Baby Goats

Today Blake and Ashlyn spent the entire day at Grandma and Grandpa's house. One of their neighbors have some baby goats that are only two days old! So Grandma and Grandpa took the kids over to see them. They had so much fun petting, holding, and feeding the baby goats. Ashlyn seemed to fall in love with them. She was so happy to get to see them. She has a special love for animals just like her mom! Here are some pictures of the cute little guys...

A Monster Named Blake

My question for you, Blake, is... What are we going to do with you?
Every mom wants the best for their kids, right? Well, Blake will be starting kindergarten soon, so of course, the caring mom that I am, wants him to have alot of friends. So a couple of the ladies I go to church with have boys the same age as Blake, so we have planned a "play group" every Wednesday. The way it works... every week we rotate who's house it will be at. When the group is at your house, the other mom's drop their kids off to play, while they go home, run errands, ect. Well last week, we had it a Blake's friend, Drew's house. So, I drop Blake off, and about an hour and a half later, I go pick him up. Everything seems fine, we go home, and go about our lives. Well this morning I go to the church to workout. (I do this every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.) Drew's mom goes there to workout as well. When I see Drew I ask him, "Are you coming to play at my house tomorrow?" (play group is at our house this week.) He said "no." I then say, "Yes, actually I think you are. Remember me, I am Blake's mom. You are coming to our house for play group." He then goes on to explain that, no he isn't coming, and goes on to say something about what Blake did at the last play group. It was loud with the workout music, so I didn't hear excactly what he said, so I just go on and continue my workout. Well throughout my workout I can't stop thinking about it. So when the class is over I go over to Drew's mom and ask if Drew will be coming over tomorrow. She tells me no, that Drew is punished. So I ask her if something happened at the last play group. She kind of hesitates and then tells me that something did happen. She said the boys went down to her basement, and made a huge mess of all of their food storage. She said they were setting the food up and bowling with it. Yes, bowling with it! I can only imagine... setting up some boxes of mac and cheese, and throwing some canned goods at them. She didn't really go into much detail, but I sure hope that all of the food remained in their containers. She explained that Drew had been looking forward to coming to our house, but that this seemed the best punishment for the situation. I then thought back to what Drew said, and I remember him saying that Blake did something. He never said WE. So I ask his mom if it was all of the boys or if it was just Blake. She told me it was all of them ,but that Blake refused to help clean up. He just went upstairs while the others cleaned up. I was not a bit suprised that he didn't help. I felt horrible and continued to appologize.

So the point of this story is... I really hope Blake isn't one of those kids who the other mom's don't want their kids to play with. I would bet a million dollars on the fact that it was probably Blake's idea to go bowling with the food storage, and that he probably made most of the mess. Ever since Blake was put in daycare, he has started acting up. There were kids at his daycare that were really naughty and that I would have liked Blake to not play with. Thankfully he is no longer in daycare. I just hope that we can reverse some of the bad habits he has picked up on while going there. He really is a good boy. MOST OF THE TIME!

The Marriage Questionaire

*What are your middle names? Anne and Clare (can you guess who's is who's?)

*How long have you been together? Married 6 years in August!

*How long did you know eachother before you started dating? Well, we had known of eachother for 3 years, but our first date was pretty much when we first met.

*Who asked who out? We were set up by my sister and her husband.

*How old are each of you? I'm 25 and he's 32.

*Who's siblings do you see the most? Its pretty much equal. They all live out of the area so we only see them on occasion. :(

*Do you have children together? Yes, Blake and Ashlyn.

*Do you have pets? No, hopefully this summer we can get a dog once our yard is finished.


*Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple? That's a tough one... probably the money situation. I think thats probably the most common answer!

*Did you go to the same school? Nope, he went to Rigby High, and I went to Westlake High. GO RAMS!!

*Are you from the same hometown? Nope, Westlake, Louisiana, and Rigby, Idaho.

*Who is the smartest? He definately is!! And I'm not afraid to admit it!!

*Who is the most sensitive? Definately me! But its really not my fault. Having kids really messes with you. I can cry just listening to a song on the radio. How dumb is that??

*Who has the biggest temper? Neither of us really. I don't think we have tempers.

*Who does the cooking? Me. I think Terry has cooked maybe 5 times since we've been married. And that might me stretching it!!

*Who is the neat freak? Me!

*Who is the most stubborn? Both of us. We usually just agree to disagree!!

* Who hogs the bed? We share it equally.


* Who wakes up earlier? When I was working it was me, but now that I stay home, we get up right around the same time. (unless I have nothing to do that day, then I might sleep in a little!)


*Where was you first date? We had our date in Layton, UT with my two sisters and their husbands. We went to a comedy club (which sucked!) and then bowling. I think we had dinner a fazoli's. It really wasn't the best first date. Kinda awkward!


*Who has the bigger family? They are actually the same. He has 3 siblings and I have 3 siblings.



*Do you get flowers often? No, but that's ok. I'm not real big into getting flowers. They are nice when I do get them though!



*How long did it take to get serious? Like our third date! Ha! We were engaged only a month after our first date, so we were talking about marriage really soon!



Love you Honey!!

Birthday Boy!!

Blake turned 5 today! Can you believe it? He is getting so big. We had a birthday party for him at Leo's Place today. We invited a few of his friends from Primary. (Dallin and his little brother Cade, Drew and his little sister Maddelyn, Hailey and her little sister Ellie, and Aliya and her little brother Corbin.) Ashlyn was also there, of course,along with me, Terry, Grandma, and Grandpa. Blake is really into "Star Wars" right now so we had a "Star Wars" cake and wrapping paper. Blake had all of his friends there and Ashlyn had alot of kids her age to play with, so we had a blast!
Blake and Ashlyn getting ready for the big party.


All the kids.
(on the left: Blake, Hailey, Ellie, Dallin, Cade and Aliya.)
(on the right: Maddelyn, Drew, and Ashlyn.)



About to blow out the candles.




Here is Blake with all of his presents. Everyone brought such wonderful presents. We are so glad they were all able to come and make this such a memorable birthday for Blake!!!


Wheelie!
From: Dallin and Cade

Spiderman shooter!

From: Drew and Maddelyn

Books!

From: Hailey and Ellie

Coloring Books!

From: Aliya and Corbin

Remote control anti-gravity car!

From: Grandma and Grandpa

Safari Animals!

From: Grandma and Grandpa

Race car with semi truck!

From: Grandma and Grandpa

Basketball game!

From: Mom and Dad

Gameboy games!

From: Mom and Dad

Bike!

From: Mom and Dad

Digital Camera!

From: Mom and Dad

Ben 10 game!

From: Mom and Dad

Star Wars Wii game!

From: Mom and Dad

Football!

From: Mom and Dad



Thanks again to everyone for coming and for all of the presents! He is one happy little guy!

I got tagged! My sister Jenna tagged me with this fun photo tag. So here goes...

The rules are:

1. Go to your documents/picture.

2. Go to your 6th file.

3. Go to your 6th photo.

4. Post and blog about it.

5. Tag 6 people to do the same.

This is a picture of Blake's 2nd Halloween. We were on our way to go Trick or Treating. That entire night I was feeling really bad stomach pains. I was 10 weeks pregnant with Ashlyn, so I thought it might have something to do with the pregnancy. I suffered through it as long as I could, but finally had Terry bring me to the E.R. That is when I ended up having to get my appendix removed. What a fun night! UGH! But you really can't beat the awesome color of the sky in the background, can you?

Ok, so tag.. Amber, Katie, Ali, Calyn, Brittany, and Jenna