Me and my boy!

Aaron and were trying so hard to take pictures of the kids on Sunday afternoon, and then when I finally thought that we were done I began to change the kids' clothes and Aaron kept taking pictures... which I didn't find out until I downloaded the pictures. Anyhow, I thought that this one of Ammon and I was great!

Caitlynn's many moods!

I also got Cait a new sunday dress I tried to take her picture she let me snap virtually one photo that was decent and then beyond that... well I think that the pictures speak for themselves.

Gq Magazine Take 2 !

My Sweet Ammon is sooo handsome. I guess I am a little prejudice though since he does belong to me. I finally bought him a cute little suit and couldn't resist taking his picture. I think he looks so cute in it.

Party Girls!

More fun Pics from Lorina's party! I guess down at heart we are all just a bunch of party girls!

Lorina's Birthday Party

So we decided to throw a surprise party for Lorina's 25th birthday. It was soooooooo fun! She was very SURPRISED to say the least. Needless to say we made a huge mess with the confetti and I bet she'll be finding that at least until her next birthday. Hehehe! The kids even tried to swipe some of the balloon's... hehe mostly Ammon and Brooklyn decided they wanted all the red balloons for Brooklyn's room they had loads of fun getting them up there, I 'm sure.

At any rate, here are some fun pics of us all waiting and then her arrival.

The Femenist in all of us!

Ok so this is a little bit directed at my husband... But I will start this with talking about a few things that I think and believe in strongly. I am married and I love being married. I think that marriage is a wonderful thing. Its tough sometimes and its hard sometimes. I believe that every couple goes through different things and that those things are the things that either make or break a couple. I think that women should be at home with their kids when they have kids. I don't believe in letting strangers raise my children. I think that women should stand together and say that its a good thing to be at home raising my family, and being a good wife to my husband is important. I think that women should stand beside their husband and support and love them, so that they can go out everyday feeling happy about providing for the family that they helped create. I think that love goes a long way and that husbands and wives should stand beside one another and choose together. In this crazy mixed up world that we live in more and more the family is looked down on. I know that I can hold me head high and say that I take great pride in being at home with my family, and being married. Marriage, if done right... is one of the most rewarding relationships you will ever partake in. Some one once said "There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. " I really believe this with all my heart. Stand up for what you believe in and teach your children the place that they belong. Our children can grow up right in this crazy world we just have to shout a little louder than the femenist liberal's out there.

Daddy's little girl!

The phrase daddy's little girl 100% apply's to the relationship that Aaron and Caitlynn have. She has him right where she wants him. The other night when he came home from work they just played and played... These are pics from that. I think that its sooo cute.. I can't believe how much they look alike. I haven't really noticed before I was editing these photos. But wow!

Walter Visits!

So I finally convince Sarah to let Walter come over and play. We went to walking group while on the way there he slept, and then again on the way back and then when we got home he slept for several hours. Well he finally woke up and I was able to snap some pictures of him with my kids. They absolutely love him.

Special note to Caitlynn's boyfriends: I think she's got a new younger guy! hehehe!

Bed Time!

Usually at our house bed time is fairly routine. Eight pm the kids go to bed. On the rare chance that Ammon naps in the afternoon it takes him FOREVER to go to bed. Well this was one of those nights. He snuck in the office and took anything he could sneak out, pencils, crayons, and yes even my camera, he took all pictures of his spider man night light.... there were probably at least 50 pictures of just that. So when Aaron caught him red handed he knew he was in trouble and quickly handed over all he had taken, and then nicely got in bed; and told Aaron he was sorry and he would go to bed. So Aaron snapped this picture right after all of this... I can't help but think how sweet he looks here. Lol ironic isn't it?

Bow Making...

Ok so I have been learning how to make some of my own bows for Caitlynn and its really not as hard as it looks. Which is good. I was trying to take a picture of the bow on Cait's head but Caitlynn wouldn't hold still and then she gave me a grumpy face.... LOL! I had to laugh, and add it on here.( So sorry there's not a better picture of the bow. ) She's so cute even with her grumpy face on. Oh well. Moral of the story next time I will just take a picture of the bow.. just not on her head.

The Styling's of Julie: Homecoming Hair!

So at the begining of the school year Dez and I made a bet. I bet that she would get asked to the first dance of the year. Which is Homecoming of course. Well, as you can imagine with Dez being such a cute girl she did get asked and I WON the bet! So yesterday we practiced her hair as the dance is this weekend. What do you think?

Cousin Time!

I wish you could have all seen this... and all the pics, from this funny scene... My mother in law comes in the house and tells us that Ammon and Ethan are playing much to rough and they aren't listening to her. So we tell her that she can break it up as she see's fit. Well about an hour later Andrea and I are download the pictures from her camera and we realize that Emma has nicely documented my mother in laws story... Needless to say we were laughing pretty hard at how funny all the pictures were. So these are just a few and I think they paint quite a nice story for you. I guess it just goes to show that "boys will be boys" haha!

My sweet Boy!

Ammon is such a cute boy... I think I should start the Little Boy's version of GQ Magazine... He makes a pretty good Model...

Down Set Hike!

Poor Ammon I bought him some new pants and darn it they are too big around the waste... I need to get the poor boy a belt.. but boy did I have a good time laughing!

Who Nose?

I thought this was super funny... we were at my sis in law's yesterday and the kids... mainly her daughter Emma, and my sweet Ammon, went outside to take some pictures.. For the most part they are pretty good and somewhat funny!

My Bio Poem!

Julie

Kind, stubborn, intmadating, happy.

Wife to Aaron, Mommy to my kids Ammon and Cait, daughter of God.

Lover of Aaron, my kids, doing hair, & blogging fun pictures and things we are doing.

Who feels happy to have a wonderful hubby, happy that I am healthy for the most part, & and happy that I have good friends.

Who needs to kind friends, chocolate, time to herself at least once a day.

Who fear Spiders, Snakes, and some one kidnapping my kids.

Who gives love, kindness and help when needed.

Who would like to see my kids grow up and be resoponsible adults, Aaron and I grow old together, see my grandparents in the eternities.

Resident of Pleasant Grove




Special thanks to Cristi for letting me steal this from your blog...
For how to do.. see below!
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Hair stylings of Julie!

So last night as the boys had priesthood confrence. Lorina and I decided to do her hair. Which turned out fantastic! Needless to say with four kids 3 and under is was quite the job. It mostly consisted of letting the children run wild and moving the couch so they couldn't get up stairs... unfortunately Ammon and Brooklyn and are much to smart and they climbed over it. Needless to say the mess was Everywhere.... Lol! I wish I could have taken a picture, but it was much to late by the time we finished.

I do really enjoy doing hair but someday when I move into a house and have my salon I am going to enjoy it so much more.

All I have to say is that it was all well worth it due to that fact that Lorina's hair turned out so pretty!

yeah

Caitlynn's New TuTu!

I am so happy that Lorina taught me how to make tutu's.... Caitlynn likes hers alot! It only took my a couple of hours to make and its super cute! Soooo.. Thanks Lorina! I think I will somehow tie it in to her Halloween Costume.. I am just not sure whether to make her a ballerina, or and ice sundae, or something like that... let me know if anyone has any good ideas!

Women's confrence!

So normally each year when women's confrence rolls around I go with my mom. This year I decided that going with some of the sister's in my ward would be a good thing. So I went with some of them..( ok Teresa and Lorina) I think we are becoming like the three musketeer's or something... anyhow there we met up with a few others that we do stuff with regularly. It was fun! I think we all had a good time for the most part.
I think the thing that stood out to me the most was that the Lord doesn't except us to take on to much, he expects us to do a little each day for the women that are around us. There are so many that are among us that need help and we need to bond together to help eachother. Love each other like sisters do. I know that I need to make a more valiant effort in that direction, but I know with the Lord's help I can do it. I love the gospel so much, and I am so thankful for the atonement. I know that no matter what he is alway's there for me. I hope and pray that I can live my life so that other's will want to know the Lord because they know me.
Going to women's confrence helps me to be a better person, I am so thankful for a husband who loves me enough to encourage me to go because he knows that knowledge is our greatest gift, and that he wants me to know that I am loved and cared for.

Yard Sale!

Ok so in my life time I have been party to many a yard sale... this is the first one that I am doing or heading up... with the help of some of my good friends in my ward... I have been labeling for the past couple of hours now.. and think that I am almost ready... this is more work than I thought it would be... I will just be happy to be rid of a lot of stuff before we move.. I think that this will hopefully go well! Just alot to do in the next few hours and then there is the pesky little thing of having to wake up early on a saturday morning.YUCK! I hope I am not to grumpy and don't scare everyone away.

note: no house yet.. just good preparation! yeah!

Grocery Shopping

Now normally I enjoy grocery shopping... however since I became a mom of two my liking it has dwindled... The kids usually cry and try to climb out of the cart, and if they walk next to me at some point the try to hide from me and right before I become hysterical and leave to find the manager to shut down the store because someone has definetely stolen my child... ( ok a little dramatized) they jump and and say here I am mom!

Well todays shopping trip took the icing... All I needed was a few veggies some bread and hamburger for dinner, well we got the bread and some meat..( not the right kind) I went and put it in the cart,and then pulled the cart to get it moving... well what I failed to realize until to late was that Ammon was trying to climb to the front part ( we were in the big blue car ones @ maceys)... and yes he fell off backwards.... Even though I was near hysterics, I fought it back and calmly checked him out he had a HUGE goose egg! It almost broke the skin... he cried and cried... I went quickly to the front of the store and bought what I had and went home... we got home & both Ammon and I cried together... He is ok now.. I hope... but whew! I would have to say it is officially on the top ten of not enjoyable to do with children.

New kids gang of the hood!

Ok seriously I know that they all look so sweet here but these kids are not all so innocent.. the only ones missing from this gang picture are Ammon's best friend Che who also doubles as Cailtynn's boyfriend, and Che's little bro Justin.... they were having dinner at the time this was taken...

These kids when all together are well.....

WILD!

Before the storm!

The kids love to go outside.. even if its raining or very close to it... Last week they just had to go outside right before the rain began to fall and Aaron took these pics and they turned out so darn cute! I just couldn't resist putting them on here!

Like father like son!

I think its so cute that Ammon my sweet three year old wants to be so much like his dad he even likes wearing the same shoes! Its cute...

Govener's Day!

Ok for those of you who don't know what govener's day is I will explain. All the troops get together usually at Camp Williams..( this yr at Rice Ecles Stadium) (which by the way was a total pain...) Anyhow they all march around the field for Gov. Huntsman, and then he inspects and salutes them and some speeches are given. Then the family can go play they land helicopters and bring in the big truck for the familys to go through and look at and stuff like that, they also have blowup slides and food... so of course we saw the helicopter which is Ammon favorite, and then we ate.. which is Cait's favorite, and then the kids did a few of the blowup slides... but YIKES! there was so little room to fit them in this yr up there that the big kids and little ones all combine I was nervous that my kids were going to get squished! Luckily the only problem was that Ammon got done first before Cait and well I wasn't there waiting for him and when he couldn't find me, he had total melt down, till I got there and then he cried when he saw me and told me he was scared cuz I wasn't there.. It was sad... but at least he didn't run off. Anyhow... last thing.. so the one pic of the troops is only one small section of how many were actually there... Aaron is in the somewhere, can anyone spot him?

Another Movie

Relationships

I am begining to think that the best relationships come from what you do with the down times in your relationships. What you learn from them and how you grow from them. I think that no matter who you have a relationship with whether it be your parents or your spouse or your girlfriends, that when you have those down moments its what you do with them that makes your relationship stronger and better or breaks it all to pieces. I am thankful so much for the opportunities for friendship that I have. Some things if my life have recently come into the light. I can' t make people love me, but I can love them no matter what. I can choose how to love them and when. And when it comes right down to things, even if things fall all to pieces then I still know that the Lord loves me and is there for me when I fall down and scrape my knees. I am truly blessed in this area of my life. Sometimes relationships are complicated and confusing. But the best of relationships have seen their fair share of disagreements, discouragement, unhappiness, unkindness. Its the fact that they simply choose to forgive and move on and love you for who you are, and not what you are supposed to be.