tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780345374433446392024-03-20T21:45:57.845-07:00Brian and TonyaThe story of our livesBrian and Tonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465482190119153935noreply@blogger.comBlogger220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878034537443344639.post-84628166465463469952014-08-03T21:01:00.002-07:002014-08-03T21:51:55.227-07:00Soccer and the beach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This week marked the start of itty bitty soccer for Eric. So far soccer seems to be his favorite. That could have something to do with having his cousin, Jason, on the same team. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So a little back story on this cousin, back in my infertile days I was really disappointed to not be expecting at the same time as several sister in laws. I had wonderful close cousins growing up and wanted my children to have the same. It really hurt me to think that we might be on a different family schedule than the others who were still adding to their families. Imagine my joy when I found out that one of my wonderful sister in laws was expecting a baby just 6 months after Erics due date and even more excited to find out this baby was a boy (because let's face it, boys had been scarce on both sides of the family).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fast forward 3 years and here are the two running laps together at soccer. I love seeing the friendship developing these two. Add to that how wonderful all the older cousins are on both sides and the babies born between Eric and Luke on both sides my fears for my children's cousin situation were completely unfounded. </div>
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<div><br></div>Speaking of great cousins, Brians side of the family coordinates a weekly cousin activity during the summer. It's a great thing others take charge and do this because I am an aweful planner and never get around to actually scheduling time with cousins if someone else doesn't do it. But this week was at a little pond nearbye that actually has a fun beach to it. The kids all had a wonderful time playing in the sand and the water stayed shallow for a little while so it was good for the littles. Luke ate more than his fair share of the sand (I promise we do actually feed him), eric loved the cousin time and was telling me he missed his cousins as soon as we were backing out. It was a great pond and I think we will be planning a picnic donner there before cooler weather starts rolling in. <br>
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<br>Brian and Tonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465482190119153935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878034537443344639.post-24423521730023064292014-03-06T21:59:00.003-08:002014-03-06T21:59:36.130-08:00Update and Itty Bitty Ball<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It's late and I should be in bed, but I have to admit, I'm beginning to relish these few quiet moments after everyone is in bed and I get the house to myself. I haven't been very good at posting to the blog lately, which really is sad because it's probably one of my most enjoyable time wasters. We've had a busy few months. In December, Eric turned three, Brian turned 35, and we celebrated 13 years of marriage. Our little Lucas turned one in February and I turned 32 so it has been a couple months of heavy celebrating. I am still teaching piano and keep on taking on more students because I have a hard time saying no, plus let's be honest, I really enjoy teaching and sharing my love of music with others. Brian is still working at the University of Utah and we are both trying to complete our masters programs. Eric is starting to really turn into a little boy. We started him in his first sports class this week. The rec center holds an itty bitty ball course where they learn some basics of a sport every day. It's just three times a week for two weeks so it's very manageable for me. The first day was baseball and Eric looked like a natural out there. He seemed to really enjoy himself and made some new friends on his team "Team Batman". </div>
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<br />Brian and Tonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465482190119153935noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878034537443344639.post-25457732406940120922013-09-11T19:28:00.002-07:002013-09-11T19:28:57.539-07:00Potty Training
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<span style="color: black;">Oh the joys of potty training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to run grocery shopping with the boys
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before we left I had Eric go
potty because we wouldn't be able to while we were out then had him put on his
underwear with a pull up over top.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
got to Smiths and I decided to not bring Luke's car seat into the store because
he was wide awake and that bulky thing takes up too much room (</span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: black;">I
promise that little detail is important to the story).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I loaded both boys into one of those
shopping carts with the car in front, you know, those huge trains that are
impossible to maneuver but the only carts that you can actually load more than
one kid into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are doing pretty great
going through the grocery store and when we get to the back Eric says
"they don't have a potty here".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I asked him if he needed to go potty and he says yes so I start looking
around for a restroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily smiths
does have public restrooms in the front of the store, unlike the grocery store
I went to as a kid where you had to go into the storeroom and up some rickety
wooden stairs to the employee restroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We get to the restroom and I realize that I can’t leave Luke out in the
cart nor can I set him on the nasty bathroom floor while I help Eric on the
toilet, so I have to maneuver that huge monstrosity into the tiny
bathroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course it is even too big
for the handicap stall, not like it could make that sharp of a turn into the
stall anyways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I leave the cart in
the middle of the bathroom and run Eric to a stall. He sees the toilet and
freezes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assure him that I will hold
onto him and convince him to try to use it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All the while I have the door to the stall semi-open so I can check on
Luke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sit Eric down on the toilet and
am in front of him because, you know, those stalls have so much room to move to
the side. Luke is starting to get fussy because he can't see us so I'm a little
distracted trying to keep a hold of Eric and call out to Luke that he's okay
when Eric starts to do his business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well, public women's toilet seats are a little funny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The seat doesn't actually go all the way
around so there's this nice open spot at the front of the seat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not really a problem for little girls, but
for little boys…..well that's a different story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next thing I know, I start feeling my pant
leg get wet and notice that it's all over the floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luke is screaming by this point and suddenly
all the women in the store decide that nature is calling just at that
moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So there I am, pee all over my
pant leg, trying to wipe it off the floor with toilet paper, and a screaming
baby that I am panicking is going to be kidnapped by one of the nice ladies
talking to him in the bathroom stall (and of course, the suburban of grocery
carts is blocking the way into the bathroom so all the women are having to
shimmy around it).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And after all that
work to get to the grocery store, do you think I'm actually going to just leave
my full cart of groceries and go home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Heavens no. I still h At least the guy in the soda pop aisle (cause you
know I wasn't leaving there without my diet coke) got enough of a kick out of
me telling Eric we don't spit on people that I'm sure he didn’t even notice my
pants. Needless to say, all grocery trips will be done after Brian gets home
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Brian and Tonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465482190119153935noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878034537443344639.post-7312169275554336702013-08-08T19:30:00.001-07:002013-08-08T19:30:17.347-07:00Related?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I was looking at pictures that we took at a recent family reunion with Brian's family. Brian got a picture of Lucas with one of his great-grandma's.</div>
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The picture strangely reminded me of another picture we got a couple years ago of Eric with the same great-grandma in the same outfit. Hmmm, do you think Eric and Luke might be brothers? </div>
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Living in Utah means there are a lot of pioneer museums and memorials.....I mean A Lot. Being a huge fan of history means this is a-o-k with me. One of my sisters (really sister-in-law but from now on they will all be referred to as sisters because really, that's what they all are) but anyway, one of my sisters found out that a local pioneer park does pioneer activities there once a week though the month of July in celebration of Pioneer Day (like I said, lots of focus on pioneers). It's been a tradition for the last few years to get together and go experience a bit of pioneer life for a day. This year Eric was finally old enough to start getting it. The first year we went I just held him and grabbed with my sisters. The second year he ran around chasing his cousins but didn't really understand anything and wasn't big enough to play the games. This time Eric got to see the fort, wash clothes by hand, see how they made butter and make a "water stick" (more commonly called a candle". Did you know many pioneers only had one shirt. That would make for a cold winter wash day. Just another reason I am glad I live in modern times.</div>
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<br />Brian and Tonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465482190119153935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878034537443344639.post-61654766358738519092013-07-30T14:58:00.001-07:002013-07-30T14:58:06.515-07:00A Broken Arm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>t the beginning of June, Eric was walking down the stairs to our kitchen when his toe caught on the edge of a step and he fell. He was close enough to the bottom that he went straight down on his hands on our tile floor. When I picked him up, I noticed his arm looked a little funny. </div>
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Now I'm no medical expert, but I was pretty sure arms aren't supposed to bend like that. So I called Brian and asked if he thought his mom could watch Luke for a couple hours, called my mother in law who hurried over to pick up Luke, and off Eric and I went to the hospital. </div>
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He was such a trooper in the emergency room. The nurses didn't think his arm was broken because he was so sweet and cheerful the entire time. But one look by the doctor on call confirmed what I thought. Definitely broken. Now came the tough parts, an x-ray to look at the break (those big machines sure are scary for little ones) and an IV to knock him out while the doctor set the arm. The IV was really hard on Eric and I began to wonder if we should have just let him stay awake to have it set but because of the type of break it was a good thing he was out. He only broke one of the two lower arm bones and in order to keep the arm straight the surgeon had to break the other bone in his arm. Because Eric was asleep, he was able to push hard enough to break it there so we didn't have to bring Eric back for a surgery.</div>
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On July 7, we got to take the cast off. Eric was a trooper again. </div>
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And finally a cast free arm. Eric was great with the whole experience. He didn't ever complain about the cast bothering him and was brave every time we went to the doctors. And now he can say he's tougher than his mom. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Y</span>ou know those Tykes cozy coupe cars? Those plastic red and yellow cars that have been around for years? Growing up, my friend next door had one and I was so jealous. Hours were spend outside driving to the store, to school, to Disneyland, to China, wherever our imaginations could take us. Such fun memories came from that big piece of plastic so when I saw one of my neighbors was selling a truck version that her kids have outgrown, I couldn't resist picking up this piece of childhood for my own boys. So far, it has been well worth the $15. Eric loves his truck and we even found that there was a great spot for Luke to ride along as a passenger. </div>
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Brian and Tonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465482190119153935noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878034537443344639.post-68140786060256331622013-04-21T18:52:00.000-07:002013-04-21T18:52:34.156-07:00Best friends<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
Eric is really taking to our little Lucas. </div>
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Every morning he looks for baby brother first thing. Eric sits by Luke while I blowdry my hair in the morning to make sure the noise isn't too scary. He's an expert at giving Luke a pacifier when he's crying, finding toys for Luke to play with, buckeling him in the car seat, and giving him lots of kisses. </div>
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We welcomed our second son, Lucas Dean, on February 11 at 2:06 PM. He weighed in at 7 pounds 9 ounces and was 20 inches long. We are absolutely in love with this little guy in our house. </div>
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We had an induction scheduled for 7:30 the morning of the 11th. I guess Luke got the memo because I woke up at 2 AM with painful contractions that were consistent but still 20 minutes apart. He figured he was coming within the next couple days whether they had room at the hospital for an induction or not. Luckily when I called the hospital, they did have a bed for me so we dropped Eric off at his grandmas and headed up to the hospital. Everything went perfectly with the induction (except for my inability to handle an IV. Don't ask me why I can handle an epidural just fine but an IV makes me sick). I did learn this time that if I am starting to feel the need to push, don't let the anesthesiologist give me the extra heavy duty medicine that I requested. After he left I told the nurse that I needed to push, she got the doctor who confirmed it was time, then the extra medicine kicked in and I couldn't feel a thing so we had to wait around for the medicine to wear off a little. Luke checked out perfectly in all areas and has been a wonderful little baby. Eric adores him and is always showering him with kisses and usually gentle pats. </div>
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Wow, I can't believe two years has flown by already since this little guy was born. Eric is one lucky kid because the whole world parties on his birthday. And we think he's special enough to desereve the whole world celebrating his special day with him. </div>
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A little bit about our two year old guy. Eric is a very caring person. He genuinely feels bad for others when they are crying and will even cry when he's worried about characters in movies. He also likes to make sure that others around him are taken care of. One example of his caring spirit was when he and Brian made muffins for breakfast. After the muffins were done, Brian said he'd take up one for daddy and one for Eric and Eric said, "and one for mommy?". So Eric carried a muffin up to me all by himself so I could have a treat too. Eric loves to give hugs and kisses. The sweetest thing is when he asks for a "daddy hug" or a "mommy hug". It has been so fun to see Eric's sense of humor develop more this year. He has turned into the family jester. If anything gets so much as a smile from us, he will do it over and over again just to make us laugh. He loves music and will start dancing every time I turn my ipod on. Eric loves all things that move: cars, trains, planes, trucks, buses, uh Bill key cars (Uncle Bill police cars), fire trucks, and helicopters (which he calls hello-i-copter). </div>
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Eric's cousins know him well. This kid loves trucks!!!!</div>
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His birthday gift from us: a tow mater garage.</div>
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And so many cousins his age to be playmates with. Here's one of his little buddies. </div>
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I had been planning a Disney Cars birthday for this little guy, but a couple weeks before his birthday he started saying he wanted an airplane cake every time I asked. Back to the drawing board and Brian helped me come up with this idea for a birthday cake. It sure makes a mommy proud when every time he plays with this toy he says, "airplane cake. Happy day airplane cake." Definitely worth the switch in plans. </div>
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Well, I'm probably the last blogger to be posting Christmas pictures, but we really had a fun and magical Christmas. Eric is at a such a fun age and was excited about everything Christmas. He loved the lights on the house and insisted on turning on the tree lights every morning and wouldn't let me turn them off. We read the "Santa Caus" book (The Night Before Christmas) several times a day this year. And every night he asked for the manger song as a lullabye. The "Santa Train" movie (Polar Express) was watched in our home several times a week, and he still asks for "Santa cookies" (sugar cookies). Christmas morning, we woke him up bright and early to see what Santa brought. Yes, I know we could get away with sleeping in, but an early wake up meant an early nap time which made afternoon Christmas events easier. And, I'll admit it, Brian and I were pretty excited too. Santa did indeed visit and Eric loved it. My parents were able to stop by in the morning and share some of the Christmas magic with us. After a breakfast of waffles and some time to play with his new toys, it was time for a nap, then on to dinner at Brian's parents house. After the celebrations there, we came back home and had a relaxing evening drinking hot chocolate and watching Polar Express one last time (we hope). </div>
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Eric's first gift of the morning, a toy rocket ship. This was a special request from mommy to Santa because Eric has been carrying around half a plastic Easter egg calling it his rocket ship so I asked Santa to bring him a real one so I didn't feel like the mother handing her kid trash to play with. <br />
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Holding up his rocket to show daddy</div>
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Eric loved his Lightning and Mater flashlight/toys (gifts from Grandma/Grandpa and Uncle Dan)</div>
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We were surprised to find that with a recent growth spurt, Eric can reach the wheels on a small bike. Luckily Santa was thinking ahead to spring walks and brought a Lightning bike for Eric to ride while we push the baby in the stroller. </div>
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I love when Eric gives the look on the right. It's one of his classics and we finally got it on camera.</div>
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Eric's big gift was a train table. Yeah for toys that keep him busy enough for mom to get stuff done. </div>
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Christmas Eve was a busy fun day. We started out the morning with breakfast at my brothers house. Right afterwards we ran on to an extended family party. We were able to slip in naptime and then it was off to Brian's parents for soup, nativity, and pajamas.</div>
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This year Eric chose to be a wise man. Isn't he the cutest little wise man ever? </div>
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"Mommy, I'm tired and want to go home so Santa can come. Stop with all the flashing lights."</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">....... and the poor kid froze. I felt so bad. Between the flashes from the cameras and finally meeting someone so hyped up, I'm not sure Eric even remembered who he was. It reminded me of the Santa scene from A Christmas Story (football, what's a football?) However, after a candy cane from Mrs. Claus he was back to his bubbly self. In fact, he has loved telling us about sitting on Santas lap and asking for a train for Christmas. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Then on Christmas Eve, Santa surprised the kids and showed up at my brothers house while we were eating breakfast. It was such a fun treat for all the kids to get more time with Santa somewhere familiar. Eric waited somewhat patiently for his turn to sit on Santas lap and get an early present to open.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">And he did much better this time. He still wouldn't give a big smile or talk to Santa, but he was a little more aware of what was going on.</span></div>
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<br />Brian and Tonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465482190119153935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878034537443344639.post-65250400193226763182012-09-23T15:23:00.002-07:002012-09-23T15:23:39.507-07:00My New Job<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">L</span>ast Friday I turned in my keys at work, packed up my desk, and walked out the door as the branch manager for the last time. Monday I started my new gig. I have one boss who is also my only customer. He can be demanding but also pays the best, in giggles, smiles, hugs, slobbery kisses, and snuggles. </div>
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It's been a little bit of an adjustment but one that I know I will never regret. After all, who could resist the opportunity to see this little guy grow up. </div>
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We took Eric to his first baseball game this last weekend. He LOVED it. He kept pointing to the field and saying ball. He especially loved cheering every time our team struck out or the other team got a home run (not sure why he wouldn't cheer with the crowd, but would cheer on his own). He enjoyed eating a ball park hot dog. And most of all, he loved spending time with his cousins. </div>
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<em>Take me out to the ball game,<br />Take me out with the crowd;</em></div>
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<em>Let me root, root, root for the home team,<br />If they don't win, it's a shame.</em></div>
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I'll admit, Saturday was probably the worst day on our trip. It snowed the night before.... a lot. On our way into Old Faithful, we kept getting stuck in buffalo jams. The ground was so covered in snow and it was so cold, all the buffalo were making their way back to the geyser valleys and they did not want to trudge through the snow so they used the cleared roads. It took us over two hours to get to Old Faithful. All the animals seemed hunkered down that day too. We didn't see anything. Oh well, some days just go like that. </div>
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In front of Old Faithful. It was so cold all you could see was the steam when it erupted. </div>
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On our way back to West, I begged the caravan to stop if there were any buffalo close enough to let Eric really get a look at them again. Through Madison valley, we found this herd right next to a parking lot. They had lots of little babies with them, so even though it was raining, we toughed it through and let Eric look at these cool animals again. </div>
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If you look closely, you can see his tongue sticking out. So cute.</div>
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Day two in Yellowstone was slated to be our Canyon/Fishing Bridge day. It was supposed to be cold an snowy all day, and the predictions held true. Brrr. We started out at the brink of the falls and it was cold but not too miserable. By the time we got to our first viewpoint, the sleet and snow started pretty good. Because we couldn't see the falls from the closest viewpoint, we skipped the most popular viewpoint. </div>
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After the falls, we went on down to fishing bridge. Eric found a stuffed buffalo at the gift shop there that he fell in love with. We told him he could have it if he said buffalo, or even just buff. He focused really hard and blurted out "buff". And he has not said buffalo once since. Eric loved the fishing bridge museum. He loves birds and they have a full room of stuffed birds. He ran from exhibit to exhibit yelling "buuuddd, buuudd". <br />
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I've heard that the difference between a good photographer and a bad photographer is that a bad photographer shares all their pictures. Well, here I'm putting myself as a bad photographer because even though the pictures are fuzzy, the kids are so cute I just have to share. Eric and Avery both loved the otters. Eric especially enjoyed playing peek-a-boo with them. <br />
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At fishing bridge, we heard there was a momma grizzly and her cub just around the lake towards the East entrance, so we went to go see. Sure enough, she was there.<br />
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Our last stop of the day was back at Canyon. Eric loved going through that museum. He especially loved this big stuffed buffalo. It was kind've funny, as we were standing in front of the buffalo trying to get Eric to say buff again, an Asian tourist came up and said, "No, Moose". I thought he was just teasing but then I heard him talking to his friend later. While I couldn't understand what he was saying, I could tell he was telling his friend that we were calling that a buffalo and he was saying it was a moose because he was cooing buffalo (like I was to Eric) and saying "no moose". His friend looked at him puzzled and said what I can only assume to be "no, it's called a buffalo" (all I caught was the word buffalo). </div>
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As we were leaving Canyon, I was digging in the back of the car for treats while Brian was buckling Eric in. I asked Brian if he wanted some cheese. Eric yelled back "want cheese, want cheese." He wanted to make sure I knew he wanted some cheese. </div>
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We went to Yellowstone with some of Brian's family over Memorial Day weekend. It was probably the coldest weather we've ever had on a trip to Yellowstone and we no longer need a snowmobile trip in the winter to see the park covered in snow. Cold aside, it was a fun trip. We did a lot of driving and not a lot of hiking (brrrr). We saw a lot of animals, not a lot of geysers, and spent some good family time. </div>
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On our first day there, we went in with Brian's brother and his family while we waited for the rest of the crew to show up. With a break in the clouds, we decided to walk around some of the hot pots. Unfortunately, the break in the clouds only lasted long enough for us to get to the furthest end of the boardwalk before it started snowing again. Brrr.</div>
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After the hot pots, we ran to Old Faithful for phone reception to see how far away the rest of the crew was. That's where Eric got his first good look at a buffalo and he loved it!!! Everyone was close so we met up for a picnic lunch then headed out to Lamar valley to hope for some animal sightings. I was starting to loose hope as we got almost out to the NorthEast entrance when we saw my elusive moose. In all the trips to Yellowstone, I haven't seen a moose since I was a little girl. But here was one right off the road finally. And just a little ways further up, there was a Grizzly digging for roots right off the side of the road as well. Yippee. Then on the way out of the park, we saw 6 black bear. I call it a good Yellowstone day. </div>
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Eric's cousins were so great with him during the trip. He sure admires this guy. </div>
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I love cranes. Last year we had one nest in the creek across the street from our house and I loved waking up to it's calls but I never caught a glimpse of it. When we saw this one right off the road, I made the caravan stop so I could get some good pictures. We brought Eric over to see it and he kept pointing to it saying "bird, bird"</div>
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For Eric's birthday this year I spent hours making him a set of 30 personalized alphabet blocks, complete with a picture of him on one side of each block. Today we pulled them out and played with them. I have to admit, I did feel a little pride seeing my little guy enjoy something that I made.</div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>his Easter we dyed eggs for the first time in our family. It's so great to finally have someone to do all the classic holiday traditions with. Eric taught us quite a bit about dying eggs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">Eric also taught us that throwing hard boiled eggs on the floor is super fun and that when you are done with one color you dump it out on the table, mommy's lap, and the floor.</span></div>Brian and Tonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465482190119153935noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878034537443344639.post-73169631560794327432012-03-16T22:55:00.001-07:002012-03-16T22:55:15.996-07:00Flour<b>M</b>y mom used to tell me all the time about my brothers getting into the flour when they were little. The four of them were very close in age so they were pretty good at getting into mischief. One day they dumped the flour all over the kitchen floor. My mom even has the pictures to prove it.<br /><br />Well, the other day I turned around to find this<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/03/16/3756.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/03/16/s_3756.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/03/16/3757.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/03/16/s_3757.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />It's a good thing I only have one little mischief maker.<br /><br />Brian and Tonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465482190119153935noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878034537443344639.post-63977485282872124342012-03-14T20:04:00.001-07:002012-03-14T22:05:40.326-07:00Bath time<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: blue;">T</span><span style="color: blue;">his little guy loves his baths</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/03/14/3528.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/03/14/s_3528.jpg' border='0' width='264' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/03/14/3526.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/03/14/s_3526.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='262' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />Brian and Tonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465482190119153935noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878034537443344639.post-37337541549049684712012-01-29T15:19:00.000-08:002012-01-29T15:21:31.557-08:00Christmas<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span>rian and I were so excited for<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em> Christmas</em></span> this year. I mean, really, <em><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Santa</span></em> hasn't been to our home for 11 years (he has this funny way of not coming when there on no children in the house to visit). So even though this was probably our last chance to sleep in on <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em>Christmas </em></span>for many many years to come, we were up and out of bed by <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em>6:00 AM</em></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (I was actually showered by 6 because Eric was fussy at 5:30 and needed a pacifier again and I decided that a shower was more tempting than bed).</span> Our <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em>excitement</em></span> was well-founded. Eric was so much fun. We took him downstairs where his gifts were waiting and he was thrilled. He ran up to the<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em> rocking horse</em></span> that was too big for Santa to wrap and patted it saying "see, see", then he walked to the <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em>wrapped gifts</em></span>, "see, see", back to the rocking horse, "see, see", over to the <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em>stocking</em></span>, "see, see". Better than the reaction we thought we'd get out of a<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em> first Christmas</em></span>. </div>
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Even though Brian calls clothes toilet paper gifts, this little guy didn't think so. We couldn't get him to put down this outfit his Grandma and Grandpa L gave him. In fact, this ranks up there as one of his favorite things to wear, my boy has a good sense of style (not from me, I might add).</div>
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A time out from gifts to play with daddy's train. He wasn't happy unless this train was running full speed around the Christmas tree all December.</div>
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Because we were up so early, Eric was able to get in a good breakfast, nap and bath all before church at 11:00. I love church at Christmas time because there is so much music in the meetings, and Christmas sunday was no exception. We live in a wonderful and talented ward so the music on Christmas was a delight to listen to and brought the spirit so strongly. </div>
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After church, there was time for the rest of the gifts from Sants, another good nap, then on to Christmas at Grandma and Granddad A's house. </div>
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Another gift? Wow, this kid was spoiled. </div>
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"A Book!!!! Emily, you got me my favorite thing to play with!!!"</div>
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Eric's final gift of the day was this table and chairs set his granddad made for him. All the families have a set. When Eric saw his, he squeeled and ran straight up to it. He knew this one was his and he loved it. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>e had a wonderful Christmas Eve this year. Brian and Eric went to a party with his extended family during the day while I went to work. Then after work, I got to join in the partying. We met my parents for dinner at Texas Roadhouse. While I feel a little bad for making the waiters/waitresses work on Christmas Eve, it was nice to have a great dinner without all the work. After dinner, we headed over to Brian's parents house for their annual Christmas Eve traditions. </div>
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The kids all participated in the nativity. And this year, we had a cute little sheep in the performance. </div>
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Here he is with his shepard. </div>
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After the nativity is time for new pajamas</div>
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And some spinning, kid style not exercise style</div>
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And then Eric got a special treat from his cousins. They weren't going to be able to make it to his birthday party so they brought him a gift to open that night. What a fun treat. And he absolutly loves his new truck. </div>
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