Our Havasupai Adventure

This place was crazy!

Steph and I decided to go up the canyon last month and get some pictures of all of us together (since we didn't really have any)

NO PANTS, POO, AND MCDONALD'S

So we've had a few good laughs (mixed with embarrassment) with Easton lately.  First of all, I was racing to get the boys ready and out the door as fast as I could for one of my aerobics classes that I teach at Gold's Gym.  As I was getting Easton dressed upstairs I remembered that his pants were downstairs and I told myself to grab them on the way out the door.  Of course I forgot and realized it when I got to the gym.  I couldn't not show up to instruct my class so I took him to daycare with no pants.  They probably thought I was the worst mom!

Second funny experience happened at McDonald's last weekend.  I went inside to quickly rent a movie from redbox and in the mean time Easton ran to play on the indoor playground.  In the middle of the process Easton charges by and stands in front of me with no pants on, no underpants on or shoes. Yup, just a shirt.  The people in line behind me start laughing and of course I'm humiliated.  I asked him where his pants where and he just runs off wanting me to chase him.  I was torn with what to do but finished renting the movie cause everybody was waiting.  In the back of my head I knew exactly why he had taken off his pants but didn't want to face up to the fact.  Ben came running in from the car because he saw Easton's bare bum running around Mickey D's.  He grabbed on to Easton's arm to stop him from running around while I went back to the playland to check out the damage....I was right.  He had pooped in his underpants so he took everything off then stepped in it with his shoes so took them off too.  What I nightmare.  Thank goodness it was closed so nobody was in there.  This potty training thing has been really rough.

I hate to admit it, but a month before that he had a similar experience but this time it happened in the playground way up high.  He came out with no pants on and we all looked at each other like, "oh crap."  When Ben went up there sure enough he found a nice surprise.  The sad thing is I don't even know if it was Easton's because it looked dried and crusty.  Who knows how many different feces samples are in that thing.  Anyway, we cleaned up Easton's bum as quickly as we could then went to tell the store manager acting like it wasn't our kid's poo that we discovered because we felt so stupid.  He had to shut the whole area down for cleaning.  I think he called it a "code black" or something.  We did feel pretty bad but were laughing pretty hard inside.  I bet that makes you think twice about eating at McDonalds!

Easton turns three!!!

Yes, it's been a month since Easton turned three but I still wanted to blog about it with the phrase in mind, "Better late than never."  In the slide show are some memorable experiences of his life with us over the years and pictures of him that I thought were cute or funny.  We threw him a little "spiderman" birthday party and invited a handful of friends.  It went good until spiderman showed up and all the kids started crying  and running away.  Gotta love three year olds.

Check out my Slide Show!

Jazz playoff game #1 against Lakers

Does anybody else think these playoff games are intense?  We're always drained by the time were done watching them.  They're crazy loud and we're partially deaf afterwards, but it's worth it.  Go Jazz...Beat the Lakers!  I sound like a cheerleader.

Idol Fans

My crazy sister Michelle talked me into going to the gateway today to see David Archuleta.  I was debating whether or not to go because I knew I was going to see him sing the National Anthem at the Jazz Playoff Game. I think David is a cutie but I'm not fanatical.  I felt like a tiny bobber but I went along anyway just for good times. We actually got pretty close to him. In the picture you see my sisters (Michelle, Heather, Holly), Holly's friends, me, my brother (Nate), and babies. People kept wondering what kind of a boy would wear a heart on his shirt.  I assure you he's not gay, we made him do it.  We got some attention from some local media and TMZ.  Fox 13 put this picture of us on their site.  I'm the one wearing the red shirt, letter "I." Go David Archuleta!!! 

CHECK THIS OUT!!!

So today I found this totally awesome site to download music.  It's legal and all songs are only 14 cents.  I tried it out and downloaded 56 songs in less than an hour.  I just thought I'd tell you about it because I love getting new music and I'm guessing most of you do too.  If you're interested click on the link in the top left corner.  Have Fun!!!

baby steps, well almost

My baby started to crawl (army crawl) yesterday, man he's growing up fast!  He also started singing back to us when we sing to him.  He is so dang cute.

My little chicken

Before I tell this story I just wanted to say that Easton was one of those "early walkers, late talkers." So now that he is starting to talk of course we think every little thing he says is so cute. Plus he has this really cute, innocent sounding voice.
Yesterday I was eating a candy bar (I'm a chocoholic) and Ben came up to me with his mouth open saying "ahhh." I told him he already ate his but gave him a little bite anyway. Then Easton, almost three years old, walks across the counter over to me with his mouth open saying, "ahhh." He reminded me of a little baby bird with his mouth open depending on the mother bird to feed him. So I said, "ohh, a mommy has to feed her chicken." I gave him a small bite. He wondered back to his seat and I tried to hurry and eat the rest because I knew he'd be back as soon as he finished his bite. As he was on his way over, I had the final gooey bite on my thumb and I held up the empty wrapper to show him it was gone. He wasn't fooled. He walked over to me with his mouth open eying my thumb. I was selfish and I told him it was mommy's. The next thing he said was, "mommy's chicken," and tried to bite what was left of the candy bar off my thumb. I thought it was so cute that I ended up giving him another miniature bite (I of course finished it off!). Don't you think he's a cute chicken?

An escape from the February blues

Ben surprised me with a trip to California for my birthday in February.  My two boys certainly didn't love the beach as much as Ben and I did.  Easton won't go near the water and Phoenix didn't like the taste of sand but couldn't help himself, he just had to put it in his mouth.

Catch a wave

Ben and I love catching waves.  Actually he caught the waves and the waves caught me.  I was rolling in them more than anything.  I've come to the conclusion that if I lived near the beach I would definitely be a surfer chick but as for now, I pretty much stink at surfing. Ben caught some good ones on this boogie board though.  

Don't let Ben's smile fool you...the water was freezing.  The first day at the beach we did this with no wet suits...crazy!  It was so painful that they were a must for our subsequent trips to the beach.