I swear I don't neglect my children. I gotta do the laundry sometime! But maybe sometime shouldn't be while paint is available.
And I do comb my kids hair. Sometimes.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Thank goodness for watercolors
If you ever hear the words "Mom! Look at my pretty eyes!" while you're two year old is painting, this is what you might find......
T-ville Dayzz
I found these when cleaning off my camera. I love these kids. Emily loved the parade and Chase pretty much just loved the flag.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy 4th of July!
Human flag made by US Navy Sailors and Recruits at Great Lakes a few weeks ago for Flag Day
The land of the free because of the brave.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Princess Festival
*Warning! Long Post and Princess Picture Overload!*
Last week we went with Grandma Cathy to the Princess Festival in Lindon. It's a small festival for little girls that's all about princesses and all the money goes to charity. We had no idea what to expect but thought we would give it a whirl. After getting a little lost due to the ridiculousness that is Utah County we pulled up and saw a castle, carriage, fountains and we knew Emily was going to love it!
You have to register for a certain day and time because you actually go on a little adventure. Having a limited number made it so nice. We never had to wait for anything and it wasn't crowded so the girls could interact more with the princesses. I was a little worried about Emily's ability to follow along with the adventure story but I figured it probably wouldn't matter since she would still love the princesses.
Our adventure started with our guides Little Red Riding Hood and Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk explaining about the season fairies that we had to help...or something. To be honest, I didn't really follow the story either since I was trying to keep Emily from walking right up to Cinderella or helping herself to the castle. There were about 10 little girls in our group and Emily was definitely the youngest one. We started by going into a large hall. And who was inside?
Cinderella and Prince Charming. You would have thought Emily died and went to heaven. It was the cutest thing. She was so excited!! It almost made me cry to see her so excited. Before we started I was curious how she would react to the princesses. I wasn't sure if she would be too shy to interact with them but that question was answered when she walked right up to Cinderella....even though she was supposed to stay back with the group. All the little princesses had to curtsy to Cinderella and Prince Charming which is why she's holding her dress in this picture. Too cute.
We then made our way outside and had to help the spring fairy's flowers grow. We had some help from Sleeping Beauty, Tiana, and Jasmine!
We were then joined by Belle, Prince Eric, and the summer fairy who needed help to turn the Beast into a prince, and turn Aerial into a princess. Or something. :)
In order to turn the Beast into a prince and Aerial into a princess, the little princesses had to do a dance. My jow dropped when who came to dance with Emily? Prince Eric! Anyone who knows Emily knows how much she talks about dancing with princes. So pretty much a dream fulfilled. Afterward she said "I danced with Prince Eric! He's so handsome." It was super cute.
We then made our way to Snow White and the autumn fairy which I have no clue what happened there because I was standing in the back in the shade. :) Then the moment Emily had been waiting for.....the castle. As you can see in the picture she was ready to ditch the group and go inside. Inside we helped the Snow Queen learn to be nice.
Once our adventure was complete we went on a treasure hunt to receive a prize and we were able to walk around and take pictures with all the princesses.
Cinderella and Prince Charming
The Blue Fairy
Tiana
The Snow Queen
Big Snow White and Little Snow White
Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip. We told Prince Phillip that Emily is going to marry him (that's what she always says) and I think he was a little weirded out but Emily was so happy when Sleeping Beauty picked her up to put her on the bed!
Jasmine and Aladdin
Running through the tunnel
Riding in the carriage
Rapunzel
Pocahontas. When we left we asked Emily who her favorite princess was that we saw and she said Pocahontas. What?! No offense to Pocahontas but she's no ones favorite! So random but so funny.
Playing in the fountain with Aerial
Aerial
Belle
My mom and I were very pleasantly surprised with the Princess Festival. Everyone was so good with Emily and always referred to her as Princess or Princess Emily which she loved. All the actors are volunteers and they did such a great job and were always in character. The costumes were really well done and the place is so cool. Other than the 95 degree heat, it was awesome!
If you have a little girl that loves princesses I would definitely recommend it. I think the ideal age is about 5 or 6 but Emily is only 2 and she loved it! We're definitely going to go again next year.
Last week we went with Grandma Cathy to the Princess Festival in Lindon. It's a small festival for little girls that's all about princesses and all the money goes to charity. We had no idea what to expect but thought we would give it a whirl. After getting a little lost due to the ridiculousness that is Utah County we pulled up and saw a castle, carriage, fountains and we knew Emily was going to love it!
You have to register for a certain day and time because you actually go on a little adventure. Having a limited number made it so nice. We never had to wait for anything and it wasn't crowded so the girls could interact more with the princesses. I was a little worried about Emily's ability to follow along with the adventure story but I figured it probably wouldn't matter since she would still love the princesses.
Our adventure started with our guides Little Red Riding Hood and Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk explaining about the season fairies that we had to help...or something. To be honest, I didn't really follow the story either since I was trying to keep Emily from walking right up to Cinderella or helping herself to the castle. There were about 10 little girls in our group and Emily was definitely the youngest one. We started by going into a large hall. And who was inside?
Cinderella and Prince Charming. You would have thought Emily died and went to heaven. It was the cutest thing. She was so excited!! It almost made me cry to see her so excited. Before we started I was curious how she would react to the princesses. I wasn't sure if she would be too shy to interact with them but that question was answered when she walked right up to Cinderella....even though she was supposed to stay back with the group. All the little princesses had to curtsy to Cinderella and Prince Charming which is why she's holding her dress in this picture. Too cute.
We then made our way outside and had to help the spring fairy's flowers grow. We had some help from Sleeping Beauty, Tiana, and Jasmine!
We were then joined by Belle, Prince Eric, and the summer fairy who needed help to turn the Beast into a prince, and turn Aerial into a princess. Or something. :)
In order to turn the Beast into a prince and Aerial into a princess, the little princesses had to do a dance. My jow dropped when who came to dance with Emily? Prince Eric! Anyone who knows Emily knows how much she talks about dancing with princes. So pretty much a dream fulfilled. Afterward she said "I danced with Prince Eric! He's so handsome." It was super cute.
We then made our way to Snow White and the autumn fairy which I have no clue what happened there because I was standing in the back in the shade. :) Then the moment Emily had been waiting for.....the castle. As you can see in the picture she was ready to ditch the group and go inside. Inside we helped the Snow Queen learn to be nice.
Once our adventure was complete we went on a treasure hunt to receive a prize and we were able to walk around and take pictures with all the princesses.
Cinderella and Prince Charming
The Blue Fairy
Tiana
The Snow Queen
Big Snow White and Little Snow White
Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip. We told Prince Phillip that Emily is going to marry him (that's what she always says) and I think he was a little weirded out but Emily was so happy when Sleeping Beauty picked her up to put her on the bed!
Jasmine and Aladdin
Running through the tunnel
Riding in the carriage
Rapunzel
Pocahontas. When we left we asked Emily who her favorite princess was that we saw and she said Pocahontas. What?! No offense to Pocahontas but she's no ones favorite! So random but so funny.
Playing in the fountain with Aerial
Aerial
Belle
My mom and I were very pleasantly surprised with the Princess Festival. Everyone was so good with Emily and always referred to her as Princess or Princess Emily which she loved. All the actors are volunteers and they did such a great job and were always in character. The costumes were really well done and the place is so cool. Other than the 95 degree heat, it was awesome!
If you have a little girl that loves princesses I would definitely recommend it. I think the ideal age is about 5 or 6 but Emily is only 2 and she loved it! We're definitely going to go again next year.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Backstreets Back!
It had been almost 9 years since the Backstreet Boys had come to SLC but it was worth the wait! We had sweet seats dead center on row 11 and had a great time! We (and when I say we I mean me and one of my BFFs Audrey) had always had this dream of getting floor seats to a BSB concert. I'm not sure why but we just always wanted to. Now we can cross that off our bucket list. Backstreet Boys are still making dreams come true! :)
We ran into Tristan and Jessica and the old BSB gang was back together again! Minus Christine of course....
Other then what could argueably be called the worst opening act ever, the concert was a blast! It was fun to relive the glory days and pretend to be 15 again. I just hope it's not another 9 years until they come back again!
I'm going to TRY to refrain from posting 30 pictures but no promises. So if you don't care, no need to finish! Mal and Audj, I stole some of your pics too. Hope that's okay. :)
Gosh we were close! There were seriously times when I had to zoom out to fit all 4 of them in the picture.
Winner of best picture of the night. Taken by Mal. Love it!
Action shot
Mid "I Want It That Way" I think you can see the joy on our faces!
Bye Boys! I miss you already!
Monday, June 21, 2010
KTBSPA
In honor of the upcoming Backstreet Boys concert I thought I would post some old school photos of some serious BSB action. I have millions of BSB pictures from over the years but these are the least embarassing. :)
Remember this Jennifer? First BSB concert in....'98? I had to leave girls camp early to go to this concert and was pretty much told I'd be going to hell because of it. Worth it!
The most hysterical part of this picture is Christine's phone! Ha!
My mom was taking a picture and the show started right as she was taking it! Classic.
Stalking success!
4th best night of my life :)
This is for you Audj. So you can remember how close we were. Good times.
The Backstreet Boys provided seriously some of the best times of my life (before being a wife and mother of course ;). Hopefully I'll get some sweet pics to post after the concert on Wednesday. :)
Remember this Jennifer? First BSB concert in....'98? I had to leave girls camp early to go to this concert and was pretty much told I'd be going to hell because of it. Worth it!
The most hysterical part of this picture is Christine's phone! Ha!
My mom was taking a picture and the show started right as she was taking it! Classic.
Stalking success!
4th best night of my life :)
This is for you Audj. So you can remember how close we were. Good times.
The Backstreet Boys provided seriously some of the best times of my life (before being a wife and mother of course ;). Hopefully I'll get some sweet pics to post after the concert on Wednesday. :)
Monday, June 14, 2010
Big Girl and Busy Boy
Big Girl
Emily is officially a big girl. She really is so muture and a little momma to Chase. It's freaky how much she is like me. She talks just like me which is hilarious but also a little scary. She's now potty trained and also moved to a big girl bed. Both of these actually happened a few months ago but I'm a little lazy. :) She is very proud of herself!
Busy Boy
Chase is literally going to be the reason we have no more kids. Not really but sometimes he just plain wears me out. The kid is so gosh darn busy. I don't think he ever stops moving. And I think I am fishing something out of his mouth about ever 3 minutes all day long. But he is also the sweetest little boy. I kiss him about 3271 times a day. And he loves to give me the big open-mouthed slobbery kisses too. I am literally obsessed with him.
When Emily started crawling and pulling herself up and even walking she never got into things or was mischievious. Chase is another story entirely. He is into EV.ERY.THING. He's been crawling and pulling himself up for a couple months and we've been in trouble ever since. We never had to babyproof with Emily because she just never cared to get into things. We've got some work to do with this one. As I am typing this he is trying to climb on top of the coffee table. Ridiculous.
Stealing big sister's treat. Stinker!
High centered on the car seat
This is a side note but aren't these jean diapers so cute?!
Emily is officially a big girl. She really is so muture and a little momma to Chase. It's freaky how much she is like me. She talks just like me which is hilarious but also a little scary. She's now potty trained and also moved to a big girl bed. Both of these actually happened a few months ago but I'm a little lazy. :) She is very proud of herself!
Busy Boy
Chase is literally going to be the reason we have no more kids. Not really but sometimes he just plain wears me out. The kid is so gosh darn busy. I don't think he ever stops moving. And I think I am fishing something out of his mouth about ever 3 minutes all day long. But he is also the sweetest little boy. I kiss him about 3271 times a day. And he loves to give me the big open-mouthed slobbery kisses too. I am literally obsessed with him.
When Emily started crawling and pulling herself up and even walking she never got into things or was mischievious. Chase is another story entirely. He is into EV.ERY.THING. He's been crawling and pulling himself up for a couple months and we've been in trouble ever since. We never had to babyproof with Emily because she just never cared to get into things. We've got some work to do with this one. As I am typing this he is trying to climb on top of the coffee table. Ridiculous.
Stealing big sister's treat. Stinker!
High centered on the car seat
This is a side note but aren't these jean diapers so cute?!
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