The flu: type A

Well Paige has the flu! It is type A!  When they said that my first thought was " oh good it's not h1n1"  Then they said that h1n1 is a strain of the type a flu and that she probably has that strain!  So i thought that there were 3 types of flu but still there is only two!  I don't think that she has it to bad because a couple of years ago alex had type a flu and he was A LOT worse than she is!  This puts a huge damper on our halloween plans!  She may or may not be feeling well enough to go out on sat.  If she's not i think i will still dress her up anyways and take her picture!  We will still be able to do some things like paint pumpkins and decorate cookies just no parties!  They said that it is highly contagious so keep her away from other children!  We will need to watch her close to make sure it doesn't get any worse because the flu can cause her to get a bacterial infection that would need to be treated with anitbiotics!  So i think if we just keep a close eye on her and keep her indoors we will be fine!  We already have been staying indoors for the most part and we kept both kids home sunday so i don't think that we have been spreading it really to much!  The only thing that i am really too concerned about now is Alex getting sick he had a cough last week but hasn't really coughed much since last week so i will just watch him and his symptoms and make sure everything is going okay!  Well that's really all the news for now i hope that paige will do better at least to go trick or treating around our neighbor hood!  We'll see!

first day in nursery

Well yesterday was paige's first day of nursery!  I think she did pretty well!  When we first got thier she was really clingy to me and so i took her in a little further and showed her a little toy and she just kind of looked at it and then i just said good bye and left and she didn't cry at all and then between classes i looked in the little window to see how she was doing and she was sitting there and smiling at one of the teachers so i think she will do pretty well in nursery!  I was a little nervous that she wouldn't do very well and would be crying the whole time!  With paige i knew that it could go both ways because of her personality and i think we ended up with the best case scenario!  It was a very busy Sunday for us so i was relieved!

costumes

Well we have the kids Halloween costumes Paige is still going to be a lady bug but we had such a difficult time finding a cute lady bug costume that didn't cost $20 or more we decided just to go for making our own!  I think it will work out pretty well she has a red shirt already and so we got her some black sweats and a black jacket and then we got so of that material like what you put under a skirt like!  I have noticed that a lot of people have been making like little toutou's out of it so i thought that would make a cute lady bug skirt but to buy on already make was like at least $12 so we went and looked at the fabric and it was only .77 cents a yard!!!  I was shocked there was no way i was going to pass that up so we got some!  Those people making those little toutou's are making a bundle on them i couldn't believe it!  For the little antenna's we are just going to fix her hair into two pigtails right on top and then spray her hair with the black spray!  We don't have wings yet but i think we can just get a wire hanger and some nylons and some black paint for the dot's We just have to find the wire hangers and then wal-mart has some knee highs for .33 cents and i have paint so i think everything will workout well for her!  

Alex decided that he didn't want to be batman anymore and we went through an array of other ideas and then at wal-mart we were looking for stuff to piece together alex a costume too!  Then we saw some football jerseys and i asked him if he wanted to be a football player and his face just lit up he was so excited so that's what he is going to be!  It was the only thing he got this excited about!  so he picked out the color of jersey he wanted and we got him some sweat pants and we have a long sleeve shirt already that will look good underneath and then all were going to do is get some black make-up and put the lines under his face!  I think I'm more excited about him being a football player than batman!

As for brett and me we still don't have anything for us for halloween  but i'm not really to concerned with that!

the holidays

i am so excited for this i feel like these last two months we kind of got a little break for our family from all the business july brought!  Now it's time to get in full swing again with the holidays!  I love being busy!  First up halloween which i love because i get to dress the kids up it's so much fun i get to go shopping and be creative and it's like my kids are part of my decorations =)  i love dressing them up for all occasions i think my absolute favorite is thanksgiving it's like a great big dinner party that the whole country is having all at the same time!  For halloween paige is going to be a lady bug and alex is going to be batman and his cousin emily i think is going to be catwomen!  sweet!  We'll have to get their pictures if it all works out!  I am way excited!  Brett and I don't ussually dress up but i think that i might get some of those little head band things that are cute and wear i don't know what brett will do!  This year we let alex pick his own costume and he only mentioned superhero's before he decided on batman!  So far he has stayed with his decision!  Now all that's left to do is to get the costumes!

pics of all our activities in july

here are all the pictures looking cute from all of our activities this summer they just all happend to fall in july so i was a very crazy month but it was a lot of fun!

capitol reef!!!

Well now all our vacations are over! Our last one was a lot of fun! We went to Capitol Reef for a family reunion! It was really cool to see! The reunion was fun too! Where we stayed they had a swimming pool! Alex loved playing in the pool, but Paige absoulutly hated it! Brett and I got a little burned but the kids didn't at all thankfully, because we forgot to put sunscreen on! Also some people in my family brought up some 4 wheelers and Brett and I took a ride on them! It was a lot of fun! We took a ride up to some red rocks and we got some really cool pics there! We all had a lot of fun! I still haven't got the pictures downloaded yet i think i will try and get that done today and i will try and post pictures from all our vacations soon! It's kind of nice to kind of get a break from just going all the time! It will be fun just to stay home and do a few one day adventures! I kind of would like to make it out to the zoo this month! Well that's all for now hopefully i can get those pics up soon!

the 24th

we had a great day yesterday for pioneer day! We went down to Spanish Fork for the parade it was fun! Before we left for the parade alex said he wanted to play the drums in the parade! ;) Alex had a lot of fun running out and collecting candy! Paige really got into it she was waving and clapping and pointing and telling everyone about it! She took candy to anyone who would open it for her! Both kids were very sticky by the end of the parade! They had so much fun! Then we went to macey's to get out of the heat for a while and at the front of the store they had the float that was in the parade and Alex really thought that was cool! Then we went to my Aunt Paula's house and had a BBQ! It was really yummy, they had homemade root beer! Then we started to make our way home! We decided to stop at Cabella's on the way home! Both the kids really liked it they had a lot of fun looking at everything! Paige even found herself a little friend! When we got back to tooele we went to the children's parade two of our nephew's were playing in the tooele jr. band! They sounded really good! After the parade they have some fun stuff to do at the park! We only did one of the activities because the lines we so long! Then we came home and and we did some fireworks just the ground flowers and some sparklers and the little poppers paige really liked the sparklers and alex liked it all but he wanted some bigger ones! oh well! It was a really fun day! But we forgot to get batteries for our camera so no pictures!:(

update

wow a lot has happened since this month we have been so busy! At the first of the month we went to the dinosaur park in Ogden and then went camping up at Anderson cove and had a family reunion up there! That was all one trip and it was a lot of fun! At the dinosaur park alex was afraid of the mechanical dinosaurs even after i told him they were just like a remote control car he didn't want any of us getting close to them! He screamed when i was making him get close to see them! He didn't even like the little baby ones! He like the dinosaurs that were out side that didn't move though! On the fourth of july brett had to work but i took the kids over to the benson mill for our stakes annual community pancake breakfast! They ussually fo a little children's parade but we didn't make it in time for that! Then when brett got home we went up to Hollie's house for a BBQ it was a lot of fun! After that we went to Brett's parents house and did a few fireworks and then had a rootbeer float! Brett's mom was watching Angies kids so Jacob and Alex had a lot of fun playing with each other! On our way home we stopped on the side of the road and watched the fireworks from desert peak but wemade the mistake of openeing the windows and let in a whole bunch a mosquitos! Which we then spent about half the firework show trying to kill! It was a really a fun day! The next thing in our adventurous month was my birthday! We took the kids to my parents house and we went to wingers for dinner! It was really yummy and it was a nice break from the kid's! Then we had inspection in which we had to clean our house from top to bottom! I don't think i have ever done spring cleaning in july until now! I hate inspections! The only thing happy that came out of inspection was i finally remembered where the "safe place" I put my wedding ring was!!! For some dumb reason i thought a box of notes from high school was a safe place! I should get a break though for this because i was pregnant when i put it there! Which is probably another reason why i thought that was a safe place and why i couldn't remember where it was! I now fully remember putting it there and i have no idea why i thought that was a safe place. Next thing we did was brett had a day with the kids and i got to hang out with my friends! It was a lot of fun we had a picnic at heritage park! Then we went to temple square and planned jessica's baby shower! Then we watched the Joseph Smith movie! then we went to drea's parents house and played apples to apples! I love that game it is so much fun! Then it was pretty late so we went home! i had a lot of fun! Next, Blake was in town so we went over to his parents house and had a BBQ and played soccer! It reminded me of when me and brett first knew each other because that's the kind of stuff we did and that's who we did it with and it was on the day we met 6 years ago it was awesome! On the 15th was brett's birthday we went out to applebee's for dinner! We had a gift card for there! It was okay but i don't think we will be going to applebee's anytime soon! Next in our outings we had my family's annual family camp which is actually the Clayson reunion which this year was the last year they were doing it! We are still going to do a family camp with my aunts and uncles and stuff but not with my mom's aunt's! alex went up on Sunday with my mom! We went up on Thursday and stay till Saturday! It was fun! until Paige got sick that was not fun it was gross! She threw up three times on Saturday! Then we went to our ward BBQ! I made a pasta salad! It was really yummy! then we rented a movie! We rented he's just not that into you! I didn't really care to much for it and it was done a lot differently than either brett or I expected! Oh and also this month brett had to teach the adult gospel doctrine class=) i don't know how well he did because I'm in primary so i wasn't able to see how well he did but from what he says things went really well! He taught twice! Well now here we are coming to the end of July and we are still not done yet! On thursday i go to the dentist- just for a check up! Then on friday is pioneer day and i think we are going to spanish fork! then on the 29th we are leaving to go down to capital reef for yet another family reunion! This will definatly be a july to remember!

birthday pics

i finally got alex's birthday pics up

alex went to the doctor

Well it's been a little while but Alex went to the doctor and he has made it to the 50 % mark in his weight for the first time in his life!!!!=) We were so happy! They also weighed paige and she was 16.4 thanks to soy milk! Well not a whole lot to talk about but i was just so excited that he made it to be average! The last time he was average was when he was born! (he weighed 7.7) Well anyways that's all for now see y'all later!!!!!!

alex's birthday

i know it's been about a week and a 1/2 since his birthday but oh well! He had a really fun birthday He said he wanted a baseball party so we made the invitations as a baseball theme:

i will have to show the rest of the pictures later i can't find the cord to get them off my camera! Anyway we made his cake to look like a base ball field and had little twinkie bites to look like base balls! It was really cute! Then we played kick ball! It was a lot of fun! Alex said that was his favorite part of his birthday! Then we opened presents he got three different base ball bats and balls one of them came with a tee and one of them had a thing around it to tell you where to hit the ball! he has had a lot of fun playing with all of them! He also got a baseball shaped pillow! He thinks that is way cool! He got about three books also one was a really cute pop up book! And he got clothes! Here is him in his cute birthday clothes! He did really well at the portrait studio!

alex gave a talk in primary

Last sunday alex gave a talk in primary! He did really well! He did a lot better than i had expected! When he had given prayers he just stands there and wiggles and mummbles! When they call his name in primary he usually gets really shy and doesn't want to go up! So when it was his turn to get up and give his talk he got right up to the stand i was so proud of him! I told him to talk loud so people could hear him and i gave him a picture to hold and he didn't squirm once! Brett came in and watched and said that you could hear him pretty good! I was so happy that he did really well! That's all that really has been going on since mother's, except alex's birthday which was a lot of fun we will put pics up later! Well that's all for now!

mother's day

this year mothers day was wonderful! We were able to spend time with both of our mothers on mothers day! Brett got me some very pretty Easter lilies, and a little herb garden that you keep inside your house, and a cute church bag, and the kids gave me some peach ice cream and it was really yummy! I was so excited for church I love it when the primary kids get up to sing! I was extra excited this year because it was Alex's first time to sing with them! He didn't want to go up there tough so brett had to take him up there, then one of the people in the primary presidency helped him to get closer to the front! He looked so cute just standing there! About 1/2 way through the song he his his face behind the kid he was standing by! He's just so shy sometimes! He wouldn't sing but I was just glad that he stayed up there the whole time! He was so cute up there! I guess for father's day i will just plan on taking him up there! Then the next speaker got up and and asked if any of the men were planning on cooking dinner for any of thier wives and brett raised his hand and said "I guess I am now!" I laughed because we had already planned to go over to his mom's house to eat! And it was already cooked when we got there anyways! So I told him he should cook us dinner tonight since we were gone on mothers day! I don't know if he will or not but i just thought it was funny he raised his hand! After church was over they gave everyone a flower i got a yellow daisy! Well i hope that everyone else had a good mothers day also! And happy late mothers day to all the mothers out there!

my beautiful mother's day flowers!
another one of my flowers!
me on mothers day eating my yummy ice cream!

paige's birthday pics

easter

one year check up!

Well yesterday we took paige for her one year check up and things went pretty okay she is still way under weight so to try and get her wieght up we will be mixing the carnation breakfast shake mix with her milk and if that doesn't help then we will start her on some pediasure! He said he wanted to do it that way because the carnation stuff is a lot cheaper! Also she throws up about every 5-6 days we had been mixing the whole milk with the formula to get her tummy used to the regular milk! The doctor said just to try the straight milk and if she still has a problem then to switch to soy milk! so hopefully all of this will work out good! I gave her the whole milk this morning and so far she's been okay! Everything else was fine though so no perscriptions or anything! yeah!

paige's birthday

yesterday was paige's first birthday! We had a party with just brett's family and then on saturday we will do another one with my family! Things went pretty well she had a lot of fun! I will probably put pictures up later after saturdays party! she really liked the cake she didn't even hesitated to dig in in fact she didn't want to blow out the cdandle she just wanted to grab the cake! She ate the whole thing! Her favorite presents were the books she absolutly loves books! she thought the clothes got in the way of her reading! Well after the party she threw up all that cake! she ended up throwing up about four times each time there was less! I think she throws up way more than a little baby her age should so i am going to talk to the doctor about it it she has her check up today! on saturday i am definatly making a smaller cake! i sure hope that she can handle it better!

anniversary

Well we had a wonderful anniversary! we had our candle light dinner on thursday night! it was fun! Then on friday we went up to park city! We went to a few of the outlet stores and got our kids their easter outfitsthey are very cute and they match so i think it will be fun! then we went down historic main street! We felt very out of place because of all the rich people! further up main street were some very cool colorful houses! some of them were for sale so we got a flyer for one of them it was $1.7 million!!! we thought it would be cool if we inherit one of those houses but there is no way we would ever spend that much on a house! that's crazy! after we got back we learned that that was the street that my grandma meldrum was born on! After we went to park city we went to heber city just because! All we did there was drive down main street! It reminded me of Spanish Fork! Then we headed back to salt lake area and we were going to go bowling butthe bowling alley we went to was full and there was a 45 minute to an hour wait! So we went to hollywood connections and went miniature golfing instead! it was a lot of fun but i don't think were very good! Our balls kept getting off the course and we nbever got a hole in one! then we went to a restraunt called mimi's cafe it's really cute it's by fashion place mall! We really liked our dinner Then after that we went to murray park and walked around for a little while! but right now brett is reading a scary book and so he was afraid to be in the park so we didn't stay very long and it was kind of cold! After that we made our way home! At maceys and wal-mart they were both having twilight parties so we decided to see what was going on and we wanted to see if we could rent twilight at midnight from the redbox really we would have tested it with any movie just twilight was the one we had the opportunity to try it with! And it worked so if you ever want to rent a brand new movie and it is being relesed at midnight you can get it from the redbox! And we wern't the only ones we saw someone else with one! Then when we got home we actually stayed up and watched it i still don't know why we thought that was a good idea! but we didn't get to bed until around 3:00 that was just crazy! anyways as far as twilight goes i thought it was an okay movie so my question is what in the world is all the fuss about because it wasn't as good to me and brett as everyone made it out to be! i'm not saying it wasn't good it just wasn't the movie of the century like everyone is making it out to be!!! Well then saturday we didn't do anything! We just pretty much slept! here are some pics and that's about all!

some of the roses brett gave me
our candle light dinner
just us!!!

our new car talks to us = )

i am so excited we finally got our new car i took us quite a while but now we don't have to worry about it any more!!! We got a chevy malibu it is kind of a grayish blueish color and sometimes it looks a little greenish it just depends on the lighting! We really like it! We get on star free for the first year so it is very fun to play with! it will give us turn by turn directions to pretty much anywhere we want to go and it sends us e-mails telling us when we need an oil change and how much air is in our tires and if there is anything else wrong with it! it tells us how many mpg we get on average and at any sepcific instance! and it tells us the name of the artist and song that is playing on the radio! We also get xm satillite radio for 90 days! and the windo locks only lock the back windows! And all this is the standard features crazy huh! We also have a car phone! it is connected to onstar and it is basically just a prepaid phone but if we had verizon we would be able to connect it to is somehow and use the verizon plan minutes but we don't have a cell phone so basically we just have a prepaid phone and we can add minustes from the car if we need to!!! It is such a huge relief that we don't have to deal with car problems anymore! It was kind of disappointing that we had to get a new car because we were really looking forward to being out of debt! But we have a plan to get this car paid off as quickly as possible! So hopefully we are able to be debt free soon! Really this car payment is the only thing we have so i guess that we are not in too bad of shape as far as being in debt but hopefully our plan goes smoothly this time and we can be completely out of debt in a few years! Although we didn't really plan to buy a car at this time we are really happy with the one we got and think it will last us longer!

our fifth anniversary

i just thought i would write to let people know that everything is going better in our little family! Our children are both feeling better and i am just so glad! now i just want the weather to get warmer so that we can spend more time outside! I am very excited about our anniversary! It will be our 5 year anniversary i am way excited! Our anniversary is on a thursday! Brett has thursday friday and saturday off i am very excited but we kind of have it split in two parts because of our need for babysitters! so i am planning thursday night we are going to have a candle light dinner and then brett is planning the weekend and he said he has something planned already but it's a suprize!!! i am way excited i think it sounds fun maybe on thursday morning we we'll do a fancy breakfast too!