Sean, Carrie and kids

2010-03-24T16:50:00.000-07:00

Just Around the Corner!!!

2009-12-02T22:01:00.000-08:00

Tiny Dancer

Reese had her first ever dance program. She takes dance from a lady in our ward who is just awesome plus she is 7 months prego. She dances in a dance company of women/mothers (4 are preg.) and they put on a spiritual recital for enrichment nights, I know we are not suppose to call it that but anyway...she had her little dancers do a number in between their dances. Reese loves everything about dance, the dress, makeup, hair, I don't know if she could get any more girlie! I was so proud of Reese! She did great! She even made Grandma Ogden cry (not really a surprise there!) I am not a dancer and do not have one graceful bone in my body...she must take after Sean! HAHAHA!

i'm just glad you can't see her face really up close because she insisted on putting her own eye shadow on and she puts it on right above her eyebrows!

Reese waiting to start the program!

Flower from Grandma. She was just as excited to get the flower as she was to dance! Thanks Gran!

2009-12-02T21:38:00.001-08:00

California!

We took a short trip to California during Deer Hunt..... I mean Fall Break. We spent a day in Disneyland/Cali adventure. For some reason I thought we missed UEA break and Disneyland would not be busy and it was October and so it would be a nice temperature...NOT THE CASE!!!! It was so busy and so stinkin' hot and I mean miserably hot and so busy you couldn't even get around! The kids had fun though! We also spent some time with our good friends Tony and Suzanne Davis and their 3 kids, which was so fun! Tony was in the same mission as Sean. Our kids really think that they are their uncle and aunt! We love them! It just so happened that the same weekend that we were in california, BYU played San Diego St. WOW how lucky were we! We met up with Tony and his brothers and all went to the game. We had great seats right in front of the aztec student section in the end zone. Good Food (lots of In-n-out, corn dogs at D-land, BJ's pizza!), Good Friends, Good Fun!

2009-11-22T21:25:00.000-08:00

NEW MOON

So uh New Moon came out.....
My Myers side is a little crazy/fun as you will soon see in the slide show. Last year when Twilight came out we had a big party also with t-shirts/v-8 juice/we had ravioli you know the meal that Bella ate at the restaurant with Edward (see, crazy)/ we all wore black and red. It was really a lot of fun. This movie we were in charge of the decorations. We, Jane (MIL) Emily, Jill, Monica (all SIL) and myself decided to do Bella's Birthday Party. We sent out birthday invitations, had Japanese lanterns and white Christmas lights outside, lots of lit candles all over, a birthday cake, lots of pink roses, and we made passports (of course! they went to Italy). Aunt Rosie and daughters were in charge of dinner. She made Navajo tacos...sososo good! Aunt Marci and daughters were in charge of games....right when everyone arrived they got a sticker on their back with a name or something to do with the books written on it and you had to ask questions to guess what it was. We had a howling contest ( I know, as I write this I am laughing and shaking my head! we are all adults and everyone did it!). We played win-lose-or draw, that was pretty intense! and we had to label a motorcycle which I am proud to say I won and the prize was a fleece blanket with a picture of the cast on it! Then to top the night off we all went to the movie together. So much work by everyone went into this night to make it so much fun! THANK YOU! Now that it has come and gone, I'm not going to know what to do with my time now. Only 7 months 'till the next one! Better get planning!

Those in attendance: Jane Myers, Jill Thayer, Emily McGuire, Carrie Myers, Monica Myers-in spirit, darn Ohio!, Marci Gerhett, Hilary Rex, Emma Wright, Jana Patton, Rosie Reed, Roseanne Young, Jennifer Reed and Chelsea Moore

2009-11-19T10:34:00.000-08:00

I LOVE SHOES!!!

My neighbor (Brenna Thomas Lapray..some of you Timpviewers might know her) gave Reese some really cute shoes. Apparently Reese thought they were so cute that she couldn't be separated from them. I mean really!

2009-09-11T20:45:00.000-07:00

SCHOOL!!!!!
We had an extra long summer! The first day of school was September 1st, due to the construction of a new high school. I'm sure they didn't ask the mothers if this was OK to delay the start of school but whatever!

Myers boys showing their true colors!

Cameron 11yrs starting 6th grade!
thats right 6th!

Carson "I need a hair-cut" Myers
9 yrs. 4th grade

Tyson 6yrs 1st Grade!!!!!

Yeah!

And now the moment we've or I should say I've been waiting for.......dundunnana

PRESCHOOL!!!!
Reese is only 3 and she won't go to nursery by herself, and I mean crying fits! but for some reason she has wanted to go to preschool......go figure. She has told everybody we see who talks to her that she is going to preschool this has been going on for a month or so, so I put her in! It's the cutest school it is called AB/CD preschool (the /= a lightening bolt like AC/DC so cute!). She is going with our neighbor Jonah. I took her for the first time, she hadn't met her teacher before or been in that kind of environment and she just went in and did it. I left and waited for the "call" but she did great! I'm on to her now! She has been playing us, mostly Sean, for a year and a half with not wanting to go to nursery. Not any more sista!
The biggest news with Reese is that she is finally Potty Trained! After trying, and trying for a year she finally did it and when I say she did it that's exactly what happened! I was going a little crazy! Yeah! no more diapers!!!!!!

Reese "stinker pot" Myers

2009-06-27T09:10:00.001-07:00

Tyson

I don't know how this tooth got to be loose. I'm sure it had some help! We are slow teeth losers! It took a couple of days for Tyson to get the courage up to let me or Sean pull it. He wasn't worried that it would hurt, he was worried that there was going to be blood! Now he won't have any trouble eating corn of the cob!

Tyson age 5yrs 11 months and 16 days old

2009-06-27T07:00:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day other wise known as Cameron's Birthday #11!

Memorial weekend we went down to Delta and stayed over at my parents house. They have been living in Springville for the past year so we haven't been down there. The kids had so much fun rediscovering everything. We also put some manly flowers on Kollins grave and then headed down to Milford to put flowers on both sets of my Grandparents graves. We ended up in Beaver to go fishing. Cameron's favorite thing to do ever and our favorites place to camp. I don't think our family have really been anywhere else to camp. We love it there!

All the kids and Gramp crossing the damn at Kents Lake to get as far away from other people as possible. We sometimes can get a little loud, imagine that!

Birthday boy fishing! nice form!

The best Grandpa! always willing to get the poles ready!

WOW! what a group of cheesers!

Cameron, Amy, Reese, and Luke

Amy fighting with Luke over a fishing pole!

Reese. just the other day the kids were telling me where they would like to live, Tyson said Spirit Lake and Reese said that she wants to live in the mountains!

Just beautiful

amy, luke, grandma, tyson, carson, cameron and grandpa

2009-04-16T08:20:00.000-07:00

SLAMMA-JAMMA Spring Break!

We had a great spring break! Probably more fun than Disneyland! I know," impossible! "some might say. But for us it was really that much fun! We started out by driving down to the San Juan river, which is just out of Bluff, Ut. We camped out Sunday night at the BLM river put-in. It was freezing cold! We got up monday morning and got our boat all rigged and loaded and we were off! We took all our kids plus our friend Kyle Hooker and his 4 boys, so we had 2 rafts and a kayak. We had just a 3 day permit but you can go for as long as 6 days. The San Juan river is very mellow, class 2 and a couple of 3 if you do the 6 dayer but mostly just easy going mellow. Beautiful red cliffs, indian ruins, and petroyglyphs that you can hike to. The kids loved it! I was a little worried about Reese, especially at night. But she was the best and she slept better in the tent in her little sleeping bag in 35 degree cold that at home in a comfy bed at 70 degrees, go figure! The weather was perfect! Although a little cold the first 2 nights the 3rd night was almost a little to warm. The days were in the high 70's, perfect! We really lucked out! SO FUN!

Then we headed directly for Steamboat Springs, CO ( not even a shower yet! gross!) Sean and I love Steamboat, if there ever is a employment opportunity there we would go for sure! The ski hill closes on Easter day but they have a great deal called" springalicious" were you can ski for $33! what a deal! I conned my sister Amy into meeting us there so she could ski with Tyson and Sean skied with the big boys. It even snowed a foot thursday night to make for some sweet runs friday. Reese and I lounged in the condo and caught up on the laundry from the rafting trip. We ate at our favorite restaurants and drove up to Rabbit Ears pass where we used to snowmobile, swam in the pool (outdoor!) and relaxed in the jacuzzis, the kids played lots of monopoly and uno, watched a couple of movies, it was just great! We will definitely do this again next year! Reese will be able to ski too! yay!

2009-03-18T16:36:00.000-07:00

TAGGED!

1) post rules on blog

2) answer the six "8" items....

8 Fav TV shows:

1. 24

2. Life

3. The Office

4. 30 Rock

5. Law and Order- all of them

6. Lost

7. American Idol

8. Biggest Looser

8 things I did yesterday

1. woke up at 4:50 AM to go do Cross fit! ( my day, after waking up so early, is a bit foggy)

2. straightened up the house

3. did a couple batches of laundry

4. walked kids to school

5. tried not to take a nap

6. watched biggest looser and AI

7. went to the gym with Sean

8. finally went to sleep

8 things I'm looking forward to:

1. seeing the results of working out!! I better see results soon!

2. rafting!!!

3. Jennie having her baby!

4. Jill having her baby!

5. Monica having her baby!

6. Emily having her baby!

7. Carlie having her baby!

8. Reese getting potty trained! ( this is really #1)

8 fav Restaurants:

1. Red Robin ( French onion soup! mmm)

2. Dragon Star (best chinese in Heber if not the world)

3. Bajios

4. Wing Stop! oh baby!

5. Cafe Chulo

6. PF Chang

7. CPK- pear gorgonzola pizza so yummy

8. Claim Jumper (in cali)

8 things on my wishlist

1. be more organized

2. laser eye surgery

3. lipo

4. my kids would stop growing up so fast

5. I could run like the wind

6. go on a long vacation maybe to Italy or Greece

7. my house was clean all of the time

8. catch up on scrapbooks! big time!

8 people I tag

1. Monica

2. Jill

3. Emily

4. Lisa

5. Carolyn

6. Mike

7. Cheryl

8. Garrett

2009-01-23T22:47:00.000-08:00

# SEVEN!!!!!

My little sister Sara is going to BYU Law school (I know! smart). She just got back her first semester grades and she is # 7!!!!! in her class of 156. After weeks of stress and a lot of pep talks from her family she finally knows what we all knew all along, she is AWESOME and smart!! and that law school is not just a hobby! Way to go Sara!! We are so Proud of you!

2009-01-23T21:59:00.000-08:00

Wacky Reese!

Our life has been turned upside down since Reese came into our family. We sure love her!

GO JAZZ?

Reese got some make-up for christmas.......

You would think by looking at her that she must watch me put on make up every day, which she usually does but I never wear eye shadow or lipstick! How does she know these things?

2009-01-23T21:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to ME!

Old! that is all I have to say! Anyway, my super-terrific-wonderful neighbor offered to watch Reese and Tyson so Sean and I could go skiing for my birthday. It has been a long time since we, I mean "I", have been anywhere without kids. We went to Deer Valley. It was really, really fun. While the film festival is in town the resorts are dead and I mean DEAD we had the mountain pretty much to ourselves on some of the runs we were the only ones going down. I'm not the best skier so I got to really practice and not feel the pressure of the hoards of skiers coming down behind me. Fun! To top it off we went to Bajio's and got our fav Green Chile Chicken Nachos so so good and huge!

DEAD!!

My cute instructor

2008-12-03T19:46:00.000-08:00

I D.A.R.E. you!

The fifth grade classes graduated from the DARE program this last Thursday. The kids had to write a report on the DARE program and what it had taught them. The police officers and teachers read through the reports and chose a boy and girl from each class to read their reports at the DARE graduation assembly and Cameron was chosen from his class. He did a great job! He wasn't even a bit nervous. Although I do have one issue to take up with Cameron. Thursday morning he "just remembered" he had to read his report and "am I going to be able to come?" and "I have to wear just a nice shirt, like one with a collar, but not like a church shirt and nice jean are o.k. to wear." Well probably 99% of the girls had dresses on and most of the boys had on khakis and ties some were even in suits! I fought Cameron to even wear a dress shirt! I had to let him wear a t-shirt on under it so he could take it off when he was done! What a Stinker!!! We are proud of him anyway!

Here is his report:

The DARE program helped me to learn about drugs. It changed my life. It helped me understand how to protect myself against drugs. I learned lots of facts about marijuana and tobacco. Like that marijuana is illegal in the United States and tobacco has more than 200 poisons in it. I learned that there is strength in numbers. I learned that if I don't hang around friends that smoke or drink I will not smoke or drink. I learned that the DARE decision-making model helps you in life. I learned how to avoid peer pressure situations. These skills will help me later in life. I learned all of this in DARE, which is a great program.

Marijuana has more tar in the smoke than tobacco smoke. Smoking marijuana causes breathing problems. There is lot of nicotine in cigarettes. People who do drugs get sick more times than people who don't do drugs. Over 400,000 people die each year because of drugs. All of the skill I've learned will help me in my years in school, and when I'm in college and have a job and a family. I'm looking forward to it in 8Th grade when DARE starts for me again.

All the skills that I've learned will help me because it helps me keep my body healthy and keep me from doing drugs and smoking cigarettes.

I pledge to never do drugs as long as I live because my Uncle was killed by a drunk driver who ran into him. I know the sadness of those who lost people because of drugs and alcohol. The DARE program will help you learn these things so you can be safe from drugs.

2008-12-01T16:01:00.000-08:00

BOY HEAVEN!!!!

Sean's friend Steve Hall invited Sean, Cam and Cars to go down to St. George and ride motorcycles. Steve has two boys the same age as ours. Sean was a little worried because the BYU/UofU game on and he had to be sure that Steve had the right channel as his house. Luckily he did and they agreed to go. They had the best time even though BYU lost! All the boys want for Christmas now are motorcycles (yeah right!). Cameron really liked riding, as you can see in the video Carson would rather run after Cameron. Carson liked it while Cameron loved it! Even In-n-out came in a very, very close second to the motorcycles. The boys had fun reconnecting with Steve's boys whom they hadn't seen for years while we were in Idaho. Thank you Steve for letting our boys have experiences like this so they never stop talking about it!

Cameron all smiles

Carson

Carson having fun?

could a smile get any bigger?

2008-11-01T07:56:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween!

Yeah, it's over! I don't know why this holiday is so hard for me to like! I guess there are times when I don't exactly hate it, like when the kids are asleep, no one is knocking at my door and I have 4 bags of candy at my disposal watching 30 rock and the office I Tivo'd the night before. I guess it's alright then. We had a fun time visiting Sara, Luke, and Amy and then heading to Grandma Myers' house for some dinner and pictures then heading back up to Heber to get in on all the festivities in our neighborhood. This year the boys could just go (with Sean hanging around in the shadows) by themselves. There was a haunted house, carmel apples, hot dogs, chili and scones plus the usual candy. It was a lot of fun.

Reese (Dorthy) waiting patiently for the kids to get home from school.

This is Amy's dog, Lucy ( snow white). How cute is that?

Reese-Dorthy, Carson-Jungle power ranger, Tyson-spiderman, Cameron-elvis, Luke-pirate

Pirate Luke... love the hook!

Myers'

Carson, Tyson, Cameron, Reese, Tandi-Tinkerbell, Macie-Belle, Tommy-pirate, Halle-skunk

still trying to take pictures and Garrett yelled, "let's go get some candy!" and the photo shoot was over!

Brian- Captain Jack Sparrow complete with eye liner!

After a hard day of trick-or-treating, Reese like to relax by putting on her crown and princess shoes.

2008-10-31T10:24:00.000-07:00

I love your pumpkin guts!

Cameron has no qualms about putting his hands in slimy goo.

why do we do this?

Tyson punched a hole in every single dot for his picture.

Carson didn't want to carve a pumpkin this year....well until I cleaned out the guts. I guess he has some qualms about slimy goo.

Reese- just happy to be in the middle of things.

Cameron is very into his design.

Carson's own creation

Headless horseman

FINISHED!

2008-10-24T21:10:00.000-07:00

It's always fun when Grandma (and Luke) comes!

The kids were out of school Friday so I invited my Mom and nephew Luke to come up and do some Halloween stuff. When she showed up she was dressed in her witch costume. In her ward in Delta they have a "Witches night out" and all of the ladies in the ward dress up with cute hats and stuff and have a dinner. I didn't ever think that sounded a little weird until I just now typed it, anyway, it was last night and she missed it so she dressed up today. My mom is a really fun Grandma! She is always making stuff with the kids. Today she made homeade play dough to make creepy fingers or noses with, fun!

Cameron, Grandma, Carson, Luke and Reese

We made pigs-in-a-blanket for lunch. I haven't had these in a very long time!

The kids dressed up in our old costumes and we made skeletons out of paper plates. They were not as easy I thought they would be. My mom and Cameron did a lot of cutting out and the assembly was not fun either, but they turned out pretty cute.

Then...we decortated cookies. These are the best sugar cookies. Here is the recipe:

Sour cream sugar cookies/ cheerleader cookies( this is what my Aunt JoAnn calls them)

1 cup butter

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

cream together

add

5 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

mix together

add

1 cup sour cream

mix

refigerate 2 hours or more. Roll out on floured surface and cut out shapes with cutters. Bake at 400 for 10 min

The Lukester

Tys His cookies had at least an inch of frosting on them!

FUNFUNFUN!

2008-10-22T18:13:00.001-07:00

TREE HOUSE

Over by our house there is a little grove of huge trees. The scouts have made one into a big tree house. Sean is one of the assistant scout masters in our ward and they had an activity there. He was so excited to take the boys there. He told them it was a secret and they couldn't even tell me what it was or anything about it. They were so excited! When we lived in Spirit Lake I was always trying to get the boys to go explore. Just across from our house was a mountain with fun trails that we would hike. You could see our house or the lake from just about anywhere on the trails but they would never go by themselves. They loved going to the tree house. They would stay there all day with their friends. I'm glad they are finally getting a little adventurous.

2008-10-22T16:49:00.000-07:00

T-R-O-U-B-L-E!!!!

I don't know if you remember how Reese rubbed vaseline all over her hair (which she did more than once!)? If you don't, you can see pictures on the first page of my blog. Well, this is her next phase. She will climb on the counter in the bathroom via the bottom drawer to get into my make-up hence the black eyes. She has ruined 3 things of mascara! She will come find me to show me how beautiful she looks. She has also taken to drawing all over herself with anything that will leave a mark, markers, pens, or the best of all red, black and green sharpies! I know what you are thinking, "why doesn't Carrie just put her makeup where she can't get it or hide all the markers (side note: Reese just came to me buck naked! She has taken off all of her clothes and her diaper! She has been doing this the last few days, all day long! whattheheck!) anyway, she just finds things! I don't know how she does it. What a sweet girl!

(sorry i can't get the picture to flip)

2008-09-07T17:43:00.000-07:00

Last week I made cookies! I know, I baked! I can, you know, I just don't do it very often, but I can. Last thursday I was having one of those "haven't worked out very good this week, might as well make some cookies" days! I had the little neighbor twins, Zoe and Eli, come over and we made cookies. It was really fun eating dough and watching the cookies bake, to the twins this was old hat, my kids were like, "you can eat the dough?" and "there is a light in the oven?". It was fun.

waiting patiently

Zoe, Eli, Tyson and Reese

2008-09-07T17:30:00.001-07:00

Tufleth

So, I was up at the outlets in Park City when I get a call from Carson. I had left the boys home to tend themselves just for a couple of hours. Well, he proceded to tell me that he and Cameron were goofing around and Cameron had knocked him in the mouth and his tooth was loose so he pulled it out! What? I know, we might have a Doctor in the making, or a professional wrestler.

they were both fighting for camera time!

2008-09-07T17:13:00.000-07:00

Kindergarten!!!

Tyson started kindergarten this year and I, I mean, he is so excited! He was so ready to start. In fact I didn't know how ready until I dropped him off on the big first day preparing for a little emotion, by him of course, and clinging, maybe even having to spend the first few minutes with him in class and calm him down. He did NOT even look back to say good-bye. It was Reese who cried and wailed and wanted to stay with Tyson at school. He loves it!

Reese wouldn't leave Tyson's side.

We are so lucky that we live so close that Tyson can ride his bike or walk to school.

2008-08-19T16:43:00.000-07:00

IT'S HERE!!!!

The first day of school!

It seems kind of early to start school. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying it seems early. We are starting over new again. New house, new neighborhood, new school, new friends.

Cameron was so excited about school he was up at 6:00 am! I even got up early, showered, dressed and was ready to go with the boys to walk to school. I thought they would want me to go on their first day just to make sure they knew where to go etc... well I thought wrong. Carson was very adamant about me going or not going with them. I guess they thought it would be embarrassing for their mom to take them to school. I saw other moms going, oh well.

Cameron age 10 5Th grade

Cameron- 1st outfit

somehow his shirt had toothpaste remnants on it.

Cameron- 2ND outfit

Carson age 8 3rd grade

Carson-2ND outfit

I missed taking the picture of the first one.

COMING SOON:

Tyson the KINDERGARTNER (starts next Thursday!!!!)

(Three down one to go)

2008-08-19T16:33:00.000-07:00

Brave Carson

Carson, after a lot of coaxing and bribing, tried the wake board! You can see Sean in the water helping him. It only took Carson a couple of times to figure out how to get up. We only had a big board so if it looks like he is doing the spits, he is.

2008-08-19T16:27:00.000-07:00

Spirit Lake, Wake boarding, and Garrett? ( i know! i didn't know he could do this either!)

2008-08-19T15:18:00.000-07:00

Carson was baptized!

Carson was baptized and confirmed August 2ND. His birthday is June 22ND but we had to wait for a time that both sets of Grandparents could be around so Carson had a whole month plus to practice being good. He had to be dunked twice because a knee came up out of the water. Sean did a great job. I kept asking if he was going to mess up and say the prayers in Spanish. I was a little worried. We are so relieved you passed the Bishop's interview! Congratulations Cars!

What a cute boy!

Father and son

one big happy family

Sean's feet should be a Chaco commercial

2008-07-24T22:31:00.000-07:00

I Love Watermelon!

I couldn't get the kids to look at me all at the same time! I love this picture of Tandi. Look at the bite she is taking! Tyson and Reese can't believe it either.

This is the first time Reese has had watermelon cut like this, I usually cut it is chunks and she never eats it. If I had only known she likes triangle watermelon...

What a CUTE picture of Tandi! I love it!

I don't know if Reese's mouth could get any fuller!

2008-07-24T21:56:00.000-07:00

West Water Canyon

We took the big boys on their first big water rafting trip down West water canyon on the Colorado river. When I say big, I really should say BIG!!! The river was running at 10, 700 cfs, which means it is a nasty, but fun level. Fun as long as you don't flip or fall out, not so fun if you do, just ask Kevin and Tyler,who had the worst swim, or any of the other kayakers. Sean, Me, Cameron, Carson and Ryan Hamblin were in the boat and we took 3 inflatable kayaks each with 2 people in them. Sean did a great job of keeping our boat upright! Cameron, oblivious to the danger, wanted to hit every wave and hole! Carson on the other hand started out wanting to hit the waves but by the middle (just before skull, room of doom and the magnetic wall for those of you who have been down. I know, the names sound so inviting, huh.) he was getting pretty quiet. The last rapids are called "last chance" and "last, last chance" after we went through them Cars was all smiles again. We had a great time.

2008-07-23T21:33:00.000-07:00

Olympic Park

We had a great time in Park City at Olympic Park! Sean, Jerry(b-inlaw), Mason, Danny(both nephews) and Aleisha(niece) went down the bob sled track! It was scary just to watch them! They got going around 70 mph! The kids loved the zip line, alpine slide, and just watching the ski jumpers practicing their jumps and landing in the pool ( actually pretty cool)

Myers kids

Taylor/Hunter kids

Nielson kid

Of course we want rafting!

This was the high light of the whole week, for me anyway! I beat an old man at an arm wrestle! Actually, I gave up first but since I'm a girl and I think we were in that position for at least 10 minutes I am claiming the victory! I wish I could make this picture bigger!

Sara and Aleisha

Grandma and Kendall

Danny and Reese

Reese loved Danny! He would do anything she wanted which included racing her around the backyard in a doll buggy as fast as he could run, which is pretty darn fast!

Our own backyard water park!

2008-07-23T11:09:00.001-07:00

Beaver Mountains

Cheryl(sister), Jerry and their kids, Mason, Danny, Brandon and Kendall (Aleisha was already in Utah going to BYU and working at Rafting) made the trek to Utah from Texas. A favorite thing to do is going fishing up in the Beaver mountains. We caught a lot of fish and had a lot of fun! Thanks to the big boys for helping the little boys with their poles, Gramps can only re-do line, sinkers, bubbles, and hooks so many times.

2008-06-05T21:13:00.000-07:00

Poor Carson

I found this video a while ago and I wanted to share it with all of you. I think it is hilarious! Cameron just turned 2 and Carson is 2 months old. Carson's cheeks are so chubby. You can't blame Cameron for kissing him so much.

2008-04-30T17:41:00.000-07:00

Reese has bed head!!!!!

We thought this day would never come! She woke up from her nap with bed head! I haven't even combed it out yet. I think it is so funny. She must get this from her Aunt Jilly. Love it!

2008-04-30T13:11:00.000-07:00

Tagged (thanks Cami!)

Rules: A. Post the rules B. Answer all the questions about yourself C. After you are done posting, tag 5 people

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?

Well, I was very, very pregnant with Cameron who was born May 25th ( if you have ever seen me pregnant, I am huge and I was the biggest with Cameron. HUGE!). We lived in Provo in a 4-plex and I was working at Timpview carwash that Ken owned at the time. Man, those were the days!

2. Five things on your to do list today.

1. Exercise: Sean and I have started doing Jillian Michaels (from The Biggest Looser) workouts every morning. I hurt from my neck to my ankles.

2. Pack something. We are moving back to Utah in June. Lots to do.

3. Make a replica of the new bank here in Spirit Lake for a project for Carson. It is due on Friday. I am freaking out a little bit.

4. Think of something for dinner other than corn dogs or chicken dinosaurs.

5. File my nails while I watch the A.I. results show.

3. Snacks I enjoy.

Diet coke and hostess chocolate donuts or Act ll kettle corn, yum.

4. What would I do if suddently I were a billionaire?

I would find jeans that fit and buy at least 5 pair no matter the cost! Sean would probably buy the biggest and baddest imac that Apple makes. I would buy the lot next to Ken's cabin in Spirit Lake and build a cabin for us. We would need a house in Steamboat Springs, CO also. Sean needs a new car. His Honda has 340,000 miles on it and is being held together by BBQ sauce and love. I would love love love a LR3. Travel with family. I guess we would need a killer, but modest, home in Heber on 10 acres with a couple of guest houses and a baseball field with lights. Man this is fun! I could go on and on!

5. 3 bad habits

I drink too much Diet Coke. I actually don't think you can drink too much Diet Coke but Sean does.

I wait until the last minute to do things, i.e. Carson's school project, primary lessons

I like to garnish my food with lots of butter and salt, the food that needs it, of course.

6. 5 places I've lived

Delta, Ut, Provo, Logan, Steamboat Springs, CO, Spirit Lake, ID

5 jobs I've had

1. bagger/cashier

2. receptionist at Provo recreation center/Pioneer Park pool and slides

3. sport information/intramural department at UVCC or UVU for you youngsters. helped take stats for the teams and helped make the programs for the games.

4. white water raft guide in Steamboat ( where I met Sean) and on the mighty provo

5. receptionist for Steamboat snowmobile tours and High country tours in Park City

8. 5 things people don't know about me

1. I don't like calling people on the phone for appointment or even pizza. It really bugs Sean. Weird, I know.

2. I had ACL replacement surgery on my left knee when I was 15/16 yrs old. High school Basketball

3. I would love to buy a VW bus or an old Land cruiser. I think I missed my era: 1970's

4. I love eating out. I would eat out every night if I could. Sadly so would my kids. This is not an unknown fact for some of you.

5. I don't like going to the dentist ( no offense Uncle Bob Hamblin, I really like you as a person) I would rather go to the O.B.

I tag: Garrett, Mike, David ( you guys can do it! it will be fun!) Hailee, and Lindsey

Brainwashed!

2008-04-09T15:32:00.000-07:00

For some unknown reason Garrett brainwashed me into running the Provo 1/2 marathon with him and Jill . I think he is playing kiss-up to Ken. He really wants to be #1 son-in-law. The race was over spring break which we less than half trained for and ran it half- heartedly. Jill did awesome!, even Garrett did awesome. I finished and I wasn't last which was awesome. Sean's cousin ( Michelle Hamblin ) on the left won her age division, once again, awesome! Garrett just so you know I am use to coming in behind you so you win, you can be #1. I love the look on his face in the 2nd picture. Can't you see the love for the sport behind that scowl? When is the next one G? Sign me up!

Cute Kids!!

2008-04-08T14:26:00.001-07:00

I am so happy with these pictures! This was spur of the moment. Jennie and Sara had their kids pictures taken and they turned out so cute, so of course I had to do it too. I had to get outfits, which was a little stressful. With the help of my sisters-in-law and mother-in -law, who probably think I am crazy, we picked really cute clothes. The kids did a great job posing, even Reese did great! My sister Amy went with me and by the time we were done I was sweating from chasing Reese around. The girl (Mary) who took the pictures has a studio in her house so it wasn't as stressful as going to kiddie kandids. She did such a great job. I will be singing her praises for a long time. We will definitely be repeat customers. Check out her website www.photographybydmc.blogspot.com

2008-03-10T19:13:00.000-07:00

Tyson James Myers

Age: 4

Problems? Eating weird looking bread for the sacrament.

So this last Sunday Tyson was the last one up and ready. Not surprising because of his sleeping habits which are awful. He usually is asleep by 11:00 sometimes later. He is put to bed at 8:00-8:30. He is allowed to watch a movie sometimes just to get him to stay in his bedroom.**side note: I took him to a kindergarten screening and one of the teachers asked him "when do you go to bed?" looking for "when its dark outside" for the answer. Tyson said "when the movie is over" I laughed. ** He usually wakes up at around 9:00 a.m. (which is what time church starts) so I knew this Sunday was going to be a hard one for him having to wake up an hour early. Anyway, He didn't get to have any breakfast so I made him a pb&j to eat on the way to church in the car. So we are at church and here comes the bread and it doesn't look good. It isn't white or wheat but it had these big black seeds in it. I don't even know what kind it was. Carson ate it which was a surprise, so I thought OK it must not be too bad. Everybody had some, great! I look over at Tyson and he has this look, you know the look when your kid has eaten something that they don't like and it is going to come back out any second. He says, "Mom, I can't swallow it." and proceeds to make sounds that are too loud for church. I take him out to the bathroom where I tell him to spit it out in the trash which triggers a gag reflex. I guess you could say it was a waste of my time making that sandwich. Poor guy.

2008-03-05T16:13:00.000-08:00

We are finally thawing out a LITTLE bit up here in the Idaho panhandle. I can see a few patches of dirt in the driveway. I never thought I would say this but " Is it ever going to end?" I am a winter lover! I love the cold and snow, the more the better. But Geez, come on! We have had a few days in the high 40's and the kids think it is spring. They don't want to wear their snow clothes or boots to school. There is still a foot or more of snow all over the ground! The predicted amount of snowfall in Coeur d'Alene for 2007-8 is 140 inches so far there has been 127 inches. The average snowfall is 67 inches! We are looking forward to Spring Break. Here are some pictures around the cabin. I picked a "sunny" sounding song to go with it so you wouldn't get the winter blues.

Man! We had a lot of SNOW

2008-03-05T16:05:00.001-08:00

2008-01-06T17:47:00.000-08:00

Well Christmas is finally over! The kids are going back to school tomorrow, which is January 7th. That was a really long break for me, I mean for the kids. We had a great holiday. I think it is the first time in the 10 years that we have stayed home the whole time. I kind of didn't know what to do. I haven't had to make Christmas dinner before or plan activities to keep me sane. We have always had cousins to play with and Grandmas to entertain kids, places to go people to see. This year we were all alone. We missed our families and just being around, close enough to visit. The kids survived their 2 week + break. We skied, went to a movie, ate at Chulos, went sledding, played in the snow, ate at Chulos, played guitar hero (which I am now addicted to) and many cleaning up activities around the house. It is amazing how much cleaning up you do when the kids are home all day for, did I mention 16 days? Now finally we are getting back to normal. Cameron qualified for the National Elks Hoop Shoot free throw contest for his age group at the local level. He will go compete with other kids his age in our school district on January 12th. The most free throws out of 15 wins and then can go to the District shoot off. Sean and I are getting ready to go to Guatemala (for me that means shots, not fun) the first week in February. We are going with the Myers' to pick up little Kevin from his mission. Sean is so excited he is speaking spanish in his sleep. For those who don't know Sean served in Guatemala and re- lives it every day. He loves it. I know, although he denies it, if he had a chance to serve another mission there and leave us here he would. One more thing the new year has brought us, 9:00 Church! That means with driving time we have to leave home by 8:35 to be on time. Please pray for us to stay active.

Christmas in Spirit Lake

2008-01-06T17:21:00.001-08:00

Just one more! This is the last one! OK now this is the last one! Oh how I love taking pictures especially for Christmas.

2007-12-19T22:40:00.000-08:00

Christmas Pictures

2007-12-19T22:26:00.001-08:00

Reese reading books with Cameron. What a cute picture!

2007-12-19T20:50:00.001-08:00

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

2007-12-14T16:02:00.000-08:00

2007-12-14T15:16:00.000-08:00

Carson was in the Christmas play at his school. He was one of the elves in the play "The Littlest Christmas Tree". He did a great job. If you watch the video you will see him always on the right of the screen almost hidden. He is the elf with the mirror letting the trees see themselves. The filming job is hardly one of a professional just remember when watching that Sean is not with me and Reese is running loose and it is a packed house! All those things considered I think I did a smashing job. Sorry about the bald guy. Man he had a huge noggin. SUPER JOB CARS!

2007-12-14T14:41:00.000-08:00

2007-12-02T19:17:00.000-08:00

Introducing Zachary Michael Ogden

stats: Born November 4th

7 lbs 6 ozs

19 1/2 inches long

enough hair to share with 4 or 5 babies

parents: Michael and Carlie Ogden

2007-12-02T19:15:00.001-08:00

2007-12-02T19:03:00.000-08:00

2007-11-27T15:59:00.000-08:00

This year we had Thanksgiving at Curtis and Jennie's house in Blackfoot, Idaho. It is about a 8 hour drive for us from Spirit Lake and a 5 hour drive from Delta for my Mom, Dad, Sara and Luke. We had a great time eating, watching BYU football, eating, watching BYU basketball, eating, playing games and just visiting and eating more. The best thing about Thanksgiving is shopping the day after. We (Mom, Me, Amy, Jennie,Sara and Aleisha) were at it at about 5:15 am and the stores were packed already, amazing. We were one of the first ones at Radio Shack, Jerry would have been proud. Jennie did the best. She got about all of her Christmas shopping done. I have a pretty good start. Still lots to do. We also played a really fun game called Ticket To Ride, I think thats what it is called. Hopefully I can get it before Christmas to play at Myers'. The kids were in heaven. They played and played. Allie and Carson would take turns on the scooter and Cameron would pull them around the sidewalk with a rope, running. Cameron was complaining when we got home that his calves hurt, I wonder why. Thank you to Jennie and Curtis for having Thanksgiving at their house to make it easier on us to come down and to everyone else for coming up. We had a really really fun time.

Thanksgiving 2007

2007-11-27T15:56:00.000-08:00

2007-11-17T00:12:00.001-08:00

Greasy Reesy!

I hope this isn't a preview of what is yet to come. Our sweet baby girl smeared half a jar of vaseline in her hair and all over her face. This, so far has been the only time that I have been thankful that she has so little hair. She was so mad at me for taking it away. She cried and cried. Luckily most of it came out with good rub from a towel and a little Dawn ( it takes grease out of the way).

Spirit Lake, Idaho

2007-11-15T20:08:00.000-08:00

Yahoo!

2007-11-07T21:03:00.000-08:00

It is time to blog! I read everyone elses, even people I don't know. I love it. Pretty soon my right hand is cold and the feeling has left it from just sitting on the mouse. My kids are no where to be seen or heard. So any way here is an update on our family. We moved up to Spirit Lake, Idaho almost 2 years ago. Our family has grown to 3 boys (Cameron 9, Carson 7, Tyson 4) and 1 spoiled rotten but really cute baby girl ( Reese 1). Our family is now complete. When Sean and I first were married and were discussing children, our dream was to have 3 naughty boys and 1 spoiled girl. That is just what we got. Of course I'm kidding- a little. The boys are finally getting into the fun stuff like Little league and City league basketball. Reese is really into shoes and clothes. I know she is only 1 years old but we are in so much trouble.