Going Private!!!

Hi Everyone!!!  (I'm not sure if anyone even looks at my blog anymore.....) Wow it has been forever since I have been on here!!! Things have been crazy busy with moving and a new baby, and this blog has kinda gone to the bottom of my priority list :( 
So because I have almost a year to catch up on and I am doing this blog mainly for a family journal, I will be making this blog private this coming Saturday the 14th. Let me know if you would like to be added to my list so you can continue to see our blog, but just so you know I will be catching up on posts from the last year...You might get bored with the old stuff, but I will do my best to get caught up soon!! You can also leave me a private message on facebook if you don't want to leave your email up on this page :)

thanks,
Heather

Happy Birthday to me!

We celebrated my birthday on the weekend (8-21-11) before my actual birthday (8-24-11). We had it over at Keith's parent's house and Marsha did a big candy drop for all the kiddos! They all loved it!! What a fun little idea! Thanks Marsha! Carsen kept getting just so excited that more candy might come falling out of the sky that he kept running around and saying "more pweese!" so cute!
We didn't get any pictures of the cake or anything...oops! Oh well, birthdays are more fun for the kids anyway right ;) Can't believe I am 28! weird!!
A big thanks to all that were able to come! Love ya!

My first 5k!

Our family has a friend that her little girl suffers from spina bifida. This sweet little girl (and her family!) have been through so much. Every year for the last 3 years they have done a 5k to help raise money to help this sweet little girl. I wasn't able to do it the first 2 years since I had just had carsen the one year and was out of town the next. So I was really excited that I could do it this year. (8/20/2011) It ended up being a weekend that no one else could do it and Keith had a bike race that same morning so Carsen and I did it on our own and then My mom and Tiff and Brecklyn came after to play in the water and help me out with Carsen while I was doing a Scentsy booth after the race. We got about 3/4 of the way through the 5k and Carsen fell asleep :) I guess I got him up a little too early :)
Anyway, we had a great time and Carsen LOVED playing in the water games they had there. I didn't get many pictures but here are some of Carsen and Brecklyn playing and then they decided it would be fun to shoot the water guns at us and my mom! Big thanks to my mom and Tiff for coming to support me :) love ya!

So tired!

Couldn't help but post this pic. Carsen thinks it is fun to wake up at 5:30 some mornings....I don't think it is quite as fun!! :) he was watching mickey one morning he decided to wake up really early and this is what I found at 10:00 am (he usually doesn't go down for a nap til sometime between 12 and 1 but I guess he was serious when he kept yawning and saying "I so tired." Silly boy, I tried to wake him up but he was out for the count :) needless to say he didn't wake up that early the next morning :)

Cool Paints!

Carsen started to love painting these last few months ( he calls them his "cool paints") and I started to think about those cool little books that I used to have growing up that you could just paint with water and the color was already on the pages. I couldn't find them at any store so I looked online and found a few. Carsen loves them and I love the fact that the pain isn't everywhere :) He is so much fun to watch discover new things and get so excited about them! What a fun and sweet little guy! I just love him :)

Carsen is 2!!!!!

On Carsen's actual birthday we decided to have cupcakes (carsen's favorite :) and head to the park behind our church for a little birthday get together with our Logan friends. Since it was a school day for Keith we just played and then went to lunch that day. We had a great day and I think Carsen's highlight was getting to play t-ball and play in the water fountain :) silly boy could play in the water all day long!! (He takes after his mommy on that one! water and sun are the best)
A big thanks to all that could come and play and see Carsen on his birthday! We are so blessed to have such great friends up in Logan!!

All the little friends getting messy with the cupcakes :)
Carsen and Mason













Happy Happy Birthday buddy!!! love you!!

Happy Birthday Carsen

Since Carsen's birthday (8-10-11) was on a Tuesday this year we decided to celebrate with our families the Saturday before. (we celebrated it on 8-7-11) For anyone who knows Carsen he LOVE LOVE LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!!! It is his favorite thing! So inevitably we did a Micky Mouse Clubhouse Party! :) It was lots of fun and so nice to have so many of our family there! We missed the ones that couldn't be there but still had a great time! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa T for letting us use your house and yard!! (or and Carsen says...."Granma and Granpa Round n round") Carsen started calling them that when they play basket ball with him all the time when he is at their house and when the ball goes around the rim my mom said "wow, it went round and round" and did the arm motion and the saying stuck from that time forward and now every time he see's or talks to them he says it and does the arm motion! I love it! So dang cute!!
I can't believe my little man is 2!!! that is crazy!!! I just love him so much and am so thankful for him and all his craziness that brings such joy into our lives!! I wish I would have done this post a long time ago so I could remember more of what he was doing and saying at that exact time, but I will just do my best to remember and throw a few things in from what he is doing and saying these days so I don't forget those either!! He is hilarious and such a joy to have around! (don't get me wrong....he defiantly has his terrible twos moments...but I just love having a little buddy with me that makes me smile and laugh that the not so fun little moments are tiny compared to all the fun and sweet moments that we have all the time!!)

Carsen's 2 year old stats

33 lbs
34 inches

He talks like crazy and will mimic you and say pretty much whatever you say. It is so funny! Good thing he doesn't hear not so good words :)

Things Carsen is saying lately that are funny and things that I don't want to forget:
-we home!!! everytime we pull into the parking stall in front of our apt.
-Ash Cream- he loves getting an ice cream at a&w, and knows that we have to pass it to get home so he will ask all the time! It is too cute to watch how it doesn't even faze him when it is all over his face and nose :)
-Need Nap- most times when he yawns he will say..."I so tired, need nap." what a funny little guy!! such a good boy!
-Out of this world Abventure- from mickey of course but oh so funny when he says it!
-burr freezing- usually accompanied by him tightening his whole little boddy andshaking on purpose, so funny!
-Umm you! - Love you! just the cutest thing EVER!!!
-Buzzah- what he calls chocolate milk :) this one has stuck :) ha ah
-We do dat?- usually how he asks or says that we are going to do something :)
-Fries, nose! or Treat, nose! followed by him shaking his head no.- we have had 2 trips to the doctor after he has put a fry and an m&m up his nose so we had to go the doc to get them out. I think we were laughing the entire time but I think he still got the message that we shouldn't put anything up our nose so the next week he put a chocolate chip in his ear!! luckily it didn't go in far and we didn't have to go to the doc and he hasn't done it since! silly boy!!
-Where's Carsen?- He loves to play the game where he hides his eyes and since he can't see us that must mean that we can't see him! ha ha
-I gonna git you!- He loves to play this game on the way up the stairs...he always wants us to get him!
-Oh Mommy!?!- usually yelled while putting his hand up to his mouth as in the same way mickey mouse calls toodles! :)
-I'm Sawee- so sweet! he usually pair it with a big kiss :)
-MOINGA- That is what he says when he blows a kiss, Grandma Marsha started this one and it has stuck! he loves it!
-Snuggle!- This boy is the most snuggly little man I have ever known!! He actually asks to just snuggle! I LOVE IT :)
-Temple! - He loves the temple, most sundays on the way home from church we will take a little detour and drive past the temple! I love it too! He calls any church that we see a temple too because of the steeple :) He will see a church and then say..." Jesus, Temple" too cute!!
-Stinker Pot- He loves to go around saying this :) I wonder where he got it from ;) Just imagine him saying it with a little boston accent. He drags out the Pot so it sounds like Pwaut! so funny
-Curious George- again he says this with a little boston accent, cracks me up!!
-Red is Stop, Green is GO- He is so funny when we drive around, he looks for the lights and then says either Red is stop or green is go and then when it changes he says...what's next :) just so cute! By the way he also says yellow is go so I go with that :) That's my boy! :)

Things that Carsen loves lately:
-Mac-a-noni- (macaroni and cheese) what kid doesn't right?!?!
-yo-yuck (yogurt) he can down 2-4 go gurts in a row! he loves them!
-Cupcakes!! His favorite thing ever right now!!
-Mamgnents- He thinks that the magnets on the fridge and the other toys we have are just so cool to roll on the floor together and have them stick!
-Hot dogs!!
-Scrambled eggs- Keith will let him crack the eggs with him and he LOVES that!!
-Pancakes!!- Carsen loves to make pancakes with his daddy!!! It is his favorite thing to make pancakes with Keith (he loves to make blue ones :) If he won't eat anything else...he will eat pancakes and eggs! silly boy!!
-Cheetos- He asks for them for just about every meal! yes, even breakfast! gross I know!! :)
-Teddy Grahams- It is so funny to hear him say it! He found his love for these in Nursery :)
-Bubbles- this boy could do bubbles all day long!!! He LOVES bubbles!! I think that is his favorite part about going to nursery as well!!
-Bowling!- in any form, on my phone, the plastic ones he got for Christmas or the real thing! He loves it all!! so funny!
-His Crib! -I will not argue with this one :) he sometimes just wants to get in his crib and snuggle his pillow or read! Too cute!
-His pillow!! He is what I call a pillow snob! He has his favorite pillow and will settle for nothing else :) we even tried to put a different pillow case on it the other night but it would not do...it wasn't soft enough :) good thing that he isn't this particular about everything!!!
-and one thing that he really DOESN'T like is the garbage truck!! He hates the loud screeching noises and thinks that it is going to get him! (which I admittedly have played off of that fear to get him to be good sometimes.... :)

I'm sure there are many more things that I am missing or forgetting... I will just have to try to remember them later and post them when I do :)

We sure love you little man!!! Happy Birthday to you!!!!

Gotta love a big blue ring pop face :)


LOVE that smile!!
YUMMY!!!
Keith is always so good to play with and entertain the kiddos! Thanks honey!
Getting the party started :)
Too cute!!! what a sweet boy!
Couldn't help but put this one on here!! Joel just looks so excited :) kinda looks like a mustard commercial!! Thanks for helping to make this party so fun!!
LOVES that big ball!!
Nice hit buddy!!!
Carsen's other love......BALLOONS!!!! seriously his favorite thing :)
If you couldn't tell....this is supposed to look like mickey mouse. The Tables were covered in butcher paper so the kids could color and the Swedish fish were because there are "gooey fish" in Carsen's favorite mickey movie!

LOVE him!!!

The Pinata' :) pretty fun!! That is Brinsen wearing it on his head :) silly boy!
Thanks everyone for the gifts!! He LOVES them all!!!
YUMMY TREAT!!! :)
This last picture was taken on the morning before his birthday eating with his new mickey spoon and fork! Thanks Granma round and round! he loves them :)