We went home this weekend to visit my parents;my brother Todd thought of a few more of my dads famous "one liners"! I was pondering and had a thought to write down memories of my parents so I can always go back and read them in case I forget them. So I'm adding more of my dads one liners to the previous list on the fathers day blog.

"My heck"
"It takes a chicken and a half to lay an egg and a half in a day and a half"
"You think you know so much"
"Bloated up tighter than tight"
"Get your butt behind you"
"How long are you gonig to milk that?....Whats all that white stuff?"
"Why....would you do that??" (This usually is said to my mom! One example....Tim Kelly witnessed this one, everyone was sitting in the family room watching T.V. when the phone rings....my mom answers and its for my dad. Well my dad is watching T.V. and dosen't hear my mom tell him the phone is for him. She says "Hi ya" and throws the phone at my dad. Before he knows what is going on it hits him in the side of the face!! Then he says"Why would you do that??"

I'm ready for food!

Thayne is almost 6 months old!! I can't believe it!! Cody thinks it's time for another one! He found out he loves new babies. Two weeks ago, Thayne got his shots and was fussy for a couple days; I thought it was from the shots but no....he got his first tooth on bottom. Then yesterday I feeling his tooth and found another one! He now has both bottom teeth.....he hasn't bit me yet:)

His first experience eating rice cereal!! More on him than in his mouth!
Too busy watching TV to eat! And I think he likes chewing on the spoon more than the cereal, cause it feels good to the teeth!
Man I better cut back a little......my belly almost doesn't fit in the chair!
I love his big brown eyes!!

My Dad's tougher than your Dad!!!!

I think it was in middle school when my sister Tiffany and my cousin Kimberly sang "My dad's tougher than your dad" in the talent show!! I still remember it cause it was so cute! I was thinking about my dad and here are the top ten reasons my dad is the best!!

10. He is like an encyclopedia.....he knows everything! All of his kids are calling him constantly asking questions!! (I think my husband Cody gets annoyed at me cause I call my dad and double check him sometimes!) You can tell dad is a little irritated though, when he answers his cell phone and he is out of breath cause he is on a roof or a ladder! Sorry dad.

9. He has a great sense of humor!! He can find a bright side or something funny about any situation!

8. He gets along with everyone and people just love to be around him. Kids also love him!

7. He gives the best presents! He thinks and thinks and gives the best stuff. He spoiled us at Christmas when we were little (and still does)!

6. He's a great cook....some of his specialties are hamburgers, steaks, breakfast and dutch oven. Yummy!

5. He is a great speaker and teacher.

4. No matter where we are or what is going on, you always feel safe if he is around. Like nothing can happen to you!

3. He can live with our wonderful mom, and probably the one and only who can! J/K mom. He jokes about how he could write a whole book called "Life with my wife"!!

2. He is one of the hardest workers I know. He has some days he doesn't feel to good and he still gives it 100%! He would to anything to help any of his kids if they needed it!

1. He has a strong testimony of the gospel and is one of my best examples!

Dad has some great one liners here are a few of the classics:

"Just Yuck it up"
"Let it rub there mad spot"
"Now we're talk'en"
"Your crusen for a brusen!"
"You don't think ya coulda speeda things up"
"Long haired bed wetter"
"Your going to have to wear your life jacket to bed" (After my little broters would drink alot of water before bed!)

Thanks for all you do DAD!! Happy Fathers Day! We Love You!
P.S. I didn't get your present mailed so you will have to come visit to get it! :)

Party Time

We went to Ava's birthday party this weekend.....Thayne was excited to see everyone!!

Oh no!! Grandma Tami has me!!! J/K Thayne really does remember my moms voice cause she was with us the first two weeks of life.

Ava that looks sooo fun!! I want a turn! Ava was so cute at her party! She was so excited about all the fun.

Notice the cut on Codys nose....He got in a fight!! With the pliers....They won!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mothers Day!! I want to tell everyone why I think my mom is so great! First off, now that I'm a mom, I can't imagine how anyone can have three of four kids yet alone eight kids!! (She even had us all natural, without any drugs!!) She got married right out of high school and started having us, even though she was the valedictorian of her class and had a full ride scholarship to any Wyoming school! I remember when we were younger dad was busy with his construction business, on the school board and bishop all at once!! I don't know how mom didn't have a mental breakdown trying to handle all of us; me ex specially cause I was (probably still am) such a brat! She was always home when we got home from school, usually with homemade (healthy) cookies or something good! I remember growing up I was so scared at night, well OK in the day also, and I would lay in my bed in the middle of the night and yell "mom" cause I was too scared to go to her room, so she would come to mine. She was a 24/7 taxi to us all until Travis could start driving (even then I would still opt to have her give me a ride cause he was such a crazy driver!) I could go on and on about all the many things she did for us all! Now that we are all grown up she continues to help us all out! She came and stayed with me when we were building our house, she painted, cleaned windows, helped me move and even cleaned my dirty rental. Then she came and stayed with me for about two weeks when I had Thayne. Recently she was in Utah helping Tiff move and in Colorado visiting Trav all in one week! She is so dedicated to the church with a strong testimony and is willing to accept any calling. I think one of her great qualities is unconditional love for everyone even when they don't show it back! I am so glad I have such a great mom and wonderful example. I know no one is perfect, but she is close! Here is a cute picture of my mom and dad, he gets a shout out for being a bachelor when she's always gone!


This is Codys cute Mom!

Update

I thought I would put on some wedding pictures...we have been married two years on the 8th!! I can't believe it!! Baby Thayne as Peyton would say......We can't believe how much he has changed! This is the cute birth announcement Tina made for me!! Tina has found a new hobby of taking pictures and making everything you could imagine and we love it!! But notice in this picture he has no eyebrows.....He woke up one morning with eyebrows and Cody thought I was putting makeup on them to make them darker.... Cody is totally in love with his baby boy!! He gets up in the night and brings him to me to nurse and then I can hear them out in the living room playing...that's a habit we need to break; no playing in the middle of the night!!
Tina took the rest of these pictures....He's not quite three months, but close enough! Notice the eyebrows!!

This is the cute snowsuit Jamie gave him!! Thanks Sorry it took so long to update...I still haven't bought a new computer so Tina has been helping me do it. It was crazy when we had Thayne...the second night in the hospital Cody got sick and thougt it was from the hospital meatloaf..He finally listened to me and went to the emergency room and had his appendix out...We were both patients in the hospital at the same time! I went home and he had to stay. Thanks to mom-on-wheels- she came to the rescue and saved me. Cody was still sick and had an infected blood clot (so they think) and had to go back to the emergency room and they took him to Ogden. I was a little stressed not knowing what was going to happen and a two week old I barely knew how to take care of! I think everything is back to normal!! Thanks to everyone who helped us out!! And for all the cute baby stuff!!

Our New House

Here are pictures of our new house! I just realized that I don't have any pictures of the outside of our house but here is a peek at the inside of our sticks for all those that have been anxious to see it. Come visit us anytime!