Mother's Day 2010

Mother's Day was a great day! I just love being a Mom! I have a calling at church and teach in Relief Society. It was my turn to teach on Mother's Day so lets just say I pretty much cried through the whole lesson. It was on the Holy Ghost. Earlier in the week when preparing my lesson I came across something that didn't quite make sense to me and also made me a little concerned. The lesson said this about the Holy Ghost "He can be in only one place at a time, but his influence can be everywhere at the same time." What did that mean?? Did that mean he really wasn't with me all the time? I asked my mom what that meant and what she told me I will never forget. Colton was playing in the other room with the dogs and she said "You are not with Colton but the influence of your love is." Wow, now lets just take that a multiply it by infinity and that is how the Holy Ghost and the love of our Heavenly Father works. Amazing! It made me feel so much better! I also shared that with the ladies when I was teaching and I don't think there was a dry eye in the room. It was one of the best lessons! After church we came home and Will presented me with my Mom's Day gift. A pot filled with beautiful flowers that, yes, are still alive! Emily also helped Colton make me a Mother's Day gift. A small heart shaped pillow with Colton's hand print on it. I will always remember that small hand of his forever. Will made dinner and we enjoyed a nice evening with visiting my mom to tell her Happy Mother's Day.

MMmmm Dirt....

I haven't posted pictures of our house in Taylorsville yet so for those you haven't seen it yet here is what it looks like. I'll post some of the inside eventually. I still haven't decorated much.

We were very blessed to get this great house. The landscaping was already done and it has been really easy to maintain so far. As you can see Colton likes to help pull weeds and have some dirt for a snack.




CHEESE!

Easter 2010

For Easter this year my mom decided to throw a big party for all the grandkids... There were a lot of little ones running around. The men were at the priesthood session so the mom's and kids got to play together. We made socks bunnies and foam picture frame bunnies before going on the Easter egg hunt. Wow was it noisy while they were all searching but all the kids got a lot of eggs. Colton wasn't quite sure what to do at first but as you can see he caught on pretty fast. When the hunt was over all the kids sat on the couch and it got very quiet.... It must have been good candy!

Easter morning at our house we gave Colton another Easter egg hunt with the eggs he got from Gandma's house. I think he liked this game but he was still a little tired and there were a lot of eggs!






Since it was conference weekend and Will's mom was in town we had a big dinner with lots of family and friends. Josh and April brought there kids over to watch the last session before heading to Jen and Drews for dinner. Ryan and Colton became fast friends.

Creative Memories

So, I held a Creative Memories party back in February and at it I bought there story book creator software. Since school is finally done for Weber I now have had some free time to start playing around. Although different from the software I previously had I LOVE this program. It took sometime to figure it out but let me tell you, if I can figure it out anyone can. Anyways, my latest project to scrapbook was the trip to Colorado. Hopefully this software will help me stay caught up so that we can enjoy our photos on something other than our computer screen. Enjoy the pages!

Trip to Colorado

We were able to go to another baby blessing in Colorado this time. It was so great to see Scott, Alisha and Ada again and be able to welcome Brayden to the family. While we were there we did lots of fun activities to keep the kids and the adults entertained and sane.

We went to the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs on Friday. That was a really cool place to visit. It was cold that day but we were determined to see some of the main sites. Colton wanted to walk to entire time so we let him. He was much happier that way.







On Saturday we went on base and went bowling with everyone. It was Colton's first time really bowling and I think he had a great time! Although he didn't win he was one of the top scorers.... helps when you have bumpers! He liked all of the colored bowling balls but hated that he couldn't pick them up because they were too heavy! It was funny!






After bowling, and during nap time, Alisha and I went to the gym. It was great to have someone to go to the gym with. I am sure that if I was able to live closer to Alisha I would be in much better shape. She is a great motivator. After a good dinner we colored eggs. Colton wanted so badly to stick his hands in the dye.... I could only imagine how that would have turned out had I let him. He was very eager to put the eggs in and I would let him just look at them while they were being dyed.





Sunday was the baby blessing. Scott and Alisha have a very nice ward and the baby blessing was so sweet, it almost made me cry. I love sweet little innocent babies! Thank you Scott and Alisha for letting us stay at your home and for all of the good times!

Walking....

Colton took his first steps on Sunday February 21st at 7:30 PM. YEAH! Although he still prefers crawling he will now stand up and take a few steps before deciding the crawl! Horray for my big boy!

Where we have been....Where we are now.

Yes, it has been a LONG time since I have posted last. I have not been motivated with so many things going on. Once Christmas hit we just got very busy. So this is going to be a very long post! Colton had a great Christmas. He slept in which was great! Then we spent the afternoon and evening with my family. We had good food, the little ones played dressed up in The Nativity Scene outfits while Grandpa read the scriptures of Christ's birth. They were all so cute! After we played some songs on the chime set my parents have. I think we should become a traveling family band, just kidding. Later we set up the bounce house for the kids while the adults got to play volleyball. It was so nice to spend Christmas together as a family. New Year's Eve was a big party at our house. We played games, watched movies, ate pizza and junk food and of course went outside and lit fireworks and made lots of noise at midnight. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

December Pictures

-I don't know what happened to a lot of my december photos, I hoped they got saved on Will's computer so these are what you get for Christmas and New Years.


January flew by faster than I can remember. Not much happened in January other than it is still winter and cold. Colton did get rather sick in January.... That was not fun. For over a week we kept him home because of diarrhea and the worst diaper rash I had ever seen!! The doctor's checked him out to make sure he wasn't getting dehydrated and the poor kid was getting awfully tired of bananas, rice, apple sauce, and toast! I let him run around the house naked to help out his skin after his baths. He loves looking out the front room window and I couldn't help not taking such a cute picture. He has also figured out that doorknobs open doors and he tries so hard to reach them..... and gets mad when he can't. He is getting closer and I know when that happens I will be in big trouble. Back in November both of my sisters had babies, one girl and one boy. I decided to be ambitious and make them both blankets, I acutally started these in October but in January I finally finished them. The picture is the one for Ashley and the one for Oliver looks just like it only blue of course. These were done by knitting and they turned out really cute. I am so proud of myself that I actually finished them!!! One day James and Tara came over to visit. Colton has started to become very expressive with his face. This was the face he was making at Aunt Tara. It was so funny!!

January Pictures



Now it is February. This has been a busy month. Will's brother Brian was blessing his baby so most of the family made a trip out to California to attend. While there will and I made several stops to see some of my family too that lives out there. We left on thursday night and carpooled with James and Tara. We drove all night..... When we hit Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada's there was a massive blizzard!!!! It was not the funnest thing to drive in and it slowed us way down but we made it safely to Marysville at about 5:00 AM. We got a little sleep before heading to go meet up with Will's family for breakfast. After breakfast James and Tara announced that they were expecting! Horray! Congrats to them! We left shortly after to go to Sacramento wbout 40 minutes away to go see my Grandma and Grandpa Shular. We stayed and visited and has lunch while Colton put on a show for them. Grandpa gave him Oreos and spoon to play with after lunch. He couldn't have been happier! After or visit there we headed 2 and a half hours south the visit Jeremy and Amy who just welcomed little Ashley in November. Shelby loves her little sister very much! Saturday was Will's birthday. Amy helped me make frach toast and sausage for breakfast while he and Shelby played Mario Kart. Colton wanted in on that action too. It was great to see Amy's family and to meet little Ashley! After breakfast we headed to San Fransisco to meet up with Will's family again at Fishermen's Wharf. We went on an old battle ship from World War II and got to go exploring. There were some great views of the city, the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz from the deck of the ship. The kids had a blast going around and exploring. Colton was a little trooper. He stayed in the back pack all day and never once creid or complained. He is such a good kid. Will's mom bought him his birthday dinner from some of the street vendors... Really good clam chowder and crab legs on the side. Before leaving we went to Ghiradeli square and got some hot chocolate. It was the perfect day to go to San Fransisco, the sun shined all day but the breeze kept is nice. We returned to Beale for Will's party. We decorated the condo and blew up balloons while James and Will played ping pong of the kitchen table. Had cake and icecream and then called it a night! It was a great day! Sunday was the baby blessing. Brian did a wonderful job. We took pictures after church and then packed up the cars and made the trek home.

February Pictures