Mark, Adria, Kylee & Brock

The big 3

2012-02-01T20:31:00.000-08:00

Brock turned 3 on January 24th! Seriously?! We had our family over for some cake and ice cream that night to celebrate. It was so nice just doing something small instead of throwing some huge party, I'm sure when the kids are a little older we will get back into the birthday parties with friends. We found our little man a spiderman bike....if you haven't noticed, Brock is just a tad obsessed with spiderman;) Mark decorated the cake for me. My husband can pretty much do anything. He grabbed Brock's pillow case and just looked at it as he drew spiderman on the cake. We had such a fun night with everyone.

A few facts about the Brockster:

1. He loves to wrestle. Every night when Mark gets home

from work the match begins. Mark lays on

the floor and Brock instantly takes his shirt

off and runs over for the attack.

2. He says "Bow Chicka Wow Wa" in about every

other sentence. Some how he makes it work.

He could say, "Mom, you are so bow chicka wow wa"

or something smells bow chicka wow wa.

You get my drift!

Where did he learn that you ask?

I have no clue:)

3. When I'm tired and taking a nap, or trying to

take a nap, Brock will come over to where

I am laying and brush the hair out of my face,

rub his fingers around my face, and kiss

my arm.

4. He goes in for his 3 yr check up tomorrow.

I'm excited to see how big he is.

All I know for now is that Kylee's feet are about

2 inches bigger than his and only maybe

half a foot to a foot taller than him.

He's gonna be a big boy:)

5. Brock has 4 toothbrushes of different super hero's.

Every night he chooses which one he wants and

then him and Mark talk like that super hero

and make faces that like super hero.

My favorite is the "hulk" face. Brock will walk around

and out of no where just stop and give you the hulk

face. It's quite funny. The picture above is the

classic hulk face:)

Kylee's 5th Birthday

2012-01-05T14:42:00.000-08:00

Kylee turned 5 on Monday. I seriously cannot believe that my baby girl is 5! What the heck! It feels like it was just yesterday that I brought her home, time just goes by so quickly. We really got lucky with her. She is hands down the best little girl, probably in the whole world. She is so loving and kind, she loves to make other people laugh and feel good. She listens about 98% of the time. Seriously. She has her occasional fit but it's almost always because she didn't get enough sleep the night before. She is the best big sister. Always willing to roll around and wrestle with Brock. The sweetest is when he hurts himself and she runs over to comfort him. I couldn't ask for a better daughter. She really made easing into motherhood enjoyable and easy.

Cassie and Kevin invited us to go up to the snow with them on Monday. Kylee loved the idea of spending her birthday in the snow so we decided to go! We headed up to Payson and just kept going until we finally found snow! We thought we weren't going to find any because of how hot it has been the last week. I'm so glad we found some! The kids had so much fun. I didn't do much but sit on my butt in the snow. The joys of pregnancy!!

We got Kylee a bike for her birthday. She has been asking for a bike for a couple of years so we told her when she turned 5 we would get her one. She was so happy. After the snow we took the kids to the park and let Ky ride her bike around. For dinner she asked for a yummy salad and pizza and for dessert we had root beer shakes. I'm glad my little princess enjoyed her day!

Happy New Year

2012-01-05T14:01:00.000-08:00

New Years Eve we had Mark's brother and his wife, Kevin and Jolean, over. I cooked mexican food and had tons of snacky food so we basically stuffed our faces all night. We set off fireworks at about 9pm, about 5 minutes after we started Brock started crying and said he wanted to go to bed. Poor kid is so afraid of loud noises. I of course had no objection to putting him to bed before midnight. We cut his afternoon nap out about a month ago and he is still getting used to being up all day. We put Kylee to bed at about 10 due to 8am church the next morning:) After all the kids were sound asleep we watched a movie until about 12:20am. I didn't even realise we had missed the "happy new year" moment until the movie was over. I think Mark was in the bathroom so I just threw my hands up and said happy new year to Jolean and Kev. Celebrating holidays sure changes a bit when you have little ones at home AND have 8am church AND are almost 9 months pregnant:) I like the change though. Kylee and Brock are at such a fun age, they just soak up everything around them. I like celebrating things with them instead of dropping them off at a sitter. Don't get me wrong, Mark and I love our date night or our mini weekend get-a-ways which don't happen that often, but I think we are at that stage where we enjoy taking the kids on vacation and doing fun things with them. Hope everyone had a fabulous night!

One year older...

2011-12-30T10:59:00.000-08:00

I had my 27th birthday yesterday. I still can't believe how old I'm getting....I know 27 is not old, most days I have to remind myself that I am not 18 anymore. I have the same friends from high school, still eat the same kinda food, and pretty much act the same SO realizing how time is passing me by sometimes surprises me:) I look forward to aging. My kids getting older and going on missions and college, getting married and having kids of their own. Growing old with my sweetie pie. Mark hates old people, he thinks they are all crabby-patties that have nothing better to do than complain and be rude to people. I look forward to seeing what type of old man he turns into! HA

I had dinner with some of my friends at Buca last night, which was delicious by the way! I haven't been there in SO long and the food we ordered is making my mouth water right now just thinking about it. The night was full of good conversation and laughter. Next week Mark is taking me to a hotel for a night where he got me a pregnancy massage and a free night away from the kids. It will be our last little get-a-way before baby number 3 arrives. The fact that we are about to have another baby still has not hit me yet, I'm just about 35 weeks pregnant so it better hit me fast I guess.

I'm so blessed to have the life I have. I have so many amazing people in my life that I love so much. Here is to 2012, a family of 5, and the 27's:)

Christmas

2011-12-27T08:37:00.000-08:00

Our Christmas Eve day is spent with Mark's family. We meet up at about lunch time and stuff our faces full of something fabulous, head to the park for some airplane fun, of course, and then head back over to the house for dinner and presents. It's such a nice relaxing day! I'm so grateful for Mark's parents. I really scored big time in the in-law department. They are hands down the most loving and giving individuals on the planet! We are so glad we live so close to them so we can see them when ever we want.

Christmas morning we opened up presents with the kids. Kylee was all excited that Santa ate her cookies and left her a "thank you" note for her....daddy enjoyed the cookies as well:) We had a killer breakfast, set up all the toys and found a place for them, and then headed to my parents house for dinner. It was a small crowd this year. We missed Dara and Tifani and their families so much. Hopefully next year we will all be in the same house!

We had fun explaining to the kids what Christmas is really about. I had them each say one thing they could do this year to make Jesus and Heavenly Father happy. They are so young but so full of the spirit. I just love my little munchkins. Brock is finally out of his crazy stage. He is so full of love. He'll just run over to Mark or I and give us a kiss and run away, then run back and say, "oh I forgot to give you a hug too!" He is just so sweet. Kylee is such a sweetheart! She is the best big sister and always finds time for her little brother. She is very smart, if she wants him to leave her a lone or not play with her stuff she'll find something for him to do that gets him away from her without her having to yell at him to get away. It felt like our first adult Christmas for some reason. Maybe because the kids were old enough to really be excited about everything. I'm finally started to get anxious about the delivery of our new little man. Bet's are on for the color of his hair! I'm assuming it's going to be red like the other two, maybe we'll get a surprise. I finished all 5 of my classes for school. Still have 3 months left of Friday night classes and then a externship after that BUT I am home now Mon-Thurs and am sure looking forward to it. Heavenly Father sure has blessed us this year. It feels good to set goals and to actually follow thru with them and see the end result. Hope everyone had a good year and Christmas full of love and laughter:)

My Ballerina

2011-12-27T08:27:00.000-08:00

We signed Kylee up for a Ballet class with her little girlfriend Maggie. I think after signing her up for MANY different activities this is the one that she absolutely loves! It's so much fun to watch her get into dance mode and dance all over the place. She has the cutest teacher who she just adores. I'm looking forward to seeing how far she goes with this and if she found her niche in life:) She had a little Christmas Performance last week and did such a fabulous job. She was so excited to wear a little bit of makeup like a real ballerina! HA

Temple Lights

2011-12-21T15:36:00.000-08:00

We went to go see the Temple lights with a few of my family members. It was f-r-e-e-z-i-n-g but we had a lot of fun together. After we went back to my sister, Dara's house, and enjoyed some hot chocolate and warm apple pie! Love my family:)

Ugly Sweater Party

2011-12-21T15:22:00.000-08:00

We had our annual Ugly Sweater Party! We offered to do it in our empty new house this year, at least we had couches and a Christmas tree up:) We are just so excited to be out of that apartment I'm sure we will be offering up our casa all the time for fun shin-digs! The normal group got together, all my girlfriends from High School and our cool husbands, where we enjoyed some bomb food and hysterical white elephant gifts! Can't wait until next year ladies!

Thanksgiving With The Svancara's

2011-12-21T15:10:00.001-08:00

My mother in law makes life so easy, especially when it comes to the holidays! She cooks every other year on Thanksgiving so we can rotate between families instead of going to both families houses and driving ourselves crazy. This year she cooked, and did a fabulous job I might add, and we spent the whole day doing our normal Svancara activities!

One word, Airplanes! The Svancara men find so much joy in flying around a tiny little airplane hours on end:) The girls usually sit back and watch and laugh at them run around like mad men trying to keep their plane in control. The kids run around with their toys and have fun. All in all it's a super relaxing day where we end up laying around from our full bellies and then end up eating another round around 7 or 8:)

I love Mark's family so much and am so grateful for them:)

Trick Or Treat, Smell My Feet.....

2011-11-01T11:48:00.000-07:00

We went trick or treating with my sisters, their families, and the Samuelson's this year. We always end up going to the best neighborhoods that are so much fun for the kids. The only down side to Halloween is all the candy. Do you seriously let your kids eat all their candy? I remember growing up having my candy for months, but I'm pretty sure I was a teenager. I'm tempted to just throw it out. Heaven knows my kids don't need any extra sugar pumping thru their veins making them crazier than they already are! Maybe I'll keep a few pieces and reward them with it when they do something nice or actually obey:) Until next year!

Carving & Candy

2011-11-01T11:05:00.000-07:00

This is the 3rd year in a row we have gone to a trunk-or-treat with the Forsgrens and then carved pumpkins after! The kids have so much fun together which makes it easy for us adults to just sit back and relax. Brock is always in heaven over there! Two boys he can wrestle with....it's a tricky recipe to follow where boys all wrestle with the same intensity with out hurting anyone else, but I think they have managed to do it perfectly:)

Giddy-Up

2011-10-19T14:29:00.000-07:00

My beautiful girlfriend, Connie-Lou, threw an a-m-a-z-i-n-g birthday party for her two kids a few weeks ago. It was a cowboy theme! The kids had so much fun dressing up, playing games, and riding horses. Thanks for such a fun party:)

Lake Powell

2011-09-27T15:16:00.000-07:00

This is the second year in a row that we have been able to spend 5 days at Lake Powell with the same fabulous 20 people. The best part is it is a KID FREE vacation!! I don't think I have ever been on a vacation as fun and relaxing as Lake Powell! Our days are filled with fun water activities...which I didn't get to partake in this year due to the baby bump:) Luckily 2 other girls were pregnant this year too so I wasn't the only beached whale. Our nights are filled with games, rock band, and laughter until about 2 or 3 in the morning. It is such a amazing vacation with amazing people! Can't wait to do it again next year when I am NOT pregnant:)

4th Of July

2011-09-27T14:05:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it has taken me this long to post about 4th of July! We spent about 5 days in Bountiful, Utah with the Wrights. They were so gracious to let us stay with them for that long. It's one thing if it would of been just Mark and I, BUT you add two crazy toddlers and that makes it a whole different situation:)

We spent most of the week outside letting the kids run around in the beautiful weather. Matt took us to this gorgeous place up the mountain by this creek for a picnic. The kids ran around with the dogs and played in the water a little bit. Brock was completely obsessed with Zoey and Blue (their dogs) Even to this day he will yell at me that he wants to go play with Zoey and Blue. We spent a afternoon walking around the Salt Lake Temple and driving around down town. And of course Matt took us to a Vietnamese restaurant for some Pha! If you haven't had it yet I highly recommend it. I am a pretty picky eater and Mark was super surprised that I even tried Pha, let alone loved it! We also went to Tepanyaki! LOVE that place SO so much. All around the week was perfect:)

We loved it so much up there and hope to make it a annual thing.......as our family grows we might have to switch from the Wrights house to a hotel so we don't drive them absolutely nuts!

Camping

2011-09-08T08:27:00.000-07:00

We went on our first camping trip as a family this last weekend. Mark and I have only been camping once together and the kids had never gone SO we really had no idea what we were in for. I will be the first to admit that I am a "don't get dirty" kinda mom. I try to relax about it but sometimes it just gets the best of me. I am happy to report that I let my children run wild! They were free to run and play in the dirt....I may or may not have told Brock to stop playing in the dirt once, but I think that is still progress:)

We went up to Stoneman lake with Mark's cousins Christin and Bert and their two boys. They brought up their trailer SO we didn't ruff it too much. We were able to use their bathroom and their kitchen, the kids even watched a movie on Monday while we packed up. On Sunday Kevin, Jolean, Brittany, and Andy came up for the day. It was so beautiful up there! It was so nice to get out of the heat and enjoy mother nature. We went up to Mormon lake for a few hours on Sunday. They had a petting zoo with tons of different animals. The rest of the time we just stayed at our campsite. The Anzini's brought up Marsh mellow Guns. If you don't know what these are you need to get some on Amazon.com. The kids had so much fun running around shooting each other with tiny marsh mellows. They would go on these little hikes around our campsite looking for bears to shoot:) For any of you that don't know, Mark is obsessed with these survival shows, I think he pretty much records every single one. Any chance he gets he attempts some of the "survival techniques" that his shows have taught him. He has tried to start fire with sticks twice now with no luck. LOL This trip he built himself a survival shelter hut. I have to give it to him because it turned out really good. The kids were so excited to help Mark build his fort, little did they know it was more for him than it was for them:) I think this was the start of many family camping trips to come!

It's A ........

2011-08-15T13:53:00.000-07:00

One of the perks of being in Ultrasound School is that I can scan my baby when ever I want:) Just a few days shy of 13 weeks a little peeper was found! It's a BOY! I probably get a ultrasound every Friday:) It's nice to watch the baby move around and see how much he has progressed in a week. The down side of being in school while being pregnant is I am always looking for something to be wrong with the little guy. My lab teacher always laughs at me because when she scans me I have her literally check everything. So far so good:) We are excited to bring a new little boy into the family. Kylee is excited that she will forever have her own room, Mark is excited to have two boys to go to Priesthood meetings with, and I am excited to be done! :)

I threw up for the first time last week. I was at Target....in the food quart. I looked around and couldn't see a bathroom anywhere! I started to get the hot flashes and just knew it was going to happen soon. I quietly asked the cash register girl for a bag and walked to the corner where I tried as hard as I could to throw up quietly so I didn't gross out the people eating behind me. HA not the best place to throw up I guess. 15 weeks down and a bajillion more to go!

Kylee started ballet today. She was so excited to be a "real life ballerina" I love that little girl so much. She is the sweetest little girl I know. I think Heavenly Father knew we needed a sweet one to counter her terror brother:) I love my Brock BUT that kid is in a phase or something....fingers crossed it is a phase and not just his personality! The thought of having another boy sometimes overwhelms me. Brock is so much work and is SO exhausting! Being in a apartment doesn't help the situation. 4 more months and we will be out of here and back to the promise land, AKA Gilbert, Arizona!

I have a test today. I feel like every week this year I have had a test in one class or the other. Looking forward to never memorizing flash cards again!!! Almost there:)

Bambino #3

2011-07-07T11:44:00.000-07:00

I feel like I never update my blog anymore. I think it's because of Facebook. I'm on there a lot and feel like everyone that looks at my blog is my friend on facebook, SO posting twice would be kinda boring:)

Anyhow, baby Svanny #3 is on the way....pretty sure it will be the final addition to the family. Mark doesn't like it when I say I am done because who knows if someday we "feel" like we need to have another one.....but I'm pretty sure it is the last haha:)

Not quite sure what I was thinking getting pregnant when I'm in school 5 nights a week for 5 hours or more and working one day a week?! I've been a little more sick with this one than the last two BUT my good friend Connie gave me one of her zofran pills one night and it's been love every since. It takes most of the edge off which is nice. The baby is due February 6. I'm sure I will have it in January since my other 2 were born in January. I'll be done with my classes the end of the year and will only have to go to school Friday nights from January-March so hopefully it won't make things too crazy with having a baby. I just thought it would be nice to get pregnancy out of the way before I started my externship and then started working. We will see how I feel about it when we get closer:)

We just spent a fabulous week in Bountiful, Utah with the Wrights:) I'll post pictures soon of that. The weather and company were wonderful and we can't wait to go back up again to visit. Hope everyone is doing well and hope you all enjoyed your 4th of July!

Swim Lessons

2011-06-14T16:07:00.000-07:00

The kids had swim lessons a few weeks ago

or two weeks. The first day both of them

were in tears and making up every

excuse to try to get out of the pool.

By day 2 most of the tears were gone

and I had little fishies on my hands:)

Kylee forgot she knew how to swim

from her lessons last summer, so as

soon as she figured it out she just took off!

Brock stopped crying all together but still

needs a few more sessions to make me

more comfortable. Their swim teacher,

Ms. Jennifer, is the BEST swim teacher!

She has been doing it for 35 years or

something crazy like that. That lady knows her stuff:)

I'll sign them both up for another session in July

just to make them stronger swimmers! I'm so happy

we are ready for the pool.

*All of these pics are from their first lessons*

WANTED

2011-05-02T12:06:00.000-07:00

Mark Svancara

6'5"

200 lbs

light brown hair

very muscular build;)

Mark got a photo-radar ticket 60 days ago in Tempe. He has 30 days to be served until it becomes expired...or whatever happens after 90 days:) On day 60 there was a knock on our door. Mark looked through the peep-hole and saw, in Mark's words, "A trashy blond lady with a mullet" holding a envelope so he knew it was a server. He ignored the knocks....which turned into pounding on the door.....then pounding on all the windows....then eventually turned into her grabbing our neighbor and having him knock on our door. Pretty sneaky move on her part but she obviously does not know my husband. Mark could see our neighbor through the peep-hole looking off to the side saying to the lady, "are you sure they are home? what do you want anyway?" And then the lady responding, "Oh it's just a little game of Cat and Mouse!" I wish I would of been home for this! HA! This of course just pissed Mark off more and made him even more determined to do everything in his power to avoid getting served the next 30 days so he doesn't have to pay his ticket. This morning Mark gave me instructions, "Don't answer the door for anybody, Adria!" I learned my lesson the last time, yes this is not our first rodeo with photo-radar, when I opened the door for a man dressed in a nice suit while Mark hid around the corner. That day we learned a spouse is just as good as the criminal:) Mark was not very happy with me and still brings it up to this day, 3 years later, how I screwed him into paying his ticket. Can you imagine? I'm still trying to work that one out in my head. For your viewing pleasure....This is what Mark does every time before he steps outside....."because she is out there waiting" :)

Sunday Will Come

2011-04-26T10:11:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone had a good Easter:) I will be the first to admit that sometimes life gets in the way of my spirituality and I. It is easier for me to plop on the couch after class and catch up with my DVR than it is for me to sit down at the table and catch up with Nephi. It's easy to get offended or wallow in something someone said or did than it is to get on my knee's and ask Heavenly Father to help soften my heart. It is easier to do anything else on a Saturday than it is to go to the Temple. This Easter Sunday was a big one for me, and not because the Easter Bunny came to my house. I sat down early Sunday to prepare my Sunday School lesson and went onto youtube and typed in "Mormom Messages" I came across one Titled "Sunday will come" By Elder Wirthlin. Let me first say how much I loved Elder Wirthlin and miss seeing his adorable face Conference weekend. In the first 30 seconds something amazing happened. I felt the spirit and I felt the spirit strong! It is something I haven't felt that strong in a very long time and I missed it. I love everything about this video. I love when he says "No matter how dark our Friday, Sunday will come!" I found myself remembering who I am and why I am here. For some reason it's easy for me to forget that I am a daughter of God. He loves me and wants me to succeed in life. Christ is my brother and he died for me! My perfect brother allowed people to spit on him, whip him, mock him, and eventually kill him because he loves me and wants me to return back home. He felt every sin/pain so that when I needed someone to turn to he would be there and understand. He made it possible for me to repent when I do something stupid. He made it possible for me to see my loved ones that have passed to the other side. No matter how dark it may seem there is light at the end. Our Sunday will come when nothing else matters except for our love for Heather Father and Jesus Christ and their love for us. I'm grateful for my Easter and the little shove/reminder Heavenly Father gave me to get my booty back in gear. New goals are made and I'm looking forward to seeing the changes that come along with them:)

Oh where oh where has my little boy gone....

2011-04-11T23:24:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Brock decided he was done with diapers. I had absolutely no problem with that at all:) He is pretty much potty trained during the day as long as he is naked or only wearing underwear. Any advice on how to get them into their pants without them forgetting they don't have a diaper on anymore? I haven't changed a poopy diaper in 4 days and I am l-o-v-i-n-g it!! Tonight we turned his crib into a toddler bed AND he was so excited! I was able to leave class early tonight, which made me very happy, so I was able to be here for the big transition! We put his little toilet in his room, put a pull-up on him and told him to get up if he needed to pee. He actually got up 3 times before falling asleep and went pee.......I don't know what it is with him but he literally goes pee about every 15 minutes! I can't believe how big my little man has become. He and Kylee are best friends, I just love watching the two of them together. My favorite is when Kylee is playing her Wii games and she will yell "YES" and you will almost always hear a little voice say, "oh good job Kylee!" so hysterical! My fingers are crossed that tomorrow he will not give me a hard time during nap time......that is mama's break, and if I don't get that I am one snappy person;) Wish us luck!!

Vegas Baby

2011-03-29T10:44:00.000-07:00

Mark's best friend is Matt. They have known each other pretty much their whole lives. Their birthdays are 3 days apart. Last year Heather, Matt's wife, and I started planning a birthday surprise for their upcoming 30TH birthday!! We decided to plan a weekend in V-E-G-A-S! As it got closer to their birthdays Matt thought he was just spending a weekend in Vegas with Heather alone, and Mark didn't know where we were going but thought it was just the two of us.

Mark didn't know we were going to Vegas until I got on the Carefree highway. He was so excited BUT still only thought it was a weekend for just the two of us. Matt and Heather flew in at 6am so they had been there for a while trying to waste time. Mark and I got there around 3. Heather stalled as long as she could but Matt was tired so they went back to the hotel. Heather left a key for me with the front desk, I told Mark I wanted to check in all by myself since I had never done that before and plus it was my gift to him so he needed to just stay put in the car.

I got the key and drove over to our parking spot. We got all of our stuff and headed up to the room. We walked in and put our bags down. We started to look around when Mark saw a set of keys and some shoes. He instantly freaked out and started saying the hotel gave us someone else's room! I was trying to hold a strait face so he wouldn't get suspicious. He kinda peaked in the bedroom and saw that someone was laying in the bed! He turned around, about running me over and said, "We gotta get out of here!!" It was so funny!! I told him to relax and to look in the bedroom. He didn't have his glasses on so he couldn't hardly see anything. Matt was laying in his bed, I swear he was looking right at Mark but his eyes were half open so I wasn't sure if he was awake or not. Both boys just stared at each other for about 30 seconds until their eyes focused enough to realise who the other person was. Surprise 1 complete:)

Later that night we went to the Bellagio Buffet and about died from over eating! We were there for hours just eating, eating, and eating!! After dinner Heather and I had to get the guys over to the flower exhibit for surprise number 2!! We walked around for a while when the Erb's showed up!! We had told the guys earlier that Todd had to work so they weren't going to be able to make it so both of them were pretty surprised. It was such a fun night!

Surprise number 3 came the next morning. We put the guys in the back seat, I drove while Heather told me where to go. They had no idea what we were doing I think until they saw us pull up to Vegas Speedway! We pulled into a place called ExoticRacing. They each got to drive a exotic car 5 laps around the race track. It was so much fun to watch:) After that Matt took us to this Asian restaurant where I tried Pha....if you know me you know I pretty much stick to the same food all of the time, so the fact that Matt could get me to eat something like this was pretty amazing. To my surprise it was actually delicious! I want to find some places here in AZ that have it so I can go eat some more:)

Later that night we went to a amazing Italian restaurant that Matty knew about....he knows where all the good finds for food are:) We got done with dinner at about 11 and then headed over to the Palms. My buddy from High School is a Host there and wanted us to come down for a fun night. We got there at about 12 I think, there were like 50 people waiting in line to get into this club/lounge. Jon-Karl came out to meet us and walked all 6 of us past the crowd and past the velvet rope! It was so cool...kinda felt important:) He showed us around and then had to get back to work. The view was incredible!! We spend the next hour dancing our butts off WHICH is pretty amazing considering who I am married to. LOL Vegas totally brought a new side of Mark out that I have never seen!

The weekend was amazing and so much fun! It was the first time we have ever vacationed with the Erb's and Wrights which is totally ridiculous! I'm looking forward to the next fun vacation:)

Change

2011-03-13T00:21:00.000-08:00

Do you ever just wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and want to change something? Well I do......or I did:) Today my fabulous hair dresser, Suzy, cut off a little more than 8 inches of my golden locks AND made them a little more golden. There is something about being a little bit more blond that makes me smile. HA! Usually change kind of scares me, but today I like it:)

We Maytag!

2011-03-08T23:46:00.000-08:00

Every year Maytag throws a big weekend convention. The guys are in meetings all day and the girls usually shop, eat, and shop:) The nights are filled with awards and fancy dinners.

This year it was in Palm Springs! It was so much fun. We had a hard time working out schedules so that we would be able to leave our kids. We had planned on leaving Kylee at her friend Mallory's, and we were just going to end up bringing Brock with us. The morning we were supposed to leave, Kylee came into our room with glossy eyes and a fever!! I was so mad.

I swear you say the word California in our house and something always goes wrong. Seriously, it does. Anyway, so we just decided to bring both kids with us. It ended up working out really well because part of the hotel had a Nick Jr. theme. They had a slime contest one of the days out by the pool, the kids got to meet Dora and Sponge Bob.....for the record, I do not let either

of my kids watch Sponge Bob. I think it is the dumbest show, and a little crude for a 4 and 2 year old. They still enjoyed meeting him though. Kylee was so concerned that we were going to have to go to the bottom of the pool to meet him since he lives "under the sea" lol it was so

cute. The night before she kept asking where he sleeps and how we were going to find him. Capital Hill always sponsors the free time on Saturdays and I always decide on the spa. Who doesn't love a fabulous massage that is free? That was the only "me" time I had on our

weekend get-a-way:) On Saturday we also found a really cool children's museum. They had a old car in the middle of the room that the kids could paint! It was the coolest idea. I decided some day when we have our Ranch....The Svancara Ranch that Mark and his brother Kevin talk about and probably have talked about since they were kids, that I want to do the same thing.

What a fun idea/activity for the kids. Genius! My fingers are crossed for a cool location next year, hopefully kid free:)

My Love Affair With The Sun

2011-02-11T21:15:00.000-08:00

Question:

Is there anything better than feeling the sunshine?

I declare there is not!

Today I finally felt the sun shinning down on me and it was

amazing!!

Today I laid in a chair outside with two of my

beautiful girlfriends while our children ran

around and played together for

about 5 hours.

The 75 degree weather was perfect, the only

thing missing was my bikini....which

will be missing for a while until I

am back in "bikini shape"

Which to be honest probably will not be until I go visit

a person who I know will become a instant friend,

Mr. Plastics:)

Anyway, the kids ended up stripping down to their

skivvies and running through the sprinkles.

The day was just perfect.

I'm going to bed tonight with rosy cheeks and

only one side of my body burnt and I

can't wait to do it all over again next week....

next time I will remember to roll over so the

burn is even.

Say It Isn't So

2011-01-29T18:25:00.000-08:00

Brock is 2!! Seriously? When did that happen?

It feels like yesterday they placed him in my

arms for the first time. He was such a good

baby! I miss him being that little Roley-Poley

newborn. So far the 2's have not been my fav.

of all of his stages BUT hopefully I learn

to love it:) I am just glad that he is still

taking a 2-3 hour nap during the day and

sleeping 12 hours a night!

Here is a look back of some of my

fav. pics over the last 2 years.

Ramble Post

2011-01-16T17:23:00.000-08:00

Lately I have kind of felt like I have been stuck in neutral. Do you ever feel that way?

Brock is at that horrible toddler stage where he is constantly

shrieking and hitting. He wears me out BIG time.

Kylee is a 20 year old stuck in a 4 year old body. She is so full of life and

has so much energy, I can't keep up most days.

We just moved to Phoenix for the next year or two until I am done

with school. We are staying in a tiny 2 bedroom apartment, which

I actually happen to love. If you know me, you know that

my mind is constantly spitting out horrible idea's.

Hi, my name is Adria and I am paranoid.

I check every window before I go to bed, more than once. I wake up in the middle

of the night when I hear a noise and check on my kids and then check

all the windows and doors again. Am I OCD? Anyway, being

in this small apartment has really cut my nightly ritual in half. I only

have 3 windows to check! Nice right? I sleep like a baby every

single night. I always thought moving to Phoenix would be so

scary because everything bad happens in Phoenix....most of the time:)

We went to our new ward today. Mark and I have never stayed in a ward longer

than 2 years. That's about how long it takes me to get comfortable and really

feel like I have friends. I was really nervous about going, to be honest

I am kinda shy...until you get to know me. To my surprise, I really liked it.

There were a lot of young couples that seemed really nice. A lot of people

introduced themselves to us, which is really nice and really helps

with moving and starting all over. Most importantly I went to RS today.

I can't even remember the last time I went! I have pretty much been

in Nursery since Mark and I got married. I am keeping my fingers crossed

that this ward gives me a break and just lets me get my spiritual fill

by just sitting and listening. Brock stayed in Nursery today by himself! What? It

was the craziest thing. I heard him crying so I went to trade off with Mark.

I sat in there for about 1o minutes and then told him I was leaving.

He looked at me, gave me a kiss, and said, "See ya mom".

Kylee had her first Sunday in Primary today. I can't believe how grown up my

kids are. She proudly flashed her new CTR ring that she got from class.

Not sure what the point of this post is. Just wanted to write. I know it's all

over the place but it feels good some times to just write down

how you feel. Hope everyone is doing good:) xoxo

She's 4

2011-01-10T09:12:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my baby is 4! Where did the time go? We had a small little party for Kylee with close friends and family. Thanks to everyone who drove out, in the freezing cold, to celebrate Kylee's day! We love you all and are so thankful for you:)

Christmas Day

2010-12-27T09:38:00.000-08:00

We started the morning having the kids open their presents from Santa...since the Grandparents always get the kids tons of gifts Santa doesn't have to go too crazy, which is nice:) Then the Burton's and Samuelson's came over for a huge Breakfast. I think that will be our new Christmas morning tradition, breakfast with friends:) After that we headed over to my parents house for a fabulous Christmas ham dinner!! My dad is such an amazing cook so the food is always to die for. My brother Andrew got a guitar for Christmas so him and my other brother Matthew were making up songs and singing, it was so hilarious. It's always fun getting together with my family, and this year everyone was there which was wonderful!

Christmas with the Svancara's

2010-12-27T09:12:00.000-08:00

We always spend Christmas Eve with Marks family and do our Christmas that day. We started off the afternoon eating amazing Chinese take out and then headed to the park to fly airplanes. After that we headed back to the house and opened presents, headed to a wedding...yes I said wedding, and ended the night watching Inception. We didn't get home until 2:30am but it was well worth it:) PS check out my new nephew Porter. Isn't he the cutest thing you have ever seen? He is 5 weeks old and I am in love with him...like I almost snuck him in my car and took him home with us. And YES he smells as good as he looks! Congrats to Kevin and Jolean:)

Who Rocks A Party

2010-12-27T08:59:00.001-08:00

We had our annual Bhuzzie Ugly Sweater Party. Not everyone could make it so our party was small but still a blast. The parties don't last as long as they used to now with most of us having kids....which is crazy that we are all really grown up. This year I think the best gift was the Warlock Book, which taught some great magic spells and potions. The best moment is when Connie got a gift that she bought and gave away last year! Hilarious. Until next year!

Surprise going away party

2010-12-27T08:49:00.000-08:00

We had a surprise going away party for Heather and Matt a few weeks ago. They thought they were coming to our house for a Christmas party BUT ended up getting blind folded and taken to Buca Di Bepo where a group of us were waiting for them. After we went to Kristin's club house and watched a going away video that Kristin did a a-m-a-z-i-n-g job putting together. It was such a fun night. We are going to miss Heather and Matt so much. Kylee calls them Aunt Heather and Uncle Matt so I know she is going to miss them too. Good luck in Utah you two and you better have that extra room ready for us cuz we are coming soon:)

Disney Land

2010-12-27T08:24:00.000-08:00

Brock was so cute at Disney Land. Every character we saw he would run up to and give a big hug and kiss to. It was so adorable. I couldn't believe that he wasn't scared of they at all. It is definitely a different experience going to Disney with kids....waiting in line for 45 minutes so Kylee could take a picture with Rapunzel! After she met her she wanted to buy the tangled wig so her hair would be long and blond like Rapunzel. It was hysterical. We ended the night watching the parade and then called it a night by about 7:30. We must be getting old. haha

Sea World

2010-12-27T08:10:00.000-08:00

We went to California with Marks family a few weeks ago. We always have such a blast with them. Brock and Kylee absolutely love their Grandma and Grandpa and preferred to be with them over Mark and I every chance they got on this vacation. Here are a few pictures from Sea World.

Never Grow Up

2010-12-14T07:59:00.000-08:00

"Oh darling, don't you ever grow up

just stay this little.

Oh darling don't you ever grow up

it could stay this simple.

I won't let nobody hurt you

won't let no one break your heart

and no one will desert you

just try to never grow up."

Thank you Taylor Swift for the sweetest song I think I have ever heard. My little Kylee turns 4 in three weeks. S-E-R-I-O-U-S-L-Y? When did that happen? I just wish I could push pause on life right now. I'm not ready for the parties, the drivers license, the boys, the heart-breaks, the hormones....I'm pretty sure there is a million more I could post considering we are talking about a girl:) This week I have really been soaking my babies in. Every time they come up to me I pick them up and just snuggle them for a couple minutes. I know as they grow older it's not going to be cool to like me so I'm taking advantage of it now. Life is too fast and right now I'm not happy with that. Don't I get a say on how fast they grow up? *Wishful thinking*

Sneak Peek

2010-12-08T14:54:00.000-08:00

My good friend Brian took our family pictures this year. He just put a sneak peek up on his website. Just click and it should take you right in:) Enjoy.

www.brianthomasclay.com

Genetics

2010-11-29T12:56:00.000-08:00

Thursday as I was taking pictures of my handsome husband and my adorable daughter something registered. I finally figured out who she gets this from.....

Daddy's and Hair

2010-11-16T12:56:00.001-08:00

A front & back shot for your viewing pleasure:)

Let me start off by saying how incredible Mark has been since I started school over a month ago. Three days a week I wake up at 6 and am at work by 7am and 4 nights a week I got to school from 5:30-930pm. Most days Mark gets up with the kids, feeds them breakfast, gets them ready, & drops them off to my mom. After work he picks up the kids, makes dinner, gives baths, and puts the kids to bed. He has done all of this with out a single complaint! I am so thankful to have a husband like him. He truly is the love of my life & my best friend.

Alright, now on to the topic of this post. Daddy's and hair. Kylee has crazy hair. The top half is as strait as a board and the bottom half is crazy curly. This leaves two options, either curl the top half OR put it in ponytail. Kylee has had 3 field trips for her preschool so far that I haven't been able to go to with her because I am at work. This leaves super Dad to the rescue. He h-a-t-e-s going to these! He always says to me, "Babe, I'm the only guy there every single time. It's so uncomfortable." lol Monday Kylee had a field trip to the fire station. I left for work and called Mark a few hours later to see how things were going at the house. I reminded him of 3 things: 1. Bring Kylee's permission slip 2.Bring the camera 3. Do Ky's hair Well, he did 2 1/2 of those 3 things. Just a little tip, a bow is a fabulous accessory (especially if it's one of Katie's Santabarbarabows) but it doesn't substitute for actually combing one's hair. I'm not even going to get into the outfit that he chose to put her in on this post, we'll save that one for another day. haha

Mark = fabulous husband, father, & friend! Mark does not = fabulous hair stylist

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T16:07:00.000-07:00

This year we took the kids to my parents trunk-or-treat on Friday and then to our ward trunk-or-treat on Saturday. We had our annual pumpkin carving with the Forsgren's, 3 years and counting:) Cassie and I basically sit back and watch Mark and Kevin carve. lol We love hanging out with them and always have such a blast! My kids for some reason could not keep their eyes open for basically all of the pictures. Enjoy!

Schnepf Farms

2010-10-31T15:47:00.000-07:00

Kylee had a fieldtrip last week to Schnepf Farms. I unfortunately was at work so Mark took one for the team and took both kids with Kylee's preschool. I'm so grateful for how willing he is to help out with the kids. He said he was the only dad there. Ha it's good for him right?

Kylee was pretty ambitious and went on every ride and LOVED it! I wish I was there to see her. Brock loved the goat area and would only touch the goat if it wasn't looking at him. The second it looked at him and started to walk towards him he would start screaming "no no no" and push the head away from him. Hysterical!

I can't believe how big my babies are! Time just flies by.

Dinosaur Museum

2010-10-16T12:05:00.000-07:00

My poor kids have been stuck inside for two weeks since I started school. I study every second I can so my poor babies get stuck amusing themselves. I had a free afternoon on Thursday so I jumped at the chance to take the kids out on a adventure. In comes the Dinosaur Museum! Connie and Jana met me with their kids. It's so fun to watch all our kids play together. It was a fun afternoon filled with giggles and a full belly of sweetcakes when we were done. I days off.

The Circus

2010-10-16T11:45:00.000-07:00

You want me to pay you $10 to have my child sit next to a black bear, held down by a dog leash and separated by a pexi glass window, so they can have their picture taken? Seriously?

The Circus came to town....it was a small circus. This was the first time I had ever been to a circus, I had a slight fear of clown for pretty much all my growing up years which we won't go into:) I called up the Whalens and asked if they wanted to come. Eden is Kylee's bestie so we knew it would be a blast if they came along.

Great Grandma Clay

2010-10-16T11:24:00.001-07:00

Mark's Great Grandma Clay passed away this week. She was 94! I've never met someone that age that was so cool. Seriously. The woman was hilarious and honest...most of the time it was hilarious to hear the honest things she had to say about other people. When Mark and I first got married I would go pick up Grandma Clay every Tuesday and we would go walking and then go out to lunch. I learned a lot about her during those walks. My children loved her so much. One of their favorite things was to go visit their Great-Great-Grandma Clay at the nursing home and get ewed and awed by all the cute old people. I am so glad we went to visit her two weeks ago. When we were getting ready to leave she kept pulling Mark and I back in for more hugs and more kisses on the cheek. I'm glad my last memory of her is telling Mark that she loved him and hearing him say it back to her.

I'm doing what....

2010-09-25T11:05:00.000-07:00

I've decided to go back to school. I haven't been back in a classroom since High School!! I am terrified/nervous/excited all at the same time! Mark and I got married when I was 19..crazy right? Looking back 19 is so young but we were ready. He started school full time and I started work full time..then came Kylee....then came Brock. The one thing that never came was my schooling. I am super excited to finally get it done. Wish me luck!

San Diego

2010-09-25T09:56:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to Sea World for Labor Day this year. The Fife's followed us up and spend the weekend with us:) We love our Fi'Fe's! We took the kids to Sea World one day and than the beach another day. It was so fun watching their cute little faces as they explored new things. I feel so blessed to have my two red headed beauties. They bring so much happiness to my life.

We kind of have a little tradition each time we go on vacation and this year there was no exception. Since our honeymoon every time we go on vacation one of us gets sick or something goes wrong. We've had kidney stones, trucks stuck in the mud, hospital visits...you get the idea. This year it was my turn. I got a lovely kidney infection:) It actually wasn't too bad while I was there. I just had one night where I felt really sick. Once we got home I went to the doctor and got some meds for it.

Kylee told me the other day that she liked Sea World better than Disney Land. Say what? I can't believe those words came out of her mouth:) Hopefully we will be able to do a fun vacation like this every year so we all have something to look forward to.

Kylee's First Day

2010-08-27T20:07:00.000-07:00

Kylee had her first day of Preschool this week!

I found such a cute school (thank you Kaci)

Mrs. Stacie teaches the kids zoo phonics, they focus

on a new number, shape, and color each week,

they get to go on six field trips, AND Ky comes home

with homework:) Her first day right before we got there,

Kylee said from the back seat, "Mom, I can go in all by myself. You

can stay in the car." I started laughing so hard. I can't believe how

big my baby girl is getting. I'm so proud of her for going to a

completely new place with all new faces. I heard her say to one girl,

"What's your name?" HA I just love the age she is at.

She is always so excited for each new day....I could really

learn a lot from my little beauty:)

Boys will be BOYS

2010-08-09T23:05:00.000-07:00

I walked thru the door and instantly smelled nail polish. I tried not to freak out and told myself that Mark gave Kylee a pedicure:) Seconds later Kylee yells, "Mom! Brock is in your nail polish and he is getting it every where!!" I hurried and ran upstairs to find my sick husband sleeping in bed and my 1 1/2 old covered in nail polish! What am I going to do with this boy? It's in the carpet, it's on toys, it's in my bed.....most importantly Brock is covered, and I mean covered in dark red nail polish! I put him in the tub and tried to scrub it off. Scrubbing didn't take it off! I have no idea how to get it off! A few people have told me that it will just ware off after a few days. SERIOUSLY? I have to walk around with the child looking like half his face is bleeding for a few days until it just wares off? Where is my easy button when I need one? I'm off to bed to sleep in my nail polish covered bed:) Nighty-night

Nursery

2010-07-31T11:24:00.000-07:00

This day came way too fast! I am having the hardest time

with Brock being nursery age.....I think it has a lot to do

with the fact that I can't stand this age:) The tantrums, the whining,

the constant hitting. I really could go on and on. I'm so thankful

that Kylee is at a age where most of that other stuff is out

of her system, most of the time anyway:) If I had two kids that

acted like Brock I would probably pull my hair out. Motherhood

definitely has it's challenges, and having your patience tested every day

is one of them. Today I am grateful that we age....that's what keeps

me going, knowing that Brock will grow out of this stage. LOL

4th Of July

2010-07-13T15:16:00.000-07:00

We go up to the cabin every year to celebrate the 4th. Usually Mark's whole family comes but this year it was just us, Kevin, and Jolean. We had so much fun! We took the kids fishing, went on a little hike to the stream, went on our annual animal hunt....I saw my first fire-fly, and went to the Springerville Rodeo. It's always so nice to get out of town for a while to such a beautiful place:)

Baby Hungry

2010-07-06T10:19:00.000-07:00

YES I will admit it...I am so baby hungry.

1. I miss their little wrinkly skin.

2. I miss nursing...sounds a little wacky BUT there is nothing sweeter

than those alone moments, in the middle of the night, where they

hold onto your finger with their little hand and look up at you.

P-R-I-C-E-L-E-S-S

3. I miss their little sneezes and yawns.

4. I miss their SMELL! Oh that sweet newborn smell.

I could go on-and-on but I think you get the picture.

Anybody have a new born they want to let me borrow so I can indulge

in the list above? Minus the breastfeeding of course:)

I need a baby fill!

Utah

2010-06-29T09:59:00.000-07:00

I was able to go to Utah over the weekend....by myself....to be with my bestie for two very special events! The sealing of Kenzie to her parents and the blessing of Olivia:) It was such an amazing weekend filled with so many people showing their love and support for Kara & Mike.

The recipe for a fun mini-vacation

1: A good flight is a must. I have to have my pillow, ipod, and eye mask for a successful, stress free, flight. I look crazy but I'm comfortable and calm.

2: Going alone....I love my babies and my Marky but a girls weekend was exactly what I needed

3: Staying up until 2am every night laughing and crying

4: Planning the next vacation before you go back home

Now I am home, refreshed, and with a man that appreciates me a ton more because he was stuck at home, by himself, with 2 kids for the weekend! It's a win win my friends:)

Ear Plugs Anyone?

2010-06-22T09:55:00.000-07:00

F-A-M-E

2010-06-13T15:12:00.000-07:00

I think we have a performer on our hands.

Watch out Hollywood, Kylee is coming for YOU!

Great-Great-Gramdma Clay

2010-06-03T11:48:00.000-07:00

We visited Grandma Clay last Sunday.

The kids are celebrities there, seriously! The old folks

swarm around them and hug them and kiss them.

It's so cute to watch:)

Grandma Clay is in her mid 90's so when ever

we come for a visit I go camera C-R-A-Z-Y!

I want to get as many pictures as I can so my

children will always remember her.

Lake Powell

2010-06-01T09:48:00.000-07:00

Let me just start out by saying that Lake Powell

was, hands down, the coolest summer

vacation E-V-E-R!

It was my first time and hopefully not the last:)

My favorite part was all of the new

incredible friendships I made that I know will last a life time!

You Are My SonShine

2010-05-28T01:18:00.000-07:00

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone

-Don't You Love Being A Girl-

2010-05-11T09:47:00.000-07:00

Is there anything better than being a girl?

*I say there is not*

I looked up the definition of woman.....

be one's own woman, (of females) to be free from restrictions, control, or dictatorial influence; be independent

I love that!

We went and had a girls day with my sister and niece on Saturday.

While Kylee was getting her toes painted, I leaned down and said,

"Don't you just love being a girl?"

She looked back at me and smiled and said,

"Y-E-S!"

I will admit I watched Jessica Simpsons price of beauty show and

LOVED it! I found myself crying during a lot of the episodes. Watching

how far some people go to feel beautiful is sad. Aren't we all beautiful?

Isn't different beautiful? Being a women is the greatest blessing. I'm ready

to change how my mind works. I will love my body no matter what. I'll tell

myself I'm beautiful and worth it every day...or try to:)

Our Little Graduate

2010-05-01T20:32:00.000-07:00

Kylee had her graduation for her playschool group. The kids performed a few songs for us and then Ms. Kristen read something about each child. It was so cute. Ms. Kristen was such an adorable teacher who taught Kylee a lot! She loved going and seeing all of her friends, especially Eden! Those two girls are so much fun to watch together! They are 2 weeks apart and just the best of friends! The next adventure for the two of them is dance in August:)

D-Backs Fever

2010-05-01T20:22:00.001-07:00

My friend Millosh invited Mark and I to go to the D-Backs game with her and her husband. I have known Millie practically my whole life. She is beautiful, hilarious, and such a good friend. She also watches my kids two days a week so I can work which has been such a huge help! It's always easier to leave when you know your kids are in good hands:) We had such a fun night full of laughter and cheers!!

Haircuts

2010-05-01T20:18:00.000-07:00

We finally got the kids haircut. Brock's was crazy long and Kylee has one section that grows WAY longer than the others. Suzy is our hair lady, a family friend, and the bomb! We love her!

-My Brocky And Me-

2010-04-20T11:21:00.000-07:00

Can I just start off by saying how much I love this little red head? He brings so much joy into my life and I am so thankful to be his mom:)

I decided to do a little photo shoot with him this morning after he woke up.

At first he really didn't know how he felt about the camera......

BUT as soon as I messed up his hair he came A-L-I-V-E-

He kept giving me the same cheesy smile each time the flash would go off!

Hilarious!

6 Years

2010-04-13T10:18:00.001-07:00

Mark and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary on the 1oth. Seriously? Where did the time go? I guess it's a good thing that we still feel like newly weds:) I surprised Mark with tickets to go see Glenn Beck at his American Revival tour. It was A-W-E-S-O-M-E!! It was a whole day event filled with guest speakers and crazy facts about our Country. I think it's important that we educate ourselves and know what is going on right now. There is going to be this huge march in Washington at the end of August that I really want to go to. Something came over me, I just want to get involved with more things. It's amazing how much our Country has changed! Knowledge is power my friends....lol I've always wanted to say that.

Happy Easter

2010-04-13T10:08:00.001-07:00

We spent Easter with Marks family this year. Sherree and Dave set up a Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard for kids. Kylee was in Heaven looking for those eggs! I think this is the first year where she actually was old enough to get excited about Easter. Brock was more interested in picking up rocks and putting them in his basket..there's a boy for ya:) It was a beautiful day with tons of yummy food and lots of good company!

Garden

2010-04-13T10:01:00.000-07:00

We finally got our garden up and running this last week!! I'm anxious to see if me veggies I planted will actually grow!! It was a fun Saturday family activity. I'll post pictures when we have some green sprouts......hopefully!

Laundry Fun

2010-04-13T09:51:00.000-07:00

I know my last post was on these two beauties BUT I couldn't resist putting up these two pictures! How cute are they? Kylee came up with this pillow in the laundry basket idea, which I think is quite genius by the way:) The two of them sat there for a while watching there signing times video while Kylee showed Brock the signs. So in love with these two!

Best Friends

2010-03-30T10:57:00.000-07:00

When I found out I was pregnant with Brock all I could think about was how fun it was going to be for Kylee to have a little brother/sister to play with all day! I loved growing up in a big family and have so many fun memories with my brothers and sisters so I was excited that Kylee would finally get to experience part of that. These two just love each other so much. Nobody can make Brock laugh like Kylee...well except for his cousin Tyler:) Kylee looks out for him and I know when Brock is older he will return the favor! Right now I am just so content with the two beauties that I have. I'm sure I might get the itch in another year or two BUT for now I am just going to eat them up and enjoy every moment with just the four of us!

Move'em In Rawhide!

2010-03-30T10:44:00.000-07:00

We went to Rawhide this weekend with my sister Dara and her family. Kylee is now obsessed with the Rollin Rollin Rawhide song! HA I think we might have a cowgirl on our hands:) It was beautiful and sunny and just made for a perfect day in cowboy town!

Florida

2010-03-30T10:19:00.000-07:00

We went to Florida for the annual Maytag convention this year! It was my first time to Florida and I really enjoyed it! We visited the Epcot Center and Universal...I opted out of going to Disney World because I would of felt horrible going to Kylee's favorite place with out her!! It was still a little hard being away from the kids but was also good for Mark and I to have fun together! I definitely want to go back some day BUT with my beautiful babies:)

Vacation Smacation

2010-03-06T08:56:00.000-08:00

Mark and I have been in Florida since Tuesday. My kids have been with my sister Tifani in Tucson since Sunday. This is the first time I have ever left my little man over night and probably the 3rd or 4th time we have left Kylee. By Wednesday I was missing them SO much, which by the way was a total shocker! I have been excited for this kid free week for months!! Friday night my sister sends me these pictures that she took of my beautiful babies AND I have been ready to come home ever since! How adorable are my kids? Is it really possible for a person to change so much in just a week? Tomorrow can not come fast enough:)

Elder Johnson

2010-02-18T09:15:00.000-08:00

Tuesday my brother Matt got home from his mission in Alaska! It was so good to see him! Once we got home and hung out it was like he never left!

When The Cats away the Mice will play

2010-02-18T09:09:00.000-08:00

I was gone grocery shopping the other night, probably around 9pm. I had put the kids down for bed around 7pm so felt it was safe to go ahead and get my shopping done...boy was I wrong! About 30 minutes after I left I get a picture sent to my phone! Mark was downstairs and heard running upstairs. He went up to see what was going on and found Kylee jumping in back into her bed. Girlfriend had managed to get my makeup out of my room, take it into her room, put it on, put it back where she found it in my room, and run all the way back to her room with almost not getting caught!

Valentines Day

2010-02-18T08:58:00.000-08:00

We got together with a few of our friends for Valentines Day this year. The husbands were in charge of planning it this year. Surprisingly, they did a really good job. They decorated Connie's house, planned dinner, and a fire in the backyard after. It was a lot of fun:) PS we are drinking grape juice...just in case anyone was wondering:)

Tucson

2010-02-18T08:49:00.000-08:00

We went up to Tucson to hang out with my sister and her family for the day! Payton was tur ning 7 the next day so we decided to have a little party! We played games, had a "who can dance the worst" contest...which Connie and I won by the way...please, please, not applause, and just enjoyed being around each other! Kylee loves playing with her cousins and I feel so blessed that we all live in the same state so she can play with them often!

Girls Night Out!

2010-02-18T08:42:00.001-08:00

A few weeks ago all of my girlfriends got together for a jewelry party, dinner at Cafe Rio, and then a late movie! Let's be honest, what's better than eating delicious food and then going and watching Channing Tatum? It was a fabulous night! I am so blessed to have so many wonderful girlfriends that I love like sisters! We are one big family and we take care of each other! Shout out to my amazing husband who encourages me to get out of the house and have girls nights:)

New Church Clothes

2010-02-18T08:38:00.001-08:00

Childrens Place was having a amazing sale on all of there church clothes SO I decided to grab as much as I could:) Brock looked so cute in his white shirt and tie....well more like so grown up! I can't believe how old my kids are getting! Kylee looked beautiful in her pretty dress, the girl loves pink:)

Update

2010-02-18T08:23:00.000-08:00

Last week my sister Dara and I took our kids to the museum in Mesa. The kids had so much fun running around and seeing all of the cool things! I am totally going to buy a year pass there!

Snow Day!

2010-01-31T12:11:00.001-08:00

We went up to Pine for the day on Saturday with the Updike family and had a total blast! Kylee had so much fun on the sled going down the little hill, it was so fun to see her so happy:)

My Little Man

2010-01-24T20:33:00.000-08:00

My little man turned 1 today! I seriously cannot even believe how fast the last year has gone by. It feels like just yesterday when I held him in my arms for the first time. When it was just Kylee I told myself I didn't want any boys.....now I don't want anymore girls HA!

I fell in love with Brocky from the moment they placed him in my arms. He has such a sweet spirit and has brought so much happiness into my life.

Happy Birthday baby boy!

Kylee's 3rd Birthday

2010-01-05T10:51:00.000-08:00

My sweet little diva turned 3 last Saturday! I can't believe how fast three years has gone by!!

*Kylee weighs 31 pounds

*She loves playing beauty parlor

*She loves playing dress up

*She loves playing with her friends/cousins

*She loves being a big sister

We are so thankful to have this sweet little girl in our family. She brings so much light into our lives:) Happy birthday love bug:)

Birthday

2009-12-30T08:34:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I turned 25! WOW!! I woke up at 9am, went downstairs, and saw a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a "happy birthday" sign hanging on the wall! Mark is so sweet and so good to me. I still can't believe how old I am! In five more years I will be 30!!! CRAZY! We celebrated last night with dinner and bowling. We didn't have a babysitter so the kids came with us, and my nephew Larz:) They had so much fun bowling, it was cute to watch! I feel so blessed to be where I am in life right now. I have a amazing husband who takes care me in every way and two beautiful children who love me so much! Life is good:)

Some Day My Prince Will Come....

2009-12-26T11:22:00.000-08:00

It's that time of year...

2009-12-07T14:16:00.000-08:00

Man do I love having a photographer in the family! Thanks Linds:)

Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving Weekend

2009-12-01T09:21:00.000-08:00

We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving. We ate at the Svancara's this year and had a fabulous feast!! We have so much fun just spending time with each other over there. Jolean and I passed out a little after dinner, which was a nice little treat:) After that the men entertained us with their mad accordion skills and Kylee danced for us to the polka music! Friday we spend the day with my sister Tifani and her family. We had lunch over at Joe's Farm Grill and ate way too much delicious food! We had never been there before, WOW, was it amazing!! Saturday we put up the Christmas decorations. Kylee was so excited this year to help out with the tree and to be able to put the star up:) We hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Black Friday

2009-11-27T09:08:00.000-08:00

The only word I can think to describe our midnight black Friday shopping is CRAZINESS!!! I have never seen anything like it. When we got to the mall people were waiting outside pounding, yes I said pounding, on the doors waiting for the mall to open. As soon as the doors opened Connie and I held on to each other for dear life because people started screaming and running in, it was probably one of the funniest things I have ever seen. They had a DJ in the food court playing music, it felt like we were in a night club....which I must admit was kind of fun:) Within minutes every store had a line half a mile long, I found some cute stuff but couldn't justify waiting in line for 30 minutes just to buy a couple shirts. We ended our shopping at Old Navy where I hit the mother load of cuteness for the kids!!!

Connie was my shopping partner. We had SO SO much fun. Here we are in Clairs looking at all of the crazy accessories, and I mean CRAZY! After we took these two pictures the girls at the store yelled at us and told us that we couldn't take pictures in their store....seriously? I finally got to bed around 5am and woke up at 8am and am surprisingly feeling really good so far:) All in all I would say it was a successful black Friday!

Gobble Gobble

2009-11-26T09:53:00.001-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving:)

New Moon

2009-11-19T21:15:00.000-08:00

Just got back from seeing New Moon!!! It was fabulous!! So much better than Twilight:) We got tickets for a 7:30pm showing and got awesome seats! In the book I love Edward so much.....but in the movie everything changed for me because of one person....Taylor Lautner!!!! I absolutely loved him in the movie and could of cared less if Edward every came back! *sigh* I've never been to a movie where people yelled and screamed at certain scenes, it was hilarious. As soon as Edward came on the screen people would start screaming, I was laughing so hard! When we got out of the movie there were TONS of people lined up around the whole theater for the midnight showing. It was so nice to get out of there by 9:45 instead of 3am. I decided to read the books again SO if I'm not around for a while that's why:) It's starting!!

One more minute until the movie started HA

Girls Night Out

2009-11-16T14:31:00.000-08:00

Mark called me on Friday afternoon and said to me, "Why don't you call up your girlfriends and have a night out. You've had a long week and you sound like you could use the break." I of course gladly accepted his offer and picked up the phone to make some plans. Our wild night, which was next door at Millie's I might add, started off with a movie that we turned off after 3 seconds....in the words of Cami, "I guess NR means XXX" LOL It really is so hard to find a good movie to watch these days! We spent the rest of the night dancing, taking pictures, and laughing our butt's off! Thanks Ladies for a fabulous night and thanks to my hubby for taking care of the babies while I played:)

Off Day

2009-11-11T17:35:00.000-08:00

I am having one of those days where I feel like I am doing everything wrong. Brock is teething so he is cranky and clingy, Kylee is in this "I'll do what ever I want" faze, and I have a headache. Being a mom is hard! The last few weeks Kylee has been really ruff with Brock and she has been ignoring everything I say. I hate going to bed at night and feeling like a bad mom. Tomorrow is a new day and I'll try harder to be patient and loving.

Zack Morris

2009-11-06T15:46:00.000-08:00

I saw this picture today and couldn't help but smile! I thought of myself watching this hotty on Saved By The Bell every morning/afternoon and WISHING I was Kelly Kapowski!! Thank you Zack Morris for this fabulous trip down memory lane...PS I still have a crush on you:)

Happy Halloween

2009-11-02T09:14:00.000-08:00

We had such a fun Halloween this year. We did our trunk or treat on Friday night...which was FREEZING...and then went trick or treating on Saturday night. We spend both nights with Kevin and Cassie, the kids just have so much fun together so it was a win win! Now I have loads of candy to eat at night when Kylee is sleeping, the funny part is that she doesn't even notice any missing, it just gets emptier and emptier:) Hope everyone had a fun weekend!

Change

2009-10-16T08:12:00.001-07:00

We went to the park yesterday with Larzy. When the kids went for the sand my immediate reaction was to yell, "Get out of the sand, it's too dirty!" I sat there for a few minutes and thought about my reaction. Who cares? I really shouldn't hold her back from having fun just because she will get a little dirty. So instead of focusing on this......

I chose to focus on this:)

Kylee & Leigha

2009-10-14T13:09:00.000-07:00

Kylee has quite the imagination. More recently she has been playing with her "friend" Leigha! Today she was coming up the stairs because it was her nap time and I heard her saying something. I peaked around the corner and saw her sitting down saying, "you go downstairs and take a nap in your bed and I'll go in my room to take a nap in my bed!" She makes me laugh:)

Brock has 4 teeth now!! I cannot even believe how big my baby is getting and it really makes me sad! I went to go check on him during his nap today and found him laying so crazy I just had to take a picture, I love him!

Busy Saturday

2009-10-12T11:12:00.001-07:00

My Mother in law, Sherree, took me and Kylee to the "Mickey Mouse Road Show" down at US airways center. This was our second "disney" show that we have seen together. Kylee had a blast because she was doing her two favorite things, spending the day with Grandma Sherree and watching Mickey Mouse! It was a really cute show. She was jumping and dancing along to the music in the isles:)

Later that night we went to Mark's 10 Year Reunion! It was fun to watch him talk to people that he hasn't seen since High School.....I spend most of the night sitting at the table with Heather while our husbands talked to people! Thanks Heather for being a good "reunion buddy" AND Kristin we missed you!

The night really got me thinking about my 10 year reunion and how sick it better be!! My graduating class was 41 I think, I knew everyone and loved everyone! So all you Heritage Academy 2003 graduates, let's start planning now:)

Mark, Adria, Kylee & Brock

The big 3

Kylee's 5th Birthday

Happy New Year

One year older...

Christmas

My Ballerina

Temple Lights

Ugly Sweater Party

Thanksgiving With The Svancara's

Trick Or Treat, Smell My Feet.....

Carving & Candy

Giddy-Up

Lake Powell

4th Of July

Camping

It's A ........

Bambino #3

Swim Lessons

*WANTED*

Sunday Will Come

Oh where oh where has my little boy gone....

*Vegas Baby*

Change

We Maytag!

My Love Affair With The Sun

Say It Isn't So

Ramble Post

She's 4

Christmas Day

Christmas with the Svancara's

Who Rocks A Party

Surprise going away party

Disney Land

Sea World

Never Grow Up

Sneak Peek

Genetics

Daddy's and Hair

Happy Halloween

Schnepf Farms

Dinosaur Museum

The Circus

Great Grandma Clay

I'm doing what....

San Diego

Kylee's First Day

Boys will be BOYS

Nursery

4th Of July

Baby Hungry

Utah

Ear Plugs Anyone?

*F-A-M-E*

Great-Great-Gramdma Clay

Lake Powell

You Are My SonShine

-Don't You Love Being A Girl-

Our Little Graduate

D-Backs Fever

*Haircuts*

-My Brocky And Me-

6 Years

Happy Easter

Garden

Laundry Fun

Best Friends

Move'em In Rawhide!

Florida

Vacation Smacation

Elder Johnson

When The Cats away the Mice will play

Valentines Day

Tucson

Girls Night Out!

New Church Clothes

Update

Snow Day!

My Little Man

Kylee's 3rd Birthday

WANTED

Vegas Baby

F-A-M-E

Haircuts