Diapering

Cecily brought a diaper out the other day and was trying ever so hard to put it on her baby (its really a bear that she has become obsessed with the past few weeks) I decided to document her efforts Here are steps 1 thru 5 of putting on a diaper!
OK I may have helped a tiny bit in the end

Things I have observed about Minnesota (caution slight exzageration involved)

~There are WAYYYY more churches here than even Utah. Of course not all L.D.S. churches but churches of all different FAITHS. Everywhere you turn there is a church and unlike any other. I figure that is why people are so nice here, they must all have some religous background to make them kind and loving towards others.

~Just when you thought it couldnt get colder it does! I used to think Rexburg was bad but I had no idea what cold was until we moved to Minnesota...I now long for those "mild" Utah winters!

~ Like churches minnesota has millions of Gyms/Fitness centers. They are everywhere and they have pretty much any gym you want to go to. I recently got a membership to the YMCA and I love it! Its no wonder why Minneapolis is rated the most active city! Aside from people going to the gym these people are crazy and dont let the cold stop them from running outside in the -20 and below!

~ There really are 10,000 lakes PERIOD.

~The accent is really funny and I really hope I dont pick it up or CC for that matter!

~ Hockey is like a religon... They have Hockey rinks in every park in the winter, we have one across the street from our house and I will hear kids outside playing until like 10:00 PM when its beyond freezing outside.

~The Twin cities are very cultured with lots of museums, plenty of shows and performances to see, sporting events, conferences, multicultural activities, ect.

~pretty much all coorporations are based out of Minnesota

~ Target pretty much RUNS the City

~ People really love their dogs here

~ There are more stay at home Dad's than there are stay at home Mom's even in the church...It really is funny when we go to play group and see all the Dads standing in a circle talking to eachother while their infants dangle in the baby bjorn!

Crazy 8's

8 Category's, 8 random things about me....


8 Things I'm Passionate About:
1. Kreg
2. Cecily
3. The Gospel
4. Family
5. The Beach
6. Shopping
7. Working out
8. Being outside (THE SUN)

8 Words/Phrases I Use Often:
1. "Love you so much"
2. "Do you want a snack?" (CC)
3. "Let's go bye bye"
4. "I'm tired of the cold"
5. "what are you doing cc?"
6. "How was your day?" (kreg)
7. "Do you want to read a story?"
8. "Time for night night."

8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
1. See the world
2. Start and run a successful business
3. Own a beach house or just live really really close to the beach
4. Find my dream career
5. Understand the gospel better- study harder
6. Be in optimal physical shape
7. Be that "super mom" that my kids will love!
8. Go on a mission with Kreg

8 Things I Want/ Or Need:
1. A very cute home that is decorated to fit my personality
2. To live in a warmer place
3. Longer, thicker hair (in the mean time thank you extensions)
4. Kreg to find a job he really enjoys (eventually)
5. A nice knife set
6. Live close to family
7. More motivation to become more
8. A good girlfriend that I can always talk to

8 Things I Have Learned From The Past:
1. The only things that really make me happy are my family and Choosing the right
2. Have trust
3. It's easier to do it now as preventative than to have to do it later to fix it
4. Don't regret or second guess decisions you've made
5. Laughing always helps
6. Be confident
7. Always be nice to people
8. No one is paying attention like you think they are so be happy with what and who you are

8 Restaurants I Love:
1. Chipolte
2. Any authentic Mexican food
3. Tona (sushi)
4. Z Tejas
5. Quiznos
6.Subway
7. Wingers for their sticky finger salad
8. Roosters

8 Shows I Love To Watch:
1. The Office
2. Grey's
3. Friends
4.Private practice
5. The hills/The city
6. Biggest loser
7. 20/20 and 60 Min
8. ANTM

8 of my favorite things
1. The Color Pink
2. High heels
3. Tanning
4. Beauty products ie hair care, lotions, LIP GLOSS, baby oil, perfume ect.
5. Dogs
6. Babies
7. Girls nights
8. Vacations

anyone else bored with nothing to blog about?? DO This

A new SPRING skirt

Thanks to my oh so talented Mother and her amazing sewing skills CC has 3 new really cute, really fun, bright skirts to wear this spring and summer and even on this wintry day. I am boycotting winter and dressing myself and my daughter in brighter colors! Here is just one of the skirts that CC chose (all by herself) to wear today.One day I might just get this girl to smile while saying cheese! More pics of the other skirts to come
Thanks again Mom Cant wait to learn how to make all these fun projects!

In a slump

sorry for the lack of posts...I am in a slump. the winter is really getting to me (thank goodness we are leaving for Utah and California in 3 weeks I REALLY need it)~ We haven't been doing a whole lot. our days pretty much consist of going to the gym running the errands and making dinner. Lame I know but Its hard to feel adventurous when its so cold!!

Here are some pictures of Cecily that were taken recently. CC loves to feed herself she usually practices with yogurt then takes a bath after. These pictures are of CC's curls. I was telling my mom about the little curl she had in her hair so this is mostly for Gram!
Does anyone else feel a little slumpy because of the weather? What are you doing to make yourself feel better? I need ideas! Its this point int he winter where Im sick of all my winter clothes, I really want/need a tan, and I am so tired of being inside! only two more years of this then we are moving to a warmer climate no questions about it!!

Happy Half B-day CC

Today my Cecily is 18 months old so in honor of her Half B-day here are 18 facts about my C-girl
1~ She Loves to Sing, Dance, talking on the phone and to Run Fast
2~ She loves to dress up (she loves all things girly!!) Thank you Gram for all the fun dress up stuff!!
3~ She also loves balls.. She has a little golf set and has so much fun playing with it with Kreg. she would stay outside all the time no matter how cold it is.(The ice rink across the street from our house)
4~She loves veggies and fruits the most especially apples (whole)
5~ words she says: Ball, bear, baby, color(lellow), bye, hi, i love you, no, yes, toys, mine, cheese, eat, more, thank you, please, doggie, blankie, puppy, nice, momma, dadda, pretty, splash, bubbles, side(outside) socks, shirt, pants, eyes, knees, fish, monkey, barney, where'd it go?, there it is, where are you? up, off, hot, what, cup, soup, shoe, cecily, colty (colten her cousin) Ashton (she can finally say it right) papa, snack, night night....
6~ She loves any stuffed animals, she is on a new kick where she takes her bears everywhere with her. I dont let her bring them when we go in the car but all around the house, to eat, to go to bed.
7~ She loves the aquarium and the children's museum
8~ of course she loves kids and loves to act silly like wear wash cloths on her head for a hat for hours!
9~ loves having her nails painted and putting on pretend makeup and getting her hair done pretty(1st braid)
10~ she likes helping me cook and clean
11~ She loves waiting for Kreg to come home each night
12~Favorite movies: Barney alphabet animals, baby saints, leap frog letter factory
13~ favorite books: any
14~favorite food: broccoli, peas, corn, apples, gold fish MILK
15~ Bath time is her most favorite thing ever!
16~ Songs she knows and sings and does the actions: Three little fish, Three little monkeys, head shoulders knees and toes, popcorn popping, book of Mormon stories, once there was a snow man, if all the rain drops, Jesus wants me for a sunbeam
17~ She weighs a whopping 20 lbs
18~ She is my 2nd most favorite person in the world!!

Staying warm

Or at least trying to...You can find she and I here A LOT!

Wild hair

This is the result of a long fun day. CC likes to take out her hair when she is tired, it usually looks something like this!


Is she destined to do hair like her mom and so many others in her family? I think so! My little diva loves to do everyone's hair including Kreg's!

I'm so glad when Daddy comes home

CC and I went to the Mall of America the other day just to walk around. I always let CC get out of her stroller when we go by the roller coasters because it is big and she can run around. This time she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Diego standing large in real life. Now she has never even seen the show so she really doesnt know who Diego is but she likes Barney so she has definitely seen something similar to the character suit. She wouldnt get very close until after we go a picture taken and then she saw a bunch of kids touching him so she would go over very discreetly and touch Diego's leg with her little pointer finger. So cute to see her curiosity and a little bit of fear.

The Video is Cecily's nightly ritual of waiting for Dad to get home. She gets the pillows off the couch and stacks them on the floor so she can climb up then waits patiently yelling "Dadda" " are you?" (where are you) She always get so excited when the bus pulls up across the street and she see's Kreg walking home. He usually stops and throws a couple of snow balls at the window to give her a good laugh!

Brr Cold

This is what Cecily does when we say Brr its cold, she clenches her fist and teeth and shakes. well while we were in Cali everyone thought this was so funny especially CC's Aunts so whenever she made them laugh they would slap their leg while they laughed to emphasize the funniness well CC picked up on that hence the slapping of the table as she fake laughs! I tell you this girl is a riot! Definitely the life of our party!

A few of her favorite things!

Singing to happy birthday to Aunt Kimmi! Or just singing in general especially the I love you song at the end of each barney episode, or all of the fun songs we sing at nursery and story time!



Coloring. (she especially misses coloring on aunt paiges Home work!


Reading books with Dad and wearing all of her fun winter hats Gram made for her! Thanks again Gram!



Oh yea and did I mention barney or as CC says is Marney she loves this darn show and with out it on the airplane on the way home I would have lost my mind! Thanks Grandma W. for letting us borrow Barney!! Good thing this episode at least teaches her letters and animals!

Back to the TUNDRA!

My Dive ready to go with her Purse, Keys, and Shades!



We have been home in Minnesota for a week now and we are most definitely feeling the effects of winter here! This week we have felt temps of -30 something due to wind chill factors. Its really fun when you look online at the weather for the day and the high is -4 and the low is -17 but in fact the high for the day turns out to only be -22 and that's without the wind chill. But, we don't let the cold get us down or at least keep us in! CC and I were back to our activities that included a trip to the Children's museum to play in the water world and most of all the bubble tub! We took two trips to Walmart ( a trip in itself due to the fact that we live in the world of Target so Walmart is at least a 15 to 20 min drive I still make it though I like their LOW prices) and various other stores to re-stock our cupboards and fridge, three trips to three different malls to play (including the Mall of America to enjoy the aquarium and to watch the junior cheer leading competition)We met up with our friends at one of the said malls to play at the play place. We played in the snow for the first time in CC's short life a.k.a. touched the snow with four fingers.
Cecily is a summer girl like her Mom she throws tantrums like these every time she has to get bundled which is every time we go anywhere! We tried blowing bubbles outside because supposedly they freeze and its super cool but, on the day we did it, it apparently wasn't cold enough because our bubbles did not freeze just popped like usual! We will try again!!

Great Grammi and Gramps got CC a potty chair for Christmas so we have been practicing! Not trying hard I mean the girl is only 17 months but just getting used to the idea! We have had ONE successful go on the potty it was #2 to be exact if you catch my drift!



Caught red handed eating dad's sugar cereal. This girl knows where the goods are and unfortunately knows how to open the bag!

Love is in the air

Congrats to these two! A wedding in April will make two "1 flesh" as Craig would say! YAY for another Brother in-law



Could you ask for a cuter old couple?
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My other sister in-law Paige and I spent all day setting up the Perfect Proposal scene in a park where Kim and Craig first held hands, Just to find out Craig couldn't help but give in to his excitement while they spent the day in S.F. and proposed on the golden gate bridge. They didnt tell us until after paige and I set everything up and HID in the dark and cold giggling like little girls while they did a "fake" proposal just to appease us! Its ok we forgive you we are just happy you are happy and are getting MARRIED!!!!

We love the sunshine

Cecily and I (and fred) had a little picnic last sunday after church! Thanks to California we can enjoy our favorite thing (sunshine)

This week

I went with Kreg, My brother in-law Mark and my soon to be brother in-law Craig (yes there will be to Kreg/criag's in our family and yes it is really confusing but we are figuring out nick names to make it a little easier) to the Warriors game in Oakland, It was suppose to be an all guys trip including my Father in-law but he ended up having to work so I took the extra ticket and crashed the boys night! It was a lot of fun we went to eat and then rode the Bart into the city. we sat high up at the game but it was perfect we could see everything and I feel like the higher up you sit the more interesting people you get to watch!!

On new years eve we went to Napa to stay with Kreg's grandparents and to go to his cousin Devyn's mocktail party. It was fun to play games and rockband with some of the cousins! We of course hit up the outlets in Napa which is one of the girls favorite things to do!




All in all we had a perfect close to a great year! so long 2008 we have a lot of great memories from you! Welcome 2009!!