I have died and gone to Heaven! Woooo Hoooo! I got to take a ride on the Hot Tamale Train!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I am on a natural High! Thanks to my wonderful sister Candice for taking me to "So You Think You Can Dance"!!! Oh Ya Thanks to her Boyfriend Zach as well for not being able to go.
As you all know I am a Dance Fanatic, and I love reality TV. Put the two together and I am in heaven! Let me Take you on a Journey through the Season 4 of "So You think you can dance".
It all started last spring when Candice and I decided we would go to the Auditions of "sytycd" in Salt Lake City.(No we didnt audition, we just watched the Auditions). We stayed all day and watched amazing dancing, we were there a lot longer than expected and I got a parking ticket that ended up costing me about $50. Then we watched the whole season in awe, Rooting for Joshua! (Of course after the Utah people got kicked off). We ended our whole Journey last night at the E Center watching some of the best dances ever. Of course after eating at greek slovaki(yum!).
It was the best ever nearly 3 hours of dancing. Of course the majority of my favorite dances were danced by Wil or Joshua and choreographed by Mia Michaels. AMAZING! I recorded a few of the dances that I love. I almost cried I loved it so much! So please enjoy my footage that I so sneakingly took trying not to get caught by security! Oh ya the seats were so close. Did I mention it was awesome?





Thank you Candice!

Tagged!

Well I knew it was coming and Thanks to my sister-in-law Kirstin I have been officially tagged! Ugg~ So I guess I have to list 6 unspectacular quirks that I have. I had to think about this because everything I do is quirky. So here it goes:
1. I hate feet and Teeth
2. I don't like most vegetables(only a couple like lettuce and zuchini)
3. I don't like most Desserts
4. I love anything competitive especially dance Competitions (btw; I am going to "So You Think You Can Dance" tonight)
5. I have to have my own pillow and blanket at night.
6. I love to eat out and don't like to cook

Thanks for the opportunity and sorry I will not be tagging anyone else!

Graydin's 1st Birthday Party!

Today we celebrated Graydins 1st birthday with the Parker's. We had a combined party with his cousin Carson who is 2 weeks younger. We had pizza, cake, ice cream, pinata, and thanks to the Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins we had presents! I do agree it is a bit much for a 1 yr old, but Trevin and mommy sure had fun! I have 8 other siblings. When you add in spouses, and about 24 or 25 or something nieces and nephews things get pretty crazy and chaotic. But, it sure is fun to get together and we sure do appreciate the love and support our family gives us! Thanks to the Baima's for sharing the responsibility of a childs 1st birthday party and Happy Birthday to Carson next week!



It's my party I can cry if I want to! oops! I accidentally flicked Graydin with the elastic when I put his party hat on. What a great way to ruin the moment.



Like I said before give him some food and he will be happy again!






I can't believe how big my baby is!

Happy 1st Birthday Graydin!

I cant believe my little baby is 1! Although it doesnt really seem like he has really been a baby most of his first year. He grew up so fast! I cant believe a year ago I still had dance in my basement, We were about to move into the new studio, Trevin was only 2 and as helpful as can be, Rich was trying to keep me calm and I was as huge as can be anticipating our little baby boy!

Rich and I had decided to try for another baby when trevin was 2. Trevin was about as perfect as they come and we thought hey if kids are this easy we should have 10! So we started trying for our 2nd child. We knew it would take a while because we tried a very long time with Trevin, we were married 6 years. It did take long but not as long as it took to have Trevin. My Grandpa died the day after christmas and it was then I had a feeling that My Grandpa would help get a baby sent down to us. I was right!

I was supposed to be induced on the 14th of September but the hospital said they were full. I was very frustrated and dissapointed so I called my Doctor and she stripped my membranes. The next morning I had a few contractions and when the hospital hadn't called me to come in I decided to go in on my own. Although my contractions werent bad I had had it. I went in and told them I was not leaving til my baby was out. About 6 hours later I had my little Graydin. Rich came up with the name while we were at the hospital. We Were actually thinking of Alex or Cooper.

Graydin has been so much fun although completely opposite of Trevin down to the T. Different hair, skin, and eye color. Different tempers, body type and personality, completely different in every possible way. We have now decides 3 or 4 children are more than enough. Our world has turned completely around with our 2nd child and we wouldnt have it any other way! Graydin has brought us so much joy. It seems that Trevin was such a baby for so long(Barely starting to crawl at 1yr) But Graydin already acts so big and can even ride the wiggle car by himself.

Our boys mean the world to us and we look forward to many sports events and bumps and bruises. Maybe one day(not any time soon) I can get a little girl so that I am not so out numbered, but if not I am the luckiest women alive with my 2 boys and wonderful husband!

(Graydins Birthday party is on sunday pictures will come soon!)

OUCH!

Nothing is more heart wrenching than your own child getting hurt. The other day Rich (Mr. Mom) was making dinner for the kids while I was at work. He was boiling Potatoes on the stove and Trevin kept getting close wanting to help. Rich told him Trev its hot don't touch. Of course Trevin touched the very hot pot and burned 2 of his fingers very badly. They had both blistered immedately and Trevin had popped them. He was saying its ok daddy their not bleeding, their not red they are white. Rich put some bandaids on them. Both fingers grew blisters again covering the whole top of his finger. Later that night he started to feel the pain it was so sad. When we were at the Fair one of the bandaids fell off and the blister popped and that worried Trevin because now it was no longer white it was red.

Utah State Fair

We made our yearly visit to the Utah State Fair . It is fun to see how much the boys grow and react each year.(of course this is Graydins first year I was 9 months prego last year!)Trevin seemed so much older. His favorite things to do were go down the big Yellow Slide (family tradition), See the Animals (As he was singing stinky cows, stinky cows the whole time), participate at little hands on the farm, and oddly but surely sit on a four wheeler. He kept making me go back to where they were selling 4 wheelers and would pretend he was driving them and made me sit on the back, finally he told me to get off because he wanted to drive them by his self. He then told me mom we better get some gas in this so I can go fast. We had a hard time getting him off because he wanted us to buy one. Rich and I told him he better ask Santa Clause for one. Uhhh? Was that a very smart thing to say? Anyway, it got him off.

A whole lot of 1st!

These past few weeks have been a whole lot of first for our little graydin! We didnt know what was going to come first his first tooth, first steps, or first birthday!
Graydin went to the lagoon for the first time, went to his first movie, went to his first college football game, had cows milk for the first time, and went to his first fair.
Are you still wondering what came first between his tooth, steps, or birthday? Well since his birthday isn't til the 15th. It was his first steps. He took his first steps at my Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Delos' house last sunday. He hasn't taken very many since but he is getting good at standing without holding on.
On Friday hours after he sat through his first movie (literally sat. Give the kid food in each hand and he is great!) I discovered his first tooth. I was so impressed! I really thought we would see his first birthday before we saw his first tooth, but as always Graydin likes to surprise me. My baby will be turning 1 next week and I cant believe how fast he has grown up. This time in Trevins life, he was barely learning how to crawl.

Dance is back in session!

After a short, full of adventure, and fun summer, Dance is back in session! We just had our first week of fall session and it went awesome! We have a lot of new wonderful students along with our many faithful students that have been with us for years! It is so exciting to start working with the kids after not seeing them for a few month and be reminded of how talented these young kids are! This year is going to be a crazy year for competition season for we now have 12 competition teams from the ages of 5-17. It is crazy how hard you work for a few competitions and then you have to start all over again for the next year. It is so worth it when you see the smiles on the girls faces when they have a great performance. It is also so awesome to see all of their will and determination to be the best out there! Last year we had an amazing season with 15 overall team placement and 2 overall high points. It will be hard to beat this year, but the girls have already told me this will be the best year yet!
I also started a free Adult class with a group of friends in my area. Let me tell you I was impressed! I had no idea these ladies could move it like that! They were awesome it is a weekly class on saturday at 8 am if anyone else wants to come! It was so much fun but, I must say I can hardly move I am so sore. I hope everybody else feels the same!
I never imagined in a million years that my love and passion for dance would bring me to the point I am at now. I have so blesses to have so many wonderful friends from the studio that help me and are so much fun. Of course I couldnt do it without my wonderful teachers and the support of my family too!

First Day of Preschool!

Today was Trevins first day of Preschool. We went to a open house last week where you see the preschool and meet the teacher and stuff. Trevin cried when we left and has been asking constantly if he can go back to school. I finally told him the school is closed it wont open til next week. So, this morning I was laying by Trevin when he first opened his little eyes and I said quietly,"Trevin you have school today." He popped right up as tall as he could and said, "mom the school is open?" I told him it was and he said "come on mom get out of bed its not night time anymore, its morning and I have to get ready for school, yes!" He then ran in to where Rich was excitedly and told him that he had to go to school but Graydin has to stay home!
My little Trev is getting so big, I cant even believe it. He went to his first day of Tumbling yesterday and just wants to do everything big kids do!
The other day Rich and Trevin were watching Football together and I had to go to the dance studio and I told them bye and he asked where I was going. I told him to the dance studio and he said dance is dumb, baseballs cool huh dad! Rich just beamed he was so happy to hear him say that!
I am so proud of him for always just being a good nice boy. I hope he is always like this!

Sorry about the video being sideway I am not very good at this! I couldnt figure out how to make it the right way up!

Fun with Dad!

Now that dance is back in session and I teach 4 days a week, Graydin and Trevin spend a lot of quality time with their dad. Trevin loves to rough house with Rich. Graydin, well as long as he is outside and has food in his hand he is as happy as can be!