Family Fun Day!

Let me start by saying I'm sorry about these pictures! They are AWFUL! I cannot find my battery charger for my camera anywhere (DANG IT!) So I took these with my phone, and pictures off there never turn out that great. Anyway, we had such a fun day today! It started with a doctor appointment where I got my blood drawn (I hate that) for a glucose reading, blood pressure, weight, etc. and got to hear Asher's heartbeat! He's strong and healthy! I only have 14 weeks left (I'm hoping for 12 weeks)! I can't believe it! Since I couldn't eat anything prior to getting my blood drawn, we went to Village Inn for breakfast. It was SO good! Then we went grocery shopping (not that fun, but still good). I have 8 new recipes to try this week from Sandra's Money Saving Meals off of the Food Network. I hope they turn out good! When we finally got all that out of the way, we decided to go Bowling! That's where these pictures come in! I won the first game (yeah, I beat Ryan!) and Ry won the second.
Aiden had a great time...well for the most part. He had a much better time after we decided not to use the ramp thing.

Look at that angry face!

Watching and waiting...then...

MELT DOWN!! He did this through the entire first game! It was ridiculous!

It's okay though, once I put my phone away and the people playing next to us took the ramp, he started having a great time! He got a couple of Spares and a Strike. He was dancing and jumping and cheering! I wish I had gotten pictures! It was so cute!

When we finished bowling, we went to Spoon Me! for frozen yogurt! They have a Family Night on Monday, where you get a 'baby baby' size (kids size) for free with a purchase of a regular priced yogurt. I really like their stuff! We got to go to Spoon Me! because Mr. Aiden has been doing so good going potty! He even wore 'big boy underwear' last night to bed (we ran out of pull ups) and he woke up DRY! Ry and I were so ecstatic we had to celebrate! The funny things you celebrate when you're a parent! :)

I hope you all had a great weekend and have a wonderful week ahead!

This is What Happens when you're pregnant with a crazy 4 year old

Umm...so apparently I blacked out (not really - I walked into the kitchen to get a drink, got distracted - you know how it goes!) for 30 seconds and when I came to ... this is what my living room looked like! His toy box was emptied all over the floor, every game he owns was out, even the Thigh Master - yes the one from the Suzanne Sommers infomercials from the '80's ... Don't judge - I bet a lot of you have one of those in your closet with your bun and thigh roller! :)
I told Aiden he had to clean up - if looks could kill I would've been destroyed! Apparently he informed me that "cleaning makes me sick." ... yeah kid, me too :)

Pretty much my living room stayed like this until Ry got home from school. See, I'm not nice enough to 'help' clean ... Ry on the other hand is :)

I hope you are all having a great New Year so far! Coming soon - my resolutions - which so far have not been started :)

Christmas 2010

Christmas this year was so fun! We got to spend Christmas Eve with all of Ryan's family. We read the Nativity before opening presents. It was really fun to see the kids get excited and to give gifts. This year we did a 'homemade Christmas' for the family. I, of course, forgot to take pictures of the gifts. I made these frames that were strung with twine and mopodged clothes pins to hang pictures with little sweater flowers in the corner and a pair of earrings. They turned out much better then I had expected! Those were for all the female in-laws. The grandparents also got a modpodged double frame with a picture of Aiden and an ultrasound picture of Asher. They turned out better then I expected also! For all the guys, they got some A&W root beer and candy bars. Not homemade I know, but I really didn't know what I could make for the dads that would be awesome! Aiden made all of his cousins puzzle blocks that came from a book...which he gave a copy of to them. The girl cousins also got sweater flower hair clips. Aiden also made an ornament for the grandparents that was his hand print. We did silver ink on a blue background and he made his fingers into little snowmen. He also wrote his name all by himself! I'll have to steal my moms and take a picture of it, because they turned out super cute! Aiden was so excited to pass out gifts to everyone! It was alot of fun!
I love this picture of Cole and Savannah. Poor kids were extremely bore while waiting for...

These little monkey's to calm down so we could get started! Thanks for the fun evening! We had such a good time being with everyone!

Christmas morning was a blast as well! We spent the morning with Ry's family and opened all the gifts from Santa!

Aiden got to open all his gifts with Cole. It was so fun to see both of them! I'm looking forward to next Christmas to see both of our little monkey's open gifts together!

Aiden wanted a pillow pet so bad! Too bad for him, his mom is not with what's popular with the kids right now, so he got stuck with a bee, instead of the dog. I don't think Aiden really cared though! He opened it and said "it's just what I've always wanted!" So, that made me happy! Aiden basically said "it's what I've always wanted" to all of the gifts he opened from "Santa" so I guess I did alright!

The "BIG" gift!

A Cris-Cross Crash Track! He's been talking about this things for almost a month! It was so exciting to see him open it!

Can you tell he likes it? He made Grandpa Doug set it up for him so he could play! After presents, I made a Scandinavian 'brunch' (it was supposed to be breakfast, but I woke up late, and sorta misjudged how long it would take to make everything...oops!). I was so excited to share this with my in-laws! It turned out well, if I do say so myself. Very traditional, so not the typical sweet breakfast most people are used to, but I liked it! :)

After breakfast we went to my parents house where we got spoiled even more! It was so fun! We had to bribe Aiden to open more presents (seriously...I think he was just over stimulated or something. I had to tell him to open his gifts or go to bed...what kid doesn't wanna open more presents?! Apparently mine!) But it paid off! He got this awesome kitchen! He loves to cook with mom and dad, and now he can cook whenever he wants...in his room...so my kitchen isn't always torn apart! It's a gift that keeps on giving! :)

Christmas this year was so much fun! We are so blessed to have such wonderful families to share the holidays with! Asher wasn't left out - my mom got him an adorable outfit that he should fit into by next Christmas! Yay!!

Thanks everyone for making it such a great time! I hope everyone else had a great Christmas also!

Temple Square

After dinner we went to Temple Square to see all the lights! Again, I didn't take very many pictures, because I've been horrible at that lately! It was fun to go see all the lights and watch Aiden look at everything! Of course, he thought the fountains were much more fun then the lights were!

Me and my cute sister! My jacket is FABULOUS! you can't see it, but I've been wanting this jacket from Victoria's Secret for years! It has buttons all down the back! It's fabulous! :)

Aiden finally found some lights he liked...mostly he just wanted to see if he could jump high enough to touch them haha

The Salt Lake Temple ... it really is a magnificent building!

I love this. It was one of my favorite places to see last time we came too!

Aiden loved it too...more he just liked to touch the water, which in turn got his coat wet, which in turn made for a grumpy boy haha It was so fun to spend time with my family!! We look forward to next year!

Planetarium

After the Reynold's Christmas Party, Ry, Aiden and I went to the Planetarium with my Cousin Spencer her Husband Aaron and their son Jack as well as my sister, Holly. Aiden was LOVING it! We spent at least an hour there!
There was this really neat presentation about rocket ships and how they work. Aiden loved it! They talked about friction...

Weight...

Heat...

and launching! The person over the presentation was so great with Aiden! He let Aiden participate (sometimes multiple times on one thing) the entire time! Aiden really enjoyed it, and still talks about friction whenever his hands are cold!

He loved this big marble thing. It went all the way to the ceiling! It was really neat!

He loved all the games too!

I liked this though haha I thought it was super neat!

Here's Aiden on the moon

And Aiden on Mars! What a cheese ball!

My sweet sweet boy!

Cute Jack! He's getting so big!

It was so fun to go here with my family! It was free too ... which is even better! After we went here, we ate at the mall. It was so fun! Afterward, we went to Temple's Square...next post with those pictures.

Reynold's Family Christmas Party!

First off - Mario from Mario Bros. was my date! :) what a handsome man wouldn't you say? So, I have been absolutely horrible at taking pictures lately, so I didn't even get a lot of pictures from this entire evening. My cousin, Spencer is a fabulous and got LOTS of pictures from this evening and she tagged me on facebook. So anyone who's my friend on there can check out the album!
We had a lot of fun things at the party (sorry no pictures)! We had a pinewood derby car race, and the cars were fantastic! The kids (and grown men) LOVED this! Ry and I have been so busy so we didn't all do cars. Aiden had his from last year that he colored and brought. We also had a Cupcake Wars contest! Ry and I got into this! We love cooking, so this was right up out alley! I made a chocolate fudge cupcake with chocolate drizzle and a chocolate fudge center that just melted in your mouth and Ry made Red Velvet cupcakes with a PHENOMENAL cream cheese frosting! I could eat an entire bowl of that frosting (no that's not hormones talking either! :) ...)

Aiden and one of his cousins!

He was LOVING this!

Me and my baby brother Michael.

Mario and Aiden's cow tongue! (if you look closely at the table you can see a couple of the amazing pinewood derby cars).

It was so much fun! Good food, good company and good fun! We look forward to next year (PIE WARS!! I've already started planning this one! :) ...)

It's A ....

BOY!! He wasn't shy at all! The nurse who did the ultrasound literally put the little camera thing on my belly and within 5 seconds we could definitely tell! We are SO excited for this little guys to get here! We've been waiting over 2 years and he's finally decided to join our little family!
Here's his cute little face! I wish the 3D pictures were on the disk, but unfortunately they weren't. I'm going to scan them over Christmas so you can see them! He and Aiden already look so much alike!

The most comforting news for me was he has TWO legs and feet and from what we could tell, all of his toes and...

both of his arms, hands and looks like 10 fingers! His brain, kidneys, stomach, umblical cord, femer, heart, etc. all look healthy and normal! We can't wait to welcome little Asher Howard to our family in April!