A Weekend in Utah

Over Labor Day weekend we had the chance to go up to Utah and stay with my Family. Taylor and Connor have been begging ever since we have moved to go and see their cousins Harrison and Sarah . So we thought it would be a good time since this was one of the only full weekends Curtis would have of . It was fun to hang out with my brothers and sisters and have the cousins play.

Harrison is such a good cousin. Connor loves him and Harrison is so good to play with him even though they are a few year apartTaylor and Sara love each other and have lots of fun playing princesses , dancing and anything else that little girls do, But when you see those two together you cant help but laugh. Taylor is on the extreme tall side and Sara is on the extreme sort side you would never know they were only 9 mo apart.

Connor playing with the big tree in my parents yard.

Uncle Reed is the best. This is him pulling the kids on a blanket around my parents' house. The kids loved it.

Taylor is a mini Becca and loves Horses so we had to go horse back riding and of course Becca the awesome sister that she is took my kids . As Becca was taking Taylor around she said Taylor talked the whole time asking her all kinds if questions about horses, I don't know where she gets the talking thing from! Thank You Becca we love you and your Horses.

Preschool ! Yikes!

I cant believe my Tay Bug is going to preschool. She started two weeks ago and loves it.She comes every day and tells me what she did and how fun it was.Taylors first day of school. Do you like the pose? I cant get her to just stand an smile, but I guess this catches her little personality.

Connor is old enough to go to school and he said he was going to go but when we got their he couldn't do it. He wants to go so bad, but he just cant tear himself away. He said that he will go to school when he is as big as his dad. So this is his I want to go but I can't picture. And yes he is tying to be a action hero

Our Future Olympic Diver

So the other day I turned on the Olympics to let Taylor watch gymnastics but before it came on they were finishing the diving competition. Taylor thought the flips off the platforms were pretty cool so she ran out of the room to get Connor. I didn't mind because at the time I thought, "What harm could watching the Olympics bring?" Anyway, I guess Connor thought it looked fun and easy because when he got into the bath that night he decided he would climb on the side of the tub and give it a try. As you can see it didn't work as planed and I think he learned his lesson. Connor was OK after his Olympic dive. His cheek was a little swollen and bruised which is healing quit well, but I have decided that he is not allowed to watch the gymnastic in fear of what he might try.

Happy Birthday Connor

We can't believe that our Con-man just turned three, He is growing up way too fast. We are so proud of him. He has always been a smart kid and picked up on things very early; like walking , talking , potty training and dressing himself. But he still has grown up so much, especially since he found out he was going to be a big brother(which he talks about every day). We couldn't ask for a more sweet loving little boy and brother. We love you Connor Happy Birthday

Connor loves action heroes so he decided he wanted a super hero birthday party.

Connor had to lick all the action figures after he took them off the cake, and Taylor... I guess she didn't want her picture taken because she was in a good mood.

We were lucky to have Grammy and Ponk come down for a little birthday party.
The kids love them and always have fun when they see them. Thank you, Mom and Dad.

The one thing Connor insisted on having at his party was a pinata and he loved it.

This is the bumble bee transformer Taylor gave Connor.

Connor loves army guys, in fact he only likes wearing his army-guy shorts(that's what he calls them). So Grandma and Grandpa gave him this fun army-guy costume which he loves. Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa Hendrickson.

Connor loves to play swords with Curtis and has wanted this light saber ever since he went to his cousins' house.

This is the cake Taylor made by herself for Connor.

Pool Party

It is REALLY hot in Vegas. The other day it was 97 and we were thankful for the cool weather. So, we go swimming a lot.

Connor loves to swim. He also loves swimming accessories.
He is a trooper and is not afraid of the water at all. It's a little scary.

Taylor loves to swim too.

This is about as tricky as Taylor gets in the water.
Today she was explaining that she is worried that they won't let her
into pre-school because she is too scared to jump into the water.
As soon as he heard that, Connor got out of the pool, ran over to the deep end, and jumped in.
Then he said, "Now I can go to school."

We have fun with the pool and will miss it when we move in just under 11 months.

My Kids New Beds

We decided that it was time to get the kids in their own beds. Instead of buying something that we didn't really like but was cheap we decided to build our own. I guess I should say Curtis did all the building but I did help him paint. Anyway I am pretty impressed with the job that Curtis did so I wanted to show it off.
Connor's Bed
Curtis is a pretty talented guy. Not only did he built these in the front room of our apartment with a saw and miter box , but he also built them without any type of plans.
Taylor's Bed

These are toy boxes Curtis made for the kids. Taylor's is a cedar box and my mom did the painting on the lid, and I painted Connors with stencils , I'm not as talented as my mom.

I love the wood letters above the beds so I decided I would paint my own.
I do have to say that I am pretty proud of myself I drew everything on Taylor's letters by hand... no tracing.
Just a cute picture of Taylor posing.

You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry

Whenever Connor has even a slight fever we have to drug him and he HATES it. A couple of weeks ago we were having a hard time getting him to take his meds. So we told him that if he would take them we would buy him a toy, thinking a small, cheap toy. When we got to Target the first thing Connor picked up was the much-wanted Incredible Hulk hands. We tried to get him to pick something a little cheaper but he reminded us that he took his medicine like a big boy and so he got to pick a toy. That is what we told him and its was hard to tell him no, knowing how much he has wanted these hands and how cute he is when he turns into the Hulk.


The Hulk punching the wall


Whenever Connor turns in to the Hulk his voice changes and gets real raspy and monster-like. He always says, "Your making me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry". I have to say it is very funny and cute , I'm going to try and catch the Hulk on video.