Isaac's 1st Haircut

>My other two children were almost 4 and almost 3 when they received there first haircuts but bubba man here had some wild out of control hair that needed attention before his second birthday. He is looking calm now, but just wait.

Isaac checking out the place before the festivities commence.

Looking around and wondering what he got himself into.

He started getting that look of being concerned so we got him a sucker, you know food comforts all especially Isaac who NEVER turns anything down.

But to no avail he wasn't haven't it at all. The tears started coming.


Daddy to help him get the hair out of his face once he started to wipe his tears away.

Me trying to calm him down but he just kept the tears coming along with the crying.

All done with my big boy haircut while daddy soothes me.

The end result what a happy handsome boy he is.

Pink Curler Girl

I have been dying to do this to to her hair but she never wants to sit still. We busted out the pink curlers and she slept in them. And the end

result was priceless. I know she is my kid but she looks

GORGEOUS!!!!! Now I just have to lock her up until she is 30.

Surgery Day

Today I had arranged for the younger two kids to be watched so Jon and I could go to the hospital with Jared for his "minor" surgery. It ended up that I was sick so I had to stay home with the younger two while Jon and Jared went. The poor kid couldn't have anything to eat after 3am and nothing to drink after 9am. There arrival time to the hospital was 11am and the surgery didn't start until about 1:45pm and only lasted 20 minutes. Jon got to go see him when he was in recovery waking up from the anesthesia and the greatest thing was he was given Popsicles. These pictures are of Jared hanging out before he had surgery. He was allowed to bring a blanket and toys into the operating room, he chose his buzz blanket and optimus prime, bumblebee and his stuffed animals kitty and doggy.

Jared looking at the pain smiling chart, cut boy.

In recovery with Popsicles.

When he arrived home he seemed very out of it and then all of sudden he perked back to being Jared. He wanted food and he wanted outside. The doctor told Jon if he felt up to it to let him do whatever his normal activities were. Crazy child acted like he didn't have anything done to him at all. I am so thankful for the priesthood blessing he received the night before and for the resiliency of little children.

Hospital Tour (Jared Style) get ready for a LAUGH!!!!

Let me start off by saying that I love my Jared and all the crazy and silly things he does and says and the JOY he brings in to my life and there is not a day that doesn't go by that this child does not put a smile on my face. In preparation for his surgery on the 17Th of September we set up a tour of the surgery center to get him acquainted with what would go on etc... The tour started at 4pm and there was one other family with there son. The lady takes us up to the floor where we will check in and as we are walking up the lady is asking questions about if they are nervous about what will happen to them and my son chimes in, "Well your making me nervous". LOL this kid is a keeper. She then proceeds to ask do they know what they are coming in for and and of course my son pipes up again and says, "The hole in my penis is too small so it's getting cut". Way to go parents with telling him what was going to happen. Ughhh...... So we get done touring where they will take him and all the fun stuff that goes along with it. We head down the elevator to where Jon and I will wait until he is out of surgery and the lady had the two boys sit down at this little table and gets her kit out to show them where they will place the IV and the mask that will go over there nose and mouth and a few other items. She then gets out this chart of faces for your pain level (for those of us out there who have given birth you know the pain level faces I am talking about) and she proceeds to ask them if they have ever been hurt etc... well what do you know Jared has something to share, "One day I fell in Joe's driveway (neighbor next door) and I fell off my scooter and got hurt and then I fell like this", he proceeds to then fall in slow motion to the ground to show everyone what he did. Jon and I almost lost it with laughter as well did the other mother who was there with her son. All I could do was smile. He is so funny and makes me laugh quite frequently and sure keeps the family on a roll. Hope is this excited and laughing before he goes into surgery on Thursday.

Jared's 5th Birthday (again)

So Jared's Birthday was Thursday but it is hard for some Family to get here so we had another one today with his friends he invited and family. He wanted a picture taken of himself dressed up in his Bumblebee dress up outfit with his cake.

This is the second cake I made for him and I think from now on I will be the cake decorator in our little family. I really enjoy doing it and considering I have never taken a cake decorating class I don't think I did half bad.

Jared's friends playing Mario Kart Wii.

Jared opening up presents with his cousin Kai and Taylor thoroughly engrossed in which Transformer he was given.

Uncle Mike (Jon's brother) holding his BIG nephew Isaac.

Jared blowing out his candle or more like spiting instead of blowing it out. He wanted chocolate cake and Funfetti so that is what I did. Thanks to everyone who came to the party it was a blast. No on to try to eat better because of all the crap I have eaten in the past couple of days.

Just don't be Late.........Do the Puyallup!!!!!!!!!!!!

Free day before noon is the greatest sound to my wallet. My hubby took a half day off of work so we could venture to the Puyallup fair for one thing only "The coveted Salsa maker" and of course my scone which my husband and father in law like to call a biscuit, you see they are from Utah so an elephant ear (fried dough) is more like scone to them then a scone is to..... well you get the idea. The kids wanted to go see animals more like the cows. Jared just wanted to look at each one and comment.

And then as I was taking a picture of him I noticed he had on two different socks on, of course I had to get a picture as proof.

Isaac was about to come unglued if he didn't get out to see the cows.

And then yelling at the top of his lungs, "I see the cow Mommy, I see the cowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!

We then went on to purchase an Elephant Ear and did I mention it was HOT and I mean HOT outside I thought I was going to die of heat stroke. Taylor and Isaac enjoying there first bite of yummy fried goodness while watching the BIG scream ride go up and down

and Isaac pointing to it going up and down.

Jon and Jared sharing the fried dough and talking about whatever Jared was commenting about.

Then we come to the FUN part of the story. I have gone to the Puyallup fair for as many years as I can remember and I always have to have a scone. Now mind you this is opening day and it is HOT outside there are TONS of people roaming around and I decide to go stand in a fairly short line so I thought WRONG. Every person in front of me (about only 12) wanted and purchased DOZENS and more DOZENS!!! I only wanted four, yes that's it four. I ended up waiting 45+ minutes while they even had time to have a shift change and then the cashier girl took five more minutes. Goodness gracious!! I should have gone in the kitchen to help because I would have been just as hot standing in line as I would have been in the kitchen and I wouldn't have got sunburned over a piece of food (okay 4 pieces of food). My father in law at one point even tried to bribe me with going out to dinner if I would get out of line. But to no avail I waited and waited and waited.

Finally I got back to the family and gave Jared, Taylor and Isaac there scone and the first words out of Jared's mouth was, "What?? A jelly sandwich?" Me, "Boy that is a scone you better eat it". Taylor didn't like hers but Isaac sure loved his as you can see by the open mouth insert food picture while Grandpa smiles on while watching him consume this yummy scone. It was a fun day to spend time together as a family and I hope next year we don't go on opening day, too many people and maybe just a few degrees cooler would be nice as well.

Jared's 5th Birthday

One of the few rare pictures of me being pregnant with Jared. How did I go from this

to this

and this??

My baby boy who I adore (on most days) never ceases to amaze me with his intellect, charm and wit. He always has something on his mind to say and he will tell you even if it means interrupting you to tell you. He loves to sing the primary songs and informs me this is how Cindy sings it (primary chorister). He has the greatest imagination and I hope he never looses it. This child can take things that actually are used for one thing and turn it into something completely different and it works maybe he will be some sort of scientist or engineer then he can take care of Mom and Dad when we get old. He also had on his mind what type of Birthday cake he wanted an Optimus Prime truck cake. Having never really dabbled in cake decorating I thought I would make a go at it. Let's just say it was like Food Network Challenge in my kitchen(except I was the only participant) complete with slicing my finger as well.

And it was a good thing I had the first aid kit near by.

It was a great night to be with friends, family and neighbors. Jared obviously likes Transformers so he received quite a few Transformer items. Thanks all who came!!!

Taylor"isms"

I overheard my daughter the other day while I was in the kitchen
Play Phone: "Hi there, Wanna come out and play?"
Taylor: "I can't I'm naked"


Yesterday while driving in the car Taylor tells me, "Mommy we need a binny ban"
Me: "Taylor we don't need a binny ban we only have three kids"
Taylor: "We need a baby a baby girl"
Kids say the funniest things.

Peach Skins and Peach Pits and Quart Jars OH MY

Jon and I have decided to do some more canning!!! We actually can work together to get this done. The process was fun. He would boil the whole peaches skin them and then hand them to me

to pit them and slice and clean.

The product in the jars resting.

The final outcome was 42 quart jars of peaches. Now where to store it all?

Sunday morning I baked cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies and of course the kids had to help by begging for raw cookie dough. When my children get EXCITED they flap there arm up and down and beg. Crazy kids!!

Then on Monday we canned 21 quart jars of tomatoes and I can say they were the easiest to do out of the pears and peaches we did. Jon and I had fun working side by side each other (even though he did most of the work). I am thankful to be building our food storage and I know we will be blessed for it.