Brady's tag

Brady was tagged by his friend Myra and here are his answers. He was very excited to do this, but didn't quite understand how it worked until we were done. There are some interesting answers, but remember he is only 3! Enjoy!

1. What is something mom always says to you? Put your dishes in the sink.

2. What makes mom happy? Playing trains.

3. What makes mom sad? When you don't clean up.

4. How does your mom make you laugh? Tickles.

5. What was your mom like as a child? Me, Brady.

6. How old is your mom? 1 year old.

7. How tall is your mom? Fifty taller.

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Play games, playing tag with my mom. (This tag). Going to the store.

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? Clean up the floor.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? Tag.

11. What is your mom really good at? Funny.

12. What is your mom not very good at? Turning the tv on.

13. What does your mom do for her job? Take care of me and baby Lani.

14. What is your mom's favorite food? Ice cream.

15. What makes you proud of your mom? When I get to play outside and when she brings down the Play Doh from my closet.

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Wonder Red from Super Why.

17. What do you and your mom do together? Play instruments.

18. How are you and your mom the same? Taller.

19. How are you and your mom different? I am a boy and mommy is a girl. I get to be a daddy when I get bigger.

20. How do you know your mom loves you? Play games and wipe your boogies.

21. What does your mom like most about your dad? When he goes to work.

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? The airport to pick up daddy.

Brady tags: Samuel, Jacob, Afton, Bryn, Cody, Keola, Analei and anybody else who wants to play.

More Birthdays!

Happy Birthday Becca! I love this picture and use it often as you know, but I think you are so cute! I hope that you have a great day and know that we are thinking of you and love you so much. You are such an amazing person and sister and I am glad to have you in my life to show me how I should be. I love you!!! Give my love to your darling family and I hope to see you sometime!

Happy Birthday to Jessalyn too. She is the big 9! We miss you and wish we could see you more, hopefully we will see you soon!

Happy Birthday to Kristen, yesterday. You are finally the big 3-0, welcome to the club! We were out and about yesterday but we remembered. I hope you had a great day.

Love to you all and wish we were there to celebrate the big day.

Suds 101

A little lesson to be learned about the dishwasher. I asked my neice Keola to finish up the dishes and start the dishwasher. She asked me where the soap was and I told her under the sink. I didn't think anything about it until Brady comes up to me, "Um, mommy? There is something spilling in the kitchen."

I immediately ran to the kitchen and saw my dishwasher spitting soap suds out. It was so funny to me because the same thing happened to some roommates of mine in college and I knew exactly what she had done. She used the wrong soap, the "dish soap" instead of the "dishwashing detergent."

Poor Keo! I had to let the dishwasher run its cycle and she had to stand there and clean it up. I felt bad for her, but now she knows the basics of suds 101! My floor was nice and shiny when she was done!

I love you Keo and will miss you, your sister and mom greatly! Thanks for visiting!

32-9!

Happy Belated Birthday! So I have been slacking a little on my blog. . . I have heard it from various sources, "Are you going to post again?"

Here I am. I uploaded over 200 pictures off of my camera from the past month so I am sure that I have plenty to share. I have felt a little overwhelmed with my calling, been out of town and haven't felt the greatest with the heat and being pregnant.

I made a cake for Bryce and my neice Analei for their birthdays. Ana's was on the 3rd of the month and Bryce's was on the 13th. Neither of them received a cake on their birthday. They turned 329, Bryce 32 and Ana 9. I should have done 932 but I didn't want it to look too old!

I love this picture of Lani enjoying her cake, since we rarely have treats like that and she loved digging in, a lot better then she did with her birthday!

Tag You're It!

20 years ago . . .

1- I was living in Port Angeles, WA.
2- I met my best friend Jenni Perry.
3- I ruled the school as a 5th grader!

10 years ago . . .

1- I was enjoying the last moments with my favorite uncle, while he was sick with cancer.
2- I just played because I didn't have any major responsibilities!
3- I was planning my future, internship in DC, send in mission papers, come home and finish school and then maybe get married! HA! Then I met Bryce and plans changed!

5 years ago . . .

1- Bryce was finally graduating from the Y!!!
2- We moved to live in the desert, are we crazy????
3- I had to leave my best friend in Provo, that was sad!

1 year ago . . .

1- I was figuring out how to take are of 2 kids instead of just 1.
2- I was cherishing my new baby and loving her to death.
3- Enjoying traveling with my two kids and loved visiting family!

So far this year . . .

1- I turned 30!
2- I am my wards Young Women's president!
3- Potty trained my 3 year old!

Yesterday I . . .

1- I sat in my hot house trying to get the AC working.
2- I attempted whole wheat cinnamon rolls which is an oxy moron when I think about the horribly unhealthy filling and frosting, but the bread was healthy!
3- I played Bunko with my friends and my kids had fun playing with other kids.

Today I . . .

1- Relished in my cool house, the AC is working, for now!
2- Watched Brady swim and love it!
3- Loved watching Leilani practice her back strokes from her stroller while she watched Brady swim!

Tomorrow I . . .

1- Will watch Brady swim again.
2- Will attempt driving the car, again. I am getting better with this 5-speed thing!
3- Am counting down for the weekend, time with my family.

Tag anyone who wants to participate but Tree you don't have a choice, jk!

My Flavor

I got this link from Bryce's aunt and I thought it was fun. A nice way to think about cooling off in this weather! I didn't think I would be vanilla, but it actually fits my personality.
I figured I would include an adorable picture of Leilani enjoying an ice cream sandwich.

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Our Little Swimmer

Brady with his teacher, Bryan, who is actually in our ward! What luck!



Brady not quite ready for the diving board, but we are making progress!

Lani just hanging out while brother gets to swim! She wants in so bad it is hard to her to watch, but I keep her pretty preoccupied.

Brady just finished 2 weeks of swim lessons. He is coming along but isn't as comfortable on his back as his teachers would like him to be, so we are taking a break this next week and are signed up for another 2 week session.

I am so pleased to see him getting more comfortable in the water. His fears get the best of him sometime so it is good to see him use the kickboard on his own and love the life-jackets.

Today he was in the deep end just swimming wherever with the only blue life-jacket (his favorite color) on and just spinning away. He has the basics of swimming down but the floating thing is something he isn't quite comfortable with that yet, so hopefully his next session will help.

Hopefully it will cool off some in a week. Today at 9:30 in the morning it was already 101! Are you crazy! Not quite as hot as 115 that it was on Monday.

I keep telling myself that we just have to survive two months in the summer and then we have the best weather the rest of the year. We are almost through the worst of it, maybe!!!