and more back up.

We love to play hide and seek. And Cru found the ultimate hiding spot right before we moved!


Mom and Dad brought up oranges from their tree over Easter so we taught Cru how to juice the oranges! He loved it!






Cru at the roller skating rink for Jeris' birthday. He used a scooter and we couldn't get him off all night!

back up

Some of these are way old and I should have posted months ago. But any pictures are better than no pictures right. And it's quite typical of me anyway so just enjoy.

jeris' bday party at the roller skating rink. cru loved it. you'll see pictures later.


mom and dad came to visit for easter. cru LOVED having them here. especially his papa.


Lucy Call and I at her BFA photography show at BYU. Lucy and Frodo were the best neighbors ever and we miss them so much.


Shad and Cru at the Living Planet Aquarium in SLC. We went to see the new penguins.


We took Cru over to the Dinosaur museum at BYU one day. He was not too fond of it. ha ha.

life lately

well about a month ago I took a picture of cru doing the splits on top of our last melting pile of snow in front of our house. well, we thought it was our last - and then weather happened yesterday and today! luckily it will all be melted by the end of today. but I need the weather to warm up because 1. I've packed all our winter clothes for storage this summer! 2. My parents are coming up this weekend and we want to do fun things that don't include playing in the rain or snow!

Cru is so "adventurous"

Funny story - the other day I was on the toilette (I know, I can't believe I'm putting this on my blog!) and cru got ahold of shad's electric shaver. well, the cutie likes to pretend to shave his face but instead went up to his hair. And well his long blonde locks got caught in the shaver and he started screaming. so i jumped off the toilette with my pants still at my ankle and got the shaver out of his hair. phew! then as I'm washing my hands in the bathroom I hear cru yelling in his bedroom so I run in there and find that he had climbed up his changing table to the top and couldn't get down. all to get a pacifier. he was soooo proud of himself though.
*sorry no pictures. it was a little much to find the camera while going to the bathroom and saving my child twice in a 1 minute time span!

Oh and 1 more thing - Cru got his first hair cut! I couldn't believe I did it! Everyone always loves his long hair and I loved it too I just wanted it cleaned up a little. Well, they cleaned it up a lot! So I'm a little sad. It'll grow back so I'm not going to be that upset about it or CRY or anything. But Cru loved getting his hair cut at COOKIE CUTTERS. They had a slide and a Thomas the train movie and he got to sit in a car chair and honk the horn over and over again the whole time. Then he got a sucker and a balloon. He was one happy boy after that. I made shad take pictures so if I can ever get them from Shad they'll be posted!

shad is old!

Shad had a birthday! He's not one for big celebrations but Cru and I tried to make it special. Shad and I actually got to go to the movies and dinner on his birthday. It was so nice for me too! (thanks JOY!)







I love you Shad! And you're not as old as you think you are!

Nothing to blog about

Well, it seems like life has been too repetitive and boring to blog about. My patience is tested multiple times a day on an extreme level but I laugh way to much than I should also. Cru is talking a lot - we have no idea what he's saying most the time but I like to pretend I do for his sake and we have some fun conversations.

Shad's BFA show ended today (whoohoo!!!). It feels so nice for all of us to have it over with. What a stressful few months it's been and Cru is glad to have his Dad back in his life. Shad is also graduating in April so he's pretty much over school right now.

Our plans for the future have changed a little bit. We had no set job lined up after graduation so we decided to go out to Charlotte, NC with Shad's cousin and sell security for AMP Alam. We will be there from April 30th until August 30th. We are sooo excited for this adventure. Seriously. I'm really excited. I'll be able to see my brother Bryce when he gets home from Iraq and that means a lot to me.

Other than those few things, we've just been livin it up in Utah. I'm attempting to enjoy the last few months we have here (actually the weather has been nicer so it's not that terrible).

Here's a few pictures from our lives lately -

Our first trip to the Bean Museum on campus at BYU (lots of dead animals all over the place!)


Shot of Shad's BFA show in the HFAC on campus at BYU


Our family picture on Shad's big day!


Shad took a picture of a motorcycle for his show and was lucky enough to get the motorcycle to stay at his BFA show on campus for 2 weeks! It really caught some people's attention!


Cru LOVED the motorcycle. Seriously. We're in for some trouble.


Cru eating a ring my g'pa made. He likes to walk around with things in his mouth and swing them around. It's actually quite funny.


Cru doing one of his favorite things - wearing Shad's shoes. Cru is just obsessed with shoes in general. Trying on everyone's shoes. Taking them off, putting them on and attempting to walk in my high heels is the best. I have to get a picture of it!


Cru had to have Oreo's for dinner one night while we were stuck in the car. Long story. Accident. We couldn't move. It was the only thing I had in the car that was edible - he didn't complain!

come one, come all!

exciting event! mark your calendar's!

Shad is having his very own BFA show at BYU to show off all his hard work! We are very excited and still in stress mode for another 2 weeks. But we'd love for everyone to come - so mark your calendar!

Exhibit Reception: Friday, March 5th, 2010 BYU HFAC building 6-8:30pm
Exhibit closes: tuesday March 16th

Puhleeease come!