BYU Softball and Knox's first day of nursery !

So since most of you guys that read this are old BYU softball teammates, you all know that this past weekend was the first BYU softball reunion. We all knew that things were not going to go too smooth and with the late notice those (which is most of us) that live outside UT didn't really have time to plan and get plane tickets. And thirdly, almost half of you guys are prego, so another reason you couldn't hop on a plane. But WOW is all I have to say ! 12 of us showed up this morning for the Alumni game, which was soooo fun !! And then for the dinner and getting to know the new team thing, there were 5 ! A little disappointing ?? YES ! I did love spending time with the girls that came and letting our babies play. They were all so cute ! But really- there are like 20 + of us that live here in UT right now. We are only .5 miles from the stadium so we are at a little of an advantage, but most everyone that is still here is within a 2 hour drive. Alright- so I was a little disappointed, but now you know to plan for next year. I heard that they are already working on a date for next year . Most of you will have babies that are at least 5-6 months old that we will all be anxious to meet, so mark your calendars. It was so fun to play with the other has beens and to hear the babies yelling "go mommy". So anyway- To the girls that came: It was so fun to hang out and see you and your families- and to those that for whatever reason couldn't make it - I miss ya and hope to see you soon.

I love you all and thank you for making such fun memories !

Now on to Knox's first day of nursery... Knox had his 18 month birthday on friday :), so now he is old enough to go to nursery and we took him today and dropped him off and he never looked back ! Our 18 months of walking the halls are finally over with this baby. When we picked him up they said he did awesome. Way to go my little man ! Here he is before church.

Finally...

Okay so for those of you who didn't know the kids and I went to TN for 3 weeks, now you do. We were kind of on a "no Internet" hiatus. We had fun though, just felt a little detached. Crazy how that works. Anyway- we had so much fun with our family and friends. We did miss Bry and he sent flowers and packages for the kids. I made it a longer trip so he could get some school stuff done and not have the added stress of 2 toddlers to add on his already full plate of things to do. Just a list of things that we did and then some pics to follow...

1. My sisters wedding :)

2. Moved my sister out of her apt. to her house

3. 2 birthday parties

4. A baby shower

5. Apple pickin at an apple orchard

6. Cleaned out our storage room

7. ripped up the linoleum in moms dining room- for her hard wood floors

8. Cleaned out moms storage room

9. 2 trips to the zoo

10. The TN aquarium

11. Juggled 5 kids with my sister

12. Mowed and cut my moms HUGE back yard

13. Another birthday party

14. The circus

Alright I think that sums it up and here are some pics from all that fun !

Me and my siblings !

Presley and Knox at Stacy's wedding...

My grandparents...

The Newly weds...Stacy and Danny Coleman

Presley as a flower girl and her cousins Mallory and Anna

My best friends from high school...L to R- Alicia, Paige (her baby shower), Beth, and Me

Knox and Teagan picking apples...

Little Teagan eating the fruits of her labor :)

Presley filling her bag

Knox at Teagans 2nd b-day party, he fell on the playground and Teagans other cousin broke his arm at the party too :)

Cut and Color..

I thought it was time to treat myself to a cut and color. Here are the results from 2 1/2 hours at the salon today...And should I mention that taking pics of myself makes me feel like the biggest goober !! 

Busy weekend...

BYU family housing had its opening social this past Saturday.  We were planning on going but not too sure what all it would entail.  The activities started at 10am and I had pitching lessons that were from 9:30-10, so Bry wanted to get the kids out of the house too and they came along to my lesson, didn't stay, just dropped me off and they went and got breakfast.  So we leave my lesson and pull into our parking lot and you could see all of the blow up stuff...big slide, jumping area, basketball game...Presley was so excited !! She kept saying "oh thank you mommy, daddy "  "I love you". It was way cute.  We took our stuff up and the day began.  We did the party until 12:30, played outside with friends until 3 and went to see Kung Fu Panda, came home played with friends for another hour and then went to our stake activity, which was a Chinese festival and had Chinese food for dinner, and then a little more playing, baths, and bed by 8:15.  They were both so spent ! We barely had time to sit (minus the movie).  It was fun though and BYU beat UCLA 59-0 in the football game here on the same day ! I guess I should mention how beautiful the weather is here.  Our high has been about 83 for the last week and a half. Absolutely gorgeous and makes us spend all day outside.  Anyway- here are some pics from Saturday.  

This is the outfit she started the day in...she was being shy for the camera, cracks me up the face she makes when she is shy so here it is...

My two handsome boys...Bry's eyes are just one of the many reasons I married him :)
Getting her face painted...
Showing me the finished product...
Our little superman hanging with the big kids in the jumping thing...

Dance class for Presley

Presley started her dance class on tuesday of this week. It will go through May 16, 2009. She was super excited about going and she had so much fun. It is a 45 minute class and they have asked that parents not stay, which won't be a problem for us since there is a play ground right next to the building for knox to play on. She was excited about all the new friend she would make and it was so cute with all the little girls in their little dance outfits with tutu's. Here is a pic of her ready to go to dance and since she was grinning and saying cheese Knox couldn't resist jumping in the pics too...

Presley's new dresses...

So let me begin by saying I am no seamstress.  I have however started to sew.  My friend got this fun pinafore pattern to make dress up stuff for our daughters that would help encourage them to keep their play clothes on underneath.  They always wanted to take everything off to put on a tutu or whatever and it was getting to be a battle to keep them modest while allowing them to have fun.  Anyway, my friend has an awesome sewing machine (Bernina) So I did the majority of the sewing at her house. These are two of my finished products...Not bad for a beginner.  I have to say that I am pretty proud of myself, and Presley is super excited about her dresses.  So with this new found confidence, not too much but enough, I have decided to make her Halloween costume.  We went to JoAnn's last week and I let her pick a costume pattern and she chose to be BELLE, so tonight I cut out the pattern and over the next several weeks the sewing will begin.  I will post pics of it when I am done.  So here are the two dresses that I made...

And I did the hem so I can let it out as she grows.  My peanut is only 3, and it will grow with her until she is 6.  I hope the stitching can withhold this dancing wild woman.

Family Fun !

We have had a busy week this week. This was Bryan's last week off before school started back up for the fall so he made sure that we did some fun stuff. You can see from the previous post we have been busy doing things close to home. So we have two of the most awesome families here in our quad that we do fun stuff with all the time. We BBQ'd all summer, just out in the quad, took turns feeding each others families, and played,played, played. This week was a lot the same as far as eating together goes, except for the fact that one of our meals was caught by the daddy daughter duo's. Bryan took Presley and our two friends took their daughters fishing up at Deer Creek and caught some trout and on sunday we had a feast. For family night we all went up to Thanksgiving Point to the farm. The kids had a blast and so did we. It was fun to see all of the animals and to see the excitement of the kids. I feel so grateful that we have these friends to share our BYU experience with. We are all in the same stage of life, young families and husbands in school. Our single mothers group will be picking back up now that our husbands are back in school. Thank goodness for the quad and having other women to talk to and to being able to walk out our front door and have a playground with friends on it. Here are some pics from the fun !

Our friend Andi with his son Bekim and daughter Ada, and our friend Juvia with her daughter Mindy and then there is sweet Knox scared of the goats...
Knox making sure that we see the ducks...


Daddy and Knox on the wagon ride...
Presley, Daisy, and Mindy enjoying the cow...
The Martineau family...James and Juvia and their kids Sammy, Mindy, and Daisy (knox's girlfriend)
Knox and Momma...
Daddy and Knox weighing as much as 3 newborn calves ! Bry was pretty proud of that !:)
Presley riding a pony...Ada and Angela behind with baby Samir...
The kids enjoying this baby calf licking their hands...
Presley excited about the wagon ride...
And from the fishing trip...Ada, Mindy and Presley, freezing by the water...
Picture of where they went fishing...Deer Creek
Bry with some of the Fish...