Rigby Rantings

New Arrival

2010-12-15T15:20:00.004-07:00

Introducing: Tayten Randell Rigby
Born: Nov. 23rd, 2010
Weight: 8 lbs. 00 oz.
Length: 20 In.
We got ourselves a lovely Thanksgiving gift, a baby boy. The delivery went great. Mom and baby are starting to figure things out again in a crazy house of 5, 3 kids 2 adults, we are out numbered.

Merry Christmas

2010-12-15T15:18:00.003-07:00

Hope you all are doing well. We have been busy but want to wish you all a very merry Christmas a and a Happy New year!

Halloween 2010

2010-11-10T10:21:00.003-07:00

Ellie's new favorite princess is Tiana from princess and the frog. So this year for Halloween Ellie was princess Tiana and Hudson was the frog prince. On Halloween we went to my grandparents house too so we had to snap a quick picture.

Halloween Party

2010-11-10T10:18:00.002-07:00

We had a little Halloween party a few weeks ago and I thought I would share all the fun costumes. Bryce and I kind of dropped the ball this year. I was too pregnant to really try:( Better luck next year.

Hudson 3rd Birthday

2010-11-09T15:18:00.003-07:00

A few weeks ago Hudson turned 3. I can't believe it. We had a fun day going to the pumpkin walk (prevoius post) and then going to pick out some gifts at WalMart and then enjoying cake and ice cream with family! I was lazy this year and didn't make a birthday cake instead we just made cake batter and cooked it in the waffle iron and put ice cream and whip cream on top of it. It was actually really and good and fun! Happy Birthday to my Big Little Hud Man!

Pumpkin Walk

2010-11-09T15:13:00.003-07:00

I love the fall. And one of my favorite parts is going to the pumpkin walk in North Logan. Last year we went at night and it was so busy and so many people I did not love it. But thus year it was Hudson's birthday and Bryce doesn't work on Fridays so we went during the day and it was way better. The kids loved looking for the hidden objects and taking pictures in the characters. Bryce and I loved seeing the unique pumpkin scenes.

Disneyland

2010-11-09T15:05:00.003-07:00

It really is the happiest place on earth! Even me being 7 months pregnant enjoyed myself most of the time. The first week in October our family and my parents went to Disneyland. The first day we were there it poured rain on us until about 11:00 but then the rest of the day was overcast but there were very few people there so we got to see all the princess and a few fairies and even Minnie, Mickey, Pluto, and Goofy without waiting in too long of lines. The other 2 days we were there we spent riding rides and enjoying the sites. The kids loved it and were in awe of everything. Ellie's favorite part was seeing the princesses and fairies and Hudson loved the Buzz Lightyear ride. Hudson was really funny with all the characters too he would just stare at them as if he didn't really believe he could be around these people that he watched on TV. They still talk about it to this day, which makes all the stress worth it. My mom and dad were such a big help and we never would have made it without them, especially me! Thanks again Jay & Joan.

Outside Fun

2010-11-09T14:59:00.003-07:00

We have been working on our yard this summer and the kids have been outside a lot playing in the dirt and mud. On this particular day they decided to "wash" their car with mud. It was so funny they were so proud of the mess they made on the car I just had to snap some shots! the yard is coming along nicely. We planted seed the last week in September and it has come up very nice! If it weren't for the retaining wall caving in in the backyard we would call the yard a success.

Summer Fun

2010-11-08T11:28:00.008-07:00

Hudson had to get his circumcision redone this summer. I was really worried about it and how he would do but it went really well and he was a trooper. We got him all excited about it and he was never really even sad except for when he was waking up from the anethesia. I just loved his face in this picture in his cute little hospital gone.

Ellie was drawing with her sidewalk chalk on our front porch and she knows how to write a few of her letters she just so happened to put these ones together on our front porch. so as you are leaving my house it says "die" with flowers all around it. How sweet. It still makes me laugh.

The kids were helping me cook in their aprons. I thought they looked cute so I snapped a picture.

I told the kids we needed to get their haircuts at grandmas house and Ellie started crying. Hudson said "I'll Hold your hand" Ellie stopped crying and said "ok" and so they had to hold hands while they got their haircut. Hudson was also very quick to said theat he didn't need anybody to hold his hand while he got his haircut.

I just thought this was a cute picture of Hudson helping Daddy get a haircut! Pretend that you can't see Bryce's tattoo.

We went to Belmont springs with Devyn and Cache. The kids had a blast!

Box Elder County Fair

2010-11-08T11:25:00.003-07:00

As some of you may know, I love the county fair. Now my kids are finally enjoying it as much as I do. Here are just a few pictures of the fun we had on the rides this year.

Treehouse Museum

2010-11-08T11:21:00.004-07:00

Back in the summer Bryce's brother Brent and his wife Kristen and their little boy Logan came to visit. It was so fun. One day we decided to go to the Treehouse museum in Ogden. My kids have been before but they were so much more fun this time! Ellie loves to dress up and play pretend so it was heaven to her. hudson and Logan weren't quite as impressed but they still had lots of fun, especially milking the pretend cow.

Ellie's 4th Bithday

2010-11-08T11:15:00.003-07:00

Ellie's birthday was back in May and it was so fun. My sister-in-law Jessica and brother Jordan helped me make this cute Princess and The Frog cake. Ellie loved it and had so much fun picking it out. Her hair was cute at the beginning of the day but slowly went bad as the day went on, part of the reason her hair is now really short. And Grandpa Jay thought he was really funny with his two birthday hats on. Ellie the night before her birthday had let Grandma Joan know that she would need birthday hats for her birthday. So I ran to the grocery store at 10 o'clock that Saturday night before her birthday and got her some hats so she wouldn't be dissappointed. It is funny to me what kids decide they need as the grow into themselves.

Hogle Zoo

2010-11-08T11:10:00.003-07:00

Back When the weather was just starting to warm up in the spring. My friend Trisha and I decided to take the kids to Hogle Zoo. It was so fun! There weren't very many people there and the kids loved it all! There were some monkeys that looked kind of like skunks and the kids decided to call them "skunky monkeys". too cute.

Easter Morn 2010

2010-11-08T11:06:00.003-07:00

This is the first year that both of the kids were exctied for Easter and ready for the hunt. The Easter bunny found our house and brought some great baskets full of goodies for very happy children.

Egg Hunt

2010-11-08T11:03:00.003-07:00

We went to the local Easter egg hunt at the park. My kids were so ready to go home after they got their candy. As you can tell by their lovely attitudes in the pictures. It was fun but it had snowed that night so it was really cold!

Joseph, Girl's Night Out

2010-11-08T11:00:00.003-07:00

Back towards the begining of the year we had a friend, Jed Chirstensen, who was Joseph in "Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at the local theatre. Some of my girlfriends and I thought it would be a good girl's night out to go and see the show! It was Soooooo good! Way to go Jed.

Silly Kids

2010-11-08T10:56:00.003-07:00

Ellie and Hudson love to play dress up. The only thing Hudson will ever wear is Snow White, which kind of bothers his dad. The other thing they love to do is pull the drawer halfway out of the coffee table and sit in it and play dinner on the table. Shortly after this picture was taken the drawer broke off and now they play that game no more!

Told You So!

2010-01-19T12:56:00.001-07:00

There you go all caught up. Hopefully it doesn't bore you all but I am really glad I got it done. Enjoy!

Ranger Rides

2010-01-19T12:53:00.001-07:00

This past summer my parents got a new Ranger. My kids love it and asked grandpa every time we see him if they can go for a ranger ride. He cam and picked them up one cold day and we bundled them all up and took them for a ride. The day after New Years we dragged the kids on sleigh behind the ranger and that was a lot of fun. Of course I am a slacker and didn't get any pictures though.

Christmas

2010-01-19T12:48:00.003-07:00

I was really bad at getting picture for Christmas this year. The kids didn't stop long enough. Bryce mad a kitchen for Ellie and Hudson got a Handy Manny repair shop. Ellie's favorite present was her dress up clothes she got from Grandma Joan. There is a picture of the gift that Bryce wrapped for his brother Reid. He wrapped regular and then covered the whole thing with packaging tape and tide a bow of conduit wire. and then to finish it off taped an empty Dr. Pepper can and Big gulp cup. What a dork but it was really funny.

Christmas Shopping

2010-01-19T12:45:00.003-07:00

A few weeks before Christmas Tiffany, Harmony, and I went and got a little Christmas shopping done. We left @ 6 and I don't think I got home until 1 in the morning it was so fun. We did stop shopping for a little minute for some food @ the olive garden it was so good you couldn't even see our table because it was covered with so many plates. Yummy! Thanks girls for a fun night.

Disney on Ice

2010-01-19T12:42:00.003-07:00

Thanks to Jory and his work Elizabeth, Ellie, Emberly, and I got to go see the Disney Princesses on ice. Ellie loved every minute of it but threw a huge fit when it was time to go home. She talked about the show the whole way home it was really fun. Thanks again Cool Argyle Family!

Halloween

2010-01-19T12:37:00.003-07:00

I was a witch, Ellie was Tinkerbell, and Hudson was a Golfer. They had so much fun. Hudson couldn't get to the next house fast enough. Another funny story we were walking around the neighborhood and she kept saying " my bum is falling out" I had checked to make sure her pants were still on once so I kept reassuring her that she was fine and her bum was not falling out. Well Bryce finally checked her after a while and sure enough her bum was totally showing it was so funny and sad because I was such a bad mom.

Crazy Kids

2010-01-19T12:33:00.002-07:00

I just thought these pictures were so funny of the kids. Hudson was wearing two different shoes that were Ellie's and no pants not sure why, but so funny. And he got into his dresser pulled out his underwear put it on his head and said "hat" I was laughing so hard I barely got a good picture. Another time I was busting a gut was Ellie got this little stuffed horse out put a necklace around his neck and went for a ride. She went all around the house like that and I just laughed and laughed.

Hudson is 2!

2010-01-19T12:31:00.003-07:00

Hudson turned 2 back in October. He had a really great birthday and wouldn't hold still to get any good pictures so here is the result. Happy Birthday big man we are so glad you came into our lives we will never ever be the same!

Photo Shoot

2010-01-19T12:29:00.003-07:00

One Sunday morning while I was getting ready for church Bryce starting doing a photo shoot with the kids. Here are the results. So cute and funny!

Mission: The Musical

2010-01-19T12:23:00.002-07:00

Our good friends Jed Christensen and Eric Malazia wrote this awesome play called Mission: The Musical. It is seriously so good. Me, my old roomate Erin, and a bunch of old high school friends went down to SLC on closing night to watch the show, it was so fun. We stayed for the closing night and all the after show fun. We were there pretty late as you can tell by the face Harmony is making in the bottom right picture. But it seriously was a blast.

Homemade Ice Cream

2010-01-19T12:19:00.003-07:00

Another thing our family loves about summer is homemade Ice Cream Mmmmmmm. My mouth waters just thinking about it. Well this was one night when we were all eating some ice cream and the kids were loving it and being so funny. They always put their heads together and say "cheese" when we are all sitting at the table. A little side note: Don't you think the top picture of Hudson looks like the Colonel from Kentucky Fried Chicken. Bryce and I were laughing so hard at that.

Fair and Parade

2010-01-19T12:11:00.003-07:00

In August the fair came to town and I will be honest it is one of my favorite times of year. I just love that there is something to do everyday and night and the kids love it as much as I do. I also love all that yummy fattening food. The parade starts out the fair festivitiesand the kids got tons of candy plus otter pops and popsicles. The Lewandoski family also joined us this year it was a blast. We went to watch Jordan's wife Jessica's brother Bailey show his pig this year and the kids thought that was really fun. Hudson kept climbing the fence and there were a few times when i swear he almost fell in crazy kid.

The rides were the biggest highlight for the kids. They couldn't get enough although my wallet did. The kids favorite was the merry-go-round, as soon as they got off they wanted to get back on again. It was fun to see them so happy!

Roger'sTractor

2010-01-19T12:08:00.003-07:00

In July after we moved in Bryce borrowed a tractor from our family friend Roger Fridal to do some much needed yard work and took the kids for rides. Hudson loved every second of it and didn't want to get off. Ellie however screamed the whole time until we took her off. So funny the differences between boys and girls.

July Water Fun

2010-01-19T10:55:00.002-07:00

That's right folks a post for July in January. Let's just say I am a little behind. That's what moving to a new house with no internet will do to you. My sister and her kids came to my mom's house in the summer and we did a little slip and slidin'(Best $5. investment I've ever made). Jamie's kids loved it and mine were not so sure. Ellie had to have the water turned way down and then she would just walk down it, silly girl. We had a mother daughter thing that night and we didn't want Katie's hair to get wet so we put a Ziplock bag on it. So smart and fashionable.

Slacker I know!

2010-01-12T10:51:00.002-07:00

We still don't have the internet at our house and I have lost the adapter to my camera's memory card! I know I am a slacker but I do have a few good reasons. SoRry if you are a follower of my blog but I promise there will be more to come hopefully soon.

New family pictures

2009-07-08T13:43:00.005-06:00

My friend Chanthoeun came out and took our pictures! My kids were horrible, but Chanthoeun got some great pictures anyway! This is just a small sampling! But they are great and I love them! Visit her blog www.visualblissphoto.blogspot.com

Reading

2009-07-08T13:41:00.001-06:00

My kids love to read! These are just a couple of cute pictures of them caught in the act!

Argyle Kids visit, again

2009-07-08T13:37:00.003-06:00

my brother Jaren and his wife Natalie's kids came to visit a couple of weeks ago and my kids loved it! The reason the post says again is because apparently I have done this same post another time his kids have come to visit. Allie loves to mother my children she is helping get him a drink and get away from the the slip & slide. The best part about the slip-n-slide was it was a total down pour of rain the whole time and the sun came out almost as soon as they were done! But they loved it!

Jackson Hole

2009-07-08T13:30:00.005-06:00

This last week the kids and I went to Jackson Hole with my parents and little brother & his wife! We had a lot of fun! I felt bad though because of my "handi" (previous post) I couldn't do anything so everyone else was watching my kids! We did see these buffalo though and they passed right infron of our car it was pretty crazy and fun!
I though I would add this picture so Jordan & Jessica could remember how much fun we had!

Handi or NOT

2009-07-08T13:05:00.003-06:00

As some of you may or may not know I am crippled! I was working on my house a couple weeks ago filling some holes with some spackling. When I decided it would be a good idea to use an extension ladder (I now know that was a bad idea). I put the ladder to the right height tested it a little and started my climb. About two rungs up the ladder starts collapsing and falling as do I. I put my hands down to brace myself and the ladder and myself fall down upon my poor little right thumb. The poor thing never had a chance. I quickly access the damage, a smashed flat thumb, and yell for Bryce. He came out and started running as soon as he saw the damage! We quickly made it to the hospital where there were x-rays, morphine injections, nerve blocks, surgery, 1plate 7 screws, & 2 casts later I'm almost as good as new! In 3 more weeks I have another Dr.'s appointment to determine whether or not I have to keep this thing on any longer! Yay so much fun!

Sick Kids.

2009-06-09T16:20:00.002-06:00

As some of you know my kids NEVER sit still. Well they were both running a really high fever on Sunday so I laid them both down on the couch to rest and they stayed there so I had to just snap a picture. I am not sure what was wrong with them but they seem to be better now!

Washington?

2009-06-09T16:13:00.003-06:00

I don't know and I am not certain, but when did I move to Seattle where it rains everyday in June?! Seriously what the heck is up with this weather lately? Well at least I got these really cute pictures of Ellie in her new rain gear! She got the boots and umbrella for Christmas and I got the rain jacket in Park city for $3! She ran in and said "mom I need my 'rella, it's raining! Too cute! The other day I had my friend Carli watch my kids and she text me and said "Hudson was walking around play screaming and Ellie told him only mom can scream" I thought that was so funny and just wanted to add it in. Kids say the darndest things.

Girl's Night!

2009-06-09T16:09:00.002-06:00

Thanks to my loving husband and my wonderful mother-in-law I was able to spend a weekend away with the Argyle Girls, my mother, sister, and most of my sister-in-laws. We spent the night over in Park City went to dinner at a brewery and shopped all rainy day on Saturday! I am a little sad that I only took one picture while we were there but it is a good one! This is my sister-in-law Natalie taking one last sip of the yummy homemade ROOT beer at the brewery! Thanks for a great weekend everybody!

House update!

2009-06-09T15:50:00.004-06:00

I haven't posted pictures of the house in so long because it changes so much everyday! It looks different than this even today but I can't take pictures because it won't stop raining here. The outside is all done and the inside all finished. We are hopefully moving in the beginning of July so I will post more pictures of the finished outside and the finished inside when we are in and settled. Are you happy April!
I know White trash right? We haven't even moved in yet and we already have a car that won't run in the backyard and a couch on the back porch! I am sure our neighbors just love us! Sorry!

Ellie's 3rd birthday!

2009-05-13T14:15:00.002-06:00

We had a fun day for Ellie's Birthday it was all about her and she loved every bit of it! I the morning she got some balloons and she was so cute she was sitting and watching her shows with all the balloons framing her face I wanted a picture so bad but my battery was dead a good reminder to get it charged for the rest of the day. We then went to a craft fair and when we got there Ellie said "Is this my Birthday Party?" She was so excited! When we got home my mom had decorate the house with a sign and balloons and Ellie was so happy and excited! Then Ellie and I made her Birthday cake and then Uncle Jordan and Aunt Jessica came over for dinner and present opening! We had homemade mac & cheese for dinner because she said that was her favorite! Her 2 most favorite gifts were probably the tutu Aunt Jessica made for her and the scooter she from Grandpa and Grandma. She rode on the scooter in her tutu until we made her go to bed! It was a good day and fun to be able to spoil her and give her whatever she asked for. When we were having cake and ice cream she had had a cupcake the frosting only of course and she said she wanted another one she I gave it to her. She then took 1 lick of that cupcake and said "I don't like this one, can I have another one. it's my birthday!" Man does she know how to work the system.

80"s Aerobic Coach

2009-05-13T14:12:00.004-06:00

We went to the park another day and Hudson decided he could feed himself some yogurt. I don't know if he got any in his mouth but it sure did make for a funny picture and a big mess.

Hudson Put on Ellie's headband the other day I was busting a gut I thought he looked so stinking cute! Doesn't he look like an 80"s aerobic coach. lol

Helping Dad

2009-05-13T14:09:00.002-06:00

We had to pick up some stuff for the house the other day(pictures to come soon I promise)! Any way the kids thought it was so much fun to ride on the cart! It was so funny they were pretending to sleep too! Too cute!

Easter

2009-05-13T14:02:00.002-06:00

What I am slow?! Yes, I am very slow but at least I did post it right? We had a great Easter the kids found their baskets and they were so excited about all the treats inside especially the yummy cereal! I church was at 10:50 so it was perfect to enjoy the morning the afternoon and evening of Easter! We woke up found all the eggs and our baskets then we got ready for church where we learned all about Jesus and how much he sacrificed for us and then we went down to grandma and grandpa Harris' for dinner and races! It was a blast. I am just sad i didn't get a picture of them in their new Sunday Easter clothes. Duh! ( If Ellie were here she would quickly tell me that is what D says, duh)! One morning my dad and I were joking around with each other and he always says Duh and so that morning I said duh to him and then Ellie repeated and my mom quickly piped up "yeah Ellie that is what D says Duh good job." So Ellie always says that is what D says Duh , whenever I say Duh! Sorry just had to add that funny story! Enjoy!

My little terrors

2009-04-08T11:13:00.004-06:00

My little angels/terrors did all this while I was taking a shower. They got into my mom's cupboard, got out the dried onions and hot chocolate and proceeded to dump them both all over the house. As you can see Hudson really enjoyed eating the Hot Chocolate mix. The whole house stunk like onions forever, in fact when vacuuming you can still smell onions. They also left a stain in the playhouse where the Hot chocolate was dumped! I love these cute kids but sometimes they really test my non-existing patients. Oh and this was not the first time they have done this with the hot chocolate just the first time I got it on camera. Little Stinkers, gotta love them.

Hudson's Foot Injury

2009-04-08T11:06:00.003-06:00

I know that these aren't great pictures but it was the best I could do! About a month ago we were sitting down eating dinner. All except Ellie because she was running around as usual. Any way Hudson was in his highchair which is one that attaches to a regular bar stool. Well my parents chairs are really heavy and Ellie was trying to push Hudson's chair across the floor which she has done quit a number of times before. Well, this time it got caught on something and it toppled over forward smashing Hudson's poor foot in between the floor and his food tray! That night he was screaming and freaked out whenever any sort of pressure was put on his foot the next day he barely walked at all he crawled for the most part and the next day he had a really bad limp so we took him to get a x-ray. Well $300 later and we have a perfect cracked bone foot! The doctor said as long as he improved everyday he ddin't need a cast! So all is well now but it was a little scary for a while!

My Beard

2009-04-08T10:56:00.003-06:00

Ellie was being so funny in the car the other day! She had this gummy bear and if you look really close she has licked it and placed it below her bottom lip and she said "mom look my beard!" I was laughing so hard! I took the picture while I was driving sso no the greatest but still funny!

Silly Kids!

2009-02-24T21:23:00.003-07:00

Sometimes my kids are so silly! One morning Bryce showed Hudson how funny it was to sick food on his face and so Hudson couldn't stop sticking food on his face the rest the morning! Ellie got in the shower while I was going potty and decided she needed some conditioner on her dry clean hair. Hudson thought it would be fun to climb into the double doll stroller and Ellie decided it would be great fun to push him around in it. And last of all they both wanted to know what it would be like to live in Barbie's house! So they climbed inside to try it out! Sometimes I wonder why I am sane, oh wait, I'm not!

We have a climber!

2009-02-24T21:18:00.004-07:00

Hudson one day decided he could climb and now he climbs on everything! Nothing is safe anymore! One day I was getting Ellie out of the bath and I thought my dad was watching Hudson and we founf him in the bathroom sink with a whole roll of toilet paper! He was having a blast and was soaked from his chest down! At least he was having a good time!

Dress-Up

2009-02-24T20:55:00.002-07:00

Ellie loves to play dress-up but she hates to get her picture taken while she is dressed up! She just makes me laugh! There is one of her dressed in my nieces kimono. And in the other one she is dressed in one of my old dance outfits and she looked so cute too bad you can't tell in these pictures! She always wants to do dancing shows it is so cute! Another cute little story is she love the show Super Why and there is one episode where the problem is one of the characters keeps falling when she is trying to twirl and she is upset about it and they learn that she needs to just keep trying and she'll get it. Well now Ellie with everything now says she just can't do it and I tell her to just keep trying and she says "okay, I will." and then she does it and gets so excited it really is precious! I lover her!

No more Beard! WaHoo!

2009-02-24T20:35:00.009-07:00

Before

After

My husband went on a strike with the beard forever and I was going crazy! He said it was because it was too cold building the house and his beard kept him warm. But I think it is because he knew how much I hated it and I told him how ugly it was at least once a day. (it seriously grossed me out). But he saved yeah! And doesn't he look at least 10 times better. When he came upstairs from shaving the kids didn't recognize him and Hudson was really scared of him for like a day. We finally got Ellie convinced that it really was her dad and he just didn't have a beard anymore and to this day she still says "daddy have no beard, mommy have no beard, Ellie & Hudson have no beard."

Grandpa Jay Time

2009-02-24T20:31:00.003-07:00

Hudson Loves my dad! He gets so darn excited whenever he sees Grandpa and always runs to him and wants to be held. Jay complains but secretly he loves it! This day was particularly cute because my dad was just sitting on the couch watching TV and Hudson just climbed up on the couch and just sat there next to him thinking he was so big! He sat there for like 10 minutes, which is as long as his attention span is! Too cute!

Helping Grandma Joan

2009-02-24T20:00:00.002-07:00

Ellie wanted to go outside and help my mom shovel ice off the driveway one day and I told her no, so she decided she would get herself ready and just go out anyway. This is the result! She had "an accident" so she didn't have any pants on, but she put on her own boots and then my puffy vest for her coat and got her shovel out and started helping Grandma. I was laughing so hard. What a fashion statement! I love this girl and all her craziness.

What Winter hat are you?

2009-02-21T10:06:00.003-07:00

I saw this on a friends blog and thought it looked fun! And I haven't posted forever so here it is.

You Are a Newsboy

You are a quick thinking, forward looking, and even revolutionary person.

You use fashion to project a powerful and chic image.

You like to experiment with new ideas, looks, and even lifestyles.

People may try to label you, but it's impossible. You draw inspiration from many subcultures.

What Winter Hat Are You?

House Update

2009-01-22T20:01:00.003-07:00

Well it has been forever since I have updated on the house progress but that is because it still looks the same on the outside. Bryce right now is finishing up a lot of little things for the electrical, plumbing, and HV/AC. All have to been done before we can get an inspection done and then we will be on to insulating and drywall. The one exciting thing is our new door! I LOVE IT! I was really worried about it when I was picking out the stain but I think it turned out perfectly and exactly how I had it pictured in my mind. (which rarely happens because I have a really great imagination, that is a whole other story) Anyway things are coming along nice and slow. If any of you would like a tour of our lovely home you can visit between the hours of 6:00 and 9:30 Mon-Thur and 8:00 am-9:00 pm on Friday and Saturday Bryce will be there and would love to not show you around! But a self guided tour is better anyway.

Christmas

2009-01-21T20:36:00.002-07:00

Okay so I lied! Apparently I was so out of it on Christmas I didn't even notice the pictures being taken! Well, here is the evidence and I think Christmas was a hit at out house! Ellie got Dress up stuff and a baby doll and Hudson got cars and blocks! I think Ellie's favorite present is what my parents gave to both the kids, a portable DVD player with two screens that we take in the car! She loves that she can now watch "shows" in her car and not just the "big car" (My parents Denali). Funny kids but gotta love 'em! Merry CHristmas everyone a month late!

Stoner for Christmas!

2009-01-10T15:21:00.002-07:00

Not as fun as it may sound! 2 days before Christmas I got Kidney stones and let me just say not fun, not fun at all. My doctor sent me home with some Percocet and said if they don't go away in 24 hours call me! So 24 hours later, Christmas Eve, I'm in intense amounts of pain not to mention the fever chills and hot flashes I call the Dr. back. He says go in for a CT scan and we'll see what is going on! I sit and stew! The Rigby's are building a house and it is Christmas time I don't have money for a CT scan, I'll just take 2 percocet at a time and the stones will go away. (My poor kids had a crazy mother for a few days). Christmas Day: the kids slept in till 8:00, a good thing! We wake up open gifts have breakfast and I am so cold I am trembling and my fingers are purple and my lips were blue! My dad started to worry that I was Septic and said if that happens again I need to go to the ER! So, I start freaking out a bit! My parents left for the annual Harris Christmas party in Layton and I got the kids down for a nap and Bryce heads out to snow blow the massive amounts of snow that fell that day, it took him 3 hours. I start shivering again so I snuggle up close to the fire but I start shaking so hard it starts to get hard for me to breath, then I think I passed out and when I woke up I was so hot and when I tried to move away from the fire my eyes wouldn't focus and I was so dizzie I just fell. At this point I was freaking out and thought I was going to die! I was worried about what to do with my sleeping kids if I had to go to the ER and I was worrried about not even being able to make it to Bryce to tell him how sick I was and then I was worried about calling 911 and how much that was going to cost us, I was freaking out. So I finally make it outside to get Bryce but he didn't see me so I just sat there breathing in the fresh air. I started to feel a little better so I just went back inside to cool down, because i really didn't want to bug anyone on Christmas! So I get feeling a little better and I call my dad to tell them that they better start coming home because I think I am pretty bad and I need to go to the ER and he tells me they are just going to finish up with the party, clean up, and then they'd head home! Oh and he also said don't take any more percocet. "Okay, I just almost die again, in PAIN." I thought. Well, they didn't get home until much later that night because the roads were horrible and although in a lot of pain I didn't die. I woke the next morning and went straight into the doctors office and they ordered me a CT scan, which was pretty awesome and simple and expensive. Well all that showed us was that I had passed one stone and had 3 more to go but they were small enough that I could pass them on my own. So I was sent home with a RX for lortab and a good luck. The lortab wasn't great but at least it didn't make me think I was dying. I the next Monday I passed my last stone! So, for almost a week i suffered and pretty much missedout on all the fun of Christmas, so please forgive me for not getting any pictures or posting for a while. It's been a tough couple of weeks. One positive I couldn't eat that whole week so I lost some weight for Christmas instead of gaining it for once in my life!
FYI: Holidays and I aren't really good friends. On Thanksgiving one year I had to get my appendix out, a few years later I had to have a surgery for the cists on my overies on New Year's, and this year I had the stoners (that is what Bryce calls kidney stones) on Christmas. Maybe I'll just celebrate new holidays so I won't get sick!

Going for a swim!

2008-12-18T08:05:00.002-07:00

About a month ago I was giving my kids a bath. I always get Hudson out first and then go back and wash Ellie's hair before I get her out. Well on this lovely morning while I was washing Ellie's hair Hudson decided he wasn't done with his bath yet and fell head first back into the bath tub! He was soaked and I think it really scared him! I think he learned his lesson! it was sad, but kind of fun!

Lasagna

2008-12-05T16:15:00.005-07:00

Last night we had lasagna for dinner and Ellie loved it she was eating off my plate after she had finished hers and this is how our conversation went.
Ellie: Mom, what is this.
Me: It's Lasagna
Ellie:(looks down at her shirt) It's not on me
Me: (laughing) no it's not on you it's called lasagna.
Ellie: (mad) It's not on me!
Bryce and I couldn't stop laughing it was so funny. So, does anyone have a better name for lasagna?

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27T22:31:00.001-07:00

Thanksgiving was good this year the kids were great the food was great and the company wasn't too bad either! All and all so much to be grateful for now Bring on the Holidays!

What up, Yo?

2008-11-20T14:07:00.001-07:00

Ellie just loves to dress up lately this is just one of the funny things she was wearing one day! Oh how this little girl can make me laugh! Look at her face so serious, hilarious!

Mmmm Flour!

2008-11-20T14:04:00.002-07:00

Hudson got in the flour! On his birthday while I was wrapping his presents! I know I'm a good mom! I couldn't even get mad at him because he was so happy and it was his birthday! My mom has pictures of me when I was about this same age covered in flour, so I thought it was really cute and funny!

A wee bit obsessed...

2008-11-20T11:54:00.001-07:00

I know I am a bit obsessed to change my background to Twilight but it is just for a couple days because I am so excited to go see the movie tomorrow! I also love that there is a float around "BITE ME" how fun is that! Enjoy!

Best costume vote!

2008-11-11T07:44:00.003-07:00

Well we had a little Halloween party and I know I told everyone I wasn't going to post pictures but oops here they are. A couple of years ago we had a halloween party and people voted for the best dressed couple and this year I forgot so I want all of you to vote for who you think the best is! Asian couple, Ron Burgundy & Veronica Stone (from Anchorman), personal trainer and trainee, cop and jailbird, white trash couple, pimp and his worker, Snow White and Zorro, football couple, rocker dude and Sarah Palin, Dog the bounty Hunter & his wife Beth, jailbird and vampiress, Jesse & Woody (from Toy Story 2), doctor and "Squatting Pup". Sorry to some of you because I really didn't get a very good picture of you! Please everyone cast you vote! It'll be fun!

Halloween Fun

2008-11-11T07:38:00.002-07:00

My little Bee and monkey! This year Halloween was actually kind of fun! Ellie actually got it! After each house she would say, "where are we going?" I would say "to the next house" and she would get so excited! Hudson didn't get it but he got a hold of a tootsie pop and was happy he finished the whole thing tootsie roll and all! Ellie got tired of walking so Bryce had to carry her a lot, I tried to tell him we should take the stroller. Ellie even still says "trick-or-treat" whenever I ask her what to say if she wants a treat when I am looking for "please." Too cute!

Hudson 1st Birthday!

2008-11-07T20:59:00.002-07:00

What a happy boy on his birthday! Lots of toys and lots of family and fun! Thanks to everyone who came and helped us celebrate! Also a big thank you to Uncle Jordan and Aunt Jessica for the help on the awesome melting cake! He, he.

In a little over a year!

2008-11-07T20:55:00.002-07:00

It was recently Hudson 1st birthday and I found myself reflected on how great the year has been! Here are a few pictures of Hudson's first year here with us! One of my favorites is where he is with the Thanksgiving Turkey just to prove the turkey was bigger than Hudson and he is crying his little guts out! I was a mean mom even then! Enjoy, I know I did!

Mmmmm Ice Cream!

2008-11-06T08:26:00.003-07:00

I have taught my daughter well! about a month ago Ellie found the ice cream and she got into the freezer everyday for about 3 days in a row got the ice cream out and took it to the play house got a play fork out of the cupboard and sat at the little table to have herself a little treat! Silly girl! I just love all of her faces in these pictures because at first you can tell she is a little scared because she got caught but then when I just kept taking pictures she figured she was fine and could just go on enjoying her ice cream! Love that girl! Needless to say the ice cream is now unattainable, at least until she figures out how to get it out of it's new location!

Ice Cream Truck

2008-11-06T08:24:00.001-07:00

My mom and I went shopping for Hudson birthday and when we were leaving Toys 'R' us we saw this Ice cream truck and my kids loved it! Then we ran into Courtney Callister and her kids and Ellie and Olivia with htere giant bows went for a ride! So fun!

More House Updates!

2008-11-06T08:21:00.002-07:00

My house is getting there slowly but surely. Bryce now has almost all of the shingling done! We are just hoping to get it all enclosed before the first big snowfall! Wish us luck! Bryce was also showing his bum off to everyone in that one picture and I thought it would be funny to post it!

Argyle Kids visit

2008-11-06T08:19:00.002-07:00

My brother and his wife got to go on small little vacation and their kids came to stay with us for a few days. My kids loved it, Allie and Kaden kept them so entertained! They can come and stay anytime!

Baby Jake

2008-11-06T07:32:00.002-07:00

Jake only had to be on oxygen for about 11 hours and then he was fine and is now perfect and loving life!

Twlight Quiz

2008-11-06T07:31:00.000-07:00

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

I thought this was fun and really quit interesting!

Baby Argyle

2008-10-04T21:09:00.003-06:00

I have new Nephew! Isn't he adorable! This is Baby Argyle (yet to be named because mom hasn't been able to hold him to see what he looks like yet). He was born at 10:05 this morning weighing in at a whopping 8lbs. 10oz. and 21 in long. Proud parents Jory and Emberly Argyle! I know that these sad a yet a little bit funny pictures of him but he is having a hard time breathing on his own so he has to wear this oxygen helmet! Jory calls it his Star Troopers helmet! We Love this not so little baby so much and pray that he will soon be able tobreath without help.

CORN

2008-09-23T20:39:00.008-06:00

Rules: Open your pictures file, got to the fourth folder, and then the fourth picture. Post the picture and write a little bit about what was going on!

I saw this on my friend Stacey's blog and thought it looked fun! This was Ellie last year about this time! We were out to dinner at Chili's and we thought she might like to try some corn, she LOVED it! We couldn't stop her from eating it and she still eats it 2 to 3 times a week for dinner! She has always just eaten it straight off the cob and used to throw a fit if I would cut it off! Good times!

Spot Shot, you are a friend of mine!

2008-09-16T21:54:00.002-06:00

Yes, she has done it again! Ruined yet another thing in Joan's beautiful home! About 3 weeks ago I was in on the computer and thought Ellie was just being a good girl playing in the playhouse and I came out to find this! Yes she dumped pretty much a whole bottle of Infusium 23 all over the couch and all over Hudson. Luckily my good ol' pal Spot Shot was around to get the mess all cleaned up before Joan noticed! Anyway later that day I took the kids to see Bryce and he was holding Hudson and Said he smelled good so he must have had a bath today. But it was just the nice clean smell of the Infusium. Oh how I love that girl!

Grandma Bev

2008-09-07T19:28:00.002-06:00

As some of you may know my dad's mom, my Grandma Bev, passed away yesterday it was such a sad day and so hard for me I just had to say I love you and will miss you in my own way (blogging of course). So, Good Bye Grandma Bev, we love you we'll miss you but know you will be so happy in heaven with your Ernie! Until we meet again!

hurricane Gustav?

2008-09-03T17:19:00.002-06:00

No it wasn't hurricane Gustav just crazy winds in Tremonton! Well, as you can see or maybe you cannot see the big bad wind came and blew my house made of sticks down! On Sunday we had just said amen to the closing prayer in church as a large storm rolled into town. Bryce and I were walking home and someone made a joke about our house blowing away, not more than 5 minutes later we got a phone call from a neighbor saying there were walls down off our house! Bryce was so upset him and my dad quickly went and changed and ran over to the house and were met by some more friendly neighbors they braced the walls that had not fallen over yet and then we just sat and waited for the storm to pass. Bryce had just finished putting up all the walls but 2 on Saturday and then 5 got blown off on Sunday! He was not a happy camper until yesterday when another friendly neighbor let us borrow his grade all (sp?) and put the house back together again. so yes all is well again at the Rigby home thanks to all the help from family, friends, and neighbors! It was a very traumatic time considering Bryce has been working so hard but all is well now thank goodness. Now we just need to get a roof on that thing so it won't happen again!

House Updates!

2008-08-27T16:27:00.003-06:00

Here it is! My new home! Isn't it lovely! Thanks so much to all of our helpers, (Jay, Jordan, Nick, Brady, and so many more). We have the floor finished and two of the back walls are up! There are two more outside walls that are built but Bryce needs a little more man power to put the walls into place! So when those walls go up we will have two full outside walls to our home, only two more to go!! Today I asked Bryce if we were still looking good for getting the house all enclosed by winter and he said, "yeah," so that is also a good thing too! Anyway we are way excited about this and I hope I don't bore the rest of you with all the updates!

Ellie and her food!

2008-08-22T17:45:00.002-06:00

These are some funny moments with Ellie and her food! The top right and bottom left are of Ellie helping me make "Macky CHeese." Her idea of helping was sitting in the chair next to me eating the uncooked noodles. Silly Ellie. Next was spaghetti night, top left and middle left. Spaghetti is her favorite and she gets it everywhere thus the pretty hairstyle. Well, Bryce has to have some sort of a bread with every meal because he makes a sandwich out of everything we have for dinner, ex. ham, funeral potatoes, corn, all on a roll and in a sandwich. On spaghetti night, Bryce wasn't even home, and Ellie tore her garlic bread apart and put her spaghetti inside to make a sandwich. I just had to take a picture too funny! Then that Sunday at dinner she tore her roll apart and put her broccoli in it for a delicious broccoli sandwich, top middle! The big picture was a day we made homemade Ice Cream Mmmmmm and she was just loving it so this is her lovely "CHEESE" smile, just adorable, NOT!

I know I am a mean mom!

2008-08-18T21:13:00.002-06:00

Okay let me explain! My little Ellie is so adorable but is being a really big pain to go to sleep at night and will do anything to get out of going to bed at night! After I put her to bed she gets up about a million times (slight exaggeration) before she actually goes to bed. About 3 weeks ago ( I know I'm really slow with this post) every time she got out of bed she had her diaper off and it made me so mad I just got angry with her. So, I guess she was scared of me because one night she woke up in the middle of the night and she was all wet. What she had done was taken her diaper off and must have been too scared to come and get a new one so she just left it off and peed the bed. So I put a new diaper on her, changed her sheets and put her back to bed. Well, she woke up that morning all wet again with no diaper on! I was soooo frustrated I called Bryce complaining telling him I just didn't know what to do with her and he said "maybe you should just duct tape it on." What a great idea, I think he meant it as a joke but it worked! If you look close in the picture you can see that she has the Velcro tabs undone but that duct tape kept the diaper on! After 3 nights of duct tape no more problem! I know I am a mean mom!

Hudson firsts!

2008-07-31T16:00:00.003-06:00

In the last few weeks Hudson has had a lot of 1st's. He first started crawling about a month ago and everything has come along quickly after! The other day I was making dinner and he pulled himself to standing up against the brick fireplace, of course that was the first thing he pulled himself up to! I don't know if you can tell but he is screaming his little face off in that picture but I had to get it. I quickly saved him after the picture was taken. Then on Sunday we were all lounging around downstairs watching "Tarzan" or some other Disney movie when Ellie decided to sneak off to go upstairs and Hudson decided to follow! He did get all the way up the stairs with dad right behind him the whole way but he would have made it without him! My little boy is just a growing! He is kind of being a little stinker right now because he is getting his 2 upper teeth and he won't take his naps anymore! Oh the joys!

Shower fun! (bridal shower that is)

2008-07-31T14:53:00.003-06:00

I know this is really rather late in posting seems how this shower was about 2 months ago. Anyway Jessica, my brother Jordan's fiance had a bridal shower and one of my old friends from growing up was there! It was fun to see Chandi and her cute kids and my Ellie just loved and adored playing with Madalyn. And looks as though Hudson might be in love! ha, ha!

Swim Days

2008-07-28T15:46:00.003-06:00

My kids and I love to swim and be in the sun! We go to the Brigham City Pool a lot or just set up a small pool in the backyard and invite a few friends over! Either way fun is had by all! Ellie really suprised me the first time we wne to the Brigham pool we were just sitting in the really shallow part and I was holding Hudson and my friend Stacey's little girl Faye and I looked up and I couldn't see Ellie! I started freaking out looking for her then Stacey spotted her at the top of the slide! I was certain that she would be too scared to go down with no one to catch her but away she went and she loved it! I couldn't get her off the slide the rest of the day! The funniest part about it was her friend Mitchell who will be 4 in Nov. would only go down the slide if someone was at the end of the slide and they had to be touching the slide before he would go down! The other funny picture is of Ellie and her friend Kamdynn. They are so funny together they always want what the other person has and they just yell at each other until us moms come and break it up! Well, on this swim day they both wanted to swing, so Trisha just put them both in and they loved it! So funny! Enjoy!

Our House

2008-07-13T11:40:00.003-06:00

There it is! After months of pushing things back and waiting we finally have started our new home! I am so excited! Things have gone very quickly so far but are soon to slow down quite a bit. It is amazing to see when you are paying to have things done how quickly they get done. after the foundation and excavation Bryce will be doing the rest of the house mostly on his own so it progress will quickly slow down. Thanks to Erik Pearson and David Misrasi for helping things go as quickly as they have so far! I was telling Bryce the other day how exciting it was that we were the first people on our road to break ground and he said, "yeah, but we will probably be the last to finish." Oh well, all I care about is that someday I will have a home, yeah!

Memories. . .

2008-07-05T15:16:00.003-06:00

This seemed like a really fun thing to do... I got it off of my friend Ashley's blog. Thanks. Here's how you do it-
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Sunny San Diego

2008-06-24T16:30:00.004-06:00

We went to La Jolla on the Sunday we were in San Diego and took these pictures there! Except the one of Ellie hugging the pole in our condo she is so silly sometimes! Any way in La Jolla they have a walkway high above the rocky beach and then you can see Sea Lions just laying out on the rocks in the ocean it was really fun and beautiful!

HELP!

2008-06-24T16:09:00.004-06:00

It seems as though everyone around me is having babies and I am starting to get baby hungry again! What , I know, I'm crazy. So, please, please, talk me out of these my little one is only 8 months old! I'm crazy but as metioned before I just love those iddy biddy babies so much! help me keep my sanity and talk me out of this crazy thought I ma having! 3 kids under 3 crazy! On a totally seperate note, Bryce and I are getting the hole dug for our house on Friday, yeah. Thanks Erik!

Sea World

2008-06-24T15:46:00.005-06:00

A week ago today we were in Sea World! I got to see my friend Tawni and her mom and two kids so it was really fun! Ellie wasn't feeling very good so it wasn't nearly as fun as it could have been! Her favorite part at Sea World was the second picture where she could build with big shapes! I also got a pretty awesome picture of Shamu so I had to add that too! The picture of Hudson I think was taken by Ellie! And he just stayed in the stroller and played with dad's sunglasses! Fun for him! It was fun but looking back on it I wish we would have known Ellie was going to be no fun and we wouldn't have spent so much money for misery! But it was all totally worth it because I got to catch up with and old friend! Thanks Tawni!

Pink & Polka-Dots!

2008-06-03T20:52:00.008-06:00

Tonight for out Relief Society Enrichment Night we had a mother/daughter pink polka-dots party! It was so fun to get together with the other ward members and their extended family! (I know this is a random post but I had to get that wonderful picture of me after Ellie's birth off the top of the page!) Any way my sister Jamie came up from Layton and we quilted all day and then went to the party with our mom and our daughters and it really was a good time! I also wanted to let everyone know how excited I am! I have a new friend! Her name is Tanya and she moved in down the street and we go walking almost every morning and I have a great time! Our little kids are about the same age and her Macey is Ellie's new favorite friend, she just loves her. So, thanks Tanya and Brady for moving into this great neighbor and hopefully none of us will ever move out!

The Last 2 Years!

2008-05-29T13:30:00.004-06:00

a tribute to Ellie Jo Rigby! I know I look a little stoned, but after looking at all the pictures on the day she was born, this is how I looked in them all. All I can say is that they gave me some good drugs!
The lime green bow. Bryce picked it out and it looked so perfect on her little head! Check out the nose, she is her mother's daughter!
Check out all that hair! I still can't believe it! And that binky it the size of her head but the minute it came out the crying started! She never had the nice newborn cry either, it was always a loud scream! I don't miss that!
The orange headband will always be my favorite! And Ellie in this dress, my favorite! I started looking for pictures to go on here a few weeks back and had to take a break! I was so drained emotionally! The day Ellie was born was the happiest day of my life! All of my dreams came true at that moment! My whole life all I ever wanted was to be a mother! Now that she is 2 I am having second thoughts, just kidding. I love her just as much now, it's just harder! Which makes it all the more worth it! Ellie was a fairly good baby but as mentioned before she had a horrible cry! My friend Trisha used to laugh and say how much she loved Ellie's cry and I would say how much I hated it and she said it was because I had to live with it! Ellie did everything quickly, she rolled over fast, she crawled fast, and started walking way too fast! I used to make a circle with all the furniture in the family room to keep her contained, but she started to get out about the time she turned one and the fun began. She does the cutest things and always makes me laugh. Ellie I love you, thanks for making me the mother I always wanted to become!

Happy late 2nd Birthday Ellie!

2008-05-13T16:09:00.005-06:00

a little late! I now Ellie's birthday was almost a month ago (May 2nd), but I 've been busy! The first picture is of Ellie's birthday cake, how cute is that?! Uncle Jordan and soon-to-be aunt Jessica made it for her and I LOVED it! The next picture is her on her new Tricycle. I could not help myself I loved the little roadster! The last pic is of the cake makers doing what they do best (Thanks again guys)! Ellie's birthday was fun for the first time she knew what presents were and was so exctied they were for her. She just walked around saying "presents,presents," all day. My parents gave her some clothes and a little rocking chair and now she sits and sings "rock-a-baby, rock-a-baby" so cute. The other night I had put her to bed and not long after she came back up and got me and I took her back down to her room and she said "rock-a-baby" in a whining voice but I just had to rock her, I loved it!

Fun Daddy

2008-04-29T15:07:00.003-06:00

Bryce is such a good dad, and he is so fun with the kids. Sometimes he makes me a little nervous when he is rough housing with them but they have yet to get hurt! Lately he has been doing this thing with Ellie and he calls it "Surfing", he lays back in the recliner and she stands on his chest and he jumps around until she falls down and they both are just laughing so hard! In this picture she has put on a pair of my non-matching socks, so cute!

Happy 1/2 Birthday Hudson!!

2008-04-22T21:00:00.006-06:00

My baby Hudson is 6months old today! And while it really is exciting it makes me so sad! I love newborns, everything about them, how small they are, the way they smell, the bond you have with them, the way they sleep through almost anything, etc. and so on. Not that I don't enjoy how they grow and start to interact and play and smile, because I enjoy that too. Newborns are just my favorite, thus the reason I have 2 children only 18 months apart. I am not sure why but at this momentous occasion I find myself so emotional. I don't know if that is because I know it will be a while before I have a newborn again, or if it is because I have just recently stopped nursing and lost that oh so special bond between mother and child, or if I'm just crazy! Probably the latter! Anywho here are some things that I just love about Hudson. Happy 1/2 birthday!

1.He always smiles. No matter what, he can be hungry tired and screaming his little guts out and I just go and start talking to him and through the tears comes a smile. Thanks Hudson that makes my day everyday.

2.He loves his big sister. Although there were a few months there where he would get scared and cry every time she came near now they are friends and just laugh at each other. So fun.

3.Laughter. You've just started this and I love every second of it.

4.Sleep. Nobody could ask for a better sleeper from the moment you were born you've been good at it. Must have know your mother needed all the help she could get.

5.Patience. You have it and thank goodness because mom forgets hers in bed sometimes.

Thank you Hudson for entering my life 6 months ago, life without you would never be the same. You are my happy boy sent to brighten up my times of struggles!

5 Things about Ellie!

2008-04-22T14:53:00.006-06:00

1. Ellie is so smart. Well at least I am impressed. She gets anything and everything she wants and not because mom says it is okay. Grandma Joan likes to say "If there is a will, there is a way." that is surely Ellie's motto. She knows some of her letters, and when we turn the way to go visit Bryce at work she says "daddy work". So smart.

2.She love to sing and dance. Whenever there is music playing she jumps around and turns in circles and sings loud whatever she thinks sounds good. She has some really good moves I'm sure all from her mother.

3. Books. Need I say more. Her favorite toy by far, whatever we do there is always a book involved. In the car before we leave she wants a book, before bed, she reads to Hudson, etc. Books everywhere!

4.Silly. She thinks she is hilarious. She is at the stage where she talks non stop and I only understand about 10% of what is being said and she laugh at everything. Tonight she was lying on the couch telling what she needed she said "milk", I gave her milk, she said "blankie", I gave her the blanket, then she said "milk" again and I said, "you have your milk what else do you want?" She said clear as day for the 1st time "apple juice". How could I not just jump at such a clear demand we were all laughing so hard!

5.Love Cleaning. She must get this from Grandma Joan because from earlier post you might have learned I am not so good at it. Anyway just tonight Grandma was dusting and Ellie ran, I mean ran, in to get her duster off her cleaning trolley, she got for Christmas from G-ma Joan and G-pa Jay. She was so darn excited she dusted until bed time. It was so cute and Grandma told her "maybe someday you can teach mommy how to clean!" Ha ha, thanks mom, love you too!

Oh my Ellie Jo! What would I do with out you? My life would be filled with little excitement. You make me smile, cry, laugh, fall apart. But don't change one bit you are my special little girl sent here to fill my life with joy!

My Life Tag.

2008-04-21T18:46:00.004-06:00

What I was doing 10 years ago...
I was just about to turn 16 and really was loving life! I think I had just found out I made it on the cheerleading squad for my Junior year and was excited about that. I liked a boy named Trapper Braegger, yes his real name, we didn't date long. As soon as I turned 16 I decide I wanted to date other people, rude I know! The very last Seinfeld episode was aired on my birthday so we had a big party and BBQ'd and watched Seinfeld, I'll always remember that party, there are so many memories of the people there and the good times. I want to take a second to talk about my friend Steven Lasley, he was there and he passed away about 3 years ago now in a car accident . He was a great friend and it is memories like these that really make me miss him and his fun personality. Love you Steven. Sorry, I don't remember much else but I do realize now I was immature and rude to some people so if that was any of you, sorry.

5 things to do today ...
well the day is almost over so here are 5 things I did today.
1. got caught up on my tags.
2. got the kids up dressed & fed
3. changed about a bazillion diapers
4.kissed my kids good night
5.told my family I love them all so much

6 Snacks I enjoy...
1.Double stuffed Oreos
2.Choc covered Peanuts
3. Chips and Salsa
4.Ice Cream
5.Apples & Fruit dip

If I were suddenly a billionaire...
Too many things to think of, be debt free, own a home, help out everyone else and invest and save whatever was left.

5 places I have lived....
1. Tremonton since I was 3 months old, same house
2. Logan, 1 year of college at USU, yes I did fail all my classes my last semester, I know I'm SMRT!
3.Simsbury, CT, I was a nanny and hated just about every minute of it. I only lasted 5 months.
4.Layton, when I first was married lived in my first new home with new husband so fun!
5. Tremonton, I know back where I started, yes same house!

5 Jobs I have had...
1.Kent's
2.Icon Health and Fitness
3.Nanny
4.Daylight Donuts
5. America First

5 things people may not know about me....
1.I love to sing, I make a song out of everything in life maybe that is why Ellie likes songs so much.
2.I love to dance, especially with Ellie in the kitchen.
3.I laugh when I am nervous, I laughed while walking down the isle.
4.I hate to talk on the phone, I would much rather talk to a person face-to-face.
5.I have a tattoo. The one crazy thing I did in Connecticut. My mom said I would regret but I don't I still love it. That might be a different story when my kids are asking why I and my husband have one and they can't get one!

Friends to tag...
Anyone who hasn't done this

Oh Ellie Jo! :)

2008-04-21T14:43:00.004-06:00

My Ellie is so silly sometimes! She has this bear that I think used to be Jaren or Jayson's (my brothers) and she carries it around by it's sweater! She just puts her arm through the sweater like it is a bag and carries it around! She makes me laugh! I know in all of my posts with pictures it looks like I never do Ellie's hair, but I do, it's just that whenever she does funny stuff it's before I've done her hair, when she is going to bed, or lately it's just that she pulls her hair out before the day has even begun. Most of the time I wonder why I even bother, but then it looks so cute for 5 minutes after it's done! I need everybodies help again, Ellie lately has been having really rough nights and I don't know what to do. She usually wakes up every night at about 2 in the morning and then after I put her down again she gets up about every 15 minutes after that for about 3 hours. And she has been getting up earlier and earlier every morning, this morning she got up at 6:15. I don't know what to do or why she won't sleep at night. If any of you have advice please please help me!

Advice

2008-04-14T15:37:00.003-06:00

I need some advice from all of you experienced mothers. Ellie is turning two in a few weeks and for her birthday we wanted to get her a tricycle or small bicycle w/training wheels. I can't find any I love and need your help to find one! Also I am in the market for a double stroller so if any of you have one you would like to sell or have any advice on one that you love that I might love too please let me know! Thanks in advance for your help.

Ideas

2008-04-14T14:06:00.008-06:00

There are different random moments in my life when ideas for good blogs pop up into my head. It always seems at those moments I am too busy to sit down and blog. Then I come in to sit down and blog and . . . nothing, the ideas are no where to be found! So until next time here are some funny pictures of Ellie playing in all her old toys/ Hudson's new toys! She didn't ever want to play with them until Hudson started too! Isn't that how life goes!

Ellie sitting in Hudson's swing, then in the bumbo. She has pulled her "pull-up" on over her pants. Then she is jumping in the bouncer. Whenever she starts climbing into the swing or the bouncer I always tell her she is going to get stuck then she gets in and can't get out she says, "stuck, stuck, mom, stuck." I laugh for a little while then I go and get her out! Such a silly girl.