The Meagher Family

Carter's Glasses

2012-01-25T19:40:00.000-08:00

Carter got his eyes checked this week and we found out that he is far sighted and has a severe double astigmatism. The poor kid needs glasses and the doctor said that he sees everything elongated. So, everyone looks like long skinny zombie people. When he put on his glasses for the first time he looked at me for about a minute straight. Then he looked around the room pointing at things and saying "wow". All night the look in his eyes has been like a whole new world opened up to him. So, I guess the poor kid really did need glasses. Now when Evan turns 2 and gets his glasses all the boys will have glasses. My little family of nerds.

Carter and his first pair of glasses.

Snow!

2012-01-21T17:32:00.000-08:00

We got a bunch of snow the last couple of days and the boys have just loved it. They have been playing outside several times a day and for hours at a time. It's so fun to watch them all out having a blast. We didn't build a snowman this year but we did go sledding. I love the snow. It makes for some awesome family moments.

Evan love love loved the snow this year. Just look how happy he is.

Evan had so much fun sledding. No one was allowed to go down without him on the sled. Then he insisted on being pulled back up.

Allen and Carter had some friends come with us. So, I think they would have stayed all day and night.

When Evan didn't get to go on someone's sled he would try to sled down the hill on his bum or tummy.

Carter was so focused and in the sledding zone for pretty much the whole time.

Evan doing his best impersonation of a seal on an ice flow. I think it's pretty accurate.

Up at the top of the hill, I spent most of the time chatting with my ladies and giving kids a push start.

As always the hardest part of sledding is the hike back up.

Daddy and Evan on one of there voyages down the hill.

This year Carter was all about sledding. If he couldn't get on with someone he just went by himself. He is getting so big. So, this is him coming down alone (commentary by Evan).

More Cake

2012-01-06T13:04:00.001-08:00

This is the new cake I just made for a girl who was turning 15. She is really into crafts and she wanted the young women's colors. It was so much fun to make.

The cake all put together and done.

Just some of the little details. I had a good time doing this one.

Christmas Time 2011

2011-12-31T10:40:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was super fun. The kids were so excited and bouncing off the walls the whole week before. And it only got worse the closer Christmas came. On Christmas Eve Grandma and Grandpa Tulett came over and spent the day with us. We handed out some treats to neighbors and friends. We went out and played in the snow and for dinner we had a Christmas BBQ (at Kevin's request). But after all that the real fun began. Grandma whipped out her scriptures and candles (yes, I said candles) and told the story of Jesus' birth. The story was wonderful, however we could have done without the candles. She had the great idea that she wanted each one of the kids to hold there own candle through out the story. Well seeing as my kids at 6, 3, and 1 it didn't go over so well. But don't worry the house didn't burn down (before we convinced her that it wasn't the best idea), just part of the couch. But the fun didn't stop there. Next we read The Night Before Christmas and ended the evening with a super awesome fun game of Pictionary. Everyone was able to be involved and we laughed the whole time. In the morning we woke up to see that Santa had come and he was very generous this year. So we opened presents, had some breakfast, and off we went to church. When we got back everyone played with their gifts and we ate a really really yummy dinner that my mother and I cooked together. It was truly a lovely holiday.

The kids got all dressed up to see Santa at the mall so we decided to take there cute picture all together. What handsome boys we have.Evan had had enough of the camera but we got a good one of Allen and Carter in front of the tree.And a nice close up of Evan not so right in front of the tree.
Our lovely Christmas set up this year. I'm really excited that we have a fire place to put out stocking over now.And in the dark.Here are my tyrants out on Christmas Eve having there snowball fight.And yes even the big one got in on the mischief.I didn't let poor Evan go out this time but he had lots of fun getting hit by snowballs. Good thing the window was there to protect him.The night before Christmas the boys always open there Christmas jammies.Here we are with our awesome Pictionary set up. Carter and Grandpa trying to guess what the heck I'm drawing.Santa came!Boys and there loot.

It's stocking time!

Look what Carter got in his stocking.
Hanging with Grandma after all the presents have been opened.

This year from Grandpa and Grandma Meagher the family got a wii. This was the best reaction of the morning. Allen was so thrilled. Just in case you couldn't tell. Thank you everyone who helped make this Christmas truly special.

Allen's 1st Grade Christmas Party

2011-12-31T10:33:00.000-08:00

Allen had a party in his class for Christmas this year. They all got their own personal classroom stockings. In each stocking there was candy from each friend in the class. Once they got their stockings the party began and they all had good times. Towards the end his teacher gave each child a book for a present and they all read it together. It was a super cute party and I think they all had fun.

Here is Allen's classroom stocking full of all his goodies.

Digging through the loot.
Partying down.

I wonder what that present could be?

Oh, it was a book. I would have never guessed! Allen loved the whole day and came home super happy. He loves Christmas time.

Carter's Preschool Christmas Party

2011-12-31T10:27:00.000-08:00

Carter had a Christmas party in his class this year and I have to say I think it was the best party he had ever been to. They started off in the gym playing their reindeer games. That he loved. Then Carter and his friends went back to the classroom for treats and story time. After that the party really heated up because Santa himself walked into the room and had all the kids take a turn talking with him. Carter was blown away. He was so thrilled to see the fat man that he could hardly stand it. This is one kid who really really loves Mr. Clause.

Carter hanging out with his friends playing reindeer games.

In the classroom singing and listening to Christmas stories.

His face the second he saw Santa's red coat coming though the door.

Carter and the big man himself. He was so excited to get to spend time with Santa that he flew from his chair and into Santa's lap the second Santa called his name. It was so much fun to witness Carter feeling so much joy.

First snow 2011

2011-11-19T13:30:00.000-08:00

We have gotten our first real snow of the year. Yes, it has snowed before this, but this is the first that it has lasted. The boys have been so excited about the snow. This morning when they woke up we all looked out the window together and there was lots of "Wow snow!", and "Amazing!". It was so cute. They could hardly wait to get out in it. It has made for a super fun day.

There they are in all there silly glory.
Carter's favorite part is sticking his tongue out and catching snow flakes.
Allen's favorite part is throwing the snow in everyone's face. But he too enjoys tasting the snow.
Evan was just in awe of it all. His favorite part was everything.
Allen taking advantage of the situation and pelting his Dad in the back with a snowball.

We left the trampoline up this year to see how it would do in the snow. The kids have loved it with the snow. Evan thought it was hilarious when the snow came up and his brothers fell down. So today has turned out to be a pretty cool day.

Halloween!

2011-11-01T17:55:00.000-07:00

Halloween this year was so much fun. We went to the school party and then 2 class parties and ended with trick or treating and handing out candy at the house. Oh, and we carved pumpkins too. It was a blast.

Evan with his pumpkin. No he didn't carve his this year.
Carter with his pumpkin. Carter and Mommy worked on his together this year.
Allen and his pumpkin. Allen did most of the work by himself this year. He was so proud.
The boys and there pumpkins.
Daddy also carved a pumpkin with the boys. I think they all turned out great.
Allen and Carter's pumpkins.
All the pumpkins together.
The guys all dressed up in there costumes. Allen is a knight, Carter is a fireman, and Evan is a monster.
I love Allen's mustache. I think it makes him look like a Frenchmen. And Carter loved getting to have a beard.
Just too cute not to post.Trick or Treat!
Trick or Treat!
Our boys out gathering their loot.
At the end of the night Evan's favorite part was sorting all the candy. When the kids got home I thought they would be all about the candy. But the older boys took off doing other things and it was just Evan who was candy obsessed. It was so cute to watch how excited he was.

Allen's Halloween Party

2011-11-01T16:28:00.000-07:00

Allen also had a Halloween Party in his class on the same day as Carter. This day being Halloween. Allen got to parade around the school, come back to class and have an obscene amount of treats, read a scary story, and play some games. Kevin, Carter, Evan, and I were lucky enough to come too.
Allen siting with his class.
His teacher took a picture of each kid in there costumes. Of course Allen did a cool pose.
Allen and Carter got to sit at his desk and eat all the treats.
Then Allen and Carter got to play a more advanced version of pass the pumpkin. Carter was so thrilled to be involved with Allen.
The whole class listening to the scary story.

The class and our boys playing pass the pumpkin.

Carter's Halloween Party

2011-11-01T15:11:00.000-07:00

In Carter's class he had a Halloween Party. It was the cutest thing ever to see all the little 3 year olds dressed up and so excited. They had a parade of older kids in costumes come by. Then they got to eat a treat. Then play games for the rest of the day. Needless to say it was very fun.
Daddy, Evan, and Carter getting ready to get there party on.
This is Carter playing pass the pumpkin with his friends.

Evan found himself a basket to clime in so he had a great time too.

This is Carter's class playing pass the pumpkin.

Allen Got An Award

2011-10-26T17:47:00.000-07:00

We are so proud of our Allen. This month he got an award and was recognized by his school for being responsible and kind. We have always known he is amazing and awesome but it's cool that others see it too. Way to go Allen.
Allen and his award.
Up on stage with his principal during the assembly.
Still up on stage.
All the children that were recognized.
This was a really great day for Allen. Kevin, Evan and I got to come and we even got to eat cookies with the principal too.

Fun with the Kids

2011-10-21T17:26:00.000-07:00

I love being a mother of 3 boys. They are always on the move and full of silliness. What more could a mother ask for. It's great.
The silliness on the menu today was jumping all over Grandma Tulett. I have never seen kids that love both there sets of Grandparent as these boys do. Evan is always getting into all the drawers and cupboards in the kitchen. But what he does with what he finds is always so cute and funny. Like oven mitts for hands.
Carter love to hide his face all the time and then pop out with a silly face. It never fails to make me laugh.
The silliness in Allen never stops. Every time you turn around he is doing something different.

Then there is just the super cuteness of a sleeping baby on a Huskies pillow pet. This is the most coveted pet in the house.

And recently Evan has started to walk. He is so proud of himself and we are too.

Carter's Field Trip

2011-10-19T17:14:00.000-07:00

Carter had his first field trip! He was so excited. He got to ride the bus and bring home a pumpkin. He was on cloud 9 all day long.
Here he is in his seat on the bus.Smiling though the window.The pumpkin patch had all sorts of cool things including some teepees.
We got to go on a cool hay ride though the apple orchards.
Yes, this pumpkin patch even had a Carter in an outhouse.
A bumblebee Carter.Poor Evan had to come with us too. I say poor Evan because it was during his nap.Carter and his pumpkin.
They also had some sheep and a pig. This was Carter's favorite part.
Then at the end of everything we sat down and ate some snacks. This is Marnie and Carter getting things ready.

They tried to get all the preschoolers to line up for a picture and this is all they got. Only 3 kids would do it. But it was a super fun trip and Carter had a great time.

Grandpa Meagher's 60

2011-10-17T16:32:00.000-07:00

Grandpa Meagher had his 60th birthday party this last weekend. We got to go and celebrate with all the family over on that side of Washington. We really enjoyed getting to see everyone. And it was the first time a lot of Kevin's side of the family got to meet Evan. Oh and not to mention I got to make the cake. It was so much fun to make this one. And it seemed that everyone got a real kick out of it. Of course, I didn't take any pictures all weekend except of the cake. Sorry, but you get to see the cake.

So, if you can't guess it's a golf cake. The candles say "Oh No The Big 60" There is a sand trap with ball in it, a green, 2 sets of golf clubs, a golf cart and Grandpa Meagher.
There he is the birthday man made out of icing. Complete with Nike swoosh on his hat, shirt and sleeve.
The two golf bags with clubs. Yes, also made out of icing.
The party turned out to be really fun and the cake tasted good so I would say the whole thing was a huge success. And we can't wait till we get to see everyone again.

Allen's Cross Country

2011-09-27T16:19:00.000-07:00

Allen did cross country for the first time this year. I was surprised that they start the kids so young but we were happy. Allen really enjoyed it and learned a lot. His first race he did a lot of sprinting and then walking. By the last race he was doing a nice jog all the way though. I think if he chooses to do it again next year he will do really well.

Allen with his team waiting to get on the bus. We took this picture as we were driving by.

Allen is sitting with his team waiting for his age groups turn to race.

I'm not sure why but my boys always seem to do this super cheese smile for pictures. Silly.

During Allen's first race it was raining and so we were all hunkered down under the umbrella.

Allen and his age group lining up to race.Here he comes around the corner. Look at those arms just a going.
This is Allen just after his first race. He was the 33 person to cross the finish line. I'm not to sure what this lady is doing behind him but thank goodness for that rope keeping her out.

Carter is by far Allen's number one fan. It's so cute how much he looks up to him. Way to go Allen.

Too Cool For The Doctors

2011-09-22T16:29:00.000-07:00

Evan had a Doctor appointment and wouldn't take his sun glasses off. I got him to take off all his clothes for the nurse to weigh him. But not the glasses. They had to stay on. It was just to cute not to share.

I think the best part of the picture is that he is drinking his bottle like yeah babies can be cool too.

The Great Bike Race

2011-09-20T16:05:00.000-07:00

Carter and Allen did a bike race in the park over the weekend. It was so cute to see them so excited on there bikes. The whole experience was pretty cool. They got bags full of stuff like first aid kits, energy drinks, and more. They even helped the kids stretch out before there races.

There they are getting ready for there races. Got there #s and everything.
Carter got to do a cool little trike race. It was cute seeing all the little ones on there trikes. Carter did pretty good but he was not the winner.
Carter just finished and Allen is getting ready for his.
Allen in the line up ready to race. He was so excited because his really good friend Elli showed up too.
Allen was every serious about racing but his friend wasn't and Allen ended up falling hard on the first turn. He was bleeding pretty bad and didn't get to finish the race. He was really upset about that but he was even more upset at his friend that ran into him. But all and all I think the boys had fun and would do it again.

The Fair

2011-09-19T18:16:00.000-07:00

Grandma Meagher came this weekend and we all went to the Fair. We all had so much fun and I think she did too. We got almost everything in that we wanted to see before the kids melted down which is always nice too.
Here is the guys with a big black cow in the back ground. Carter really seems to love cows lately and so this was one of his favorite things.Yes this is Evan with a goat. And no he doesn't look to thrilled, but it was nap time. I bet he would love the goat if it wasn't in the way of him and his bed.

There was this cute little goat that you could pet. Cutest little thing ever but Allen wouldn't go anywhere near it. Oh well, maybe next year.
Okay by far the kids favorite thing was going on the rides. It was so cute to see the boys doing this together.
But of as you could have guessed Dad can't just watch the kids on rides he has to go on them too.
Allen decided that this year he was going to do the mutton busting for sure. He was so brave.
Here he is with Dad after he rode the sheep.
This is just before he got on the sheep. Sorry the pics are out of order.

Here he is riding that sheep. Goooo Allen!
Since Allen got to ride a sheep. Carter got to go in this bubble thing. They fill it up with air and zip him in. It is like a large hamster ball on water.
This is Carter getting in and them filling it up with air.

Here is just a quick video of Carter in the bubble. Well that was our fun day at the Fair. Sorry no pictures of Grandma but she really doesn't like getting her picture taken so I didn't torture her this time.

Carter's first day of Preschool

2011-09-13T16:11:00.000-07:00

Carter's first day of school was one week later then Allen so when it was his turn to go he was so ready. Carter really loves his preschool class and his room is right across the hall from Allen's. Carter really seems to get so much out of his preschool that I just can't justify keeping him home. Although I would really like to. It seems like he is just growing up too fast and I'm not ready for that yet.

There he is. Doesn't he look so excited?
Carter has a cute little cubby to keep his stuff in. Inside is his picture next to his name so he can learn to recognize his name more.They start out in the morning with three stations to choose from. So he goes to the choice board and verbally picks one. Then he gets to play.
Here is Carter and his teacher Jessieanna. They are fishing for colors.

Besides Carter's teacher there are also two teachers aids. At the end of the day Carter gets to walk out with one of the aids and come home with me. That's my favorite part.

Allen's first day of first grade

2011-09-06T17:59:00.000-07:00

It was Allen's first day of school today. He was so excited and could hardly wait to get there. He also was all about posing for the camera.

As you can tell Carter was really excited about Allen going too. It lasted until he realized that he didn't get to start school until next week.
Dad made a quick stop home to say goodbye to Allen before he went to school.

His new name tag at his new desk.
New friends at his new table in his new class at his new school.
And yes he has a locker this year. How cool is that to get a locker in 1st grade.
We get to pick him up in front of the school and it was a little crazy because everyone had a parent come to pick them up today.
After school the sun is really bright. But he loved it.

The Kids Fair

2011-08-15T17:45:00.000-07:00

This weekend downtown there was a kids fair. Everything is free and there was a ton of cool stuff to do. So this is how we spent our day.

Carter as a sign.
Allen as a sign.

Evan having a great time watching the other kids have a great time.
There was a ton of inflatable things and Carter played on every one of them. He was also playing in the fountain. Which is why he has no shirt on.

Allen kicked butt at this. It's this little football thing where the kids are tied to each other and have to get the ball in there basket on there side of the obstacle. But to do that you have to pull the other kid away from his basket. And like I said Allen kicked the other kids butt. Who by the way was bigger than him.

Okay so this is a video of Allen doing the football thing from the pic above. Just a to warn you I got a little excited that he was doing well and... there is a little bit of over excited parent screaming. Sorry.

All about Evan

2011-08-12T17:28:00.000-07:00

Evan has been so cute lately (always). So I just thought I would show some of the things he is doing.

This kid is an absolute lover of Popsicles. He can eat it all by himself so fast that it makes next to no mess. Next to no mess is why he has a bib on.
Evan has loved playing in the water this summer. We have done a lot of things with water and every time he gets the biggest smile and never wants to leave.
One day we went over to Grandma Tulett's house for the day and when we are there he never wants to take a nap. But this time he thought snuggling up to grandma was just right. And they both fell fast asleep.
This is just funny. Even though Evan doesn't seem to think so.

One of Evan's first words is GO. It is so cute. And now he says it when ever he wants you to do anything.

Visiting Family

2011-08-04T18:52:00.000-07:00

At the end of July, the boys and I went on our first super long road trip by ourselves. We first drove to Southern Idaho to visit with my brother Jeff and his family. Andrea's parents live there and we happened to be driving by when they were visiting them. So for the first night we stayed with them and played. I got to met Blake for the first time and he is just as cute and cool as I had imagined. Then the next day we went the rest of the way to my brother Nate's house. We stayed for a week. I got to meet there new baby Finn for the first time. The poor boy was having tummy troubles all week but he was still very very cute. Carlee was nice enough to take us out all week to some really fun places. We had a really great time and just when I needed it, Kevin came to spend the weekend there with us. And the fun continued. By then end of the weekend we were all getting pretty tired and the kids were starting to get sick so it was the perfect time to go. But we all loved our time spent there and can't wait to go back.
Over the weekend that Kevin was with us. We went to this super awesome dino museum. They had this cool water table that you could play in and make things with sand and stuff. Way fun, we spent a lot of time there.
Even Evan and Carter liked it. This place had so may cool things and this was just one of them.

Cute picture of Evan riding in his stroller. That is before poor Reid threw up in it. This day was not the best for Carlee and her kids as you could have guessed. But mine were happy.
For some reason these pictures are all going backward but this is before Reid got really sick. Even though he doesn't look so hot in this pic. either.
All my kids left this place really interested in dinosaurs. It really inspired some great learning.
Almost all the pictures I took of Carlee this trip caught her off guard and she looked really grumpy so we took this one so we would remember that she was actually really happy the whole time. It turned out to be one of my favorite pictures.
Here we are still at the museum but in the science room. This place had so much stuff to do.
Carlee was in a triathlon this weekend and so when she was off doing that Nate took us up a little path to this water fall. The water was ice cold but because the air was so warm it felt nice. But you could only handle it for about a minute. The kids loved it.
Being silly
Nate and Kevin chasing after all the boy. And between the two of us we had a lot of boys.

The water fall.
Finn put up with us a lot this week. He wasn't feeling well because of acid reflux. Carlee got his meds changed at that end of the week and he was like a different baby. Even though I still love the cute little mad faces he made.
Here we went to this jumpy place. They had lots of slides and bouncy castles and stuff. The boys played for hours.
There faces are so red from the non stop running they did the whole time.

They even had a little under two play area. Evan liked it for a little bit.
One of the days we were there we went to the zoo. We don't have a zoo where we live so this was extra fun. Here the guys are looking at a giraffe.
The zoo had a fun little play place too.
And it had a train we went on.
Carter loved the zoo and the train more than anyone. Animals and trains are his two favorite things in the whole world. He is so happy to be going on a train but Evan isn't to sure.
Looking at the elephants.
We did a lot of walking around at the zoo but Carlee got this cool stroller that fit many of the children. (I'm sure she will hate me for putting this picture up because it shows her back side but oh well.)
Carter looked at the elephants longer than any other animal.
I love this picture of Finn sleeping. We were at the pool and he was just liven it up on the side. What a cute baby.
These two bigger babies played and played in the water until they could handle no more and had to stop for a milk brake. I thought it was cute the two of them with their milk.
Then Evan had to whip out his super cuteness.
So at the beginning of our trip we stopped in Idaho and saw Jeff. They took us to this little park in the town where Andrea's parents live, where Jeff showed us some pretty cool tricks.
Allen and Carter really enjoyed playing with Audrey.
I really enjoyed getting to know this cute little guy who is always smiling.
We had a great time on our trip and can't wait to do it again. I miss my brothers and wish we all lived closer to each other but for now we will just have to visit more often.

Evan's 1st Birthday

2011-07-29T18:32:00.000-07:00

Evan is now the big number 1. His birthday was so fun. My good friend Rachel came, lots of Kevin's family and some of mine too. It turned out really well. We all had a great time until Grandpa Tulett's car wouldn't start which was the beginning on a whole lot of car troubles for them. Other then that I think it was all a success.

Evan really loved opening the presents. Well, the ones that his brothers let him open. Everyone got him some really cute and fun things.

Here is his toy dino cake. Rachel and I had so much fun making this cake. I had so many awesome late night mistakes to laugh at.
The kids all loved the cake and could hardly wait to cut him up and eat him.

Okay just one more picture so we can all see how hard Rachel and I worked.
And as you can tell it was tasty.

And what's a party without the singing of happy birthday. So cute.

Conratuations Garett & Kaylyn

2011-07-17T10:15:00.000-07:00

Garett (my nephew) got married this weekend. The girl he married seems really nice and it's going to be fun having her in the family. I went to the wedding alone while Kevin stayed home with the kids. But we all got to go to the reception later that night. The wedding was short and very sweet. It was a beautiful day. I forgot to take any pictures at the reception but here are some at the wedding. The reception was a ton of fun though. Carter danced with me several times and I got one dance out of Allen. Oh, and at the end all the brides maids and my mother jumped into the pool in there dresses. It was a blast.

Jerry and Tyrel opened the doors for Garett and Kaylyn. And there they are all newly married. What a cute couple.All of Garett and Kaylyn's sisters were brides maids. Here is our half of the girls.Natosha and CheryseWhat goes around comes around. I was over 6 months pregnant and a brides maid at Cheryse's wedding and now she is 8 months pregnant and a brides maid at Garett's.

This is Jayden and Denise. Jayden is Cheryse's little girl. She is just so super cute and I just couldn't stop taking pictures of her. I think I have about 12. She was the most photographed by my camera.This is Kayle and Ava. Ava is Amber's little girl. These two just looked so cute together I had to get a picture.
Here is the whole crew that came to the wedding. I think it is safe to say that we all loved it. And yes it was cute. Just in case you have heard me say that word enough.

Growing up can be so much fun!

2011-07-10T10:01:00.000-07:00

The kids just never stop growing no matter what I do. I tell them to at least slow down but they do not listen. However we have a lot of fun along the way. Evan is going to be one soon (I know I can't believe it either). I love this age because they are still like a baby but way, way more fun.

Kevin loves this. Every time Evan gets thrown up in the air his tucks one foot in and kicks the other out. It looks like he is doing this awesome Karate move. Hiya!Evan has not been loving his baths lately so I tried out an all boy bath. He loved it! Now he never wants to get out. Although with this many kids he has water in his face at all times and so it is near imposable to get a good picture of him.

This little green ball is Evan's favorite and has been his only motivation to crawl at all. So thanks to this ball Evan is just starting to bust some moves on the grown. Thanks green ball.

Evan is starting to get so that every time he sees the camera he stops and poses. So getting a good video of him crawling has been tough. This one has him crawling a little though.

Hanging with G and G Meagher

2011-06-27T09:30:00.000-07:00

We got super lucky and had Grandma and Grandpa Meagher come for 3 days. This was one of the longest visits we have gotten them for and we loved it. We got to do lots of fun stuff. By the end all the kids and grandparents were wiped out.

First on our list of outings, was Manito Park. It has lots of gardens and fun stuff to look at. Carter's favorites are all the water features.

Our Grandma and Grandpa Meagher are always avoiding the camera at all costs. I don't think we have one good picture of them. Here Allen is trying to remedy that unsuccessfully.

Okay, I can get pictures of them but it seems the only ones I can get are of there butts.

Manito has an awesome koi pond. It has lots of fish and things like water falls and rocks to hop on. It gets a little tricky, sometimes keeping Carter from hopping right in though.

Oh yeah and there is a brdige to look at the fish from, too.

Our little Evan did great in the stroller for all that time. He is such a good little boy and so cute.

In this park there is also a duck pond. (Yes, this park has just about everything.) The kids love quaking at the ducks and looking for turtles in the water.

By the end of this park trip Carter was getting pretty sleepy and a little ornery. This is his protest to anymore walking. Poor kid.

Then next fun thing we did (not in the same day) was go to Cat Tails. It has all kinds of big cats and a bear too. I thought Carter wouldn't like it all that much, seeing as how house cats scare the pants off him. But everyone loved it. We got to learn all sorts of things about these cats and Allen is still telling everyone things he learned.

No, the boys are not just taking there picture next to this large gnome hat. There is a white tiger in the there. Not that you can tell but they are actually really close to him.

The fun didn't stop with just these events but the camera did. The whole weekend was a blast and we can't wait till they come again. Thanks for all the fun Grandma and Grandpa. We love you.

First Cake I Ever Sold!

2011-06-13T19:12:00.000-07:00

Yes! I sold my first cake last weekend. Well, I really sold two at the same time but this one was my first. I was also asked to make one for this weekend too. I can't believe people would pay me for this. It adds a lot of pressure when someone is paying you though. But despite the pressure I had so much fun making this cake. Well anyways, here it is.

Again I had so much fun making this cake. A special thanks to Kirsteen for asking me to do this for her instead of going to a professional. I feel so privileged to know that people think my cakes are good enough to pay for.

Our Biggest Baseball Boy

2011-05-13T19:04:00.000-07:00

It's that time of year again for Allen's baseball games. This year Allen is playing in the pony league. His team's name is the Dodgers. Yes, I know the Dodgers aren't doing so hot but Allen's team is awesome. This year all the kids on his team hit pretty well and seem to really want to be there. Pony league is a bit more competitive and so they always play the game the way it should be played (with outs and all). All the kids seem to really like this because then they have a reason to pay attention when they are in the field. Allen is about the second best batter on the team. There is this one kid that just rockets the ball every time. He is for sure the best player they have. Anyways Allen is loving it and we all are enjoying seeing him play.

They usually sit in the line up when it's there turn to bat. Allen is always the one that gets the rest of his team to cheer on the person up to bat.

I think Allen's favorite position is catcher. He looks so cute in all the pads. He likes it because then he is a part of every pitch.

Sorry, I don't know why they are sideways but there he is in position waiting for the pitch.

Carter loves going to the games. This year is a lot nicer because he has a little friend to play with. They cheer and eat popcorn when they are not running all over playing.

Evan has been a real champ at the games. It's past his bed time but he still smiles for everyone and makes the game a lot more fun.

And here is our all star running his inside the park homerun. All of us got super excited. Especially Carter (sorry about how loud it is).

Duck Fun

2011-05-13T17:59:00.000-07:00

A lot has happened since I posted last but unfortunately our camera broke. So you will not get to see any pics from that time. But we have a new one now and are back in business. Some of what you missed out on is that Allen had an awesome report card. His teacher was very pleased with the work he has done and said " Allen is already doing work at a 1st grade level." We are so proud of him and all his hard work. Speaking of school, Carter just started his first year in preschool. We are loving the preschool he is at and it has already helped him improve so much. All our boys are doing very well. We took a quick trip to see Grandma and Grandpa Meagher two weeks ago. It was so much fun to get to visit with them. We only got to go for the day but it just made us remember how much we miss being able to see them whenever we want. It's hard to live so far away. Well that's the highlights of what you missed and now on to the next thing. My niece Natosha bought a duck the other day and Katrina brought it over when she visited us last week. He is super cute and it was a good experience for the kids. The boys have been getting more and more nervous around animals. So when she brought the baby duck out one boy screamed and ran and the other jumped behind someone. Yes all that for a little baby duck. As the day went on and everyone was playing with him. All the boys started to loosen up and have fun with him too. You probably could have guessed that Carter was the one who screamed and ran. In this picture much time had passed and he was at the point where it was okay as long as he was in the tub.
I think this is right around the time both boys first touched the duck. Good job boys!
Allen was a little worried that the duck was going to bite him. By the end of the day Allen was letting the duck nibble on his fingers and laughing.
Of course mom had to show the boys that this thing was okay to touch. Well, and I just love baby ducks.

Evan even got a chance to pet the duck. All the excitement makes me think we need to get some kind of pet soon. Although I have no desire what so ever to have one right now. I think the boys might need the experience. By the end of the day though the boys were sad to see him go home. Which give us some hope.

Finn Nathan Tulett

2011-05-01T19:51:00.000-07:00

We are so excited to have a new baby in the family. My brother Nate and his wife Carlee had a baby boy on May 1st named Finn Nathan Tulett. We love him already and can't wait to get to meet him in person.

Carter's Big Day

2011-04-06T18:00:00.000-07:00

As many of you know the last 7 or so months have be really busy and a little stressful for Carter and us. But we have now got everything figured out and settled into a routine. Carter has been diagnosed with a speech and language delay and only a small amount of sensory issues. But mainly just speech and language delay. We are very relieved that is what it turned out to be and he has improved a ton (and I really mean a ton) since he started his little journey. Carter goes to speech therapy twice a week and to see an occupational therapist once a week. When he first started going he was 2 1/2 years old and spoke about 5 or so word. He threw a lot of fits and was really hard to calm down once he got going. Now 7 months later he speaks in small sentences and knows too many words to count. He is still hard to understand but is able to get his point across much easier. He also does not throw fits anymore. (there is the occasional, I'm a normal kid fit but nothing like it had been) We are so proud of Carter and his accomplishments. Also as of last week Carter started going to a special preschool where they will also work on his speech even more. This does make him very busy with a 4 days a week preschool, 2 days a week speech lesson, and a 1 day a week occupational therapy session. But he is happy to do all of it and we are happy with all his hard work. He is such a great kid and we feel lucky to have him in our little family.

Carter and I went backpack shopping and he tried a whole bunch of them on and as soon as he got this one on he wouldn't take it off and started to walk away. As if to say, okay mom I found the one I want. It was so cute, then when we went up to the check out he kept saying to the lady "pack pack". He was so happy to be able to have a backpack just like his big brother. Here is our guy on the first day of school. He was so happy. We had been telling him for two days that he was going to get to go to school and when we got his backpack I think he knew what was up. This kid could not stop smiling all morning long and was running all round the house saying "shool". He was the first one out the door that morning. I don't think he could have been any happier.

Carter's 3rd Birthday!

2011-03-22T17:22:00.000-07:00

This was the first birthday that Carter has really gotten into. For days before all of us where telling Carter is was going to be his birthday and he would go around the house singing Happy Birthday to me. He also helped me design his cake. He could hardly wait for me to get it all made. He helped with his invitations as well. (I don't have a picture of the invitations though sorry) They were monkey faces and when you pulled his tongue down the information was on it. We had a lot of fun putting them together. When it was party time Carter welcomed every person at the door with a big hug and loved that everyone was there for him. He couldn't tell me but I could tell he loved his special day and having almost everyone he loves there with him.

Carter was so interested in his birthday cake he could hardly wait for everyone to get there. Posing with his lion and assorted animals cake. Yep, here it is again in all its wild glory. Here are some of the fun crowd that came to the party. Carter was opening a present and Jamie thought this one was a real nail biter. Present from Uncle Bryan. Kevin's family's presents are always among some of the favorites. Opening the Johnson family's present. Carter and Evan really like this one. He got so many awesome gifts this year it was hard for him to choose which one to play with first. Thanks everyone who came and celebrated with us.

I really loved the Happy Birthday song this year because Carter was singing along with us. I just love it when he is using his awesome speech.

St. Patricks Day

2011-03-18T17:10:00.000-07:00

On St. Patrick;s Day we had a lot of fun. It all started with breakfast, Daddy made some green eggs and ham and we read the book while we ate it. (Sorry we ate it all up before we thought to get a picture) Then the whole family got dressed up in our greens and drew shamrocks on our hands. Then all of us went off to do our things for the day and then had a special night of fun St. Patrick's day games and things. It was a ton of fun.

We dressed the boys in green of course and they all just looked so cute. Don't you think? All of us in the family had shamrocks drawn on our hand. I took a ton of pictures and couldn't get Evan to smile in any of them. His face just got more and more concerned. These where the best ones.

My boys

2011-03-03T16:40:00.000-08:00

I always seem to end up with a bunch or cute random pictures of my boys. So this time I thought I would share some of them with all of you. We have so much fun at our house on a daily basis. Having a house full of rambunctious boys always makes for some crazy moments.

Allen got a Leapster for his birthday and all the boys seemed to love it. Even Daddy and Evan like to play it. I thought it was just too cute and had to get a picture. The flash is really bright on this one but I love Carter's smile. He is always making all of us laugh and smile with the super cute things he says and just like my side of the family, is always laughing at his own jokes. Here is my cute little bumkin Evan. I put him in here for just a minute while I was putting his clothes away and noticed how cute he was being. His cousin Meeghen gave him this little monkey blanket and he is always wrestling and playing with it. It's just so cute and funny. And there is the tongue that is always out lately. Evan had a stuffy nose for a week or so and it made him sound like he was panting. And as always he has his tongue out too. The boys thought it was really funny that he looked and sounded like a puppy and so they all were crawling around like dogs for the whole week.

Allen's 6th Birthday

2011-02-23T15:29:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Allen's 6th birthday last weekend. He had his first all friends birthday. He had about 6 or so friends come and they just had a crazy blast of a time. He wanted a baseball theme (as you could have guessed). A couple of days before the party I started feeling a little funny and the day before the party it got much worse and so I called the doctor and the soonest he could get me in was the morning of Allen's party. So I fought through the pain as best I could to get everything ready the night before and spent most the the morning of the party in the doctors office. It turned out to be nothing major but I did need to take some meds for it. Once I got back though, I had to try to finish Allen's cake in a real hurry and put on a smiling face and pretend to be feeling great for all the kids to come. So, because of all that, poor Allen ended up with one of the worst cakes I have ever done and almost no pictures. So sorry Allen, I will have to make it up to him next year. But despite it all the kids all seemed to have a great time.

So these are Allen's Birthday invitations. He insisted that the runner be able to run from 3rd to home. So that made them a little time consuming to make but there they are. He also got an awesome baseball pinata. So after all the kids played a couple innings of T-ball they got to take some of there new batting skills out on this big baseball. Since I wasn't feeling very well Allen's cake was a little lame this year but here it is. I love how happy he was that I still made him one and had nothing but good things to say about it. So here is the beginning of the present opening. He loved all that he was given. Thanks everyone. And I'm sorry but that is all the pictures that I took at his party. We were just having too much fun to take pictures.

Random Evans

2011-02-20T15:19:00.000-08:00

We have had some visitors lately. It has been a little bit of a cousinpolooza. Evan had his second cousins visit. They were born around the same time as him and it's cute to see them all together. Also that same weekend Grandma and Grandpa Meagher brought the boys' cousins Max and Meeghen. Meeghen just loved being around Evan. Everything was so busy that I didn't take any other pictures. We all had a great time. At the end of this hodge podge post we have Evan eating some of his first solid foods. Yumm. Well, I guess this is a post all about Evan. Well, enjoy.

Ava (My niece Amber's baby), Evan (My littlest man), and Jayden ( My niece Cheryse's baby). Evan was really excited by all the picture taking. However the girls were a little less enthusiastic.

And there they are again. Evan has this thing lately where he always has to have his tongue hanging out.

Evan and his cousin Meeghen. She was so excited to get to hold him and then everyone wanted too. He had to be saved shortly after this picture from the herd of children wanting to play with him.

Here comes the airplane. YUMM!

He was a little put off by me taking pictures while he ate. But I don't think you can tell.

The New Place

2011-01-26T15:29:00.000-08:00

We moved last week to a new rental house. It's a lot bigger then our last place and we are loving it so far. The house is in a better neighborhood and isn't costing us much more then we were paying for our old house. We are still getting everything set up like we want and we haven't put things like pictures up on the wall yet. However, we are pretty settled in already. So here it is our new place.

This is the house. We're on a nice corner lot and like the neighbors so far.

We now have a nice big backyard that is fenced all the way around. We still need to set up the swing set and the trampoline but it's already more fun.

Here is the kitchen. Nothing fancy but we have room for our table and room to use it too.

This is the living room. From the front door you come up the stairs and into this room. It fits all the furniture and also has a wood burning fire place.

In the new house Evan has his own room. We all like that a lot more than him in mom and dad's room for many... many reasons.

Downstairs there is a family room and that is where the T.V. and all the fun stuff is.

This is the other side of the family room. This side has a place for all the toys. There is also a second bathroom off this room.

Also, downstairs is Allen and Carter's room. They really like having there beds next to one another instead of on top of one another. There is much more to this house but now you have the highlights and if you want to see more you will have to come and visit. I would highly suggest the visiting part.

Look Who's Helping Now

2011-01-12T11:54:00.000-08:00

Carter has been more interested in Evan lately. Well, at least his toys. He love to get right in and help out with the baby. When I took these pictures it reminded me of when we first moved into this house and Allen was the one helping give baby Carter a bath. I just love that my boys all love to help take care of one another.

The happy helper and his muse.

My two cute littlest boys.

Christmas

2010-12-30T10:25:00.000-08:00

Christmas was so much fun this year. My parents came for Christmas eve and morning. They also have an exchange student right now (Mimi). It was her first Christmas and so we did all the very traditional things. The night before, we told the story of Jesus birth and everyone had their part to play for it. Then Kevin read The Night Before Christmas and the kids opened there Christmas jammies. It was a lot of fun to watch them. They just get so excited. The kids then went off to bed and in the morning were super excited to see that Santa came. The presents were all opened and everyone felt so loved and special when we were done. There was a funny little story in there that I just can't help but tell. A few days ago my mother was telling a funny story about how an old friend had hurt her leg because she jumped out of her car and when she did the car turned and ran over her foot. My mother laughed hard while telling the story and Allen got upset. "Grandma!", he said "You shouldn't laugh at someones pain. That is naughty. Santa won't bring you any presents if you do things like that." Then on Christmas morning when Allen saw that Grandma got candy in her stocking. He said "Grandma look! Santa gave you presents even though you were naughty!" My mom just about died with laughter and couldn't help but tell everyone she talked to that day.

Mimi and the boys all dressed up in there Christmas jammies.

Dad reading The Night Before Christmas to the family.

Carter makes the funniest faces when he is trying to smile. Here he is saying "cheeeese."

I had to show you this one because it just makes him look so old. He is growing up too fast.

There is all the Christmas loot.

And in the dark.

Christmas morning. Rise and shine everybody!

Evan opening his stocking.

Allen and Carter opening there stockings.

Carter got some dress up superhero clothes for Christmas. The boys loved running around and fighting crime all morning.

Evan got a little book from his Uncle Bryan. He had a great time looking at the pictures and laughing.

What a cutie, huh?

This is just a little video of the boys fighting crime on Christmas morning. Superheroes don't take holidays.

Ice Skating

2010-12-24T10:09:00.000-08:00

We where invited to go ice skating by my family. We all met at the ice palace in the park downtown at 7:00. So we were going to be there long after the boys bed time so I was a little worried. Once we got out onto that ice though they just couldn't stop. They loved every minute of it. It took Allen a long time to get the hang of it. He was very determined and even though he bit the ice really hard a couple of times he wouldn't give up. I'm so proud of him. Carter (unlike his brother) took to the ice right away. That kid has some great balance. He was jumping and trying to skate on one foot by the end. Thankfully, my parents where there too because they took care of Evan the whole time. It's so nice to have them around. Ice Skating has became one of our favorite family activities now.

My two pro-skaters waiting for the Zamboni to finish cleaning the ice.

Carter's skates were so small and cute I couldn't get over it.

See, they're really small!

Evan was such a good baby that night. He just looked around at everything and then fell right to sleep for almost all of our time there.

By this time Carter was getting really tired but still didn't want to get off the ice. He was always first in line to get back on after the Zamboni was done.

Me and my guy.

There he is again. He is growing up so fast.

Carter was so sleepy that if he wasn't moving he was falling asleep.

Evan was the the holder of all the coats. It was super cold if you weren't skating but he stayed nice and warm.

Allen's Christmas Program

2010-12-21T09:47:00.000-08:00

Allen had his first school Christmas program. He practiced all his songs nonstop for about a month. At first it was cute but that got old fast. They told him to bring his whole family and to dress up. He insisted on wearing his most Christmas like shirt and a tie. He was the dressiest kid there and he owned it. Since he was all dressed up we did too. Carter loved seeing his brother and all the kids on stage. He made a friend of the lady next to us and was singing all the songs along with the other kids. Then at the end, Allen got a gift from his teacher and brought all of his family members a cookie. It was a great night.

The boys had a lot of fun hanging out before the program started. I love seeing my boys play together.

Dad and Allen before it started.

And of you better believe there was a whole lot of silliness going on in our row.
Allen on the risers just before the music started. I like this one because I think he looks a little like Archie. Don't you think?
And there is our guy all dressed up and ready to sing his heart out. He was the best dressed kid there.

I like this song they sang. Although we all were really done with it by the end of the Christmas season. Allen sang it about 20 or more times a day. It got a little old.

Carter's Surgery

2010-12-20T09:32:00.000-08:00

Carter has had so much going on lately but one of the most dramatic things he had done was getting his tonsils out. Because he is only 2, they did it in the children's hospital. They wanted him to stay overnight as well. The surgery itself only took about a 1/2 hour. Then he just tried to recover for the rest of the day in the hospital. He did very well. However by the end of the day he was bored of everything and very cranky. He had been smiling all day and eating/drinking really well so they decided to let us go home at about 7:30 that night. Which was nice except for the fact that Carter had already fallen asleep for the night. So after all the screaming settled down from waking him up we took him home and continued our journey to recovery from there. At home it was a little harder to get him to keep drinking and all. But over all I think he did really well and recovered smoothly.

Right after Carter got out of surgery they came and got me. When I got to him this is what he looked like. They told me that he had already woken up and he was screaming and fighting so much they had to sedate him again. When he woke up again I got to see what they meant. He was not a happy camper.

This is right after he calmed down and we got to the room. He has his popsicle and is watching his cartoons. Poor guy.

He really liked that the sound to the T.V. came out of the controller. He played with that for quite some time. In this picture you can also see his clubbed hand. Because he kept trying to pull out his I.V. they had to put a board on both sides of his hand and tape it down tight. They kept saying how strong he is and that made it so much more complicated.

Daddy called a couple of times and Carter really enjoyed talking on the phone. There wasn't a whole lot to do so it was a fun treat.

Well there he is, my brave boy. He survived his first surgery.

First Snow and Thanksgiving

2010-12-02T09:18:00.000-08:00

Around Thanksgiving this year we got our first snow. The boys always love it when it snows. They had a really great time playing together and with dad. I, however, did not go out and play with them this time because it was my first year hosting Thanksgiving dinner. I made everything myself and when Kevin's mom came she was nice enough to help me cook it all. For how stressed out I was about it I think it turned out pretty awesome. I think everyone had a good time. However, I now think that Thanksgiving is a little overrated because I cooked and prepared for 3 days strait and in 15 minutes it was all over. Thanksgiving is really anticlimactic for the cook. Anyways with all the things I was doing on Thanksgiving I forgot to take any pictures. So I hope you enjoy the pictures from the first snow because that is all your going to get.

Always the first thing Allen has to do is make a snow angel. Carter tried to do one too this year. It is always cute seeing them laying in the snow.
Carter is all bundled up and ready to play. Most of the time Carter just likes to sit in the snow and eat it. We have to always make sure Carter is in a spot with clean snow.
Ahh and there is always a snowball fight. Carter got pretty good at it this year. He gave Allen and Dad a run for there money.

I just love this video. It shows how good Carter has gotten at snow ball fighting.

80's Birthday Cake

2010-11-13T11:12:00.000-08:00

Here is my newest creation. I made this for my two friends, Crystal and Jamie's 30th birthday party. They wanted and 80's theme. And this is what I came up with. We have Jamie on the left and Crystal on the right all dressed up in there 80's clothing. They are sitting on a cassette tape. I think it turned out pretty good. As with all of my cakes I have made, I think I can do it better the next time.

Fall into the park

2010-11-13T10:30:00.001-08:00

My brother Greg and his family came to visit last weekend. We all decided to go for a walk through the park downtown. My parents' exchange student Mimi had never been there before so we took our time and went through the whole thing. It turned out to be a really nice fall day. It didn't start to rain until we left. It was super nice to spend some time with all of them. I do miss them so. Well, here are some of the fun little moments we had.

Emily and Allen sitting on the trash goat. Carter wouldn't go near it because of the loud vacuum sound it made. Standing on the wall looking at ducks. Emily and Carter peeking over the bridge. Mimi going down the radio flyer wagon slide. Natalie has this super awesome camera that she let Allen take some pictures with. Allen going down the red wagon slide. Carter and Dad way up on top of the wagon. Allen is riding a large blue bug that is just randomly placed in the park. Happy baby Evan. He loves being outside. You just got to love baby smiles. Grandpa Tulett and Greg walking though the park. Carter really liked watching the water flow under the bridge. Me and my boy Carter. Checking out the water. Natalie and Allen playing on the toys. Last but not least Carter swinging.

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T21:22:00.000-07:00

Halloween this year seemed to be a lot. Friends of ours told us about how Deer Park was doing this "Pumpkin Lane" on Saturday. Basically all the businesses on main street in Deer Park passed out candy to the kids. It was crazy busy and it took us about 3hrs to go up one side of the street and down the other. The boys ended up with tons of candy and crashed (fell asleep) in the car on the way home. We met our friends there and had a great time walking around with them though. We were supposed to go to a party right after that. We didn't go though because Carter slept until after it started and melt down city set in for Allen. However Halloween wasn't over yet, Sunday night was still to come. We had bought some candy to hand out at the house. Since we have had children we haven't been home to hand out candy. So we thought this year would be fun to stay close to home so we could hand out some candy. Well, we didn't get one trick or treater. Also when we took the kids out trick or treating we ended up with even more then we had gotten on Saturday. And we only did 2 blocks. There was this one guy we stopped at that handed Allen and Carter each an unopened bag of candy. CRAZY! Anyways so now my house is full of candy and my kids are bouncing off the walls. I do not envy Allen kindergarten teacher today. Poor woman. Anyways the kids had a great time and loved their costumes. Evan was going to be a chilly pepper but he was to big. I loved him as the lobster though, so it turned out great. But I'm glad that it is all over now. Until next year's crazy candy holiday.

Carter and Allen in the car on the way to Deer Park. I really like this picture because it shows off Carter's beard. I think it matches his hair very well.
Carter didn't really understand what was going on at first. But he looks really cute as a lost pirate.
Kevin likes this picture because Carter is making a mean pirate face.
A knight, pirate, and their friend Buzz Lightyear all went together.
And here they are again going from store to store for their candy.
You just have to love this little pirate face.
And who wouldn't just fall in love with this handsome knight.
The whole gang together. A lion, knight, Astro Boy, Buzz Lightyear, and a pirate.
Evan our little lobster playing with his toys.
The cutest lobster ever.
Allen the knight.
A close up of the cutie.
Carter the pirate. After his shave.
Our big boys together.
The lobster was not very happy to have to go trick or treating again.
Trick or Treat!
Sleeping lobster.
Coming back with the goods.
They always dump out all of their candy when we get home and we eat there favorites first. The boys got so much candy they couldn't stop smiling. We all had a lot of fun.

Evan and Jayden

2010-10-31T21:00:00.001-07:00

I love it when Cheryse and Jayden come over and play. I just think it's fun getting the babies together.
They don't seem to really care about each other but they love the toys.
They are both growing so fast. It's hard to tell in these pictures but Jayden is still about 2 times Evan's size.

Boys just want to have fun!

2010-10-21T20:25:00.001-07:00

Evan has been growing up so fast. He's over 13lbs now and getting bigger every day. All of my boys get along very well. Carter and Allen love their new brother and often give him lots of kisses and hugs. It gives me so much joy to see them play together. I don't have much time today to blog but I just thought I would throw some pictures out there for all of you. None of Allen today but I'm sure you will see some of him soon.

Evan's bath time. He is about two and a half months here.
Same bath time but I just love the little smirk he has on his face here.

Carter and Evan love to play with the kick and play mat.
Evan gets to play by himself sometimes but most of the time when we get this out Carter has to get in on the fun too.

Got to love this smiling face. Evan was smiling but the camera missed it. If I had gotten both the smiles this would have been an awesome picture.

Aniversary

2010-09-27T08:46:00.000-07:00

Today is our 7th wedding anniversary. Here we are back when we were first married. We look so young and thin. We had no clue what it was to be married. All we knew was how much we wanted to be with each other forever. But marriage is much more than that. It's a lot like a roller coaster. There are some really amazing ups and some of the most scary drops down. What makes the ride bearable and fun is having someone you love next to you. Going through everything with you. It always makes me gag, just a little, when people post on facebook and write on their blog that they are just sooo in love with there husband and how he is just the best! I read it and always give a little look at Kevin and say "yeah today, but yesterday she wanted to kill him." Yes, I love my husband and think he is great but sometimes... well you know. Being married isn't a fairytale, it's real life and sometimes it sucks. How you know you picked the right partner is when it sucks and you still can't even think of being with anyone else. One of the great things about our marriage is that through the ups and the downs we are always laughing. If you know my side of the family we are dependent on people thinking we are funny. And I lucked out and found someone who will laugh at my jokes and I guess he's pretty funny too. Always when everything has been said and done we want to be together and we love each other more than can be described. We can't wait to spend many many more years fighting, laughing, and everything in between. What makes everything work is that we still just want to be with each other forever. Our marriage is like a stinky cheese. It just gets sharper and better tasting as it gets older.

Welcome Blake Tulett

2010-09-17T09:06:00.000-07:00

Here he is my cute new nephew Blake Matthew Tulett. My brother Jeff's wife Andrea had him yesterday evening. He was born weighing 6lb 8oz and 18.5 in long. His birthday will forever be known as Sept. 16, 2010. I'm sad that I don't get to go meet him in person yet, but am so glad he has arrived. In my opinion he looks just like my brother Jeff. Congrats you guys. He's a super good looking kid.

Evan's Baby Blessing

2010-09-07T09:26:00.000-07:00

Evan was blessed on Sunday. For those who don't know, it's when a baby is blessed in church and given his name officially before God. He is also given a blessing for a good life. Evan's blessing was beautiful and I just loved having family there to hear it with me. Also a special thank you to the men who were able to stand in the blessing circle. You helped make Evan's day great. Well, here he is all dolled up in his blessing suit.

He is so smug and pleased to be getting ready for his blessing.

Being this cute is exhausting.

No more pictures!

I just love pictures of my sleeping baby especially on this special day. We love you Evan.

Silliness

2010-09-06T21:43:00.000-07:00

There has been a whole lot of silliness going on in our house lately, so I thought I would show you some of it. First we have Allen in the bath. We heard him calling and when we came to see what was going on this is what we saw. It's just so perfect. He said he was trying to look like his Grandpa Meagher. I think he did a pretty good job. Then we have Carter in our bed. Carter hasn't been feeling well lately so every morning he has been climbing in my bed with me and not wanting to get out. I just think it's cute. Carter also likes to find things around the house that he can sit in. Today he found this box from his closet took it in the toy room and climbed into it to watch his movie. Well that is some of our silliness this week. Enjoy.

Allen with his perfect soap bubble gotee.
My sweet sleeping (but not really sleeping) Carter.
The Carter in a box. Pop, goes the Car-ter.
Carter payed more for his movie ticket. He got box seats.

Allen starts Kindergarten

2010-09-03T20:38:00.000-07:00

Allen just started Kindergarten on Thursday September 2nd. He has only gone for two days, but he loves it to death. The morning of his first day of school he could not hold in his excitement. He ran around the house singing and bugging everyone with his crazy energy. He also asked us every 3 minutes if it was time to go yet. Then he would give us a lecture about how he didn't want to be late and we should just go now. Once we got there he looked so big walking off with his back pack it made me cry just a little. Okay, I cried a lot. I always said I would never do that when my kids went to school but it's just a big wake up call that your baby has grown up. Anyways he has done awesome and his teacher says he's really a great kid to have in class.

Hamming it up for the camera right before school.

Pose # 2
And # 3. He's born to be a model.
In the car on the way to school.

He stands in line outside before he goes into his class every morning. Allen at his desk.
His spot at the desk. It has his name and everything.
Here he is coming out of the school at the end of the day.

And this is his beloved teacher Mrs. Anselmo with our awesome Kindergartener.

Evan's Bath and More

2010-09-03T19:20:00.000-07:00

Here are just some more fun Evan pictures. He is just getting bigger and changing every day. He's just growing so fast.

Preparing for the big plunge.

Baby Spa

The bath

Ahh... the warm towell

Chillin' on the Boppy.

Mom, that's not funny... at all.

What are you doing?

Big brothers are sooo fascinating you just got to love them.

This and That

2010-08-30T07:00:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the little things that happened two weeks ago. Evan got to go to church for the first time, Allen no longer needs his training wheels on his bike, and just some other fun things. Unfortunately right after this week I threw my back out and so now between my surgery incision hurting and my back causing me to be immobilized nothing much has gone on since then.
My sleeping Evan. Getting ready for Evan's first day at church.
He was so excited he was dancing Micheal Jackson's thriller.
Wow how my babies have grown. Allen got bathed in this until he was 1 1/2.
Carter is just 6 months older than Allen was when he stopped getting washed in this tub. He is so big.

Allen riding his bike without training wheels. He no longer needs them now. Sorry the video isn't the best.

Cousins... Identical Cousins

2010-08-18T20:15:00.000-07:00

Okay so not quite identical but very cute none the less. Here we have Jayden (on the left) and our boy Evan (on the right). Jayden is my great niece if you can believe it and she is about 2 months old. Evan is 3 weeks old and I think he remembers her from heaven or something cuz he really wanted to get a good look at her the whole time. It was so much fun getting these two together.

The babies.

There first look at each other.

And a picture with Allen because he just can never be left out of anything.

More Evan Pictures

2010-08-17T17:57:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures of Evan like I promised. Some are from the hospital all the way up to about last week. Enjoy!

This is one day in the hospital when we all took a nap. I could get Kevin to wake up so I took his picture instead. Aren't they so funny looking sleeping together?

First time in the car seat. Thanks to all the family that bought it for us.

First time sleeping in his bed.

Screaming!
Just sleeping baby cuteness.

What We've Been Up To

2010-08-17T16:01:00.000-07:00

There is a lot to catch up on so hold on tight and we will go through this quick. Allen played T-ball over the summer and Kevin got to coach his team. Then in June my first great niece was born. She is super cute and her name is Jayden. A little after she was born Grandma Meagher came to visit (Just cuz she loves us so much). We took her to our first 3D movie experience. We saw Toy Story 3, Carter's favorite. Oh yeah, and after that I had the wonderful experience of being gut like a fish... I mean I had a baby. Our sweet little Evan boy. Well, there was actually a lot more that happened over that time but all you get is the highlights, sorry. Now on to the pictures.

Allen posing for the camera in his new T-ball clothes. Sorry, I have been corrected uniform.
Catching a pretend grounder.
Pretend pop fly.
And of course the pretend line drive.
So this is the beginning of the pictures at the games. Allen was #2 because it was his Dad's number.
One of my favorite action shots. And yes he got the ball.
This is Kevin trying to get a bunch of 5 and 6 year olds to stand in the line up. Never and easy task.
Carter and I went to most of the games but he had a really hard time to begin with because Allen got to play and Dad got to play. Why on earth can't he play? It was a hard lesson that sometimes ended with time out in the car. Poor Carter.
Sometimes Coach Meagher would shake up the players before they went up to bat. Just to loosen them up a bit.
Out in the field.
Carter watching from the side lines. He always had to have his bat, ball, sippy, Woody (you know from Toy Story), and his blanket.
My Blue Thunder boy after the game. Aren't they just the cutest?This is Jayden. I'm not sure why the picture came out upside down but here she is anyways. You can just stand on your head for a minute.
This is when we went to the movie (Toy Story 3) with Grandma Meagher. I love this picture of Allen. What a goofy kid.
And here is Carter always drinking. I think it's funny how Kevin and his mom almost have the same expression.
Ah now on to the baby. Here is my Evan Michael Meagher. Kevin got to help out with a lot more this time. During surgery the doctor explained a lot to him and was telling him what all my parts were. I didn't really care for that but it was a lot of fun for Kevin. Then after the boy was born, Kevin got to help cut the rest of the cord off and clean him up. It was a lot of fun for Kevin not so much fun for me but I got a baby out of it so I guess it's okay.
My cute little guys foot. I just love there little feet and hands.
Evan getting all washed up after being ripped out of his mother. I mean being born.
Still bathing but a lot less happy about it.
And here is when everyone came that night to meet the little guy for the first time. Allen loved holding him but Carter was so tired and excited that he couldn't sit still. If I do recall though he gave Evan a little kiss and said baby.
Grandma Tulett with Evan.
And last but not least Grandma Meagher with Evan. Hopefully I will get even more pictures of him up here for everyone soon.

Evan Michael Meagher

2010-07-26T22:15:00.001-07:00

7lbs 4 oz 20 inches long at 6:57 pm

Baby's Birthday

2010-06-18T17:27:00.000-07:00

I planed my c-section date last Dr. visit. So, this baby is to be born on July 26 at 12:30 p.m. We still don't have a name for the little guy yet but we are working on it. I'm excited to see my little boy and be the sole person living in my body.

Thankful

2010-06-05T10:52:00.000-07:00

This last week has just been so crazy. As I told you before out dryer and our TV broke but not only that our computer broke that week too. Allen tripped over the cord and the screen busted. So, around that time the pregnancy hormones kicked in and the poor mess came on pretty strong. I took a bath and said a prayer and not even about 5 minutes later my friend Jamie called. She said I heard your TV broke and we just had this one sitting on the office floor. Would you like to use it? Amazing, yes we would love to use it. My crying also inspired Kevin that morning and he decided to call the place we bought the dryer and they told him how to get the part out that they thought it was and to bring it in. He did so with ease and it turned out not even to be the heater coil like we had thought. It was the thermostat and a fuse. It only cost us $40 and Kevin did all the work himself. So, that was two blessings right in a row. I was starting to feel a bit better about things by then but still not great because we don't have the $ right now for a new computer. I called my mother just to get rid of some stress about the whole thing. She always seems to be able to up lift me somehow. I got off the phone with her and started to count my blessings again but a little more thankfully this time. And just a couple of hours later my mother called back (she is on vacation by the way. She isn't even home this weekend). She says Corrine we have 3 computers at our house why don't you go and take the one that is in the kitchen. I was floored. What no, I can't just take your computer. She says yes you can. As I said I have 3. We love you and Dad and I talked about it and we want you to have it. At that point I couldn't even believe what had just happened. All week I stressed because I had no clue how we were going to replace these 3 expensive items in our house and all of them just came to us because of the good in other people. I really can't deny the Lord's hand in this and how thankful I am for such wonderful people who would be willing to give up so much for me. I don't think I deserve these very special blessings but I'm so grateful for them.

Fun Weekend

2010-06-03T07:06:00.000-07:00

Grandpa and Grandma Meagher came over this last weekend. It was a whole lot of fun. Sadly it rained half the time but I think we did okay. They always spoil us when they come which is really appreciated. Allen, got some real golf clubs and got to go to the driving range with Grandpa and Dad. He was the happiest kid on earth. I was told he did pretty good too. Also the boys got new bunk beds which they adore. Carter had a hard time letting go of his toddler bed for just one minute. But when he saw what he was going to get to sleep in he decided it was okay and even helped Dad carry the old bed to the garage for storage. The boys have been happy little clams with their new exciting items. On the down side though that weekend our dryer broke. It decided to just stop heating. And the day Kevin's parents left the T.V. also quit. Sadly I have realized how much I rely on these things. Of course it had to happen at the end of the month when we don't get payed till the first weekend in the month. So, we just have to suck it up and live with out them for a week or so. My mother (bless her heart) took all my laundry home and washed it for me so we would still have clean clothes to put on for the week. So, I suppose we are not that bad off then. Well, that was out eventful weekend.

Allen, doing some amazing Tiger Woods swing. He's got all the talent and non of the girl problems. After Grandma and Grandpa left Carter had Dad make him a little fort. But he was so tired he decided to curl up and sleep on it instead. So cute.

T-ball

2010-05-24T14:56:00.000-07:00

We are all super excited for T-ball to start. This will be Allen's first year and he absolutely can't wait. Kevin is going to be his coach this year so we got to get all the equiptment to play with. When Kevin walked in the door with all the team stuff, the kids had to try it all out. We had lots of fun and are really looking forword to their first practice. Batting practice in the house. I don't really know what to think about this but it was just so cute. I don't know how we are going to break it to Carter that he can't play this year. He always wants to do everything Allen does. So, wish us lots of luck this year. We hope their team does well.

Fun at the Grandparents

2010-05-24T14:46:00.000-07:00

We went to Grandma and Grandpa Tuletts house to play the other weekend and had a blast. The boys love to play in there back yard and I love it because they are fenced in.
The boys did a lot of running through the sprinkler while us grown ups got to lounge in the sun and chat. Carter wouldn't really run through the sprinkler, but he had fun telling Allen to do so.
Well and that's the end of that exciting adventure to Grandma and Grandpa Tulett's house.

Oops!

2010-05-13T21:36:00.000-07:00

Well just to keep you all informed, mother's day was great. My boys got me flowers, Chocolate, and a dress they picked out all by themselves. And not that I would have guessed. I love it! It fits and everything. I thought it was pretty amazing and thoughtful since I don't seem to be fitting into any of my church clothes these days. This baby really likes to just hang out there. But I only have 12 more weeks left. Really not even that because of the c-section. Yeah!! Another thing we are getting ready for around here is Allen being out of school for the summer. His last day of school is May 27th and it is coming up fast. I'm not sure that any of us are prepared for what that day will bring. A whole lot of Allen. We plan to have a lot of fun though. Also I decided to cut the boys hair this week because Allen has school pictures on Monday. Well, Allen's cut went fine and Carter's went great as well. In fact he was doing better then he has ever done before at sitting still. So, I was taking my time and doing a little better of a job. It was all going splendid until Kevin walked up and Carter turned his head sharply. I had the shortest setting on the clippers and was just doing around his neck and when he moved and off went half his hair! So, I had to get creative and nothing was working so as you can see he ended up with a funny little mohawk. Now we call him Puck (you know the guy off Glee). Poor little Carter he didn't really know what to think when I showed him in the mirror. Well, that's what's going on in our little house.

Update

2010-05-02T19:03:00.000-07:00

As you can tell I haven't been so into blogging lately. I can't quite put my finger on why but I just haven't. So I will give you as much updates as possible right now. The pregnancy is going pretty well. I have been sicker with this one then the others but all and all it's been tolerable. I'm not one of those glowing pregnant ladies that is so happy to be pregnant and thinks the world is just great. Sharing my body with someone else is not my idea of a good time. It would be great if I could have all the babies in the world and not have to have them myself. I suppose I'm more of the glowing new mom then the glowing pregnant lady. I'm 26 weeks along and apparently my baby is the size of an eggplant. I don't have a scanner so you won't be seeing the little guy's ultrasound pictures. But I must say he is a cute little blob. In other news Allen has just signed up for kindergarten and thinks he will be going as soon as preschool is over. The whole thought of summer is killing him. He just can't wait. Carter is starting to say a lot more things lately. Although he would still rather have Allen do all the talking for him. Which Allen thinks is a great idea too. Other than that we have just been doing a lot of everyday stuff going to the park, playing in the yard, visiting with friends and so on. The sun has been coming out a lot more lately and when it does, it is pretty warm so we were able to do some water fun in the back yard. Here are some pictures of that and I think for the most part you are caught up with us.

We put the sprinkler under the trampoline and let the boys go. They were a little hesitant at first but then really got into it.

All time favorite letting the sprinkler spray you in the face. Crazy boys.

Carter playing in the water on the trampoline. So fun!

More sprinkler in the face.

Easter

2010-05-02T18:44:00.000-07:00

Well, better late then never I guess. Here is our Easter, sorry. The boys woke up to fine that the Easter bunny had left them some baskets of goodies and hidden eggs all around the house. As soon as they saw this the hunt was on. Then pretty much nothing but binge eating of chocolate for the rest of the day. We met up with my parents and my sister's family at her in-laws. We watched conference, ate, and went on a very large and challenging egg hunt. All and all it was a good day and my kiddos fell fast asleep as soon as we got into the car to go home. And that was our Easter story.

Carter opening his basket. Don't mind the Christmas jammies.

Allen with his basket
Morning the boys woke up and went right for the baskets.

Everett's Cake

2010-03-28T14:52:00.000-07:00

I got to help a friend this weekend make her son a first birthday cake. It was a lot of fun. We laughed and cried. It was very emotional ;). She did a really great job. The cakes were baked by her and she did a lot of the icing on the green monster cake (also a little on the kid cake). I did most of the icing on little kid cake. Her son is a chubby little red haired boy and I thought having him eat a cake version of himself would be super funny. So, he ate the little boy and the monster was for all the guests. I had so much fun doing this with her. Thanks for the opportunity Terra.

This is the little Everett cake.

And this is the green monster cake. Didn't she do a great job?

It's A Boy

2010-03-09T19:53:00.000-08:00

Well, the title explains it all. We are super excited to have our house filled with boys. Oh, and he will be arriving sometime late July or early August. And we can't wait to meet him.

Party time

2010-02-28T14:18:00.000-08:00

We had a birthday party for Allen and Carter this weekend. I made them a cake. It is the both of them racing remote control cars. It was a lot of fun to make and we got to share it with both Kevin's and my family. It was a great party and even the sun came out for it. We had a BBQ and played with all the new toys. My children are so spoiled. But I love them still the same.

The cake

The race track.

Carter

Allen

Opening presents on the trampoline.

More presents.

The very last present. The boys made off with a hole lot of loot. Everyone had a great time. Or at least I did.

The 5 year old

2010-02-28T09:55:00.000-08:00

Allen turned 5 on Feb. 23rd. We decided to do a party for Carter and Allen together later but still wanted to do something fun on his special day. He went to school and I made him some cupcakes to share. Then that night we all went bowling for the first time. It was a lot of fun. Allen had never been before and loved it. He did really well and we will have to do this again sometime. Oh and sorry the pictures are in a strange order. I have been having a hard time getting them to do what I want.

Allen posing by the balls.

The yummy monster cupcakes.

Carter and Dad bowling.

Allen, now that he is five.

Carter helped with the cupcakes. He had green poo for a week.

Froggy

2010-01-16T20:28:00.000-08:00

It was my niece Amber's 18th birthday and we were commissioned to make a froggy cake. Soooo... Ta Da!

Front of Frog cake

The Tasty Flies

Amber bum

As we were making the cake, Carter got a hold of some smurfs. They will be sorely missed.

Surprise

2010-01-15T09:39:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, while I was out running some errands, Kevin decided to give the boys a bath. Well lately Allen thinks he is to big and cool to take a bath with his brother. He says that Carter splashes and plays with toys in the tub and big kids just lay in the tub. So, Kevin said that Allen could take one first and then he would give Carter a bath when he was done. But to everyone's surprise, that was not Carter's plan. Kevin was in the kitchen and didn't see the stealth master slip by him and into the bathroom. But suddenly there was a scream coming from the other room. Kevin ran in to see what was going on and found this.

As you can see Carter climbed, clothes and all into the bath with Allen. (If you can't tell Allen is giving him the facial expression dirty crusties.)
Carter not only had his clothes on but he also brought his blanky in as well. You can't see it but he changed his mind after a second and chucked his blanket out. So, it sat in the middle of the floor soaking wet and leaking in every direction. When I got home I don't think there was anything that wasn't crazy wet.

Catch up

2009-12-31T16:12:00.000-08:00

So, it has been a bit since we have blogged. Sorry about that, but here are the goings on with us lately.

As you can see Allen has glasses now. Little did we know he is just about as blind as a bat. But not any more with his cool new glasses.
Poor Carter has this (apparently common and no big deal) virus that is called throat, hand, and foot disease. It's all over his body and looks horirble. He is getting through it pretty well though. He has just been living in a baking soda bath.
Sorry again that the Christmas ones are backwards. This is Carter opening his stocking. He liked the oranges best. That a boy.
Allen opening his stocking. This is a little snowman fishing toy and candy.
Christmas morning. Santa came!!
And he put stuff in our stockings.
All our presents. Thanks Santa!
Christmas eve we always tell the story of Jesus birth and play Christmas games together.
Opening the Christmas eve jammies.
Carter's jams
We also did our gingerbread Christmas eve too.
Allen with Santa at Kevin's work party. Allen was like the only kid there at the time so he got to spend a hole lot of time with the big guy.
Oh yeah, we are having another child. This one will be coming to live with us on August 7th. We are all crossing our fingers for a girl. Well except for Allen he is praying for one every night. He says he already has a brother and doesn't need another one.
Allen also gave another talk in church. Kevin went up with him to help and we realized they were twiners that day. My cute little Father and Son team. Well I think you are caught up for the most part on the happenings in the Meagher house. Happy Holidays.

Snow

2009-11-22T09:51:00.000-08:00

This morning the boys work up to snow. So we all went out and played in it. We built a snow man (Javier), had a snow ball fight, and did some swinging. It was all good times till Carter fell off the big swing and got a face full of snow. We had to pull out the binky and then it was all better. All and all it was a great family fun morning.

Javier the snow man. He's so hot he's cold.
All my boys together. Allen, Javier, Carter, and Daddy.
Carter just taking in all that white stuff.
Allen getting ready to pounce with a snow ball.
Oh no here they come.
Trying to throw his first snow ball. It just dropped.
Yes we are bad parents our kid still has a binnky. I just think this looks so funny.
Child labor at its best.
Aww the fake smile. We see it often.

The snow ball fight.

Swinging.

Boots

2009-11-11T17:40:00.000-08:00

Carter's new favorite thing lately is to strip off his pants put on his rain boots and beg to go outside. It's just so cute. The other day he was wearing nothing but a button down shirt and his boots. I didn't have the camera then so this is the shot you get.

Horseback Riding

2009-11-11T16:25:00.000-08:00

So as most of us know, Allen has kind of a fear of Animals. He love animals but just can't seem to trust them. So when he asked me if he could go horseback riding I got right on that. I was really expecting him to change his mind as soon as he saw the horses but he didn't. He couldn't wait to hop on and get going. I'm so proud of my big guy.

My fearless boy on the horse.
Carter checking out the baby and Kaylee.
Allen and Dad riding together.

Carter was really excited about the horses but as soon as we would put him on he would scream but he still wanted to be a part of everything.

Allen taking his first ride all by himself.

Halloween

2009-11-01T10:02:00.000-08:00

This is for the grandparents. Sorry I have been on a blog slump, but this is our Halloween. First we went to a Church Halloween party on Friday night which I went to alone with the kids. So I was unable to take any pictures but this is from Halloween night. It's not in order but here they are.Allen the firefighter in the car ready to go.
Carter the vampire in the car wishing he was in bed.
The beginning of the door to door.
trick or treat.
We stopped in to our friends house at the end of our door to door. This is Caleb and Carter playing, all stuffed with sweets.
Vampire Carter.
Fireman Allen. Ooohh he's tough.
The silly fireman.
Carter close up.
And one more Carter close up.

Fieldtrip

2009-11-01T10:01:00.000-08:00

Allen's first bus ride and fieldtrip. In backwards order. We went to the pumpkin patch.Nate and Allen eating their free donuts and apple cider.
the talking story time pumpkin named Penelope.
Allen and the pumpkin he picked to take home.
Allen's head.
Teacher Vicky's head.
Nate and Allen with their free Apples.
Getting a lesson on how pollination works.
The hay ride.
On the school bus for the first time.
Completely unrelated but cute. Carter with his towel wrapped around his waist like a big person.

Random

2009-11-01T10:00:00.000-08:00

This is just some cute stuff that have happened in the last little bit.

Carter is just getting cuter and cuter.
Carter has become a computer genius.
Carter has started to not only get piggy back rides but also give them.
And the boys are doing better and better at playing together.
Well that's it for now.