Jetty Island

On Wednesday July 9th we went to Jetty Island with Kalei and her kids, and Erin and her son Tristan. It was a super nice day and it was fun to go, as I haven't been there in years. The kids were able to walk out really far as it was low tide and it was going out further as we were there. They had fun making sand castles and playing in the sand. We also had to get on a little ferry that took us to the island. Payton wasn't so sure about this but it grew on her. We all got fried (except the kids of course). We all didn't think that we would get so burnt. I am actually still feeling the effects on my shoulders. We took a lot of pics so here are just a few.

Kari's Birthday!!!

So today is Kari's birthday and I'm posting instead of her so to let everyone know so you can wish her a great one!!! She's been in Texas since Thursday the 10th and is having a fun time with friends on her birthday today. So I'm sure she'll be posting when she gets home to update everyone on all the exciting events. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETY!!!

Samantha's baptism and Emma's Blessing

On top of being so busy on the 4th we had Samantha's baptism on Saturday. It was neat to see all of the kids so interested. It was a good experience for all of us! We had a lunch over at Jason and Audrey's aunt and uncles and we proceeded to eat MORE food. Mike and I specifically ate crab that was freshly caught in the puget sound the day before. You can't get much better than that! On Sunday we had Emma's blessing. Of course all of the family was there and a ton of cousins and Payton would not be good to save her life. We spent most of the hour taking her out and bringing her back in. She was screaming and hitting and biting. She has a big attitude, and I am lost on how to fix it. We then had another lunch at Jason and Audrey's house. We had tacos and apple pie. Nice mix huh? It was super good! We left a little early so Payton could go take a well needed nap. We pretty much spent the rest of the day relaxing. We hope everyone had a great weekend as well.

4th Of July

Wow this has been a crazy weekend for us. We started the 4th off by going to a ward breakfast at Lowell Park. We were cooked pancakes, ham, eggs and some hot chocolate. Mike had never bought fireworks or even lit them off before so I took him to a firework stand and we bought a few things. He was so excited about even the Smoke Bombs. It was kinda funny. He is my little nerd that has been deprived all his life! We then went over to Jason and Audrey's house (My Brother and My sister in Law) to have a BBQ and watch fireworks. We had SOO much food it was disgusting. It seems like most holidays are filled with eating! Nathan (Audrey's brother) and Mike had a blast lighting off fireworks the entire time. They had some M-80's that shook the house and made all of our ears ring for quite awhile. Payton on the other hand wanted NOTHING to do with the big bangs that she wouldn't even go outside. Mike got a hole in his nice golf shirt and even burnt his finger. I guess that's what he gets for being a first timer right? After all the loud stuff was done, Payton decided to make her appearance and actually held a sparkler. Mike helped her! She had no facial expression and I'm sure she thought it must explode because everything else does. So since it doesn't get dark until like 10:00 pm here, it seemed like we were waiting forever to see the good fireworks. Payton was about to lose it but I sat her on the grass with me as we watched all around us and the show that Nathan and Mike put on for us. She was doing good until a firwork that was in the middle of going off tipped over and part of it flew in Jason and Audrey's garage and almost came right on top of us. Kinda scarey but nobody was hurt except a Golf bag. It was a fun day but very exhausting. Hope everyone had a good 4th.

You can't see the burn on his finger but you can see the white spec on his shirt.

Willis Tucker Park

It was a nice day again and I wanted to try out the new water park that is really like 1 mile from the house. I called up my friend Kalei and her kids to see if they wanted to come. Of course they did and we headed to the park. It took Payton FOREVER to get in! I finally started walking around with her and she jumped right in and started playing with the smaller water things. Here are a few pics of her! She had fun and I hope to go back soon!!

Summer...Finally

It has been amazing weather all week. It finally is starting to feel like summer! About time right? We got out the pool for Payton again and thought I would post the pictures we took. I also took a video. It was in the high 80's low 90's. Nice weather! We are crossing our fingers that we get more days like this!!! She had more fun this time and stayed in it longer. It was freezing cold so we had to put hot tub water in to it. It made it a little more bareable! She loves water!

Mike and I

Since I am so post happy tonight I might as well go all out and put an updated picture of Mike and I on here. We can not take a serious picture worth crap......we were having fun with it.

Random

I was feeling picture happy today and EVERYTIME I get out the camera Payton will not just look at it and smile. She goes nuts and runs around everywhere. These are the pictures I got of her today. Enjoy!

Hello?

I was getting her ready to go on a walk with my mom and so I was doing her hair...it is getting so long and I couldn't help but take a picture! It is so darn cute!

Bye Bye Jetta

Since I don't drive my car a whole lot anymore, we thought in order to save money and to pay off more of our debt it would be a good idea to try selling my car. I love my car and I didn't really want to sell it, but I guess it is what it is......

It was a coincidence that the person I sold it to, I actually watched his 2 kids when Payton was just born. I never really talked to him but maybe 3 times because their mom was always the person who picked them up or dropped them off. I didn't know it was him until he showed up! Kinda weird! He made us an offer right there which was nice. He then came the next morning with the money and it was a done deal!

I will miss that car!!

Diapers

While I am working and Payton needs to be changed I usually ask her to go upstairs to get a diaper. It usually only takes her 2 minutes to get the diaper and wipes and come down. Well this time she was taking a VERY long time. I walked upstairs and found her on the bed trying to put on the diaper. It was probably the funniest thing ever. I tried getting as many pictures as possible. But of course she knew I was there and gets camera shy.

Potty Training

I have a dilema and need some help. I got Payton to go potty on the potty chair when she was about 14 months old. She was doing so good and I thought to myself "this is cake". I would ask her if she had to go potty or poop and she would say yes and run to the bathroom and sit down and actually go. She did this for about 1 month straight, and ever since I can not get her to go on it to save my life. She gets all freaked out and runs out screaming and saying "no no no". I do not know what changed this for her! We even got her an Elmo potty video that she loves to watch, and likes to watch other people go, but just won't do it herself. PLEASE help if you have any ideas! We would appreciate it so much!!

Father's Day

I haven't posted for a few days so I thought it is better late than never. We had a good father's day! Mike is such a great father and husband. He has taught me a lot and he is a great blessing in my life. Payton adores him and loves climbing all over him and tickleing him and cuddeling in bed with him in the middle of the night. She is definately a daddy's girl, and has him wrapped around her finger. I had bought Mike some Oakley Sunglasses and a gift card to get more clothes for our trip to Hawaii in August. We also had a Jason and Audrey and all the girls over for a BBQ. We had hamburgers and hotdogs. I think Mike and Jason enjoyed it. My dad was in New Mexico working so he was unable to be with us, but we did send him homemade cookies and cards. It was a fun day!

I asked Mike to give me a good smile and this is what he gives me! Happy Fathers Day :)!

This is the most recent pic of Payton and Mike that I have! They are both sick in the picture so they don't look all that normal!

Payton loves to read, this was her on Father's Day reading everyone a book.

Sick

For the past 2 days Payton has woken up and puked all over the place. She has never done this before so it is kind of freaking her out. She starts shaking and then kind of a whiney cry. It's so sad because I can't do anything to make it stop. I called the Dr. today and he told me just to make sure she doesn't get dehydrated, but that there was nothing that they can do for her. She just isn't herself. I am starting to not feel so well either today so hopefully I'm not catching it. I am thinking Payton got sick from Nursery. I swear parents take their children their no matter if they are coughing, have pink eye....you get the point. It's rediculous. Anyways, thats just my update for you on our happenings this week. Oh and on top of it all today is the nicest it has been in like WEEKS. It is a little depressing that Payton needs to stay inside and rest. I'm sure we will have more times to play though.

Baby Sisco

As some of you may know Audrey (my sister in law) was pregnant with her 4th child. She was due on Sunday and we were all anxious for her to have the baby because none of us knew what she was having. Well today I got an email from my mom while she was at work telling us not to make plans. Audrey has home births and her mom is the mid-wife and so I thought well let me know when Charlene (her mom) gets there because then we are talking business. It came around 6:30pm and my mom called us at the house asking us to come and get the girls and take them home. Audrey has a pool that she has the baby in. It is quite interesting, but I don't think I could ever be that strong. So Alyssa and I ran over and got the girls, they were just filling up the pool with water and getting blankets and everything out. Definately didn't feel normal to me because I have never seen such a thing before.

So I round up the girls to leave as I think they were more excited to maybe have a sleepover than anything. We first went over to their Grandma Jenkins house to get the Wii to keep them entertained, and I stopped at McDonalds and got them each a cheeseburger. We got to the house and we play Mario Kart and some princess one. I called my mom's cell phone around 8:28pm to just check the progression and see if I was going to have a long night as well. My mom didn't answer her cell phone. So I figured something was up. The phone then rang about 10 minutes later and it was Jason (my brother) and wanted me to put the phone on speaker so that he could talk to the girls. He then proceeded to tell them that the baby was just born and wanted them to guess what it was. They all yelled "A BOY", and he said "Try again", there mouths dropped wide open. He told us we could then start heading over in an hour. When I hung up the phone the girls were all whiney and saying "Man another girl, they are annoying and this just isn't going to work". It was mostly Samantha their 8year old whining. We then got ready and headed over. They have not yet named the baby because they had all thought it was a boy and they were going to name him Spencer. Since that wasn't the case the baby is nameless. The girls came up with a ton of names. Kaitlyn had suggested Zoe, Samantha suggested Stephanie and Lauren said Sarah. We will see if they pick any of those.

Baby Sisco is a WHOPPING 11 lbs 11 oz. CRAZY! She has a full head of black hair. She is a chubby little thing that is very precious. Enjoy the pictures.

Utah Wedding

Last weekend Mike got to go to Salt Lake for his best friend Garrett's wedding. Mike and him have been best friends for years and havent seen each other for at least 4-5 years. He was really excited to see him and his family. He had a great time even though he was only there for about 2 days. This was the first time Mike had been away before and Payton really missed him. Mike was the best man and Garrett and Kylie got married in the Bountiful Temple.

Here are a few pictures from the wedding and reception.






He did a little site seeing with them on his last day there as well. They went and saw The Joseph Smith movie and walked through Temple Square for awhile.

I was super bored today while Payton was taking a nap. I'm sure I could have been doing something more productive but oh well.
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Speed test

You should try it!! It's kind of addicting. Have fun!!!

New Car, Dog Sitting and BBQ's

On Friday morning we purchased a new car and traded in Mike's. We got a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee. We love it. I took some pictures. Although they aren't the best because it was about 9:30 pm when I took them and it was starting to get dark.

Friday night we watched my brother and his fiance' Cydney's dog's while they went out of town. I thought it would be relaxing and we could just enjoy it but it ended up being a ton of work and we are all worn out. We only had to do it for two nights but it was definately not a quiet weekend. They have two dogs. One is a Chihuhua name Mojito and the other is an Enlish Bulldog and her name is Twinkie. Since we had to get rid of Scooter (our chihuhua) a while back I forgot everything that had to be done, let alone the dog hair that is all over EVERYTHING and the smell of them and Twinkie's slobbering mouth that makes you all sticky and wet. They have been remodeling their house and so with Payton there and making sure she doesn't get hurt falling off the steep stairs or touching stuff was just way too much. They didn't have a baby proof house all that well. Payton did enjoy playing with the dog's. Twinkie loves Payton and licks her all over her face and can take the rough grabs, slaps and beatings that Payton puts on her. Mojito on the other was scared to death of her and didn't know too much about getting all that close. Here are a few pictures. I took a lot this weekend.

This is the view from the house. It looks out in the Puget Sound and downtown Everett is on the right hand side with the Navy Base. Mt. Baker is the mountain. So pretty. Whidbey Island is on the left.

MOJITO

TWINKIE (kinda blurry) she kept moving her head.

Playing on the stairs. There are no railings and she loves stairs. It wasn't a very good combo.

On the ground playing with Twinkie.

Here is a shot of all of us. This pictures explains why there aren't many of me!!

We were getting ready after our shower and Payton was dancing for herself in the mirror. It was so cute!!

We were getting ready to go to Costco and she was prancing around like she was all that with her sunglasses and new outfit.

Sunday Night we went to a BBQ at Jason and Audrey's house. We had steak, potatos, asparagus, brocolli salad, and brownies for dessert. It was yummy. I love going over there because Payton stays entertained by the girls the entire time except for when they pick her up. She doesn't like being picked up by kids.

They dragged her all over the yard in this thing for a long time. It did tip over a few times and she was done after that. They just love her.

So that was our funfilled weekend. We don't really know what we are doing for Memorial Day tomorrow but if it is nice I suggested we go to the beach. Mike wants to go see Indiana Jones. We will see. Maybe we will do both! Hope everyone has a good day!!!

Surgery and Nice Weather

I had my nasal and ear surgery last week. I can finally hear again. I lost my hearing when I first got pregnant with Payton and it has never really ever come back. It's amazing what all I can hear, we will just see how long I can keep it that way.

So my recovering days were quite miserable. It was gorgeous outside, I was stuck inside with an 18 month old monster, drugged, with absolutely NO help. My mother had gone out of town the day before my surgery, my sister who had promised would be around made plans to go and hang out with friends, and Mike was working outrageous hours. So I guess you could say I was pretty depressed. So these past few days have been a little rough for me. But with all the chaos that was going on I managed to go outside and sit there while Payton ran around screaming and chasing butterflies, singing "I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee" and playing with all of grandma's plants.

This pretty much wore her out with the heat, that she was whining at the door to go back in. So I was a happy camper as that meant nap time for both of us. She slept for about 3 hours, and I couldn't have been happier.

On Sunday Mike had the day off, so he stayed home from church with me so he could help me if I needed anything. It was pretty hot again and so we decided that we would let Payton enjoy it again. Mike filled up the pool on the deck and he poured water from the hot tub to make it a little more of a reasonable temperature and had Payton play in it. She loved it and I was so greatful for him being home so that I could rest. We lathered her up with sunscreen but she must of thought it was whipped cream or something because she decided to eat it. Pretty gross, but it didn't phase her at all.

I will never get a her a bathing suite like this again. The straps are constantly falling off. She has narrow little shoulders.

My little sunbathing babe!