One Whole Year

On the 20th my baby Saydi turned one! I can hardly believe it's been a year. I think the first year goes by so fast because the first few months are spent in a sleepless stupor. I honestly only remember bits and pieces of those first couple months! Anyway, things are much easier now and we're so grateful to have such a precious little girl in our lives.

We pretty much had three "celebrations" for Saydi. I think Saydi woke up on Saturday knowing it wasn't just a typical day. She was downright giddy all day and I loved it. For the most part she stayed that way all weekend. On Saturday my sisters and their kids came over and it was tons of fun. Miss brought a Toy Story slip 'n slide which Makoy and Kaden had the most fun with. The kiddie pool was a pretty big hit for the little ones though and mostly we just had fun!

Saydi wasn't sure about the cake but then I helped her sample it and she decided it was worth getting messy for.

Weston anxiously waiting for guests while playing with his party favor.

Saydi had no dolls before her birthday and now she has 3! She loves them.

My friend Jill was in town so she came with her little boy Noah and my other friend Jackie came with her little girl Brooke. Saydi has lots of friends her age and it's great!

Sunday was Saydi's actual birthday which was also Father's Day. Mark had to work so he didn't get much of a celebration but did like the solar lights that he got as a gift. For Saydi I decorated the house the night before (a tradition I stole from my sister that I guarantee I will always do for all my kids) and we had a pretty typical Sunday morning. After church we opened presents with daddy before he left for work again and found out that we got Saydi the wrong kind of car seat! Woops. My parents came over to see her afterwards and had dinner and leftover cake. It was a nice visit and a fun day. (Even though Saydi was more then a handful during sacrament meeting!)

The Burfday Girl

On Monday we enjoyed spending time with Sean and Audrey who came up for Saydi's little get together with Mark's family. We had pizzas and of course, more cake. Well, cupcakes. Saydi loved it and we spent time outside and watched the boys play 500. Great entertainment.

I'm not sure what she was thinking/doing in this picture but I love it.

I guess it takes three whole days to decide you don't like cake. Except for me, I ate it for three days and still love it.

Believe it or not there are actually lots more pictures then these. =) What can I say, I think Saydi's so cute that I just can't spare any. We had a fun weekend and have had an even more fun year with Saydi around. Her one year stats are: 19 lbs. 12 oz. (28%) and just over 30 inches long (80%). We love you Saydi and hope you had a fun first birthday!

Cutie Patooties

I have three days of birthday to post but I wanted to add some of these recent pictures of my adorable kids before I forget about them. Because I think they're definitely blog worthy!

Saydi is all about climbing:

Into the bath toys with brother

Onto the dishwasher

Into the little recliner (where she now will take a toy and just sit and play for who knows how long). And she also loves to climb the stairs now but no pictures of that for her own safety. =)

Weston and Saydi apparently have many important matters to discuss

Their first time together in the kiddie pool. Saydi was not a fan at all but was also exhausted so I'm sure that had more to do with it then anything.

Among the newest things, Saydi went from not even letting go of something to stand to just plain standing up on her own. She loves to practice and is finally making some progress with standing up by herself. Weston loves to find me wherever and I am and say, "Mama, what doing?" And overall they just get cuter every day. Sometimes a little more grouchy too but that's where the cuteness comes in handy.

Why I've Been So Busy

Mark and I got into an investment opportunity and we now own our own edited movie kiosk. It's in Blackfoot in the Sinclair/A&W right off the freeway. We finally got things going this week and we're hoping it does as well as they have been in other areas. If you're in the area check it out. This Saturday only we're giving you your first rental free for the first day.

It has been a headache and a half to start this up while having two callings (three if you count visiting teaching), a husband who's working or camping with church groups all the time and helping out any way he can in between, kids who have decided to start fighting all the time and throwing fits over the wrong sippy cups - to say nothing about laundry, yard work, and house work, all of which has been slipping. BUT, if everything goes as expecting it will be more then worth it. I really should not be such a whiner about it anyway because we truly are excited to be involved in something we support and were already customers of. The extra money is just a bonus!

The Best of SYTYCD

Well my favorite show is back and it looks like this year will most likely be the best I've ever watched. Because of this:

and this:

Memorial Day Part Two - Family Fun

We got home from camping on Saturday and started cleaning up. Let me tell ya, I've washed my hair a half a dozen times since then and I STILL smell a trace of campfire in it. Gross. We were all exhausted for church but we had to go since I got a new calling as 2nd counselor in the Primary presidency and had to do sharing time. Except for the fact that I all but had lost my voice from being sick it was a great day of much needed recuperation!

On Monday we went to Town and Country Gardens first thing in the morning and got all the stuff for our garden. This year we have raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries, red potatoes, carrots, cucumber, roma tomatoes, zucchini squash (I meant to buy just zucchini, woops), beans and peas. I'm so excited and am really hoping everything will come in good! I'll post pics as soon as things start coming up. We worked in the yard the rest of the day and just had so much fun together as family.

That night we put the kids to bed at their regular time, 7:00, and then got them out of bed an hour and a half later to take them to the drive-in! Shrek Forever After and Iron Man 2 were playing. Weston pretty much stayed awake through all of Shrek and a lot of the beginning of Iron Man. Saydi woke up after Shrek and was so excited to see where we were. I snapped this picture but it was pitch black so it blinded the kids and I couldn't really see what I was taking a picture of.

So you can see they loved it but Mark and I started thinking that maybe we're too old for this. I couldn't manage to stay awake the whole time. We were dead the next day and decided the next time we'll go is only if we don't have to get up with kids the next morning!

We had a great weekend and it was so nice to have Mark home for four whole days for the first time in months! We got a lot of stuff done and just enjoyed being together as family. Those are the best kinds of weekends for sure!

Memorial Day Part One - Camping

We went to Indian Springs Resort (just west of Pocatello) to go camping with Mark's side of the family this year for Memorial Day. The first day was windy but not too bad. The pool there was 90 degrees so we went swimming and my kids loved it until they had to get out and it was beyond freezing cold. We played and had lots of fun but it was so cold and windy (sometimes rainy) that we left Saturday afternoon instead of early Sunday morning. I felt like I was committing child abuse by having my already sick kids out in that weather! So even though we had lots of fun we also were party poopers.

Saydi loved her little camp chair

Ty was walking with Weston and they were holding hands. Of course I missed it but still thought this was adorable. The youngest and oldest boy on Mark's side.

While we were there Mark decided things were getting too boring so he decided he'd try jumping from one bank to the other of this little stream that was by our camp. It was shallow enough that it wouldn't even cover our ankles in some places but there was no wading so he had to find other ways to utilize the fun without breaking the rules. =) It started out with a small jump. Then he moved onto bigger ones. Jakob said if I jumped over the smaller part then he'd do the bigger part. Can't miss that opportunity! So I did it and my ankles tingled for about 5 minutes afterwards. Talk about feeling like an old timer! But it was worth it to make Jakob do it! The videos speak for themselves so I'll just include those and let you enjoy!

We called this the "oh crap" jump. I warned Mark it was making the blog. Ba ha ha.

This lovely incident resulted in Sean having to go to the doctor and finding out he has a severe sprain and can't bear weight on his foot for a week. He landed on Mark's bad foot that was run over by his humvee in Iraq and Mark was hurting pretty bad too. But you can't dismiss the hilarity. My absolute favorite is how they crawl up the hill. What a bunch of old geezers.