left at about 6 and got there about 9 or so after making our grocery stop at Walmart in Payson.

Wow, where do I begin...there is a lot I probably wont be able to share with you all due to "the Vault" (can't share with others) but here's what I can share...I think:

Friday night we stayed up till about 1 chit chatting and ending our night with a little truth or dare. I was the only one that came up with dares and I can't lie I had some good ones. Like Amy had to see how many crackers she could fit in her mouth...I would share a picture but I don't want to ruin my chances at friendship with her :). Actually I had written 4 dares and Amy got all of them! It was quite funny.

Saturday Jill woke us up early for breakfast, okay maybe 9 isn't early but this is why we got away was to sleep in! Jill is use to getting up at 7 with her young ones so we aren't too hard on her. We then spent the next 4 hours watching "North and South" which of course we love...Team Thornton!! After hours of being inside we decided to explore the outdoors. Of course Ashley had her camera and was going crazy! We then spent the next hour just taking pictures of us and being completely silly. It was fun, I felt like a kid again.

After hours outside we then had dinner. Ashley made us great Cordon Blue, despite the Parmesan cheese she insisted we had to have and made Amy and Jill go ask the neighbors for. Luckily for them the gate into their yard was locked...shucks. After dinner we then just sat...and sat...and sat waiting for it to get a little later for us to play our Dare. I leave out the Truth because we dedicated this for just dares. After realizing it's not going to get late soon enough we started. This is when Jill decided we had to stay up till 3am.
our dare bowl!

Oh Dare, it was tons of fun. Too much to say and not enough time to share before the other girls come to beat me up so not going there. I think I am safe with a few. Like Ashley was dared to put lipstick and mascara on someone else blind folded! She picked Jill. Another one, I had to call the person to the right of me, their husband and say "...Me Love you long time..." Well ashley was to my right and Yes oh yes I had to call my brother in law and say those words +more!
After finishing all our dares we then decided to split up into two groups and come up with cheers about our trip to far. I will share one with you. I was with Jill and she came up with idea. It goes:

I teach preschool,

you can't hear me,

show me your fingers. (again) show me your fingers.

You get what you get,

and you don't throw a fit,

show me your fingers. (Sherry) show me your fingers.

The whole time whispering the cheer.

For those of you who don't know Amy she is a preschool teacher and naturally she is a quiet girl. In fact several times during the trip I had to ask her repeat herself even though she was sitting a few feet away from me! She's a good sport, Love ya Amy.

Then at 10 we realize 3 is going to take a WHILE!! We then danced around, Ashley and I, and then I taught the girls, mainly Amy, to "Shake your booty". Oh man, good times. All I gotta say is Cry baby!

Then after Me making a fool of myself we got out guitar hero and rocked the house. Surprisingly we stayed up till 4:30 playing it. I can't say Amy did because she was half asleep. I only think she woke up when she heard us say "Is she asleep? Can we hide her brush now?" which was several times. Guitar Hero was a blast.

We woke up Sunday at about 10-11ish. Well I will be honest I got up at about 11:30 or so but I did wake up to make breakfast at 10!, then went back to bed. We got on the road at 2 and headed back. Of course we had to stop to take yet another picture of us in the snow, which was a patch! Then Jill started a snow ball fight. After getting back on the road we made a Quick stop at Cheesecake Factory.

All in all it was a very memorable and eventful weekend and I can't wait for another one! Thanks to the girls for each being so different yet so lovable!! I admire all of you...

Till next time!

Welcome

2009-01-08T07:43:00.004-08:00

Just wanted to show off our new door sign I put up about 2 weeks ago. I saw it on Amy's house and thought it would be perfect for mine too so thank you Amy! It really makes a difference to our house and adds a little to the outside. Plus I wanted to show Amber what I got her for her xmas gift since she hasn't gotten it yet...Errrr...

You can see it from the road too....

Italy

2009-01-02T19:36:00.016-08:00

I took sometime yesterday and today to make a book for some (can't say all because there are way too many) of my pictures of my brother Marc and I's trip to Italy in May of 2006. Oh good times...I really didn't have to do much because the pictures are just so gorgeous, thanks to Marc! And yes all pictures were taken by him, even the pictures used for each city front page..He's that good!

Italy

2009-01-02T19:36:00.000-08:00

I took sometime yesterday and today to make a book for some (can't say all because there

Brooklyn loves her cousins!

2009-01-01T11:08:00.006-08:00

Adam and Brooklyn playing. It was so cute when she first saw him because she went crazy and started talking like she had just seen him in heaven and had so much to say! Adam and her are only about 2 weeks apart. Unfornately Adam and his family live in OK and we don't get that much time with them but it was very nice to be with them and to hang out! Love you guys!!

Brooklyn loves Taylor so much, she loves it when she is all up her face and enjoys her attention! I wonder if she will always look up to her and want to hang out with her?! Taylor got her laughing really good and I only got a minute of it but she kept it going for about 5 minutes or so!

Shout outs...

2008-12-28T12:58:00.001-08:00

There are several shout outs and I already did one for my mom...but here are two more for now!

First is to Aunt Cindy, we absolutely LOVE this outfit!! She is way to cute in it and it fits perfectly! She wore it on Christmas Eve Day. Just too cute!

Second Shout out is to Aunt Amber, Uncle Cody, and Peanut!! She loves her bear and was giving her some love-a-love!

Christmas

2008-12-27T12:36:00.001-08:00

Man has it been crazy at our house with family in town, Christmas, and yes more family in town. The week before Christmas we really enjoyed having my Dad stay with us. It's always fun to spend time with him! We went out, napped, he built a bear for the grand daughters, played games, and just relaxed which is always great in my book. He left on Tuesday.

Wednesday we went to Clark's parents house to deliver Santa's gifts to a family in need. Every year they adopt a family and on Christmas eve they deliver the gifts to the family. The families they pick are usually ones they don't know but this year they picked one from their ward so us kids, the ones this family wouldn't recognize, delivered everything. It was so sweet. There was a 8 year old girl, I think, and another older sister and brother around 11 or 12. The little girl gave me hug and said, "I hope Santa got me a cell phone..." I couldn't help but laugh.

Afterwards Clark and I headed out to my sister's for my families Christmas Eve Traditional dinner. We enjoyed the food and then went around the block looking at Christmas lights which is also a tradition.

We then headed home. We opened Brooklyn's Pajamas from her grandmother (yes another tradition) and she looked too cute, not to mention she was in desperate need of them! So thanks Grandma Muir!

Christmas morning we opened up our gifts and then headed out to the in laws. The rest of the day was enjoyable being with his family. We opened gifts and then had a nice dinner. Like Amber, I too think Christmas is more meaningful with children! I know Brooklyn didn't fully understand everything but just having her sweet spirit there with us made all the difference! I can't wait for many more Christmas's' to come with her.

Well, this weekend my Oldest brother Brenon comes in town and we get to be with him and his family which is always a pleasure! He lives in OK and we don't see much of him. It will be nice to be with him.

Although we love family SOOOOO much, Clark and I are looking forward for next week when we can just chill at home, the three of us!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and were able to think of our Savior's birth and how important that special day was for all of us!

Here's to you mom!!

2008-12-26T12:31:00.003-08:00

Here's a video of Brooklyn playing with her doggy, she loves it!! She will crawl across the room for it!

Twilight lovers...

2008-12-24T14:28:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas

2008-12-23T12:54:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Big Girl

2008-12-22T14:07:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday December 17Th Brooklyn got her ears pierced! Nana and Aunt Cindy came with for the special occasion. There was only one "Lady" working so it took forever for her to finally get to us, while waiting I thought I was going to have heart attack! Just a long time to wait and be nervous.

Brooklyn did very well, just like her shots. She cries for about 2 minutes and then is easily comforted and cuddly! We were excited to show Daddy who didn't know about this trip. He told me in MN that I could get her ears done before Christmas and I knew if Clark was there for it it would never ever happen so we kept it our little secret!

She looks too cute and now for sure no one will mistake her for a boy.(Weird lady at home depot) You could say it was one of her Christmas gifts.

Mobile...

2008-12-21T12:35:00.005-08:00

So yes its been awhile but Brooklyn has been scooting for about 2.5-3 weeks now. Its super cute, at first she would crawl over her arm and get stuck but now she is fully moving and doing a lot better!

I can't believe my girl is mobile now!! We are still working on sitting up by herself (I know, it's sad she doesn't do this yet) but know she will do it in her own time...Well here's a video of her moving for you. I wasn't looking at her when I was taping but she knew I was watching her so she didn't move as much.

Bonding with my sister in law....

2008-12-16T12:07:00.002-08:00

As most of you have read, our family of three went to Minnesota for Thanksgiving to be with my dad, brother Marc, SIL Jen, and nephew Maddsen. I felt like sharing this experience with you... I apologize if its tmi for you!

One night all of us made a trip to the Mall, us girls went by ourselves with the kiddies and the boys went to buy clark a battery charger for his phone. After we met up again, the boys took the kids while Jen and I went into Fredrick's....yes that's right Fredrick's, and the boys didn't complain to much. So here is a conversation in the store with each other....

" Have you ever tried eatable underwear?" Me

"No I haven't" Jen

"I wonder if its any good...I haven't heard anything from other people..."

"Yeah me either..."

" Well there is a sale, buy 2 get one free. If you are willing to experiment I can get one for me, one for you and then whoever wants the other..."

"Yeah I would go in on that with you"

"I am up for trying something different"

As I was saying this I realized how this must be playing out for the lady at the register who could hear our conversation. Us two girls in the store, by ourselves, asking each other to experiment. I quickly realized her eyes on us and stated " Oh its not for us Us, its for our husbands!" "We aren't together or anything..." Both Jen and I are laughing... We then left the store embarrassed and at the same time laughing inside.

Bonding time with my sister in law....

Elder Farmer

2008-12-08T12:11:00.000-08:00

I thought I would share this picture with everyone...Its of Elder Darrik Farmer in the CTM in Brazil and he is looking in his mailbox.

Monkey Attack!!

2008-12-06T08:45:00.004-08:00

On Thursday Brooklyn and I tagged along with my sister Ashley and her girls to the zoo which was tons of fun. We made our rounds of flamingos, elephants, camels and then to the monkeys. They have this cage where you can walk in with them and they are all around you in trees and ropes. Kaylee loves the monkeys so we go there very time, she even makes monkey sounds...too cute!

Well, I was holding Brooklyn and trying to get her to see them. There was a lot of them out and at close range. There was a rope above us that they can move along and 4 of them did. The first one stopped and looked at us and it looked like he was going to jump at us. Luckily it didn't and moved across. So, 3 more go by and they do the exact same thing! The Zoo keeper ran over and covered Brooklyn's hair bow and said flowers are a source of food for them!!! I don't have the zoo pictures but I wanted to show you what bow she was wearing.

Can you say the biggest and brightest flower?!
As soon as she said that I ripped off the bow and put it in my pocket. I can't believe my daughter almost got mauled by monkeys!!

Note to self: no flower bows in the monkey cage!!

Shout out...

2008-12-04T12:52:00.000-08:00

Had to make a quick shout out to Jen...Have you worn your special buy in MN??

Pictures from trip....

2008-12-03T12:19:00.000-08:00

Jen and I out at bowling...she's a pretty lady huh!!

Dad bowling

Dad's place...Its a nice home and the neighborhood is really nice. Good pick Dad, love what you have done so far with it! Looking forward to another visit!

Maddsen and Marc at Red Lobster, gotta love Maddsen's hair

Maddsen playing with a crab leg...isn't he adorable!! I loved kissing his cheeks!Oh yeah but good luck changing this guys diaper! He wouldn't have it...I hope Brooklyn didn't learn it from him...still love him! How can you not??

We went for a walk around the block, we wrapped blankets around Brooklyn and she looked like a Mini Chimi! The gloves were so big on her the thumb part just stuck out! Clark is crazy, was 35 degrees out and he went in his t-shirt!

Our Thanksgiving feast...not included all the pies which there was about 6 or so. Thanks again Jen and Clark!!

My adorable nephew, which yes I have many! It was so nice to be with him and for him to realize who his favorite aunt is and will be...hehehe. I made sure to give him some ice cream and eggnog and that was a big hit with him!!

Big Girl

2008-12-02T14:00:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday December 17th Brooklyn got her ears pierced!! Nana and Aunt Cindy came with for moral support. There was only one "lady" (I do this because she wasn't really a she if you get what I mean...) working and she took forever to get to us. I thought I was going to have a heart attack because I was so nervous and had too much time to be so.

Brooklyn did a great job, like her shots she cried for nearly 2 minutes and then is easily comforted which I love! I felt like I had to holder like she was a crazy child. I had to take my right arm across her shoulders and chest to hold her still and with the left arm I had to hold her forehead still so she couldn't move. I just kept telling myself she wont remember, she won't remember. She looks super cute and we couldn't wait to show Daddy...He didn't know about it. When we were in MN he said I could get her ears done before Christmas so I knew if he was there they would never get done. We came home, Daddy liked them but took a while to get use to. He thought his little girl was innocent but really?!? She is adorable...

Home sick...

2008-12-02T12:06:00.000-08:00

For Thanksgiving Clark, Brooklyn and I went up to Minnesota to be with my Dad, brother Marc, his wife Jen, and our nephew Maddsen. We had an enjoyable time even though it was freezing...ok maybe not too cold but colder than I am use to or have been in in a long time!
Thanksgiving meal was great thanks to Clark and Jen! I know I know I am spoiled and I LOVE it! We spent the day walking, eating, resting, and relaxing, best way to spend a holiday I might add.

Dad treated us to dinner to Red Lobster, Muffelettas (ha Meagan, I have had it!!) and Outback! Our last night there Dad got a baby sitter for our little ones and we went to Outback then went bowling! It was a lot of fun. At bowling we were messing around and trying to come up with wacky ways to bowl. Jen would do left hand, Marc would bowl from as far back as he could, Clark would chuck a 6 lb ball, and I...yes I put the ball between my legs and went down into the splits and wait for it......wait for it..... I got a STRIKE!! It was great. There was little kids next to us who kept saying "Hey Person, Hey Person, do it again" they kept calling me person and giving me 2 thumbs up!

On Saturday Brooklyn and I went back to my home town Champlin to make some stop-bys with High School Friends and visit special places to me. We first drove by my high school. Oh good times! Don't want to go back but still good to have experienced it. Then we stopped by my friend Erica's house by unfortunately she had already gone back to school. We then made our way to Jill's house. Luckily she was home and we caught up on some time together. Jill is still energetic and sweet. Unfortunately I didn't remember to pull out the camera...stinky.

Then we drove by my high school job Culvers. I worked there for about 3 years, part time. They have really good food and I need to go to the one in Mesa because really enjoy what they serve!

Next stop was Jamie Vortherms. She was one of my best friends in High school. Her Dad answered the door with Kelsey Farmer?? It was great! I remembered to take a picture. I hope to keep in touch with her more now that I have her info.

My old house was also on the list. Good memories here! I wouldn't trade my time there at all, it made me who I am today and I am truly thankful for that! I hope the people living in it now are enjoying it as much as I did.

Last we made a stop by another friend Allie who was also in cheerleading with me. Her close friend, another cheerleader of our time, Vickie stopped by and we caught up on our last 4 years of life. Can you believe it??? 4 YEARS!! All of the girls I saw are graduating college this May and have big plans for the future, if not I know they will! It was great seeing them. Although it was kinda weird for me to be married, have a kid and be a stay at home mom while they are off at college! After making our trip around the city I kinda got homesick. Nostalgic really....

Well all in all our family of three enjoyed our time in cold old MN and are looking forward to spending more time there in the future! Thank you Dad for giving us a great Thanksgiving!! We love you much. We enjoyed time with Marc, Jen, and Maddsen!!

Please Welcome...

2008-11-25T18:27:00.002-08:00

Carson Baye Farmer

November 24th 7:22 am

7 lbs 14 ounces

20 inches

Congrats Garrett and Melissa! He is a cute little boy and can't wait to spend more time with him!

My Twilight Review

2008-11-22T18:50:00.003-08:00

So here is my review of Twilight:

My sister and I went to the movie Friday afternoon at a smaller theater and it was perfect. When we got out there was a long line for the next showing with soooo many teeny boppers (that's what we call teenage hormonal hyper girls) and were glad we saw it when we did!

I thought that it was a pretty good movie although Edward is not as attractive as I thought he would be in the book. He just doesn't do anything for me! I did however feel he did a great job at his character and same with Bella. Bella on the other hand was perfect for her role: in both physical and emotional ways!

Here are the few characters I didn't feel were the right ones for the part. First of all isn't Alice suppose to be blonde?? She didn't bring the same amount of warmth and kindness she had in the book. I can't really think who else I wasn't to fond of, maybe Eric? Oh and Jasper gave a definitely weird vibe, one I didn't feel from the book.

I felt that Charlie, Emmett, Alice, Esme, Carlisle, Jessica, Jacob (oh can you say Hair cut?!) were perfect for the parts.

One thing that really did bug me was the make-up in some parts. Like when you see Carlisle for the first time in the Hospital and he is so white and you can see the make-up line on his neck where is ends...ya that was BAD!! I am hoping with the 2ND one they can improve that a little bit.

Oh and another thing: what was up with the whole "weirdness" of the movie. I mean I do understand he's a vampire and it does put a twist on a "fairy tale" but I felt like they went a little to weird on it.

Don't get me wrong I really enjoyed the movie! I just wanted to vent on what was on my mind about it. All in all I did like the movie, I would go see it again. In fact I hope to soon. I just wish Edward was a little more breath taking for me!! He is suppose to be "untouchable" and I just don't feel that way about him. Well, after seeing the movie it did urge me to read it again, for the 3RD TIME!

Sign of the times...

2008-11-15T13:22:00.003-08:00

I wanted to share my thoughts on recent events at both the LA Temple and NY Manhattan Temple this past week. I couldn't sleep well last night because my mind was everywhere. I have several feelings going through me at this point: scared, proud, disbelief ed, fearful, etc. What honestly is this world coming to?

For some of you who may not know what is going on, recently there has been two gay marriage marches to two LDS temples. In LA I think there was a thousand protesters and in NY there were two thousand marching because the Prop 8 passed in California. People believe it is because of "Church funding" the prop passed and of course they are upset. Let me clarify one thing, there was absolutely no funding by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. There may have been individual members who donated to the cause but not the Church as a whole.

People are chanting "Tax the Church" and "gay, straight, black or white marriage is a civil right". I was deeply troubled by this. They carried signs of NO H8 but what are they calling us and what are they doing to our sacred places?? They marked Liars, and wrote on the gate in front of the LA temple. I was angered. Where has our country gone to where we are ridiculed for voting?? Many people asked the protesters what we had done wrong? And no one could answer the question.

Then I felt scared. I felt scared for my children and what kind of world they will be raised in. What kind of challenges they will go through and what kind of people will try to degrade them and their faith. I honestly worried for my baby girl and for my children to come.
I felt fearful for the future. It really seems to me like the second coming is truly getting closer!! I am afraid of how much more sinful and horrible this world is going to get. It seems it can't get any worse.

I felt so many feelings for the people who marched. I felt saddened by their feelings for us! We don't show any hate towards them, we just feel differently then them on this matter and that's ok! I felt angered by their disrespect for our temple, i felt...

I felt so much and all I could think of was Signs of the Times....

Results...

2008-11-15T12:52:00.001-08:00

Brooklyn looks like her Father!!

I know these pictures aren't the best to see but I had to scan them and show everyone who Brooklyn truly looks like! When people see us they say she looks like me which she does but then you see Clark's baby pictures and they are an exact match!! We will see if she changes as she gets older. Or maybe our next child will look like me....

Who do I look like??

2008-11-14T11:39:00.001-08:00

Tell me what you think...

Flight Back Home

2008-11-13T14:42:00.000-08:00

On Election Day is when we left Utah for home. It was nice because there wasn't much people flying to Pheonix but once we got here the airport was pretty crowded. Again Brooklyn did great! She wasn't fussy one bit and fell asleep on Clark for most of the plane ride and even woke up 10 minutes before landing to just watch out the window while resting her head on her father's shoulder! Super Cute. If Richard didn't already have the name of Baby Whisperer I would give it to Clark, he did a great job with her! We are glad to be home now but we do miss hanging out with everyone in UT!

Goodbyes

2008-11-12T15:53:00.000-08:00

We had to say our goodbyes to Aunt Amber, Uncle Cody (who wasn't there for all the pictures due to working), Peanut, "Aunt" Corby, and "Uncle" Richard who is now known as "The Baby Whisperer".(Brooklyn loved him) (then again who does she not love?!?) It was a fun visit and enjoyed our time with them! Can't wait to see them all again soon. Thank you to Amber and Cody for lending us their car. It was nice to be able to get around! And thank you to Corby and Richard for letting us crash at their place! We know we can get messy and there was a lot of added dishes! We owe you so whenever you decide to come visit us you will always have a place to stay!

Photo shoot...

2008-11-12T11:56:00.001-08:00

A few weeks ago Brookyln, Aiden, and Logan got their pictures take in their hawaiian outfits that their grandparents had gotten them. They wanted to use these pictures as their christmas cards but Aiden had a long day and just wouldn't have it...stinker!! But we did get good pictures of Logan and Brooklyn, here are a few to enjoy...

Why can't life be a musical?

2008-11-11T15:29:00.000-08:00

While in Utah, Corby and I went to High School Musical 3! We were so excited to see it because it's been out for sometime now but haven't had a chance to go. We had a blast. We first stopped at grocery store to buy some candy and drinks which fit into her massive bag of a purse. We got some girls to take our picture in front of the sign. And yes we were that excited!! When we got into the theater we weren't surprised to only see a couple in there. We planned it perfectly, Monday night (FHE night for LDS families) and it was also at 7:40 which is too late for kiddies too. It was my first movie since Brooklyn has been born, sad but it was nice to finally go! The movie, I would have to say, was better than the 2ND. Corby and I really enjoyed the songs "Can I have this dance?" and also "The Boys are back". We want our husbands to dance with us on top of a school in the middle of a garden!! Well, Thanks Corby for taking me, I enjoyed it sooo much!!! Don't worry Taylor I would totally take you and go again!

Theaters: where kids can be a kid!!

First Banana

2008-11-10T17:44:00.001-08:00

On Monday November 3rd Brooklyn was fed her first banana by her Aunt Amber, now her favorite because she fed her real food! Brooklyn didn't really know what to do with it which was funny and we didn't have a baby spoon to feed her it so it didn't go as well as we hoped! We will try more food when we get home with our good spoons and see how she does. We are glad Amber got to do something with Brooklyn that no one else, not even her parents, has done. Brooklyn loves her Aunt and can't wait to spend more time with her when she comes to visit in January. (Hopefully, crossing our fingers) Thanks for all you do for us Aunt Amber!!

Happy Birthday!

2008-11-09T13:23:00.000-08:00

This Family of Three just wanted to send some birthday wishes to both Grandpa Phillips and Uncle Garrett!! ( Yes it's the same day) We love you both and hope you get everything you ever wanted. (Because we know when it's ours you will get us everything we want!!) Love you both!

Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday dear Bob and Garrett....
Happy Birthday to you!

And Many More!!

Chandler's Favorite Aunt

2008-11-09T10:20:00.000-08:00

Need I say more?!?

Bath Time

2008-11-08T10:05:00.001-08:00

While in Utah Amber and I had to get as much pictures of the cousins together as possible! So of course we took some bath time pictures of them two together. Brooklyn looks giant compared to Chandler, he is actually the weight right now that Brooklyn was at birth which is crazy to me! Brooklyn really enjoys the bath but enjoys it more with boys in it, ok ok with her cousin!

Here at Peanut's Bed and Breakfast the owner also lets you use his personal Froggie bath towel. Amber loves this picture because you can see her 5 legs rolls.... okay maybe six. But you gotta love em!

Peanut Loves Egg Roll

2008-11-07T09:00:00.000-08:00

When we were hanging out with Peanut (Chandler) he was kind enough to let his cousin Egg Roll (Brooklyn) sleep in his crib. She was the first one to sleep in it, not even Peanut has had his first opportunity! She loves her cousin, smiling at him every chance she gets! Thanks Peanut for being such a kind and cute host! Heck, he started his first Bed and Breakfast, breast milk not included!

First Halloween

2008-11-06T10:15:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn woke up excited and happy for her first Halloween! Both Amber and I were excited that as cousins Brooklyn and Chandler could share their first Halloween together. We dressed them up and enjoyed watching their interaction, well Brooklyn talking and smiling to him while he was out of it. Although in this picture it was the exact opposite! Chandler is laughing at his silly cousin, Egg Rolls. Us adults also enjoyed the evening watching the Office and trying to talk me into watching a scary movie which never works. We had pizza for dinner and Amber made delicious monster brownies! Yummmm.... Halloween was filled with cute kids (ours of course), delicious food, and just relaxing. Thanks Amber and Cody for the great memories!

Brooklyn's First Flight!!

2008-11-05T10:03:00.000-08:00

On Thursday Clark, Brooklyn and I made our journey to Utah to visit Chandler, Cody, Amber, and Clark's friends Richard and Corby. It was Brooklyn's first flight and amazingly it went well! There was a 5 minute period where she was crying but then Clark took her and got her to fall asleep on him! It was so nice, she slept most of the way and even stayed asleep for the landing. Clark won't let me forget that she was fussy with me and he got her to sleep, so yes yes you are an amazing father! I will give ya an update on the flight back. Hopefully we will have the same experience, wish us luck....

Amber's Gift

2008-11-04T10:32:00.000-08:00

As most of you know my Sister in law Amber recently welcomed her first born son into the world the end of September and as a gift I wanted to make a pre-made scrapbook where all she had to do was put pictures in it. I spent about 2 days getting 11 pages done and enjoyed every minute of it. It made me realize how much I missed doing it so thank you Amber.

Here are a few of the pages that I did:

All she needs to do is put small pictures of Chandler in the photo strip and if she wants under the quote.

All boy!

Watching Baby Sleep

Fall 2008

Bath Time

Baby Boy

Baby's First Christmas

I hope Chandler enjoys his book because I enjoyed making it for him! Now I need to get started on Brooklyn's, such a bad mother...

Photoshoot

2008-11-04T09:02:00.002-08:00

While in Utah Corby was kind enough to take pictures of Brooklyn. Corby is a really gifted photographer and I love her work. The first day we tried to take pictures Brooklyn wasn't doing to well. Her second tooth was coming in and she must have also had an upset stomach because she was having horrible gas and messy diapers (sorry if TMI but her gas was so horrible that Corby thought it was Clark blaming it on her, she then discovered it was Brooklyn) We tried again the next day and it went a lot better! So here are some pictures to share, tell me what you think and don't be shy to compliment our photographer!

Ladies Night Out

2008-11-03T10:10:00.000-08:00

Music Entertainment Night!

On October 28th I held Ladies Night Out at my place which was tons of fun. My sister had helped me decide on what to do for the night.

The Plan: Divide the Ladies into 2 groups, Each group would lip sync to a song and have to use a bag of props I had already put together with house hold randoms. Then we got together and performed for each other. The two songs were Barbie Girl and also Spice Girls which were great picks!

After Performing the songs we then gave each other awards and enjoyed the "Farmer's Secret Carmel Popcorn" which is always a hit!

Spice Girls Group

The Barbie Girl Group

Ken and Barbie, talk about Junk in the trunk!

I am hoping to get up the actual vidoes from this evening and will post them as soon as I get my hands on them!! You won't want to miss that...

Goodbye Scottie

2008-11-01T23:57:00.007-07:00

The Boys

Our good friend Scottie left for his mission this past Wednesday to Portland Oregon and we couldn't be more happier for him. About a week before he left all of us got together and played some Rock Band, ate Los Favoritos, and enjoyed each other's company. The Boys really got into the Rock Band and had a blast. Here a few pics from the fun evening!

As bad as they say...

2008-10-28T07:38:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was a rough day here at my house with Brooklyn. She missed her full nap in the morning due to church which helped make the day go by less smoothly. Then in the afternoon she started to get a runny nose and clogged up, all I could do was use the blue-snot-sucker-upper but you can only get so much of it all. I tried putting her down at her usual bedtime at 6:30 and she was not having it. I brought her back out to the main room and let her watch TV which she loves, then Clark discovered it...

Brooklyn has her first tooth!! It's on the bottom left side and there is only one. After 2 months of mad drool she finally got it and it was breaking through the gums. Well I couldn't find the baby Tylenol so we let her stay up 2 hours past bedtime thinking she would crash but she still didn't want to. I then searched again for the meds and luckily I found it!! After a warm bottle, medication, and 30 more minutes watching TV we tried a fourth time to put her down.

This time her crying was because she had rolled over and couldn't roll back on to her tummy. After putting her back on her belly she was out! Yay!!! Then I spoke to soon, she woke up 3 times last night due to rolling over and also pain. I dunno how I can keep up with her especially when we go on our trip this week to UT.

So I realized the hard way that teething is as bad as they say!! Any tips I would be glad to try them!

First Bite

2008-10-27T10:51:00.000-07:00

Write it down in your books that Brooklyn Lydia Phillips took her first spoonful of food (well rice cereal) on October 21, 2008. Here is a collection of photos for this monumental event, as you can see she has some mixed emotions about it all. It seems this girl has been ready for food for some time, she stares at us while we eat, well stares at our food. Clark said she didn't like the rice cereal and she is like her Daddy, "She needs something with flavor, she is like her father and enjoys the finner foods..." We are going to continue the rice cereal for a little bit and then move on the bananas or something more exotic.

Bath time!

2008-10-26T10:10:00.000-07:00

About 2 weeks ago Ashley came over to hang out with the girls. I decided to give Brooklyn a bath and they wanted to join along. Brooklyn loves her cousins and was enjoying her bath time more so than ever!

These girls will probably hate their aunt and mom for this later in life.

Man she doesn't look happy here! Don't worry she was...

Family Time

2008-10-25T09:55:00.002-07:00

This has been one crazy week with trips, parties, farewells, and family but we have really enjoyed our time with everyone! Here are a few more pictures from eveything and I am sure I will find more as well.

Us girls taking a picture together, we always have fun when we hang out! Sisterly love, the greatest!

I was leaving Ashley's house where everything was hanging out and we had to wake brooklyn to go but I realized I hadn't taken any pictures with everyone with her. This is her right after waking up! Love that she can wake up like this and then go right back to bed when we get home! She loved her Grandpa Farmer!

She loved her Aunt Meagie too. Clark thinks that Brooklyn was mistaking Meagan for me because she was smile at her just as much as me!! She was even follow her around the room with her eyes!

Grandma Muir, let me tell you Brooklyn LOVED her! She wouldn't stop smiling to her and she had so much to say to her all the time. She really enjoyed having her Grandma stay with us!

Us Crazy sisters having way too much fun messing with each other!

Farewell Darrik

2008-10-24T10:18:00.001-07:00

On Sunday my brother Darrik gave his farewell talk in his home ward in North Mesa. It was really good and he brought the spirit. Darrik has grown up so much and he is a great young man who will be one of the greatest missionaries! After church he was set apart as an Elder by his Stake President, Dad, Devin, Garrett, Clark, Chad and Darrik's best friend Sterling. It was a great blessing.

That night we had a open house for him. He had invited all his friends out to our house in Queen Creek. They enjoyed root beer floats, brownies, Carmel corn, and my awesome banana bread while playing games. While Darrik was doing that us Farmers were playing family charades where we would act out scenes from our childhood that others would know. It was pretty fun. Monday was pretty chill, unfortunately Devin had to get back to NC to work.

Tuesday morning was a rough one for me. I got up at 5:30 to take my Dad and my sister Meagan to the airport. After dropping them off I went to the gas station to fill up the gas with money my Dad had given me, I locked the doors because I had my purse in the car and my important IPhone. When I came back I noticed I didn't have the clicker, only the key. So I tried to start the car and it wouldn't start. My Brother in law has a special alarm on his car that when it goes off if you don't have the clicker you can't start the car. Well it wasn't so great for me. My Dad had forgotten to leave the clicker with me so he had it at the airport with him. I tried everything to find that stupid Disarm button but couldn't find it. I even had 3 Mexicans look for me and they couldn't see it. They were nice enough to disconnect the battery so it would stop going off. Although I bet it didn't look good if you didn't know the situation, Mexicans disconnecting the battery and looking to jump start the vehicle. Well I waited at McD's next door for an hour till everyone else came with Darrik to take him to the airport. We then realized my mom had forgotten her licence at our house but luckily she was able to get on the flight without it.

Then it came time to say our goodbyes which was teary and hard to do. He has been such a close friend to me and I have enjoyed him living with us for the past month and a half. He is such an amazing 19 year old with so much spirit and a great testimony. He has been through a lot and even after all that he has become a wonderful young man!! The people of Brazil are truly blessed to have him there! Can't wait to hear all about his crazy stories and wonderful missionary experiences!

Clark's Birthday

2008-10-23T10:09:00.000-07:00

Staurday the 18th was Clark's Birthday. I will admit he kinda got the shaft this time. All my family was in for my brother's farewell and so we didn't celebrate as much as we should have for him. Clark and I went to North Scottsdale to get his cookbook signed by Gaita but unfortnately the line was way too long and we didn't get there early enough so we never did get it signed. Clark said he will still use the book as much as if it was. Then we went out to lunch. It was nice to get out and be able to have a grown up conversation where we didn't have to speak baby talk. (love you Brook a broo) We then went back home and he got to play his PS3 which he was happy about. Clark is now 26 years old! Man, thats old. (Sorry to those of you who are reading this and are older than that!) Well, next year we will make up for it. Thanks to Grammy, Julie and Bob, Cody and Amber, and my Mom for the gifts. He spent his gift cards on The Office season 4, The Hulk bluray dvd, and a new game! He is spoiled.

Love you Dearest and hope you enjoyed a relaxed day on your 26th Birthday!

Road Trip

2008-10-22T15:29:00.006-07:00

Well it's been a hectic week here at my house with much going on. I guess you will see with all the next posts coming up what I have been up to.

Last Tuesday on the 14Th My sister Ashley, her two daughters Kaylee and Taylor, my brother Darrik, and Brooklyn and I made our way to visit my grandparents in New Mexico. Darrik wanted to see my grandparents before he left for his mission, both of them have been getting worse medically and my mother doesn't think they will be around much longer. We tagged along to visit with them and for them to see Brooklyn for the first time.

So the road trip there was kinda bad, ok that's an understatement. It was horrible. Brooklyn hadn't gotten in any naps the whole way and she wasn't happy about being in her car seat. She did sleep the last hour there because it was her bed time and she was exhausted!! I thank Darrik and Ashley for not kicking us out. Although Taylor had thrown up shortly after driving through Payson. We now call her Mini Marc, if you know what I mean! We got in at about 8:30 our time, which was 9:30 their time. Aunt Laurie and Uncle Mark let us crash at their place which was very kind of them. That night we hung out with Todd, Kallie, Mark and Laurie. We kept them up late talking and chit chatting.

Then on Wednesday we went over to my grandparents to visit with them. It was tons of fun talking with them and enjoying their presence. Darrik was riding Grandma's wheel chair all over their little home and us older girls didn't give it any thought. He spent so much time in it I wanted to see what was so kewl about it. I somehow got him out and found why he enjoyed it so much. Man her wheel chair goes so fast and was a blast. So then Ashley got on it too. We had so much fun that we then had races on the main street. Grandma got a kick out of it all.
We left on wednesday afternoon, early evening. The trip back was so much better, Brooklyn slept or the first hour or two and then went back to sleep when it got dark at 7. When she was up she didn't even cry. It was a better day for her, thank goodness.

I love my Grandparents so much, they have done so much for me and have been such great examples! What big shoes to follow in, I hope I can be as great as they are!

We enjoyed our time with them and were sad it had to be such a short trip. We were so glad we went and spent time with them. Thank you Dad for providing that for all of us! It was a great experience and without you it wouldn't have been possible.

Tagged

2008-10-09T16:54:00.001-07:00

So I was tagged by my sister in law, Amber, and I thought instead of sharing my 5 quirks I would talk about the last 5 ladies I have spoken to. I hope amber doesn't get too mad that I am going my own way...

Ashley Fuller
My sister is so amazing (as you can tell from the last post) She is someone I can always count on to be there for me! We always seem to have fun even though we might end up doing nothing we still enjoy it. If there is something my sister CAN'T do then I don't know about it.

Amber Phillips
Amber is also one I know who is always there for me and can share anything with her. We talk about anything and everything and I always feel appreciated and uplifted after talking with her. I feel like we have so much in common and I love having a sister in law who I feel so close with even though she lives hundred of miles away! Amber you are a great friend!!

Lindsay Owens
Man I have really lucked out with her! I am so glad Trent found you Lindsay, or that you found Trent! It amazes me that even though we have known each other for about a year and a half now I feel like we have been friends since elementary school. Lindsay is kind, funny, out going, always looks at the bright side of things, and is a blast to hang out with! She is always so GREAT with Brooklyn and even though we naturally call her "Aunt Lindsay" I feel as though she loves her as much as any of our family does. Lindsay you are one of my best friends and I treasure our friendship.

Jenny Plasto
So we recently moved in the our ward and Clark knows the Plasto Family from Chandler growing up. Her and her husband Trevor live a block away and always include us in the activities going on. Even though I have only known her about 3 weeks now I admire so many attributes of her. Jenny is very welcoming, giving, generous, kind, and fun to hang out with. I appreciate the immediate friendship and making me feel welcomed to our new ward and community.

Julie Phillips
I really lucked out with the in laws! Julie, where to start? Julie is always showing me a good time, whether its making banana bread or watching Cash in the Attic. Heck, when Clark went out on his boy nights I would go over to Bob and Julies and hang out with them! Julie has truly blessed our lives in so many ways! She is a very strong women and I admire that in her. I am so glad Brooklyn has 2 awesome grandmothers to look up to, Julie being the one of them.

Thank you to everyone else who has made an imprint on my heart!! Now I tag Lindsay, Rachael, Meagan, Jill, and Caitlin.

Sisters

2008-10-08T19:28:00.004-07:00

Well I just wanted to take a moment and thank my older sister!! What an amazing women you are Ashley! I look up to you in so many ways and ou are a great example to me. I know I never say it enough but thank you! Thank you for all you have done, are doing and yet to do. I am so lucky to have you in my life and I treasure our friendship SO much.

*Thank you:

for watching brooklyn

for helping make bows, her bedding, etc,

for making me laugh and enjoy your company

for making me feel loved

for all the baby things we didnt have to buy because of you

for my 2 great nieces

for the all the advice

for getting me interested in Twilight Series

for all the blog help

for letting me live with you guys!

for showing kindness

for teaching me service

for letting me sing at the top of my lungs

for singing along

for the smiles

and for much much more...

Thank you for all the memories!!

Congrats!!

2008-10-05T15:10:00.005-07:00

Congrats to Amber and Cody Phillips on their newborn son! We are soooo excited for them and this happy time in their lives...

Chandler Robert Phillips
Born on September 30th 2008
5 lbs 6 ounces
19 inches

More Brooklyn Pictures!!

2008-10-04T14:46:00.003-07:00

Well in case you didn't get enough last post here are more pictures of Brooklyn...

These are for Great Aunt Cindy, thanks for the stylin outfit, Brooklyn loves it and I am sure her Aunt Lydia would be proud!

Here is our "little egg roll" as Clark calls her. He said it sounds like leg rolls, hence why he calls her that

As of her last check up on 09/25, exactly 4 months old:

Height 26.25 inches- off the charts literally
Weight 15.4 lbs- 75th percentile
Head Circumference forget exact measurments but in 25th percentile

Brooklyn

2008-10-03T14:29:00.001-07:00

So since we signed the contract for the house on 9/15 my last day at work was 9/16. Brooklyn and I have had tons of fun catching up :) Well when we went to get paint for her room a lady asked if Brooklyn was a boy or girl, in my head I am thinking "Who dresses their boys up in purple? Of course she is a girl!!" Since then to make sure it doesn't happen again my great older sis taught me to make bows for her. What better way to show them off by putting them on Brooklyn, I know a lot of people wanted to see pictures of her so here you go...

This is what she wore on her first Sunday at our new ward, I love this bow it's one of my favorites!

She wasn't so happy in this one but I had to show it, still think she is too cute!

So what do you think of my bows?? I still have so much more ribbon to work with so we will see what I can come up with...

She has some of the funniest faces!!

Tagged

2008-10-03T09:32:00.009-07:00

So I have been tagged with 6 quirks to share...

1. Like many, I hate talking on the phone. I love that most of my friends enjoy the art of texting as much as I do. I would even prefer a face to face conversation so if u wanna chit chat let's get together and do something!! Another thing, I dunno how I did collections for 1.5 years when I hate talking on the phone. That's all I did the WHOLE time, or maybe that's what made me hate it so?

2. I absolutely love getting mail. Love the actual retrieving of the mail, sorting the mail, and openning the mail. Now what's funny is I don't like bills but love mail which is mainly bills!! What can u do?!

3. I am affraid of the dark and also scary movies. I have a very vivid imagination and can't handle nights after watching a scary movie. Just 2 nights ago I woke up screaming on the top of my lungs because I had pictured an outline of a big figure standing above me, it scared Clark too and he was suprised I didn't wake up Brooklyn or the nieghbors. We both didn't fall asleep after that for a while and when we did it wasn't good. I haven't watched a scary movie since "The Ring" I think in which case I saw half of it and still had to sleep with a night light
and also my younger sister!!

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Home Owners now!!

2008-10-02T14:03:00.001-07:00

Well Great news, Clark and I are new home owners now!! We signed the papers on 9/15 and got the keys the followng day. We moved in on wednesday and moved all the big things that weekend. Darrik, my younger brother, moved in with us until he leaves for his mission on 10/21. The first thing we bought was a couch. Ashley (my older sis) and I painted Brooklyn's room. Still need to finish the curtains and bedding and also the molding around the diamonds but its coming. Everything is still not in place but its coming. We love it and can't wait to build great memories here!!

Our lovely kitchen with great upgrades!

Our great room...

Front of the house

Brooklyn and I infront of the house #s...

My sister in Brooklyn's room

The painting Queen!! My pants were nice before this experience, now they are strickly my painting pants...

Trip to the Ostrich Farm...

2008-10-01T13:38:00.008-07:00

So I know it has been a while, ok forever but we have had so much going on the past month or so. So get ready for picure and post OVERLOAD!! About a month ago Clark and I took our nephew Aiden to the ostrich farm. He had so much fun there. We were able to feed the ostrich, deer, donkeys, and small birds. We all had a great time...Here are some pictures from our fun little trip! So funny, Aiden kept looking for the bird on his back and birds kept attacking me so the camera shot is bad but too funny.

Halloween Blog Backgrounds!

2008-09-19T10:11:00.002-07:00

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Already Trouble...

2008-08-14T09:34:00.003-07:00

So this morning as I was feeding Brooklyn I was watching the individual performances of men's gymnastics and Brooklyn decided she would rather watch the boys then eat! She had her face turned to the TV and the bottle was dripping down her cheek. I tried to turn her back and feed her but she wouldn't have it. I told Clark she either likes gymnastics or she is already showing signs of liking the boys...Either way, she would rather watch then eat and isn't that saying something! I thought it was too funny.

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Brooklyn's Blessing

2008-08-03T17:57:00.011-07:00

Today Brooklyn was blessed at church and she looked B E A-UTIFUL!! It was nice to have family and friends be there. She was blessed by Clark with the help from Bob, Dan, Chad, Garrett, Darrik, My Dad, and his best friend Trent. There was four blessing today in our ward and she was the last one and she didn't make a peep, it went smoothly.
Afterwards we all came over to Bob and Julie's (where we are staying too) and had tacos and Blondie's for dessert. Brooklyn got her pictures taken and we just couldn't get enough of her. Thank you to all who came and those who called on her big day, we love you... The Phillips

Sentimental Part

2008-07-30T08:02:00.003-07:00

I just want Clark to know how much I love and appreciate him. Honey, you are the best thing that has happened in my life and so grateful to be married to a wonderful Husband, a great Father, and My best friend!! This road we are on together is full of passion, love, laughter, joy and its because of you its so full of life. Here is to the 2 years so far and much more to come, Love you with all my heart!!

Happy Anniversary!

2008-07-30T07:42:00.003-07:00

Last Friday Clark and I celebrated our 2ND anniversary, 07/25. We didn't really do anything on Friday because I had planned it for Saturday. Clark and I decided last year that we would rotate who is in charge of planning our anniversary so last year we went to Roy's for dinner and then to the Michael Buble concert which was a great evening. This year it was my turn and I made it a surprise.
What I did was i rented a corvette for a day for us to drive around in and enjoy which Clark would absolutely love!! When it came to Friday Clark wanted to know so bad what we were doing but I wouldn't say. Well he guessed it and instead of giving up I told him no and somehow convinced him that we were flying somewhere because I had told him his dad would take us to the airport, which wasn't a lie the car rental was at the airport! So when we got there Bob pulled up to the terminal 3 departures, we got out our one suitcase (yes I went his far to make him believe), and walked up to the Jet Blue airlines. I then started to laugh and told him that's not what we are doing, and ran out back to the car. Clark was so confused...It was GREAT!!
Well we got the car and spent the rest of the day enjoying the big powerful corvette. We drove to the Burger House which is just a little more east of lake Superior and then of course out to Ashley and Chads. Clark had to show off to him. Clark let them drive the car. Clark said Chad was giddy the whole time. When we got back home he let all his family take a turn in it and driving.
Sunday he piked up his grandmother and took her for a ride to church, she loved it. Clark and his brother Dan took it for one last drive before they had to turn it back in, in which case they barely made the time. All in all it was a great weekend and now both Clark and I have come to the conclusion that we want one before we die!!

Back to Work

2008-07-25T20:49:00.004-07:00

When I got back from my trip I had one hour of sleep and had to leave my baby Brooklyn at home and go back to work for the first time in 3 months...It STUNK!! Luckily Sammy and Dan offered to watch her, giving my sister time to recover from the trip. It was a hard day for me last monday and each day this past week. For those of you mothers out there that don't have to work you are truly blessed and should be very greatful to your husbands who work enough for the both of you! Honestly its a blessing!! I know it won't be long till I can quit because the only reason I am back to work is because we are in the process of buying a home and need my income in order to qualify for the loan. Clark just got a promotion in june but it has't been long enough to use that income so thats why I have to work, atleast for now. Once we are funded I can quit my job and spend my days at home watching Brooklyn grow and helping her grow. Well, its been a week and I have already had a half day of vacation on friday (2nd year anniversary with Clark and wanted time with Brooklyn) and have 2 more half days planned in the next 2 weeks! Well, wish us good luck and hopefully I will return to my baby soon enough!
Aunt Sammy did a great job of dressing her up and taking care of her!!

NYC Here we come!!

2008-07-25T20:28:00.007-07:00

On July 15Th my sister Ashley and I flew to CT to stay with my mom and younger sister Meagan. We left at 12 at night and got in at 7 in the morning their time...No need to mention the sleepless flight and my chair that wouldn't recline at all, yeah it sucked.

Wednesday we pretty much slept and hung out around home. We went and rented "Serendipity" because the following day in NYC we were going to eat at the restaurant. We also went out to dinner to celebrate Ashley's 26Th birthday, wahoo! (man she is getting old!!)We went to bed early so we could get up for the big day ahead in NYC.
So Brad, my step dad, dropped us girls off at the train station and the first thing we did when we got to the big city was walked the Brooklyn Bridge.
It was a fun experience, one that I haven't done in NY yet.
(my mom in her Socks and Clogs..I don't know if thats what you call them...its still funny though) After that we headed off for some major shopping. We went to Daffy's and Conways which was a blast. I bought some outfits for the first time since having Brooklyn and it was a definite self esteem booster feeling good in what I was wearing. (I didn't realize how much wearing clothes that fit make you feel so good) Then we took a break by a cafe next to the temple...We were going to do a session but didn't have time.
We went to lunch/dinner at Serendipity and their ice cream was amazing...They are known for their frozen hot chocolate.
After eating Brad picked us up and him and my mom dropped us girls off to see Wicked on Broadway...IT WAS AMAZING!!! I loved it, I loved it, I loved it...wow, can't say enough. Then we headed home.
Friday we decided to have a chill day and go to the shore. It was a fun outing. Mom was shoo-ing the birds which was hilarious
and Ashley collected sea shells for Taylor. The water was pretty warm but not as warm as they say. After spending a late lunch there we headed back to another evening chilling.
Well, us girls decided to setup a tent in the Huge yard they have and kick it outside. We got extension cords to watch a movie and to also hook up a fan (the humidity really is dreadful there). We had a fun time watching the movie and enjoying our "camp out". Meagan went inside early in the morning...yeah cheap.
Saturday us girls went and got our nails done, and relaxed again at home...(it was a relaxing trip for the most part)oh and Meagan got her toes done and felt left out because she didn't have a FAT ring...just messin...no really...
Sunday we went to church, witnessed their ward chorister who totally out beat ours growing up..( you know who i am talking about). Ashley and I played with strangers babies because we missed our own. Then after church we went back to the city to make some returns, walk through the park and last make our way to the airport to head home.
Our plane was about 4-5 hours late so we got in at 2:30 and we got home at 3:30. Then for me to wake up at 4 to feed Brooklyn, and only get 1 hour of sleep before going back to work, which is another story!! Needless to say our trip was a Blast and I needed the girl bonding time with my sisters and mom. Thank you mom for the plane ticket, the room and board, and a whole lot more. Oh and of course that goes to Brad too!! There are many fun memories and way too many funny stories!!

a BIG thanks...

2008-07-25T20:24:00.002-07:00

Before I go ahead and blog about my fun trip to CT to see my mom and hang out with my sisters I just wanted to thank everyone who helped watch my little angel Brooklyn and who also watched my other child Clark. So here are the names: Lindsay, Trent, Sammy, Dan, Julie, and Bob...You guys were such a big help and I appreciate everything you did...

Family

2008-07-15T12:09:00.005-07:00

About 2 weeks ago, July 4th weekend, All the Farmer boys came to AZ to do Hell's Gate. We also got the pleasure of having Caroline come with Devin too. I know its been a while but I didn't get a chance to take some pictures so Caroline sent me a few so I could share them. It was so nice to see Marc, Brenon, Devin & Caroline for the weekend and wish it could have been longer! Wednesday night we all went to Macaroni Grill for Caroline's birthday and had a fun time chit chatting and enjoying each other's company. Then on Sunday we all got together again before they left...Man, I miss big family gatherings and can't wait for our family reunions to start up. It will be so much fun!
Clark feeding Brooklyn

This was Darrik on sunday, I think Hell's Gate did him through!
Caroline got Kaylee to sit with her, Good job!!
I promise we didn't give Chad anything!!
Brenon, Melissa, and Garrett kicking it
And of course Taylor who didn't have an ounce of sugar but was off the walls, we love her anyway!

Okay I don't have any pictures with Devin...can you guess who took the pictures??

Cousins

2008-07-11T16:15:00.004-07:00

Yesterday Brooklyn and I made a trip over to my sister's house to chill. While we were there Ashley and I started working on her bedding, which is turning out CUTE!! Brooklyn got up from her nap and Taylor was wanting to hold her. Taylor sat in her father's HUGE recliner (huge for taylor) and put Brooklyn in her lap. It was the cutest thing, Taylor was trying to rock that big chair and was singing primary songs to Brooklyn. Brooklyn was enjoying it, she didn't make a peep for about 45 minutes and Taylor even got to feed her. I loved it because Brooklyn loves to be held and she is very much a cuddle bunny and sometimes I can't get things done. And her mother, Ashley, was excited to see Taylor so helpful knowing they will have a baby in the house soon enough. (No she isn't pregnant yet) Next time I need to get some things done I will defiantely have to invite Taylor over! After I took Brooklyn from her the rest of the day she kept asking to hold her again and again and again...Thanks Taylor for being such a great cousin and for helping Aunt Kelsey!! You are the best!!

July 4th

2008-07-08T12:47:00.005-07:00

This year for July 4th Clark's family all got together at his parents house (our current residence) and had a bbq. It was fun to be with everyone. We took a picture of all the grandkids decked out in their american colors. Too cute!

Then after the bbq the family had our 1st Annual 4th of July Wii Bowling Tournament! It was tons of fun!! So Clark had to battle his Grandmother and he barely won. In the end it was between Lizzie and Clark and Clark got schooled! (Thanks lizzie for humbling the man)

Here are some other photos of the day...

Brooklyn and Bub (new name for bob and he's not a fan...love ya)

Okay so two seconds before I took this picture Logan was being so sweet to brooklyn and she WAS happy and I guess you could call this the wrong picture and the wrong time...it looks like Logan is chocking her and she is terrified...

Picture overload...

2008-07-03T09:27:00.003-07:00

Okay so I found everything I needed to download my pictures so I am gonna lay it on you with the pictures...

Brooklyn was really young in this picture, I would say about a week or so old...Can tell because she still had the hospital bow..

Brooklyn pimping it out with her collar up...

Her shirt reads: "What part of princess don't you understand?" Her great Aunt Cindy gave that to her. She already knew how it was gonna be

This is my favorite of Clark and her because its so her. She makes the nastiest faces when she isn't happy and for the first month of her life we saw it a lot...

Bath time

2008-07-03T09:06:00.005-07:00

Since the first few minutes of Brooklyn's life we knew she would love bath time! The nurse washed her hair and brooklyn almost fell asleep during it. Well Clark and I gave her a bath together after her cord had fallen off and again she loved it. I think sometimes she has blow outs just so I will have to stick her in the tub!! Here are some pictures of the experience...

The both of us going crazy with the baby wash!

Brooklyn Chill-laxin in the tub

She is all wrapped up and Daddy is giving kisses. And she does not like it when we take her out, you think we were seriously hurting her by the way she screams

Colicky Baby Changed

2008-07-02T09:20:00.004-07:00

So I thought I would update everyone on how Brooklyn has been doing these past 5 1/2 weeks of her life. The First two weeks were really good. She slept a lot and was a pretty happy normal newborn. Her day included Sleeping, eating, pooping, and more sleeping. Then at about the 3rd week or so she got really fussy and Clark and I didn't know why. She wasn't her normal self and it was bothering us that we couldn't find out why but we stuck it out. After about a week of her still being fussy we were out at my sister's house. My brother in law Chad has been helping us look for houses out there in Queen Creek and we had just made our rounds on looking at homes. I breastfed Brooklyn for about 45 minutes to get ready for the drive home so that would "help" her. Unfortunately she was immediately fussy and so my sister recommended topping her off with a bottle. Oh my goodness, that girl downed 4 ounces flat and then slept for 5 1/2 hours right after that. Poor girl, I was starving her and not even knowing it!! So I started to make sure I topped her off after each feeding. Things got better....but

But not as well as we thought she would. I took everyones advice about how to help her: giving her a bath with soothing baby wash, then lotion, colicky medicine to put in her bottle, just about everything!! I hit my breaking point last week. I was in tears and so stressed. This past weekend I had my family here because Darrik, my younger brother, went through the temple for his endowments. My loving husband, seeing I was just about run off the deep end, let me take off Friday night to be with family while he watched Brooklyn. It was so needed. But I still didn't know what to do with Brooklyn and not looking forward to going home and not knowing what to do to help her be happy.

Saturday was when my brother went through the temple. The whole time I was there I was saying a prayer for not only Brooklyn but for myself and Clark. As I was pondering and praying the thought came in my mind to ask my parents what to do. So as I was at dinner I asked my mom what I should do. She did after all have 8 kids!! My mother said she had 2 colicky babies, the very first 2. She advised me to put her in a dark room and make sure she is getting enough sleep. She said once the baby gets fussy being awake to put her down and if I have to, let her cry it out. I was so ready to do anything.

Today is Wednesday and can I say I am so much happier, Clark is so much happier, and our little angel is so much happier. Grant it she does cry for 40 minutes sometimes before she falls asleep and as hard as that is I know its worth it when she wakes up and is happy. She use to cry all the time, to the point where Julie my mother in law said there was something wrong with her!

Brooklyn is cooing now (ahead of the game) and smiles a lot! I guess she is like her mother and doesn't want to miss out on anything going on around her, she wants to stay up and party. She sleeps 6 hours at night now if not another half hour more. Thank you mom for your advice, Ashley for letting me use your port-a-crib, and mainly thank you heavenly father for hearing my prayers and helping me find my answers!

A Few Pictures

2008-06-29T19:44:00.004-07:00

Life is Craziness...

2008-06-29T08:43:00.003-07:00

Okay so I know all of you have been asking for more pictures I would love to put them up but currently we are living with Clark's parents and I accidentally packed away everything I need to transfer the pictures from my camera to the computer. I don't know which box its in either which totally sucks but I plan on buying it all again so just give me a little more time. Man, life has been crazy! When I feel like I have time to jump on and blog Brooklyn either wakes up or I need the rest and sleep when she does giving me no time to do it. Or I have errands to run, or laundry to do, or help my mother in law who just got a knee replacement...Enough excuses, I will get some up. Hope all is well with everyone and make sure to drop a line. I don't get out much so this might be the closest thing to chit chatting...

2 Weeks Are Over...

2008-06-10T08:20:00.003-07:00

Yesterday was the first day I was on my own with Brooklyn. Clark had gotten off work for 2 weeks to help the both of us out and man was it great! He was always up for changing her diapers, burping her, rocking her, and singing her to sleep which she loves. It has been really nice to spend some time with just the three of us. And with Clark it feels like I am falling for him all over again. He is so good with his little girl and I am lucky to have him. It was hard yesterday not having him there to nap with, talk to, and mess around with. Brooklyn and I miss him terribly but I just wanted to say how much I appreciate all he has done and will yet do for the two of us. Thanks for making this a great and wonderful experience honey! Love you!!

Brooklyn Lydia Phillips

2008-05-28T22:35:00.003-07:00

May 25th, 2008
3:09 pm
8 lbs

Brooklyn's Birthday

2008-05-28T21:48:00.002-07:00

May 25th!!

2008-05-28T21:09:00.002-07:00

Here is how our Hospital stay went:

2:30 pm: Clark and I headed out to the hospital together. I was getting really nervous about the whole thing but Clark showed no sign of being nervous.

3 pm: Checked into the hospital. They took us back to our labor room where they asked medical questions and put the IV in me.

4 pm: The nurse started the jell to help start contractions and get me to soften. Before they started I was dialated to a 1.5 and was about 60% softened. Ashley, my wonderful sister, got to the hospital at this time. She was going to stay wih me the whole time and help. My Dad, Chad (brother inlaw), Garrett (brother), and Clark all gave me a blessing which was really nice and helped me relax. The rest of the night wasn't anything special. I had contractons that felt like menstral cramps and got worse throughout the night. Ashley, Clark, and I had fun hanging out.

4 am: The nurse took out the jell and checked me. I was still at 1.5 and now only 70% softened!! I had contractions for 12 hours that didn't do a thing! I wasn't so happy. They then put me on Potocin. Man o man, the contractions came quick, hard, and were close together.

8 am: I totally gave up on doing it natural!! I am the first to admit how weak I am. I had given people such a hard time, that I would do it and I caved. They gave me the epidural and I was EXTREMELY happy. Clark and Ashley like the epidural kelsey better anyway. Why go through so much pain when you can enjoy it. Plus I had already had 15-16 hours of contractions.

9:35 am: Dr. Beck came in to check on me. I had already dialated to a 3 and he went ahead and broke my water. Clark and Ashley were taking bets on when she would come and how much she weighed. Clark guessed at 2 pm and weighing around 7 pounds. Ashley said 3 and weighing 8 lbs.

10:40 am: the nurse checked me and I was already at a 5 or 6.

12 pm: I was now dialated to 9 with a little cervix left.

1:40 pm: I was already pushing and Clark was wanting me to really hurry up so he could win the bet with Ashley. For the first 20 minutes my pushing wasn't doing a whole lot because I was numb and couldn't feel when the contractions were coming. They put me back on potocin (they had taken me off at about 11 or so) so I would get more contractions. The time went by and it was 3...

3 pm: Dr. Beck came back, put on his booties, and grabed the vaccum to help get her out. Within minutes Brooklyn was born. She was 8lbs even and born at 3:09. Needless to say Ashley won the bet and Clark didn't like that but all was good. The next hour flew by really fast. Brooklyn was wide eyed and full of life. We enjoyed her sweet little spirit so much. Clark was really excited to finally see her and feel her in his arms. Brooklyn has tons of hair and looks like my side of the family. He says she looks like a mix of Garrett, Maddsen, Darrik, and of course me.

Thank you to all who came and visited us in the hospital and brought brooklyn gifts! It was a really great experience and are greatful for all our family and friends. We love all of ya and glad you could be apart of this life changing, exciting experience.

It's official...

2008-05-22T05:39:00.002-07:00

Its official everyone, on Saturday afternoon I will go in to be induced to have Brooklyn!! Yeah!! Unless she comes before then which I doubt will happen because right now I am only dilated to a one. I will go in at 3pm and they will first put some jell on my cervix to help soften it more and then after waiting 12 hours they will go ahead and do potocin to do the rest. So most likely I will have her Sunday!! Clark and I are excited to finally not have to wait and guess when she will be here, and I can get some sleep. These past 4 days or so I haven't been sleeping well because I have been so anxious for her to be here and not knowing when is what caused the lack of sleep. Still excited but get more rest now... Well I guess wish me luck and we will keep everyone posted on our new arrival!!

The waiting game...

2008-05-19T08:11:00.002-07:00

So tomorrow is my "due date", can't beleive it? Neither can I. I have come to the conclusion that I hate due dates, they should lie to you and tell you a date farther out so that way you can't get your hopes up when that "due date" comes and nothing has happened! I wished they had told me like june 1st because now I am more anxious and excited than ever and there is nothing I can do about it. All I can do is sit and wait. Oh yes don't get me wrong I have tried every trick in the book they tell you to do to help induce but nothing has happened. The one thing I haven't done and don't think I will do is the whole castor oil thing, gross!! I go walking for an hour everyday, eat spicy foods, tried the hanky panky, was going to jump on a tramp but Clark wouldn't let me because he thinks it will make her have brain damage. (He's funny like that, yet he has no problem recommending I take the castor oil.) "Have you shown signs of nesting yet?," you might ask. Well yes of course. Her crib is up even though we are moving and will have to take it down. I washed all her clothes and have been awaiting this girl for weeks now. I guess what I am really doing here is venting because I have a daughter who won't listen to her parents and come already!! Any ideas or advice for anyone to help this girl come??

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-05-14T20:38:00.001-07:00

Maternity Pictures By Lindsay Owens

2008-05-14T20:36:00.001-07:00

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Time Flys

2008-05-12T09:42:00.002-07:00

I can't believe that our little girl will be here anyday now!! There is alot going on right now with Clark and I, Clark just recently passed the State Life and Health exam which has been taking his time for the past 2-3 weeks with a class and taking the test twice (he failed the first time by 2 darn questions). Then there is a position he is going for with work which will help determine if I am able to be a full time stay at home mom or if I will need to go back to work part time to help provide for our new three member family. Our lease at our apartment is up on the 31st of this month so we are trying to get packed and actually we are trying to get into a home. We put in an offer for a house in queen creek. Its 2k square feet with 4 bd/ 2 bth and on a short sale. The owners took our offer now we are just waiting to hear from the bank. So until we do we are going to have to find a place to stay. It is looking like Brooklyn will be with her grandparents and great grandmother for the first little while of her life.

So with all this going on the only thing that is really taking up all my thoughts is dear little Brooklyn!! Especially with yesterday, Mother's Day...that didn't help. She isn't due for another 8 days but we are hoping she will make her appearance anyday, prefering it was yesterday. I can't believe time has gone by so fast. I remember in september, waiting for my first doctors appiontment in october, thinking that time will never pick up and look where we are at today. CRAZY!! So don't worry to those who are pregnant (amber, cara, lindsay, no jus kidding about lindsay) time will zoom by and your bundle of joy will be here shortly!! For right now we are stuck playing the waiting game.......Please be today, please be today......

Baby Shower

2008-05-05T13:16:00.003-07:00

Last thursday I had my baby shower which was thrown by Lindsay Owens and my mother in law Julie. It was a blast and these two laddies made it wonderful!! Thanks. We played a few games, opened gifts and caught up on old times. The food was great and I couldn't ask for a better crowd there. Thanks to all who came and to those who couldn't make it but sent gifts anyway, there was alot of cute things! Again thanks to everyone especially Linds and Julie!!

The wonderful decorations and the food was great!! My favorite was the cheesecake...mmmm

Thanks to my mother for the cute shirt!! I got many compliments on it!! Thanks

One game was to guess how many squares of toilet paper i measured around the waist, there was a three way tie!! Julie won on making me feel huge because she had way to much...

This is wonder Lindsay who threw me the shower! Thanks again gal...

Heather, who is recently pregnant, and LJ who is leaving on her mission on May 28th...We will miss her but hopefully she will get to meet Brooklyn before she leaves!!

My thoughts...

2008-04-30T15:07:00.005-07:00

Am I ready??

2008-04-30T15:07:00.001-07:00

Well, I have alot of time to myself lately

Dirk-A-Licious

2008-04-28T08:00:00.002-07:00

You need to check this video out, its pretty good...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97CXaDIPYTg

2008-04-28T07:57:00.000-07:00

Thanks Ash...

2008-04-28T07:50:00.001-07:00

So I totally stole this from my sister's blog but you will love it!!!

2008-04-28T07:40:00.003-07:00

I woke up saturday morning at 6:45 to go yard sale shopping with Lindz. We hit up about two or three. I found cute lamps I need to spray over and she walked away with a really nice vase for 2 bucks. We felt pretty good about what we found. Then we headed down to main street in mesa because my mother in law was telling me about this spring fling sale they were having right down by where she gets her hair done. It was really fun, they had all kinds of things but mainly arts and crafts. Lindsay and I decided instead of buying them we would make some things ourselves which would be cheaper and give us something to do. Must say yard sale shopping wasn't in our plans anymore... So we went to Joanns, Scrapbook store in mesa, and headed back to my place to start. They ended up being really cute and fun to make. We will definately have to do it again sometime. And we are planning on going out to Queen Creek on May 10th for their huge Spring fling sale from 9am to 3pm. It will be fun, let me know if you want to tag along or want any info on it....

This is my art work...I am gonna get a Black and white Picture to go in the middle which will look great. I think my next project will be to make a few small ones for Brooklyn's room...

Lindsay's art work. She still hasn't decided if she will use a black and white picture or color. (we used my picture because it was the perfect size and we were at my place)

Girls Day Out

2008-04-28T07:31:00.004-07:00

I woke up saturday morning at 6:45 to go yard sale shopping with Lindz. We hit up about two or three. I found cute lamps I need to spray over and she walked away with a really nice vase for 2 bucks. We felt pretty good about what we found. Then we headed down to main street in mesa because my mother in law was telling me about this spring fling sale they were having right down by where she gets her hair done. It was really fun, they had all kinds of things but mainly arts and crafts. Lindsay and I decided instead of buying them we would make some things ourselves which would be cheaper and give us something to do. Must say yard sale shopping wasn't in our plans anymore... So we went to Joanns, Scrapbook store in mesa, and headed back to my place to start. They ended up being really cute and fun to make. We will definately have to do it again sometime. And we are planning on going out to Queen Creek on May 10th for their huge Spring fling sale from 9am to 3pm. It will be fun, let me know if you want to tag along or want any info on it....

This is my art work...I am gonna get a Black and white Picture to go in the middle which will look great. I think my next project will be to make a few small ones for Brooklyn's room...

Lindsay's art work. She still hasn't decided if she will use a black and white picture or color. (we used my picture because it was the perfect size and we were at my place.

Girls Day Out

2008-04-28T07:11:00.004-07:00

I woke up saturday morning at 6:45 to go yard sale shopping with Lindz. We hit up about two or three. I found cute lamps I need to spray over and she walked away with a really nice vase for 2 bucks. We felt pretty good about what we found. Then we headed down to main street in mesa because my mother in law was telling me about this spring fling sale they were having right down by where she gets her hair done. It was really fun, they had all kinds of things but mainly arts and crafts. Lindsay and I decided instead of buying them we would make some things ourselves which would be cheaper and give us something to do. Must say yard sale shopping wasn't in our plans anymore... So we went to Joanns, Scrapbook store in mesa, and headed back to my place to start. They ended up being really cute and fun to make. We will definately have to do it again sometime. And we are planning on going out to Queen Creek on May 10th for their huge Spring fling sale from 9am to 3pm. It will be fun, let me know if you want to tag along or want any info on it....

This is my art work...I am gonna get a Black and white Picture to go in the middle which will look great. I think my next project will be to make a few small ones for Brooklyn's room...
Lindsay's art work. She still hasn't decided if she will use a black and white picture or color. (we used my picture because it was the perfect size and we were at my place)

Trip to the Zoo

2008-04-27T17:21:00.004-07:00

This past friday I was able to go to the zoo with my sister Ashley and my two adorable nieces and we had a Blast!! We got to the zoo around 3 which was perfect because thats when everyone was leaving so we got a perfect parking spot and enjoyed the less crowded park. We started off by going to the "water park" which is fountains that come out of the ground. It was fun to watch Taylor run around everywhere, it was really hard to get a good picture of her because she couldn't stay put in one spot longer than two seconds. Kaylee really enjoyed it when I joined her in the water holding her, she wasn't as scared. I would say most of our time there was spent in the water play area. Then we went around one circle to the monkeys which Kaylee loved. She makes the most adorable monkey noise but you have to really listen for it. After finishing the circle with the otters, more monkey's and other animals we ended our excitment with the mary-go-round. It was a fun little trip and thankful for ashley for having me!

Motherly look

2008-04-23T13:17:00.002-07:00

So today I went and got a hair cut, thanks to lindsay and her friend jessica. I decided to go back to short hair although it isn't as short as I am use to. Jessica did a great job. I love that its light and short especially with the summer coming up. I took some pictures to show everyone. Now my look is complete with a pregnant belly and the new motherly hair cut...Tell me what you think!

On FMLA

2008-04-21T08:48:00.003-07:00

So, yes yes its been a while and I am sorry. Life has been hectic recently with work, baby, housing, etc. Last tuesday I went to my doctors and again my blood pressure was really high, luckily my doctor agreed to put me on FMLA now which means I get 13 weeks off of work for baby time. Right now its to relax and when the baby comes that will be a different story. Since last wednesday I have been a free lady, which is funny because everyday I have been running errands and staying busy so it doesn't even feel like it. We have alot happening in the next little while with our lease coming to an end on 05/31 and Brooklyn due on 05/20, clark is waiting to hear back on a position at work which helps determine whether or not I go back to work after Brooklyn comes, etc. So it is no suprise to me that I have high blood pressure but I need to relax more! It has been nice to not have to worry about work and getting everything else taken care of. Well, there is my update for now...If you ever have a free day you can always hit me up!!

Trip to Utah...

2008-04-08T19:43:00.006-07:00

Ok so where to start....hmm...We had a heck of a weekend in Utah meeting Clarks BYU buddies, hanging out with family, going to conference, and much more. We arrived in Utah on friday morning and spent that day driving around BYU with Clark hearing about all his funny stories, seeing where he stayed, and also going to the book store. After that we met up with his old friends Corby and Richard. It was so nice to finally meet them and put faces to their names, they are alot of fun. We all went out to dinner with Cody and Amber meeting up too. It was a great time.

On saturday after watching Conference Amber and I headed off shopping to the famous Tia Pan. It was a great store and I couldn't believe the prices. We then went to Ikea, michaels, and my favorite: Archivers. (they have it in MN but haven't made it down to AZ yet, which is crazy!!) Amber and I met up with our hubbys at Red Robin after Priesthood. The rest of the evening us girls (corby, amber and I) chated away while making Brooklyn her initials to put in her room and they boys played ps3. We called it a night at like 2:30 but Clark and Richard stayed up till 6 in the morning. Yeah, they are crazy. Clark said he hasn't stayed up like that in years, he can't even remember the last time he did.

Sunday we watched morning session and then headed to SLC with Amber and Cody to the 2nd session of general conference. It was my first time in Tempe square for many many years, I don't even remember how old I was the last time I was there. Richard's brother Scottie gave us his tickets which was really nice of him. It was a really neat experience to be there in the conference center, to hear MoTab live, and to be so close with the Prophet and the Apostles. I really enjoyed the talks and to hear President Monson close the meetings. He is the only man who can have you laughing and then crying within seconds apart! It really hit me when he closed with " I will pray for you Brother and Sisters and you pray for me and together we can achieve much." (sadly they don't have his exact words yet) What a great man.

We then spent the rest of the day in SLC. We were on vacation and needed to stay in the city to pick up our rental car at the airport at about 8 so we went out to dinner. We were bad and what was ironic was that our waitress's name was Sin. (Its pernounced Seen) We later got our rental car and headed back to Orem to spend the night at Amber and Cody's. Man did we all sleep well and hard that night.

Monday morning Clark and I went and visited my Grandpa Farmer and Lilian in American Fork. Luckily they were home and we got to spend some time with them. They took us out to lunch to Wendy's, which was nice of them, and enjoyed being with them. It was soo cute, Lilian ordered a Stack attack and Grandpa ordered a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger. When they sat down they ate each others' food without noticing. Clark and I couldn't say anything, it was too cute. Afterwards we then drove up to provo canyon and enjoyed the cool weather. It was snowing off and on all monday morning. Well, we said goodbye to Provo, Orem and SLC late last night after our flight was delayed about 2 hours!!

Thank you to all who helped make this weekend a fun one!! We had a blast...

2008-03-27T09:38:00.002-07:00

I figure its about time to post a pregnancy picture so here it is....

It looks like I stuck a ball in my shirt and called it Brooklyn!

Twilight Series....

2008-03-26T20:36:00.003-07:00

About 2 weeks ago, friday march 14th to be exact, my sister ashley and I got together to work on painting the crib which was our normal routine on one of my half day fridays. Well, while I was over she really wanted me to sit down and to read the book Twilight. Of course I was NOT interested. I HATE to read with a pasion. I would rather do million other things before sitting down to read a book. She pushed it really hard and to show my thanks for everything she has done for me I tickled her fancy and started to get comfy on the couch and read. It was okay at first. Ashley was all up in my business, "Do you love it? Are you addicted? You know you love it!! You are gonna go home and buy it...." It was good but not good enough to where I couldn't put it down.

So the next day, after leaving ashley's copy of the book with her so she could enjoy it a 2nd time, I went to the store to buy the first and second book. I was already half way done with the book and figured I could finish it and keep busy with the other while clark got his jollies from the PS3. Then I got to the 2nd book, New Moon, and I found myself doing the one thing I hated most, couped up reading. I was getting hooked. I read the 2nd book in 2 days and couldn't wait an hour after finishing the 2nd for the 3rd. Clark went and got it for me while I was working overtime at work. I then finished the 3rd book, Eclispe, in 2 days too. I was hopeless reading my book on breaks at work, while at work (don't worry still have my job), when I got home, and on my late days waking up early to read.

Now I am stuck waiting for the 4th book and I hate it...I really don't want to say this but I will........................................................Thanks Ashley for getting me to sit down and read at your place, I really owe you one! There I said it... yes it was hard. So I would recommend this series of books to anyone. If you aren't sure you wanna buy it you can always borrow mine.

Ashley and I now can only sit and think of what will happen next in the series and we've got a few good ideas ourselves! Time is gonna kill me waiting......

2008-03-26T20:32:00.002-07:00

I figure I should probably put up a pregnancy picture so here it is...

Pregnancy Picture

2008-03-26T20:30:00.001-07:00

So I figure I should probably put up a pregnancy picture so here it is...

Twilight Series

2008-03-21T17:21:00.001-07:00

Okay so last friday, a week ago today, I went over to my sister's Ashley's to finish painting the crib and changing table. While I was there Ashley was determined to get me to read the Twilight book, which anyone who knows me knows I HATE to read. I could think of a million things I would rather do than to sit inside and read. I would rather swim, go walking, do house chores, girls night out, heck I would rather hang out with my Brother marc after he's been eating at taco bell I mean thats how much I don't like to read. So I started reading to appease my sister who has done sooo much for me.

I would read in between each hour we had to go do the crib. I will admit I wasn't hooked but it wasn't "kill me". So that night Ashley was like, "its good huh? you hooked? you gonna get it?" just wouldn't stop. the next day I worked and after work I would figure I could go get the books and atleast finish them.

From the end of the 1st book to the 2nd I was hooked...They are really good books and I found myself doing the one thing I use to hate, inside reading a silly love book. It helped that Clark was distracted with his PS3 too. I read the books at work, on my break, at lunch, and when I got home. Before I knew it I flew through all three and dying for more...now I am addicted and the 4th isn't out yet. I am going insane!! I just wanted to thank my sister for pushing so hard for me to read the book, I owe ya. I would recommend this series of books to anyone.

So Ashley and I were thinking of ideas for her 4th book.....

I guess I shouldn't say them on the blog for those of you who are reading them now or will be but if you are wondering just ask. We've come up with some pretty good ones!!