The Ryan Erickson Family

Cowboy Days Rodeo

2009-09-18T08:47:00.005-06:00

This Labor Day, the boys got to be in the rodeo here in Evanston. Grandma and Grandpa Low came up here to watch. They had to wait for about half of the rodeo before it was their event, Muttin Bustin. They were pumped up. Jackson was the first rider. He fell right off and hopped back up with a huge smile on his face. Mayson rode a little later, but, did good. His Dad had told him that he had better hold on for a long time because he had to pay $20 for him to ride. Mayson was not letting go for anything. His sheep took about 2 steps then fell down he hung on, the sheep tried to get up, but Mayson was not letting go of him. He held that sheep down for quite a while, then they finally told him he could let go. He had a score of 78. The highest until about the second to last kid. That kid got a 79. So Mayson ended up getting second place. I had let him have a mowhawk for a day, kinda funny to see a cowboy with a mowhawk. It got buzzed off the next day. It was a fun day, but we all came home from the rodeo, tired from the sun. Thanks for coming up Mom and Dad!

Here is my little man with a cheeseburger at the Cowboy days rodeo. I absolutely love this picture of my Jackson.

The boys were pretty pumped to have a trophy and a patch. Mayson was none too thrilled to have his picture taken. All he wanted was a funnel cake.

Ohhh man was Jackson proud of that trophy and patch. The patch had to go on his backpack of course.

This picture was before the rodeo started. I just thought he was too cute in his 10 gallon hat climbing the fence, with a John Deere tractor in the background.

One more picture of my Muttin Busters after 2 good rides.

Off to school

2009-08-26T16:00:00.004-06:00

The boys started school this week. Mayson went to 1st grade on Monday and Jackson started preschool on Tuesday. They were both super excited to go to school. Mayson has Mrs. Moore for a teacher and Jackson has Mrs. Bybee and 2 other helpers. Jackson did so good going to school. I wasn't really worried about him being shy or upset though. He walked in and Said, "hi, I'm Jackson" piece of cake for mamma. He had fun and is excited to find something that starts with L for show and tell tomorrow. Mayson is liking school, but doesn't have much to say about it when he gets home.
As for the rest of us over the past month or so...we haven't really done much. Ryan has been working a ton so he is gone all of the time. We are just super happy he has a job because a lot of people these days don't, so we are not complaining! The boys did go spend a few days with Grandma and Grandpa Low before school started. Grandpa took them fishing at 1st dam. I need to get those pictures off of my phone to post. They also shot bb guns and 22's. Grandma spoiled them and took them to the pool in Logan, they had a blast! Thanks for the nice break mom!
Here are a few pictures of the boys heading to school this week.

I spaced our day at Bear Lake

2009-08-06T08:52:00.006-06:00

Last time, I, blogged...I forgot about our fun day at the lake. It was too fun! The weather ws awsome even though it sprinkled rain on us for a little bit. Ryan was home and so we were excited to go all together as a family.
Mayson as a "lady
"We turned my niece, Brianne into a princess...it was so fun.
Mayson and Daddy heading over to help our friend bring stuff from his truck. I love this picture!
Mayson, pushing a rock which he eventually, rolled, and carried over to where we had a fun little swimming hole.
My little, Jackson, loving life in the sand!

In a nutshell...

2009-08-02T22:57:00.005-06:00

I got behind again, spank me! We have been having quite a bit of fun this summer. We found the "Wyoming beach" it's a spot in the river in the state park where we go play. There is a place to take your chair and the kids have an absolute ball. My neighbor invited us to go down there one day, we loved it and went back about 3 more times that week. One of the times, Ryans 2 sisters, and their kids came and played with us for the day at the "beach" They caught a water snake and about 5 frogs. Good times.
We also went to the Wyoming Downs 3 out of the 4 weekends it was opened. My parents came up for the last 2 and we had a great time. I won my 1st bet ever... in the 2 yrs. we have been going, I always bet a little, but have never won. This yr I was $6.20 when I picked #6 to win. I was pretty pumped!
For now, soccer and t-ball are over, we have slowed down a bunch, it's been nice! Ryans work is picking back up a little now too. So we are back to having to do things without our daddy, not the funnest, but we do what we have to. I am just so glad he has a job and is super good at what he does! He takes such great care of us, we have it pretty good!
I also had a few days with afew extra kids. My niece, Wesley, and my nephew Ashton came up for some fun with Aunt Sue. We went down to the Ice Ponds and caught some crawdads, They thought that was pretty awesome, boys loved showing them how to catch them. Ashton, put a leash on one of the crawdads and walked it and named it George. We had a fun time, but it was sure nice when they all went back home.

My boys with Ashton and Wesley at the pond.
Peyton, Jackson and Caden, flexing their huge muscles
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Mayson having fun at the river
Jackson loving life on the neighbors floaty!

Our 4th of July update...

2009-07-07T10:02:00.014-06:00

For the 4th this year, we went to the parade in Woodruff. Our nieces were on their horses and aunt Tracy and her boys were on a float for the dentist that she works for. We had a great time. We went to Wyoming Downs after that. Then to our buddy Jacobs house for a bbq and fireworks. The fireworks were insane! I have pictures on my phone of what was left after the fireworks show. I need to email them to myself.
Uncle Jason and Jackson on somebodies flatbed, watching the parade.

Caden,Mayson and Jackson having a great time!
The day after, we went on a walk at the state park here in town with some family and ended up seeing a bull moose, right across the river from where we were. It was awsome to see and the boys loved it!

Here you can see how close we were, Jackson is the only one who stood up to get in the picture.
Right when we got done taking his picture, he walked away, good timing on our part.
My next subject is kind of my new hobby, it gives me a rush...no laughing! I got into this bargain grocery shopping thing. Yesterday I could not help, but set it all up on the counter and take pictures of what I bought for $34.00 check it out!
10 boxes of Capri Suns....38 cents a box. 3 boxes of my favoritte cereal, .67 cents a box. The list goes on and on, but I am pretty pumped about it. My shelves downstairs have never been so stalked up. It's so nice!
view from the top.
Mayson also lost yet another tooth. First one on the top he is getting too grown up!

How would it be?

2009-06-24T22:29:00.013-06:00

This is how we found Jackson in his room yesterday. Guess he played way to much. Ryan and I had a good laugh and wondered how awsome it must be to be able to fall asleep mid-movement. He's a super fun kid, he keeps us on our toes.

We talked our Daddy into builing a sandbox today. The boys are in heaven. I am quite certain that they will spend a lot of time playing in the sand. They brought mostof the sand inside with them, it was bath night. Jackson had sand caked on his head, I put sunscreen on him right before they got to play in the sand. I'll be scrubbing the bathtub tomorrow! It's so great to actually have some sunshine after all the rain we've had this summer. We are loving it!

Here are 2 months of things...too far behind to write everything!

2009-06-17T16:46:00.002-06:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

It feels like it has been months...

2009-05-21T20:37:00.011-06:00

So much has been going on the past few weeks...this may be a long post.
We went to Smithfield, Health Days. That is where I grew up and Health Days was always a big deal. The boys loved the parade, but there favorite was eating pancakes at the fire station and hanging out with all of the firemen and their trucks. That weekend was also Mothers Day weekend. I wished my Mom a happy Mothers day one day early. We got home in time to go to bed and in the morning I awoke to breakfast in bed. It was so cute. I got blueberry, stuffed french toast, hash browns, sausage and juice, it all came along with a pretty pink rose in a vase.
They are they sweetest boys ever!
Mayson and Jackson in a fire engine

This is my cute niece, Machesney...on mothers day her and her sisters and Bailey dipped strawberries in chocolate. They ate every strawberry before they even had time for the chocolate to set up. Machesney is such a chocolate girl, I chased her around to get pictures of her. She couldn't get enough, notice the chocolate on her knuckles.
I got to be a chaperon for a field trip to hogle zoo with the kindergarten. Mayson had his cute little girlfriend, Jessica Stimpson for a partner. They had so much fun together, I caught them cuddling on the bus...so freakin cute!

My little Jackson had a cute program at the preschool he goes to. It was kind of a graduation, but he still has 2 yrs. of preschool before kindergarten. He was so adorable. Front and center on stage, singing his little heart out. I videoed it, I'm going to try to put some of it on here. Here are a few pictures taken after the program.

MY BABY RIDES A BIKE WITH NO TRAINING WHEELS

2009-05-04T18:44:00.006-06:00

Off he goes!

We have been telling Jackson that if he can ride his bike with no training wheels, he would be able to ride the 4 wheeler when we go camping this summer. Well, he must have gotten the itch to go camping and ride the 4 wheeler because he decided he wanted his training wheels off! He had ridden his cousin, Tanners bike pretty good a few weeks ago, so I figured he could do it. He rode his old, bent bike for a few days, then his daddy decided he could use a new one. He was at preschool when we went and got him a new bike and when we picked him up from school Ryan showed him the bike in the back of the truck. His eyes have never been so excited, he about jumped out of Ryan's arms. Anyway, he is riding pretty good, not so good downhill, but he'll get it!I also walked into my bedroom the other night...this is what I found. I just think they are so stinkin cute (especially asleep) I just had to grab the camera. We had no idea they had crawled ino our bed and gone to sleep. We just thought they got really quiet. Ryan and I were downstairs watching a movie.

Behind Again

2009-04-19T20:36:00.010-06:00

I got behind again, but this time I have an excuse. My computer has been on the fritz!! That is a nice way of putting it, I've been so frustrated with it, it has actually made me cry a little. A word to the wise, if your computer asks you if you want to download Internet explorer 8...DON"T DO IT!! Come to find out that was my whole problem. A computer genius at Schlumberger told Ryan how I could get rid of it and it is back to normal now.

We had a great Easter, just the normal stuff. I did have my cute niece and nephew here this year it was fun. Grandma Erickson did her annual egg hunt and the kids got spoiled as usual.

Easter morning trying to get a good picture before primary.
4th time is a charm!

We also went to Saint George this past week for Maysons' spring break. It was fun, we got to stay with Ryan's little sister, Katie, who is in Hurricane. Her little boys are darling my boys loved playing with them! We had nice weather the 1st day and a half we were there. We left on Wednesday afternoon and drove home in a snowstorm.

Jackson, Mayson and cousin Caden
Mayson was quite the climber, he climbed up everything like a monkey

This weekend, I had a baby shower for one of my girlfriends I went to high school with. It was down in Smithfield, so the boys and I went and stayed with Grandpa Low. After the shower, we went over to my brother, Jeffs' house and played with his kids. They are all getting so big. Saturday morning, Jeff and Tanner had built a bike jump. Well, Mayson showed up and was all over that. He was riding Tanners bike, which is tiny for him, but it was his only option. By the end of the night it was discovered that he had broken out the bearings on the front tire and could not be fixed. I felt horrible, I also knew how it would be at my house if the weather was nice and someone had broken one of my kids' bikes. So off Michelle and I go to walmart to get Tanner a new bike. We split the cost and upgraded him a size in the bike world. All is good there I think. Hopefully Tanner is the only one that will break his bike on the jump now. LOL

Mayson and Grandpa Low
Jackson with Grandpa

We had a good visit with my Dad, who is home alone for a bit. Mom is still taking care of Grandpa Mohrlock in San Diego. I could tell he was happy to have visitors. He played with the boys for hours. Jackson teased him with his blankie, Mayson asked him 100,000 questions about everything imaginable. It was fun. Then they got Grandpa to break out the pellet gun and let them shoot at buffalo targets. Talk about the highlight of their LIVES! They would hit the metal target and it would make a ping sound and their little eyes would light up. Mayson got the hang of the sight very quickly and was shooting really well by the time they were done. Jackson would me staring at me while Grandpa aimed then he would pull the trigger...PRICELESS!! I wish I had gotten my camera out on several different occasions during this little trip, but I suck and only got pictures of the best part!

I need to get caught up!!

2009-04-03T13:35:00.013-06:00

I know, I need a spankin...I've been a blog slacker!! I am going to combine my last week or so into one post.
I'm also going to go in the wrong order, I know naughty huh?

Ryan came home from his 8 day hitch at work on Tuesday night around 8:00, I had let the boys stay up because they were excited to see him. They were downstairs when he got home, I was on the computer upstairs. They boys trampled him for a few minutes then he came up the stairs...I turned around and he was holding a dozen of the preetiest colored roses I had ever seen! This NEVER happens! I just about peed my pants! He is the sweetest boy, when he wants to be. He said he thought I sounded a little blue on the phone and thought the flowers would cheer me up...It did, except it brought tears to my eyes, it did again just typing this post! Anyway, I was very excited about it! That is a HUGE thing for Ryan to do. Oh and then today, we were talking about it and he said he was looking for daisies, (which are my fav and I had no idea he knew that) but they didn't have any! I love this boy so stinkin much!!

Last Friday night, I also helped with my niece, Baileys birthday party with her friends. They wanted their hair done, manicures, pedicures, the works. Bailey, her mom, Tracy and 2 of her friends came up to my house and we dolled them up. Afterwards, we all went to eat at Don Pedros. It was such a fun night. I was super excited that she wanted me to help, since I get so much girly time and all! While we were at dinner, I made Mayson a 3 dollar bet that he would not eat a jalepeno. So, he had to be tough in front of all of the girls, he totally did it. He was playing it cool for quite a while, then the burn really set in. Even the little, mexican waiter was giggling. We were all busting up. He is such a funny kid, we love him. Anyhow, here are a few pictures of our fun night. Tracy has a great picture ofo the pepper bet on her blog, I forgot my camera!
This is my other niece, Megan.
This is Bailey
This is Tracy, giving Emily her manicure

Mayson and Jackson were the photographers by the way. I have countless pictures of walls, tongues,etc.. I chose to not post any of those.

And last, but not least, Mayson had a wrestling match in Morgan last night. He got third place. After his first to matches my video camera was out of disc space, so I took still photos of his 3rd match. I am slow with my camera. He pinned this kid, when they raised his hand at the end, I missed it. You should have seen the ref roll his eyes when I asked him to do it again so I could get a picture of it. What us moms won't do for a kodak moment! Anyway, tonight is the last match of the season, it's in Kemmerer. I'll keep everyone posted on how he does tonight.

Maysons Award at school

2009-03-23T20:53:00.005-06:00

My monkey can read!! He won't do it for me, but he'll do it for just about anyone else. He got an award from the Principal at his school last week. It's called the Eagle Scholar. He was so proud! So were Ryan and I! It says, "You know all of the sounds of all the alphabet lettera and you're very good at sounding words that are not on the word wall."

We are very proud of you Mayson, good job on being super smart!!

More Wrestling

2009-03-23T20:45:00.005-06:00

Mayson has been hard at work...with wrestling that is. Last week, he had 2 matches. The first one was in Coalville. He got 2nd place there. Here he is with his buddy, Korter, and lil bro.

The next night, he wrestled in Randolph. He was awsome! He was doing this hilarious sprawl, we nicknamed it the spiderman sprawl. He ended up with 1st place that night. He has been so into wrestling this year, it surprises me, last yr. he wasn't all that into it.

This is Mayson in Randolph with his first place medal. This is one of his best buddies Braxton who also got first that night. They were pretty hot stuff!

I was totally unprepared for this day!!

2009-03-23T20:31:00.005-06:00

So, I never in a million years expected this day to come...so soon!

Last week, I, was tending some kids, one of them, Austin, had preschool on Thursday, and I had told his mom that I would take him and pick him up. I pull into the parking lot of the preschool and Jackson, unbuckles his seatbelt and says..."Thanks mom, BYE" I said oh no no no this is Austins preschool and you aren't big enough for preschool. He then informs me that he is big and goes in the potty. He went in, hung up his coat with Austin and walked into the classroom with him. The teachers there just looked at me, I said, this little man wants to go to preschool. They said, then let him stay. He had absolutely no problem being left at school! It broke my heart, I wasn't prepared for that. He is going back on Tuesday and I get to fill out paperwork. BOO HOO!!

Here he is with his bunny he colored.

This is my baby with his friend, Austin.

Storytime

2009-03-18T11:59:00.003-06:00

This is what we do on Wednesdays. Storytime @ the library. Heather is the perfect person to do storytime, she is just a big kid, she's awsome! I have been tending kids this week for my buddy, Julie, this is Jackson and Austin listening to a story at the library.
Jackson has had an absolute ball having a friend over several days in a row. Today is so nice, we might venture over to the park when baby, Zack, wakes up from his nap. Hopefully the wind doesn't start blowing.

Evanston Wrestling Meet

2009-03-09T21:27:00.004-06:00

We all know that Mayson is huge, but I never would have guessed that his has 10 pounds on his buddy, Braxton Lind, but he does! Here they are showing off their weights to us and getting all warmed up for the match.

Mayson ended up getting 3rd place. We are so proud of him! He wrestled very well and was such a good sport! He is not a sore loser, he just kinda wants to know what to do better next time. This is Mayson with his friend, Sage Synan. Sage is about 3 yrs. older.

One funny thing about the day was...He came and asked if he could go buy a pickle from the consession stand, I told him yes, gave him 2 quarters and he was on his way, well, while he was waiting in line for his pickle, they called his age group to the staging area. Ryan walked up and got him out of the line to go get paired up for his next match. Mayson was not thrilled he had to wrestle without having a pickle. We just told him he could go back up after his match and get it. He wrestled then went and got his pickle. Well a while later, he wants another pickle, so I thought, well at least he doesn't want candy. I gave him 2 more quarters and off he went to buy his pickle. Here he comes walking down the stairs with a pickle and low and behold, they call him to the staging area again. His face was priceless. It was a you have got to be kidding me look. So, we find a babysitter for the blessed pickle while he wrestles. He got done wrestling and went straight back for his pickle. I guess next time I will just take a jar of pickles with me!

Jackson also had a fun day at the meet. He wrestled about as much as Mayson did. He wrestled Grandpa Erickson. Him and his Grandpa are such pests, 2 peas in a pod, they could not leave each other alone!

All in all, it was a great day. We were so happy that Ryan found someone to relieve him from work a day early so he could be here to watch our Mayson, the funny thing is...I swear the minute he was born, they layed him on my belly, he peed on me, then I called him my sweet little PICKLE!!! No joke!!

Get something AWSOME from me

2009-03-01T20:13:00.002-07:00

The first THREE people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations
:1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year. (might be a little while)
4- You have no clue what it's going to be.It may be a story. It may be a joke book, autographed picture of myself, handmade bag, or a little invention of my own! I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows?
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. Believe me... it may blow your mind!The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 3 people who do the same on your blog. The first 3 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did, win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it! Sounds like fun, right? So, let's play!

Our Busy Weekend

2009-03-01T19:41:00.005-07:00

This weekend, we actually got out of the house. On friday night, we went up to grandma and grandpa Ericksons. Tracy and Peyton were there also. They big kids played hearts until midnight...super fun. Ryans dad got so silly, we could all tell when he got his 2nd wind. Mayson, Jackson and Peyton set up a fort (a 2 man tent) in the living room and watched movies. We all ended up spending the night.

We all got up early sat. to go to Randolph to watch Tyus play b-ball at 8:30, from there we went to Laketown to watch Bailey play b-ball. They both did so great. From there we went back to clean up at grandmas. Everyone except Jackson and myself went to North Summit to watch another ball game. We went home and had a nap...so nice! It was a fun weekend, definitely a busy one. Thanks to Cleve and Annie and Tracys' families for letting us tag along.

Grandpa Erickson had to get in for a photo, he had no choice!

This is my latest project...I am super excited about it! Ryan helped me with this one. We had to silicone some of the glass in and cover up the work. He also hung it perfectly where I wanted it...such a good boy! He has the hardest time putting holes in the wall, this time he didn't say a word. He also doesn't quite get why a super old window is so cool, oh well. I don't understand why guns are so cool either...just different interests!

Moms and Muffins

2009-02-24T16:37:00.005-07:00

On February 10th, Maysons, school hosted "Moms and Muffins" It was a fun morning before school. We got there, had some breakfast, made this scrapbook page, read a book and then sent the kids to their classes. Mayson had fun, and Jackson thought he was awsome being at school with his big bro, with all of the big kids. I felt badly leaving, not because Mayson was upset or anything, but all of the other moms were crying...IDK why. I was just like see ya later have a good day and they were all clingy and booby. I wondered if I should be crying, but what the heck for?

Our Big Adventure To Pinedale

2009-02-22T17:42:00.011-07:00

Well, Ryans work found them a condo to stay in while they are working instead of the beloved Big Piney Motel which has been Ryans home away from home for quite sometime. He was very excited about the new place and invited the boys and I to go up and stay with him this weekend. We drove up Friday after Mayson got off of the bus. It's about a 3hr. drive. We were about 25 miles from Pinedale and Jackson said it was really far away and wanted to turn around and drive back home. I tried to explain that we would be to daddys place in a few minutes...if we turned around we had a few more hours to endure. It didn't quite compute in the mind of my precious 3 yr. old, but he was happy when we got there and got out of the car. Jackson also knows that normally, Ryan stays at a motel, trying to explain that we were not in a hotel was a fun one to explain also, eventually, we all just called in a hotel. He won! Anyhow, it was fun to see the new place, it's really nice, needs a few homey touches, but it is 300% step up from the motel.

The next day, we went to the rec. center there. It was AWSOME! They have an indoor pool that is almost identical to the Logan aquatic center. This one had a jacuzzi and a lazy river too. The boys had a ball. They loved the slide. They let me take Jackson down in my lap, so he was PUMPED! Anyway, we spent a little time with our daddy after work fri. and sat. we saw him a little longer, he was home a lot earlier than on fri.

We were going to wake up and be home by 1:00 for church, I had to teach sunbeams...Well, Mayson, woke up burning up and crying because he felt awful. I put him in the tub, gave him some tylenol, he threw up a few times and has been sleeping pretty much all day today. I really hope Jackson doesn't get it! Needless to say, no sunbeams for me today. I called my FAVORITE neighbor Heather, she said she would teach for me. She is my hero! Except for the sickies, it was a fun little get away! I forgot to mention the rock climbing wall at the rec. center. It was awsome, even Jackson got to climb, they have a tiny harness for the little guys. Mayson was up the wall and down before I could get the camera out, but I managed to get a few pics of the little man.

A Day In Freedom

2009-02-16T19:12:00.007-07:00

This Presidents day, Mayson didn't have school, and we needed something to do so, we went to Freedom to visit out friends. Eric, Brandy, Kaiden, Kiera, and Kelsey Heiner. They are some of our best friends from Star Valley. We have missed them and it was so fun for the boys to play together. You would never guess that Kaiden is 3 days OLDER than Mayson. I know he is a big boy, but I don't know where he got the height It was the first time for us to see baby Kelsey. She is a doll! Stinky, but still a doll. The kids played out in the snow for a while, rode Kaidens snowmobile, then came in a played games and trucks. It was a fun day. Wish we could get together with our old friends way more often.

Happy Valentines Day

2009-02-14T21:29:00.004-07:00

Another v-day has come and gone. The boys were excited about their chocolates for about 2 minutes. We went swimming up at the rec. center today, it was fun, some of Maysons' little friends were there.

Unfortunately, Jackson had some type of an accident and ended up with a peg leg and a crutch. All home made of course. He comes up with some pretty good stuff!

We also bought a file cabinet today. What a great toy...a box. Daddy cut them a door, they colored it with markers and have played with it all day. It is a house and if you turn it right, you can park all of your trucks in the garage. I wish I was that easily entertained!

We Actually Made It 10 Years

2009-02-14T20:19:00.006-07:00

On February 12th we had our 10 yr. anniversary.

There have been several times, some recent some not so recent that I didn't think this day would ever happen. We have been married for 10 years now. Ryan and I went and spent a fun night in Wendover. We got a room with a jacuzzi tub, so I was in heaven! It did end up leaking on the people in the room below us, but we had nothing to do with that . LOL We both had such a great time. Thanks to Ryans parents for watching the little monsters so we could go. Cleve and Annie, you are my heros! We decided on the way there that we love eachother way more now than we did 10 years ago. Both of us cannot imagine how much our love will grow over the next however many years. We want to be the old couple that goes everywhere together and holds hands the whole time. Thanks for the fun trip Ry, I love ya more than ever !!

What a boring weekend!

2009-02-08T20:09:00.005-07:00

Not much going on this weekend. Mayson went to Salt Lake with a buddy, so Jackson and I had to find something to do. We ended up at the region wrestling tourn. in Randolph. Jackson got to run and play with his cousins, so he had a ball.

I put this picture of Jackson up just because it has a funny story. This was right before he got knocked down, face first by a wave. It was so funny. He would not go out in the water after that. Maybe this weekend was so boring because last weekend was so much fun.

Mayson gave a scripture and a talk in primary today. He did a very good job. His talk was about how he came to earth to be with his family. It was cute to hear him talk about his little brother. He has come a long way, he used to not even stand up there to give a talk or anything, but I guess he has come out of his shell a lot. I think Kindergarten has a lot to do with that. This picture of Mayson is from legoland where he got a "real drivers license" What a stud!!

Trip to California

2009-02-03T19:24:00.006-07:00

Well, we went to San Diego over the weekend. Grandpa Mohrlock had a stroke, so Mom and I and the boys drove down on Thursday. It was a long ride, but we made it. Mayson stayed up until Barstow. I could not believe it. Jackson didn't fall asleep much before Barstow. They were so excited!

Grandpa is doing very well! He has very little paralysis. He gets better and better everyday.

We spent a lot of time at the beack, that was the favorite. We also got treated to a super fun day at Legoland. Uncle Rick took the boys and I. It was great fun and the boys had a ball.

Not a lot has been going on...

2009-01-25T20:51:00.005-07:00

I just live for moments like this! Look at those naughty faces, all we were doing was making pudding. They are fairly easy to entertain, just give them a mixer and let them have at it. What fun little monsters!

We did go to a birthday party for our friend, Zander, even though we thought it was his younger brother, Cales' birthday!! LOL Sometimes I think I have lost all my marbles, then I go to Chucky Cheese for a party and have it confirmed that yes indeed I have lost all of my marbles. By marbles I mean any brain function at all. The boys had fun, Jackson was so happy with his huge sucker and Mayson was thrilled he got to hang out with his buddy, Mason Jeketta, at the party.

boYs iN ThE SnOW

2009-01-09T21:32:00.004-07:00

Last weekend, we had our cousins, Tyus and Peyton sleep over. The next day they all got bundled up to go out and play in the SnOw****

They had an absolute ball. Mayson and Tyus dug a tunnel. Peyton was the first one in to ask for "warm chocolate" his drink of choice. It was a fun weekend, thanks Chad and Tracy for taking our kids and letting us take yours.

Just had to post this...It is CLASSIC Jackson!!

2009-01-05T20:40:00.003-07:00

My BABY is 3

2009-01-05T20:23:00.005-07:00

Well, it happened, my BABY is now 3 yrs. old. Jackson turned 3 today. He had such a fun day. He was fun because he understands what a birthday is now. He woke up saying it's my birthday...I three! It was cute. I have shed my fare share of tears in the last day or two. I can't stop him from groing up; I hate it!! He went to Mcdonalds for lunch with his friend, Austin. They had fun playing then we came home and made birthday cake. All he wanted to do was put the candles on, he's such a punkin! Here are a few pictures of his cake and his party. Uncle Jason is responsible for the REAL toolset that I now have to keep a very close eye on. The box had a warning that the hammer will break windows; that's always good!

Family photos

2009-01-03T20:21:00.005-07:00

So, today, Ryans' mom emailed our family photos we had taken last Saturday. I am not a huge fan, and will probably have them redone somewhere besides the relief society room another time. For now, I am just very happy to have a few pictures of us together, that is something that is hard for me to come by...since I am the only picture taker! We all know how that goes.

Jackson was none too happy that day, I think he was catching some bug or something, he was just not himself. Classic Mayson smiles and poses though.

Second Try

2009-01-01T19:57:00.000-07:00

Okay, I deleted my old blogspot...because I was horrible at it and could not figure it out. I don't know why starting over is going to work for me, but I'm being optimistic.