We had a family party at Uncle Danny's house this year for New Year's. It was a lot of fun. Darryl and I brought along our friends Phill and Jeannine and their kids. We had a great time watching the kids play ping-pong. They loved it. Isaiah and Jayden hit it off and became fast friends and enjoyed playing together. Teagan loved playing pool with Grandpa the most. My Dad would stand at one end of the pool table and Teagan would roll the balls to him and then my dad would roll them back. Teagan couldn't get enough. Especially since my dad would roll the balls into one of the pocket's and Teagan was quite impressed with his aim.
Later on we got going with the karaoke and that is always fun. I like to call it experimental karaoke. I like to bust out songs that I have never done before and hope it goes well. It's funny how you think you know a song until you have to sing it. Then all you can remember is the chorus. That happened a few times. It was fun though.
Darryl took Teagan home early since Darryl had to get up at 4 the next morning. I stayed with my family and rang in the new year without him. :( Oh well. I have a feeling 2010 is going to be great. I always feel so goal oriented this time of year and I am excited at the prospects of bettering myself and my family. I have a lot to work on and a lot to look forward to. My baby turns 2 in a couple of weeks!!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Snowboarding!
Darryl and I were able to go snowboarding with Uncle Danny and Aunt Tracy last week. It was a blast and I was a little nervous about going again after it had been nearly 4 years since I had gone more than once in a season. I was a bit concerned I wouldn't be good anymore. I got on the mountain and it was just like riding a bike. It felt like I hadn't missed a day. I missed snowboarding so much! It used to be such a huge part of my life, and then I got married and it's hard to justify the expense on a college student's budget. It was so good to be back on the mountain again!
Darryl had never been snowboarding until after we got married. He had skied before, but never tried snowboarding. I always insisted that I would marry a snowboarder and then I met Darryl and just didn't care about that anymore. Well, it turns out I did marry a snowboarder. He is a natural, and is getting pretty good. I was very excited about his progress. It was a lot of fun snowboarding with him. We had a great time.
Darryl had never been snowboarding until after we got married. He had skied before, but never tried snowboarding. I always insisted that I would marry a snowboarder and then I met Darryl and just didn't care about that anymore. Well, it turns out I did marry a snowboarder. He is a natural, and is getting pretty good. I was very excited about his progress. It was a lot of fun snowboarding with him. We had a great time.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Christmas
This Christmas some of my siblings decided to sleep over at my parent's house Christmas Eve so we could wake up Christmas morning together. We had lots of fun playing games and watching Chipmunk's Adventure on Christmas Eve. It felt like I was 10 again (but better because I have Darryl and Teagan now). We didn't go to bed til around 1:00 am and Teagan woke up screaming his head off at 3:30 am. He kept saying "jammies off!" He was too hot so I took his pajamas off and held him and read him a story hoping he would go back to sleep. He didn't. He kept right on screaming so I took him downstairs to rock him in the chair in the living room. I completely forgot Devin and Amanda were sleeping down there. Of coarse he woke them up and then was too excited to go back to sleep. He loves Devin and Amanda and they had their dog, Beastie with them so he was for sure not going back to sleep with those three around. I finally caved and went and got Darryl and told him we were going to let him open a couple of presents since we had to be awake anyway. So at 4:00 am, Teagan got to open 2 presents and dig into his stocking. He loved the present Devin and Amanda got him. It's a bowling set with a cow bowling ball that "moo's" and the bowling pins are milk bottles. It was really cute and he kept saying, "I like that cow!" It was really cute.
About 5:30 I was exhausted so Darryl let me go back to sleep and he stayed up with Teagan. By 6:30 my sister Steph was tapping my shoulder saying everyone was downstairs waiting for me. So I rolled out of bed and we had our Christmas morning. It was fun to have Garrett's last Christmas at home all together. We finished and I helped my mom clean up and Teagan and Darryl both crashed. They woke up in time for breakfast and afterward we decided to get ready to go visit Darryl's family. I took a shower and when I got out Darryl went in after me. I knew Teagan wouldn't cooperate long enough to let me do my hair so while Darryl was showering I asked Garrett to watch Teagan so I could do my hair.
Garrett was in the living room playing his guitar and Teagan was in the same room playing with his new toys. Then Teagan decides to take off. Garrett puts his guitar down and went to follow him but couldn't tell if he had gone upstairs or down. He tried upstairs first, but Teagan wasn't there. Garrett goes downstairs to find Teagan sitting in the middle of a pile of my Grandma's pills saying "candy."
We all panicked of coarse but it was only a 7 day dosing container and we picked up the pills from the floor and they were all accounted for so we knew he couldn't have taken any. Since my dad is a pharmacist (and poison control is run by pharmacists) he looked up the potential side effects of the medication in the slim chance he did take something. The worst thing that could happen if he did take any was his blood sugar would drop dangerously low. We prayed about it and felt like he wasn't in any danger, but just in case, we decided to let him eat as much candy as he wanted to make sure his blood sugar didn't go to low. (It was Christmas after all)
After all that drama, we were running way behind schedule and were late getting to Darryl's grandparent's house. We finally got there and by then I was ready to crash! I was exhausted. We opened presents there and I fell asleep on the floor! I woke up and continued my nap in the guest bedroom and Darryl woke me up when dinner was ready. I am sure Teagan and Darryl had fun with the family, but I missed the whole thing! I couldn't believe how tired I was. We had a wonderful dinner and then headed back to South Jordan to meet up with my family.
This time it was the whole family, Cambria, Marissa, Ryan, ABC, and Cameron were all there. It was nice seeing everyone and then Tracy and Ali and Andrew came over. We visited for a little bit and then went home to bed. It was a long dramatic, and exhausting day, but it was so nice to spend it with family. The only thing I regret was not getting the chance to see the Rowlands this year.
Pictures to come. As soon as I can find my camera, that is.
About 5:30 I was exhausted so Darryl let me go back to sleep and he stayed up with Teagan. By 6:30 my sister Steph was tapping my shoulder saying everyone was downstairs waiting for me. So I rolled out of bed and we had our Christmas morning. It was fun to have Garrett's last Christmas at home all together. We finished and I helped my mom clean up and Teagan and Darryl both crashed. They woke up in time for breakfast and afterward we decided to get ready to go visit Darryl's family. I took a shower and when I got out Darryl went in after me. I knew Teagan wouldn't cooperate long enough to let me do my hair so while Darryl was showering I asked Garrett to watch Teagan so I could do my hair.
Garrett was in the living room playing his guitar and Teagan was in the same room playing with his new toys. Then Teagan decides to take off. Garrett puts his guitar down and went to follow him but couldn't tell if he had gone upstairs or down. He tried upstairs first, but Teagan wasn't there. Garrett goes downstairs to find Teagan sitting in the middle of a pile of my Grandma's pills saying "candy."
We all panicked of coarse but it was only a 7 day dosing container and we picked up the pills from the floor and they were all accounted for so we knew he couldn't have taken any. Since my dad is a pharmacist (and poison control is run by pharmacists) he looked up the potential side effects of the medication in the slim chance he did take something. The worst thing that could happen if he did take any was his blood sugar would drop dangerously low. We prayed about it and felt like he wasn't in any danger, but just in case, we decided to let him eat as much candy as he wanted to make sure his blood sugar didn't go to low. (It was Christmas after all)
After all that drama, we were running way behind schedule and were late getting to Darryl's grandparent's house. We finally got there and by then I was ready to crash! I was exhausted. We opened presents there and I fell asleep on the floor! I woke up and continued my nap in the guest bedroom and Darryl woke me up when dinner was ready. I am sure Teagan and Darryl had fun with the family, but I missed the whole thing! I couldn't believe how tired I was. We had a wonderful dinner and then headed back to South Jordan to meet up with my family.
This time it was the whole family, Cambria, Marissa, Ryan, ABC, and Cameron were all there. It was nice seeing everyone and then Tracy and Ali and Andrew came over. We visited for a little bit and then went home to bed. It was a long dramatic, and exhausting day, but it was so nice to spend it with family. The only thing I regret was not getting the chance to see the Rowlands this year.
Pictures to come. As soon as I can find my camera, that is.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Teagan updates
Teagan is changing so much everyday. His vocabulary constantly surprises me. He is such a funny kid. He has started to play pretend a lot more often. Today he put me in time-out. I asked if I could come out and he said "I guess."
He was shopping with my mom at Macy's and he kept pointing to the Echo brand merchandise and said "Rhino! Rhino!" The Echo product rep was at Macy's and overheard him and gave him a plastic Rhino that they use in displays. He was so excited. He got it at immediately set it down and said "Here Rhino. Eat your nummy lunch." And pretended to have the Rhino eat something from the ground. I couldn't believe it.
He is talking in sentences a lot more often now. It's been fun to see his personality develop. Another thing I think is so cute is that he calls Darryl "honey." I call Darryl that all the time. In fact, I rarely call him Darryl. I mostly call him honey. Teagan decided that's what he should call Darryl too. No more Daddy. It's honey now. Darryl has mixed feelings about that. :)
One thing he got from his mother is how particular he is about certain things. I admit, I am a little picky with certain foods. I like a wide variety of foods, but only prepared a certain way. I don't like sandwiches unless they are made right before I am ready to eat it. I never make a sandwich ahead of time. It's gross. I only eat white meat poultry, and I won't eat ham unless I have my Grandma's homemade mustard to put on it.
Well, Teagan has a few things he is particular about too. He won't touch his food if he sees you cut it for him. He won't eat it if he sees you put any sauce on it. He doesn't want anyone messing with his food once it's in front of him. If I need to cut something for him or anything like that, I have to do that without him seeing. It's pretty funny. He wouldn't eat his waffle the other day because I cut it and put syrup on it. How rude of me.
He was shopping with my mom at Macy's and he kept pointing to the Echo brand merchandise and said "Rhino! Rhino!" The Echo product rep was at Macy's and overheard him and gave him a plastic Rhino that they use in displays. He was so excited. He got it at immediately set it down and said "Here Rhino. Eat your nummy lunch." And pretended to have the Rhino eat something from the ground. I couldn't believe it.
He is talking in sentences a lot more often now. It's been fun to see his personality develop. Another thing I think is so cute is that he calls Darryl "honey." I call Darryl that all the time. In fact, I rarely call him Darryl. I mostly call him honey. Teagan decided that's what he should call Darryl too. No more Daddy. It's honey now. Darryl has mixed feelings about that. :)
One thing he got from his mother is how particular he is about certain things. I admit, I am a little picky with certain foods. I like a wide variety of foods, but only prepared a certain way. I don't like sandwiches unless they are made right before I am ready to eat it. I never make a sandwich ahead of time. It's gross. I only eat white meat poultry, and I won't eat ham unless I have my Grandma's homemade mustard to put on it.
Well, Teagan has a few things he is particular about too. He won't touch his food if he sees you cut it for him. He won't eat it if he sees you put any sauce on it. He doesn't want anyone messing with his food once it's in front of him. If I need to cut something for him or anything like that, I have to do that without him seeing. It's pretty funny. He wouldn't eat his waffle the other day because I cut it and put syrup on it. How rude of me.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Gingerbread houses
The whole gang minus me 
The whole gang minus Jeannine
I somehow got all three kids to look at the camera and smile on the first try! Teagan, Isaiah, and Danny.Jeannine and I thought it would be fun to get together with our friends and make gingerbread houses. We all just bought a kit from the store and put it together. Darryl and I opened ours and it was completely broken. So ours was the extreme gingerbread home make-over series and we were able to salvage it with lots of icing and nimble fingers. We had a great time with our neighbors and here are the finished houses:
Wendy
Spence
Phill and Isaiah
Darryl and Rachelle (Not bad for a major restoration)
Fred and Danny
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