YIKEEEEES!!!
It's been 2 weeks already???
Goodness gracious me, where does the time go???

Well, since I can barely remember yesterday, I will have to consult my photo folder in order to remember the last 2 weeks.

Ahhhhhhhhh, me thinks that Easter will be a good place to start. So, last Saturday night was a busy night. It was the night the Easter Bunny came to our house, as well as the night before lunch at Will's Aunt Shelly's house. I decided I was going to make a flower fruit basket...and I felt that once the kids were in bed, that would be the best time to get it prepped. Basically, I had to cut out flowers from watermelon and pineapple, make melon balls from honeydew and melon, and wash strawberries and grapes...then put them all in the fridge to assemble the next morning.
Scott decided to be a little booger and not go to bed...I couldn't keep him in there for the life of me, so I let him sit on the couch and watch Spongebob. That kid LOVES Spobgebob...and it's not like I ever put it on for him to watch it. Solomon has only watched it a handful of times while over here, but that handful of times was aparently enough times to addict Scott. I can't even walk by Spongbob crocs without Scott having a fit about wanting them...and, no, I have not bought them.
But his life, basically revolves around "Bob".
Anyways, Sat. night, I couldn't have him running around me and bugging me, so I sat him on the couch, put on Spongebob and let him bed.
This is what I found a little while later...

Isn't he just so sweet???
I sure love that little guy.
Now as for the flower fruit basket...oh, my, it sure looked yummy...and pretty. I got so many compliments on it when I walked in with it.


Oh, yes, and I must not forget this part of the day...I was violated by a horse...lol
I was standing holding Aerin, I think with the horses...maybe it was Scott...I dunno. Either way, I was showing Scott (I think) how to hold his hand out for the horse to smell...which the horse did. Then he kinda nibbled on my hand. No biggie. Then he went for my chest...and he got it. Well, I didn't want my pretty new shirt to rip in the teeth of this horse, so I didn't pull, but eventually did get free...lol
Yeah, gotta love a horse slobbery shirt...oh, the memories of Easter lunch...lol
Here is a picture of my boy and girl in their Easter outfits.


Well, to be honest, I have a really hard time believe that is all that has gone on in our lives for the past 2 weeks, but I really can't think of anything else...that's gonna make updating Scott's and Aerin's blogs a little tougher...but I will prevail.
Tomorrow is Christine's Bridal Shower, so I have to make a card for her tonight.
Oh, I should also like to mention that the other day I decided to try on my bridesmaid dress to show Will (since he has yet to see it) and it is a little too big...YAH!!!
The weight loss thing has been a little rough as of lately, kinda slacking...but I did workout last night and I will be again tonight.
This is a pic of the card that I made for my friend's birthday, which was yesterday.
My first time doing any scrapping anything in a really long time.

Don't you just love my new BLING???

lol

Okay, so for Christmas for the kid's stockings, I got them each their own special bubble bath...Scottie got SpongeBob and Aerin got Disney Princess bubble bath. Each bottle came with a special water squeeze toy.
Well, I got uber-grossed out by all the moldy goodness that develops in bath toys that I have never let them play with either of these toys in the tub.
In fact, truth be told, I never...
oh gosh dang it...it all erased.
Now I gotta rethink and retype all that I had written...and it was so clever and witty...I don't think I can do it.
Okay, I'm just gonna sum it up...
Basically, I never took the toys out of the packaging...that was cleverly inserted in a hollow part of the bottle. Well, really, the bottle just had a hole in the middle of it where the toy was.
Anyways...Aerin's toy has stayed there...away from all mold goodness...til tonight when Scott decided to unwrap it.
For what it's worth, it did take him 3 months to do this...so, for that I am impressed.
Anyways, so the toy is unwrapped and I decided to try it on.
Well, it fits my ring finger perfectly.
And in case you are wondering why I have it in place of my actual wedding ring set...well, I take my rings off to put lotion on the kids after bathtime...and then I have to let the lotion set into my skin before I put my rings back on so I don't get lotion on my rings...I have issues, I know...I have come to accept that...Scott had put the ring on the table...and I sat down to mess around on the computer...therefore (big breath cause I have yet to put a period anywhere in this sentence)...I have not put my wedding rings back on.
Please, Mrs. Kesanko, don't read my blog...you would be so ashamed of my sentences. Mrs. K was my most favouritest English teacher ever (gr. 9, I think...or maybe it was 8...maybe it was both...I dunno)
lol
You know, I remember when I first started my blog, I was always writing in a ery witty manner that always made my friend JannaBanana laugh...and I feel that this posting here is a reminder if that.
Anyways, so the bling...
You wanna see it???
Cause it is hot...and I am willing to bet that some celebrity has a rock this big on her finger...only it's the real deal. Not some silly Arial ring..although, I would pay the big bucks to see this particular ring on some celebrity Mom's finger as she walks down the street of Rodeo Drive...lol

Well, crud...I don't even remember what my last posting was about, so if I repeat something, I apologize.
I know I talked about our new bike trailer either in my last post or the one before...and I do believe I even promised to take a pic of it...well, all my pics have my kids in the trailer, but I imagine no one will complain about seeing my cute kids in the trailer...cause they aren't gonna make the trailer any less cute, right???
This first pic was taken on Tuesday. It was the day of our first bike ride. Will, the kids and I went for 14.5 mi. roundtrip. It was such a beautiful day and such a fun ride. The kids really seemed to enjoy it. Aerin took a really long nap and Scott just kinda hung out. On the ride we stopped a bike shop that we go to sometimes and we picked them up helmets...they are so cute. I will show you a pic of that later. Oh, yeah, and in case you are wondering, I pulled the kids on my bike the whole ride. I am woman, hear me ROAR!!! lol

In this next pic, Scott is tickling Aerin in the stroller. We had just gotten it and I was trying to set it up for the first time, and it took me forever cause the kids wanted to play in it, which I was trying to set it up.

Last night I decided to take a quick run over to the grocery store for some milk and a couple other things and decided to take the trailer, converted into the stroller. It was a little over an hour til bedtime, so I decided to put the kids in pj's just in case they fell asleep.
Good planning on my part, I guess.

Ang this one was taken today just before our bike ride. Today's ride was approx. 9 mi. roundtrip.
Whoever would have thought that bike helmets could be this dang cute??? Aerin's has bubbles on it, and Scott's has pirates.


You know, I've been having a really hard time with doing exercising, but I've been doing really well with eating better...but since getting this trailer, I am really enjoying using it...and I am loving the trails. It's just great. I am so glad we were finally able to get it.
Oh, yeah, before I let you go...I wanted to show you (yes, I am that lame to have taken a pic) of the beautiful salad I make myself nearly daily. It is so yummy and it looked so pretty I just had to take a pic...lol
Will even told me it looked like a salad from a magazine.

Well, off to update Scott's and Aerin's blogs again.

Well, Micheelle wanted me to post about my weight loss, so here goes.
I am happy to announce that I am down another 2 lbs. It took 2 weeks this time for another 2 lbs., but I have been a lot more lazy in the exercise depatment...but much more diligent in the eating department.
SO, YAH me!!!
So, that would be 4 lbs. down and another 13 to go. That's not too bad, is it???
We got a new bike trailer, which I am ashamed to say, that I have not photographed yet. :(
BAD ME!!!
I took it out for a test spin yesterday...it rides beautifully...and we are about to go out now.
YAH! YAH ! YAH!
I promise to photograph the trailer today...must go set it up.

Well, geez, now that I have updated both Scott's and Aerin's blog, I don't know what to write on mine...lol

Out with the old and in with the new.
I got a new vacuum. Oh my goodness...my only regret is that we didn't buy this one 2 years ago. But then again, I wouldn't appreciate it so much since I wouldn't have known how crappy my last one was that I bought.
I have vacuumed every day since getting it (sometimes more that once in a day) just because I love it so much...It's a Bissell Lift-Off Pet Revolution. In one push of this vacuum, I can pick up more pet hair than by running over the same spot 10 times with the last vacuum. Oh, yeah, and it is way easier to push...it basically propels itself.
Anyways, I could go on for hours about this vacuum, so I will stop now to make sure I don't...lol
I should upload my pics of it, so you can see it.
This is my old, lame vacuum (which for what it's worth, has lasted over 2 years...not bad for $40)

I thought I would also add this pic. Scottie loves helping me vacuum...he always comes behind me and uses his vacuum. He even puts it in the closet with the real vacuum...so, it only seemed fitting that he would sit in next to the vacuum for a photo. :) Dang, I love that kid.

And this my new, oh so glorious, and much loved vacuum.
It looks so pretty and majestic sitting there.

We decided to go out of town the other day to Bass Pro Shops. We love that store...we love Cabela's slightly more, but that store is a longer road trip. BPS is about 1.5 hrs. and Cabela's is over 4...it's up in Reno. So, for a shorter trip, we went to BPS...I got some summer clothes, as did Will and we picked up a couple other things. Both BPS and Cabela's make it easy to be in for a long time...we figured we would be there for 3 hours...well, 5 hours later we left the store...lol
Time flies in there.I had no idea it was that late...I knew Scottie was tired, but not because it was nearly bedtime...lol
Well, apparently it was a really rough day of shopping for Aerin, cause here she is crashed out in the cart.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR AERIN!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

My baby girl is 1 today. How is that even possible???
How is that a year ago, I'd dropped my sweet boy off at a friend's house, and I was laying in a hospital bed, getting ready to welcome a baby girl into our family, has already passed???
I remember being told that I would love the second baby as much as the first. I also remember thinking how that is possible...but it is. I love that sweet girl just as much as my sweet boy.
This has been a great year. I love my baby so much...she has grown so much.
But the funny thing is that she is still my baby. Scottie was such a big boy by his first birthday...he grew up so fast...it made me wish he was still my baby when he turned 1.
So, baby girl, here's to you.
I hope you have lots of fun eating birthday cake and ice cream for breakfast (cause it only happens on your birthday) and have a super fun birthday party on Saturday.

I would just like to give an update on the workouts.
Well, I worked real hard this week and am happy to announce that I lost 2 lbs.
I did miss 2 nights of workouts cause I ended up falling asleep when putting the kids to bed...oops, my bad, but I feel I made that up and more when I woke up at 4am this morning (for the umpteenth time) and couldn't go back to sleep so got up and worked out.
I have been doing the 30 Day Shred with with Jillian Michaels (from Biggest Loser) and am about to finish Level 1...tomorrow. So, on Wednesday I will start Level 2. YAH!!!
So, yeah, that is how it is going so far.
1 week with 2 lbs lost.

I blog this as a means to helping myself stay on track...as I feel that maybe I will work harding feeling that I am being accountable to someone else other than just me.
So, feel free to drop a line at any time asking how I am doing at achieving my goals.

Starting Weight: 177.0 lbs
Goal Weight: 160.0 lbs
Bust: 38 1/4"
Bicep: 12"
Just below bust (bra band area): 30 1/2"
Waist: 32"
Belly: 40"
Hips: 45"
Thigh: 26"
Calf" 16 1/4"
Bridesmaid Dress Size: 10 (Question is, will I have to get it altered in order to fit me better when I reach my goal weight???)

So, I have no idea how much my measurements will change, but I am excited to find out.

This is actually Day 3 of me working out, but I am sure that my measurements are the same as 3 days ago.

But I must go now...I have a date with Jillian Michaels on ExerciseTv. She kicked my trash last night and I fear that tonight will be no different...except that I am so sore from last night, I just might die tonight and never reach my goal.

So, now for the second half of February.

Happy Valentine's Day.
This is what Scott and Aerin woke up to and what Will came home to.
The funny thing is that his view was blocked by the big bouquet of roses that he was carrying that he didn't even see it...lol

I just made small little bags of treats for the kids and had a gift as well as some treats for Will.

Here they are enjoying their Valentine's Treats. Scott already looks a little tripped out on the sugar. The impressive thing is, they each still have candies from those bags...and I've even eaten a bunch...lol

This is the Million Dollar View from Fresno. If I could see this everyday...well, I don't know what I'd do. I just know I'd like it.


So, here's a story.
Will got off work one day and happened to see this.

Now, here's the thing...we don't have Tim Horton's in California. Heck, we don't even have Tim Horton's anywhere on the west coast of the United States.
Now, think about it...even for someone flying from anywhere in Canada (or Eastern USA), to Fresno, you would think would have come upon a garbage somewhere to toss it...on the airplane, or even in the terminal. I just can't imagine holding onto a cup for, oh, say, 3 hrs. just to dispose of it right by the police/fire/public safety building which is not even right outside the terminal.
Anyways, we just thought it was funny to find it here.

I love this t-shirt. I got it at the Dollar Store and I just think it rocks!!!
And let's be honest, this kid can make anything look cute...even though the shirt is already cute. :)

We wnat to the park a couple of times this month. The second half of the month really warmed up nicely, so the past 2 Thursdays we were at the park.
I was gonna post pics on this blog of the park, but I think I will post them on their blogs.
So, there ya go...that's the 2nd half of February.
Oh, I mustn't forget the pics of the blossoms on the trees which opened on Feb. 23. I love spring time and I don't think I really remember it coming so early last year...but maybe it did and I just don't remember.


So, Happy Spring to you all.

Aerin now has a blog.

Trust me, I know what you are thinking...that being, "Krystin, what are you thinking?"

I guess I am thinking it will be a good thing to write down things as she grows kinda as an online journal for her.

I promise to update hers and Scott's much more often than I currenly do.

Her blog is linked on the sidebar here.

Tagged By Chance

I was tagged by chance (Thanks Kimmarie)

Two Names you go by
1. Mum
2. Bunny (or Bunnylicious, or Bunny Bun Bun Bun)...lol

Two things you are wearing right now
1. Edmonton Oilers T-Shirt (GO OILERS!!!)
2. My favourite pair of dark blue jeans.

Two of your favorite things to do
1. Baking (Never thought I would say that).
2. Biking (and as soon as I get that bike trailer, we'll be hitting the trails).

Two things you want very badly at the moment
1. A house.
2. An endless supply of chocolate.
3. I'm adding a third...to be on "What Not to Wear". I would basically die to be on that show...lol

Two favorite pets you have/had
1. Simon.
2. Nytz. (She was the first pet I bought myself).


Two things you did last night
1. Watched an uber-lame free OnDemand movie. It was so lame, I stopped watching it.
2. Cleaned (like I do every night).

Two things you have eaten today
1. One slice of orange.
2. Cheese string.

Two people you last talked to (I assume you mean on the phone...)
1. Mum.
2. Kari-Lynn.

Two Places You have been in the past year
1. Edmonton, Canada.
2. Everywhere in between Edmonton and Fresno. (We covered a lot of area).

Two favorite beverages
1. Hot chocolate.
2. Apple cider.

People who are tagged:

Brittany
Radelle
Laura
Michelle
Kari-Lynn

Does anyone else see the similarities??? lol

One is Joe Biden and the other is Walter, a puppet from Jeff Dunham's act.

Who's who???

Some happy things.

Scott has decided to start singing now. It is so cute.
He loves playing with Aerin's glowworm and making the songs play over and over and over. Not yesterday, but the day before, so Monday, I guess, he started singing with the songs. It was so cute.
He's just so sweet.

He is doing FANTASTIC with potty-training.
I was getting really frustrated for awhile cause he just didn't seem to catch on to going #2 on the toilet. He had #1 down-pat, but just wasn't getting it for the other one.
So, after some thought I remembered that he did really well with a potty chart and getting stars drawn on it every time he went to the toilet. So I decided to do another potty chart.
So, we went to the store, got extra special treats (for going to the potty) and put the potty chart on the front of the fridge. We did that 8 days ago...he now has 9 stars...he has had a couple of accidents, but that is to be expected.
Anyways, I am super-dooper proud of him. He is doing awesome.

He does thumbs-up now, too. I taught him that...lol (I'm so proud.)
When he goes #2 on the toilet, I would give him a thumbs-up and now he does it all the time...so cute.

Scott has decided he likes sleeping in Solomon's bed. So, we have decided that when the lease runs up here (in about 6 months), we are leaving here and going to rent a house...at least a 3 bdrm. When we do that, we will move Scott into the bottom bunk, and move Aerin into the toddler bed...exciting times, I tell ya.

And my sweet Aerin.
Well, you know how I was saying that she took her first unasisted step a few days ago (I did say that in the last post, right???) Well, if I didn't, I just did.
Anyways, she took 3 steps yesterday from the one couch to the other.
It was so awesome.

Aerin loves clapping her hands. We were watching Ugly Betty last Thursday night and it had the most ridiculous ending (but it was so funny, I couldn't stop laughing.) Anyways, in the show, the audience of a model show was clapping, and then Aerin started clapping...and she won't stop...she thinks it's hilarious...so do I.

So, yeah, that is our happiness for now.

Oh, yeah, and I am busy planning away her 1st birthday party.

February has been a fun month...lots of new things.
Aerin is growing up so gosh darn fast.
My baby is going to be 1 in less than a month...I can hardly believe it. She is an absolutely hilarious kid. Scott can make her laugh like nobody's business.
My girlie has 8 teeth. She is just like Scottie in that way...all it took was 1 tooth coming in, and the rest followed.
She is standing really well now...I took 4 pictures in a row a couple weeks back and she just stood there...She took her first unassisted step yesterday...and then did it again today. By Scott's 1st birthday, he was taking 5 or 6 steps at a time, so we will see how quickly she progresses. She tries really hard, so I wouldn't doubt it if she is the same as Scott in that way. She has been walking along couches and walls and such for a while now...and she walks really well with only 1 hand being held. She is just growning up so fast...and I love her to pieces.
Here she is standing...this was pic 4 of those consecutive pics I was talking about...you may also like to take notice of the "tattoos" on Scott's legs. He got ahold of a pen and had fun.

And a closeup of his artwork.

So, this year I decided to be Visiting Teacher of the Month...lol
I got this idea from a lady on the LDS families board at www.babycenter.com who decided to make them for the sisters she VT's...well, a few of us decided to do that, as well.
All I can say, is that not only did we enjoy the leftovers, but the lady's (and their families) enjoyed them greatly, too. I also made them for the sister missionaries in our ward.
The funny thing is that it was supposed to just be the pettifores, but then I thought, "Well, that just isn't enough, let's make cupcakes, too"...but 4 cupcakes didn't fill the plate, so I had to fill the plate, so I had to make more cupcakes...lol
Once I got started, I just couldn't stop.

Here's my boy enjoying a cupcake from our batch.

Our family never eats cold cereal for breakfast. I hate the stuff...you pay way too much for what you get...so for breakfasts, we eat homemade pancakes, or omelettes or anything that takes a ridiculous amount of time to make compared to cold cereal...lol
This particular day was blueberry pancakes...of which Aerin has never had.
I think she enjoyed them.
Mmmmmmmmmmm, blueberry pancakes.

Scott has learned how to climb the linen closet. We used to keep medicines (and some household chemicals) in there, on one of the higher shelves...to say the least, we have had to find a new home for them now.



I have no words to describe these next three pictures.



Well, that takes us up to the middle of the month.
I will let you all read this and comment, of course, then I will do the second half of the month later...I PROMISE!!!

ALL IN THE DAY OF BEING A BOY

Boys are gross.
They do gross stuff.
I think it would be appropriate to warn all family and friends who may have young boys who are too young still to do gross stuff be aware of the gross stuff boys do.
Scott did 3 gross things today.
3.

#1...Scott decided it be a good idea to not only pull a booger out of his nose, but then proceded to try to eat it.
Thankfully, darling Daddy was there to spot the nastyness on his beloved boys finger and tell him to stop...while wonderful Mama swooped in to save the day by actually taking the booger off his finger and disposing of it properly (in the garbage).

#2...Scott decided to once again go pee in the toilet. Scott is toilet training (I have been meaning to blog this, but I am still trying to get a Canada post done, so have not blogged about toilet training...forgive me) so, really, this is a story for another day.
Anyhoo, Scottie goes pee on the toilet. Very exciting. I love it when he does this. Well, after peeing this one particular time he decided to put his hand in the toilet and play with the water.
Okay, so I'm not the most germ-a-phobic person alive by any stretch of the imagination, but this totally grodified me...lol
It could have only been made worse if I had not known that I had just bleached the toilet bowl 2 days ago...somehow, knowing that made me feel minutely better.
Still, he was debacterialized very well with soap and water.

Don't forget, we still have a #3...and that would be

Scott decided to dip a teaspoon measuring spoon into the dog bowl and drink it. He has drank it from the bowl like a dog before and I gotta be honest, I don't know if one is worse than the other.
To say the least, I stopped this as quick as humanly possible as well...cause say what you want about a dog's mouth being cleaner than a human's, I would still rather share a glass of water with Scott, than with the dog.

You would think by all the gross things my boy does in a day that I never watch him...but you would be wrong. So very very wrong.

Since the day I left my 2 darling children alone for 5 minutes to find eggs all over my kitchen floor (yet, another story) when I came back, I keep a very close eye on them...esp. HIM.

FYI, that egg incident was this month...so, yeah, the very near past.

And all Will could tell me is...He's a boy. Boy's do gross things...and he will do much more gross stuff than this.

I am so excited for what is to come. ;)

So, to start things off, I will show you a pic of the infant carrier I made to carry Aerin in at the airport. Michelle has been wanting to see this for quite some time now.
This is not the best picture out there, but do keep in mind, this is a self portrait...so I can only do so good. :)


From here I was gonna go straight to our trip to Edmonton, but then I remembered there was Christmas. Sooooooooooo, Christmas was good for us.
Will had to work Christmas Eve so I told him just to wake us up when he got home in the morning.
The kids opened their Christmas jammies (which have no relevance to Christmas other than that they opened them that night).

This is the Christmas tree after the kids went to bed. I waited to put everything out cause Scott would have gotten into it all otherwise.

Ang then, of course, Christmas morning.



Christmas Day night we went over to my BIL's for dinner and then my MIL's for dessert. (They live next door to each other, so it didn't require a lot of travel between the two places).
Will had to work that night, so I actually drove him to work and then came back for the festivities.
While at my MIL's house, Christine decided to put Aerin on Mason's back for a little ride.

Well, that is it for Christmas down here.
I will let people read this and while you all read this, I will start a draft of our trip to Canada that started the day after Christmas. So, sometime in the next while you will get to read about Canada.