St. George

We got to go down to St. George at the end of March for a pharmacy convention. Jeff and Landon went with me and we had a couple of friends caravan along too. What a weekend! Landon did so well on the way down. He started playing peek-a-boo with his blanket. This is one of my favorite pics of Landon ever!

While I spent 10 hours in classes on Friday, Jeff and our friends did some hiking in Zions. Here are a couple of shots from the hidden canyon hike. I'm so glad I wasn't there! They said it was a bit scary, and you had to scoot on your rear end at some parts. NOT cool! My sister , Jenny was nice enough to watch Landon while they played (and got sick from not eating!)

Pretty waterfall

Our car ride home was looooooong! We took a "detour" to Bryce Canyon so Landon was in the car from 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. He was NOT a happy camper! We did ANYTHING and EVERYTHING we could think of to keep him entertained. Licorice worked for awhile.

This is the snow piled high at the top of Bryce Canyon. It was mighty cold, but nice to see. This ppic is from a phone camera so the quality ins't that great, but Landon has a pice of a pine tree in his hand, and he used it to sweep the sidwalk. Anything to keep him entertained!


And now for a brief intermisson..............................................................

This has nothing to do with St. George, but these critters like our house too much. We live near fields so they are expected, but Jeff wanted Landon to get aquainted with them too. Landon is very intrigued by bugs now. Thanks Jeff ***enter sarcasm here****

Now, back to Bryce Canyon. Here we are at one of the lookouts. It was cold, as you can tell, and Landon was more interested in the puddles of water than in our photo shoot, but oh, well. We finally got to see Bryce Canyon.

I like this one too. It was cold and bright, but at least it worked. I love my little man.

This is on our way home. He read to himself for about 10-15 minutes, but then I had to lay my seat back, read, and show him the pictures the rest of the way. Boy, was I glad to get home!

Easter 2011

Some families in our ward always put on an Easter Egg Hunt for the neighborhood. It was very cold, and this is the best pic I got. We were waiting to start, and I was blocking his path so he wan't happy. Plus, he didn't feel well.


Here he is on Easter morning eating a graham cracker. We didn't get him any candy, but we got him some books, 3 cars and the Primary songs on cd. He loves his new books and Mater is his favorite.

We had dinner at Nana and Papa's house. Landon loves to jump, but has to sit between someone's legs to do it. I love this action shot. It wa a fun day.

You can't have Easter without bubbles. Landon LOVES bubbles! He loves to pop them and chase them, and comes running back for more!

Nana had a small egg hunt. He did an awesome job at finding all the eggs.

We went to my mom's house and had our annual egg hunt there. Me, Jeff, Maria and Jared got to hide them this year. We added an impromptu prize for the real golden egg. Everyone was looking for it, but only Zack found it! He got the $1.00 prize from Jeff.

Zack was so excited about his prize, he climbed the tree and hung there. No, not really. We just happened to catch him in a Zack moment.

And for the final picture of the day; which sums up the day perfectly; I present to you Landon.....
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Doesn't this picture just speak volumes? He was worn out, exhausted, ready for bed, and wanted to swing all at the same time. He just sat there lethargically and let us push him in the swing. He's a funny kiddo. Happy Easter Everyone!

Ok, here's one more. I just thought it was so funny!Oh, and No, i do not drug my son. He just looks like it!

Hello Suzanne!

This post is for my friend Suzanne, who called me out the other day and told me that I don't post very much. Well, She's 100% right! Our lives are a bit boring, but I have managed to get a few pictures. Suzanne, stayed tuned too... there's more to come! Landon stole the french fries and started stuffing his face full. Daddy joined in too.
Fry thief!

We were playing games and got a bit carried away with the blue robbin egg candies. Good times!

My Dad like peanut butter and I do too. I ate the whole container! Yummy!

He was a total and utter mess. Peanut butter is pretty hard to clean up. I had to get him in the tub just to get the oily peanut butter off everything!

Landon got to go into nursery a bit early because he was being a bit destructive/distracting and rambunctious in the primary room. He loves it and has done really well! This is him after his first day. He was pretty happy, and I couldn't get him to hold still long enough for a good shot. He is holding the "coloring project" that he did. We still have these things 3 weeks later and he still plays with them. What a stud!

Granny time/Randomness.

I know this is way overdue, but we went to templesquare in December. I just liked this pic a lot.

We went to Jumpin Jacks for the first time. He wasn't sure what to think at first, but enjoyed it.

Here he is trying out the "safe zone" for little ones.

We played trucks at Granny's house. Notice this truck has no tires.... Toby the dog ate them! What a crazy dog!

We had to take some pics with Granny. We sure do love her a ton!

This little sneek got into granny's cup. He thought he was pretty cool!

I like this pic. Jeff and his Grandma Adams have always had a close relationship. Granny was a bit sleepy, but we managed to get some photos. What wonderful memories we have at Granny's house. She is truly amazing!

Jared's Wedding

First off... My family is crazy so we got lots of pics. Jeff was in charge of picture taking, and he did a great job. Sorry for the quantity, but enjoy! All 18 grandkids together at once. As you can tell, this was rather interesting! I love all of their different personalities.

I can not for the life of me get this to upload right. It's in my files right, but uploads wrong. If anyone reads this, can you help me? It's a cute pic though.

I know this was Jared's wedding, but I have to post pics of my handsome boy!

My dear friend Joan. She's like an aunt to me. She wouldn't smile for Jeff so I made her take a good one. :)

Jared being Jared. I think he was nervous so he took comfort in the silky fabrics. He's such a dork!

Mom and Dad. Jenny had the wonderful idea of submitting my dad for what not to wear. Sounds like a great idea to me. At least it's a pretty good picture.

Jared's whole fam damily. They all look so good. I'm rather impressed. They clean up nicely!

Aaron, the best man, and Jared, the groom. Don't they look alike?

I just love this picture of Landon. He was happy as a lark chasing bubbles.

This is Sam. He is Jared's best childhood friend. I was glad he made it! He's a nice guy.

Cute huh?

I liked their modern take on a cake topper. It was different, but neat looking. I love the color combo.

Hospital Stay?

Well, as you can see, Landon spent last Friday night in the hospital. He had his 15 month visit with shots earlier in the evening. A little later he had a sever reaction to something. His face swelled up and went bright red. He had big welts and hives all over his body. The doctor gave him some epinepherine and benadryl at his office,and when the rashes died down they sent us the Provo hospital to spend the night for observation. The idea of sleeping in the hospital was a good one, but the actual act of sleeping there was much easie said than done. We were zombies the next day at Kaylyn's shower. Thanks to Nana and Papa for bringing us some pjs and a big thanks to jared and amy for bringing us dinner and Sully. Luckily he's fine now and we found out yesterday that he is not allergic to any foods! We just have to be careful with immunizations for kindergarten.

Birthday pics sneek peek!

We had Nicole Steiner take our pictures. We did a few family shots, but mostly of the babe. What a cutie! This was the favorite of the sneek peek!
We found this adorable swing. If she got one with him looking up then I will definitely print it. I love how happy he is!

I love the balloon shots, but I think he was getting pretty tired at this point! Sometimes I love he somberness he has.

I love this one too!

Random pics and Landon's 1st b-day

Here's our little monster on Halloween Eve. Hey, at least he stayed nice and toasty!

I just loved how he was snuggling the puppy. Jeff gave that to me before his mission. Now Landon loves it!

Here are the birthday boys! We went out to eat on their actual birthday. It doesn't look like it, but they were both happy, I promise!

Here are just a few of the guests who attended the birthday party(there are many more pictures,but I had to narrow them down)....

Joan and my Mom. Joan is a close family friend.

Tyler and Tish

Justin, Susan , and Cooper

Nick and Kaylyn. I can't believe Nick is actually smiling! That's very unusual, but very ncie.

Great Grandpa and Grandma Curtis came clear from Logan.

Here he is enjoying all the new toys.

The food was great. 3 soups, homemade rolls, and veggies. Yummy! Oh, and cupcakes for dessert.

This is the monster cake that I made for Landon to eat!

He started with the frosting...........

found the cake inside and loved it...................

and tried to share it with his mommy!

The end result. I love this boy more and more each day. He makes us very happy, and we're lucky to have him in our family. Happy Birthday Bud!