Peyton's one year adventures...

The silly girl love to sit inside of things... laundry baskets, toyboxes,

and here she is sitting in an empty box from one of Stockton's birthday presents.

Peyton loves her big brothers...

Stockton had fallen asleep on the couch. Peyton first tried to wake him up by

sitting on him and then ended up cuddling until she too fell asleep.

Ethan dancing with Pey. She loves it!

I found her laying down reading a book to her teddy bear one day.

She is one smart girl!

We love you Pey!

I'm 4...

Stockton's birthday came in the middle of my major party planning.  We went to Ethan's soccer game and afterwards had Stockton's requested ice cream cake - mint chocolate chip.  He got some awesome presents but was a little sad that his cousin's didn't come to a party for him. Next year will be his year for a BIG party!  I am putting that in writting...
(Mom)

sToCkToN...

He is such a silly boy.  Turning 4 he thinks he is so grown up.  Ethan had a soccer game and independant Stockton entertained himself for a while at the park.  Half way through the game I saw him headed back, sporting his sunglasses and rainboots, kicking the soccer ball aimlessly.  I don't know if his hands were down his pants, in his back pockets or holding his pants up...  This captured Stockton...

Cows, Pigs and Ducks...

It is always fun to go to the Farm and see all the Baby Animals.  Stockton's preschool class had a field trip on his birthday so Peyton and I tagged along.  He got new sunglasses as an early birthday present so he wore them the whole day!

Brushing the Pony

(which wasn't a baby since she was 18 years old - but small for the kiddos to enjoy)

Farmer showing the kids what baby cows eat for breakfast - a nice hearty oatmeal.

Peyton taking a peek at the calves.

Sleeping baby calf - oh so soft.

The baby calf says hello to Pey.

Fuzzy baby chicks.

The mama lamb was noisy - she didn't like all the attention on her baby ewe.

So Soft baby Bunnies.

The baby goats were playfull!

Stockton's favorite - the baby pigs.

I thought the ducklings were oh so sweet.

They got to feed the Jerusalem donkey (see the cross on his back?) carrots.

On the train.  What a fun way to start your birthday!

A vistit to Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa's

Conference weekend we took a drive to Idaho... Ethan thought it was so cool that we could drive to Idaho but was disappointed somewhat that their was no grandier when you cross the Utah-Idaho boarder.  My dad's parents live in Weston and it had been awhile since we had visited.  My Grandmother gives each new grandbaby a Book of Mormon copy with Grandma and Grandpa's picture and testimony on the inside cover.  Ethan cherishes his Book of Mormon and was excited to go visit his "old" Grandparents.

Grandpa is 94 and he got a kick out of chasing Peyton around the house. 

Peyton is their 123rd Great Grandchild!

You can tell that they love their posterity.

Grandma will be 90 on May 30th

She always "washes the ladies dishes" with the boys.

Grandma teaching Peyton "Patty Cake"

We love you Grandma and Grandpa!

Princess Peyton's Party...

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate Peyton! We had lots of fun with party hats, purse pinata, cupcakes, and presents.  Our little girl is growing so fast!

St. Patty's Day 2010

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We're having a party!

I can't believe my baby is turning 1. She is definately growing up. Watching her in church yesterday, I couldn't help but giggle. She has learned a lot this past year.
Things like how to tease your brother - She kept stepping on Ethan's drawing paper and would wait for his reaction and then giggle with delight. When that got old she decided to step right on his arm and see how long it took for him to get upset with her.
And, Cause and Effect - Peyton loves this one. She likes to see how many times strangers will pick up her toys when she either drops them or throws them. Finally the toy gets taken away and this has taught her Cleaning up - once the toy is seen going into the church bag, she finds it and pulls it out and then gets delighted in her ability to put it back into the bag. This ends up being repeated numerous times until she gets bored and moves onto Singing and Jabbering - It seems that when it is the quietest, she decides her voice needs to be heard!
Peyton has also learned how to make friends - She loves visiting the row behind us. She smiles and plays peek a boo and this has gotten her many treats. The girl sitting behind us on Sunday shared her goldfish crackers with Peyton when the cheerios we brought weren't good enough.
My baby is growing up but I am going to cherish the memories!

Derby Highlights

I had a great time at our Pinewood Derby last night. All the boys were ready to race and super proud of the cars they had made. My boys can't wait until they are old enough to be Cub Scouts so they can participate.

Since I was busy doing behind the scenes stuff I only was able to get a few pics taken.

I have to give a special thanks to our wonderful Den Leaders. They are so supportive of the boys and a few filled in at the last minute (literaly the night before) to help get a car put together.

The boys arrived at the "Department of Pinewood Vehicles" to register as drivers and for the final weigh-in of their cars. Boys took a driving test along with an eye exam to see if they were qualified to race. After their weight and height was recorded they were issued their "licenses" and were given "Pit Passes" allowing them to remove and return their cars to the Pit area during the racing heats. Bro. Hansen ran the computer program that made sure each car raced in each lane.

After the preliminaries were done, there were 4 cars that entered the final heat to determine the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place champions.

Tyler Johnson at his first Pinewood Derby took 1st place! His whole family was proud. Nate Taylor took 2nd and we had a tie for 3rd. After a tiebraker race, Joshua Blankenship ended in 3rd, leaving Parker Cummings with Honorable Mention.

2-liter trophies were awarded along with car slides for their neckerchiefs.

We had some pretty amazing car designs and each boy won special recognition along with an awsome derby patch for their uniforms.

For treats we had derby cars made out of Twinkies and Oreos - delicious!

We will see you next year at the races!

I could live without the drama.

Getting errands done with kids is always a daunting task. Someone is fighting or crying or in my case doesn't want to go into the store and begs to wait in the car. Stockton is always so tired when I am doing my errands after the gym that I have to persuade him to come into the store with me by telling him a police officer will take him away from me if he is in the car alone.

Yesterday I was headed to my last stop to pick up treats for cubs when my mom called. The phone conversation lasted long enough for me to get to my destination, and park and sit for 5+ minutes talking. By this time Pey and Stock had fallen asleep. I decided to just run in to the small Wonder bread store and leave the kids asleep in the truck - I was parked right in front of the door to the store so what bad could happen? Thinking about my kids safety, I locked the door and ran inside. I quickly grabbed the 4 boxes of Twinkies that I was after and was out in less than 2 minutes. When I got to the truck and checked my pockets, I realized in my distracted state, I had not only locked my kids safely inside but the keys were still in the ignition!

I thought, easy fix, pound on Stock's window and wake him up and he will unlock the door so we can be on our way to get Ethan from school. The kid was out! Nothing was waking him up but my racket did bring store employees outside to see what was going on. The High School across the street was releasing students at this time so I had many onlookers. I just smiled and kept pounding. Luckily Mom was in town and she came to my rescue - it was her fault I was distracted anyway, right? ha ha! Finally bouncing on the tailgate and rocking the truck back and forth woke the sleeping child. He woke in such a bewildered state that I could not coax him to unlock the door. I kept asking him to unlock the door pointing on the window above the lock and he would just shake his head NO. People where really beginning to stare and I felt like a child predator. Mom tried offering him the newly purchased Twinkies, he shook his head no. Then chocolate kisses, he shook his head no. Then a pack up gum was pressed up to the tinted windows and he eagerly unlocked the door! Ya for my little guy loving gum! We were on our way.

During the whole fiasco, Ryan had been called. He was halfway to save us when we got the door opened. Sadly though, he wasn't sure if he even had a spare key. This brought up our house keys... where are they? They are never used since we access the house via the garage door. If the power was out we wouldn't be able to get inside... So I think this week we will re-evaluate our keys!