Alder Family

Charlie Cory Alder

2010-08-31T09:19:00.014-06:00

Charlie was born on July 9, 2010. We weighed 5"15 and was 19 1/2 inches long. He wasn't due until July 20, but I had a doctors appointment and I knew if my blood pressure was high enough my doctor would start me. At this point, I was really hoping it was high enough and I wouldn't have to wait through another weekend. When they took my BP is was 150/101 which is the worst it had ever been. (Maybe the squats beforehand had something to do with it!) Needless to say, my doctor sent my straight up to get me started and 7 hours later Charlie was born. He was a little small, but healthy.

Braden holding his new brother for the first time.

My three boys. Will didn't quite know what to think. He was just happy to be staying at grandma and grandpa's house.

I'm not sure why, but when I had Will and Charlie, Braden became quite the photographer. I found a lot of interesting pictures on the camera. Apparently he likes close-ups!

I got out of the shower and Braden was snapping away. I think there are over 20 pictures just like this. Poor Charlie had the flash going off every 5 seconds.

Broken Leg

2010-08-26T10:18:00.006-06:00

What does every nine month pregnant mother need? A 28 pound 22 month old with a non waterproof, unable to walk broken leg! A week before I had Charlie, Will fell off the neighbors slide and broke his leg. I didn't realize the impact it would have on us until I heard 'the cast can't be waterproof', 'it has to go from his thigh to his toes', and 'he shouldn't walk in it.' This is what we came home with-

Two days later, we went back to the Orthopedic Surgeon and got a cast. It was nice because his leg was protected, but it was really hard for him to get around. He figured it out pretty quickly.

Two weeks after the cast we went back for x-rays and they were able to put Will in a walking boot. This was sooooo much better. I could take it off for baths and it fit him below the knee. (Although the smell was unbearable when you took it off!)

Throughout the whole ordeal, Will did awesome. He never complained. He just went about his business. My mother in law said it the best-Don't tell him he has a broken leg, I don't think he knows!

Brothers

2010-08-26T10:03:00.006-06:00

I just love how much Will adores Braden. And how Braden loves his little brother. Of course they have their moments, but for the most part these two are best friends.

What a deal!

2010-04-17T17:31:00.005-06:00

If any of you are looking for a great deal, come to my house. I have three boys that ore offering a steal! Three washed rocks for a penny.

Baby Animal Days

2010-04-17T17:13:00.011-06:00

Today we decided we would take the kids out to see all the baby animals at the American West Heritage Center. They do their big Baby Animal Days over Easter, but then they have a smaller, less crowded version the next week. We got to go on train rides, ride ponies, and pet and hold a lot of cute little baby animals. Braden was told you could win frogs there and I was pleasantly surprised that they were gone. I think the biggest hit was the train ride, even for Braden who was too cool to say he liked it, but smiled the whole way!

Easter Time

2010-04-16T15:15:00.005-06:00

We did two Easter's this year, but unfortunately I only took picture at one of them. My parents were going out of town over Easter, so my mom made a delicious dinner, had an Easter egg hunt, and dyed eggs on the Sunday before. The weather actually was better that week than the week of Easter, so we were able to do the hunt outside. The next Saturday, Cory's mom made everyone a brunch, then we played some games, dyed eggs, and did another hunt. Braden loves looking for his eggs, Will not so much this year.

We also made an egg container to drop out of Grandma and Grandpa's window and it worked. Braden's egg didn't break. But then Grandma gave put the boys on a team and the girls on a team and they had 15 minutes to make a new container and they both worked too. I think we spent a little too long on Braden's considering a 10 year old, 8 year old, and 6 year old did it in 15 minutes!

It was nice to just stay home on the actual Easter day and relax.

Once again, It's a Boy!

2010-04-16T15:08:00.002-06:00

For those of you that don't know, we found out that baby number 3 is a boy! It was a little hard to take at first, knowing this is our last baby, but now we are really excited. Braden is really excited to have another brother and I think Will will love having a little buddy. Our family is definitely boy oriented and now I don't have to worry about figuring out how to do cute girl hair. (I just get to listen to boy noises!)

This and That

2010-02-19T12:27:00.010-07:00

I finally uploaded my pictures and thought that I would post some of them. Some are from Braden's birthday, some are from last week but this is what we have been up to lately.

William loves to stack and climb as you can see from the pictures. He also loves to "organize" my kitchen. If my measuring cups and mixer are not in the middle of the floor, he has work to do!

This is a typical day after school. If Braden doesn't get to play, I think the world might end. There are so many boys his age in our neighborhood and they have so much fun together. Of course Will thinks he is one of the boys too.

Braden and his friends love to play football and I love to watch their imaginations. Braden created an offense/defense setup with his stuffed animals. It was dogs against all the other animals. And of course Braden was the quarterback.

And once again Will tries to be like his brother! That's actually Braden's jersey, but I think it fits Will better!

Baby #3

2010-01-15T20:54:00.004-07:00

Since absolutely nothing is going on in the month of January except freezing temperatures and inversions, I will blog about the new addition to our family. I am due July 26th when I'm sure I'll be wishing for some relief from the scorching heat! You just can't win! I'm currently 13 weeks, still throwing up, and should I really be needing maternity clothes yet??? The baby is as big as a lime, not a cantaloupe, so why do my clothes no longer fit? Still I refuse for at least a couple more weeks! I have had two ultrasounds (neither of which is the picture above-it's just too easy to pull one off the internet-and you get the point)and everything looks good. I have come to the conclusion that I do not get to pick when I have kids, so if you are wondering why Braden and Will are 5 years apart and Will and baby #3 are less than two years apart, don't ask me, I don't know either! I guess it was meant to be. We are really excited about the surprise especially since we didn't have to do any infertility treatments-this is what normal people feel like I guess!!

Braden and Cory are excited to have another baby, Will has no idea, and I'm glad this is the last time I'm pregnant!

We are all excited for the addition and I'll keep you updated on if it's a boy or girl when the time comes!

New Year's Resolution!

2010-01-10T20:57:00.010-07:00

So this year for my New Year's Resolution I am really going to try to keep my blog up to date. So I will start with sledding on New Year's Day. We went to Old Main Hill and went sledding for a while. We went with Dan and family, my mom and Jenni. Will didn't quite understand the sledding, but he likes being outside-even if he couldn't move!

Braden had a great time and loves sledding especially with his dad.

Although it took an hour to get ready and we only sledded for a 1/2 hour, I think everybody had a good time and it was worth the work.

Maggie and Will

2009-11-01T21:35:00.004-07:00

We have been watching Cory's parent's dog Maggie. Will loves Maggie, but I think Maggie puts up with Will, unless he has food. So when Will spilled a box of Trix, Maggie and Will worked together to clean the mess up. I do understand that I am letting my child eat off the floor, but I only let him while I took some pictures. Then Maggie took care of the rest of the mess. That is defiantly one good reason to have a dog around.

He also hates it when things get stuck in his toes and I think it's pretty cute watching him try to get them out!

Happy Halloween

2009-11-01T21:03:00.013-07:00

We had plenty to do this Halloween. We went to a Halloween party at Grandma Cindy's on Tues. then a Halloween party at Grandma Donna's on Thurs. Plus a church party last week. By the time Halloween hit, Braden and Will were sick of putting on their costumes. Good thing Braden was willing to put on his costume when there was candy on the line.

This is Will hanging out in Maggie's (the dog) bed. He loves dogs.

Braden and his cousins playing Halloween games at Grandma Donna's party. She had a lot of cute games and a very scary spook alley. The kids love it.

Every year Cory likes to carve a pumpkin. He has carved the Aggie Bull, Jack Sparrow, Sherk, and even Pres. Hinkley. This year Braden talked him into carving a dog. I think it turned out pretty good considering we had some time constraints.

These are the rest of the pumpkins we carved at Grandma Cindy's party. Danika's (it has some issues!), Dan's, Lukes, mine, and Braden's.

We ate a dinner of eyeballs, brains, giant's fingers, and spiders for dessert. Everyone had a really good time.

We spent Halloween night passing out candy, trick or treating, then up to Grandma's. The boys had fun and we got way too much candy. Mostly because I over bought candy. I never can guess how much to buy. I guess it's better to have too much than not enough. Especially when it's candy!

Last camping trip this year

2009-10-20T16:04:00.009-06:00

I thought this sequence of pictures was kinda funny when I looked at them. This is Braden, Luke, and Will in the back of Cory's truck and I was trying to get a good picture. Will is screaming because he doesn't have a graham cracker like the other boys.

This is Braden giving Will a cracker.

And here's a happy camper!

Luke really enjoyed his corn!

Taking a one year old camping is not an easy task! He did had a blast wondering around and throwing rocks in the river!

The boys loved the headlamps and wore them all night.

This was the boy's table. Grandpa, Branden and Luke enjoyed a yummy dinner of steak and dutch oven potatoes.

Luke had a cool fishing pole that Luke shared with Braden while Dan fished. We had a good time camping and the boys really love it. I'll be ready to go again next spring!

End of Summer

2009-10-20T15:42:00.013-06:00

Even though it's the fall now, I thought I would put up some pictures of how we finished up the the summer. I guess they are mostly of Braden, I guess he had a busy summer!

Braden started kindergarten.

Braden and his buddies played a lot of football in our yard.

Braden lost his first tooth, literally. He had it in one afternoon at Grandma's house and after dinner it was gone. He either ate it, or it fell out while he was playing football outside. Good thing the Tooth Fairy has a magic wand and we think she was able to find it because he still got money under his pillow. And it's a good thing kids believe anything you tell them!

We went swimming one last time for Cory's work party. His work had a big party at Willow Park and then swimming at the Aquatic Center. The kids love swimming and had a good time!

California 6-9

2009-08-31T15:19:00.019-06:00

Thursday we spent all day a Newport Beach. The waves were great for boogie boarding and there wasn't as much seaweed as the other beach.

It was a little cold out of the sun as you can tell by my dad. I don't know if it was cold enough for a wool blanket though!

This was Braden's first attempt at boogie boarding. It took a lot to convince him to try again after the wipeout.

On Saturday we went to Huntington Beach and had a cookout. We played games, boogie boarded on big waves, ate, played beach football, and relaxed.

It was especially nice to relax after Will fell asleep!

On Friday night we had a friendly poker game at the house. Even though we were playing for nothing, we still had a good time. Cory ended up winning the pot. Which was nothing.

This was the hotel that everyone else was staying at. It had a fun pool that we ate our dutch oven dinner around while the kids swam. I think Braden had more fun here than at the beach (at least swimming).

We took Dan, Danika, Luke, Layna, Jenni, and Grandpa to Boomers. We had a good time, but Luke was too small to do almost everything.

We looked forward to the family reunion for 6 months and it did not disappoint! We already want to go back. For now I'll have to face the winter and dream of the beach!

Happy Birthday!

2009-08-30T21:47:00.006-06:00

Ok-I'm a little behind and still need to blog on the rest of California, but I wanted to throw in Will's 1st Birthday. We had Grandma Cindy, Grandpa Rick, Dan & fam., and Aunt Terri over for some cupcakes. Will really didn't care about opening presents, he just wanted to dance to the music in the background.

It's a good thing he has an older brother and cousin that love to open presents. He did, however, enjoy his cupcake!

Will then got another party on Saturday with Cory's family. Everyone was getting together for a BBQ so we thought we would throw in cake and ice cream and make it a party. Of course, Will had no idea what was going on, but he did enjoy the ice cream and presents. Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate!

California Days 2-5

2009-08-20T22:28:00.021-06:00

After another 5 hours of slow traffic we finally made it to California. Cory's parents have a house a couple of blocks from the beach, and it just so happened to be 5 miles from where the family reunion was. So we had Sunday night, Monday, and Tuesday morning until anyone else showed up to take it easy. We went shopping, miniature golfing, to Boomers, and Cory and Braden played a par 3 golf course Tuesday morning.

My parents and sister flew in on Tuesday afternoon and then we walked down to the beach.

On Wednesday, we went back to the beach for a while, then we took off to see a Dodger's game. We enjoyed a Dodger dog and some peanuts. Nobody I know EVER eats peanuts, but when everybody came back from getting their food, they had a bag of peanuts! I guess that's what you do at a baseball game. Gotta say, I'd rather have the cracker jacks!

The crowd hits around beach balls (which you want to hit in the right direction, or you get booed!) and Braden wanted to hit one sooooo bad. Bottom of the ninth, the ball comes right to us, Cory catches it and gives it to Braden to hit and this is what Braden was doing-

Oh well- maybe next time!

The Dodgers ended up losing 1-4, but it was still a lot of fun. We almost didn't go because I thought Will would be all over the place, but thanks to the rowdy LA fans, Will was quite entertained. I'm glad we went even if they did lose.

Vegas

2009-08-13T21:37:00.010-06:00

This year our annual family reunion was in California. We decided to leave a couple days early and stay a night in Vegas. Not really a place for kids. We thought the kids would like seeing the tigers at the Mirage and the pirate show outside Treasure Island. But you have to pay $20 a person to see the tigers and Treasure Island was too far from our hotel. And it was HOT! Our hotel had a really neat pool with 3 slides that the kids (and parents) had fun on. We ended up having enough time to swim on Saturday afternoon but were planning to do most of our swimming Sunday morning. We woke up, got everybody ready with sunscreen and swimsuits and floaties and towels and waited for the pool to open. Well just our luck. The filter went out and the pool was closed all day. So I didn't get any swimming pictures because I procrastinated and waited until Sunday and then we didn't get to swim.
We did see the fountain show at the Belagio and Braden thought the 'fireworks with water' was pretty neat. This is Braden and Will looking at the strip from the safety of our hotel room. Will loved all the lights.

As we walked down the strip Braden asked how come everybody littered, and I just hoped he didn't see what was on the litter. He also loudly pointed out all the cigarette butts. I don't think we will be going back soon.

This was on the road and so excited for a week of fun. Vegas was the first stop and there's more to come of the rest of the trip.

We have 3 snoobies now!

2009-07-21T22:04:00.004-06:00

Braden has been hearing things a little different and then repeating them in his own way. I love to hear how he interperets things and I can't bring myself to correct him! I know it's not cute when he's an adult saying the wrong thing, but for now I think I'll let it slide.

Braden and Will got a little Snoopy stuffed animal from the MetLife guy and Braden was so happy when he came home and saw that we already had another Snoopy (I think it's from a happy meal). When Cory got home from work he had to tell him, "Dad, we have 3 Snoobies now."

The other day we were driving in the car and Braden said, "I have a cank in my mouth."

Braden came home one day and asked if we have wobbles by our house. I was confused and said I have never heard of that with Weeble Wobbles being the only thing I could think of. He said his friend told his that there are wobbles. I asked him what wobbles do and he said they come in your house and take your stuff. I finally figured out that he meant robbers but his friend can't say his r's very well. I still laugh when I say wobbles but think robbers.

Will's 1st Haircut

2009-07-21T21:55:00.005-06:00

Will got his first official haircut last week. It's crazy how fast they grow up. I think I was delaying the haircut to try to keep him a little baby. As you can tell from the picture, it was overdue.

Bear Lake Weekend

2009-07-15T19:58:00.014-06:00

Last weekend we went with Cory's family to Bear Lake for the weekend. The first night we ate at Cafe Sabor and then the kids went swimming at the pool. We went back to the cabin and played some games and called it a night. At least most of did. Will decided he didn't want to sleep even though it was 11:30! So Cory took him on a little drive and he fell right asleep. It's always hard to share a cabin with a lot of people especially with an 11 month old baby.

On Saturday Chad, Amy and Kasey biked around the lake while Cory, Kent, Donna, Eric, Todd, Lance, and Tara went golfing. When they got back we packed a lunch and headed to the lake. We spent the day relaxing on the beach, had a bean bag toss tournament (that Braden & Cory won!) rented a couple waverunners, and did and an egg toss!

Braden loved the beach especially the waverunner. Will did not care one bit about the sand and I'm sure he ate quite a bit.

On Sunday we woke up and headed to Bloomington Lake. It was about an hour from the cabin then a 1/2 mile hike. It is so pretty up there, but the water is COLD!

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There is a rope swing that Braden was adamant about doing. It made me so nervous! I didn't know if he could hold on and if he didn't he would hit the rocks below. If he did hold on and not dare drop in the water he'd come swinging back and hit the rocks. I guess you have to just let him go.

He did great and held on and when we yelled drop he did. I think the water was colder than he expected and he did not like all the attention from everybody on the edge, but other than that it was a success. He is ready to go back but he thinks next time he DOES NOT need a life jacket on. Ummm..think again. He can swim pretty good, but rope swinging into an ice cold lake that is who knows how deep when you are 5 years old, requires a lifejacket-mom says.

We had a great time with everyone and look forward to going again soon.

Lookin' Good

2009-06-13T12:40:00.004-06:00

The other day I saw Braden out riding his bike with his new sunglasses. Turns out they were the 3-D glasses from Up. Whatever works.

I made it myself

2009-06-13T12:25:00.003-06:00

Before this story is told, please note: I was at work, Cory was in charge.

The other day Braden went downstairs to tell Cory he made himself lunch. Cory asked him what he made and it turns out, it was quite the lunch. After A LOT of questions we have come to the conclusion that he got into our fridge and found some fried rice I made for dinner about a week ago. So he put it in the microwave and pushed "4".

Well the "4" means 4 minutes, so I asked him if he let it go the whole way to which he replied, "No, just til the lid popped off!" Apparently he couldn't get the lid off before so why not cook it with the lid on.

But of course he said it was too hot to eat, so he decided to pour water in the rice to cool it off. Now that's thinking!

Turns out he ate the whole thing. Rice, water and all. Which makes me think, he will eat crunchy, old, over cooked, watered down rice, but not half the dinners I cook. I guess I just need to wait a week and let him prepare it. Apparently that works!!

Go Boomers!

2009-05-23T16:36:00.002-06:00

Well soccer season is over and I think it turned out successful. After the first game of tears, Braden rebounded and did really good and had a great time. I told him it was his last game and he said, "No, I get to play again when I'm six." So I guess it's just begun! He had a fun team and a great coach and I look forward to his games when he is six. Most of our games were played in the rain or even snow, but they were still fun and the kids didn't care.

This is Braden's biggest fan. Will loved to go watch the games, even in the rain.

Just like dad

2009-05-23T16:15:00.006-06:00

It was finally good enough weather for Braden to really use his Christmas present from Santa. He got golf clubs and has been wanting to get out and use them on a real golf course. Braden got to and finish the last couple of holes with Cory last weekend. I asked Braden what to write about playing golf with his dad and he said to put "We love golf." This is true. Cory has the golf bug and of course he needs new irons, a new driver, new dri-fit Nike shorts--keep dreamin'.

Graduation Day is finally here!

2009-05-23T16:06:00.005-06:00

Braden has graduated from preschool and is now a kindergartener. I can't believe it. Braden's class did a cute program with songs and a cheer and even a graduation march. He had a fun time at preschool and he learned a lot. Teacher Blair was great with him and I hope he gets as good of a teacher in kindergarten.

Yuck!

2009-05-23T16:00:00.002-06:00

With all the graduation and showoffs for Braden, I had to throw this one in for Will. This is what he looks like after meals. Not a whole lot makes it in his mouth. He will only take his bottles and he is 9 1/2 months old! He is getting better at eating real food, but forget that baby stuff. If he didn't have thunder thighs and Michelin arms I might be worried.

Show Off!

2009-05-23T15:33:00.010-06:00

The last couple of weeks have been really busy for us. Braden has had 4 showoff days in preschool. The were in tumbling, movement(not 'girl dance' as I have been telling him all year), swimming, and tennis.

Ok-so maybe this one is a little 'girl dance.' They twirled ribbons to The Colors of the Wind.

Braden loved to go to each activity and I think he'll be a little disappointed when he doesn't get to do all these fun things in kindergarten. He did really good in all the activities and it was fun to see him.

Treehouse Museum

2009-05-02T22:32:00.009-06:00

Last Thursday we decided to go to the Treehouse museum in Ogden. We went with Calvin, Jen, and Ben. We stopped and had lunch at McDonalds where I realized I forgot a stroller. I decided to run across the street and buy a cheap one at Shopko because Will weighs over 20 pounds and can't walk yet. I don't think my arms would hold out for that long. So I went and bought a stroller for $15 bucks and we headed to the museum. When we got there, the lady at the front desk told us to leave our strollers at the front, they don't allow them! Of course, this was after I had cut off all the tags and assembled it! Luckly Jen talked her into letting us use it because Will was almost asleep, and they make the exception for sleeping kids. We promised Will would be asleep in no time and we headed in. We lied.

I thought Will would sleep but he just kept peeking out. Oh well, at least he got the stroller in! Once we got in there was a thousand things to do, all kinds of toys, and lots of dress-ups. There are different rooms and in each room there are dress-ups for the theme of the room. You can be a fireman, a mouse, a knight......

or a king.

Braden liked being the teacher and gave me some good lessons.

The kids really liked all the figures and animals in the Kenya room. About an hour after we got there was a bus of kindergarteners that left, which made it quiet and it felt like we had the place to ourselves.

There was so much to do and the kids had a blast. It is very kid friendly, which is nice. The kids were worn out by the time we left and slept on the way home.

Ouch!

2009-04-20T15:31:00.003-06:00

Will got his first big bump on Sunday. Cory was leaving church and Will was in the car seat and decided to sit up and get out of the car seat. Cory was opening the door to his truck and noticed the weight change in the car seat and tried to lower it down but Will ended up on the asphalt. Cory thinks he landed on his belly and just scraped his head on the asphalt. Good thing he has a little padding on his belly. Cory felt awful but after 10 minutes Will was back to normal babbling away and smiling. His head didn't have a bump or a bruise, just a scrape.

Braden's first soccer game

2009-04-20T14:40:00.006-06:00

Saturday was Braden's first soccer game and it was dramatic to say the least! He has only had one practice because of the weather so I didn't know what to expect. He started as goalie, which I was worried about because we had been telling him-you can't use your hands in soccer. Well that didn't turn out to be the problem. Right off the bat the other team comes down and scores and Braden starts crying! Didn't see that coming. I got him to go back into the game but the other team comes down and scores again, which brought another set of tears! His coach then took him out of goalie. His team had the kickoff and in a few minutes, Braden goes down and scores! You would think he would be happy now. Nope. More tears! He came running off the field crying! The other coach was behind his goalie yelling like crazy (yeah they're 5) and I think he scared Braden. Well the rest of the game was about the same. He would go out and play for 5 minutes and then run off the field. I think he got really tired. We are lucky to have a good coach who just laughed and sent another kid out to play.
There were a couple times he would break away, dribble the ball down right in front of the goalie and stop. The goalie would walk out and pick it up! He said he didn't hear the sideline yelling to shoot it. I love this age of soccer players. One little girl went the wrong way until half time and they changed sides on the field! It's pretty cute to watch.

This is his friend Davis. They scored the two goals for our team. When Braden played he did really good and we are proud of him for going back on the field. I think he now knows what to expect and hopefully next game will go smoother. He had a surprisingly good time and is excited to go play next week.

Happy Keester!

2009-04-13T15:31:00.009-06:00

We had a good Easter. The Easter bunny came and brought Will a new swimsuit and swim shirt and Braden new Transformer PJs. He hid eggs all over our house and Braden did a great job finding them.

We had a good morning and then we went to church. Cory brought Will home from church for a nap (did I mention the Masters was on) because our church doesn't start until 1:30. Not a good time for an 8 month old. After church we went to Grandma and Grandpa Gleed's house for a yummy dinner of ham and potato casserole. They did another egg hunt and the kids had a really fun time.

Hunting for Eggs

2009-04-13T14:37:00.008-06:00

Every year Grandma Donna does a big Easter eggs hunt at her house. It starts with a delicious breakfast, followed by dying Easter eggs, and then the hunt. All the kids get a number to look for on the eggs. This helps with the oldest grandkid being 11 and the youngest 4 weeks old.

Braden found all his eggs and ended up with a lot of candy and 6 quarters. I think the money in the eggs was a hit.

Will just loved being outside.

Happy Early Easter!

2009-04-13T14:14:00.006-06:00

We have been celebrating Easter all week. My parents went to visit Dan and Danika over Easter so Braden got to have a sleepover last Saturday night. He wrote a letter to the Easter bunny so he would know to hide eggs at Grandma's a week early. The Easter bunny got the letter (even though it didn't get 'mailed' until Saturday at about 4pm) and hid all the eggs Braden dyed, plus brought a lot of fun toys. Grandma and Grandpa were suppose to take pictures and didn't so the only picture we have is Braden hitting golf balls off the back of their house.

Cabin Fever

2009-04-07T11:09:00.008-06:00

I guess this is what happens when three little boys get stuck indoors for too long. I heard them laughing in Braden's room and this is how they came out. They thought they were hilarious. Pants on their heads, shirts for pants. So funny.

We are trying to come up with some indoor activities since the weather has been so bad. Last week we had our friend Calvin over so we decided to make some Easter eggs. They were the easy ones that you melt the plastic to the eggs with a blow dryer. We'll save the dying of eggs for Grandma's! Will is content to play in the Easter grass or with a balloon.

What have I got myself into?

2009-03-31T14:16:00.007-06:00

I think I've created a monster. Cory keeps telling me I need to post something. I try to tell him I just started on Saturday and nothing has happened except church and I didn't take any pictures. He thinks I should post about our trip to California (last November), Christmas, birthdays, and sledding! I'm trying to tell him it's from here on out, but I guess I caved. I'm sure there will be plenty of stuff in the future, but for now I'll put some pictures of us sledding on New Year's Day.
Braden loves the picture above. He says he was having fun but his dad was scared!

We went to Old Main hill on New Year's Day with Dan, Danika, Luke, Jenni, and my mom. I thought Braden would think it was too cold, or too wet, or too fast but he loved it. He thought the best part was crashing at the end of the hill. Typical boy. Will was a little too young to go on the sled, but he seemed to love being outdoors.

Luke didn't quite know what to think, but I think he enjoyed the ride up the hill.

As much fun as we had sledding, I cannot wait until the snow is gone and spring is here for good!

New at this!

2009-03-28T14:22:00.001-06:00

Well I guess I have given in to the blogging world. I have been looking at other people's blogs for too long now not to have my own. I can't imagine who would want to see it, but I enjoy others' so I'll give it a shot! I don't like my layout, but I don't know how to change it either! OK-after all day Saturday I changed my layout and it's going to have to be good enough for now. After trying to get this set up, I've learned that I really don't have a whole lot of pictures of Cory and I together. This will have to work for my first post. Hopefully I be back soon.

Getting Started

2007-11-11T20:27:00.001-07:00

Well, I'm just trying this blog thing, and hoping it works. If I'm lazy, this will be posted for a long time. Stay tuned!