I fly?!!!

YeaH I flew.... last year for my birthday Spencer gave me the best present ever he gave me a training session for the I-Fly.
One of my dreams has always been to go sky diving, but once you became a mom and a wife those kind of dangerous things just grow further away in one's mind. Spencer been the thoughtful guy that he is got me a whole 2 minutes in the I fly chamber.
I have to say those were the most exciting, painful and scary 2 minutes of my life, I would definitely do it again HiNt HiNt honey! my b-day is coming up pretty quickly and don't forget about x-mas :).
So here are some pictures of my adventure they are not the best but you get the idea

Summer is here!

We been having tons of fun lately. here is just a pick of our main events this summer
Zoo

Discovery museum

 

Pool

 

 

Joshua turns 3 months

And he keeps growing. I love to see how his personality keeps coming in. He is very alert and very focus on things. He loves watching tv with Julia

 

Adios Diapers

All done potty training!
Thank Goodness it is all over with. We are really proud of our little girl. Julia has made a lot of changes this past week

She used to:
*pipi so much we would use 8-10 diapers a day*go to bed until midnight*be dependant of mommy for everything*eat little but drink a lot of milk*Use a sippi cup the whole day*pipi so much at night we could even wet the bed

Now she:
goes a whole day without diapers(even if go out)*loves to wear her princesses panties*she does a lot of things to help around the house*eats a lot more than what she used to specially veggies and fruit*doesn't care about her sippi-cup anymore*loves to drink out of a glass*hasn't have a pipi accident for days*goes to bed at 9:30

it is amazing all the changes that this little girl has made just because we started potty training. I 'm so very grateful to the people that made that Elmo's video because it has taught her so many new things. One of the things i absolutely love is that it teaches them what big kids should be doing like getting dress for themselves helping around the house etc., and this teachings has transform my toddler into a kid. She is self motivated and when she wakes up she asks me to help her make her bed and then she comes to help me make mine, she wants to clean up all the messes she makes to the point of grabbing the mop and the broom.

So here is what i did we mixed 3 things together:

1.- the $75 method 2.- Elmo's video 3.- rewards

we used the $75 method which basically tells you to let her run around the house with no diapers asking her every 15 minutes or so if she needs to go potty.
The first 2 days were the hardest for me I was about to kill her and kill myself for bringing this upon us. This is the period when we had the most accidents. Every time she would have an accident.
I am so glad it is all over now, there were so many time when I was ready to quit, specially when the accidents were done on our new carpet. Thank goodness we have a lot of laminate floors and that's where the majority of them happened, but now I am just glad that I didn't give up.

I got an Elmo's video with the only intention of giving her graphics on what we needed her to do but this movie did much more than that for us. I believe it taught her what big kids are suppose to be doing which encouraged all the changes
We also did Rewards. This was mainly Spencer's idea. We would give a treat every time she used the potty no matter how little or how much. Of course what better reward for a kid than a suckers.
I believe this is what made the whole thing happened because now she goes to the bathroom by herself without me asking her all the time and comes back to tell me that she did it and asks for her sucker.

So this is my story. I haven't even opened the last box of diapers I bought for her.
yeah for Julia!

Father's Day

We spent Father's Day with Spencer's parents just talking about how complicated but rewarding parenthood can be.

I'm so glad that Spencer has a great man to look up to and I'm so grateful for all the things he had taught my husband on how to be a great dad for our kids.

I think my kids are the luckiest kids on earth because they have a dad who adores them and loves them to death.
I think if Julia could talk more and express her feelings for her daddy they would be like the primary song:

I’m so glad when daddy comes home

Glad as I can be

Clap my hands and shout for joy

Then climb upon his knee

Put my arms around his neck

Hug him tight like this, Pat his cheeks,

n give him what? a great big kiss

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Spencer is so dedicated to his family there has been days where he could verily stand up anymore because of a hard day at work and his reply to my concerns are: anything for my little family.

HE is extremely thoughful.He Just the other day he came home from work extremely tired, but told me to go to a girl's night out with some friend and he stayed with the kids and put them to bed.

Sometimes I wished we could give him something special, but when I ask his reply is always "I have everything I need right here" What more can a wife ask, but this response makes things complicated when it is time to buy a present.

This is why I had a Father's day fiasco.

I went to buy some cloth for him and i ended up getting him a XX LT polo shirt from the big and tall department at JcPenney.

I've never shopped in that department before but I though well Spencer is Big and Tall so it should work. Time to unwrap the presents and ....surprise! the beautiful shirt I had spend and hour deciding on was humongous, I mean not just big but huge, of course he laugh about it but I was so frustrated on my present I got a headache.

Spencer next time give me more ideas and save me a headache.

I love you Spence thanks for being a great Daddy...Love Julia, Josh and your wife

I can't believe it!

 elmo's potty DVD=8.99

JULIA USING THE POTTY= PRICELESS

Yes folks it's true I started potty training Julia last week and it's working, we only go through 2 diapers a day maybe 3 now and hope to go down to none soon. I'm trying to get her potty train in one week we'll see what happens.

I got this dvd at shopko for 8.99 but you can also find it at target for 9.99

So far this is what's going on:

 

Day One

Accidents: too many to mention

Success: 1

Day Two

Accidents: 4

Success: 2

Day Three

Accidents: 2

Success: 4

Day Four

Accidents: father's day we had a break

Success:

Day Five

Accidents:"0"

Success:5

Day Six

Accidents:"0"

Success:7

Notes: On this day we even went out to eat and then to the mall for a total of 5 hours.

She used a grown up toilet today for the first time!

Day Seven

Accidents:"0"

Success: 8

Notes: We went swimming today and she didn't even wet her swimming diaper

Josh's baby blessing

On June 1st Our little Joshua received his baby blessing. It was so great to witness as my husband pour down blessings upon him. My eyes are still opening when it comes to understanding the true Power of the Priesthood.
I'm so thankful to my Heavenly Father that i have a husband who cherishes it just as much as i do
Here is a picture of Josh as you can see my children are my models, i just love laying them down for a photo shoot






We were so happy to be able to share this special moment with family. We love you all very much and are so grateful you could come










Grandma, Grandpa Smith and Greg

Megan and Ryan

Eric, Jenny, Lance and Luke

Spencer, Julia, Joshua, Me, Great grandma James, Aunt Margret and Her daughters

June/ july 2008

It's finally summer time and Julia is loving it. For the must part we have had trips to the park and a some swimming, but then again there is not that many things I dare do with a 2 month old baby

My roses are finally blooming they are beautiful and they smell even better i cut 3 dozen of them and put them in vases all around the house

Josh got his very first real bath and he loves it. Julia used to scream her head off every time it was bath time, but this little guy just lays there and makes cute noises. You can see Julia's arm trying to help with the bath which brings to my memory a funny thing they did.
She had 9 rubber duckies in her bath tub and she tried fitting all of them in the baby's tub, after realizing there wasn't enough room for all the duckies and Joshua she finally decided to ask him to pick one. Funny enough Josh said a couple of ba-bas and apparently the duck in the picture is the one he chose because Julia took all the duckies but this one out

Josh turns 2 months
so sad to think that my boy is two months old already. He is a big time smiler and he pays lots of attention to his big sister. so far his favorite thing is to read books with Julia

July 30th
we had a relaxing day. We went to feed the ducks at a pond in ogden. Julia loved throwing the bread into the water for the ducks to eat and Josh loved napping on his stroller.

July 31st
My three favorite people in the world watching a show together

 Julia loves spending time with his baby brother. She is such a sweetie pie

Julia with one of her many lines of toys. Ther's gotta be an explanation for this

 bed time stories with mommy

 Bed time stories with Julia

 We have made some good progress reclaiming our front yard here are a couple of picts of the kids

Ryan and Megan's Wedding

some pictures from the wedding

After many years of dating My brother in law Ryan finally got married to her sweet wife Megan.
We are so happy that she gets to be part of our family.
when things are ment to be they are ment to be. On 2003 when I met Megan for the first time I just knew that she had to marry Ryan, regardless of them knowing it or not I made sure I told Ryan that.
I am so glad he listened to me.