ADAMSONS

Nesting!

2012-01-31T17:36:00.002-07:00

4 weeks left of this journey to becoming a Mommy of 4! yay! I'm so excited! I'm completely feeling the hormonal "nesting" need. However, since we have no idea if this baby is a boy or a girl, my hands are tied. So....I've found another way to focus my need to nest! I've been looking for a vanity for Ashy. When I was growing up, my Mom gave me hers and I loved the freedom of not having to share the bathroom with the rest of my brothers and sisters every morning. So, after 4 months of looking...

Tada!!!! I found it at the DI for 50 bucks!!! I'm completely addicted to Pinterest.com and got the urge to refinish it. So...with the help of my awesome friends came this:

I love it! And more importantly Ashton loves it! Now I'm off looking for other fun things to focus my nesting instinct on!

2012-01-12T12:39:00.004-07:00

Over New Years the kids got a chance to learn how to snowboard. They loved it so much! We just bought them each their own board and can't wait to take them out again this weekend!

Even Ty got to try the board! He was so cute!

Welcome 2012!

2012-01-05T14:42:00.002-07:00

We rang in the New Year in Fairview and had lots of fireworks and noise makers!

2012-01-05T14:30:00.003-07:00

Do they look excited to see what Santa brought or what?

After we had our little Christmas morning fun we went to Greg's parents for Breakfast. The kids also got their gifts from Grandma and Grandpa\

Ty had a blast playing in the wrapping paper

Each Grandchild got humongous pillow pets. Here's Ethan with his.

Ashy with their ladybug

The kids snuggling together with their pillow pets.

I hope everyone had as happy Christmas like we did! Merry Christmas Everyone!

Christmas Eve

2012-01-05T14:18:00.003-07:00

For the past 11 years we have spent Christmas Eve with Greg's family. It's our tradition. One that hopefully never ends. The kids get to open one present christmas eve...their Christmas Jammies!

Ty loved his Cars 2 Jammies and slippers

Tada!

Hanging with the cousins

Jenni read us a story, and then we all went home to wait for Santa!

Ashy wrote this cute little letter to her favorite reindeer Comet. It was so cute I had to take a picture.

All snug sleeping in front of the Christmas tree waiting for Santa to come!

Adamson Christmas Party!

2012-01-05T14:09:00.001-07:00

Father Christmas

2012-01-05T14:02:00.001-07:00

This is The Place park

2012-01-05T13:58:00.002-07:00

visiting Santa's reindeer

Sending their letters to Santa to the North Pole with the Magic Fire.

The only snow we got all Christmas! Set the mood for sure. it was beautiful!!

The Lights at Temple Square

2012-01-05T13:45:00.003-07:00

We love seeing the lights at Temple Square every Christmas!

'Tis The Season

2011-12-06T16:26:00.003-07:00

for Christmas. It's in the air. Do you feel it? ...Almost. Now we just need the snow.

We made Gingerbread houses last night. The kids are so creative.

2011-12-01T15:22:00.002-07:00

Ashy had to do a book report on a famous person in history yesterday. She chose Amelia Earheart. She had to prepare an oral report and dress up as Amelia. She looked so cute I had to post this pic of her. What a fun way to learn about people in history. She came home and told me all about some of the other people they learned about like Helen Keller, Harriet Tubman and Abraham Lincoln to name a few. She learned alot from this assignment and I'm so proud of her.

She's a Decade

2011-11-30T12:40:00.006-07:00

Ashy turned 10 years old yesterday. 10 years. That just sounds crazy. I swear it hasn't been 10 years. Wowza. We had her party last night and let me just say 15 10 year old girls at once is just way wow. That's all I can say. They were craaaaazy...

Ashy with her cake. She designed it. She drew a picture for me of what she wanted down to the colors and everything. I baked the cakes and frosted them. She made the fondant, I helped her a little. She rolled it out, cut out the stripes and the polka dots and voila. She did a very good job. It was fun.

I told ya these girls were silly

Happy Birthday silly princess.

Mr Edog is 7

2011-11-28T22:29:00.002-07:00

Our little man turned 7 on Saturday. I can't believe he's gotten so big. sniff sniff

Edog with his Captain America cake

playing games with the boys at his party

Ashy's first piano recital

2011-11-28T22:26:00.002-07:00

Ashy has been taking piano for the past couple of months and is doing so good. We loved going to her first recital. So proud of her for memorizing her music and being so brave to play in front of everyone. Yay Ashy.

Florida trip part 4

2011-11-02T13:24:00.004-06:00

Daytona beach and Coco Beach

We loved our hotel in Daytona. We had a blast

Then we went to Coco Beach and Cape Canavral. The kids loved seeing the Shuttles

Digging in the sand

Ethan showing off his artwork.

We went to St. Augustine which was really neat and we wish we had spent more time there.

The kids found a fun shop in St. Augustine

We didn't get to see a gator there :( Guess this gator will have to do.

We saw some cool lighthouses

The Beach Princess

I love that Ashy loves the ocean

Ty loved running up and down the beach over and over

The boys playing on the beach

I miss the beach :(

Florida trip part 3

2011-11-02T12:53:00.005-06:00

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

This was Ashy's mostest favorite place. She loved Harry Potter's world.

waiting in line for the Harry Potter ride. It was amazing. They recreated the castle and Ashy was enthralled with all the little details.

On the Hipogriff Harry Potter ride.

Ashy with Neville's wand.

Tyson casting his charms

Greg and Ashy with their Butterbeer

The Kids loved their Butterbeer

In front of the Hogwarts Express

Tyson loved everything about the Dr Seuss part of the park

Really wanted to get this for our little Thing 4

AAah. It's a T rex

run away my little babies

Tyson was so excited that he was big enough to do the Jurassic Park ride. Greg was nervous he would fall out but Ty felt so big that he could do it

ethan on the Jurassic Park ride. He told me, "I've always wanted to fly."

Florida trip part 2

2011-11-02T12:42:00.003-06:00

We were so excited to get to visit my Great Aunt Leda and her cute family as well as my great grandma Lucia who just turned 94 years old. Happy birthday Grandma.

Ashy with her Great Great Grandma Lucia and me. Ashy loved her. She doesn't speak any english but Ashy really adored her. The kids won't stop talking about how little and cute she is.

Ashy with her Great great Grandma

Florida vacation part 1

2011-10-29T19:29:00.011-06:00

We just got back from spending 8 fun filled days in Florida. We had so much fun. I took so many pictures I'm gonna have to do this in segments. So here is a look in our first 2 days of Disney World.

Our favorite place was the Magic Kingdom park. It was decorated for Halloween and we had the mostest fun there. We ended up staying at the Magic Kingdom for 2 days cuz we loved it so much. Funny story. On our first day there we got stuck on the Pirates of The Carribean ride for 2 1/2 hours. Oh yes. We have some stories. lol. The park closed that day at 7pm for "Mickey's not so haunted Halloween party" but since we were stuck on that ride, Disney world let us stay for the party until midnight and we got to trick or treat at Disney World. How cool is that? Soooo worth being stuck forever.

Me trick or treating

Tyson and Lauren on the Magic Carpet ride

Me and Handsome on the magic carpet

Ashy posing in front of the Fire trucks parked outside Pirates of the Carribbea

This is us on Pirates patiently waiting for the Fire Department to evacuate us from boat to boat to boat. We were the 3rd of 5 boats evacuated.

Ashy on Pirates. Her face says How much longer do we have to hear, "Dead Men tell no tales..."?
lol

Luckily Ty fell asleep on the ride so he didn't panick. Ethan however had to pee so bad he peed in a water bottle. Poor kid. Traumatized.

ethan not to excited to get wet on the river ride at the Animal Kingdom

Jake and Natalie

me and Tyson

Ashy and Chloe

Chloe on the safari ride

Tyson loving all the animals on the safari ride

The kids looooved Nemo. Especially the talk with Crush the turtle. Ashy and I looove manatees so we loved the manatee exhibit.

sharkbait

The Nemo ride

This was one of Tyson's favorite rides. We rode on it 4 or 5 times I swear.

Star Tours at Hollywood Studios

Ethan with Darth Mal. Ethan absolutely loved Star Tours and had to do it twice.

Holy cow I look so big. I swear I'm not that big in real life... am I?

The Toy Story ride. We all looooved this ride. Very fun.

Of course our family pictures never work out. Someone's always looking the wrong way...this time it's me.

Dancing at the dance party at Downtown Disney. It was so much fun.

Of course we had to go to the Lego store and play with legos

Ashy posing with Woody made out of Legos

ethan with a lego Buzz Lightyear

Our hotel had a kids place where we did free crafts. The kids looved this.

Showing off their painted stuffed animals.

Greg launching Ethan at the hotel

Ty's favorite thing to do was have his Daddy throw him around in the pool. He just giggled and giggled. That boy has no fear.

Jake and Ethan

Tyson swimming with his Daddy

Chloe and Ty

Ty was in Heaven

The kids ready for a day of r and r at the hotel beach

2011-10-11T13:15:00.002-06:00

A year ago today was one of the worst days of my life. Greg and I found out our baby had died and had to go through one of the most emotional weeks of my life. It's so weird looking back knowing how broken I was. I'm so happy to announce that a year later, I am now almost 20 weeks pregnant with a little angel. We have our ultrasound coming up but we are not going to find out if it's a boy or a girl. Thank you all who have supported our family and helped me get through something that was so dark and lonely and who are still with us supporting us! Love you all!

2011-10-02T13:13:00.001-06:00

Ashy has found a new passion for Soccer! She just finished her season with 8 wins no losses. The only team to go undefeated all season! Way to go sis! She loved to play forward and goalie. She ended up playing goalie alot and won the "Terminator" award that goes to the best defender! So proud of you little lady! We all had fun cheering you on!!!

Her coach threw the team a pizza party at the legacy center for going undefeated. They went swimming after!

Here's Ashy with her coach getting her award and medals! So proud of you!

Back to School...

2011-09-01T20:31:00.002-06:00

The kids went back to school this past week. They are Loving it!! I'm so glad. They love their teachers and are having so much fun! This picture of Ty however explains what Ty's been going thru...

REVENGE, SWEET REVENGE!

2011-08-16T16:25:00.002-06:00

Remember my birthday, yep I got toilet papered. So, today my friend Kristie got some sweet revenge coming her way! bahaha! (that was my evil witch cackle)

Me and my friend LaDaune basking in our glory! hahahahaha! (evil cackle once more)

Lots of neighbor kids got in on the action

Why did we do it during the day? She knew I was planning on it and let's face it, I'm not a night owl. She left to go school shopping with her daughter and we pounced on our good fortune! Thanks Codi for being our lookout!

Here is Kristie's son helping us! You know you must have it coming when your own kids join the fun!

Happy Birthday Kristie Luce, you old fart!

Our California Adventure!

2011-07-30T14:19:00.011-06:00

We decided to take a last minute trip to California! We had so much fun! We got a hotel on Newport Beach and were beach bums for 3 days of fun in the sun! LOVED it! Our most-est favorite place was Balboa. We had never heard of it but took a whale tour and it departed from Balboa. Needless to say, we stayed in Balboa from sunup to sundown and had the best day ever. We rented bikes for $10 each all day and road up the coast along Balboa to Newport Beach. So glad we went and spent some time with our sweet babes.

Found out that Ashy is part fish.

ethan loves digging in the sand for crab

Ashy was a little mommy to Ty. Seriously couldn't live without my Missy Miss

The boys did a puppet show

Ashy wants to be a marine biologist now

Touching the starfish at the Santa monica Aquarium

Fun fact: If you scare a sea cucumber, as a defense it throws up all it's insides. True. I saw it. Gross! don't worry, the sea cucumber grows it all back

Greg's most favorite thing? Playing in the waves with the kids. He was in heaven

Seriously the Biggest pizza we've ever tried to eat. It was sooo good

Our whale tour. Sorry, my camera is not a zoomer. That is a mommy blue whale with a baby to the left. We saw 4 whales and lots of dolphins and seals. The kids were very impressed

Ty on the whale watching tour with his Dada

Lovin' the boat ride on "Davey Jones

Ty fell asleep on our bike ride. We must have worn him out!

Ty turned into a gangster when I asked him to smile

Tyson and Greg playing in the waves

The Santa Monica Aquarium

my surfer babe!

24th of July weekend

2011-07-25T19:15:00.005-06:00

what did we do for the 24th? went to Fairview of course! It's a tradition! First we did the Kid's Rodeo where the kids did the money goat, money cow, and of course the favorite, the farm scramble! This year the only one who caught animals was Katie who not only caught 1 chicken, she caught 2!

Ashy & Chloe

Getting ready to release the "money goat" for the younger kids.

Ethan's dollar (from Grandma Penny who gave one to each grandchild who didn't get money from the goat or cow ) What a sweet Grandma!

Ty's dollar from Grandma

Ashy's battle scars from chasing the money cow.

One of Katie's chickens!

Kylee with the other.

Katie & Ashy so excited to show off the Chickens

Friday we, along with Jim & Nat's family went camping up Fairview Canyon by Electric Lake. It was Beautiful up there. We had so much fun! Lots of fishing, relaxing, tin foil dinners and tenting.

Ashy & Ty fishing at Boulder

Ashy with one of her fish

Then at Electric Lake in front of our camp the kids swam and caught baby fish in cups.

Ethan making his way through our camp to catch fishies.

Ty took the camera and took this picture of the adults chillin'

my little Tys Ty

Ethan and Jake wading in water.

2 gorgeous girls!

The boys decided this was a good spot to watch the Elk stroll up and down across the lake

Uncle Jim took Ty fishing on his new fishing boat. They had a blast! Ty came back completely asleep on Nat's lap. He must have had too much fun!

Ashy & Ty showing off their Fishing trophies!

This is a video of the chaos of the money goat.

2011-07-20T21:46:00.002-06:00

Softball is officially over :( Ethan had his last game tonight and boy did He play his heart out! I will miss watching my little guy get so into this game.

Ethan loves having his daddy as his coach

handing out their medals

Ethan and his buddies with their medals

Ethan's friend gave Greg this after the game. So sweet :)

2011-07-20T09:44:00.003-06:00

I forgot to post my bride's hair pictures! haha! So, in June I was fortunate to be able to do 2 gorgeous brides' hair for their special days. Here are some pics:
Alecia:

And Jenni:

I love my job!

Over the Hill

2011-06-30T20:08:00.006-06:00

Yep, I'm 30 & I'm actually ok with it! haha! But really all my friends are older than me & I can tell from them that the best things come with age! So here's to getting older!!

We decided to celebrate by taking the kiddos to...wait for it...

so glad we did! We had the best time! I'm seriously! The weather couldn't have been better, the lines were almost non existent and the kids were so good! There wasn't a ride too scary for Ethan who LOVED Wicked, the Rocket, the Colossus...you name it He did it! Ashy wasn't as brave. In fact, she would NOT do Wicked even though I tried to bribe her. And she screamed so loud on Samarai that I felt bad for taking her on it. She did try the Colossus tho and loved it. Ty? Oh I have a feeling Ty is going to take after Ethan...

This is Ty & Ashy's friend Lexi on the new roller coaster Bom Bora. Yep, they are in the front with their hands in the air. He was so funny. He LOVED this ride! He rode it over and over and over!

Me & Ty on the carousel

with Mr Handsome

Ty & Lexi ready to roll!

Ashy is out of control at the carnival games. She won this bear (?) and 2 little frog stuffed animals that she gave to her brothers! You're out of control Ash

How many kids can you fit onto the log ride?

Katie, Me, Tina, and Brooklyn on the log ride

Ty saying, "I love this place!"

Ty & Vynessa on the Bumper Cars

We had so much fun we didn't leave until closing time so we got home around midnight. This is what we found when we drove up!

My friends and their kids "decorated" our house! haha! They put these pictures on facebook, so I stole them haha! Payback is in the planning stages :P

I know where you live little monsters!

All kidding aside it was really sweet of them to think of me and make me feel special. They also decorated my garage door with poster boards. The "30" made out of forks was really cute.

2011-06-25T19:23:00.008-06:00

Today is the end of Roundup week (sniff sniff). I'm not ready to say goodbye!

mammoth parade!

The Adamson's 1st Lehi Parade married :)

Then on to a fun day at Wines Park:

Fun in the photo booth :)

Swings!

Face painting!

The craft booth! They decorated sunglasses and made pinwheels. Be prepared to see Ty's eyes like this alot. His allergies are HORRIBLE right now :(

The FFA booth and all the animals

The baby sheep

Turtles

peacocks

me and mr handsome :)

The Pony rides! Thank you Lehi FFA!

The balloon animals

spiderman and his king cobra.

Ty on the swings.

Adios rodeo week... until next year!

"Hello Lehi..."

2011-06-24T08:11:00.008-06:00

If you're from Lehi, you know what that means! It means ROUNDUP time! This was our 11th Lehi Roundup together! We have Never and plan on Never missing it! It's our favorite week of the year!!! We so look forward to it!

This was Ty's reaction to the steer wrestling. He thought it was hilarious!

Now my boys want motorcycles. haha, right!

We are the Champions!

2011-06-22T15:34:00.004-06:00

Big games last night at the ball field! Ashy's team, The Nationals won the Lehi City Falcon League Championship! She played so good both games! We are so proud of those girls! Now onto state!

Snow cones!

Ashy's Awesome Hit!

Champions!!!

2011-06-17T22:50:00.004-06:00

Greg & I went to the 50th annual minuteman Awards Dinner at the Little America Hotel wednesday where He recieved the minuteman award for his work with Heart 2 Home. Dinner was amazing and it was kinda fun dressing up.

Dinner!

Pictures with Brig General Garn and his wife.

with Major General Tarbet (the Adjutant General of Utah) and Greg's sister Angie

with fellow recipient Monsignor Fitzgerald

aw.....

with Brig General Garn and his wife

Greg with fellow minuteman recipient Ruby Price (whom we loved and would love the chance to work with her in the future with Heart 2 Home)

Our meet and greet with the generals and honorary colonels

Greg, I'm so proud of you. You are such a good example to me and our little family. Thank you for always thinking about others and showing us by example how to give. You are amazing and truly deserved to be recognized tonight. Love you sweetheart.

Summer Fun!

2011-06-17T10:03:00.006-06:00

Finally getting some use out of our Pass of all Passes! We went to Trafalga and for once it wasn't packed! Yay! The kids had a blast!

I think Ty likes this ride :)

2011-06-16T15:21:00.004-06:00

Jenni and Lee from Pea Nav on Vimeo.

Lee & Jenni's friend made this cute video of their wedding. I had to share :)

2011-06-15T10:38:00.004-06:00

We missed Lee & Jenni so much while they were on their honeymoon so we went with Natalie and her kids and Penny to their house and decorated it for when they got home.

WELCOME HOME MR & MRS ADAMSON!

2011-06-12T16:51:00.002-06:00

Lee & Jenni's wedding was a 3 day celebration. It started with the wedding dinner at Magelbys on Wednesday. Thursday, families from both sides went to Fairview for some fun and a chance to meet the other families at a BBQ. After the bbq Natalie and I rolled Ashy & Chloe's hair while we all watched a movie at the farm.

Then I got up while everyone else was asleep (except Lee of course who couldn't sleep) and went to Jenni's cabin to do her hair at 6:30am. I loved having the chance to do her hair and have that time with her. I'm so excited to have her as my sister in law. She's a great girl and a great example to my daughter. Strong and good. Couple words to describe Jenni would be "classic, sophisticated, fun, and down to earth." Lee, You did Dang good bro!
After doing Jenni's hair I went back to the farm and got everyone else ready!

tada! curly sue!

I forgot to take my camera to the temple so I don't have any :( Jim took lots of pictures and even some pics of our little family so I will upload those as soon as I get them.

The reception: THE FUNNEST reception EVER! Complete with dancing, a photo booth, a candy table, dinner and Just Dance on a projector! We had so much fun!

my cute nieces & nephew eating dinner!

Ty lovin' the lemonade!

Natalie and Jake getting ready for their turn in the photo booth!

Lauren & Chloe refiling the cookie trays

what a good helper Katie Kate!

Dancing with Daddy

2 cute boys!

Aren't they so cute?

Penny with her baby boy

Greg and Ethan

The nieces and nephews decorated Jenni's car

Long lost friends.

brothers :)

Sparklers for when the bride and groom left the reception

And they are off to their honeymoon!

PHOTO BOOTH: BEWARE!

Ashy and Chloe

The bouquet

So Happy!

2011-06-11T22:07:00.003-06:00

I have a new sister in law!!! Lee & Jenni got married yesterday in the Manti Temple. I got the priviledge of doing Jenni's hair. Thanks Jenni for the opportunity to be a part of your special day.
The wedding was so sweet and special and the reception was so much fun! We all had a blast! I will have more pics coming soon but I'm still recuperating from wedding week and have so much to do but had to post this one cute pic of the happy couple during their first dance. Congratulations you guys! We love you so much!

It's a zoo in here...

2011-06-06T15:03:00.008-06:00

A neighbor friend of my kids brought to my attention that my house is like a zoo because we ahve so many animals: 1 chihuahua, 1 mommy cat + 4 kittens, 4 snakes (that my kids found in grandma's yard) 3 baby robins, 1 beta fish, and now we are adding a baby gecko from my brother Jake. Holy smokes. How did I get myself into this? I have no idea.

Here are some pics of the zookeepers with their animals:
Story time with Ashton.

The hatchery. The other 2 have hatched now but I can't get a good pic..yet!

Play time with Tyson!

Snuggle time with mommy

1st grade here we come!

2011-06-05T23:08:00.002-06:00

Ethan's kindergarden class had their graduation and they were so stinkin' cute! I am so proud of mr. ethan. He did both his speaking parts great and was sooo cute! He won an award for "always being on task"! Way to go bud!! We will definately miss Mrs. Christensen. She was a Fantastic teacher but ethan is so excited to go to school all day and be a 1st grader!

The BIG 3!

2011-05-16T10:52:00.003-06:00

My baby is 3! Happy Birthday to my beautiful little boy! I love you so much!

2011-05-11T15:47:00.000-06:00

Today was THE day. The day I have been scared of for months. Today was the day my baby was suppossed to be born. I have been so scared of today for months. Dreading it. And now I am so glad to say I made it and now I have no more countdowns. No more, "Today I would have been..." I can move on.

I put the picture of my gorgeous tulips on here to show my "angels" how grateful I am of their thoughtfulness. Thank you Connie & Micki for knowing how hard it was going to be for me and planting them for me to look forward to spring even though I was dreading it. You are amazing. Thank you for all who have stood by me and been my friend when I haven't been a great friend back. Thank you for understanding my craziness. I am so grateful for my friends who stand by me through all my faults. I love you all.

2011-05-10T18:17:00.001-06:00

Oh dear! What is that in Tyson's nose you ask? ...

Oh yes, that's a christmas light. That monkey sure keeps me on my toes I swear!

Kittens

2011-05-10T18:09:00.003-06:00

Just so everyone knows we have kittens so in 7 weeks If you want one you can have one! There are 4, 3 girls and one boy. They are so cute!

Welcome to the family, Super Sarah, Rose, Poppi and Dandilion!

Tyson loves his "babies"

Ethan asked me if that means he's a grandpa. Of course!

Good Job Izzy! Those are some cute babies!

Alice in Wonderland

2011-04-30T14:52:00.008-06:00

Ashy's performance with Up With Kids' production of Alice in Wonderland was Saturday. She did so good! We are so proud of her!!

Ashton's teacher mrs. Berry came to support Ashton too!

Ashy & Raven! They did so good!

Ashy got flowers from us and flowers and a locket from her Grandma Penny

Oh yes, and her teacher miss Lori gave her an "academy award"

Ashy & Raven performing "Lean on Me"

My other favorite number, "Imagine."

Field Trip!

2011-04-28T14:31:00.005-06:00

I just got back from ethan's field trip to Thanksgiving Point's Farm Town. That was fun! Crazy! But fun! we had a blast!

hippity hoppity easter!

2011-04-25T14:17:00.008-06:00

Grandma & Grandpa Adamson's egg hunt!

Happy easter everyone!

Spring Break 2011

2011-04-19T09:40:00.003-06:00

Spring Break started by Fish sitting Ashy's 3rd grade class' pet beta fish, Kuda. I'm happy to report that Kuda is alive and well and back in school :)

As Lee's wedding is just a couple of months away we have been working really hard to clean up the farm and the back yard at my inlaws. (It has been long overdue). So, we had quite a few "controlled burns" at both places. And I have singed clothes, hair, eyebrows and eyelashes to prove it. Needless to say the family has told me next time we burn I need to be supervised. haha! I'm not kidding. Seriously. I had to cute around 2 inches off my hair and went really dark to hide all the breakage. It looks tons better. I may take more off today. who knows?

Here are somepics of our fun times working on the farm.

I found a snake in the field under some metal we were cleaning out. Ashy loves snakes and cried when she didn't get to keep it. She found another one a couple days later, this one much bigger.

Jim with the snake

Jenni working her guts out to get that wood to the bonfire.

Greg finally burning that old parade float.

This girls got some muscles! Here's a pic to prove it! Go Jenni! I'll just take a picture! haha

Ashy was teasing her cousins Lauren and Katie with this snake...but it was her aunt Natalie who freaked and ran out the back door! haha! So funny!

New "Kid" in town

2011-03-30T09:44:00.004-06:00

Monday Katie got a new pet...a baby goat! He is soooo cute! We got to snuggle him at Penny's house for a lil while. The kids love him!

Happy Anniversary!

2011-03-28T22:42:00.002-06:00

Yesterday we celebrated Grandma Rhoda & Grandpa Lester's 70th wedding anniversary & their 1st anniversary in heaven. Rhoda loved roses so Penny dried a bouquet from her funeral and we scattered them over the grave yesterday. Miss you Rhoda. Happy Anniversary!

Biba Las Begas!

2011-03-26T13:25:00.004-06:00

That's what Ty sang last weekend everywhere we went in Vegas. We went to Vegas to support our cute niece Katie Lou in her soccer tournament. She was AWESOME! So proud of you Kate!

She's the cute blonde, #23!

It was a great tourney! Way to go Strikers!

We were able to go visit my Aunt Tatiana who live in Henderson! Greg and His Dad were having March Madness withdrawls and were so excited to watch BYU! Go Cougars! Thank you Brent & Tatiana and kiddos for letting us crash for the game and letting Ashy sleep over with Kourtney. She had so much fun!!!

The Strip...well, that's a great name for it isn't it. We got to the strip around 4 and had so much fun until all the freaky people came out. My poor kids were traumatized. We left the strip with Ashy & Ethan in tears. Greg and I felt guilty we put the kids in that situation. Is there really nowhere safe? Seriously! All the nudie pictures all over the ground was just too much for them and Ashy says she never wants to go back to Vegas again :( But anyways, here are our memories of the strip BEFORE the weirdos came out...

Greg's favorite... The Bellagio. Ashy's already shed some tears can you tell?

I was really proud of Katie that night. She was very mature and we talked about lots of stuff and she was so grown up.

Ethan to enthralled to turn around

Did you know that Batman lives in Vegas?!?

We went to a Magic show and Ethan and Kate were able to go on stage and assist in illusions. Kate couldn't figure out how he did it and wouldn't let it go! haha!

Ethan was so funny when he went on stage. He was so scared and had that fake smile the whole way through. He was a trooper tho and the magician gave him his first magic set for helping.

My Man's a Stud

2011-03-13T14:25:00.005-06:00

We survived another Lehi Alumni basketball Tournament!

We lived at the High School all week. From 5pm to 10pm til the last game was played.

We had a blast catching up with old friends and family.

The kids loved watching their Daddy play 8 games in 4 days ending up losing to the class of 2005 in the Championship game. Way to go Class of '94! You guys were awesome and so much fun to watch!

Handsome of course is THE Man!

The boys idolize him.

I took this video because the boys were cheering for their Daddy & it was so cute. And then Ty kept us laughing!

Bring on March Madness!

2011-03-12T16:29:00.002-07:00

We are ready to watch Jimmer set yet another record tonight against San Diego State!

The kids have their posters ready

I don't know if you noticed but we love Jimmer

Pretty much anything BYU we support :)

Good luck BYU! Let's go Cougars!

2011-03-04T18:50:00.003-07:00

We buried our sweet sweet Grandma today. It has been such an emotional day. We are all so exhausted and emotionally drained. She was such an amazing woman. We love you so much Rhoda.

You have a lot of people waiting to see you again Rhodie.

2011-03-02T13:01:00.002-07:00

Saturday, Ashton got the chance to be a ball girl at the BYU girls basketball ball game against SDSU with her friend Sidney. They had so much fun! We had fun as well! We got to go into the room where the team goes over film and has meetings. It was THE COOLEST room ever! Ethan was in BYU heaven. We took a couple pics:

Ethan paying homage to "The Jimmer"

Fun during the game

Ashton and Sidney sitting at their post during warmups!

Thank you Kenny for giving Ashy the chance to do this! She is on cloud nine!

Ta Ta Jr Jazz

2011-03-01T11:44:00.002-07:00

Ashy & Edog both had their last Jr Jazz games of the season. We have had so much fun watching them play. Greg got to coach both teams and had a great time. So...on to baseball! haha

Coach Greg, Coach Morgan, Ethan and Boston!

yep, that's Ashy's true personality!

Way to go Ashton, Sidney & Lexi!

Heaven has another angel

2011-02-25T14:44:00.004-07:00

There is an amazing reunion going on up in heaven. An amazing love story that has been on hold for over 15 years is now continuing. Our sweet Grandma Rhoda died Yesterday, February 24, 2011 and is now back with the love of her life, Lester. We are choosing to be happy. We have our closure. We knew it was coming and checked the kids out of school Wednesday to say goodbye. When we got there she was so happy. She said, "goodbye! I'm going to see my Lester." How could we be sad? She was ready. Someone like Rhoda should never be scared of death. In the 11 years that I have known Rhoda I have NEVER heard her say a negative word. NEVER! She was so sweet, so happy and loving. We love you. So, to celebrate this amazing lady I will share some memories and some pictures so my kids who may someday read this will remember this great lady.

This is Grandma Roberta Adamson & Grandma Rhoda Holcomb at our wedding in 2000.

Did you know that Grandma Rhoda was the very first person Greg & I told we were engaged? Who else would be awake at 1 am? She was so happy.

Rhoda was the ultimate Jazz fan. When Greg & I were dating, He went on a trip to Boston with his Brother Lee, his Mom, Penny & his Grandma Rhoda. They had a great trip. Lots of laughs. What was so funny was that Rhoda would NOT miss a Jazz game even while on vacation. She insisted they find a place to watch it and ended up in a bar having a great time. That was Rhoda.

Also, What 94 year old do you know that Does NOT take phone calls during a Jazz game? She loved the Jazz.

While we were at the hospital, I remember someone said, "Don't tell Rhoda that Daron Williams got traded today." Who thinks of that? haha!

This was Grandma and Jim on his motorcycle 2 years ago. She is 92. The picture says it all!

Rhoda loved her Grandchildren and her Great grandchildren. She was always so sweet and listened to their ever long and detailed stories. She loved Tyson's curly hair and always made a fuss about it and how smart He was. He loved coming with me to cut Grandma's hair. She always was so sweet to Ethan and He loved to play with her cat Heffer and play with the toys at her house. Ashton ever the mommy is worried about everyone. She is sad for Grandma Penny. We were coming back from play practice when Ashy told me that Rhoda's last words to her at the hospital were, "You're hair looks so pretty." I'm so glad my babies got to see her at the hospital and say goodbye. It wasn't scary. She was talking and being silly and then just fell asleep until 27 hours later when she took her last breath. I hope they will remember her that way... Happy.

I have had the great pleasure of being her hair stylist for the last couple of years and I absolutely cherished our time together. I really got to know her and love her. She was one amazing woman. Strong, smart, caring, loving, amazing. I could go on and on.

We love you Rhoda, So much! We will always remember you and your sweet outlook on life. You will be missed but you live on with us! Til we meet again...

Going Green!

2011-02-18T09:22:00.002-07:00

Enough of all the pink and red! I'm going Green! I know I know. I'm weird, but hey, I'm a stay at home Mom of 3. I get bored of my boring decor so I like to change it up... alot! Here's the beginnings of my St. Patty's Decor.

A Daisy A Day

2011-02-15T16:07:00.003-07:00

My Man is the sweetest...

Ashy's Daisies...

and mine. Daisies are my most favorite flower in the whole world for many many reasons. My Great Grandparents had this song that they always sang and it means alot to me and Greg.

A Daisy a Day:

He remembers the first time He met Her

He remembers the first thing she said

he remembers the first time he held her

And the night that she came to his bed.

He remembers her sweet way of sayin'

Honey has something gone wrong

He remembers the fun and the teasing

And the reason He wrote Her this song

I'll give you a daisy a day, dear

I'll give you a daisy a day.

I'll love you until the rivers run still

And the four winds we know blow away.

They would walk down the street in the evening.

And for years I wuold see them go by.

And their love that was more than the clothes that they wore

Could be seen in the gleam of their eyes.

As a kid they would take Me for candy

And i loved to go tagging along.

We'd hold hands while we walked to the corner

And the old man would sing Her this song

I'll give you a daisy a day, dear

I'll give you a daisy a day.

I'll love you until the rivers run still

And the four winds we know blow away.

2011-02-15T16:02:00.002-07:00

3rd annual candle lit Valentine's Dinner! This year we were joined by Angie & my 2 gorgeous nieces as well as Joe and Penny who celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary!

Grandma Penny brought the kiddos chocolates.

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-14T13:05:00.005-07:00

Today's the day!!! The Day Of LOVE!! So Far So Fantastic! I'm so Grateful to be surrounded by people I love today! I Love the feeling in the air! We started the Day with heart pancakes and Valentine gifts for our babes! They felt pretty special I think. Boy how I loveth them!

This weekend we made cookies and our valentine boxes:

The Valentine Iron Man! lol

The Kids were so excited to take their Valentine "flowers" to their teachers.

Hope Everyone is feeling LOVED today!

2011-02-08T14:02:00.002-07:00

What do you see?

Well, I see a heart. However, Greg came home for lunch and was confused as to why I glued women's underwear to a plate! hahaha! I can't stop laughing now. And now that's all I can see!

This is what I was trying to recreate only on a plate! haha! I guess I better add some more rosettes!!!

2011-02-07T13:11:00.001-07:00

One of my Favorite blogs I follow is giving away one of these!! Aren't they to die for! If you want to enter go to www.undermypolkadotumbrella and enter!! I LOVE IT!

Follow the Marshmallows

2011-02-07T11:57:00.003-07:00

Just finished up doing some hair today. Walked out of my salon and up the stairs to find this...

It was actually pretty funny & colorful! haha! We had a good laugh and little man cleaned up the mess.

Maybe I shouldn't have laughed though. Does He look sorry to you?

R U Ready?

2011-02-05T17:15:00.007-07:00

Tomorrow is the big day! Who are you rooting for?

Packers or Steelers?

Tomorrow we are going to Jim & Nat's to watch the big game. I'm bringing cocktail smokies and sugar cookies to the big party. To be fair we made some for both teams.

We are normally Raider fans. And we love to watch Austin Collie play with the Colts. But, our friend Johnny came over the other night. He is a DIE HARD Steelers fan. Yes, He has bribed my son into being a Steelers fan. He gave him a steelers football and cup. Johnny came over and showed off all his Steelers stuff to Ethan!

Yep, this is Johnny! He had a box full of all kinds of Steelers memorabilia!

So, for Ethan... LET'S GO STEELERS!

2011-01-31T21:37:00.003-07:00

This is my little Ashy. I love her so much words could never describe. Last night she told me, "Mom, if I had half a penny every time you made me happy when I was sad I would be a gazzillionaire." Made my heart melt. She is such a special little girl. She's so patient with her brothers. She reads to them, pours them cereal every morning, helps get them dressed. She calls Ty her baby. Her brothers love her so much. What did I ever do to be blessed with such a sweet little princess? She makes my day so much brighter. I love you Ashy so much! -Your Mama

It's Jimmer Time

2011-01-27T08:58:00.005-07:00

That my friends is #32 Jimmer Fredette. Remember the name, He's phenomenal.

We went to the game last night to see The Cougs slaughter #9 ranked and undefeated San Diego State! That was by far the funnest game EVER. So intense. We arrived at the Marriott Center 45 minutes early and it was so packed. You could barely walk the halls. It was out of control!

Katie and Angie ready to be Jimmered!

Best $8 ever! We had so much fun! We had a little bet. Joe said that if Jimmer scored 40 points He would take us all out for ice cream! Soo... 43 points later...!! BYU won 71 to 58!!! San Diego State is undefeated no more!!!

This is the scene of the court at the end of the game.

This lady was so cute I had to take a picture of her!

And them too!! haha! That will be me in 30 years!

Bringing out the Cougs! This game was so hyped up and super charged. I don't think I breathed for 3 hours! haha! But really.

Cougs win!!! Oh! The signs! haha! There were so many awesome t-shirts and signs I have to share! From "It's Jimmer Time," to "Jimmer protects this house," to "Marry me Jimmer," my personal favorite, "I shimmer for Jimmer!" haha! Of course there were quotes all over the radio like, "Super man wears a Jimmer Fredette jersey to bed," or "Chuck Norris has a Fredette Jersey above his bed." haha! Needless to say, I am a Jimmer Fan! Can't wait to watch the rest of the season! Go cougs!

15 weeks

2011-01-25T09:44:00.003-07:00

It's been 15 weeks since my miscarriage. 15. Why do I still hurt? Why can't I move on? I'm sick of this! Is it really so bad that I yearn to wake up to find a belly, morning sickness, my horrible pregnant skin, charlie horses and stretch marks? Everyone keeps asking me when we are going to try again. Are we trying again? Do I want more kids? How am I? I DON'T KNOW!! I don't know if I want another baby now. I want THAT baby!!!! I want to BE 25 weeks pregnant NOW! I want to be HUGE on Mother's Day. I want to have a little baby on my hip this summer! I don't want to feel empty. I don't want to start over! I want my baby!!!

We moved Tyson out of the nursery and into Ethan's room so they can share. They loved it. They were so happy to be new roommates. But for me, I was once again reminded that the nursery isn't going to have a new arrival anytime soon. It was empty, like I was. Ashy started crying about how it wasn't fair that Ethan gets a new roommate. She wants a little sister to share her stuff with and yet, she can't have one. I feel so bad that I can't give her what she really wants. Life isn't fair.
And so we decided to change the nursery into a craft room for me & Ashton. Which is great. I love having a room for my craftiness to come out. And yet, when the house is quiet and I'm in that room I lose it. It just does not feel right to me. That room was suppossed to be getting ready for my baby and it's not.
I think about trying again to have another baby and I am so scared. My miscarriage has changed me. I feel like I'm not the same person I was 15 weeks ago. I'm damaged. So, would this new person that I am be able to handle getting pregnant? I miss the old me. I miss that person for myself, for my kids and for my sweet husband who deserves better than this damaged woman. Will I ever find the old me again?

Arthur Luther King Day

2011-01-19T15:11:00.005-07:00

Ethan came home from school on Friday to tell me all about this man named Arthur Luther King. He knew so much about him I was so proud of him for listening and learning about him. He messed up on his name but that's not what matters, it matters that he learned from him.

Here are some of my favorite quotes from Martin Luther King:

-Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the step.

-I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

-The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and comvenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

-That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind.

-The time is always right to do the right thing.

-We may have all come from different ships, but we are all in the same boat now.

We had a great family day together since there was no school. We let the kids pick a place... of course Chuck E Cheese!

What a very special day. I love my little family so much!

Happy Birthday Katie Lou!

2011-01-19T15:06:00.002-07:00

My cute niece had a birthday!

The big 15! Only one year left before this crazy lady is driving!!! AAH!!!

Love you so much Katie Kate!

I Heart my Cricut

2011-01-19T14:55:00.005-07:00

Gregory got me lots of new cricut cartridges for Christmas and I've been playing!!! Now I'm addicted. I made some fun Valentine's stuff since my house was so sad without our Christmas decorations (sniff sniff). Welcome the Month of Love!

I'm turning into a craftaholic. It's addicting! Gotta go make something now! Cya!

2011-01-13T16:32:00.003-07:00

The kids got a wii for christmas and they have definately broken it in. They love it! It's such a fun new way for the family to play together! The boys were playing Michael Jackson, the Experience and I just had to video them cuz they were so stinkin' cute. Sorry about Tyson's nudeness. We are potty training him this week so He runs around solely in his underwear or pullup.

It's that time of year again...

2011-01-11T16:17:00.003-07:00

Basketball season! Let's be real, being married to Greg, It's always basketball season. But now it's REALLY basketball season. I have 3 basketball players right now with practices and games all different days and times. Seriously! Only Sunday & Monday are not consumed with basketball. This year Greg is coaching Ethan's team, and the assistant coach on Ashton's team. So Ty and I are the cheer leaders this season. We all love it watching & supporting eachother at all the games.

Go #24 (Ethan), #25 (Ashton) & #12 (Greg)

Ashton's basket

Ethan's Defense!

2011-01-04T17:43:00.001-07:00

On New Years Eve Ty got bubble gum stuck in his hair. After trying everything I could think of, I gave up and cut his hair today. Greg & I are now mourning the loss of Tyson's curly locks :(

Hope they grow back soon.

WeLcOmE 2011

2011-01-03T13:27:00.010-07:00

HaPpY NeW YeAr!!! What's the best-est way to ring in the new year? With a huge announcement!! Drumroll please... Lee proposed to Jenny! Yay! We are so excited to have Jenni in the family! We love her already!!! Yay!

Congratulations Lee & Jenni!

In usual fashion we rang in the New Year at the farm in Fairview. You wouldn't believe all the snow! We had a blast!

Katie & Kylee wrestling in the snow

Katie taking Ky down!

Katie jumping off the roof into the snowbank

The silly teenagers!

Ty loves the snow!

Ty loves riding that wheeler with his Daddy!

Ashy, Lexi, Nick & Hunter being pulled by the wheeler. I know...Where's Nick? Somewhere under Hunter! haha!

What a good daddy! Taking the kids out over and over!

Look how deep that snow is on Ethan!

Nick & Ashy

Greg jumping off the roof after shoveling all the snow off of it!

Ashy

Ashy's turn jumping off the roof.

Ashy & Nick on the roof

Greg & Ash on the roof.

The girls helped Greg and Joe move the corrals around to keep the deer out of the hay. What good helpers.

Tyson loved getting stuck in the snow.

Greg after taking Ky down in the snow for a white wash.

Poor Katie, same fate as Kylee!

The Ethan ator!

The Missy Miss!

Ethan stopping to lick the snowbank!

My princess

Ashy & Lexi stopping sledding for a pose.

Ty LOVED sledding! He just giggled & giggled down the hill.

Ethan taking a breather!

We sure wore Ty down! He fell asleep on the 4 wheeler ride down the mountain.

Tyson riding the sled.

Ferrying the monkeys up the mountain to sled.

With my baby!

Lexi, Ty, E and Ash loaded up for a ride behind the 4 wheeler!

Greg, Katie & Kylee wrestling in the snow. Who do you think won?

Ty sledding

If this weekend was any indication of what 2011 has in store for us, I think it's gonna be a great year!! Welcome 2011

MeRrY ChRiStMaS!

2011-01-03T10:31:00.004-07:00

The kids waiting to get the all clear from Daddy to come downstairs!

Ashy got Her motor Scooter!

Ty got his blue bike!

I think she likes what she got!

Even Daisy had a very merry Christmas!

Ty was hilarious opening presents! He smiled so big it was hilarious!

Ethan got his legos from Grandma Penny!

Ashton got project runway designer and a lady bug and butterfly nursery!

Ethan had this done by the end of the day! Someone loves his legos!

Christmas Eve!

2010-12-29T14:57:00.005-07:00

Every Christmas eve for the last 10 years we have gone to the Adamsons for our Christmas Party. The kids look forward to it every year!

Thank you Santa for taking a break from delivering presents to see us!

Ashton asked Santa for a motor scooter

Ethan asked for a Nintendo ds and legos

and Ty asked for a blue bike and a helmet

Me and my lil princess

We can't forget the christmas hair! Her brothers said her hair looked like a christmas present. haha!

Me & my niece Jaide. Ty drew her name in the cousin exchange and picked out some really cute boots that hopefully are too small for her so she can give them to me! Hint hint Jaide!

Lee showing the nieces his christmas present for Jenni. Shh... it's a secret!

Katie with Toby

For the gift exchange Ashy got this DS game from Chloe!

Ty got Toy Story toys from Lauren

And Ethan got a semi truck with lots of trucks in it from Jaide!

Daisy couldn't understand why there was a huge dead animal in the living room. Grandma Penny can't either but made the most of it and decorated him so cute since there was no room for a tree. Maybe next year Penny!

Listening to Greg read a Christmas book.

All the Adamsons with Santa

Ethan got this really cute choo choo train from Santa, the other 2 kids got really cute books.

Our Christmas Eve tradition:

Cookies and Milk with the letters for Santa

We have always slept out by the Christmas tree together ever since Ashy was a baby. It's getting harder now that we have 3 and they are getting bigger :) We read a couple stories and then we hurried to get to sleep so Santa could come!

Good night my little Angels! I love you so much! Hope you get everything you asked for!!!

2010-12-29T14:40:00.003-07:00

The Lights at Temple Square

Ty posing in front of the Salt Lake Temple

The ninja in front of the temple

We took Trax downtown so the kids could experience the train. They loved it.

Waiting for the train

We were waiting for the train when Ashton found our friend Paul Berg's name on this wall. Paul died of cancer last July. We were so happy to know that Paul is still around, maybe not physically but He's definately around us. Merry Christmas Paul!

2010-12-28T17:45:00.001-07:00

More christmas treats!

Love making christmas treats with the babes!

2010-12-19T16:08:00.001-07:00

A little elf just came over and dropped off this masterpiece! Isn't it amazing? The kids keep staring at it. They want to eat it but it's just too pretty!!! Thank you Adonica & Peggy!

Candlelight Christmas at This is The Place!

2010-12-17T16:50:00.005-07:00

Traditions, traditions! We had so much fun last year at This Is The Place that we went back! We've decided it will be our new Christmas tradition!

Little Ty Ty with Santa. He wants a blue bike!

Lee & Jenni with Santa

Making christmas chains.

Dancing in the Dance Hall

Riding on the Train

Group pic of the train!

Natalie and Jake on the Train

Joe & Penny on the train

Lee & Jenny on the train

We stopped at the ZCMI store and got some treats!

We wrote letters to Santa. Ashy wants a motor scooter and a camera

Ty writing his Santa list

Then, after writing our letters we threw them into the magical fire that send the letters straight to the North Pole to Santa! Love Magic!

Lee & Jenni are so happy and cute I had to take a pic! Cute!

Filling sacks with "Magical Reindeer Food" for the reindeer of course!

We got to see Santa's reindeer

Gotta love Candlelight Christmas!

2010-12-13T22:57:00.002-07:00

HaPpY 35th Birthday to the love of my life! I know it was Friday but I was so busy pampering you all day I never got to upload this cute pic of Ashy's surprise for Greg when He got up. She said she stayed up til midnight making it. I believe it! We love you honey!

2010-12-01T23:36:00.002-07:00

On Nov 26 my baby boy, Ethan turned 6 and on Nov 29th 9 years ago my little girl made me a mama. I am so grateful for these 2 little angels in my life! Happy Birthday you two! Love you!
Here's some pics of the kids' family birthday party!

Ashy got a pack of Bendaroos for her birthday and this is what she did to her guitar! She is out of control, I know!

2010-12-01T17:13:00.002-07:00

I know, I know. What is that? Well, the kids somehow got their way in New Mexico and we ended up taking one of Uncle Eli's baby chihuahuas. Meet Daisy. She's a cutie but wow a lot of work. The kids love her so much. It's really cute to watch them play together!