my farm kidz

A helpful Big Sis

2011-07-27T22:54:00.000-07:00

Our 3 stay with Grandma and Grandpa

2011-07-27T22:28:00.000-07:00

Paxton and Grandma napping he got up every 2 to three hours the first night with Grandma! Wow how easy I forgot the weee hours thf the night!

This is how the kidds sleep at my parents house, they love it one big bed on the living room floor!

Uncle Stetzen was amazing entertaining Braden , he had just had his birthday and got Legos so they were able to build them together it was so fun for Braden to have help and have someone as interested in Legos as he is.

What a great big sister she is going to be

The Darrington girls came to visit us....

Ami, Jenna, Tara, and Grandma

He lookes so little in this bed that was set up for him next to my parents bed

Screaming during his first bath

I didn't know how Gracie would react to this lil guy but she sure loves him, she has been very patient and sweet with him

I think my kids thought we were on vacation or something Braden stayed with Dan and Byralou while we were at the hospital and the girls were with Jocelyn and my Mom and then we all ended up and my Mom's, it was like a dream for them! It was fun to share a few of Paxton's firsts with Grandma and Grandpa, the first night, bath, cry, diaper, and all the fun firsts you get to experience when you bring them home. Unfortunately I don't remember some of this stuff I was so druged up. I finally said does'nt matter how much it hurts I am done with this weird crap, I have never had pain meds, hope to never have them again. I can tell Maylee is going to be a fantastic helper with this new baby.

Going Home

2011-07-27T22:09:00.000-07:00

I have been so excited to put him in this new carseat, I love dit the first time I saw it and knew it was the one!

Daddy buckeling Paxton in

Proud parents for sure we have been so excited to meet our little guy and to finally be able to take him home

I was so glad that Braden was able to come help us get Paxton ready to go he was so cute helping and I think he really enjoyed it

We stayed way longer then we thought we were going to so when they told me I could go home I defiantly had mixed emotions, I was so sore did'nt have any idea how I was going to even take care of the little guy, they told me in order to go home I had to walk, so I walked and we went home. Brittney and Stezen were there to help haul everything out and pack us up, Brit helped get Paxton dressed and made sure I did my final walk! Thanks guys we appreciate it!

We actually headed to Grandma Becky's for a few days, Jeff was in the middle of planting and knew he would be late coming home so we were very grateful to be able to stay there and get help, had I known then what I knew now I would of really been scared to leave the hospital, recovering from a c-section was way harder then I thought it was going to be. I had to have help there was no choice, I had to have help doing everything, just ask Brittney!

Hangin out at the hospital

2011-07-25T10:57:00.000-07:00

Uncle Randy and cousin Ainz

Aunt Bert getting Paxton ready to go home

Stezon holding Paxton while Britt took me for a walk, I had to walk so I could go home!

so SWEET, Aunt Mindy visiting Paxton

Joce came to snuggle little Pax everyday, and stay here when Jeff was gone, can't wait for baby Nelson!

Snacks anyone?

The Boys

Perfect little face

My new brother

Maylee has been waiting forever for this moment, to finally get to hold the little brother we have been talking about forever!

Me and my girls

Gracie was very worried about me in the hospital bed, she wascurious about the machines and the bowl of food that was there, I let her drink the milk and she thought that was so cool so I saved my milk for her each day!

Grandpa and Paxton

Meeting my Grandparents!

2011-07-25T10:45:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa Darrington
Grandma Robertson feeding you for the first time

Grandpa Paul

Paxton is a lucky little guy to have such wonderful Grandparents, they could'nt wait to meet him and hold him! We are so lucky to live so close to them all.

going private!

2011-07-17T22:12:00.000-07:00

i guess i am finally going to go private with my blog, yes i know what you are all thinking why you never blog but i acturally have quite a bit of posts ready to share just ready to go private so leave me your info and i will add ya!

Paxton Paul Darrington

2011-06-17T11:25:00.000-07:00

Brothers meeting for the first time! Braden has been very excited to meet his cute little brother here he is holding him

Must of still been on good meds! look at Maylee's profile, all smiles

I love this picture, he's a lucky little baby

Proud Daddy

Jocelyn and Jeff changing the first diaper, he peed all over Joce they ahd to ask for new onsies and sheets!

Maylee really liked the hair nets and insisted that Joce wore this

Here is Gracie and the puppy Grandma sent this puppy!

Aunt Jocelyn brought the girls in to see him, they bought him a cute little cow

Aunt Ami and Paxton

I could'nt wait for this moment, when he gets to meet his brother and sisters

His first picture!

had to check out the toes!

all stretched out

The first time I got to hold my new little guy

Just look at those little blue eyes

I love this PIC....

Were having A

2011-01-17T15:40:00.000-08:00

BOY!

Yep were making things even at our house with number 4, we had the ultrasound this morning and everything looked good, were really excited to meet him the end of May!

We just got back form California and hopefully there will be lot's of cute pics on this blog before tommorow, that's the goal!

My Little Maid

2010-10-11T16:16:00.000-07:00

Gracie has found a fascination with rinsing the dishes, she gets the ladder out and turns in the water and away she goes. The problem is she never wants to be done with the water, I love that she has the sparkle shoes on that she insisted on having when we were school shoe shopping with the kids, her Daddy thought she really needed them! Gracie is growing up so fast she is such a joy in our house, thanks for the help Gracie.

Gracie and Maylee

2010-10-11T09:46:00.000-07:00

Gracie was'nt sure what to do when Braden and Maylee were both gone on the first day of school, it was really quiet that is for sure. I had to buy these matching dresses, I thought they were so cute!

Maylee's going to Kindergarten

2010-10-11T09:39:00.000-07:00

Walking outwith Mrs.Mendenhall and her class

Aunt Jocelyn Painted her fingers and toes for her first day!

Visiting Robbie

2010-09-26T20:19:00.000-07:00

One of our good friends has a sweet little girl that is two years old in Primary Childrens Hospital in Salt Lake. So a bunch of us (8) to be exact, (precious cargo) loaded up to go visit her, did I mention between the 8 of us we have 22 kids!!! We left around 4 and got back around 2am. It was a great night, we picked her up at the hospital and went to Cafe Rio. We talked and cried adn talked and cried then they closed so we went and sat in the parking lot for awhile, Robbie is the kind of person that no matter the situation she is so positive and upbeat. She is the kind of friend anyone would want to have. Her little Lolly is struggling with all sorts of ups and downs at this point. We are all praying for her and her family, thanks for an amzing night, I will never forget it!

Braden's first day of 2nd Grade

2010-09-24T20:49:00.000-07:00

Braden was somewhat excited to go to 2nds grade, he got right up and ate breakfast got dressed and was ready to go. I thought I hope he is always this excited to go to school! His teachers are Mrs. Clayton and Mrs. Hepworth.

new computer

2010-09-14T19:51:00.001-07:00

got a computer and camera have no pics on it and almost forgot my blog address now this is what i call crazy!!! i must update this darn thing

Gracie on the loose

2010-09-03T09:49:00.000-07:00

Gracie has had no problem entertaining her self today that's for sure, she also has no problem making a mess, and look what we did now that school started we POTTY TRAINED!

Summer Sleeping Arrangement

2010-07-15T09:31:00.000-07:00

This has been Maylee and Braden's sleeping arrangement for the last little while, why they don't go sleep in either of there full size beds downstairs where they would have lots of room to move I don't know. I had to take a few pictures because it is kind of cute, they have so much fun together and have had a great summer. I hope they can always be buddies and take care of each other especially when Maylee goes to school this year.

Swim Lessons

2010-07-15T09:16:00.000-07:00

We do swim lesson's every year at the club, this year was a little different I usually had a baby to watch during lessons but this year all 3 kids had lessons the same time. It was fun to watch each of them swim, Braden improved ton's this year he had his own teacher so he thought that was way cool. Maylee was excited to see that Ellie was in her swim class she like jumping in the best! Gracie wasn't sure about it when I handed her to the teacher and didn't get in but she eventually figured that it was still okay even if Mom wasn't in the pool with her! She liked playing motor boat the best.

Maylee Anna

2010-07-14T13:35:00.000-07:00

Maylee is quite the poser when she wants to be, I love this little shirt she looks so grown up in it though. She is such a aweet little girl and is also quite a tease but very innocent while doing so.

Mountain Dew FOR 2

2010-07-14T13:31:00.000-07:00

I saw these shirsts in Utah and had to get them for 2, Mountain Dew is a part of Jeff's life and has been since I think he was born cause if your last name is Darrington there is a chance you do the Dew~! Jeff drinks Diet I think it is nasty but it does cut out hte sugar so that's good. Braden was excited to get a shirt like his Dad's!

Nothing like a $dollar$ store baby

2010-07-14T09:21:00.000-07:00

My girls always seem to want a dolly form the dollar store they each have several colors and come home and play with them forever, like they have no other toys in the world. Gracie likes dolls more them Maylee she was loving her new dolly and her princess pillowcase we sewed her. She is growing up so fast, she makes us laugh every second by the things she does and says.

we survived

2010-07-12T10:08:00.000-07:00

so i have to post this glorious day because we survived, the trek, family Reunion, cousins wedding, girls camp, jeffs brothers wedding, swim lessons, and my dad in the hospital for 17 days, these were all really fun things except my dad being in the hospital but it seems like a big relief today as finally i can say it is going to be a regular week at our house, gotta love summer (or it will be gone at the wink of an eye!) hope your summer is going great like ours.

thanks everyone for all your help and love, so i could accomplish all these things

Sunday Best

2010-06-23T21:24:00.000-07:00

This is may favorite, they really show how they feel about each other in this picture even though sometimes they have there moments, they truely are best buds!

These two love to make funy faces, we hardly can take a picture

without doing one funny one also

Trying to survive

2010-06-20T22:06:00.000-07:00

thats about how I feel at this point in the summer, so much stuff to do and not enough time to do it so the family blog has suffered tons, so here's a little recap of the events of summer so far, just finished the trek last week for church now we are getting ready for girls camp, got back last night from Jeff's cousins wedding in Salt Lake, my 3 kids have all had birthdays, headed to a family reuion tommorow and that's just what I can remember now! CRAZY CRAZY, I am trying to just keep a float at this point, I keep telling my self this is all fun stuff just alot of stuff to keep straight and believe it or not were just gettin going, so some day this blog will be up to date just not now! I remember when I first started blogging I would try to find stuff to blog what happened to me!

Gracie's 2 year pictures

2010-05-24T21:35:00.000-07:00

I think Aunt Brittney had fun taking these pictures of Gracie, Thanks Bert!

Did'nt know dinner could be so much FUN

2010-05-19T12:17:00.000-07:00

I bought these drinks for our dinner since were having a Mexican dish and the kids thought it was great, they have had them before but for some reason it was pretty exciting! Gracie even liked her's and thought she was pretty big to have her own!

Jeff was maybe not as excited!

Photo Shoot

2010-05-14T17:17:00.000-07:00

Once in awhile you can get kids to just be them selves while you take pictures, this was one of those times. The girls were just being I guess, "girls"!

Maylee 4

Gracie 1

These were taken last month!

Eatin Dinner

2010-05-13T19:56:00.000-07:00

Nothing like a good steck!

Gracie's new thing is she walks in the kitchen when she is hungry and says, " I want dinner " no matter what time a day if she is hungry that is what she say's! It's prettry cute, so here she is actually eating dinner and enjoying it! She loves Tinkerbelle so she is wearing her wings this night also, she is sitting on my lap and just saw the picture and said I want to eat dinner, I want to eat now, I want dinner!

I lost a tooth

2010-05-06T12:00:00.000-07:00

Braden had a tooth that was just hanging for like 3 days, he wouldn't hardly eat and was constantly complaining how he couldn't eat. I made steak for dinner which is his favorite thing and he was so sad he couldn't eat it so I thought let me look at it and I will see how loose it is, after much talking and crying he opened his mouth and it was hanging by a thread so I quickly grabbed it to see if I could pull it and it fell in my hand, I was disgusted by the whole deal but finally it was over and he could eat steak and be happy!

My reason for being a bad Blogger!

2010-05-05T17:10:00.000-07:00

I have wanted to get a newer camera that didn't decide to turn off at any given time and saved up and finally decided after much much debate to get the Nikon 8000 it came out the end of February and I had to wait for it to become available, well I got the new software and my computer was being difficult and I haven't had 2 seconds to figure it our and finally today I said I am taking time and figuring it all out so I have now transferred all 654 pictures from the last 2 months and watch out blog, were back!

Gracie turned 2

2010-05-01T00:06:00.000-07:00

Gracie's first 2 years!

On April 23rd my baby turned 2, I can't believe it. Time flies for sure, Gracie is such a sweet little girl she is very happy and friendly to everyone. I joke that she is running for mayor because she is always talkin gto people, different from her brother and sister. I have great birthday pics to come!

I don't know what your talking about

2010-04-06T20:05:00.000-07:00

That is exactly what Maylee said, when I asked her about her fancy eyeliner! She is not sure how it got there, and doesn't know what I am talking about. She thinks makeup has to be above her eyes for some reason, she always puts her eye shadow on her eyebrow, she cracks me up. She defiantly is my girlie girl, she is still loveing preschool and dance. She is growing up way to fast and is my little sweet girl!

She looks so shocked in this picture
Did I do something wrong?????

SURPRISE, were going to Vegas

2010-03-31T19:09:00.000-07:00

What we saw! The Beatles show was jam packed with action you could'nt even see everything because so much was going on all the time it was really fun. We also went to Le Reve, maybe my favorite it was a water show where divers and dancers did amazing dives and gymnast acts so cool I was amazed at the theater it was a swimming pool then a adance floor then back to a swimming pool, it is a must see if you go! We also went to a bodies exhibit, kind of different human bodies that had been donated to science really informative kind of creepy though.
They had the Titanic exhibit at the Luxor it was really neet, they gave you a boarding pass and you got to see at the end if you live or died, Everyone lived but me! My guy died, these boarding passes showed why they were going on the boat and a little about the person.

We went to the Phantom it was so cool I loved it, the people did an awesome job and the theater was way cool.

The room was really cool

I love jetted tubs, they are the greatest, so when I got the rooms they just happened to have one!

We stayed in the New York New York Hotel, it was really cool we stayed in one of these towers!

Look who we saw, my camera is a hunk a junk so let me tell you it was George off of Seinfield!

These are taken in front of the Wynn hotel, it was an amazing hotel!

Walking the strip we walked 13 miles the first day, everything looks close but it is not as close as it appears for sure!

In the casino

Fancy meeting you here, so somehow my parents there friends and Ryan and Mindy were there the same time, we all planned it seperately crazy I know.

We went to the Beetles Love Cirque de solie show it was amazing

This is the M&M store it is amazing look at all the colors, so cool!

In January Ami and I got a bug to go somewhere so we decided to plan a trip to Las Vegas, the cool thing about it was we decided to surprise Jeff and Brian! So here is how it went down- We planned the trip for February 18 thru the 21st, so we had this fabulous plan on how we were going to pack there bags, get the kids delivered where they needed to go and the whole bit. That morning Ami told Brian they were going somewhere but that they had to stop at our house to pick up a paper, I told Jeff as he was putting his work clothes on that he needed to put on nice clothes he looked at me like why, I then told him not to asked questions, (I packed our suitcases and hid them in the closet downstairs!!!), So I took Braden to school, then took Gracie to Emy's and Maylee to school, (thanks Jocelyn, Byralou and Emi for helping with the kids!) Ami was supposed to be at our house at 9:10 so I got back home and then Ami knocked on the door and Jeff said hi, and I grabbed the suitcases and we followed her to the car, Brian said what are you guys doing we said coming with you! So then they want to know which direction to drive, we told Brian to get on the freeway and drive, Ami said he thought they were going to the Anniversary Inn, I don't know what Jeff thought! We got to Tremonton and one of them said are we flying somewhere and we were like heck no we aren't flying somewhere so we as we got to the airport exit we told them to take it and then they were both like where are we going so they guessed a couple place but we never told them until we got our boarding passes in the line! WOW we did it and they didn't find out, it was so much fun to go and to pull off the surprise!

8 Years and Counting

2010-03-28T20:56:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it has been 8 years since Jeff and I got married, time flies when you are having fun! We got married on a Thursday afternoon, then had dinner at the Juniper in and then we stayed at the Anniversary Inn, in Logan. We have stayed there almost every year on our anniversary since then, I love that place.

Lot's of stuff can happen in 8 years that's for sure, I feel lucky and blessed to have such a great husband who supports me in everything I do, and is a great Daddy to the kiddo's, Happy Anniversary!

Gracie's new Pictures

2010-03-10T06:11:00.000-08:00

My favorite, she just looks so Innocent holding her hands like that!

My little sister is quite the photographer it was to cold to go outside so we set up a studio in the living room, she did such a good job with these pictures, I love them, thanks Brit!

Dr. Seuss Day

2010-03-08T13:37:00.000-08:00

Braden was'nt sure about dressing up for Dr. Seuss day, I told him he could be thing one from The Cat and The Hat, he went to bed and I got online to see what it looked like exactly and look I made it for free instead of $25 online, I got on printshop and made a label then used my zyron machine and made it a sticker and put it on his red shirt he was so excited in the morning, then we put in blue hair gel and wa la thing one it is!

"HAM" did it!

2010-03-08T12:17:00.000-08:00

When I came home from mutual I was greeted with Gracie covered in marker! Jeff said he was doing the dishes and Gracie some how got a hold of the marker, she did a good job for sure so I asked her how this happened and she told me "Ham did it, (Sam and Becca were at our house, she calls Sam, Ham.) So funny, because "Ham" was at mutual with me!!!!

This is her story!

2010-03-08T12:00:00.000-08:00

In the Beginning there were 6!

2010-03-06T22:59:00.000-08:00

Here is my parents with the 6 of us, we now have grown to a whopping 26!!!! (i think)

The original 6, here is my siblings fom oldest to youngest

Ryan, Me, Logan, Trish, Jocelyn, Brittney

Do You SEE a Trend Here

2010-03-06T22:45:00.000-08:00

Gracie has always loved her bb (pacifier), from day 1 it was a must for her, as she got older it was still important and although she may not have always had it in her mouth if we went somewhere, or put her to bed she had to have it. Time kind of got away from me and I thought dang she's almost 2 I better get serious about it and then I kept putting it off and last week we could'nt find one and after 2 days she just for got about it, on Thursday Maylee found one in the suburban an stuck it in her mouth, I told her yukky no more bb's and she cried for a second. Maylee continued to tell me Mom she is stil a baby she NEEDS her binky!

She's Growing to fast

2010-03-06T22:37:00.000-08:00

Lil Miss. Gracie thinks she needs to be a big girls now, she is talking up a storm and likes to mimick everything that is being said! Things she does:

Sleeps all night

talks to her dolls just like she was there Mom

Tells me when her baby is tired or crying

Puts every body's stuff away for them such as coats, shoes, ect!

Likes to eat apples

loves animals and wants to make animal sounds with each bite!

Likes to play with Maylee and Braden no matter what they are doing!

Pretends to talk on the phone all day long

When she is in the salon she does whatever I do, I f I am doing a color she goes and gets a color bowl and brush and i have to put mousse or gel in it so she can color her hair

She talks about pottying

She loves Tinkerbell, and Dora

She loves the nurshrey and goes in now with out crying!

And my favorite she say's "crap", we try not to laugh but it cracks us up everytime!

She is so much fun right now, she is learning so much and is just a sweet little baby, yes she can still be my baby although she will be 2 in 1 1/2 months!

Missing in Action

2010-03-06T22:27:00.000-08:00

It was suppost to slow down around here no such luck just trying to survive one of these days you will click on here and see the last 4 months of my life!

Our sweet Rachel

2010-02-07T21:38:00.000-08:00

DECLO- Rachel Morgan Darrington, age 10, of Declo, returned to her Father in Heaven on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. She died peacefully in her mother's arms after a long illness due to complications associated with metachromatic leukodystrophy.Rachel was born to Fred and Emy Darrington on Aug. 24, 1999, in Salt Lake City, Utah. A triplet weighing in at just over 3 pounds, Rachel began her life a fighter and continued to defy the odds until the day she decided to go home.Rachel was a beloved daughter, sister, grand-daughter, niece, cousin and friend. Everyone who knew Rachel was touched by her serenity, but Rachel was better known for her sense of humor. She loved to laugh, and those close to her had no problem making fools of themselves just to see her smile.Rachel was blessed with much happiness in life. She enjoyed school and Primary and loved her teachers. She took numerous trips to Disneyland and rode all the rides. She enjoyed playing on a T-ball team, floating the Declo canal and much more.What Rachel most enjoyed, however, was spending time with her family: her mama who rocked her, her daddy who took her for rides, her big brother, Jack, who was the best at making her smile, her brother, Sam, who eased her, and her triplet sister, Rebekah, who rarely left her side.Rachel is survived by her parents, Fred and Emy Darrington of Declo; her brothers, Jack and Sam Darrington; and sister, Rebekah Darrington, all of Declo; her maternal grand-parents, Mark and Loretta Peterson of Burley; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her paternal grand-parents, Leroy and Minnie Darrington; her sister, Hannah; and her triplet brother, Ryan, all of Declo.The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Declo LDS Stake Center, 213 W. Main St., with Bishop Garth L. Searle officiating. Burial will be in the Declo Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, Feb 5, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St. in burley, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the church.Rachel's family would like to thank the doctors and nurses at Cassia Regional Medical Center and Primary Children's Medical Center for their excellent care of Rachel and their sensitivity to the needs of Rachel and her family. they would also like to thank Rachel's teachers at Declo Elementary for the priceless friendship they extended to her.

Rachel loved fire works, one year that's what she got for her birthday

Gracie and Rachel she loved the fact that Gracie stole Becca's chair

Rachel and Maylee

Braden making funny faces so Rachel will laugh

The girls loved it when Braden and Maylee would rock them in there banana chairs!

Our story with Rachel

We have had the opportunity over the last 8 years to have Jeff's cousins in our home every once in awhile, they have a disease called Meto chromatic luko dystrophy i know i spelled it wrong, the last couple of weeks have been a roller coaster ride for our sweet Rachel, she got pneumonia about 3 weeks ago and was life flighted to Primary Children's, we were able to have Becca and Sam in our home while there Mommy and Daddy were in Utah with Rachel. Rachel passed away on Tuesday February 2 2010, we were able to have Becca and Sam with us that night and were blessed with the spirit and conformation that Rachel was in a better place with her older sister and triplet brother but our hearts still ache. Jeff and Rachel formed a bond early on, he spoke at her funeral and shared some of the experiences we were able to have with this cute girl! One story I will share is when we were staying with them at there house and everyone went to bed and Rachel was in crying and didn't want to go to sleep Jeff picked her up and went in the living room and rocked her for I don't know how long, they have been what I call buddies ever since. It didn't matter if I had Rachel for a few minutes or a few hours if Jeff walked in she lit up and was always excited to see him! I will miss her contagious laugh and I will miss trying my hardest to make her laugh, and seeing her and Becca in there matching clothes,but I know I am a better person for knowing this sweet spirit and feel blessed that Fred and Emy allowed us to care for there kids. I loved this little girl and will forever have sweet memories of Rachel and know that she is happy running, jumping, talking, eating, combing her hair and maybe watching fire works!

Maylee and Ariel's Grotto

2010-01-19T20:03:00.000-08:00

In front of Ariel's restraunt, she was soooo excited!!!!

She would not take her eye off of Ariel, she was just mezmorized it was really fun to watch her get excited and talk to them, I had to remind her not to be shy and I told her she had to talk to them!

So exciting, we finally get to meet the princess!

Getting an autograph from Ariel

Here is Ariel and Maylee, she was so excited to meet her and talk to her!

Ariel was beautiful and very sweet she acted like they were best friends!

Sleeping beauty was very nice and wanted to know who Maylee's favorite princess was!

Belle had to help Maylee with er crown. all the princess and everyone on thepark that were employees called Maylee Teanna, which is the the Princess and the Frog girl, that is the princess dress she choose to buy!

Here is Belle signing Maylee's autograph book

Belle had a vey pretty dress, Maylee liked her dress alot

Snow White was very outgoing she was just talking and talking asking Maylee lot's of questions she was fun

I thought is was so cute how they all wanted to hug her goodbye, like they had know her forever!

Cinderella was so sweet, she asked Maylee at the

the fancy dessert

She got this cute Ariel mint on her dessert plate

Hre is Maylee walking down the stairs

Maylee has been excited for one thing and that was to meet the princcess! She got a lunch with the princess at Ariel's Grotto for Christmas which is a restraunt where you get to meet the princess. They call your name and you walk down the stairs and there Ariel is waiting to meet you, she was adorable and very friendly, so you get to sit and talk and then they take pictures and you go sit down for lunch. After you have started to eat your 7 coarse meal that was way to fancy for a kid they started introducing each princess. The princess would come to each table give there autograph and sit and talk to you, it was the cutest thing ever, I loved it as much as Maylee!

Our Trip To California January 8th thru the 17th 2010

2010-01-18T21:54:00.000-08:00

We have been talking about this trip since September so when it finally was here we were all excited, so here was a timeline from our trip,

Friday- We picked Braden up from school at lunch time, met Jocelyn at Taco Bandidto to deliver Gracie, turned on the gps and hit the rode, oh yea we drove it was pretty fun actually! We went thru Jackpot and drove all the way to Vegas that night, we did'nt researve hotels except at Disney so we could be flexible with traveling, we stayed in the Tahiti Village, it happened to be dang nice 2 flat screens, lazy river ect thanks Jocelyn for helping us get a sweet room, for cheap!

The kids loved driving down the strip they were amazed as was I, it had been 14 years since I had been there, we ate dinner and fell asleep!

Saturday- We got up early had breakfast and hit the rode it was only 4 and a half hours to Anaheim, we checked into our fun hotel across from Disneyland called Camelott Inn, it was so nice to be across form the rode. Race time the race just happened to be at the Angel's Stadiam just a few minutes from the hotel!

Sunday- Our first day at Disney it stayed open till 11 pm so we had a fun filled first day

Monday- Our second day at Disney, it was'nt vey busy so it was nice

Tuesday- A day with Shamu, it was about an hour and 45 minutes to Seaworld, we got to see the Sandiego Temple and lot's of other cool things on the drive

Wednesday- our last day at Disney, hardly no one there, we could stay on rides twice and not wait at all, it was great!

Thursay- A day at the beach and some shopping at Down Town Disney, we had to check out of our hotel so we found another one in Anaheim

Friday-We got up and headed for Vegas, we stopped at the outlets along the way no real good deals but it was fun looking! We stayed at Tahiti Village again and drove the strip one more time to check out the lights!

Saturday- We got up and headed out we knew we were'nt going to drive the whole way but did'nt know where we were going to stop, Jeff came up with the idea of going to Hoover Dam,

it was only about 30 minutes away and he really wanted to go so we decided why not, we then drove to Nephi Utah, we stopped at the St. George Temple and Jeff showed us where he goes motorbiking when he goes down there!

Sunday- We drove form Nephi to home, but not before going to get our little Gracie who we missed so much from my parents house, Brittney and Stezon went to Boise so they were able to bring her home, thanks guys!

So that's our trip in a nutshell watch for all the pics to come it may take a while!

Sa1

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Here is Maylee in front of Cinderella's castle
Braden and Pluto

We went on these crazy teacups a million times they loved them, my Mom said they were my favorite when I was little also!

Braden And The Buzz Ride

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Braden loved this ride you got to shoot targets with that cool gun, we went on it tons of times, he tried to beat his score and get to higher levels each time we went!

Maylee's Face Painting

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My friend Joelle told me about this face painting they did in Disneyland it sounded fun so Maylee and I checked it out, she loved it they had these cute little makeup stations she got to sit in and pick out a design. The lady was awesome she matched her outfit with the paint right down to the poka dots, it was lot's of fun, even before the face paint we were waiting in line and some girls were like she is so cute can we have a oicture, so stranger's were wanting pictures of Maylee, she was ofcoarse being shy!

Parades and Churos

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We loved watching the parades and eating the delicious churro's!

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Jeff and Maylee on the Mr. Toad Ride

Jeff and Braden on the bugs life catapillar

Maylee and Braden on It's A Small World!

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Captain Hook scared the crap out of us while we were walking by he was hiding in the bushes, Braden was excited to see him

Braden and Maylee

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In front of Space Mountain, we took them both on it, it may have been a little faster then I remembered

Braden was always climbing on EVERYTHING!

On the carosel

Dumbo was Maylee's favorite ride we rode it a dozen times

If they were always this sweet! I love this picture of them!

Buz Ride was Braden's favorite we rode it more then any other ride

Here are the cool bug 3 d glasses they give you on the Bug's life adventure

Fairy God Mother

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We ran into Cinderell's Fairy God Mother, Braden would not go talk to her he was to cool, but Maylee was sure excited to get to see her and talk to her!

Goofy's Backyard

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Here they are at Goofy's backyard, they loved all the fun things to play on and climb on!

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Here are Braden and Maylee at Minnie's house, and on Goofy and Mickey's car's, this was toon towen, it it was a fun place to walk around and check put the character's houses!

Maylee and Minnie

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Minnie was so friendly she was going crazy because Maylee and her both had poka dots on! She was so cute, Maylee got her autograph and was able to go in her house and look around, it was so cute to watch we were lucky to catch her at home for sure!

At the Races

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This whole trip came up because of this super cross race we wanted to go to the race, we got so excited about Disney and the beach ect we almost did'nt go to the race but we are glad we decided to go! Braden and Maylee have there sweet motorcycle jerseys on and were ready for the race!

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It's not a race with out treats for sure, every man that came by to sell something Maylee insisted on buying it! They got those speed necklaces from the pits from the Montser Girls (aka the one's that hold the signs and wear little clothes!!!)

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Here are some pictures of the bikes we got to go see in the pits (aka behind the track where the riders and the sponsors hang out and give you free stuff, we were able to see Chad Reed which Braden was excited about, the green
# 12 is the local boy from Rupert!

Motorcycle Races

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Here are some pictures of the supercross race, it was the Anaheim 1 which means the season opener. We had really good seats and were able to see good! We were close enough that dirt would hit us when they went on the whoops (aka the jumps). Our favorite guy happens to be a local guy from Rupert,
Jake Weimer he even won we were cheering like crazy! They had an awesome opening with the nationa, anthem and a great firework show and lazer show, it was lot's of fun and we were glad that went!

Happy 2010

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Hope your holidays were great, we are playing catch up the blog at our house! So here is my attempt to get it done!

Setting up the Nativity

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We always tell the Nativity Story as we set it up. the kids all like to take turns and help set it up, Gracie thought is was pretty cool to touch the little glass pieces!!!

Maylee's Christmas Dancing

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My little dancer!

Aunt Trish drove down to watch Maylee dance at the hospital, she loves her Auntie Trish!

Maylee danced to the cutest songs this year, I about cried everytime she did her ballet dance, it was to Where are you Christmas from the Grinch, it was so cute, I loved her Christmas Jammies, she did really well and was'nt scared one time like last year!

Christmas Cutie!

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Gracie looked so cute for church so I made her pose in front of tree, she was preety happy to do it also, she has been drug all over this month to different partys and activities we have tried to protect her as much as we can, she has been healthy this winter ans we are very grateful for that! She likes the Christmas Tree but won't touch it because she says it is hot!

Value Watches

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We decided to give the Young Women watches for Christmas, I ordered beads the color of the values and Gina and I made these cute watches for them, they were really excited. I was even more excited for them to open them!

Matching Dora Jammies

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Silly Sisters!

She likes to wear her tut tu with about anything

This is where Gracie likes to eat her lunch on the step ladder, she always has atleast 5 things today it was her kittly, spice can, and camera!

Gracie has really started to like Dora, so when Grandma and Maylee picked out these matching pj's she wasso excited the problem now is if she see's them she insists on wearing them or holding them. She has started saying cute hthings like how are you and i'm good i'm good! She is 21 months and weighs 23 pounds exactly,

(we had to take her in for a possible ear infection before Christmas, luckily she was just fine)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BALLET

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TAP

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Halloween 2009 at the Darrington's

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Gracie's Halloween

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Gracie loved Halloween once we started tricker Treating and giving her candy after the 2nd stop she started opening each treat and wanting to eat it ofcoarse, she is piglet just like Maylee was at her age, check out the cute dolls my Mom made for all her tricker treaters amazing, the boys got homemade footballs, there were some pretty excited kiddo's leaving her house!

Braden's Halloween

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There was no question as to what Braden wanted to be for Halloween, he is a Transformer fan! So Optimus Prime was his choice, he had fun at his school party and look at his stash!

Maylee's Halloween

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This year Maylee and I were very excited to get her costume, she was a Cupcake Princess, I orderd this costume in August got it the week of Halloween, it kept backordering and I re-ordered several times just making sure I would get it! She had lots of fun and was excited to be a princess!

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Halloween events

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Here is Braden's school party and the church party, I was incharge of the school party we played a spider web game, and a musical tomb stone game and had treats, then had a special story red by the witch. The kids had a great time at trunker treat they had games and yummy soup, I especially enjoyed Dee's halloween costume (Micheal Jackson)!

Singing to Erica

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Aunt Teresa asked Maylee to sing Happy Birthday to Erica with Elle, they ere so cute and so brave, they gave her a basket of treats, there is a video of the cute performance! I can't belive Erica was sweet 16, she was a little girl when I met her 8 years ago,

Happy Birthday Erica we love you!

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Snug a bug!

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Gracie actually fell asleep on the middle of the living room floor, it was so cute and innocent, she is growing so fast she is talkin gup a storm and keeping us all on our toes! Her newest loves are moo cows, Dora, babies, and nigh nights (blankets)!

The Craft Fair

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Here is our contribution to the craft show Hair Flowers, Braden and Maylee were big helpers making flowers!
My Mom made these darling Santa's

The treat's

Aunt Wendy spoiling Maylee with bracelets

Heather and her mom Vishi

Casey Taylor with her cute toto's and baby carrier cover's

Addy our grown up neice

Some of my Mom's cute things

I had a little craft fair last weekend at the salon we had about 15 people that made things, it was fun to see all the fun stuff people made and fun to visit with all the people, I was shocked at the amount of people that came it was something I had never done before but seen many times at my Mom's house, she used to have craft shows at her house with some of her friends and I loved going and helping, I told my Mom a couple weeks ago to get busy were having a craft show, but only 1 right Mom!

Now that's one tired girl

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Jeff took this picture of Gracie while we were at church she ran and ran then fell asleep like this she is even holding her kitty! Good picture Dad!

3 in a row

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It's not very often I can get all 3 laying down, holding still for a minute!

Friday night movie time!

Turning 31

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I got 2 cakes how lucky!

Thanks Jocelyn for helping my kids pick out a cake for me!

I may never catch up on my blog but I am going to try, my 31st birthday was a month ago, Braden had a soccor game so Trish, Jocelyn, Fallon, Brittney, and my Mom came to watch we met Mindy and Aleigha at the Upper Crust for lunch, went to Wal*Mart, then Maurices,then to my Mom's to watch a movie and hang out. It was areat birthday, Jeff was in harvest so he was goin gto be working late but at 7:00 he called and said he was quiteing early so we could go out, he arranged his parents to take the kids and we went to Stevo's what a great day! Then on Sunday Jeff's fam had a party and dinner for me, I have the greatest family in the world!

Halloween Party with the Anthon's

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Braden and Phoebe enjoyed what they called the pumpkin guts!

These two have a great time together, they love dressing up in princess costumes

and the little ones, they are fun to watch they inter act with each other and like to follow each other around!

Every year since Braden and Phoebe were new babies we have had a party the week of Halloween with the Kelly and Joelle,

Jeff went to school with Kelly and i went to school with Joelle, so it is fun to hang out and let the kids play. We have traditions that we do every year, we have Chinese food,

(kids ate pizza this year!), have sugar cookies, and carve pumpkins and light them up so the kids can see what they look like!

It is allot of fun and the kids love it, and we get time to talk and catch up!

Pre-school at the pumpkin patch

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I helped take Maylee's preschool to the pumpkin patch in Oakley last week, I had a suburban full of girls! It was fun to see her interact with her friends, there are 11 girls and 4 boys in her class! This pumpkin patch is a blast, you get to feed goats, go thru a corn maze, go on a hay ride, play pumpkin bowling, throw bean bags thru pumpkin, go thru a spook alley and much more it is awesome!

Harvest Widow

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Addie was so little!

Ha hA Joce

About 6 years ago my best friend from highschool, Heather Young had a Harvest Widows party, we all wore are old prom dresses and she made us a fancy dinner, we each were given a state and she made us sashes to wear with our state on it. We played a trick on my little sis Jocelyn and told her we were having a swimsuit contest so weall pretended like we were changing then she came out and she was the only one in a swim suit! It was so fun, I miss you Heather! I have had this poem hanging on my fridge allthis time, I am posting this cute poem she wrote for all the harvest widows, 10:24PM and he's still not home!

Pommerelle Cabin Here we COME!

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We have all been wanting to go to the cabin to camp for years and we finally made it happen a couple weekends ago, it is so close and we get so busy we don't go up there! When we sat down and were talking we all said why don't we come up here more, it's close, it's beautiful and so much fun. My camera went dead after 1 pic so Thanks for the collages Mindy! We went on some fun rides ate yummy dutch oven, (thanks Dad!) sat around the fire, talked, laughed, and enjoyed every minute of it, exepted that Jeff could not come because he was harvesting beans!Look at my Dad and Gracie, so cute!!!!
I loved this little getaway, let's do it again sometime!
Thanks Mom and Dad for the great time!
Oh yea I do have to post the funny sleeping arrangements, upstairs, Mom, Dad, me, Maylee, Braden, Gracie, Raygn, Kyler, Porter, Case,

Downstairs Jocelyn and Fallon, Ryan, Mindy, Addie, Aleigha, Jaycee, Logan, Heather, Carter It was hilarious there were bodies everywhere, I never have slept in one area with so many people,

Let's go again SOON!

Pirate and Princess Party

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My parents had a pirate and princess sleepover for the grandkids, how cute is that? The kids loved it I finally got the picture they have been talking about. Can you imagine a sleepover with this crew? They said they were really good, I guess the saying

what happens at Grandma's stays ant Grandma's!
Carter, Ragyn, Case, Gracie, Grandpa, Maylee, Kyler, Braden, Porter, Addie, and Aleigha
missing, Fallon, Jacks, and Cecey

Neighboorhood Buddies

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Braden has loved having kids his age live by us, Kelly is his bud, in fact all 3 of my kids love to play with Kelly. On this day these two were eating stars from Dairy Queen. I am glad these two can grow up together and always be GOOD BUDDIES!

Sugar Beet Harvest

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Guess what were still doing at our house, HARVEST that's right well I guess 1 person in the house is but there are 4 others missing him while he is in harvest, they have'nt seen him for a couple days until this morning they woke up early enough to see there DADDY! We are thankful for him and how hard he works! Here is some pictures from a couple weeks ago when Braden went with Jeff, the beets are north of Paul so not very close to go visit after school!
The harvester broke the second I got there!!

Braden thinks he needs to climb on top of this thing everytime Jeff stops

Here he is on top, checking ot out he says

Here is a cool pic of Brian and Jeff both doing there Beet Harvest Jobs!

love the blue trucks!

Soccor Season!

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Braden loved playing soccor, he an excellent coach and learned quite a bit this year. He ran his little heart out!

Bean Harvest

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good looking chili bean, these beans are going to Hormel to make chili

Braden insists on checking the harvester to make sure it is not plugged up

Jeff and Brian got bean equipment this year so it has been a new experiance harvesting our own beans. This is "guitto" the bean combine, that's his name, Braden was way excited to go harvest beans it was nice they were just down the road, he is quite the farm boy!

The great pumpkin patch

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I took the girls to the pumpkin patch, Braden was in the harvester with Jeff so he did not come. Gracie loved the pumpkins she kept picking them up and hugging them! Since our garden has 4 foot weeds it will be the firstyear we have not had pumpkins of our own, maybe next year.

Dinner and the "D"

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A couple weekends ago Jackson, Trish and the kids came over and we had a country dinner, finger steak's, biscuits, gravy, peanut butter silk cake it was delicious. I was trying to think of a fun after dinner activity and decided we should take them up to the "D" everyone around here knows about it but for visitors to the town it is an exciting experience we went all the way to the top the kids loved it I closed my eyes most the time but we ended up making it down and had a great night!

Maylee at dance

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One tired little dancer, she fell asleep on the way home, it was a good day to have my camera!

skipping

taking her turn to do a shuffle step

taking her turn doing a sashey turn

Maylee just loves her dance class, she is taking ballet and tap again and just can't wait for her next class! It is fun to watch and to see her learn, and to talk to the other mom's. She has the best teacher she is patient and fun!

Island park over Labor Day

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We went to the cabin over Labor Day and had a blast, Jocelyn, fallon and Brtittney came with us! We did lot's of fun stuff, ate good food, swam, went on rides, fished, played games, rested and loved every minute of it!My little sis Brittney let me ride her motorbike it matched Braden's he thought it was pretty cool I knew how to ride it, we tried to teach Joce but no such luck!!!!!!!
1,2,3 go buddy

I used to ride my brother bike on the farm all the time it was a little orange 80, I had fun riding with Braden

Okay so you think you need snow when you go sledding, not at the cabin just these great sleds of Grandma and Grandpa's and away you go we sledded for hours! Fallon and Gracie just love each other they had fun following each other around

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We had so much fun playing games, watching the kids play, going on rides and just hanging out!

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Icecream fun, we got icecream at Macks Inn and in West Yellowstone, the kids enjoyed the icecream so did we though!

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Fishing was a highlight of the trip, we have tried the fishing thing several times and have got nothing this trip was much the same until we all sat down and rested while Braden had the pole and he caught one, the only problem was he headed out toward the water instead of on the ground so the little bugger got off but we were all surprised and excited! Fallon and Gracie loved this little secret spot that I found when I was in high school we come here every summer it is just a little ways from the cabin!

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Gracie fell asleep on the way to the fishing hole so Brittney carried the seat and all to the fishing hole! Braden decided after awhile to just get in and try to catch one by hand, he tried and got close but no luck! Fallon and Maylee followed each other all over down here it was a fun afternoon!

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On our way to West Yellowstone we stopped at howard Springs it is a little spring that comes off the mountain, we like to fill up our cups the water is cold and yummy! The kids loved it here, we I love the picture of Braden and Maylee hugging, it is fun to see them like that.

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Brittney took our family pictures at the cabin, there are lots more I just need to get them printed, she is awesome thanks Brit!

Braden's 1st Grade Picture

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Braden got his 1st grade picture taken, I think he is so cute with his top 2 teeth missing, he lost them both at my Mom and Dad's house this summer! He is loving first grade and is a pretty good little boy, he loves playing in his sandbox and farming with his Dad. Braden likes Transformers and riding bikes, he is a great big brother also. I can't believe I have a first grader!